boyutpedia Chapter 231 The road ahead is still long
Chapter 231 The road ahead is still long
"There's a medical book." Doctor Deng frowned slightly. "It's a pity that several pages are missing and it's not in very good condition."
The medical book was a bit tattered, with several pages torn off and some pages dirty.
Cheng Zishi said, "This is pretty good."
"I've encountered this before. Someone ripped pages out of a book just for fun."
For most farmers, books are used as firewood or straw paper, and few of them will take good care of them.
Doctor Deng said, "Young man from the Cheng family, I think we should do this."
"After the Spring Festival, let's go to each village to see if there are any books or other things."
Cheng Zishi said that it was no problem, he and Doctor Deng were not short of money, and it was a good thing to spend the money to buy some books.
"Uncle," Mu Baobao stood on tiptoe, clinging to the table, "Can you take me with you when the time comes?"
"I've only been to the town, not to other villages."
Cheng Zishi said, "Okay."
"As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. To study, you still need to travel more."
"It's useless to just read books."
Mubaobao understood a little bit, "Just walk more, right?"
“But I walk a lot every day.”
Cheng Zishi was amused. "Baby, what this sentence means is that you should go out for a walk more often, not that you should walk."
“If you go out more often, you will see a lot of things and discover a lot of things.”
He looked at Mu Pingping and the others, "You should also go out more often."
“Even in the town and other villages, if you walk around more you’ll find different things.”
Mu Pingping and others took note of this.
At this moment, except for Muniu, the other children have not really realized the significance and benefits of going out for more walks.
"Clean up, it's time for dinner." Mrs. Zhu called out, "Tonight is the reunion dinner, it's very sumptuous."
Mu Baobao was the most excited and the fastest. She quickly cleared the things on the table and said, "Eat, eat!"
Her words and actions made everyone present laugh, and the baby was the most active when eating.
Soon, a large table of food was served.
There are fish, meat, and soup, a total of eight dishes.
"Wow! How sumptuous!" Baby Mu's mouth was watering, his eyes sparkling as he stared at the dishes on the table.
"The milk is more abundant than last year."
Zhu smiled and said, "It will definitely be more abundant than last year."
"Last year, our family wasn't so well off and we couldn't prepare such a sumptuous meal."
Last year we had two meats and three vegetables, making a total of five dishes.
Life at home has been much better this year, so I made eight dishes, mostly meat.
"Eat it all," Doctor Deng said with a smile. "Let's not be polite and just eat quickly."
With this said, everyone started eating.
The children at the table were the most understanding, and all of them scrambled for the meat.
"I'm so happy to be able to eat enough meat during the Chinese New Year this year!"
"Second brother, you're saying this as if grandma has treated you unfairly."
"If you have the ability, don't eat so much meat."
"I don't want to. Chinese New Year is all about eating more meat."
Mu Baobao, who was sitting at the adults' table, looked at his brothers and then at Cheng Zishi, and felt that the contrast was too obvious.
The older brothers’ eating habits are ugly as they wolf down their food, but the older uncle’s eating habits are very nice.
"Baby, what are you looking at?" Zhu picked up a piece of boneless fish for her and said, "Eat it quickly."
Mu Baobao spoke frankly, "Grandma, the way the brothers eat is not pretty, but the way the uncles eat is pretty."
Cheng Zishi, who was named, glanced at Mu Pingping and the others and said, "We really need to teach these kids how to eat."
"It's New Year's Day, so let's not talk about this." Doctor Deng raised his glass and clinked it with Old Man Mu's before continuing, "Besides, this matter needs to be handled slowly."
Cheng Zishi also understood that this matter had to be done slowly.
He also understood that this could not be blamed on Mu Pingping and the other children.
In a farmer's family, it is a great thing to have a meal of meat, so the children will fight for it.
However, Pingping and the others have a long way to go in the future, so they need to be trained well in this area.
Over here at the Mu family, Cheng Zishi and Doctor Deng are having New Year's dinner.
Over there, the county magistrate and his family were also having New Year's dinner.
"Master, are we really not going to give Doctor Deng and Mr. Cheng gifts this New Year?" the county magistrate's wife asked worriedly, "What if Doctor Deng and Mr. Cheng are dissatisfied?"
The county magistrate said cheerfully, "You just think too much."
"Last time I gave gifts to Dr. Deng and Mr. Cheng, they explicitly said they didn't want any gifts."
"It's normal to give gifts during the Chinese New Year, but we can't be so hasty, and we can't give expensive gifts."
"Didn't I collect a few rare books? I'll send them to Mr. Cheng and Doctor Deng in a few days."
The county magistrate's wife was still worried, but since the master had already said so, she didn't say anything more about it.
Then, she talked about another matter, "Didn't the master say before that he wanted Mr. Cheng to teach more people?"
"I think it would be better for you to help build a private school and not mention this matter. I believe that Mr. Cheng will teach more people in time."
The county magistrate thought this made sense. If he were to bring it up, there was no guarantee that Mr. Cheng would not have other ideas.
It would be different if Mr. Cheng was willing to teach more students.
"Dad, the Cheng family is gone, there's no need for you to please Cheng Zishi..." The eldest son hadn't finished his words.
The county magistrate rebuked him, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, kneel down in the ancestral hall!"
The county magistrate's wife quickly tried to smooth things over, "You silly child, the Cheng family is gone, but Mr. Cheng is someone the emperor values."
"Based on this alone, even ten Cheng families cannot compare to us."
The county magistrate snorted heavily and said unhappily, "You fool, you only judge by appearances."
"Why did the Cheng family disappear?"
"The Cheng family wanted to plot against Mr. Cheng, and the emperor was furious and ordered it to be copied."
His eldest son always only sees the surface of things and fails to see the deep and real things.
This time the emperor raided the Cheng family for Cheng Zishi, but it was not that simple.
First, the emperor values Cheng Zishi.
Secondly, the emperor is using the Cheng family to warn those families not to do things they shouldn't do.
The county magistrate's wife said, "Master, please don't scold him. I think he has too little contact with it."
"How about this, if Mr. Cheng can teach more people, we can send him over."
The county magistrate pondered for a moment and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first."
"I don't want him to offend Mr. Cheng."
"I heard that Mr. Cheng and Prince Zheng have a close relationship, but I don't know when they became so close."
The county magistrate's wife was surprised. "The one who is most favored by the emperor, Prince Zheng?"
The county magistrate hummed, "Madam, please see if you can find out anything useful."
The county magistrate's wife took note of this matter.
Far away in Rongdu, a palace banquet was being held at this time.
Zheng Xingguang sat bored in his seat, fiddling with the food on his plate with his chopsticks, showing no intention of eating at all.
"Prince Zheng doesn't like these dishes?" the Queen suddenly asked.