There are still seven or eight plum blossom quatrains that have not been read, under the gesture of He She, Chu Zhi had to keep silent with a trace of regret, raised a glass of wine and drank with Gao Rune, which was regarded as making amends, it seemed that he was impressed by Chu Qian's poetic talent, and if he continued to say it, it would be a sacrifice of ugliness, and everyone at the banquet skillfully shifted the topic to the classic books of Confucian sages.

Chu Zhen can only be silent about this, no matter how diligent and hard he studies, without a certain age of knowledge accumulation, Chu Zhen can not be compared with these Confucian celebrities who have been immersed in the scriptures for decades, but Chu Zhen also knows that such an opportunity is very rare, and immediately concentrates and listens carefully to everyone's experience and views on Confucian scriptures.

At sunset, the plum blossom banquet also came to an end, after pouring the last drop of pure brew into the mouth, the ruddy-faced, drunk and hazy people in the support of the servants, and He Shi arched goodbye, staggered out of the He Mansion, got into their respective sedan chairs, and left leisurely.

"Jing Chun, you can go back too, the boy's test is approaching, you can't slack off these days." Sitting quietly on the chair, He Shi smiled and waved his hand, his eyes flashing over the look of drunkenness.

"Remember, teacher, the student is leaving." Chu Zhen bowed slightly, and under the welcome of the old housekeeper, he waved goodbye to him in front of the door of Hefu, and took a leisurely stroll home in the slight cold wind.

Not long after, Chu Zhen returned home, crossed the front yard, and before coming to the living room, he was about to walk towards the courtyard of the West House, when he suddenly found a person sitting on the steps of the living room, holding his chin with both hands, and a few tear stains on his fleshy little face, and a few teardrops condensed on his cheeks.

"Jar, what's wrong?" Chu Zhi approached a little confused, and hugged Chu Jue as soon as he bent over, it was cold, and a child was sitting on the cold steps, easy to catch a cold and get sick.

"Second brother, don't be a mother." Seeing that it was Chu Qian, Chu Jue immediately burst into tears, crying silently, and his tender little hands hugged Chu Zhi tightly.

"Don't cry." Gently stroked Chu Jue's back to comfort, Chu Zhen looked around, and really didn't see Yun Niang's figure, could it be that he went out to pay New Year's greetings, but he didn't bring Chu Jue with him for some reason, Chu Zhi secretly thought, and said softly: "Jue'er, what's the matter?" ”

Looking at the empty front yard, during the Spring Festival, most of the servants in the house also went home to visit relatives, no wonder no one found Chu Jue sitting here, Chu Zhi shook his head, hugged Chu Jue to the living room and sat down, and continued to comfort him gently, after half a ring, Chu Jue stopped his tears and sobbed a few times from time to time.

"Jue'er, where is your mother?" Chu Zhi asked softly, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the tears for Chu Jue, Chu Jue's little face regained its former white and delicate lightness, and it also revealed a little redness, and his clear and shining eyes were full of light, which was very cute.

"My mother is in the room." Sobbing, Chu Jue replied in a childish voice.

"Then why don't you stay in the room with your mother, but come here alone." kissed Chu Jue's fleshy little face, Chu Qian's heart was full of doubts, Chu Jue is Yun Niang's heart and soul baby, and she is reluctant to leave Chu Jue half a step away from her side on weekdays, how can she let Chu Jue leave it alone and let her cry now.

"Mother, don't be a child." Chu Jue said timidly, his mouth pursed, and his eyes were full of tears.

"Who said that, if you think about it carefully, it's the most painful on weekdays." Chu Zhi said softly, and carefully changed to a more comfortable holding posture for Chu Jue to sit.

Chu Jue was shy with a cute little head, her thin eyelashes blinked slightly, and after half a sound, she said in a milky voice: "The one who hurts Jue'er the most is my mother." ”

"It's good that you know, in that case, how could she not be a child." Chu Zhen chuckled lightly and sorted out Chu Jue's somewhat messy clothes.

"My mother reprimanded Jue'er just now, and she hit Jie'er's palm." Chu Jue said with a sour nose, tears flickering, and tears seemed to be dripping down at any time.

"That's what she's scaring Jue'er, the mother's most painful thing is Jue'er, how could she be willing to fight Jiu'er." Chu Zhi said comfortingly, and the doubts in his heart became even stronger.

"Mother's hand is in the palm of the hand." Chu Jue said in a childish voice, showing his white and tender little hands, the palms and backs of his hands were as smooth as jade, and there was no trace at all.

"Does that hurt her?" Stroking Chu Jue's little hand, Chu asked with a smile.

There was a trace of confusion in his eyes, Chu Jue bit his fingers and thought about it for a long time, nodded his cute head and said, "Jue'er doesn't hurt, but I'm scared." ”

"Then it must be that Ji'er made her mother angry, so she will scare you." Touching the tip of Chu Jue's little nose, Chu Zhi chuckled and asked, "Did Jue'er do something bad?" ”

"Jue'er didn't." Chu Jue shook his head vigorously, hesitated, with a few residual tears on his little face, and said intermittently: "...... just now, my mother asked Jue'er to read, and there are many words that Jue'er can't recognize......." ”

Looking at Chu Jue, who was dripping with tears, Chu Zhi immediately deduced the original situation, it should be Yun Niang who was in a hurry, scared Chu Jue a few words, and pretended to "click" Chu Jue's palm a few times.

"......, my mother asked Jue'er to come out, otherwise she was not allowed to go back to the room." After a few vague squeaks, Chu Jue's eyes slowly turned red again: "Mother, don't be a girl." ”

"What did my mother ask Jiu'er to recognize?" Chu Zhen asked softly, thinking leisurely, what was he doing when he was four years old? After thinking about it for a long time, I found that I had no memory at all, but one thing is certain, when I was six years old, I would often make mistakes when I counted from one to ten, compared to Chu Jue, who could recite a thousand words at the age of four, Chu Zhi felt that he could take a piece of tofu and smash it on his head.

"Heaven and earth are yellow, and the universe is desolate ......." Sure enough, Chu Jue shook his head and chanted.

"Jue'er, since you can recite it, word by word, you should be able to recognize it." Chu Zhen smiled and said, for precocious children, this should not be a difficult thing.

"Four words and four words, Jue'er can recognize them, but one word at a time, Jue'er can't think of them." Thinking with his little fingers in his mouth, Chu Jue said seriously: "What my mother showed me was word by word. ”

After thinking about it carefully for a while, Chu Zhen understood what Chu Jue meant, could it be that Chu Jue could just memorize it, and vaguely remembered a few simple words, if it was the whole thousand-character text in front, he could recite it in order, but Yun Niang scrambled the words, or took another book for Chu Jue to recognize, he was naturally confused.

After asking Chu Jue, Chu Zhi found that his guess was not wrong, but thinking about it, how to say that Chu Jue is only four years old, reciting thousands of words according to the rhythm, and being able to recognize some simple words, it is already very rare, which shows that he is smart and clever.

Besides, although the thousand-character text is a Mongolian textbook, there are many words in it, with many strokes, some of which are rare and not easy to remember.