Chapter 7 POV: Liu Ruyi Hardships and hardships
At the end of the night, a faint ray of light passed through the dark night in the east, and fell in front of the temple gate of Qinglong Temple, followed by the second and third beams of light, which were parallel to each other from a distance, intertwined into a net of light, which densely wrapped the entire Qinglong Temple and dispelled all the darkness. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The day dawned, almost in an instant, at the moment when the human senses did not have time to perceive, the immeasurable light enveloped the three thousand worlds, and drove away the past, the homesickness of the night, and the deserted day and night.
"This light comes from the east, and the east is the direction of my hometown." Liu Ruyi walked out of the door of the wing room, which was already a little dilapidated, carefully bypassed the Futu Pagoda behind the temple, gently performed a namaste, and slowly walked towards the temple gate.
He was wearing a cyan shirt that had been washed white, which was the outfit of the students designated by Ming Taizu himself, which was originally jade, and later Ming Renzong felt that cyan was better than blue, so the future students and prisoners changed to wear cyan shirts. Although the poor living environment and shabby clothes have betrayed the owner's poor situation, the square scarf on Liu Ruyi's head is still neatly tied, and there is no arbitrariness and sloppiness.
"When Zilu died, he still had to be dressed properly, although I was poor and couldn't afford to buy new clothes, but the clothes were good, how could I ignore the etiquette?"
Liu Ruyi remembered the situation when he answered his classmates that day, although his words and deeds were in line with the essence of the sage, it was a pity that the current school was no longer the school that was full of books and loved each other. Among the classmates, the rich are proud and high-spirited, and the poor are self-conscious; In the eyes of the instructor, he can only see the children of rich and noble families, and he has always been unapologetic about poor students like himself.
Liu Ruyi once met a fellow villager, his family was poorer than himself, and his eyes were even more dull than his own. When he walked to the school palace, his steps were cringe, his face was pale, and his mood was painful, and sometimes the short distance of more than fifty steps from the alley to the gate of the school palace actually took a quarter of an hour. The doorman has been guarding the door in the school palace for a long time, and he has long judged whether he has money or not, and he greets him warmly if he has money, and he has to pay for many good words even if he enters the door. As for the instructors, they even watch people put down dishes, and those who have money greet each other with a smile, and those who don't have money will be scolded angrily, and if there is a mistake in the reading test on weekdays, they will also be punished heavily.
Seeing that the New Year is coming to an end again, where should this year come from?
Liu Ruyi thought about this serious question, and was a little desperate for a while.
He began to feel homesick, thinking about the blue sea that could contain everything despite the roaring and angry waves, the gentle comfort of the golden sun spreading on the afternoon beach, the birds that flew by on the sea level, and the father who returned from fishing with a smile on his face and a belly full of stories.
Oh, father. Liu Ruyi remembered his father.
How long has my father been dead? Liu Ruyi can't remember clearly.
It is said that the memory of a scholar should be very good, otherwise how should he remember the Four Books and the Five Classics?
Liu Ruyi just didn't want to think about it. He still insisted that his father was still at home, his mother was still the smiling woman of the fishing village, that the family had not yet owed a huge debt, and that his younger brother had not been beaten to death in a fight.
He hoped so, it was one of the few good memories of his short life so far.
It's almost late. Liu Ruyi slapped himself hard, and the strength was based on the strength that others could not see and he could feel the pain. In order to pay off his debts and pay for his mother's medical bills, he had to force himself to be strong, and he had to endure the white eyes of his classmates and instructors every day to report to the school.
This is the duty of this poor young man.
Although the pressure of life has overwhelmed this young man a little.
Sometimes he really wants to cry, but he can't, he is a gentleman who knows the books of the sages well.
When Confucius was about to die, Confucius only sighed: "Si people also have diseases, and Si people also have diseases!" I never cried.
"The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they will be tempted to endure and gain what they cannot." He chanted aloud the wise sayings of the ancient sages, hoping to gain inexhaustible spiritual motivation from them, and even more so to find a metaphysical and noble cause for his suffering.
The early morning of August was a little cold, Liu Ruyi tightened her clothes, straightened her crown, and walked forward with her head held high.
The sunlight shines on his back, bringing out a golden light and shadow, like the Buddha in the Qinglong Temple, firm, compassionate and tenacious.
The Qinglong Temple he borrowed was not far from the school, and the monks in the temple didn't mind letting the students live in the temple, after all, even if one of the ten students was admitted to the temple, he could reap a lot of benefits. Liu Ruyi is a good hand at farm work, so his steps are also very fast, and it only took a quarter of an hour to walk to the school palace.
"Uncle Liu, morning." Liu Ruyi forced himself to squeeze out a little smile and greeted the janitor. He knew that he was not a person who was good at disguise, but he did not offend the capital of the janitor.
Although the janitor did not have any fame, he did not have the natural sense of fear and admiration that ordinary people have for the students, but he just nodded lightly, did not speak, and looked indifferent.
There seemed to be a piece of ice in his eyes that couldn't be dissolved.
Liu Ruyi's grades are not very good, his family is also very poor, and the chance of lifting people in the exam is almost none, so there is no need to stammer.
The small people in the market have their own plans, and they are like small animals living in the jungle, and they have a natural sensitivity to interests.
Liu Ruyi sighed softly, he planned to go to the cafeteria to buy two cakes, this was his meal for a day.
"Think about Fan Zhongyan's porridge for food back then, you are still a little better than him now, since Fan Wenzheng was able to do such a big career in the end and win the name before and after his death, why should you be arrogant?" Liu Ruyi had a voice in his heart that was rolling, roaring, roaring, but his face was still calm.
This is also his disguise, like other critters in the jungle, he also has his own way of survival.
Suddenly, he saw that the janitor's face changed, it was a kind of obvious flattery, a kind of worship of the inferior to the superior.
"Hey, what kind of wind is blowing today, and how many of you are blowing? Xiao Lao'er went home today, but he said that he saw a few nobles! The janitor was full of enthusiasm, and the ice cubes in his eyes instantly melted into hot water, and the steam was churning, scorching Liu Ruyi's heart.
"Let me guess who's coming, Scholar? No way, he comes here every day. Huangzhi County? It's impossible, he has always been on the concubine's bed at this time. Liu Ruyi was a little curious, he walked two steps quickly, walked to the gate of the school palace, and looked back.
At this moment, the sun is shining on Liu Ruyi from behind the comer, making the person walking in front seem to exude immeasurable brilliance, and Liu Ruyi has an urge to worship.
The person who came was not very old, he seemed to be a few years younger than Liu Ruyi, and the mustache on his chin was still a little soft, revealing the vigor and childishness of a young man. The clothes on his body are really gorgeous, with a clean and neat scarf on his head, a blue and gold makeup python dragon satin shirt on his body, and a jade pendant hanging from his waist. Although Liu Ruyi didn't get the jade pendant and couldn't feel its texture with his own hands, judging from the warm color and the clothes of the comer, it was probably not ordinary. The three scholars who followed him from behind were of different heights, fat and thin, but they were all gorgeously dressed, and it was obvious that they were either rich or noble.
The gatehouse was shrouded in the morning sun, casting a thick shadow on a large area behind the door, Liu Ruyi stood back slightly, quietly hiding himself in the shadows, he was a little ashamed of his white clothes.
He didn't want to contrast with the comers, to set off his poverty and despair.
"Haha, Lao Liu's body has always been healthy!" The young man who walked in front arched his hand at the gatekeeper, and then strode through the door. He didn't go to see the doorman's panicked return salute, he just needed to show his courtesy corporal, he didn't care about the janitor at all.
Liu Ruyi thought like this and prepared to get up and go to the cafeteria to buy food.
"This benevolent brother, in Xiasongjiang Liu Xu and Liu Boyang, these three are Xu Fuyuan, Su He, and Wang Zhen." What he didn't expect was that the young man took the initiative to greet him.
"Oh, hello, that, I'm Liu Ruyi, a native of Dakong Village, Qingpu, Songjiang Prefecture." Liu Ruyi didn't have time to hear the names of the remaining three people, he introduced himself in a panic.
"Damn, Liu Ruyi, Liu Ruyi, have you read all the sage books on dogs? Meng Ziyun, the rich and the rich can't be lewd, the poor can't be moved, and the mighty can't be bent, how can you be so flustered! Liu Ruyi was very dissatisfied with his performance.
"I'm ashamed to say that my brothers and friends came from the other courtyard, and I didn't have time to have breakfast, I heard that the breakfast of Qingpu Mansion School is very good, if the brothers haven't had breakfast yet, why don't they go together?" The young man who claimed to be Liu Xu was a self-acquaintance, and he urged him to go inside without waiting for Liu Ruyi to refuse: "I'm going to discuss current affairs with you seniors later, let's hurry up." ā
Maybe it's just a meal together, at least you can have a full meal.
The food in the Fuxue cafeteria is not very good, not to mention the lack of oil and water, and from time to time you can eat all kinds of insects from the free clear soup. But the smell of wheat noodles and sugar cakes at breakfast time still made the hungry Liu Ruyi feel hungry.
"Haha, I didn't expect to be able to eat in the canteen when I returned to this Ming Dynasty!" Liu Xu said something brainless, and greeted Liu Ruyi: "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, come and sit with us!" ā
Liu Ruyi could feel the strange eyes of the other students in Fuxue, how could Liu Ruyi be qualified to sit with these four people?
Liu Ruyi, a poor and unintelligent student, how can he sit with four people who look like young people?
He, like these people, couldn't figure it out.
He even felt all kinds of stares from all around him, some exploration, some ridicule, some malice, some contempt.
But the sugar cakes and buns in Liu Xu's hand overcame all doubts, the world was big, and the meal was the biggest.
Liu Ruyi strode over, picked up the bun and ate it.
The smell of pork that he hadn't seen for a long time made him almost feel the urge to burst into tears.
This bun is warm, hot, and the same as Liu Xu's smile in front of him.
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