When they heard that Mr. Zhen gave him four thousand taels, the three of them took a deep breath.
After deducting the expenses for food and drink throughout the year, the most a country family can save is 70 or 80 taels.
Gu Lingze got four thousand taels with this move, and the three of them couldn't help but feel surprised.
Gu Lingze thought for a moment and then said, "I guess the villagers have heard about my story. I wasn't completely stupid in that mansion before."
"I saved an old Taoist priest by chance. Later, he insisted on taking me in as his disciple. He also told me that as long as I learned skills from him, my idiocy could be cured."
Then he pointed to the wound behind his head and said, "I was injured that day, and Master somehow found me and fed me medicine, and I woke up. When he left, he taught me a lot of things, and then disappeared without a trace."
After saying that, he took out talisman paper and cinnabar from his sleeve and showed them.
He certainly couldn't tell them about his time travel now. It wasn't that he didn't trust them, but it was too strange and no one would believe it. He could only find a master to cover it up.
When Aunt Tao heard what he said, she clapped her hands and said happily, "I was wondering how you could stop being stupid overnight. It turns out that your master saved you, and then you saved Mingyan. God bless you."
After saying this, he put his hands together and bowed to the sky, and then said, "Next time your master comes, you must let our family thank him for his great kindness."
Gu Lingze did not comment. The master he was talking about did not exist at all and was just something he made up. However, he had no choice but to promise Aunt Tao that he would tell her about it the next time they met.
Aunt Tao stood up happily and said, "You left without having breakfast this morning. You must be hungry now. I'll go and cook." After that, she walked towards the kitchen.
Gu Lingze was indeed extremely hungry.
Aunt Tao went to cook, and the ox cart was borrowed from someone else, so Uncle Xu planned to unload the things first.
So he walked to the front of the car and prepared to unload it. Gu Lingze also stood next to the car, but Uncle Xu said that he would finish these small tasks in a short while and asked him to go and have a rest.
But Gu Lingze didn't have the habit of resting and watching others help him do things, so he also helped unload the truck.
Xu Mingyan also came out and said, "I've been lying in bed for a few years. It's time to move around."
Uncle Xu hurriedly asked him to go back and lie down. Gu Lingze advised: "It would be good for Brother Xu to move around. It's not good to lie down all the time. Doing something that is not too tiring will actually help his body recover."
Uncle Xu stopped after hearing this, and the three of them worked together to move the things from the ox cart to the ground.
There were too many things, so I put the things bought from the grocery store and the butcher's shop in the kitchen first.
Other things like clothes, cloth, pens, ink, paper and inkstone were first placed on the table in the inner room, and a place was also found for the medicinal materials.
After cleaning up and cooking, Gu Lingze was starving and felt like he could eat three bowls of rice in one go.
Aunt Tao cooked another table full of delicious dishes using the ingredients he brought back.
At first Aunt Tao waved her hands to refuse, but Gu Lingze persuaded her with both emotion and reason.
He also said that if Aunt Tao didn't need it, he would take his younger brothers and sisters back to the thatched cottage to cook. Aunt Tao was not willing to let him go, so she had no choice but to use the food generously.
Garlic pork, four-happiness meatballs, spicy chicken, beef stew with potatoes, ham and egg custard, braised pork trotters, minced meat and eggplant, hot and sour cabbage, candied sweet potato, and a loofah soup. Gu Lingze was so happy to eat them.
If the villagers saw this table of food, they would be stunned. It was better than the banquets prepared for weddings, and one meal would cost seven or eight taels of silver.
But before Gu Lingze traveled through time, he liked to eat all kinds of delicious food. He also studied how to cook it himself and had high requirements for food.
If you eat every meal the same as you did when you first came here, you might as well make some fasting pills.
After eating, Gu Lingze slumped in the chair, touching his stomach without moving. Aunt Tao smiled and tapped his forehead, saying jokingly: "Your appetite is bigger than a man's. Be careful that you won't be able to get married in the future." Gu Lingze smiled and didn't comment.
After dinner, Gu Lingze found the things he had bought at the silver shop before, called Lingzi over, kissed her little face, and then put a pair of cute bracelets on her hands.
Brother bought this for you, do you like it? " Of course Lingzi would not like it, she touched the bracelet and her eyes turned red, she was about to cry.
"Our Lingzi must be beautiful. If you like it, I will buy it for you so that you can wear it every day."
Lingzi was finally coaxed into laughing. She got off his lap and went to look at her second brother to see her silver bracelet.
Lingzi ran out. At this time, Gu Lingze suddenly stood up and said to Xu Mingyan solemnly: "I wonder if you are willing to let Gu Chaoyu worship you as a teacher, I will be grateful."
Xu Mingyan was surprised when he heard his words, wondering why Gu Lingze suddenly had this idea.
But then he thought again, since he was a scholar, he was more than qualified to enlighten Jinzi.
Without any excuse, he stood up and said to Gu Lingze, "Lingze trusts me so much, I will definitely teach you everything I know."
Gu Lingze was delighted when he heard this. Xu Mingyan was a top scholar, and he was getting a great bargain for his brother. As long as Jinzi worked hard and studied hard, he would definitely have a good future.
He did not expect his younger brother to hold a high position or become a duke or a nobleman, but Jinzi had always been eager to study, and he would definitely be happy to be able to do what he liked.
Seeing that Xu Mingyan had agreed, Gu Lingze quickly found the six gifts for becoming a disciple that he had bought in the morning, and put the remaining three hundred taels of silver notes from the pharmacy in a box as a payment for his tuition.
If it was more, Xu Mingyan would definitely return it. As for these three hundred taels, when Xu Mingyan opened the box and found out, I would probably have to persuade him again.
Gu Lingze gathered everyone into the main room.
After everyone arrived, Xu Mingyan moved a chair over, placed it at the head of the table, and sat down. He said to Jin Zi, "Gu Zhaoyu, today I will formally accept you as my disciple. Are you willing?"
As soon as Xu Mingyan finished speaking, except for Gu Lingze, everyone else was stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed joy.
Jinzi immediately knelt down and saluted Xu Mingyan. Gu Lingze asked him to hold the six gifts and the bundle of gifts together and hand them to his teacher.
Then he offered tea to Jinzi and Xu Mingyan said some words of encouragement to Jinzi in a gentle manner, which completed the ceremony of paying homage to his master.
Everyone in the room was in high spirits. Aunt Tao felt that every day had been good since Gu Lingze was no longer stupid.
Gu Lingze took out a few silver hairpins that he had bought at the silver shop before, handed them to Aunt Tao with both hands and said, "Thank you for taking care of us brothers and sisters. This is a little gift from me. I hope you can accept it."
Gu Lingze was not reluctant to buy jewelry made of gold, but it was too ostentatious. He was not afraid if it hurt someone's eyes, but he did not want to cause trouble for Aunt Tao.
Secondly, this family had always taken care of the three of them without asking for anything in return. Although he could earn money now, he had never thought of asking for anything in return.
Aunt Tao was always simple and generous. Seeing his sincere expression, her son nodded and took the silver hairpin.
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