The spring of the twenty-second year of Chenghua came a little earlier than in previous years, all things on Wuling Mountain recovered, birds sang and flowers were fragrant, flowers were red and willow green, azaleas, lilacs, honeysuckle flowers and so on were competing to bloom, and they were full of vitality everywhere.

In the clear spring of the mountains, a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old was standing in the shallow spring, his ruddy lips were slightly pursed, and a few strands of broken hair fell from his forehead, only lining his thin cheeks like spring and snow.

The small basket of fish behind him was already half a basket of fish, and at this moment, he tucked the corner of his narrow-sleeved shirt into the cloth belt around his waist, rolled up the hem of his jacket and trousers a little more, slowly bent down, raised his harpoon with his right hand, aimed at a fish swimming closely, and his right hand was ready to attack.

"Uncle Xiao - Uncle Xiao - " A series of shouts came from the distance, and the fish instantly swam away when they heard the sound. The boy shook his head regretfully at the fish swimming away, and turned to look at the people on the shore.

"Little... Uncle Shi, but.. I can find you" The man who came was wearing a dark blue collared shirt, in his early twenties, thinking that he was running all the way, panting.

"Qing Shui, you scared my fish away! You'll have to compensate me! The young man straightened his face and said to Qing Shui without hurrying or slowing.

"Uncle Xiao, don't tease me, Uncle Dongyang is back, and he lives in the silence of Uncle Yuan... Let me... Huh... Uncle Junior, you wait for me, don't run.."

Before Qing Shui could finish speaking, the young man jumped out of Qing Tan in a few steps, jumped ashore, stepped on his shoes and ran towards the mountain.

This young man is Zhang Yue'er, who worshipped Mr. Huanchu as a teacher in Wuling Mountain, and according to Mr. Huanchu's arrangement, she has been studying and living in the academy for more than seven years in disguised as a man. This Qing Shui is a disciple of Senior Brother Lu Qiaojing, a few years older than Zhang Yue, and the two have a good relationship on weekdays.

In the life of the academy, Zhang Yue and the third senior brother Li Dongyang have the deepest feelings, but in the third year of her coming to the academy, Li Dongyang left the academy and returned to the capital to become a parent. Only the master's birthday every year will return to Wuling Mountain. In the past few years, Zhang Yue and Li Dongyang have been in correspondence.

But recently, Zhang Yue hadn't received a letter from his senior brother for a few months, and when he heard Qing Shui tell Senior Brother Dongyang that he was back, he was naturally very happy! She kept speeding up the pace of her steps, she had become very familiar with the road on the mountain in the past few years, and returned to the academy in a puff of time.

Back at the academy, Zhang Yue rushed directly to Yuan Mo's silent residence, and when he entered the room, he saw Yuan Mo sitting on a chair alone, drinking tea leisurely, and when he caught a glimpse of Zhang Yue coming in, a smile flashed in his eyes, and there was Zhang Yue's scholar Xiaotong in the room, and there was no one else. I can't help but wonder. Hurriedly asked his own scholar,

"Xiaotong, where is the third senior brother?"

"Huh? Young Master, Young Master Dongyang is in Beijing! Xiao Tong's face was full of puzzlement.

"What?" Zhang Yue was stunned, and at this time, Qing Shui, who had been following behind him, also ran to the house, panting on the side.

"Qing Shui, didn't you say that the third senior brother is back?! Where are the others? Zhang Yue asked.

"Uncle Xiao, it's none of my business, Uncle San didn't come back, but he did send letters, one for my master, and the other for you, the letter to you was intercepted by Uncle Yuan Mo, and he also asked me to say that." Qing Shui waved his hand again and again, shirking responsibility.

"Yuan Mo, what do you mean?!" Zhang Yue turned his head to look at Yuan Mo, Yuan Mo had just turned twenty this year, and over the years, he had become more and more handsome. But Zhang Yue always felt that he was full of demonic anger when he laughed, and the two of them would inevitably quarrel if they didn't say three words when they met, and Li Dongyang was reconciled before, and in the past few years, Li Dongyang was not there, and the two of them were fighting more and more. Seeing Yuan Mo teasing himself today, a wave of anger immediately rose.

The corners of Yuan Mo's mouth rose, and he said with a smug smile: "Don't say that, you can appear in front of me so soon,... Yo, I didn't even wear socks... Hahaha... It's okay, it's okay, the fish is still there. Haha..."

Zhang Yue saw that he was making fun of himself, he was annoyed in his heart, but his face calmed down, turned around and took off the fish basket from under his back, handed it to Xiaotong, and said deliberately slowly: "Xiaotong, you send this fish to the kitchen to Aunt Wei, let her clean it up first, and then I will change my clothes to make a sweet and sour fish, and give it to the master at night, the master always wonders how his piece of the Eastern Han Dynasty's seven-star inkstone was broken, as an apprentice, he should also share his worries for the teacher and help the teacher find out the truth of the matter..."

Yuan Mo's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he shouted loudly, "Zhang Xiaowu, you--take this matter again... You dare to go!! ”

"Yo! Fourth Senior Brother, why are you so loud? Do you know how the teacher's precious inkstone was broken? Then you have to tell the teacher, how the teacher treasured that inkstone, you know..."

Yuan Mo's handsome face distorted instantly, and he interrupted Zhang Yue's words loudly, "Okay, okay, I believe it to you!" Hum! ”

After speaking, he took out an unopened letter from his arms and stuffed it into Zhang Yue's hand. Turning around, he hurried into the inner room.

Zhang Yue took the letter, glanced at the back of Yuan Mo entering the inner room, and couldn't help but be secretly proud, Yuan Mo's death hole, sure enough, hit one point, and tried it repeatedly. Bow your head and open the envelope, eager to read the contents of the letter. Senior Brother Dongyang's handwriting is still very chic and elegant, and it is pleasing to the eye.

"Little Five:

Seeing the words, senior brother apologizes to you first. I haven't corresponded with you for several months, but I haven't had time to reply to you because some time ago, when I took up a new official position and became a waiter in the East Palace, and I have a heavy responsibility and a busy schedule of official business. Your senior brother has received these letters, and the dried osmanthus you sent with the letter, after receiving it, the senior brother asked your sister-in-law to cook tea, which must be drunk every day, but the taste of your sister-in-law's cooking is not as wonderful as Xiao Wu's cooking. I really miss the osmanthus oolong tea cooked by Xiao Wu himself!

Xiao Wu, I am going to criticize you a few words here, your calligraphy has improved too little over the years, my brother remembers that when you first went up the mountain, your calligraphy talent was very high, but the progress has been so slow over the years. I have repeatedly advised the teacher to strictly restrain you, but the teacher does not care. He is the great master of calligraphy in the world, and among several senior brothers in my generation, the senior brother has the highest cultivation, and he has five or six points for the essence of the teacher's calligraphy, and the second senior brother, me and Mo brother have obtained one or two points of the essence at most. We should always remember to practice diligently, Xiao Wu is the teacher's disciple, and we must put in many times the effort to not lose the teacher's disciple......"

Reading this, Zhang Yue not only sighed secretly, but the senior brother really wronged her! She has been a teacher for seven years, and the most diligent thing is to learn calligraphy, in addition to usually learning from the teacher, I don't know how much effort she secretly put into studying. This course is not as ordinary as other studies such as learning poetry and writing articles, and it can be passed.

As for the extent of her calligraphy, she didn't know, she just knew that once she copied her master's work, and the master's showed it to the senior brother, but the senior brother didn't see it! The master warned her not to let others know that she could write with her left hand, and she usually had to write with her right hand to get by. Zhang Yue shook his head at this point, and then read the letter downward.

“... Xiao Wu, this time the senior brother has another thing to ask you for, the senior brother met a son of a family surnamed Ji in the capital, the senior brother and this person hit it off at first sight, and became a lifelong confidant. This Ji Gongzi's father is almost past his birthday, and his father admires the teacher's calligraphy the most in his life. Ji Gongzi is filial piety, and in a few days he will go to the academy to ask the teacher for his father's words. It was given to his father as a birthday gift.

Xiao Wu, you know the teacher's temper, and he has not given a word to outsiders for more than ten years. I wrote a letter of recommendation to the teacher this time, just hoping that the teacher can make an exception to give the word to this son, but the brother is very self-aware, and he knows that it may be difficult to persuade the teacher, and the teacher loves you the most on weekdays, so I specially ask Xiao Wu to help Ji Gongzi to get an inscription for his father......"

Later, Li Dongyang instructed Zhang Yue to take care of his body and take care of the teacher's words, and ended the letter.

After reading the letter, Zhang Yue took a long breath. I thought, I don't know where this Ji Gongzi is sacred? unexpectedly, the senior brother who has always been pretentious and proud of himself was introduced as a confidant, and tried his best to help.

When Zhang Yue was thinking, Yuan Mo came out of the inner room, came to Zhang Yue, and said in a weird manner,

"Why are you stunned, don't you want to be sweet and sour fish, why don't you go quickly!"

As he spoke, he threw a pair of clean new socks in his hand into Zhang Yue's arms, "Hurry up and put them on, it's ugly to die barefoot, make more sweet and sour fish, and I'll go to the teacher's place to eat at night." With that, he walked out of the house.

Zhang Yue looked at the new dry white socks in his hand, his heart warmed, although Yuan Mo spoke harshly to her on weekdays, but since Senior Brother Dongyang left, several senior brothers, only Senior Brother Lu Danjing and Fourth Senior Brother Yuan Mo remained, Senior Brother Yuan Mo is serious and old-fashioned, Zhang Yue usually meets no more than three sentences, only Yuan Mo accompanies him day and night, on the surface, the two of them squeeze each other, but in fact, the relationship is extremely deep, but both of them are desperate to save face and do not express it.

Zhang Yue put his brother's letter in his arms, put on his socks and returned to Lize Xuan, after Zhang Yue arrived at the academy, he was placed in Li Zexuan and lived in the same courtyard as Li Dongyang. After Li Dongyang left the academy, Lize Xuan vacated several rooms. On weekdays, only the scholar Xiaotong accompanies him.

Zhang Yue returned to his bedroom, changed into a clean lilac narrow-sleeved robe and put it on, and tied a cloth belt around his waist. I went to the kitchen of the academy, the person in charge of the kitchen was a woman who was nearly fifty years old, everyone called her Aunt Wei, the academy never allowed women to enter at will, Aunt Wei could be in charge of the kitchen, and her cooking skills were naturally very exquisite. When she saw Zhang Yue coming, she immediately smiled, "Little Fifth Young Master is here, what are you doing for Mr. today?" ”

"Hello Aunt Wei, today the kid wants to make a sweet and sour fish, I asked Xiaotong to send the fish first?"

"It's delivered, it's delivered, I've already packed it up, just waiting for you to take charge of it! Ha ha! Aunt Wei's smiling face bloomed.

"Hard work Aunt Wei!"

"Look at what you said, young master, if you have something to say, my wife will definitely do it, young master, the smoke blowing wood machine you installed in the kitchen before is too good, and the old woman no longer has to be choked on the stir-frying..."

This smoke blowing wood machine is specially made by Zhang Yue for the big kitchen of the academy, because Mr. Huanchu is delicious, Zhang Yue often cooks food for him in the kitchen, and finds that the big kitchen is very smoky when it comes to stir-frying, and the smoke is still slow, and the cook is often choked. remembered the smoke-blowing wooden machine used by her aunt Lu Qiaoniang when cooking in the kitchen at home, so she also made one for the kitchen of the academy according to the wooden machine at her aunt's house. I didn't expect it to work very well, and when the kitchen stir-fryed, it wasn't so choked, so several cooks in the kitchen liked Zhang Yue very much, especially Aunt Wei.

Aunt Wei kept praising Zhang Yue in her mouth, Zhang Yue was really embarrassed to be praised, and while preparing the materials for making fish, she turned her head and smiled shyly at Aunt Wei. The afterglow of the setting sun shines through the window, and Zhang Yue's handsome and fair face looks beautiful and moving. Aunt Wei was a little stunned when she saw it next to her.

Zhang Yue didn't pay attention to Aunt Wei's reaction. Concentrate on making sweet and sour fish. I made a few more chic side dishes, put them in the food box, and let Xiaotong carry them, and the two said goodbye to Aunt Wei and went to the teacher's heart.