Regarding the matter of xenophobia, Shi Yi didn't want to say too much, so he changed the topic after mentioning it vaguely. He sat back on a chair in the hall and said indifferently: "The measures of the country have their own emperor's proposals, and the ministers will assist in the discussion, so it is not my turn to worry about a child like me." I'm just a little worried now, I'm twelve years old now, and in a few years I'll have to think about starting a family, I don't have the luxury of studying and taking exams, but at least I can read all the words, but now the private school in the village on the edge of the city can no longer satisfy my idea, but the wall of the big academy in the city is too high for me to climb into. ”

His last sentence was a bit of a scoundrel, and at the same time it revealed a sense of helplessness. Mo Ye wanted to laugh but couldn't laugh when she heard it, she suddenly thought of the scene a few years ago, when Xing Laohan took Xing Feng to Lizheng Academy to sign up for admission, and then connected it with Shi Yi's encounter with Shi Yi's obstruction of studying today, she couldn't help but feel a little sad.

After a moment of silence, Mo Ye said softly, "Why don't I convey your troubles to my master, he may be able to find a way." ”

Shi Yi shook his head lightly and said, "I didn't plan to say this now, but I didn't expect to be able to hold back for a while, don't bother him with this matter." Uncle Lin is by no means an idler, and I don't want to cause trouble for him. ”

Mo Ye's eyes suddenly lit up after pondering for a while, and he clapped his knees and smiled: "It's better like this, for the time being, I will guide you to learn calligraphy." Since you have already learned some words in the private school, I will leave the rest to teach me, so it must not be so difficult to master. You can learn these words by yourself first, and if my master can arrange for you to enter school in the future, it will not be a problem to shorten the time to enter the school. ”

Shi Yi's hands resting on his knees rubbed for a moment, and he hesitated: "Is this appropriate?" …… I mean to say. Will it delay you? ”

"It doesn't bother me because I don't have anything to do." Mo Ye said with a smile: "It's just that although I have stayed in the academy, but because I am not interested in fame, to be honest, I have been mixed for a few years, and the things I know are also very limited, just don't dislike it." ”

"Then I'll sell the set I learned from you yesterday." Shi Yi stood up with a smile, then faced Mo Ye solemnly, and slapped his palm upright: "Senior Brother Mo." You'll have to worry about it from now on. ”

Mo Ye hurriedly stood up and saluted, but suddenly he couldn't help but laugh.

Seeing this, Shi Yi was puzzled and said, "Did I do something wrong?" ”

"I'm sorry." Mo Ye hurriedly apologized, "It's not that you're wrong, it's my problem...... " She couldn't help but smile, and then said, "Let's not talk about this in the future?" In fact, when I was in the academy, I was a little tired of seeing everyone like this, so let's rely on friends in the future! ”

Shi Yi waved his hand and shook the sleeves of his coat that were too big and a little long. He smiled and said, "It's okay." ”

At this time, I heard Qu Xia's voice coming from the backyard: "What interesting things are you two talking about?" Let me listen to the old man, too? ”

Looking at Qu Xia, who slowly walked in with a bowl of hot soup, Mo Ye was about to tell her about the discussion she had with Shi Yi just now, but Shi Yi had already spoken before her, but what she said was slightly concealed.

"Xiao Yi is a little confused in literacy and literacy, and has just consulted Ye Xiaomei. See smiled. ”

"What's so ridiculous about this, scholars are humble and worthy of praise." Qu Xia first appeased Shi Yi, and then said to Mo Ye: "Rigorous and sincere scholars are the attitude they should have. Don't laugh at him, Xiaoshi's inability to enter the hall and study diligently like you is not his fault, if there is anything you can help, help him. ”

"Yes, Ye'er remembered." Although Mo Ye wondered why Yu Shi Yi had concealed Qu Xia. But for the teaching of the elders. She can still suppress her heart first and accept it sincerely.

"Hmm." Qu Xia nodded, and immediately handed Shi Yi a bowl of hot soup in his hand, and advised: "Drink the ginger soup while it's hot." Drives away the cold. ”

Shi Yi took the bowl with both hands and held it, his eyes full of gratitude: "Thank you, grandpa." ”

Mo Ye, who was standing on the side, greeted him when he saw this: "Brother Xiaoyi, sit down and drink!" Blow and drink, don't burn your mouth. Grandpa, sit down and rest for a while, you've been busy for a long time. ”

"Okay, I'll rest for a while." Qu Xia Yiyan found a chair and sat down, he looked at the two and a half children who also sat down in the room, with a comfortable smile on his face, and after a deep groan, he said slowly: "In the past, this small courtyard was extremely lively, and there were so many people that the house was too small, and I was much busier than I am now. Later, they each had something to do, and the house was idle, and when I lived alone, I thought, if I could still be as busy as before, it would be better to be busy than to be idle! ”

"Why doesn't Grandpa find a companion? If you are accompanied by your grandmother, the life in the small courtyard is also quiet. Shi Yi held a bowl of hot ginger soup and said while blowing gently, the steaming heat on the soup was blown away by him, and after the mist, his phoenix eyes were as bright as stars behind thin clouds, revealing cunning.

"You ghost, no big or small." Qu Xia stretched out his fingers and gave Shi Yi a head chestnut in the air, but the expression on his face was lifeless, and he said with a smile: "When I first took care of the house for my son, I was already in my forties. Later, life gradually became more comfortable, and I thought about marrying a wife, but with my age at the time, it was difficult to find a suitable eye. Later, Childe was entangled in things and entrusted the house to me, and the responsibility was on his shoulders, so he never thought about it again. ”

Qu Xia's words made Mo Ye feel sorry, and he couldn't bear to say: "It's this house that has dragged down grandpa's life, in the final analysis, it's still my responsibility, if it weren't for me, Master wouldn't have abandoned the house and taken me to seclusion." Grandpa, I'm sorry, I owe you so much. ”

"Don't mention any favors, if you talk about this, there are a lot of people you owe, and it won't be my turn to wait in line!" Qu Xia first laughed, and then said to Mo Ye seriously: "Actually, have you thought about it, if one person's contribution to another person exceeds the weight that the property can carry, then it is not the word 'owe and repayment' that can be repaid." If you want to repay this debt, you just need to live well, you live a glorious life, and they are happy to look at it, which is sometimes the same as the principle of 'planting flowers and hoping for flowers'. ”

Mo Ye pondered what Qu Xia said in his heart twice, and gradually showed a sudden expression on his face, nodded and said, "I understand." ”

"Well, there is a distance between understanding and achieving the goal you know in your heart, I just hope that before you do it, don't forget the truth you understand today." Qu Xia threw an encouraging look at Mo Ye, and then said: "Just like me, if it weren't for Gongzi's appreciation, I might still be grinding and bargaining with a large group of laborers who said they wouldn't clean up on that dock now, bargaining for each person's daily wages...... No, no, the dock has long since changed hands, and if it weren't for helping my son guard the house, I guess he would have really become a beggar, and maybe he would have starved to death on the streets. ”

He breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "An elderly person like me, even if he has some ability, is not as good as the younger students, and maybe after being abandoned by his family, it will be difficult to find a living in the next family. After all, my old man can still live a leisurely life now, because he met the noble man of Gongzi back then. People can't forget their roots! It is my duty to guard the house for him, and now that I have a handful of old bones, I can't do many things, in fact, I owe him a day if I live for a day. ”

Shi Yi, who had half a bowl of hot ginger soup in his stomach, breathed a sigh of relief, and when he heard Qu Xia's words come to this point, he couldn't help but speak: "Grandpa, you also said just now that the debt of feelings is indescribable, so you don't think too much about these past things, maybe Uncle Lin himself didn't think about it so much, you want to see the outside world so much." ”

Qu Xia thought of Shi Yi's words that Lin Shan usually didn't treat himself as an outsider, and he also had a clear meaning in his heart, and smiled and said, "It seems that this is exactly the case!" ”

Shi Yi drank the remaining half bowl of ginger soup in two or three sips, and asked curiously, "Grandpa, who are the people who used to gather here in the past?" Is my mother one of them? ”

"Of course, and yours...... Now it should be counted as your aunt, there are more than a dozen people in the Dongfeng Building alone, who often come here for dinner parties. Qu Xia remembered those busy but happy days, a comfortable smile spread on his face, and he said slowly: "Childe has a lot of friends, but counting the number of people, one pair of hands is not enough, but now it is definitely impossible to gather them all, everyone is too busy." ”

Mo Ye couldn't help but say, "Then my parents must have been here too." ”

"Hmm." When the topic shifted to this part, Qu Xia put away his memories and responded briefly, and then he stood up and walked to Shi Yi's side to collect the bowl.

Walking to the backyard with an empty bowl, Qu Xia stopped halfway and said to the two children in the house: "Your parents are friends for a lifetime, and you can also see each other at first sight, I am also happy to see it, you talk first, I will prepare lunch." Little stone, if you want to eat anything in the future and it is inconvenient to disturb your aunts, come to grandpa to cook for you. ”

"Okay." Shi Yi responded with a smile.

After Qu Xia left, he looked at Mo Ye and said with a slight regret in his eyes: "There is only so much I can help you." ”

Mo Ye looked at him stunned.

Shi Yi sat back on the chair, stretched out his fingers and rubbed the corners of his forehead, and slowly explained: "I originally wanted to let grandpa tell us something you want to know about your parents, but unexpectedly...... I think your master must have instructed him a long time ago! ”。 (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation