Mr. Transcendence

Coming back from Lizheng's house, Yuan Anping saw Li Zi standing at the door of his house from a distance, holding a puppy in his hand.

Yuan Anping unlocked the door and let Li Zi in. Seeing that he was holding the all-black puppy in his hand, he took it and looked at the puppy for a few seconds.

"Well, very energetic." Yuan Anping expressed his satisfaction.

Li Zi teased the puppy, and stretched out his finger to tease the puppy: "I got this dog from Zhou Wang's house. It is about a month old and ready to eat. This one is the best among the three, and I brought it here in my arms." He is still reluctant, but unfortunately the dogs are so edible that their family can’t keep them. They will definitely not be able to keep those two, and they will either be given away or thrown away to become wild dogs.”

Yuan Anping looked at the puppy in his hand, and said to Li Zi: "I'll give you a few pennies later, and you go and bring the other two."

Li was puzzled, and couldn't help but persuade him: "Why do you want so much. This dog is small now and looks inconspicuous. When it grows for a month or two, it will be more edible than humans. It's a waste of food."

Yuan Anping put the puppy on the ground, let it run by itself, and explained to him: "It's okay, I can afford it now. I'm the only one in my family, so it's better to have more dogs."

Li Zi thinks about it, Yuan Anping should have gotten a lot of money, it doesn't matter if he can afford to raise a few more.He also likes dogs, but the family still has problems eating, where can they feed the dogs.

"Okay then, I'll run for you again."

Yuan Anping went into the room and gave him fifteen Wen, "Go." Then he went into the room and took a pancake and a plate, squatted on the ground, broke the pancake and put it on the plate, he waved to the puppy, "Come here, this is for you to eat." He said and pointed to the plate.

The puppy might have smelled it, and tentatively walked towards the plate, lowered its head to smell it, and then looked up at Yuan Anping, as if to make sure it was for it to eat.

Yuan Anping picked up a piece and handed it to its mouth. The puppy understood this action. It lowered its head and ate it. Then Yuan Anping pointed to the plate, "Eat it, it's all yours."

The puppy seemed to be sure that those were for it to eat, and then lowered its head and started eating.

Yuan Anping patted the puppy's head, he thought he wanted to keep a dog on the spur of the moment, who knows if Zhang Linyi got a martial arts master to watch him there.He is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that his own space will be discovered.The dog's sense of smell and hearing are very sensitive, at least he can give himself a reminder. Of course, he also began to use less space as much as possible and pay more attention to concealment.

After the three puppies got together, Yuan Anping looked at the three puppies, except they were a little skinny, they were actually quite cute.Yuan Anping gave Li Zi a snack as an errand fee, and then took out a paper bag, "You give this to him at night."

Li Zi naturally knew who Yuan Anping was referring to, "I promise to deliver."

After Li Zi left and Yuan Anping closed the courtyard door, he also fed the other two puppies.Then, looking at the three puppies playing in the yard, he thought to himself, "I have to give you a name." Pointing to the one in black, he said, "Your name is Yantai." He originally wanted to call him Xiao Hei, I was worried about having the same name as someone in the village.Then point to the one with black as the main chest and white on the feet, "You will be called Spots from now on." Then to the other brown with different shades of fur, "You will be called Harry." After approving the method of his name, Yuan Anping let them run around in the yard.

Walking into the back room, Yuan Anping looked at the things on the bed.I thought it would be better to organize it as soon as possible.The most troublesome thing is the cloth.Zhang Linyi sent twelve bolts of cloth, and he touched them one after another, and they were indeed very good cloth.If Yuan Anping knew that such a piece of cloth was worth tens or hundreds of taels, he would know how generous Zhang Linyi was.Yuan Anping himself also bought four bolts of cotton cloth, all of which were dark-colored fabrics. He planned to use them as quilt covers to hide the differences in his quilts, so he bought some needles and threads specially.As for how he will sew, it is not in his consideration for the time being.

He has no place to put so many cloths, and he doesn't plan to put them in the space for the time being.So I tidied it up and put it at the end of the bed first. Fortunately, his bed was long enough, but he wasn't tall enough.

I took out the two newly bought quilts, three sets of cotton clothes, and three pairs of cotton shoes to dry in the sun.He also bought ten catties of cotton to make some small items to keep warm.

He also bought ten books, including three books about history, one travel note, one poem book, one that introduced the imperial examination system in this dynasty in detail, one book about calligraphy that he thought was pretty good, and the remaining three This book is said to be the three books that must be studied for the imperial examination.As for why he never thought about taking the imperial examination, why he still bought these books, it was for those children.He thought to himself, if one or two of these children are really good at reading, he can let them try.In addition to books, he also bought ordinary pens, inks, papers and inkstones.No wonder the peasants couldn't afford to pay for the scholars, so he spent more than three liang of silver on these things, and most of them were spent on those books.

Putting the book on the broken table in the corner, looking at the table, Yuan Anping thought, he really should add some furniture.

What remained on the bed were some miscellaneous odds and ends, such as snacks, sugar, dried fruit, and tea cakes, all of which were prepared for entertaining guests or giving gifts.They were all piled on the small table first.Then there was his small box of silver, and those six exquisite wooden boxes.He opened it and looked, and five of the boxes were full of medicinal materials. He only recognized ginseng and deer antler, but not the other three.The other box contained jewellery, two silver hairpins, one with a complicated pattern, one with a simple style but exquisite carvings, two jade hairpins with a simple style suitable for men, and a pair of thin gold bracelets.Yuan Anping thought it was the housekeeper who took it wrong, but in fact it was the standard equipment for gifts given to guests by the Zhang Mansion. No matter what Zhang Linyi said to give guests, he would add such a box to make up a six-character.He put the boxes and the box of silver in the wooden box he had brought from the utility room.

After packing up the things in the back room, he came to the main room again, and there were a lot of things on the table and on the floor.He also bought a large iron pot, some dishes, chopsticks, teacups, teapots, small porcelain pots for serving vegetables, and two relatively larger pottery pots for kneading noodles in the future.There are also five small jars, all with lids, intended to be used for seasoning.Two wooden basins, one large and one small, are used for washing clothes and washing face.Originally, he wanted to buy a bathtub, but unfortunately the carriage couldn't fit in it.In addition to utensils, he also bought some spices, grain, pork and pork bones, as well as some cabbage and dried vegetables.There are piles of large and small piles.After putting everything in order, he hurriedly went to the utility room again.

There are two houses in his house, and there are too few houses, which is a bit troublesome.After taking in so many children, he planned to tidy up the utility room, and let them study in the house when it was cloudy and snowy, but it was a bit crowded.

He first moved all the farm tools from the utility room to the woodshed in the backyard, then got out the old owners’ worn clothes and shoes, moved the flour and sweet potatoes that had been stacked in this room to the living room, and then There was only one single wooden bed left.He pulled the bed out and put it in the backyard where he could dry things in the future.

After cleaning the sundry room, Yuan Anping considered it tidied up.I was about to throw away the old clothes, shoes and bedding, but when I went out with the clothes, I met Huo Xiaohan who was passing by.

Huo Xiaohan saw him holding the clothes, "Are you going to do the laundry?"

Yuan Anping shook his head, "I plan to throw away these old clothes, as well as the previous bedding, they are too old."

Huo Xiaohan was puzzled, "Throw away all the clothes and bedding, what will you use in the future?"

Yuan Anping looked around his house and saw no one, "You come in first."

When Huo Xiaohan walked into the yard, he was a little surprised to see Yuan Anping's obviously brand new cotton clothes and bedding drying in the sun.

Yuan Anping explained to him with a smile, of course he used the words of Fudge Li Zi and the others, but he told him the amount of loose silver that Zhang Linyi gave him. As for the large number, he was afraid of scaring him.

Even for the 200 taels, Huo Xiaohan felt that it was a lot of money. After all, you can marry a wife with three or five taels of silver.He was very happy for Yuan Anping, "It's great, you don't have to worry about anything with so much money."

Yuan Anping said with a smile: "I bought some pastries, wait a minute, I'll get you some to eat."

Huo Xiaohan is used to Yuan Anping's behavior of eating him as soon as he sees him. He was waiting in the yard when he saw three puppies running over from the backyard. voice called out to him.

Huo Xiaohan also liked them very much when he saw them, such a small dog was not aggressive, so he walked up to pet them, the three puppies let him pet after smelling him.

When Yuan Anping came out, he saw Huo Xiaohan squatting on the ground playing with the puppy, with a smile on his face, thinking, he really is a child.

Yuan Anping handed him the wrapped dim sum, and asked, "Are you going to chop firewood later?"

After seeing Huo Xiaohan nodding, he couldn't help asking: "What does your family use so much firewood for? Why do you keep seeing you chopping firewood?"

"It's not much use, but my mother wants to save more and plans to go to the county town to exchange some money."

Yuan Anping thought for a while, "Look at this, go back and tell your mother that I asked you to bring me a load of firewood every evening, and I will give you five cents for a load of firewood. You go to the foot of the mountain every afternoon Just turn around, and you don’t really need to chop a lot of firewood. This way you don’t have to work so hard, and you can come to my place for dinner.” He had thought of this idea before, but he couldn’t implement it because he had no money at the time.

Huo Xiaohan shook his head quickly, "I can't make you spend money, and chopping firewood is not too tiring, so don't worry about me."

Yuan Anping explained to him: "You don't understand, you are still so young, you have been working so hard and still can't get enough to eat, not only will you not grow taller, but it will also hurt your body, which is the most serious. You also Knowing that I have money now, it’s nothing to spend five cents a day, and it’s not like collecting firewood from your house all the time, and you don’t need to collect it when the weather is warmer. You can listen to me, and you can come to my place for dinner every night in the future. I don't have to worry so much about how to deliver food to you."

Huo Xiaohan lowered his head and said with a choked voice: "Yuan Anping, you don't have to be so nice to me."

Seeing that he was crying again, Yuan Anping patted him on the shoulder and comforted him and said, "Don't cry, it's okay to be nice to you. Besides, it's easy for me, so don't think I have a lot of kindness for you. The two of us We've known each other for quite some time, and I consider you a friend, so I can't enjoy myself and watch you suffer. Listen to me, don't cry, the matter of buying firewood is settled like this."

Huo Xiaohan wiped away his tears, "I listen to you, but you don't need five Wen, you can pay three Wen, and the price is only the same if you go to the city to sell it."

Yuan Anping nodded and said yes, "It's fine if you agree." He said and prepared to continue throwing his things.

Huo Xiaohan saw the quilt he was holding, "Are you really planning to lose all these things?" He felt a little pity.Although the clothes and quilts looked old and patched, they were still usable in his opinion.

Yuan Anping looked at him, seeing the pity in his eyes, "Do you want it?"

Huo Xiaohan nodded, and said with some embarrassment: "If you really don't want it, give it to me. In fact, your bedding and those clothes are quite useful."

Yuan Anping thought for a while, and then said: "Why don't you take it all, although I want to give you some new ones, but I also know that even if you take them back, you won't be able to get them back. How about this, you use those old clothes Make a cotton-padded jacket and trousers. I’ll get you some new cotton, and I’ll say it’s made from the cotton in the old quilt. If you make the clothes more shabby, they won’t snatch you if they don’t like it.” He thinks this Good idea.

Huo Xiaohan also thought it would work, "Don't give me the cotton, I'll take these things home first."

"it is good."