Jianyi City, Luo family.

Although Jianyi City is not large, there are still a few rich families in it, and the peddlers and pawns usually like to use plums, corn, baskets, and shoes to indicate the rich and noble families in the county, which means Li Su Luo Xie, and the Luo family where this Rob is located is one of them.

The courtyard of Mr. Luo is located on the street of Lao Ye Street, occupying the best feng shui level of the whole street, the courtyard door is made of exquisite "peach purple charm", that is, the peach wood red sandalwood rivets that the stonemasons usually say, the courtyard wall is fired with the soil pulled from the pavilion mountain, and the snow white is painted with lime, and the top is a piece of mud tiles carved with different shapes of flowers.

There is a small wooden tile pavilion in the courtyard, which stands upright on the left side of the courtyard wall paved with bluestone slabs.

At this time, a child who was only eleven or twelve years old was sitting in the pavilion, and the pavilion was carved with wood cornices, moss and fine grass, and had the charm of a talented scholar in the south of the Yangtze River.

The child was born with a round face, the body was not fat, and his hair was naturally draped behind him, and the gray robe of the school he wore was a little thin, which was cute. When the two eyebrows were frowned, they could be bent into crescents, and there were some boring words reflected in the eyes of the gods—it was the book of "Ancient Texts and Meanings" in his hand, and the child stood up and sighed.

"These ancient words are too difficult, why does Daddy force me to recite these, it's really boring, I heard that Rob's guy is out today, why do I have to stay in this yard, it's really annoying. ”

"Meow!" A somewhat fat orange cat whispered.

"Tangerine!" The child picked up the kitten with some joy, and happily rubbed the orange cat's head, the orange cat was rubbed very comfortably, and squinted comfortably, children of this age naturally like fluffy things, he picked up a piece of pastry on the wooden table in the pavilion, put it on the orange cat's mouth and teased:

"Eat, eat?" the child smiled.

During the boring reading time, it is also a child's self-enjoyment to be able to play with the cat for a while. Tangerine is the cat next door, and the domestic cat likes to roll over the wall, so he often meets Luo Hongjian in the yard here.

The orange cat smelled the aroma, opened its eyes and licked it, and then swallowed the whole pastry directly.

"What are you doing eating so fast, and what else!" The child thought it was a little funny, picked up the plate with the pastries on the table, and prepared to tease the orange cat, how did he know that the orange cat saw the pastries, as if he had seen a mouse, and broke free from the child's arms and jumped on the plate.

The child is only eleven or twelve years old, but he is holding the porcelain plate with one hand, and the weight of the cat does not know how much it has increased, and the child can't hold it for a while, and the porcelain plate falls to the ground and falls to pieces.

"What are you doing!?" a mature female voice came from inside the room.

The orange cat was startled by the sound of the porcelain plate shattering, and jumped on the wall with a few meows and disappeared.

The child stands still and is overwhelmed.

But in his heart, he thought, "This is the end." ”

The woman ran out of the hall in a hurry, not even combing the bun on her head, and there were still a few strands of hair floating in the air at will.

If you want to use one word to describe a woman, then even children will think that this word is "pungent", a pair of red phoenix eyes, only a little more cunning, the face is long and pointed, the body is like a willow in the wind, extremely thin, if the above characteristics can only show that the woman is just thin, then the woman's voice will sweep away these intuitive impressions.

Her voice was high-pitched and high, like a witch and monster in a script.

"Luo Hongchuan! You're in trouble here again!"

"This is your father's favorite porcelain plate, it is produced by the craftsmen of Jingdejun in Jiangnan West Road, our family is the only one here, your father likes it to give it to you, I didn't expect you to be good, I was stunned to drop it!" The woman's voice was so loud that the child wanted to cover her ears.

"I ...... I didn't get it, it was the orange that fell! At that time, I wanted to give it the osmanthus cake on the plate, who knew that it would give the plate to ......" The child's tone became weaker and weaker, and he unconsciously took a step back, obviously lacking in courage.

He is most afraid of his mother-in-law on weekdays, because her mouth is extremely poisonous, and if his mother-in-law scolds people, he will not lose to the few aunts on Tuochuan Street.

"Don't say it, look at your father is back, how to clean you up!" The woman glared fiercely at the child standing in the pavilion, walked over and grabbed the child's ears, dragged him out of the pavilion, pointed to the big bluestone slab at the door, and shouted:

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished, you go here first and kneel, wait for your father to come back, and listen to him!"

"Pain, pain, mother, you are lighter!" The child begged for mercy.

"If I'm light, I'm afraid you don't know the lesson!" The woman pulled the child's ears red, lifted him to the center of the main entrance, and pushed him with her legs, so that the child's fragile knees became intimate with the bluestone slab.

The three subordinates of the Luo family heard the movement here, and hurriedly ran over, the old man's nurse was distressed, took the corner of the woman's clothes, and begged:

"Madam, the little young master is still young, you let him kneel on the bluestone slab, how can he stand it at this age! If the little young master makes any mistakes, you beat and scold the old man, why treat the little master like this, he is the flesh and blood that fell from your body, how can you be willing to do it!"

The housekeeper Uncle Chen also persuaded on the side: "This is the unintentional move of the little master, not to mention the good thing that the cat did, as the saying goes, things are dead, people are alive, this porcelain plate is broken, the old man spent some time, go to the county, and buy another one, but this person is alive, kneeling and breaking his legs, but it is difficult to do!"

And the little handyman also kept saying good things to the little young master of the Luo family, and his mouth said that he was going to do it, and the three of them took turns to come down, and he didn't see any changes in this lady's face.

"Mom, don't say it again, this kid, don't care about him, I'm afraid he's going to turn the sky upside down!"

"You three don't pull him up, let him kneel here!" The woman turned to look at Luo Hongji, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "And you, if you have some ambition, don't sneak up!"

Just as the three of them were arguing and trying to persuade their wife again, the gate of the courtyard was opened, and the man who came in was a man of about thirty or forty years old, wearing a brocade robe embroidered with flowers and birds, with a wisp of goatee, and his facial features were quite upright, and he wore an old gauze hat on his head.

"What's the noise? Why is it so lively today?"

"It's the master, the master is back!" The three of them ran over in surprise, serving tea and water, and one of them looked full of heartache, telling the cause and effect.

Luo Hong, who was on the side, gradually knelt on the ground, raised his head, and shouted weakly: "Dad." ”

"Yo, what's going on, Hongji, what are you kneeling here for?" Old Man Luo raised his eyebrows and said with a smile.

"I broke your favorite porcelain plate, and my mother punished me to kneel here, waiting for you to come back and send it. Luo Hong gradually whispered.

Surprisingly, Master Luo didn't get angry, just smiled and took a cup of tea from the butler's hand, took a sip, and then said with a smile: "Since you did something wrong, do you know that you are wrong?"

"I know wrong. ”

Master Luo smiled and didn't answer, he walked to the pavilion, picked up the book of "Ancient Wen Tongyi" from the case, and said:

"Today's things are actually nothing, this book, you talk about the content of the first chapter to memorize, today you can go out to play, I don't care about you, if you can't memorize, then the money of this porcelain plate, you have to learn from your brother who is not a weapon, go out to earn money, and then pay me a piece." ”

Luo Hong gradually tightened the corner of his clothes, and asked a little nervously, "That one starts now?"

Master Luo nodded and agreed.

"The six classics are all history. The ancients did not write books, the ancients did not depart from the matter of reasoning, and the six classics are all the political codes of the kings. Or say: "Poems", "Books", "Rites", "Music", "Spring and Autumn", then they are fateful......"

"Yi" is based on the Tao of yin and yang, and is willing to hear so as a political canon, and the righteousness of the same science as history. Said: Listen to the words of the masters. "Husband "Yi" is a business, risking the way of the world. "Knowing the past and hiding the past, the good and the bad are in trouble with the people. "It covers the canons of politics and religion. Like heaven and law, "it is a sacred thing, and it used to be ...... for civil use"

The master said: "I look at the summer road, but it is not enough, and I have to be in the summer." I look at Yin Dao, Song is not enough, I have to be good. "When Fu Xia is in the summer, Xia is also in the book. Kun Qian, "Yi" class also. The literature of the master regrets the summer and the Shang is not ......"

"Stop!" The more Master Luo listened, the happier he became, and finally nodded, squinted and smiled: "The back one is simpler, it's okay, it's not bad." ”

Luo Hong gradually received amnesty.

The woman also walked out of the hall at this time, Master Luo smiled and said that Luo Hong's reading achievements, and the three subordinates on the side were also touting that the little master was a literary and music star, and he was happy and happy.

The door creaked open.

A young man with a somewhat dirty shirt and scattered wet hair and an extremely ordinary face barged in.

Seeing the ragged Rob, Master Luo's happy eyebrows and eyes immediately became gloomy, and he said in a deep voice:

"Where did you go to mess around again? Do you still have the demeanor of our Luo family when you make yourself like this? I think that the ancestors of our Luo family were also famous families who moved from Huainan City, although it is not as good as before, but your appearance, is it difficult not to shame the ancestors and ancestors!"

Rob stood there, not saying anything, just staring blankly at the ground.

"Look at your appearance, what do you look like, more depressed than the flower child on the side of the road, others don't know, and they will blame me for treating you badly and not giving you a decent dress to wear!"

Master Luo stepped forward, grabbed the corner of Rob's clothes, endured his anger, and said, "Your clothes are all rotten like this, are you fighting with others?"

Rob was still silent, and only raised his head for a long time before he spoke: "I didn't do it, it was Li Qiwu and a few of them who came over first......

"Nonsense!" The green tendons on Old Man Luo's forehead flared up, and his face turned red, "If you don't study well in the school, forget it, and learn from others to fight, don't you look at how many pounds and taels you have?

"Can't you learn from your brother and study hard? Let me worry! When the time comes, if you are beaten to death by someone outside, I will not collect your body!"

Everyone else was silent, not daring to come up and touch the anger of Master Luo, after all, in fact, the eldest young master of Luo Bo is in the Luo family, just a child without a mother, it is said that his mother is not very glorious, this is not very popular with the master, there is no need to make the master angry for him.

In this case, Rob stopped talking, but just stood where he was.

Master Luo looked at Rob's indifferent appearance, thinking that he was ignoring himself, and suddenly became angry, and a slap slapped directly on Rob's face, the slap and the face intersected, which was called a loud one, and directly knocked Rob to the ground, almost not falling to the ground.

"Boss, why are you so angry? The child has made some trouble, and there is no need to fight like this, what should I do if it is broken!" What Rob didn't expect was that the woman would actually help him speak.

"You don't care, this rebel, don't be angry with me, I'm afraid he won't stop!"

"Look at your brother, although he knocked over a porcelain plate, I don't blame him, why? It's not because he's obedient and willing to study!"

"Pong!" Master Luo was so angry that he threw the teacup in his arms to the ground and brushed his sleeves away.

"You can do whatever you want! I don't care about you! Don't come to today's Luming Festival, you won't be embarrassed!"

The people were silent, they didn't dare to make a sound, and they didn't dare to say anything, only the mother took a look, then sighed, and then left with the master.

Luo Hong gradually wanted to say something, but as Mrs. Luo's eyes glared, he didn't dare to speak.

Mrs. Luo stepped forward and said something to Rob, and then pulled Luo Hong away, leaving Rob alone in the courtyard, not speaking or crying.

In fact, Rob wanted to cry very much, because he was beaten by Li Qiwu and Master Luo today, and because of the pent-up emotions over the years, but his mother once taught him that men should not cry easily like women, so he didn't cry.

The blood scab on his face was not very obvious, and Master Luo didn't look at it carefully, but under Master Luo's slap just now, the blood scab that had finally coagulated fell off again, and began to ooze traces of blood.

......

In the blink of an eye, dusk had passed, and the sound of firecrackers and drums began outside, and the smell of gunsmoke and sesame oil came from the air, as well as the smell of melons and fruits.

"Goo-goo-goo......"

There was a disagreeable sound in his stomach, and then the door suddenly opened, and Rob turned his head, and it turned out that it was his mother from the other side of the house.

Mom was holding a plate of food in her arms, with fruit and cooked food, she first looked around, and after making sure that there was no one at home, she tiptoed over and whispered:

"Young master, don't blame the master, he is just angry, and that's what he said, why did you damage the clothes, forget it, don't talk about it, people have to eat, so that they have strength, the master is a little short-tempered, don't blame him, a few of their subordinates are also begging for food in your house, and they don't dare to speak for you, you take care of it." ”

"Madame told me that I brought it from the festival, so eat it while it's hot. ”

Rob took the food and gulped it down, and as he ate it, tears could no longer be controlled.

It didn't take Rob a moment to finish his food, he looked up at the sky, it was already night, the moon was high in the sky, and the stars were dotted, and he asked:

"Mom, why did my brother break the plate, and my father still praised him? Is it because he memorized the book? But my father didn't ask him to continue to memorize, in fact, he didn't memorize the content behind my brother, I know he can't memorize it, but why did I memorize it before, but I still memorized it all, but my father's face was not happy at all?"

"The plate that my brother broke was broken, I heard Uncle Chen say that the plate is worth at least five yuan, but my clothes are only ten copper plates, why does my father beat me and don't scold my brother?"

"I went to Hexi today, I did it very seriously, I didn't dare to embarrass him, but Li Qiwu and they wanted to rob me of my things, I didn't give it, and then they beat me, I didn't go to fight with them, because my mother said that fighting is not good, but why didn't my father ask me why, and began to scold me?

Mom didn't say anything, just touched his head, packed up the dishes and went out, and said a word when she went out: "Young master, go back to the house, Madam said, I want you not to stay here, the master will come back later, and he will be angry when he sees you." ”

Rob nodded, sat on the bluestone slab for a while, and went back to the house.

There was no light on, no door closed, the boy lay down on his cot and pulled out the object from his chest that had been clenched.

It was a small meniscus pendant made of copper and silver, and the gilt silver on the outside had fallen off in some places, showing a yellow and white appearance.

The moonlight outside shone through the gap between the windows and shone on the young man's face, bringing Rob back to the time when he was like a child, he clutched the pendant, felt the coolness of the pendant with his chest, and then slowly fell asleep.