Although there was a suspicion of cheating, Erdan was a diligent kid after all, and Xiao Changhe finally decided to accept him.
In addition to Erdan, there are three other children, Erniu, Ma Shi and Li Da.
According to Xiao Changhe, learning a craft is a matter of being led in by a master, and cultivation depends on the individual.
He can teach these four children, but what these four children can do depends on themselves.
On the day of apprenticeship, all four children put on their best clothes.
They all knelt down in front of Xiao Changhe, performed the apprenticeship ceremony, and worshiped the master tea.
Xiao Changhe tried his best to calm down, but when he picked up the tea bowl, his eyes were still red.
He has been muddling through his life without any big ambitions and no ability to take action.
I thought I would just spend my whole life in a muddle.
Who knew that as I got older, I would still have the opportunity to show off my talents.
It’s not easy to realize your childhood wish, but now that you have an apprentice, you can pass on your skills and let other children eat with the skills you taught. This is like a dream!
After several children finished their apprenticeship, Xiao Changhe was still immersed in his own emotions and couldn't get out.
It was Xu Zhengxiang who sealed each of the children a small red envelope and made them all stand up.
Xu Zhengxiang said: "Our family doesn't have that many rules, so I took you in just to have help with the work at home.
Your master has already agreed with me that his apprentice will only teach for three months.
Within three months, you will be an apprentice here and help with the work, and we will give you 30 Wen per month.
After three months, if you have learned the craft, you will be paid one tael of silver per month. If you cannot learn the craft, it means you are not suitable for this, so go home and do something else. "
The four children looked at each other.
Now that the Xiao family is building a house, they work as helpers and can earn 25 cents a day.
Although the money is a lot, once the house is built in a few days, it will be none of their business.
It is more cost-effective to learn a craft.
Once they learn how to do it, they can continue working in the Xiao family.
"We all listen to Master!" several children replied in unison.
Xiao Changhe was happy: "Then don't be stunned and come to work with me!"
With helpers, Xiao Changhe became more energetic in his work.
Ye Luoxin discovered in the past few days that although Xiao Changhe's attitude was usually gentle, he was very strict when teaching several apprentices.
No mistakes are allowed.
But he was also very patient.
He could go on and on about their mistakes several times.
Ye Luoxin stared at several people, and Xu Zhengxiang also came up and said, "Look at your father, does he look like a strict master?"
Ye Luoxin smiled and replied: "Dad looks good!"
Xu Zhengxiang: "Yes! I think he has become much younger recently!"
The two were chatting happily.
Xiao Song ran over from the backyard, calling Ye Luoxin as he ran: "Brother and sister, go to the east and take a look, Yuan Bao has bitten someone."
"Bite?" Xu Zhengxiang and Ye Luoxin were both shocked.
Since Yuan Bao came to the house, he hasn't even taken a bite of the chickens and geese in the house. How could he attack people for no reason?
Ye Luoxin hurriedly ran to the open space to the east.
From afar, he saw the workers gathering together. Ten meters away from them, Yuanbao stood there with his head lowered. There seemed to be a person lying under his feet.
When everyone saw Ye Luoxin coming, they all hurriedly called out: "Hui Ruren, come and see, the tiger is going to eat people!"
Ye Luoxin quickened her pace.
When she got closer, she found that there was indeed a person stepping on Yuan Bao's paws.
That person was Wang Liu from the east end of the village. He usually had little contact with the Xiao family. This time, there were many people needed for work, so he came here.
"Ingots!"
Ye Luoxin shouted.
The tiger raised his head and looked at her, and let out a "roar", which frightened Wang Liu and closed his eyes.
"Yuanbao, why did you run out?" Ye Luoxin felt relieved when she didn't see any blood.
Her tone was reproachful, but also full of doubt.
Yuan Bao is not like this usually, so there must be something weird about this person.
Thinking of this, Ye Luoxin lowered her head to look at Wang Liu lying on the ground.
His eyes were tightly closed, his body was shaking like chaff, and his pants were still wet, giving off an unpleasant smell.
The rest of the people were staring here, not daring to step forward.
Although I heard from Li Zheng that there is a tiger in the Xiao family.
But hearing about it is one thing, actually seeing it is another.
This tiger stood taller than anyone. They were working just now when this big tiger came over and knocked Wang Liu down at once.
Fortunately, it had a clear goal and did not speak to others, otherwise the village would have been in a state of panic.
"Hui, Hui Ruren, Li Zheng said that your tiger won't hurt anyone!"
"Yes! If it bites Wang Liu, we won't dare to work here anymore!"
"Yes, making money is good, but life is still important!"
"Tiger is the king of wild beasts, how can it be kept in a village?"
"I have long felt that this was unsafe!"
…
Everyone was talking about it.
Ye Luoxin asked Wang Liu: "What did you do?"
Wang Liu was shaking violently. He didn't know whether it was because he was too scared or because he didn't hear it at all. He didn't answer Ye Luoxin's question.
Yuan Bao lowered his head and wanted to bite Wang Liu's chest.
But he seemed to have some taboo, so he just roared lowly.
Ye Luoxin looked at where Yuan Bao was looking and found a bulging mark on Wang Liu's chest.
"You have something hidden on you?" Ye Luoxin asked.
Wang Liu's eyebrows trembled obviously.
He didn't answer.
Ye Luoxin said to Xiao Song: "Brother, go up and see what is hidden in his arms?"
Wang Liu heard this and wanted to hide, but the tiger's claws stepped on him and he couldn't even move.
Xiao Song bent down, put his hand into Wang Liu's arms, and suddenly touched something plush.
Xiao Song immediately thought of something. He took out his hand and saw that it was indeed a newborn rabbit.
The rabbit was small and probably crawled out of some hole and was caught by Wang Liu.
"Wang Liu, you come to my house to work to make money, and you dare to steal my things?"
Xiao Song was obviously angry.
Seeing that the matter was revealed, Wang Liu no longer pretended to be dead.
He said with a trembling voice: "I just went to get the stones and saw a little rabbit next to the stone pile. I saw how cute it was, so I put him in my arms."
The place where the stones are placed is right behind the rabbit house.
"The stones are piled in my yard. Don't you know that the rabbit has an owner?" Ye Luoxin also asked.
"I know!" Wang Liu is usually a bold person.
I fight with my neighbors every day and never show mercy when I have an quarrel.
But now that he was stepped on by a tiger, no matter how courageous he was, he was scared away.
"I was wrong. I stole your rabbit. I will never dare to do it again. Please let me go and don't let this tiger eat me, okay?"
he begged.
"Roar!" Before Ye Luoxin could speak, Yuan Bao roared again.
Ye Luoxin: "Brother, if you touch him again, there should be something in his arms."
