Mr. Transcendence

At seven o'clock, while Yuan Anping was still asleep, he vaguely heard someone knocking on the door.He thought it was a dream, but he realized that someone was really knocking on the courtyard door of his house.Although he didn't feel angry about getting up, he was definitely not in a good mood.Putting on his clothes in a hurry, he wanted to see who knocked on the door early in the morning!

As a result, when the courtyard door opened, an old man and three strong men were seen standing in front of his house.When the old man saw him, he immediately asked with a smile, "But Mr. Yuan Anping Yuan?"

Yuan Anping stood in front of the door, and nodded without understanding the situation.

The old man continued to say with a pleasant face: "The little old man is from Hua County, and I was entrusted by the people of Zhangfu to make a kang for you."

"Fiery kang!" Yuan Anping immediately moved away when he heard that the other party was here to make a heated kang, "Please come inside." It turned out that he had asked the Zhangfu boy who sent him back that day if there was anyone who knew how to make a heated kang. One of the servants happened to know about it, so he asked him to help find him.It's been five or six days since that day, and he thought that the nobleman had forgotten too much and didn't help to find him.Originally, he was thinking about going to the city to look for it when he was free, but he didn't expect that someone would come to the door today.

The old man cupped his hands and said, "My lord, you are welcome." Then he entered the yard, followed by a donkey cart, pulling a cart full of red bricks.

Yuan Anping led a few people into the bedroom, and asked the old man to see where it was more suitable to build a kang bed.After looking at the location, Yuan Anping told him the size requirements of the kang bed: "I want to be [-] meters wide and [-] meters long. I wonder if you can build a stove as a chimney?"

The old man nodded, "Yes, you plan to make a stove outside?"

Yuan Anping: "Yes, you can look at the location yourself. Can you clean it up in one day?"

The old man smiled and said, "Yes, don't worry."

Yuan Anping was even happier when he heard that: "Then you are busy first, I will make breakfast, and if you don't mind it, we will eat some together later."

After a few people politely greeted each other, Yuan Anping went to work outside.As for keeping a few people in the house so safely, is it because the valuables are stored in the space? Although the cloth is quite valuable, it is not easy to steal it.

Yuan Anping, who thought that he could sleep on the kang bed, was in a very happy mood. After washing up, he began to prepare breakfast.Yuan Anping was busy here, and a few people over there also started to work.Those who moved bricks moved bricks, and those who mixed mud and mud looked very hard at work.

Speaking of which, the kang is said to have come from outside the pass, which is much colder than here, and people who don't sleep on the kang can freeze to death.To put it in an exaggerated description, it is a sneeze, and a layer of ice dross can be immediately formed under the nose.According to Yuan Anping's way of understanding, here they are analogous to North China, while outside the customs is analogous to Northeast Heilongjiang, which is so cold that it is not at the same level.

Yuan Anping fried a large plate of eggs, and fried a small plate of vegetables with cabbage and radishes and a piece of fatty meat.He cooked a large pot of sweet potato porridge and a basket of more than a dozen white flour steamed buns, and then invited the father and son to eat.

The father and son who were working looked very rich when they saw the meals on the table.They feel that Yuan Anping is generous, and they are also very happy to meet such a host who can have a good meal.

Looking at the four people eating, Yuan Anping felt that what he expected was right, they were all people who could eat.Fortunately, I prepared them in large portions, otherwise it would be too ugly if people didn't eat enough.

After a meal, everyone is very happy.Yuan Anping learned that the old man's surname was Gao, and the three young men were his sons.It is said that he learned this skill from a trip outside the customs a few years ago, and he can live a pretty good life with this skill.

After eating, a few men quickly helped him clean up everything. Yuan Anping looked at them and felt that these were real people, which were pretty good.

After breakfast, Yuan Anping had nothing to do, so he read for a while as usual, and then moved the table to write outside.Just finished writing a pair of words, Li Zi, Pang Dun, Li Dongfeng and Pang Dun's cousin Chen Jun, four children came to his house together.

Seeing that Yuan Anping was writing, several people immediately moved over.Looking at the words on the table, I was very envious.

Fat Dun praised with an exaggerated expression: "Brother Anping, your handwriting is really beautiful." The other three nodded.

Li Zi looked at the donkey cart in the yard, and the brother surnamed Gao who was shoveling mud, and asked softly, "Brother Anping, who are they?"

Yuan Anping was very curious to see them, and it seemed that it was because of this that he came to his house.He smiled and said, "He's here to help me make a kang bed." Without waiting for them to ask, he explained the function of the kang bed, and the children were envious after hearing it.

"A bed that can generate heat must be very warm." Chen Jun said with emotion.

Li Dongfeng also nodded, "I heard from my father that this kind of bed is expensive to make. Brother Anping, you are really rich."

Li Zi continued: "It should be said that Master Zhang is really generous, because he gave Brother Anping so many things just because of a poem."

Then the topic of several people came to Zhang Linyi, and those legends of great achievements kept getting into Yuan Anping's ears, and he realized that this Zhang Linyi was really a talent.

Seeing that a few people were chatting happily, Yuan Anping picked up a pen and bowed his head to continue practicing calligraphy.After a while, he found that his surroundings had quieted down. When he looked up, several children were seriously watching him write, with envy in their eyes.Yuan Anping smiled and asked, "Do you want to write it yourself?"

When the four children heard what he said, they immediately looked at him with bright eyes.

Yuan Anping went into the room and took four brushes and distributed them among them, and each of them gave a piece of A4 paper, "Just one piece of paper, is there any more?"

Several people carefully picked up the brushes, dipped them in the ink, and looked very careful when writing.Then they found that writing with a brush was much more difficult than they had imagined, and the soft nib made them wonder how hard to use.

Yuan Anping taught them how to write a word, how to write it and the strength of his wrist.Then let them feel for themselves, and Pangdun is too young to practice brush calligraphy, so let him play by himself at will.

One morning, I just spent teaching three children to write.Yuan Anping each sent a pair of words when they left, with the same content: "There are roads in the mountains of books, and hard work is the path. , you will gradually understand in the future. Also, if you want to practice writing, you can ask your family to buy you a cheap pen. If you don’t have ink, you can replace it with water, and you can write on the table without paper. You don’t have to You are still too young and your wrists haven’t grown well, so you can practice when you are older.” In fact, even though it is a trivial matter for him to send a pen to each person, he will not do it.In many cases, one's own contributions are more cherished and forged ahead than others' gifts.

After the children left happily with words, Yuan Anping saw the progress of getting off the kang bed, and it was more than half done. It was indeed as they said, and it would definitely be done in one day.For lunch, Yuan Anping happily stewed a pot of meat dishes, and opened a bottle of wine, followed by a drink.Father and son surnamed Gao eat happily and work hard.

"The heaven and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric..."

In the original utility room and now the classroom, the sound of reciting a book can be heard from inside, and Yuan Anping is drinking a cup of tea in the main room.

Old man Gao listened to the sound of reading, and chatted with Yuan Anping with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be a gentleman, Mr. Yuan. You are so disrespectful and disrespectful."

Yuan Anping shook his head with a smile, and said modestly: "Where is Mr., it's just teaching them to read. Our village is too poor, and the children can't afford private schools. I have studied with Mr. for several years, and I can read some characters, but I didn't take the merit test I don’t care about those etiquettes and rules, and teach them to read and write while there is nothing to do in winter. It’s a joke to say that it’s a bit self-indulgent.”

Old man Gao shook his head, and said with emotion: "The dolls in your village are blessed."

Yuan Anping heard that the voice in the room stopped, got up and said with a smile: "There are still some from other villages. At that time, I thought that one would be collected, and the other two would also be collected, but I didn't expect that 47 were collected in the end. There are quite a lot of rooms in the room. You are always busy, so I have to check it out." Then I went to the next room.

Old Man Gao listened thoughtfully, and the eldest son who was setting up the stove at the side listened to what the two had said. As soon as Yuan Anping left, he immediately came to his father and asked with great concern: "Father, what is Yuan Anping doing?" The young master is different from other gentlemen, do you think he can accept our doll?" The other two sons came over and asked with great concern.

Old man Gao was thinking about this in his heart, but when he heard his son say this, he became interested, "Don't worry, you guys do your work first, let me think about it."

Several people knew that their father had always had the right idea. Hearing what he said, they knew that they were paying attention, so they went to work with confidence, and the subordinates did their best to make the work more detailed.

After Yuan Anping sent the last few children away, he looked into the house and saw that the kang bed and stove had been set up.He looked around and was very satisfied.The old man Gao explained carefully to Yuan Anping the things to pay attention to when burning the kang, and even burned it for a demonstration. Seeing that Yuan Anping was very satisfied, he mentioned the things he had been thinking about.

Old man Gao said with a look of embarrassment: "Little old man has an unfeeling request, I hope you will not be offended if you hear it."

Seeing what he said, Yuan Anping was curious about what it was, "Please tell me."

Old man Gao sighed, "It's like this. Although my craft has made our family's life much easier, but I have no choice but to enter the craftsman's household, so that no teacher is willing to teach my doll to read and write. See you today. Seeing so many dolls studying, I wanted to ask with the cheek, can my dolls also learn to read some words. We didn't expect them to be successful in the exams and become high officials, but we just wanted them not to be blind. You look……"

Yuan Anping understood that he wanted to send the child to study with him.After reading the book for a few days, he knew that Mu Yaoguo divided household registration into official, military, agricultural, merchant, craftsman, slave and prostitution.In terms of household registration, artisan households are lower than peasant households.Although there is no law stipulating that artisan households are not allowed to take imperial examinations, considering the self-proclaimed urgency of the literati in this dynasty, it is not surprising that they would not accept the children of artisan households as students.As for the descendants of merchants, if they are rich, no matter what dynasty they are in, they can always do things that ordinary people cannot do with money.What's more, Mu Yaoguo did not restrain businessmen in this respect, except that it was expressly stipulated that slavery and prostitution were not subject to scientific research.As for Li Mo's family in the village, although they were working as carpenters, they were not registered as a carpenter. The main reason was that his family owned land and only did some work during the slack season. Their village was remote and no one reported him.Old man Gao's loss was that his family was too poor at that time, and there was no land to grow at all. In order to survive, he could only enter a craftsman's household, so that he could work in an open and honest manner.

Seeing several people looking at him expectantly, Yuan Anping thought that the law does not stipulate that children from artisan households should be taught to break the law, so he nodded and agreed, "Yes, yes, but don't be happy, I don't accept everyone. At least I have to pass my exam, and I will accept it if I pass it."

Several men nodded repeatedly, "We know, we know."

Old man Gao even cupped his hands to express his gratitude, with tears in his eyes: "Young Master Yuan, our whole family misses your kindness."

Yuan Anping hurriedly moved away, but he didn't dare to accept the gift, "Don't be like this, it really annoys me. Besides, I really can't get used to hearing Mr. Yuan's yelling."

Old Man Gao nodded Lianlian, "Listen to you, listen to you. We'll go home and bring the kids here."

Yuan Anping quickly stopped him, "Old man, don't be in a hurry, come back tomorrow."

Old man Gao also felt a little excited, "Okay, okay. Tomorrow, bring it tomorrow."

After all, Yuan Anping was not a local householder, so he couldn't empathize with their excitement.Watching them calm down, he said, "Please calculate the wages."

Old man Gao shook his head: "No need, no need. The people in the Zhang family have already paid for it."

Although he was a little surprised that Zhang Fu paid all the money in advance, he was relieved to see that they didn't accept it, "Because I said before that I would no longer accept children, so if anyone asks in the future, I will tell them, because you I didn’t charge money to make a kang bed for me, so I accepted your children.” Anyway, he wasn’t afraid that others would think that he accepted this family’s children because of money, and the gentlemen in those private schools also charged money.

Old man Gao quickly said: "Okay. But we still have to give this bundle of repairs, so you must not be polite to us."

Yuan Anping refused: "These children didn't take any money, and you are no exception. Bring your children to my school for an exam tomorrow. If I am satisfied, I will take it."

Hearing what he said, several men immediately opened their mouths.

"How can this be done? It is a great kindness that you are willing to accept my child. How can you not accept money?"

"Yes, yes, this bundle of repairs must be collected."

Yuan Anping hurriedly waved his hands and threatened: "No, I won't take it if I say I won't take it, and don't send the child if you talk too much." He is really not good at pushing and pushing things, so it's better to be straightforward.

The men immediately shut up.Old Man Gao thanked him with a smile, agreed to send the child here tomorrow, and then drove away.After Yuan Anping sent the person away, he immediately ran back to the house happily.First I ran to the back room to look at the kang bed, thinking that if it snows again, I can just lie on the kang bed and read a book and drink tea, so happy.I went outside to look at the stove again, and sighed that there was finally a serious stove.