A ragged cub at the beginning

Lin Guiping didn't spit at her, he almost fainted from choking, "Auntie! You can't bargain like that! Do you really want it? Ah? Don't make fun of me!"

Tang Xu's momentum waned, and his voice became a little softer, "Of course I want it, but I just bought a shop, and I'm a little short of money."

Lin Guiping believed this. After all, the initial budget reported was five hundred taels. Now he bought the shop for three hundred and thirty taels, and another four hundred taels for the yard was too much. But this price was definitely not acceptable. He just saw her and thought of his wife and children. Now he couldn't say anything unpleasant to this girl and child. He sighed and said, "The lowest price is three hundred and eighty taels. If you can accept it, I will talk to the owner. If it is lower..." He glanced at Tang Xu. What he said just now about his wealth and power was really a lie, right? He remembered that there were only two people renting the house, a woman with a child. Thinking of this, his tone was a little resentful, "I'm afraid they will chase me away with a broom."

What a pleasant surprise! If I sell the embroidery samples, I can still have some left to decorate the new shop! She nodded immediately and said, "Sure! Then please go and talk to me! If it works out, come to me tomorrow, no, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow." I will go to Sansi Embroidery House to sell embroidery samples tomorrow!

Lin Guiping nodded. Although the process was a bit frustrating, he still got a big order and a yard. He chuckled and took the money to make a new dress for his wife. The sleeves of the dress she often wore were frayed.

After the broker drove the carriage away, Tang Xu skipped into the shop.

This shop belongs to me now! Tang Xu took the key and took Qiyue to measure the shop on foot. The more he thought about it, the happier he became. My shop! I bought it myself! I bought the shop by myself!

"Qiyue baby! We have a shop now!" Tang Xu held Qiyue in her arms and spun him around in circles. She wanted to rush to the street and shout out the good news. But considering that she still had to live her life in the future, she let it go. "Let's go to a restaurant!"

Qiyue was a little confused. He couldn't understand what his mother and uncle were saying. He was still thinking about the story. When he heard about going to a restaurant, he asked, "Mom, let's go to the restaurant we just went to?"

"Ah?" Tang Xu was so happy that she felt dizzy. It took her a while to realize that Qiyue was talking about a teahouse. She squatted down and patiently explained, "That's a teahouse. It only serves tea, snacks, melon seeds, peanuts, etc. You have to go to a restaurant to eat. If Qiyue likes to listen to stories, then we can go there next time, okay?"

Qiyue was a good kid who listened to advice. Although he felt a little disappointed, he still nodded. But he quickly put it behind his mind, and he had a lot of questions in his head.

"Mom, what is the champion?"

"The top scholar is the one who studies the best."

"What is a high official then?"

"It's the people appointed by the court who are responsible for doing certain things."

"What is the court?"

"Forehead……"

"mother?"

Don't ask... Why do you get more questions the more you answer? Tang Xu scratched her head and tried to explain in a straightforward way that a child could understand. But the questions kept coming one after another, and she couldn't bear to ignore him. When they arrived at the noodle shop they had eaten at last time, she breathed a sigh of relief and quickly changed the subject to let July order food.

She was originally planning to go to a restaurant for a good meal, but when she thought about spending half of her assets today, Tang Xu suddenly felt distressed. It would be better to go to a noodle restaurant. The noodles are not expensive and taste good. It is definitely not that she is stingy and unwilling to spend money!

"Brother July! Aunt Xu!" The clear child's voice was like a thunderclap in the noisy noodle shop. Everyone looked at Tang Xu and July who had just entered the door.

The whole audience was watching. Tang Xu wanted to cover his face, but Qiyue ran over happily, "Brother Jiarui!"

Du Yun sighed, waited for Tang Xu to sit down and apologized to her, "Sorry."

Although Tang Xu was embarrassed, he didn't bother with the child and waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. He stretched out his hand to scratch Du Jiarui's chubby face and said, "Are you here to eat meat noodles?"

Du Jiarui dodged with a grin, "Yes, yes, my uncle will do whatever he says!"

Tang Xu nodded and secretly glanced at Du Yun's handsome face. He was well-educated, patient and trustworthy with children. Not bad.

"What would you like to eat?" The proprietress just brought the shredded pork noodles for the uncle and nephew and asked Tang Xu. "We got some fresh fish today. Would you like to try the fish fillet noodles?"

Tang Xu looked at Qiyue, who nodded. She said to the proprietress, "Two bowls of fish fillet noodles."

"Okay, wait a moment, it will be here soon." The proprietress brought two more plates of spicy radish and said enthusiastically, "I made this myself, and it tastes good with noodles, try it."

"Thank you." Du Yun and Tang Xu said in unison. They were stunned, looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

July looked around, and although he didn't know why he was laughing, he was happy when his mother was happy, and he giggled along with her.

Du Jiarui was blowing noodles, and everyone started laughing. I didn't know what they were happy about, but I joined in the laughter.

The four people at the table were all laughing, and children's laughter was the most contagious, so the people at the next table couldn't help laughing either.

All of a sudden, everyone around burst into laughter. Those who were far away were confused and had no idea what was going on.

This may sound a bit silly, but the gap between Tang Xu and Du Yun seemed to have thinned a lot.

Seeing that the atmosphere was good, Tang Xu joked, "When will your academy help me clarify this? I don't even dare to set up a stall. I can't even afford to eat at home."

Du Yun believed it and was about to say something when he suddenly realized that if he really couldn't make ends meet, how could he come out to eat? He shook his head helplessly, not knowing why the other party was naughty. "I have mentioned this to the headmaster this afternoon. I will gather all the students for a class tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

All students? Tang Xu didn't expect that the other party really took it so seriously. She was also surprised that the dean of the academy would agree. To put it bluntly, the source of this matter was just an expelled student. If the academy wanted to stay out of it, it should ignore it.

She couldn't help but put away her joking attitude and thanked him seriously.

Seeing her so serious, Du Yun felt embarrassed. "Don't do that. The students didn't distinguish the truth from the false and spread it everywhere. It's slandering the reputation of an unmarried woman. This is the result of the academy's lax discipline."

"But after all, it's not the academy's fault..."

"Oh... It's so hot..." Du Jiarui opened his mouth and tears instantly welled up in his eyes. His little mouth turned red from the heat.

"Brother Jiarui!" July jumped off the stool, held Du Jiarui's face and blew air with her lips.

Du Yun had rarely taken care of children, and this was the first time he encountered such a situation. He was so flustered that he didn't know what to do. "Should we go see a doctor?"

Tang Xu quickly stood up, asked the proprietress for a glass of cold water, put it on the table and said, "Quick! Soak your mouth in the cold water."

Du Jiarui obediently lowered his head and put the drink into the cup, and the pain in his mouth went away immediately.

"Brother Jiarui, are you okay?" July asked anxiously when she saw him burying his head and not speaking.

Du Jiarui shook his head and blew the water "Gu...Puff..."

Seeing that everything was fine, Du Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you Miss Tang, otherwise I don't know what to do."

"It's okay," Tang Xu stood up again and asked for a small bowl. He put Du Jiarui's noodles into the small bowl with chopsticks, and explained, "Children have thin skin and are afraid of heat. Next time, remember to ask for a small bowl and eat a little bit, then it won't happen again."

"Thank you for your advice." Du Yun bowed.

Tang Xu smiled and shook his head. Seeing Du Jiarui having fun playing in the water, Qiyue was beginning to envy him, so he stopped him and said, "Okay, Jiarui, eat the noodles. Take one at a time, and you won't burn your mouth."

Du Jiarui said "OK" and tried a bite. It was not hot anymore. He shook his head happily and buried his head in eating noodles.

Soon the noodles Tang Xu ordered arrived, and she also asked for a small bowl. She checked the fish fillet first, and only put the boneless ones into the small bowl, and then picked up a small chopstick of noodles and let Qiyue blow it to cool before eating.

The girl opposite lowered her head to check each piece of fish, with a careful and serious attitude. There was a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth, which was deeply imprinted in Du Yun's mind under the warm yellow sunset light.

After picking out the fish bones, Tang Xu's noodles were already warm. She finished them in a few bites and saw that Qi Yue was no longer paying attention to the noodles, but was observing the spicy radish, and seemed to want to try it.

"Try a piece. It's different from the spiciness of green peppers." Tang Xu suggested.

As soon as July put the radish into her mouth, she stuck out her tongue and spit it out, her eyes full of tears as she complained, "My tongue hurts!"

Du Jiarui silently took back the chopsticks that were about to pick up the spicy radish, patted his chest, and thanked everyone for not eating it.

"Yes, green peppers are not spicy. This is spicy. Sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty are the five flavors in life. Only spicy is not a taste, it is pain. Eat some noodles and drink some noodle soup to relieve the pain." Tang Xu said calmly.

Du Yun frowned. This was a bit crude and crude way of educating children.

Qiyue was young after all, and her appetite was not big. After eating half a bowl of noodles, she could not eat any more. Tang Xu took it and ate a few bites, and was just full.

Du Yun was surprised again. How could he eat other people's leftovers? He thought Tang Xu had no money, so he said, "If Miss Tang is still not full, you can order another bowl. Miss taught Jiarui to read and write for free, so let me treat you to a bowl of noodles today."

Tang Xu wiped Qiyue and his own mouths, glanced at the remaining noodles of Jiarui, and said, "I am hoeing the field at noon, and my sweat drips down to the ground. Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work?"

"I know! We can't waste food!" Du Jiarui raised his hand to answer.

Du Yun had never heard of this poem before, but the meaning was simple and clear. He could not help but imagine a hunched old farmer working under the scorching sun, with sweat dripping from his dark face onto the hot soil and turning into smoke in the blink of an eye.

Who knows that every grain of rice on the plate is the result of hard work? He whispered to himself and brought over the remaining noodles from Du Jiarui. This was the first time he had eaten someone else's leftovers since he was born, and he felt a little uncomfortable accepting it.

Tang Xu chuckled. At first, she couldn't eat leftovers. But throwing them away was a waste. After eating them a few times, she got used to it. After all, it was the kid's meal, so she didn't dislike it too much.

After Du Yun finished his noodles, he paid the bill for four bowls of noodles together.

Tang Xu doesn't like to be pushed around, so he'll just give it back next time.

After dinner, they went back to class. Tang Xu held a child in each hand and sang a cheerful nursery rhyme. The two little ones waved their hands vigorously and laughed from time to time.

The tune was strange, but it made people feel happy. After a few sentences, Du Yun actually hummed along. Du Yun looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He thought to himself, it's really strange.

The group returned home quickly. Fang Zijun was playing with the courtyard door open. When he saw them coming together, he asked curiously, "Aunt Xu, Master Du, Brother Qiyue, Jiarui, why are you together?"

"Let's eat meat noodles together! It's delicious!" Du Jiarui immediately responded, "The soup is delicious! The meat is delicious! The noodles are delicious too!" After saying that, he licked his lips with satisfaction.

"I ate fish fillet noodles, the fish was delicious!" July continued.

Fang Zijun was a little envious and asked, "You guys all ate it? Was it expensive?"

"I don't know, uncle, are the noodles expensive?" Du Jiarui asked, turning around.

"Ten cents a bowl." Du Yun said.

"It's very expensive. You can buy a pound of pork for twelve cents." Fang Zijun's eyebrows drooped.

Tang Xu felt a little sour after hearing this. In fact, although Dong Wanwan seemed to be very disgusted with Fang Zijun, if Fang Zijun really wanted to eat it, his mother would definitely not say a word. But Fang Zijun was sensible and would not mention the price in front of his mother.

Du Yun was stunned for a moment. He knew that the Fang family was poor, but he didn't expect that they would not be willing to spend ten cents for a bowl of noodles. He was about to speak when he heard Tang Xu say, "Ten cents is not cheap. If you can recite the Three Character Classic today, we can go have a bowl of shredded pork noodles to celebrate."

"Really?" Fang Zijun opened his eyes wide and looked at his Aunt Xu expectantly.

"Of course. I mean what I say. Whoever can finish reciting it today can celebrate tomorrow." Tang Xu said.

"Okay, okay! I can definitely memorize it, I've memorized it all!" Fang Zijun walked to the door of the Tang family and urged, "Open the door quickly, Aunt Xu, I want to start reciting."

Tang Xu naturally knew that he had memorized it. Although he was always running around like a monkey and couldn't sit still, he was actually very serious about studying and never slacked off.

Du Yun swallowed his offer to treat the children. It was obvious that Miss Tang's method was better. It not only motivated the children, but also did not make people feel that she was sympathetic. He suddenly found that there were many things in Miss Tang that he could learn from. He felt ashamed for a moment. If there are three people walking together, there must be one person who can teach me.

The children went in for class, and Du Yun was still sitting alone in the courtyard. Fang Zijun had already started to recite the book, and it was very smooth at the beginning, but there were some stuttering and typos at the end, but he had memorized it overall.

Du Jiarui was next, and he couldn't help but sit up and listen carefully. He also sang smoothly at the beginning, but stumbled at the end, reversing the order, and was gently reminded and corrected by Tang Xu.

When it was Ye Qiyue's turn, Du Yun thought that he was younger and might be worse. Unexpectedly, he recited the whole thing almost in one breath, not to mention forgetting words, not even making a single mistake. He couldn't help but praise the child in his heart, saying that he was very smart.

After memorizing the book, Tang Xu taught a five-character regulated verse.

The children recited in unison, and after each sentence, Tang Xu explained the meaning.

Du Yun was surprised again. Scholars have always believed that reading a book a hundred times will reveal its meaning, and few scholars would explain every word separately.

But after the explanation, the children read more fluently.

Du Yun thought thoughtfully, is this method better?