Chapter 91: Wen Yulan
It's a sunny day.
Wei Xinyong staggered out of the door, glanced at the bright sun above his head, and before he could feel anything, he had already caught a glimpse of Wen Yulan running over with Wen Zhi Qi Xing rushing over from the corner of his eye. Even though he was full of worries and hesitation, Wei Xinyong couldn't help but feel a headache at the moment.
It's a pity that it was too late when he wanted to turn around and go back to the house to close the door - Wen Yulan had already seen him with sharp eyes, and shouted loudly in the accent of the half-baked official family that he had learned from Wei Xinyong in the past few days: "Mr. New Mr. Xin!" Are you well? β
The two brothers and sisters grew up in the countryside, and their parents were busy with their livelihoods and couldn't take care of how to discipline themselves, even girls can't be as reserved and quiet as everyone's ladies, and their legs and feet are very convenient. As she spoke, Wen Yulan dragged a person and ran to her, letting go of Wen Zhiqi, whose face was flushed, and gave a salute that was not very standard but very serious, and looked up at Wei Xinyong with big flickering eyes with undisguised admiration, and asked enthusiastically, "Does Mr. Xin feel uncomfortable lying down for a long time?" Do you need me to give my husband a slap on the shoulder? β
Wei Xinyong lowered his head, looked at the girl who was just up to his waist, and deeply regretted why he had so many things before?
The Chishuling where he is now temporarily settled is a small mountain village in Panyun Mountain, near Yunzhou in the west. Because there are only four or five families in this mountain village, and it takes at least nearly 100 miles to walk to the nearest village and town, there is no lizheng, and almost all of them are ordinary mountain people who are struggling to live a hard life.
The reason why I say almost, not all. It's because of a family with an ancient surname in the village...... It's very ordinary, but having a cousin-in-law doesn't seem ordinary.
Although it is said that the woman surnamed Qiu who came to the Gu family with Wen Zhiqi and Wen Yulan, two brothers and sisters, is more delicate than ordinary peasant women, and even knows a little about etiquette, but she can't even write her own name, and she is still just a peasant woman in the end.
However, when I heard the two brothers and sisters chirping and talking about a few words, their father, Wei Xinyong, remembered that the day before yesterday he seemed to hear the mountain people not far away mention that it was called Wen Lingzi, and at first he habitually thought it was Wen Ya and the like...... As a result, I fortunately didn't go away, and I woke up after listening to a few more words......
In short, this Wen Yanzi is not ordinary compared to the people in this mountain village.
He was originally a farmer in Yongxian County, Panzhou. The ancestors handed down dozens of acres of good paddy fields, and they are considered a solid family in the countryside. So when I was young, I not only studied in a private school for a few years, but even hired Qiu, who was recognized as a beauty in the local area, as his wife. The two have four sons and one daughter under their knees, and they originally lived a harmonious and beautiful life, and they are also very envied and respected in the local area.
It's just that the Great Wei Kingdom is getting weaker, Emperor Huanzong is getting more and more mediocre year by year, and the harsh taxes are getting heavier and heavier month by month, but they have five more children!
Ding tax and Ding Fu are spread out, even if the Wen family was quite wealthy in the past, they can't hold on. So in just a few years, the Wen family has changed from solid to ordinary, from ordinary to food and clothing, and from food and clothing to a full meal...... Then when he was about to sell his sons and daughters to survive, Zhao Qian in the south of Panzhou got into trouble, and when he heard it, he simply gritted his teeth and pulled a group of villagers who were also underfed and clothed.
Of course, their scale is far from being as big as Zhao Gan, not to mention occupying Chonghuo County in the north and south of the Great Wei Dynasty like Zhao Gan, it is said that at the most glorious time, they occupied a township, and they have not even been named yet-busy collecting firewood and rice to feed the family and maintain the scale, where is there anyone who has the leisure to take care of it?
However, the glory of occupying a township, after the change of the imperial capital, the corporal clan of the world gathered elite troops to rush to the imperial capital, causing Zhao Gan to retreat from Huoxian to Yongxian was broken. Because Wen Yanzi's group of people will definitely not be Zhao Gan's opponents, Zhao Gan wants to take Yongxian seriously, and their territory will change hands.
When Wei Xinyong heard Yu Lan say this, he asked curiously: "Then why didn't Ling Zun defect to Zhao Gan?" β
The little girl first embarrassedly asked for the meaning of "Ling Zun", and after understanding, she recited it a few times and wrote it down before saying: "I heard the eldest brother of the Liu family say that if Zhao Qian is a good person, he will become a defector, so Daddy and they are still in Yongxian County." β
Wei Xinyong had already asked clearly before that the so-called eldest brother of the Liu family was a person similar to Wen Lingzi and the previous guard, because he was a neighbor of the Wen family in the past, and he was familiar with the Wen family - or Wen Yanzi's nephew or nephew of the private school teacher, who grew up with the private school teacher, and was quite literate, so Wen Yulan used to seem to be a very learned brother - the reason why it is said is that it was in the past, because Wei Xinyong was injured a few days ago, and he couldn't get up from lying on the couch, and at first he was disgusted by the Wen family's brothers and sisters. Chen Guang has been there for a long time, and it is really boring for him to lie there alone, and he got Qiu to ask Wen Zhiqi to send soup and serve him to drink it, moisten his throat, and also talk to their brothers and sisters.
Originally, Fengzhou Wei's was famous for its prosperous literary style, and Wei Xinyong's talent and learning were among the best in the entire Wei family. Although he only talked to the two children with the purpose of relieving their boredom, the two children were still fascinated by all kinds of allusions, anecdotes, and even legends of grass and trees in the mountains...... According to Wei Xinyong's thoughts, saying that these are just to coax them away from hostility and defense, of course, what they want to ask, these two children will know everything, and they will say everything!
It turned out that this was indeed the case, although the two brothers and sisters had limited knowledge because of their age. But after two days, almost everything they knew was told to Wei Xinyong, and Wei Xinyong knew about the above things.
The problem is that the two brothers and sisters have relied on him since then.
Especially Wen Yulan.
Look at this little girl growing up in a farmhouse, because she has been frugal for many years, she is much shorter than the young ladies of the same age in the noble family that Wei Xinyong has seen, not to mention, she also has vegetables on her face all the year round, and if she has a lot of conscience, she can't even boast of the word "cute" that is the easiest for a young girl at this age.
But this little girl has a special admiration for talented people.
The eldest brother of the Liu family before, according to Wei Xinyong's speculation, was at most the level of his own enlightenment stage, which made Wen Yulan admire. Now Wei Xinyong is just a little talented, and she was immediately impressed to the ground, and even to the point where after listening to a few stories, he pulled his little brother and heard that Qi was about to kowtow on the spot......
Wei Xinyong naturally refused, his heart is in a mess now, his will to die has not been completely exhausted, and the business has not been mentioned yet, he is full of troubles, where did he get the heart to be a teacher for two children? Even if these two children saved him.
I didn't want his repeated refusal, although Wen Zhiqi lost interest after retreating enthusiastically, it actually stimulated Wen Yulan's fighting spirit!
This little girl is running to him every day, and every time she drags Wen Zhiqi over, the reason is that how can such a good teacher miss it? The little girl doesn't know if there are ten words, but the concept of "everything is inferior, only reading is high" is deep-rooted......
For a childish girl in the countryside to be so studious, Wei Xinyong found it very interesting.
But this was interesting, and it didn't make him promise to take the two siblings under his wingβso he felt a headache when he saw this little girl who was eager to apprentice......
This time was no exception.
Even if he ignored it expressionlessly, Wen Yulan still chattered happily about Mr. Xin's for half an hour, Mr. Changxin's short--Wei Xinyong was only asked by the Qiu family when he was asked by the Qiu family, he didn't even know who saved him, although he didn't care about life or death at the time, but he didn't want to be tortured in the hands of others, let alone be kidnapped to negotiate a ransom with the Wei family and the like. It was because he used the pseudonym when he first saw Wei Changfeng, concealed his surname, and claimed to be a new surname.
Because he has a reputation in the government and the opposition over the years, he didn't even say that his name was Xinyong, but he used the name of his deceased sister Xintai.
Qiu's mother and son saw that he was fluent and seemed to be knowledgeable, and they respected him very much, and they would call him a gentleman.
This will hear Yu Lan gushing endlessly, after Wei Xinyong didn't listen to a word at all, he finally noticed his silence. However, Wen Yulan didn't feel that he was hating himself at all, but asked very nervously: "Mr. Xin, why don't you speak?" Are you feeling unwell? β
"It's really uncomfortable to be underneath." Wei Xinyong's face turned a little blue, he thought about when his sister passed away, she seemed to be about the same age as this little girl, how gentle and considerate Wei Xintai was, how quiet and lovely? What's the matter with this little girl...... It's also the age at which you can be sold into a high-ranking family to be a little maid, and you can't look at it like this!
Sure enough, he said such a cold sentence, Wen Zhiqi pulled his sister's sleeve and signaled her to go back and don't disturb the new gentleman, but Wen Yulan was furious, put away Wen Zhiqi's hand, and accused him sternly: "Little brother, you are really too much!" Knowing that Mr. Xin is sick now, instead of staying to take care of Mr., he wants to sneak away! Is there anyone like you who apprentice?! You look like this, where can you impress Mr. New to accept us? β
Wen Zhiqi: "......"
Wei Xinyong: "......"
After accusing her little brother, Wen Yulan turned her head and showed a bright smile to Wei Xinyong, whose face was a little more blue: "Mr. Xin, don't worry, although I don't know a few words, I have also heard the eldest brother of the Liu family say that this master is just like Daddy, and he must be respected and filial." Now that you are sick, I will definitely serve you as if you were my father! β
β¦β¦ Why do you think I'm sick and this little girl is so happy? Wei Xin Yongmu glanced at her expressionlessly, he couldn't hold it back, and finally decided to abandon the way of speaking tacitly that he had been accustomed to between the scholars, subtle and euphemistic, and leaving enough dignity for the other party, and said coldly and directly: "I am not your master, and I don't need your service now...... You just let me bask in the sun here for a while. β
When he said this, the corners of Wei Xinyong's mouth twitched slightly, he hadn't robbed someone like this for a long, long time...... After all, the court and the nobles must be decent! At the end of the conversation, everyone knew it...... What's more, he is still a little girl who robbed the white this time!
Alas, it would be really embarrassing for this little girl to cry and run to complain to the Qiu family......
Wei Xinyong frowned and thought, "Or get out of here?" But where to go? Go to the Tiger Slave? Or ......"
He hadn't finished thinking about it, and he judged that there was a chance that he would do it. Jiuhui cried sadly because he couldn't get off the stage, and then ran to find Qiu's Wen Yulan, but she showed a look of sudden realization - seeing this situation, Wei Xinyong didn't have the heart to accept her as a disciple, he himself was outstanding in learning and talented, but he didn't have the patience to teach a stupid disciple, just looking at this little girl's reaction so slowly, he knew that she must not be smart enough, and she was a girl!
β¦β¦ But wait!
After hearing Yulan's sudden look, she didn't cry or run, but rolled up her sleeves with fighting spirit and said loudly: "I understand what Mr. New meant!" Mr. New wants to bask in the sun quietly, but the Yang family's sheepfold is over there, and their chickens are still scattered outside. Mr. Xin, don't worry, this matter, my little brother and I are both doing it, and I will do it for you! β
Before Wei Xinyong, who was stunned by her genius comprehension and messy in the wind, stopped it, the two siblings immediately rushed to the nearest chicken and drove it into a panic and screamed......
The originally peaceful mountain village fell into a big chaos in an instant......