Blessed wife descends from heaven

Chapter 123

Compared to Lin Baozhu's casual and cautious, Liu Jincai is truly respectful. For him, no matter what the old man's origin is, he is a person who can preach and teach and is worthy of respect.

What's more, the old gentleman's willingness to come to Taoshuwan is already a blessing for the children in their village, and he, a new scholar, deserves to meet him.

For Liu Jincai's attitude, Mr. Zhao is obviously very helpful.After thinking about it for a while, he knew that the person in front of him must be the top scholar in Taoxi County.

Although the old man has not tested his knowledge yet, but seeing his gentle and handsome features, there is a sense of integrity in his expression, although he bowed his head and bowed his head and said nothing when he stood there, he didn't mean to be condescending. I nodded with satisfaction in my heart.Even though he has been a scholar and has been complimented by others, he still hasn't forgotten the original intention of being a human being, which is rare and rare.

Zhang Lizheng, on the other hand, is more flattering. He is not a scholar, and he is not so arrogant. All he knows is that this old gentleman is a teacher invited by Lin Baozhu from the county seat. He heard that he is very knowledgeable, but they cannot offend of.

When Lin Baozhu and Shi Dayong discussed with him before, he knew that it would be difficult and difficult to invite a teacher to the village.Now not only has he been invited, but judging by his age, he is not much worse than those gentlemen from the county schools, so he bent down and said good things in a loud voice.

Mr. Zhao looked down on people like Zhang Lizheng who loved flattery and fawning the most, but considering the face of Liu Jincai who was standing beside Lin Baozhu, he didn't directly make a bad face. He just snorted coldly from his nose and eyes, and rushed Liu Jincai yelled: "Hurry up and see if Zhang Ji's girl is ready to cook, or the old man will starve to death before he starts speaking."

Liu Jincai was instructed to go to the kitchen, but he was not angry, and naturally bowed his hands respectfully again, and then walked out of the room quickly.On the contrary, Zhang Lizheng was kept, and he felt very uneasy, thinking that the old man was too difficult to serve, even the only scholar in their village dared to scold him in sneering words.

But before he broke into cold sweat and didn't know how to continue speaking, Lin Baozhu brought the wooden tray into the room, and seeing the old man blowing his beard and staring in displeasure, he couldn't help but said, "It's natural to cook food carefully for Mr. , but sir, can you let Lizheng sit down first? If Lizheng hadn't cared about the children in the village, the Zhangji Private School would not have been completed."

Mr. Zhao glared at Lin Baozhu, knowing that she was explaining the person in front of him with a flattering expression, not the vulgar and selfish person who was only thinking about profit as he thought.He is flattering and flattering him now, but he is afraid that he will not be able to keep himself as a teacher.

"The old man is not a terrifying tiger or leopard. If he is willing to sit, why don't you ask him to sit?" As he spoke, he glanced at Lin Baozhu with a little dissatisfaction, and said, "You left the Taoxi County case chief in Zao What are you doing in the room? A scholar who is not good enough will make you smell of oily smoke."

Lin Baozhu ignored the old man's unreasonable troubles and bad temper, she just smiled and put down the stir-fried minced pork beans and braised potatoes.Then he brought some homemade glutinous rice wine, and let Lizheng help entertain the old man.

Seeing that there is food, and the appearance looks good, the old man didn't pretend to be unhappy anymore.He didn't need anyone to wait on him, he picked up a piece of potato with his chopsticks, it was soft but mellow, and the taste was much better than the cook that Prince Rui had found before.

After Lin Baozhu saw that he had eaten the potatoes, her brows relaxed a lot, and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.Although the old man is hard-spoken and soft-hearted, he is still a cute little old man, but he can't stand the thorns in every word he says.But now it seems that one thing is really one thing, and most people in the foodie world don't understand it.

Originally, he looked like his eyes were above the top of his head, but he had only eaten a few dishes with good chopsticks, and now his face was a lot more kind.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help smiling, and then said: "Sir, eat slowly, there will be other meals later, as long as you have a good appetite, I will let you eat to your heart's content.

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As soon as these words fell, Zhang Lizheng was frightened at first, not to mention what Mr. Zhao did.He had heard that scholars, especially highly educated ones, were very tempered, and Lin Baozhu's teasing and coaxing tone would probably offend the husband.

However, what he didn't expect was that the old man who looked like I was an expert just now waved his hand immediately after hearing Lin Baozhu's words, pointed to the two dishes on the table with a haha ​​laugh and said, "If the taste It’s worse than this, the old man doesn’t eat it.”

No matter how secretly surprised Zhang Lizheng was, anyway, Lin Baozhu responded and went out again.Then, Liu Jincai entered the room with a respectful face, bowed his hand again to his husband and sat down with a sincere face.

After that, Zhang Lizheng hardly had anything to do, except for eating, the old gentleman was almost testing Liu Jincai's knowledge.From the Analects of Confucius to the Doctrine of the Mean, Zhang Lizheng was so dizzy and confused when he listened to it. Fortunately, he was also calm, and it didn't matter if he didn't understand. It didn't prevent him from proudly looking at Liu Jincai, who answered fluently.

Hmph, what about the highly educated gentleman from the county seat, can't it be difficult for the scholar in their village?

The next few dishes were all made by Lin Baozhu showing off her talents with all her strength.Knowing that the old man is an out-and-out foodie, how could she dare to be perfunctory, anyway, she must make him reluctant to leave Taoshuwan just because he disagreed with him casually.

A meal ranged from roast pork ribs with white chicken crown tea, to boiled pork slices improved by Lin Baozhu, and soft, salty and fragrant eggplant with minced meat, but she worked hard on all the dishes that could be eaten outside and were not common in restaurants. do it.

In the end, both the old man and Zhang Lizheng were full, and even Liu Jincai rubbed his stomach in secret with some embarrassment.Earlier, I knew that Baozhu's sister-in-law was excellent at cooking, but I didn't expect him to restrain herself, and she was still full of food. She was really hopeless.

Anyway, no matter what, the guests enjoyed the meal, and the old man was extremely satisfied.At least, he wasn't showing any impatient or cold expression of disgust.

Now, although the private school in the village has been built, it still needs to be tidied up for people to live in.I'm afraid it's too late today, so I can only let my husband spend a day elsewhere.

Originally, Zhang Li was thinking of inviting his husband to stay at his house for a night, but old Mr. Zhao repeatedly waved his hands and said that there is no need for such trouble, he can just make do with the night at Zhang's house.

Zhang Lizheng thought about it for a while and felt that it was okay. After all, the best house in Taoshuwan now is the Zhang family's side, and it would not feel shabby for Mr. to live here.After thinking about it, he had no choice but to answer, and then asked the old gentleman if he needed anything else, and if he went back without him, he would have someone clean the private school.

On the same day, Zhang Xiuniang and Zhaodi also stayed overnight.Although old Mr. Zhao was old, he couldn't help being a man, and now Lin Baozhu was the only one in the Zhang family, if any gossip came out one day, it might not be pleasant.And with Zhang Xiuniang and Zhaodi as companions, even if other people wanted to touch Lin Baozhu in the dark, they would not be able to succeed.

In the evening, Lin Baozhu stewed another pot of bean curd meat and vegetables, accompanied by the thick rice porridge, which made the old man eat to his heart's content again.Before going back to the house, I heard that Zhao Di had also learned to read with Lin Baozhu, but the old man was quite surprised.However, he didn't take Lin Baozhu's ability to teach people to read and write. After all, even if a woman knew a few big characters, how good would it be?

But right now he's full, drinking the good white jiguan tea, and he's in a good mood, so he's not afraid to take the trouble to ask Zhaodi what he's learned now.

After some questions and answers, although Zhao Di was still a little restrained, she was barely qualified.When I knew that Zhaodi had only learned characters for a few months, but now she was able to silently write down every single word of the Three Character Classic.Even the thousand-character text can be silent, which is really strange.

What's more important is that Zhaodi can not only write the text silently, but also explain it, and sometimes explain the meaning of it well.Listening to Zhaodi's enthusiastically telling those little stories at the end, Mr. Zhao changed from being indifferent at the beginning to becoming a little interested, and finally he couldn't help sitting up straight and pondering carefully.

"My aunt said it was fun and educational. The books she taught me were different from those she taught the benches, but we were no less silent than the other. Last time when we compared literacy, Tian Bandong and the others lost. I gave it to the girls in our village." When it came to reading, Zhaodi immediately started talking endlessly, with a proud expression on her face, but more often she was showing off her own orbs. Auntie.

Mr. Zhao frowned first, and then carefully savored the new saying of entertaining and teaching.He is not a great Confucianist in the world, nor has he ever been the elder of Wenyuan Pavilion, but he has also taught and educated people, and is quite famous among literati.Otherwise, Prince Rui would not have allowed him to come here, was it because he was able to win over the students?
But Rao has taught many people, and he never thought of such a way of entertaining and teaching.Most of the time, it is based on his mood and feelings, whether he is teaching the Four Books and Five Classics or the Zhongyong University, he speaks as he pleases. As for how much the students can understand, it is only up to the individual.

But Zhaodi's words subverted his inherent thoughts, maybe he is really old, and his vision is not as broad as that of young people.Thinking this way, he beckoned Lin Baozhu, who was busy being a female celebrity with Zhang Xiuniang not far away, to come to him.

Listening to the old man's question, Lin Baozhu looked embarrassed. How could she know how to educate her?It's just following the method of those education experts in the previous life and using the simplest method to encourage those skinny children in the village to learn to read.

However, seeing the seriousness of the old man's expression, she had no choice but to slowly recall the educational views she had heard in her previous life, and then elaborate on them one by one.

"Education is entertaining, there is no distinction between teaching and learning. It probably means that interest is the best teacher, and there is more." Lin Baozhu searched for the vocabulary in her stomach, trying to explain it simpler, "Everyone makes the best use of it, and everyone makes the best use of it." Its job. Just like some people are good at arithmetic, let him specialize in arithmetic, and some people are good at strategy theory, then let him specialize in strategy theory.”

In fact, Lin Baozhu didn't know whether her explanation was correct, but since she came to this dynasty and established a workshop and tea house, she did it like this.According to the distribution of tasks that people are good at, those who are quick and careful pick and sort tea leaves, and fry greens when they cook well.
Listening to her words, Mr. Zhao's expression changed again and again, and finally he thought he had figured something out, and suddenly clapped his hands and praised her repeatedly.After staring at Lin Baozhu for a long time, he shook his head with regret and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, if you are a man, how can you worry about it? Alas, the old man pretends to be an old gentleman, and his thoughts are not as good as you, a girl."

There is no discrimination in teaching. If this can be achieved, there will never be fewer students who can stand out.

Lin Baozhu glanced at the old man, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for his uprightness.But seeing him looking at him with an increasingly satisfied expression, I knew that this old man would not leave easily.

Zhang Xiuniang pursed her lips and smiled lightly, looking at the girl who came over, her eyes were full of pride and pride.She doesn't have a son, so how can she?Her man is not flashy and messing around outside. The daughter is not only obedient and well-behaved, but also gives her a good face. Isn't she more likable than other people's sons?

(End of this chapter)