Ye Chen, it should be more appropriate to call Ye Jing now.

She woke up early in the morning, and had slept so well last night, a feeling she hadn't felt in a long time. It's a pity that this body is only twelve years old, just developing age, but it hasn't had a few good days.

The little guy came in with a basin and said respectfully: "Young master, the water has been prepared." ”

This little guy's name is Zhu Huo, fourteen or fifteen years old, his lips are red and his teeth are white, he looks very handsome, and his eyes are apricot eyes, which seem to be filled with water, adding a bit of agility.

Ye Chen nodded and took the toothbrush handed by Zhu Huan, "This is?" Ye Jing couldn't believe his eyes, could there be people in the same way?

Zhu Huo said softly: "The branch shop in the west of the city made this tooth brushing with bamboo branches and horse hair half a year ago, and the old ladies in the city used it well, saying that it was softer than pig bristles. ”

"Brushing my teeth, there is such a thing, but I am lonely and unheard of." Ye Jing took the toothbrush, and saw that it was exquisitely made, and a few bamboo leaves were carved on the brush handle, but the brush head was larger, and the hair was harder than the one used before.

Sprinkle the green salt, this brushing is actually good to use, compared to chewing willow branches, it is really a pleasure.

After washing, Zhu Huo led Ye Jing to the main hall, where Dong Jingshan and his wife were sitting at the table waiting for her.

Before Ye Jing could walk up, Dong Jingshan smiled and shouted: "Jing'er, don't officially meet your adoptive parents yet, bring a cup of tea!" ”

Ye Jingli straightened his clothes, this new azure robe was not tailor-made in the end, and the sleeves were longer. She knelt down at the table as she said, bowed respectfully, and bowed.

After the ceremony, he picked up the tea on the table and offered it to Dong Jingshan, "Father, please drink tea." "Bring another cup to Mrs. Dong, "Mother, please drink tea." ”

Dong Jingshan said in a rare and serious manner: "Jing'er has already bowed, and from now on he is the young master of the Dong family, and he is considered half a master. ”

Mrs. Dong also said softly: "Jing'er has called me a mother, just tell me if you have something in the future, don't be embarrassed to speak." ”

Ye Jing nodded obediently, the essence of his eyes flashed, the old fox was serious, what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd?

Ye Jing led Zhu Huo from Dong Mansion all the way to Xishi, she still wanted to go to the branch shop to have a look, although there was little hope, but in case she bumped into her fellow countrymen.

Ye Jing glanced at Zhu Huo with a side face, and threw out a sentence casually: "Zhu Huo, how old are you this year?" How long has it been since you entered the house? ”

"Back to the young master, the little one is fifteen this year, and the marquis of the mansion is serving in the master's study three years ago, and he was sent to the young master yesterday." Zhu frowned and said slowly.

"Oh? Study, can you read? Ye Chen raised his eyebrows and asked.

Zhu Huo pursed his lips, "I studied for a while when I was a child, but then I fell into the middle of the road, and I never learned." ”

It seemed to poke at Zhu Huo's sadness, Ye Jing swallowed a little embarrassed, "I'm not as good as you, I haven't been enlightened yet, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you more in the future." ”

"The young master is tormented, and the old master must personally enlighten the young master." The young man lowered his eyebrows and said lightly.

Ye Jing was about to say something, but he saw Zhu Huo suddenly stand up and said, "Young master, the branches have been picked." ”

Ye Jing looked up, saw that it was a small storefront, so he raised his feet and walked in, the store was very elegantly decorated, with various combs, boxes, chopstick rests and toothbrushes on the counter, the utensils were well-made, not bought by ordinary people.

The guy in the store greeted him with a kind smile on his face, "What does the young master want to see?" How many new combs are there in our store today, do you want to see it? ”

"I want to see how to brush my teeth." As he spoke, he walked towards the counter.

The guy gushed endlessly, what is the new water boxwood carving, and what sandalwood with red horsetail hair is the most beautiful, and Ye Jing is dizzy when he hears it.

"Little brother, who made your toothbrushers? Can you tell us? Ye Jing hurriedly interrupted the guy.

The guy glanced at Ye Jing suspiciously, and said reluctantly: "Back to the young master, this toothbrush is made by my craftsman, and the materials used are all of the highest quality, and it is difficult to tell the young master the specifics." I also hope that the young master Haihan. ”

Ye Jing saw that the guy seemed to have misunderstood himself to dig the foot of the wall, and hurriedly explained: "Don't worry, but you misunderstood, little brother, I just saw that the tooth brushing was cleverly made, I had never seen it before, I really admired the person who made it, so I wanted to meet this person, and I really didn't mean anything else." ”

"Hey, this brushing has been there before, but few people use it, and we only have a slight improvement. However, today's unfortunate situation is that the head of the family went to other places and came back on the tenth day of September. If you wish to see you, it is better to come back then. Seeing that Ye Jing was very sincere and only a teenager, most of his doubts had disappeared.

Ye Jing had no choice but to say goodbye, and by the way, he bought a red sandalwood comb, planning to go back and give it to Mrs. Dong.

Back in the house, Ye Jing first went to see Dong's mother and gave her the comb. Dong's mother was very happy, Zhang Luo stir-fried in the kitchen, took her hand, and said with a smile: "Jing'er is really sensible, today my mother asked the kitchen to cook more dishes, what does Jing'er like to eat?" ”

"The food at home has always been delicious, and I liked what I ate yesterday." Ye Jingwen said.

When he went back to his yard at night, Ye Jing opened his mouth several times, and finally asked Zhu Huo in a low voice: "Does my father have a concubine?" Why haven't you returned home today? ”

"The lord has never married a concubine, but because he is busy with official business, he has always returned home late, and today he has to go to the ministry to cancel his vacation, I think it is because of the backlog of official business." Zhu Huo still replied lightly.

Ye Jing nodded clearly, this old fox is quite a gentleman.

Ye Jingfu looked at the bamboo noise again, this bamboo noise is smart but also cautious, Ye Jing has been served by him for a few days, and he only feels comfortable. He knew very well what kind of servants Ye Jing needed, things were done smoothly, but he was neither humble nor arrogant, although he didn't say much, he would answer every question, and he answered it very methodically.

It's just that it's always faint, Ye Jing hasn't seen any too many expressions on his face, he stands behind you like a shadow, and his sense of presence is extremely low.

Just a few days passed, Ye Jing wandered around the Dong Mansion all day with nothing to do, went to his wife's room every day to calm down in the morning and dusk, and asked Zhu Huo to find some books for her when he had nothing to do. Dong Jingshan heard the news from nowhere, so he only asked someone to bring a large box of books early in the morning, and someone brought a message, asking him to study quietly this month, and to check her homework in half a month.

Ye Jing opened the box, which contained both four books and five classics, as well as some wild history and miscellaneous stories. She smiled and narrowed her eyes, but it was to her taste.

Since Dong Jingshan sent the box of books, Ye Chen began to study behind closed doors.

Ye Jing has been studying the "University", Dong Jingshan read back then, there are annotations written by him next to the book, whenever he reads obscure places, reading the annotations can always make people suddenly enlightened, Ye Chen secretly compared with Li Xiucai's annotations, and felt that the two were comparable.

This made Ye Chen have a different view of Dong Jingshan, and he was able to make such a clear and thorough commentary, at least his talent was beyond doubt. Later, Ye Jing was not so surprised when he heard that Dong Jingshan was twenty years old when he was three yuan and the first to become a secretary before he was forty years old.

Ye Jing stayed at home for half a month, studying "University" in the morning, and reading some miscellaneous books such as geography and wild history in the afternoon, and he also had a lot of understanding of the customs and humanities of Dayin.

"True knowledge is power," Ye Jing leaned on the beauty's lean, looking at the pool of about twenty-five square meters in his own courtyard and muttered, "I have learned more in the past half a month than I have learned in the past few years combined." Li Xiucai, a nerd, why didn't he make some wild history and weird talk and put it in the house, hey......"

Ye Jing originally only relied on Li Xiucai to have a vague impression of Da Yin, but now everything is clear, and there is a feeling of seeing the sun.

According to Ye Jing's understanding, today's Dayin is probably in the Tang and Song dynasties, but the living customs are different, and now the new emperor has only been on the throne for half a year, and the little emperor is only thirteen years old, and he has not yet been in power, and the power in the court is in the hands of the regent Lin Yuan. This Lin Yuanzhi was originally the youngest brother of the first emperor, and he has been raised in the palace since the first emperor succeeded to the throne. When the first emperor went, he ordered him to be the regent and preside over the affairs of the court and China before the new emperor came into power.

It doesn't sound like there's anything wrong with it, but this Lin Yuanzhi is twenty-seven or eighteen years old this year, and he used to be just an idle prince, and the first emperor would entrust the country's affairs to a young prince with no experience and foundation. There are twists and turns in this, Ye Jingdu can see that it is not simple, hey, since ancient times, there has been no one in the emperor's family who has saved trouble.

Ye Jing sighed, closed the history of the market in his hand, and walked to Dong Jingshan's study with bamboo noise.

Today coincided with Dong Jingshan's retirement, and he was busy for a long time before he could properly resolve the backlog of official documents. In the past few days, the floods in the south of the Yangtze River have caused many places to lose their harvests, and the household department is busy with his feet not touching the ground.

"Humph! In the past, Lao Tzu borrowed people from you, but you refused to borrow, but now I won't lend them to you. Although Dong Jingshan thought so, he didn't refuse his old friend in the end, he could tell the difference.

He thought of the regent again, and his brows tightened together, "Hey! This kid really has some skills, Taoguang has been obscure for so many years. The flood was handled quite well. ”

"Father, I'll report my homework." Ye Jing's voice was long.

Dong Jingshan hurriedly retracted his thoughts and said leisurely: "Come in." ”

Ye Jing walked into the study and saw Dong Jingshan wearing an ink-colored robe, with a dark red silk cloth inlaid around the neckline, which looked very elegant. At this time, he had an old fox-like smile on his face, and Dong Jingshan didn't know how, he always wanted to laugh when he saw Ye Jing. This kid is interesting and tight, but a country boy is both literate and able to understand officialdom, vigilant enough and smart, is a rare piece of jade, a little carving, can be of great use.

Thinking like this, he smiled even more, "How has Jing'er read "University" these days?" ”

Ye Jingdao: "But after reading it thoroughly, it's just a matter of swallowing dates, and many places are very puzzled." ”

"You don't have a teacher to guide you, so naturally you have something to understand, I'll ask you a few questions, and you can answer them." Dong Jingshan stroked his beard and said.