The Little First Grand Secretary in My House

by Usui Takumii

not mine novel site dot net and isohungry. translations. Waiting for the translator to update.

12. 56 to 60

The dishes were very hearty.

Although there was not much variety, the amount was sufficient. A pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms, a pot of stir-fried leafy vegetables, a pot of stir fried pork, and a pot of dried tofu and tofu egg drop soup was enough for these people.

The staple food was rice, sorghum rice mixed with white rice, and some sweet potatoes were steamed on it. When opening the lid, the aroma of rice and the sweet aroma of sweet potatoes came out, and people cannot help but be intoxicated.

The sweet potatoes were stored in the cellar last year, and were put in the cellar. They can be stored for half a year without going bad. It tastes sweet too, whether it's braised or roasted, the orange-red syrup that flows looks gratifying.

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Zhao'er picked up the biggest piece and placed it in Xue TingRang's bowl.

He has loved this dish since he was a child, and every year Zhao'er had to hide a lot of sweet potatoes in the cellar, and put a few pieces in when cooking porridge for him.

"Eat quickly while it's hot. They drink, but you can't drink. Eat more." Zhao'er said.

Xue Hu joked with a smile: "Sister Zhaoer, Uncle TingRang doesn't drink, but you have to take it for the younger generation. If there is someone in the family who doesn't drink, you have to be the one to drink."

Zhao'er looked around, and it was really true. For example, when the Second and Third Family couples came, Zhou Shi would not drink, but Third Uncle would drink. Sun Shi also came, with Mao Dan, Xue Tao'er, and Shuanzi. At another table, Xue Qinghuai stayed to drink. Aunt Gao was also at that table.

She smiled unambiguously and said: "Then those who don't drink should move to a different place, so we won't disturb your drinking pleasure. But I have to say that you will have to work tomorrow, so you try to drink less tonight. Otherwise, you won't be able to get up on time."

"Look, Zhao'er Jie is acting like a big landlord who is mean to us long-term workers." A young man named Xue Qiang interjected with a grin.

Hearing this, everyone on the table laughed.

"You can't go. Although it's Brother Shengzi's great joy today, it's also Uncle Ting Rang's great joy. If you two are gone, we can't have fun during this dinner."

Jiang Wu came out to make the rounds: "Zhao'er is a young girl. Don't drink if you don't want to drink. Ting Rang is not too small anymore. It's not a good idea to drink. There is no man in our village who can't drink."

Mentioning the word "man", the several teenagers sitting in a row all straightened their chests, seeming to express that they were all real men.

This is the truth. Yuqing Village is located in the northwest. The weather is cold, so all men, young and old can drink two cups. For nothing else, just keep out the cold. In the winter, if you take a sip of wine, the heat will come to your heart, and your body will be full of energy.

This place produces sorghum, and sorghum wine is also famous for its good quality. Farmers make their own wine and drink it themselves. Which farmer does not make a few jars of wine every year after harvesting grain. And the boys in these villages were hugged by their fathers on their knees when they were young, and sweetened their mouths with chopsticks dipped in wine, so they drink well.

As Jiang Wu said, there are almost no boys in the village who can't drink, and only Xue TingRang is an exception. However, he didn't know how to drink because he was weak since he was a child.

"Come and come, I'll pour some for you. Drink as much as you want, and you can also test your drinking ability." Jiang Wu poured a bowl of wine and placed it in front of Xue TingRang.

The men were excited when they mentioned wine, and several teenagers were also hollering beside them: "Brother Jiang Wu is right. Drink some."

"If you don't drink now, when you marry Zhaoer Jie, it's impossible for the bridegroom to not drink."

"He doesn't know how to drink, don't make trouble with him." Zhao'er hurriedly got in the way, holding up the drinking bowl to remove it, but Jiang Wu stopped him.

Jiang Wu smiled and said, "You can't interrupt this Zhao'er. It's between us men."

"Yes, this is a matter between us men. Zhaoer Jie, just leave it alone."

Gao Sheng just wanted to cover his face on the side. These people, even if they don't understand, they still want to cause some trouble.

Xue TingRang looked at Jiang Wu's eyes and sat down, "It's just some wine, it's okay."

"Look, Tingzi said so!"

Zhao'er could only sit down.

"Then, Tingzi, brother respects you?" Jiang Wu held his own bowl and stretched forward.

Xue Tingwan stood up and picked up his wine bowl: "Brother Jiang Wu is polite. I should be the one who pays respect to you. When Zhao'er was doing business by herself, thank you for your help. It is only reasonable that I should respect you."

A man and a teenager confronted each other face to face again.

However, compared to the last time, this time it was much more evident. Even the people on the side heard something meaningful, but couldn't figure it out. They only felt that there was tension between the two.

Jiang Wu laughed and said, "Then I will drink it first." As he said that, he drank a bowl of wine and shook the empty bowl at Xue TingRang.

This can be regarded as the rule on the wine table. If someone toasts, the other party will drink it, and the respected person will naturally drink it. Otherwise, it will be considered looking down at the other party and not giving face. And Jiang Wu's display of the empty bowl to Xue TingRang emphasized this meaning.

Xue TingRang gave him a meaningful look, and drank a bowl of wine without saying a word.

"Gou'er!" Zhao'er subconsciously said.

Xue TingRang wiped a handful of wine stains from the corner of his mouth and put aside his wine bowl: "I'm fine!"

"Good drinking!" Jiang Wu praised with a thumbs up, picking up the wine jar and serving him another bowl.

"You can't drink anymore."

Zhao'er looked at the little man's flushing face with some worry. It was probably his first time drinking, so it showed on the face quickly. In a few seconds, his whole face flushed red. It looked very scary under the firelight.

Jiang Wu poured himself another bowl: "Why can't he continue to drink anymore? Zhao'er, don't underestimate Tingzi." He said to Xue TingRang then: "Just now you respected me, this time I will respect you and eat. Eat a bit of food before drinking, lest you can't stand it."

When the words were said to be like this, Xue TingRang drank the wine naturally before sitting down.

"Quickly eat two bites of vegetables and press down the wine." Zhaoer hurriedly put some food into his bowl.

Unfortunately, just as the food was put in his bowl, someone came to toast over there.

It was not Jiang Wu, but one of those young generations.

"Tingzi, I respect you. This is the first time I have a drink with a scholar. I will drink first." Then he gulped down the bowl of wine.

There was already a fellow who had filled Xue TingRang's wine bowl, so he could only pick up and drink another bowl.

With this kind of beginning, other people naturally started coming over. The wine etiquette in the countryside is like this, either don't drink or drink with everyone. Although there was a break in the middle, Xue TingRang still drank a lot of wine.

In the end, he didn't let anyone respect himself anymore, but took the initiative to toast with other people who hadn't drunk. When it was Xue Qinghuai's turn, Xue Qinghuai glanced at his nephew with some worry: "you can just skip me. Eat some food first."

Then Xue Qingbai, he also said to skip himself. Finally, after making a full round, Xue TingRang sat down to eat. Looking at his words and deeds, there seemed to be no signs of drunkenness, even though his face was a little red and his eyes were amazingly bright.

Everyone praised him for a while, saying that he was a good drinker and was like his father. Back then, Xue Qingsong was one of the best drinkers in the village.

Zhao'er smiled stiffly: "Alright, you are not allowed to ask him to drink anymore. This is the first time he has drunk. It's not good to drink too much."

All the young people were laughing, and this had transferred the goal to others. During the period, Jiang Wu stood up again and wanted to find Xue TingRang for another drink but was blocked by Gao Sheng.

"If Brother Jiang Wu wants to drink, just ask me to drink with you. You've already made your point, and if you drink with Ting'er again, when Zhao'er Jie gets angry later, I won't be able to stop her."

Gao Sheng smiled, seeming to be joking, but Jiang Wu understood his meaning, and then Gao Sheng started to drink with him.

The meal was eaten very slowly because of the drinking, and it was already dark when it ended.

Everyone worked together to tidy up things. Several young people carried the borrowed tables, chairs and benches, and a torch was lit by one person, and a group of people walked into the village.

"Tingzi, are you okay?" Jiang Wu came up and said, "Do you want me to help you?"

"No." Xue TingRang pushed away the hand that Zhao'er stretched out to support him with, standing firmly on his own.

Zhao'er frowned before raising her head to look at Jiang Wu: "Brother Jiang Wu, I'll help him. You don't have to do anything."

Jiang Wu chuckled and retracted his hand: "Then you guys walk slower on the road."

It was not until Jiang Wu turned around that Zhao'er asked in a low voice, "Are you really okay? Tell Jie if you are uncomfortable."

"I'm really fine, let's go back first."

"How could you be okay..."

Listening to the whispers coming from behind him, Jiang Wu quietly walked lightly on one foot and heavily on the other, wishing that this wine would make him drunk.

There were still the Third family and Fourth family couples going back with them, so she did not personally send him home.

When he got home, Xue Qinghuai said: "Zhao'er, I think Tingzi has drunk a lot of wine, so you guys should rest early, and call me if something happens."

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"Fourth Uncle, I know."

Zhao'er opened the door and pulled Xue TingRang, who was standing aside surprisingly quiet, into the door. She was worried. Seeing that he could still stand, she hurriedly turned on the light and turned her head to see whether he was still standing there.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable? If you feel really uncomfortable, just vomit."

He still stood still, and Zhao'er went to pull him. Then he vomited out. He vomited a lot of filth, mixed with pungent alcohol, and retched while vomiting.

Zhao'er could only help him and said: "keep throwing up. When you are done, you will feel better"

After he stopped vomiting, Zhao'er helped him to go to the kang, and was about to fetch water to wash him. Zhou shi came in with a basin of hot water: "I heard the Tingzi threw up, so I heated some bath water for him. There is still hot water in the pot, so I will make him a bowl of strong tea and have him drink some hangover soup later. "

"Thank you, Auntie."

"No need to thank me." Zhou shi said, put down the basin, and went to take the broom and the duster to sweep the dirt.

It took a lot of effort to take off Xue TingRang's shirt and shoes, and she wiped his head, face, hands and feet, and placed him on the kang. Turning her head, she pulled out the tea leaves from the cabinet, and took them to the stove. She brewed a bowl of bitter tea and brought it back.

"Come and drink some."

Xue TingRang took a few sips and then laid down on the kang again. At this time, Zhou shi also finished cleaning up the puddle of filth, and said to Zhao'er: "He probably will vomit in the middle of the night. I'll go and cook porridge on the stove later. If he gets hungry, he can eat some."

At this time, Sun shi also walked in from outside, holding a small bowl in her hand.

"Come here, this thing is good for a hangover. Your uncle usually drinks too much, and with one on his tongue, it's better than anything."

There were a few sour plums in a small bowl, which are pickled at home, and you can smell a sour smell from a long distance.

"There is no seed in it, so he will not choke. This came from my mother's house and is very good for hangovers."

"Thank you, third aunt and fourth aunt. Sorry to trouble you."

"What's the trouble? If you're done, you should rest early. You can just call when something happens."

After seeing Zhou shi and Sun shi out, Zhao'er looked back at the little man and found that his eyes were closed tightly, and he seemed to be asleep.

She shook her head helplessly, dumped the dirty water in the basin, and went to the stove to make a pot of hot water and come back to freshen up.

After busying for so long, she was in a hot sweat. In addition to cooking before, she was covered with oil fume, and Zhaoer planned to wipe her body.

According to habit, she should go to the bathroom in the vegetable plot behind. But the little man was so drunk, she didn't dare to go far. Thinking that he was asleep, she did not evade anything, so she took off her clothes and wiped her back in front of the basin.

She only wore a pair of thin trousers, with a dudou on her upper body, showing a tight and smooth back and a slender but strong waist.

Zhao'er likes being clean. If it weren't forbidden at this moment, she should have taken a bath, so she was very serious about scrubbing. After she wiped off her upper body, head and face, she was about to change the pot of hot water, but found that the man on the kang, when she had not noticed, had changed his posture and turned onto his side facing her with his eyes open.

She subconsciously picked up the shirt next to her to block it, and asked, "When did you wake up?"

The person on the kang didn't speak, his eyes were dumbfounded, and suddenly he rolled over again and turned away. Zhao'er breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the little man was drunk, and he was probably dizzy right now. She felt a little awkward, and didn't wash anymore. She took the hot towel and went behind the curtain, wiped casually, and hurriedly put on clean clothes.

After a while, she opened the door and poured out the dirty water. Now that the weather is hot, Heizi doesn't want to sleep in the house, so Zhaoer ignored it and bolted the door.

Originally she planned to turn off the lights, but thinking that he would have to vomit in the middle of the night, she left some candle light on. The lights in the room became extremely dim, and Zhaoer got on the kang.

She leaned over to look at him, his eyes closed again, and he was a little hot, but it was not too serious. Zhao'er was about to withdraw her hand when shen was suddenly hugged by someone, and the little man with his eyes closed mumbled something.

"What are you talking about?"

She listened carefully, and then heard, "Zhaoer, I feel uncomfortable".

"You still drink when you're uncomfortable!" Zhao'er scolded with a smile.

He murmured again, and when Zhao'er leaned closer, she heard.

"Brother Jiang Wu said that a man needs to know how to drink, I am your man... I can't lose to him..."

After listening, Zhao'er was stunned. After a while, she looked at him with a complicated expression, and then reached out to touch the little man's pink face in the light.

"It is up to me to say if you are a man, not him," she murmured in a low voice.

Xue TingRang didn't answer the conversation either, he seemed to be very drunk, voicing his discomfort, and tightly tugging at her. When Zhao'er went to rub his chest, he turned over and pulled Zhao'er into the bed.

After that, there was no more movement. Zhao'er wanted to withdraw from his arms, but tried a few times to no avail, so she could only do this. After a while, she fell asleep in a daze.

When she woke up again, she was awakened by a sudden movement.

Zhao'er didn't know what time it was, the candle flame in the room was extinguished, and she was half under her body by a person. This person is extremely dishonest, while murmuring his discomfort he was rubbing and tossing over her body.

"Zhaoer, I feel uncomfortable..."

"Where are you uncomfortable? Can I make you some porridge to drink?"

He didn't answer. His eyes were closed tightly, just rubbing his head and face on her.

"Where are you uncomfortable?"

"Why is your body so hot?"

Zhao'er was about to sit up, but she was pulled down again.

"Zhao'er, I feel uncomfortable."

"Where is it uncomfortable?"

"Here here..." He murmured in his mouth, and took her hand to cover somewhere.

Under the fabric, Zhao'er could feel it was hard and hot. She didn't realize what it was, until he subconsciously rubbed her palm back and forth, and she thought about it for a while before she understood what it was.

How could it be so big! And so hard!

Zhao'er was thinking very slowly in her mind with an almost horrified mood. At this moment, her brain was like paste, but somehow she remembered what Heizi looked like when he was in heat...

Every year at the turn of spring and summer, Heizi is particularly active. He usually looks high and arrogant and doesn't pay much attention to the dogs in the village. But at this time, he seemed to know where all the female dogs in the village were.

At this time, Zhao'er rarely sees Heizi at home, and Heizi can always go out for a long time before returning. Zhao'er was puzzled, and once she specifically took advantage of Heizi to follow behind when he was out, and saw many weird situations that she would normally not see on Heizi.

For example, Heizi is very persistent. He has a big yellow dog. And the owner of the other's house didn't seem to want the dog to give birth, so he kept his dog in the yard. It can squat in front of someone's house for a long time, and wait until the other person comes out. If it can't wait, it will go around the yard looking for holes to go in, and it will always go in and make a good performance.

Another example...

Zhao'er blushed, and she didn't know why she thought of this. Is this the little man in heat? She counts the days in her heart, and found that Heizi is almost in estrus season, but she has never heard that people also go into heat!

Somehow, she remembered that when she was young, she and the little man slept in the room, while Xue Qingsong and Qiu shi slept in the outer room, and she was awakened several times in the middle of the night...

The man's growl, and the woman's painful groan, interweave a very vague image.

At first she thought it was her father who beat her mother, but the next day when she asked her mother, her mother's white face was flushed, and she whispered that Zhao'er was not allowed to ask about it again, saying that a little girl could not ask about it.

Her thoughts were pulled back, and the thing under her palms became warmer and seemed to expand a lot. The little man seemed to have found a rhythm, and this rhythm seemed to make him very comfortable, and he finally stopped crying out his discomfort.

But at this moment, Zhao'er became uncomfortable. An indescribable feeling arose. The thing was swelling and hot and seemed to shoot out something like lava...

Xue TingRang fell asleep again, Zhao'er was finally relieved.

She carefully pulled her hands and feet away, sat up, and was stunned for a while before she got off the kang like she was waking up from a dream.

The water in the basin was already cold, and it was quiet everywhere. She soaked her hands in the basin for a long time before starting to scrub it. After scrubbing it a lot, she took some soap and scrubbed it until the temperature on her hands faded.

She reached out and touched her face. Her hands were not hot now, but the heat on her face did not fade.

Zhao'er stood for a long time, until the night's chill was so cold that she couldn't help trembling, and then hurriedly went to the kang. But she stayed far away from the person over there, and the night was silent.

The next day, Xue TingRang woke up without seeing Zhao'er, and only after asking did he know she had gone to town.

And the dirtied trousers that Xue TingRang changed out of took Zhaoer many days to wash.

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The academy has a study room, which is only open to students who have entered class A.

The study is not big. It is in a small building and on the upper and lower floors contains all the books in the Qingyuan Academy since its opening. These books are not worth mentioning to those big academies, but to places like Huyang Township, they are extremely rare.

The reason Qingyuan Academy can still exist under such disadvantages is partly because of the master of the school, Lin Miao, but more for the book collection in this study.

Ancient books are divided into four major parts of Jing Shi Zi Ji1. Before Zhu Xi2, Confucian scholars used the reading of the Six Classics and other Jing Fu books as the foundation of their studies, followed by the other three parts of Shi, Zi and Ji. When they start studying Zhu Xi, the order of reading the scriptures can be adjusted. They read the four books and the five scriptures first, and then the others.

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The Qingyuan Academy also follows this procedure. After students are familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, they can begin to study other classics while studying.

Of course, these books are not the only ones in the study, there are also some literary scripts and question banks that readers love.

The so-called Wenfu question bank is some classic test essays from the past dynasties. For example, "Thirty Thousand Selections of Big Questions", "Big Questions of Wenfu", "Small Questions of Wenfu", "Four Books Prepared for Purpose", etc., are all necessary sample essays for scholars to take the imperial examination. These essays will be divided into four different categories based on the four books, and the following are divided into major topics and minor topics, and each proposition will contain a different model essay.

"That's it!" Mao Badou said with excitement, touching the book in his hand.

Not only him, Chen Jian and Li Datian were also the same.

For a student who still doesn't know how to do eight-part essays, these sample essays can be used as guidance, which can save them a lot of effort. Therefore, after Mao Badou inquired clearly about the situation, he hurriedly pulled the three of them.

"It's not in vain that I went deep into the enemy, revealed my inner thoughts, and spent a lot of money."

Speaking of this, we must talk about what had happened before.

If the students in Class B wake up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the cats, then the students in Class A are truly in a fairyland on earth.

Although there are two classes in the morning and evening every day, the Xiansheng does not necessarily come, and the students are not necessarily constrained to be in the lecture hall, but can study freely in the academy. The teacher's lecturing time has also been greatly reduced, and the students tend to self study.

No one is restrained, and the few newcomers to Class A can't help being a little slack. Especially Mao Badou, who has nothing to do all day long, has the appearance of resuming his old habits.

This was the case until the first ten-day test that a few people who entered Class A had to take. The test was to make an eight-part essay, the subject of which was given by the school head.

Several people suffered the first time. Except for Xue TingRang, the essays made by the other three were simply terrible and horrible.

Afterwards, all the essays of the students who were admitted to Grade A were posted for everyone to study and learn from each other. Among them were the last three essays, which many people sneered and laughed at saying even such people can even get into Class A.

The three of them were very embarrassed, and even Xue TingRang could not be laughed at.

In fact, these people are also a little wronged. Firstly, they didn't know that there would be a test. Secondly, they have just learned to write an essay, so it is extremely difficult to write an excellent article.

Xue TingRang had also thought about whether to teach them, but he didn't want to arouse people's suspicion. In addition, although he had that dream, the specific memories in that dream were extremely vague. However, with previous experience, he knew that he only had to study hard, these things hidden deep in his memory would one day be unearthed, and at that time, he would benefit infinitely.

Returning to the present, Mao Badou was quite upset after being ridiculed, but he turned his head away and started to act strangely. After a few days, he suddenly said that he had found a good way to make studying progress and brought the three of them to the study, which contained these Wenfu question banks.

Xue TingRang flipped through the book in his hand, smiled and shook his head and inserted the book back.

"Why did Tingying behave like this?" Chen Jian asked curiously after seeing Xue TingRang's behavior.

"It's nothing, in fact, this book is not very useful." After a pause, he said again: "But you can take a look and try using it to study."

Everyone didn't understand why he said that, but they didn't think much.

This set of Wenfu has more than forty volumes, but the students cannot borrow more than two books at a time, so the four of them choose two books they like, and they find Zaifu at the entrance of the study to register the books. After going back, they went back to studying carefully, which will not be described in detail.

Ten days passed in an instant, and it was break time again.

It was Gao Sheng who came to pick up Xue TingRang back this time, but Zhao'er did not come. After asking, he found out that tomorrow is the day when Xue Cui'e gets married, and Zhao'er was held back by the main room to work at home.

Xue TingRang suddenly realized this and he hurriedly got off the bus and went back to the academy to ask for leave. Nowadays, in addition to Lin Miao, the curator of Class A, there is also a gentleman surnamed Mo. Xue TingRang went to the office and did not find Mo Xiansheng, so he could only find the curator.

After listening to Xue TingRang's statement, Lin Miao did not ask much and granted him two days off.

Before leaving, Lin Miao said to him that even if he was taking a break, he should not put off his homework until he returns. He also said that if he didn't understand anything in the future, he could come to him.

Xue TingRang looked back at Lin Miao in surprise.

Although he only entered Class A recently, he knew that it was extremely rare for the school owner to say this. Everyone knows that the owner of the library never taught anyone alone. There are not many people in the entire academy, and the owner's remarks are obviously informal, which means that as long as he has anything to solve his doubts, he can come to him.

No wonder Xue TingRang was so surprised.

As if he understood Xue TingRang's doubts, Lin Miao said, "I promised the virtuous brother Mo that I will teach you carefully, so I won't break my promise."

Xue TingRang gave a slight sigh, this school owner is really a weird person, so if he wants to teach, let him. If you say this kind of words that detract from the favor, even a good intention in itself will be easily misunderstood.

"Thanks to the host." He made a polite and respectful attitude.

Lin Miao nodded, and Xue TingRang left.

Back in Yuqing Village, the Xue family was lively.

People came and went in the yard. Two large earthen stoves were built in one corner of the yard. A large pot was placed on it. The pot was filled with water and it was burning now. A group of women are sitting around picking and washing vegetables, a few women are cutting meat, and a few other women are plucking chicken feathers in hot water, and they are very busy.

These women are all daughter-in-laws of Xue family. There are unwritten rules in the family. If any family is having a wedding, women of the same family will come to help.

For weddings in the countryside, there are some customs. The man's family must complete them, and the woman's family must as well. Although there are teams in the countryside who specialize in helping people make noodles, they are usually invited by more affluent people, and most of them still do it themselves.

Making wedding noodles by yourself means there is a lot of work to do in advance. Making so many dishes is too much work for one day, so meat dishes and the like are prepared in advance and used the next day.

As soon as Xue TingRang entered the door, someone greeted him.

Those who greeted him were women who were older by seniority, so not greeting them out of respect was impossible. After all those greetings, Xue TingRang was already dry in the mouth, so he hurriedly found an excuse to go back to the house. As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Zhao'er walk out.

"Zhao'er."

Zhao'er nodded: "You go back to the house for a while, and I'll do some work." After that, she hurried to the stove.

Xue TingRang returned to the room, put the book bag on the table, took out the dirty clothes he had brought back, and leaned on the kang thinking about things.

He was thinking deeply when a laugh outside broke his concentration.

He carefully listened to what seemed to be a few women talking and laughing, and there were sounds of Zhaoer among them, but it was too noisy outside and the voices were unintelligible.

And as he was listening, he slowly fell asleep.

name of the Chinese classics. Jing meaning classics, Shi meaning historical works, Zi meaning philosophical works belonging to schools of thought other than Confucian, and Ji means literary works

a Confucian scholar and influential Neo-Confucian in Song Dynasty. His contributions to Chinese philosophy include his editing of and commentaries to the Four Books, which later formed the curriculum of the civil service exam in Imperial China from 1313 to 1905; and his emphasis on the process of the "investigation of things" and meditation as a method for self cultivation.

When he woke up, someone asked him to come out and eat. There were three or four round tables in the yard. This is the case in the countryside. When others come to help you work you don't have to pay them but you always have to provide food for them.

It's not the main banquet, so the setting was natural and casual. Each table was filled with four pots of meat or meat and vegetables, which was quite hearty.

As soon as he walked out, someone called him, and when he looked over, he found that it was Aunt Shouxin who was called seventh grandmother by the younger generation. She was one of Elder Xue's aunts, so naturally he must call her great great grandmother.

Sitting next to Aunt Shouxin was Zhaoer, and the others around the table were all elderly women. Aunt Shouxin smiled meaningfully and waved to Xue TingRang: "Gou'er, come, sit here. You can't drink alcohol, so don't sit with the other men."

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This Gou wawa is not a curse, but a loving nickname for the younger generation created by the country folk, and it expresses familiarity and closeness.

Xue TingRang walked over, and Aunt Shouxin chased away a woman next to Zhaoer: "Go, go. You are really ignorant and blind. Why are you still stuck here. Hurry up and give up your spot."

The woman was also funny, pretending to be pitiful: "Oh, I've really become old and despised. Okay, I will move, I will move, let the young couple sit down."

Everyone at the table laughed, no matter how thick-skinned Zhaoer was, she couldn't help blushing. She subconsciously glanced at Xue TingRang, but she actually ended up meeting his gaze.

She hurriedly turned her face away as if nothing had happened, but in her heart she remembered what happened that day.

During this period, Aunt Shouxin had already begun chatting with Xue TingRang.

She asked him whether school was okay, whether he could keep up with his studies. As they continued the conversation, she began to be serious and asked Xue TingRang when he planned to get married.

Aunt Shouxin had asked Zhao'er this question before, and the laughter Xue TingRang heard outside the room was actually from talking about this matter.

Zhao'er was too embarrassed, so she stated that she was not in charge of this matter, and Xue TingRang was in charge. It was just a refusal, but Aunt Shouxin actually called Xue TingRang over to ask.

Xue TingRang glanced at Zhaoer, then smiled and said, "Next year!"

Aunt Shouxin laughed, and said to the crowd: "Look, asking the boy is more helpful. Zhaoer, I ask her, she just doesn't say anything. She has to let Gou'er say." She teased Zhaoer again and then said: "Now that Gou'er has said this, you have nothing to say."

"Seventh Grandmother!"

"Oh, she is embarrassed now. It's really rare to see Zhaoer blush."

These old ladies, really!

"This is really good. I will be able to drink your wedding wine next year. Your parents underground will be happy to know this."

Upon hearing the words of Aunt Shouxin, Zhao'er and Xue TingRang became silent.

"Gouer, when your father and your mother left, they were most worried about you. Your mother looked for me when she was leaving and said, Seventh Grandmother, the child Gou'er is introverted, and Zhaoer is capable, but she doesn't understand anything. She asked me to help watch over you until you two have a baby. Then she will be at ease below.

"It stands to reason that I shouldn't say this. You are now in school and have seen the world. People who have read books have a high vision. You must not dislike Zhaoer. To help you, Zhaoer didn't have it easy."

Aunt Shouxin said it very meaningfully. Since then, it has become clear that she has made this outburst to actually remind Xue TingRang.

It's just that she is an outsider, and some things are not easy to say directly, so she can only make fun of it, and use a teasing tone to remind Zhaoer and Xue TingRang. In fact, she just wants to hear him clearly, so that Xue TingRang won't abandon Zhaoer knowing that she is a wild girl from the countryside.

"Seventh grandmother, don't worry, it won't be. No matter who I dislike, I won't dislike Zhoer." Xue TingRang's expression was solemn.

Aunt Shouxin said: "Since you say so, Seventh Grandmother is relieved."

At this time, a woman interrupted by the side: "Okay, okay. Only you think too much and like to worry. Gouer, that child, doesn't seem to be the kind of person you are talking about. Hurry up and eat. The dishes are cold." She greeted the people next to her.

Aunt Shouxin smiled and cursed: "Well, well,I guess I'm worrying for nothing. You old lady, too, didn't give me any face."

After this interruption, the matter was over.

But when they were eating, Xue TingRang and Zhaoer were a little silent, each immersed in their own thoughts.

After the meal, the relatives who came to help left the house.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Zhaoer went to boil water for a bath.

Xue TingRang washes first, and then she washes. When she returns to the front yard from the back, the doors of several rooms are closed, and the dizzy yellow light is faintly exposed, a color of tranquility.

Seeing her, Heizi shook his tail in front of the door.

Zhao'er crossed him and entered the room, where Xue TingRang was reading.

"Sleep." He put the book away and said.

Zhaoer felt an inexplicable nervousness.

She pretended to tidy up the quilt, and Xue TingRang felt helpless when he saw the quilt far away from him. However, he didn't say anything about it, but began gossiping with Zhao'er: "I think you seem to have something on your mind. Is it because of that matter?"

Zhao'er was taken aback for a moment, and said, "No, I just think it's weird."

Seeing her like this, Xue TingRang immediately narrowed his eyes and leaned over: "What? You don't want to marry me."

Zhao'er was very cramped: "No, no, I just think it's a little weird for us to have babies."

He got closer again: "Don't you want to have a baby with me?"

Hearing this, Zhaoer subconsciously looked at the little man's face.

The appearance of the little man has vaguely the taste of youth, but it is still too young in the end. It's weird for such a young boy to have a small baby.

She was stunned, and she didn't realize that she actually voiced out her inner thoughts.

"You don't like that I'm younger?"

Zhao'er hurriedly shook his hand and said, "No, I don't think so."

"I will grow up soon. Also, I was never small."

Obviously it's just a common sentence, but looking at the little man staring into his own eyes, Zhao'er always has the illusion that the little man is actually talking bad things.

Looking at him again, his expression was very serious, but why does she think crookedly? She actually thought of that day…

Feeling her face burning, she was busy pretending to pull on the quilt, and said: "Well, let's not talk about it. I have to get up early tomorrow. Let's rest early."

She wanted to get into the bed, but found herself being dragged.

"What are you doing?"

"How do you sleep so far?" Xue TingRang glanced at the mattress.

Zhao'er laughed: "Is it far? Not far."

"You sleep so far, you are disgusted by me."

In order to show that she didn't dislike him, Zhao'er could only put her bedding back to where it was before, and desperately told herself, what embarrassment, he was drunk that day, and he must remember nothing. If he could remember, he wouldn't be like this when he came back this time. So she needn't be embarrassed, it was just an accident.

Thinking about it over and over again, Zhao'er settled down in the end.

It was a silent night.

The next day it was dark, and everyone in the Xue family was up.

Since the family was busy for the first time, after dawn, all the people who came to help came.

Today's work is not light. Starting from noon, creating the wedding meal and setting up the wedding meal table, until the evening to send the bride away, and then eating.

Everyone was so busy that they never had time to sit. Zhao'er had asked Xue TingRang to go back to the room to read a book, but he just didn't go back and instead followed Zhao'er in and out, helping her as an assistant.

During the period, the people who came to help and the people who came to drink wedding wine were full of jokes. The young couple had a good relationship. They also told Elder Xue and Zhao shi that it is a blessing to marry a girl this year and a granddaughter-in-law next year.

Elder Xue had mixed tastes in his heart, but he smiled on his face.

Jiang Wu also came to help today. When he saw this scene, he felt very uncomfortable and the gloom on his face was clearly visible.

Gao Sheng really couldn't stand it anymore, and he pulled him aside where there was no one else: "If you want to make it so that you and Sister Zhao'er can't even be friends, just keep going, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

After saying this, Gao Sheng hurried to serve food.

The whip has sounded, it's time to start.

With the deafening sound of firecrackers, people in and outside the yard were full of joy. Jiang Wu awoke, raised his head, and looked around--

In the crowd, Zhao'er and Xue TingRang stood side by side.

Zhao'er covered her ears with a smile on her face, and Xue TingRang also had a smile on his face.

Maybe it was time for him to think clearly.

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As dusk approached, the team sent by the man's family to welcome the wife finally arrived.

The Zhao family was in a good family situation, and they hired a mule cart to pick them up. Zhao Jinrui wore a bright red festive dress, and the carriage was also decorated with red color, which was especially festive.

Along with it, there was also a group of relatives and friends from the Zhao family who came to help welcome them.

The sound of firecrackers was loud and deafening.

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Outside the door, the person who came to pick up the wife had already arrived at the door.

Inside the gate, the gate of the yard was pressed tightly by people, and the faces of the people in the yard were full of smiles.

According to the rules of the countryside, people who come to meet their relatives have to open a few doors before they can receive the bride, and the door is only the first pass.

Country folks don't know how to chant poems or do anything proper. They either use brute force to open the door forcibly, or they just persuade them with a red envelope. However, the person who is generally responsible for blocking the door will block the door decently for a while, and so it isn't easy for the bridegroom to pick up the bride.

The people outside were saying good things and stuffing a red envelope inside. The people in the door still didn't want to open the door. They asked the bridegroom who would wash his clothes in the future.

The people in the yard all smiled and waited to see how the bridegroom answered. At this moment, there was a commotion outside, and everyone inside looked at each other.

They didn't know what had happened until they heard the shouts outside.

The bridegroom, throwing a tantrum, turned his head and left.

This thing is really--

Some villagers and relatives who were in charge of blocking the gate were all embarrassed, but they knew that this was not a joke, so they hurried to open the gate of the courtyard.

At this time, there was already a lot of noise outside, and the colored ball on Zhao Jinrui's chest was gone, and it fell to the ground pitifully, covered with dust.

Before the mule car, Zhao Jinrui was in a state of getting in the car and wanting to leave, and everyone from the Zhao family was persuading him.

In the yard, Elder Xue, who was rarely dressed in formal clothes, walked out of the house. The joy on his old face was gone and turned into anger.

Zhao shi was anxious and guilty, and wanted to rush up to beat Zhao Jinrui.

It was originally a happy event, but no one thought this would happen!

Outside, the people of the Zhao family still failed to persuade Zhao Jinrui. He didn't know which of the muscles had cramped, and he just didn't want to turn his head back and continue the wedding.

Zhao'er stood inside and looked out, feeling that the people who followed the Zhao family were about to cry.

Father Xue trembled with anger, and Xue Cui'e's cry came from the room. It seemed that she also knew what was happening outside.

The Zhao family was so anxious that they called Xue Qingshan: "Eldest son, go and bring in Jinrui"

Xue Qingshan was full of reluctance and impatiently said: "Mother, you can do it. If he wants to marry, let him, and if he doesn't, it is not like Cui'e can't get married without him!" At the same time, so many people are watching here. Then, if the woman's family took the initiative to kiss up and beg the man to marry, they would be seen as shameless.

Zhao shi went to call Xue Qingbai again. Xue Qingbai was not because he was reluctant to go. He just thought that if the Zhao family's boy could do this today on such an important occasion, could the younger sister live well after marrying?

He just hesitated for a moment, and before he had time to say anything, Zhao shi started cursing: "Third child, you can't be counted on, you white-eyed wolf. You don't care about your sister." She was shouting at Xue Qinghuai but was interrupted by Elder Xue's scolding: "You still don't think it is embarrassing enough!"

The sound of firecrackers finally stopped, and the scene was stagnant.

Zhao'er looked around, sighed in her heart, raised her foot and walked out of the gate. Xue TingRang tried to pull her but wasn't able to stop her.

She walked extremely fast, and her approach was fierce, and the people who followed her did not dare to stop her, so she was brought to Zhao Jinrui.

Zhao Jinrui didn't react in time and found that there was a tall girl in front of him, and that girl actually came up and gave him two slaps in the face.

"Either go in, apologize, and pick up your wife! Or get out of here! But from now on, your Zhaojiazhuang will be the object of our Yuqing Village's refusal to come and go. From now on, you will not be allowed to take any further steps in my Yuqing Village!"

When her voice fell, there was silence on the court.

Including Zhao Jinrui did not expect that someone would dare to beat him and threaten him so much.

A villager in Yuqing Village echoed: "Yes, you dare to bully our Yuqing Village girl like this. From now on, you people in Zhaojiazhuang, we will fight one by one!"

"Do you not understand the rules? It's all about marrying in ten miles and eight villages. You guys don't give us face!"

"From now on, the people in our village will not marry the people in Zhaojiazhuang. I now know that it's not a good place."

More and more villagers gathered around. Today, the Xue family is holding a happy event, and almost all the villagers are here. Zhao'er put down such a sentence, and now seeing so many people around, the people of Zhaojiazhuang changed their faces one after another.

We must know that these words of the villagers are not just for fun. One village is regarded as the object of refusal to communicate with each other. It is not necessary to mention how outsiders will treat the people in this village. The most important thing is the question of marriage.

People in Yuqing Village do not have an in-law relationship with Zhaojiazhuang, which will inevitably affect other villages, because when there is still a choice, no one will risk offending a village and marry their daughter to Zhaojiazhuang or marry a Zhaojiazhuang's girl.

What's more, what about the married daughters of Zhaojiazhuang and the married daughters-in-law? There are quite a few in-laws between the two villages. Could it be that both parties can bring back the girls from their villages?

However, the people in Zhaojiazhuang did not blame the people in Yuqing Village, only Zhao Jinrui for not being a human being.

As the old saying goes, raising your head to marry a girl, bowing your head to marry a wife, marrying a wife in Shili Ba Village is just like this, but why is he so precious and different from others.

People from other villages come to Zhaojiazhuang to marry a wife, and if they dare to make such a fuss, the people in Zhaojiazhuang will have to be like this. In the presence of so many people, people bullied the girls in their own village. How can the villagers go out and behave in the future! If others follow this example in the future, who does not have a daughter, who is not afraid of being bullied when no one will help.

Therefore, at such times, regardless of whether there are conflicts in a village, they will undoubtedly form a unison against outsiders.

Zheng Lizheng walked out, stretched out his finger and nodded: "You don't give us villagers face!"

Patriarch Xue also came out, standing in front of the door, looking at this side with a frosty face: "You guys don't put those with surname Xue in your eyes?"

There were also a few elderly people who came to pick up the wife this time, just for fear that the young people would be ignorant and cause trouble. At this time, they also hurriedly stood up and rounded up discussion: "You must not be surprised, two elders. This boy is young and ignorant, so we will talk to him about it now."

Several people from Zhaojiazhuang pulled Zhao Jinrui far away and although it was unknown what they said, in short, Zhao Jinrui was subdued.

Not only did he apologize to everyone, but he also obediently entered the house. But he didn't hide the unwilling expression on his face that was too obvious.

The faces of the Xue family are not very good, and Elder Xue's smiling faces are all forced out. After that, Zhao Jinrui led Xue Cui'e, who was wearing a red wedding veil, away, and the Xue family even forgot to set off the firecrackers.

It was Zhaoer who reminded the people outside to light firecrackers.

The crackling firecrackers sounded again, but this time there was no joy at all, but a haze.

Zhao'er sighed silently, held up her head and shouted: "Start the feast—"

Gao Sheng and the others, who were helping with the dishes, came out with the wooden trays immediately and started to give each table the dishes. Elder Xue and others also went to the crowd to greet the guests, and the scene was once again full of excitement.

It was not until the villagers had all eaten that Zhao'er retreated and entered the kitchen room.

Xue TingRang followed in.

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Zhao'er glanced at him complicatedly and said, "I hope little aunt won't blame me by then."

In that case, the Xue family would not be able to find a way out of the embarrassing situation, and Zhao'er's identity was just right to represent the Xue family without embarrassing the men in the family.

In fact, according to Zhao'er, weddings don't count before the visit, and there is still a chance to turn around as soon as possible. Others don't know, but the Xue family knows that Xue Cui'e's stomach can't wait, otherwise the two families wouldn't be in such a hurry to have a wedding.

"What can she blame you for. She has done her own evil..."

Xue TingRang wanted to say something else, but there was a voice calling them from outside, and the two of them had to go out.

After a feast, the yard was in a mess.

Only a few close people were left to help close the scene, and when it was all cleaned up, it was already late at night.

Everyone was very tired, and after sending people to help, they all went back to the room to wash and rest. Not long after they laid down, they heard Zhao shi's cry from the main room, vaguely mixed with Father Xue's scolding.

It was a silent night.

The next day, the Xue family all got up very late, and they were very tired from the several busy days.

The atmosphere in the Xue family was not good on this day. Father Xue's face was dark, and Zhao shi cried from time to time. First, she cried for her poor daughter, and the Zhao family committed crimes. At night, she was afraid that Zhao Jinrui would not take Xue Cui'e back home tomorrow.

Finally, the next day, Zhao shi woke everyone up early in the morning.

She not only tormented others, but also tormented herself. She couldn't see herself idle in the middle of the morning. It was not until almost noon that Zhao Jinrui came with Xue Cui'e.

From the outside, the young couple seemed to be pretty good, and Xue Cui'e also had a smile on her face.

Seeing this, Zhao shi finally felt relieved, and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

No one mentioned the incident that day again. The Xue family was worried about Xue Cui'e marrying into the Zhao family. As for Zhao Jinrui, naturally they would not be too stupid to find unhappy things to say.

The two didn't go back until the afternoon. Generally, the new couple returned to the door three times, and they all had to rush back to their in-laws' house before dusk.

Xue TingRang took a day off, and took another two days of leave. It was exactly three days before Xue Cui'e could be married, so he returned to the academy the next day.

Stepping into the gate of the academy, along the way, he found that the atmosphere in the academy was weird.

Obviously it is time for morning classes, but the school was extremely quiet. It wasn't until he went back to the hall and asked Mao Badou and others to know that two days after he took leave of absence, something went wrong in the academy.

Things were a bit complicated. The general situation is that there are a few students in Qingyuan Academy who have been admitted to Qinghe Academy. Somehow they contacted the students of Qinghe Academy. The two parties had a private appointment with each other. Who had thought that there was a quarrel in the middle, and they started fighting.

The number of people on both sides was similar, and naturally they were evenly matched. The result was that both sides suffered damages.

That was not too important. The key thing is that after the opponent returned, he died that night. This time the incident became a big deal, and Gao Youzhi, the owner of the Qingyuan Academy, reported to the official on the spot, and it was only after the officials from the Qingyuan Academy came that this happened.

Because the students involved are all students and have the main support of the academy, they have not been arrested for questioning at the Yamen for the time being, but they have been locked up alone, but they know that it will not last long.

On the other side, there have been several waves of students who came to Qingyuan Academy to ask for an explanation. The family of the dead student had also learned of the incident. They had a fight in front of the Academy early in the morning. Under such circumstances, morning classes are naturally not available in the academy.

"How can they make an appointment to fight in private? The two sides don't know each other, maybe someone threaded the needle?" Xue TingRang asked.

Li Datian sighed. After Chen Jian's explanation, Xue TingRang realized that it was not uncommon for students from the two schools to make an appointment with each other. The other students in the school knew more or less about it, but they just kept it from the Xiansheng and the owner.

The two academies are adjacent to each other, and they have always been competitors. There is a big competition in Huyang Township every October, and the contest is looking for the best academic hall in the township. Those who get the first place will be given the silver that the imperial court allocates for rural social studies in the next year.

In the past, Qingyuan Academy was the number one every year, and then a Qinghe Academy was born. Since then, fate has been turned around and first was replaced by Qinghe Academy and Qingyuan Academy has become the second place.

As the saying goes, all are young scholars, so who wants to stay behind? That's why these kinds of private essays were born. Most of them were competitions between some students who did better in two academies. So students were also tempted to prepare for the competition.

No wonder he didn't have this memory in his dream. It was also in his dream that when he was studying at Qinghe Academy, he was not good at learning, so he could only be a bottom student.

"What did the owner say?"

All three of them shook their heads, and Xue TingRang also realized the seriousness of it. If this matter is not solved well, the Qingyuan Academy could be removed and closed from then on.

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In the house, Lin Miao was sitting behind the bookcase, and Boss Chen paced back and forth nonstop.

"If there is no greater scheme in this, I don't believe it anyway. It's just a fight, and one can die. He must have had this idea a long time ago, just to force Qingyuan to close."

Lin Miao sighed and said: "Brother Mo Zhixian shouldn't guess too much. This is life after all. No matter how despicable and shameful Gao Youzhi is, he never makes a joke about the lives of students. I asked those students, they did do it."

"But ask who was hit?"

"There were so many people at the time, and they couldn't remember who they beat. Although the people from the county government didn't take a few students away for the sake of face, they sent someone to watch. We were not allowed to talk to them, to avoid collusion in private."

"In other words, if I said it was you, you did it, right?"

Lin Miao was silent for a moment: "I asked the people at Yamen, the student who died was named Sun He, and he was indeed there at the time."

Boss Chen wrinkled his eyebrows tightly and sat down on the chair.

If this is the case, the matter will be serious. Gao Youzhi has a close relationship with the magistrate Hu, and the county government does not allow people from Qingyuan to talk to the detained students. If they had some bad thoughts or higher scheme, it is not what you say over there, and Qingyuan's carelessness will end up having the school close down.

Even Boss Chen suspected that this was a set up from Qinghe Academy, and he wanted to force Qingyuan to close it.

"What do you want me to say about you? Why did you agree to the other person's request in the first place? You can't take the imperial test in five years. The country exam is once every three years and twice in five years. How many five years do you have?" Boss Chen looked quite a bit distressed.

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Lin Miao smiled helplessly: "Brother Mo, there was a reason at the time, and I accidentally got caught up in his trick. But if a gentleman promised, I couldn't turn back. Moreover, the national examination was difficult. At first, I took the test twice, but its hard. Since I'm not sure, there is no difference between a few years earlier and a few years later."

Boss Chen was so angry that he shook his head again and again and said, "Brother An Qi, you still think I don't know. If you said that you were a young man and didn't accumulate enough to be successful, I still believe it. But you have worked tirelessly over the years. Don't let go of the scroll, don't you say that this is just a way to show people.

"In the past, I thought you were discouraged so you packed up your bags and returned home to teach and educate people. It was a coincidence that Mr. Gao and his elders went to live on their own and Qingyuan urgently needed to be taken care of by others. But I never expected there were also these reasons. That Gao Youzhi is despicable and shameless, why should you make a promise with him as a gentleman."

Mentioning these old events, Lin Miao fell silent, and his years of experience glided past his eyes like a revolving lantern. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Brother Mo, you don't need to mention the past. What matters now is the students who have been detained."

Boss Chen was particularly indignant: "Then why don't you think that if you have the fame being a government member at this time, the villain with high aspirations can still jump? He tried his best to prevent you from going off the court, but he was afraid that you would be lifted. There is no way to survive the Qinghe Academy. Brother An Qi, what good should I say about you!"

The room fell silent for a while, and neither of them spoke.

"Whatever, I know you don't want to listen to this, so I won't say it. But now the initiative is in the hands of the other party. We don't even know what happened to the dead student, so how can we solve this problem? Even if the other's parents let go, Gao Youzhi will not give up this opportunity to ruin Qingyuan."

Lin Miao said for a long time: "It doesn't matter how I am, I am afraid that the grievances between me and Gao Youzhi will harm those children."

Boss Chen stood up: "I will go out to seek help from my business relationships and friends first to see if I can find out some news. Now the only thing we can do is to drag out the time before the people from the county office take the students away. If they are taken away, I can't help anymore."

Lin Miao said ashamed: "Brother Mo, I have troubled you again."

Boss Chen waved his hand: "What's the trouble? I don't care about your face, but the old man." After speaking, Boss Chen left, leaving Lin Miao silently looking at his back.

He knew that Chen Mozhi only said this because he was afraid of making him feel guilt in his heart.

Xue TingRang discussed it for a long time with the others, but none of them came to any conclusions.

They are not the present parties after all, and they can't help much, so they can only wait and see what follows.

At noon, the four of them went to the dining hall for dinner. The dining hall, which was very lively in the past, was particularly bleak today. Most of the students are dumbfounded, and they don't seem to have much energy.

There was still no class in the afternoon, only a Zaifu came to tell the students that they could sort out the books by themselves in the hall. This was the case for two consecutive days, and people were panicked for a while.

Mao Badou went out for a walk, and many students in the dormitory were panicked, and there was no calmness or reasoning.

In the afternoon, there was a loud noise outside, and many students walked out of the hall, and they heard someone say that there was another disturbance in Qinghe Academy.

You return my grandson's life. Don't think that we don't know you bribed the government and saved those people who harmed my grandson. The murderer must pay with his life and the debtor must pay his debts, you scholars have rotten hearts, and the books you've read are all in a dog's stomach..." The old woman babbled endlessly, repeating these words over and over again.

She didn't say much, but the Qinghe Academy students around her were quite sharp.

She was citing classic books as the basis for her argument and making oblique accusations. The meaning of her words is to force Qingyuan Academy to hand over the students involved.

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Meng Xian Sheng and Mo Xiang sheng were standing in front of the door, along with several officials of the academy.

In this case, they do not know what to say apart from some ineffective explanation. The only thing they could do is prevent these people from rushing into the academy.

"Old lady, we did not bribe the government. Now those students have been locked up. They are being watched by the government, and the truth will come to light soon. Don't worry, if your grandson is really dead because of my Qingyuan Academy, we will definitely give you an explanation." The curator Lin Miao walked out of the door and said to the old woman who was swearing.

The old woman looked at him with a pair of old eyes. After listening to the explanation from the students of Qinghe Academy, she knew that this person was the owner of the Qingyuan Academy, that is, the person protecting the students who harmed her grandson.

With a scream, she pounced over, kicking and beating Lin Miao: "Oh, you are so wicked, but you still dare to come out. You killed my grandson. Do you know how our family provides for He'er to study? How difficult is it? My grandson is smart. His teacher said that he will be able to take the imperial exam right away. Now he is killed by you. I will kill you, beat you to death..."

The scene suddenly turned into chaos. Lin Miao's clothes were torn, his hair was untidy, and a few bloody cuts were on his face. He looked quite battered and exhausted.

You must know that the owner of the museum has always been strict in self-discipline, always upright, and meticulous. Usually students see him in his old clothes, but he doesn't even have a fold in his clothes. When has he ever looked and said such things so unbefitting of a scholar like today?

Some students couldn't bear it anymore and rushed up.

"If you have something to say, just speak. Why are you assaulting him?"

"Even if someone in your family dies, it's not the Xian sheng who killed him. Go find whoever is responsible for killing him."

Seeing people from Qingyuan rushing up, Qinghe's students became timid at the moment and couldn't help but back away. The old woman immediately sat on the ground, got up and rolled, shouting while rolling: "They've hit someone, hit someone. The people at Qingyuan Academy have committed murder! Lost your conscience, you blackhearted people! "

When Xue TingRang and others rushed to the gate, they saw this situation. Fortunately, there are two academies in Qingyuan and Qinghe on this street, and they are remote, otherwise it is unknown how many people will come to watch the excitement.

"Tsk, how do I feel that this is not like a case where someone died, but like some rogue coming to blackmail." Mao Ba dou bickered and stroked his chin.

Xue TingRang's eyes flashed, and Li Datian and Chen Jian shook their heads again and again, saying that he was still so unserious at this time.

"You can't let the owner and the two teachers suffer. Let's go up and have a look."

"Wait." Xue TingRang said suddenly.

He looked around, walked into the door with few strides, and turned back soon, but there was an extra potted plant in his hand. He squeezed into the crowd without saying a word, and the three including Mao Badou quickly followed.

When he finally reached the innermost point, he slammed the potted plant to the ground, and the potted plant broke apart and made a loud noise.

"Stop, give me silence."

Suddenly there was silence on the court, and everyone looked at this inexplicable person.

"There is someone who died in your family?" he asked, pointing to the old woman on the ground.

Without waiting for the old woman to speak, a student from Qinghe spoke next to him: "Do you know how to speak? It is in vain that you are a scholar. Is there a scholar who speaks like that..."

"Answer me first. Did someone die in your family?"

The old woman was shocked by him and nodded blankly.

"Since your family member is dead, why didn't you go back and prepare for his funeral. Why are you here to make trouble?"

The old woman was shocked by his arrogant and shameless statement, and it took a long time to regain her energy: "My grandson was by your Qingyuan Academy..."

Xue Tingpan interrupted her again: "Where did your grandson die?"

The old woman subconsciously said: "We only received news from the academy early in the morning that my grandson was beaten to death..."

"That means that your grandson didn't died in Qingyuan Academy?" The old woman just nodded, and Xue TingRang said again: "Since he died in Qinghe Academy, why are you coming to our Qingyuan Academy to make noise? I don't know what to say!"

"The owner said that your students from Qingyuan killed him..."

"The owner of Qinghe said that it was our students from Qingyuan who killed us, and so it must be us who killed them? Then we can also say that the person died in the Qinghe Academy, and the people in the Qinghe Academy killed them. To escape the charge, they deliberately shifted the blame. Old lady, you are also someone who has lived for a long time, and you still don't understand this? Have you ever heard of the thief crying and catching the thief. We and your grandson have no grievances or enmity. What purpose would we have to kill your grandson?"

"This……"

"By the way, your grandson is really called Sun He?"

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Hearing this little scholar in front of her ask her this, the old woman subconsciously said: "Of course my grandson is called by this name. This name was chosen by the most educated person in my village. You, young man, are really asking strange questions."

Xue TingRang's eyes flashed, and he looked at the old woman's expression.

But no matter how he looked at her, the old woman's expression doesn't look like she lied. Could it be that there is really something wrong with this?

Just as Xue TingRang fell into contemplation, changes had taken place in the crowd.

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As if they had already planned it out, the people at Qinghe Academy swarmed up.

"What do you people in Qingyuan want to do? Grandmother, don't tell him any more. The people in Qingyuan Academy are the most cunning, and that's how Sun He followed their way that day lost his life!"

"You are really turning black to white, don't think that you can bully us just because you have more people."

"Let's go quickly, lest we suffer a big loss. We will tell the owner before coming back."

The dozen or so students from Qinghe rushed to their feet, pulled the old woman up, and swept away like a gust of wind.

Seeing this group of people finally leave, everyone can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Master, are you okay?" Meng Xian Sheng asked.

Lin Miao wiped his face and shook his head: "I'm fine."

Mr. Mo sighed next to him: "That's good."

The three of them looked at each other, and they seemed battered and bruised, no longer looking like scholars.

"Are you all okay?" Lin Miao asked, looking at the students around him.

"Master, we are all fine."

"Since you are fine, it's all good. Let's go in first."

Everyone filed in. When it was Xue TingRang's turn, Lin Miao suddenly said, "Xue TingRang, come with me."

Mao Badou and the others looked at Xue TingRang anxiously, but couldn't say anything. They could only walk in with the rest of the group, and Xue TingRang followed Lin Miao to the house.

After entering the room, Lin Miao went to the inner room to change.

After coming out, he has recovered to the previous upright and rigorous curator, and the blood marks on his face have faded a lot. After he came to the bookcase, he sat down and glanced at Xue TingRang: "Thank you for helping everyone out. It's just that the victim is heartbroken. You shouldn't take the opportunity to use their pain to achieve your own goals, even though you meant to do it for the good of everyone."

Lin Miao sighed: "You are clever and witty, courageous and strategic, but the only thing is you are good at forced sophistry, which makes people unhappy. You need to know that a gentleman stands tall in the world and he is upright. The gentleman should be generous and virtuous. Do not deceive the heavens, do not deceive people, do not deceive the heart, do not deceive the world, and you become a true gentleman.

"That day, brother Mo led you to this academy. He originally wanted me to accept you as a disciple. But I don't want to accept a disciple for the time being. But you need to keep in mind that a gentleman has to know what can be done and what cannot, not using his cleverness to take shortcuts. If you continue like this, I am afraid that you will miss your own opportunities in the future."

Therefore, Lin Miao really doesn't know how to express himself. Others came up to help with enthusiasm, but when it fell into his mouth, it became cleverness and forcible sophistry.

However, it can be seen that he was earnest and instructive, and Xue TingRang could not be disgusted. He also knew that the judgement made by the owner of him was probably derived from the matter of Mao Badou's collection of books that day.

After Xue TingRang had that dream, his temperament and behavior have changed drastically, and two people have already said the same things with him.

One is Zhao'er, and the other is Master Lin in front of him.

In his heart, he didn't care about those things, and he was willing to be agreeable, because it was Zhao'er. At this time this person said the same thing, Xue TingRang felt a need to rebut.

"I don't know what the owner means by a gentleman?" He asked suddenly.

Lin Miao was taken aback, and replied: "A gentleman should be cautious first. Do everything he can to reach the extremes."

This quote comes from the "University", and comes from two different sentences. A gentleman is first to be careful about his virtue means the first thing a gentleman should do is to cautiously improve his virtues. Doing everything to extremes means that a gentleman is pursuing the most perfect moral realm all the time.

"I know the teachings that a gentleman is magnanimous and a villain is small minded, but reality is the complete opposite. In this world, it is usually the villain who is full of arrogance, and a gentleman who suffers persecution and humiliation. For example, what Lin master and the two Xiansheng have suffered today."

"Qing is clear, and Chu is distinct. Even if a gentleman will suffer for a while, the truth will come to light one day and become known to all."

"If the truth is exposed when one is already dead, what's the use of the truth?"

Lin Miao took a deep look at Xue TingRang, and did not get annoyed by his impertinence. Instead, he said: "A gentleman who has a big heart will follow the heavens, and when he is careful, he will be afraid of justice; knowing is clear and classy, and stupidity is stubborn and without law; see the cause to stop respecting, see closed to respect and align; happiness is harmony and reason, worry is quiet and violation; general is clear and poor, but covenant and detailed. The small person is not, the big heart is slow and violent , Be careful, you will be obscene and indulge; knowing you will steal and gradually, stupidity will be thief and chaos; see the cause, you will pay and be stubborn, see the closed, you will resent and risk, happy will be light and frustrated, worry will be frustrated and frightened; general will be arrogant and frightened. On the other hand, the poor will be frustrated. The legend says:'The gentleman enters twice, and the villain loses both.1' This is also what it means."2

This statement comes from "Xunzi", there was originally a sentence at the beginning, the gentleman is the opposite of the villain. But it was omitted by Lin Miao. The main idea is to use both the gentleman and the villain to enumerate the pros and cons.

A gentleman will follow the path of heaven when he is ambitious, and when he is careful, he will respect the best way of behavior and restrain himself; when he knows, he will understand things and understand the types of things; when he does not know, he will be correct and respectful and follow the laws; when he is put in importance he will be respectful and restrained; when not not, he will be reverent and equal; when happy, they will be compliant and reasonable; when they are worried, they will calm and leave; when they are wealthy they will be elegant and bright; when they are poor they will be thrifty.

But the villain is the opposite.

Lin Miao didn't mean to humiliate. In fact, he had the heart to teach.

Xue TingRang smiled: "It is the quality of the bow and arrow, the forest is luxuriant and the axe comes."

Lin Miao used the words of "Xunzi" to teach, and Xue TingRang also used the words of "Xunzi" to deal with it, but because he took the meaning out of context, this sentence completely lost its original meaning. It became, 'Since the target has been set up, don't blame the arrow for shooting. The trees are luxuriant, so naturally the axe will come.'

What he meant was no matter how a gentleman cultivated his virtue, it was useless, because a villain would always come like a tarsal maggot, and it was always the gentleman who was hurt.

Hearing this sophistry answer, Lin Miao was dumbfounded, and couldn't return from his thoughts for a long while.

After a long time, he sighed a little: "You seem respectful, but in reality you are rebellious. Everyone knows that a gentleman has three fears: fear of destiny, fear of adults, and fear of saints. The villain does not know this and so does not fear. Oh well. One day you will be burnt by your reckless actions. Well, now that you are still young, this old man will teach you well in the future."

Xue TingRang said in his heart: So I am not a gentleman, but a villain. Before he finished this phrase, he realized the other sentence.

Could it be said that his expression of his unbridled and evil deeds, not only did not attract disgust, but made Lin Master feel admiration and wanted to accept him as a disciple?

Now it was Xue TingRang's turn to be surprised.

Seeing this, Lin Miao showed a smile: "After this, the teacher will teach you well."

This, this, can he say no?

Even if it was wise and sophistry Xue TingRang, he is a little dizzy now.

He pursed his mouth and said, "What the owner should care about at this time is how to protect himself."

This time it was Lin Miao's face that turned dark.

Xue TingRang didn't stay long and left soon.

Basically means, The boundary between the two lies in the difference in personal qualities and the difference in the spiritual world

this was hard to translate… I apologize if I didn't get it all right since even I don't know what they were saying sometimes. For me, this was like reading Shakespeare.

On the way back to the house, what he was thinking about was his dream.

He would ask the old woman that way before, precisely because of an event that happened in his dream. He actually met this old woman, but because he didn't pay attention at the time, and the other party was described vaguely, he just pushed it out of his mind. It wasn't until he got close this time that he remembered who this person was.

Ezoic

In that dream, a student died in Qinghe Academy. At that time, it caused a lot of panic in the school, but it was suppressed by the masters and the owner, and the students were afraid to speak.

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The student who died was called Sun Hei, not Sun He.

The name Sun He does not exist in Xue TingRang's memory. And this incident did not happen in that dream. It may have happened but he didn't know it, because in that dream, he was excluded, always alone and never interacting with others.

Ezoic

But it was precisely these trivial things that were brought together, and Xue TingRang felt that there must be something strange in it.

He couldn't tell the specific details for the time being, but he smelled a scent of conspiracy.

After returning to the hall, Mao Badou and the others gathered around and asked what the master of the pavilion told him, if the master praised him.

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Xue TingRang touched his nose. He was not praised, but was rather scolded and labeled a villain. However, he would definitely not talk about this kind of thing, but said that he had discovered something and needed a few people's help.

Xue TingRang would not mention dreams. He just said that he had met the old woman, and by chance he knew that her grandson was not Sun He, but Sun Hei.

These two characters have the same sound, but the characters are different.

Therefore, as soon as Xue TingRang said this, the three of them also thought it was suspicious. In particular, Mao Badou immediately became excited.

"I smell a conspiracy!"

After the four people looked at each other, Chen Jian asked, "What methods do you have, TingRang?"

"I was able to get some information out of the old woman. She once said that her grandson's name was given by the most educated person in their village. For this plan, we only have to find out where that person is. As for the others, we should just leave it for now."

"Okay. It's just how should we find them? Who knows where this family is from in these ten miles and eight townships."

"Even if it's hard, we have to try."

"Or, let's tell the owner?" Li Datian said.

Mao Badou immediately said: "Why should we tell the owner? This is the time for us to turn the tide. If this is done, we will be the great saviors of the academy in the future. Maybe the master will appreciate us and accept us as disciples. What? I heard people say that the master never accepts disciples. Yu Ziyou and the others are scrambling to become disciples."

Speaking of this, one naturally thinks of Yu Ziyou and others who are now behind bars.

Ezoic

This time the literary fight was led by Yu Ziyou. Only 20 students in Qingyuan entered Class A, and now more than half of them are in jail. Both Yu Ziyou and Wang Qi were on this list, but Hu Lianshen escaped because of diarrhea that day.

Let's not mention that yet. Since it was decided, the four of them discussed how to get out of the school.

Because of the panic in the past few days, several students in the academy have already returned home because they were afraid of being implicated.

These people are naturally despised by the students who stay in the academy and feel that they are greedy for life and fear death. Not to mention these, this gave Xue TingRang and others a chance to go out smoothly. Because the four of them also left, it caused the remaining students to spurn, so I won't describe them one by one here.

Ezoic

Lin Miao received the news, smiled lonely, and was immediately relieved.

Xue Tingwan's move was an exact response to what he said before, that the villain has the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Well, the two of them seemed not to have the fate of being master and apprentice.

The four of them left the academy without knowing where they were going.

Walking in the street, a mule cart suddenly stopped in front of them.

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"Ting'er, why are you here? The academy is closed today?"

It was Zhao'er.

Gao Sheng drove the mule cart while she was sitting on the side wearing a man's shirt. After the cart stopped, she jumped down and stopped in front of the four.

Although Zhao'er said so, her eyes were solemn, and she clearly suspected that the four of them had sneaked out.

"Ah, sister..." It was Mao Badou.

He scratched his head and didn't know what to call her. Don't look at how he plays around with TingRang on a regular basis. When he really met her, he didn't dare to call that old tiger's fiancee "sister-in-law". He was not only afraid of being beaten to death by Zhaoer, but also afraid of being killed by Xue TingRang's cold stare.

He had a good start, and Li Datian and Chen Jian also honestly called Zhaoer Jie. Especially Li Datian, he didn't even pay attention to the fact that he is older than Zhaoer. 1

This greeting of calling her sister made Zhao'er smile, and also made Xue TingRang's face turn black.

He didn't like it but kept it in and said to Zhaoer: "Don't think too much about it. We didn't come out for fun, but something happened."

"What's the matter?" Zhao'er asked, and then said: "Get in the cart and talk, where are you going, I will send you over."

Regardless of the fact that there is nothing wrong with this statement, it is just a smooth sentence, but Xue TingRang heard a trace of surveillance. This is the case with Zhao'er. Even if there is any dissatisfaction with his words and deeds in the heart, if it is not important and she will not point it out straightforwardly. Most of the time, she used roundabout methods.

In this case, Xue TingRang couldn't hide it, so he explained what happened in the academy and his discovery.

"You are really, this kind of thing is naturally the more people who help, the better, yet you are deliberately hiding it." Zhao'er laughed, and did not say a childish sentence.

"It's just I don't want this matter to reach the ears of others. I assume there may be spies in the academy." Xue TingRang said.

Jie means older sister while Mei means younger sister. Therefore, Li Datian should call her Zhao'er Mei Mei since he is older than her

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