When I entered the door of Jia Xiucai's house, I saw a small courtyard.

The yard is only about ten square meters, and the ground is not paved with red bricks like ordinary people, but only sand and yellow mud.

Fortunately, the mud and sand in the yard are compact, and although there are some water stains, it does not look muddy and dirty.

The yard was quite neat and clean, with firewood piled on one side, and a teenage girl on the other, pulling a little boy of eight or nine years old, squatting in the corner and pulling grass roots.

Aunt Jia raised her voice and shouted, "Hurry up and come here, I've seen the guests." ”

When the teenage girl heard this, she hurriedly stood up, patted the dust on her body, reached out to take her brother's hand, and walked forward.

The two of them respectfully saluted Zhao Sichen and shouted in unison, "Hello girl!" ”

He smiled and shouted to Steward Zhuo, "Uncle Zhuo is good." ”

The little girl also asked one more question: "Uncle Zhuo came over again today." ”

It seems that Steward Zhuo and Jia Xiucai's family are quite familiar with each other, and they often come over, and the two children get along with him happily.

Although these two children were poorly dressed and had many patches on their coarse linen clothes, they had delicate eyebrows, calm expressions, and well-founded advances and retreats.

is a child from a scholarly family, even if the family is poor, it is different from the naughty little beggar outside.

Zhao Sichen saw that the two children were polite and thoughtful, and there was pity and love in his heart.

She softened her voice and asked, "How old are you?" ”

The girl replied, "I am ten years old, and this is my brother, eight years old." ”

Zhao Sichen: "Have you read?" How many words did you learn? What books have you read? ”

The girl smiled and said, "I didn't read any books, my father and my mother taught me a few words at home." Dad had a lot of books, but I couldn't read them. Dad only let me read the Three Character Sutra and the Disciple Rules. ”

Not paying attention to girls' education is a common problem of this era.

Zhao Sichen smiled and encouraged the girls: "We girls should also learn a few more words, it is always beneficial to learn." ”

The girl saw that Zhao Sichen was not a few years older than her, but she was very old when she spoke.

She was a little shy, and a little envious and thanked Zhao Sichen: "Thank you, sister." ”

Zhao Sichen looked at the boy on the side and asked, "What about my brother?" Do you go to school? ”

The eight-year-old boy replied in a proper manner: "I haven't gone to school yet, and I, like my sister, have been learning Chinese from my father at home for a few years. My mother said that starting this year, she would send me to school in the school. ”

Zhao Sichen looked at the boy in front of him and couldn't help but think of Zhao Yufeng.

Both of them look like little adults with one board and one eye.

It is estimated that he is also a good seedling for reading.

The little boy was a little distressed: "I don't know if I will not be able to keep up with the progress of other students when I go to the school." ”

Zhao Sichen encouraged him with a smile: "As long as you are willing to be diligent and work hard, your knowledge will not be inferior to other partners in the school in the future." ”

Zhao Sichen is not a few years older than these two children, and he talks like an elder.

As she spoke, she dug into her purse, pulled out two pieces of broken silver, and stuffed them into the hands of the two children.

"No, no!" Aunt Jia hurriedly stopped her.

When the two children heard Aunt Jia's words, they obediently retracted their hands behind them, not daring to take the silver in Zhao Sichen's hand.

Zhao Sichen smiled and said to Aunt Jia: "This is not a valuable object. I went out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring a gift to come back, or mine. ”

Zhao Sichen said, and forced two pieces of silver into the hands of the two children: "This bit of silver is nothing, go buy some gadgets to play." ”

Steward Zhuo helped persuade: "Aunt Jia, this is a little bit of my young lady's heart, please don't refuse." ”

Aunt Zhuo smiled a little embarrassedly, but she couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, and said to the two children, "Thank you, Miss Zhao." ”

The two children saluted in unison and shouted, "Thank you, Miss Zhao!" ”

Zhao Sichen smiled and nodded: "Very well-behaved." Aunt Jia, you are blessed. ”

Several people were standing in the courtyard talking, and Jia Xiucai heard the sound in the courtyard and walked out of the wing.

He was dressed in a homely shirt and had a book in his hand.

Seeing Zhao Sichen, Jia Xiucai was a little dazed, and couldn't turn around for a while: "Are there guests at home?" ”

Steward Zhuo hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with his fists: "Brother Jia, this is my young lady, Miss Zhao, who came to see you today." ”

Jia Xiucai was stunned for a moment, turned around the faces of Zhao Sichen and Steward Zhuo a few times, and suddenly remembered which one Miss Zhao was.

A hint of discomfort flashed on Jia Xiucai's face.

He was a scholar who had achieved fame in the early examinations, but now he has become a cartographer.

Jia Xiucai could have hid behind Steward Zhuo and let Steward Zhuo come forward to deal with all the matters, and he could pretend that he had not done what a craftsman did.

Zhao Sichen's arrival lifted this fig leaf.

But the visitor was a guest, Zhao Sichen and Steward Zhuo both looked at Jia Xiucai with a smile, Jia Xiucai couldn't dodge, so he had to squeeze out a smile and invite someone to a seat.

Aunt Jia didn't notice her husband's abnormality, and greeted the guests warmly: "The yard is windy, Miss Zhao be careful not to be blown by the wind, hurry up and go to the house." ”

led people into the hall, and Aunt Jia poured water and made tea neatly with her hands and feet.

Seeing that Zhao Sichen and Jia Xiucai had something to discuss, she didn't dare to disturb, silently retreated, and led the two children aside.

Jia Xiucai has an old-fashioned personality and is not a good talker.

He picked up the tea and said, "Miss Zhao, Brother Zhuo, please drink tea." ”

Then he drank his tea silently and never spoke again.

There was silence for a few seconds.

Steward Zhuo saw that Jia Xiucai was an old man, and knew that he couldn't count on him, so he could only open his mouth to play a round by himself, and said with a smile: "Brother Jia, I specially congratulated you today." ”

Jia Xiucai looked over a little dazedly.

Steward Zhuo said, "I have already presented the house repair drawings you made to my young lady. Mademoiselle admires your talent, and asked me to bring her over—"

Jia Xiucai couldn't say anything in front of Zhao Sichen, so he could only complain in a low voice to Steward Zhuo: "Didn't I say that I only draw pictures and don't do anything else?" How, how did you tell me about the mapping......"

Although he lowered his voice, Zhao Sichen sat on the side, standing clearly.

Zhao Sichen shook his head secretly in his heart, and had no choice but to cooperate on the surface, pretending not to hear Jia Xiucai's complaints, and bowed his head and drank the tea.

The smile on Steward Zhuo's face was a little unbearable, and he persuaded: "Brother Jia, you are talented, and everyone who has seen the drawings you made is all admired, why do you have to hide it and dare not admit it?!" ”

Jia Xiucai was so frightened that he waved his hand again and again, shook his head and refused: "No, no!" ”

Steward Zhuo wanted to persuade him again, but Jia Xiucai was worried that Steward Zhuo would say a reason that he couldn't refute, so he hurriedly stopped: "We have discussed these words many times, Brother Zhuo doesn't need to say them again." ”

Steward Zhuo saw that Jia Xiucai had no choice but to pick up the tea at hand: "Okay, drink tea, drink tea." ”

Zhao Sichen coughed lightly, held the tea cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "Jia Xiucai, let me say a word-

The drawings you made were really out of the crowd and quite talented, and they were exactly the style I wanted to open a restaurant.

Now that you've drawn the drawings, you must have an idea of how to construct it.

Therefore, I hope that Jia Xiucai will be the overseer of the repair of my house and help complete the repair project-"

Jia Xiucai treated Zhao Sichen with the same straightforward words, did not give face, frowned and waved his hand: "No, no." I make a picture of the craftsman, but I still have to hide it, and I dare not make it public. If you become a craftsman, deal with craftsmen every day, and let the neighbors know, wouldn't it be insulting! ”

Shinong Industry and Commerce.

This rank ranking is firmly engraved in Jia Xiucai's mind.

Zhao Sichen didn't agree with this, she frowned, and asked, "Jia Xiucai, since you can draw excellent drawings, it means that you have a furrow in your chest." Don't you want to turn everything you think in your heart into reality? ”

Jia Xiucai was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Naturally, I want to-

I've also drawn many drawings before and want to bring them to life.

Whenever I encounter those craftsmen during construction, they speculate indiscriminately, change their drawings in vain, and change the drawings to be extremely vulgar, and I am also angry——"

Zhao Sichen said: "The craftsman is only rough drawings, and it is naturally difficult to perfectly present the drawing effect during construction. That's why you need Jia Xiucai to supervise the work. Since you're not satisfied, why don't you ...... it yourself?"

As soon as Jia Xiucai heard Zhao Sichen's persuasion, he waved his hand again and rudely interrupted Zhao Sichen's words: "No, no!" I have a reputation for myself, and I want to enter the career in the future. I'm not a craftsman!

If I become an overseer, wouldn't everyone in Daqing City know that I, Jia Xiucai, had become a craftsman?! ”

Jia Xiucai's rebuttal made Zhao Sichen stunned.

Fresh!

Which green onion are you, the people of the entire Daqing City know you?!

Zhao Sichen changed his mind and said slowly: "Jia Xiucai, if you agree, the salary is not a problem, I can add another thirty percent......"

Jia Xiucai was angry: "Miss Zhao, be cautious!"

Although my Jia family is not as wealthy as the Zhao family, it is also a poetry and book heirloom!

I studied poetry and books hard, hoping to gain fame and become an official in the court in the future.

How could I bend my waist for five buckets of rice today! ”

Zhao Sichen knew he had said the wrong thing.

In this era, the status of a craftsman is higher than that of a businessman.

But in terms of social status, there are still people who have meritorious fame, and they are high.

Although Jia Xiucai's family is poor, after he was admitted to Xiucai, he did not need to pay taxes, and he did not need to kneel when he saw the county order, and proudly called himself a protégé of the Son of Heaven.

If there is a banquet, the person with meritorious service shall prevail, and please enter the banquet.

When farmers, workers, and merchants saw him, they all had to salute politely.

It is too difficult for him to give up his dream of gaining fame and becoming a human being in one step.

If he can go further, he will be admitted to the Jinshi and become an official in the court.

In the future, it will also be a beautiful talk when it comes to today's peace and poverty.

She, Zhao Sichen, has become a person who destroys the future of others.

Thinking of this, Zhao Sichen already knew that if he didn't change Jia Xiucai's inherent thoughts, it would be even more difficult to persuade him.

And if it destroys Jia Xiucai's dream, it will be more harmful to him than lack of food and clothing.

Thinking of this, Zhao Sichen had almost given up the idea of persuading Jia Xiucai.