Chapter 455 Apprenticeship
I sent Zhao Laosan out early in the morning and waited for him to come back in the evening. In addition to Zhao Laosan and several of his colleagues, there was even Mr. Chen.
Although Zhao Jia and others have heard of Master Chen's reputation, they have never seen him.
I just felt that this man looked particularly majestic and imposing, and everyone looked at him curiously.
Chen Jingzhi also just came back from his work. When he entered the door and saw his father's back, he quickly stepped back and tidied up before daring to come in.
It happened that Zhao Laosan introduced him respectfully: "This is Mr. Chen."
Then he introduced the remaining young men.
"These gentlemen are my colleagues."
"This is Yan Gui, this is Fang Jinyan, and this is Liu Tu."
These three people are all about the same age as Zhao Laosan. Yan Gui and Liu Tu are both tall, with their hair tied into a high ponytail, their sleeves and waists tightened, and they have swords on their waists.
Yan Gui smiled brightly, while Liu Tu seemed to be serious in speech, with not much emotion visible on his face.
Fang Jinyan looked a bit gentle. His sleeves were wide and his hair was half down, tied only with blue cloth strips. The corners of his mouth were slightly raised. He looked like a calm and intelligent person.
Zhao Laosan and several colleagues bowed their hands in salute. Mr. Chen was full of momentum just standing there, twitching the corners of his mouth and showing a friendly smile.
It's just that Mr. Chen doesn't laugh often, and it looks weird when he smiles deliberately.
No one dared to say anything, and everyone in the Zhao family hurriedly paid tribute.
Zhao Laosan introduced his family one by one, turned around and saw Chen Jingzhi standing by the door, his eyes lit up, and the anger in his heart relaxed a little.
"Jingzhi! You're back."
"Come on, come on."
Seeing Zhao Laosan waving to him, Chen Jingzhi's face froze, but he
He quickly adjusted his expression, walked to Zhao Laosan, and bowed his hands respectfully to Mr. Chen.
"Hello, Father."
Master Chen nodded, his eyes burning like a torch, which made Chen Jingzhi nervous.
"You are about to be transferred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Your promotion is too fast, so don't take it lightly."
Chen Jingzhi didn't have much contact with his father, so his heart felt warm when he heard the caring words, and his stiff body relaxed.
"Yes, father."
Lu Ming stood beside Zhao Laosan's legs, looked up at the rumored Master Chen, and felt that it was exactly the same as he imagined.
Tall and mighty, with a tough face and a strong sense of oppression.
Perhaps Lu Ming had been staring, and Master Chen noticed his gaze and looked down.
Just seeing the figure made him feel scared, and when he met his gaze coldly, Lu Ming's whole body trembled, and he froze in place.
A large, generous palm fell on the head. The palm was calloused, very rough, but extremely warm.
Lu Ming raised his head and took a careful look at Mr. Chen. He looked like a ferocious tiger, but he comforted himself gently, and his affection for Mr. Chen greatly increased.
The adults were nervous when facing Mr. Chen, but the children were even more afraid.
He was often drilled by Mr. Yang and was used to being beaten. Moreover, Mr. Chen had no less murderous aura than Mr. Chen, so Zhao Changan and the other boys were fine.
The younger ones, Zhao Changrui and others, had already hid behind the adults and only dared to poke their heads out.
The closest one was Lu Ming, and now his head was touched. Several scared children could not tell whether they were envious or admired.
Morning, I heard Zhao Laosan say that there are many people in his family and they are close to each other. When Yan Gui and the others came to visit this time, it turned out to be true.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the mansion and got off the carriage, he saw a group of children and two of them.
An elder brother was waiting at the door.
After entering the inner hall, the others were waiting for him inside.
Not only his parents, wife and children, but also his brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces are all waiting eagerly.
When they saw them coming back, they all came out to greet them with a smile.
This is the first time I have seen such a lively and intimate scene of a family.
It was the first day Zhao Laosan took up his job, and he was still working at Dali Temple. His family counted the time and waited at the door early.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Laosan brought his colleagues and even his boss back on the first day.
Welcoming the guests into the house, asking them to take their seats, and instructing the maids to serve tea.
Mr. Chen was invited to the top position, sat down boldly, looked at Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao, and explained the reason straight to the point.
"I want to take Yan Shan as my disciple."
The scene was quiet for a moment, and even Zhao Laosan's eyes widened in surprise.
No wonder Mr. Chen said he would visit his home today!
Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao stood up excitedly, stunned by the happy event.
"The third one!"
As soon as his mother called him, Zhao Laosan came to his senses. Without saying a word, he immediately knelt down towards Mr. Chen and kowtowed firmly.
"The master is above, please accept the disciples!"
Mr. Chen sat upright and accepted the gift.
"it is good."
"Hand out."
Zhao Laosan obediently stretched out his hands, and then a small ruler was placed on his palm.
The ruler is only about a foot long. It may not look big, but it is very heavy. It feels heavy in the palm of your hand.
There is an admonishment engraved on it.
"Now that you have become my disciple, you must keep the words engraved on the ruler in your heart and practice them!"
Zhao Laosan took the ruler solemnly, "Yes! Disciple understands!"
Mr. Chen softened his expression and looked at Mr. Zhao with relief.
Third, stand up and personally help the apprentice who is kneeling on the ground.
"I only have you as my disciple. As long as I know how to do it, I will teach it to you."
"Study hard and don't be lazy."
Zhao Laosan nodded heavily again, "Disciple will definitely not let the teacher down."
Mr. Chen didn't pay attention to formal etiquette and knelt down to kowtow. Even if the disciple accepted it, he didn't drink the tea and gave him the apprenticeship ceremony.
But Zhao Laosan still remembered that when the maid served tea, he quickly replenished the tea to honor the master.
Mr. Chen smiled more naturally this time and drank the tea in one gulp.
Zhao Laosan's colleagues had already guessed this and came here shamelessly to witness it with their own eyes.
Seeing that the ceremony was completed, everyone applauded and congratulated.
He took out the gift he had prepared and stuffed it into Zhao Laosan's arms.
"congratulations!"
"I didn't expect that I would actually be able to witness it with my own eyes. It was amazing."
"Put the gift away."
Zhao Laosan felt that his arms were heavy. Although the packaging was very small, they were all very heavy. He could hardly hold them.
"What did you give me? Why is it so heavy?"
The ruler the teacher gave me was also very heavy, black and shiny, and felt like a piece of wood, with a faint fragrance.
"Hey, you'll find out when you open it later."
"The three of us have been preparing for a long time."
Zhao Laosan curled his lips and said, "Come on, you have only seen me for a few days."
I get along well with these people, and I have been running cases with them these days, and they have become good friends who can joke with each other.
"You may not believe it, but even though we have never met you, we have heard about you a long time ago."
Zhao Laosan looked at them suspiciously, "Real or false?"
"What can I do?"
In order to take the imperial examination, he could be said to have turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and only focused on
Reading books about saints, what kind of rumors can there be about him outside?
The three of them smiled and did not want to say more, so they changed the subject.
Yan Gui leaned close to Zhao Laosan's ear and asked in a low voice: "You said that your sister-in-law and sister cooked the lunch meal in person. I wonder if that's the case in the evening?"
"Can I stay at your house for dinner?"