18, four silver beans (for collection, for reading)
This letter to the family, Wei Tu did not trouble the single family, but asked the handlebar to be sent to Li's house after years of traveling back and forth between the county seat and Sanyuan Township.
The asking price of the handlebar style is not high, a dozen coppers, about the cost of a meal.
……
After the letter was sent.
About seven or eight days passed.
Xinghua also commissioned the handlebar type and replied with a letter.
In the letter, Xinghua first expressed her joy that Wei Tu was accepted as a disciple by Shan Wuju, and asked Wei Tu to serve Shan Wuju, the master who appreciated him......
Don't worry about going home for the New Year.
Then, Xinghua explained the details of the wheat harvest of the three acres of land leased by the family this year.
- The eldest grandmother Li Tong was considerate and arranged for several tenants to harvest, but did not receive a penny.
At the end of the letter, Xinghua said that she had sewn a winter coat from cotton, and asked Wei Tu if it would fit properly and if she needed to change the size.
And said: I can't estimate the waist circumference by myself, and let Wei Tu make it at his own discretion.
After reading the letter home.
Weitu pondered for a moment, and then opened the handlebar-style package.
Inside the package, in addition to a purple tweed jacket, there were two pairs of newly sewn soft satin shoes.
Next.
Wei Tu followed Xinghua's instructions and got up to try on winter clothes and shoes.
But as soon as he put on the winter coat, Wei Tu found that this purple tweed jacket really didn't fit well, and it was a little waisttight.
Weitu found scissors and cut the stitched needle and thread, but as soon as he started his hand, he found a piece of paper with writing hidden in his jacket, as well as a few silver beans.
There were not many words written by Xinghua on the paper, only that he stuffed four silver beans into his winter clothes, a total of more than one or two yuan, and asked Wei Tu to take these two dollars to buy an apprenticeship gift for Shan Wuju locally.
The four silver beans were found by Wei Tu one by one in the cotton in the purple tweed jacket, and he held the more than one or two coins, feeling slightly hot.
"Female junior, hug the gold brick."
"What Li Tongshi said is really right."
Wei Tu sighed, and suddenly felt that he owed a lot of apricot blossoms again.
Xinghua is three years older than him, two years earlier than him, and because of the precocious maturity of women, she has always taken care of him.
After getting married, although Xinghua obeyed his husband in major matters, she did not completely change her temperament of teaching him to do things.
"The bride is also a mother......"
Wei Tu shook his head and smiled, and after reining in his good mood, he decided to follow Xinghua's instructions and use the more than one or two dollars to buy an apprenticeship for Shan Wuju.
Since these days of apprenticeship.
Shan Wuju's treatment of him is indeed the treatment of his children, not just a name.
Pile work.
Bow shot.
Equestrianism.
Tactics.
These items that need to be assessed during the martial arts, Shan Wuju almost taught Wei Tu, and when guiding the writing of training strategies, even the likes and dislikes of the county examiners were told to Wei Tu.
Wei Tu these days, he also has the idea of wanting to make up for Shan Wuju's apprenticeship.
It's just that he has just finished redeeming himself, his hands are tight, and the rest of the family's money is placed in Xinghua, so he can't take it with him......
Unexpectedly, Xinghua also thought of this aspect, and made this decision, far more decisive than him.
- After all, the apprenticeship has been completed, and the status of master and apprentice has been determined, and it is really not important in the eyes of those who are short-sighted.
Walk out of the second courtyard.
Wei Tu explained to Deng An, a long-term worker who was mixing the horses, and then pulled out a horse from the stable and left the single house.
In the past few days, when Shan Wuju taught him to ride and shoot, he had already told him that except for the four horses in the stable, except for the yellow horse he was used to, he could use other horses to ride and practice equestrianism.
Deng An, who was on the side, saw this scene, his face showed envy, and he looked at the back of Wei Tu leaving, stunned for a long time.
A few days ago.
He and Wei Tu were both long-term workers in the West House.
Weitu still has to listen to him.
But in the past few days, in a short period of time, Wei Tu has turned over and become a figure on horseback, and he has to work hard to clean the toilet and yard, and mix the grass, and he has not changed for decades.
……
All the way south.
Wei Tu came to the town of Sanyuan Township, led the horse, looked at the shops on the street along the bustling street, and thought about what kind of apprenticeship to give to Shan Wuju.
Tailor's shop.
Blacksmith's shop.
Herb shop.
Wei Tu was dazzled.
The one or two pieces of silver in his hand are really a lot for the poor, saving food and eating, enough for a few months, but for the selection of apprenticeships, it seems a little stretched.
Expensive ones can't afford it.
is cheap, I am afraid that Shan Wuju will not look down on him, thinking that he is perfunctory.
"Yes, Master said that there will be children and daughters in the old age, I just need to keep this filial piety......"
Tired of watching, Wei Tu paused, and remembered this sentence that Shan Wuju had said in his mind.
Thinking of this, Wei Tu no longer hesitated, walked into the pastry shop, bought three boxes of hot-selling pastries, and then went to the grocery store to buy some seasonal melons and fruits.
In the end, Wei Tu came to the butcher shop and cut two catties of fat meat.
"Brother Wei, why did you go out and buy so many things today?"
"What's the joy?"
After entering the single house, the maids who had been familiar with Wei Tu in the past few days greeted them and asked curiously.
At this time, Wei Tu told the letter from Xinghua and the silver beans sewn into his jacket.
Before, there was no apprenticeship.
Reissue now......
There has to be an excuse.
In addition, Wei Tu doesn't think that Xinghua is unpopular, and he can't look down on his former bad wife now that he has a high status.
Wei Tu didn't forget that half of his redemption silver was made of apricot blossoms.
"Brother Wei has a good daughter-in-law."
"It's a ...... who can do things"
Everyone in the single house praised one by one.
At this time, Shan Wuju, who was drinking tea and enjoying the cool in the hall, was stunned for a moment after hearing the content of the noise outside, and then a smile appeared on his face.
However, when Shan Wuju came to Wei Turen, he had a stiff face, and only said that there was no need for the big and small gifts in Wei Tu's hand, as long as the mind arrived.
"Master, this is my insider's idea, let me make up for the apprenticeship......" Wei Tu bowed to Shan Wu and said.
Hearing this, Shan Wuju no longer insisted, nodded, and let Shan Gao take over the apprenticeship raised by Wei Tu.
"Marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person can influence three generations of the family. You're a good daughter-in-law. Shan Juren also said a word of praise for Xinghua's "virtuous deeds".
"If your wife comes back, she will definitely be rare after listening to your words."
Shan Wuju smiled.
Listen to this.
Wei Tu's heart moved.
The master and wife that Shan Wuju said is not the three-room Shan Gao family, but the wife of Shan Wuju's real Ming media-Shan Min family.
After coming to the Shan family for so long, he also learned some things about the Shan Min family from the conversations of the servants and maids.
When Shan Wuju had not yet made a fortune, he married Shan Min's wife, and Shan Min was Shan Wuju's wife and the wife of the chaff.
Shan Wuju himself also has great respect for his wife, and rarely scolds or quarrels.
It's just that Shan Min's health is not good after he is old, and he can't see Shan Wuju and Shan Gao's frequent intercourse, so he moved out of the single house a few years ago and went to Fucheng to live with his son.