Chapter 9 [Choice]
When Tiezhu saw that it was Liu Zhuo, he rushed forward and shouted: "Zhuozi, why did you come back so early today?"
Liu Zhuo thought it would be better not to say that it would be better to break the wine jar, so he casually said, "I have finished reading the book and I am back. Zhuzi, why did you come out of my house? My father didn't go to the shop to work?"
Tiezhu hugged Liu Zhuo's shoulder and said mysteriously: "Zhuozi, my father has promised me to go to Wuzhi Peak to cultivate immortality. You have promised to go with me. But I know you are embarrassed to talk to your parents. Actually, what's wrong with this, so I asked my father to go to your house to tell you about this."
Liu Zhuo was stunned and said, "Why did your father promise you to go again?"
Tiezhu explained: "That's the case. Yesterday, a relative of the village chief and his family came to visit relatives and was about to leave the day after tomorrow. The place they went to was just near Wuzhi Peak. The man was quite rich, with several carriages and a servant. He said that the children in our village who want to go to Wuzhi Peak to become disciples can take the carriage and leave together. As long as we bring dry food, we don't have to spend a penny. I don't have the life to take the imperial examination. This is a business that costs money, so my father agreed immediately."
"Then what do my parents say?" Liu Zhuo asked.
Tiezhu shook his head and said, "I didn't say agree, nor did I say I didn't agree."
"Oh, then I'll go home first and I'll find you tomorrow." Liu Zhuo frowned.
"Then I'm leaving. I have to go home to pack up my things and also have to bake some more corn cakes with me." Tiezhu smiled honestly, then said goodbye, and walked away from his father Zhang Degui.
Liu Zhuo hurried back home. In fact, he had not seen his parents for several days, especially after the disaster in the wine jar, his thoughts on leaving the mountain village were much weaker. He decided that as long as his parents firmly objected, he would temporarily give up the idea of going to Wuzhi Peak.
"Mom, I'm back." Liu Zhuo went into the house and shouted.
Chen Yuzhu was sitting on the sole of her shoe when she saw her son coming back and said casually: "Zhuozi, your Uncle Zhang came to our house just now."
Liu Zhuo looked at it and said that day, his father Liu Dazhi didn't go to the shop to make a trick. There were a few side dishes on the dining table, and two pots of old wine. It was obvious that he had just drunk Zhang Degui, and Liu Dazhi was drinking on his own.
"Dad, mom, Uncle Zhang just said that I asked Tiezhu and I to Wuzhifeng Peak, would you agree?" Liu Zhuo asked, waiting for the two old people to express their opinions.
Chen Yuzhu said with concern: "Zhuozi, it won't cost much money to go there, but you will definitely not be able to catch up with this year's provincial examination. You have to think clearly that this kind of big thing cannot be decided by my mother, please ask your father."
Liu Zhuo nodded, sat at the table and looked at Liu Dazhi's expressionless look, and said, "Dad, can you give me an explanation."
Liu Dazhi took a sip of rice wine and said, "You kid, you think about messy things every day, take the exam honestly, what's wrong with being a juren at ease?"
Liu Zhuo defended himself: "I can't take the provincial examination this year, and I can still go there the next year. I'm only nine years old, and it's not too late to be a juren two years later. But the days when the Five Mountains Sect opened the Immortal Sect only once in ten years. What a pity I missed. If my son is really attracted to the immortals and learns the immortals, it's no better than being a juren."
Liu Dazhi laughed and scolded: "You guy, I wanted to take the exam, and being a scholar was a big problem. Now you guy doesn't even look down on juren?"
Chen Yuzhu scolded her husband at this moment and said, "Can your elm-headed melon seed be comparable to our Zhuozi?"
Liu Dazhi smiled and said, "Since you want to go, just go. There is nothing like seeking immortals. Just take a chance. Just go there. If you don't fall in love with the immortals, you will lose your heart and come back to take the exam."
"Dad, did you agree?" Liu Zhuo looked happy.
Liu Dazhi drank the yellow wine in his glass and said, "Since you want to go, your father won't stop you. When you were young, who wouldn't have any hope?"
"Dad, wait and see, I will definitely be selected." Liu Zhuo jumped off the chair excitedly and said, with a rare lively expression from the boy.
Chen Yuzhu also got up at this time and told her smile: "It's only three thousand miles away this time, and even the carriage will have to walk for more than a month. Zhuozi, be careful on the way. Mom will go to bake corn cakes for you and make dry food on the way."
Liu Dazhi was unhappy and said sternly: "What corn cakes are baked? My son is weak, how can I eat these coarse grains every day? It is better to use white flour for pancakes. Bring more bacon and don't hungry your children when you go out."
Chen Yuzhu was a little unhappy at the moment. She gave her husband a blank look and said, "I want my son to eat well, but how much money is your blacksmith shop earning in a day?"
Suddenly, Liu Dazhi was teased by his wife so much that he couldn't speak.
At this time, when Liu Zhuo saw his father and mother quarrel, he couldn't help but feel warm. He was talented and intelligent, and of course he could understand the warmth and warmth of human feelings in the world more than ordinary people.
So he took out the three ingots of gold from his arms and put them on the table, and smiled and said, "Dad, mom, stop arguing, look at this--."
The three ingots of gold shone with dazzling golden light. Liu Dazhi's eyes were straightened. He came to the table and grabbed the gold. He was in a daze, and then suddenly glared at Liu Zhuo and asked, "Zhuozi, where did you come from?"
Liu Zhuo explained: "Dad, do you know why I came back so early today? It was because of this gold that I found a stone cave on the top of the mountain today, and there was a pile of dead bones in it, and the gold was obtained from there."
Seeing that the gold ingot was not stolen, Liu Dazhi's expression immediately recovered and exclaimed: "Grandma, this is worth hundreds of taels of silver. Who would have brought so much money to die on the mountain?"
At this time, Chen Yuzhu's anger was not yet gone, and she scolded: "Three ingots of gold are money to us, but for those men, it's not a big deal. It's not good for Zhuozi to pick up the gold and come back? Why are you yelling?"
Liu Dazhi laughed and didn't mind, saying, "With this gold, our family will never have to worry about food or clothing in the future. Zhuozi, hurry up and pack up, and leave with the Li family's carriage the day after tomorrow. Dad will go down the mountain to buy you a few new clothes, and our family will have a good meal tonight."
Liu Zhuo nodded repeatedly, and the family of three was so happy because of this sudden wealth.
As for the three ingots of gold, Liu Dazhi only took out one ingot and exchanged it for 100 taels of silver, and the rest were collected.
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At night, Liu Dazhi indeed bought a lot of things, which were more abundant than buying New Year's goods during the Chinese New Year. Chen Yuzhu even made a large table of dishes, and the family of three had a lively and sumptuous dinner.
After dinner, Liu Zhuo hid back in his room. Since he was about to leave, he had to make some preparations first, and he felt that this strange jar of wine could come in handy.
After cleaning up the room, wrapping the changed clothes and the newly bought clothes Liu Dazhi had, Liu Zhuo began to organize his own collection of books.
Liu Zhuo started reading and literacy at the age of one year, and Liu Dazhi was particularly spoiled by him. Although the Liu family lived in poverty, they bought no less than a hundred books for Liu Zhuo over the past eight years, and half of the room was piled up.
Liu Zhuo held his hands in his chest and stood in front of the bookshelf thinking.
There were still many books on the bookshelf that he hadn't finished reading. Now that he had a strange jar of wine, he decided to put them in the jar and take them away.
Chapter completed!