Houfu Key Class

Su Xi saw their crux and lectured with a straight face: "What is worthy or not is not asking you to kill people and set fires. Now the entire big study is under my control, and I have the final say on this small garden. I like it." I just plant whatever I want, what does it have to do with whether it’s worth it or not? Planting flowers just because they are expensive will reduce my happiness. Why? I won’t plant them, so I will plant vegetables.”

After saying that, he still put his hands on his hips, acting like a bad old man.

Five young boys: "..."

What an unreasonable person, what an unreasonable request.

Zong Jincheng became even more unhappy when he saw that Xu Wan had not stopped him. This strange old man would be so troublesome.

He threw the hoe in his hand on the ground and replied: "If you want to grow vegetables, just grow them yourself. Why did you wake us up so early in the morning? I don't want this hoe. Autumn is coming, and I don't have that much time." I want to grow vegetables and play with you, I want to study, I want to learn!”

The other teenagers nodded and threw away the hoes in their hands.

Yes, it's okay to let them get up early, but they must be studying. Otherwise, if the young master from a noble family gets up at midnight to plant vegetables with a hoe, he won't be laughed at if word spreads about it?

Su Xi snorted twice and complained to Xu Wan: "Mrs. Zong, these boys in your family are a bit difficult to control."

If he couldn't control these boys, he would send in reinforcements. Su Xi had already noticed that everyone here listened to Xu Wan, especially the thorn-headed Zong Jincheng.

Xu Wan said to him: "Sir, don't be angry. The children just can't accept it for a while and need to slow down." After saying that, she motioned to the servants with her eyes to pick up the hoe.

No one dared to refuse the hoe that Xu Wan ordered to send over. Each of the five young boys' faces looked uglier than the last, and they looked at Su Xi with a very unhappy expression.

Xu Wan comforted her: "Children, don't worry. Although the autumn is coming, you have already learned a lot about the Four Books, Five Classics and Strategies. In the next month or so, you only need to focus on studying poetry and poetry with Mr. Su." But, don’t worry too much about the rest.”

The little devil said dissatisfied: "But mother, he made some very unreasonable demands. They are simply incomprehensible, unreasonable, and extremely ridiculous!"

Su Xi snorted again and sneered at his series of idioms: "It turns out that the Four Books and Five Classics have all been read in idioms. No wonder the poems and poems are so bad... bad... bad..."

Zong Jincheng was so angry that he clenched his fists again and glared at the strange old man fiercely.

Damn it, how did this old man get involved in poetry and poetry?

"Chengcheng, don't you even listen to your mother?" Xu Wan asked him.

The fire raised by the little devil was extinguished instantly, and he said with a downcast face: "No, mother, I was wrong, I will listen to you."

Su Xi succeeded in her complaint, snickering and looking at Zong Jincheng with an even more provocative look. The little devil turned his face away in anger and turned his back on him.

Xu Wan touched his head lovingly and asked them, "Where are you?"

"We also listen to Auntie." The teenagers said in unison.

Xu Wan smiled and said: "Okay, in that month, you must listen to Mr. Su's instructions carefully and don't let me come out to reiterate again, okay?"

The five young boys said feebly: "Okay..."

Xu Wan chuckled and said: "Thank you for your hard work, let's start working."

"..."

In the small courtyard, Xu Wan and Su Xi were sitting in a small pavilion, watching the children working. All the servants around them had been removed and were not allowed to help them.

Zong Jincheng gathered the brothers together, the five little heads met, and began to plan what to do: "When we hoe the flowers later, dig deeper and dig out the roots, and the flowers will be alive. Later we will hand in Let Shunzi and the others plant them in another garden, so that these flowers can be protected from the destruction of the old man."

Zong Wenxiu nodded in agreement: "Okay, Jincheng, I will listen to you."

"Action!" He Zheng shouted.

Several brats gathered around and talked, which made Su Xi look puzzled. He also guessed: "Are they planning to discuss some bad idea to rebel?"

Xu Wan smiled and shook her head: "No, they are all very good."

Su Xi said calmly: "Forget it, that's just for you, a bunch of little wolf cubs pretending to be little white rabbits. If you weren't here today, I think they could bully their master and destroy their ancestors, so they just raised the flag. My old bones.”

Xu Wan was amused by him and giggled: "Sir, you are just joking. They are really not that extreme. At most, they just say a few words."

Su Xi wanted to continue talking, but she saw the five teenagers high-fiving each other, picking up the hoe and starting to work with high morale.

He raised his eyebrows, as if he had discovered something interesting, and said unexpectedly: "These boys are actually united."

Xu Wan agreed and smiled: "Yes, the relationship between young people is very enviable."

Su Xi felt the warm moment and couldn't help but recite a poem. Then she shook her head and said with fun: "Interesting, interesting."

The teenagers have been pampered since childhood, have never been in the ground, and do not know how to use a hoe. Because there was a gardener nearby to direct me, I reluctantly learned to dig the ground, but because I had to protect the roots of the flowers and plants, the digging movement was very slow.

After a cup of tea, they heard their voices one after another: "I've dug a tree."

"I've also dug one."

The young boys planed out the flowers and gave them to the servants to transplant to other yards, and then started to plan the flowers again.

Xu Wan looked at the time and commented: "Judging from this speed, they may have to dig until dark."

Su Xi stretched out her hand to block him and said with a smile, "Then let them dig until dark."

Xu Wan asked, "Sir, don't you dislike them weighing the pros and cons now?"

From an objective point of view, Su Xi, as a poet, is the most disgusted with the practices of the officialdom. Unfortunately, the policy essays she taught the children were all preparations for entering the officialdom in the future. So now, the two of them dislike each other.

Su Xi smiled and said, "Dislike, but this time they are not considering whether these flowers are worth wasting their precious time, but starting to think about the flowers. I am very relieved."

"Huh?" Even Xu Wan seemed to understand, "Does it mean that they are no longer just thinking about their own interests?"

Su Xi said mysteriously, "Immersed in nature, expressing emotions, they have seen things that have been ignored besides learning. These children are pretty good and can be saved."

At 7:00, the teenagers who had been digging flowers for an hour were all hungry and could not swing their hoes.

Xu Wan told the maids, "Prepare the dishes. Don't serve too many side dishes. The main dish should be steamed buns. Bring them to the pavilion."

Su Xi waved her hand and said, "What dishes? Steamed buns... Just give two sesame cakes to each person."