Recently, it has rained a lot, and the redtail fish in the small pond have been watered and lazy, and they are still hiding under the unfolded lotus leaves after three rods of the sun, and they refuse to surface no matter how Fu Shuye teases them with fish food.

I looked at Fu Shuye's angry face coldly, knowing that he was angry with his father.

The long lamp has been accompanied by reading for more than ten years, and now that the imperial examination is close at hand, Fu Shuye has a spring heart.

In Daddy's words, this is called committing evil in spring, and you need to catch the good honeysuckle to evacuate the wind and heat, clear the heat and detoxify.

And A-Niang hatefully dropped a sentence and walked away.

Fu Shuye didn't understand what the conflict between marrying a wife and the imperial examination was, and it was worth it that his mother was so angry that she didn't speak to him for a few days.

"Yazi, you say, will Daddy and Auntie still go to Cheng's house to propose marriage?"

Lifting a hammer, my angry eyes rolled out of the sky.

Although the girl of the Cheng family is a good girl, her father is muddy! Let's not talk about petty theft, the prison cell in Lu County is also in and out a few times, but the official master has mentioned the name of the person, if Fu Shuye marries Miss Cheng, this career will probably be stillborn.

Seeing that I didn't answer, Fu Shuye grabbed his hair with his hands irritably, and the ancient trees in the courtyard sprouted, and the new leaves fell into the black sideburns and intertwined with the hair.

After the sunset, the twilight was made, I was tired, I got up and picked up the "Book of Music" under the seat, vigorously unfolded the wrinkles in the corner of the book, squinted and said: "Fu Shuye, you can't go home." ”

Fu Shuye squatted by the pond, turned his back to me against the light, and a muffled voice came: "What are you going to do when you go back, Auntie ignores me, and Daddy doesn't know how to cook." ”

As soon as I heard it, I was so happy that I curled up the book in my hand and stuffed it into my sleeve, clapped my hands and shouted, "I'll make it today, how about braised pork?" ”

Fu Shuye still wanted to fight, but his stomach 'gurgling' at an inopportune time, and he touched the deflated money bag, Fu Shuye smacked his lips and got up to follow me.

Lu County was originally a small fishing village near the sea, and the villagers here have lived by the sea for generations, and the working people have created a piece of heaven with their hands.

There is no dispute between the paradise here and the world, and the ancestors of the villagers in the whole village have been checked for eight generations, and the folk customs are simple and simple, and the road is not left behind.

However, the world outside the village is full of wars, and the two countries have always been friendly and married for generations. Unexpectedly, the old emperor of Jin Shun was not in good health, he was dying, leaving only two sons, and the eldest was disabled and embarrassed to take on the throne, so the younger one ascended the throne and changed the dynasty.

This time, something happened.

It turned out that the old emperor was gone, but the princess who married Taiye and was still there.

Of course, now she is the concubine of the new emperor.

However, according to the original agreement between the two countries, the new emperor wanted to marry his concubine again, and in order to show the goodness of the two countries, he could not accept any new people.

The princess refused to commit to remarry, and the new emperor refused to fulfill the contract and remarry, and the relationship between the two countries stiffened.

At a time when the grass and trees are all in the army, the border between the two countries is also constantly rubbing.

I don't know which hand made the first move, and when he stepped into the border of Jinshun with his iron hooves in the cold light, the new emperor slapped the table and tore up the contract with his own hands.

And Lu County was discovered by the officers and soldiers of Jin Shun who mistakenly invaded this place at this time, and they were stationed.

This stay is eight years.

The scientific examination is imminent, and the study in the south of the city, which was originally full of people, was bustling for a while, and the imperial examination, which had been suspended for ten years since the new emperor ascended the throne, was resumed. The war between Taiye and Jin Shun was about to break out, and the new emperor did not stick to one pattern to reduce talents, changing the triennial scientific examination to twice every three years, and even allowed women to refer to it exceptionally. After the promulgation of this decree, the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law from all over the country rushed to the study, and for a time the four books and five classics were sold out.

And Ah Niang is even more amazing, she actually smelled a glimmer of business opportunities in this decree.

When the yellow notices were posted on the streets, Ah Niang had already packed her clothes and wanted to go out to study.

"Ah Niang, are you going to abandon Yazi?"

Ah Niang stopped, took me to the street lovingly, pointed to the "Analects" and said to me: "It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, you eat the fish first, and wait for Ah Niang to come back and teach you to fish." ”

With that, she shoved the thick booklet into my arms, and without giving me a chance to refute her, she hurried away.

When Daddy closed the hospital and went home, he saw me munching on a book by moonlight, and Fu Shuye squatting on the ground playing with mud.

Daddy smiled inexplicably, and wanted to cook for the first time.

That night, Fu Shuye ran to the thatched house all night, and I was saved from suffering because I was full of food because I was eating books.

Carrying a piece of fat and thin pork belly and dragging Fu Shuye home, A-Niang got off class early, and the little girls in the yard with braids all had innocent faces, and called "female master" one by one around A-Niang.

A-Niang glanced at us with slanted eyes, there was no squeak, Fu Shuye was like frost hitting an eggplant, wilting his head and tail and following me into the small kitchen.

"Good sister, help me." Fu Shuye was like he had no bones, sticking to the door frame, his eyes teary and staring at me like a puppy without a home.

"It's not about me." I silently cut the meat and said lightly: "I advise you to die sooner." ”

Fu Shuye howled out with a "wow", sat on the ground regardless of the image, and spilled his skin: "I don't care, I'm going to marry her!" ”

I stopped, slammed the knife on the board, and said solemnly: "Daddy and Auntie have taught you to read and write all these years. ”

"Fu Shuye, you know that the Cheng family is recorded in the government, if you marry her, your identity will not be innocent, and your qualification for the imperial examination will be gone, can you figure this out?"

Fu Shuye shook his head and muttered, "I know." ”

"So what are you clinging to?"

Fu Shuye lowered his head, and there was no sound for a while. I thought he had figured it out, so I resumed the knife and continued to chop the meat.

"If I don't marry her immediately, her father will sell her to pay off the debt."

"Yazi, help me." Fu Shuye raised his head, looked at me with red eyes, and a hot bead rolled out from under his long eyelashes.

I've never seen him like this, even when he was a child, he didn't shed a single tear when he was mixed doubles by his father and mother.

The heart seemed to have been stabbed by a needle, and the knife in his hand cut into the white fingers by mistake, and the bright red blood beads flowed out, sticking to the crimson pork, which was a little shocking.

Daddy sat at the head of the table, his expression uncertain, and some gray beards were blowing and blowing. And A-Niang looked even more gloomy and didn't say a word.

"Daddy." I called out first, and said with a dry throat: "Why don't you give a dowry first, make a family appointment, and then welcome your sister-in-law into the door when my brother takes the high school entrance examination." ”

"Shut up." Ah Niang's eyes widened, and she hated iron and said loudly: "I don't know what level Fu Shuye is, if he can pass the exam in one time, it is really the old Fu family's ancestral tomb that is smoking, and the ancestor has appeared." I was thinking, if you miss once, you will miss twice, and if you miss twice, you can ask the Cheng family if he is waiting for him? ”

Fu Shuye lowered his head and said nothing, and I glanced at him to see his whitened knuckles tightly wrapped around the corners of his clothes.

"It's a shame that I'm still the only female master in this Lu County, and every family has to respect me when they see me. This is good, my own son doesn't want the imperial examination, I look at Ming'er, my woman's private school is not going to be opened, I Feng Zhiyun can't lose this person. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was stalemate for a while, Daddy hurriedly made a round: "It's better to do this, first make a marriage according to what Yazi said, save Miss Cheng first, and then talk about how the rest of the book industry exams." ”

I watched Auntie's mouth move, but she didn't make a sound. The flickering candle shone on Ah Niang's face and looked particularly dim, and Ah Niang's always capable and shrewd look was completely gone, but it was replaced by a rare pale and delicate look.

After a long time, Fu Shuye finally stopped being silent, let go of the whitish cuffs, met A-Niang's knife-like gaze, and said in a fixed voice: "Even if you don't have a chance to go to court in the future, and you can't live up to Cheng Cheng's feelings in your life." ”

A big war is on the verge of breaking out.

First, A-Niang lifted the table, skillfully took off a shoe and threw it at Fu Shuye's head, jumping on one foot to scratch his face, shouting "something that has no interest".

Daddy threw himself and used all his life to firmly press Ah Niang under him, and I ran out of the house with Fu Shuye in a familiar car.

A-Niang's shouting, scolding, beating and crying were gradually left behind by us, until they were almost inaudible.

"Fu Shuye, what are you doing!"

Shaking off Fu Shuye's hand, I was angry, things are not without room for turnaround, how could he provoke A-Niang at this time.

"You know that A-Niang is looking forward to your imperial examination high school, for a Cheng Cheng girl, and it will also hurt A-Niang's heart!"

Fu Shuye kicked the willow on the side of the road in frustration, and the willow branch trembled with pain, screaming and wailing in this quiet night.

"I didn't pass the test!" Fu Shuye shouted: "You don't know how I endorse it? You memorize the four books and five classics more fluently than me, A-Niang is not counting on me, it is better to look forward to you, the opportunity is even greater! ”

“...... I can't. ”

I don't know why I was a little upset, pulled Fu Shuye's sleeve and said: "My parents are not far away, if I go to the scientific examination, who will take care of my father and mother." ”

Fu Shuye looked at me with a strange expression, pointed at himself exaggeratedly, and said, "Am I not human?" ”

"Admit it, Yazi, you obviously want to go to the scientific examination, why did you wronged yourself, just to fulfill me?"

Without waiting for me to answer, Fu Shuye pulled out the rolled up "Book of Music" from my cuff a little roughly, and said excitedly: "If you don't want to, why do you take these Laoshzi with you every day?" If you are not a woman, you should teach your husband and children and serve your father, that is also my responsibility. ”

Fu Shuye threw me on the shoulder, forcing me to look him in the eye, Fu Shuye's eyes were shining, like the stars shining in the sky, attracting people to the wider world.

The moonlight was faint, and the silver moon of half a tooth hung silently in the sky, like smoke and mist.

The surroundings were silent, and the insects that used to croak at night could not be heard. I only heard Fu Shuye's words in my ears, and my eyes only saw his dark pupils, feeling the power coming from his arm.

"Yazi, go, everything is with me."