Chapter 22: Apprenticeship
Yan Xiuyu said goodbye, kneeling in the carriage and bouncing his head, Yan Qingge and Le Yi glanced at each other, Yan Qingge's eyes were full of the word absurd, but in Le Yi's gaze, the word satisfaction was written.
Yan Xiuyu kowtowed with sincerity, and when he was pulled up by Le Yi, his head was blue.
He didn't seem to know pain by nature, he was still very lively, and smiled at Yan Qingge: "Since my master is your uncle, I won't look down on you anymore." If you have any matter, just come to me, go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, and I will definitely help you do it. ”
Yan Qingge found that she and Yan Xiuyu couldn't communicate at all, so she snorted and turned her head to ignore him.
Le Yi rented an elegant small courtyard in the capital near the Gongyuan and lived there temporarily. The large number of private houses around him were basically rented to the people who came to Beijing to take the exam, and when he walked over, he heard the sound of reading in three steps, Yan Xiuyu covered his ears with his hand, and said angrily: "People all over the world are reading, so noisy, so noisy!" These people can't lift their shoulders or hands, and they will buzz like flies and mosquitoes. ”
This is really insulting, and Le Yi was also attacked by Yan Xiuyu's complaints, and glanced at him lightly. Yan Xiuyu, the careless little devil, hadn't noticed it yet, but Yan Qingge was a little worried about him.
Although Le Yi kowtowed to Yan Xiuyu, this was not a serious apprenticeship after all. If this guy continues to make trouble like this, it is not impossible that he will be expelled from the wall by Le Yi on the day of apprenticeship.
She hurriedly pulled Yan Xiuyu's arm and said leisurely: "Little Lord Yan, do you know a very famous saying, which is called reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles." ”
Yan Xiuyu curiously took down the hands covering his ears, and said with some contradictions: "Well, this is the first time I've heard of this. I like the last sentence, I don't like the first sentence. ”
"Stupid, you think that what is written in the book is the great truth of those who are also good. There are also many books, which record the customs and geographical features of various places. Even the delicious local snacks and beautiful scenery are well documented in the book. Would you rather read the book first and get ready before you go, or would you rather go with a blank smear? ”
"Wow, there are books like this in the world?" Yan Xiuyu's eyes lit up: "I thought that the only books in the world were "Thousand Character Text" and "Hundred Family Names", and what other things were said." He turned his head to Le Yi and said excitedly, "Master, Master, I'm going to start reading today." Do you have any books like this, lend them to me? ”
Le Yi pursed his lips and smiled: "I have a lot of such books at home in Heshan, but this time I came to Beijing to catch the exam, and I didn't bring them." If you want to read it, just borrow it from my niece's house, and the books in her library are the best in the world. ”
Yan Qingge breathed a sigh of relief on the side, Yan Xiuyu's child was still saved, and he didn't say that he asked his brother to prepare two scholars for him to read. If that were the case, I'm afraid her uncle would be completely disgusted with this child.
That's all she can help, and what Yan Xiuyu learns from Le Yi in the future depends on his creation.
After Yan Xiuyu figured it out, he no longer felt that the sound of reading was annoying, but pricked up his ears to listen, and really heard a few useful sentences, for example, if someone was reading aloud a famous poem praising the ten views of the capital, Yan Xiuyu heard the scene of the frost bridge, and said excitedly: "I usually take people to hunt, I always pass by the big stone bridge, it looks very ordinary, it turns out that it is fun to go to see it in the early morning when the red leaves are falling all over in late autumn, but what is sad and sad in that poem, the master doesn't understand!" ”
Le Yi smiled slightly, shook his head helplessly, and accepted such a little apprentice like a demon, but he really has to waste a lot of strength to go to **, and the road to becoming a master in the future has a long way to go.
After arriving at Le Yi's house, Le Yi first asked the servants to help Yan Xiuyu treat his wounds, and took this opportunity to write more than a dozen words at random, all of which were simple words such as "one, two, three, thousand, hundred, and people". After Yan Xiuyu's wound was healed and he was taught to read, he let him take the pen and post in the study before going to the hall where Yan Qingge stayed.
After placing Yan Xiuyu, who couldn't be idle for a moment, Yan Qingge finally had time to be alone with Le Yi.
She looked at Le Yi with tears in her eyes, and said, "Uncle, you know the situation of my family now, my father's character, plus an Aunt Hai, my niece really doesn't know what to do, and I ask my uncle to help me come up with an idea." ”
Le Yi took a sip of tea and frowned: "I think, it's better to take you back to Heshan, your aunt has a gentle personality and likes children very much, and your grandmother is also alive and often talks about you." You grew up in Heshan, and everything will be under the control of the Le family in the future, and your father won't say anything if you want to. ”
If Le Yi said this before he was reborn, Yan Qingge would definitely agree, but now he can't. She dreams back every night and the dream is full of her murdered Ming'er and the baby girl who didn't have time to grow up. No matter what, she has to stay in the capital and take revenge on the villains who have harmed her all her life.
She smiled bitterly and said, "Since the niece's surname is Yan, she can only stay in the Yan family." ”
At this time, there was a sudden noisy sound outside, Yan Xiuyu jumped in, holding a few pieces of ink-drenched rice paper, and said with a smile: "Master, Master, look at what I wrote." ”
He had only been writing for less than a quarter of an hour, so he couldn't sit still, and took the piece of paper full of big characters written on it to show off to Le Yi.
To make such a fuss, and it was getting late, Le Yi was not good at keeping guests, so he instructed the two subordinates to catch the car and send Yan Qingge home, and put the skin monkey Yan Xiuyu in front of his house on the way.
On the rickety carriage, Yan Qingge frowned, and she couldn't even make a smile on Yan Xiuyu to make a face and tease her.
Yan Xiuyu said in the same old-fashioned manner: "You girl, don't sigh all the time. My sister-in-law said, women, you should be happy, always sad face, will be blushing and old. You're so bad, if you become ugly again, who will dare to marry you. ”
"Hmph, I want you to take care of it. Anyway, I don't necessarily live to be old enough to get married. Yan Qingge was full of distraction and replied angrily.
As soon as Yan Xiuyu heard this, he suddenly quieted down, his eyes widened, and he looked at Yan Qingge and said mysteriously: "Is there any bad person in your family who wants to harm you?" ”
"You...... How do you know? Yan Qingge looked at Yan Xiuyu in surprise. She also thought that this child was spoiled by his brother and sister-in-law, and he didn't eat the fireworks of the world at all.
"Of course I do. I listen to people talk about books in the teahouse every day, what don't you know? Otherwise, how could I not let people give my brother a concubine. My sister-in-law is so kind, those two concubines are bad at first sight, she will definitely be miserable by the concubines as Mr. Storyteller said. There must be a very bad concubine in your family. Your eyes are swollen from crying in the carriage just now, it's terrible. Gee! Master can't let his sister-in-law become like you. But why doesn't your mother care about you? ”
Yan Qingge smiled bitterly: "When I was very young, my mother died. ”
"Wow, you're just like me! But I still have a brother, and you don't have a brother, do you? Yan Xiuyu found that Yan Qingge did not have a mother, and immediately had infinite sympathy and identification with Yan Qingge, patted his chest and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, I will be your brother in the future." I'm covering you and letting you walk sideways in Beijing like me. ”
"Little ghost, you'd better take care of yourself first. You snatched your brother's gift and caused such a big trouble, and when you go home for a while, how can he talk about you. Yan Qingge glared at him, but his mood was much better, and he secretly laughed at himself for being sad about a little ghost who obviously didn't understand anything.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, those two concubines, I've already thought of what to do. My brother not only won't scold me, but he will praise me. Yan Xiuyu took a look at the window, lifted the curtain, and smiled at Yan Qingge: "I'll give you a surprise, when we meet again, you have to thank me, sister of the Yan family, goodbye!" After speaking, without waiting for the coachman to park the car, he ran out of the car and entered the gate of the Yanwang Mansion with a puff of smoke.
Yan Qingge sat in the carriage, and there was no noisy ghost beside him, and he suddenly felt a little lonely.
Fortunately, she soon arrived at Yan's house, and after she arrived home, the porter's mother-in-law immediately greeted her and flattered: "Miss, the master said, let you go to him immediately after you get home." ”
Yan Qingge nodded and said, "I know, thank you Mama." After speaking, with a stomach full of doubts, he went to Yan Songnian's place, and he didn't know why he was so anxious to find himself.
When he entered Yan Songnian's yard, he already had the lights in his house. As soon as Yan Songnian saw Yan Qingge, he stood up anxiously, rubbed his hands and said, "Qingge, what did you say to your uncle?" ”
Looking at his anxious and somewhat fearful face, Yan Qingge knew what he wanted to ask, but she pretended not to understand, and said, "I told my uncle how much homework I had learned, and I talked to him about my grandmother. On the way, my uncle saved the little boy of the Yan Wangfu family, and the little boy Yan kept pulling my uncle to talk, and worshiped him as a teacher, so I didn't say much to my uncle. ”
As soon as Yan Qingge saw Yan Songnian, he forced himself to enter a coquettish state, so as to win Yan Songnian's favor. After listening to the eldest daughter's delicate words, Yan Songnian's heart relaxed a lot, and he smiled: "You didn't talk about those rumors in our house, but my father didn't straighten Aunt Hai, don't talk nonsense to your uncle." ”
"How can my daughter talk nonsense. Father, that's a rumor, my father won't straighten Aunt Hai, right? Yan Qingge pouted and said coquettishly.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Yan Songnian said foolishly. The brother-in-law is good at learning, but I am afraid that he will stay in the capital until the end of the palace examination in winter, and during this time, he had better coax Yan Qingge well, and don't let her leak her mouth.
In order to please Yan Qingge, Yan Songnian rarely showed his fatherly face, and said: "It's getting late now, I see that you haven't had dinner at your uncle, so let's eat with your husband tonight." After saying that, he called someone to serve the food.
Yan Qingge responded with a smile, went back to change his clothes, and returned to Han Youju, at this time, the meal had just been served.
As soon as the chopsticks were lifted, suddenly, Zhishu and Dali walked in and reported: "Master, a few people came outside, saying that they were sent by King Yan's mansion to give gifts to the master." ”