4 Qingming Festival
On the way home, Luan Yi looked at the roadside countryside through the car window, and felt a little desolate in his heart.
The huts are dilapidated in the midst of greenery. Most of the roofs have holes, and some even have collapsed walls. Luan Yi really can't imagine how the residents of such a ventilated house survive and how they survive the cold winter. Their miserable living conditions stand in stark contrast to the deep mansions of landowners in the distance.
Luan Yi learned from the scholar Luan Fu that it was not uncommon for people to starve to death in this era, and Luan Fu himself was no longer surprised. Cannibalism is also a fact, but most of them occur in the poorer states of Youjiliang Prefecture. Such incidents have also occurred in the Yuzhou area. As for Yingchuan, because the region is relatively wealthy, the Luan family is kind and charitable at home, and often gives porridge and wealth to poor families, so the people's lives are reasonable.
Luan Yi really couldn't understand how Luan Fu defined the definition of "people's lives are reasonable". Take the village in front of you as an example, the weather is about minus 10 degrees Celsius, and many men are naked**; When it was time to eat, the whole village didn't even have a little cooking smoke. Is that reasonable?
Luan Yi's handsome face suddenly revealed a bit of concern. If this continues, it is strange that the people do not follow the Yellow Turban Army to revolt. He knew very well that this uprising not only could not solve the plight of the vast number of poor people, but also inspired the misery of life for a long time. He hopes to stop all this with his own strength, but the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny, although he has knowledge from the 21st century, but at this moment he is only a 7-year-old boy.
7 years old, just a tender baby who hasn't grown all the hair, why should he influence history and change the future!
A strong sense of powerlessness invaded his heart, but he had to think about the future.
Do you want to dominate one side? No way! He is the descendant of a merchant, and in this era of human origin, it is difficult for the descendant of a merchant to make waves.
Do you want to assist a Ming Jun? For now, it seems that this is the only way. Who can they help? Liu Bei? Liu Bei is too weak, he has been displaced all his life, even if he joins, he may not be able to change anything, and it is very likely that he will lose his life on the way to escape! The stakes are just too great.
What about Sun Quan? In a corner of the south of the Yangtze River, it is possible to defend the city, but it is not enough to dominate.
Yuan Shao? Stubborn as a mule......
Cao Cao? It can be considered that in the future, the brothers of Yingchuan Academy will join him, and they will be able to take care of each other when the time comes. But...... Cao Cao is suspicious, and if he is provoked, he will not be able to draw it.
Luan Yi's eyebrows were furrowed, he didn't know the essentials, so he simply threw it aside and didn't think about it for the time being.
The carriage bumped all the way, passed through the dilapidated Yangzhai North City Gate, crossed the bleak street market, and then passed through the South City Gate, and after driving half a mile, the high wall of the Luan family's mansion emerged from the end of the sight.
From afar, Luan Yi saw the housekeeper Luan Zhong, that is, Luan Fu's father, jumping outside the gate and looking. Seeing Luan Yi's carriage swaying and galloping, he jumped excitedly and broke into the door, but a few breaths came out of the door again.
When the carriage stopped, he strode up and bowed, "Young master, you're back." β
Luan Yi opened the curtain, smiled, and said, "Uncle Zhong, you are my elder, you don't have to salute me." β
Luan Zhong's face was serious, and he saluted again, "That's not possible, the master is the master, the servant is the servant, and the rules can't be messed up." β
Luan Yi was helpless. He lamented that the feudal hierarchy was deeply rooted and could not be changed overnight.
After a few words of greeting with the housekeeper Luan Zhong, Luan Yi jumped out of the carriage with the support of Luan Zhong and Luan Fu's father and son. Before he could stand on his feet, he heard a woman crying excitedly from the courtyard, "My son, you are back." I want to die as a mother. Immediately afterwards, with a gust of fragrant wind, a glamorous lady rushed from the house at a trot, rushed to Luan Yi and hugged him in her arms.
This is Luan Yi's mother in this life.
"Shhh Mother Luan Diao's force was too strong, and the "young" Luan Yi grinned in pain and muttered: "Mother, you hurt me." β
"Yes, yes." Luan Diao wiped a handful of tears, squatted down, and looked up and down with both hands on Luan Yi's arms. "It's only been a few days, Yi'er, you've lost weight, but you've grown a little taller."
"Mother, not only did the child not lose weight, but he grew a few pounds of meat!" In front of her mother, Luan Yi always had to pretend to be a little childish.
As soon as he finished speaking, his grandfather Luan Tao and his father Luan Miao walked out of the door and walked in front of Luan Yi.
Luan Tao, who was tall and strong, stood in front of Luan Yi, like a thick wall, he put his hands behind his back, looked down at Luan Yi and said, "Of course he won't lose weight." During his time at the academy, he didn't eat a lot of good food. It's not enough to eat by yourself, but I also invited my friends to our Mu Jinju to eat. Hmph, if it goes on like this, I'll see how you inherit the family business in the future. Sooner or later, this little bit of our family business will make you lose everything! β
Seeing that Luan Yi had just come home, his father-in-law wanted to teach Luan Yi a lesson outside the house. Daughter-in-law Diao Luan hurriedly came out to play a round, "Dad, Yi'er who has a big holiday finally comes back, don't scold him." If there is anything we say in the house, it will be said in the house! Besides, it's just a few meals! Let's not talk about anything else, there is still some money, even if our family runs out of money, there is no marriage for me! Don't be angry with this little thing outside of your body, what is more important than being alive. Saying that, Luan Diao thought of his eldest son who had just passed away, and unconsciously shed tears.
Luan Tao saw that his daughter-in-law was touched by sadness, so he didn't say much. Luan Yi's father Luan Miao is honest, he doesn't talk much, and he doesn't speak.
The family returned to the house one after another. Luan Yi's deep eyes once again reflected the familiar scene and object. remembers that in front of the West Wing, he once frolicked with his brother Luan Yi; Once he hid behind the rockery in hide and seek, and it took a lot of effort for his brother to find him; There is also a backyard garden, where my grandfather often examines the two brothers' studies, Luan Yi repeatedly can't answer, and his brother will always remind him with eyebrows......
Now, everything is in the past, and my brother can't come back.
Luan Yi's eyes were moist, and crystal tears crossed the corners of her mouth. Mother Diao Luan seemed to feel Luan Yi's sadness, and cried more and more sadly, until she walked into the main hall, she couldn't cry, and hugged Luan Yi and cried.
Luan Miao took pity on Diao Luan's family, afraid that she would cry out of her illness, so she took her out of the main house with the maid and went to the west wing to rest. Luan Yi wanted to go with him, but was stopped by Luan Miao. He whispered to Luan Yi: "You look too much like your brother, and your mother will inevitably see you when she sees you." Don't go, let your mother be quiet for a while! β
So, just like that, Luan Miao and his wife left. In the main room, only Luan Tao and Luan Yi were left.
Luan Yi was afraid that Luan Tao would open his mouth to scold him, so he didn't dare to speak. Luan Tao didn't seem to have the meaning of speaking at all, sitting on the collapse and bowing his head to drink, only occasionally glancing at Luan Yi from the corner of his eye.
A long time has passed. After about a stick of incense, Luan Tao stared at the water bowl in his hand and said in a deep voice: "These three months, how are your studies?" β
"Huh?" Luan Yi was stunned and bowed. "My grandson didn't dare to slack off, and his grades were acceptable!"
"Okay?" Luan Tao raised his eyebrows and sighed: "Hey, it's okay!" Then he fell into deep thought.
Luan Yi knows what his grandfather is thinking? "If Xun'er is in the grades, it will definitely far exceed 'Acceptable'."
Luan Yi didn't argue anything. Instead, he took out a string of bamboo slips from the package he brought back, respectfully handed them to his grandfather, and said softly: "This is the comment that Master Cen gave me." "It turns out that this letter is gradually being sent home by the college for students to take home and present to their parents, and its nature is a bit like a report card for later generations, which is intended to inform the parents of the students about their recent academic performance. The bamboo slips are sealed with the master's seal on them, and it is impossible for the students to tamper with them until the parents receive them. Therefore, Luan Yi didn't know what kind of comment the old man Cen in his hand had given him, but judging from his performance in the recent period, it shouldn't be much worse.
Luan Tao glanced at Luan Yi's expression, opened the bamboo slip and studied it carefully. As the number of glancing codes increased, the original angry expression unfolded, and gradually showed a smile, and finally slammed the table and laughed. Luan Yi was stunned for a while, wondering if the old man was crazy.
Confused, the probe wanted to get a glimpse of the contents of the bamboo slips, but Luan Tao rolled up the bamboo slips at this time and put them in his sleeve. He bypassed Luan Yi and paced back and forth in the room, extremely excited. It took a full stick of incense for another time, and finally calmed down, sat back in place, put away his smile, and changed his face with anger again.
Seeing that his grandfather's expression was gloomy and sunny, he said that he would change. Luan Yi's heart was excited, and he secretly scolded Old Man Cen for what he had written, which made the old man nervous and frightened.
was in a panic, but he heard Luan Tao ask him about his study. What kind of books is the content nothing more than learning? Luan Yi replied that "Analects" and "Book of Songs" have been learned, and now read "LΓΌ's Spring and Autumn" and learn Lao Zhuang.
Luan Tao then took a few more questions, and when he saw that Luan Yijun answered fluently, he nodded with satisfaction. After a while, he asked again: "What do you think of Lao Zhuang?" β
Luan Yi didn't dare to deviate, so he summarized the knowledge accumulated in his previous life and learned in his later life, and briefly described the basic content and core concept of Lao Zhuang.
Luan Tao nodded with satisfaction again. Immediately, he changed his tone and warned Luan Yi: It's good to know Lao Zhuang briefly, don't take it seriously. Now, Luan Xun has passed away, and he Luan Yi is the eldest grandson of the Luan family, whether he joins the scholar or not, in the future! Nuo's big Luan family's family business will be his sooner or later, and he needs to continue it. The whole family needs him to feed, and the people who work in the Luan family industry in Yingchuan need him to feed. As the successor of the Luan family, he Luan Yi has a great responsibility, and he must become a shrewd guide, and he must not follow Lao Zhuang and pursue nothing.
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