two ears pricked up

The new year is approaching, the atmosphere of the new year is lively and strong, two more people live in the compound, Lan Po is planning to buy more rice cakes and jujube candy, Bai Xi likes to eat these small snacks, he is going to school, bring more to eat Can relieve fatigue.

When people are old, there is a sustenance in their hearts, and life is always more comfortable and stable than before. It is cold and busy, but the whole heart is warm.

Early in the morning, Lan Po straddled a bamboo basket, took Black Pearl with her, and was about to go out to the market.

Bai Xi was still washing in the house, Huo Zheng walked across the courtyard, saw Lan Po standing under the eaves and opened an umbrella, went straight to her, took out a money bag from his pocket, handed it to Lan Po, and said: "Lan Po, this It’s our rent money, you accept it.”

Mrs. Lan is good, treat them with affection, Huo Zheng can't accept this affection for no reason to take advantage of the old man, he still has to give what should be given.

Lan Po was a little displeased, as an old woman, the most important thing she lacked was money, and even if she died, she would not be able to spend all the money left in the family, and would not be able to take it with her.Shaking his head and rejecting, "Good boy, you can keep the money and use it. I am old and there is nowhere to use the money."

Huo Zheng insisted on handing it over to her, and asked Lan Po to accept it in exchange for their peace of mind.

Pushing back at the door for a while, Heizhu became impatient, and yelled at the two of them, wagging his tail, pawed along the threshold, and wanted to rush outside.

Lan Po could only accept the bag of money, and thought to go out and buy more things for the two children, like Huo Zheng.

Huo Zheng is willing to spend money to buy different clothes for Bai Xi throughout the year, but he only has those few sets that he changes and washes repeatedly.

The rain was heavy, and when Bai Xi went to school, he prepared an extra pair of shoes in the car, lest he stepped on a puddle and got wet and changed into them, while Huo Zheng had been working outside all day, his shoes were soaked through, and he didn't dry them the next day It's true that Tou also wears it. It's because of his strong body that he dares to ruin himself so wantonly.

While Lan Po loves Bai Xi, she also loves Huo Zheng, treating them as her own children.

There was hot food on the pot, Bai Xi picked it up and walked across the courtyard to the backyard.

Huo Zheng was feeding the horses, seeing him coming, he disapproved: "It's warm inside, let's eat inside."

Except for the few days before and after the Chinese New Year, the school lectures as usual. Students from remote hometowns, who did not return to their hometowns during the Chinese New Year, chose to stay in the library and study hard.

Some people are afraid of losing their knowledge, one person after another, and they don't go back to celebrate the New Year.A group of wandering students studying hard gathered in the school to spend the festive season, which can be regarded as their pleasure.

This is Bai Xi's first month in the Hongyang Library. After getting off the carriage, the students entered the library one after another. Bai Xi said goodbye to Huo Zheng. After entering the library, he took off the cloak he wore to keep out the cold, revealing a plain white Confucian uniform , with the same hair crown as the other students.

He weighed the small cloth bag behind his back, and said hello to the people passing by with a smile.

Bai Xi has a gentle temper, is friendly to others, and looks fair and handsome. Although he was criticized by everyone in the first few days when he first arrived at the academy, after a month of contact, many people in the academy let go of their curiosity and guard against him. Fang Zichen has a lively temperament, Pulling him to make many classmates and friends.

Some people are willing to make friends with him, but naturally there are also some people who dislike him and sneer secretly when they speak.

The literary test last month was over, and the positions of the students changed accordingly. Bai Xi was transferred to the back seat, while Fang Zichen stayed in the middle row. The two looked at each other from a distance, feeling sorry.

Fang Zichen is good at speaking, and when Bai Xi encounters troubles on weekdays, he is the one who comes forward to rescue him.It's fine for the two to separate, but unfortunately, the person sitting behind Bai Xi is Yan Xuechong who looks at him very strangely.

The Yan family is the head of the four richest merchants in Yucheng. Yan Xuechong is the youngest son of the family. He has been doted on since he was born, and he can line up around Yucheng several times to curry favor with those who are friends with him.

Young master Yan wants the wind to get the wind and the rain to get the rain, and he has tried his best to restrain his temper in the Hongyang Pavilion for half a year, but he is angry with Bai Xi until now.

This anger stems from a literary competition not long ago.

It happened to be raining heavily that day, and the master got up and asked them to paint and compose poems with misty rain and bamboo forest.

At that time when everyone was fetching ink, the ground was wet and slippery in the rainy day, Bai Xi accidentally fell, and the inkstone in his hand fell out of his hand and hit Yan Xuechong.

Yan Xuechong had a wound on his head from the inkstone. From his face to his feet, half of his body was splashed with ink, turning into a lump of charcoal.

The students were astonished, tried their best to hold back their laughter, and finally couldn't hold back, they burst out laughing, Yan Xuechong's face turned dark, then white, then red, and left angrily.

The young master of the dignified Yan family humiliated him in front of everyone, enough to make him angry at Bai Xi, the library strictly forbids making trouble, so he had no choice but to write down this enmity secretly, whenever he met Bai Xi, he would secretly mock him However, the people who worked with Yan Xuechong also looked at Bai Xi as disliked, and ridiculed him.

The literati are not as outspoken as the villagers when they insult others. Bai Xi failed to understand all Yan Xuechong's ridicule towards him, but he could see that the other party hated him.

Animal instinct keeps him away from the other party as much as possible. Even though he seriously apologized to Yan Xuechong that day, Yan Xuechong didn't take it seriously, and always satirized him when he seized the opportunity.

There are fifty students in a class, and Bai Xi sits in an inconspicuous place in the back row, and the master can't see it around the front, so Yan Xuechong has more opportunities to play tricks on him.

The sound of reading aloud, the master reads a sentence, and everyone reads a sentence.Bai Xi shook his head and recited poems, some of them were correct, some of them were baffled, if you don't listen carefully, they look pretty good.

His ears moved, someone was laughing at him.

Bai Xi turned his head, Yan Xuechong scolded him stupidly, but he ignored it, his legs trembled suddenly, bang——

He sat down on the ground, his head buzzing.

The master and the students looked at him one after another, and the master asked, "What happened?"

Bai Xi got up and patted his buttocks, "Teacher, my stool leg is broken."

He glanced at Yan Xuechong, then calmly glanced away, ignoring the other's childish behavior.

The master asked someone to move a new stool, Bai Xi sat down again, and heard a muffled groan from behind, "Coward."

Bai Xi scratched his ears, but he couldn't hear.

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Classwork is over, Bai Xi said goodbye to Mr. Chang Tan, today Huo Zheng did not come to pick him up early, it was already late, he was wearing a cloak and hugged the small cloth bag in his arms tightly, the light of the lantern illuminated the door of the library, he stopped Waiting at the door, after a while, I heard the familiar sound of horseshoes,

"clank."

He ran close, and Huo Zheng took him into the car. Huo Zheng's palm was always warm, but now it was cold when he held it. .

He was a little uneasy, and after sitting for a while, he lifted the curtain of the car and grabbed the extra slits in Huo Zheng's clothes, "Zhengzheng, why are your clothes torn..."

Bai Xi still had other doubts, "You came here very late today..."

With the cold wind blowing, Huo Zheng asked him to put down the car curtain, "It's cold on the road, I'll tell you when I get back."

It had been a while since he entered the city, and Huo Zheng had his own plans in his heart.

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Reviewing the animal literature learned today, Bai Xi lay down in bed early, staring at the beating lights in a trance.

Huo Zheng took care of the work in the yard, returned to the room after taking a shower, closed the door lightly, and walked to the bed. Bai Xi leaned out half of his body from the bed, wrapped his arms around his waist, and buried his head in the bed. His waist moved.

Huo Zheng hugged him and lay down, covered him airtightly with the quilt, kissed his ear again, opened his mouth slowly, and told what happened late today.

Huo Zheng found a new job in Yucheng, not far from the Hongyang Pavilion, doing odd jobs in a nearby restaurant.

The Chinese New Year is coming, and Bai Xixiu's Shu Xiu, who is going to study next year, has not been settled yet, and doing things in the city, no matter how big or small, needs money.

Huo Zheng had a lot of things to consider, he had to earn money, but he couldn't stay too far away from Bai Xi. Today he found a job in a restaurant, but unexpectedly encountered trouble on the first day.

Youshi came to a drunken guest, who mistook him for his wife Hongxing's cheating, grabbed him, pushed and shoved him, Huo Zheng couldn't move, the shopkeeper rushed back from the outside, and ended this innocent disaster. solution to go.

Huo Zheng finished the matter calmly, without sadness or anger, which made Bai Xin feel uncomfortable.

He asked, "Zhengzheng, what chores are you going to do?"

Huo Zheng hugged him, deliberated, picked some lighter jobs and said, "Washing dishes, serving dishes to guests, chopping firewood."

Bai Xi stared at his deep eyebrows, "You are lying."

Huo Zheng: "..." Why is Xiaobai hard to fool after coming to the city for a month.

Huo Zheng didn't speak, but Bai Xi knew that he had guessed correctly. Thinking of Huo Zheng's work, and the cold hands when he picked him up, he closed his eyes sadly, and bit Huo Zheng's neck in anger. Go for a bite.

He opened his mouth, but he didn't want to really bite the pain. He licked a piece of meat back and forth with his tongue. Huo Zheng said that enough was enough, and then he let go of his mouth.

The Hongyang Hall is very good, he is picked up by Huo Zheng every day. In winter, there are charcoals burning in the hall, and it is warm and pleasant to sit inside for a whole day, without feeling the cold outside.

Huo Zheng treated him like a treasure in his heart, but the other party didn't even change into new clothes, Bai Xi hugged Huo Zheng tightly, wishing to melt herself into his flesh and blood.

The gentle body twisted back and forth in his arms, Huo Zheng hugged him back, and said after a long while: "Be good."

There was a more leaking sound, and the thin white eyes rolled with a lot of thoughts, and suddenly said: "Zhengzheng, today is the third day."