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"What about you, are you taking the imperial examination?" Song Cheng asked.

Qi Yue stepped on the setting sun and walked towards home. He said with a silly smile, "I want to join the army and go to war, like my father, like General Yang and General Pan in the Battle of Yanmen, kill the enemy, defend the family and the country!"

Song Cheng asked, "Does your mother agree?"

Qi Yue shook his head and said, "She will definitely not agree, I am the only seedling of Daddy."

Song Cheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

Qi Yue grinned and said, "In short, I will definitely go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and defend my family and the country!"

Song Cheng patted Qi Yue's shoulder, with a regretful expression on his face, without saying a word, obviously seeing the expression of the two fools next door.Qi Yue said "Hey", "Don't believe me, little fool, I'm serious!"

Song Cheng said "Oh" and looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle, "Then you go on."

"Come on?" Qi Yue scratched his head in confusion, "What do you mean by come on?"

Song Cheng blinked, "It means good luck to you."

Qi Yue said "Oh" to show that he knew, he smiled and said, "Where did you come up with so many strange words? Chengzi, where is your home? I heard from my mother that you were picked up by the master from outside."

Song Cheng shook his head and said, "The teacher bought it."

Qi Yue's eyes widened in disbelief. He stepped in front of Song Cheng's eyes, pressed Song Cheng's shoulder and said, "How is it possible? Are you a slave?"

Song Cheng shook his head again and said, "No, it's because the family was too poor. My grandfather sold me. Although my husband paid me the money, he didn't sign a contract of sale with me."

Qi Yue turned around and put his arms around Song Cheng's shoulders, "Your family is also cruel, don't remember them, Brother Yue will protect you from now on, and won't make you suffer anymore."

Song Cheng suddenly made a grimace at Qi Yue, threw Qi Yue away and ran for a long distance, he ran farther and farther, turned around and said with a smile, "Who wants you to cover me, I'm amazing!"

Qi Yue ran after him, shouting at Song Cheng, "Stop, you little idiot, you just photographed my elder brother yesterday, and you won't recognize him today! Stop!"

Song Cheng laughed "giggling" as he ran further and further away. The setting sun shone on his body, casting a brilliant color on Song Chao's light clothes.

It was May in a blink of an eye, and the wheat in Bianjing was ripe. All the students had their field vacations and went home with their books on their backs.Qi Yue and Song Cheng didn't have any land at home, so when it was a holiday, Qi Yue threw all the books aside and took Song Cheng and Qi Chen around.Song Cheng also relied on Qi Yue's blessing to visit Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty.

That night Song Cheng just finished eating when he heard Qi Yue calling him outside the door, he got up and answered out the window, put down his book and smiled to Madam Xu, "Master, Qi Yue called me to go shopping in the night market."

Mrs. Xu gave Song Cheng a silver bag with a smile, put it in his sleeve pocket and said with a smile, "If you go out and have something you like, just go buy whatever you want to eat. Take this silver bag, don't bother." Put it on the outside of the clothes and let the thieves touch it."

Song Cheng nodded embarrassedly and said, "Yes."

Mrs. Xu patted Song Cheng's head and said, "Go early and come back early, pay attention to safety, your teacher said that he will take you to see Mr. Cui tomorrow."

"Mr. Cui! Is it the Mr. Cui whom the teacher often visits?" Song Cheng said pleasantly.

"It's him."

The two of them only spoke a few words, and Qi Yue kept shouting outside, and now Qi Chen added Song Cheng's name together, and the whole alley was filled with the voice of Song Cheng.Song Cheng bowed to his teacher's wife, "Master, I'm going."

Mrs. Xu smiled and nodded, Song Cheng opened the curtain and went out.Master Xu came in just as Song Cheng left the house. He smiled and said to his wife, "Did Cheng and the Qi family go out?"

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "I went out with the two boys from the Qi family." She put down the needle and thread in her hand and said, "Cheng, this child is too cute. Since he was on vacation, he has been squatting in your dilapidated library If you haven't been out before, you should have fun with the kids from the Qi family, the kids are like old scholars, and you know what you're looking for all day long."

Xu Fuzi smiled and said, "This is the student I chose. It doesn't matter what the price is. How can I take on my burden after a hundred years? Is it like old Cui, who is afraid that he will not be able to breathe now? broken."

Mrs. Xu rolled her eyes at Mrs. Xu, "Then Cheng is still young, and besides, you haven't talked to Cheng yet. I think you should discuss this matter in a long-term way."

"That's all, I'm still tough, and Cheng is still young, I'll take him to see Old Cui tomorrow first."

"En." Mrs. Xu lowered her head and went to thread the needle again. Mrs. Xu was holding an old book while reading, and the room was quiet.

Let's say that Song Cheng was thrown down by Qi Yue and Qi Chen at the same time as soon as he went out. Song Cheng screamed in fright, and grabbed Qi Yue's lapel. Cheng laughed.Song Cheng opened his eyes and gave him a hard look, Qi Yue got up and pulled Song Cheng up, and said mysteriously, "I'll take you to a good place today."

Song Cheng patted the dirt that had just stuck to his body, and asked, "Where are you going?"

Qi Chen also smiled with a thief face, like a mouse that stole oil, and whispered in Song Cheng's ear, "Let's go to the Zhuque Gate."

Song Cheng thought for a while, "So far?"

Qi Yue smiled and said, "If you know it's far away, let's go quickly." As he said that, he and Qi Chen pulled Song Cheng back and forth and went to Zhuquemen.When he reached the Vermilion Bird Gate, Song Cheng's face opened his eyes.

Outside the east wall of Zhuquemen are all residential buildings, and on the eastward street, except for Maizhu Lane and Zhuangyuan Building, the rest...are brothels, all the way to Baokangmen Street.Song Cheng raised his forehead, frowned at Qi Yue, and said, "You are only so young, you come to visit brothels, does your mother know?" Then he said to Qi Chen, "Does your mother know?"

Qi Chen scratched his head in embarrassment, Qi Yue patted Song Cheng on the head and said, "We are just passing by, why are you so stupid! What are you afraid of!" He turned Song Cheng to Longlu Bridge.

Going south from Zhouqiao, the street is full of night markets selling snacks.Lanterns are hung high on the small stalls, and people who go out to visit the night market are also idle, turning the stalls in a leisurely manner.Singers, storytellers, and some flirtatiously dressed women hang out in the nearby tiles.

Qi Yue held Song Cheng with his right hand and Qi Chen with his left hand, and stood outside the tile listening to a story. Song Cheng only took a few glances, and then went to the food stall outside. Qi Yue saw it in a blink of an eye. , he smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to something delicious!"

In the blink of an eye, Song Cheng saw all kinds of preserved fruits and snacks in plum red boxes. He didn't recognize them, so he just led Qi Yue and Qi Chen and stood by the stall, watching the old women selling fruits introduce one by one, "This Apricot slices, plum ginger, Xiangtangzi, Jiandaotang lychee, Yuemei..."

Song Cheng was dazzled, and only rolled his eyes following the old woman's introduction. Qi Yue stretched out his hand and hugged Song Cheng to his chest, and asked in a low voice, "What do you want to eat, don't just look at it."

Song Cheng pointed at the stall, and when he finished pointing, the old woman had packed two boxes, and Song Cheng thought of a question. He turned around and asked Qi Yue, "Qi Yue, how much does it cost?"

"It's only a few pennies, you brother Yue can afford it!" Qi Yue said, patting his chest.

Song Cheng said "oh", hugged the two boxes in his arms, and then looked at Qi Yue with wide eyes. Qi Yue squeezed Song Cheng's face with a smile, and asked the old woman, "How much is it?" ?”

The old woman smiled and said, "Twenty Wen."

Qi Yue took out his purse, counted twenty coins and handed it to the old woman, then smiled and took Song Cheng into his arms and left.Song Cheng took out a box, spread it out to Qi Yue and Qi Chen and said, "You guys eat."

Qi Chen stretched out his hand to take one, and Qi Yue directly took all the ones in Song Cheng's arms and said to Song Cheng, "I'll hold it for you, take a few in your hand to eat, and have a good time."

Song Cheng bent his eyes and smiled, took out a few fruits from the box, and stuffed them into his own mouth, his eyes looked around to see if there was anything new.Qi Yue didn't bother to play, just staring at Song Cheng as he walked around.

Qi Chen joked, "Brother, keep an eye on your wife, are you afraid that he will run away?"

Qi Yue stretched out his leg and kicked, "What nonsense are you talking about? There are so many people. I'm afraid that he will get lost! Before going out, my mother told me to watch you both closely, and don't be kidnapped by kidnappers."