Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 9: Gaining Knowledge

In the next few days, Tian Buli was busy improving tofu, and took the opportunity to learn from Mr. Bing and hide from the bean lady during the day.

The quick money is gone, and every day some women and men who live nearby come to buy two pieces of tofu. Some even directly exchange eggs and knitted shoe soles for things.

Tian Buli happened to be short of everything at home, so he accepted these messy things.

One day, when I was selling tofu and had nothing to do, I casually looked at the properties and suddenly found that the properties had improved!

Lifespan: 18/38
"My life span has finally increased! It seems that I have been eating and drinking well these days and have not worked too hard!"

The reason for longevity is very easy to find, that is, you don’t work too hard in the first few days, and you get enough rest time.

Another thing is that after my body became stronger, the burden of work on my body has become less. It is no longer as heavy as before, and I might fall down at any time if my body could not bear it.

The way to keep in good health is to rest more, eat and drink enough, have fewer worries, less oppression, and fewer night shifts.

People feel refreshed when good things happen. Tian Buli took out the two exam books he had bought before and started reading and studying.

Many books of this era do not have annotations, and without a good teacher it is difficult to correctly understand the meaning of the original text.

Especially since many things don’t require superficial explanation.

Similar to being a promiscuous person.

Just looking at the surface meaning, basically everyone understands that a woman is promiscuous and unfaithful.

However, the actual source is that in ancient times, noble women helped their fathers kill their husbands. Since there was only one father, husbands could be found easily and anyone could be their husband.

Most of the ancient scriptures in this world are similar things. Just knowing how to read is not enough, you must have a good teacher.

Tian Buli could only memorize the book now. He had to write it down first and then ask Mr. Bing if he didn't understand. However, it seemed that he didn't understand much either.

"Sister Hong, this is it. The tofu here tastes great."

Tian Buli raised his head and saw Zhang Xia, and also saw Bai Yanhong whom he knew.

Seven years ago, Bai Yanhong was bought by the chief escort Xia Bayuan to be a concubine. After that, she often participated in activities to entertain distinguished guests, but Xia Bayuan did not touch these women.

Xia Bayuan had five sons and three daughters. The eldest son was a military officer in a neighboring county, the second son was a local constable, and of the remaining three children, two were studying in other sects, and one stayed at home to manage the affairs of the escort agency.

One of the three daughters married a young hero from another martial arts sect as a concubine, one married a local county magistrate as a concubine, and the other married a local old scholar as his wife.

Two of the three daughters were born to concubines. Xia Bayuan's wife was the illegitimate daughter of the Xia family in Qi Tianfu. Xia Bayuan and his wife lived in harmony. Basically, the eldest son and his apprentice were responsible for entertaining guests.

The two beauties were followed by two servants dressed as male servants, all wearing the uniforms of the Fuyuan Escort Agency.

The Fuyuan Escort Agency is considered a bully in this county, but its reputation is not good. A place where a group of martial artists and thugs gather together cannot have a good reputation.

Bai Yanhong is charming and arrogant. She is not popular in the village and looks down on the servants.

Besides, he was not young anymore. He entered the village at the age of seventeen, and after seven or eight years, he became less and less popular.

After walking over and seeing Tian Buli wearing clean clothes, he wanted to ignore this tofu selling boy, but suddenly he saw the book that Tian Buli placed on the lid of the wooden barrel.

"A tofu seller knows how to read books? How many words do you know?" Bai Yanhong bared her teeth in disdain and sneered contemptuously, looking away and not looking at anyone directly.

Tian Buli knew that this woman had a bad reputation and a bad temper. "I'm sorry to make you laugh. I've been reading books recently when I have nothing to do. I recognize all the words in them, but I don't quite understand the meanings of many of them."

"If you don't believe me, just point to a line and I'll read it to you."

Zhang Xia was very surprised. She originally thought that Tian Buli became a businessman after leaving the mansion, and she never dreamed that this kid could read?
"Give it to me and let me test you!" Zhang Xia reached out and took the book, flipping through a page and finding a word she knew, "How do you pronounce this word?"

Tian Buli pronounced the word "li" correctly and explained, "I understand what it means. It is a kind of wood in ancient times. The whole sentence means that it takes many, many years for a good tree to grow, but it only takes one day to cut it down."

Zhang Xia didn't understand this and thought for a moment, "Can you write your own name?"

"Of course." Tian Buli took out a plate of tofu and wrote his name on it with a knife.

Tian Buli.

Zhang Xia and Bai Yanhong both knew the characters Tian and Bu, but as for the character Li, it was a little blurry because it was in traditional Chinese.

"You can actually read?" Zhang Xia looked at Tian Buli in shock and surprise, and finally believed that he could read and write.

Tian Buli smiled naively and said, "Yes, in two years, when I know more, I will go to the county to try it out. But for now, I will mainly sell tofu. Grandmothers, would you like to buy some tofu?"

Tian Buli changed the subject and turned to business.

Zhang Xia's face was filled with joy and pride. "Since everyone is here, how can I eat less of your tofu? Give me three pounds, and I'll give away the rest."

Although he asked for three kilograms, he was paid for a hundred kilograms.

Tian Buli accepted it happily, wrapped the tofu in lotus leaves and said sweet words about the three hundred kilograms of tofu.

"Thank you, grandma. I will study hard in the future!"

Cheap and worthless words have a very good effect. When ordinary people say such words, they are worthless, but when scholars say them, they are valuable.

Seeing that Tian Buli was promising, Zhang Xia said charmingly with a bright face: "My love for you is not in vain. You just need to learn some skills."

Bai Yanhong had met many scholars, but those scholars looked down on prostitutes like her.

"Give me two pounds of tofu to take back and try." Bai Yanhong said, and also gave a small piece of silver.

These women were really generous. The money they gave was equivalent to one or two months' salary for an ordinary skilled worker, which was enough for Tian Buli to support a group of people in the yard for two or three months.

"Thank you grandma! Thank you grandma!" Tian Buli spoke more and more fluently, without any reserve of a scholar.

Don’t even mention calling her grandma, you can even call her grandpa!
Bai Yanhong didn't take it seriously and quickly went shopping for clothes with Zhang Xia.

Tian Buli looked at the backs of the two sexy and charming women and sighed secretly.

Beautiful women are not easy to support, they are very generous.

Either he has to be a corrupt official, a powerful man, or a young man from a noble family who collects protection fees and tributes all day long, otherwise he cannot afford to support these beautiful women.

One should not show off his wealth. After receiving two pieces of silver, Tian Buli quickly took out the copper coins he had collected today and tossed them around for a few times to divert some people's attention.

This guy can carry a load of more than 100 kilograms, so he must be very strong and knows a lot of people. It's just a few cents, so it's not worth provoking him.

(End of this chapter)