Mr. Zhu was in a good mood because he was respected, so he talked about Shi De's knowledge, and although he didn't have classes today, he still talked about Shi De. Shi De wanted to leave, but he didn't give him a chance. As he was talking, he suddenly saw Aji come and say, "The general asks the young master to come over." Shi De was taken aback at this time, because Shi Hui had just said at the banquet that he would be tested. Mr. Zhu was on the rise, so he said to Shi De: "Young master, don't be afraid, the general just wants to test your homework, these days our master and apprentice have put a lot of effort, the so-called famous teacher out of a high apprentice, your studies have made great progress, just rest assured." ”

Shi De was still not at ease, he came to his father's upper room with a nervous mood, and happened to meet his father walking out of the door, and took off the clothes of the guest just now, and changed into a military attaché dress, and the curly beam crown was also replaced by a leather band.

"Aweng, what are you doing here?"

"Go to the racecourse outside the city and take you to learn archery."

"Learn archery?" When it comes to archery, it is necessary to ride a horse, and archery on horseback has a certain danger, and it is also very laborious and extremely unwilling. He didn't like to read, but he preferred to read more than archery.

As he was talking, he saw two horsemen leading two tall horses, both with bows and quivers. The group went out of the gate, Shi Hui was originally a military attaché, and he was very good at riding horses and archery. He pulled the saddle in his hand, stepped on the stirrup with his left foot, and with a slight flip of his right foot, he got on the horse. Shi De goes out on weekdays, he takes a carriage, and he hates horseback riding the most. Because riding a horse is not only bumpy, but also easy to fall. Not to mention riding up, even if he got closer to the horse, and saw the horse shaking its head and its hooves moving, he was worried about whether he would be bitten by the horse or hit the horse's iron hoof.

Shi De's heart was already pounding at this time, his little face was pale, his legs and stomach were also a little trembling, and he was weak and weak, how could he get on the horse? Seeing this, Shi Hui scolded, and then ordered the two horse maids: "Push him up." ”

The two horsemen put Shi De's left foot on the stirrup, and then put Shi De on the horse's back with a strong support. The horse is very tall, with a back almost as tall as an adult's neck. Shi De sat up, and when he saw himself high above the ground, he trembled. Fortunately, these two horses are good horses, they have been tamed for a long time, they are very docile, they do not play with their temper and stumble, and they walk very steadily, and Shi has to sit on them to feel a little more at ease.

Shi Hui knew that his son was not used to riding horses, so he did not beat the horse and galloped, but slowly rode with him, with several followers following behind. Shi De settled down and asked, "Ah Weng, what do you want me to learn to ride a horse and archery?" ”

Shi Hui said: "If you don't learn to ride a horse and shoot arrows, if there is a war in the imperial court in the future, how can you lead the troops to fight?" ”

"I don't want to be a military attaché."

"You don't want to go to war, he doesn't want to go to war, everyone doesn't want to go to war, so whether it's a foreign invasion or an internal rebellion, just let them slaughter it? Although most of our generation is now addicted to pleasure, in any case, it is also us who have laid the foundation for the outside and the inside. And your generation is a weak mess, especially the children of the Jingshi clan. In the long run, I am afraid that sooner or later, this rare peaceful and prosperous era will be buried in the hands of your generation! ”

After listening to his father's teachings, Shi De actually laughed: "Ah Weng, you said too much, right? It seems that whether I learn to ride and shoot is related to the fate of the entire Great Jin. ”

"Even if it's not about the fate of the country, it's about your own cultivation. Don't you hear that the ancient gentleman paid attention to 'the five classics and six arts'? How many of the Five Classics have you passed? How many of the six arts have been performed? ”

"The Five Classics-" Shi De remembered the teacher's encouragement just now, full of confidence, and was about to say, 'You can take the Five Classics as you like', but he was afraid that his father's question would be too biased and he couldn't answer it, so he changed his words again, "Ah Weng, about the Five Classics, let's say okay, you give me a one-year deadline, why ask now!" ”

Shi Hui smiled: "I didn't say that I will test you now, since I have decided to take the exam again next year, I will definitely count my words." Then what kind of arts do you know about etiquette, music, calligraphy, mathematics, archery, and royalty? ”

What old-fashioned standards are still coming to test me? Now who still pays attention to what "through the five meridians and six arts". Although Shi De complained so much in his heart, he still tried to cope with his father's words: "I am particular about this 'etiquette', but it is only limited to the scope of our scholar's family; 'music', I am also learning to play a few songs with our paulownia wood piano; 'book' and 'number' needless to say, with Mr. Zhu's professor, you should rest assured; in this way, only 'shooting' and 'royal' are missing." ”

"Archery, I'll teach you today, so driving, when are you going to learn it?"

"What am I learning to drive? What we have in our family is a husband! ”

"Don't you learn to drive if you have a husband at home? Driving is a skill, don't think of it as a drudgery. As a man, you have to learn to drive. ”

Father and son said as they walked on their horses. As soon as he got out of the city gate, looking at the bustling flow of people, Shi De suddenly pointed to the place not far in front and exclaimed, "Ah, my destined person." ”

"What kind of fate?" Shi Hui followed the direction of her son's finger and saw a girl in a yellow gauze skirt with a boy with a big horn entering the city.

"Ong, you forgot? It's the girl I told you about the drifting egg I picked up on the Shangsi Festival - Han Zhixin. ”

"Bastard!" Shi Hui was furious when he heard this, and pointed his horsewhip at him, "You are a dignified son of a family, how can you talk to a poor woman about someone who is destined?" It's so unbelievable! ”

Seeing that his father was really angry, Shi was a little timid: "Ah Weng, I just think that what happened that day was a coincidence...... It didn't mean anything else. ”

The Zhixin sisters and brothers came to the city to get medicine for their mother. Because Shi De rode a tall horse, it was very conspicuous, so Zhixin found the other party earlier than Shi De, but their sister and brother only pretended not to see it and went straight into the city.

Shi Hui was still angry, and he was a whip at his son's buttocks. The horse was in pain, and ran forward, and Shi Hui patted the horse forward to chase after him. When he arrived at the racecourse, Shi De had already broken out in a cold sweat.

Shi Hui rode around the field and said, "In this large field, if you grow corn, you can harvest thousands of catties every year." And you refuse to practice riding and archery, so it is a pity, is it a pity? There are also royal cars, there are more than a dozen cars of all kinds at home, and you don't even touch them, the children of the poor family want to learn to shoot the royal family, who has this condition? ”

The entourage ran to the center of the horse farm and set up an arrow target, Shi Hui took off his bow, drew an arrow, put it on the string, and said: "This archery method ......" As soon as he said this, he suddenly saw someone in the family running to tell him: A letter from the court, asking the prince to return to Luoyang immediately.

When Shi Hui heard this, he didn't dare to slack off, and said a few words to his son, so he immediately turned around and went back to the house. Shi De wished that his father was gone, how could he have any mind to learn archery, and wanted to dismount, but when he saw this height, he was afraid of heights, so he had to dismount under the response of the horseman. Because he was not used to riding a horse, he was nervous, he felt very tired, and as soon as he got off the horse, he said to Congren: "Go home and call a car, I want to go home." ”

Congdao: "Young master, we have horses here, what are you calling a car for?" ”

"I don't want to ride a horse."

"This horse is so docile, it will never fall on people, you rode all the way just now, isn't it also good?"

"No matter how docile it is, I can't stand this height alone!" Shi got a little impatient.

When people saw this, they were afraid that they would be scolded if they continued to talk about it, so they had no choice but to go back and call a taxi.

Shi De was resting on a stone bench next to the racecourse, waiting for the carriage. Suddenly, in the distance, two people, one big and one small, came out of the direction of the city by their arms. The tall man was dressed in yellow, and when he got closer, Shi De recognized it as Zhixin. Zhixin limped and held her brother's shoulder hard. It turned out that Zhixin walked carelessly, stepped on a stone, and broke her left foot. When the sisters were tired of walking, they noticed a big willow tree by the side of the road, and there was a bluestone under the tree, so they went over and sat down on the stone to rest. Zhixin and Shi De sat on opposite sides of the road, but they were only a few feet apart.

"Yo, my ......" Shi De saw Zhixin come closer, remembered the last time, and wanted to play Zhixin again, just about to say "my destined person", remembering his father's teachings, lest he go to the informant from someone, so he swallowed the second half of the sentence back, but he didn't know what to say, and suddenly remembered a poem, from which people must not understand, so he said: "What is the night tonight, see this beloved?" What is this encounter? ”

It's really a narrow road. Zhixin hadn't noticed Shi De and didn't want to meet him here again. She widened her eyes angrily: "Who is your lover, and who met you?" ”

"You are my beloved, I met you, is it with Shu Yan? It's a pity he's not there, hahaha. ”

Before the words fell, Ruoxin suddenly turned her head and pointed: "Who said that my brother Yan is not here, who do you think it is?" ”

Shi De and Zhixin looked behind them and saw Shu Yan pushing a wheelbarrow and coming out of the city. His pace was fast, and he was in a few steps.

Zhixin was very happy, turned to Shu Yan, deliberately raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "What is the night tonight, see this beloved?" What is this encounter? ”

Shi snorted very uncomfortably: "Dare to go into the city together, what else are you pretending?" ”

"Who is as filthy and hypocritical as you, we are going our separate ways, and we don't know that the other party is also going into the city, is it okay to meet here?"

Because the vegetables grown at home can't be eaten, today, Shu Yan borrowed a wheelbarrow and pushed his own vegetables to the city to sell. Just sold out. With his pace, he is more than thirty percent faster than Sister Zhixin, so although Sister Zhixin returned after grabbing the medicine, he was still caught up by Shu Yan. Shu Yan listened to Shi De's words with sarcasm, and wanted to scold him, but that would be too personable, and he had been selling firewood for a while, all thanks to Shi De's help, so he arched his hand and said: "Shi Gongzi, I heard that there is a happy event in your mansion today, what are you doing here?" ”

"I'm practicing riding ......and archery here," Shi De said this, and even he himself felt unconfident.

"Just you? Can you also pull a bow? Zhixin scoffed, and then mocked him again, "You have the ability to rehearse it for us." I see you, it's good to be able to get on the horse! ”

As soon as Zhixin's words fell, before Shi De could react, he saw the Shi family's carriage speeding towards and stopped beside Shi De.

Ah Miao and Ah Yan got out of the car, grabbed Shi De's arm, and said uneasily: "The old lady is worried about you at home: you haven't even ridden a horse, how can you learn to ride and shoot?" She knew you weren't used to riding horses, so she sent us to pick you up in a carriage. Later, I met the marlet on the road, and I heard the marquish say, 'You have just arrived at the racecourse, and before you have yet to learn, the general has something to do and walked away.' We were relieved. How's it going, the first time you're riding a horse, you're not surprised, are you? ”

The words of the two maidservants were about to be sold, Shu Yan and Zhixin listened to it, and kept snickering, "It turned out to be the first time." ”

Shi was embarrassed, shook off the two, and was just about to pedal away. I suddenly heard an "oops". It turned out to be Zhixin's smile just now, and Wei's foot touched the ground and was in pain.

"What's wrong with your feet?" Only then did Shu Yan see Zhixin supporting her left foot with her hand, and only landing on her right foot.

"It's okay, I've been stunned."

"So careless! Does it hurt? Shu Yan knew that it wasn't a big deal, but he couldn't help but be concerned.

"It hurts a little bit, it's just inconvenient to walk."

"Oh, you said earlier, put your feet out." Shu Yan said and squatted at Zhixin's feet.

Seeing this, Shi De hurriedly said: "Shu Yan, what can you do?" I can't afford a doctor, I can give it to you, don't break her feet. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, no need." Shu Yan picked up Zhixin's left foot and twisted it with a twist.

Zhixin let out another "oops". The muscles and bones have returned to their positions. She said happily, "It doesn't hurt much." ”

"It doesn't hurt to take two steps."

Following Shu Yan's words, Zhixin tried to stand up and walked around the willow tree, and sure enough, it was fine.

Seeing that Zhixin was fine, Shu Yan instructed again: "Although it's okay, you have to take your time and can't walk hard." ”

"I can't walk, how do I get home? It's better than-"

"Why don't you take my carriage?"

"You can ride my wheelbarrow."

Shu Yan and Shi De exported almost at the same time.

Shi De "sneered" and said: "Your broken car is not a person at all, not to mention dirty, it is all wooden shelves, and there is not even a board, how can you sit on people?" ”

The horseman who went home to call a carriage had just run back out of breath, and when he heard Shi De's words, he said: "Young master, you just said that you were afraid of riding a horse, and you specially asked me to go all the way to the house to call a carriage, and now why do you want to give the carriage to her?" And you're still a humble person? Aren't you afraid of the rebuke of the head of the house? ”

"This ......"

"Who rarely sits in your broken carriage." Without waiting for Shi to hesitate, Zhixin walked to the wheelbarrow, "Brother Yan, hold the car firmly, I'm going to get in the car." ”

This wheelbarrow is designed for pushing goods, not for sitting people. Zhixin could only sit on the wooden frame in the middle, and her feet had to be extra careful, otherwise there would be a danger of getting into the wheels.

"You take this car back, you are so aggrieved, after a long time, your legs and feet are numb, so you are not as comfortable as walking."

"I'd rather be aggrieved on a wheelbarrow than sit comfortably in your carriage."

Zhixin sat facing forward, Shu Yan pushed up the wheelbarrow and walked steadily, and Ruoxin followed behind. The feeling of sitting in this car is really not very good, but Zhixin made up the picture of her sweetheart pushing herself in the back: her arms are strong, her steps are like flying, although she is sweating slightly, she is in good spirits, and she may be staring at herself with a smile. Thinking of this, her face was slightly red, and her happiness was bursting.

When she arrived at home, as Shi De said, Zhixin's legs were numb, and she had not fully recovered from her feet, so she could no longer walk, so Shu Yan and Ruoxin could only help her out of the car and sit on a wooden bench in the courtyard.

Ruoxin ran to tell her mother, and Shu Yan was going back.

"Brother Yan......"

"What's the matter?"

"Oh......" Zhixin didn't know what she had called Shu Yan for, but seeing that Shu Yan was leaving, she subconsciously wanted to keep him for a while, "Well-I wish to say that I will sneeze." ”

"If you wish to speak, you will sneeze" is a phrase in the Book of Songs, which means that if you miss each other, the other party will feel it and sneeze.

When Shu Yan heard this, he blushed unconsciously, and he didn't know what to say for a while. At this moment, Liu came out, Shu Yan said hello, and went home.