I was a famous teacher in ancient times

Because there were guests, Yang Xi and his wife signaled to Manager Xue to send the gift back to the backyard, and they would go back to see it later.

Zhou Yu waited for Manager Xue to leave, and looked at Sun Xiucai, "You can continue to explain."

Sun Xiucai was happy that he was respected. In fact, the two gentlemen looked at the gifts first, so he didn't think too much, and brought it out in a happy tone, "Sun's dress is deliberate, sir, please listen to Sun first. someone's life."

Yang Xi's eyes lit up, this one has a story.

Sun Xiucai paused for a while and continued: "Sun Mou's family lives in Liuzhen, and his family lives on the fields left by his ancestors. In addition, there is a shop in the town, so he can live a good life. When Sun Mou was born, his mother died of dystocia. My father didn't like my mother at first, and I carried the reputation of being a parent, and my father didn't like Sun Mou either."

Yang Xi has been able to complete the story, but he was not liked by his father, and he is worse than his stepfather with a stepmother.

Sun Xiucai's eyes were calm, and the tone of his story did not waver, "Sun Mou relied on his neighbors to fill his stomach when he was young, and my uncle saw that I was smart and loved talents and sent me to study, of course, there are conditions. When I passed the exam, the tax-exempt field for the scholars will be linked to the uncle's family, and once I succeed in the exam, I will protect the family."

Yang Xi asked, "Since you have become a scholar and have the ability to manage money, why do you deliberately dress like this?"

Sun Xiucai smiled wryly, "It is said that when a scholar encounters a soldier, it is not clear why it is reasonable, and then in the current world, the road to the imperial examination is cut off, and my road to Qingyun is gone. In addition, once I have no one to rely on, I will lose my freedom. So I don't dare to make a sound when I make money."

Zhou Yu raised his eyebrows, "Looking at your appearance, your father is very harsh to you."

Sun Xiucai, "Yes, I have three half-brothers, and the two older ones fell in love with gambling without learning. I don't want to be taken advantage of. Now that there is no imperial examination, I have split up and live in the same town. , I can only pretend to be a poor scholar."

Who let his tax-free Tian Quan hang on the land of his uncle's house. He has no fields and no yard, and he relies on private school to be a gentleman to make some money.

Yang Xi and his wife didn't ask Sun Xiucai why they didn't leave Liuzhen. They knew that it was not only difficult to leave their homeland, but also that they could live better because of the gathering of relatives in this world.

Afterwards, the couple heard how Sun Xiucai earned money. This scholar could not do business in person for the imperial examinations, but he was flexible enough to give ideas to many shops and got the money to start the business, and because he studied at Yishan College, he was able to get the academy. The examination papers, he and Dean Fang organized into a test booklet, he introduced the booklet, and then divided the account with Dean Fang fifty-fifth.

Zhou Yu and his wife, "."

These two are indeed teachers and students.

After Sun Xiucai finished speaking, he looked at the two gentlemen nervously. He didn't want to live in Liuzhen. He was tired of his biological father and troubles.

Zhou Yu and his wife stood up, and Zhou Yu smiled a little deeper, "Looking at how you look, you have a place to live, then come to the house tomorrow, and I will test your knowledge."

Yang Xi nodded at Sun Xiucai, and the couple left the front yard, leaving behind Sun Xiucai.

Manager Xue cleared his throat, "Sun Xiucai?"

After returning to his senses, Sun Xiucai jumped on the spot twice. He was not afraid of taking the exam, but he was afraid that there would be no chance to take the exam. He said to Manager Xue, "Please also tell the manager when the gate of the Yang residence will be opened."

Manager Xue admired this man's intelligence in his heart. Where is the time to ask Yang's house to open the door, obviously when the two gentlemen have finished their breakfast, Manager Xue is also happy to make it convenient, and they will work together in the future, "Sun Xiucai It's time to come."

Sun Xiucai, "Thank you for the stewardship."

He was willing to believe in Steward Xue, who must be someone with brains if he could be the chief steward of the Yang residence.

Yang Xi and his wife returned to the backyard. There were three boxes of gifts, and the seals on the boxes were not damaged. The two of them personally opened the seals and saw the contents inside. The two were rarely surprised.

Yang Xi picked up the tortoiseshell glasses with gold chains on the temples, Yang Xi couldn't put it down, "Where did Xixuan get them?"

Counting them, there are actually five pairs of tortoiseshell glasses. In ancient times, tortoiseshells were deeply loved by the royal family and the powerful. With the addition of glass lenses, these five pairs of glasses were luxury goods in ancient times, which could not be bought with money.

Zhou Yu looked at it with a telescope in his hand, and picked up a few Western books on mathematics and astronomy. When the country was still alive, there were foreigners in the imperial court to preach. His heart must be changed, and he also told him that he could not believe what foreigners said, but he could learn the knowledge of foreigners.

His father liked some astronomical knowledge of foreigners very much, and he also asked foreigners for advice. Unfortunately, foreigners were not willing to teach esoteric knowledge, only their teachings.

Back then, my father didn't get the foreigner's books, but now he has it. Unfortunately, the books are all in foreign languages. What's more sad is that he doesn't know them yet.

Yang Xi had already picked up the letters in the box, and only then did he know where Xixuan got these things, and why did Xixuan return to the island. It turned out that he encountered a merchant ship smuggled by Hekou. This must not be let go. There were still a few foreigners on the merchant ship. Two foreigners died, and two foreigners were captured alive and are now being held on the island.

In order not to leak the news, Xi Xuan only left two foreigners alive, and even the merchant ship was sunk.

Zhou Yu waited for his daughter-in-law to read the letter, and he read it again, then smiled, "This kid has made a fortune."

A shipment of smuggled goods is also a considerable amount of money to be re-sold. Xixuan said that there are a lot of Western goods.

Yang Xi squatted down and looked at some Western utensils. Relatively speaking, she prefers porcelain, which is the inheritance.

The three boxes of gifts are all Western goods, but the couple is not very interested, but the crystal ornaments are liked by Ziheng and Zilu.

Yang Xi touched the tortoiseshell glasses, "We're not short-sighted, and I'm reluctant to give them away."

Zhou Yu also likes tortoiseshell glasses, "It's useless for us to keep them, they should go to the hands of those who need them."

Yang Xi took out two pairs of glasses, "One for Mr. Yu and one for Fan Huaying."

Zhou Yu looked at the remaining three mates, "Uncle Zhong doesn't need to worry about us, Xixuan said he will keep it for Uncle Zhong."

Yang Xi put away the remaining three pairs, "I think about who to use these three pairs."

Zhou Yu hurriedly said, "Give me a pair."

Yang Xi, "Huh?"

Zhou Yu cleared his throat, "I want to give General Bai a pair."

Yang Xi raised his eyebrows, "General Bai is also myopic?"

No, General Bai can't stay up all night to study, plus he has always had good living habits, General Bai's eyesight should be good.

Zhou Yu, "General Bai is not short-sighted. There are people around him who are short-sighted. These days, General Bai is doing his best work. I think I should give him a pair of glasses."

You can't keep squeezing it all the time, the sweetness that should be given is still to be given.