Chapter 18: The Little Widow

Ji Shuxuan turned around, looked at Chen Shimei in front of him with a smile like a spring breeze, and saluted respectfully: "It turned out to be the master of the horse, how did the master of the horse have time to come to this place?" ”

Chen Shimei smiled and sat down next to a round stool.

"This agarwood academy was established by Mr. Ji, and now the imperial court has resumed the imperial examination system, and it is recruiting talents every year, but there are very few children of the family who can really come out on top, so Chen specially invited Mr. Ji to go to the national prison, and the emperor values you very much."

Agarwood Academy is not large, and its scale is medium. There are no subordinates in the house, it all depends on Ji Shuxuan and two old classmates to survive here, taking in the students around him, they are all children from poor families, because they are more similar to his life experience, so Ji Shuxuan also takes special care of these students.

"It is Ji's blessing to be appreciated by the emperor and the concubine, but Ji is not so ambitious, he just wants to teach and educate people in this place, and he can't even think of anything else."

Hearing this, the smile on the corner of Chen Shimei's mouth froze, and after glancing at the servants who followed left and right, they stepped aside.

Chen Shimei leaned over and said with a straight face: "Mr. Ji, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, you don't work for those officials, but do everything for these civilian children, the gains outweigh the losses!" ”

When Ji Shuxuan heard this, he laughed heartily, looked at him left and right, and couldn't help but play with the taste: "But you are also from a poor family, and now you are in high school, you have been appreciated by the emperor, and you have also married the princess to you. ”

As soon as these words came out, they pierced into his heart, making him feel embarrassed and embarrassed, Chen Shimei took a breath and secretly clenched her fists, but she still looked at Ji Shuxuan politely and said: "What Mr. Ji said is that now I have come to ask for you, and you actually don't appreciate it, that's it, the emperor doesn't know what to say for Mr. Ji, so let's ask for more blessings." ”

The moment he stood up, the disdain and contempt in his eyes were revealed, and he turned around and left Agarwood Academy. Ji Shuxuan looked at his back, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, but he didn't think so.

And at the corner of the pavilion, there was still a man in an ink-colored Confucian shirt, he poked his head out after watching Chen Shimei's figure walk away, and walked behind Ji Shuxuan unconsciously, and said with a smile: "Scholar Ji really doesn't appreciate anyone's affection." ”

Ji Shuxuan turned his head, looked at Heng Puyu who seemed to be smiling, shook his head helplessly, sat on the side, and drank the cup of tea that had not yet been swallowed. He said softly: "Those gentlemen have nothing to teach, what really interests me is these children from poor backgrounds." ”

Heng Puyu nodded, put away the folding fan, sat opposite, looked at him seriously, and said: "If you enter the court, you will be a scholar in front of the palace, not to mention the emperor's appreciation, won't you have more opportunities to build a study house for these children?" ”

Heng Puyu knew that Ji Shuxuan, who was sitting opposite, was a rare genius in a hundred years, he could compose poems at the age of seven, write couplets to others at the age of eight, and earn a lot of money.

What's even more exaggerated is that his father was happy to die, at that time Ji Shuxuan began to fall into deep doubts about himself, whether his academic ability brought him good things or disasters, if he didn't have to be strong at the beginning, how could his family suffer from this change, and he has been in a state of decline since then......

After recalling this, he couldn't help but let out a long breath, looked at Heng Puyu with a headache and said: "Right now, I have more important things to do, if you don't have anything to do, you won't come over, if you let your father know, you stay with me all day, maybe I won't let you go out in the future." ”

"Huh? My father also takes a fancy to your knowledge, and especially instructed that if I can communicate more with you, maybe one day I can become a university scholar and be valued by the emperor.

You don't know that there are only a handful of champions who have been able to win and win the top spot in recent years, Chen Shimei is an example, but this person has a bad heart, and he has abandoned his wife and children since high school, which is something that has been spread in our Xiangyang City. ”

Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head. A hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, Heng Puyu shook his head with pity, stood up and said: "It's really pitiful, I thought that the family of Hemei and Meimei was worthless in the face of interests, it was really hateful and infuriating." ”

Heng Puyu said. With a long sigh, he turned to leave.

Ji Shuxuan savored his words for a long time, and suddenly raised his eyes.

On the other side, Bai Susu began to rummage through boxes and cabinets at home when he got home, and he didn't know what he was looking for.

Bai Laohan wanted to help on the side, but he didn't know how to open his mouth, for fear that his daughter would still complain about him in his heart, so he stood on the side, not opening his mouth.

"Dad, did you see the hairpin I wore on my head yesterday?"

Bai Susu touched it for a long time, and there were only a handful of things in the house, and it was impossible for them to fall into an inconspicuous place.

And on the way back, she also looked for it. Didn't find it at all. Bai Laohan recalled carefully, shook his head, and said with a firm face: "No, you don't have any jewelry in this room, except for two pairs of earrings and a coral bracelet brought back from your mother-in-law's house, there is nothing." ”

Although the two little radish heads didn't know what their mother was looking for, they also helped to start searching back and forth in the house. Bai Susu sat on the edge of the bed with a heavy face, and Bai Laohan said worriedly: "Xianglian, what's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay, Dad, it's just that a hairpin has fallen off." Bai Susu said with a dejected face. Bai Laohan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, fortunately, it was not a silver coin and important things that were lost.

looked at Bai Susu again, and his attitude towards him was not as cold as in those two days, presumably the anger in his daughter's heart disappeared a little.

But he, as a father, couldn't pull down any face to apologize to his daughter, so he had to go to the kitchen and order two bowls of egg noodles.

On the other side, Aunt Chunmei went back to her parents' house and was not allowed to come back for two days, so Chen Dahai boldly brought back the woman who had been with him outside that day, and the two of them were unhappy for a while.

The woman had a beautiful face, a plump body, and delicate skin that could be blown apart, lying on Chen Dahai's chest, holding her fingers in circles in his arms.

"You've pulled people over in broad daylight, and you're not afraid that someone will come looking for you later?"

The woman's voice was as crisp as a yellow warbler, delicate and weak. The woman was a widow at the head of the village, auspicious.