The apprenticeship of this Taixi Mountain is very simple.

I knelt on the cushion and respectfully kowtowed to the master three times, and the master put aside the tea cup and said very kindly: "Little Twelve, one of your daughters' family has entered my Taixi Mountain, and you don't want to learn something for the teacher, as long as you can live happily, and marry a wishful husband in the future, you will be satisfied with the teacher......"

I hung my head and whispered, "Yes." ”

Hmph, I, Ye Rongwen, can make a script, and Wu can make a slingshot, this master also underestimated me!

"Hmm." The master nodded with great satisfaction, turned around and instructed Senior Brother Shi, "Little Shi'er, wait a while, you will carry the topaz birthday star on my case to the small twelve rooms, and add blessings to the little twelve." ”

"Thank you, Master." I bowed to Master and said respectfully.

Hmph, I know how to give a meeting gift, this master still knows some etiquette, so I won't bother with him this time.

Master ordered me to give tea to the sixth to eleventh brothers one by one, and this apprenticeship was completed.

Finally, Senior Brother Ten beckoned me to sit on the empty rosewood chair beside him.

As soon as I sat down, Master announced two things to us:

In the first case, the sixth to eighth senior brother has succeeded in his studies, and on the seventh day of the seventh month, he returns home from the mountain;

Second, from tomorrow onwards, all my daily life will be handed over to Senior Brother Eleven.

As soon as they heard about these two major events, the sixth to eleventh senior brothers all looked depressed and were silent for a long time before they got up and waved their respects to the master and said goodbye.

I saw that the senior brothers got up, and it was not easy for me to sit for a long time, so I also got up.

"Little Twelve," Master looked at me with a smile and said very peacefully, "You stay." ”

Hearing Master call my name, my six to ten senior brothers swept away the gloom of the genius and smiled gloatingly.

And my eleventh senior brother in the white robe and plain fan, I don't know if he remembered something, or if he had any evil nature, slowly turned his head, stared at me incomprehensibly for a long time, and then crossed the threshold without saying a word and walked out of Yinyizhai.

I'm a lady who lives in a simple place, where did the man next to me look at it like this? Yes, his glance made my face hot and spicy, and my heart was more like weeds growing and a mess.

I hurriedly lowered my head and hid my expression.

Master's eyes were sharp, Xu saw my appearance, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, lowered his head and took the teacup, and continued to brush the two tea leaves with the lid of the cup.

Since I entered this Taixi Mountain, this is the first time that I have stayed with Master so soberly, because I am a little apprehensive in my heart, that is, I am afraid that during my illness, I will show some unpleasant shape, so that this Master will look at it, and I am afraid that Master has already learned about my jasper slingshot from all the senior brothers and will take my heart and soul treasure.

Thinking so in my heart, I hurriedly gathered my thoughts, collected my emotions, and prepared to show my most dignified and elegant smile.

After a while, I secretly looked up, but Master was still looking at my face with a smile:

"Little Twelve, when your father and brother sent you to my Taixi Mountain half a year ago, you were still a living dead, you could only lie down, and you almost forgot to eat and drink. Now, relying on the medical skills of being a teacher for half a life, you can be alive again, and you are very happy to be a teacher. The master paused, and then took the tea cup made by the official kiln with the green bamboo after the rain from the tea table.

"But little twelve, you have to know that I, Taixi Mountain, can never raise useless idlers, so from tomorrow, you will bathe the fragrant mushrooms used to save your life every day, and you have to bother yourself to go to the back mountain to pick them!" Master gently brushed aside the two tea leaves with the lid of the cup, took a sip slowly, and looked up at me with a smile.

Is this the master who is known by the world as supreme and noble? I was slightly puzzled, the smile on my face did not change, but my heart was already turned upside down:

Do I have only half of my life left to work?

How can he sustain me so easily?

How could his tone be so cheerful?

How could his expression be so relaxed?

He......

Thinking about it, the grievances I have suffered for more than half a year, my worries about the future, and my fear of death all came to my heart, making me completely forget the demeanor and bearing that I should have as a lady.