I was a young master in ancient times

Chen Xuan heard the reason why Ankang opened classes to teach arithmetic, shook his head and said, "This is a thankless task. How much does it cost to cultivate a counting house? It is not something that poor families can afford."

"They can't afford it, but I can afford it." Ankang said nonchalantly, "My magazine account, your grocery store account, just pick some good ones and let them practice. We won't hire a teacher, just Me, you and the old accountant in your shop. Every month, I will pay some more money to the accountant in your family, and invite him to help with teaching."

Seeing Ankang's face that I have money and I regard money as dung, Chen Xuan wanted to hit him on the head with a stick in jealousy.

Seeing that Chen Xuan was still a little unwilling, Ankang resorted to aggressive tactics, "Brother Chen, why don't you do this with me. Then I'm looking for Brother Xu?"

"Brother Xu? He can be your uncle at that age. I am your elder brother at this age." Chen Xuan couldn't bear this, "For this kind of thing, you can find Xu Li, whether he can help you or can help you Pay? It’s up to me.” He patted Ankang on the shoulder, looking like two good brothers, “Master, don’t worry. Tell me when you use me. I won’t be stingy.”

"It's still my brother Chen."

It was getting colder and colder, and the trees in the yard of the office had lost all their leaves, leaving only bare branches.

Ankang stomped his feet, put his hands together, waited for Huzi to come out after taking his things, and the two trotted back to Anfu.

The uncle gave everyone in the family a rabbit fur jacket.

Uncle Li Shi was holding Wei Shi's hand, and she was sitting at a table beside her, "Sister and sister, your stomach doesn't look like it's four months old, it looks like it's five months old. Why do you look like twins? "

Wei smiled and said, "There's no such thing as a good thing. It's just that the fetus is too big. Doctor Liu told me not to eat so much, but I can keep my mouth shut."

"It's okay if you can't control it. The fetus is big, so you have to pay attention when it's born." Li Shi reminded, "Don't dare to be greedy anymore, you still have to keep your mouth shut."

Grandma An tried on the small jacket, and it was just the right size, and she finally gave Li Shi a real smile, "You two have intentions too, so there's no need to spend so much money."

Mrs. Li was overwhelmed by flattery, and hurriedly said, "Mother is comfortable in clothes, we will be happy to be juniors." To be honest, Grandma An is the main wife, and they all have to call her mother.On the contrary, it is the husband's biological mother, so she has to be called aunt.

"You have to avoid talking. Come to my yard often in the future, and I will watch you. Otherwise, you will suffer when the child grows up." Grandma An naturally became more intimate when talking to Wei Shi.

Although Mrs. Li was jealous, the situation was much better now than before.When I was in Dongye County, my brother-in-law always had trouble with their family.Even if the relationship has been broken, such rascals still love to find fault with them.Make life a miasma.This little uncle's family is different now, not to mention kindly, but they can still help in various ways at critical times.She couldn't be more satisfied.

Lao Jia recommended Lao Pi's son Pi Da to work at the magazine.The name was a bit of a mouthful, but everyone called him Ada afterwards.

The new men all went to help the stereotypes, and there were more choices for women's positions, as book binders or as cooks.The position of the cook is considered a technical position, and only two people are needed, so they have to compete for the position.

Just in time for October [-]th, the magazine office held a cook competition.A total of five contestants participated, and each made five home-cooked dishes. Everyone in the magazine office scored the scores, and finally counted the votes to add up the scores.

"Today's food is really rich." Lao Jia sat on a small stool beside him, basking in the sun in the yard, watching the busy people in the kitchen from afar.

Huzi dad crouched aside with the bad dog in his arms.Wen Yan said with a smile, "I have never eaten 25 dishes at once in my life. There are still vegetables and meat."

"When will your daughter go out? Remember to ask us to drink then."

"I can't forget you." Huzi dad let go, let the bad dog go aside to play by himself.He walks much more steadily now, and he is very solid. He doesn't cry when he falls, and he can get up by himself and continue to play.Huzi's father pressed the shredded tobacco into the pot and replied, "It's 28 this month."

After hearing this, Lao Jia praised 28 as a good day and said some good words to bless the couple.

He swallowed, and asked embarrassingly, "Is there any woman in your village who is about my age and has no husband?"

Father Huzi glanced at him, squinted his eyes and blew out a smoke ring, "There is a widow in her thirties, with two children. A son and a daughter. The son will be fifteen or sixteen today. The daughter, is she still a little girl?" Girl." They all knew Lao Jia's situation, and he didn't have a daughter-in-law in his thirties.

"Then how is she? How did her husband die?"

"A hard-working man. Her husband's health is not good, and he has been half-lived. Thanks to her taking care of him all these years, otherwise he wouldn't be able to live for such a long time." Huzi Dad took a puff of cigarette and joked, "What? Are you looking for a wife?"

Lao Jia smiled embarrassedly, "I think, why don't you think so."

"I'll talk to your sister-in-law about this matter. If she agrees, when will you two meet." Father Huzi patted him on the shoulder.

Lao Jia said gratefully, "Thank you, brother."

25 dishes lined up in a long line.Ankang glanced over and found that they were all home-cooked dishes.

"You don't need to carry the rice. Pick up some on a big plate. Don't pick up all the meat. People will have to taste it later."

Ankang's words made everyone laugh.Lao Pi held the chopsticks and was holding the white rice in his hand, he yelled, "Master is reluctant to give us meat."

Someone echoed and joked, "Haha. Why is the boss so picky?"

Ankang was not happy anymore, he waved his finger and pointed at himself, "I pick? Let you take a look, what is generosity. Today we give out a catty of meat to each person. Go to Huzi to get it when we get off work." Welfare, let them live a comfortable life, and feel that the magazine office is better, so they must work harder.

After getting the benefits, Lao Pi was the first to turn against him. He knocked his chopsticks on the table, turned his head around and said, "Who said that the boss was stingy, and I, Lao Pi, was the first to disagree?"

"Hahaha."

These five women have different levels of cooking.Laopi's daughter-in-law cooks the best dishes, spicy and salty, and can be eaten with rice.

The worst one was a young daughter-in-law.The little daughter-in-law was wearing a dark red jacket, with a small round face, and her smile was very pleasing.It's just that the cooking skills are really not flattering.

Lao Pi said disgustedly, "Xiao Li's wife, do you cook this dish for Xiao Li every day?" Even if it looks ugly, the taste is not very good.Lao Pi felt that if he had a little girl with a high stove at home, if she could hold a spatula, she would be able to fry at about the same level.

Xiao Li's daughter-in-law didn't even blush, she smiled and said, "Xiao Li cooks in my house. I will help him wash clothes."

It is really rare to marry a daughter-in-law and cook for herself.Standing there, Xiao Li received a lot of puzzled looks.

Xiao Li giggled and said, "What do you look at, my daughter-in-law hurts herself."

One person joked, "You love your wife too much, you can't even cook."

But the young couple were very calm and didn't feel embarrassed at all.Joking with a group of people lively.

Yang Erlang sat impetuously by the window and listened to the laughter in front of him.His grandma sat aside and dug out the sewing basket, cut a piece of cloth of suitable size, and drew back and forth on the clothes.

"Erlang, help grandma get a needle." She said in an old voice, "grandma can't see now."

Yang Erlang took the needle and thread.After twisting the end of the twisted thread and trying a few times, after threading the needle, I handed it to her grandma, "Grandma, are you going to mend clothes?"

"It was scratched on the clothes a few days ago, and it has such a big cut. I will mend it today."

"Grandma, throw it away if it's broken, fix it..." Thinking of the current situation, Yang Erlang swallowed back the words.Now his family only earns some income from renting out the front yard.There is not much left of the money left by my father.He clenched his fists vigorously, thinking to himself, if there is a chance, he must go to his father and elder brother.Even if they were robbed by bandits halfway, there would still be corpses.

While sewing, grandma chatted with him, "Erlang, you will be seventeen in two months. Do you have a girl you like?".Her family's Erlang was born in the twelfth lunar month, and the Chinese New Year was just two days away.

"Grandma. I don't have anyone I like." Yang Erlang, who was sitting by the window, turned to look at his grandma.

These five years have been difficult.At that time, he still didn't understand why it took so long for father and elder brother to travel far away.When I wake up at night, I can occasionally hear my mother or grandma crying.Mother couldn't survive.Grandma's hair is turning white day by day.Now only their grandparents and grandchildren are left to depend on each other.Yang Erlang simply hated the words "depending on each other for life".In this world, he has only one relative left, his grandma.

Grandma rubbed the needle twice on her scalp and continued to sew clothes. "Erlang, we have to inquire about getting a wife early. The further we go in our current family situation, the harder it will be for us to find a wife."

Yang Erlang listened silently.He doesn't want to marry a wife now, not at all.He wants to study hard, earn fame, and let his grandma be a leisurely wife.

The noise in the front yard became louder, Grandma Erlang stopped her sewing and looked out the window at the front yard.It's a pity that the front is covered by the house, and she can't see the people in the yard. "I heard from your uncle that the An family's young master rented the yard to read to the children."

Yang Erlang knew that the uncle his grandma was talking about was Yang Lu.Uncle Yang Lu is a good man and has been helping them. "He runs a magazine and holds classes every few days to teach illiterate children how to read."

Yang Erlang has no spare money to buy magazines.He borrowed a classmate's magazine and looked through it, and he knew the general content in it.

"It's not for teaching literacy. I heard from your uncle that this time it's for teaching people arithmetic. After learning it, you'll be an accountant. You don't need money, and the classes are free. You can learn it in half a year, but I don't know." true and false."

Suddenly, Yang Erlang was so blessed that he took classes for free and learned how to be an accountant.He now has to pay Shuxiu one or two taels of silver a month, and the family doesn't have much money anymore.If you can learn this, after two years, you can go out and be a bookkeeper.The big deal is that when I have money in the future, I can study while working.Anyway, it is better to have an income than to be afraid that one day you will not be able to eat.

"You said that other accountants have studied for more than ten years, but he will be fine in half a year. Don't be a fool."

Grandma was still chattering, but Yang Erlang suddenly stood up, the chair was knocked back by him, making a "crack" sound when it rubbed against the ground.

Grandma looked at him strangely, "Erlang?"

"Grandma, I have something to do all of a sudden, I'm going out to do something." Yang Erlang hurried out of the house, trotting all the way to the front yard.

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