Nan Liujing didn't want to leave the library so soon, but he had stayed long enough today, so he could only reluctantly touch his clothes a few more times, comforting himself that he would be able to wear them tomorrow, and then he returned to the real world.

Outside the house, it was snowing again, and as far as the eye could see, it was covered in snow.

But it's not cold at all inside the house, and the charcoal basin placed in the corner provides a steady stream of warmth.

The smell of food came from the kitchen, and Gui Sheng's hands and feet were very sharp, and he had almost prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve meal at this time.

Since Nan Liujing can remember, this is the most sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve meal he has ever eaten, with chicken, duck and fish, and a red food box next to it contains peanuts, milk candy, melon seeds, persimmon cakes and other things.

There are also two bowls of dumplings on the table. Nanliujing can eat copper plates from dumplings every year, and this year is no exception.

He spit the copper plate out of his mouth, and Gui Sheng smiled and repeated the blessing that he said once a year: "Your Highness has eaten the copper plate, and the coming year will be safe and joyful." ”

Nan Liujing's eyes bent.

After eating the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Nan Liujing and Gui Sheng gathered around the charcoal basin to roast the fire.

[Do you have two entries left, do you want to take advantage of this time?] ]

Nan Liujing said briskly: "Of course!" ”

[System starts lottery ......]

[The first lottery was completed, congratulations to Nanliujing for winning the "peace charm made by myself".] The peace charm drives away evil spirits and avoids misfortune, and it is difficult to change the money, so don't forget to wear it day and night. ]

Nanliujing's heart warms.

He reached out to his heart, and sure enough, he touched the angular corner rune paper.

"The peace charm made by the teacher himself, of course, is not exchanged."

Yao Rong smiled and continued with the second draw.

[The second lottery is completed, congratulations to the host for winning a plate of "Gui Sheng's favorite chestnut cake.] The item has been left in the kitchen, please go and pick it up yourself. ］

Nanliujing is light, does Gui Sheng like to eat chestnut cake the most?

How could he never have heard Gui Sheng mention it.

Doubts are doubts, but Nanliujing's movements are not slow.

Seeing the box of pastries, a look of melancholy and nostalgia suddenly appeared on Gui Sheng's face.

He asked Nan Liujing to take the first piece first, and then he reached out to get the second piece.

Taking a bite gently, Gui Sheng suddenly burst into tears: "It's this taste......

"It's this familiar flavor ......"

Nan Liujing was startled, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his arms: "Gui Sheng, don't you often tell me that you should be happy during the New Year." ”

Gui Sheng wiped away his tears and choked up: "It was the old slave who lost his temper and scared His Highness." ”

Nan Liujing looked at the chestnut cake in his hand and tried to eat it: "Is there anything special about the taste of this chestnut cake?" ”

"Nothing special." Gui Sheng finished eating the piece of pastry in his hand and sighed, "It's just that the old slave has been on an errand for the first year by Niangniang's side, and during the Chinese New Year, because the old slave is able to do things, Niangniang instructed the imperial dining room to make a box for the old slave." ”

"There are so many palace people in the palace, and the old slave got a box, that's an honor......"

It turned out that he remembered his mother.

Nan Liujing held the pastry, but he didn't give up his mind: "And then?" ”

Gui Sheng smiled, looked up at the void slightly, and showed a nostalgic look: "The old slave just worked on an errand beside Niangniang, and his eyelids were shallow, thinking that this kind of good thing had to be kept and eaten slowly, but he didn't know that this chestnut cake had to be eaten hot to be the most delicious......"

The old slave's hiding was discovered by the mother, she didn't break it, but just asked the old slave if she would like to divide the pastry in half with her...... The mother ate the box of chestnut cakes with the old slave......"

"Later, every time I Chinese New Year's Eve, Niangniang would reward the old slave with a box of chestnut cakes, and then accompany the old slave to eat the ......"

Twelve years later, the chestnut cake is still the taste of memory.

But the person who gave him chestnut cake and ate chestnut cake with him is long gone.

"Gui Sheng, don't be sad."

Nan Liujing pushed the food box in front of Gui Sheng.

"My mother is gone, and I'm still there."

"I didn't know before. Every year in the future, I will remember to prepare chestnut cake for you and eat it with you. ”

Yao Rong stood in the system space and sighed softly.

System Dao: [You are very good to Gui Sheng. 】

[How can I be as good to him as I am to him for the scenery.] ]

[Don't be upset, host. They are all eating chestnut cakes, and I will also invite the host to eat them. 】

Yao Rong raised his eyebrows: [Can there be such a good thing?] ]

[Uh-huh. 】

[I think you should also want to accompany Guisheng to eat chestnut cake again.] 】

Yao Rong was dumbfounded, and then smiled: [I was actually seen through by your system.] ]

The system snorted, feeling that he was being underestimated.

It doesn't understand human emotions, but it understands its host.

It exchanged its small money for a box of identical chestnut cakes, and divided half a box for Yao Rong.

Yao Rong lowered his eyes and was stunned: [What about the other half?] ]

Her family system won't be willing to buy her half a box, right?

She hasn't treated it badly.

The system vibrates with words: [Of course the other half is mine.] 】

Yao Rong reluctantly accepted this explanation, lowered his head and slowly solved the pastry in front of him. It wasn't until Nan Liujing and Gui Sheng worked together to solve the box of chestnut cakes that Yao Rong also ate half of his own box.

She wiped the pastry crumbs off her fingertips with a handkerchief, and suddenly said, "Thank you, system.] ]

The system didn't speak, just simulated the sound of fireworks.

Outside, the dim sky is as bright as day.

Countless fireworks soar into the sky to celebrate the coming year.

Nan Liujing heard the voice, got up and walked out, letting the scattered snowflakes fall on his shoulders.

Amid the sound of fireworks, Nan Liujing whispered, "Teacher, Chinese New Year's Eve is happy." ”

[Flowing scene, Chinese New Year's Eve joy.] ]

Following.

New Year's Day.

Nanliujing didn't sleep again today.

When he got up, Nan Liujing habitually touched under the pillow.

Under the originally empty pillow, two purses lay quietly.

Nan Liujing was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, starting from this year, the people who will remember to give him New Year's money every year have changed from one to two.

The purse given by Gui Sheng was easy to identify, and Nan Liujing picked up another purse that was obviously given by Yao Rong, opened it and took a sneak peek, revealing a happy smile.

The teacher gave a lot of New Year's money!

From now on, he will also have a small treasury!

After tying up the horse and having breakfast, Nan Liujing entered the library pavilion, changed into a new set of clothes for himself, and sat down at the desk.

In the past month, he has completed a year's initiation course for other children. After the New Year, he has to start learning new things, and he must take advantage of these days to review what he has learned again.

[Didn't I give you a few days off?] ]

Nan Liujing lowered his head and studied ink: "Yes." ”

[So what are you doing now?] ]

Nan Liujing enthusiastically introduced his plan to Yao Rong: "I'm going to go through all the class notes I made before. If you don't study, there's nothing else you can do. ”

Yao Rong had to confirm to Nanliujing: [Will you feel that this kind of life is very monotonous and boring?] ]

"Of course not." Nan Liujing hurriedly shook his head and denied, "The life before the teacher appeared was really monotonous. Today's life is what I am willing to do. ”

The almost unchanged cold palace experience of the past twelve years has not only made Nan Liujing feel painful, but also shaped his character.

He is far more tolerant of loneliness than his peers, and far more persevering than his peers.

This trait made him grow up like a sponge after meeting Yao Rong.

Yao Rong knew that he could not persuade Nanliujing only by verbal persuasion. She had no choice but to give up and turn around and get something ready.

After a few days, as soon as Nanliujing entered the library pavilion, he heard a familiar prompt sound:

[Ding, congratulations to Nanliujing for completing the first stage of enlightenment and unlocking the new area of the Library Pavilion - the leisure area.] ]

"Is there any open place in the library?"

Nanliujing looked around left and right, only to find that a door appeared at the end of the corridor where there was originally nothing.

He walked down the corridor and pushed open the door.

When the scenery inside the door came into view, Nanliujing's face was vibrating.

Small bridges and flowing water, ancient tree pavilions.

There are still traces of half a attic here, and it is clearly an ancient courtyard.

If these are still within the acceptable range of Nanliujing, then what he thinks is the most incredible thing is that there are more than a dozen boxes of books in the corner of the courtyard—all of them are travelogues, strange tales and miscellaneous notes.

He was no longer the kid who didn't know anything, so he knew the value of these miscellaneous books.

It's not hard to collect one or two boxes, but it takes a lot of time and effort to collect such a large number.

"Teacher ......"

Nan Liujing opened his mouth and tried twice before he found his voice.

[Like it here?] ]

Nan Liujing couldn't speak, so he could only nod.

[You can't leave the palace in a short period of time, so you can only read travelogues to gain insight and learn about the customs of various places.] So I have these books for you that you can take back to the real world to read. ]

Nanliujing said yes.

[It's time for your gentleman's six arts course to be put on the agenda, when the time comes, I will teach you to play chess, teach you to play the qin, and then teach you to learn riding and archery if possible.] These hobbies are all helpful in cultivating sentiments. ]

Nan Liujing continued to say good.

After a moment of silence, Yao Rong smiled: [If you usually behave lazily, I will definitely not open this leisure area and provide so many idle books. ]

Nan Liujing couldn't help but smile: "Teacher, I know." ”

He's not stupid.

On the contrary, he is very sensitive to the emotions of others.

So the moment he pushed the door open, he had already guessed the teacher's intentions.

Words can't persuade him, so persuade him in another way.

- in a different way, which he simply could not refuse.

"It's good to learn the piano."

"Learning to play chess, practicing riding and archery, and reading books and travelogues are also very good."

But the best thing is the teacher's heart.

He thought that he could indeed be a little more relaxed in the future, that he didn't need to act so hard, that he could not stretch himself so hard.

A really powerful person should be like a teacher, who is emotionally calm, Taishan is pressed and his face does not change, no matter what he encounters, he is comfortable and relaxed.

He wants to try to be like a teacher.

Yao Rong didn't know that unlocking a recreation area would allow Nanliujing to set up such a goal.

Things are really changing, though, for the better.

Nan Liujing began to try to use a more relaxed and active attitude to learn what Yao Rong taught him.

After completing his daily homework, he will no longer continue to add crazy weights to himself as before, but chooses to spend his time by playing chess, reading travelogues, etc., and combining work and rest.

When he slowly got used to this method, he found that his learning efficiency not only did not decrease, but improved appropriately.

What grew faster than his knowledge was his insight.

The travelogues and familiar historical stories are all broadening his horizons.

When Nan Liujing finally finished reading the second box of travelogue, he also successfully completed all the enlightenment courses.

The persimmon tree in the courtyard was full of persimmons again. ：，，