school days in ancient times

When Xia Nei heard the noise inside and ran in in a panic, he saw the two of them were stepping on each other's feet in the same wooden basin, half of the basin had already been splashed with water, and the children hid far away dumbfounded.

Xia Neijian sighed and stepped forward to separate the two, helplessly said: "The old slave will only see you for a while, and your two ancestors can also start a quarrel."

Ye Mian sat across from Zhuang Jue, and two children squatted on the ground holding cloth towels to wipe their feet.

"He stepped on me first," Ye Mian lifted his leg, moved his toes, and said with a groan, "I'm afraid I'm going to break a bone, Eunuch Xia, your county king is too ruthless."

Ye Mian came to this courtyard every day during this period, so Xia Neijian treated him like outsiders, and joked a few words from time to time to make fun of him.

"Let him pay you two taels of silver," Xia Neijian said softly, "We'll see the doctor when the rain stops!"

Ye Mian looked at Zhuang Jue proudly, thinking that he would retort, but Zhuang Jue licked his lips, but only said: "Then let me see."

Ye Mian froze for a moment, "What are you looking at?"

Zhuang Jue gave him a sideways look, "Didn't you say that your foot was hurt?"

Ye Mian was happy, lifted one foot onto his leg and shook it, and was about to scream pain whenever he touched it, but Zhuang Jue looked down for a long time with an expression on his face, and then a string of red color faded from his hand. Coral beads were tied around his ankles.

The beads are not big, but each one is as red as blood, wrapped three times around Ye Mian's snow-white ankle, which is extremely eye-catching.

Ye Mian was startled, and turned to look at Xia Neijian standing next to Zhuang Jue, only to see Xia Neijian stretched his neck and let out a "hey", opened his mouth but didn't say anything in the end, stood up straight with his face on his face. He resumed his usual smile.

Ye Mian hurriedly pulled his legs to untie the bead string, but Zhuang Jue grabbed his ankle and didn't let him move. He frowned and said, "It's just coral, and it's not something expensive. Every time I give you something, you push it away." It’s very boring to push back and forth.”

"But..." This coral bead is indeed not a rare thing, but he saw that Zhuang Jue had been wearing it all the time. When he first saw it, he wondered that nothing this man wore was ordinary. It didn't look the same every time I saw it, but this string of worthless coral beads was always wrapped around his wrist, but later he thought, he only wears colorful threads on his wrist, maybe there is some meaning to it.

"It's nothing special," Zhuang Jue interrupted him, pinched his ankle again, and asked bluntly: "I want to ask you, what is my apprenticeship ceremony? Even if you don't pay attention to my master, I will teach you I've been with you for so long, Shu Xiu always wants to give it, why don't you see me?"

Ye Mian was really caught by his question. After thinking about it, what he mentioned was not unreasonable. Although he learned calligraphy at Zhuang Jue's place, although he didn't have a long time, he had a lot of benefits. Even his father saw him two days ago. For the first time, he praised him a few words.

It stands to reason that the Ye Mansion wanted to present gifts.

Ye Mian curled his lips and said, "I will offer it in a few days, no one will come to ask for it in person."

Zhuang Jue lowered his head, and casually fingered the bright red beads on Ye Mian's ankle with his slender fingers like jade knots, "Be careful, don't use those mortal things to prevaricate me."

Ye Mian's feet were itchy and uncomfortable, and he used some strength to pull his legs back, humming: "I know, if you don't care, just throw it out for me."

After speaking, Ye Mian turned his head and took the snow-white brocade socks held by the boy beside him, and put them on by himself.

The two of them finished their meal and wrote for a while. Guozixue had already rang the bell twice, but the rain outside could only be seen to be heavy, and a cloud of green smoke fell on the ground. Water had accumulated in the yard. A guard was wearing a rain cape and was digging hastily on the drainage channel on the side of the yard.

The rain was falling so quickly, the two of them naturally couldn't run out, Ye Mian stretched his waist and said that he was going to sleep for a while, since he entered Guozixue, he felt that he couldn't get enough sleep every day.

On such a rainy day, it is best to cover your head and sleep late.

Zhuang Jue nodded, and arranged for someone to serve him to take a nap, while he raised his chin towards Zhuang Ran who had been standing aside and said nothing, and ordered: "Bring the letter that uncle arrived today," then turned around and took the man away. Brought it to the study.

The little boy over there tidied up the bed, and Ye Mian lay down on it with only his coat on. Xia Neijian saw lightning and thunder outside, fearing that he was too young, so he sat on the short stilt in front of the bed and accompanied him. say.

Ye Mian lay sideways on the bed and sighed, and said softly: "Why is he so busy, he is just like my elder brother, but my elder brother has already become an official, but the county king is about the same age as me, look at me, I am still here I practice calligraphy with others and make trouble every day, no wonder my father doesn't like me."

Xia Nei listened to the child's words so sincerely that he couldn't help laughing out loud. While fanning him, he picked up what he could talk to and said, "This year is not good, and the flood in the south is serious. Now the grain Ah, salt luck, there are going to be some twists and turns, not only the other end is in a hurry, but we in Beijing are also in a hurry, he is caught in the middle and being urged by both ends, can you not be busy?"

Ye Mian lowered his eyes and nodded slightly, thinking in his heart that he must improve himself in the future. Since he came to the Dawen Dynasty, he has given up on himself and only cared about having fun with his brothers every day. He is not without low self-esteem in his heart to share the worries of the princess mansion and serve the state affairs.

He is still young now and can't show it, but in the future he will marry a wife and have children and live alone. If the chaos continues like this, won't even his wife and children laugh at him.

Ye Mian sighed secretly, thinking that tomorrow he would start to pick up the homework that Guozi learned. He is not stupid. If he puts his heart into it, it is not difficult for him to learn these things. It is better to try the imperial examination like Ruan Yunsheng Being an official is his own ability.

Seeing the gloomy look on his face, Xia Neijian smiled and coaxed him to talk. After Ye Mian chatted with him for a while, he realized that Xia Neijian was served by the late emperor. After the eldest princess was born, he He was given to the eldest princess and waited on her until she grew up and got married. They went to the south together and brought Zhuang Jue up in Jinling Princess Mansion.

Ye Mian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, no wonder all the servants around Zhuang Jue didn't dare to lift their eyes, but this Eunuch Xia is not only not afraid of him, but also jokes with Zhuang Jue from time to time.

Although there was thunder and lightning rumbling outside, the sound of raindrops hitting the window was regular and orderly, like hypnosis. Ye Mian closed his eyes and breathed evenly as he spoke.

When King Rongnan came in, he saw such a scene. Ye Mian was sleeping soundly on the bed with his eyes closed on his side. The Songluo soft tent was only half put on. Patted and coaxed gently on the side.

As soon as Zhuang Jue spoke, the unsuspecting Xia Neijian trembled in fright, and then Ye Mian's eyelids moved as if he was about to wake up, Xia Neijian hurriedly held his breath and patted him on the back a few times. Seeing that he was breathing evenly again, he stood up.

Zhuang Jue: "..."

Xia Neijian stood up and walked over like a cat. Seeing his tired face, he asked him softly with a distressed expression, "You want to take a break too? Those things are always busy, your body is very important."

Zhuang Jue nodded and raised his hand for someone to change clothes.

When Zhuang Jue climbed onto the bed, Ye Mian still woke up. The thunder outside disturbed people, and he couldn't sleep well.

Ye Mian slightly opened his mouth and yawned and asked him, "What time is it?"

"It's almost time to apply."

"Oh, it's almost time to strike the school bell." Ye Mian listened to the sound of rain outside, and said to himself, "It seems that the rain is a little lighter, and I don't know if there will be water on the way back."

Zhuang Jue glanced at him, "In that case, I will stay here overnight. It's not easy to be stuck on the road."

Ye Mian shook his head, rolled his eyes at him and said, "I dare not stay with you at night."

Zhuang Jue said dumbly: "I don't want to scare you."

Ye Mian still shook his head and said: "I promised my auntie to go back to her place for dinner after school today, she said that she would prepare my favorite dishes, it's not good to miss the appointment like this."

Zhuang Jue looked at him for a while, then suddenly said: "Don't you know they are talking about succeeding you?"

"What adoption?"

After Ye Mian finished asking, he suddenly opened his eyes wide, pulled up half of his body and stared at Zhuang Jue and asked, "What do you mean by adopting me?"

Zhuang Jue stared at him for a long while, then sat cross-legged on the bed, and said slowly: "Your uncle has no room, only a concubine who died three years ago. You must know this. Going back to Beijing to report on your work, Er Ye talked with your parents about continuing the incense, now they are in love with you, and they have already mentioned the matter of adopting you to the elders in your house."

Ye Mian stared, his face full of disbelief as if he was listening to a book from heaven, staring at Zhuang Jue, his mind was in a mess, and it took a while for his thoughts to return slowly, slowly recalling the unusual things that his uncle and aunt had treated him these days Doting and intimacy, Qiu's smile is unnatural when seeing him, grandmother always looks at him and sighs silently, and his father always praises him inexplicably these days.

It turns out...it turns out they don't want him anymore.

Ye Mian shook her lips, but she didn't say a word, but she couldn't help but shed tears, not wanting to be like this in front of Zhuang Jue. After wiping her lips, new ones still flowed out continuously.

He knows that he is not good, that he is mischievous, does not make progress in his studies, and always makes troubles in school to embarrass them, but...but they can beat him and punish him. It is not that he is not afraid of pain. There will always be changes, why don't you want him.

Zhuang Jue looked around, but found nothing, so he raised his hand and wiped his face with the sleeve of his coat, and said, "What's the matter? You don't want to take over. When the rain stops tomorrow, I'll go to see you." All you need is a word from your family, let's see who dares to let you leave the capital."

Ye Mian was still crying out of breath, even if he was afraid of leaving the Shi Lang's mansion, he knew very well in his heart that even if he adopted his uncle's room, his life would not be bad.

It's just that he really likes his mother, his brother, and his grandmother. Even though he was wary of his father at the beginning, he didn't dare to invest in him, but after this year, he called "Daddy" so many times that he wanted to He said that he had no feelings at all, and he didn't believe it himself.

Ye Mian himself is a very emotional person, as long as others treat him well, he has no reservations about his feelings for that person. Although it is only a short year, he treats these people as his relatives very seriously.

Therefore, he was really heartbroken.

Zhuang Jue called the little boy outside to come in, had someone twist the wet handkerchief, and told them to go to the Jixian Gate of Guozixue to find the carriage waiting for the Minister's Mansion there, and tell them that their fourth young master is staying at him tonight. Here, there is no need to wait.

Ye Mian heard it and didn't stop him. His mind is in a mess now, and he doesn't know how to face the family members in the Minister's Mansion. So it's good to stay here for one night. He will be open and honest with them when he clears up his thoughts tomorrow. Let's talk about it.