38. Fame
Guo Yu is a very young child of the Guo family, a little boy who is not yet fifteen years old.
The young man has fair skin and beautiful eyebrows, and he is the one who looks very similar to Guo Mianmian among the five children of the Guo family. If he takes off a student robe and combs a woman's hair in a bun, no one will question that he is a man.
Dressed as a man, he will only show elegance, and he will be a scholar at first glance, and he will not make people think that he is girly.
Before Guo Mianmian sold herself and left the Guo family, Guo Yu was a baby doll and was taken care of by Guo Mianmian, the eldest sister.
At that time, the Guo family had just separated from the old house, and the life of the family was very difficult, and they couldn't even eat enough, and they were hungry like a little milk cat.
Xiao Guo Mianmian was reluctant to let his younger brother starve, and tried his best to find food for his younger brother every day. But what can she do, she can only use the strap to fix her brother on her back, take the small hoe to the sweet potato field dug by others, and explore the small sweet potatoes that have been missed inch by inch.
If it is lucky, after grinding out blisters with both hands, Xiao Guo Mianmian can find a few sweet potatoes smaller than his own small fist. She took the small sweet potatoes home like a magic weapon, carefully peeled and chopped them, and then put them in a pot with water to boil them, and then used a spoon to crush the ripe sweet potatoes little by little, and together with the soup for boiling the sweet potatoes, they caused a light yellow clear paste.
When his younger brother was so hungry that he didn't even have the strength to cry, Xiao Guo Mianmian would carefully feed his younger brother two mouthfuls of sweet potato soup.
Sweet potatoes are not very easy to digest, and five- or six-month-old milk dolls are not very well digested, let alone can be touched.
Fortunately, the sweet potatoes were crushed and the amount of each feeding was small, but Xiao Guo Yu did not find an indigestion environment, and did not starve to death in an environment where adults could not hold on.
When Xiao Guo Mianmian left home, Xiao Guo Yu was only ten months old, and he couldn't even walk and didn't come enough to shout "sister", he already recognized people, and after seeing his sister, he cried heartbreakingly for more than half a month, and finally cried hoarse and made no sound, and gradually forgot his nostalgia for his sister under the love of his family.
Growing up with Guo Yu day by day, he knew that he had another sister in the concern of his father and mother day and night. also knew that he was honored to grow up and not starve to death, and it was his sister who fed him sweet potato soup one bite at a time that allowed him to survive.
Therefore, even if he doesn't have any impression of the eldest sister, Guo Yu's heart has also left a deep imprint on the eldest sister, and like his father, he looks forward to finding the eldest sister back as soon as possible.
Later, Guo Yu was discovered at the age of eight to study, and was sent to a private school by his father and mother. He knew that every penny he spent was the money that his father and mother had saved for his sister, so he became more and more energetic in his studies, and after half a year of entering a private school, he became a protégé who studied very well, and was favored by his husband.
Worried that he had spent too much money, and one day he found the silver that his sister ransomed but it was not enough, Guo Yu rarely went home, and most of the time he would stay in the town during the middle vacation, wearing school clothes and setting up a stall on the street to write codexes for others.
After practicing more, Guo Yu's pen power became more and more stable, and his writing became better and better, so he liked his servant to automatically pull the line and let him copy books for the town or county bookstore.
Although the income from writing codexes and copying books is very small, in addition to the price of books that he needs, Guo Yu used the writing paper inkstone in his private school in exchange for copying books.
What satisfied Guo Yu was that he didn't have the money to buy more books to read, but he was able to dabble in a lot of books in the process of copying books.
"Little brother, how did you come back?" Guo Mianmian was overjoyed, and his hand had touched Guo Yu's head involuntarily, and he regarded Guo Yu as a child.
"Eldest sister~" Guo Yu had red ears or was not very comfortable being treated as a child by the eldest sister, but he did not hide: "I understand that it is Kunkun's birthday, and it coincides with the mid-year vacation, and I will return early after completing the schoolwork assigned by my husband." ”
Looking at his tender and cute younger brother, Guo Mianmian was impossible, ignoring the silent protest of the younger brother, and then smiled again: "If Kunkun knew that you deliberately returned for his birthday, I would be happy." ”
Guo Yu's mind flashed his nephew's always holding little face, pursed his lips, and there was a faint smile in his eyes.
The sister and brother are very excited to get along, and they look like they grew up together, without the slightest sense of alienation.
mentioned that Guo Mianmian has only seen Guo Yu twice after returning for more than half a year. One time was when she returned to Guo's house with Kun Kuntian, Guo Yu took leave to her husband after getting the news, and the other time was when Guo Yu returned to worship her ancestors on the Qingming Festival.
These two times add up, and the time that the sister and brother spend alone with each other is only one or two times. is also connected by blood in his bones, and it is also about the seal of the original owner, Guo Mianmian thought he was close to Guo Yu's younger brother when he saw him for the first time.
Guo Yu is the same, he has put his eldest sister in his heart since he can remember, so even if he has only seen two sides, the depths of his mind always show that the little eldest sister has hugged him countless times and is waiting to be fed, feeding him sweet potato paste spoonful after spoonful, and no matter how much alienation he has, it will disappear.
The sister and brother chatted for a few words, and Guo Yu suddenly thought of another thing that made him worry, and his still immature face showed sorrow: "Eldest sister, I heard my mother and sister-in-law talk about Lao Genye's family, how are they now?" Has it been done? ”
The young Guo Yu was saved by Uncle Lao Gen, in addition to his gratitude to Uncle Lao Gen, he also had a grandfather and grandson relationship that he had never felt from his grandfather, and when he heard that Uncle Lao Gen's family had such a big change, his heart was more anxious than anyone else. If it weren't for Mu Shi and the others to stop him, he would have to run to the city to see it after all.
Knowing the mood of the younger brother, Guo Mianmian hurriedly said: "Peace of mind, everything has been handled, Uncle Zhuangzi's life is worry-free, the Cui family has lost a sum of money sufficient for Uncle Zhuangzi to see the doctor, and I will not find trouble with Lao Genye's family in the future, you don't have to worry." ”
As she spoke, she easily recounted what had happened today.
After listening to Guo Yu, his heart that had been hanging for a long time finally stabilized, and he couldn't stop saying: "That's good, that's good......"
Uncle Laogen's affairs have been handled, Guo Yu has returned home, and at dinner, the three mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Mu family have made a large table of good dishes, and the family has a warm and lively belly, just thinking that a good day is like this.
The cold wind was blowing, and the thirteen people of the Guo family, young and old, moved stools, and gossiped while enjoying the cool food in the yard.
Chatting and chatting, Guo Yu suddenly threw out a heavy bullet: "Father, mother, the servant said that his son will be out of the game next year." ”
Guo Yu's words were tantamount to a thunderclap, and everyone in the Guo family was trapped.
What does it mean to be over? The bureau means that the servant is happy to promote Guo Yu to intervene in the scientific examination, it means that Guo Yu has the strength to gain fame, and it also means that the Guo family will have a talent next year!
Guo Yu is not yet fifteen years old, and he is only sixteen years old after the New Year, if he is lucky enough to get fame, then he is a very young talent in the whole Taoyuan Town.
, Now that the servant in the private school instigated Guo Yu's game, whether he was optimistic about Guo Yu's strength or just let him experience some "actual combat", it was an affirmation for Guo Yu.
Guo Mianmian came back to her senses very first, and slapped her palm on her younger brother's shoulder with joy: "Not bad, yes, worthy of my younger brother, your husband said so, you can rest assured to prepare for the exam!" ”
The rest of the people also reacted, laughing and instigating their son (younger brother): "Your eldest sister is right, even if you can rest assured that you can prepare for the exam, you don't have to worry about anything." ”
Guo Lin remembered the family's decision yesterday, and said to his younger brother with a smile: "Yesterday, my father just said that he wanted to find a good private school and send you to the city to study. ”
Guo Yu didn't know about it, and couldn't help but look at his father and mother when he heard the words.
He knows very well that in the past, the family was so difficult, and his father and mother were happy to spend money to study for him, first, he missed it himself, and second, he had some talent in reading, and his father and mother also hoped that he could have a fame and a long way to go.
Even if he failed to get the Xiucai exam, he lost his father's bury in his head, and his father and mother would not think it was a disappointment, but the situation at home was not very good, and this book could not be continued to read.
Now that the eldest sister has returned, there is no need to save money, and it is also a suffrage for him to go to the county seat to study, I don't know why my father and mother have these thoughts, isn't it what happened at home, let my father and mother think about the idea for him to take the road of the imperial examination?
Guo Laoshi and Mu Shi looked at each other and didn't know what to say, so Guo Mianmian spoke for his father and mother and answered the reason: "Compared with the small Taoyuan Town, there are more talented people in the city, if you go to the city to study, you can not only enhance your knowledge, but also understand your own shortcomings, which is of great benefit to you." ”
Speaking of this, Guo Mianmian paused and continued: "After all, you can read a book, you can read it wherever you can, you don't have to worry about the use of flowers, our family provides you with some silver." ”
The younger brother will be in the next year, if he knows that the whole family pins the hope of changing the court on himself, he will bear huge pressure physiologically, which is not good for him who is still young.
This answer is reasonable, Guo Yu breathed a sigh of relief, but shook his head and refused: "What the eldest sister said is reasonable, but in the past few years, thanks to the servant husband's cultivation, if I leave like this, I will be sorry for the servant." ”
There are two private schools in the town, and there are also two servants, and there are vague signs of them over the years. Guo Yu is a very good protégé of his servant's subordinates, and he is also the first batch of protégés after the servant's opening, and he has spent most of his energy on cultivating Guo Yu among the more than ten protégés taught by the servant.