Chapter 75 This is not spring either
Jiang Anning slightly curved the corners of her mouth and maintained a fake smile.
If Aunt Gui had not used peach wood nails, she would have nailed her body seventy-seven forty-nine times on the white bones of her body that had been soaked in snow water for many days and had mostly rotted away.
Maybe, she will also feel that Aunt Gui is a good person.
After drinking the sweet soup, the clan leader talked a lot more about Chelulu.
It seems that he said a lot, but in fact it has nothing to do with the business.
Normally, most of the people in the village would have just listened to it, but at this moment, Jiang Anning's words about interest-free loans were in their hearts, which made the troublemakers scratch their heads.
I'm just waiting for the opportunity to quietly ask people for more details after we break up.
It's hard to avoid feeling bored listening to the useless nonsense the clan leader talks about now.
"So, patriarch, what do you want to say? There is really nothing to say, so why not leave early? There is still a lot of work to do at home!"
"That's what you're saying. You're just chattering without saying anything useful. Aren't you just wasting everyone's time?"
"Our time is not in vain."
"With this time, I can weave a bamboo basket. I can sell it later and it will be worth thirty or two cents."
The more people talked, the more angry they became. In almost a moment, Chief Jiang became the target of public criticism, and almost everyone accused him of wasting everyone's time.
"As the old saying goes, time is gold and silver. If you waste time, you are robbing others of gold and silver!"
"Yes!"
"Stealing someone's gold and silver is like killing your parents!"
"Chief, you don't want us all to be at odds with you, right?"
Chief Jiang:...
"Where did this bastard saying come from? What old saying? Why haven't I heard of such an old saying?"
He retorted angrily, but he also knew that if he continued speaking, it would only arouse greater public anger, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
"Okay, okay, let's break up. Let's break up."
Chief Jiang waved his hand impatiently, but to his surprise, the villagers were still sitting on the benches, motionless as a mountain, and no one got up or moved.
"I said you..." What's going on?
Everyone was complaining just now, why are they refusing to leave now instead of letting them go?
You bitch, right?
Patriarch Jiang was about to make a sarcastic comment when the young man who had just scolded him with the most nonsense spoke up: "Sister An Ning, are we going to break up now?"
"Then let's break up."
Jiang Anning spoke with a gentle smile, and the young man expressed concern.
Only then did everyone get up in twos and threes.
Chief Jiang:...
……
Gan!
His father is a bastard!
These people, these people... simply don't take him seriously.
Patriarch Jiang felt that his majesty had been greatly reduced, and he was very angry.
I couldn't find anything to say to scold Jiang Anning for being too pretentious, disrespectful to her elders...
"An Ning, how to divide this meat and who will divide it, I'm afraid you have to come up with an idea!"
Hearing this, the people who had just walked out stopped walking and stopped one after another, looking at Jiang Anning.
"Yes, An Ning, why don't you just take charge of it!"
"Yes, yes!"
The voices calling for Jiang Anning to preside over the meat sharing are getting louder and louder.
Patriarch Jiang was behind, with a terrifyingly dark face.
Parting the meat is a big deal.
It is always the head of the clan who presides.
Jiang Anning, what does she want to do?
Are you trying to seize his position as patriarch?
joke!
What a joke!
How dare you, a woman, compete for power among men?
What a big joke!
Chief Jiang gritted his teeth and stared at Jiang Anning's back fiercely, full of vigilance.
"I don't know how to divide the meat. Usually, even if I buy a piece of meat to make dumplings, I have to ask the butcher to help chop it, then wrap it and take it home."
Jiang Anning's tactful rejection actually made Patriarch Jiang's face look better.
He snorted inwardly.
Guess this girl knows her stuff.
Then he turned his hostile gaze to the villagers.
Jiang Anning is a young girl who doesn't know about superiority and inferiority, etiquette, justice and shame. Are they, the old people in the village, still ignorant?
Some people who accidentally met the eyes of Patriarch Jiang were startled off guard and hurriedly avoided them.
But I was confused in my heart.
What's wrong with the clan leader?
It looked like it was trying to eat someone.
Patriarch Jiang's mood was like an abrupt and brief episode. Apart from making people confused and inexplicable, no one paid much attention to it.
Everyone heard Jiang Anning's refusal and invited her enthusiastically several times. It was because of her firm attitude that they had no choice but to look at the others.
Patriarch Jiang straightened up immediately, waiting for the person to come over politely and sincerely ask him to preside over the important matter of dividing the meat.
"What about Muramasa?"
Everyone turned their attention to Jiang Wei first. Chief Jiang's face turned green with anger.
He is such a big man and the leader of a clan, but they seem to be invisible?
outrageous!
How outrageous!
Jiang Wei shook his head: "I don't understand these things either. A gentleman lives in the kitchen far away. Usually, the servants at home take care of the food."
What he said was extremely arrogant.
Always seems to be showing off something.
There were indeed some people who were so shocked by his words that they hissed repeatedly.
"Muramasa usually seems to be a quiet person, but I didn't expect that he is the most comfortable person in our village with his life like this!"
"Isn't it?"
"It's true. Normally I can see An Ning going to the river to wash her clothes. Various aromas often come out of her kitchen, and today's dumpling fillings are all An Ning's. It is no exaggeration to say that the people we transferred out are good at doing housework and making money.”
"But in the Muramasa family, I have never seen smoke from the kitchen, let alone go out to wash clothes."
"There is no one in his family who knows both coldness and warmth..."
Listening to the envious comments among the people, Jiang Wei straightened up and said, "Everything in an ordinary home, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation, is taken care of by my servants."
Hiss!
Everyone suddenly took a breath again, feeling extremely envious in their hearts.
House servant!
How rich do you have to be to hire a servant?
I'm afraid he's not as wealthy as the rich squires in the town, right?
Jiang Wei was very satisfied with the villagers' reaction.
He looked at Jiang Anning.
I originally thought that if he showed his wealth so 'inadvertently', he would be able to gain admiration and admiration from others.
What was this woman doing?
Use your toes to dig into the ground and draw circles for fun! !
How unreasonable!
This is really unreasonable! !
He is so angry! ! !
Jiang Wei was very angry for a while, but then he understood.
He got it.
This woman must be playing the trick of refusing to welcome, playing hard to get!
Want to attract his attention?
Oh, good, woman, you did it!
Master, I am indeed interested in you now.
However, I am interested in locking you in a cage and ruthlessly ravaging you.
Jiang Wei's eyebrows darkened.
Jiang Anning felt a strange gaze falling on her, which made her feel cold.
She raised her head with a frown and met Jiang Wei's eyes unexpectedly.
Jiang Wei twitched the corners of his mouth and showed what he thought was a charming smile.
Jiang Anning twitched the corners of her mouth speechlessly.
I suppressed the urge to roll my eyes, and secretly cursed in my heart: I'm sick!
I don’t know what’s going on with this man recently. He’s like a slutty peacock in heat, spreading his tail around.
She really couldn't understand it.
Spring has passed for a long time, right?
I really don’t know what kind of extravagance he is having.
It was obvious that he looked quite serious in the past.
When Jiang Wei saw the person's eyes meeting his, he avoided looking away in embarrassment, feeling even more proud in his heart.
His guess was indeed correct.
This woman is playing hard-to-get with him!
When Jiang Wei looked down, he happened to take advantage of his height and saw a section of the man's neck exposed.
Snowy and tender. Jiang Wei mumbled and swallowed, feeling a rush of hot air rising up his throat. His heart suddenly felt irritated, making him thirsty and uncomfortable.
I had never noticed before that this girl's neck was so beautiful.
I don’t know what it would look like if I pinched it.
He thought with some pity that if Jiang Anning knelt down and cried under him, he would probably... soften his heart for a moment and maybe want to pity the person.
Jiang Anning felt that the gaze falling on her was getting weirder and creepier, making her feel uncomfortable all over, as if something disgusting was sticking to it, making her gag.
She didn't know if it was because her five senses had been unusually developed recently, but she almost retched. She quickly covered her mouth and took a deep breath to calm herself down.
After calming down slightly, thinking of the gaze that made her extremely uncomfortable just now, she frowned, raised her head with sharp eyes, and looked at Jiang Wei again.
Jiang Wei happened to be pulled to talk by the villagers. By coincidence, he missed Jiang Anning's displeased and even disgusted gaze.
"What does it mean for a gentleman to be far away from the kitchen?"
"Does it mean that gentlemen like you, Nan, are not allowed to enter the kitchen when eating?"
"Otherwise, who will feed the kitchen?"
"If you don't give it to the kitchen, where will it be eaten?"
"A small kang table is set up on the kang in our house. When it's time to eat, the wife and daughter-in-law put the food on the top. After eating, they wipe their mouths and pour it on the kang. After eating and drinking, they take a long nap. How comfortable.”
"You can pull me down. I'm just showing off to you. I don't know how I'm doing, but I'm still feeding you on the kang. Why don't you pull me up on the kang?"
"Hey, you old bastard, what are you talking about..."
Seeing that the villagers were about to quarrel over where to eat, they were about to take action.
Jiang Wei was speechless.
He suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and took a long breath: "The gentleman is far away from the cook. This sentence is from "Mencius"... Do you know "Mencius"?"
The villagers shook their heads sincerely.
"Mencius doesn't know, but Zha Mengzi knows."
"I know it too, I know it too, I'm so powerful at Zha Mengzi!"
Jiang Wei:……
Foolish people!
Incomprehensible!
It is simply insulting to gentlemen and offensive to the sages.
He suppressed the disdain in his heart, but still couldn't hide his impatience and explained in a deep voice: "Mencius is one of the four books. It talks about great wisdom such as the thoughts of governing the country, benevolent government, and people-centeredness. It is a must for the students of the day. Book to read.”
"Oh."
The people in the village didn't quite understand it, but they felt it was very powerful.
Jiang Wei felt that he was simply playing the piano to a group of savage and ignorant idiots.
But then he thought about his plan to capture Jiang Anning's heart, so he calmed down and talked about "Mencius" with everyone in detail.
After he wrote a few sentences, he saw the expressions of admiration on the villagers' faces, and then he returned to the previous topic and explained to others.
"The so-called gentleman stays far away from the kitchen. The original saying is that a gentleman is like an animal. Seeing its life, he can't bear to see its death. Hearing its sound, he can't bear to eat its meat. Therefore, a gentleman stays far away from the kitchen..."
The villagers couldn't understand it at all and were in a daze.
"In other words, a gentleman has a benevolent heart, so he cannot bear to kill animals. Anyone who eats livestock, poultry, fish, etc. should have others kill it for him instead of doing it himself, which is so cruel."
Before Jiang Wei could finish his words, someone said in confusion: "The gentleman doesn't want to kill himself, but lets others do it. If he doesn't want to bear the crime of killing, let others do it. Isn't that quite unethical? ”
"Yes, could it be said that killing those chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and sheep with a borrowed knife makes you a moral person and a gentleman?"
"It sounds to me like it's more sinister...like a hypocritical villain, who does one thing in front of you and another behind your back."
"Yes!"
"If a gentleman is like this, then I don't dare to be friends with the gentleman. If he does something evil and rotten in the future, how can I blame him again?"
Jiang Wei:……
I have never seen such an ignorant and unreasonable person!
Kill someone with a borrowed knife?
Jiang Anning was thoughtful on the side.
"The meaning of this sentence is not what you think. This sentence means that a gentleman should be kind and pity the weak lives..."
Jiang Wei tried to explain.
"Then why does a gentleman's benevolence require others to kill him?"
"That's right! He does have a personal benevolence, but what about others? Are they all pig-hearted? Are they no longer human?"
Phew.
Jiang Anning couldn't help laughing.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what you guys said?" The person who had just retorted plausibly to Jiang Wei suddenly became a little unconfident.
Jiang Anning shook her head: "There is nothing wrong, I just think what the uncles said makes sense."
"If those people who hold the word morality and are arrogant go out to murder others in order to fulfill their own benevolence and righteousness, that is not true benevolence and righteousness. It is a false benevolence and righteousness that deceives themselves and others. It is a hypocritical wolf disguised as a white sheep. It is definitely not the case. What a good thing!”
Jiang Wei, who felt scolded:...
"Sister An Ning is so eloquent!"
He said angrily: "It's time to build a primary school in the village, ask sister An Ning to be your wife, and ask the villagers to serve you a cup of tea to respect the teacher!"
What a continuous line of ignorance.
Jiang Anning blinked and really thought about it seriously.
Today's imperial court advocates the establishment of schools and requires the establishment of local schools throughout the country.
Among them, primary schools are the basis, followed by county schools, government schools, and the highest level, Taixue, forming a relatively complete system for further education.
Jiang Anning was very troubled and said: "Isn't it good for elementary school? Today's official schools are all run by the imperial court. I, a commoner, privately raise money to build a school, I am afraid that I will be punished with beheading."
Jiang Wei:……
Does this woman really not understand, or does she pretend not to understand?
Didn't you hear that he was scolding her for being the same as these ignorant and stupid people?
Jiang Anning really didn't quite hear the sarcasm in people's words.
She was distracted thinking about another thing, and she was somewhat perfunctory and didn't pay attention to Jiang Wei's words.
One ear listened in, and the other ear soon came out.
Places for cultural and ideological enlightenment, such as primary schools and county schools, were all in the hands of the imperial court and arranged arrangements.
A commoner like her would naturally not be able to get involved.
But the imperial court had ordered the recruitment of craftsmen.
Those who really have a skill that can provide useful talents for various walks of life are allowed to apply to the government to set up private schools.
It is different from the traditional master-disciple relationship.
In private schools, those who learn skills do not need to serve the master for three or five years, but they have to go to the government to serve as servants where needed.
For example, most of those who graduate from schools specializing in medical teaching have to go to Anjifang and work there for more than five years before they can choose to leave. Otherwise, they will be punished and will no longer be qualified to practice medicine.
Nowadays, most people who can run their own medicine halls and medical clinics have worked in Anjifang and gained experience.
Otherwise the government will not approve it.
If an embroiderer like her wants to set up a private school and teach one or two people in the future, she will probably go to the Weaving Department as an errand and be arranged by the court.
Jiang Anning was so lost in thought that the villagers called her several times but she didn't respond, so they decided to arrange for the village's former pig butcher to help cut the meat.
Chief Jiang, who had been waiting for everyone to come over and warmly invite everyone, waited and waited. Finally, when the matter was finalized, he did not hear a single word asking him to come over and "help preside over the overall situation."
"No, you..." Have you all forgotten my existence?
The people in the village have not forgotten it either.
In previous years, during the big sacrifices, the division of meat was always presided over by the clan leader.
As a result, every time, the best parts were given to oneself, and the second-best parts were given to those close to him or those who had given him benefits.
Only the worst ones are left and given to the "poor people" who are honest, do not understand human relations, and have nothing to give.
If it is a small sacrifice and only the big rooster is enshrined, it will not be divided any more and will be taken directly back to your home.
But why?
Every time they bought tributes, they shared the money among their families. As a result, they spent a lot of money but couldn't eat more than a few bites of meat.
After a year of hard work, in the end, I have added a good dish to other people's dining tables.
In the past, dividing the meat was a major sacrificial event, so they had to stick to their duties and wait for the clan leader to give them the portion.
Nowadays, it is not a major festival, nor does it involve sacrifices.
It's just girl An Ning who has good intentions and invites them to eat meat.
That naturally requires a fair and just person to preside over it.
Jiang Anning didn't care about these things and just let them go about their business while he went to hide and relax as usual.
In a corner where no one is paying attention, Aunt Gui is holding a small dustpan filled with peanuts, picking and picking.
Jiang Wei walked over casually, seemingly accidentally.
"You can try to make friends with Jiang Anning recently."
Aunt Gui was still concentrating on picking up the peanuts and didn't respond. Jiang Wei didn't stop and left without saying anything.
I smiled and looked at the few white noodles left at home, and fell into deep thought. Between making a bowl of hand-rolled noodles and steaming two steamed buns, I chose to make pimple soup. It also fills my stomach, so why bother myself? , tossing myself, but... after cooking, I found that in this bowl of pimple soup, I could only see the soup, not the few pimples QaQ Fortunately, I didn't choose to make anything else, otherwise I would have been dumbfounded
QaQ also forgot to add salt, it was just an ordinary bowl of flour soup
QaQ added some salt, but it turned out too much and it was salty
In this life, I am walking on thin ice, walking on thin ice!