After dinner, the villagers packed up their things and everyone went home.
Before midnight the next day, Li and Lin went out to make the tofu before noon, and then asked the villagers to sell it in the town.
Only after cleaning up in the afternoon could they go home to rest. Xu Wen, Xu Yunqing and Zhao Jin also got up early and returned to Fucheng. Xu Wen and Xu Yunqing both took leave to come back to see the opening of the workshop.
"Girl, little girl, how could you not wait for me? The workshop has opened and you have all eaten tofu, but you didn't wait for me. The old man is very angry."
Xu Yunjin was making food in the kitchen. She had been planting too late last night, and when she got up, there was no one at home. As soon as she brought a bowl of bean sprouts from the workshop, she heard Old Man Zhuang's voice coming in.
"Humph, what are you talking about? Last time you threw me on the mountain and ran away. What if I was eaten by a wolf? You also said you would come back in half a month. It's already been almost a month."
Xu Yunjin walked up to Old Man Zhuang with his hands on his hips and stretched out his hand to pull Old Man Zhuang's beard.
Last time, he threw her into the mountains and ran away, as if there was a hungry wolf chasing him behind him, causing her clothes to be half wet when she walked home.
Fortunately, she happened to save Guan Dongyue and the others, but she would not forgive Old Man Zhuang so easily.
"Ouch, you stinky girl, let go and tear off your master's beard. See if I don't whip you."
Old Man Zhuang also felt guilty. He stole Old Man Hua's medicine last time and was chased by him all the way.
In order to give the medicine to Xu Yunjin and his sister as soon as possible, he took the people to the mountain and ran away. Now that he thinks about it, it's really not a good idea.
He quickly begged Xu Yunjin for mercy. This girl was quite temperamental, but it seemed like he was not like his senior brother. He didn't know how to make delicious food and drink, but he still looked like a blockhead.
"Humph, I forgive you for now because I will soon become your disciple. If you do this again next time, I will burn your beard off and not make you any delicious food."
After Xu Yunjin threatened Old Man Zhuang, he turned around and saw Yuan Xuan and Xu Yunzhao following Old Man Zhuang.
Well, why is he here? Seeing Yuan Xuan looking at her with a smile, Xu Yunjin suddenly felt a little shy. After all, she was a lady.
"Why are you here? Didn't you say you would come back another day?"
"I heard from the master that he met two good young men in Jiujiang and wanted to take him as his disciple. He asked me to come with him to meet them today. I felt very familiar with them when I rode here in the morning. I didn't confirm them until I arrived at your door."
Yuan Xuan was also surprised. Along the way, he looked more and more like the road to Shuiluo Village yesterday. He didn't even ask the master, but he didn't expect that they were destined to become brothers and sisters.
"How do you two know each other?"
Old man Zhuang was eating tofu from a bowl. When he saw the white and tender stuff in the bowl, he knew that this was the tofu that Xu Yunjin was talking about.
Looking at the two people chatting happily, he felt that it was over, and there seemed to be a cool breeze blowing behind him.
"Oh...it turns out you are my disloyal and unjust senior brother who ran away alone without caring about the master when the disaster came."
Xu Yunjin raised his voice and looked at the changing expressions on old man Zhuang's face, and he burst out laughing.
"Hahaha, let's see if you continue to speak ill of others."
Yuan Xuan felt as if he knew something. The master had ruined his reputation in front of outsiders.
"This...isn't this a joke? Your senior brother is the best disciple in the world. He respects his master, but it's not like you who would pull my beard."
Mr. Zhuang was a little afraid to speak loudly. He felt guilty for saying bad things about others and having the person know about it. Why didn't he make up some other excuse at that time?
"Grandpa Zhuang, is it true that sister said you want to accept us as your disciples? Then can I also pull your beard in the future?"
Xu Yunzhao asked Old Man Zhuang innocently, "Humph, he knew that his sister had been thinking about Old Man Zhuang throwing him on the mountain every day, and he wanted to avenge his sister."
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Old Man Zhuang: Let the three of you be expelled from the school together. Out of sight, out of mind.
At ten o'clock at noon, several people working in the workshop went home. When they heard that Mr. Zhuang was back, they packed up their things and planned to go home and cook.
When I got home and saw the food on the table, I realized that Xu Yunjin had already prepared it. After all, in addition to the master, he also had to entertain his senior brothers.
"Brother Zhuang, where have you been recently? I heard from Jin Yatou that you would be back in half a month, but I haven't seen you yet. We just tasted the tofu first and didn't wait for you. Hey, this is not what we came here yesterday.
The young master who announced the decree?"
As soon as Mr. Xu entered the living room, he was reminiscing with Mr. Zhuang. Before he finished speaking, he saw Yuan Xuan standing aside.
"This is my eldest disciple. Come with me today to meet his junior sister and junior brother. By the way, what do you mean by the decree?"
Old Man Zhuang didn't know what Xu Yunjin had done, and no one had ever chatted with him about Xu Yunjin's rescue, so he didn't know that Xu Yunjin knew sutures.
"Junior sister presented the anti-insect medicine to the imperial court and said that she would teach her master's skills to the world's great officials, so my uncle made her the county head."
Yuan Xuan didn't mind that the Xu family knew his identity. Anyway, Zhao Jin already told the Xu family yesterday what should be said and what shouldn't be said. There was no need to hide anything.
"What is suturing? It's a sewing technique. How can a little girl do this?"
"Suturing is a kind of surgery to deal with trauma. Junior sister saved several people with long wounds and bleeding on the road."
After Yuan Xuan finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Yunjin who was standing aside. The junior sister was really a strange woman. I heard that the wounds on those people were quite scary.
If an ordinary woman saw this, she would be frightened. The junior sister even used needles to sew up the flesh.
"What, Jin Yatou's medical skills are so good, but your uncle only made her a county head and asked her to teach students. How much salary will he give her?"
Old Man Zhuang was furious, "Humph, the stingy emperor exploited his disciples, and he himself was reluctant to exploit them."
However, that old guy, Old Man Hua, is also in Jiujiang. When he heard about his disciple, he was afraid that he would definitely come to see him, so he had to run away quickly.
"Our family doesn't care about rewards. As long as we can cure people in the future, it will be considered a blessing.
Okay, okay, sit down and eat quickly, the food will be cold in a while, young master, please take a seat."
Mr. Xu and the others had heard about Yuan Xuan's help in holding back the team yesterday, and were just thinking of thanking him some other time, but the opportunity came today. He would be his grandson's senior brother, and they would be a family from now on.
"In the future, the county master, Yun Zhao and I will be from the same sect, and we will be a family. The old man can treat me as his junior, and the junior will sit next to his junior brother."
Mr. Xu looked at Yuan Xuan who was elegant in conversation and measured in his advances and retreats. He felt that he was good everywhere. He didn't have the arrogance of a young master from an aristocratic family, but he was still kind to their family. He was not bad, he was a good boy.
After dinner, Mr. Xu discussed with Mr. Zhuang how to become a teacher. In this era, a teacher is like a father.
Therefore, becoming a disciple is a very serious matter. They planned to ask Xu Wen and his son to come home after school, and then return to Fucheng after completing the apprenticeship.
After receiving the news, the father and son came back in the evening, riding in the Zhao family's carriage. The main hall had been decorated long ago, with two futons placed in front.
"After you learn martial arts with your master in the future, you must not use force to bully the weak and do things that harm the reputation of your master. You must remember that it is our master's ancestral motto to hoe the strong and support the weak and uphold justice. If you violate the precepts, you will cut off your own meridians and be expelled."
When you leave school, do you, your sister and your brother, remember them?"
Old Man Zhuang changed his old kid appearance and said seriously to Xu Yunjin and Xu Yunzhao who were kneeling in front of him.
"Yes, master, my disciple has remembered it."
Xu Yunjin and Xu Yunzhao made a solemn promise after kowtowing to Old Man Zhuang.
"Get up, this is the inner strength and mental method of our sect. You, sister and brother, go back and take a look. You can think about it for yourself in two days and I will test how much you have understood."
After paying homage to their master, Xu Wen and his son returned to Fucheng. Old Man Zhuang and Yuan Xuan stayed at Xu's house.
It was getting late, and in the open space at the entrance of Xu's courtyard, the villagers were nervously waiting for the return of the few people who went out to sell tofu today.
"Brother, do you think these children sold the tofu?"
Xu Danian asked Mr. Xu nervously. The tofu business not only affects whether the Xu family can make money, but more importantly, whether the villagers can make money by working in the workshop.
"Don't worry, those kids are all smart. Our tofu is full of color and flavor, and it's a novelty. It will definitely be sold."
Mr. Xu was very confident in his own tofu and answered Xu Danian's words without hesitation. This chapter has been completed!