In the kitchen, Cao Yi looked at Sikong Ye, who was sitting opposite, just holding two white steamed buns, and didn't buy anything else, and subconsciously looked at himself and the few meat and vegetables on the side of the red sleeves, and couldn't help but feel a wave in his heart for a while, like Sikong Ye, it should be a real cold window hard reading, Cao Yi thought in his heart.

Cao Yi secretly glanced at the thin clothes on Sikong Ye's body again, although he didn't see anything like pudding, but he could still see from the slightly washed white color, this clothes were obviously an old object.

"Sikong Ye...... We should be friends, right? In Sikong Ye's doubts, Cao Yi then asked.

Although Sikong Ye didn't know why Cao Yi suddenly asked like this, he still replied with a smile: "Regardless of whether Brother Cao regards me as a friend or not, I have already regarded Brother Cao as a friend I can make." ”

"Okay, then...... Brother Cao, can you give me a white steamed bun to eat, I prefer to eat this. ”

Sikong Ye was a little suspicious, but he still happily handed another uneaten white steamed bun to Cao Yi, Cao Yi reached out and took it, took a big bite, and said with a smile: "The taste of the things given by my friends is the same." Sikong Ye just smiled when he heard this.

Then Cao Yi gave the red sleeves beside him a look, the red sleeves have followed Cao Yi for so many years, and in some places he can still understand Cao Yi's thoughts and actions, nodded slightly and got up and walked to the kitchen counter, and when he came back, he was already holding a bowl of rice and a pair of chopsticks in his hand.

Cao Yi took the red-sleeved dishes and chopsticks, and handed them to Sikong Ye with a smile: "After eating Brother Sikong's white steamed buns, I also want Brother Sikong to eat a little of mine." ”

Sikong Ye looked at Cao Yi who was handed over with both hands, he was smiling from beginning to end, without any other expressions, his eyes were kind, and there was no pity in his expression, as if it was really just pure daily communication with friends. It doesn't make people feel stressed, and it doesn't make people feel inferior.

Sikong Ye smiled, took Cao Yi's dishes and chopsticks with both hands, and said with a smile: "Since it was invited by Brother Cao, then I won't be hypocritical." ”

"That's how it should be."

Neither of them said any superfluous words, just a bland and sincere conversation, Red Sleeves has been listening to the moment thoughtfully, thinking that this should be what Childe said before, 'Above people, treat others as people; Under men, think of yourself as a man'?

Cao Yi and Sikong Yan chatted while eating, Red Sleeves listened silently on the side, watching their son-in-law eat, he couldn't help but admire a little in his heart, he was used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas and the latest fashion cooking in the Drunken Immortal Building, and now he was eating this lunch that was a little difficult to swallow after eating himself, and he didn't have any disgusted expression, but talked and laughed with Sikong Ye as if he was eating delicacies from the mountains and seas.

This is actually a glance at Cao Yi with red sleeves, he is not a saint, and he has the ability to enjoy it

To the better, the better will naturally be chosen. It's just that at present, this is already the best, so eat it with peace of mind, no matter what, it's better than losing the competition in the secret camp before and only eating white steamed buns.

"Brother Cao, I don't know if there are some things that should be said or not." Sikong Ye said hesitantly.

"Brother Sikong, there is nothing inappropriate between us, even if you are scolding me, as long as what you say makes sense, I will gladly accept it." Cao Yi responded with a smile.

"Hehe, it's not that I want to scold Brother Cao, it's just that after Chongyang, many people talked about Brother Cao and said...... Said something very unreasonable. ”

"Does it mean that I don't have real talent and learning, and I don't deserve to be the first talent in Jiangning, but I should be the first liar in Jiangning?" Cao Yi said with a smile.

"Brother Cao, you ...... If you already know, why don't you refute it? Cao Yi was stunned for a moment, and then asked.

"How to discuss is the freedom of others, no matter how good I say, I will not have a few taels of silver, no matter how bad I say, I will not lose a few taels of silver, since good or bad have no effect on me, why should I bother myself? Besides, what they talk about is some false fame, and I don't need this at the moment, if one day when I want to do something with fame, it will not be too late to come out and confirm or add some more fame. ”

"That being said, it has always been that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles, if Brother Cao doesn't stop it, it will become more and more mysterious, and if it affects the impression of the examiners who will solve the exam, the provincial exam and the palace exam in the future, I'm afraid it will not be ......good," Sikong Ye said worriedly.

"If it weren't for my father and mother, I wouldn't have come to this Jiangning Mansion to go to school, I didn't think about taking this road, so whether I was famous or not, I didn't have the slightest attraction to me, whether I had real talent or not, I just knew it, and I was not afraid of shadows" Cao Yi shook his head and said with a smile.

"Taking a step back, even if things really turn out for the worst, when the three of them become tigers and everyone is gold, it will not hurt me to live my life. I don't please people in high positions, I don't indulge in Qiu Ma's voice, I don't give face to those who can't see me, and I never make unnecessary explanations. I only hope that I can do my best to live a decent and thoughtful life in my life, be kind to the lovely people close to me, and not be entangled in any send-off, don't be easy. If I can always maintain this mentality and way of living in the future, even if there is a situation that makes my heart collapse, I can still lead the singing and sing for the rest of my life, but I will spend the spring and autumn with my heart. Cao Yi's expression was calm, and he said lightly.

Sikong Ye put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up, took two steps back, bowed deeply to Cao Yi, and said: "Brother Cao's indifferent fame and fortune make me ashamed, and I deserve to bow to Sikong Ye." ”

This move also made the other gentlemen who dined in the public kitchen du

They all looked sideways, not knowing what was going on here, with Sikong Ye's talent, who has never been a powerful person, has a straight and hard temper, and only insists that a person in his heart will take the initiative to salute his peers. Some people who know Cao Yi are wondering, could it be that Cao Yi's talent impresses Sikong Ye? Those who didn't know also asked others who Sikong Ye was saluting, and after hearing that it was Cao Yi, they even started to talk about it.

Here, Cao Yi looked at Sikong Ye and smiled bitterly: "Brother Sikong, you don't need to be like this. Cao Yi naturally understands Sikong Ye, this is speaking for himself in disguise. Everyone in the school knows that Sikong Ye only admires people who are higher in learning and better than him, and other things such as power and wealth can't let him look up to him, so Sikong Ye's worship today can be said to be a powerful proof to tell everyone that in his eyes Sikong Ye, Cao Yi has always been the number one talent in Jiangning, and he is definitely not a liar as rumored by others.

"Brother Cao's words just now are indeed worthy of my worship, besides, Brother Cao, you don't care about their comments, but as for me who knows your true level, I can't care less, firstly, because of my personality, and secondly, I cherish the friendship between you and me very much. Brother Cao, you really treat me as an equal friend, and you don't look down on me or have pity. So I have to maintain my friend's reputation! Sikong Ye said sonorously.

Cao Yi sighed when he heard this: "Life is full of difficulties, everyone has a different background and family background, I am just a good tire compared to Brother Sikong, if I and Brother Sikong's growth environment is reversed, I can't say that I am far inferior to Brother Sikong, and Brother Sikong, you must be able to do better than me." Besides, in this world, there is no one who is an eternal person, and no one is an eternal person. ”

"Encouragement!"

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After lunch, Cao Yi, Sikong Ye and Red Sleeves returned to the Imperial Library. Because the professors in the school are generally elderly, and they need to rest well to be able to cope with the afternoon lectures, so the noon is generally a break time, and students can go to the second floor to read other books by themselves after lunch, and they can also review the content taught by the teacher in the morning on the first floor.

Cao Yi took advantage of this time to explain some of the key points and essentials of Cheng Gong's speech in the morning to Red Sleeves. Because it is a face-to-face one-on-one communication, Red Sleeves can ask directly if he doesn't understand anything, so it is also more efficient. In addition, Cao Yi himself graduated from the Chinese Department in his previous life, and later he has always been engaged in writing work, and when he first came to this world, he studied the subset of scripture history for a year, so whether it is knowledge or cultural literacy, he is considered to be the top among his peers. Teaching the knowledge taught by Cheng Gong in the morning to Red Sleeves is naturally more than enough. This also made Cao Yi find the feeling of being a tutor in college in his previous life, and he also missed his college days.

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