I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Chapter 159
The next day, Yang Xi got up to see Zhou Yu come back from practicing martial arts, "Why did you come back so early today?"

Zhou Yu changed his martial arts clothes, "Uncle Zhong didn't sleep all night last night. I went to practice martial arts and saw Uncle Zhong in the yard. We talked for a while, and I came back."

"Uncle made a decision, and I feel bad in my heart."

Zhou Yu, "Yeah, it's easy to separate from the family. Uncle doesn't know how much he has suffered in his heart."

Yang Xi sat up and shivered, "Why do I feel colder today?"

Zhou Yu saw that his younger son's head was about to shrink into the quilt, so he hurriedly pulled the quilt, "It's cloudy outside today, and it looks like it's going to rain."

Yang Xi put on clothes and muttered, "I hate dead rainy days."

Zhou Yu didn't like it either, so he talked about other things, "Xixuan has to take his younger brother for a test when he comes back. My younger brother has improved his martial arts very quickly, and he is still training him in the barracks."

Yang Xi smiled, "My little brother is thin and strong, I think it's pretty good."

In troubled times, it is safer to have martial arts in the body. Now the boys in the family have to practice martial arts in the morning, and even she sometimes moves her legs.

After breakfast, Zhou Yu accompanied Uncle Zhong to Lizheng's house. Lizheng's house was having breakfast. The Zhou family's food was the best in Shanghe Village. In order to ensure the consumption of martial arts, he had to eat a meal of meat every day.

The breakfast at Lizheng's house is very simple, a plate of wild vegetables mixed with garlic paste, a plate of pickles, millet porridge and coarse-grain cakes, which many people in Shanghe Village can't afford.

Liu Lizheng swallowed the last piece of cake in his mouth, "Is there something wrong, sir?"

Zhong Yan said, "I want to ask if there is a homestead near the school?"

Liu Lizheng asked, "Mr. Zhong wants to build a house?"

Zhong Yan nodded, "Well, my second son and younger son are coming over. As the old saying goes, one must have roots in a settlement, and a house is the root, so I want to buy a homestead to build a house."

Liu Lizheng understood that he wanted to settle in Shanghe Village. That's good. He has heard his grandson come back to say that Mr. Xuetang is not enough. Mr. Zhong's two sons are each a talented person. Thinking of this, his tone is very enthusiastic, "Yes, Yes, I will take you to see the old man now?"

Zhong Yan said again, "I need a homestead as big as Zhou Yu's yard."

Liu Li was stroking his beard, "Yes, there are houses that can be built near Mr. Zhou's house."

Zhong Yan smiled, "Then let's go take a look now."

Liu Lizheng took the cigarette stick handed over by the eldest grandson, "Sir, please."

Liu Lizheng's other grandsons didn't eat either, and quickly went back to the house to get their homework and followed him.

Zhou Yu glanced at it, and the boys froze. When Zhou Yu retracted his gaze, the boys exhaled. The boys were most afraid of Mr. Zhou!
Back at the Zhou family's house, Zhong Yan pointed to an open space not far away and asked Li Zheng, "Can I buy it here?"

Liu Lizheng knew Shanghe Village like the back of his hand and took a puff of cigarettes. "If you can buy it, this land is bigger than Mr. Zhou's."

Zhong Yan, "It's okay to be older, we have many grandchildren."

"The deed can be done today, can Mr. Zhong do it today?"

Zhong Yan was straightforward, "I'll do it today."

Zhong Yan didn't need to come forward to do the deed, Liu Lizheng went to the county government to find the magistrate directly.

Zhou Yu asked Mo Lu to drive the donkey cart to send Lizheng to the county. After sending Lizheng away, Zhou Yu asked, "Uncle, when are you going to build the house?"

The two of Zhong Yi didn't come. Uncle Zhong never thought of leaving Zhou's house, but now he can't. Uncle Zhong was separated from the family, so he must have a place to stay.

He asked this not to expel people, but to help Zhang Luo get up.

Zhong Yan bought the homestead, and he felt a lot more relaxed, "Tomorrow, you can help find someone to build the house. You have experience in building the house."

Zhou Yu felt a little guilty, "Actually, my house was built by Xixuan staring at it."

Zhong Yan, "."

Zhou Yu coughed, "I'll find someone tomorrow."

Zhong Yan was silent for a moment, "You can ask Xixuan before you find someone."

Zhou Yu has already thought about who to watch, and Wu Shan is the most suitable, "Well."

In the afternoon, when Yang San came back from the county, he had already arranged for twenty people to go to Quanzhou to pick them up. "In the hands of the people I gathered, these twenty are the best."

Zhong Yan's heart is very complicated, and he is annoyed by the family. Originally, he observed Yang San more according to his ideas, and wanted to wait until next year to express his position. Now it is a promise, and he does not need to be hypocritical, "Thank you."

Yang San was in a good mood. He didn't hide his happiness at all. He grinned and said, "You are my brother-in-law's uncle, you don't need to thank me."

Zhong Yan stroked his beard and took out the paper he had written, "Write down the name of the person on it, you can find him if you have something in the capital, but I don't know if he is still in the capital or not."

Yang San took it solemnly. On the paper was written the head of the Ministry of Works, Mr. Qiao, and also wrote that he liked listening to dramas. If you have anything to do, you can go to the theater to find him.

Yang Xi saw the content from Yang San, and looked at Uncle Zhong.

Zhong Yan stroked his beard and said, "The old man saved his life back then. We haven't had much private communication in these years, and no one knows what happened back then. Last time he said that he would resign and return to his ancestral home. I don't know if he resigned or not. "

After a pause, he continued: "The old man does have some contacts, but the old man has resigned for many years, the officialdom has been ups and downs, and there are not many contacts left."

He used his personal connections once for his eldest son, and some of the favors have been settled, and there are not many connections left for him to use.

Yang San smiled and raised the paper in his hand, "I'm poor and I don't have any connections. You've helped me a lot."

Zhong Yan felt comfortable when he heard it, "Personal connections need to be maintained by interests. Apart from some kind of life and death, some connections are also unreliable. In the future, more will depend on you."

Don't think about picking up ready-made ones. Sometimes what you find is not necessarily a watermelon, maybe it is a poisonous mushroom!

Yang San's smile faded, and he said sternly, "My sister and brother-in-law taught me that what I got by myself is my own."

There was a smile on Zhong Yan's face, "As long as you can remember."

Zhou Yu was satisfied with Yang San, and this kid really took the words of their husband and wife to heart.

After dinner, Wu Shan and his wife came. The Wu family didn't have to go to corvée. The people of Shanghe Village were envious, especially the Zhao family.

Yang San told Wu Shan about his experience in building a house and what he should pay attention to, and Zhou Yu sat on the side and simply recorded it.

The labor of building a house is not bothered. In winter, the labor of Shanghe Village is idle at home. The trouble is the communication between purchasing and craftsmen.

Don't think that the ancient people are simple, some craftsmen have enough experience to make people not soft at all.

Wu Shan has been listening attentively, with a teachable expression.

Yang Xi and Li were chatting. The sisters of the Wu family were ill, and the two younger ones of the Wu family were also ill. Yang Xi asked with concern, "Are the two children cured?"

Li Shi, "The two little ones had a bad cough a few days ago. After drinking the pear paste given by Sister Zhang, they have gotten better."

Yang Xi was relieved, "It's good to be healed."

Li Shi was also very worried, "Yeah, I am most afraid that my child will get sick."

Being sick means dying. She actually has a child who died of illness at the age of two.

Yang Xi felt sad, and she was also afraid, "I heard Fangqing say, you have two daughters-in-law again?"

Li's smile deepened, "Yes."

Yang Xi, "Congratulations, congratulations."

Li continued: "The village asked about the marriage of my third child. Every time the third child came back, he told me to leave him alone. I can't handle him now."

(End of this chapter)