school days in ancient times

Before the bell rang, Ye Mian got up and asked Mo Shi to take him to Qiqianyuan.

Qiqian Academy is a garden area where poor students study. Ye Mian has never been there before. Thanks to Mo Shi, who is familiar with the road, leading the way, the two of them circled around in the narrow path and finally arrived at Qiqian before ringing the bell. Qianyuan gate.

Standing outside the gate of the courtyard, I took a casual look inside. The courtyard is not big, and there is no garden. It is only a university house with a few bare stone tables and chairs.

Ye Mian took Mo Shi and walked in amidst the astonishment in the eyes of several students in the yard.

When they arrived at their school room, Ye Miancai felt a little embarrassed, and couldn't remember what the man's name was.

His bad memory!

Ye Mian stood at the door with his arms folded, his eyes looking inside, because it was about to ring the bell, the school room was almost full of people, and there were 80 to [-] people in their Qiqian Academy studying in a room, Ye Mian only felt that All the heads in the room were staring at him with eyes bigger than his.

Just when Ye Mian's patience was about to run out, a person slowly stood up in the corner of the school room, Ye Mian's eyes lit up, it was him!

Although he forgot the man's name, he was very impressed by his handsome appearance.

Ye Mian smiled and hooked his hand.

After the man came out, Ye Mian dragged him to a secluded place in the yard.

"Master Ye Si," the man's face was unnaturally red, and his eyes were full of disbelief, "Are you here to look for Qi Yu?"

Ye Mian didn't pay attention either, thinking in his heart that people from their side rarely came to the teaching garden here, and everyone made a fuss.

"Yes, yes, I'm looking for you," Ye Mian put on a smile that should be asked for someone, patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Last time you imitated my handwriting to help me copy books, I haven't Thank you very much, this time I first thank you, and second, I want to beg you again."

There was a hint of surprise in Qi Yu's eyes, he nodded and said, "Master Ye Si, please tell me, as long as Qi Yu can do it, he will do his best!"

Ye Mian rubbed his hands together, and said embarrassingly: "My good brother was punished for copying books because of me, and I remembered that your imitation handwriting is very good..."

"I'll copy it for him!" Before Ye Mian finished speaking, Qi Yu interrupted him.

It's too hot!

Ye Mian hugged Qi Yu's shoulder happily, and said happily: "There is no rush this time, take your time, I will send someone to bring a pen and paper and his writing over later, last time you copied the book for me because Let me go down to the lake to rescue you, but this time I am the one who begs you, and when you finish writing, I will definitely thank you!"

After discussing with Qi Yu, Ye Mian and Qi Yu happily took Mo Shi out of Qiqian Courtyard. Qi Yu stood there motionless and stared at Ye Mian's back. After a long time, he shook his hands and fumbled for something in his sleeves.

Yexintang is a house set up by Guozixue in the courtyard of each dormitory. It is specially used for students who study hard at night by candlelight.

Qi Yu flicked the candle wick with a thin pick, and the bean-sized candle sprang up again, and the halo scattered in all directions. He rubbed his sore wrist and was about to write and copy again when he saw someone from the same yard as him. Qiu Rong'an walked in with his clothes on.

Qiu Rongan put the plate of bean cakes he brought on the table, Yulu said with concern: "I know you are in Yexintang, I will bring you something to eat. It's already four o'clock, so why don't you sleep tonight?"

Qi Yu smiled and cupped his hands to express his thanks, picked up a piece of snack and ate it with the already cold tea on the table.

Qi Yu didn't answer him, and Qiu Rongan didn't mind, and asked again: "What kind of work do you use? You don't rest until it's so late."

"Nothing, just write some articles."

It was obvious that Qi Yu was perfunctory, and Qiu Rongan couldn't ask any further questions, so he only looked at his desk.

The stack of papers that had been written on had been turned upside down when Qi Yu saw him coming in, but the papers, pens and other utensils on the table were not ordinary at first glance, at least people like them would never use them. The paper is delicate and flexible, and the ink is not only not smelly but has a simple and elegant fragrance.

These are all used by Ye Mian in his daily life, so he asked Mo Shi to bring them to Qi Yu in the afternoon. Since it was cheating, he dared not forget such details.

Qiu Rong'an stared at the half of the valuable Kan Chunmo on the table and was a little lost. He stretched out his hand in a strange way, but was interrupted by Qi Yu's cough before touching the ink.

Qiu Rongan hurriedly put his hands back as if awake, and then couldn't help feeling a little hot.

Qi Yu cleared his throat and said, "Thank you Brother Rong An for the tea, it's too late, go and rest."

Qiu Rongan didn't leave, stared at Qi Yu's face for a long time, and asked, "Didn't you break up with Ding Huai and others, and he is willing to give you such a good thing?"

Qi Yu looked at him expressionlessly.

The atmosphere was a little tense for a while, Qiu Rongan remembered the purpose of coming here, sat down bravely and asked: "Today, Young Master Ye Si from Qirui Courtyard came to our courtyard to look for you, but because of the incident of falling into the water last time, I have to deal with you." He has a relationship?"

Qi Yu still didn't speak.

Seemingly remembering something, Qiu Rongan suddenly stood up and looked at the paper and ink on the table, and stammered, "This...these are not gifted to you by Young Master Ye Si, are they?" Qiu Rongan stared at them carefully Looking at Qi Yu, he said, "How old is he, you...you can't..."

Although Qiu Rongan didn't finish his sentence, he expressed his meaning very clearly. Qi Yu closed his eyes and let out a deep breath before calmly saying: "Don't talk nonsense, if it gets out, I won't survive, you I'm afraid I've finished reading Guozixue."

Qiu Rongan swallowed his saliva and stared at him: "Then you are..."

"It was just a chat with Young Master Ye Si when he was thanking you. He mentioned a lost folk tale book in Xiaozhou, where I was born. It happened that I heard it from the storyteller when I was young on the street, so I promised him to keep silent. give him."

Qiu Rongan looked at Qi Yu and then at the upside-down paper on the table, "So you overtook this script for him overnight?"

Qi Yu nodded.

Qiu Rongan looked at him, this statement is quite correct, Qi Yu is a man who likes to be attached to the powerful, and he finally caught up with Ye Mian, so he must be silent day and night.

Qi Yu put away the pen and paper before dawn, and went back to the room lightly, lying on his back on the bed with his eyes open, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. The sound of snoring from the next bed came in through the curtain. Take out a palm-sized cloth bag.

The tent was pitch black, but he didn't care, he opened the pocket familiarly, took out the contents and groped carefully with his hands.

In his hand is a gold-plated spherical hand stove, Qi Yu would take it out every night before going to sleep to play with, carefully trace the feelings with his fingers, so that he knew exactly which hollows and petal patterns on the hand stove.

The hand furnace is very exquisitely made, the sphere is divided into two layers, the outer layer is pinned with a thin layer of gold, and the whole body is hollowed out with flowers and birds. Naturally, this kind of precious thing is not his, but it was in the dead plum forest in the southwest corner of the school last winter. , Ye Mian casually stuffed it for him.

Fourth Young Master Ye must have forgotten such a thing long ago, and he should have forgotten him as a person. Qi Yu's fingertips were caressing the shape of the magpie on the stove, but he couldn't forget him.

Before going to bed every night, the classmates in the same room would always talk about the sons of the rich and powerful in the school. When they talked about these, they would naturally talk about the younger brother of Mr. Duanhua, the fourth son of the Ye family who looked like a fairy boy, Talk about how arrogant he is today, how arrogant and domineering, how he doesn't pay attention to his teacher Si Zheng, and the school can't help him, as if they were watching when the incident happened.

Qi Yu is not a sharp-tongued person, but he still wants to argue with them, he wants to say, this person is not as bad as you say, I have seen him, he also talked to me, I offended him, he Not only didn't he punish me, he didn't laugh at my down and out together with those around him, but seeing that I was freezing badly, he even gave me his own hand stove, and when he talked to me, his voice was gentle and gentle of......

But the words came to my lips a few times, but in the end I didn't speak.

Like this, Qi Yu listened to his classmates every day and night under the cover of the night, ridiculously using envious and jealous tones, unscrupulously criticizing this person they dared not mention during the day.

Whenever he would hold the stove in his arms at this time, he would recall the smile in Ye Mian's eyes when he stuffed it into his hand that day.

Qi Yu would keep this hand stove tucked in his sleeve every day. After a long time, he seemed to be bewitched by this thing. He haunted his dreams every day, and always wanted to see its owner as if possessed by a demon.

For the first time in his life, Qi Yu hated that he was born poor and humble. If he was also born in a noble family, would he be able to walk in front of him with a smile, and talk to him well, just like walking shoulder to shoulder with him in the woods that day? The few young masters walking around are average, not like they are now. If they stand at the gate of Qirui Courtyard for a long time, they will be stared at by the servants guarding there. They can only stay away from Cuihua Building during their lunch break every day Can't even make out his face.

But even so, he still has to take a look at it every day to be at ease.

Qi Yu didn't have much ambition before. With his background, it was extremely difficult to become an official, but after finishing Guozixue, returning to his hometown to go to an official school to be a teacher respected by everyone is excellent.

But now every time he thinks of going back to his hometown, he can't go to see him every day as he is now, and he is like a poisonous poison, restless in sleep and food, and confused.

He naturally knows what a person of his background should do if he wants to be an official. Fortunately, God gave him a good appearance. With the help of some people who know the way, he finally got a few kun characters The son of the high gate.

It's just that he knew that these people would belittle him, but he didn't expect that they would treat him as a human being. Finally, on the cruise ship in the lake that day, he jumped out of the lake unbearably humiliated, and when he swam to the shore, his leg twitched ribs.

When he was most desperate in the center of the lake, what he thought most about was that he would never see him again.

It's just that he never expected that someone would jump into the lake to save him. After seeing who this person was, Qi Yu's mind went blank, and his heart went crazy for a moment, and he couldn't help but hug him tightly with both hands.

If we sink to the bottom of the lake together, we will never suffer from this lovesickness again.