On the sixteenth day of the lunar calendar, Zhou Fuzi started class, and wood and stone were going to study, because it was the first day of class this year, Tang Tiezhu was going to take his sons to the school in person, Tang Qing'er was bored at home, so she went with her father.

Tang Tiezhu was talking to Master Zhou in the house, and Tang Qing'er went to the room where they were studying, where she happened to meet Zhou Xuan sitting on the table reading, stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Where is Master Zhou reading?" Then I won't bother you, I'll go out to find them first, and you continue to study. He turned around and was about to leave.

When Zhou Xuan saw Tang Qing'er, his face immediately turned red, and when he saw that Tang Qing'er was leaving, he hurriedly stumbled: "Qing'...... Sister Qing, you were still ...... last time You still call me Brother Xuan, why do you call me Gongzi Zhou now,"

Tang Qing'er, who turned her back, was full of black lines, why did she say this as if she had abandoned him, she reluctantly turned her face to him, and said embarrassedly: "Zhou Gongzi, I didn't mean that, I was saying that we are not relatives, it is not appropriate to call you like this, it is easy to misunderstand,"

Zhou Xuan walked to Tang Qing'er with the book, but his eyes didn't dare to look directly at Tang Qing'er, and he dodged and said, "Why did Sister Qing come here," he didn't care about what Tang Qing'er said, and stubbornly called her Sister Qing'er.

"Wood and stone go to school today, my dad and I will send them over, and we will go home in a while,"

"Oh, is Sister Qing'er still learning to read now?"

Tang Qing'er didn't understand why Zhou Xuan was talking like this, so she shook her head and didn't squeak.

Zhou Xuan was afraid that Tang Qing'er would think too much, so he hurriedly said: "I just asked Sister Qing if she still wants to be literate, after we separated last time, I prepared some books for you, I don't know if you want to read it,"

Tang Qing'er became excited, and hurriedly flattered Lu and said, "Really? Thank you so much, where is the book you're going to give me? ”

"Right in my room, are you going with me or waiting for me here,"

Tang Qing'er thought about it: "I'll go with you," choose some books you like to read, preferably agricultural books, farming or planting, especially books about the busy farming season, and take them home and study them slowly.

Tang Qing'er came to the backyard of Zhou Xuan's house for the first time, and wanted to say hello to Zhou Xuan's mother, but he didn't expect to be stopped by Zhou Xuan, he said nervously: "Your father doesn't know that you are in my backyard, and you should be anxious if you can't see you later, so let's hurry up and finish the book to find your father, you don't need to go to my mother to say hello,"

Tang Qing'er thought about it and agreed.

Tang Qing'er looked at the books Zhou Xuan found for her, many of them were aspects that she was interested in, and she was embarrassed to take them all, and she was reluctant to put this down and that, and when it was difficult to make a decision, Zhou Xuan said: "These books are specially prepared by me for you, and I see that you are very interested, or I will lend them all to you, and you will return them to me after reading them,"

Tang Qing'er agreed without thinking about it, a little embarrassed, stuck out her tongue, and grinned, Zhou Xuan saw Tang Qing'er being so intimate with him, and the heat on his face that had just receded hit his head again.

The two of them seemed to speak without scruples, they didn't see Zhou Xuan's mother outside the house, Cao's family saw the situation in the house clearly outside the house, she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, Xuan'er was obviously Hongluan's heart, she gave too much hope to her son, it was impossible for her son to marry such a peasant girl who didn't know a few big words, she was not worthy of her son.

Cao suppressed the evil work in his heart, walked into the house with a smile on his face and said, "Xuan'er, which girl's baby is this, she looks so good," walked up to Tang Qing'er and touched her head.

When Zhou Xuan saw her mother, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "This is Tang Qing'er, the eldest sister of wood and stone, today Uncle Tang took her to send wood and stone to school,"

"Hello madam," Tang Qing'er could feel that Zhou Xuan's mother didn't like her very much, she spoke obviously with detachment, and her smile was a little unnatural, Tang Qing'er didn't know where to make her unhappy, but she still respectfully gave her a big salute.

"Well, let's not talk here, let's go to your father in the main hall to talk, Qing'er, I like this girl very much?" Cao Shi had a calculation in his heart, so he said to Tang Qing'er and Zhou Xuan.

"Ah, it's not too early, my father can't see me, so let's go to the main hall quickly," Tang Qing'er followed Cao's words, and held the book that had been sent to her for a few weeks in her hand.

Tang Qing'er walked in front, Zhou Xuan and her mother walked behind, Zhou Xuan whispered: "Mother, do you see that Qing'er's sister loves her very much,"

Cao Shi saw that Xuan'er was interested in Tang Qing'er, but he didn't expect him to be able to say this in front of him, the way of Confucius and Mencius taught by his father over the years, I am afraid that he had long forgotten it, and said without expression on his face: "En,"

Zhou Xuan, who didn't know why, was still thinking about letting Qing'er's sister come to his house more often in the future, so that her mother would like her even more.

In the main hall, Tang Tiezhu and Zhou Fuzi said very speculatively, Zhou Fuzi looked up and saw her lady coming out, and hurriedly introduced Tang Tiezhu: "This is the clumsy Jing Cao family, lady, this is the father of wood and stone, Tang Tiezhu, how old is I, just call Brother Tang,"

Cao respectfully saluted Tang Tiezhu, Tang Tiezhu is so big, he has never received such a big gift, and hurriedly said: "No need, no need, a person like me can't afford such a big gift, halu ha,"

Cao Shi smiled and said: "Our family will take root in this village in the future, and we still need Brother Tang's help in some things, this gift is deserved,"

Tang Tiezhu's face turned red and said: "What are you talking about, if there is something that can help, I will definitely help, besides, my two uncompetitive sons have to trouble Master Zhou to teach, if they are stubborn and disobedient, you can beat them,"

When Cao Shi heard this, he covered his mouth and chuckled, and then looked at Tang Qing'er, who was standing next to him holding a book and had not spoken, and said: "Just now in Xuan'er's room, I saw Qing'er and Xuan'er borrowing books, it's really a show-off wisdom, Qing'er, this girl is really good-looking, and she knows how to be polite, Brother Tang and his wife taught her very well-educated, and she will come often in the future, aunt likes you very much?" ”

Everyone present heard what the Cao family meant, Tang Tiezhu's face turned black after hearing this, he didn't say a word, looked at Tang Qing'er and said: "There is still something at home, we will stay soon, the wood and stone are you, and I have to trouble you to teach from time to time, and I have to leave,"

Seeing Tang Tiezhu leave angrily, Master Zhou's face was not good, and his face was slightly gloomy and he said to Cao: "Lady, how can you talk like this, the children are still young, what can happen?"

Cao Shi looked at Xuan'er and retorted: "It's still young, Xuan'er is twelve years old, Tang Qing'er has to be eight or nine years old this year, if there are really any crazy words coming out, Xuan'er's life will be ruined, don't you want him to be admitted to the top prize!" ”

Master Zhou sighed and walked away.

Zhou Xuan didn't expect that the always gentle mother would say such ruthless words in front of so many people, and looked at her mother in disbelief and said, "How can you say that? How will I face Sister Qing'er in the future?"

"Xuan'er, my mother is all for your good, you want the title of the gold list in the future, the glory of the ancestors, how can you be in love with your children now, now you are just fascinated by Tang Qing'er's illusion, only your father and mother will not lie to you in this world, when you are named on the gold list, there will be beautiful women to let you choose in the future, believe in your mother," Cao's step-by-step persuasion Xuan'er.

"Mother, that's why you don't like Qing'er's sister for nothing, if he doesn't have a title on the gold list and serves the emperor, what should you do?"

"That's my mother's life," Cao Shi left the main hall without saying a word and went back to the backyard.

Li was feeding the chickens in the yard, Jiao'er chirped at the two old hens in the house, Li saw the head of the house coming back, his face was not good and he entered the house without saying a word, and thought something was wrong, and raised his eyes to look at Tang Qing'er: "What happened,"

"It's okay, mother, my father is just in a bad mood," she can't say that because she went to Master Zhou's house with his father and entered Zhou Xuan's room by the way, she was said to be a baby who doesn't know etiquette and has no education! had to send his mother like this first, hurriedly went into the house, put the book away and hid it, and waited for her mother to summon her.

Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour later, Li's loud voice came: "Tang Qing'er, you come over immediately," Li rarely called Tang Qing'er's full name, only when he was angry.

Tang Qing'er, who was in the house, could guess how angry her mother was when she heard this voice, and walked slowly to her mother's house, seeing that her father and her mother were not good-looking, and she didn't dare to breathe.

Li said angrily: "Is what your father said true?" When she heard the head of the family and her say that she was sarcastic in Master Zhou's wife, she felt that someone slapped her in the face.

"It's not true, Zhou Xuan said that he wanted to lend me books, let me go to his room with him to see what kind of books I liked, who knew that Lu Dao was seen by her mother, and she was sarcastic in front of her father, I don't feel good in my heart, mother!" I had already scolded Zhou Xuan and his mother several times in my heart, and if I met them again in the future, I would definitely take a detour, what a plague god.

"That's really it, nothing else," Li didn't believe in his daughter, but he still wanted to confirm it, for fear of spreading some crazy words and slandering his daughter's name.

"Mother, really, it's more true than pearls!" Tang Qing'er raised her hand above her head, stretched out two fingers, and swore.

Li's face was a little more profitable, and he pushed the master and said: "I just said that the girl I raised can't do anything inappropriate, you actually believe what outsiders say, you look at the girl's eyes that are scared just now are bigger than pearls,"

Her father hadn't opened her mouth since Tang Qing'er entered the house, and then she heard him say: "Who said that I believe that Cao's words, I'm just angry that they slandered my daughter so much, my daughter is much better than her son who will be the champion in the future exam in my eyes, how does the old saying come from: useless is a scholar, don't look at my daughter's child, last year my daughter also helped me earn money, her son only knows how to read, and he reads like a wood in the morning and evening." ”

"Dad, how can people be as good as you say, but half of what you said is true, your daughter can earn money, and she will earn you more money in the future," Tang Qing'er said mischievously when she saw that her father's face was better.

"Yes, yes, it's just your daughter," Li laughed, the head of the house just let himself teach his daughter a lesson, and now it's better to change him to a boasting girl.

------Off topic------

Move your fingers, hehe...... To collect, to reward! Whew!