In the early morning, as the morning bell of the temple next to it rang, a tall and thin seventeen or eighteen-year-old man opened the gate of the academy with a scroll in his hand as usual, and habitually glanced out, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly found that there was a small bamboo basket on the steps outside the gate, and there were a few wild eggs in the basket.

"Not good." The man said secretly and hurriedly chased after him.

It's a pity that the other party's movements are too fast, he had to try to call two sentences of "Sister Zeng", who knew that it was okay if he didn't call, the more he called the figure and ran faster, and it didn't take long to reach the lake, and he jumped into the lake without even a moment of hesitation.

Seeing this, the man had to shout, "Someone jumped into the lake, someone jumped into the lake, come on... ”

The shouting did not alarm others, but it alarmed the two monks who were sweeping the floor outside the nearby temple, and the monks dropped the broom in their hands and ran down.

Because the lake is very deep, it is early in the morning of March in the spring, a fierce man plunged down, the lake water is cold and biting, and it took three people a long time to save the little girl who dived, the little girl's eyes were closed, as if she had lost consciousness.

"Amitabha, isn't this the little benefactor of Zeng Village?" A slightly younger monk squatted down and brushed away the wet hair on the little girl's forehead, took a closer look, looked at the young man and asked.

The young man nodded, took the little girl's hand and checked the pulse, and after a while, he sat down on the ground with a sad face.

Seeing this, another slightly older monk also squatted down, put his hand on the tip of the little girl's nose and tried it, seeing that there was no breathing, he hurriedly turned the little girl over, let her lie down, patted her back a few times, and squeezed her stomach, and was busy for about a quarter of an hour, and the little girl spit out two mouthfuls of water, but the person still did not wake up.

The young man reached out again to check the pulse of the little girl, and this time, he felt a faint pulse, and his face was happy, "Great, the pulse is a little reversed." ”

Hearing this, the slightly older monk stretched out his hand to the tip of the little girl's nose again, shook his head, paused slightly, and asked, "Could it be that Ouyang Shi is proficient in medical science?" ”

"Don't dare, I just know a little bit about it."

It turned out that this young man is called Ouyang Si, eighteen years old this year, originally Anzhou Yonghe people's family, the family has practiced medicine for generations, at the age of twelve, his father was wrongfully killed, since then he gave up medicine and literature, and his widowed mother depended on each other to live, relying on a few acres of thin fields at home for him to study in private school for a few years, and came to Fucheng to participate in the government examination, because of the shyness in the pocket, he had borrowed some time in the Qingshan Temple outside the city.

Coincidentally, there is a academy next to Qingshan Temple, which is run by the nearby Zengjia Village, and after the government examination, he stayed in this academy as a gentleman, teaching and studying by himself to prepare for the next year's college examination.

This Zengjia village also has some origins, the style of writing has always been very prosperous, since the founding of the dynasty more than 100 years, the village has produced three Jinshi 12 lifters, if you count the previous dynasties, then a total of eight Jinshi, 29 lifters.

For this reason, more than 200 years ago, the patriarch of the Zeng family devoted the whole family to the establishment of this ethnology, which has continued to this day.

It's just that more than 200 years have passed, and the family studies of that year have developed into a famous academy within a radius of 100 miles, named Qingshan Academy, but unfortunately, because of the limited funds in the clan, they can't afford to hire famous teachers, so this academy generally only accepts children between the ages of seven and fifteen or sixteen, of which most of them are Mongolian children.

This is also one of the reasons why Ouyang Si was able to stay, with his talent to teach these Mengtong more than enough.

And the reason why Ouyang Si knows the woman lying on the ground is because this woman's name is Zeng Rong, a native of the nearby Zengjia Village, two elder brothers in the family, the eldest is called Zeng Fuxiang, eighteen years old, because of poverty, has not yet married, the second, fifteen years old, called Zeng Guixiang, is studying in the academy, Zeng Rong often sends Zeng Guixiang some meals, therefore, Ouyang Si also knows Zeng Rong, so he knows that Zeng Rong not only has two elder brothers, but also has a six-year-old sister named Zeng Hua, and a three-year-old younger brother named Zeng Laixiang, There is also a brother or sister who I don't know if it's a stepmother.

Zengjia Village is a village surrounded by mountains and rivers, although it is not remote, there are a few clansmen who are officials and masters outside, but the vast majority of villagers are still struggling for food and clothing, and Zeng Rong's family is no exception, especially her family has many brothers and sisters, and life is even more difficult.

Zeng Rong's father Zeng Chengchun was extremely stubborn, seeing that several other houses in the village had shown off their talents or lifters, but his grandfather did not have any of them, so he bothered to send his two sons to the academy, the eldest was not that material, and his ex-wife died of dystocia due to childbirth, and the family owed a lot of debts, so he took the initiative not to read it and helped him farm at home.

But even so, it can't change the poverty of the family, especially in less than two years, Zeng Chengchun married a widow Tian Shuilan in a neighboring village, Tian Shuilan gave birth to a son not long after entering the door, the child was just over two years old, and there was another one in the belly, so the Zeng family's life became poorer and poorer.

Ouyang Si only knew this, and he heard it from the idle chatter of those students in the academy, otherwise, how could he inquire about these things?

Besides, he is not a nosy person, and in addition to teaching students, he has to hurry up and read his own books.

However, he noticed that this little girl named Zeng Rong seemed to blush when she saw him, and sometimes she would stop to say a few words to him, and occasionally give him a few wild eggs or wild duck eggs or something, but he did not accept any of them, because he knew how precious these wild eggs and wild duck eggs would be to such a farmer.

By the way, yesterday afternoon, this little girl also came to the academy to find him, and asked him where the hook column was, at that time he was busy going to the Qingshan Temple next to him to find Master Minghui to discuss knowledge, so he hurriedly dealt with it and left.

Who knew that after a night, this little girl actually committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake.

Could it be that this little girl came to him yesterday for help, could it be that her family wants to sell her to Goollan?

As soon as he thought of this, Ouyang Si felt guilty, and hurriedly got up and said to the two monks: "The two masters, Wufan and Wuxing, please help me send this little girl back to Zeng's house, her life should be fine, but she needs to be carefully recuperated for some time." ”

Ouyang Si also thought about taking the person back by himself, but then he thought about it, after all, he was a man in the world, and men and women could not kiss each other, he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble, and the two Buddhist masters did not have this concern.

The two masters didn't think much about it, and were about to pick people up, only to see a few people running in the distance, some with hoes, some with flat poles, some with baskets, and some empty-handed, they got up early to go to the ground, and just walked out of the village when they heard someone shouting to jump into the lake, so they hurriedly ran over.