One hundred guan of silver is not much, you can buy a small shop, give the money to your father, and ask your father to help buy another shop for you.
The dog that had been raised for several months barked loudly at the side, as if cheering for Zheng Xiong.
Speaking of which, except for the initial contact, Zheng Xiong didn't pay much attention to him in the following days, and he was completely taken care of by the maids at home.
Today, I saw that the dog had grown quite big and looked well taken care of. He looked at his father beside him.
"Dad, this is the dog I brought back. Is it already that big?"
"Well, you brought him back a few months ago. He was bullied so badly by Zhi'er that he almost died. After that, he asked the maid at home to carry him back. He didn't put it at home. Now that he's a little older, he wanted to be patient, so he took it. Come back."
Zheng Xiong and Gouzi looked at each other with four eyes. No, they were looking at Zheng Xiong with ten eyes. Seemingly familiar, the dog sniffed around Zheng Xiong, then sniffed again, circling uncertainly.
Zheng Xiong stretched out his hand and hit the head. The dog squinted his eyes and enjoyed it. Several other dogs were eager to try and moved forward one after another.
In Huimin Pharmacy, a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in official uniform, was sitting quietly in Zheng Xiong's office.
Someone had prepared tea. Zheng Xiong, who had just returned from school, glanced at the person in front of him.
"You are the newly transferred deputy leader."
"Xiaguan Yang Yitian, pay homage to your lord. Xiaguan has just been appointed by the Ministry of Personnel to serve as deputy director of Huimin Pharmacy. This is your seal."
"Oh, got it."
Zheng Xiong replied without further explanation, and Yang didn't speak for a whole day, letting time pass by.
"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
"Sir, please tell me what I should do with this official's appointment and where to work."
"There's nothing wrong with Huimin Pharmacy. Please take care of the doctors here. They are all here to work and fish. You should worry more and see if you can improve their motivation. You don't need to worry about the rest. They are all in charge. Yes, I have already arranged this. By the way, what rank are you in?"
"The lower official rank is from the fifth rank."
"You can't squeeze in with them if you start from the fifth grade. Look where there are free rooms and you can choose one as your own public room."
"Yes, sir."
After dealing with Yang Yitian's matter, Zheng Xiong returned to school and continued teaching.
Two days later, Yang Yiyi appeared at the school gate and strolled into the school.
When I arrived at the door of the classroom, I looked at the blackboard, Zheng Xiong who was lecturing on the stage, and the students sitting below the stage.
Seeing Yang Yitian, Zheng Xiong put down his chalk.
"Next, you can review by yourself. The principal will come over later for random inspections."
Then walked to the door.
"Why are you here? What's wrong?"
"I have nothing to do. I am looking around. I have disturbed you. Please forgive me."
He stared at Yang Yitian for a while.
"It's okay, just take a walk by yourself."
"Sir, is there anything else that I need to do for you? I really can't stay idle and want to find something to do."
This requirement can be met.
"Then sit down and learn from it first. It will be useful to you in the future."
After hearing Zheng Xiong's words, Yang Yitian walked to the back row and listened to Zheng Xiong's teaching.
It was uncomfortable to listen to the endless explanation, but Yang Yitian endured it, listened to the class for a day, and left school in a daze.
The next day, I changed my mind, humbly asked for advice, found the best people to learn from, and started making up lessons.
"This little brother, please teach me how to pronounce this letter, and how to read and write these twenty-six letters."
"You won't teach me unless you give me candy."
"Sugar is okay, as long as you teach me, you can have as much sugar as you want."
The child swallowed, nodded, and started teaching seriously. He learned the twenty-six letters in a few days.
"You learned, where's the sugar?"
"It's not good for children to eat sweets, and they can't fill their stomachs. Here are the sesame biscuits that uncle brought, all for you."
Looking at the sesame cakes in front of him, the child pursed his lips and ran to Zheng Xiong to complain.
"Principal, he said to give me candy, but now we only have sesame cakes. Principal, you have to take care of it."
After a period of teaching, Principal Zheng's prestige is quite high, and he handles children's problems without compromise. He is sent to stand at the door, and more and more people make snitches.
"Why are you looking for me? Don't you know how to deal with it? You don't need to ask for instructions on this kind of problem in the future."
Hearing Zheng Xiong's words, the child happily ran to Yang Yitian.
"Would you like to give me candy?"
"No, sugar is quite expensive. Don't the sesame cakes taste good?"
The child pointed to the door.
"I want some candy. If you don't have any, you have to go out and stand."
Hearing the child's words, Yang Yitian smiled.
"So what if you don't? I'm making it up to you, right?"
"The principal said, if you don't do it, you have to go out and stand for punishment."
"I do not believe."
After looking at Yang Yitian with gloating, the child ran up to Zheng Xiong, pointed at Yang Yitian and said.
"Principal, he said there was no candy and he said he didn't believe it."
He raised his head and glanced at Yang Yitian.
"Yang Yitian, go out and stand."
I can't believe that I am a fifth-rank official after all. Although I am from the fifth rank, I am forced to stand. What a joke.
"Sir, is this true?"
"Yes, you heard me right. Keep your word. Don't break your promise. Don't lie to children. You must know that your behavior is going to teach bad things to children."
"And since you are studying here, you must understand that there are no officials or officials here, only the principal."
With an aggrieved look on his face, Yang Yitian wanted to throw up his sleeves and leave.
"My lord, I understand and will go out now."
"wrong."
"Principal, students understand."
On the road, my brain is very useful.
The child on the side picked up the sesame cake and ran to the door, gnawing on it with a wicked smile on his face.
The baby feels bitter in his heart, but the baby doesn't say anything.
The boring study lasted for more than half a month, and finally the results were achieved. I learned all the initial consonants and finals.
Then I was taught how to read. Fortunately for the doctors, they all had a certain cultural foundation. They learned quickly by referring to a big dictionary.
Children's progress is much slower.
Zheng Xiong let all the doctors go and asked them to take charge of all the students who had been left alone for so long, starting with learning letters.
The liberated doctor turned from a sheep into a wolf, and the dragon slayer turned into a dragon. He sought help from children twice as much. Zheng Xiong's teaching template was copied by these doctors. The school instantly turned from heaven to hell, and the students They complained endlessly.
Yang Yitian studied very hard, and Zheng Xiong called him over and asked him to follow the teaching.
"Principal, I'm sorry for the students' inability to obey my order, but I also ask the principal to take it back."
"Aren't you very free? There is nothing to refuse in this matter of education."
"What the saints wrote contains profound meanings and cannot be changed. Now that it is covered with these letters and simplified vernacular characters, it is really difficult for students to accept it."
"It's hard to accept. What did you learn to do? That's it."
If he wanted to work in the pharmacy, he had to listen to Zheng Xiong's words and could only go to teach obediently.
“Brother Aboci’s Hungry Fortune~~”
With a bang, a student who had deserted in class was hit in the head by a piece of chalk falling from the sky.
Yang Tiantian gradually began to enjoy this feeling.
It is not as hard as the teachers of later generations. Just these letters, you can learn them as soon as you learn them. There is no need to prepare lessons, no need to get up early and late at night, no need to correct homework, and no need to worry about students' grades.
I like listening to it, but we are not used to deserting.
Zheng Xiong doesn't have to prepare lessons when it comes to recognizing words, forming words, and making sentences, starting with common words. He just follows the big dictionary and writes wherever he thinks. The children he teaches now are more receptive, unlike doctors who have been stereotyped.
On this day, Zheng Xiong returned to his home after finishing his day's mission.
Two beggars in ragged clothes were talking to their father.
Seeing Zheng Xiong coming, he quickly stood up.
Zheng Qi saw Zheng Xiong coming back and immediately spoke out.
"Xiong'er, guess who they are."
Zheng Xiong looked at the two beggars with a question mark on his face, confused.
When the two beggars heard Xiong'er, they guessed who was coming, and ran to Zheng Xiong, and Genet said with tears in his eyes.
"Brother."
"You are."
"It's us, I am Zhang San and he is Wang Erma."
Zheng Xiong was immediately stunned, the memories in his mind emerged one by one, and he pointed at the two of them in disbelief.
"You are the second brother Zhang San, and you are the third brother Wang Erma."
"Brother."
"Third brother."
"Brother."
"Second brother."
The three of them hugged each other, eyes filled with excitement.
"What are you three doing standing outside? Come in and sit down."
After hearing Zheng Qi's words, several people walked into the hall.
"Have you eaten?"
"Uncle just gave us snacks. We ate some to fill our stomachs. We are not very hungry now."
"That's good, let's have a few drinks later."
"Brother, back then you drank on the sly and drank every glass. Has your drinking capacity increased now?"
Zheng Xiong touched his nose.
"No, can I have tea instead of wine?"
"That won't work. I have to have a drink in the end, just in time to sleep."
"Okay, today I will sacrifice my life to accompany you. If I don't pour one glass, I will have another one. By the way, didn't you two go your separate ways with your uncle back then? How did you meet up together?"
Speaking of this, the expressions of the two of them darkened, and they burst into tears as they recalled the past.
"Brother, we have had a hard time these past few years."
To make a long story short, the two of them fled with their father, and then got separated, begging along the way, and accidentally met each other.
Then the two of them struggled to make a living together, working as helpers and doing hard labor. Before settling down, they were back to the starting point.
Due to natural and man-made disasters, all the places where he worked inexplicably closed down. After struggling to survive for so many years, he thought that the world would usher in good times for Lao Zhu Dingding.
Who would have known that as time goes by, things get worse and worse. Either they are robbed by bandits and lose their money, or they are made things difficult by villains and cannot save any money.
Then the vigorous Hongwu immigration began, and the two of them were selected to immigrate. Because they had lived in Yingtian Mansion before, they were filled in the nearby area.
I heard that there was Zheng Xiong and Zheng Tiling from Huimin Pharmacy. As soon as the two of them arrived at the place and settled down a little, they rushed to Yingtian Mansion to find Zheng Xiong.
So I reported Zheng Xiong's name, saying that it was Zheng Xiong's childhood, and the local government issued road guides because of Zheng Xiong's face.
They were robbed on the way, and no one was left alive. They begged all the way, and relied on the road that hadn't been robbed to lead them to Nanjing City. They found out where Zheng Xiong lived from memory.
After listening to the two people telling their respective experiences, Zheng Xiong was silent for a long time. They were really two miserable children. But here we are, and I don’t know if my small body can withstand the fate of two people.
After all, they are still young and have deep feelings for each other.
"Second brother and third brother, since you have arrived at my brother's place, leave it to him. I will settle down in Nanjing City from now on, and I promise to make clear arrangements for you two. The hard days are over, and you can enjoy life with us." that is."
"Brother, we are just here to see you. If you are in trouble, forget it. We will go back. Even though life will be a little harder, we won't starve to death."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Can I watch you two suffer? Let's eat and take a shower later. Let's get together and recuperate. I'll take you two to go through the formalities tomorrow. My eldest brother is doing okay. Don’t think about me.”
"Thank you, brother."
"Thank you for everything."
After dinner, the three of them chatted for a long time after washing themselves with soap, and then went to sleep. Even if they slept well, the soap might not be enough to clean them, so we'll talk about it later.
The next day, the three of them went to the government office of Yingtian Mansion, and Zheng Xiong went straight to Zheng Yiyan's public house.
"Why do you have time to come to my place? Why don't you come to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing? Tell me what's the matter."
Surprised by Fu Yin's easygoingness, the second brother and the third brother remained silent until Zheng Xiong spoke.
"Master Fu Yin has a keen eye. I really have something to ask of you. I have two brothers who were originally from Yingtian Mansion. They later escaped and got lost. Now that they are back in Yingtian Mansion, I have to make arrangements for you, Master Fu Yin." .”
Zheng Xiong's reply made Zheng Yiyan's eyes light up.
"It's easy to say, but today shouldn't be your day to rest. How did you get here?"
"Uh, uh, uh, I forgot about it because of my impatience. I will review it immediately and make sure to change it in the future."
"It must be changed. It's easy to talk about your brother's matter, but I'm short of money here. Shouldn't you express your gratitude?"
After thinking about it for a while, he definitely wasn't asking for a bribe, but he was interested in the wealth of his Huimin Pharmacy. Last time he stole his home secretly, and this time he started to blackmail blatantly and knocked on the table.
When the second and third brothers saw Zheng Yiyan's straightforward words, they thought he was asking for money. When they were about to speak, Zheng Xiong spoke in advance.
"As much as your lord wants."
Seeing Zheng Xiong speaking, the two of them couldn't sit still and spoke quickly.
"Brother, forget it, we are very satisfied if we can see eldest brother. There is no need to spend money on us. Let's leave today."
Zheng Xiong didn't answer, and Zheng Yiyan didn't say much.
"Ten thousand strings."
After hearing Zheng Yiyan's words, the two of them collapsed on the ground. The two of them knew how much wealth the Zheng family had, even if the Zheng family was torn apart by these ten thousand yuan.
"Too many, two thousand strings."
Even though the lion was talking loudly, Zheng Yiyan was not in a hurry.
"I know how much money you have earned in the past few months. Nine thousand guans cannot be any less."
"Three thousand guan. There are still a lot of things to be built here in Xiaguan, so we can only squeeze out 3,000 guan."
"It hasn't been built yet, Baqianguan, you can wait and see."
"Tomorrow comes tomorrow. There are so many tomorrows. Four thousand strings are really gone."
"I will take one step back, six thousand strings."
"Five thousand strings can make you successful, but you can't pull it down."
"Five thousand five hundred strings."
"make a deal."
Zheng Yiyan laughed heartily, it was a complete surprise, and Zheng Xiong also breathed a sigh of relief. The money was not his own anyway, so it was okay to give some money to Yingtian Mansion, a higher-level unit.
Only the two brothers were left confused.
"Qian Cai will be sent here right away."
"There's no rush, let's get it done first. I'll give you a day off today. You can have a good day with your brother, and then ask someone to deliver it to you when you go to work tomorrow. I can trust you."
"Thank you very much, sir."
(End of chapter)
