Chapter 12: Youth

In the next few days, Chen Xuejiao will take Chen Qiping to Xiaohuai River to catch crabs and sell them to Qingfengzhuang. Once a guy accidentally told Han Zijian the news, Han Zijian told his classmate friend Chen Qi'an, and the two of them agreed not to let Chen Zimin know.

In half a month, Chen Xuejiao earned four taels of silver. She thought that after the autumn, there would be fewer crabs, and there were many things in this village that could be exchanged for money, but the status of the ancient Shinong industry and commerce determined that they would not think about exchanging those things for money, and Chen Xuejiao didn't have so many scruples, she wanted to dig up anything that could be exchanged for money as long as her life was better.

With the silver in her hand, Chen Xuejiao was in a good mood and walked happily beside the Xiaohuai River. She thought that it would not be long before she would have to buy land, which in ancient times was only a symbol of wealth.

Autumn is getting stronger, and the banks of the Xiaohuai River are full of yellow wild chrysanthemums, and the fragrant fragrance is blowing in the face.

Chen Xuejiao smelled the smell of wild chrysanthemums, her brain was clear for a while, and she suddenly became as excited as if she had discovered a new world. In her time, parents, classmates, and colleagues would make tea with wild chrysanthemums whenever they were tired from work and study, and they would also boil wild chrysanthemum porridge in the morning. Wild chrysanthemum is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which has the effects of evacuating heat, reducing swelling and detoxifying, etc., if you pick them and dry them and sell them to the pharmacy, don't you make a fortune.

Chen Xuejiao told Chen Qiping about this idea, although Qi Ping didn't understand the efficacy of wild chrysanthemums, but these days he saw the second sister exchanging crabs for money, so he decided in his heart that everything the second sister said must be right.

The siblings carried baskets on their backs to pick wild chrysanthemums.

There is a high hill next to the Xiaohuai River. At this moment, there were two tall and elegant teenagers standing on the hill.

"Brother Siyuan, I'm almost at Master Qin's residence, I saw him in Jingshi when I was a child, I don't know if the master is okay." The young man who spoke, with a purple and gold crown with a bundle of hair inlaid on his head, raised his eyebrows and wiped his forehead with two dragons grabbing pearls and gold, and wore a two-color golden cypress butterfly wearing a dark red arrow sleeve. The young man with his face facing the other side, his face was like a carving, his facial features were clear, angular and angular, and under a pair of sword eyebrows was a pair of slender and shining eyes.

"Speaking of which, my father and Huang Huang Gongzi and your father are both students of Master Qin, Master Qin was famous in Beijing back then, but unfortunately I haven't seen him, but I often hear my father worry about him." Dressed in an ice-blue silk dress, the cuffs are embroidered with gold piping with elegant bamboo leaf patterns and the fine sheep fat jade hairpin on his head. cleverly sets off the extraordinary image of a noble and contemptible son, and a melancholy smile on his lips is quite a bit of a ** teenager. With a jade belt tied around his waist, a bow and arrow in his hand, and his chin slightly raised to talk to the young man opposite, his apricot-shaped eyes were shining, as bright as a galaxy.

"After walking for so many days, it's finally almost there, but this piece is full of vast landscapes, and I don't know where Master Qin lives in seclusion." The young man named Huang Gongzi sighed.

"I can always find it, but I heard my father say that Master Qin has a straightforward and uninhibited personality, I don't know if he will see us." The boy named Siyuan said.

"Mother and mother have always dreamed of Master Qin in the past six months, and my father's deep health has not improved, I think this time it is best to let Master Qin personally go to Beijing to relieve my mother's pain of missing my father." Huang Gongzi's eyes dimmed.

"Look, it's a big bird." Siyuan exclaimed.

"Gu Siyuan, let's compete with each other to see who can shoot with one arrow." Huang Gongzi said that he was about to draw the bow. In the end, it is the heart of a teenager.,Just talked about the heavy topic.,When I saw the big bird, I immediately forgot about it.,I want to fight it out.。

"I found it first, I'll come first." As soon as Gu Siyuan's words fell, an arrow shot out, and an arrow hit the wings of the big bird, and the big bird fluttered and fell behind Chen Xuejiao's back, knocking over Chen Xuejiao's back basket at once, and the chrysanthemums picked were poured out and poured into the water.

The fruits of half a day's labor were gone, Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but be furious, and saw the big bird struggling and wailing next to the basket with compassion, and looked around to see two teenagers standing on the high post, holding bows and arrows in their hands.

"Gu Siyuan, it seems that your archery skills are lagging behind, and you only shot the wings, look at me." Huang Gongzi raised and fell.

When Chen Xuejiao saw this scene, she quickly picked up the big bird and shot the arrow on the back basket.

It's too much, one arrow is not enough to make up for another arrow, Chen Xuejiao thought angrily. In her time, this big bird is also a national first-class protected animal, how can it be shot at will.

"No, you two, put down the bow and arrow for me." Chen Xuejiao hugged the big bird that was struggling and dripping blood, and yelled at the two teenagers on the high post.

The two teenagers glanced at each other, wondering where the wild girl came from, but finally put down the bow and arrow.

"Come down." Chen Xuejiao continued to roar.

The two teenagers grew up in the Beijing Division since they were children, and they were not only stunned when they saw this posture.

"The eardrum of the person who roared this voice hurts, why is it so much like your sister." Gu Siyuan couldn't help but say to his son.

The two teenagers got off the hill and walked in front of Chen Xuejiao.

"This Hai Dongqing is our trophy." Gu Siyuan pointed to the big bird in Chen Xuejiao's arms and said.

"Spoils of war? An arrow can't die in mending an arrow, and now I'm here to ask if I don't take it back and mend an arrow. The archery technique is too clumsy, and if you two are allowed to be executioners, all criminals will die in a late way. Chen Xuejiao said sarcastically.

"And my wild chrysanthemums, I picked half a basket of wild chrysanthemums that you shot into the water, how can you compensate us." Chen Xuejiao looked closely into the eyes of the two teenagers, thinking that she had never seen such a good-looking teenager in her previous life. "This Hai Dongqing is given to you, which can be regarded as a chrysanthemum to compensate you." Huang Gongzi said that he felt that he was really unwilling to be despised by a little girl with his amazing archery skills, and the mouth of this wild girl in the countryside was as vicious as the mouth of his sister.

"Childe, the loot is gone, let's hurry up, otherwise it's too late." Gu Siyuan looked at the setting sun.

"Master Qin doesn't know where he is in seclusion, we haven't found it after wandering around here for most of the day." Huang Gongzi whispered.

"Master Qin? Are you going to a private school? Qi Ping, who was standing next to Chen Xuejiao, asked in a friendly manner.

"Don't talk to strangers." Chen Xuejiao was still distressed about the half basket of wild chrysanthemums, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Qi Ping.

"They don't look like bad guys." Chen Qiping glanced at the two teenagers. A wild wind blew in the hearts of the two teenagers, what does it mean not to be a bad person, it is not a bad person in the first place.

"We have something important to find Master Qin, it seems that the two of you know where Master Qin lives, and ask the two of you to show you the way. I broke up the girl's wild chrysanthemum just now, it's really my fault, I'll accompany the girl. Gu Siyuan said.

Chen Xuejiao rolled her eyes, crushed the wild chrysanthemum to stop Hai Dongqing's bleeding, and tore off the clothes of Gu Siyuan, a young man in white, to tie Hai Dongqing's wound. Gu Siyuan was petrified on the spot in surprise, and when Childe saw the sturdy girl, he once again remembered his sister's numbing methods.

"Master Qin's residence, I am very familiar with it, but if you want us to take it, you have to pay the price." Chen Xuejiao stretched out her hand to the two teenagers, "That is, I will bring you over, and you will give me two cents." ”

Chen Qiping glanced at his sister dissatisfied, wanting to lead the way and collect money. Chen Xuejiao was unmoved, and the two teenagers nodded helplessly in agreement.

Passing through a row of poplar trees on the bank of the Xiaohuai River, at the bend, there are several courtyards with blue bricks and white walls, which look extremely simple and elegant. This is the village private school, and it is also the place where Chen Zimin, Chen Xuejiao's father, teaches. At dusk, the private school has already finished school, and the whole private school seems unusually quiet.

"My dad is a showman, and he is a gentleman here." Chen Qiping proudly introduced his father to the two teenagers, "But few people can see Master Qin." ”

A middle-aged man and a simple teenager walked out of it, it was Chen Zimin and Chen Qi'an. When the two saw Chen Xuejiao and Chen Qiping, they thought they were taking them home, but they saw a pair of young men with extraordinary bearings standing next to them.

"Hello Mr. Chen." Before Chen Zimin could react, the two teenagers had already walked up to greet them respectfully, and the two teenagers thought in their hearts that this country show must have something extraordinary, otherwise it would be impossible to teach in the private school opened by the proud Master Qin.

"The two are" Chen Zimin saw the bearing of the two, and vaguely guessed who it was.

"Mr. Chen, the little nephew is Gu Siyuan, this one is called Huang Gongzi." Gu Siyuan said: "We are here to see Master Qin for important matters, can you please introduce Mr. Chen." ”

Seeing what the two teenagers said solemnly, Chen Zimin had already guessed the identities of the two teenagers, so he agreed, but he had to ask the master's opinion first, and let the teenager wait for the time being. While waiting, the two teenagers and Chen Qi'an greeted each other, and saw that this rural boy was stubborn, neither humble nor arrogant, reasonable and well-founded, and he was very respectful in his heart.

After a quarter of an hour, Chen Zimin came out, frowning like two teenagers and shaking his head with Master Qin's original words: "I have stayed away from Jingshi, and my heart is peaceful and quiet here, I don't want to see anyone in Jingshi or anything, please go back to the two sons." ”

"Sure enough, as my father said," Gu Siyuan shook his head with a wry smile.

"No one can change the decisions made by the master." Chen Zimin said.

"Not necessarily, Brother Siyuan and Huang Gongzi are waiting to see, presumably Master Qin is not so ruthless." Chen Qi'an opened his mouth and said: "If you don't dislike us as farmers, it's already late today, rest in our house first, and tomorrow you will see Master Qin in your thoughts." ”

"This" The two teenagers glanced at each other, then at Chen Xuejiao, and felt that this family was very interesting, and it was really troublesome to find a place to live so late, so they agreed.

Chen Xuejiao rolled her eyes at the two of them, and secretly stretched out two fingers, which meant two pennies.

The group walked towards the village, Chen Xuejiao thought to herself, who is Master Qin? These two teenagers are both rich and noble families from the perspective of their dress, why they came to this poor country to find an old pedant, this must be a hidden mystery. But no matter what his mysteries are, it has nothing to do with her, it would be nice if she could get rich with the help of these two rich young men.