After Cao Yi and the others sent the food box over, Cao Yi took four small jars of wine from the waiter outside the door, including two jars of Taibai drunk and Qinglian wine, and then a roll of cloth, and said to Sikong Ye: "Brother Sikong, this wine is for Ling Zun, this roll of cloth is a beautiful dress that Ling Tang and Ling Mei can make during the Chinese New Year." ”

"Brother Cao, this can't be helped, and I will definitely not accept Brother Cao's gift again." Sikong Ye hurriedly waved his hand and shook his head.

"Brother Sikong, since you and I are friends and brothers are commensurate, Lingzun Lingtang is my uncle and aunt, and Ling Mei is like my sister-in-law, as a junior and brother, it is not an exaggeration for me to give a little New Year's gift. Besides, I didn't give it to Brother Sikong, you and I are friends, so I really don't need to deliberately give any gifts, but I gave it to Lingzun Lingtang and Sister Ling as your friend, just a piece of my heart, so that they know that Brother Sikong's friend is really worth befriending, how can you refute your friend's intentions. ”

"But...... But I don't have anything to give to Ling Zun and Ling Tang. Sikong Ye said nonoristically.

"It's nothing, my father and mother are not in Jiangning, I'm the only one left in the house, you just don't have a chance to send each other, if you really don't want to go, when you come back after the New Year next year, bring me a little local products from your hometown to try, it's always okay, right?" Cao Yi patted Sikong Ye's shoulder and said with a smile.

"This ...... Okay, I will thank Brother Cao for my father, mother and sister, you can rest assured, the family specialties will be brought over next year to thank Brother Cao. Sikong Ye solemnly bowed to Cao Yi.

Cao Yi hurriedly picked up Sikong Ye and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait for Brother Sikong's specialties, but don't bring too much, the road is far away, and the specialties are heavy, don't tire you when the time comes, just be affectionate, these two things, Brother Sikong, you take it back to your school building first, and put it away, after all, it is eye-catching and not very good-looking." ”

Sikong Ye nodded, and then separated from Cao Yi and took the things back to the school first, and then went to the school after placing them.

Qifei looked at Sikong Ye's back, and then looked at her son-in-law, her eyes revealed a confused clarity, and Cao Yi, who was turned around, noticed her expression.

"What? I don't really understand why I am so good to such a poor student as him? ”

Qi Fei hesitated, but nodded.

Cao Yi smiled and said, "Qihail, you have to remember that it is always better to send charcoal in the snow than icing on the cake!" I am good friends with him, there is a utilitarian heart, but not necessarily, I am optimistic that he will be able to gain fame in the future and soar, and it may be helpful to me and the Taibai Chamber of Commerce in the future. But what is more important is that I am in him, seeing the seriousness and hard work of the poor scholars of this era, who study hard and climb up the ranks in the examination. That's what really struck me

place, and I admire him, really, if I were his growth environment, it's hard to say that I didn't do as well as he did, son, I'm just lucky to have a good tire."

Qi Hail stopped when he heard this, looked at the back of the son walking in front, immediately trotted to follow, and whispered: "No, in the mind of the slave, the son is the smartest person, knows everything, can do anything, and is good to us, I have never seen a better person than the child......" Speaking of this, he paused for a while, then lowered his voice, and said with emotion: "It's better for me than my father and mother!" ”

Cao Yi heard what she whispered behind her, turned his head, and said to Qifei with a smile: "There are no parents in the world who don't cherish their children, Qifei, although I don't know much about the specific situation of your family when you were a child, but I think it's nothing more than because it's too difficult, I'm afraid of starving to death so I sold you to Ya Po, I hope you can also eat, in the future, it's good to enter a good family as a maid, as for the Yin Yang accidentally entered the Jinfeng Building, they are afraid that they can't predict it......"

Qi Fei wiped the tears that fell from her eyes, and choked up, "Childe, the slave knows that what you said is right...... The slave maid just saw Sikong Gongzi go home for the New Year...... Suddenly...... Suddenly, I missed my father and mother. ”

"Then you can take the time to go home during the Chinese New Year, and then bring two jars of Taibai drunk, twenty rich eggs, and a soap." Cao Yi said with a warm smile on his face.

Qi Fei wiped away her tears, and said anxiously: "Then how can it be done, after Qi Fei entered the Cao Mansion, he is naturally a person from the Cao Mansion, how can he still talk about his original family all the time, let alone go back to see him, the slave and maid have already committed a taboo just now, Gongzi, you are already very kind, how can the slave and the maid be so ignorant!" ”

Cao Yi stretched out his hand and touched Qifei's head: "It's okay, that's someone else's taboo, now Cao Mansion is the eldest son, then it's up to me, you just listen to me, I will go home in the evening and notify a few other maids together, when the time comes, you can arrange the date and stagger the time, otherwise you will all leave together, and I will be alone in Qingyun Pavilion during the Spring Festival, and I will blame the pitiful, haha!" ”

"It is really a blessing from the previous life that the slave and maid can enter the Cao Mansion to serve the son, thank you so much!" Qi Fei solemnly confronted Cao Yi and made a great fortune.

"Okay, okay, you have forgotten that you are in the school now, just now you called yourself a slave and a maid and performed a blessing ceremony, if you are seen, others will immediately find out that you are a woman in disguise, pay attention next time." Cao Yi pretended to be serious and said.

Qi Fei stuck out his little tongue, and quickly changed his words: "Yes, Childe, the slave knows!" ”

The afternoon class happened to be taught by Cheng Lao, and it was about the first part of the "Mencius" in the Nine Classics.

Cheng Lao and Lu Lao have a slightly different teaching style, Lu Lao likes to start asking students questions after all the content is finished, while Cheng Lao generally asks questions while teaching.

At this moment, he happened to say the sentence "If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world", so he looked around at the people in the class and asked: "Everyone should have a different understanding of this sentence, who wants to stand up and express their opinions?" ”

Shen Yan turned his head to look at the person on his right, his eyes signaled, and the latter nodded at Shen Yan, then stood up, first saluted Cheng Lao, and said: "Master Cheng, Jia Zheng is not talented, let me express my humble opinion first, and then throw bricks and lead jade, and then others will say more intelligent opinions." ”

Cheng Gong nodded, he was always very happy and supportive of students who dared to express their opinions and express their opinions during class.

"The so-called 'poor is good for oneself, and good for the world', the main meaning of which means that when a person is poor and has no ambition, he should cultivate his personal morality alone, not give up on himself, stagnate or be comfortable, but to constantly improve his own advantages and make up for his own shortcomings. In the future, when you become a great official, you must benefit the people, take the world as your own responsibility, let the people benefit, and govern the world well. We should not be arrogant and get carried away, but we should carry forward what we have learned and let the grace spread to more people. I think that this sentence is actually in the same vein as 'self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world' in "University". Confucius once said, 'If there is a way in the world, you will see, and if there is no way, you will hide', which means that the country's politics are in line with the Tao, and if you are clear and honest, you will show your talents and thus make contributions, on the contrary, if the country's politics are **, you will hide your talents, that is, you will not come out to be an official. Therefore, I feel that Mencius's 'self-reliance' and 'benevolence to the world' here are concise summaries and supplements to Confucius's thoughts. ”

Jia Zheng talked eloquently to Cheng Lao, during which Cheng Lao nodded frequently, with a look of approval and approval on his face. After Jia Zheng noticed Cheng Lao's expression, his expression became more and more proud, and after expressing his opinion, he seemed to glance at Cao Yi provocatively, and slowly sat down under the admiring eyes of other students, a little arrogant, as if he had won a battle.

"Well, yes, Jia Zheng just expressed his views and understanding of Mencius's sentence 'If you are poor, you will be good to yourself, and if you are good, you will be good to the world', and others have no different opinions or additions, if there is anything, please say it and discuss it together!" After Jia Zheng sat down, Cheng Lao asked about the others in the class.

"Master Cheng, if you don't let Cao Yi, the first genius in Jiangning, come and tell us about his views and opinions, presumably with his talent is eight buckets and five cars, and his talent is higher than most of us, there will definitely be different understandings and opinions on this, and we can worship it when we say it." Shen Yan said with a different smile.

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