When He Jiuniang heard this, she became interested: "The Kang Xiucai you are talking about is Mr. Kang from Songhe Academy?"

"Yes, that's Mr. Kang! Mr. Kang's literary talent is obvious to all, but this is He was so jealous of Yingcai that he couldn't take the scientific examination. In addition to teaching, he would also send some calligraphy and paintings to our bookstore for sale!"

When the boy talked about Kang Xiucai, his face was filled with tears. It's a pity. It seems that I feel unworthy for Kang Xiucai.

He Jiuniang nodded, lowered her head and said to the children: "How about giving this fan to Mr. Kang as your apprenticeship ceremony?"

Lei Zi heard the price. I was already shocked. Is it so expensive to buy a fan?

Now that I heard that it was going to be given to Mr. Kang, I felt even more incredible.

Jiezi asked with some confusion: "When I went out in the morning, didn't Third Aunt bring a jar of honey to give to Mr. Kang?"

This is the honey? A few days ago, when the men went up to the mountains to cut trees, they brought back a lot of it. The children at home liked to drink it. He Jiuniang remembered that Mr. Kang seemed to have been coughing and wanted honey to moisturize his lungs, so she brought him a jar.

Teachers in this era are highly respected, and the Lu family also approves of it.

What the children don’t understand is that they have already sent honey to Mr. Kang, why do they need to give such an expensive folding fan?

He Jiuniang explained patiently: "The honey is a gift from our family to Mr. Kang, but the folding fan is a gift from the three of you as students to the teacher. It is different."

The little boy smiled and flattered: "Madam is really talented!"

Boss Lu became more and more ashamed. He didn't understand anything. If he sent several children to school alone today, he would definitely be embarrassed. It's a joke.

Leizi understood, but he also knew that the so-called apprenticeship ceremony should be a gift prepared by themselves for their husband, but...

He looked at it with some embarrassment He Jiuniang: "But Third Aunt, we don't have that much money, we can't afford it..."

He Jiuniang rubbed his head: "I know you don't have money, so of course Third Aunt bought it for you, so just treat it as It was lent to you by the third aunt. When you grow up and make money, you will return it to the third aunt."

"Yeah!"

The three children nodded repeatedly, their faces Everyone is smiling, they will definitely repay Third Aunt in the future!

As the boy listened, he realized that none of the three children seemed to be the lady’s children, but just nephews. He treated his nephews so generously. What a good person!

A trip to the bookstore costs a total of fourteen taels and one hundred pennies, young man.Seeing how much they bought, I directly added zero to the discount, making it fourteen taels of silver.

He Jiuniang gave the money and left with a group of people.

After the boy sent them away enthusiastically, he kept smacking his lips. As expected, people cannot be judged by their appearance. It turned out that they were not well dressed and probably didn’t have much money, but they were willing to give three of them to the family. It’s not easy for the children to go to school, but I didn’t expect to be able to buy twelve taels of folding fans so readily.

The young man felt that his situation was too small.

After buying these things, we have to send the three little ones to the school. There is a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old waiting at the door of the school. You can enter according to the name and address you filled in before.

Mr. Kang is not in good health and has not come out for the time being. He also hired two or three boys to work in the yard.

There are quite a lot of students. Some children have not yet paid their tuition fees, and their parents are queuing up to pay.

Since the three little ones were friends with each other, there was no need to worry about these things. He Jiuniang and Boss Lu took several children and went to the backyard to meet Kang Xiucai under the recommendation of the servant.

Kang Xiucai was sitting under a tree in a green shirt, reading a book, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he was always filled with deep sorrow that could not be overcome.

Looking at He Jiuniang, she couldn't help but feel pity for him. In this era, there were very few people who could study and get good grades, but they were unlucky and fell seriously ill. It was hard not to worry.

She wanted to help Kang Xiucai find out what kind of disease he had, but her medical skills were not proven yet, so she couldn't lose her horse easily. And she saw that Kang Xiucai looked pretty good at the moment, so it shouldn't be too late. To the point of terminal illness.

Then just wait!

Kang Xiucai also saw them, stood up and walked towards them.

Because He Jiuniang signed up three children at once, Kang Xiucai was deeply impressed by her. He recognized her at a glance, smiled and made a literary courtesy, and said: "This is Mrs. Lu's house. Three children, right? Just go and sit down in the room in the front yard, and we will go there in a while."

He Jiuniang smiled with her eyes narrowed, and then the three children headed by Leizi followed the instructions He Jiuniang taught on the way. Yes, he stepped forward and bowed in a decent manner, and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Kang!"

Kang Xiucai nodded with satisfaction. Before he could speak, Leizi said He respectfully presented the folding fan in front of him and said, "Sir, this is the apprenticeship gift given to you by the three students. Please accept it."

Kang Xiucai was a little surprised. He was such a young man. No student in the school has ever given a apprenticeship ceremony. It’s not that the students are stingy, but they don’t know that there is such a thing as an apprenticeship ceremony. After all, they are ordinary people. They only go to school to study and learn calligraphy, and they don’t seek to gain fame, so naturally they don’t. Know the etiquette.

The apprenticeship ceremony is usually required by relatively large academies, and then only by the government schools. He was also admitted to the government schools back then, so he prepared the apprenticeship ceremony for the students from the government schools.

And he could tell at a glance that the ribs of this folding fan were made of the finest purple sandalwood and were of great value.

Students give apprenticeship gifts to their teachers to express their respect and love for the teacher. Since ancient times, there has been no example of refusing to accept the apprenticeship gift. Kang Xiucai accepted it generously. When he opened it, he found that it was himself. I was a little surprised by the painting, and then I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"I am very thoughtful, and my teacher likes it very much."

Kang Xiucai really likes it. The landscape painting painted on the fan is his favorite one. The school has been closed before , had no income, and needed to see a doctor and buy medicine, so he had to sell his paintings, including this landscape painting.

Unexpectedly, it came back to my hands after going round and round.

He said warmly to the boy next to him: "Go and get some of my Hu pens and give them to them."

Naturally, receiving a gift requires a return gift, although he I had prepared a lot of brushes early and planned to give them to each child, but due to my limited ability, I bought the most common and cheapest ones in the bookstore, which naturally cannot be compared with the Hu brushes.

The boys went down to fetch it, and Kang Xiucai gave it to them personally, saying: "This is a gift from my teacher's husband when I was studying in Fu Xue. Now I will give it to you." , I hope you can also be admitted to a private school and gain fame in the future."

"Thank you sir!"

The three little ones took it, they were all very happy and had a sense of accomplishment. He glanced at He Jiuniang and Boss Lu.

Only then did Boss Lu react. He took out a small jar from his backpack and handed it to the boy next to him. He said politely: "This is wild honey collected from the mountains. It has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving coughs." , it is our family’s wish, please accept it, Mr. Kang.”

Well, He Jiuniang taught him this on the road. After He Jiuniang came in, she tried to speak as little as possible and gave the stage to them.