Shen Huai's answer was a little perfunctory, but the brown-robed young man was not displeased at all, but said very seriously: "The teacher's birthday is approaching, and Yu plans to buy one or two unique books as a birthday gift." 『』”

Hearing this answer, Shen Huai was silent for a moment before he said more tactfully: "Praise, the antique calligraphy and painting are broad and profound, and it is inevitable that if you are immersed in prostitution for a long time, you will inevitably lose sight." The Venerable Master doesn't even accept the restraints, how can you not be angry when you spend time on the solitary book? ”

His words were sincere and sincere, Xiao Yu showed embarrassment, and said hesitantly: "I also know, but the teacher is really the grace of recreation, and the reputation is ......."

Shen Huai knew Xiao Yu's difficulties, sighed, and persuaded: "The respected teacher knew that your family was not rich, because I saw that you were diligent and studious, and worked hard, so I spent two hours a day going back and forth from Pingkangfang to Changningfang, but I didn't restrain you for half a minute. I remember, last time you were uneasy, and I helped you buy a table for Tianzelou, what was the result? ”

Thinking of his words after buying a banquet, Xiao Yu looked solemn, and was about to say a few words, when someone next to him sneered: "Tsk, I don't have a few laps in my belly when I talk big, and when I hear a name, I think it's me." Changning Fang? Why don't you say you live in Changle Fang? The banquet in Tianzelou, the cheapest table also costs five yuan, I wonder if you two can get three or five wine money when you two wear this dress? ”

The two of them stood on the bustling street, and their appearance and bearing were extremely outstanding, and they had already attracted the attention of the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, and it was understandable to be said sourly. Therefore, Xiao Yu just glanced at the person and didn't say anything, Shen Huai frowned, and said unhappily: "It's rare to meet today, I'll have a treat, let's go, let's go to Tianzelou to talk." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was naturally another burst of ridicule, saying that they slapped their swollen faces and became fat, but Shen Huai was unmoved.

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

After three rounds of drinking, with the strength of the wine, Shen Huai pondered for a moment, and said: "Zanzhi, I heard my uncle say that you are ...... in Beiya"

"Thank you Brother Boqing, I am a school captain anyway, how many people can't mix up with this official position in the sixth grade in their lives, although it is ......" Xiao Yu paused, Fang said, "Look at the handwriting left by my father, and look through the schoolwork left by my teacher, it's good." ”

Shen Huai sighed and didn't speak again.

is not only Cheng Dù, who is not so deep that he has nothing to talk about, but also one point, that is, if he really talks about seniority, he Shen Huai and Shen Boqing, and he has to call Xiao Yu an uncle.

Xiao Yu's biological father, Xiao Lun, was an official who worshiped Zhonglang General before his death, and commanded the Xunyi Mansion among the five mansions of the Northern Ya, even if he counted the entire Great Xia, he could be regarded as a middle and high-level in the army. He is honest, sincere, solid, hardworking, and extremely honest and courteous. Don't accept gifts, don't take concubines, live with your wife, and help your colleagues from time to time, you can't talk about poverty, but you are never rich. Xiao Lun wants to buy a good horse and build a good weapon, and he has to save money for a while to achieve his wishes.

In everyone's mind, a righteous gentleman like Xiao Lun, after the death of his old wife, must be an heir, patiently teach, and live a life without stains. For the position of this heir, the Xiao clan fought openly and secretly, and almost broke their heads, but when they were almost deciding the winner and planning to enjoy the fruits of victory, they heard a bad news - General Xiao fell in love with a folk girl Zheng who was innocent and outstanding, and married her as a continuation. This continuation of the string, the belly is also angry, married to Xiao Lun for two years, and gave birth to a son, Xiao Yu.

This time, it can be regarded as a hornet's nest.

According to the rules of Beiya's father-son inheritance, although Xiao Lun is a lieutenant general, he is his father's captain, if it is his eldest son, he must follow as a captain. The son who fills the house and the heir who has passed by him have a lower status, and whether they attack the brigade commander or the team leader depends on the mood of the above. But no matter what you say, this is also an upright, high-grade, and official who can eat imperial food! Even if it's just a team, it's still an official on the seventh grade! What is this concept? For example, the land in Pengze County is not fertile, and it was rated as a middle and lower level during the evaluation, as the head of a county, Liu Kuan and Pei Xi were only from the seventh grade, and they were two orders lower than the team.

Isn't that how to be an official, the power in your hands is one thing, and the official position and rank are another thing. If you want to divide into three, six, nine and so on, you also need to have an official to do!

People are like this, what doesn't belong to you, if you don't get it all the time, but hope is in front of you, but it is shattered by life, and you will have resentment.

Because of his own experience, in addition to hating his father, Xia Taizu has no good impression of the concubine and the house-filling - the favored concubine made his biological mother depressed, and in order to please his father, he grovelled to please the concubine and treated him coldly. Later, in order to let his son inherit the family business and title, he killed him. Therefore, after the founding of Xia Taizu, the constraints on filling the house and concubines, as well as the children they gave birth to, were particularly strict, and the stepmother, there are few who can really treat the children left by their ex-wives equally, and it is good to be able to achieve equality on the surface, not to mention that many ex-wives and children are either beaten or scolded, and treated very harshly.

The world has long known that the stepmother is not good, and there is naturally nothing to do with Xia Taizu's decree, and he has nothing to do with the son of the stepfamily and the house, but he still has to step on it, not to mention that Xiao Lun and Zheng are indeed a pear flower pressing begonia? Therefore, when the Xiao clan mentioned this new lady, they had a very contemptuous tone, and their faces were full of disdain. People who don't know think about it and think it's right, Zheng is young and beautiful, why can't he find a wishful man, he has to find a bad old man who is over half a hundred years old? Isn't it for fame, fortune, or what?

Because of these gossips, Zheng doesn't know how many times she has cried - she doesn't want to marry Xiao Lun, she will be pointed at all her life, and she also wants to find a young and handsome Lang Jun to be a stable couple. But she was born beautiful, even if she kept her own door behind closed doors, she would attract bees and butterflies, and the Zheng family was just an ordinary ordinary ordinary person. In a place like Chang'an, where a stone can kill seven or eight powerful people if it falls, no matter who wants to take her as a concubine, she can't resist.

Only those who are lords, lords or officials of the third rank or above have the quota of concubines, and the concubines barely have an identity, and the concubines in the rest of the population are nothing more than letting her sign a deed of sale, from a good title to a slave status, for the master to have fun. This kind of nameless concubine, if the housewife is unhappy, she can be sold. Don't say that your whole life is ruined, parents, brothers, sisters, relatives and friends, who can raise their heads?

Marrying Xiao Lun is a last resort, but it is also the best way. Xiao Lun has a square character and treats her very well, even more so after she gives birth to a son, the Zheng family also slowly fell in love with Xiao Lun, an old husband and a young wife, and lived a peaceful and stable life. Xiao Yu is also very smart, he entered the country at the age of six to study Taixue, he is very diligent and hardworking, and his grades are excellent. But in this world, good times are always short-lived.

When Xiao Yu was nine years old, Xiao Lun, who was sixty-two years old at the time, died of illness, and before he died, he gave his son a word, that is, praise. The sage remembered his hard work and high achievements, and made an exception for Xiao Yu to take the position of school captain, but the family business and land property were still inherited according to the rules of inheritance by the son of the house, he could only inherit half, and the remaining half should be owned by the state.

In this way, the eyes of the Xiao clan were even redder.

Although it is possible to accept people with excellent character and learning, in fact, it is a place for the children of nobles and ministers, and it is also a place where many powerful people want to let their children and grandchildren go to develop their connections. When Xiao Lun was alive, some people still felt that Xiao Yu was not the eldest son, and it was unreasonable to come here to study; As soon as they died, Xiao Yu and Zheng's orphans and widows would not be deceived by others.

If you are a little more clever, you will not directly say that you will get out of the country and make room for others, but will remind you very tactfully that you should be filial piety, and besides, you are now a captain on the sixth grade, and you have an official body, so it is not suitable to come here again. As for the inferior means...... Today the clan will sacrifice, and you will get a part of the Yongye field for the clan to make a sacrifice field; Tomorrow's harvest in Zhuangzi is not good, but the tax on the field will have to be paid on time; Tomorrow the shop is not doing well, and it must be sold out. A huge family, the ancestors of the slaves and maids all followed Xiao Yu's ancestors to conquer the north and south, and it is a must to be lazy to make money.

Zheng's as a house-filler, his confidence is insufficient, and those wives who are originally destined to treat her as a fox and a character like a fox don't bother to associate with her. Seeing that his son was forced to leave from the Guozijian, he was tireless in his three years of filial piety, and once the filial piety period passed, it was difficult to find a gentleman - the Zheng family didn't know anyone who was really learned. There are quite a few people in the Jingshi who have not met talents, who can guarantee their level? Besides, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and if you ask a teacher to live in your house, you can live today, and tomorrow rumors will fly all over the sky; If you don't live, in addition to the high shackles, you have to buy a carriage, hire servants, and pick up and drop off each other all day long, which costs a lot of money, and the Zheng family can't afford it.

If you change to someone else, you may not want your son to continue to move forward when you see that your son has an official status. After all, martial artists, just boil your body and exercise your martial arts, just be able to read and write, what do you do when you read those subsets of scriptures and histories? But Xiao Yu can read when he is young, and the Zheng family has high hopes for him, so he is really unwilling to let his son be wasted like this. In desperation, the mother thought about the people her deceased husband had befriended, and begged from door to door, and somehow found Yu's home.

There are many children in the Yu family, and there are always one or two who will mix under Xiao Yu in the future, so this matter came and went, and finally came to Shen Huai's head.

At that time, Shen Huai was worried about the exile of the acting king and the princess, and his own family was also avoided by others. Although I didn't want to miss this good fate, I didn't have much ability to help, so I pointed to a famous man Huang Xin, who lived in Pingkangfang, heard that he was a concubine of a family, very knowledgeable, had never been a scholar, and had a very eccentric temper. Who would have thought that Xiao Yu would be so favored by that one?

Thinking of this, Shen Huai had an idea: "Zanzhi, you will win the championship next year, right?" ”