Fu Song

Chapter 9
Watching the servants set up the dishes, Xiao Han stood up, sat down in the first place, waved his hands and said to several people: "Sit down!"

After Gao was seated, Xiao Cheng sat down on the left of Xiao Han's, Xiao Yan sat down, but Xiao Cheng's three-year-old nephew was clamoring to sit beside Xiao Cheng. , Xiao Cheng took his nephew to his side with a smile and sat down on the chair, but a girl immediately stood up behind him to prevent the little guy from falling.

Seven or eight dishes, except for a plate of steamed fish, a meatball soup, and a crystal elbow, the rest are all vegetarian.

A few meat dishes were placed beside Xiao Cheng.

It's not that the Xiao family has no money, but whether it's Xiao Han's or Gao's, when they usually eat more, they eat very lightly.

"My eldest sister-in-law and eldest sister-in-law should also eat some meat dishes properly. Too bland food is not necessarily a good thing for the body." Xiao Cheng stood up and took a crystal elbow for Xiao Han and Gao. Economics, water and fire blend together, and it is better not to be left out.”

Xiao Han looked at Xiao Cheng with a smile and said, "You can say that the masters of Xiangguo Temple are all vegetarians, and they are not strong."

Xiao Cheng said with a flat mouth, "Don't be deceived by these thieves and monks. They are virtuous in front of people, but they don't know what to do in the future? Maybe they will eat and drink with a lot of meat."

"Erlang!" Xiao Han was furious, and his eyebrows were raised, "How can you insult the master of Xiangguo Temple at will! It doesn't matter if you say something casually, if it is spread out, it will ruin people's reputation and bad reputation. You can't afford to be guilty. Besides, these masters have a wide range of contacts, and they often interact with officials and Qingliu. When they say something behind their backs, they may make you suffer."

Only then did Xiao Cheng remember that his eldest sister-in-law was a devout Buddhist and a serious layman. Didn't he call him bald in front of a monk?

But these monks are definitely not the wise monks in the mouths of Xiao Han. Look at them alone, before Amitabha, after they annexed land and made loan sharks, even if they had a fast meal in Xiangguo Temple, they would have to spend a lot of money. Money, all eyes are full of yellow copper coins and white silver taels, but I don't know what kind of way to get it?
However, Xiao Han still cares about himself. In the last few words, he is still admonishing himself to be careful of misfortune. These monks are not ordinary people. It may be difficult to help others, but they must be bad. Especially as a scholar who is about to participate in the Juren Examination and the Jinshi Examination, I am afraid it will be easy.

"My eldest sister is right, I was frivolous, Meng Lang." Xiao Cheng bowed his head and pleaded guilty.

"You, you have always been very quick and sincere in admitting your mistakes in front of people, and you will still do your own thing in the future!" Xiao Han sighed: "I don't know who you learned this temper from. If you don't change it, you will suffer."

"It must be changed, it must be changed!" Xiao Cheng said with an apologetic smile.

Gao on the side watched Xiao Han scolding Xiao Cheng repeatedly, and couldn't sit still, and quickly spoke to Xiao Cheng: "Mother, the second uncle taught the family to make this rock candy elbow, the taste is really good, sweet and sweet. , and it melts in your mouth. The last time my mother's cook came over and learned to cook it for the old lady, but the old lady ate half a bowl of rice with this rock candy elbow! Before, how did you know that pork can be made too? so delicious?"

When Xiao Cheng heard it, he shouted badly. This sister-in-law wanted to relieve himself, but it was not the right time to say this. Now, wouldn't Xiao Han's hold the handle again?

A real pig teammate!
Xiao Cheng sighed and lowered his head.

Sure enough, Xiao Han's rebuke came immediately.

"Erlang, you are a scholar, you don't put your mind on studying the Four Books and Five Classics, but you spend a lot of time reading these miscellaneous books, studying these tricks, and spreading them out will make people laugh. It's a good thing that your family knows about it. , the Gao family is not an outsider either, if it spreads out, do you think it is an honorable thing?"

Xiao Cheng lowered his head, thinking to himself, when you eat rock candy elbows, don't you say it's delicious?At this time, I used it to train people again.

In the past, no one in the Xiao family ate pork, basically mutton.In the entire Tokyo city, no one in a big family like the Xiao family eats pork. Everyone thinks that pork is dirty and unclean.Because the pig is not castrated, such pork has a smug taste, which is naturally not delicious.

However, since Xiao Cheng came up with another cooking method, it has made the pork show a different style. Now in the Xiao family, pork is often served on the table, not only rock candy elbows, but also seven or eight kinds. The flavored pork products are limited to the Xiao family.

That is, the elder sister-in-law Gao asked her mother's cook to learn the technique.

When Mr. Gao saw that he could not clear the siege, but instead put his second uncle into a bigger predicament, he was suddenly a little anxious, and glanced at Xiao Cheng, his eyes filled with apologetic meaning.

Xiao Cheng smiled bitterly and pulled the rice into his mouth, hoping to divert Xiao Han's attention.

"Second uncle, hurry up and finish your meal, so that you can tell me how Sun Hou'er defeated the fake walker?" A glutinous voice came from beside him.

Xiao Cheng suddenly choked and coughed.

Your mother just said to me, do you want to do it again, you little guy?

Sure enough, there was a ding sound from the opposite side, which was Xiao Han's sound of putting down the chopsticks, and her slightly sullen voice sounded in her ears.

"And what about the Journey to the West you told Jing'er, you said you read it from the book, I asked several Xi Xi in the family, and they all said they had never read or heard of it, and they all guessed that you made it up. It came out. I have praised Erlang for your literary talent, take it out and you can use it as a storybook!"

This is not a compliment!

"If you don't do business all day, don't read and write well, and do all these nonsense things, I think you spend four or five minutes in your studies. If you put out twelve points of energy, why not? Is it like this now?"

Xiao Cheng raised his head, looked at the frost-faced Xiao Han, and defended in a low voice: "Mother, Master Cen even praised the child today, saying that the child will definitely be admitted to the Jinshi examination next year."

"Master Cen praised you, right?" Xiao Han sneered: "It's not dark yet, so I forgot?"

Who is this who sued the black state!

Xiao Cheng was furious and looked up at the opposite Gao Clan. He went to school in the Gao Clan School. If anyone has the best information, it must be the eldest sister-in-law from the Gao family.

Seeing Xiao Cheng's dark face, Mr. Gao shook his head again and again, indicating that it wasn't him, and he didn't know it?
"What is your sister-in-law doing? Do you think it's your sister-in-law's complaint?" Xiao Han said angrily: "Even if it is, that sister-in-law is for your own good."

Xiao Yan, who was next, rolled her eyes and glanced at everyone, and said, "Second brother, the eldest lady of the Luo family from Donghuamen is here today."

"Shut up, the girl's family, where did you learn to make a complaint!" Xiao Han glared at him, and Xiao Yan immediately lowered his head and shoved rice in his mouth again and again.

Xiao Cheng hated deeply, the eldest lady of Donghua Monroe's family, isn't Luo Gang Luo Yuting's old lady?
Luo Yuting seems to be a good guy, why does he have a broken mouth?Go back and spoil myself for my old lady, and then the eldest lady of the Luo family came to the door to sue me. Did she offend her?
Haven't seen it, have you?
I secretly hated the eldest lady of the Luo family, but Xiao Cheng couldn't hate the eldest sister-in-law Xiao Han who was scolding him.To be honest, I'd be more grateful.

Speaking of which, she is not the flesh that fell out of her stomach. If she really wants to ignore herself and let herself be left to fend for itself, as long as she is not short of food and drink, no one can say what she is not.After all, he is just a scumbag.

Xiao Han treats him equally, and has strictly disciplined himself without his mother since he was a child. He is not afraid of people talking behind his back.

The so-called hate iron is not steel.

Like his father, Xiao Han also hopes that Xiao Cheng will be a blockbuster next year and be admitted to the jinshi!If he was admitted, he would be the first Jinshi in the Xiao family.

Although compared to Xiao Han's family, Xinyang Han, a Jinshi is really worthless, and everyone can take it out by a dozen, but for Xiao Han, it is the first person in three generations.As the mistress of the house, Xiao Han's face is naturally bright, and the waist can be straighter when he returns to his mother's house, and his voice can be thicker.

Who made Jinshi so valuable in this era?
The exam is held every three years, and only about [-] students are accepted for each subject.

Every person who passes the test can truly be regarded as a dragon among people.

The high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Song Dynasty were basically selected from among the three hundred jinshi. Those who did not have a jinshi background could go to high places, not none, but extremely rare.

"Mother, my dear, remember that in the days to come, you must focus on your studies, and you must pass the jinshi examination next year." Xiao Cheng put down his chopsticks, stood up, and bowed seriously.

Seeing Xiao Cheng's expression of deep repentance, Xiao Han nodded with satisfaction. He called him in today, just to give him a good beating. Right now, it seems that the effect has been achieved.

"Okay, let's eat! Didn't you Master Cen set up an article for you? Go and write it after you finish eating, and show it to me tomorrow!"

"Yes."

Xiao Cheng nodded and said, this great concubine of his own family is from a famous family, so he may not be able to write good articles, but his level of appreciation is first-rate.On the other hand, his own father, Xiao Yu, was a lot worse in this regard.

Today's hurdle is over, but when I think about writing articles overnight, not only is my brain aching again.

(End of this chapter)