Chapter Forty-Seven: Something Happened
After the music class ended, several girls came over to talk to Cui Ning, one of them was a little girl who had just eaten in class.
Several little girls reported to their families, but they were all aristocratic girls.
The girl who stole food was called Li Yiyi, and her father was a soldier and a subordinate of Cui Xuanbi.
The two hit it off at first sight, and Li Yiyi reluctantly gave some pastries to Cui Ning.
Sitting by the water and eating pastries, blowing the lake breeze, it is very pleasant.
"Wu Hui is probably going to compete with you, you should pay attention. Li Yiyi reminded her.
"Wu Hui, the one who just played the piano?" Cui Ning was slightly shocked, "She has the same surname as His Majesty?"
"Yes, she was born in the Wu family, but her relationship with Her Majesty is out of nine suits, so you don't have to take it seriously. Li Yiyi sprinkled the residue in her hand into the water to feed the fish, "Actually, she is quite pitiful, her father is the leader of a guard in the Terracotta Division, her mother used to be a singer, she was raised outside, and she was taken home as a concubine after she was pregnant, she and her mother did not live well at home, she is a person who loves to pinch the tip and is strong, and everyone doesn't like her." However, the heart is not bad. â
Cui Ning leaned on the railing to look at the fish gathered below, and said with a smile, "Then what should I pay attention to?"
"I don't know, it's annoying to be stared at all the time. Li Yiyi sighed with emotion, "The rest of me am mediocre, just good writing, I used to like to write, but since I have a teaching house with Wu Hui, she always competes with me every time she goes to class, and I have lost a lot of weight, why don't you say she is tired?"
Li Yiyi covered his cheeks, "You haven't seen me before, who doesn't boast about it when you see it?"
Cui Ning looked at her fat face, and really didn't know what to say.
"Cui Erniang?" there was a humane behind him.
Cui Ning turned his head. I saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old woman standing in a pavilion, with mediocre facial features, but giving people a sense of gentleness and affinity.
"It's Sister Yun Zhan!" Li Yiyi gave a salute and enthusiastically introduced to Cui Ning, "Sister Yun Zhan's surname is Lu." She is a talented woman, and now she helps Mr. Lin Xuan manage affairs. â
Lu Yunzhan smiled at her, and turned to Cui Ning and said, "Second lady Cui, please come with me." â
Cui Ning said goodbye to Li Yiyi and left the school with Lu Yunzhan.
"How did you feel about listening to Mr. Yingchuan's class for the first time?" Lu Yunzhan asked.
"The gentleman spoke very well. Cui Ning spent most of her energy on studying the "case book" left to her by Wei Qian, and she was not very attentive to what she learned in the academy. It doesn't matter if it's taught well or badly.
Lu Yunzhan said, "The academy has three days off and one day off, and you can only wear the clothes provided by the academy in the future, so I will take you to get it." â
Cui Ning said, "Thank you, senior sister." â
"Senior sister?" Lu Yunzhan looked back at her with a smile. "It's also apt. If you don't dislike it, you can call my sister like Yiyi in the future. â
"Sister Yun Zhan. Cui Ningwei said that he did not dislike it, and hurriedly shouted.
Lu Yunzhan took her to get clothes, books and other things, and then followed her to visit everywhere, to get a general understanding of the layout of the entire academy, and ate something in the academy's canteen at noon.
Today is the first day of reporting, and there is no need to attend classes all day, Cui Ning is worried that Qingxin's lunch has not been settled. After noon, I went home.
Next.
It was dark and Cui Ning came out of the house, and when she arrived at the entrance of the alley, she found a carriage parked there.
"Ah Ning!" Li Yiyi poked his head out of the car.
"Huh?" Cui Ning said, "What a coincidence." â
"What a coincidence. I'm waiting for you!" Li Yiyi beckoned to her, "Come on, come on, come to my car." â
The two had only met once, Rao was Cui Ning's hearty temperament, and he was also surprised by Li Yiyi's enthusiasm, but they waited for him. She was also very happy, so she got out of the car and went over.
Li Yiyi's carriage was very comfortable. The carriage is spacious and has a small couch. There was a thin silk mattress on it, and at her feet was a small table, on which were placed a lot of food, and the maid was serving porridge from a bamboo tube with carved flowers. And the decorations around are all exquisite.
Cui Ning was speechless, this will also be enjoyed!
In contrast, her carriage can be described as "shabby".
"Come for breakfast together. Li Yiyi pointed to the big white and fat buns on the table, "This is the best steamed bun on Suzaku Street, I specially brought two for you, don't say you've eaten it!"
The sky-high prices on Suzaku Street, Cui Jing still remembers it vividly, but he didn't expect this Li Yiyi to even have such a luxurious breakfast.
"I've eaten it, but since you bought it for me, it's good to eat it again. Cui Ning sat down happily.
The maid also served her a bowl of bird's nest porridge.
Cui Ning stirred the porridge in the bowl, now she has also eaten a lot of good things, and the quality of bird's nest can be seen at a glance.
"Come and have a taste. Li Yiyi pushed the bun in front of her.
The carriage walked, and Cui Ning ate in the carriage for the first time, which felt quite interesting.
The sky-high steamed buns on Suzaku Street are of course not picky about their taste, but Jiao Cui Ning said that the steamed buns made by her chef are just a little bit more delicious, and they are not worth the price at all.
"I like shrimp stuffing and bean paste the most, but I also brought a lot of pastries, so I was afraid that I would eat too much sweet, so I only bought shrimp filling. When Li Yiyi said to eat, his eyes were as bright as stars, "The stuffing of fresh meat and wild vegetables is also good." What do you like to eat?"
"I like everything. Cui Ning said.
In the past, Cui Ning said that he didn't eat bran vegetables, but he was also quite hard, the master caught a pheasant in the woods, he had to roast it outside and bring it back to the house to close the door to eat it, if it was found by those senior brothers, it is estimated that there would not even be chicken bones left. Now these exquisite foods, she couldn't even dream of before.
"You don't look like a picky eater at all, you're too thin. Li Yiyi pinched her slender wrist, with a look of concern for the country and the people, "You won't be able to marry in the future!"
Cui Ning pinched her cheeks with her backhand, "Haha, I'll get fat when I'm older." â
The two finished breakfast laughing and chatting in the car. In addition to being a foodie, Li Yiyi is also a chatter, and he can't be idle with a mouth. Along the way, he made up a set of "Hanging Mountain Academy Love, Hate and Hate Records" for Cui Ningxi, such as who loves whom, who tears his crotch for men, who has a holiday with whom, and whose family is a gas bag in the surface scenery at home. Whose father likes to raise a dancing girl, whose mother is snarky......
Cui Ning was dumbfounded.
This is what my grandfather said was a "very good" female school?
Li Yiyi was very satisfied with her reaction, reached out and patted her head, with a face of "Don't be afraid, my sister will cover you in the future".
"Our academy is called Hanging Mountain Academy, right? How many Hanging Mountain Academies are there in Chang'an?" Cui Ning couldn't help but ask for proof.
Li Yiyi stared at her and said. "In Chang'an, we have a Hanging Mountain Academy, which is divided into male and female schools. â
"Oh. Cui Ning had a stomach full of "love and hatred", and she had some indigestion for a while.
Arrived at the academy.
As soon as the two got out of the car, Li Yiyi couldn't help but look at Cui Ning.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Cui Ning nervously straightened her clothes and wore the clothes of the academy on the first day. Messed up?
Li Yiyi sighed, "I always think that the regular clothes of the academy are ugly, but I didn't expect this thin person to look good in it!"
Li Yiyi is not too fat, but his fleshy figure, plus his height is not too tall, and wearing a regular clothes without a waist is not a mound like Cui Ning thought, but almost became a ball.
And Cui Ning is slender and long, and she can pick it up in such clothes. It can also cover up her shortcomings of being too thin.
"It's okay. Cui Ning was slightly relieved.
But it's only half of the heart.
Because of what Li Yiyi said in the morning, Cui Ning was a little worried when she entered Hanging Mountain Academy again.
However, as the day passed, there was no confusion. The classmates were very friendly and courteous, and even Wu Hui, who glared at her in the music class that day, did not deliberately find fault.
She even made a few friends.
Cui Ning played with so many girls of the same age for the first time, and felt naturally completely different from her senior brothers, following them, she learned many things that she had never been exposed to before, such as which food in Dongshi was good. What kind of new goods are there in rouge gouache, and what are the novelty gadgets in the West Market......
It seems like. A different world unfolded before her eyes.
As Cui Ning gradually adapted to the life of Hanging Mountain Academy, it was the height of summer.
She once wrote three letters to send to Wei Qian. But they didn't hear back.
Fu Yuan is also an official of the imperial court, and he has a lot of things to do every day, and in a few months, Cui Ning has only seen him once, and there is no way to ask.
Cui Ning is very distressed, the days pass like water, when will she be able to return to the master if she goes on like this?
There was no other way, she could only work hard to study the "Case Collection" written by Wei Qian.
At first, it was boring and useless, but as she slowly thought about the details of each case with his train of thought, she gradually found it interesting, and she found that she could now see many things that she had previously overlooked.
In just a few months, Cui Ningbi has grown up rapidly in Qinghe for three years, and her anxious heart has not really calmed down until this time.
I studied the "Case Collection" every day, and before I knew it, the weather was getting cooler.
Cui Ning finally received Wei Qian's first letter, a thick stack, all of which were some case analyses he had sorted out, and there was not a single superfluous word other than that. Cui Ning was very grateful that he remembered the things he promised her in his busy schedule, and when he replied to the letter, he also replied with a thick stack, saying some trivial things in life, as well as some questions about the "Case Collection".
This time, Wei Qian replied quickly, still sorting out some cases, answering her questions, and not responding to her broken thoughts.
The letters were exchanged several times, and it was gradually winter.
The school house built on the water still has a different kind of beauty, but the mood of the people who sit in it and read is not as beautiful as it is in the summer! The cold air that is pouring in from all directions cannot be stopped even by the thick curtains hanging on the windows.
Cui Ning snorted, and finally understood what Mr. Lin Xuan said when he reported it - I hope you always think it is beautiful.
"Hey, it's cold. Cui Ning held the hand stove, still cold. Sitting on the water in this winter is even colder than living in the mountains!
Li Yiyi's layers of jackets were tied like a zongzi, and his little face was red from the cold, but he still said hardly, "Thin people are weak, so I don't feel cold." â
The two little girls who were good with them laughed.
"The New Year is over, and if you insist on it, you can rest at home for a long time. A girl with a round face and big eyes sighed.
She is a friend that Cui Ning later met, called Hu Min, that is, the granddaughter of the legendary Hu Yushi who "doesn't look for trouble and is not happy". Another child who was trembling next to Cui Ning was called Xie Ziyu, the daughter of the Xie family in Jiangzuo, who was a little related to Cui Ning, and was a fanatical admirer of Cui Ning's grandmother.
After the Lunar New Year, the college simply takes a two-month holiday at this time of year.
At the end of autumn, they began to look forward to it, and it was like a year.
"Hey, Wu Hui hasn't been here for a few days, has he?" Li Yiyi said.
Wu Hui's position was on Cui Ning's right hand, and it had been empty for three days.
"I heard that her biological mother is sick and is serving decoction at home. Although Hu Min is not as strict and self-disciplined as Yushi, she can dig out any gossip and completely inherit Hu Yushi's talent.
Xie Ziyu said, "I saw her in Dongshi yesterday, and she didn't hear her when I greeted her. â
Since the first time she had a holiday in the music class, Wu Hui really did like Li Yiyi said, and every time she came to Mr. Yingchuan's class, she began to press her everywhere.
Cui Ning is good at the piano, but she is not attached to this Tao, so she is happy with her, and she can play how she likes, and she will not be affected at all. After an interval of time, Wu Hui seemed to realize that the music he played lacked spirituality, and he secretly asked Cui Ning for advice in private. However, Cui Ning didn't have any tricks to playing the piano, just how to be happy, and she also told Wu Hui truthfully.
Maybe Wu Hui felt that she was stingy and unwilling to teach, so she never asked again, and she never said a word in the future.
Cui Ning has no ill feelings towards Wu Hui, when she came to ask for advice, she did lower her posture, she was very sincere, she may not be a person all the way, and she didn't say more than half a sentence.
A few people talked and laughed, driving away a lot of chills.
It's time to learn calligraphy and painting again, but on such a cold day, how can you stretch out your claws? Everyone in the room looks like they want to go to justice.
But waiting and waiting, Mr. Calligraphy and Painting did not arrive, but Mr. Linxuan came over with an official messenger.
The room was silent.
Mr. Lin Xuan asked, "Has anyone seen Wu Hui yesterday?"
Xie Ziyu was stunned, stood up and said, "I've seen it." â
"This is the lady of Jiang Zuo Xie's family, and she has six lines in the family. Mr. Lin Xuan said to the official.
The official rushed to Xie Ziyu and hugged his fists, "I wonder if Xie Liuniang can answer a few questions to me alone?"
"Yes. Xie Ziyu was still cold, but his posture was calm, and he didn't see the pitiful appearance of shrinking on Cui Ning to keep warm.
The official and Mr. Lin Xuan took Xie Ziyu out, and whispers sounded in the room.
"Wu Hui has an accident?" Li Yiyi approached Cui Ning and whispered.
Cui Ning has watched "Case Collection" for a long time, and she has also thought about how good it would be if there was a case in reality for her to practice, but now she would rather not be what she imagined. She doesn't have much friendship with Wu Hui, but this girl has too much sense of zĂ i, after all, she is still willing to have a small thing. (To be continued) R655