The two chatted a few words, seeing that it was almost two o'clock in the sky, and it was time to go to the Chong Temple to perform the ritual of the cultivator, Xia Silin took a large package from his carriage and followed Su Jin behind him to the academy, seeing Su Jin shaking his hands, Xia Silin couldn't help but ask: "Why is Brother Su empty-handed, isn't there anything to be bundled up?" ”

Su Jin said: "I'm ready, but I'm not rich in the next family, and I can't take out any good things, just a few gadgets, and I don't know if Master Shizun will blame." ”

Xia Silin sighed and said: "It shouldn't be, according to the understanding below, the ritual of entering the bundle of cultivation is purely ancient, and now the ritual cannot be abolished, so it has been handed down; Yingtian Academy has advocated hard work and thrift since Fan Xiwen and Fan Gong presided over the affairs of the dynasty, and poor students accounted for as much as 30% of them, and they would definitely not have any requirements in this bundle of cultivation. ”

Su Jin nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, I'm still worried that I won't be able to handle these gadgets." ”

Xia Silin said a little depressedly: "However, Brother Su is not from a poor family, didn't he fight with me for that house yesterday?" Why do you now claim that your family is poor, I'm afraid it's against your will. ”

Su Jin looked at her with a somewhat disgusted expression and almost blurted out: I just can't get along with you.

But he said seriously: "Poverty is relative, and you can mix food and clothing in the bottom, but compared with Brother Xia, you are a beggar below, for example, your car is pulled by a five-flower horse, and mine can only be a big green mule, so in the gift of cultivation, it is impossible to compare with Brother Xia's bold shot, it is better to hide it clumsy; Besides, the ritual of discipline you said was just a voluntary ceremony, so why compare. ”

Xia Silin thought of the strong-headed mule that Su Jin pulled the cart with, and couldn't help but sneer, and said: "It seems that there is some truth in what I said, I didn't send anything good, I only brought a side of the inkstone, and a piece of green jade strip stone." ”

Su Jin smacked his tongue and said, "This is not good?" Duan inkstone is the world's famous inkstone, you send green jade to the paper stone, how can I compare with the poor people? I'm afraid these two things are worth a lot. ”

Xia Silin smiled and said: "I don't know how much it is, it's all taken from my father's study, mainly to show my respect for the teacher, this heart is priceless." ”

Su Jin rolled his eyes and said: Okay, the scar forgot the pain, and I only got a heat stroke in the morning, and I actually said something about respecting the teacher, I saved you, why did you just send it away with a basin of cold soup, it's really not authentic.

Xia Silin saw that Su Jin was silent, he didn't know what he was thinking, could it be that he broke his heart by saying the gift of Shu Xiu, it seems that this Brother Su is not small, and he is a little insincere when he speaks, and he may have some novelty with it.

"Brother Su, can you let me take a look at the gift you brought?" Xia Silin suddenly wanted to know what kind of gift Su Jin brought, seeing that his hands were empty, and there was no package on his body, presumably the object was not big, but the smaller the object, the more valuable it was sometimes.

Su Jinxin said: This is to give me a good look, I have a gift worth a hundred yuan, but I came to scold me, this chick is not authentic.

"Do you really want to see it?" Su Jin looked at Xia Silin Dao.

"Is it convenient?" Xia Silin was a little confused by Su Jin's solemn tone.

"It's very convenient, No, please see." Su Jin smiled, took out a small blue cloth bag from his arms, held it in his hand, and carefully lifted the wrapper, revealing three white flour cakes like a treasure.

Xia Silin only felt dizzy for a while, and hurriedly held on to a small tree on the side of the road to catch his breath, and looked carefully, yes, it was three pancakes.

"This is the Rite of Discipline?" Xia Silin said in a trembling voice.

"yes, aren't you qualified?" Su Jin asked with a wink.

Xia Silin took a deep breath, calmed the depression in his heart and said in a soothing tone as much as possible: "It's not impossible, it's just that this is too shabby, this pancake is a penny, your three pancakes are only three pennies, and they are readily available in the market, if this is given as a gift, it is not to express respect, but to be scornful." ”

In Xia Silin's opinion, even poor students should send a ring ruler and a small fan with a handle, which is much better than sending a pancake.

Su Jin didn't argue with him, he wrapped the pancake and hid it in his arms, Xia Silin was so anxious that he had no time to estimate the defense of men and women, he stretched out his hand and pulled Su Jin and ran back, Su Jin was pulled to a stumbling side, and said busily: "What are you doing?" Do? The temple is over there, how do you run back. ”

Xia Silin said: "I also have an ivory pen holder in the car, let's take it for you as a gift, hurry up and go, it's almost too late." ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "Don't you dare to be, such a valuable thing as an ivory pen holder, you keep it for your own use, and besides, this pancake represents my reverence, no object can be compared with it, you don't care, I'm going to be late for a while, take the first step, Brother Xia is at his own convenience." ”

Xia Silin gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, but he was helpless, this bastard was stubborn like their big green mule, he and he were just general friends, and it was not easy to force others to do anything, so he had to follow behind Su Jin, and he changed his countermeasures and walked towards the Chong Temple.

The huge Chong Temple is full of people, the new students and the old students add up to five or six hundred, each person has a futon, according to the division and number of the school to sit on the ground in an orderly manner, with Cao Min's dismount in the morning, although there are many people in the whole Chong Temple, but it is very quiet and orderly.

Su Jin wandered through the crowd, and saw Wang Anshi sitting in the position of Yi Yitang on his right hand, and he was also looking at himself, and the two of them clasped their fists and saluted each other silently, and each sat cross-legged on the ground.

Cao Min, the professor of the academy, walked in front of everyone and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's gathering of the sages of the Holy Temple is really a grand event of the academy, and there are a few things that must be handled properly this afternoon, because the formal lecture will start tomorrow, and your food, clothing, housing and transportation must be properly resolved." ”

The crowd was silent, waiting for Cao Min to continue.

"Please stand and bow to the portraits of the saints and their disciples!" Cao Min shouted.

Everyone got up, clasped their fists, and followed a large row of people in the front row, including the mountain chief, the main lecturer, and the assistant teacher, to salute the portraits of Confucius and his seventy-two disciples enshrined in the temple.

"Please sit down with the students of the academy maintenance association, and invite Chief Qi Shan, all the lecturers, and assistant teachers to take a seat, and perform the ceremony of worshipping the teacher." Cao Min was in high spirits, and his tone was obviously raised, every year the Gift of Cultivation Academy can get a large amount of property, speaking of the gift of respecting the teacher, in fact, these gifts are gathered, and part of the money sold is reserved for the academy, and the rest is divided.

Twice a year, the academy gets more than five or six thousand yuan, less than three or four thousand yuan, and the daily expenses of the college, the Ministry of Rites has allocated funds, and these money has naturally become everyone's pocket, the head of the academy, Qi Shunbin and several lecturers ignore financial matters, most of this money actually goes to the hands of the lecturer Cao Min and several small officials sent by the imperial court, so every time at this time, Cao Min's spirit is always excited.

The old fritters of the maintenance club moved more than 20 big chairs, and the mountain chief Qi Shunbin sat in the middle front row, and then the school lecturers and Cao Min and other officials were lined up in turn; In the back row, there are more than a dozen teaching assistants.

Under the leadership of the elders, everyone stepped forward to give their own gifts, offering their own bundles, and the people who gave the gifts smiled and the gifts were arranged on the long table in front of them.

Su Jin opened his eyes now, and saw that the table in front of the teachers was full of valuables, gold and silver treasures, pearl agate, enamel calligraphy and painting, the four treasures of the study, as well as folding fans, ceremonial crowns, shoes, clothes, etc., and some people sent copper basins, copper mirrors, kettles, tea cups and other things; What's even more strange is that a guy actually gave a silk belly pocket, saying that the family is a ready-to-wear shop in Jeju Prefecture, and the best piece of cloud brocade is made into a small coat and sent to the master to be sent to the master, which immediately attracted a burst of laughter, Cao Min rolled his eyes angrily, looked at the person a few more times, and deeply rooted this person's face into his mind, ready to slowly clean him up in the future.

It was Su Jin's turn to play, and Su Jin respectfully sent three pieces of pancakes, wishing Shizun a good tooth and a good appetite, and suddenly thundered the people in the hall.

The students whispered, speculating whether this little official who looked like five people and six people was crazy, the three pieces of pancake were dotted with spots and I don't know what it was, and I didn't know how many days ago the old old goods looked like a hard bang, and the value was not worth it compared to one of the folding fans, I was afraid that it would be thrown to the dog, and the dog was too lazy to smell it.

For a while, everyone watched the reaction of the division commanders to see if they accepted it.

Su Jin was very calm, holding the three pieces of pancake as if he was holding a treasure.

In surprise and silence, Cao Min finally couldn't help but shout: "That student, three pieces of pancake can also be regarded as a gift of cultivation, are you playing tricks on the teacher?" ”

Su Jinqi said: "The more Professor Cao said that the students could not understand, why did the students not respect the teacher?" It is precisely because the students follow the example of the virtuous elders that they send pancakes thousands of miles to show respect. ”

Cao Min was even more annoyed, and shouted: "Hugh is talking nonsense, and the rude behavior has become another kind of respect in your mouth, it is really unreasonable, maintain the princes of the meeting, and pull him out of the temple, how can the saint hall allow this person to mess around." ”

The people of the maintenance club stood up one after another and pressed towards Su Jin, wanting to fork Su Jin out.

Su Jin hurriedly said: "Wait, doesn't Professor Cao even give students a chance to defend themselves?" ”

Cao Min said: "Who wants to listen to your disrespectful person's ramblings, fork out." ”

A group of people from the maintenance association were about to make a move, but they heard an old voice say: "Listen to him, Yingtian Academy is a place for reading scriptures and reasoning, how can it not give people a chance to speak." ”

It was the mountain chief Qi Shunbin who spoke, Qi Shunbin is the mountain chief, to put it bluntly, he is the principal, and Cao Min is at best just a role of a discipline director, since Qi Shunbin issued a word of approval, Cao Min didn't dare to make too many mistakes, so he glanced at Su Jin fiercely and said: "Qi Weng is kind, let you tell me the reason, if you can't say it for granted, then please pick up the package, where to go." ”

Su Jin didn't look at him squarely, but just arched his hand at Qi Shunbin and said: "Thank you Mountain Chief, the student is not messing around, the student has heard that in the past, when Fan Xiwen Gong studied in Yingtianfu Academy, it was day and night, and the winter moon was very tired, so he used water to fertle." If there is nothing to feed the stomach, it will be followed by porridge; He studied hard day and night, and he didn't undress for five years. Often they can't even drink porridge, and they often divide the porridge into four portions in difficult times, and eat one portion when they are very hungry. Fan Gong was later able to go to high school, and now he is a pillar of the country, isn't it a credit for those cold porridge leftovers in the past? ”

Everyone looked at Su Jin in a daze, and some of them knew that what Su Jin said was indeed the truth, and Fan Zhongyan, the pillar of the current imperial court, had indeed experienced poverty but not laziness, endured hunger but did not fall into the clouds, and finally became a person admired by the world.

The white-haired Qi Shunbin sighed and said: "It makes sense, the old man has heard the ancestor Tongwen Gong talk about this matter, and it is the first time in so many years that I have heard someone talk about Fan Gong's demeanor back then. ”

Cao Min crooked his nose angrily and said, "Qi Weng Mo believes that he is strong. He turned his head to Su Jin and shouted: "Clever and clever words, when everyone here is a three-year-old child who is teased by you?" If you don't respect the teacher, the college will not keep you. ”

Su Jin Zhengse said: "A porridge and a meal, it is not easy to think about where you come from; Half a silk and half a thread, the constant thought of material resources is difficult; These three pieces of pancake cost the peasants blood and sweat, and can be accompanied by a meal in daily life, if it is a famine year, it can live several people, it is really the most precious thing in the world? Besides, this pancake is my family...... The old mother branded herself, and traveled thousands of miles from her hometown to bring Yingtian Academy to serve the teacher, and the poem "Thousands of miles to send goose feathers, courtesy is light and affectionate" The meaning of reverence for the teacher here is priceless. ”

Qi Shunbin nodded again and again and said: "Lecture Cao, the old man sees that what he said is reasonable, and the gift of binding cultivation is from the heart, and he doesn't care about the price of the gift, so don't be embarrassed for him." ”

Cao Min's face was blue and red, his teeth itched with hatred, and he silently checked the list, remembering the name Su Jin in his heart, and there was one more person on the list who needed to be beaten and tortured in the future.

Su Jin was about to retreat triumphantly, but he heard someone in the first hall of Jiayi say: "Brother Su, why don't you take your gift away, didn't you say that it will be temporarily placed at the junior brother's place, and then taken and presented when you are repairing?" ”

Su Jin looked back in amazement, but saw Xia Silin holding a purple inkstone and waving at him, and the people who knew the goods recognized it at a glance, it was Duan Yan, the most precious inkstone produced in Duanzhou.

Su Jin was helpless, it seemed that Xia Silin gave half of his gift to himself, and offered the green jade paper stone, but left the most valuable Duan Yan to fill his face, although the inkstone was hers, but Su Jin still had a pain in the flesh, and he knew that she had the idea, so he asked for this inkstone on the way, and he intercepted it.

The inkstone was presented, Su Jin returned to his original position, sat down and sulked, in Su Jin's opinion, he didn't want to see this bundle of repairs, and offering three pieces of pancake was actually not to agree with this kind of blatant gift-revival.

A few uninteresting students on the side didn't know what Su Jin was thinking, and they all stretched out their thumbs to him, admiring his sharp words and generous hands.

Su Jin scolded secretly in his stomach: "You are only generous, your whole family is generous." ”