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Chapter 189 Asking to See the Master Visiting the Academy

"Master, Master, someone came to see me at the door, saying that he wants to come to our school to study."

At noon, in the Li Family Academy in Sanyuan Lane, it was a rare and peaceful time during the day.

At this point of time, it happened to be the time when the students in the school attached to the academy were dismissed from school after lunch.

Although there are children coming to the Lijia Academy, most of them are children from the streets of the county town, and they can go home for lunch and take a lunch break;
Another wave is far away, or simply spend money to live in the Li family. At this time, they have run out of food. They are either taking a nap in the dormitory, or the three or five classmates have gone shopping and eating on the street, or a few of them are also in the backyard. Enjoy the cool and read a book in the courtyard of the room, the whole Li Family Academy is quiet at the moment.

Mrs. Li, who taught classes A, B, and C, seldom had leisure time. He was nearly fifty years old, and now he was wearing a green bamboo gown, nestling under the osmanthus tree in the backyard, lying leisurely and comfortably on a bamboo rocking chair, fanning with one hand, and holding his hand in the other. Holding a purple sand teapot, people are still following the rocking chair, sipping tea time after time, squinting their eyes to enjoy it, taking a leisurely break from their busy schedule, when a child's respectful report sounded nearby.

Hearing the sound, Master Li opened his narrowed eyes and looked at the person.

The child in front of him is called Shui Sheng, he is ten years old, and he is eager to learn, but unfortunately his family is poor. At first, I saw him kneeling outside his school for three days, with a tenacious heart to study, so I softened my heart and allowed him. Not to mention enrolling, he was exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees, and taught with heart.

Fortunately, this child is also a kind-hearted person who knows that his situation is different. While this child is devoting himself to studying, he also tries his best to help the school with what he can.

Come to school every day to pick up a load of firewood, and the sun never sets, which makes me and my wife feel bad, thinking that his family lives far away, and he is not like other children who are far away, who can bring food or family members Come to deliver food, let alone have money to buy food on the street, so I feel sorry for him and take care of the child's lunch.

In fact, for the husband and wife, it was just a incidental thing. After all, the wife also cooks the boarding students' meals every day, which is just a matter of adding an extra ladle of water to the meal every day.

As a result, the child saw that he was fed up, but from then on, all the work inside and outside the academy was taken over by the child.

In addition to studying hard, he would also help his wife with work, and even take care of the concierge, saying how many times he should not do this, this child is stubborn and never changes.

No, it's noon, the sun is scorching hot, and the other children have gone to play with themselves, but this silly boy is still stubbornly guarding the front yard.

Someone came to the door at this moment, and Shuisheng hurried to the backyard to inform the husband.

"School attached to your door?" Master Li was also puzzled, it's been more than half a year this year... "School attached at this time? Who is it? Let me go and see."

Muttering in his mouth, Master Li's feet fell to the ground, struggling to sit up from the rocking chair.

Seeing this, Shuisheng hurried forward, respectfully took the purple sand pot from Master Li's hand with one hand, and secretly held Master Li's other hand with the other hand to bring him up.

Master Li took advantage of his disciple's filial piety, and when he saw Shuisheng carefully put the teapot on the bamboo tea table next to the rocking chair, he patted Shuisheng on the head with satisfaction and said, "Go and see for the teacher, Shuisheng, go to the back room Go rest."

Hearing this, Shui Sheng shook his head hurriedly, wanting to say that he was not tired, so he didn't need to rest, Mr. Li, who knew him very well, hurriedly interrupted Shui Sheng's refusal that he was about to speak.

"Okay, don't refuse. This is the teacher's order. You go quickly and take a good nap. You have to go to class in the afternoon. If the teacher sees that you are not energetic in the afternoon, you will beat your hands."

Master Li's words were obviously serious, but Shui Sheng felt extra warm and moved.

Seeing that the baby didn't move for a long time, Mrs. Li urged a few more words angrily, finally seeing the baby turned and left, Mrs. Li shook his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and took a figure-of-sight step with his slightly lame legs , people went to the front yard.

As soon as people walked from the pavilion in the backyard to the front yard, Master Li saw the three people standing in front of the bookstore in the front yard at a glance. Master Li was a little surprised, with a smile on his face.

"Who do I think this old man is, so it's Catcher Zhao who came here?" Master Li stepped forward politely, bowing his hands to salute, "Your Mr. Catcher Zhao is busy with work, so you don't have time to rest at home. Is my thatched cottage here?"

Although we live in the same alley, and the neighbors have been friends for decades, the children in my yard are in class every day, and Zhao Butou is also busy patrolling the street every day. Come.

I met someone suddenly today, isn't it a rare visitor?

Catcher Zhao received the courtesy from Mrs. Li, and he hurriedly bowed his hands to salute with a smile, directly expressing his intention of coming.

"Hahaha, to tell you the truth, Master Li, Mr. Zhao doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. Isn't this the nephew who wants to go to school, and Mr. Zhao immediately thought of you, the venerable master?"

In the morning, Catcher Zhao was busy nodding, and after hurriedly sending Yu Su and Song Xinglin home to his wife, he hurried back to Shangya.

Because there was something on his mind, at noon, Catcher Zhao ran away as soon as he left the office, and went to a pork shop he knew for a knife. When he was patrolling the street in the morning, he had told the butcher to bring the good meat left by him to his home. Seeing that Yu Su and his wife hadn't left, he was very happy, and hurriedly told his guests to bury the pot for cooking.

Knowing that Song Xinglin had settled down the room next door, and thinking of the topics discussed in the morning chat, Zhao Butou didn't take his lunch break as usual after he was full of wine and food. He said that it happened to be noon and Mrs. Li didn't have lunch break for class, so he must have time to receive After putting down the bowls and chopsticks, he dragged Song Xinglin and Yu Su over to meet people, as if anxiously wanting to get things done early.

Pulling Song Xinglin towards Mrs. Li, Catcher Zhao said cheerfully: "Master, please take a look, it is my nephew who wants to join your school, and you need to teach him. You see that he looks familiar. Doesn’t look familiar? Let me tell you, my nephew is amazing, he is the little tiger-fighting hero who was honored by the county magistrate that day!” Barabara...

At noon, when he was happy, Catcher Zhao drank some wine. Although he didn't drink too much, he became excited. Now that he started talking, he couldn't stop, and even turned Song Xinglin who was standing next to him. Push toward Master Li.

Li Fuzi learned the purpose of coming, and carefully looked at the person who was pushed to come.

Although he is a lame poor scholar who relies on the school to support his family, there is one thing he still cares about, that is, the students who are admitted to his own school can be dull or simple, but their character must pass the test.

Hearing that the person who came here to study was actually a little tiger-fighting hero, and a kid who was appreciated by the magistrate of the county, Master Li couldn't help but carefully looked at Song Xinglin.

Since he is a tiger-fighting hero, he has to take a good look to see if this child is full of hostility. If he is... even if he is a head-hunter and an old neighbor who personally brings him to the door, he will not accept him. .

"Student Song Xinglin, met Master."

Seeing the black-faced boy in front of him hastily cupped his hands, and shouted for greetings, Master Li hurriedly took half a step back, waved his hand and said.

"Hey, master is not master, don't be in a hurry to shout, although the old man's school is small, it doesn't accept all students, you... well, your name is Song Xinglin, boy, if you want to enter the old man's school Museum, I have a few questions to test you first."

(End of this chapter)