The original main house was divided into two, the west room was the bedroom of the Lu family and Yi Yu, the east room was the hall house and the stove room, and a rammed earth wall was built in the courtyard to surround the beams and wooden frames for the Lu brothers to live in.

In the past three years, the Lu family has saved a lot of money by relying on the harvest in the fields and the sugar gourd business, and the year before last, they renovated a new courtyard and built an extra house, and there is still a lot of surplus. The long-haired Yu finally no longer had to tie two small grabs and run around, and whenever Lu had money to spare, he liked to go to the market to buy some cheap items brought by his daughter to dress her.

Sitting in front of the window of the main house, practicing calligraphy is left with a neat double bun to reveal a smooth and full small forehead, a goose yellow hairband tied into a bow bow hangs down from her cheeks because she bows her head, and her white and tender little hands hold the brush steadily, and copy a calligraphy on the table one by one.

After the last stroke of the wrist is completed, the brush is temporarily put aside on the edge of the inkstone with a simple appearance, and the two corners of the top of the hemp paper are lifted while carefully checking the block characters that have been practiced today, and the voice is gently read:

Su Su Rabbit Yi, Ding Ding of the Rafter. Takeshi, the prince of Gancheng.

Su Su Rabbit Yi, applied to Zhongkui. Martial arts, the prince is hateful.

Su Su and exempt from it, and apply it to Zhonglin. Martial arts, the heart of the prince.

The last word fell, and she savored the meaning of this "Rabbit Place" again, and inevitably thought of Lu Zhi's shining eyes every time he read this poem, thinking that men have a heart to serve the country, ambition is born as a man's privilege, her eldest brother is a teenager, although he is much calmer than his second brother Lu Jun, but in the end he is full of expressive age.

Lu Jun officially started working in the martial arts hall this summer as a senior brother, thirteen-year-old he was born strong and strong, taller than all children of the same age, and his face was less childish when he was not smiling, as if he was already a handsome young man, probably because the country girls always took whether a man had the strength to do farm work as the standard of a good man, he was more popular with the girls in the village than Lu Zhi, who read poetry and books, a few days ago someone had come to the door to discuss his marriage with the Lu family, and it was difficult for Yu Yu to agree with the atmosphere of early marriage and early childbearing in this era, Fortunately, the Lu family didn't know why, and refused to come to the door to say goodbye.

"Xiaoyu, are you at home?" There was a shout in the courtyard, and Yi Yu laughed secretly when he heard this voice, and hurriedly put away the paper that had been dried, lifted the curtain and walked out.

There was a tall and thin girl standing in the courtyard, and when she saw Yu Yu coming out, she immediately grinned and said, "I'm not at home when you're not home!" ”

Yi Yu smiled silently and led her into the hall, where the two sat on the mat and talked.

Speaking of the real relationship between people, this is the most complicated thing in the world, this tall daughter and child is none other than Li Xiaomei, the daughter of the Wang family who had an unhappy relationship with the Lu family a few years ago.

Two years ago, Wang heard out of nowhere that the Lu family made a lot of money by embroidery, so he rushed his daughter to the Lu family to beg the Lu family to teach her to be a female celebrity, but he did not come forward. Although Lu is a powerful person, he is ruthless to children, and the family embroidery is inconvenient to teach outsiders, but she still picked some simple and easy-to-understand stitches to teach Li Xiaomei.

After all, Yi Yu is a mature adult in her heart, and she knows that this Li Xiaomei is just straight-headed, and she is not a master who likes to find trouble like her mother, so naturally she will not worry about anything with her as a child because of the past, and Xiaochun Tao also learned embroidery from her, and it makes no difference if there is one more.

She carefully taught the other party the acupuncture that could be passed on, and occasionally she also recognized some words with Xiao Chuntao, and the three little girls became familiar with each other, which was the best relationship in the village at this age.

"Sister Xiaomei, didn't you come empty-handed to learn my new tricks, but to have a lunch?" After sitting down, Yi Yu found that Li Xiaomei did not bring her embroidery tools, and knew in her heart that this must be the idea given by the Wang family, in order to occupy the small light of one or two pieces of cloth in her house, this phenomenon has been common.

But she knew that the red-faced girl in front of her did not do it voluntarily, so after making a joke, she said no more, got up and took out the embroidered basket from the birch cabinet beside her, picked out a piece of silk with a soft texture and handed it to the other party.

"It doesn't have to be so good." Li Xiaomei looked at the base cloth on her hand and didn't reach out to take it, pursed her lips and shook her head gently.

Yi Yu didn't insist, although she knew that if Li Xiaomei didn't take home a piece of silk silk, she would be scolded by the Wang family, but since the other party insisted on maintaining that meager dignity, it was inconvenient for her to say it, after all, everyone has an untouchable bottom.

Yi Yu sat on the mat and bandaged an ordinary embroidered cloth, picked out the thread, and explained to the other party little by little the carp diagram that she was going to teach her today, because the pattern was more complicated, Yu Yu asked Lu Zhi to draw an ink carp diagram in advance, and showed it to Li Xiaomei at this time, which also made her a lot more organized.

Although there is no such a good memory as Yu Yu, Li Xiaomei is rare in embroidery is a rare talent, only two years of study to have a good look, Yu Yu saw that she is willing to work hard and has a preference in this area, so she secretly carried Lu to teach Li Xiaomei a few family heirloom Shu embroidery in the little important but very useful stitches, such as loose needles, punches and the like.

"Xiaoyu, did you draw this picture? It's so pretty! Li Xiaomei looked at this carp picture carefully, and looked up at her with adoring eyes.

"No, it was painted by my eldest brother, how can I have this ability, the words haven't been written yet." She really doesn't like painting very much, and she is much worse than Lu Zhi, who is both good at painting and calligraphy.

"Yikes! It was painted by Lu Zhige, no wonder it looks so good! ”

Yi Yu looked at Li Xiaomei's eyes that became bright every time she heard Lu Zhi's name, and couldn't understand why Lu Zhi didn't have a good attitude towards her, this little girl would still be interesting to him, and she could only attribute it to a girl's feelings that had no reason to speak of.

In her opinion, there is really no such possibility between the two, not that she doesn't look down on Li Xiaomei, or that the Wang family will definitely not agree to her daughter marrying into her opponent's family, it seems that a few days ago she also heard that the Wang family found a solid family in the nearby Zhao Town to prepare for Xiaomei to marry, the man's character is good, but one leg is a little sloping, so the marriage has been delayed for a few years, and he has not yet married in his twenties.

The two chatted and did their work at the same time, and before they knew it, it was almost noon, and Yu Yu looked at the sky outside and thought about what to eat at noon, the hen in the backyard laid two eggs this morning, and they could make an egg custard for their brothers and sisters to taste in a while.

Li Xiaomei did it for a while and then took the things back to her house to hand over to the Wang family, and Yu Yu also received the things, went to the yard and picked up firewood to prepare a fire to cook, the temperature difference in the spring is always high, and she shivered from the cold in the morning.

The jade has grown a little more than three years ago, although the face is still round like a small apple, but the eyebrows and eyes have three points of beauty, not like the slightly rough appearance of the local girl, her facial features are much more exquisite, but it is not glamorous and indecent, in general, it is a "pretty" word, especially a pair of slightly longer eyes, when smiling, it is like two hook jade, but the eyes are like a pair of hanging stars, and the two crystal silkworms on the lower eyelids make the pair of black eyes much brighter.

When the water in the pot was halfway boiled, Lu Shi lifted the curtain and entered the stove room, and saw that the little man was holding back his little face and was about to push the crooked water tank that was cleaned yesterday, so he hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, and drove her out to play and wait for the meal.

"What, kicked you out again?"

"Ahh Well. ”

"Why, if you're still angry, you have to be considerate of your mother, she's just worried that you will burn the stove."

“......”

Lu Zhi put on a serious expression, and after a while, he found that the lower head of the Yu Yu was not ready to take his words, so he reached out and pinched her round little face, and the Yu looked up at him in pain, only to see that the smile on the face of the young man who was becoming more and more handsome became clear, but it made her look itchy.

I don't know why, the older she grows, the more her family likes to make fun of her, because Lu Jun has matured a lot after being the "third senior brother" in Zhao Zhen Martial Arts Hall, the object of everyone's jokes has gradually changed, and she can only hold it back.

Yu Yu knew that she couldn't talk to him, so she snorted and turned around to take care of her small vegetable garden in the yard. Since she started fiddling with these plants three years ago, her family has gone from not caring at the beginning to watching the excitement and now obviously looking forward to it.

Because of this small vegetable garden, it can make the Lu family's small days more interesting, the tea made from mint leaves is both cool and moistens the throat and quenches thirst, Lu Zhi likes to drink a bowl after studying.

The fresh stems and leaves of the dandelion are washed and crushed, and the cake baked in the noodles has a slight fragrance, which is Lu Jun's favorite staple food now.

The juice squeezed out of the aloe vera leaves can be applied to the face to prevent dryness and lubricate the skin, Lu Shi found out under her arrangement in the spring of the previous year that this thing can also treat chapped and have a whitening effect, not to mention how happy she is, although she doesn't have to be exposed to the wind and sun all day long, but in the end, she often goes to the ground, and what woman is really not afraid of getting old and ugly, even if she is a widow.

There are really a lot of strange plants in the forests of the back mountains, and later she transplanted some other species, all of which are smaller and have special effects.

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According to the relevant regulations of the imperial court, students from various states who have reached the age of 14 and have not yet participated in the "child examination" can pass the examination of nearby prefectures and counties in the first month, and then enter Beijing to worship the priest, and after being recommended, they can enter the "Spring Ceremony" in April to participate in the Ministry of Rites examination.

After five years of Zhenguan, Lu Zhi, who turned fourteen years old after the autumn, can finally participate in next year's imperial examination.