"Do you know, Yan Guoru?" Yu Jihan didn't answer, but asked.
Yu Jihan took a sip of tea and looked at Li Silang while asking questions.
"Of course I know. If Prince Dan hadn't sent Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin, the Yan Kingdom might not have perished." Li Silang nodded and said in a sighing voice: "The wind is rustling and the water is cold. A strong man will never come back when he is gone." .”
Yu Jihan nodded and continued to ask: "That was only the Yan Kingdom during the Warring States Period. Do you know other Yan Kingdoms?"
"Yan country, Yan country? There is also Yan country, let the students think about it." Li Silang was deep in thought while drinking tea.
Yu Jihan did not disturb him, but watched Li Silang's every move with great interest while drinking tea.
He wanted to see if the scholar whom the naturalized Hu people wanted to be his disciple was worthy of being his teacher in this school.
Li Silang was still thinking and had no idea that Yu Jihan wanted to test him.
Suddenly Li Silang tapped the coffee table: "Didn't the State of Yan be established during the Five Husty Periods of China?"
"You finally remembered, how many Yan countries are there?" Yu Jihan did not let him go and continued to ask.
Li Silang did not expect that Yu Jihan was so familiar with history and continued to fall into thinking.
He bowed his hands in a salute and finally said the answer: "I have reported to Master Yu that the Murong family established a total of five Yan kingdoms, namely Qian Yan, Hou Yan, Nan Yan, Bei Yan, and Xi Yan."
"What else? Murong's." Yu Jihan tapped the table gently and continued to ask.
Li Silang had racked his brains to come up with five Yan countries, but he didn't think of any other Yan countries.
Thinking of this, he shook his head and said he didn't know.
Yu Jihan pointed to the northwest and said lightly: "Tuyuhun."
"What, Tuyuhun, but Tuyuhun is not the country of Yan." Li Silang was shocked.
Yu Jihan looked at him lightly and said softly: "I am talking about the Murong family, not the Yan country."
"Students admire him, students admire him. Mr. Yu is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and his history is profound. The students are ashamed of themselves." Li Silang bowed his hands and said with sincere admiration.
"What kind of knowledge does this little bit of common sense mean to me?" Yu Jihan shook his head and couldn't help but sigh, "The former Yan Kingdom and Tuguhun have been wiped out. The Murong family also stayed in Gusu and other places, enjoying the blessings of the Song Dynasty, and their words and deeds How is your behavior any different from that of the Han people?"
After saying that, Yu Jihan looked at Jia Li and Li Silang.
Jia Li nodded, took over the conversation, looked at Li Silang and asked: "Murong is also a Hu, and these naturalized Han people are also Hu. Since the Murong family can be completely Hanized, why can't these naturalized people be completely Han Chinese?" Chinese?"
Li Silang finally understood that after Yu Jihan talked about Murong and Yan for a long time, he still returned to the Han people.
"I'm telling you two officials, these naturalized Han people are too old. How can students educate them?" Although Li Silang understood what the two officials meant, he still felt a little resistant in his heart and found another reason to refuse.
"They are indeed older." Yu Jihan did not deny it, but asked, "There is no distinction between education and distinction. Have you ever heard of it?"
"Confucius said this, of course the students have heard of it." Li Silang bowed his hands and said, "Tell the two officials that the students are only six years old when they are enlightened, and these naturalized people are almost twenty."
Yu Jihan nodded and did not deny that these naturalized people were older.
He took a sip of tea and asked calmly: "If three people are traveling together, there must be my teacher. Who said this?"
"I tell Master Yu that this is Confucius." If you don't know this, how different is he from an illiterate?
Yu Jihan nodded and talked eloquently: "Confucius said this at an advanced age and can still continue to study. These naturalized people are not very old, so why can't they educate them?"
"Students need to be educated." Li Silang had no choice but to admit with a nod, and at the same time, he bowed his hand and pointed out the difficulty. "These naturalized people are old, and it is difficult to educate students. After all, they basically don't have much foundation."
Yu Jixian took out a book from the bookshelf behind him, patted the dust on it, and handed it to Li Silang.
Li Silang respectfully took it with both hands. He couldn't help but be startled. He raised his head and asked, "The Three Character Classic? An enlightenment book?"
Although "The Three Character Classic" came out not long ago, it has become popular all over the world and has become a must-read enlightenment book for children.
In fact, not only children know it, but some illiterate adults also know its contents.
For example, Mao Qingsheng, the owner of Maoge Restaurant.
Although he didn't know many words, he also knew the two sentences "At the beginning of human beings, nature is good", and he regarded these two sentences as guidelines for life.
He believes that he can succeed because he firmly believes that "human beings are inherently good in nature" and that is why he is where he is today.
"That's right, please open the Three Character Classic and have a look." Yu Jihan talked lightly while drinking tea.
Li Silang was actually impressed by Yu Jihan's profound knowledge, and he couldn't help but open the "Three Character Classic" after hearing this.
Li Silang opened it and saw that he had never come across this before: "Tadpole text?"
He couldn't help but be surprised. He looked carefully and looked up at Yu Jihan. He didn't understand his intention and his eyes were full of doubts.
"This is Pinyin. It has the same meaning as Qie Yin, but it is far more useful than Qie Yin." Yu Jixuan especially praised Tadpole Wen, "With this literacy tool, the speed is more than ten times faster than Qie Yin."
"It's so fast," Li Silang was stunned, but soon frowned, "but the student doesn't know tadpole literature."
"How old are you? Are you a civil servant?" Yu Jihan did not answer his question, but asked him his age.
Li Silang had already been obedient to Yu Jihan, bowed his hands and replied respectfully: "The student has just passed the exam for the first time, and now he wants to prepare for the second exam."
"At a young age, he is not much older than my grandson." Yu Jihan looked at his face and couldn't help but sigh, "So young."
After speaking, he looked at Jia Li, who nodded.
Both of them were over fifty, and seeing Li Silang's youth, they couldn't help but envy him.
"Master Yu is very old and strong, and his knowledge is beyond the reach of students." Hearing Yu Jihan sigh that he was very old, he felt a little sad and hurriedly expressed his position.
After all, Yu Jihan was the chief bookkeeper. He was well-educated and soon got over his sadness.
Yu Jihan looked at Li Silang and said calmly: "I am sixty years old and can still learn this tadpole essay. You are so young, can't you learn it?"
After saying that, Yu Jihan looked at Li Silang with bright eyes.
"Lao Yu is highly respected. He is able to master tadpole literature at such an advanced age, which is beyond the reach of students. Students are ashamed, students are ashamed." Li Silang just said that he did not know tadpole literature, but he did not expect that Yu Jihan, who could already become an ancestor, had already learned it. Tadpole Wen's face turned red, feeling extremely ashamed.
Yu Jihan nodded, looked at Li Silang, and continued to ask in a deep voice: "Do you think those naturalized people can learn the Three Character Classic and Tadpole Writing?"
"Yu Lao can learn it. Those naturalized people are almost the same as students, so of course they can learn it." Li Silang nodded, admitting this, and then changed his tone, "But students can't do tadpole writing."
When he said this, he smiled bitterly and looked embarrassed.
Jia Li listened with great interest on the side, and his eyes kept turning between Yu Jihan and Li Silang.
He saw Yu Jihan looking at Li Silang with a kind face, as if an ancestor looked at his grandson.
Jia Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration and scolded Li Silang in a deep voice: "Don't kneel down to our ancestors yet."
"Ancestor, but the student's ancestor has passed away, how can there be an ancestor." Li Silang was suddenly filled with grief, his eyes were red, and he couldn't help wiping his tears.
"Although your ancestor is no longer alive, there is someone who can be your ancestor." Jia Li felt that Li Silang was indeed a nerd and did not know how to take advantage of such a great opportunity.
Li Silang's eyes were also looking between Yu Jihan and Jia Li, and suddenly his eyes flashed.
When he came to Yu Jihan, he suddenly knelt down and said, "My ancestor, please accept my grandson's obeisance."
After saying that, regardless of whether Yu Jihan wanted it or not, he knelt three times and bowed nine times.
"Good boy." Yu Jixuan nodded and waited for Li Silang to finish kowtowing, then stepped forward to hold him up and said, "From now on, I will teach you the Tadpole Essay in the Three Character Classic."
Li Silang couldn't help but be overjoyed. Yu Jihan not only had strength and background, but also had profound knowledge, more than enough for his ancestor.
"Grandpa, my grandson has a small request, is it okay?" Li Silang felt guilty, but he had to make it.
The two became grandparents, and their relationship suddenly felt much closer.
Yu Jihan stroked his beard and asked kindly, "Silang, if you have something to say, you might as well say it directly."
"Is it possible to advance the salary of the night school and let the grandson go back to report the good news to his family?" Li Silang blushed and said embarrassedly.
It seems that this godson's family background is indeed not very good, otherwise he would never say this.
Yu Jixian nodded, smiled and took out a delivery card from his sleeve: "Zu Weng doesn't have anything, this is a little greeting gift, Si Lang can take it out and buy some pens, ink, paper and inkstones."
"Ten Guan pick-up cards?" Li Silang took it and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned. This is too many.
A ten-guan pick-up card is equivalent to about twenty taels of silver, and if converted into a huizi, it will be at least a hundred guan.
This was almost equivalent to his wife's half-year income, and she couldn't help but look at Yu Jihan with doubts.
Yu Jixian smiled slightly: "I still have some shares in the two workshops. The money is pure and pure. Silang can use it without worry."
Li Silang kowtowed respectfully three times before putting it into his sleeves.
Yu Jihan almost treated him as his grandson, which made Li Silang deeply moved.
When Li Silang went back this time, the elder man and his aunt both screamed with joy, because each of them had not only one candied haws in their hands, but a bunch of candied haws.
Looking at her bunch of candied haws, Mrs. Li Hu was not only not happy, but could not help frowning: "Did the official go to a gambling house? He actually won so much money?"
"No, I recognized an ancestor from my husband, and he gave me Shiguan's delivery card." Li Silang confessed honestly.
Li Hu was even more uneasy, staring at Li Silang, as if full of anger: "Official, although our family is a bit poor, we must be poor enough to be ambitious. Isn't it said in the book? A gentleman is not allowed to eat what comes. The servant's family is in the workshop. I get almost three copper coins a month to go to work. Why should I accept the food that comes from outside?"
"Madam, my husband didn't ask anyone for money at all." Li Silang felt a little depressed. Why didn't his wife believe the truth he told, and he defended himself.
Li Hu frowned, stared at him and asked: "If you don't want money, why do others give you so much money? Tell me, has the official done something that is sorry for the family, or sorry for the Song Dynasty?" matter?"
"Madam, my husband has never done anything at home, nor has he done anything to disgrace the Song Dynasty." Li Silang swore.
Mrs. Li Hu did not let him go despite his vows: "Then why should I give it to you?"
Li Silang had no choice but to tell the whole story of what happened today, focusing on being a teacher for naturalized people.
At this time, Li's mother also came out. When she heard this, she couldn't help frowning and worried: "Silang, if you become a teacher, you won't have time to read. How will you get the honor?"
"Mother, our ancestors have already considered this. This school is a night school. There are classes at night and no classes during the day. You can still read during the day." Seeing that Li's mother was worried, Li Silang was afraid that his mother would not let him go to class, so he hurriedly explain.
But Mother Li was still worried that her son would be harmed by staying up late: "Silang, staying up late consumes more energy than during the day. How can anyone bear this in the long run?"
"Mother, this night class is short, usually only one hour, or at most two hours. These naturalized people work during the day, and it is good to be able to last for two hours at night." Li Silang knew Mother Li's worries, and since then To win her support from the perspective of a naturalized person.
"It seems that studying at night is easier than attending classes during the day." Mother Li breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked another question, "How much is the salary?"
Not only Mother Li looked at him, but Mrs. Li Hu also looked at Li Silang.
When Li Silang saw that he had finally convinced his mother and his wife, his face was filled with excitement: "Mother, madam, there are three copper coins in a month, not a huizi."
"So, is it similar to the salary of a slave?" Li Hu said, suddenly feeling uncomfortable in his stomach, and couldn't help but retching.
Li Silang couldn't help being shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Li Hu: "Madam, are you working too hard and tired these days and are you sick? My husband will buy you a chicken right away to replenish your health."
"There's nothing else. I just felt a sudden nausea and couldn't vomit even if I wanted to." Li Hu rubbed her stomach and shook her head.
Sure enough, after having a daughter-in-law, I forgot about my mother. Why didn't I think of buying a chicken for my mother to replenish her health? Isn't it hard for my mother to weave at home every day?
Thinking of this, Mother Li, who already had a lot of gray hair, glared at her son and couldn't help but shed tears.
This is a happy day. The official has found so much money for the family. Why does the mother shed tears? Li Silang couldn't help being stunned.
When Li Hu saw Mother Li's tears, she didn't know what Mother Li was thinking, and hurriedly pushed Li Silang away: "Official, my mother has worked so hard, why don't she buy an old hen for her to replenish her health? Yes, why are you carrying so many pickup cards, and why aren’t you giving them to your mother for safekeeping?”
After speaking, Mrs. Li Hu kept winking at Li Silang.
Although Mrs. Li Hu kept winking at the officials, she actually felt really uncomfortable.
She has never seen so much money in all her life.
It would be better if I could keep the money by myself, and I should buy some more belongings at home. I haven't used gouache for two months, so I should buy gouache, etc.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Although she was in pain, she still had to put on a smile and let the officials hand over so much money.
Li Silang suddenly realized that he only thought about his wife's hard work and forgot that his mother had worked hard to raise him.
He took out all the remaining Jiuguanduo pickup cards and handed them to Mother Li respectfully.
Mother Li rubbed her wrinkled and calloused hands, hesitated for a few times, and finally took the delivery card in her hand.
Mother Li found a small wooden box with a lock, opened it in front of the two of them, locked it with a lock, and found a hidden place to put it away.
She looked at the house and said, and couldn't help but sigh: "These houses have been around for many years, and the purlins on the roofs are almost old, and they are still covered with thatch. When I save enough money, I will renovate all the houses and cover them with tiles." It allows the whole family to live comfortably.”
When Mrs. Li Hu heard this, she knew that her wish to buy gouache had completely failed, and she felt very upset.
"Mother has thought long and hard, and she has already done this." Not only could she not say it out loud, but she had to pretend to be very happy and salute Mrs. Li Wanfu to express her respect.
Mother Li took control of the family's finances, and her wrinkled face relaxed.
She was so happy that she naturally cared about her son and her husband.
She looked at Mrs. Li Hu repeatedly and asked with concern: "Erxifu, do you want to eat something sour?"
"Mom, I don't know why, my son-in-law just wants to eat sour food, even if he smells sour food, he feels good." Li Hu thought for a while and answered honestly.
Mother Li frowned, and after thinking for a while she couldn't help but ask: "Er Xi Fu, when did your Tiankui not come?"
"Mother, my wife has not been here for almost two months." Mrs. Li Hu thought for a while and answered cautiously.
Mother Li couldn't help being overjoyed and said happily: "My son, Xifu, you are very happy. This is a double happiness."
"Mother, it seems that my son is really happy." Hearing what Li's mother said, Li Hu thought about it for a while, but soon she became worried, "What should I do about my son? Will she still go to work?" I really can’t bear to live like that.”
"Children, what's most important is the child in your belly. Besides, Shiro also has a share of the livelihood, so you don't have to go out and suffer." After Li's mother took over the financial power, she focused solely on the interests of the next generation.
When Li Hu heard this, she was happy at first.
But if you stay at home all day long, it will be really boring.
I followed my mother in weaving, but the weaving speed was too slow, and the income was not as high as the income from the Zhaojiazhuang Demonic Taro Workshop. It was very good to be able to find a consistent amount of copper coins, which was only one third of the Zhaojiazhuang workshop.
Thinking of this, Mrs. Li Hu cautiously saluted Mother Li: "Mother, this house is too old and should be renovated." After thinking about it for a while, Mrs. Li Hu decided to go to the workshop to survive and save money after these three dangerous months. "
This is really a June debt, it needs to be paid off quickly.
Li's mother had just renovated the house as a righteous cause, but she didn't expect that her son-in-law would also use it to renovate the house as a righteous cause.
Mother Li actually doesn't like to let her son-in-law go out and show off. She believes that men farming and women weaving can lead to a happy life for the family.
After all, there are men and women in the workshop. We are not afraid of what may happen, but what if something unexpected happens?
If you have long-term insurance at home, you can not only do housework, but also the divorced wife at home can feel at ease.
"Sister-in-law, you have to think about it. After all, you have a baby in your belly. How can the workshop feel at ease at home?" Mother Li did not dare to object openly, so she had to use the excuse that she did not have a grandson.
Mrs. Li Hu came to Wanfu and tried hard to fight for power for herself: "Mother, it doesn't matter. There are still many pregnant women working in the workshop. Besides, there is also a doctor in the workshop."
"What, you still have a doctor in your workshop?" Mother Li couldn't believe her ears.
Mrs. Li Hu nodded and said: "There are more than 5,000 people in this workshop. Of course, it is equipped with a doctor, but the doctor also has to go out to the workshop for medical treatment."
"The workshop in Zhaojiazhuang is so good. Not only does it provide lunch at noon, but it also has a doctor?" Mother Li's eyes widened and she felt a little angry.
If she were not too old and had two grandchildren at home, she would want to survive in the Zhaojiazhuang workshop.
Seeing Mother Li's fierce gaze, Mrs. Li Hu took a step back in fright.
However, she felt that she was losing her temper, so she hurriedly came with a blessing to cover herself up: "Mother, Zhaojiazhuang is so good, so many people go there."
"That's very good. Then go to the workshop to see the doctor tomorrow to see if it is really there. If it is really there, let's see how long it lasts." Mother Li felt that with these benefits, she was not willing to waste this opportunity. .
Mrs. Li Hu actually didn't think it was necessary, but her mother gave her orders, so she had no choice but to agree: "No."
"Three blessings are coming to our family today. These are all brought by the little saint. Come, come, let the whole family burn incense at the little saint's tablet. Thank you for helping the whole family." Mother Li's face was red at this time. The family was rich, her son was dead, her husband was happy, and her son I have a livelihood again, of course I have to thank the little saint.
Li Silang felt that he was lucky. His wife was happy, his family was rich, he could study during the day and be a teacher at night. This was a magical life.
But what he didn't expect was that his good friends Zhang Sanlang and Wang Lang didn't let him go, and even came to his door with gifts.
