Diancui exchanged the jade he had mined for three coins of silver with the silversmith Li, and put them in an ebony box with the remaining three coins and five cents of silver from the previous year, and placed them in an ebony box, which was hidden in the crack in the stone at the root of the west wall in the courtyard of the house, and a pile of dry firewood outside.

Before dawn on the second day, Gu Guangyao, who was already squatting at the door, suddenly heard the door of the teacher's house "creak" open.

"Teacher, how did you get up so early today?" The ancient student asked.

"Get up early and read in the morning, we and other readers should be like this."

"Teacher, why do you have to work and dress up in short clothes and straw sandals when you are studying?"

"The robe is washed, but it is not dry! Where are you asking so much, by the way, why did you kid come so early today, don't you want to rub the breakfast of the teacher's family? ”

Gu Guangyao smiled: "I'm waiting for Senior Sister Cui to come into the mountains to catch birds together!" Sister, are you here? ”

With a sickle in his hand and a basket on his shoulder, Diancui didn't look like he was catching birds, but like digging herbs.

"Senior Brother Gu, let's go," Dian Cui greeted, he was still a little weak to Yuan Zhiheng, afraid that he would still be angry with him, so he lowered his head and asked softly, "Teacher also go with you?" ”

Yuan Zhiheng saw Diancui's reluctant appearance, his heart was unhappy, and he said coldly: "Don't go!" As he spoke, he slammed the door shut.

Dian Cui sensed that the teacher didn't like him, swallowed the grievances in his heart, and led the ancient students in front of him silently.

When the sky was slightly brightened, they really caught two more and came back, this time a pair of blue-green feathers like the jade, only a dark yellow pattern on the belly, and few other miscellaneous feathers.

Yuan Zhiheng saw Gu Guangyao happily put the two kingfishers into the cage, and couldn't help but ask your junior sister?

Senior sister she said that when it was time to go to work, she left first, the ancient student said, and at the end of the explanation for her that the senior sister is indeed very busy today, she said that the spring woman is indispensable to make a new hairpin, and she has to prepare it, the senior sister is really amazing!

Yuan Zhiheng sneered, when did it start, his female disciple is becoming more and more assertive.

"Teacher, there's a bad man looking for you outside." At this time, a student jumped out of the door to find Yuan Zhiheng.

"Which one is Mr. Yuan Zhiheng?" This messenger was in charge of delivering letters in the newly established post station, and he came to the courtyard to find a teaching squire. saw the young Yuan Zhiheng with a group of children chattering and jumping, and a festive-looking one teasing a cage of colorful birds......

The poor master smiled and shook his head, where is this like a teacher leading students, it is clearly a half-old child and a group of children to play.

"I am," Yuan Zhiheng straightened his robe and strode over loudly.

"This is your letter, Mr. Xiao, take it quickly." Seeing his appearance, the poor master couldn't help but laugh a little.

Yuan Zhiheng frowned as if he was displeased, he called out to his little gentleman, took the letter with a hum, thanked him, and went back to the room with his hands in his hand.

The poor master was bored, and while walking, he slandered what kind of decent students such a little gentleman could teach, but he didn't know that he was looking at people in the crack of the door and flattening people, not to mention Yuan Zhiheng's future in the future, there are really a few people who are very popular among these noisy children. This is not to be said later.

Let's say that Yuan Zhiheng got the letter, opened it and looked at it, and after reading it, his expression moved slightly, and he only put the letter away. I looked at the green mountains in the distance and the river that was gradually plumping, and thought to myself that it was time.