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Chapter 357 The Way of the Sage
"Third Uncle! Third Uncle!"

The little girl held Wang Zhong's hand, with a bright smile on her face,

Wang Zhong bent down and hugged the little girl, and the little girl wrapped her arms around Wang Zhong's neck, covered her mouth with her hand, leaned into Wang Zhong's ear and whispered, "I tell you, Auntie made a lot of delicious food!"

Wang Zhong laughed: "Oh? A lot?"

"There are so many!"

The little girl opened her hands to describe, her expression and tone were somewhat exaggerated.

Wang Zhong said: "Then let's go back quickly and see what delicious food my sister-in-law made!"

"Go back! Go back!" the little girl shouted happily.

As soon as Wang Zhong entered the second door with the little girl in his arms, he saw Wang and Li coming out anxiously. Seeing that Wang Zhong had the same expression and a smile on his face, there was no sign of fatigue or abnormality.

But I still couldn't help being a little worried.

Wang Zhong was the first to greet Wang Li and said, "Sister-in-law!"

"Uncle has worked hard!"

Wang Lishi saluted Wang Chongfu.

"It's just sitting in the tribute courtyard for a few days. It's really hard work, but sister-in-law, it's really hard work to take care of the family and the outside world!"

Having been with Wang Zhong for a long time, Mrs. Wang Li knew that Wang Zhong was always polite to her, so she didn't try to shirk with Wang Zhong. Immediately, she changed her voice and asked directly, "Uncle, are you hungry? Should I take a bath and change first, or eat first?"

Wang Zhong said: "Let's take a bath and change clothes first!"

Mrs. Wang Li stepped forward hurriedly, reaching out to take Wang Qian'er from Wang Zhong's hand: "Sister Qian, come to mother and let your third uncle go take a bath and change clothes."

Although Wang Qian'er was reluctant to part with her third uncle, she also knew that the third uncle had just returned, so she obediently stretched out her arms and let Mrs. Wang and Li hug her.

There was hot water boiling on the stove, but Wang Zhong didn't ask anyone to prepare it.

In the past two years, whether it was hot summer or cold weather, Wang Zhong had always bathed in cold water. Wang Li didn't understand it at first, but after a long time, he gradually got used to it.

Wang Zhong went to the bathroom, took a shower with cold water as usual, then changed into a loose, wide-sleeved normal clothes, and then came to the side hall and dining hall.

Taking advantage of the time when Wang Zhong was taking a bath, Mrs. Wang Li had already ordered the prepared meals to be brought to the dining table one by one. The round Eight Immortals table was filled with

"Third uncle, hurry up, if you don't come, I will finish eating all the delicious food."

Wang Zhong hugged the little girl in his arms: "Fortunately, the third uncle came quickly, otherwise, wouldn't we have to pick up the leftovers from my sister Qian!"

"I've been suffering in the tribute courtyard these days, uncle, eat more!" Mrs. Wang Li helped Wang Zhong scoop up a bowl of hot soup to relieve the fatigue of many days.

"Thank you sister-in-law!"

"Aniang, I want some soup too!" The little girl next to her yelled when she saw that Mrs. Wang Li was filling soup for Wang Chong.

"Okay, mother, let me serve it!" Wang Li said dotingly, and filled another bowl of meatball soup while speaking, and put it in front of the little girl.

"Third uncle, meatball soup!" Wang Qianer showed off the meatball soup in front of her with Wang Zhong as if offering a treasure.

Wang Zhong rubbed Wang Qian'er's head and said: "Then sister Qian should eat more, eat more to grow up quickly!"

"Third Uncle eats too!"

"Let's eat together!"

With Wang Qian'er, a living creature with such an active atmosphere, after a meal, the food was more delicious than before.

In the morning of the next day, Wang Zhong was lying on a bamboo recliner by the edge of the bamboo forest outside the backyard, holding a cattail fan in his hand, and a case table beside him, enjoying tea leisurely, enjoying the autumn wind, feeling very happy.

Not far away, there was smoke rising from cooking. Yu Chuer's second daughter-in-law was carefully roasting skewered meat in front of a simple stove made of red bricks.

From time to time, Wang Zhong would open his eyes and take a look, then close them again.

"Grains of salt!"

"cumin!"

"Grease!"

"A little pepper powder!"

"Grease again!"

"chopped green onion!"

"..."

Wang Qian'er sat on the twig next to her, staring at the barbecue that was constantly churning in the hands of Yu Chuer's second daughter-in-law, and kept swallowing.

"Brother Zihou is really in a good mood!"

While directing Yu Chu's second daughter-in-law to barbecue, a familiar voice suddenly sounded.

Xu Shi had just entered the voice-changing period, and his voice was a little different than before, a little more hoarse and harsh.

Wang Zhong stood up, saw the person coming, smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Who am I?

After getting along with Wang Zhong for a long time, Chang Bai gradually understood Wang Zhong's temperament, knowing that Wang Zhong usually likes to joke, and he is not as rigid and pedantic as those old masters.

"Smells so good!" Chang Bai's servant was so generous that he helped Chang Bai to set up a small house and asked Chang Bai to sit next to Wang Zhong.

Wang Zhong waved at the little girl: "Sister Qian, come quickly!"

Wang Qianer hurriedly ran to Wang Zhong's side, her big black and white eyes were full of curiosity, and she kept looking at Changbai for a moment.

From ancient times to the present, people have always been delighted with beautiful things.

Men like beautiful women. Although they have their own preferences for vegetables and radishes, they have their own characteristics.

And women, of course, also like a man who is good-looking, who is graceful and suave, with a face like a crown, imposing manner, and extraordinary demeanor...

And Changbai is one of the best!Inherited Sheng Hong's good skin and intelligence, and the calmness and sophistication of his grandfather, the old Taishi Wang, although he is still young, his appearance is already extremely good.

If you only talk about appearance, Wang Zhong is really not as handsome as Chang Bai.

"This is your Uncle Changbai, the third uncle's best friend!"

"Wang Shiqian, pay my respects to my uncle, and ask him how he is!"

Wang Qian'er immediately broke free from Wang Zhong's grasp, imitating what her mother Wang Lishi taught her in the past, and greeted Changbai with blessings.

Changbai was taken aback, not because of Wang Qianer's salute, but because he was not used to the sudden change of his identity for a while.

They are all juniors at home, and the oldest cousin of the same generation has not yet married, but now he has become what others call an uncle.

Although it was an accident, Changbai was obviously very happy. He took off the jade pendant from his waist and handed it to Sister Qian's little hand: "I often hear Zihou mentioning his niece at home, and he praises her a lot. When I saw her today, she is really smart." Cute, when we meet for the first time, take this jade pendant as a gift from my uncle to my niece and daughter!"

This was naturally said to Wang Zhong in fear of Wang Zhong's rejection.

pity!Chang Bai somewhat underestimated Wang Zhong's thick skin.

There was no need for Wang Zhong to remind, the little girl smiled all over her face, pinched the jade pendant, and said happily and crisply: "Thank you, Uncle Xi'er!"

"So cute!" Changbai raised his hand and rubbed Wang Qian'er's little head, with a bright smile on his face.

"My lord, the meat is ready!" Yu Chu's second daughter-in-law walked over respectfully, holding a plate of golden-yellow roasted meat on bamboo sticks.

"Well, you go and prepare some juice, I want to have a few drinks with Zecheng."

"Slave, go here!"

Yu Chuer's second daughter-in-law is now arranged by Wang Lishi to be the leading nanny next to Wang Qian'er, responsible for leading the two little maids in Wang Qian'er's room.

On the chopping board next to it, there are already prepared thin-skinned pancakes, shredded cucumbers, prepared sauces, etc.

Wang Zhong spread out the pancakes in the palm of his hand, grabbed a few meat skewers and placed them on top of the pancakes. He grabbed the pancakes and caught some hot mutton on the bamboo sticks. With his other hand, he pulled out the bamboo sticks. After coming out, he spread the chopped vegetables on top, poured some sauce on it, rolled it up, and handed it to Changbai.

"How about the sheep just slaughtered in the morning?"

The little girl next to her couldn't wait any longer, and urged Wang Zhong to help her roll one too.

If you just eat meat skewers, the taste is good, but if you eat too much, you will inevitably feel tired. After all, there are too many seasonings on the meat skewers, but if you add a pancake and some vegetarian dishes, the taste is completely different.

As soon as he took a bite, Changbai gave a thumbs up!
Although the Sheng family has no shortage of delicacies and delicious cooks, it is rare to see such a simple and rough way of eating.

Moreover, the way of eating meat skewers wrapped in pancakes is more popular in the north in later generations. Changbai's ancestral home is in Youyang. In recent years, he has been an official with Sheng Hong, mostly in Jiangnan and less in the north.

Moreover, both Sheng Hong and the Wang family are from the south, so they naturally tend to prefer the south in terms of diet.

Changbai always followed the rules, and there was always a fixed time for eating, it was the first time that he was so casual, and Yu Chuer's second daughter-in-law was really good at cooking, it took more than half an hour to eat.

Wang Zhong also personally went into the battle, pulled Changbai to barbecue together, and taught all the key points one by one, but he made Wang Qian'er's belly bulge by playing around with him.

In the past, Changbai was busy studying at home, and never left his home, but now he came to visit suddenly, Wang Zhong was really surprised.

After eating barbecue, it was past noon. Wang Zhong led Changbai to stroll around the small bamboo village. Today's small bamboo village is no longer the small village with only more than [-] mu of fields in the past. Over the years of development, the scale of Xiaozhuzhuang has become larger and larger, not to mention the farms, just the fields, which have increased by four or five times on the original basis.

Some are newly reclaimed wasteland, and some are bought from small landowners in ten miles and eight towns.

What really interests Changbai is the almost semi-self-sufficient production chain in Wang Zhongzhuangzi.

Today's Baishui Village basically relies on Xiaozhuzhuang for a living, and the villagers are not short of work. The poor men who were not considered daughter-in-laws before, as long as they are not lazy, are now looking for matchmakers to talk about marriage.

However, in just over a year, Baishui Village has become the wealthiest village in eight townships, and the name of Xiaozhu Village has spread throughout Yangzhou.

If it wasn't for the blessing of Sheng Hong, the Yangzhou judge, he would have been surrounded by people to share and eat.

After walking around and looking at the orderly areas, Changbai couldn't help being a little amazed.

Although it is still in the most primitive stage of handicraft industry, the reasonable planning already has the meaning of an assembly line, and the operation is orderly and fast. Everyone performs their duties and cooperates quite tacitly.

"Is this the unique threshing machine in Zihou Village?" Changbai looked at the threshing machine in the corner of the barn in front of him, his eyes were full of curiosity.

Wang Zhong smiled and said: "Yes, this is a thresher. The gear drives the rotating shaft to make the drum roll. These "tentacles" on the drum can form an effect similar to beating, making the grains on the ears of rice fall off. , save a lot of effort.”

Speaking of which, Wang Zhong asked Changbai to sit on it and experience it, but it is a pity that it is not the busy season for farming, otherwise, Changbai could experience the joy of harvesting rice on the spot.

Next to the threshing machine is a windmill, but windmills are not unique to Xiaozhuzhuang, but have appeared many years ago, but the degree of popularity is not particularly high, and the construction of windmills requires craftsmanship, which ordinary carpenters may not be able to do.

Changbai has been studying all the year round. Although he has been to Zhuangzi, he has also learned about farming and mulberry from Sheng Hong and the farmers in his own village, but he has never been in contact with farming in such a detailed way. Really see those things that are not in the book in reality.

"This thing can only be used for rice?" Changbai asked curiously.

Wang Zhong said: "It can also be used for dewheating!"

Changbai suddenly said: "No wonder my father admired this object so much, and even wrote a special note for it, and played it to the official family!"

"If this thing can be promoted, the people of the world will benefit greatly!"

Changbai turned around to look at Wang Zhong, bowed and cupped his hands, and said sincerely: "Bai is for the people of the world, thank you Zihou!"

"I didn't create this thing first, I just repaired it according to its characteristics and improved its performance." Wang Zhong said modestly.

"Is this what Zihou said about investigating things?" Changbai asked.

Wang Zhongdao: "The existence and development of everything in the world has its own laws. In ancient times, our human ancestors walked out of the wilderness, from hunting for a living to slash-and-burn farming. Until now, everything is progressing.

It is said in the university that the extension of knowledge lies in the investigation of objects, and knowledge is obtained after the investigation of objects. Do you really think so? "

Changbai was stunned for a moment, looked at the smiling Wang Zhong, cupped his hands again and said, "Please teach me, Zihou!"

Wang Zhongdao: "In Yu Zhong's view, the so-called way of a sage is nothing more than the daily use of the common people!"

"The way of a sage! Common people use it every day!" Changbai's eyes widened, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he was very surprised.

"I don't know what a saint is in Zecheng's eyes?" Wang Zhong asked.

Changbai came back to his senses, thought for a while, and said: "He who preaches the world like the most holy teacher and educates the people can be called a sage!"

Wang Zhong looked at the threshing machines in front of him, at the windmills piled up in the corner, and at the full warehouse of rice, then turned and walked out, out of the warehouse, all the way out, until he reached the edge of the field. down.

Wang Zhong pointed to the stretches of farmland, and asked, "In Zecheng's eyes, what are these?"

Changbai looked at the direction Wang Zhong pointed at, and said, "It's a stretch of fields, it's golden rice!"

The township examination was held in August, and now it is late August. It is not until September, and there is still some time before the autumn grain harvest, but the rice in the field is already growing quite gratifyingly, the ears of rice are gradually turning from dry to full, and the eyes are turning from green Gradually turn golden.

"In my opinion, these are the lives of ordinary people!"

Wang Chongdao: "Ordinary people in the head of Guizhou have only a few acres of Susukida at home. If the year is good and the weather is good, and the family has a small population, the food they grow can barely satisfy their hunger, but those with a large population can only rent it from the gentry and wealthy households. Field to plant.

All kinds of taxes, servitude, labor, food and clothing for the whole family all depend on the output of the field to maintain, but if there is a famine, drought, locusts, floods, our rich family still has more than enough. Food, but ordinary people's homes can only sell their sons and daughters, or sell themselves as slaves, life and death are in the hands of others. "

Changbai listened, nodded deeply and said: "Yes, the rice in these fields is indeed the lives of the people!"

"We study hard day and night in order to become an official through the imperial examination. In the future, we will be officials and ministers and govern the world for the court. If in the future, we will be sent to other places, then have we ever thought about how to govern? The people are rich, is the treasury full?"

"If you think about it, it's nothing more than resting with the people, encouraging farming and mulberry, and dredging water conservancy!"

"Knowing that I may govern a place in the future, I envision how to govern and how to herd herdsmen. This is also the study of things."

Wang Zhong's explanation made Chang Bai suddenly enlightened, and suddenly said: "So that's how it is!"

Wang Zhong asked again: "If in the future, someone can find out the yield of a thousand catties per mu, so that the people no longer have to worry about wrapping their stomachs, do you really think that this person can be called a saint?"

"A mu yields a thousand catties?" Chang Bai was almost not startled by Wang Zhong: "If so, this person can naturally be called a saint!"

Wang Zhong raised his head to look at the sky, looked down at the ground, and seemed to be moved by emotion, and said with great emotion: "Build your heart for the heaven and the earth!"

Then he raised his eyes to look at the criss-crossing fields in front of him, looked at the farms and oil mills next to Xiaozhu Mountain behind him, and continued: "Build a life for the people!"

Then he looked at Changbai: "For the sake of the sages, to inherit the knowledge! To bring peace to all generations!"

"If you can achieve this ambition in this life, you will not be in vain to come to this world!"

Changbai was too shocked to speak.

(End of this chapter)