Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 278 Sticks and Carrots
"Old man, you are welcome, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first." After Muai motioned him to drink tea, she felt that the big stick had already been waved to the fire, and it was time to give sweet dates, so she said slowly; "Mr. Professor of Enlightenment, my concubine and sworn brother highly praised Mr.'s talent and learning. These days, the villagers and clan elders often praise Mr. for his knowledge and noble character. I think the Wei Xiucai who is so loved by Mr. must be a good one. Just now The gentleman said that Wei Xiucai's parents are no longer alive, although it is a bit impolite, but the concubine is really happy. Without a mother-in-law, for a woman, it is really a blessing that cannot be announced."

Mr. Zhao immediately became delighted, and thought to himself, this fairy lady is really different from ordinary people, other people get married, all depends on their family background, it is even difficult for a man without relatives to find a good marriage, I didn't expect that she would like this instead, he hurriedly Said, "That's right, old man, old friend Han is also sensible."

Mu Ai pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly, and said, "Mr. Zhao, it is said that seeing is worse than seeing a hundred times. Wei Xiucai is a great talent, and I think he has his own ideas about marriage. Although the concubine's younger sister is gentle, but, After all, it is a matter of life, and I don't want to make a hasty decision. The lotus pond behind the concubine's mansion has been very lively recently. Why don't you invite a few students to come here to play in the future. When the time comes, take the opportunity and let the two children meet The upper side. How are you?"

"Okay, okay." Old Mr. Zhao agreed with a smile on his face. Although in the Hundred Flowers Kingdom, the protection of men and women is very important, but whoever marries a wife or a daughter does not want to find out that the other party lacks a nose and eyes until the day of marriage. ah.Ordinary farmers usually let men pretend to pass by to ask for water, and women open the door to serve water, and they can look at each other very briefly.Some high-ranking and powerful families will organize a flower viewing party or poetry party in a very elegant way, and both men and women can also meet each other from afar.In short, it is customary to look at each other, so Mr. Zhao didn't feel that it violated the etiquette at all, so he readily agreed.

After the two chatted a little more, Mr. Zhao left the house in a hurry. After all, the time was set for the day after tomorrow, and he still needed to go to the city to inform his old friend of the result.

Mu Ai turned around and went back to the courtyard three times. She fell on the soft couch and forgot about it. She waved her hands and shouted for the vernal equinox, "Get a glass of honey water, I've talked too much today, my throat is smoking."

Chun Equinox immediately went into the house to bring water, and she drank it up after a few sips.Then he continued to lie down contentedly, and even sighed heavily, extremely lazy, not even a bit shrewd as before.

Chun Equinox reached for a soft cushion, placed it gently on the back of her head, and asked, "Ma'am, are you satisfied with Mr. Zhao's old Wei Cai?"

Xia Zhi opened his eyes wide in doubt, and interjected, "Sister Chunfen, why do you say that, Madam clearly refuted Mr. Zhao so much that his face turned red."

Chun Equinox glared at her without answering.Mu Ai got up and leaned halfway on the pillar of the pavilion, and said, "I refute Mr. Zhao because I don't want them to think too highly of themselves, and I want to use the influence of our house to pave the way for Wei Xiucai's official career, and let us I feel honored, how is that possible? If you don't suppress their arrogance at the beginning, if Shuan Shuan marries in the future, although they won't bully you, they won't give you much respect either."

"Ah, so that means, Madam, you are very optimistic about Wei Xiucai?" Xia Zhi finally understood Madam's intention.

"Seeing is believing. No matter how good others say, you have to see it with your own eyes to be sure. Besides, the most easy thing to change in this world is the human heart. Sometimes living together for a lifetime may not be able to truly understand a person. In fact, there are too many eyes to count. However, there are always some benefits to see. At least you can know whether he is short of nose and eyes, and walks on tiptoe."

When the girls heard what the lady said was interesting, they all grinned.

Mu Ai sighed slightly, "No matter how clean things are, they will become dirty once they get involved in interests. If I can't really find a suitable family, I would not agree to see Wei Xiucai."

"Ma'am, wouldn't it be nice for Ms. Shuan to be an official wife?" Xia Zhizheng raised the concubine-colored gauze curtain beside the pavilion, and said with a little envy.

"Everything has two sides. If there is a good side, there is a bad side. There are not a few officials and wives who are beautiful on the surface but cry behind their backs. Living life is like drinking water, knowing whether it is warm or not. Forget it, let's not talk about it. Help me Let me take a closer look at how to arrange it in the future, try to see what Wei Xiucai's character is, and find an excuse for him to meet with Shuan Shuan."

Mu Ai picked five or six kinds of fruits from the space with a wave of his hand, Chun Equinox and the others hurriedly put them on a plate, and then gathered around the edge of the soft couch, while eating, they chirped to help out with ideas.

This morning, on the mountain road leading from Huawang City to Lijia Village, a green cloth carriage was swaying and driving.From time to time, the sound of reciting came from the car, and the birds in the mountains and forests on both sides followed from time to time to join in the fun, but in the end they turned around and flew back to their nests to continue singing in boredom.

There are two elderly gentlemen and four young students sitting in the carriage. If Qingfeng was here, he would definitely scream. Aren’t these young students the talents in the teahouse that day? These few "helping" publicity.

The chubby Tang Scholar had just finished answering the question from the master, and when he turned sideways, he quickly wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, and wailed in his heart, "Mr. Why don't you let us students go. You can just invite the gentlemen, why do you have to bring us together to appreciate the lotus?"

Wei Xiucai glanced at him, then turned to look at the faces of the other two students who were also unhappy, suppressed the slight guilt in his heart, lowered his head and continued to recite the Book of Songs according to his teacher's request.

The night before yesterday, his mentor had already told him what happened today, and he knew that they were here to visit Mr. Zhao, but in fact they were visiting his wife for him.Originally, he didn't plan to think about starting a family before the big exam, but his teacher was very persistent and read him a poem with a strange format, which made him overwhelmed.Hearing that this strange Fu was passed down from the woman's mansion, he felt curious in his heart, the mansion that can write such excellent articles must have educated women who are also beautiful and unique.

Tang Shusheng, Song Shusheng, and Chang Shusheng were all brought in by the teacher to cover up.It would be very happy if the classmates went out to play together, but it would be very gratifying for them to ride in the same car with the teachers and be picked up for school exams all the time, which really made several people complain.

Fortunately, the mountain road was repaired very smooth, and the carriage was not slow, so it entered the village in the middle of the day. The coachman and the villagers inquired about Mengxue's location, and drove all the way there.

Old Mr. Zhao heard the voice in the yard, he came out with a smile, greeted each other, and went into the room to sit down after some politeness.

Wang Shusheng, who had just moved here for a few days, also quickly came over to greet the gentlemen. He was originally a student of Honghu Academy, but because his family was too poor to pay for his studies, he studied hard at home and helped With his mother to run the housework.Therefore, he was very happy to see several gentlemen and classmates. After seeing the ceremony, he helped to make some snacks and tea, and sat down with several scholars to ask about the new things in the academy with great interest.

After a while of gossip among the people, a pretty maid wearing a red gauze skirt came in from outside the door. She first put down the food box in her hand, saluted Mr. Zhao who was in charge with a smile, and said, "Mr. Zhao is well." , Our wife learned that Mr. has a guest today, so I sent my servants to bring some fresh snacks and good tea. And I asked my servants to tell Mr. that the banquet at noon will be brought by our house, please don’t bother to prepare it.”

Mr. Zhao stroked his beard, turned his head to look at the two old friends, and said with a smile, "Just now, I was thinking about borrowing a cook from your house to prepare meals. I didn't expect your wife to be so generous. Well, old man You’re welcome, I’ll come to the door another day to thank you.”

"You are welcome, old man. It is a great pleasure to have friends from afar. You have always come here to teach elementary school because of the invitation of our family, and now you are visiting again. How could you be disturbed by these trivial matters."

"Haha, okay, then I'll be polite."

Xia Zhi smiled slightly, and said, "Does the old man have anything to say? If not, the servant will go back and report to Madam."

Mr. Zhao glanced at the students who were doing extremely well, and said, "Oh, I really remembered something. My students are lively, and I think they are impatient to chat with us old men. Why don't you help the old man?" How about taking them to the lotus pond behind your mansion first?"

"Yes, sir." Xia Zhi readily agreed, then turned around and carefully looked at the scholars without any trace, and said, "Young masters, please come with your slaves."

Scholar Tang and the others originally thought they would continue to spend time here. After listening to the gentlemen talking about their turn, they didn’t expect that Mr. Zhao would let them go to the lotus pond first. They were very grateful at the moment, suppressed their joy, and said politely , "Students should listen to the teacher's teaching more, and then go with the gentlemen."

Mr. Han pointed at him and scolded that Mr. Feng with a smile, "Old Feng, look at the smart ghost you have taught. You are obviously impatient to accompany us old men, and you are so cute?"

Mr. Feng put down the teacup in his hand, and stared at him, "What do you mean by being cute, you are jealous that I have such a smart student, hmph."

Old Mr. Han laughed. These two old friends are always bickering, and they couldn't change this habit in front of the students today, so they ignored them right now, and said to Wang Shusheng, "Tiancheng (Wang Shusheng's character) is here too. After living here for a few months, I think they are very familiar, so you can take them for a walk first, and ignore these two old rivals."

Wang Shusheng got up quickly and agreed, Tang Shusheng and others also saluted together, and followed him out the door.

Wei Shusheng slightly turned his head to look at his mentor, and the old man was also looking at him, his eyes full of encouragement and he nodded...

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