Chapter 324 324 Apprenticeship

Zhou Jia saw several girls standing upright, with bright eyes and uncontrollable smiles on their faces. He looked at Li Yu and asked, "Are those children also going to school?"

Li Yu smiled and nodded, "Yeah! They are now learning needlework from Aunt Xue and Mrs. Lin. I want them to recognize a few words and learn a little arithmetic so that they can be looked down upon when they are released. Alas!" Li Yu! Yu said and sighed again, "Some girls have been taught needlework, but it is too difficult for boys to learn a craft. Ruyi has asked several craftsmen, but they are not willing to come to Zhuangzi to teach them. child."

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu's troubled look, then looked at the changed children in the classroom. Thinking about what those children looked like when they first came, he sighed: "You are the only one who treats these children so sincerely, and why?" Because they are so thoughtful, you don’t have to worry about those craftsmen who are unwilling to teach their crafts. They learned calligraphy and arithmetic from their masters, and then taught them some accounting methods. After completing their studies, it is much better to go out to be an accountant than to be a craftsman. .”

Li Yu's eyes lit up after hearing this, "Yes! Why didn't I think of this? It's because of your brain."

Zhou Jia smiled proudly, "Of course, you don't want to see whose husband I am."

Li Yu looked at him and rolled his eyes, "I said you are fat, but you are still out of breath."

Aunt Xue, who was standing aside, whispered to Mrs. Yun: "Master and Madam are truly a match made in heaven!"

Mrs. Yun smiled and nodded, "Yes! A couple like Madam and Master is the fate cultivated in the past life!"

Mr. Lu and Mr. Liu in the classroom finished dotting the cinnabar moles on the children. When they saw Zhou Jia coming back, they hurriedly walked out of the classroom and greeted Zhou Jia, "Students greet you, sir."

"Two gentlemen, please excuse me." Zhou Jia smiled and helped the two of them up. "Madam has prepared the food and wine. Mr. Lu, Mr. Liu is coming with me. Let's celebrate."

Liu Hanmin met Zhou Jia for the first time and saw that he was easy-going and approachable. He was a little excited and bowed to Mr. Lu: "Yes, sir."

Zhou Jia took the two of them away. The children came out of the classroom and pointed to the cinnabar moles on their foreheads to show to Li Yu and Aunt Xue, "Madam, Granny Xue, look at what the husband ordered for us. The husband said this is for us." Our enlightened cinnabar mole.”

Li Yu smiled and said to them: "You must study carefully what Mr. Kai Zhi taught you. Now go back to eat and come to the classroom on time tomorrow morning."

"Yes, ma'am." The children agreed in unison and followed Aunt Xue and the others back to the living room for dinner.

Yangyang ran up to Li Yu and pointed to the cinnabar mole on his forehead, "Mom, look, I clicked it again. Does that count as worshiping me twice?"

Li Yu looked at the cinnabar mole on Yangyang's forehead, led him back, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu ordered you to become a disciple last time, and this time it was ordered by Mr. Liu. You have two gentlemen as your disciples. It’s not like I worshiped my master twice.”

"Oh!" Yangyang looked up at Li Yu and smiled proudly, "Mom, sir, he also said that Brother Qijin and I are brothers of Brother Shuisheng and the others!"

Li Yu looked at his triumphant look and laughed, "Okay, as a senior, you must set a good example for your juniors. When I call you to practice in the morning and go to school, you can't stay in bed anymore."

Yangyang lowered his head and struggled for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, I won't stay in bed anymore."

After Qijin heard it from the front, he turned around and looked at Yangyang shaving his face with his fingers, smiling, "Master, you just stayed in bed last morning."

"Brother Qijin, you are so bad. You stayed in bed last time." Yangyang ran forward and grabbed Qijin's fingers with a shy face. "You see, I will never stay in bed tomorrow."

Qijin held Yangyang's hand and said, "Okay, I'll call you tomorrow morning, but you can't keep your word."

"Yes!" Yangyang nodded heavily in agreement, and the two of them ran together hand in hand.

Xiaoyu looked at the two people's backs, then turned to look at Li Yu with a smile, "Madam, the young master is almost four years old, why don't you give him a younger brother or younger sister?"

After hearing this, Li Yu thought to herself that she had not used contraception after giving birth. For some reason, she had not gotten pregnant again in the past few years. Maybe it was because the fate had not come yet! Li Yu thought about this and smiled at Xiaoyu, "Let it go!"

Xiaoyu smiled and nodded, "Yeah! My father often said that children are destined to be cultivated in previous lives. Some come to collect debts and some come to pay off debts. My mother often said that we are debt collectors." Xiaoyu touched her belly, her face filled with laughter. He said melancholy: "I've weighed seven pounds and I haven't even met my two elders and uncle. I don't know how my father and mother are doing?"

Li Yu looked at Xiaoyu's melancholy look, and also missed Li Mei and A Qing a little, "They must be fine. Let's go back and see them when we have the chance."

Xiaoyu wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Li Yu and smiled, "Madam, I'm fine, I just miss them a little suddenly."

Li Yu smiled and shook her hand, and the two of them walked away separately after entering the courtyard.

After Xiaoyu returned to the house, if she noticed that the corners of her eyes were red, she looked at Xiaoyu worriedly and asked repeatedly: "Xiaoyu, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? I haven't come back yet, so I'll go find him first." show you."

Xiaoyu quickly grabbed him, smiled and scolded: "I'm fine, silly. When I was chatting with my wife just now, I suddenly thought of my parents in Tongzhou, and I don't know why the tears started flowing down by themselves. Ruyi, ever since I was pregnant After this child, I feel different from when I was seven pounds pregnant. I think this child may be a girl."

Ruyi held Xiaoyu in her arms and sat down at the table, cheerfully saying, "Hello, my dear, you are well-behaved and considerate. When you grow up, you will make us shoes and clothes, and we will also drink old wine. Unlike that brat Qijin who often runs away without even a trace of a human being. , Don’t worry about your parents-in-law, we will take the time to go back and see them when the child is stronger after birth."

Xiaoyu smiled happily after hearing Ruyi's words, "Well! Let's eat quickly! Did Qijin follow the young master to the main courtyard for dinner again?"

Ruyi scooped a bowl of mung bean porridge and placed it in front of Xiaoyu. "The brat hurriedly drank the bowl of porridge, took an egg pancake and ran away in a hurry, saying that he had made an appointment with the young master to go to the sun. Field, play with Shuisheng and others as officers and soldiers to catch robbers."

"This brat," Xiaoyu smiled and picked up the bowl, "Ignore him. Are you worried that he won't be full after going to the main courtyard?"

Ruyi also laughed after hearing this, "That's true."

After Zhou Jia, Mr. Lu and Mr. Liu had eaten and drank, they took them to the study and said to them: "These children in Zhuangzi will be released when they reach a certain age to start a family. You teach them literacy and arithmetic. If the boys are taught some bookkeeping skills, they will have the ability to settle down and support their families when they leave here as adults."

Mr. Lu and Mr. Liu stood up and saluted Zhou Jia: "Your Excellency, these lonely old men and children in Zhuangzi are all blessed."