readsfreenovel Chapter 285: Absolute Poverty
Chapter 285: Absolute Poverty
【Original manuscript of "Preface to the Lanting Poems", 500 gratitude points】
five hundred.
Su Jiuyue looked at the gratitude points in her account: 542.
He let out a long sigh.
The point of gratitude is that the more you earn, the faster you spend it.
I originally thought that more than one thousand was already a huge sum of money.
I never thought that I would spend six hundred just on buying flower seeds.
This time I get another five hundred.
But think about it, it is a gift to Master Su as his apprentice.
Su Jiuyue gritted her teeth and bought it!
From now on, he will have to trouble you to take care of Xuan Ge'er and these children's schoolwork.
The next day.
Su Qingshan was sitting in the yard, flipping through an ancient book.
Suddenly, Su Jiuyue quietly walked up behind him and unfolded a scroll in front of him.
Su Qingshan looked carefully in confusion and saw four big characters - "Preface to the Lanting Poems"!
His eyes suddenly widened, his face filled with ecstasy, and he took the scroll with trembling hands.
He was so excited that he could hardly control himself, and his eyes were shining brightly, as if he had seen a rare treasure.
Su Qingshan held the scroll carefully and gently, his eyes fixed on every word, as if he wanted to imprint them deeply in his heart.
His expression changed as he read, sometimes smiling, sometimes contemplating, sometimes amazed, completely immersed in this masterpiece of calligraphy.
He stroked the scroll gently, feeling the charm of the author's writing.
It seems as if one can touch the grand scene of the Lanting Gathering described in the text.
President Su's love for "Preface to the Lanting Poems" was beyond words, he said excitedly to Su Jiuyue.
"This is a rare treasure. I see traces of alterations on it. Su, could this be the original manuscript left by your master?"
Seeing Principal Su so excited, Su Jiuyue was also filled with joy.
She knew that her gift to her master was the right one.
Nod slightly.
"That day I saw that Grandpa Su was very fond of my copy of the Preface to the Lanting Collection, and I also knew that Grandpa Su had a deep understanding of calligraphy."
"I have copied most of the "Lanting Preface" left by my master, so I want to borrow this to offer to the Buddha. I hope Grandpa Su will not despise it."
As soon as these words were spoken, eight children came in from outside the courtyard gate.
They had already washed and dressed up, and put on the new clothes that Su Jiuyue had sent them.
He was completely different from the little beggar he was before.
He just looked a little haggard and his body was a little thinner.
A few people walked timidly up to Su Jiuyue and Su Qingshan.
He first bowed politely to Su Jiuyue.
"My boss."
Then he knelt down in front of Su Qingshan and kowtowed.
"Master."
Su Qingshan reacted immediately!
It turns out that Su Xiaoyou came to deliver a gift to his child as his apprentice!
In a farming family, the gift of apprenticeship is no more than a piece of meat, two pounds of sugar, or a basket of eggs or a few pounds of rice and flour.
The child was afraid that given his status, the gifts given by other children would seem disrespectful to him.
Just then she took out her master's original work!
Su Qingshan carefully closed the manuscript of "Preface to the Lanting Poems" and held it treasured in his hands.
Get all the kids up.
Said seriously to Su Jiuyue.
"Su Xiaoyou, don't worry, I will definitely teach them well."
After getting Su Qingshan's guarantee, Su Jiuyue smiled.
"Okay! Grandpa Su, I will leave them to you without any worries! I will make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for you when I come back from the capital city!"
Su Qingshan's beard lifted up!
"Buddha Jumps Over the Wall? Is it delicious?"
Su Jiuyue blinked at him mysteriously.
"It is said that there was a high monk who was on his way to preach the sutras and stayed overnight in an inn. It happened that a noble official across the wall was offering a banquet for his guests with "Full Altar Incense". The monk smelled it and salivated, so he gave up his years of practice in Buddhism and jumped over the wall to enjoy the "Full Altar Incense".
"So this 'Mantanxiang' got the name 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'. I wonder if Grandpa Su would like to try it?"
Su Qingshan started drooling just by listening to it!
"I want to! I want to! Why wait until I come back from the capital? Just do it today!"
Su Jiuyue shook her head.
"The time has not yet come."
To make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, not only do you need to collect all kinds of precious ingredients, you also have to spend several hours making the broth, and then simmer it slowly over low heat.
Don't say that you don't have time.
It’s these ingredients that I can’t even get together right now.
The system mall does sell it.
But how grateful am I? !
Forty-two o'clock! We are back to the stage of extreme poverty!
I don’t know what the mission of fighting natural disasters is like.
I'm busy all the time, but the progress bar doesn't move at all!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, the task of fighting natural disasters and resettling refugees has been completed. Current progress: 20%]
The system seemed to have heard Su Jiuyue's complaint, and a mechanical sound broadcast in her mind.
Su Jiuyue:???
The task of fighting natural disasters and resettling refugees only accounts for 20%?
So what should I do?
Could it be that the system has to help them return home?
What kind of artificial rainfall?
This is such a joke!
If this is the case, I'm afraid I won't get these one thousand points of gratitude.
It’s better to do your own business than to do this.
After hesitating for a while, Su Jiuyue and Su Qingshan finally managed to get out of the yard.
Bai Jinyan saw Su Qingshan looking at him with resentful eyes.
He said softly.
"Teacher, why are you looking at me? Do you want me to cook for you?"
Bai Jinyan asked sincerely.
Su Qingshan dreamed back to the past when the girl Bai and that boy Nangong burned down his small kitchen while he was away!
He also insisted that he try the charred pigeon meat they cooked.
That's fishy...
Su Qingshan shook his head in panic.
"Hurry up and leave. You won't be able to catch up with my friend Su later. Don't waste my time here! Go!"
This disdainful look made all the children couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh.
"No taste."
Bai Jinyan uttered three words lightly, then turned around to chase Su Jiuyue.
Su Qingshan looked at the two people's receding backs with a deep look in his eyes.
"Why did the girl Bai approach Su Xiaoyou..."
Su Xiaoyou, please don't get involved in any disputes.
Glanced somewhere again.
That person must be unable to hold back any longer...
Su Qingshan stroked the original copy of "Lanting Preface" in his hand and wanted to look at it again.
He waved his hand and called Su Xuan.
"Xuan'er, you have already finished learning the Thousand Character Classic. You can teach them this morning."
Su Xuan is only a ten-year-old child after all. It is hard for him to teach all at once, especially when some of the children are older than him!
He couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Teacher, this..."
Su Qingshan's face darkened.
"What? After five years of study, you can't teach a thousand-character essay well?"
"No matter how noble or humble, old or young, where the Dao is, there the Master is, so don't worry about anything."
Upon hearing this, Su Xuan's face turned serious and he performed the scholar's etiquette in a proper manner.
"Here."
Su Qingshan nodded.
"I will come to test you at noon, so learn ten characters first."
After saying that, Su Qingshan returned to his room, and couldn't wait to open "Preface to the Lanting Poems Compositions" and immersed himself in the world of calligraphy.
Su Xuan also took out the paper and pen prepared by Su Jiuyue and began to teach the other children to read.
Su Jiuyue and Bai Jinyan went to Sunset Mountain together.
After telling Su Maolin about his plan to return to the provincial capital, he went to the county town.
The county town has regained its former bustle as the refugees from outside the city have been resettled.
Su Jiuyue and Bai Jinyan were walking on the street, but they felt a little confused.