Sang Yi was only eight years old when he first lived in Xie's house. He remembered things late, and he couldn't explain anything clearly when others asked him. He only knew his own name, and he half understood everything else.When Xie Yuan took him back to his room, when the servant girl in charge of Xie Yuan's room asked him something, she couldn't remember what she asked and answered. The elder brother held his hand, the hands were very warm, so that his stiff fingers were slightly relieved, and he also escaped from the contemptuous and hostile eyes behind him.In that winter's snowy field, other people looked at him coldly and mocked him, and threw him away with school classes, but he was the only one who picked him up, wiped off the snow off his body, and brought him back to him.
It was like a dream, and when Sang Yi woke up, Xie Yuan was no longer there, so he felt it was a dream even more.
He answered the old maid's question honestly.
Where do you live?do not remember.He grew up eating a lot of food, and lived in a low bluestone hut behind the brothel. In rainy days, water would come down from the top of his head and seep in from the bricks beside the bed, just like the unstoppable sounds of love between men and women upstairs. During that time, he was raised by an unattractive young man.Later, the young man couldn’t receive any customers and died of illness. He was taken away to another place. This time, he was replaced by an old woman who sold sesame seed cakes. His own son had already grown up and went out to take the imperial examination. He didn’t return home once in three years. .
The aunt pointed at those people in the brothel and scolded the street: "I didn't see you worrying about the baby's life and death when I was raising it. When I left, I remembered that the little baby is beautiful? Why should I give you an innocent child?" Ruin? You guys are ruined." There were also some unsavory words, Xiao Sangyi followed and listened, quietly remembering them in her heart, but never said them out.The aunt made sesame seed cakes for him for more than a year. Later, her shoulder was injured by a rolling stone on the side of the road, and she couldn't lift her hands. Sang Yi followed suit to learn how to make sesame seed cakes.A small child, standing on the bench and kneading the dough, holding the tongs and sticking the spread bread on the wall of the fire barrel, always makes people feel that his whole body is about to fall into it.In the second year, the aunt's son failed the exam, came back and inherited the biscuit stall, and later got married again.The married girl is like a proud peacock bird, showing off all the time, and she doesn't like having children at home. She always quarrels with the aunt, so Sang Yi picked a sunny day and ran away by herself.Before he left, he made three sesame seed cakes, one of which he took away with himself, one for the aunt, and the last one for the aunt's son, leaving none of the scum to the new daughter-in-law.
These are the two places where he stayed the longest. Later, he also slept in Qiaodunzi. The stray cats passing by were willing to be hugged by him, and even licked his face with their tongues, bringing him fish to eat. Since then, he has fallen in love with cats and cats. Dogs are small animals; they secretly slept in other people’s garden pavilions, sometimes they were kicked out, sometimes not, and the people inside gave him something to eat, but he never took it, firmly fulfilling the "I just find a place to sleep” principle.He worked as an apprentice, as a waiter, and the most comfortable and happiest job was when a family got married. He asked the boy to press the marriage bed, and Sang Yi was selected. He slept on the soft bed all night without daring to move. move.There were longans and peanuts under the pillow and under the quilt, and the aroma was tangy, but he didn't move when he was hungry, and pressed the bed seriously, as if the bed could turn into a monster and jump up when he turned over.
He said earnestly: "I haven't moved all night, and you will surely spend a long time with the full moon." Everyone was very happy when they heard this, and burst into laughter. The bride touched his head and gave him a piece of rice flower sugar.That was the time when Xie Yue, who was a guest at the banquet, noticed him. At first glance, he noticed that the child was really cute and beautiful, and at the second glance, it was as if an old friend reunited.
Xie Yue said to him: "Come back with me, I have seen your mother. But don't mention this to anyone, you understand?"
Sang Yi has always had the temperament of knowing but not telling, so she was taken back in a daze.
The questioning is still going on, how is your body?show me.Sang Yi had a fever, tried to get up from the couch, and knelt down on the ground. The old mother neatly stripped off his clothes, looked at him as if she was looking at an object, and then praised: "Yes, sir. Well done, and clean enough to serve the Young City Lord." They were worrying that Xie Yuan would be at the age where he would invite his husband to study at home and needed a companion, Xie Yuan was losing his temper and said no, so he took the initiative to take it now When I came back alone, although I was younger, I was better than being innocent.
Thinking of this, Mammy hesitated a bit, she asked Sang Yi: "Did the young city lord tell you to do anything?"
Xiao Sangyi shook her head.The incident in the snow was just a whim of the young city lord, and he never thought about what to do when he brought him back.Sang Yi himself also guessed that his future was uncertain, so he didn't speak, but just looked at the old mother with a pair of bright eyes, and the old man couldn't stand it.
The old man sighed: "Boy dolls are good. Boy dolls have the advantages of boy dolls. They are no better than girls. It is a big deal if you accidentally become pregnant with the seed of Xie's family. Now those girls are ghosts and ghosts. Grandpa's housemate drugged Second Grandpa, and she became pregnant, without a decent background, but it's not like there's another commotion in the city."
Sang Yi couldn't understand these things, so she concentrated on staring at the table.The old mother asked him to put on his clothes, and carefully told him a lot of precautions: what the young city lord likes and what he doesn't like, give instructions one by one, Sang Yi remembers them one by one, and she probably knows that she will follow in the future The big brother who picked him up is by his side.Sang Yi sat on her knees, waiting until her legs became numb. After the numbness, she became hot again. Her legs were hot, and her feet became colder.He didn't eat, he was freezing badly in the snow, and his eyes were burning with tears. Mammy thought he didn't want to, so she advised him: "Why are you crying, the young city lord treats you so well, and won't let you live a hard life. Being by the young city lord's side is a blessing that others can't even ask for, boys and girls, as long as you can do things well in the future, you don't have to worry about having a good future."
Sang Yi kept nodding and listened intently, so well-behaved that one couldn't bear to talk to him loudly.Mammy was very satisfied, and left after a few words of advice.Sang Yi was left alone in the room again, he didn't know the time, there was no window in this room, he couldn't see the sky, so he didn't know whether it was morning or evening.When he woke up, the stacks of delicate dishes on the bedside were already cold, Sang Yi's stomach growled, she sat there without moving, and looked up at the room again.
It is spacious and bright, not flashy. The screen and the hollow carved fake door divide the place into many worlds. On the other side is the bookshelf that occupies the entire wall. All the furnishings seem to be taller than him. He is a little thirsty and hungry. , the only thing is that it is no longer as cold as before.He looked around and made the safest decision: go to sleep.
They let him sleep here once, which means that this behavior is approved and safe.Sang Yi didn't dare to run around, and felt more and more that her thoughts made sense, so she got under the covers and fell asleep again.In a daze, he vaguely knew that the candles outside had been extinguished, and the room was suddenly plunged into darkness.He shrank back into the quilt again, buried his head in it, his whole body was hot, and he actually fell asleep.
Xie Yuan came back after the sun went down, Xie Yue was busy today, after checking his homework, he was going to leave.Xie Yuan slightly mentioned to him that he had picked up a child who was younger than himself and brought him back to the house, because he violated the family rule that he could only bring someone into the house when he was 13 years old, it was a report and an admission of mistake.Xie Yuan is precocious, so he naturally knows what will happen after taking that little guy back - it's nothing more than making him his book boy, and counting him as his roommate.
In a word, either he looked at him coldly at the time, and continued to insist on not having the bookboy accompany him to read with his nanny and housekeeper, or he rescued this little thing, gave him a hand, and let him enter his life from then on.When Xie's family does things, every word must be carefully considered, especially in a situation where several uncles are fighting openly and secretly, and aunts are also turbulent. Whoever he has come into contact with and who he has spoken to must be counted as "people around the young city lord." ".Even if he doesn't want to, others will regard Sang Yi as his hand-picked henchman
Unexpectedly, Xie Yue didn't punish him, instead she was stunned: "You mean that little guy surnamed Sang?"
Xie Yuan was only twelve, he wanted to look up at him, and said seriously: "Yes, when I passed by, the Sixth Brother and the others were bullying him, I have already dealt with this matter."
"You know about these things between brothers, handle them well, so that you don't have to guard against the disaster of fighting against the wall in the future. But that child..." Xie Yue pondered for a moment, then nodded suddenly, "I would like to think about how to arrange him, I have thought about it Many methods are not very safe. Recognizing him as a adopted son will attract the attention of others, but if you let him be the current person, you will be too wronged. I never thought of letting him be your side... You have done a good job. From now on, he will be your book boy, but you need to treat him as your own brother, don't let anyone bully you, especially don't let your group of incompetent brothers bully men and women, you are getting bigger and bigger, I also have less and less time for it.”
Xie Yuan showed no expression, repeated Xie Yue's words, and asked, "Father, is he my younger brother?"
Xie Yuan's mother had dystocia when she gave birth to him and died young.Xie Yue didn't rejoin the main room, but she had a lot of affairs outside, and produced many inexplicable children, and several aunts entered Xie's mansion in this way.Hearing him mention the word "adopted son", Xie Yuan took it for granted that it was this old and disrespectful father who caused trouble outside, and Sang Yi was another small romantic debt.
Xie Yue was a little embarrassed, and said in a deep voice: "Do you think he looks like me? This time he is really not. He is indeed the orphan of my old comrade in arms. You just treat him well in the future."
However, who is the orphan and what status can make his father so afraid - it is not appropriate to praise him too much, and he cannot be wronged?Xie Yuan understands the principle of keeping things blank, if adults have their secrets, they will not ask any more.
His schedule is very tight, the young master of the Xie family must not let go of literature and martial arts, learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, four books and five classics, also learn riding and archery, and treat people well.After coming out of Xie Yue's room, he rubbed the center of his brows, and heard others ask: "Young City Master, do you want to go to the second master and third master's wife to say hello?"
"I won't go today, just send a message for me, just say that I am not feeling well today, and I will go to apologize to my uncles and aunts another day." Xie Yuan said.
The entourage answered in a low voice, and then whispered: "The master also told you not to go these days. The third master and the others are smoking opium recently, and the concubine in the first room is also smoking. There are no people, ghosts or ghosts. Go to avoid it." Bad health. But the Sixth Young Master and the others go to persuade him every day, it seems that it is not good if you don't go."
Xie Yuan said: "They are not trying to persuade them, but they are just greedy for the third master's side not having so many rules here. Let them go, and send them to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Jackdaw Camp next year. If you don’t come back, you’ll be raising a bunch of trash.”
Follower Nuo retreated.
He reached out and pressed his temple, closed his eyes and rested for a while, so as to drive away the exhaustion and depression in his mind.The sun had just set, and the courtyard was plunged into deep blue darkness. He carried the lamp and walked back, making a gesture to keep the guards and servants behind him away, not to disturb him.The garden is vast, with a pavilion at ten steps, and a pond at a hundred steps. In summer, there will be wind and lotus swaying. Now it is the end of winter, and only the pale blue ice shell remains, and the crushed snow creaks under the feet. .This was one of his rare leisurely evenings, Xie Yuan didn't have anything in particular he wanted to do, so he dangled the oval lantern made of pear blossom paper in his hand and went back to his room.
The room was completely dark, which was unnatural.The servants of Xie's family knew that he didn't like to be served personally, so they always lit the lamps and brought the tubs on time, Xie Yuan only needed to sit back and enjoy his achievements.He picked out the candles in the lantern, and slanted his wrist to light up several big lamps in the room, only then did he realize that there seemed to be other people in his room.
That's a gut feeling, nothing else.There were too many things to do during the day, and he didn't think of who might be there for a moment. He raised his sword silently and wandered around for a while, and finally locked his eyes on the bed. The arc formed, a small ball, slowly undulates with the breathing of the people below.There was a hint of defenselessness in that breath, blatant and natural, Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the little guy he brought back to the room today - hasn't he left yet?
He leaned over and pressed a corner of the quilt, gently lifted the quilt, and sure enough, he found Sang Yi who was blushing from sleep.Perhaps startled by the approaching breath of a stranger, Sang Yi moved, and subconsciously wanted to hide in the deepest place, but he did not expect that he had already slept in the innermost part, with a hard ash wood bed behind his head, thank you Before Yuan had time to pull him, she heard a loud bang, and the back of Sang Yi's head hit it firmly.
Xie Yuan was afraid that something might be wrong with him all of a sudden, so he stretched out his hand to pull him out, Sang Yi looked at him blankly, touched the back of her head, seemed a little nervous.Looking at each other, both sides were speechless, Xie Yuan actually didn't pay much attention to this child who was four years younger than himself, but the situation was a bit embarrassing, he didn't accept a companion, Sang Yi would be the first Well, it's not his nature to be too hot, but if he talks like he usually does, I'm afraid it will scare this little brother.He recalled the quick glance during the day, and thought about how to speak better. At his age, although he looked like a young man, he still held his airs. He remembered the words in the scriptures. Its arrogance will also make others talk too much.
When he was silent, Sang Yi spoke first.
He whispered, "Hello."
The silence was broken, and Xie Yuan also said indifferently: "Hello." Sang Yi touched her bumped head, as if she didn't understand why the brother she met during the day suddenly became indifferent.He looked up at him, in the dim light, he could only see Xie Yuan's eyes as calm as water, the eyelashes were so long that they almost cast a small shadow, at his age, he was gradually growing, and he vaguely had the firm eyebrows in the future shadow.
He is so good-looking, Sang thought.Thinking of this, he touched it in a strange way—he had never seen such long eyelashes, and it was also the first time he carefully looked at such a beautiful person.He didn't care much about his own image, he didn't know that he could be regarded as a good-looking person, he only knew that most of the people he met in the past were crooked and vicious, and he failed to leave any good memories for him.This time was different, maybe it was the courage Xie Yuan's gentle actions gave him during the day, he reached out and touched his face, remembering what the nanny had taught him, and asked cautiously: "Do you want to sleep? I... Waiting for you to take a bath."
In fact, it's still too early, it's not time for Xie Yuan to sleep.Xie Yuan stared at this little guy, shook his head, tried his best to suppress the tiredness accumulated all day, and said softly: "I don't need someone to serve me personally."
Sang Yi let out an "oh", retracted her hands, retracted her gaze, and carefully huddled herself into a ball, hiding in the quilt.After a while, he asked cautiously: "Then do you want to eat something? There is food next to the table, but it's cold. If you are hungry, I can make you some biscuits. I know how to make biscuits."
Xie Yuan shook his head again.Sang Yi seemed to be a little afraid of him. His gaze swiveled over the plates of delicate cold dishes at the table, but he couldn't hold back, and carefully said what he had been thinking all day: "Then , Can I eat these things? For example, if not, can I borrow your stove, I want to eat a sesame seed cake. "
Xie Yuan was taken aback.Sang Yi lowered her head, looked at her belly, stretched out a hand to touch it, and looked over with a pair of watery eyes: "Brother, look, this place is flat."
"These things are prepared for you, why don't you dare to eat them?" Xie Yuan frowned, and only then did he notice the food box beside the bed that had been placed all day long. "You started to have a fever when you came back. This bowl of medicine is also yours. Why have you stayed with me for a whole day, and no one else told you to drink medicine and eat with peace of mind?"
Sang Yi remained silent, looking at him in bewilderment.
Xie Yuan sighed softly, and reached out to touch his forehead, the young man was in good health, Sang Yi felt much better after sleeping, and even the fever went down a lot, but she was even more hungry.He stretched out his hand to carry him off the bed, watched Sang Yi dress herself, meticulously and laboriously stuffed his hands into the quilted jacket that was obviously one size smaller and seemed to have unraveled threads, Xie Yuan said: "Take it off, later Don't wear clothes like this."
Sang Yi nodded, he knew that if he went out like this, he would ruin the appearance of Xie's family, so he took it as a note in his heart.Xie Yuan rummaged through the box and found the thick jacket he wore a few years ago, and brought the fluffy cloak he wore during the day, and wrapped Sang Yi up like a soft ball.Xie Yuan looked at the dumpling, reached out and took his hand: "Go, I'll take you to eat."
Sang Yi got out of bed and followed behind him step by step, not forgetting to look back at the few dishes on the bedside - it was supposed to be the first meal he ate after coming to Xie's house, but unfortunately it was already cold and the fat was congealed It floats up and turns into a piece of fragrant white flowers.Xie Yuan took a look at him, and said again: "Don't eat cold food. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. You are the one who eats with me. The treatment at home is also the treatment you deserve, understand?"
Sang Yi didn't understand, he still had a fever, and he was dizzy, only knew that Xie Yuan led him outside.Xie Yuan thought that this little thing is still too young, it's useless to talk to him so much now, the business is to bring him up first.After going out, Xie Yuan asked the people outside to boil the medicine for Sang Yi again, and then took him outside.Turning around his courtyard and passing through several verandas, they came to the back door of Xie's Garden, facing a cold mountain road outside.
Sang Yi was not tall, and followed him with short legs, but couldn't keep up.After Xie Yuan left the room, he carried the lamp and did not lead him. After walking a long way, he saw Sang Yi rushing over, chasing in his direction, seeming to be a little panicked.Sang Yi was obviously afraid that he would not be able to see him again, and the surroundings were dark, so she reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes, trying to hurry.After walking for a while, Xie Yuan stopped to wait for him, sighed, and knelt down in front of him: "Come up."
Sang Yi climbed onto his back.As soon as Xie Yuan grabbed his thin short legs, she heard Sang Yi muttering and repeating: "Brother carry me on your back." As if confirming this matter.Then, he buried his entire face on Xie Yuan's shoulder.Tong Yin is immature, and he is many times more obedient than his half-brothers who are incompetent.Wearing thick clothes in winter will be especially uncomfortable for people who carry people on their backs. Xie Yuan weighed him and said nothing. He continued to walk out, down the mountain road, and walked to the corner of the market, where There is a noodle stall.
He put Sang Yi on the stool.Sang Yi's feet were hanging in the air, her hands were straight on her knees, she was sitting upright, her dark eyes followed him.When Xie Yuan asked him what to order, he nodded cautiously, not even saying "yes".
"Young City Master, this time it's the same as before, right? How about the young master?"
Xie Yuan glanced at Sang Yi, and said: "He's the same as me. He's sick, so instead of beef, hen meat is the best choice for Xunzi."
"I know, I don't keep my hair here with you, so it's less greasy. Then I'll make some ginger soup for the young master. Seeing that the young master's face is so pale, he must be frozen."
The noodles are served, one bowl per person.Sang Yi stared at the noodle bowl in front of her, and didn't make a move. Xie Yuan handed over the chopsticks and spoon, and said, "If you don't like spicy food, just give me the top layer of chili."
After he dropped his chopsticks, Sang Yi began to eat.This kid can eat spicy food, so imitating his example, he stirred the simmered rice and toppings, poured in a little vinegar, added a little scallion, and picked up a plump and smooth noodle and bit it into his mouth.It was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life. Sang Yi ate it without raising his head. After eating the noodles, he didn't look at how Xie Yuan drank the soup. He took the soup and drank it slowly. It was hot and sweaty.Xie Yuan ate faster than him, and slowly drank the soup with a spoon, looking at him without saying a word.Sang Yi is beautiful, although she is skinny, she is supported by her body, but there is a bit of round flesh on her face, which is fair and easy to pinch, her eyes are especially bright, and even her ruddy lips are fresh and lovely.Xie Yuan has never seen this kind of eating with a bowl of soup and noodles in his stomach, but Sang Yi eats in a leisurely manner. He treats food with a kind of prudence in it. It doesn't look rude and rude, on the contrary, it can make people see a little extravagance in the cuteness.
Xie Yuan saw that he had finished the soup, so he asked the stall owner to cook a small bowl for him, fearing that he would accumulate food, and also thinking that his spleen and stomach must be bad due to illness, so the portion was cut by more than half past.This time, Sang Yi used what he had learned and used it, just as he did before, sprinkle chopped green onion and vinegar, and mix well.He had been hungry for too long, and after eating this bowl, he was still a little unsatisfied, so Xie Yuan pushed the bowl of thick ginger soup over, watched him drink it up, and broke out in a sweat again.
Xie Yuan didn't care whether he was hot or not, the winter night wind made people's bones ache, he took off his cloak and put it on Sang Yi, wrapped it up again, and then carried him back.Sang Yi looked at him, her eyes were a little confused, Xie Yuan looked down at him: "After eating so much and walking on the road with you on my back, doesn't my stomach feel uncomfortable?"
Sang Yi flinched, blinked her eyes, and spoke for the first time after she came out: "I, can't, can I eat so much?" His face also slowly turned red, looking at a loss.
Xie Yuan said: "Yes." He figured it out, and he couldn't beat around the bush when talking to this little thing, and he couldn't even make a little teasing joke, otherwise Sang Yi would take it seriously.He said it again, changing the rhetorical question into a declarative sentence: "You are full, if I carry you behind my back, your stomach will be uncomfortable."
Sang Yi whispered: "Oh." Xie Yuan's cloak was made of satin, which was slippery on his body. Sang Yi felt that he would fall off at any moment, and Xie Yuan was constantly adjusting his posture, so he stretched out his arms He hugged Xie Yuan's shoulders.Now that both of them are safe, Xie Yuan led him back home, first threw the screen away and let the little thing take a bath, then told him to drink medicine, and sat down to read a book.Sang Yi came out after washing, drank the medicine obediently, then walked to Xie Yuan hesitantly.The hair was wet and loose, and the eyelashes were also wet. The whole figure looked like some kind of small animal lifted out of the water.
Also like a little girl.
In the past, Xie Yuan secretly hoped that he would have a quiet and elegant younger sister, and at one time he disliked the four younger brothers who were like demon kings in his family.Now that such an obedient little companion came, he suddenly realized that his previous vision might come true, but in a slightly different way—before he even realized it, Sang Yi had broken into his heart Life, forcing him to look at him with gentle eyes, is like picking up a cute little animal on the road, and you are reluctant to beat it and abandon it.
After finally getting a free night, Xie Yuan spent most of his time on Sang Yi, leading him to find the way and things, and packed him a new set of things: clothes, toys, toiletries and book.As for the identity of the book boy, Xie Yuan omitted the parts he knew, and told Sang Yi: "Normally, children from rich families will have companions to accompany them when they study, so they are not lonely. Excellent companions are the facade of the host family. I am twelve years old this year, and I will take the Chunwei exam in three years, and everyone else has to accompany me, so I should too, and this is your responsibility."
Tell him plainly that you don't need to bother with him out of curiosity or gratitude, that's what Xie Yuan originally planned.However, he ignored the extent to which Sang Yi took the meaning out of context. He only saw this little brother sitting quietly in front of him, earnestly promising: "I will be with you, so that you will not be lonely."
Xie Yuan: "..."
He whispered a little annoyed: "I don't need company, and I can't talk about loneliness. You just need to bear this identity, you know?"
Sang Yi stared at him blankly.The four-year-old gap has now become a gap, one adult who thinks he is independent, and the other who only understands the meaning of loneliness.
Sang Yi asked in a low voice: "Then you...do you still want me?"
Xie Yuan also realized that he might be speaking too harshly, so he said softly, "I treat you like a younger brother, so I won't let you go. Go to sleep. I'll read for a while."
As expected, Sang Yi obediently went to sleep, still leaning against the corner of the wall, as if nestled like this, with his back against the solid wall gave him a sense of security.Xie Yuan is not used to sharing the bed with others, but he didn't think about what to do, so he read the book in the middle of the night.When it was almost dawn, he fell asleep with his head on his hands, and when he woke up, he found that he was covered with a blanket, and Sang Yi had already got up, and brought him a basin and towel unsteadily, and waited for him to wash up .The beds have also been made.
I don't know who taught him these things, but Sang Yi was very polite and sensible.After Xie Yuan washed, he touched it casually and found that Sang Yi's fever had subsided.
"Take the medicine for the last time at night. If there's anything you can't do, let me know if you want it." Xie Yuan said.
Sang Yi asked him expectantly: "Brother, can I still eat the noodles from yesterday?"
"Yes, but I will go to my father to endorse at night, and I may be late when I come back. If you remember the way, you can go there by yourself." Xie Yuan glanced at him and asked, "Do you remember the way?"
Sang Yi shook her head innocently.
"..." Xie Yuan sighed, reached out and touched his head, "Then you wait for me."
After Xie Yuan went out, the nanny from the day before came over again, apparently she had received an order from elsewhere to teach Sang Yi the basic etiquette in Xie's house, as well as the way of life.Which places are forbidden, you can't set foot in them, which places you can only enter when you are with Xie Yuan, and which places live with what kind of people.Xie's Garden, which can't be seen at a glance, is full of mountains and rivers. Mama finds that this child is much smarter than she expected. Sang Yi will be able to walk through the garden road with dark willows and bright flowers, and he can clearly report where XX lives, what is the identity of the people living in it, what is his temperament, and how he treats Xie Yuan.
The nanny wondered: "You little baby has a good memory. Last night, the young city lord came back. Did you take good care of him?"
Sang Yi said everything, and when Mammy heard him say that Xie Yuan took him out to eat, she smiled helplessly: "Young city master doesn't like to eat things from the mansion, but prefers to run outside .” Then, as if remembering something, he asked, “Which store?”
Sang Yi said in a childlike voice: "It's the road that goes down the mountain from the back gate, take the fork outside, turn right into an alley, pass a restaurant and a tailor's shop, there is a stone lion by the bridge A noodle stall."
Mammy praised: "Very good, you must be very good at studying with the Young City Master in the future. It's getting late, we're here today, you can go back too."
Sang Yi didn't move, waited for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, when will the city lord brother come back?"
"Oh, you can't be called like this. You will be a young master in the future, so don't call me grandma anymore. The Young City Lord is going to take over Jiangling in the future. How many people are staring at him? Busy, you wait, guess what. Prepare water and cakes during the moon, if the young city lord comes back late, you can ask someone to deliver the water again."
Sang Yi thanked the old nanny, and walked back to Xie Yuan's courtyard alone.He went upstairs, sat far away beside Xie Yuan's desk, made a small bench and came over, took out the comic book that Xie Yuan found for him last night and started to read.After finishing one book, it was just getting dark, so he put the album back as it was, moved the small bench back, and ran downstairs to wait.On the way, the servant who boiled water came to deliver cloves and Atractylodes atractylodes, and saw him standing alone in the snow, not knowing how to hold an umbrella, and asked them eagerly, "When will the city owner come back?"
These people didn't know him yet, they just thought he was cute at first glance, and they all coaxed him: "I'll be right back!" But that day Xie Yuan went out with Xie Yue to socialize, rested outside, and came back in the early morning of the next day.When the young man came back from the snow, he saw the little guy squatting under the eaves, wrapped up like a ball, already asleep.
He walked over lightly, leaning over to look at him.However, Sang Yi could feel him coming every time in her sleep. Before he woke him up, she opened her eyes and blinked in confusion: "Brother, you are back..." Looking outside again, she realized that the sky It's already on.His whole body was sore and he couldn't stand up, so he could only sit there and listen to Xie Yuan's expressionless expression: "You waited here all night?"
Sang Yi said cautiously: "You said... take me to eat sliced noodles again." His voice became softer as the time went on, and Xie Yuan remembered that there really was such a thing, that he forgot the promise first.
Seeing Sang Yi's aggrieved look, he was silent for a while: "Go up and take a hot bath first, then drink a bowl of ginger soup, and I'll take you there later."
Sang Yi's eyes lit up all of a sudden, without saying a word, she ran upstairs slowly.Xie Yuan stood behind him, looking at his thin back, with a rare bit of confusion in his eyes.
This is roughly the case for young people's liking for young people.After this day, Xie Yuan also knew that this new little brother was very clingy to him and kept him tight, and the whole Xie family also gradually realized that the young city lord had a little companion by his side. From now on, whenever Xie Yuan went out, there would be someone Come and tell Sang Yi not to tell him to wait.Xie Yuan was used to acting like an elder brother, and just rightly took care of him as a protector, and didn't feel anything wrong.
A month later, Xie Yuan officially began to spend time preparing for Chun Wei's exam.The Xie family invited a highly respected private school teacher, and all the juniors of the Xie family had to go to attend the class. Xie Yuan sat in the first row, Sang Yi sat next to him, and Xie Yuan's younger brothers followed.He is the eldest son of Xie Yuan, and he is also the first one with a companion. After the first class, Sang Yi rushed out to make tea for him. Xie Yuan looked down at the book and saw his third younger brother approaching him mysteriously. Xixi smiled and asked: "Brother, is that your future companion? I heard that the companion also needs to warm the bed. Isn't that the same as the little daughter-in-law?"
Xie Yuan's voice was flat: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll break your leg."
Instead, his third brother became even more playful and smiled: "Brother, tell me, is that guy named Sang a boy or a girl? He's so quiet, he doesn't talk, he's a bitch, is he a girl? Brother, in the future you will Won't you marry him? He also calls you brother, isn't he love brother?"
This group of children are similar in age, and rumors about what little girl they like will spread the word. Now that they have Sang Yi as a source of conversation, it is even more impossible to let Xie Yuan, who is the elder brother, go.Even though Xie Yuan was three or four years older than them, he was still a 12-year-old kid after all, and couldn't stand teasing about this kind of topic.He stretched out his hand and put the brush heavily on the case, scaring away the group of brats.
He said: "Impossible, he is my little brother, and I am four years older than him."
His third brother immediately retorted: "But Daddy is ten years older than my mother! I—" He didn't really calm down until others covered his mouth.
Sang Yi came back just in time, and she didn't notice the dull atmosphere in the school.He happily made Yuqianchun, Xie Yuan's favorite drink, put it aside, and reminded him in a low voice: "Brother, it's hot."
As soon as this sentence came out, the people behind laughed again.The third brother yelled, "Hey, who—"
Sang Yi turned around and heard the man's request: "Hello, my name is Xie Qin, and I am the third child. You should also call me brother."
Sang Yi looked at Xie Yuan, then at Xie Qin, and obediently called out "Brother".But for some reason, as soon as he spoke, the people behind him laughed even harder, and Xie Yuan's face was as cold as ice.
After class, Xie Yuan was walking on the road, and suddenly said to him: "Don't call me brother anymore."
Sang Yi was stunned for a moment, then asked subconsciously: "Then, what's your name?"
Xie Yuan stopped talking to him.
Sang Yi felt that Xie Yuan was angry with him, but he didn't know what made him unhappy.After going back, the atmosphere between the two became more dull, Xie Yuan went to bed early, and Sang Yi was looking inside and out, pouring water, tidying up the teacups, and placing books, all with light hands.Xie Yuan lay on the bed and did not fall asleep. After listening to him walking back and forth for a while, he said in a cold voice: "Don't make noise."
Sure enough, there was no sound.
Xie Yuan couldn't fall asleep, and after a long time, Sang Yi didn't see any intention of coming to sleep.He has excellent night vision. When he turned around and looked outside, he saw Sang Yi bent over and standing in front of the desk, bowed like a small shrimp, gently wiping a white porcelain brush washer, moving very slowly , almost to the point of being ridiculous.
Xie Yuan looked at it for a while, turned over and turned back, and said loudly: "Don't mess with it, come and sleep."
He waited a while longer before the little fellow climbed up and slept away from him on the edge of the bed.Xie Yuan couldn't fall asleep, but Sang Yi quickly fell into a deep sleep. She kept crawling in her dream, and finally crawled into his arms, and curled up comfortably.
Xie Yuan looked down at the little guy who got into his arms, hesitated for a long time, and put his hand gently on his back.At this moment, he thought of his third brother's words: "Daddy is also ten years older than mother!"
Eight and 12 years old, the older one is in the stage of looking down on the younger one, and can't play anywhere.In a few years, 12 and 16 years old, maybe we can have something to talk about.
In the future, at the age of 16 and 20, can you say more things? At the age of 20 and 24, it seems that after adults, such a gap will no longer be obvious.The Xie family's children are all precocious, especially like him, who are already half adults, but the real growth is still unknown to them.
Sang Yi seemed to like him, but it was a real child's liking, dependent, because he picked him up, so he inevitably provoked him.
Will this little guy accompany him to adulthood?
Xie Yuan thought quietly and fell into a deep sleep unconsciously.When he woke up the next morning, he found himself holding Sang Yi tightly, and Sang Yi was looking at him nervously and helplessly.
He thought for a while, and said, "You don't need to call me brother from now on. I thought about it, if you call the third young master, the fifth young master and the sixth young master together, no one can tell who you are and who you are calling." .”
Sang Yi was stunned.
He ordered: "My name is Xie Yuan, you will call me Brother Yuan from now on, this is my special permission."
Sang Yi whispered: "Okay."
It was like a dream, and when Sang Yi woke up, Xie Yuan was no longer there, so he felt it was a dream even more.
He answered the old maid's question honestly.
Where do you live?do not remember.He grew up eating a lot of food, and lived in a low bluestone hut behind the brothel. In rainy days, water would come down from the top of his head and seep in from the bricks beside the bed, just like the unstoppable sounds of love between men and women upstairs. During that time, he was raised by an unattractive young man.Later, the young man couldn’t receive any customers and died of illness. He was taken away to another place. This time, he was replaced by an old woman who sold sesame seed cakes. His own son had already grown up and went out to take the imperial examination. He didn’t return home once in three years. .
The aunt pointed at those people in the brothel and scolded the street: "I didn't see you worrying about the baby's life and death when I was raising it. When I left, I remembered that the little baby is beautiful? Why should I give you an innocent child?" Ruin? You guys are ruined." There were also some unsavory words, Xiao Sangyi followed and listened, quietly remembering them in her heart, but never said them out.The aunt made sesame seed cakes for him for more than a year. Later, her shoulder was injured by a rolling stone on the side of the road, and she couldn't lift her hands. Sang Yi followed suit to learn how to make sesame seed cakes.A small child, standing on the bench and kneading the dough, holding the tongs and sticking the spread bread on the wall of the fire barrel, always makes people feel that his whole body is about to fall into it.In the second year, the aunt's son failed the exam, came back and inherited the biscuit stall, and later got married again.The married girl is like a proud peacock bird, showing off all the time, and she doesn't like having children at home. She always quarrels with the aunt, so Sang Yi picked a sunny day and ran away by herself.Before he left, he made three sesame seed cakes, one of which he took away with himself, one for the aunt, and the last one for the aunt's son, leaving none of the scum to the new daughter-in-law.
These are the two places where he stayed the longest. Later, he also slept in Qiaodunzi. The stray cats passing by were willing to be hugged by him, and even licked his face with their tongues, bringing him fish to eat. Since then, he has fallen in love with cats and cats. Dogs are small animals; they secretly slept in other people’s garden pavilions, sometimes they were kicked out, sometimes not, and the people inside gave him something to eat, but he never took it, firmly fulfilling the "I just find a place to sleep” principle.He worked as an apprentice, as a waiter, and the most comfortable and happiest job was when a family got married. He asked the boy to press the marriage bed, and Sang Yi was selected. He slept on the soft bed all night without daring to move. move.There were longans and peanuts under the pillow and under the quilt, and the aroma was tangy, but he didn't move when he was hungry, and pressed the bed seriously, as if the bed could turn into a monster and jump up when he turned over.
He said earnestly: "I haven't moved all night, and you will surely spend a long time with the full moon." Everyone was very happy when they heard this, and burst into laughter. The bride touched his head and gave him a piece of rice flower sugar.That was the time when Xie Yue, who was a guest at the banquet, noticed him. At first glance, he noticed that the child was really cute and beautiful, and at the second glance, it was as if an old friend reunited.
Xie Yue said to him: "Come back with me, I have seen your mother. But don't mention this to anyone, you understand?"
Sang Yi has always had the temperament of knowing but not telling, so she was taken back in a daze.
The questioning is still going on, how is your body?show me.Sang Yi had a fever, tried to get up from the couch, and knelt down on the ground. The old mother neatly stripped off his clothes, looked at him as if she was looking at an object, and then praised: "Yes, sir. Well done, and clean enough to serve the Young City Lord." They were worrying that Xie Yuan would be at the age where he would invite his husband to study at home and needed a companion, Xie Yuan was losing his temper and said no, so he took the initiative to take it now When I came back alone, although I was younger, I was better than being innocent.
Thinking of this, Mammy hesitated a bit, she asked Sang Yi: "Did the young city lord tell you to do anything?"
Xiao Sangyi shook her head.The incident in the snow was just a whim of the young city lord, and he never thought about what to do when he brought him back.Sang Yi himself also guessed that his future was uncertain, so he didn't speak, but just looked at the old mother with a pair of bright eyes, and the old man couldn't stand it.
The old man sighed: "Boy dolls are good. Boy dolls have the advantages of boy dolls. They are no better than girls. It is a big deal if you accidentally become pregnant with the seed of Xie's family. Now those girls are ghosts and ghosts. Grandpa's housemate drugged Second Grandpa, and she became pregnant, without a decent background, but it's not like there's another commotion in the city."
Sang Yi couldn't understand these things, so she concentrated on staring at the table.The old mother asked him to put on his clothes, and carefully told him a lot of precautions: what the young city lord likes and what he doesn't like, give instructions one by one, Sang Yi remembers them one by one, and she probably knows that she will follow in the future The big brother who picked him up is by his side.Sang Yi sat on her knees, waiting until her legs became numb. After the numbness, she became hot again. Her legs were hot, and her feet became colder.He didn't eat, he was freezing badly in the snow, and his eyes were burning with tears. Mammy thought he didn't want to, so she advised him: "Why are you crying, the young city lord treats you so well, and won't let you live a hard life. Being by the young city lord's side is a blessing that others can't even ask for, boys and girls, as long as you can do things well in the future, you don't have to worry about having a good future."
Sang Yi kept nodding and listened intently, so well-behaved that one couldn't bear to talk to him loudly.Mammy was very satisfied, and left after a few words of advice.Sang Yi was left alone in the room again, he didn't know the time, there was no window in this room, he couldn't see the sky, so he didn't know whether it was morning or evening.When he woke up, the stacks of delicate dishes on the bedside were already cold, Sang Yi's stomach growled, she sat there without moving, and looked up at the room again.
It is spacious and bright, not flashy. The screen and the hollow carved fake door divide the place into many worlds. On the other side is the bookshelf that occupies the entire wall. All the furnishings seem to be taller than him. He is a little thirsty and hungry. , the only thing is that it is no longer as cold as before.He looked around and made the safest decision: go to sleep.
They let him sleep here once, which means that this behavior is approved and safe.Sang Yi didn't dare to run around, and felt more and more that her thoughts made sense, so she got under the covers and fell asleep again.In a daze, he vaguely knew that the candles outside had been extinguished, and the room was suddenly plunged into darkness.He shrank back into the quilt again, buried his head in it, his whole body was hot, and he actually fell asleep.
Xie Yuan came back after the sun went down, Xie Yue was busy today, after checking his homework, he was going to leave.Xie Yuan slightly mentioned to him that he had picked up a child who was younger than himself and brought him back to the house, because he violated the family rule that he could only bring someone into the house when he was 13 years old, it was a report and an admission of mistake.Xie Yuan is precocious, so he naturally knows what will happen after taking that little guy back - it's nothing more than making him his book boy, and counting him as his roommate.
In a word, either he looked at him coldly at the time, and continued to insist on not having the bookboy accompany him to read with his nanny and housekeeper, or he rescued this little thing, gave him a hand, and let him enter his life from then on.When Xie's family does things, every word must be carefully considered, especially in a situation where several uncles are fighting openly and secretly, and aunts are also turbulent. Whoever he has come into contact with and who he has spoken to must be counted as "people around the young city lord." ".Even if he doesn't want to, others will regard Sang Yi as his hand-picked henchman
Unexpectedly, Xie Yue didn't punish him, instead she was stunned: "You mean that little guy surnamed Sang?"
Xie Yuan was only twelve, he wanted to look up at him, and said seriously: "Yes, when I passed by, the Sixth Brother and the others were bullying him, I have already dealt with this matter."
"You know about these things between brothers, handle them well, so that you don't have to guard against the disaster of fighting against the wall in the future. But that child..." Xie Yue pondered for a moment, then nodded suddenly, "I would like to think about how to arrange him, I have thought about it Many methods are not very safe. Recognizing him as a adopted son will attract the attention of others, but if you let him be the current person, you will be too wronged. I never thought of letting him be your side... You have done a good job. From now on, he will be your book boy, but you need to treat him as your own brother, don't let anyone bully you, especially don't let your group of incompetent brothers bully men and women, you are getting bigger and bigger, I also have less and less time for it.”
Xie Yuan showed no expression, repeated Xie Yue's words, and asked, "Father, is he my younger brother?"
Xie Yuan's mother had dystocia when she gave birth to him and died young.Xie Yue didn't rejoin the main room, but she had a lot of affairs outside, and produced many inexplicable children, and several aunts entered Xie's mansion in this way.Hearing him mention the word "adopted son", Xie Yuan took it for granted that it was this old and disrespectful father who caused trouble outside, and Sang Yi was another small romantic debt.
Xie Yue was a little embarrassed, and said in a deep voice: "Do you think he looks like me? This time he is really not. He is indeed the orphan of my old comrade in arms. You just treat him well in the future."
However, who is the orphan and what status can make his father so afraid - it is not appropriate to praise him too much, and he cannot be wronged?Xie Yuan understands the principle of keeping things blank, if adults have their secrets, they will not ask any more.
His schedule is very tight, the young master of the Xie family must not let go of literature and martial arts, learn piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, four books and five classics, also learn riding and archery, and treat people well.After coming out of Xie Yue's room, he rubbed the center of his brows, and heard others ask: "Young City Master, do you want to go to the second master and third master's wife to say hello?"
"I won't go today, just send a message for me, just say that I am not feeling well today, and I will go to apologize to my uncles and aunts another day." Xie Yuan said.
The entourage answered in a low voice, and then whispered: "The master also told you not to go these days. The third master and the others are smoking opium recently, and the concubine in the first room is also smoking. There are no people, ghosts or ghosts. Go to avoid it." Bad health. But the Sixth Young Master and the others go to persuade him every day, it seems that it is not good if you don't go."
Xie Yuan said: "They are not trying to persuade them, but they are just greedy for the third master's side not having so many rules here. Let them go, and send them to Jiangsu and Zhejiang Jackdaw Camp next year. If you don’t come back, you’ll be raising a bunch of trash.”
Follower Nuo retreated.
He reached out and pressed his temple, closed his eyes and rested for a while, so as to drive away the exhaustion and depression in his mind.The sun had just set, and the courtyard was plunged into deep blue darkness. He carried the lamp and walked back, making a gesture to keep the guards and servants behind him away, not to disturb him.The garden is vast, with a pavilion at ten steps, and a pond at a hundred steps. In summer, there will be wind and lotus swaying. Now it is the end of winter, and only the pale blue ice shell remains, and the crushed snow creaks under the feet. .This was one of his rare leisurely evenings, Xie Yuan didn't have anything in particular he wanted to do, so he dangled the oval lantern made of pear blossom paper in his hand and went back to his room.
The room was completely dark, which was unnatural.The servants of Xie's family knew that he didn't like to be served personally, so they always lit the lamps and brought the tubs on time, Xie Yuan only needed to sit back and enjoy his achievements.He picked out the candles in the lantern, and slanted his wrist to light up several big lamps in the room, only then did he realize that there seemed to be other people in his room.
That's a gut feeling, nothing else.There were too many things to do during the day, and he didn't think of who might be there for a moment. He raised his sword silently and wandered around for a while, and finally locked his eyes on the bed. The arc formed, a small ball, slowly undulates with the breathing of the people below.There was a hint of defenselessness in that breath, blatant and natural, Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought of the little guy he brought back to the room today - hasn't he left yet?
He leaned over and pressed a corner of the quilt, gently lifted the quilt, and sure enough, he found Sang Yi who was blushing from sleep.Perhaps startled by the approaching breath of a stranger, Sang Yi moved, and subconsciously wanted to hide in the deepest place, but he did not expect that he had already slept in the innermost part, with a hard ash wood bed behind his head, thank you Before Yuan had time to pull him, she heard a loud bang, and the back of Sang Yi's head hit it firmly.
Xie Yuan was afraid that something might be wrong with him all of a sudden, so he stretched out his hand to pull him out, Sang Yi looked at him blankly, touched the back of her head, seemed a little nervous.Looking at each other, both sides were speechless, Xie Yuan actually didn't pay much attention to this child who was four years younger than himself, but the situation was a bit embarrassing, he didn't accept a companion, Sang Yi would be the first Well, it's not his nature to be too hot, but if he talks like he usually does, I'm afraid it will scare this little brother.He recalled the quick glance during the day, and thought about how to speak better. At his age, although he looked like a young man, he still held his airs. He remembered the words in the scriptures. Its arrogance will also make others talk too much.
When he was silent, Sang Yi spoke first.
He whispered, "Hello."
The silence was broken, and Xie Yuan also said indifferently: "Hello." Sang Yi touched her bumped head, as if she didn't understand why the brother she met during the day suddenly became indifferent.He looked up at him, in the dim light, he could only see Xie Yuan's eyes as calm as water, the eyelashes were so long that they almost cast a small shadow, at his age, he was gradually growing, and he vaguely had the firm eyebrows in the future shadow.
He is so good-looking, Sang thought.Thinking of this, he touched it in a strange way—he had never seen such long eyelashes, and it was also the first time he carefully looked at such a beautiful person.He didn't care much about his own image, he didn't know that he could be regarded as a good-looking person, he only knew that most of the people he met in the past were crooked and vicious, and he failed to leave any good memories for him.This time was different, maybe it was the courage Xie Yuan's gentle actions gave him during the day, he reached out and touched his face, remembering what the nanny had taught him, and asked cautiously: "Do you want to sleep? I... Waiting for you to take a bath."
In fact, it's still too early, it's not time for Xie Yuan to sleep.Xie Yuan stared at this little guy, shook his head, tried his best to suppress the tiredness accumulated all day, and said softly: "I don't need someone to serve me personally."
Sang Yi let out an "oh", retracted her hands, retracted her gaze, and carefully huddled herself into a ball, hiding in the quilt.After a while, he asked cautiously: "Then do you want to eat something? There is food next to the table, but it's cold. If you are hungry, I can make you some biscuits. I know how to make biscuits."
Xie Yuan shook his head again.Sang Yi seemed to be a little afraid of him. His gaze swiveled over the plates of delicate cold dishes at the table, but he couldn't hold back, and carefully said what he had been thinking all day: "Then , Can I eat these things? For example, if not, can I borrow your stove, I want to eat a sesame seed cake. "
Xie Yuan was taken aback.Sang Yi lowered her head, looked at her belly, stretched out a hand to touch it, and looked over with a pair of watery eyes: "Brother, look, this place is flat."
"These things are prepared for you, why don't you dare to eat them?" Xie Yuan frowned, and only then did he notice the food box beside the bed that had been placed all day long. "You started to have a fever when you came back. This bowl of medicine is also yours. Why have you stayed with me for a whole day, and no one else told you to drink medicine and eat with peace of mind?"
Sang Yi remained silent, looking at him in bewilderment.
Xie Yuan sighed softly, and reached out to touch his forehead, the young man was in good health, Sang Yi felt much better after sleeping, and even the fever went down a lot, but she was even more hungry.He stretched out his hand to carry him off the bed, watched Sang Yi dress herself, meticulously and laboriously stuffed his hands into the quilted jacket that was obviously one size smaller and seemed to have unraveled threads, Xie Yuan said: "Take it off, later Don't wear clothes like this."
Sang Yi nodded, he knew that if he went out like this, he would ruin the appearance of Xie's family, so he took it as a note in his heart.Xie Yuan rummaged through the box and found the thick jacket he wore a few years ago, and brought the fluffy cloak he wore during the day, and wrapped Sang Yi up like a soft ball.Xie Yuan looked at the dumpling, reached out and took his hand: "Go, I'll take you to eat."
Sang Yi got out of bed and followed behind him step by step, not forgetting to look back at the few dishes on the bedside - it was supposed to be the first meal he ate after coming to Xie's house, but unfortunately it was already cold and the fat was congealed It floats up and turns into a piece of fragrant white flowers.Xie Yuan took a look at him, and said again: "Don't eat cold food. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. You are the one who eats with me. The treatment at home is also the treatment you deserve, understand?"
Sang Yi didn't understand, he still had a fever, and he was dizzy, only knew that Xie Yuan led him outside.Xie Yuan thought that this little thing is still too young, it's useless to talk to him so much now, the business is to bring him up first.After going out, Xie Yuan asked the people outside to boil the medicine for Sang Yi again, and then took him outside.Turning around his courtyard and passing through several verandas, they came to the back door of Xie's Garden, facing a cold mountain road outside.
Sang Yi was not tall, and followed him with short legs, but couldn't keep up.After Xie Yuan left the room, he carried the lamp and did not lead him. After walking a long way, he saw Sang Yi rushing over, chasing in his direction, seeming to be a little panicked.Sang Yi was obviously afraid that he would not be able to see him again, and the surroundings were dark, so she reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes, trying to hurry.After walking for a while, Xie Yuan stopped to wait for him, sighed, and knelt down in front of him: "Come up."
Sang Yi climbed onto his back.As soon as Xie Yuan grabbed his thin short legs, she heard Sang Yi muttering and repeating: "Brother carry me on your back." As if confirming this matter.Then, he buried his entire face on Xie Yuan's shoulder.Tong Yin is immature, and he is many times more obedient than his half-brothers who are incompetent.Wearing thick clothes in winter will be especially uncomfortable for people who carry people on their backs. Xie Yuan weighed him and said nothing. He continued to walk out, down the mountain road, and walked to the corner of the market, where There is a noodle stall.
He put Sang Yi on the stool.Sang Yi's feet were hanging in the air, her hands were straight on her knees, she was sitting upright, her dark eyes followed him.When Xie Yuan asked him what to order, he nodded cautiously, not even saying "yes".
"Young City Master, this time it's the same as before, right? How about the young master?"
Xie Yuan glanced at Sang Yi, and said: "He's the same as me. He's sick, so instead of beef, hen meat is the best choice for Xunzi."
"I know, I don't keep my hair here with you, so it's less greasy. Then I'll make some ginger soup for the young master. Seeing that the young master's face is so pale, he must be frozen."
The noodles are served, one bowl per person.Sang Yi stared at the noodle bowl in front of her, and didn't make a move. Xie Yuan handed over the chopsticks and spoon, and said, "If you don't like spicy food, just give me the top layer of chili."
After he dropped his chopsticks, Sang Yi began to eat.This kid can eat spicy food, so imitating his example, he stirred the simmered rice and toppings, poured in a little vinegar, added a little scallion, and picked up a plump and smooth noodle and bit it into his mouth.It was the most delicious thing he had ever eaten in his life. Sang Yi ate it without raising his head. After eating the noodles, he didn't look at how Xie Yuan drank the soup. He took the soup and drank it slowly. It was hot and sweaty.Xie Yuan ate faster than him, and slowly drank the soup with a spoon, looking at him without saying a word.Sang Yi is beautiful, although she is skinny, she is supported by her body, but there is a bit of round flesh on her face, which is fair and easy to pinch, her eyes are especially bright, and even her ruddy lips are fresh and lovely.Xie Yuan has never seen this kind of eating with a bowl of soup and noodles in his stomach, but Sang Yi eats in a leisurely manner. He treats food with a kind of prudence in it. It doesn't look rude and rude, on the contrary, it can make people see a little extravagance in the cuteness.
Xie Yuan saw that he had finished the soup, so he asked the stall owner to cook a small bowl for him, fearing that he would accumulate food, and also thinking that his spleen and stomach must be bad due to illness, so the portion was cut by more than half past.This time, Sang Yi used what he had learned and used it, just as he did before, sprinkle chopped green onion and vinegar, and mix well.He had been hungry for too long, and after eating this bowl, he was still a little unsatisfied, so Xie Yuan pushed the bowl of thick ginger soup over, watched him drink it up, and broke out in a sweat again.
Xie Yuan didn't care whether he was hot or not, the winter night wind made people's bones ache, he took off his cloak and put it on Sang Yi, wrapped it up again, and then carried him back.Sang Yi looked at him, her eyes were a little confused, Xie Yuan looked down at him: "After eating so much and walking on the road with you on my back, doesn't my stomach feel uncomfortable?"
Sang Yi flinched, blinked her eyes, and spoke for the first time after she came out: "I, can't, can I eat so much?" His face also slowly turned red, looking at a loss.
Xie Yuan said: "Yes." He figured it out, and he couldn't beat around the bush when talking to this little thing, and he couldn't even make a little teasing joke, otherwise Sang Yi would take it seriously.He said it again, changing the rhetorical question into a declarative sentence: "You are full, if I carry you behind my back, your stomach will be uncomfortable."
Sang Yi whispered: "Oh." Xie Yuan's cloak was made of satin, which was slippery on his body. Sang Yi felt that he would fall off at any moment, and Xie Yuan was constantly adjusting his posture, so he stretched out his arms He hugged Xie Yuan's shoulders.Now that both of them are safe, Xie Yuan led him back home, first threw the screen away and let the little thing take a bath, then told him to drink medicine, and sat down to read a book.Sang Yi came out after washing, drank the medicine obediently, then walked to Xie Yuan hesitantly.The hair was wet and loose, and the eyelashes were also wet. The whole figure looked like some kind of small animal lifted out of the water.
Also like a little girl.
In the past, Xie Yuan secretly hoped that he would have a quiet and elegant younger sister, and at one time he disliked the four younger brothers who were like demon kings in his family.Now that such an obedient little companion came, he suddenly realized that his previous vision might come true, but in a slightly different way—before he even realized it, Sang Yi had broken into his heart Life, forcing him to look at him with gentle eyes, is like picking up a cute little animal on the road, and you are reluctant to beat it and abandon it.
After finally getting a free night, Xie Yuan spent most of his time on Sang Yi, leading him to find the way and things, and packed him a new set of things: clothes, toys, toiletries and book.As for the identity of the book boy, Xie Yuan omitted the parts he knew, and told Sang Yi: "Normally, children from rich families will have companions to accompany them when they study, so they are not lonely. Excellent companions are the facade of the host family. I am twelve years old this year, and I will take the Chunwei exam in three years, and everyone else has to accompany me, so I should too, and this is your responsibility."
Tell him plainly that you don't need to bother with him out of curiosity or gratitude, that's what Xie Yuan originally planned.However, he ignored the extent to which Sang Yi took the meaning out of context. He only saw this little brother sitting quietly in front of him, earnestly promising: "I will be with you, so that you will not be lonely."
Xie Yuan: "..."
He whispered a little annoyed: "I don't need company, and I can't talk about loneliness. You just need to bear this identity, you know?"
Sang Yi stared at him blankly.The four-year-old gap has now become a gap, one adult who thinks he is independent, and the other who only understands the meaning of loneliness.
Sang Yi asked in a low voice: "Then you...do you still want me?"
Xie Yuan also realized that he might be speaking too harshly, so he said softly, "I treat you like a younger brother, so I won't let you go. Go to sleep. I'll read for a while."
As expected, Sang Yi obediently went to sleep, still leaning against the corner of the wall, as if nestled like this, with his back against the solid wall gave him a sense of security.Xie Yuan is not used to sharing the bed with others, but he didn't think about what to do, so he read the book in the middle of the night.When it was almost dawn, he fell asleep with his head on his hands, and when he woke up, he found that he was covered with a blanket, and Sang Yi had already got up, and brought him a basin and towel unsteadily, and waited for him to wash up .The beds have also been made.
I don't know who taught him these things, but Sang Yi was very polite and sensible.After Xie Yuan washed, he touched it casually and found that Sang Yi's fever had subsided.
"Take the medicine for the last time at night. If there's anything you can't do, let me know if you want it." Xie Yuan said.
Sang Yi asked him expectantly: "Brother, can I still eat the noodles from yesterday?"
"Yes, but I will go to my father to endorse at night, and I may be late when I come back. If you remember the way, you can go there by yourself." Xie Yuan glanced at him and asked, "Do you remember the way?"
Sang Yi shook her head innocently.
"..." Xie Yuan sighed, reached out and touched his head, "Then you wait for me."
After Xie Yuan went out, the nanny from the day before came over again, apparently she had received an order from elsewhere to teach Sang Yi the basic etiquette in Xie's house, as well as the way of life.Which places are forbidden, you can't set foot in them, which places you can only enter when you are with Xie Yuan, and which places live with what kind of people.Xie's Garden, which can't be seen at a glance, is full of mountains and rivers. Mama finds that this child is much smarter than she expected. Sang Yi will be able to walk through the garden road with dark willows and bright flowers, and he can clearly report where XX lives, what is the identity of the people living in it, what is his temperament, and how he treats Xie Yuan.
The nanny wondered: "You little baby has a good memory. Last night, the young city lord came back. Did you take good care of him?"
Sang Yi said everything, and when Mammy heard him say that Xie Yuan took him out to eat, she smiled helplessly: "Young city master doesn't like to eat things from the mansion, but prefers to run outside .” Then, as if remembering something, he asked, “Which store?”
Sang Yi said in a childlike voice: "It's the road that goes down the mountain from the back gate, take the fork outside, turn right into an alley, pass a restaurant and a tailor's shop, there is a stone lion by the bridge A noodle stall."
Mammy praised: "Very good, you must be very good at studying with the Young City Master in the future. It's getting late, we're here today, you can go back too."
Sang Yi didn't move, waited for a while, and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, when will the city lord brother come back?"
"Oh, you can't be called like this. You will be a young master in the future, so don't call me grandma anymore. The Young City Lord is going to take over Jiangling in the future. How many people are staring at him? Busy, you wait, guess what. Prepare water and cakes during the moon, if the young city lord comes back late, you can ask someone to deliver the water again."
Sang Yi thanked the old nanny, and walked back to Xie Yuan's courtyard alone.He went upstairs, sat far away beside Xie Yuan's desk, made a small bench and came over, took out the comic book that Xie Yuan found for him last night and started to read.After finishing one book, it was just getting dark, so he put the album back as it was, moved the small bench back, and ran downstairs to wait.On the way, the servant who boiled water came to deliver cloves and Atractylodes atractylodes, and saw him standing alone in the snow, not knowing how to hold an umbrella, and asked them eagerly, "When will the city owner come back?"
These people didn't know him yet, they just thought he was cute at first glance, and they all coaxed him: "I'll be right back!" But that day Xie Yuan went out with Xie Yue to socialize, rested outside, and came back in the early morning of the next day.When the young man came back from the snow, he saw the little guy squatting under the eaves, wrapped up like a ball, already asleep.
He walked over lightly, leaning over to look at him.However, Sang Yi could feel him coming every time in her sleep. Before he woke him up, she opened her eyes and blinked in confusion: "Brother, you are back..." Looking outside again, she realized that the sky It's already on.His whole body was sore and he couldn't stand up, so he could only sit there and listen to Xie Yuan's expressionless expression: "You waited here all night?"
Sang Yi said cautiously: "You said... take me to eat sliced noodles again." His voice became softer as the time went on, and Xie Yuan remembered that there really was such a thing, that he forgot the promise first.
Seeing Sang Yi's aggrieved look, he was silent for a while: "Go up and take a hot bath first, then drink a bowl of ginger soup, and I'll take you there later."
Sang Yi's eyes lit up all of a sudden, without saying a word, she ran upstairs slowly.Xie Yuan stood behind him, looking at his thin back, with a rare bit of confusion in his eyes.
This is roughly the case for young people's liking for young people.After this day, Xie Yuan also knew that this new little brother was very clingy to him and kept him tight, and the whole Xie family also gradually realized that the young city lord had a little companion by his side. From now on, whenever Xie Yuan went out, there would be someone Come and tell Sang Yi not to tell him to wait.Xie Yuan was used to acting like an elder brother, and just rightly took care of him as a protector, and didn't feel anything wrong.
A month later, Xie Yuan officially began to spend time preparing for Chun Wei's exam.The Xie family invited a highly respected private school teacher, and all the juniors of the Xie family had to go to attend the class. Xie Yuan sat in the first row, Sang Yi sat next to him, and Xie Yuan's younger brothers followed.He is the eldest son of Xie Yuan, and he is also the first one with a companion. After the first class, Sang Yi rushed out to make tea for him. Xie Yuan looked down at the book and saw his third younger brother approaching him mysteriously. Xixi smiled and asked: "Brother, is that your future companion? I heard that the companion also needs to warm the bed. Isn't that the same as the little daughter-in-law?"
Xie Yuan's voice was flat: "If you talk nonsense again, I'll break your leg."
Instead, his third brother became even more playful and smiled: "Brother, tell me, is that guy named Sang a boy or a girl? He's so quiet, he doesn't talk, he's a bitch, is he a girl? Brother, in the future you will Won't you marry him? He also calls you brother, isn't he love brother?"
This group of children are similar in age, and rumors about what little girl they like will spread the word. Now that they have Sang Yi as a source of conversation, it is even more impossible to let Xie Yuan, who is the elder brother, go.Even though Xie Yuan was three or four years older than them, he was still a 12-year-old kid after all, and couldn't stand teasing about this kind of topic.He stretched out his hand and put the brush heavily on the case, scaring away the group of brats.
He said: "Impossible, he is my little brother, and I am four years older than him."
His third brother immediately retorted: "But Daddy is ten years older than my mother! I—" He didn't really calm down until others covered his mouth.
Sang Yi came back just in time, and she didn't notice the dull atmosphere in the school.He happily made Yuqianchun, Xie Yuan's favorite drink, put it aside, and reminded him in a low voice: "Brother, it's hot."
As soon as this sentence came out, the people behind laughed again.The third brother yelled, "Hey, who—"
Sang Yi turned around and heard the man's request: "Hello, my name is Xie Qin, and I am the third child. You should also call me brother."
Sang Yi looked at Xie Yuan, then at Xie Qin, and obediently called out "Brother".But for some reason, as soon as he spoke, the people behind him laughed even harder, and Xie Yuan's face was as cold as ice.
After class, Xie Yuan was walking on the road, and suddenly said to him: "Don't call me brother anymore."
Sang Yi was stunned for a moment, then asked subconsciously: "Then, what's your name?"
Xie Yuan stopped talking to him.
Sang Yi felt that Xie Yuan was angry with him, but he didn't know what made him unhappy.After going back, the atmosphere between the two became more dull, Xie Yuan went to bed early, and Sang Yi was looking inside and out, pouring water, tidying up the teacups, and placing books, all with light hands.Xie Yuan lay on the bed and did not fall asleep. After listening to him walking back and forth for a while, he said in a cold voice: "Don't make noise."
Sure enough, there was no sound.
Xie Yuan couldn't fall asleep, and after a long time, Sang Yi didn't see any intention of coming to sleep.He has excellent night vision. When he turned around and looked outside, he saw Sang Yi bent over and standing in front of the desk, bowed like a small shrimp, gently wiping a white porcelain brush washer, moving very slowly , almost to the point of being ridiculous.
Xie Yuan looked at it for a while, turned over and turned back, and said loudly: "Don't mess with it, come and sleep."
He waited a while longer before the little fellow climbed up and slept away from him on the edge of the bed.Xie Yuan couldn't fall asleep, but Sang Yi quickly fell into a deep sleep. She kept crawling in her dream, and finally crawled into his arms, and curled up comfortably.
Xie Yuan looked down at the little guy who got into his arms, hesitated for a long time, and put his hand gently on his back.At this moment, he thought of his third brother's words: "Daddy is also ten years older than mother!"
Eight and 12 years old, the older one is in the stage of looking down on the younger one, and can't play anywhere.In a few years, 12 and 16 years old, maybe we can have something to talk about.
In the future, at the age of 16 and 20, can you say more things? At the age of 20 and 24, it seems that after adults, such a gap will no longer be obvious.The Xie family's children are all precocious, especially like him, who are already half adults, but the real growth is still unknown to them.
Sang Yi seemed to like him, but it was a real child's liking, dependent, because he picked him up, so he inevitably provoked him.
Will this little guy accompany him to adulthood?
Xie Yuan thought quietly and fell into a deep sleep unconsciously.When he woke up the next morning, he found himself holding Sang Yi tightly, and Sang Yi was looking at him nervously and helplessly.
He thought for a while, and said, "You don't need to call me brother from now on. I thought about it, if you call the third young master, the fifth young master and the sixth young master together, no one can tell who you are and who you are calling." .”
Sang Yi was stunned.
He ordered: "My name is Xie Yuan, you will call me Brother Yuan from now on, this is my special permission."
Sang Yi whispered: "Okay."
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