In this era, in addition to paying a certain amount of restraint to enter the school, students also need to prepare four gifts for the future master, which are the four treasures of the study - pen, ink, paper and inkstone!

The main thing this time was to inspect the master's ability, the two sisters and brothers traveled lightly, and the ox cart swayed for a quarter of an hour, and they first came to the house of the lifter in Songjia Village.

A three-entry courtyard, standing outside the courtyard, you can hear the sound of reading from the house, listening to this sound, Qiao Xi has a kind of feeling like a world away, his eyes are a little trance, as if he saw the situation when he was reading in the past.

"Sister?" Qiao Boluo raised his head and looked at his sister suspiciously, why did he stand still at the door.

Qiao Xi quickly came back to his senses, "Let's go." ”

The courtyard door of the house was ajar, Qiao Xi knocked on the door, and was about to push the door in, when a young man dressed as a scholar stopped Qiao Xi's movements with a fierce face, "Hey, who are you?" How can you break in at will?"

"We are from the next village, and we are here to find your master, I wonder if your master is free?" Qiao Xi was not unhappy because of the young man's behavior, but said his intention very politely.

The young man looked Qiao Xi and his brother up and down, with contempt in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked up as if there was mockery, "Our master doesn't have time, you can come back another day." ”

Qiao Bai didn't like the way the young man looked at them, as if he was looking at a beggar, he gently pulled Qiao Xi's clothes and said, "Sister, let's go." ”

"Yes, hurry up, don't look at yourself, you still want to go here to study." The young man looked shameless.

"Dogs look down on people." Qiao Xi has always been arrogant, there is no place to keep people here, and raising such a scholar is not worthy of the name, and it is no wonder that he has repeatedly failed to do so.

Qiao Xi walked so simply, not dragging the mud and water at all. I only hope that the talented husband and son of Chujia Village will also have such a grand feeling.

When they arrived at Chujia Village, it was just in time for their lunch break, and the children who went to school nearby all went home to eat, and only the students who were farther away brought their own food, and they were all eating in the courtyard at this time.

There are only two schools in Chujia Village and Songjia Village in the nearby ten miles and eight townships, and of course sending children to study is to send them to a good place, and they are not at the same level as Xiucai, that is, she was far away from the people at the beginning, but unfortunately, the first impression made her not good at the person who lifted people.

The students on Chu Xiucai's side are all from very ordinary backgrounds, if it weren't for the fact that these children's families couldn't afford to be restrained by Song Juren, Chu Xiucai would probably have to close down.

Now he can have so many students in his hands, or he only has it after he lowered his shackles.

It was the lunch break, the sun was empty, Chu Xiucai sat under the house and took a nap in the sun, and when he heard the movement, he opened his eyes, and saw two children standing at the gate of the courtyard, the girl was obviously older than the boy, and walked in holding the boy's hand.

Chu Xiucai immediately got up from his chair and walked towards Qiao Xi and Qiao Bai.

Qiao Xi had already looked around left and right just now, looked at the middle-aged man who came like them, and raised a kind smile on his face, and asked, "Is it Chu Xiucai Chu Master?" ”

"Exactly, little girl, this is?" Chu Xiucai looked at Qiao Xi suspiciously.

"I brought my younger brother here today to find out if you still accept students here?"

Chu Xiucai looked at the little boy in front of him seriously, a little child with red lips and white teeth, carved in pink and jade, he looked very cute, and he beckoned to Qiao Bai.

Qiao Bai took a step forward and respectfully saluted Chu Xiucai, "Hello, master." ”

"What's your name? Have you studied before? Chu Xiucai nodded secretly, this child is clever, not stage frightened at all, and at a glance, he knows that the tutor at home is good.

Qiao Xi didn't answer for his younger brother, and let him play freely.

"I have studied "Thousand Character Text", "Hundred Family Names", and "Three Character Classic". Qiao Bai replied generously and told everything he had learned.

Chu Xiucai was very surprised, this is an enlightened book that has been studied, could it be that he has already been to the school, "Have you been to the school?" ”

"No, this is taught by my father, eldest brother, and older sister." When Qiao Bai talks about his family, he has a sense of honor and adoration.

Chu Xiucai was even more surprised, this family was literate, how could they still think of sending people to him? "Then why didn't you continue to read it at home?"

"My father has passed away, and my eldest brother is going to the county school, so there is nothing left to teach me."

"I see, Master has brought up your sadness." Chu Xiucai didn't expect such an answer, and a trace of sadness immediately surged in his heart.

"It's okay, my sister said, we should look forward, not backward, Daddy and Mom will be watching us from the sky." The sadness has passed, my sister said that people who are alive, life has to go on, and only by working hard to live a good life can they be worthy of their father and mother!

Qiao Xi watched the two of them ask and answer one by one, and then visited the Chu family.

The Chu family is not as big as the Song Ju family, but it is very warm.

Chu Xiucai's wife, Zhou, who heard the movement in the house, walked out, and was very embarrassed to see her husband hanging people aside as soon as he got serious, so he led Qiao Xi to the house to rest.

"Girl, I'm sorry, my father-in-law will always be like this when he meets a child with aura, he didn't deliberately ignore you." If this makes people mistakenly think that their family members see that she is a woman and deliberately ignore her, they may not be happy in their hearts, saying that they have to send their younger brother to their family.

"Auntie doesn't have to apologize, I understand." Maxima often has, Bole does not often have. This is typical of the thirst for talent!

"Hey, you kid is so sensible, why did you come with your younger brother, the adults in the family?" The Zhou family didn't hear Qiao Bai's words, and suddenly they didn't know that their father and mother were no longer there.

"My father and mother are no longer there, there is only the eldest brother in the family, and I still have the younger brother." Qiao Xi, like Qiao Bai, said these words without any change on his face, and he was very calm.

"This ...... I shouldn't have asked. Zhou's expression froze, and he asked what he was doing. It's a pitiful sight.

"It's okay. This topic is unavoidable and quite normal. "Qiao Xi didn't pay attention to it at all, depending on the situation, the junior brother will definitely choose Chu Xiucai here, just ask how much Shu Xuan is a year, what things do you need to bring?" Auntie, how much is the bundle for a year, and what does my brother need to bring if he comes to study? ”

"I don't need to bring anything else with me. However, lunch is all solved by itself. "My family is limited, and I can't afford to pay more money. The money for studying is saved by tightening your belt.

"Auntie, my family is in Qiaojia Village, I don't want my brother to bring his own food, I'll give me more restraints, can you take care of a lunch meal." Anything that can be solved with silver is not a problem, so she is reluctant to let her brother bring his own food, and usually all she can bring is some dry food, just eat with water.

"Yes, it's just that he has to eat whatever we eat, our family's background can only be regarded as average, and it must not be as particular as at home." Zhou didn't directly refuse, but there were some things that still had to be said.

"That's nature. As long as you can have a hot meal, it doesn't matter what you eat. "Let him come to study, not to have fun, even if he really wants to eat well, go home and cook it at night.

"Your little girl is refreshing." Zhou likes Qiao Xi's temperament very much, he doesn't have the childish spirit of a farmer, and he speaks too.

Qiao Xi gave Zhou four taels of bundles, but Zhou refused, "The little girl doesn't need so much, the bundle is two halves, and one or two meals are enough." ”

"Auntie, you can accept this money, my little brother will have to bother Chu Xiucai in the future."

Zhou thought of her family's situation, and was still very resistant in her heart, but after hearing her mention her younger brother, she knew what she was thinking, so she stopped being polite to her and accepted it.

The two of them talked very happily, and Chu Xiucai and Qiao Bai were the same.

When Qiao Xi and Zhou came out of the house, they saw Chu Xiucai's expression was extremely excited, looking at Qiao Bai's eyes glowing green, like a wolf seeing food.

Zhou has not seen such a spirit of his father-in-law for a long, long time, since the accident at home, missed the scientific examination, has been depressed, came to the school to improve a little, and was robbed by Song Juren of a lot of students, and then became more and more depressed day by day.

Although his face is not obvious, his expression is the same, but how can he hide from her, the person next to the pillow.

For the first time in so many years, she was so happy to see Xianggong, it seemed that she liked this student very much, or it was a material that could be made, which gave him hope.

"Master Chu, I wonder when my brother will be able to come to school?" Qiao Xi saw Chu Xiucai's love for his younger brother, it was good to love it, if he got into the eyes of the master, he could get the master's attention, just like in the Celestial Empire, good students will always attract the attention of the teacher the most, which is related to their promotion.

If Chu Xiucai teaches a student who is successful, he can also rise with it, and he will be both prosperous and lossy.

"I'm always on my side." Although he really hoped that Qiao Bai would come tomorrow, he also knew that their family would definitely have to make some arrangements.

"Send it the day after tomorrow." After thinking about it, Qiao Xi decided to send his younger brother to Chu Xiucai's house after the eldest brother left.

"Okay, no problem. The day after tomorrow, you can send him. ”

The matter of his younger brother's school was solved, and Qiao Xi was also considered a thing, and on the way back, he agreed with Qiao Siye to temporarily pick up his younger brother every day, and Qiao Siye responded in one bite.

When he got home, Qiao Xi left Qiao Siye to eat at home, delaying him all morning, and causing him to miss the meal, so he had to stay at home anyway.

Qiao Xi also gave Qiao Siye ten more as compensation, but Qiao Siye was stunned and shirked. For him, now he can earn twenty wen every day by driving an ox cart to pick up Qiao Bai, which is much more than he usually earns, since he saw the signs, as long as the three brothers and sisters look for him, he never refuses.