The old man stretched out his hand and sanded the small box for a moment before handing it to Zhang Jiuxin:

"This box contains the key to the study, and there were two at that time, one was given to your sixth brother, and the rest was yours, but it was temporarily kept with me for so many years."

"Grandpa~"

Zhang Jiuxin was stunned.

It turned out that the old man had never excluded him, and even the key to the study was equipped early in the morning. Zhang Jiuxin was a little moved in his heart.

"What will happen to you in the future depends on you."

After the old man finished speaking, he patted Zhang Jiuxin on the shoulder, then turned around and went to the backyard utility room to pack up the tools for hunting in the mountains tomorrow.

Zhang Jiuxin looked at the two boxes on the left and right in his hand and exhaled heavily.

It's pressure and motivation.

No matter what, she will go on well on the way to the imperial examination, and at least take the test to show her fame.

.......

"Wow"

The bolt stared at the four treasures of the study room that Zhang Jiuxin took back to the room, and opened his eyes in disbelief:

"Jingde's Xuanbi, Jixi's Hui ink, as well as Jingxian's Xuan paper and Xuanyan, these are all from Xuancheng, the hometown of the four treasures of my dynasty's scholar's room, how many years has the sixth brother been talking, and finally the second uncle brought back a Xuan inkstone from the outside, and the sixth brother is still offering it in the study, reluctant to use it."

The bolt rolled a few times: "Xiao Jiu, the old village chief is too arrogant." ”

When Zhang Jiuxin showed the key in the small box, the bolt jumped up even more excitedly:

"Key ?!!!"

"This is the key to the study!!"

"Oh my God, only the sixth brother can enter and exit the study room in the whole family, now Xiao Jiu, can you also enter and exit freely? Xiao Jiu, you are so powerful, amazing! ”

The bolt was so happy that he pulled Zhang Jiuxin directly and walked out: "Xiao Jiu, hurry, go to the study and take a look, I heard from the second aunt that there is a whole room of books there." ”

"Brother Bolt, you wait."

Zhang Jiuxin knew that these two things were rare for them, but they were not as forgetful as bolts:

"The study has always been only accessible to the sixth brother, although I now have the key, but before entering, I have to tell the sixth brother."

Although the Du family and the Qian family in the second room regarded her as a thorn in their side, in their memory, the sixth brother seemed to have always been very good to her.

"Mmmm, Xiao Jiu, you're right."

The bolt scratched his head embarrassedly: "There are too many happy events today, one after another, I ...... I overjoyed for a moment. Then we'll wait for the sixth brother to come back. ”

The two of them hid the box and went to the well in the courtyard to continue carrying water.

......

The Zhangjia well is built in the corner of the fence wall on the lower side of the right wing, the round well surrounds a stone well fence, the moss under the well fence is thick or thin, and a bucket painted with tung oil rests on the edge of the well fence.

Zhang Jiuxin was helping the bolt untie the rope coiled on the handle of the bucket, and when he turned around, he saw Zhang Liuxin stepping into the courtyard with a bookcase on his back.

"Sixth brother, you're back."

"Well, Xiao Jiu, your complexion is much better, you can walk out of the room, it seems that your body is really good."

Zhang Liuxin looked happy, and handed the bookcase to the plug that had just filled a tank of water on the side, and the bolt habitually stretched out his hand halfway, but suddenly took it back again, and said with a smile:

"But no, Sixth Brother, you don't know, during your absence, Xiao Jiu may have done it."

Zhang Liuxin frowned when he saw that the bolt did not answer the bookbox, and then handed the bookbox to Sanya, who heard the voice coming out of the kitchen, before answering:

"Oh, then I'll have to listen to you."

Zhang Liuxin handed a packet of purple cakes in his hand to Zhang Jiuxin: "Delicious food, your favorite flavor." I'll go to say hello to my grandparents first, and then come to listen to the glorious deeds of our little nine. ”

Zhang Liuxin smiled and strode into the upper room.

......

After a while, Qian's crying sound came from the upper room.

"Milk's good grandson, it's good that you're back, otherwise grandma would have been killed alive by that short-lived ghost!"

Qian woke up when he heard Zhang Liuxin's voice in the courtyard, and at this time he was lying in Zhang Liuxin's arms, snorting and tearing to tell what had happened recently, and then said viciously:

"Little Liu, you have to think of a way to cure that short-lived ghost! Grandma tells you ......"

"Grandma!"

Zhang Liuxin interrupted Qian's accusation, lowered his voice and said patiently: "I told you last time, Xiao Jiu doesn't need us to do it, someone will deal with it, why are you so troubled, not only angered grandpa, but also made yourself angry." ”

"Grandma's good grandson, do you think grandma is alarmist? I'm telling you. Qian grabbed Zhang Liuxin's sleeve excitedly and panted:

"Do you know what the village chief told your grandfather when he came over? cough cough cough ......."

"The village chief said that the short-lived ghost has three good: one is a good memory, when the short-lived ghost confronted the people of Dujia Village in the ancestral hall, he said the law, and the village chief said that he had gone home to read the books, word for word, word for word! This is what he heard occasionally in his hospital bed, and he remembered it word for word for so many years, what does this mean? ”

The more Qian said, the more excited he became: "It shows that as long as he takes care of his body and spends his energy on reading, at least he only needs to memorize the children's test, and he will be able to pass the test." Once he is admitted, do you say, is the old man of Songmu'an supporting his own grandson, or the grandson of the next house? ”

"Ahem, cough, cough"

"The village chief also said that the second best thing about that short-lived ghost is toughness, he has been sick for many years, and his temperament has not become decadent and perverse, but he is still very docile, and finally said that the short-lived ghost can propose himself for his own imperial examination, which is the most rare backbone of a man in the world."

Zhang Liuxin's expression changed, and finally he said confidently and firmly: "Grandma, you are growing the ambition of others and destroying your own prestige." Could it be that your grandson's more than ten years of hard reading is not as good as Xiao Jiu, no matter how powerful he is, the Four Books and Five Classics also need time to polish and digest, grandma, the most important thing now is to take my mother home. Otherwise, you are weak, and you still can't please the big house. ”

Qian remembered the master's praise for his grandson all along, and felt a little relieved, but he was still a little uneasy, and wanted to persuade again, but Zhang Liuxin raised his hand to stop:

"Grandma, you'll listen to me this time."

......

Zhang Jiuxin saw that Zhang Liuxin came out of Qian's room and went directly into the study, and even the dinner was sent in by Sanya, so he guessed that he might feel uncomfortable when he learned that Du was sent back to his parents' house, so he didn't go to bother.

Even the old man was the same, he just simply asked Zhang Liuxin a few words about the things in the school, and he didn't look at his studies as usual.

Nothing was said all night.

The next day, he wanted to take advantage of Qian's illness and finish his family work, so he went to the next door to work part-time, earning 80 wen a day, and also providing for Zhang Jiuxin's study.

So the bolt carried the fruit to the banyan tree at the entrance of the village, and went to the mountain to cut the pigweed, leaving only Zhang Jiuxin to wait for Uncle Zhang's ox cart in the county.

"Drive!"

Zhang Jiuxin heard the sound of horses' hooves, and thought it was Uncle Zhang coming, but when he looked back, he saw a young man wearing a square scarf and a new Huluo shirt driving a horse.

"Fu Gongzi!"

"Huh, it's you?" The fresh-clothed young man found that it was an acquaintance who greeted him, smiled brightly, and jumped off the fierce horse.

"It's contemptible, thanks to Fu Gongzi's righteous action last time, Xiao Jiu hasn't had time to thank you for saving your life." Zhang Jiuxin bowed to Fu Yifan from the bottom of his heart.

"When the road saw the injustice, he roared, and he raised his hands, Xiao ...... Xiao Jiu, you don't have to worry about it. ”

Fu Yifan said that he didn't care, but he had a useful expression, and he glanced at the big burden placed on the stone mill next to Zhang Jiuxin: "You want to enter the city?" ”

"Yes" Zhang Jiuxin looked at the sunny smile on Fu Yifan's face, and his mood became much brighter.

"That's a coincidence, I'm also about to enter the city, get on the horse, and I'll give you a ride."

"I ..... I'll just take the ox cart in the village for a while, thank you for your kindness. ”

Zhang Jiuxin didn't want to trouble others, but Fu Yifan pointed to the construction site that was in full swing and said: "In the next few years, I will most likely live there, speaking of which, we are also neighbors, and I will have to ask you to take care of it in the future, so you are welcome, get on the horse." ”

Yes?

That big family is this Fu Gongzi!

Since everything has been said about this, Zhang Jiuxin is not twisted.

......

"Wait!"

As soon as Zhang Jiuxin stretched out his hand, a small servant who came from behind him ran over: "Young Master, this horse is Young Master Han's, you forgot, it has a very strong temperament, even if you spend a lot of effort to ride it on its back, if it is ......"

The little guy glanced at Zhang Jiuxin, swallowed the back half of the words, Zhang Jiuxin understood: "Since this is the case, Master Fu, then we will make an appointment next time." ”

"I promised to give you a ride, then you can't talk."

Fu Yifan pointed to the horse of the little guy: "Xiao Jiu, that horse belongs to you to ride, how about it?" ”

The little guy was stunned, if the horse was given to this countryman to ride, then wouldn't he have to chase after him.

"No need, thank you Gongzi Fu for your kindness." Zhang Jiuxin smiled and excused himself.

When the little guy heard this, his eyes rolled and he immediately understood the reason, and glanced at Zhang Jiuxin with a little disdain: "Young master, you are joking, I'm afraid that this little Jiu Gongzi is even seeing a horse for the first time, if you let him ride, he won't either!" ”

After the little guy finished speaking, he laughed lowly.

Fu Yifan passed by with an eye knife, and the little guy was so frightened that he immediately covered his mouth.

"I heard that Xiao Jiu, your grandfather used to play a dart game, so presumably this horse archery will be no problem."

Fu Yifan flicked a long whip and sent the horse whip in the little guy's hand to Zhang Jiuxin.

Zhang Jiuxin held the horsewhip, and a familiar feeling suddenly came out of her memory, and she walked to the side of the horse, turned over and jumped up.

"Drive!"

The fierce horses are gone.

"Look at it, look at it, Xiao Jiu's horse is better than you, don't always hide in the crack of the door to watch people, and next time, you don't have to follow Young Master Ben anymore!"

After Fu Yifan finished speaking, he whipped Cui Ma to follow.