Preface 4: The Wrath of the Horseman, the Might of the Scholar (I)
I set out early in the morning and arrived at the county seat in the evening. It's really stuffy for this group of teenagers. The ox cart was already small, and the seven or eight people huddled together and the bumps of the journey had long since lost the excitement of departure. Fang Zheng also felt very tired. So I took everyone to find an inn and live in. Speaking of this, Fang Zheng was really a little depressed, he came to this world and took it to Qingniu Village for three years, and he had never been to other places. In Qingniu Village, because of his identity, all food and clothing are provided by the village. No money has been spent. And it wasn't until he came here and was ready to stay in the hotel that he remembered it. Fortunately, the old village chief had made arrangements in advance, and the men who accompanied him brought enough gold and silver. Among them, there was a tall and majestic man with a black face, the son of the old village chief of Qingniu Village, named Zhang Meng, and he was responsible for the logistics and security of the entire team.
Fang Zheng sat in the inn's house, holding a cup of tea and looking a little dazed. The students lived in the same room with the accompanying men, and they were all resting at the moment. At Zhang Meng's insistence, he was living alone in this house. Although Fang Zheng does not agree with such special treatment, he will not stubbornly oppose it. It's just that he doesn't know how to go next. After the exam, students will enter the county's government school to continue their studies. And he, the teacher, is unemployed. After all, Qingniu Village is so big, and it is not every year that there are school-age children.
The county colleges have their own teachers. He is not going to go back to Qingniu Village, since God has let him here, he naturally can't guard the little Qingniu for the rest of his life, he has to take a good look at this world. It's just that the spiritual pursuit is indispensable to the material foundation. The most critical question at the moment is how to survive. It stands to reason that as a modern person, there are too many golden fingers in this world. What's more, Founder is still a good student at the top of his studies. There was naturally a lot of knowledge in his head, but after careful consideration, he gave it up one by one. The development of the world needs to go with the flow, and what is too ahead of its time is not a blessing or a curse. There have been many such examples in Chinese history, and those who walked too fast never ended up well.
I don't have a clue when I think about it, I can only take one step at a time, and if I really get to the last step, I can't care about it.
Fang Zheng drank the tea in his hand in one gulp and placed the teacup on the table. Hot water from the store is on the shelf next to the table. Fang Zheng washed his face, closed the door and went to bed.
I didn't say anything all night, and Fang Zheng was woken up early the next morning by a voice outside. It's not that the students are making noise. However, the inn has opened a morning market, and some early diners are eating morning tea in the hall on the first floor, and the familiar guests are chatting about some interesting things and seem to be very lively.
Fang Zheng also lost his sleepiness. Maybe it's because I was too tired yesterday. Last night, I slept soundly. At the moment, he felt very energetic.
got up and put on his clothes, called Xiao Er to call hot water, Fang Zheng was about to go out after washing, and at this time, Zhang Meng's voice came from outside the house, "Mr. Fang is up?"
"Brother Zhang, come in, I just got up when the door wasn't inserted, and I was about to go to you. ”
Zhang Meng pushed open the door and walked in, looked at Fang Zheng standing at the table and said with a smile, "Everyone was tired yesterday, if it wasn't for the noise downstairs, probably they would still be sleeping now, but the children are all hungry and want to go down to eat." I was ready to come over and summon my husband to go with me, so as long as I didn't disturb my husband's rest. "Brother Zhang, you are too polite, just call me a little square, don't mention the word Mr., not to mention that I won't be teaching these children after today." ”
"This can't be done, the old man said, you will always be the gentleman of Qingniu Village, even if you don't teach students in the future, you will still be the gentleman of Qingniu Village, which little cub dares to forget, I will break his leg!" Zhang Meng listened to Fang Zheng's words, and his face was dark for a while, but he was a little excited.
Seeing this, Fang Zheng's heart was a little warm. No more dwelling on this topic. Then he smiled and said, "Since the children are hungry, let's go, they only ate some dry food on the road yesterday, and they only went to sleep at night, and did not eat." I'm going to be hungry here. ”
"Well, I'll go and call them. Zhang Meng responded and went out. Fang Zheng went out and stood in the corridor waiting. The houses they lived in were all adjacent, just a few steps away. After a while, Zhang Meng called the students, and when he saw Fang Zheng, he would say "Mr. morning" Fang Zheng responded to his students with a smile, and a different kind of satisfaction was born in his heart.
As their group went downstairs, it attracted the attention of the diners on the first floor, and they watched these teenagers talk a lot. It seems that the opening of government schools has long been known. Naturally, these diners saw the identity of these young students. Guessing which village they came from.
There were more than forty people in Fang Zheng's party, and after coming down, the hall seemed a little crowded for a while, and the number of tables and stools was also a little insufficient. Fang Zheng and his students stood at the top of the stairs and waited quietly. None of them spoke, and they stood there with some seriousness. This made the lively hall instantly quiet, and watched them stop talking. At this time, a diner picked up the unfinished bean curd, and the other party said, "You guys sit down, I'll share a table with others." "A face full of vicissitudes with a kind smile. This made Fang Zheng a little surprised, and he hurriedly stepped forward and thanked him. At the same time, the students behind him said in unison, "Thank you, Abel!" Although the neat voice was immature, it had a unique momentum. The uncle who gave up the seat smiled and nodded, and walked to a table with people next to him with the bowl. Seeing this, the diners in the hall actually got up one after another to fight the table, and spontaneously vacated nearly ten tables. Seeing this, Xiao Er naturally became more and more diligent, and hurriedly pulled the rag to clean it up, and was having a headache about how to arrange Fang Zheng them, and now that the problem had been solved, he was naturally happy.
Fang Zheng looked at the scene in front of him, felt a little moved, and bowed down to thank everyone, in exchange for a kind smile. The students behind him also bowed and saluted, perhaps this scene will be deeply imprinted in their minds.
After Xiao Er finished cleaning up the table, he took everyone to sit separately, and Zhang Meng ordered food with Xiao Er. There are a lot of morning tea tricks made here, including fried dough sticks, wontons, bean curd mutton soup and other foods. Zhang Meng asked for a piece of bean curd and fritters for each person. ordered mutton soup for Fang Zheng alone, but was politely rejected by Fang Zheng because he didn't eat mutton and replaced it with the same bean curd.
It had been a quarter of an hour since the morning tea had been eaten, and the number of diners at the inn had begun to decrease. It was indeed getting lively outside, and the students put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at Fangzheng. They had thought about visiting the county seat as early as when they were in Qingniu Village, but no one dared to propose it in front of Fang Zheng. I have quarreled with Zhang Meng many times in private. Fang Zheng knew what they were thinking, but he was a little worried about safety. Look at their expressions. Fang Zheng thought about it for a while, but he was still ready to fulfill their little expectations. I think there will be no problems with a few of them taking care of it. Moreover, the exam is scheduled for the afternoon, which is still early. He is not prepared to let these children sharpen their guns on the spot, learning is based on accumulation, and the efforts of this time are of little use. Take them shopping and relax.
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng looked at these teenagers and said with a smile, "I know you all want to go shopping, so let's go, just pay attention to safety and don't cause any trouble." Then he said to Zhang Meng, "Brother Zhang, what do you think?"
"Hehe, these little cubs have already made my ears calloused, and I won't feel at ease if I don't take them around the inn, so I'll go shopping, I haven't been to the county for many years. ”
Hearing Zhang Meng's agreement, a group of teenagers cheered happily.