Chapter 151 Mrs. Cheng’s worries

After telling most of the story, I couldn't go on anymore. Without him, the food and drinks were served.

The older brother was shocked again, not only for the delicious food, but also for the beautiful utensils.

The tableware is all jade and porcelain. It is summer now, and the utensils are only blue and white.

The white color is like mutton-fat white jade, and the green color is like plum blossoms after rain.

Because there are only two people eating, the portions of the dishes are not large, but the presentation of each dish is very particular, and the edges are also decorated with flower petals or green grass decorated with shreds of green garlic and green onions. It is not only a dish, but also a painting.

The painting is not ordinary elegance.

The people who served the dishes were all children in Tsing Yi. Not only were their bodies and faces clean, but even their fingernails, shoes, socks, and collars were spotless.

When each dish is served, the child will announce the name of the dish loudly, and then, the elder brother will be like a frog in the well, having never heard of it.

The younger brother introduced that this was a dish that had recently become popular in Meishan. The chef was Fatty Zhou from Cheng She’s family. This old boy was over forty years old. Suddenly, he didn’t know which of his tendons got better. He turned Jiang Qing’s family upside down.

The color of the dishes and the medium are perfectly integrated.

Home cooks refer to the specialized chefs or concubines who are employed or enslaved by wealthy people; zhongfu refers to well-off families, including some diligent and thrifty officials, and the kitchen cooking done by mothers, wives and daughters in intellectual families.

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The cooking techniques alone are like a poem: stir-fry, stir-fry and stir-fry, stir-fry and stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry, stew, and stir-fry.

Drunk and soaked in grits and scalded.

My brother has now found a job as a bookkeeper in a company, and his life has become easier. Without your encouragement, I wouldn't be where I am today. From now on, brother, you will come here often, and I will help you cook one dish after another.

If you are an elder brother, please give in quickly. Everywhere is your own fault, brother. This time it is also thanks to you, brother. My boss knew that I have an old friend in Meishan, so he brought me here specially. Your goods in Meishan are in short supply.

, it doesn’t matter, it’s really not easy to handle.

Brothers start bragging, brother, don’t worry, your business is my brother’s business, come and come, you will realize that the best thing in the taste is not these dishes, but the best thing, but this!

Ouch, brother, could this be... the famous Yongchun Lu?!

Exactly, but this Yongchun Dew is not the Yongchun Dew that can be drunk elsewhere. This Yongchun Dew is usually sold in two or three bottles outside. Those who can get one or two bottles of Touqu are all respectable people.

Only in the Huyuan Building, there are special items for the palace. Guests who have booked a private room can have a share, and each person can only have one or two. It is called special music, also called tribute music!

Brother, I hear you tell me, this Yongchun tribute song is for officials to drink?

Exactly, how about the benevolence of the officials? Zhang Xueshi’s original intention was to pay tribute to all the special songs and jade porcelain. However, the decree was passed, saying that the road to Shu was difficult and the people would inevitably have to suffer the hardship of transportation. Goods with a lot of money arrived.

Bianliang, at least translated as Sanguan. Therefore, only a small amount of tribute was allowed, and the rest was left to Jiang Qing to sell on his own. He really loved the people like his own son.

Brother, if you don't go out too much, the news may not be widespread. But I heard that this is actually the official's way of rewarding Jiang Qing of Meizhou for his contribution to the salt affairs.

Just two wells alone gave away tens of thousands of guan to the government. Sources say that when the government heard about this, they only said four words: "loyalty to the country!" Even the squires on the fourth road of Sichuan Gorge were honored!

Hahaha, right? I am a little ignorant brother. Come on, brother, I haven’t seen you for many years. I’d like to give you a toast!

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Li Yun is also living a good life now.

The Tutu Temple expanded into several more rooms, and the children in the mausoleum also slept on bunk beds.

As a writer, he was assigned a small room with very simple furnishings, including a bed, a wardrobe, a desk, and a bookcase.

The Meng children here learn very strange things. In addition to learning writing, they also learn something called science and engineering.

Several older children took turns taking the younger children to the academy to cook, and they also brought science and engineering textbooks. I heard that there was a young master there who taught this.

And after they come back, they have to pass it on to others.

He had read the textbook, which contained some strange runes, and he needed to use rulers, squares and compasses in daily study.

I heard from the children that it is an arithmetic book similar to "Nine Chapters" and "Island", but why it is not called Ming Suan and Science and Technology, I don't understand.

But he doesn't need to figure it out, he is only responsible for teaching writing.

However, even the teaching of writing has some weird points. It only emphasizes exegesis and not the meaning. In other words, it only emphasizes the pronunciation and meaning of the characters, and the principles only stay in the Analects and Mencius.

This is going a bit too far. Such a quick fix may be counterproductive. How can I take the exam in the future?

If Su You does this again, he will say in his heart that this is the routine of literacy classes in big factories after liberation, and what they want is quick success. Not surprising.

As soon as he thought about it, Li Yun couldn't help but burst out laughing. These are the children of refugees. Mr. Su, who came to test him, said that he just wanted these children to be literate and able to understand simple principles. In the future, if they have skills, they will be able to stand on their own.

In this world, you have accumulated great virtue.

With my little knowledge, I was asked a few questions by Jiang Qing named Su. Do I still expect to be able to teach a master Jinshi? I really overestimate my abilities.

In addition to literature and science, there are two disabled veterans who come every morning with sticks to teach the children how to practice boxing. No, it’s not called practicing boxing, it’s called gymnastics. It helps to strengthen the body and reduce illness. It seems to make sense.

There is no cooking utensils in the kitchen in the small house because there is no need for it. The children have a housekeeping team and they can cook by themselves. The food they cooked is shameful. The first meal they ate was... well, it was an insult to politeness. It was an insult to politeness.

The children were very respectful to their husband and bowed before speaking. They really had nothing to complain about.

Apart from the unsolved knot in my heart, my life is actually pretty good now.

Looking at the lady sitting by the bed sewing, Li Yun couldn't help but sigh secretly. If he won the Jinshi, those people in his hometown would dare to do this to him?

But it’s really difficult to become a Jinshi...

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Mrs. Cheng has been very worried recently, very worried.

Now every time Su You came, she no longer tested his knowledge, but only asked him to design printing and dyeing patterns, or played a piece of music for him to comment on, or took out scrolls from the family collection to teach him how to appreciate calligraphy and painting.

Even if you ask him what new dishes he has created recently or what new inventions he has made, he will never mention learning.

She did not expect that Su You would have such a strong interest in Confucian principles.

Reason has always been the opposite of emotion.

Rationality is good and can make people become gentlemen, but it can also make people calm, cold and boring.

This is not good. In fact, not only Mrs. Cheng thinks so, but also the entire Song Dynasty.

What the people of the Song Dynasty admired and worshiped were elegant celebrities who sang poems and wines to the end of the world, played the piano and played songs; they were romantic talents who chanted the wind and moonlight, and were suave and elegant. But they were by no means Taoist teachers who acted uprightly and were meticulous in speech and laughter!

She was worried that Su You had lost her own understanding and spirituality after specializing in righteousness.

The former Xiaoyou had great potential to become a talented scholar. His poems, articles, and those weird knowledge and inventions fully demonstrated that he had many similarities with Zizhan.

Smart, kind, funny, naughty, enlightened... even being weird and weird are all advantages.

But now that this child has entered school, he has a tendency to move closer to Zi You!

This child seems to have a sense of urgency. He is constantly studying Confucian classics, as if he wants to find out something he wants from them.

Although I don’t know what he is looking for, I can’t go wrong with it!

Mrs. Cheng felt that if Su You could just be her own child, he could study whatever he wanted. If he really wanted to become a great Confucian, that would be great.

But Su You was different. If Su Mingrun, who was supposed to be open-minded and open-minded, was turned into a rigid Taoist Su Mingrun, then he would simply be ashamed of the ancestors of the Su family!

She prefers Su You to become Zizhan. If not, she can become her husband, but she will never become Ziyou.

People in the Su family have never pursued becoming high-ranking officials. A Jinshi title is enough to live a very comfortable life in the land of Bashu.

Moreover, the Shu people have such a tradition. Those who won the Jinshi did not become officials and came back to live freely. It was not just one or two.
Chapter completed!