my daughter my hometown

Chapter 209 Apprenticeship
Wei Gang is a little clever, knowing that Yangxin Valley purchases sugarcane for the elephants in the village, so he even sent some fruits that elephants like to eat.

When Su Wu and his group took Niu Niu and Xiao Ba to the archway, they happened to see the people from Weijiazhuang put down a pick of oranges and plantains, and said with a smile that it was a gift.

These fruits are eaten by animals, as well as by humans.Su casually tasted a citrus and thought it tasted good, so he happily accepted it.

Don't want nothing, don't you?
Of course, this is not the point, the point is the bamboo cane piled up like a hill behind the people of Weijiazhuang.

Elephants have always liked to eat bananas, but Niuniu only ate a few bananas, and called to Su Wu a few times.

It happily walked to the pile of bamboo cane, pulled out one with its nose, and chewed and ate it.

In less than a minute, the nearly two-meter-long bamboo cane was eaten alive by it.

Su Xue next to him translated for it.

"Niuniu said that it is enough to eat these sugar canes, and it wants to leave those bananas to the children in the village or other vegetarian animals."

Su Wu's expression was strange.

He went up and patted the elephant's huge body.

"Niuniu, you can eat boldly without worrying about other things. We have also prepared sufficient food for other partners, so they won't be hungry."

Niuniu stopped chewing, and she looked at Su Wu with doubts in her eyes.

Clearly not convinced.

But it didn't take long, and someone from the other side of the mountain road brought a large amount of sugar cane and other ingredients.Only then did it believe a little bit, and finally began to eat boldly with confidence.

There is no need for Su Wu to deal with such trivial matters as buying and selling. Ye Ting arranges other villagers to handle them.

He thoughtfully accompanied Niu Niu, who was eating a lot, for a while, and then turned around and walked home with Su Xue after checking the time.

On the way, Su Wu suddenly spoke.

"Xiaoxue, has Niuniu been half-starved all these years?"

Su Xue hesitated for a moment.

"Probably not. Looking at Niuniu's appearance, she doesn't seem to be malnourished..."

Having said that, Su Xue's tone was not so sure.

The truth is not surprising.

Fu/Shan is sparsely populated, so schools are far away.Since entering junior high school, Su Xue has lived in school all the time, and the elephants don't often go back to the village, so she really doesn't know how Niu Niu has been living these years.

Su Wu heard Su Xue's hesitation, so he talked about it in the prestige group, and the others were immediately taken in.

Not long after, Su Hai and the others found the little girls in the village and asked them to send their companion pets up the mountain to find those animals with big appetites and check their physical condition.

For a while, the whole Yangxin Valley was in a commotion.

Su Wu went back to the courtyard of Su Xue's house.

At this time, the banquet had just ended, many tables and chairs had not been removed, and the courtyard was in chaos.

But everyone didn't care, and crowded into the East Wing courtyard one after another.

Su Wan's apprenticeship ceremony was held here.

Shi Duanmin leaned on his father Shi Gaoyuan's arm greedily, looking at everything in front of him curiously.

Her apprenticeship ceremony was held in the ancestral hall of Yangxin Valley, which was much more solemn than Su Wan's in front of her.

No way, the most important step in apprenticeship is to worship the ancestors.

Su Jianguo's woodcarvings are passed down from the ancestors of Yangxingu, and the ancestors of Yangxingu have spirit tablets in the ancestral hall.Naturally, Shi Duanmin's apprenticeship ceremony had to be held in the ancestral hall, that was the most formal.

As for Li Yan's ancestor was far away from Yangxin Valley, so the ancestor Su Wan paid homage to was a hanging portrait and a guqin.

The Hanyue Jingchen Qin used by Li Yan.

Su Wu looked up at the withered and old portrait.

It has to be said that no matter how superb the ancient painting art is, it is far inferior to modern SLR cameras.Although the woman above is painted vividly, but now I can only see a general appearance.

Look at that outline, it should be a very beautiful woman.

What caught Su Wu's attention was the handsome name at the bottom right of the portrait: Gu Xue.

This is Su Wan's future master.

It's just that the young Su Wan obviously doesn't know what the adults are doing.She fell strangely beside Aunt Ma's hand, staring curiously at the portrait with her big watery eyes.

"Come here late at night."

Li Yan, who had changed into a new suit, beckoned to her beamingly.

Su Wan walked over in a daze, and called Master sweetly.

"This is our ancestor, put a stick of incense for our ancestor Gu every night."

Su Wan took the sacrificial incense in a daze.

These days she has seen a lot of incense for worshiping gods, at least she knows that it is not edible, and it is still smoking, so the little girl holds it obediently.

"Master, what is a master?"

The little girl was very curious about it.

Li Yan was still able to find his favorite disciple in his later years, and he was full of energy, as if he was decades younger.

She cheerfully explained the meaning of master master in detail.

However, Su Wan didn't understand.

But she didn't care, she was patting the lion beside her feet while listening to Li Yan's chatter, probably as a story.

After burning incense and paying homage to the patriarch, I came down to offer tea to the master.

In fact, before serving tea to the master, it is usually necessary to find a highly respected witness to testify for the apprenticeship ceremony.

But Li Yan skipped this step without thinking.

Because the witness not only needs to be highly respected, but must also be a senior in the same industry.Where does this make her look?
In fact, Su Jianguo did the same thing when Shi Duanmin was apprenticed, and they all skipped this section by coincidence.

These days, it would be nice to have juniors who are willing to learn all kinds of traditional crafts, but would you like to have like-minded seniors?

"Master, please have some tea."

Su Wan served tea to Li Yan as the adults ordered, and found it very interesting.

Considering her small size, Su Wu didn't pour much tea.Unexpectedly, An An arched at her feet, Su Wan thought it was thirsty, and gave the little guy a drink without hesitation.

This……

This……

All the onlookers had strange faces and coughed.

Su Wu was also very embarrassed, and quickly asked Wen Lan to hold An An, so that the little guy would not come to make trouble again, and changed a cup of tea for her daughter.

Li Yan didn't care about this episode.After giving Su Wan some instructions, she cheerfully took the teacup in her hand and drank it down in one gulp.

After drinking tea, Su Jianguo's apprenticeship was over, but Li Yan took out a roll of silk cloth from somewhere and spread it out on the table.

Everyone breathed in unison.

Judging by the color of the silk cloth, one can tell that its history is definitely not short.

As expected of a sect with a long history, if the master took it out casually, it would probably be a remarkable cultural relic.

Li Yan didn't think too much about it.She stretched out her hand to touch the roll of silk cloth, and a complex expression flashed across her face.

"Wanwan, do you still remember how to write your own name?"

She smiled and handed the brush she had prepared to Su Wan, "If you remember, write it down here."

"Of course Wan Wan remembers." Su Wan proudly puffed out her small chest and responded loudly.

The onlookers were in an uproar.

The school is too far away, and the children in the village who are about the same age as Su Xiaoniu have never been to school, and they haven't been able to write their names yet.

It's just that what the onlookers didn't know was that while learning the Guqin, Li Yan also taught Su Wan to write calligraphy.However, the little girl is still young, so far she only knows how to write her own name, or say the word "late".

Su Wu has always been cautious about signing things.

He hastily stretched his head to have a look.

Only then did I realize that the silk cloth was densely covered with names of people, and the one on top was the owner of the portrait, Gu Xue, probably something like a list of sect disciples.

"Wan Wan!" Su Wu was not too surprised to see his daughter learning to write with Li Yan.

But he was afraid that Su Wan would act like a monster again, so he said with a calm face, "Write well."

Su Wan was taken aback by her father's serious face, and she quickly responded.

In fact, as long as An An doesn't make trouble, the little girl is quite reliable, and she writes her name honestly.

Even so, when Su Wu looked at the late handwriting written by his daughter, and compared it with other handwriting on the silk, the expression on his face was called tangled.

"Nanwan writes really well."

Aunt Ma hurried over to pick up Su Wan, praised her fiercely, then turned her head and gave Su Wu a hard look.

"Xiao Wu, what kind of face do you have?"

She scolded: "What's the big deal? It's been a long time since I learned to write big characters late at night, and I think it's great to be able to write the big characters completely."

Li Yan came back to his senses, smiled and nodded.

"Aunt Ma is right."

"You have to know that among so many names, Wan Wan is the youngest. Others only sign their names here when they have almost completed their studies."

"And if you want to learn something, the vast majority of people are almost adults."

(End of this chapter)