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Chapter 91 Past Stories of the Archway (88) Quietly and Proudly in the Fog

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    The next day, Ding Erkang asked his supervisor to go shopping in the streets of Shanyang County.  The person in charge felt it was very strange, and he asked puzzledly, "Aren't you posting the enrollment notice today?"

    Ding Erkang said: "No posting, our task today is to go shopping."

    The steward stared wide-eyed and said, "Why is the dean still in the mood to go shopping when there are so many admissions matters?"

    With a wave of his hand, Ding Erkang drew a graceful solitary line on the long coat, and said coolly, "Yes, it's just for shopping!"

    After speaking, he walked towards the commercial street in Shanyang County. Although the manager did not understand Ding Erkang's intentions, he still followed Ding Erkang quickly.

    Shanyang County has been a prosperous and prosperous place since ancient times, and its geographical location is very important. The vastness of the Central Plains and the majesty of Taihang have been the battlegrounds of military strategists and merchants since ancient times.

    Merchants from Shanxi and Henan provinces gather here for transactions, so the commercial street is very lively and full of people.

    Ding Erkang looked around while shopping, he would stop in front of every shop and buy things he was interested in. During the transaction, Ding Erkang chatted very enthusiastically with the bosses, and the manager followed closely behind.  , I don¡¯t know what kind of medicine is sold in Ding Erkang¡¯s gourd.

    Finally saw a meatball stand, Ding Erkang stretched out his hand to ask the manager to sit down together, and said: "It's almost noon, I'm really hungry, let's have a bowl of meatball soup."

    The meatball soup in Shanyang County is very famous. It is a traditional snack made by Muslim Muslims.  The meatballs are deep-fried until crispy. When drinking, put the meatballs into the boiled beef soup, sprinkle with coriander and garlic sprouts, and you can drink. If you have bad teeth, there are also pre-soaked meatballs, add more to the soup  Let it cook for a while.

    Ding Erkang greeted the boss to serve two bowls of unsoaked hard meatballs, and chatted with the boss while drinking Ding Erkang, Ding Erkang asked: "Boss, your meatball soup tastes really good, after a day  Can you sell two hundred bowls?"

    Hearing that Ding Erkang praised his meatball soup was delicious, the boss said proudly: "My meatballs are an ancestral handicraft, and the only one in Shanyang County. When the business is good, there is no problem with two hundred bowls a day, but when it rains  The snowy weather is bad, and there are dozens of bowls a day."

    Ding Erkang asked again: "The boss works alone or does he have helpers?"

    The boss replied: "The two boys in the family are all helping out at the meatball stand. The eldest is fifteen and the twenty-two, and the wife is frying meatballs at home. We are a small business here, and the whole family works together."

    Ding Erkang asked again: "Then the children don't read?"

    The boss replied: "What kind of books do you want to read? I'm too busy with the work at home. Besides, I don't have the money to study!"

    Ding Erkang said: "I heard that "Bamboo Forest Academy" has preferential policies for poor students, why don't you send your children there?"

    The boss replied: "Who knows whether this preferential policy is true or not. Besides, if the children go to school, who will work for me?"

    Ding Erkang didn't expect the boss to think like this, he said curiously: "But if the children don't study, how will your stall do the accounting, how will you know the profit and loss?"

    The boss rubbed his hands on the apron tied around his waist, and he said a little embarrassedly: "What's the deal, as long as you can recognize the money, the profit and loss are all based on feeling, if you spend less this month, you earn more.  If the income is much less and the output is much less, it is a loss, as for how much you lose and how much you earn, it doesn¡¯t matter, just have a number.¡±

    Ding Erkang said: "Then have you ever thought about changing this situation? For example, if the children read books, they will not only be able to settle their accounts, but they may also be able to get a name and honor their ancestors!"

    The boss laughed when he scratched his head with his hands, and said, "It sounds good, but how could such a good thing happen to my family? It would take green smoke from the ancestral grave."

    After hearing this, Ding Erkang persuaded patiently: "If you don't try, how will you know that you can't do it? If you don't study literature, you don't know righteousness. To change your destiny, you must have knowledge. Even in business, you need to be literate to make your business bigger. You  What do you say?"

    The boss laughed awkwardly when he heard it, and said embarrassedly: "Well, one of our two boys can go to study, but we have already missed the enrollment time, so let's talk about it later."

    Ding Erkang heard that the boss actually wanted to let his children study, but he thought too much and almost got angry. Ding Erkang decided to add a firewood to him. He said: "I am the current dean of "Bamboo Forest Academy".  As long as you are willing to send your child to study, I can reduce his tuition fee, but the child must use his labor to offset the tuition fee after school, how about it?"

    When the boss heard that there was light flashing in his eyes at first, he thought for a while and then the light in his eyes went out, and said: "If you forget it, children from poor families can go to school even if they go to school."It's useless.  "

    At this moment, I heard a childish voice from the side saying: "Father, I want to study, can you let me study, I will work a lot after I get home, and I promise to make up for all the work I should do.  Keep it up."

    Following the voice, Ding Erkang turned his head and saw that it was the youngest son of the boss who was speaking.

    Ding Erkang waved his hand at him, beckoning him to come over, only to see the little boy blushing, timidly afraid to go forward, Ding Erkang stared into his eyes and said softly: "It's okay, I don't know how to eat  Man, come here and let me see you."

    The boy looked at his father, and the boss nodded and said, "The dean asked you something, hurry up and answer."

    The boy came up to Ding Erkang boldly after hearing his father's words.

    Ding Erkang gently stroked the boy's head and asked, "How old are you this year, can you read?"

    The little boy said, "I'm twelve, I can read a few words."

    Ding Erkang asked, "What characters do you know?"

    The little boy said: "I eavesdropped on a few lessons outside the private school of Wang Yuanwai's family, and I could recognize a few characters in the Three Character Classic. Later, Wang Yuanwai didn't let me go near his private school when he found out. So, I want to study  , Dean, please accept me, I am good at work, I will never be lazy, and I will definitely get my tuition back!"

    After speaking, the little boy knelt down in front of Ding Erkang.

    At this time, Boss Meatball's eyes were also red. He knew that the child wanted to study, but he didn't know that the child would secretly go to the private school to eavesdrop.

    In fact, Ding Erkang's eyes were also red. He seemed to see his eagerness for knowledge back then, and recalled the scene when he went to Xishan to pick up charcoal in "Jinyang Academy". Ding Erkang hurriedly stepped forward to help the boy,  He patted the ashes on the boy's knees, and turned his eyes to Boss Meatball.

    The meatball owner wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeve and said to the child: "Son, it's because daddy can't let you go to school. Since you want to go, daddy won't stop you, but he doesn't know if the dean wants you to go."  ?¡±

    Hearing what the boss said, Ding Erkang took the boy's hand and said, "The Bamboo Forest Academy welcomes children who are thirsty for knowledge like you. Come to the academy to report tomorrow! But I don't know your name yet."  Woolen cloth?"

    The little boy looked up at Ding Erkang and laughed happily. He said, "Dean, my name is Jiao Goudan."

    Ding Erkang laughed when he heard it. He knew that many poor families named their children casually due to lack of education.

    He said: "Okay, Goudan, see you tomorrow!" (Remember the website URL: www.hlnovel.com
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