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Cheng Qianren's family had a hearty and satisfying lunch, while dinner was simpler, with light and comfortable rice porridge and side dishes.

The after-lunch chatter was rarely engaged.Sometimes when talking about troublesome things, people don't want him to listen, but he always avoids them with empathy.

At dinner, only the two brothers, with the twilight and evening breeze in a courtyard, can close the door and talk about ourselves.

"I went to school this afternoon and saw that Aunt Wang and Uncle Zhang's youngest sons have gone to private schools. Does Xiaoliu want to go? It's not far, just across the street from our house."

Zhuliu was not like before, he agreed to whatever his brother said: "I don't want to go. Why don't you study at home by yourself."

Cheng Qianren gave him another bowl of porridge.

When I first moved here, neighbors from the neighborhood came to visit.Seeing that there are only two brothers in their family, they have no one to rely on, and they will send them a la carte during festivals, and ask Zhuliu to go out with his children more.Cheng Qianren also wanted his younger brother to have a normal childhood from now on, but Zhuliu was precocious, and came back after playing for half a day, saying "childish and boring, a waste of time", and went back to the room to read.

Cheng Qianren wanted to send him to study, but the private school closest to his home was full of children from the neighborhood, and the teacher taught him in a simple way, coaxing him to teach some poetry and nursery rhymes.Zhuliu took a class once, and I don't want to go again.

Since then, I have been self-study at home, and if I have any doubts, I will ask his brother. If Cheng Qianren can't answer, I will ask the teacher of the college.This method of learning is most effective for self-disciplined children.

But Cheng Qianren has other considerations when he brings up the old story again today.

Zhu Liu will enter the academy next year, he should learn to make friends with his peers.You can't be trapped in the small courtyard every day to read, write, and do housework.

Cheng Qianren thought, for such a good child, the normal childhood is gone, and it is always okay to be a young man who calls out friends and wants to be romantic.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to go to a nearby private school. I've inquired about it. There is a good private school in the south of the city. The teacher teaches very well, but he is old, and he teaches half-day classes every day. You can go after taking a nap. I will pick you up after school in the afternoon. Let's go together Go home. How's it going?"

Zhu Liu put down the bowl: "When will we go?"

"If you want, you can go next month, so that you can prepare for the admission test in the spring of next year."

Zhu Liu looked up at him: "Do you have to pay a lot of Shu Xiu?"

Most of the south of the city are rich and well-off families, there are many nobles, the best shops and restaurants are there, and the things sold are more expensive than other places.

"Who taught you to worry about this kind of thing, brother is rich!" Cheng Qianren laughed, "Then it's settled, after a few days when I have a holiday, we will go to Jinxiuzhuang and buy you two new sets of clothes."

"Brother forgot, when I ordered the winter clothes and padded jackets before the year, I bought two sets of spring clothes for me, and kept them in the bottom of the box, and I haven't had time to wear them yet."

Cheng Qianren didn't forget, he remembered most clearly how much the family owned.

"There must be a new style coming out this spring, and it's not too much to add two more sets."

Going to a new environment to make friends, people rely on clothes, we must not let Zhuliu be looked down upon by other children.Where it should not be saved, it cannot be saved.

After eating and drinking, and the important matter was settled, Cheng Qianren went to wash the dishes in a good mood.

After tidying up the yard, I played another set of fitness punches.The habit of exercising he developed in the Eastern Realm has not changed when he comes to Nanyang City, and he does a set of punches in the morning and evening.If you get sleepy in the morning or sit for a long time while reading, you should get up to relax your muscles and bones.It costs money to be sick, and you can't afford to be sick.

Suddenly he said 'Oops', went back to the house, took the old sword and started to leave.

Zhu Liu chased after hearing the sound: "It's getting dark, where is brother going?"

"There was martial law in the city a few days ago, and my boss wouldn't let me go there. I almost forgot this time too. The unaccounted books are going to pile up."

Cheng Qianren turned his head and saw Zhuliu standing in the light golden afterglow, looking up at him with his small face: "Then you should come back early."

The softest part of his heart was hit instantly, and he couldn't help but patted his brother's head.

***

The sky will be dark, and the faint ice blue will turn to black, covering the golden and red rays of the western sky.

Cheng Qianren walked towards the west market with a sword in hand. Some shops closed their doors and closed their stalls and went home. There were also taverns and casinos that had just hung up banners and started to attract customers.The lanterns under the eaves on the side of the road were lit one by one, and the warm yellow light illuminated the stone path.

It is the late spring season, and customers who eat noodles like to sit on the street.The shade of the trees is like a cover, and the cool breeze brings the fragrance of the grass and trees, which is very comfortable.There was no one sitting in the store.

Cheng Qianren watched as the owner served noodles to the guests, then slumped back to the rocking chair behind the counter.

He put the old sword against the wall: "Boss, I'm going to take care of it."

The host answered him lazily.

The space behind the counter was small, and the two of them were inevitably squeezed, so Cheng Qianren took the ledger and abacus and sat down at the square table to calculate.

The crisp beading sound echoed in the store.Before he knew it, the sky was completely dark, the guests had finished eating and left, the chatter and laughter at the door had dissipated, and his account was still not settled.

Cheng Qianren frowned, and muttered to himself: "What's the matter, the accounts don't match the facts, and there's a difference of four or two."

A voice came from behind the counter: "I took four taels of silver to buy wine today, but I didn't remember it."

Cheng Qianren almost pounced on him and picked up his collar and shook it violently: "Long Dim Sum, my boss, you are definitely cheated for being so expensive. We can't earn a few taels a month!"

"What wine do you drink, let's buy it together next time I go to buy rice noodles..."

While talking, the young man in purple came into the store and sat down opposite him: "Boss, come for a bowl of Yangchun noodles."

The host didn't show any respect to the guest, and he was still slumped on the chair: "The noodles are in the pot, scoop them out by yourself. You can add whatever ingredients you want."

Gu Xuejiang had no choice but to enter the back kitchen by herself.

When he came out, Cheng Qianren had already cleared up all the pens, ink, and abacus on the table, and handed him a pair of chopsticks: "Laughing like this, have you made money?"

Gu Er was in high spirits: "Just now I met a rich man, I won't be out this month."

"You really haven't opened for three years, and you have to wait for three years after opening."

The steaming hot noodles are thin and translucent, firm and smooth.The chopped fungus, tofu and carrots are sprinkled with a layer on top. The color is rich and very beautiful.

Gu Xuejiang ate half a bowl in one go before she was in the mood to chat.

"That is, I dare not say anything else. I am definitely the top three in Nanyang City for the craftsmanship of painting pictures of beauties."

Cheng Qianren smiled and said, "I don't know if there will be a picture of beauty in the battle of the two colleges... I'm going to sign up for the literary test, and the top 300 will have [-] taels. What do you think?"

In the early spring, new students were recruited, and in the early autumn, the two colleges began to fight.He is starting to think about it now, and there is still nearly half a year of preparation time, which is plenty.

Gu Xuejiang was stunned: "Did you read last year's competition regulations?"

"I haven't read the regulations yet, but recently I'm looking at the scope of the essay test. What's the matter, isn't it a lottery system?"

"It is true that it is a lottery, but in the preliminary round, four people must form a team, with two literary skills and two military skills. The total score determines whether they can enter the semi-finals. This is a new regulation that was implemented last year. It is said that the current students only know how to be alone. Encourage cooperation. Of the three of us, only Xu Ran can participate in the martial arts test. It was okay before, she can find a classmate to make up the number, but now..."

It doesn't take Gu Xuejiang to finish, Cheng Qianren already understands.

Now that Xu Ran's identity is in the clear, and his classmates can't avoid it, who will come to team up with them?

Cheng Qianren sighed: "Eat the noodles first, it's getting cold."

If it is said that the 300 taels is missed, he is not reconciled and has to think of a way.

The owner's voice sounded: "Are you short of money recently?"

Cheng Qianren turned around: "It's been fine recently. There will be money to be spent in the early spring of next year..."

But the owner suddenly raised his eyes to look outside the shop door, his expression changed slightly, and his long eyebrows frowned.

Cheng Qianren followed his gaze and saw that it was empty and dark, only the paper lanterns in front of the door were blown by the spring breeze.

It was clear that everything was as usual, but he felt heart palpitations for no reason.

After two breaths, a black shadow approached the door.Soon after being fully exposed to the light again, Cheng Qianren heaved a sigh of relief—it was just a person sitting in a wooden wheelchair.

The person in the wheelchair said, "Boss, I want to buy a bowl of noodles."

The sound drifts in the spring breeze, the clearer it is, the better it sounds.

With her back to the door, Gu Xuejiang was still burying her head in eating noodles, when she heard the sound, she only said, "A guest is here."

Cheng Qianren stood up, trying to help the man push the wheelchair through the door.It is not easy to go out to eat noodles with handicapped legs and feet.

At this time, if he turned his head to look at the expression of his boss, he would not move if he had 1 courage.

The wheelchair is very light, and so is the person, and it is easy to enter the threshold.Cheng Qianren looked down and happened to meet a pair of black eyes.

In the brightly lit store, the faces of the customers can be seen clearly.

After Gu Xuejiang finished eating the noodles, she raised her eyes and dropped her chopsticks in shock.

Cheng Qianren faced Zhuliu every day, and it was difficult for him to be impacted by ordinary beauty.

But this man is different.

Plain white robes, soft black hair, porcelain white complexion, thin red lips, light and distant eyebrows, a few simple colors, are breathtakingly beautiful.

If we say that the beauty of chasing the flow is a gift from the creation of heaven, it is beautiful but not demonic.

This person is just the opposite, with evil spirits in the corners of his eyes and brows, which makes people swayed.

Cheng Qianren came back to his senses first, and coughed lightly, waking Gu Xuejiang awake.One side pushed the wheelchair and placed the person at another table.

"Chicken soup wontons, Yangchun noodles, sour soup noodles, what do you want to eat?"

The guest laughed.