Farm widows have space, pick up a treasure on the way to escape

Chapter 69

When He Jiuniang heard this, she became interested: "The Kang Xiucai you are talking about is Mr. Kang from Songhe Academy?"

"Yes, that's Mr. Kang! Mr. Kang's literary talent is obvious to all, but he is so jealous of talents that he cannot take the scientific examination. In addition to teaching, he also sends some calligraphy and paintings to our bookstore for sale!"

When the young boy talked about Kang Xiucai, his face was full of regret, and it seemed that he felt unworthy for Kang Xiucai.

He Jiuniang nodded, lowered her head and said to the children: "How about giving this fan to Mr. Kang as your apprenticeship ceremony?"

Leizi was shocked when he heard the price. Is it so expensive to buy a fan?
Now that I heard that it was going to be given to Mr. Kang, I felt even more incredible.

Jie Zi asked with some confusion: "When I went out in the morning, didn't Third Aunt bring a jar of honey to give to Mr. Kang?"

The men had brought back a lot of honey when they went up to the mountains to cut trees in the past few days. The children at home liked to drink it. He Jiuniang remembered that Mr. Kang seemed to be coughing all the time and wanted honey to moisten his lungs, so she brought him a jar.

Teachers in this era are highly respected, and the Lu family also approves of it.

What the children didn’t understand was that they had already sent honey to Mr. Kang, so why did they give him such an expensive folding fan?

He Jiuniang explained patiently: "The honey is a gift from our family to Mr. Kang, but the folding fan is a gift from the three of you as students to the teacher. It is different."

The young man smiled and flattered: "Madam is really talented!"

Boss Lu felt even more ashamed. He didn't understand anything. If he sent several children to school alone today, he would definitely make a fool of himself.

Leizi understood, but he also knew that the so-called apprenticeship ceremony should be a gift prepared by themselves for their husband, but...

He looked at He Jiuniang with some embarrassment: "But Third Aunt, we don't have that much money, we can't afford it..."

He Jiuniang rubbed his head: "Knowing that you have no money, it is natural for Third Aunt to buy it for you. Just treat it as loaned to you by Third Aunt. When you grow up and make money, you will return it to Third Aunt."

"Uh-huh!"

The three children nodded repeatedly with smiles on their faces. They will definitely repay Third Aunt in the future!
The young boy listened and realized that these three children seemed not to be the wife's children, but just nephews. He was so generous to his nephews. What a good person!

A trip to the bookstore cost a total of 14 taels and one hundred cents. Seeing that they bought a lot, the boy directly discounted the discount, making it 14 taels.

He Jiuniang gave the money and left with a group of people.

After the boy sent them away enthusiastically, he kept smacking his lips. As expected, people cannot be judged by their appearance. It turned out that they were not well-dressed and they probably did not have much money. However, it is not easy to be willing to send three children to school. But I didn’t expect to be able to buy 12 taels of folding fans so readily.

The young man felt that his situation was too small.

After buying these things, it was time to send the three little ones to the school. There was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old waiting at the door of the school. You could enter according to the name and address you filled in before.

Mr. Kang is not in good health and has not come out for the time being. He also hired two or three boys to work in the yard.

There are quite a lot of students. Some children have not yet paid their tuition fees, and their parents are queuing up to pay.

There was no need to worry about these things after the three little ones had made friends with Shu Xiucai. He Jiuniang and Boss Lu took a few children and went to the backyard to meet Kang Xiucai under the recommendation of the servant.Kang Xiucai was sitting under a tree in a green shirt, reading a book, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he was always filled with deep sorrow that could not be overcome.

Looking at it, He Jiuniang couldn't help but feel pity for him. In this era, there were very few people who could study and get good grades, but they were unlucky and fell seriously ill. It was hard not to worry.

She wanted to help Kang Xiucai find out what kind of disease he had, but her medical skills were not yet proven, so she could not lose her horse easily. Moreover, she saw that Kang Xiucai's face was not bad at the moment, and he should not be terminally ill.

Then wait a little longer!

Kang Xiucai also saw them, stood up and walked towards them.

Because He Jiuniang signed up three children at once, Kang Xiucai was deeply impressed by her. He recognized her at a glance, smiled and made a scholarly salute, and said: "These are the three children of Madam Lu's family, right? Before going, Just take a seat in the courtyard room, and you'll be there in a moment."

He Jiuniang narrowed her eyes and smiled, and then the three children headed by Leizi followed He Jiuniang's instructions on the way, stepped forward and bowed in a decent manner, and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Kang!"

Kang Xiucai nodded with satisfaction. Before he could speak, Lei Zi respectfully presented the folding fan to him and said, "Sir, this is the apprenticeship gift given to you by the three students. Please accept it." "

Kang Xiucai was a little surprised. No student in his small school had ever given a apprenticeship ceremony. It wasn't that the students were stingy, but they didn't know there was such a thing as an apprenticeship ceremony. After all, they were ordinary people. They only went to school to study and practice calligraphy. If you don't seek fame, you naturally don't know the etiquette.

The apprenticeship ceremony is usually required by relatively large academies, and then only the Fuxue. He was also admitted to the Fuxue, and then prepared the Apprenticeship Ceremony for the students of the Fuxue.

Moreover, he could tell at a glance that the ribs of this folding fan were made of the finest purple sandalwood and were of great value.

Students give apprenticeship gifts to teachers to express their respect and love for their teachers. Since ancient times, there has been no example of refusing to accept apprenticeship gifts. Kang Xiucai accepted it generously, opened it, and found that it was his own painting. He was a little surprised, and then I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I'm serious, my teacher likes it very much."

Kang Xiucai really liked it, and the landscape painting painted on the fan was his favorite. The school had been closed before, and there was no income. He needed to see a doctor and buy medicine, so he had to sell the paintings, including this landscape painting.

Unexpectedly, it went round and round and returned to my hands.

He said warmly to the boy next to him: "Go and get some of my lake pens and give them to them."

Naturally, when receiving a gift, there must be a return gift. Although he had prepared a lot of brushes early and planned to give them to each child, due to his limited ability, he bought the most common and cheapest ones in the bookstore, which naturally cannot be compared with Hu brushes. .

The boy went down to get it, and Kang Xiucai gave it to them with his own hands and said: "This is a gift from my teacher's husband when I was studying in Fu Xue. Now I am giving it to you. I hope you can also pass the exam in the future." Study in the government and gain fame."

"Thank you sir!"

The three little ones took it and were very happy. They looked at He Jiuniang and Boss Lu with a sense of accomplishment.

Only then did Boss Lu react. He took out a small jar from his backpack and handed it to the boy next to him. He said politely: "This is wild honey collected from the mountains. It has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs. It is the wish of our family. Please accept it, Mr. Kang.”

Well, He Jiuniang taught him this on the road. After He Jiuniang came in, she tried to talk as little as possible and gave the stage to them.

(End of this chapter)