two ears pricked up

Before dawn, Bai Xi woke up with wet and blurred eyes.

There is still the last trace of dark fire in the house, which is dark and unclear.

The rain that stopped last night started to fall again today, and the ticks fell from the window eaves. He listened attentively, and his slack eyes gradually became clear.

Turning his head slightly, he was pillowing on a muscular arm. Huo Zheng put one hand under his neck and the other hand around his waist to gently wrap him around, protecting him even in deep sleep. posture.

Bai Xi stared at his sharp eyebrows, leaned close to his thin lips and kissed them, and licked the corners of his lips with the tip of his tongue. Huo Zheng tightened his arms behind his waist, and said in a hoarse voice: "Why did you wake up early?"

The fused body temperature of the two will be warmed by the quilt, and Bai Xi lays on Huo Zheng's chest, squinting his eyes to beg for a kiss in return, and then overflows with a soft and lazy smile.

Huo Zheng looked at the sky outside the window, and patted him on the back, "I'll get up in a while, and I'll send you to Hongyang Guan to study."

After finishing speaking, she hugged him tightly, "It's cold, so it will be a bit hard."

Bai Xi rubbed his shoulders and shook his head. He had to go to school to study after he was used to farm work in the village, which really made him a little uncomfortable.

As if seeing through what he was thinking, Huo Zheng kissed him, "I'll take you there."

Bai Xi hugged the other party tightly, his face was a little embarrassed, he twisted his eyebrows strangely, and then moved his body slightly.

When he turned into a rabbit, he rubbed against the floor, but now he is Huo Zheng, white and thin, writhing unbearably, with rosy brows, and soft voices from time to time.

Huo Zheng immediately understood the reason, the young man's blood was just normal, he hugged Bai Xi and pampered him, and when Bai Xi recovered, he thoughtfully found clean cotton trousers to put on for him, but ignored the place where he was teased.

"clank."

Bai Xi saw it clearly, his eyes landed on the bulge without blinking, and he hugged Huo Zheng tightly again like a devotion, and made a comfortable voice in his throat, "You can rub me too."

Huo Zheng rubbed his waist and let go, "Hey, change your clothes first."

After all, Huo Zheng pushed the door and went out, looking for a place to deal with his body's reaction.

Bai Xi hugged the clothes Huo Zheng had prepared and sat on the head of the bed in a daze. He reached into his cotton trousers and touched his legs, which seemed to still have a slippery touch.

Huo Zheng's behavior made him feel puzzled, that's a comfortable thing, obviously Huo Zheng has hugged him before, why did he avoid him today?

In Bai Xi's heart, liking is liking, there is no need to restrain anything.

Hei Zhuzhu was eating in the living room. When Bai Xi and Huo Zheng went out, only Lan Po could play with it, and Lan Po treated it very well. I wove a small cloth jacket for my body covered in black pearls and put it on.

Hei Zhuzhu wore a small jacket, let alone how proud he was. When Bai Xi took it out for a walk, he showed it to the neighbors nearby, and said with a smile: "Someone actually dresses a dog these days!"

In the early morning, Huo Zheng drove the carriage through the streets and alleys, and when he arrived at the Hongyang Hall, he put Bai Xi down.He adjusted the felt hat on Bai Xi's head, and put the calligraphy brushes into the cloth bag one by one.

Bai Xi picked up the small cloth bag, "Zhengzheng, I'm going in."

Hei Zhuzhu squatted on the carriage and barked a few times, one person and one dog watched Bai Xi step into the school hall before leaving.

Huo Zheng didn't drive far, Bai Xi went to school on the first day, he was still worried, so he found a small noodle restaurant in the nearby alley, ordered a bowl of noodles, sat in the noodle restaurant with Heizhu and waited quietly.

-

Bai Xi was late, and when he was standing outside the school door with a small cloth bag on his back, the students who were shaking their heads and studying all stopped to look at him.

Mr. Changzhen let him in, Bai Xi was nervous, countless eyes fell on him, and Huo Zheng was not by his side, so he had to hide behind Mr. Changzhen, which attracted the students who were full of students to laugh in unison.

Mr. Changzhen looked serious, "What are you laughing at?"

The laughter stopped immediately, and Mr. Changzhen said again: "This is a new student, Bai Xi, and you will be students in the same class from now on."

He casually pointed to a seat near the front. The student on the side was Fang Zichen who had received them yesterday. Bai Xi hugged his little cloth bag and sat down.

The students in the classroom were all dressed in plain white Confucian uniforms, hats on their heads, white and light green padded jackets, and white felt hats on their heads. Sitting in a group of people, they looked out of place.

Mr. Changzhen continued to give lectures, Bai Xi was restless, and there were always several eyes looking at him from behind.

Fang Zichen spread out the scroll and sat closer to him, and whispered: "You haven't received the scroll yet, so let's read it with me first."

Bai Xi was illiterate, and shook his head softly, "I don't understand."

But Fang Zichen approached him, which made him feel a little more at ease.

He grinned at Fang Zichen, "Thank you."

Fang Zichen's expression was slightly stagnant, "You are polite, you are polite."

-

The drizzle thickened and the streets were hazy.

Huo Zheng sat in the same position for a long time, the face on the table became cold, and Heizhu, who was wearing a small jacket, was lying on the other side of the stool, his eyelids drooping.

In the cold season, business was quiet, and the shopkeepers in the restaurant had nothing to do, so they simply brought a bowl of hot noodles and sat at the table opposite Huo Zheng, chatted with him while eating, and asked him if he was waiting for someone.

Hei Zhuzhu smelled the fragrance and immediately stood up, looking straight at it, and the shopkeeper laughed loudly, "You are so funny, you are still wearing clothes."

The innkeeper teased Black Pearl and fed it some noodles. After rambling on for a while, Huo Zheng remained silent, and the innkeeper was not angry.When business comes to your door, as long as it doesn't cause trouble, they will pass by with a smile. After all, most people who do business pay attention to making money with harmony.

Huo Zheng didn't mean to be indifferent on purpose, his mind was wandering, and he had nothing to worry about at the bottom of his heart.I don't know if the people he cares about can understand what the master said, whether he has been bullied by others, and will he be afraid if so many people sit together in the classroom and study?

Huo Zheng thought too much.

In class, Bai Xi, whose head was dizzy, covered his nose and sneezed three times in a row. When he looked up, everyone, including his wife, was looking at him.

The master just talked about a poem about the Warring States period. He looked at the white and distinctive clothes, stroked his beard, and said, "What do you think of the poem I recited just now?"

Bai Xi shook his head ignorantly, and stammered: "I, I won't."

There was another burst of laughter, Bai Xi blushed, the master shook his head, motioned him to sit down, and persuaded him earnestly, "Pay attention to the class."

Mr. Changzhen's class is over, and he is going to teach the students in another class. Only half an hour can be spared to teach him animal literature after one hour.Bai Xi stayed in the classroom with the students and listened to the lectures of other masters. Finally, when the get out of class was over, after the master left, the students gathered together and whispered in his direction, saying who brought him in.

Not every student can enter the Hongyang Hall. Some people rely on their talents to study hard. They lack talents and come from their backgrounds. His clothes are not owned by a rich boy, but Mr. Changzhen has an obvious attitude towards him, and for this reason, the students are suspicious, but they don't ask him directly.

Fang Zichen saw that Bai Xi was afraid, and said with concern: "Don't be afraid, at most they will talk behind their backs and dare not do anything to you."

The rules of the library are strict. No matter if they are children from rich families or ordinary people, they are not allowed to make noise in the library. Anyone who breaks the rules will be kicked out of the library by the curator. Mr. Changzhen is not only the teacher here, but also the curator.

Bai Xi didn't know much about the relationship, he stayed in the library for lunch, there was a special place for eating in the library, he wanted to go back to have dinner with Huo Zheng, the rain was thick, Fang Zichen enthusiastically pulled him and said to take him there Tasting the chef's craftsmanship, if you can't get away, you can only stay.

The afternoon class ended early, Bai Xi picked up the small cloth bag and left, Mr. Changzhen suddenly appeared in the corridor at the other end and called him to stop.

"gentlemen."

Bai Xi trotted over, and the students all left the library. The library, which had been bustling for half a day, was completely empty. He and Mr. Changzhen looked around from time to time on the way to the study.

Stepping into the study room, a tall figure stood with his back facing him in front of the bookshelf, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Clang!"

Black Pearl rushed into his arms and wagged his tail. Mr. Changzhen signaled them to sit down, took out a few stacks of thick books from the bookshelf, carefully dusted them off, and spread out a scroll in front of them.

"This is the animal literature knowledge that this old man has recorded for several years."

Bai Xi carefully examined it and said, "I don't understand."

Mr. Changzhen laughed three times and said: "No problem, from today on, every day at this time you come to the study, I will spend half an hour teaching you, and these books you take back, you have to study carefully every day, read more, Enlighten more, ask more. Then, let’s start.”

Mr. Changzhen’s teaching is humorous and elegant, and Bai Xi is really talented in animal writing. He has memorized many words and sentences after reading them twice, and he can also extend them. , try to figure out its meaning.

Bamboo bells fluttered under the eaves of the window. After the unitary hour, Mr. Changzhen finished Bai Xi's first animal literature class, and both of them felt a little unfinished.

Huo Zheng got up and thanked Mr. Chang Tan, and led Bai Xi back on the way, but Bai Xi was still holding the scroll in his hand, shaking his head and reading something strange, stepped on the threshold under the door, and almost fell.

Huo Zheng took his scroll, carried him back to the carriage and sat down, picked up the black pearl and stuffed it into his arms, saying: "It's too dark, so it's okay to read more during the day."

As the carriage drove past the market, Huo Zheng bought more candles for lighting at night, and bought a lot of charcoal for heating.The colder the weather, the older Lan Po, Huo Zheng naturally wouldn't let an old man come out to work on these things that needed to be added.

Back in the compound, Lan Po had already warmed the hot meal by the fire. Seeing the two of them entering the house, seeing Bai Xi's gentle and handsome appearance with a small cloth bag on his back and a scroll in his hand, he smiled blindly.

There is a brazier burning charcoal in the house, and the temperature is gradually rising, which is not as cold as it used to be.After taking a bath, Bai Xi sat cross-legged on the bed with his clothes on, unfolding the scroll in his hands and stumbled to read it. After Huo Zheng had finished taking a bath, he returned to the room. When the door slammed, he hurriedly put away the scroll, pushed aside the sleeping Black Pearl, and stepped on it. He quietly opened the door and went out with his shoes on.

knock knock --

Bai Xi was waiting outside the door, Huo Zheng opened the door, as if he was used to Bai Xi always coming to his room at night, he brought people in and closed the door.

Bai Xi lay under Huo Zheng's quilt, Huo Zheng pulled him up, warmed the quilt before letting him in, acquiescing to sleep with each other.

After Bai Xi lay down, Huo Zheng lay on his side, wrapped his arm around his waist, and patted him gently, "Are you tired today?"

"Not tired." Bai Xi liked Huo Zheng's intimate touch with him, leaned close to him, smiled and arched into that fiery body, and moved.

Huo Zheng pulled him away a little, felt his reaction, frowned and said: "Xiaobai, you have to restrain yourself in this matter, you are still young, you will become weak if you do too much."

"But, but..." Bai Xi writhed, being hugged tightly by Huo Zheng.

"Xiaobai, it's not that I won't let you do it, but for the sake of your health, it's good for you to bear with it. We can come once every three days, and we must be restrained."

Bai Xi moved back and arched the opponent, although he was a little impulsive, it was not intolerable.

"Ok."

Huo Zheng kissed him between the eyebrows, and hugged him tightly with his upper body, but the lower part of his legs was slightly away, so as not to arouse Bai Xi's impulse.