Chapter 50
The county magistrate had no sympathy for the mother and son.
If I had known today, would I have regretted it?
He could see this little trick of abandoning his car to protect his commander, let alone Shi Gong!
When the lecture ended, it was getting late.
Jiang Mandun was extremely grateful to the benefactor who had knocked Jin Yu's mother and son into the abyss, and tried hard to persuade him to stay. Shi Jun also refused to refuse if he wanted to spend more time with the Jiang family.
That evening, I rested at Jiang's house.
Fei didn't know about the Jin family's affairs yet. She had just finished making tofu nao and was about to send it over when she saw the rest of the family returning happily with Mr. Shi.
Her son Jiang Ning quietly told her: "Mom, that little guy from the Jin family has had his reputation revoked by Mr. Shi. He's no longer a member of the imperial family!"
Fei almost jumped three feet high on the spot!
When he looked at Shi Yun again, both eyes were shining.
Mr. Shi, you are my god! ! !
She hurried to the kitchen, took out the sesame seeds that she had carefully collected at home and pounded them, and took out the candy cubes that Yuan Niang had bought earlier from the cupboard.
She and her husband were reluctant to eat such expensive things, and Jiang Ning also refused to eat them. He only asked the two young ladies to use them to sweeten their mouths when they were sick.
But now that a distinguished guest came to the house, Fei felt it was not decent to take out these candy bars.
It's dark and has an earthy smell, so why bother taking it out?
She quietly called her son over: "Go to the patriarch's house, ask if there are any better candies, and borrow some."
Jiang Ning responded neatly.
Fei wiped her hands, carefully put away the uneaten bag of candy, then went to the yard to pick up a handful of green onions and a handful of coriander, and went to the kitchen to chop them.
Not long after, Jiang Ning came back: "I borrowed the candy, and also gave me a handful of peppercorns."
Mrs. Fei remembered the favor from the patriarch's family, and after packing it up, she sent the tofu buns on a tray. Tong Shiyun, who was smiling, introduced: "Usually, the two sisters go to Liushi to sell tofu buns. Because they are cheap, they only add some common tofu buns. Please eat the original flavor. Liniang said, there are several serious ones, sweet, salty, spicy. I don’t know what you two like, so I prepared some of them. …”
Shi Yun didn't hesitate to grab dogwood and soy beans and sprinkle some green onion and coriander on it: "Who would like to eat sweet tofu!"
As a sweetheart, Jiang Liniang was stung.
I hesitate to speak...
Forget it, it’s not a big deal, just be patient!
She had eaten this thing many times before, and she didn't think it was new. At this time, she had no intention of using her chopsticks. However, it was the first time for Shi Jun and the old servant who led the donkey to taste it, and they both found it quite delicious: "It's so novel. The stuff is tender and soft. I can ask your wife to try it - she is old and her teeth are not very good."
Shi Yun asked: "Is this something you tinkered with?"
Jiang Liniang nodded: "Yes."
Shi Jun asked her again: "How did you make it?"
Jiang Liniang didn't feel that the three dignitaries and guilds were competing with her to buy tofu noodles, so she said it in detail.
Shi Jun looked at her with even more surprise: "She is really a person who can think and do things."
He held his chopsticks and looked thoughtful. After a long time, he finally said to Jiang Mandun and Fei: "Since I have accepted her as a disciple, I must take her with me and teach her carefully, and continue to live in this place." It’s really troublesome to come and go in Xibao Village. Why don’t we ask her to come to my house and concentrate on her studies? What do you think?”
Jiang Mandun was an honest man, and he was so happy that he was speechless.
Although Fei was happy, she still had some sense: "Isn't it too troublesome for you? I'm afraid it will disturb you."
"It doesn't matter," Shi Yun said, "I still have a few disciples in my house, so I can let them get to know each other. Since Liniang is gone, I can also keep my wife company."
Fei finally responded with a lot of gratitude: "Thank you for your trouble."
He also said: "If she is naughty and doesn't listen to the teacher's instructions, you don't have to care what we think. Hit her when she needs to be beaten, and scold her when she needs to be scolded -"
Shi Yun shook his head and laughed: "Is it true that talented people are born from beatings and scoldings?"
Jiang Liniang herself was a little hesitant.
She is not a pretty young lady who stays at home, but is used as a labor force. If she leaves, what will Yuan Niang do?
"No, sister can't handle it alone..."
"It's okay, just rest assured." Yuan Niang was happy about her future, and now she comforted her softly: "The weather is getting hotter, and this tofu business won't last long. I told Qi Shu's aunt... Now, I’ll go to her house to help with the embroidery work, which will be quite busy.”
Seeing that she meant what she said, Shi Jun couldn't help but nodded secretly, pretended to hesitate and thought for a while, then said generously: "It's also a matter of driving a sheep, and it's also a matter of herding three sheep. In this case, you three brothers and sisters will follow me." Come to Beijing!"
As soon as the words hit the ground, Jiang Ning and Yuan Niang were all stunned.
Jiang Liniang, on the other hand, had some vague guesses about this.
Jiang Mandun and Fei's thoughts could no longer be described as grateful, but sincere and fearful: "How can this be done? We made three mouths out of thin air, how thick-skinned we are! Let people take a look, it's the countryside A poor ghost comes to your door to complain about the autumn wind. It will not only trouble you, but also embarrass Liniang. No, no!"
Shi Jun then straightened his face: "How can I take back what I said? Do you want me to be a person who breaks my word?"
Jiang Mandun was still stunned, but Fei knelt down and kowtowed to him, saying with tears: "I really don't know how to thank you!"
Jiang Mandun also knelt down quickly and sincerely thanked him.
Shi Yun helped them up: "For me, it's just a little effort, it doesn't have to be like this."
Jiang Liniang is his favorite disciple, and he must teach her well.
And Jiang Yuanniang is the emperor's favorite candidate for the mother of the country. Although her temperament is simple and honest enough, there is always no harm in learning more poetry and etiquette.
In the future, if the emperor becomes a queen and once was his disciple, there will be some explanation.
Not to mention Jiang Ning - as the only male heir of the Queen's mother clan, he did his best to teach others, which was a good thing for Jiang Ning and a good thing for the world.
Everyone is happy.
The two parties settled the matter, and Yuanniang and Jiang Ning had to express their gratitude to Shi Yun. That night, Shi Yun stayed at the Jiang family, but the Jiang family had almost no sleep all night.
Fei was busy packing her luggage, and the more she packed, the more she felt sad. She took these few sewn and mended clothes out to Mr. Shi's house. Others would laugh at the children even if they didn't say anything!
Furthermore, when the three mouths arrived at the teacher's house, instead of saying Shuxiu, should they still have the teacher's house to take care of the food?
But at home...
Fei raised her hand to wipe away her tears, but for some reason, more and more tears came out of her eyes.
Jiang Mandun was silent for a long time and said, "I, let me go to the patriarch's house again."
Fei hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed.
The head of the Jiang family had not yet fallen asleep. Hearing that Mr. Shi was going to take away the three children of the Jiang family, he was overjoyed: "This is a great thing! Yuan Niang and Liniang are girls after all. But Lang is a man, and with Shi Gong’s guidance, he will have a bright future, and he will be able to support his two younger sisters in the future!”
He immediately sent someone to get thirty taels of silver, and then said to Jiang Mantun: "I heard that the scholar told the story of rare things that can be lived in. Now, your three children are just rare things to our Jiang family." The goods are full! Don’t feel embarrassed to come here. It’s nothing to take some money from your family, and don’t think about saving money to pay off the debt. This is given to the three brothers and sisters by the clan, so they don’t have to pay it back. .”
Jiang Mandun kowtowed to the clan leader with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, I cannot thank you enough for your great kindness!"
The patriarch asked him to get up and said: "If anything happens in the future, don't dare to speak. The days are still long. Maybe we will have to count on three children in the future, right? Don't cry. , a person of your age is not ashamed, just go home."
Jiang Mandun left gratefully.
Fei divided the thirty taels of silver into three parts, called her three brothers and sisters over, and explained to them the source of the money: "This is someone else's kindness, and I have to repay it in the future, do you understand?"
All three nodded.
Mrs. Fei divided the money into 10 taels per person: "It's a province, it's a flower that should be spent. My parents have no future, so they can only do it like this. You accept it, and don't despise the family's poverty."
After saying that, I couldn't help crying again.
Yuan Niang and Liniang also cried, and Jiang Ning's eyes turned red.
The last three juniors kowtowed to Jiang Mandun and Fei together as a farewell.
…
At dawn the next day, Fei got up to cook some food, told them to eat, and then hurried on the road: "If it's a little later, it will be hot."
The three of them solemnly bid farewell to Jiang Mandun and his wife, each carrying a baggage, and embarked on the road to Beijing.
Jiang Ning had been to Chang'an, and Yuanniang went to Liushi almost every day, but going there to make a living or to visit friends and stay there for a long time were two different things after all.
Although Xibao Village is right behind them, the sorrow of separation still hangs over the two young people.
Only Jiang Liniang did not feel sad.
She once took a ferry across the Pacific and flew across two continents in one day. For her, the sorrow of separation was something close to nothing.
She began to think about how to make her brother and sister live a better life in the Shi family. If the teacher's advice could help her brother enlightenment, that would be even better!
Jiang Liniang walked a few steps quickly, walked around the old donkey, and asked Shi Jun: "Teacher, what are the senior brothers in the mansion like?"
Shi Jun said: "They are helping me sort out my collection of essays over the years, and they are also studying national history. They are all very good-tempered."
Jiang Liniang said "Oh" and asked a little embarrassedly: "When we enter Chang'an later, should we change our clothes? Will it embarrass you if we just go there in ashes?"
Shi Yun said: "Those who think that my fellow juniors and juniors are shamefully dressed are not worthy of being accepted as my disciples."
Jiang Liniang was relieved.
Walking all the way to Chang'an on two legs, going east and west, I came to the front of Shi's house.
The three Jiang brothers and sisters were instantly shocked.
Even Jiang Liniang is no exception.
The miles-long palace walls, the majestic and solemn gates, the gorgeous door doors, and the exquisitely carved horse posts...
This is different from watching TV or movies.
The buildings that appear in movies and TV dramas are just buildings, but in this era, the buildings themselves are the projection of power!
Jiang Liniang's birthplace was in Xibao Village, and her upgrade road was in Liushi. Before meeting Shi Jun, the most powerful person she had ever seen was the housekeeper of the squire's family. Even the squire himself wanted to take away her unique recipe. There is no need to show up, a housekeeper who does chores is enough.
The area where Shi Jun lives is where the noble and high-ranking officials of Chang'an gather. She has never even thought of taking a look at this street, let alone coming here.
To be honest, if you sell tofu bread in Liushi, a slum in the slums, you will be fed by the government officials every now and then and charged dozens of big bucks. She, a tofu bread girl wearing patched clothes, dares to come here and look around?
He was beaten to death for committing some taboo, and his family didn’t know where to collect the body!
Following Shi Yun, they entered through the main entrance, went around a door, entered another door, passed through the long corridor, and entered another door. Just when the three Jiang brothers and sisters were confused, they finally arrived at the place.
Jiang Liniang saw an old woman with gray hair walking out of the main room. Her face could still vaguely see the elegance of her youth. When she saw them, she looked slightly startled.
