Since I met you, people are dying every day

Zhou Hui has always disliked his elder brother Zhou Xing since he was a child.

Zhou's family fell into decline, and his father passed away in his prime, leaving only the two brothers, who grew up under the protection of their mother.But everyone said that Zhou Xing was a blessing to the Zhou family.

Zhou Xing was admitted as a student at the age of 13, and won the exam at the age of 16.Although he failed to be a Jinshi, and his ranking in the Zhongju was not high, it was already very rare in terms of his age.Because of his young age, his mother was worried about letting him take the exam alone, and decided to move his family to the capital in a few years.In Zhou Hui's memory, his mother was always smiling when his brother was at home, and the neighbors from the neighborhood would come to visit from time to time, praising Zhou Xing as a man of talent who would surely make his ancestors famous in the future, while secretly asking his mother if he rejected him.

Zhou Hui is only four years younger than Zhou Xing, but he is completely different from his elder brother.He was born with a disheveled face, unlike his elder brother who is gentle and handsome, and he has no interest in studying, so he hangs out with the neighborhood kids all day long, and at the age of 13, he can't even touch the edge of the child's birth test.The elders in the neighborhood shook their heads repeatedly when they saw him.Mother often sighed when she looked at him.

When Zhou Xing was married, his wife came from a scholarly family and was well-known for being virtuous and virtuous.Soon after getting married, there will be joy.Everyone who saw their mother would say good fortune.The mother was beaming all day long, discussing with the clan elders, planning to move to the capital after the child was born, and also to find a husband for Zhou Xing.

However, when his mother was packing, something happened to Zhou Xing.

When the family saw Zhou Xing again, he had just been salvaged from the river and had died.

The sister-in-law who was pregnant with Liujia fainted after hearing the news, and her stomach started to attack when she woke up, and she followed after giving birth to a son.Misfortunes never come singly, the only posthumous son is mentally incomplete, not to mention reading and writing, he can't even manage his life.

Zhou Hui often thought, this is life, right?Such an excellent elder brother was snatched away by the old man.But he, such a muddleheaded idiot, grew up healthy and healthy.After the elder brother passed away, the sister-in-law's family members saw the dead body and reprimanded their family for not taking good care of their daughter. Since then, they have cut off contact with each other, making life even more difficult for their family.His mother began to force him to study. He knew that he had reached the end of the road and had to work hard.However, Xu Shizhen's talent is limited. He studied from his teens to his thirties before he barely won the exam.In recent years, the family has no income and relies entirely on clan support.He was really ashamed to ask for the expenses of going to Beijing, so he came out to teach.

Ye Sirui listened silently until he finished speaking.He raised the piece of paper, "You are talented enough to write such words."

Zhou Hui looked up in astonishment.

"It's just," Ye Sirui emphasized, "Don't let Kuang'er copy things like this."

"Yes, my lord." Zhou Hui replied with his head bowed, unable to see his expression clearly.

Ye Sirui was about to turn around and leave, then paused, and said: "You can go to the accountant and get a few months' monthly money first, to supplement the family or to take the exam in Beijing, it's up to you. The extra part can be paid back later. "

After he finished speaking, he left. Zhou Hui froze for a long time, saluted respectfully, and said loudly, "Thank you, my lord."

Ye Sirui sat in the yamen for a while, and then his subordinates presented some paperwork. He picked up the key points and read them one by one, and immediately approved them.The most important thing right now is the construction of the academy and the embankment.Dong'an County is a middle-level county, and the Wu's Academy in the county is the family school of the famous Wu family. Later, the Dong'an County Government decided to change it to a county school.A few days ago a torrential rain washed away the student's dormitory, and it was inevitable to ask the county government for some money to repair it.Fortunately, the harvest in Dong'an County was good last year, and the county government still has surplus food.Another thing is that Dong'an County is adjacent to the Yangtze River, and summer is about to enter, so it is inevitable to build dikes to prevent breaches.This is a big problem.He first approved the implementation of the previous year's practice, and while thinking about the tragedy of last year, he wrote a note to ask his superiors for instructions.

After dealing with them one by one, he ordered someone to take the lawsuit files deposited by his predecessor and pile them in his study, and then went back to the backyard to change into casual clothes.Just as he was about to go out, he noticed the little boy looking at the door.

"Kuang'er? Why don't you come over?"

Ye Kuang still stood still, "Uncle Rui is going out again?"

"Hmm." Ye Sirui heard his grievance in his tone, walked over and knelt down to hug him. "Kuang'er unhappy?"

"Uncle Rui isn't coming back at noon? Kuang'er doesn't want to eat alone anymore." Ye Kuang said, Ye Sirui moved away a little and saw his red eyes, and his heart softened immediately.In the past few years, he has lived alone with Ye Kuang. He is used to being careless and careless, and he is distracted from time to time to do other things. He has really wronged the child.

"Will Kuang'er go out together?"

"Okay!" Ye Kuang's eyes sparkled.

Ye Sirui repeatedly ordered the maid beside Ye Kuang to change his clothes.

Ye Sirui hugged Ye Kuang as he walked down the street. Originally, Ye Kuang strongly protested being carried away, but Ye Sirui thought it was too tiring to bend over and hold him, so he simply hugged him.It's just that Ye Kuang is not light, and Ye Sirui can't stand holding him for a while.

"Uncle Rui, should I come down?" Ye Kuang poked his head out of his arms again.

"No need." Ye Sirui looked normal, only he knew the pain in his arm.At this moment, he really regretted not going out in a carriage.He thought for a while, then had an idea, and walked in another direction.

"Uncle Rui, where are we going?" Ye Kuang held his arm and looked around.

"You'll know later." Ye Sirui smiled slyly.

Ye Sirui stopped at the door of a house, put Ye Kuang down, raised his hand and knocked on the door, "Brother Tianshu?"

The door opened, and Xia Shu silently looked at him and the child beside him.He is as beautiful as Ye Sirui, but he doesn't look much alike, there are only three or four points of resemblance between his eyebrows and eyes.

Ye Kuang was already full of surprises, but he still saluted Xia Shu sternly. "Ye Kuang met Uncle Shi."

Xia Shu looked down at him, becoming more silent.

Ye Kuang still didn't see any reaction from him, he was already a little scared, and looked at Ye Sirui in a panic.

"Come here, Kuang'er." Ye Sirui relieved the siege in a timely manner, "My nephew stays in the house all day, today I will take him out for a walk, Brother Tian Shu, do you want to come with me?"

Xia Shu's eyes drifted away, as if in a daze.

"Brother Tianshu?" Ye Sirui reminded him.

"Hmm..." Xia Shu's eyes finally drifted to him, and after a long time, he finally responded with a heavy voice.

Ye Sirui walked in front, Xia Shu walked steadily behind with Ye Kuang in his arms.There was no words for a long time, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Ye Sirui regretted his sudden whim.He originally wanted to go for a walk by the river and ask the farmers about the flood control situation in previous years, but he had to give up because Kuang'er followed, and the three of them walked into the downtown area.And Ye Kuang was hugged by this cold uncle, no matter how curious he was, he didn't dare to speak out.

"Cough." He coughed lightly, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere, but he didn't know what to say, so after deliberation, he asked, "Brother Tian Shu, do you know the way to control water?"

"I don't know." Xia Shu's voice was calm.

Ye Sirui also secretly laughed at himself for being too whimsical. Xia Shu is indeed well-informed, but it doesn't mean he knows everything.

"When I was on the banks of the Yellow River with my master, I heard him say that embankments can be built to tighten the river channel, so that the force of the water flow will be stronger, and the sediment at the bottom of the river will be washed away." Xia Shu said slowly while thinking.

Ye Sirui's first reaction was that it was the first time he mentioned his master, and he didn't know what kind of person Xia Shu's master would be.

Ye Kuang couldn't understand what the two of them were talking about, he was trying to see everything around him with his eyes wide open, and finally fixed his eyes on a hawker's stall.

"Kuang'er, do you want candied haws?" Ye Sirui's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Ye Kuang replied loudly, and after realizing it, he said embarrassedly: "Thank you, Uncle Rui."

Ye Sirui walked to the peddler, "I want a bunch of candied haws."

"Okay, two pennies!" The peddler immediately took a bunch of brightly colored candied haws from the shelf.Ye Sirui was about to take it, but the hand touching his waist paused.

"Let me pay." Xia Shu said, gently put down Ye Kuang, took out the copper coin, took the candied haws, handed it to Ye Kuang, and looked at Ye Sirui again, "Do you want it?"

Ye Sirui was dumbfounded.He was a little embarrassed to be treated the same as his nephew. "I don't need it."

Xia Shu got the answer, picked up Ye Kuang again, and continued to walk forward. "Have you ever eaten candied haws?"

Ye Sirui was doubting his ears, but Xia Shu actually took the initiative to talk to him?

"Yeah." Ye Kuang replied shyly.

"Eat slowly, be careful of sore teeth." Xia Shu's tone was still cold, but the concern could still be heard.

Ye Kuang also seemed to relax a bit, and began to look around curiously, asking some questions.What surprised Ye Sirui even more was that Xia Shu answered them patiently.

"He doesn't look much like you." Ye Sirui walked beside, Xia Shu said casually.

Ye Sirui was in a daze, then smiled and said: "Yes, I am not very similar to my brother."

After walking for a while, Ye Sirui just picked up the topic just now: "Your master has some knowledge, and the method of 'blasting water to flush sand' is indeed miraculous." He thought of a group of people arguing in front of him, and shook his head again. "However, the management of the water of the Yangtze River is different from that of the Yellow River. The water of the Yellow River is turbid and contains a lot of sand, so there is a lot of sand and silt on the bottom of the river. The harm is not the sand, but the flood. The waterway is not smooth, and there are rapids and dangerous shoals. When it rains, there will be floods. How to control the water is the key."

Xia Shu listened very carefully, and finally nodded, "My master also said that there are too many fields by the river, and reclaiming land will hurt the river, and it is against the way of nature."