Sugar Jar [Rebirth]

After returning from the private school, Shi Chen asked people to buy many small fish.

He placed the jade-carved fish basin on the upper left side of the room, and suddenly there was something extra in the originally simple and elegant room, which seemed a bit out of place.

The servants gently put the small fish into the fish basin. The water in the basin was scooped from the lotus pond, and there were some green algae.

Shi Chen threw the bait down casually, and the small fish in the water seemed to sense the presence of food, and quickly swam over to eat the fish food.

Just as Xi Xin put the things back, when she came here, she saw other things suddenly appearing in the room.

He stepped forward and took a look, "Little goldfish!"

Xi Xin followed the kitten by his lap, walking around his calf from time to time, and making a slight coquettish meowing sound.

Shi Chen put part of the bait in his palm, and asked with a smile, "Would you like to try it?"

"En!" Xi Xin nodded happily.

He put the fish food into the water, and the little fish immediately swam over, leaned into Xi Xin's palm, and ate the food carefully.

Xi Xin smiled and rolled her eyes, "They'll bite my hand, it's so itchy."

He looked at Shi Chen, the smile in his amber eyes gradually spread.

Shi Chen couldn't help laughing along with him.

Then he glanced at the kitten next to Xi Xin's leg, seeing that Xi Xin's attention had been attracted by the newly bought little fish, no matter how much it rubbed against his leg, he just reached out his hand to comfort it, and then put the bait back Feed the little goldfish.

Shi Chen's mouth raised a cold arc, thinking, yes!Look at how you will steal people from me in the future.

The little furball huddled up in aggrieved, pawed at Xi Xin's trousers, trying to climb up along the hem of his clothes.

"Xi Xin." Shi Chen said suddenly.

"Huh? What's the matter?" He looked at Shi Chen with puzzled eyes.

But Shi Chen blinked at him, and said mysteriously: "Do you want to sneak out to play?"

"Ah?" Xi Xin widened her eyes, "Didn't we go out last night?"

Shi Chen lazily said: "Last night was last night, today is today, besides, the Lantern Festival will be held for three consecutive days and two nights."

Originally thinking that Xi Xin would agree, who knew that he lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and shook his head very seriously: "No."

"Ah?" Now it was Shi Chen's turn to be puzzled, "Why?"

Xi Xin said: "I haven't done the homework assigned by Master today."

Shi Chen's expression froze for a while, and then he heard Xi Xin counting his fingers and continuing: "There is also the "Book of Songs" to memorize."

Shi Chen's expression continued to be stiff.

Xi Xin looked at Shi Chen seriously, and said, "Master, I will recite Young Master's Songs of Chu tomorrow."

Shi Chen's whole body suddenly petrified.

He rubbed the center of his brows in distress, "Okay, let's not go out today, and endorse, endorse, and..."

When he said the last two words, Shi Chen's tone also seemed weak.

Compared with things like poems and songs, he really likes to dance with knives and guns, and reciting books is not as interesting as archery.

Xi Xin's serious expression suddenly softened, he nodded with a smile, "Yes! Master is obedient."

Thinking of Shi Chen's usual actions before, he hesitated for a moment, and imitated him by reaching out and rubbing Shi Chen's head, "Good boy."

Shi Chen immediately stared at Xi Xin seriously, so frightened that he quickly retracted his hand, but was grabbed.

The amber eyes gradually became foggy, Xi Xin was about to reason with him, but Shi Chen leaned in front of him and coaxed in a low voice: "Hey, touch it again."

He let go of Xi Xin's hand and looked at the boy expectantly.

Xi Xin was stunned for a moment, and he raised his eyes in doubt, almost thinking that he had just experienced auditory hallucinations.

Shi Chen had already lowered his head at this time, and leaned in front of Xi Xin.

Xi Xin looked at the head that suddenly appeared in front of her, and was stunned for a while, then smiled, stretched out her hand, and stroked it gently.

"Meow!" The kitten who was ignored by them reminded dissatisfiedly.

Xi Xin came back to his senses, only to remember that he had neglected the kitten for a long time, and felt a little guilty, so he quickly picked it up and kissed the little furball on top of it, "Be obedient." He coaxed softly.

The kitten was well groomed now, its blue eyes were as clear as water, and its tail flicked, dangling back and forth in Xi Xin's palm.

Seeing it pitifully trying to arouse Xi Xin's sympathy, Shi Chen stared at the kitten with an unkind expression.

This guy is usually not so clingy in front of other people, and he always pesters his family Xi Xin, which is really a headache.

Remembering that this cat was brought back by someone himself, Shi Chen wanted to go back in time and kill that unconscious self.

At first, I thought that raising some more things might make Xi Xin stop pampering this little furball so much and devote part of her energy to herself, but who knew that when this little guy acted coquettishly and cutely, Xi Xin's heart softened immediately.

Xi Xin hugged the kitten, gently picked it up, brought it close to her face, and kissed it again.

The curvature of his face is very gentle, especially when dealing with small animals, he is very patient. When he bends his eyes and smiles, two small dimples that are not deep and not shallow will appear on both sides of his cheeks, making him look even more cute cute.

Seeing that his hands were itchy, Shi Chen couldn't help reaching out to touch the dimple next to his cheek.

Xi Xin's body was a little stiff, and his eyes were a little dazed. He looked at Shi Chen puzzled, obviously not understanding why the good-looking Second Young Master thought of rubbing his face again.

"Rub other people's faces without touching their heads." Xi Xin muttered in a low voice, turned around holding the kitten, and stood aside angrily, ignoring this hands-on guy.

The kitten tilted its head to look at Xi Xin, and then let out a soft cry.

Xi Xin immediately smiled, her eyes curved into crescent moons again.

"Be good, be good." He bowed his head in front of the little fur ball, put his face against its little head, and smiled softly.

"Cough!" Shi Chen coughed heavily, with a straight face, trying to establish his majesty as a young master.

Xi Xin turned her head inexplicably and looked at him puzzled.

Shi Chen's momentum suddenly weakened, and he asked in a low voice, "Are you hungry?"

In fact, it was still early for dinner, he just wanted to find a reason to talk to Xi Xin.

Xi Xin shook her head: "Not hungry."

After a while, Xi Xin seemed to remember something, and suddenly put the kitten on the ground, and said softly to it: "You play here for a while."

Xi Xin walked up to Shi Chen, stretched out his hand to hold him, and walked to the study.

This was the first time his little bookboy took the initiative to hold his hand, Shi Chen froze, subconsciously followed Xi Xin obediently.

He looked sideways at the person next to him.

Under the dim light, her clean and flawless face looked strangely obedient, as if glowing with a faint light.

Before Shi Chen came back to his senses, he saw his little book boy let go of his hand, walked to the desk in a familiar way, picked up the "Songs of Chu" on it, and then smiled at him.

——"Master, let's endorse!" He said happily, as if looking forward to it.

Shi Chen's body, which was already frozen, was almost frozen into one piece at this moment.

He stared blankly at Xi Xin, then looked down at the not-too-thin "Chu Ci" in Xi Xin's hand.

"Okay, okay..."

"The emperor descended to Beizhu, his eyes were dim and sorrowful..."

He and Shi Chen read "Chu Songs" together, and the two of them read the poems in it almost at the same time, Shi Chen's voice was sonorous and powerful, but Xi Xin's voice was softer and softer.

Mrs. Shi came in, and was stunned for a moment when she heard the sound of reading from the yard.

She turned her head and said to the housekeeper: "It seems that I have found the right book boy for Chen'er. Look, I used to refuse to study no matter how much I persuaded you, but now I am active."

Zhang Guanshi smiled: "Second Young Master is smart, he must be able to understand Madam's intentions."

Mrs. Shi smiled and said nothing.

When he came to the house, the servants waiting outside the door were startled, and were about to report, but Mrs. Shi waved his hand to make him quiet, and the servants had no choice but to keep their mouths shut.

Zhao Guanshi, who was in charge of the second son's courtyard, felt a little uneasy.

The second young master attaches great importance to the rules of his own yard, if he knows that he knows and does not report, he will definitely be punished.

However, it would be wrong to let him ignore Madam's orders.

It's really a dilemma.

The servant next to him didn't understand his caution, and asked puzzledly, "Guan Zhao, what is this?"

He patted the boy on the head vigorously, and said in a low voice: "After Madam leaves, if anyone wants to survive, please go in and plead guilty before Xi Xin leaves."

The little servant rubbed his head in pain, and responded knowingly.

As soon as Mrs. Shi and the others walked in, Shi Chen noticed it. He glanced outside, then put the book away, smiled at Xi Xin and said, "Recite it later."

Xi Xin nodded obediently.

Mrs. Shi didn't say much when she entered the room, she just told Shi Chen, "I've prepared the gift, and tomorrow you can take it to the Elder's Mansion opposite to visit your aunt Yun."

Shi Chen frowned: "What are you doing to see her?"

Mrs. Shi said: "Your eldest aunt is ill, you should go and see it out of reason."

"It's fine if you go?" Shi Chen really didn't want to face their hypocritical faces.

Mrs. Shi laughed: "If I go, I'm afraid her condition will get worse."

Mr. Shi and his wife, Yun's, have been staring at the titles in the mansion. If Mrs. Shi came over this time, I'm afraid that she will think too much, thinking that she is demonstrating against her.

Shi Chen has also reached the age when he should learn how to communicate with others. When his elder brother was his age, he was already taken by Master Hou to meet various people in the officialdom.

Mrs. Shi brought her words to this point, but Shi Chen couldn't refuse anymore, but he couldn't help but think about it. It seemed that this didn't happen in his previous life, and he had never heard of Mrs. Shi's illness.

Shi Chen suddenly asked: "Did you come here just to talk about this matter?"

If it's just such a trivial matter, you can just let the servants come over and tell you, why bother.

Mrs. Shi covered her mouth and smiled, her eyes fell on the various books on the table, the smile deepened on her lips.

"Listen to your father, Chen'er has become much better recently, which aroused my mother's curiosity, so I came here to have a look."

Shi Chen expressionless: "Then you see it now?"

Mrs. Shi accepted it as soon as she was good, and she didn't want to tease him anymore, so she nodded lightly: "You have a rest, I'm leaving."

"Mother, go slowly." Shi Chen arched his hands and saluted slightly.

When we were in the courtyard, the housekeeper asked puzzledly: "Since madam knows that the second young master is very strict with his courtyard, why do you want them not to report?"

Mrs. Shi stared far ahead and smiled: "Without this matter, how can we let them understand that the only one who can really make the decision in Chen'er's courtyard is their Second Young Master, not anyone else from other places. "

"Ma'am, what do you mean?" Steward Zhang suddenly understood her intentions. After this incident, they might really understand that there is only one master they need to be loyal.

When commands and orders collide, a choice must be made.

Shi Chen punished them this time, if Mrs. Shi didn't say anything, it would be tacitly acquiescing that his decision was right.

Not long after Mrs. Shi left, Steward Zhao in Shi Chen's courtyard hurriedly brought a group of servant girls to kneel inside the house.

Xi Xin was taken aback by their sudden movements, and couldn't help but glance at Shi Chen.

Shi Chen's cold eyes narrowed a little, and when he looked back, his eyes suddenly became very gentle. He shook his head at Xi Xin, indicating that there was nothing serious.

Then when he turned his head to look down at the people, his expression became cold again.

He laughed lowly, and said slowly: "You dog slaves are actually smart."

He actually knew that he had to plead guilty to himself in front of Xi Xin, hoping that he would not punish him so severely.

Shi Chen walked over, straightened Xi Xin's skirt, his movements were very gentle, and said with a smile: "The things in the house haven't been packed yet, you go back and prepare first, I'll take you to a place tomorrow."

Xi Xin understood that the place he was talking about was probably the Grand Master's Mansion, so he nodded and left.

Before leaving, he stopped for a while, glanced at the people kneeling on the ground, looked at Shi Chen hesitantly, and persuaded softly: "Don't be angry, okay?"

Although he didn't understand what happened just now, but he also keenly sensed that Shi Chen didn't seem to be in a happy mood right now.Although when facing Xi Xin, his mood stabilized a lot, but when facing other people, that kind of obscure displeasure was very obvious.

The people kneeling on the ground breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Xi Xin gratefully.

They knew that with the young man's words, no matter how angry Shi Chen was, he would still be careful.

Shi Chen laughed, "Okay, I'm not angry."

Hearing these words, Xi Xin left with peace of mind.

Shi Chen tidied up the poems one by one and put them aside, then, as if thinking of something, he said lightly: "Three months' wages will be fined, and everyone will receive ten lashes when they go down."

Manager Zhao hurriedly led them to kneel down and thank them.

Don't say that the three-month period is nothing, even the ten lashes are just suffering from flesh and blood, and it will be nothing more than ten days and a half months.

That Yang Xueluo before was fined thirty lashes, his body was beaten to a pulp, and he was taken back by his family.

Compared to her, they had saved their lives.

The author has something to say:

Shi Chen is not good at math.

Kitten + goldfish + books = all Xinxin's energy is distracted ≠ time to pay attention to him

1+1+1=0 hahahahahahahaha