Hu Li finally agreed to Xiao Qiao's request, but not to be a boy for a year, but to be a scholar for a year.

That night on Chinese New Year's Eve, because of the observance of the New Year, Xiao Qiao did not sleep, and Hu Li followed Xiao Qiao and could not sleep. Hu Li himself is not sleepy, but he is a little bored.

After seeing enough of the fireworks, Hu Li was already a little drowsy, and after Xiao Qiao returned to Xiao's Mansion with people, Hu Li woke up instead.

Xiao Qiao saw that he was indeed no longer sleepy, so he instructed Shuzhu to bring the hairband brought back from Linglong Pavilion, "When you pass, you will be fifteen, and you will also reach the age of binding your hair." ”

Hu Li sat honestly in front of the bronze mirror, Qiu Xi took a hairband to tie up his long hair that had been combed, and the high braids looked more and more energetic.

Hu Li looked at himself who was a little blurry in the bronze mirror, and happily touched a high braid, "I used to have a good-looking hairband, which was given to me by my grandfather, but I haven't used it, it turns out that it looks so good when tied up like this." ”

Xiao Qiao looked at Hu Li with tears and laughter, and began to wonder what kind of person Hu Li's grandfather was. Listening to Hu Li's words, his only relative should be a mountain master.

Grandpa Hu, a master of the mountains, was packing his package and preparing to go down the mountain to find the little fox who didn't know how to go home that year, but he asked him to go to retreat and practice well, and he even ran away secretly. I thought that the stinky boy was just making a fuss for a while, but it turned out that it had been more than half a year and he hadn't come back yet, so he was really bold.

The New Year actually didn't have much feeling for Xiao Qiao, as in previous years, he received a bunch of gifts and red envelopes, even though he had become an official this year. However, looking at his grandmother's love for the Buddhist beads he sent, Xiao Qiao felt that maybe the New Year was not so boring.

"Brother Xiao, I'm going to give you a very good gift today, you must not have imagined." Hu Li shook his head proudly, and Xiao Qiao raised his eyebrows, "Oh? ”

"Hey, hey, you can guess first, I'll tell you when I go back?" Hu Li hummed a song in his mouth and talked to Xiao Hongyong on the side.

Xiao Qiao really couldn't think of what Hu Li would give him this time, after all, recently, there was nothing special about the place where Hu left. However, thinking of the congratulatory gift that Hu Li gave Xiao Jingshu before, he knew that he probably had some little secrets, but he was still looking forward to what Hu Li was going to give.

Although the Xiao family is not as good as before, there are still many people who come to visit the New Year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, after all, the old lady was also a well-known figure back then.

Xiao Qiao also followed Xiao's father this year, followed to visit a few adults, and then separated from Xiao's father and went to his teacher Li's house. The Li Mansion is much more lively than the Xiao Mansion, although Lord Li has never had any students except for Xiao Qiao, an introductory disciple, but there are many people who have pointed out, these people remember the kindness of the year, and they always come to the Li Mansion to visit during the New Year's Festival.

Master Li took his eldest son to receive the visitors in the front hall, while Xiao Qiao was dragged to the back by Li Wenhuai. As soon as Mrs. Li saw Xiao Qiao, she immediately smiled like a flower, Li Wenhuai muttered a few words dissatisfiedly, and was slapped on the back by Mrs. Li, so she had to beg for mercy again and again.

"Still hippie smiley, look at Qiao, Sanyuan and first, what about you?"

Li Wenhuai hid behind Xiao Qiao and quarreled with Mrs. Li, "Didn't I just finish the township test, isn't it time yet?" ”

"Still talking back!" Mrs. Li's eyebrows suddenly rose, and the grandmother beside her hurriedly persuaded her, "Ouch, my good lady, it's not good to be angry today." ”

Mrs. Li glared at Li Wenhuai angrily, and then Sichuan Opera changed her face and smiled kindly and talked to Xiao Qiao, Li Wenhuai rolled his eyes, leaned into Xiao Qiao's ear and muttered, "Senior Brother Xiao, let's go out later." ”

"Where are you going?" In order to cooperate with him, Xiao Qiao also asked in a low voice.

Li Wenhuai scratched his cheeks, he couldn't think of where to go on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and finally suddenly remembered it, and patted his thigh, "Alas, why don't we go to the gluttonous feast, I heard that the door is also open there today!" ”

"Where do you want to go? Gluttonous feast, you will stay at home honestly for me today, and I am not allowed to go anywhere! After Mrs. Li heard the volume, she suddenly roared again.

Li Wenhuai suddenly had a bitter face, sat on the side with a wilt, Xiao Qiao smiled and said, "If there is nothing big at noon, I will take Wen Huai out, it just so happens that Zhaohua asked me to go to the banquet, and let Wen Huai go with him." ”

Mrs. Li nodded, "It's okay, I'm relieved to follow you." ”

Li Wenhuai thought indignantly, Senior Brother Xiao is only one year older than me, how can you follow him, you can rest assured, I can't tell Senior Brother Xiao to go out.

But it's good to be able to go out, Xiao Qiao did take Li Wenhuai to find He Zhaohua in the afternoon, but the so-called banquet is just the three of them.

Li Wenhuai leaned against the window of the box on the third floor of the gluttonous banquet, looked at the lively scene on the street, and couldn't help but sigh, "Look at those children, we have never lived that kind of life." ”

He Zhaohua took a glass of wine and glanced at him when he heard the words, "You enjoy something that others don't have, so you have to pay for something that is owned by others." ”

Li Wenhuai nodded perfunctorily, "I know, I know, Senior Brother He, when are you going to enjoy something that others don't have?" ”

"Hmm, it depends on when your Senior Brother Xiao will be able to come out of the Hanlin Academy, and where he will go after coming out of the Hanlin Academy." He Zhaohua also had a headache when he thought of the pile of broken things at home.

Xiao Qiao still has the same smile for ten thousand years, "At most, at the beginning of summer this year, I should be able to leave the Hanlin Academy, but where will I be transferred to need to plan again for the time being." ”

Li Wenhuai frowned, "You just think too much, just let my father take you to the household department." At that time, the position will be lower, at most others will say that my father is short, but if the position is low, others will not be able to attack and destroy. ”

He Zhaohua's eyes lit up, and the frequency of shaking the wine glass in his hand was faster, "Wen Huai is right, if you go to other places, it is normally the fifth grade, but it is still useless without real power." It is better to go to the household department of the teacher, and the position will be lower than the normal transfer, but it will be better to have access to practical things in your hands. ”

Xiao Qiao smiled and took a sip of wine, but didn't say yes or no. He really wants to go to the household department, the household department is a money bag, and it will be of great use if he holds it tightly. Moreover, Tobe was the mother concubine of the later Seventh Prince, and his good aunt was the first place to covet.

It's just that he hasn't decided whether to follow the path of the teacher or take another path, such as borrowing the hand of the third prince who is about to fight with the eldest prince.

He didn't stand in line, he was an irrelevant person to the two princes, even if he was a three-yuan and first, he was not qualified enough in the eyes of the two princes. After all, in their eyes, they don't know what year or month they will grow up, but they want to compete for victory and defeat in the fastest time, so as to sit on the throne of the prince in one fell swoop.

Then when they fight, it's better to let someone who has nothing to do with both of them in than to let the other party's people enter the important place of the household, and it's not too late to slowly win them over in the future.

"Senior Brother Xiao, you just listen to us, when the time comes, you go to the household department to be a foreigner, with my father here, you are not walking sideways in the household department." Li Wenhuai waved his hand, especially arrogant.

He Zhaohua likes to tease Li Wenhuai, and when he heard him say this, he immediately sneered, "You think Qi Ao is a crab, with Qi Ao's temperament, even if you go to the household department, you can keep a low profile." I didn't look at the news that he had been in the Hanlin Academy for a few months, and the news came out was all about how serious he was, how hard he worked, and no one did anything to provoke moths in the limelight. ”

Li Wenhuai pouted, "Senior Brother Xiao is just too boring, and his life is like my father." ”

Xiao Qiao shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll talk to the teacher about this matter and see how to do it." We're out drinking, so don't talk about these things. ”

The three of them stayed at the gluttonous banquet until it was about to get dark before they went home, and Li Wenhuai, who was drunk and caressed by Mrs. Li as soon as he went back, cried silently in his heart, so carried away!

When Xiao Qiao went back, Hu Li was looking at a letter and frowned, his bitter face looked extremely pitiful.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Qiao handed the big hat he took off to the little servant, walked to Hu Li's side and glanced at the letter in his hand.

Hu Li handed the letter to Xiao Qiao with a bitter face, and he was weak, "Grandpa is coming to me, oh my God, I ran out secretly, and grandpa will definitely punish me if I find it...... Ahh ”

Where to? Xiao Qiao glanced at Hu Li suspiciously, there was only one sentence on the letter in his hand, "Don't let me find you little bastard", the pen was vigorous and powerful, and the handwriting was a little scribbled, and at a glance, he knew that the person who wrote the letter was very angry.

But—

"Xiaoli, your grandfather's handwriting is obviously very good, why hasn't your handwriting improved until now?"

Hu Li's already bitter face suddenly drooped, and Xiao Qiao felt as if he saw Hu Li's tail hanging down pitifully, "Since your grandfather sent you the letter, it should be there soon, and I know that you are in Xiao Mansion, and it is useless for you to escape." ”

Xiao Qiao didn't ask Hu Li's grandfather why he knew that Hu Li was in Xiao Mansion, nor how the letter was sent, he had already guessed that Hu Li had some secrets, but he was also sure that Hu Li did not come to him with a purpose.

Hu Li's delicate face was loveless, and Brother Xiao didn't know how scary his grandfather was. It turned out that there were not only two demons in the mountains in the far north, although there were few demons in the world, but at that time there was an ice bear demon Xiong Ming and a snow wolf demon Lang Jun on the mountain, but after being taught by his grandfather to transform into a shape, he couldn't wait to run to other mountains.

Hu Li thought of the restlessness every time Xiong Ming and Lang Jun came back, for fear that his grandfather would do something miserable and demonic on a whim.

Xiao Qiao smiled and shook his head, he also understood Hu Li's temperament, with his wide heart, which was almost comparable to the sea, he could make him afraid of being like this. His grandfather seemed to be really strict with him, but he should have loved him very much.

No matter what Xiao Qiao said, Hu Li still kept looking frightened, for fear that as soon as he opened his eyes the next day, he would find his grandfather sitting on the edge of his bed looking at him, and he would be afraid to think about it.

Until the Zhengyuan Festival, Hu Li was eating sweet rice balls, and when he was babbling about going to see the lanterns later, suddenly the whole person stiffened, and the rice balls that were to be sent to his mouth fell back into the bowl with a snap.

"Brother Xiao, my grandfather seems to be here, what should I do???" Hu Li slammed his feet, biting his lip and trying to find a place to hide in a panic.