Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

Even if Yan is a very unappetizing existence at times, Zhizhou-sama and the master who came with him, after the food is served, eat it is a delight.

Apart from the two being very reserved and maintaining proper dining etiquette, the speed was not slow at all, and several dishes were quickly eaten clean.

Especially for one of the sweet and sour pork ribs, Liu Quan used the ripe tomatoes at home to make the juice. The sour is sweet, the sweet is sour, and the sweet and sour is suitable. It is much milder than using vinegar directly. It is very liked by the two.

The two had eaten together, and the dishes were not much cleaner than those of Wang An and Liu Quan.

Those who are called masters need to be more reserved, but Mr. Zhizhou doesn't have to care so much. He directly pours the remaining soup from the stewed potatoes with red fruits into the bowl, and eats it with a screeching noise, which annoys him. The old man looked at him several times.

It's a pity that Zhizhou-sama, who was so focused on eating, didn't notice it at all.

Putting down the bowls and chopsticks comfortably, he had time to think about other things: "Li Xiucai, weren't all your potatoes brought back to the yamen by this official that day? Why are there still potatoes?"

Shi Yan explained with a smile: "Later my third brother wanted to level the ground and replant some vegetables, but I didn't expect that there were still a lot of potatoes left over from the day..."

The old man didn't care about this, he just wanted to know one thing: "What kind of condiments are in your sweet and sour pork ribs? Sweet and sour are very delicious, definitely not vinegar and white sugar!"

He said it with certainty, it can be seen that he is used to eating expensive sugar.

Shi Yan took out a few tomatoes from the kitchen chopping board and showed them to the two of them: "I took some new seeds home and tried to plant them. I didn't expect the taste to be unexpectedly good. You can cook them in soups, salads, or eat them raw. .

Because of its reddish color when ripe, our family calls it red fruit. "

The old man took one and played with it in his hand, as if he had reminisced about the delicious taste just now, squinted and said, "Not bad."

Seeing that the two of them were exhausted, Shi Yan took the two of them to walk a few steps outside to digest food.

Zhizhou pointed to the warm shed in Shi Yan's yard and said: "Li Xiucai, your warm shed is a bit perfunctory. This official sees that there are still air leaks. It is not suitable for growing flowers in winter!"

Shi Yan explained with a smile: "Don't plant flowers, just plant a few greens. In winter, there is a fresh bite, which is enough for people to eat comfortably."

However, the master next to Zhizhou said, "It's not necessarily so, the three of you can't finish growing vegetables in such a big shed."

Shi Yan didn't get angry when he was questioned, he opened the corner of the warm shed and let the two look inside: "Last year

Some new seeds were obtained in the fall, and the students were impatient, so they planted them before the beginning of spring, so they could only build a greenhouse to help the crops survive the winter. "

Zhizhou and the two masters beside him looked in through the gap created by Shi Yan and felt very shocked.

In the warm shed, there were unknown crops that were as tall as adults, and a stick as thick as an adult's arm was clearly hanging in the middle of the crops. The two guessed that it might be the fruit of the crops, but they were a little unbelievable.

As if he knew what the two were thinking, Shi Yan pointed at the big stick in the middle and said, "According to the students' observations, this crop will mature in about ten days.

Before the students broke off two of them, they found that the fruit was as white as rice and as moist as the first-class suet white jade, but it was several times the size of rice, so it was called corn.

But in the next few days, the students found that the closer the corn fruit is to maturity, the more golden the color, and the yellow can be very lovely! "

He said, as if he was aftertastes something, with a happy and contented smile on his face: "Especially the taste, it's amazing! Cooking dishes, soups or cooking alone, they are all delicious!"

Lord Zhizhou: "…"

master:"…"

The two were seduced by the vivid expression on Shi Yan's face, and they couldn't help but imagined the delicious taste that Shi Yan said.

Mr. Zhizhou accidentally said bald mouth again: "Since that's the case, I will trouble Li Xiucai for dinner with the master today, nothing else, just have a dish made of corn!"

Shi Yan replied in a very unnatural tone in a tone of "you've only had lunch and less than a cup of tea, and you're wondering if there's something wrong with dinner", "Yes, the students will let the eldest brother prepare."

Now the two have more time to visit Shi Yan, the home where they can see the head at a glance.

After dinner, when Shi Yan sent the group away, the guards around Lord Zhizhou had already raided Shi Yan's house.

The various condiments in the kitchen, the iron pan specially made by Shi Yan, the half-jar of pork suet boiled by Shi Yan himself, the neat red fruits placed in the main room, and the corn that is about to ripen in the warm shed. The lounge chairs that were moved to the main house under the tree all appeared in the hands of the guards of Lord Zhizhou.

Mr. Zhizhou was a little embarrassed. He wanted to give Shi Yan some financial compensation, but he was afraid that giving money would make Shi Yan feel humiliated and caught in a dilemma.

During this period, Liu Quan hesitated to speak to Lord Zhizhou several times, but was stopped by Shi Yan, but the few people present were elites, how could anyone not see what Liu Quan meant?

Therefore, before leaving, Lord Zhizhou summoned Liu Quan to his face alone, and said very gently: "Just now

In the meantime, this officer is looking at you, what do you want to say? "

Liu Quan's eyes drifted to the interested old man beside him.

Zhizhou reassured: "It's okay, there's nothing you can't listen to."

Liu Quanyi gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, it's okay, I just wanted to ask you about it. My second brother planted potatoes last year. Did the court give you any reward?"

The old man beside Zhizhou said, "Did Li Xiucai ask you to ask?"

There is no emotion in the tone.

Liu Quan guessed that this person who can be on an equal footing with Zhizhou may not be a simple person. He has sufficient experience and knows that when dealing with such people, he should pay attention to telling the truth.

So Liu Quan said: "No, I asked my second brother a few years ago, and he said that this is not urgent, and the court has its own rules.

I was in a hurry, I thought that it was a great achievement, and the imperial court could at least reward the second brother with some silver taels! There are three brothers in my family, and now they are all the old books that the second brother finally saved up.

Our brother wanted to go out to work and earn money to support the family, but my second brother didn't agree. We wanted to let the two of us help him grow the fields and cook.

And if the second brother wins the exam this time, he will go to Beijing next year to take part in the general examination, and he will need more money.

In a word: Our family is short of money now.

Zhizhou wanted to explain, saying that the imperial court had already started to promote potato planting in the suburbs of Beijing, and when there was a harvest in the first year, there would be no shortage of rewards.

But the master beside him took the initiative to say, "Wait with peace of mind."

Liu Quan doesn't know why, but Zhizhou's heart is stable.

I even feel that stupid people have stupid blessings, and those who are envious are about to cry.

That's it?

Can you get a promise from the master?

The master is the son of the emperor, and the promise he made to Li Xiucai can be regarded as a half-death gold medal! How can people not be envious?

After sending off Mr. Zhizhou, Shi Yan instructed Liu Quan: "Go to the kitchen to make more snacks, even small twists. When you make it, put it in the kitchen first, don't move it to the main room."

Liu Quan was puzzled: "How much do you make? Have you finished eating it? It's not good to waste it if you can't finish it! We don't have much leftover food in our family!"

Shi Yan said casually: "Before you go to bed, you can do as much as you want, it will be useful tomorrow!"

Liu Quan was puzzled, but he did as Shi Yan ordered.

The next morning, Liu Quan made breakfast early and urged Shi Yan to get up.

Shi Yan lazily turned over under the covers, puzzled: "Why is this like this today?

morning? "

Liu Quan rolled his eyes and explained, "Boss, have you forgotten what day it is today? Today is the big day for the township exam! Don't we need to go to Fucheng early to see the list? Don't you want to know yourself the first time? results?"

Shi Yan covered his head with a quilt, and his voice came muffled: "What's the hurry? I've filled in our current address clearly on the township exam paper, and the officer who announces the good news after the announcement will definitely not get lost!"

Liu Quan choked, and then directly started to pull Shi Yan's quilt: "Boss, listen to what nonsense you are talking about? Do you dare to believe it yourself when you say this? Ah!

You feel your conscience and say, if your reading attitude of three days of fishing and two days of surfing the net can succeed, how will other people who have studied hard for dozens of years live? "

Wang An said: "If someone really comes to the house today to announce the good news, I will be like a regular in March, and I will thank the Buddha for blessing!"

When Shi Yan was lazy, he couldn't sleep, so he got up lazily: "Then don't forget it, don't go back on it then!"

Liu Quan was irritated by Shi Yan's attitude, and said bluntly: "Count me in, if you can really win this time, boss, I will cook you the meal for a lifetime!"

After thinking about it, I added a sentence: "I won't charge you a penny!"

Shi Yan was very satisfied: "That's good!"

Less than two hours after the voice fell, there was a sound of gongs and drums in the village, and along with the noise of the villagers, a group of people clearly dressed differently stopped at the door of Shi Yan's house.

"People from Lijia Village, Jingyuan County, Ming'an Prefecture, Mr. Li Shiyan! Congratulations on the 13th year of Qingyuan in high school. Congratulations! Congratulations!" the leading officer shouted at the door of Shiyan's house.

Liu Quan hurried to open the door and was dumbfounded when he saw such a large group of people outside.

It was Wang An who reacted, and quickly entered the house to find the purse with the change in it, and handed out the reward to the officer who announced the good news.

The officers did not dislike the small reward at all, and they all laughed from ear to ear, but they had received Yang Fucheng's advice in advance, and they should take special care of Li Juren.

At this time, Shi Yan came out of the room lazily, and everyone looked at him with very different eyes. He always felt that Shi Yan, who was very lazy and unattractive in the past, seemed to have a halo on his body now. No matter how you look at him, there is a special The flavor is very different from the mud legs that they have been on the ground all day.

Everyone attributed this to the majesty of the Juren master.

After sending off the officer who announced the good news, and welcoming a wave of congratulatory people in the village, Shi Yan reminded Liu Quan: "Take out the snacks that you made yesterday, and share a point with everyone, all of you will feel happy."

Liu Quan was startled: "Boss, you knew yesterday that you could succeed?"

Shi Yan smiled without saying a word, but Liu Quan felt that his boss was more inscrutable than before.