"Xiujuan, why are you back in the village?"

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little frozen, Zheng Ping asked.

Since Wu Xiujuan married the county master, she has rarely returned to the village in the past few years.

Zheng Ping recently got something about Wu Xiujuan from the tongue-chewing women in the village, or Wu Xiujuan gave birth to an eldest son to the county lord.

However, Aunt Li doesn't seem to be expensive because of her daughter, Wu Xiujuan seems to want to completely cut off the relationship with the village, and she doesn't even want her own family.

Wu Xiujuan said expressionlessly,

"If you don't want to see her, you won't come back."

Hu Shi, who was sitting on the bed and eating attentively, heard this, his eyes flashed, and his eyes revealed a thick sadness, and even the fragrant Dongpo meat tasted like chewing wax.

Wu Xiujuan said that she was naturally her mother-in-law, Li.

"Okay."

Wu Xiujuan looked at Zheng Ping with pain in her eyes, "Brother, do you think I'm an unfilial person?" ”

Although Zheng Ping has been poked in the backbone of the village a lot, when it comes to filial piety, people in ten miles and eight villages may not be able to say a word.

Wu Xiujuan didn't care what kind of rotten thing and what kind of ungrateful person the village said to her, she just wanted to know what Zheng Ping thought of her.

"How is that possible? You're a good person, brother knows. ”

Zheng Ping is filial, but he will never ask others for such a request, in his opinion, it is a matter of course to wait for the old lady, and he has never thought about anything else.

Besides, who is Sister Xiujuan, and can Zheng Ping, who grew up with her, not know?

Wu Xiujuan's nose was sore, she held back her tears, and quickly picked up the bowl and took two mouthfuls of porridge to hide her expression.

After eating, Zheng Ping cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks,

Wu Xiujuan helped Aunt Hu put down and folded the quilt again, "Aunt Hu, you take a break." ”

Hu grabbed Wu Xiujuan's hand, "Xiujuan, you are a good boy, I know." “

Wu Xiujuan turned her back to Zheng Ping, and couldn't control her tears anymore, hot tears rolled out of her eyes and crackled on Hu's hand.

"Ping'er, you go out to breathe."

"Huh? Mother, why is this? ”

"Don't turn around!" Hu's tone was slightly heavy, Zheng Ping quickly stopped his figure, and didn't dare to move again.

"Mother, I'll go out."

When Zheng Ping walked out like a puppet,

Hu Shi held Wu Xiujuan's hand and said gently,

"Child, cry, just cry."

Wu Xiujuan threw herself into Aunt Hu's arms and said emotionally,

"Aunt Hu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry....."

Zheng Ping squatted in the courtyard, looking up at the sky, the world in the snow is always quiet, Zheng Ping can't get tired of seeing it,

All the joy and anger, the beauty, the filth, are covered by snow.

"Brother, I'm leaving."

Zheng Ping hurriedly got up, at a loss,

"Leaving so early?"

"Well, I'll come to see Aunt Hu when I have time, I left something for you, I'll take a look if you're fine."

After that, Wu Xiujuan didn't give Zheng Ping a chance to speak, turned around and left.

Zheng Ping's brain was blank, and he watched Xiujuan's figure disappear into the heavens and the earth, and then he came back to his senses and said loudly,

"Slow down!"

Zheng Ping was stunned, and stood for a while before turning around and going back to the house.

"Mother."

There is still the smell of Xiujuan in the house,

Hu Shi smiled and said, "Ping'er, this is something that Xiujuan left for you." ”

Zheng Ping looked at the past, and what was placed on Hu's bed was.....

Book.

"Mother, this is..."

Since the township test, Zheng Ping borrowed his own hand-copied books from big households in the county, which have long been used to set up fires, looking at these white books, Zheng Ping feels familiar and unfamiliar.

However, Hu Shi seemed to be very happy, and beckoned Zheng Ping to sit over,

"Ping'er, listen to Xiujuan, in the past two years, His Royal Highness Shengsun has reformed the imperial examination, and he will no longer take those subsets of scriptures and histories, and there is also a new school in the county, Xiujuan wants you to listen to it if you have nothing to do.

This is these newly learned books, Xiujuan went to the school to ask for a copy, this is all for you,

You are the first in the township test a few years ago, and the first Xie Yuan in Anqing County, even if you don't study for a few years, pick it up again, and my mother believes that you can catch up! ”

"Mother...."Zheng Ping wanted to speak and stopped.

"Come, Ping'er, come and see."

Hu Shi reacted, pulled Zheng Ping, and asked him to look at these new books.

Even if the Hu family has no culture, but he is very honest about his son's achievements, Hu looked at Zheng Ping with expectant eyes,

Zheng Ping picked up a new book, this is the book of arithmetic, Zheng Ping stroked the smooth pages,

His Highness improved the papermaking technique, which greatly reduced the cost of books and made the paper as soft as brocade.

Sand, sand, sand ....

Hu Shi took a light breath and looked at Zheng Ping's side face, and after a long time, Zheng Ping raised his head and met Hu Shi's eyes.

Hu's voice was excited, and he asked eagerly,

"How? It's not hard. ”

Zheng Ping's face was strange, and he said,

"Mother, child... I don't understand it at all..."

Hu Shi's words were stunned, and he was puzzled, "How is this possible, you are .....?"

Zheng Ping shook his head slightly, he didn't want to deceive his mother, and said bluntly,

"Mother, the child is mediocre, and he solved the yuan in high school for a while, but he relied on rote memorization, plus he took great luck, so he was in high school.

Even if the child takes the exam again, whether he can go down again, it is not certain, if the imperial examination is not changed, he may be able to barely go further,

But if it's so new, the child... Not really. ”

Hu Shi froze there, she didn't want to believe that her proudest son would say such a thing,

Then, is it true that the grand scene in Anqiu County that day only called the name of Yuan Zhengping was also fake?

The truth is very cruel, there is no Zheng Ping to read the story of the counterattack,

A genius boy who has not been born in Anqing County for ten years, if he is placed in the state capital, but he is mediocre,

And if it is placed in the entire Ming Dynasty, it is even more confusing to everyone.

Zheng Ping didn't want to disappoint his mother, so he said,

"Mother, the child will go to school if he has nothing to do."

As soon as he heard this, Hu nodded and said,

"You are Xie Yuan, my mother believes in you!"

Then, Hu sighed,

"It's my mother who dragged you down, if it weren't for my mother's lack of anger, I'm afraid you would have been..."

Zheng Ping cried and said hurriedly, "Mother, don't say this, if you didn't bring up the child, how could the child be today?"

There are unforeseen circumstances, the child has never thought about this, compared to you, nothing else,

Child, child, as long as you don't say that again. ”

Hu sighed and patted Zheng Ping's hand,

"My mother knows, my mother won't say this again."

"Hmmm! Mother, you rest, the child goes and sits the meat in the pot! ”

"Go ahead."

Hu Shi collapsed on the bed, listening to Ping'er's busy voice in his ears, praying to God over and over again in his heart,

Such a good child, it shouldn't be like this,

If there is a spirit in heaven, I beg you, can you look at this child.....