novelden Chapter 127 I came back early today
Chapter 127 I came back early today
"Okay, the boy brought some fried chicken and other food to go with the wine, put them on the mule cart, let's go and get them." There is nothing that can't be solved by a barbecue, if there is, then have two meals. Yang Biao put his hand on the head of the village and took him to get the food.
"It smells so good. The fried chicken is still warm. What are these pieces of stuff?" The weather is hot, so the fried chicken has to be warm all the way, Yang Biao complained in his heart.
The village head took the fried chicken leg that Yang Biao tore for him and smiled from ear to ear.
"Uncle, the village head, this is called barbecue, and it's very popular in the county town." It is indeed very popular now, and it only became popular yesterday afternoon, Yang Biao said in his heart.
"Mm, delicious!" The barbecue was delicious. The village head didn't care and sat on the shaft of the cart. He picked up a kebab and started eating, saying, "Brother Biao, you eat too."
"Okay, uncle head of the village, come, have some wine." He handed the small wine pot directly to him. It was prepared for festival sacrifices and only contained three taels of wine. The two of them shared it. The head of the village should not get drunk.
"Well, good, drink!" The head of the village took the small wine pot, took a big sip, and returned it to Yang Biao, "Here, you drink some too."
"Okay, I'll drink it!" The two of them sat on the mule cart and drank it one sip at a time without saying anything else.
"Brother Biao, thank you!" After Yang Biao helped send the village head to the house to rest, the village head's wife looked at her sleeping husband and expressed her sincere gratitude to him.
"Aunt and wife of the village head, you're welcome. I'm very grateful for your care for my family these days." Yang Biao said as he walked out of the house, thinking it would be better to go out and talk so as not to disturb the village head's rest.
"Brother Biao, you're back early today." When Xiao Zhang heard Yang Biao's voice, she hurriedly took out the clothes prepared for him from the house.
"Well, I have to give a holiday gift to Master Zhou early tomorrow morning, so I have to rest early. Otherwise, if I am not in good spirits, it will be bad if I can't answer the master's questions!" Yang Biao took the clothes given by Xiao Zhang and went into the big wooden tub in the kitchen to take a bath.
"Yang Biao, have you been drinking?" Qin Xiaoran was embroidering Yang Biao's clothes. She smelled the scent of alcohol and looked up at him with a frown.
"Well, the headman was unhappy, so I went to drink with him." Yang Biao wiped his hair and felt a little pain in his head. He might have hit his head accidentally. "Hey, Xiaoran, come here, can you see if there is a wound on my head?"
"Ah," Qin Xiaoran was so scared when she heard Yang Biao say that there was a wound on his head that she threw her clothes aside, ran to his side quickly, picked up the candlestick beside her and took a closer look, "Where does it hurt?"
"Hey, Xiaoran, the candle flame is too close to my hair." Yang Biao shouted hurriedly when he felt a heat on his head.
"Oh, I'm watching." Qin Xiaoran quickly moved the candle in his hand further away and suddenly laughed, "Your hair is burnt off, so you're going to become a monk."
"You want me to become a monk?" Her words stunned Yang Biao.
"Where does it hurt on your head?" Qin Xiaoran did not reply. He lit the candle and carefully looked for the wound on his head.
"Here." He grabbed Qin Xiaoran's hand and pointed to the place where it hurt.
"Oh, there is really a small cut here. How did you get hurt?" Qin Xiaoran saw it and blew on the cut with her mouth.
"I don't know. I only felt the pain when I was washing my hair." I have been busy all day today and I don't know when I hit my head.
"I'll get you some medicine, otherwise the wound might get inflamed." Qin Xiaoran hurriedly went to find some medicine and applied it carefully. Seeing that Yang Biao was reading a book and drying his hair, she took the towel in his hand and helped him dry his hair.
"Well, I think your hair is almost dry. You can take a break." Yang Biao finished reading a book and touched his hair. It was dry, so he asked Qin Xiaoran to blow out the lamp.
"Student Yang Biao is here to visit Master Zhou!" Yang Biao introduced himself to Master Zhou's doorman so that he could go and report to him.
Soon, the doorman opened the door and said, "Master, please come in."
"Okay, thank you." Yang Biao carried a basket containing rice dumplings made by Xiao Zhang, a pot of wine, preserved fruits, and a piece of pork that he had just bought as a holiday gift to Master Zhou.
"Student Yang Biao greets Master Zhou." Yang Biao came to Master Zhou's study, placed the gift on the table beside him, and bowed to Master Zhou.
"Well, you seem to have grown up a bit. I wonder if your knowledge has improved?" Master Zhou looked at the student with a big smile.
"I have never been lazy in my studies, so please give me some advice, Master!" He handed over several articles he had written recently to Master Zhou for review.
"Well," Master Zhou took the article, picked up a few books he had specially selected for Yang Biao and handed them to him, asking him to study.
Then he sat at the table and read the article written by Yang Biao carefully, taking notes from time to time for later explanation. Yang Biao couldn't help but sigh at the ancient teachers' seriousness and responsibility towards their students, as well as the poem "The silkworm will not stop spinning silk until it dies, and the candle will not stop shedding tears until it is burned down to ashes" praising teachers.
While expressing his emotion, Yang Biao also opened the book that Master Zhou had just given him and began to read it carefully.
"Weiwei, where did you go today?" Liu sat at the dining table and asked the child with a smile.
"Yes, I went to Anhe Hall and have been there all day." Xia Weiwei picked up the soup spoon, scooped a mouthful of chicken stomach and ginseng soup, and changed the subject, "Mother, will my fifth brother come back to celebrate the festival this year?"
"Well, he wrote a letter a few days ago saying that he would come back to celebrate the holidays." Liu shook her head. It was not good for her to have a child who was too successful and was not around during the holidays.
"When your fifth brother comes back, you must tell him not to learn from your fourth brother who is so playful that he even went out to eat during the imperial examination. Now he fainted in the examination room." When Liu thought of what happened in February, she was furious and felt uncomfortable all over.
This fourth child was the first to fail in the imperial examination, and she hoped that he would be the last one, otherwise she would be so angry that she would die.
"Well," Xia Weiwei didn't want to respond, so she agreed perfunctorily. Although she was anxious and didn't like being alone with Liu, thinking that she was interfering too much in her affairs, and wanted to finish her meal early, her movements were still elegant and smooth, showing her good and elegant education since childhood.
It was late at night and Xia Zhaofeng had not returned yet. Liu thought of going to her daughter's place to see what the child was doing.
"Weiwei, why aren't you resting yet?" Seeing that the light was still on in her daughter's boudoir, Liu walked straight in.
Xia Weiwei, who was reading a book, heard her voice and frowned slightly. Why did her mother come again so late?
"Mother, is there something wrong?" Xia Weiwei put down the book, stood up, and asked with a somewhat unhappy expression.
"Yeah," Liu noticed her displeasure and sat down in her previous seat, staring at her, wondering why this child gave her a bad feeling.
"Don't you like your mother coming to your place?" Liu asked her.
"No, I'm just a little tired and want to rest." The emotional education Xia Weiwei received since childhood helped her to calm down instantly. Mrs. Liu could no longer sense any emotion from her.
"Oh, then you should go to bed early!" Liu originally wanted to go back and wait for Xia Zhaofeng to get off duty, but she also wanted to chat with her daughter, so she turned back halfway and stayed with her daughter to sleep.