When he arrived at the stove, Tong Anlu said to Nie Mao: "I have never lived to cook since I was a child. It's better for my brother to make this meat. ”

Nie Mao couldn't help but be stunned: "How can I cook?" Seeing you buy meat, I thought you would make it! ”

Tong Anlu shook his head again and again: "My parents died when I was a child, and I was raised by my father's colleagues, and I don't have a family, how can I cook." Otherwise, add water to the pot and let's boil. As long as the heat is up, it can always be cooked. ”

Nie Mao smiled bitterly and said, "That's it." I see that you also bought a kitchen knife and cutting board today, and you thought you were proficient in cooking, and you didn't want to be like me. ”

As he spoke, he placed the cutting board in his hand on the table beside him.

Tong Anlu put down the meat and said, "Brother, you wash the pot, cut the meat, and I'll go to Daddy's house." I take care of his family every day, and I bought a roast duck today and gave half of it to them. ”

Nie Mao nodded, seeing that Tong Anlu was leaving, he hurriedly stopped: "How to cut the meat?" Is it cut into slices, or into chunks? Let's talk about it first, I haven't done this before, and the size of the cut is different, don't blame me! ”

Tong Anlu said: "I see that the meat I usually eat is boiled in large pieces. We don't have to be particular, just cut it into large pieces and cook it. By the way, remember to put salt. The other flavors are nothing, but they are not delicious without adding salt. ”

Nie Mao agreed again and again, scooped water from the jar, added it to the pot, and began to brush the pot.

Tong Anlu picked up half of the roast duck that the store had cut and went out of the courtyard. When I got to the door, I looked at the vacant yard next to me and couldn't help but shake my head. A few days ago, because of grabbing the bones in the broth, this family started with people, and was immediately fired by the iron prison, and the people had already left.

What kind of meat can be on the bones of a soup? But there are always people who like to take advantage of small advantages, and when it is time to eat, they take a bowl early to scoop the soup, in order to scoop the bones inside into their own bowl. It's those few people every day, and everyone doesn't look good. Finally, on that day, two men couldn't look past it and stepped forward to scold. As a result, the people who took advantage of the small took advantage hated others the most about them, and several people who were crowded there did it together and beat the two of them.

The patrol people saw it and reported it, but everyone did not expect that the Iron Supervisor would order the dismissal. And someone came on the same day, escorted those people to pack up the things at home, and escorted them out of the iron prison together with their families. Tong Anlu heard that those families left the iron prison and were arranged to go to Tangzhou in the south to go to Tuntian, and they never had the opportunity to return to the iron prison. The two men who stepped forward to scold him, because they were brave enough to do things, gave some rewards.

I heard that these people were recruited from among those who came to Tuntian in the past. This courtyard was left to them. Tong Anlu doesn't know what kind of person will come, but I hope to be honest and don't like to take advantage of small things like the previous one. It would be better if I could talk to myself, neighbors help each other, how harmonious.

After entering the Iron Prison, he studied every day, and Tong Anlu didn't expect that he had the talent to learn. In half a month, I recognized nearly 1,000 words, and even "Fang Tian" and "Accounting" were learned very smoothly. Of course, although the name of "Fang Tian" is still used in the Iron Prison, the textbook is actually different from the camp field, with more content and deeper knowledge, and a lot of geometric knowledge.

Because of his good studies, Tong Anlu became famous in the iron prison, and even Du Zhongxiao, the transportation judge, knew this person. Once he was specially called to read some poetry books in addition to class. When he was leaving, he also gave a set of "Analects" and a set of Tang poetry collections. Some people even said that if Tong Anlu's family is rich and has studied since childhood, maybe he can still be a Jinshi.

For a few days, Tong Anlu was also fluttering, feeling that he was delayed by poverty, if he had read poetry since he was a child, he might also be a young jinshi. In those days, my mind was not on the things taught by the iron supervisor, and I read poetry and books every day. It's a pity that he doesn't know what's going on, and he can't read it, which makes him very annoyed.

Houye still even Daddy unraveled Tong Anlu, telling him not to be ambitious, and the most important thing to be a man is to be practical. Those poems and books are good to read in your spare time, and the most important thing is what you learn in front of you. If you study well and have no worries about food and clothing, you can think about other things. There are many smart people in the world, and being good at learning this does not necessarily mean that you are good at learning something else. Just like those people in the world who are proficient in mathematics, which one is not extremely smart, but there are a few people who can be admitted to the Jinshi.

Settle down, Tong Anlu's learning is important to be on the right track, and what you will learn will be. Three days ago, I was assigned to Nie Mao to learn knowledge together. However, Nie Mao's learning emphasizes theory, while Tong Anlu's emphasis is on practice, and he must be able to do it after learning.

After spending a few days in the Iron Prison, Nie Mao realized that he was being trained as a senior talent. In Du Zhongxiao's words, if you learn well, this is the future of inspection design talents. And Tong Anlu, now as a senior fitter, will depend on his own understanding in the future. These people learn more things than others, and their treatment is better than others, and they even have a separate place to eat and have more wages.

Even Daddy is not as smooth as Tong Anlu, he is old and slow to learn. Fortunately, he has a gentle temperament, is down-to-earth, and does not be impatient in doing things. It is difficult to recognize words, so he recognizes them word by word, and often asks Tong Anlu to make up classes at night, barely keeping up with others. In view of this characteristic, he was assigned to the blacksmith, and he learned it well, and he could recognize hundreds of words, and he could measure steel blocks with a ruler.

When I first came, everyone was overjoyed when they saw the conditions here, thinking that they had ascended to the sky from now on. Unexpectedly, after only half a month, some people left, some people have a bright future, and people are obviously different. By this time, everyone understood that the difference would grow larger as the days passed. Although it has not yet officially begun, the workers have begun to divide into three, six, nine and so on.

In the past, when the fiber was pulled, everyone was the same, but people with high height and strength were more valued, and others valued it more. But as long as you work, everyone's money and food will be the same. But now it's different, especially like Tong Anlu, who is of average stature and young, but has a great future, it is inevitable that some people will be unbalanced. But what can be done? The iron prison is such a rule, and he can't leave to farm like those few bone grabbers.

On vacation today, Tong Anlu invited Nie Mao to his home to cook a delicious meal and drink a few glasses of wine. The people they recruited are different from the Fiber Stretch Army, and before they officially worked, they were not considered iron supervisors. Living together, there is no separate place to live, and no family members are allowed. According to the Iron Warden, if you don't learn well, you will be dismissed and return to your hometown if you don't have a skill after a few months.

It's a very interesting thing. The recruits are all literate and literate, and they have learned deeper things than Xiang Jun, and their future status is higher than that of Xiang Jun, and they are either technical personnel or management personnel. But everything is a house on the beach, and if you don't fight yourself, you will lose your job at any time. Xiang Jun is not good at learning, as long as he doesn't make mistakes, his job is always there, it's just that he has more effort and less pay, and these people don't have this opportunity.

Today is particularly lively, looking at the crowd coming and going on the road next to him, Tong Anlu sighed lightly and walked to Daddy Lian's house.

Lian Daddy has three children, the eldest son is 12 years old, the younger son is 5 years old, and a daughter is 8 years old. When Tong Anlu came in, the three of them were in the yard, squatting around his father, watching his father pluck chicken feathers there. There are many people in the family, and even the living conditions of Daddy's family are not as prosperous as Tong'an Road. It's been half a month, and today is the first time to buy meat to eat, and several children are very excited.

Seeing Tong Anlu coming in, the three children surrounded him and asked questions.

Daddy Lian stood up, wiped his hands, and asked with a smile, "It's okay today, didn't my brother go out for a walk?" ”

Tong Anlu said: "Nie Mao, who is with me, is from Henan Mansion, and his home is too far away, so I invited him to come today and have a glass of wine together." ”

Daddy Lian said: "Okay, good, that's how it should be." In the future, everyone should do things together and help each other. ”

Tong Anlu handed over the half roast duck in his hand to the eldest son of the Lian family, and said, "Da Lang, this is half a roast duck, which is extremely crispy and delicious." You take it to the house and give it to your mother, and cut it for you to eat. ”

The three children cheered, thanked Tong Anlu, took the roast duck, and ran into the room.

Lian Daddy said: "How can you break the bank?" I also bought a chicken at home, which I am slaughtering and preparing to cook. ”

Tong Anlu said: "It's nothing. Our close neighbors take care of our father and sister-in-law on weekdays, and this matter should also be. ”

After a while, several children moved two stools out, and Tong Anlu and Lian Daddy sat and gossiped in the yard.

After saying a few words about today's experience, Tong Anlu said: "I heard that someone said that there was some work in the iron prison to let our families do it. I don't know if my sister-in-law got this news? It's good to do something and make money to supplement your family. ”

Lian Daddy said: "I heard." My Hun family is learning to make pastries with a few mothers-in-law. I heard that the iron supervisor was interested, so he bought grain sesame oil and sugar, and asked them to make cakes and fruits, and sell them to the two capitals. If he had a job to do, the two of them would make money, and life would be relaxed. I also heard from the people in the iron prison that when winter comes, we will build a school here. At that time, I asked my eldest man to go to school, but don't be like me anymore. Now in the iron prison, those who can read and write are better than others. If you enter school, not to mention that you will be admitted to the Jinshi in the future, it is also a good thing to be in the iron prison. ”

Tong Anlu said: "Yes, I didn't think before, watching others read, I just felt that it was useless to be able to get into the Jinshi." Now it's different, if you can learn better than others, you can do things easily, and you will have more wages, but you can't be sloppy. ”

After chatting for a while, it was not early to see that it was not early, and Tong Anlu got up to say goodbye. Nie Mao cooks meat at home, and looking at his clumsy appearance, he doesn't know what it will be cooked into. Not to mention how delicious it is, the meat has to be cooked and not wasted.

Just as he was about to go out, Lian Dalang ran out of it, carried a fish in his hand and handed it to Tong Anlu: "Brother go slowly, I went to the river with others today to catch a few fish, you take them back and eat them." ”

Tong Anlu laughed: "I'm alone at home, I can't even cook meat, what's the use of you giving me fish?" I took it back, I won't clean it up, I don't know how to put it in the pot, it's not a waste in vain! Today, on the south bank of the river, I bought some fried fish, and you have received your kindness! ”

After speaking, he handed the fish back to Lian Dalang, and Tong Anlu walked out of the door of Lian's house.

Fish is much more difficult to make than meat, and when Tong Anlu and Nie Mao went to the south bank of the river, they didn't dare to make their own thoughts. There happened to be a fried fish seller, so I bought some wine. Two people who have never cooked before can cook the meat well, and they dare to cook fish.