15 Chapter 15
Aggrieved?
Huo Chengpu himself is not very clear in his heart.
He was born to be the weakest one in the family, and even the second sister can't compare.
When he was a child, he always sat in the warm house, watching his parents praise his eldest brother, watching them laugh at his second brother, but when he came to himself, he was only cautious and worried.
He didn't want to get sick, but that's not something he could change.
Later, as he grew up, his health finally improved, but his father passed away suddenly.
At that moment, Huo Chengpu only felt that the sky had fallen.
He knew that his mother was very sad, that although her face was still the same, she would hide in the house and cry at night, he knew that his eldest brother had joined the army at the age of fifteen to support the portal, and he knew that when he came back in the middle of the night, he was covered in blood.
It's not easy for his mother, and it's not easy for his eldest brother, so he doesn't feel the need to say some things.
He himself is the least important person in the family, and he doesn't need the family to worry about him after hard work.
Later, Sister Ah got married, but her brother-in-law died in battle soon, and Sister Ah was widowed at home.
In those days, the atmosphere at home was very dreary.
Even my grandmother, who had always talked a lot, didn't speak much.
It was at that time that several boys in martial arts began to bully him.
Those boys Huo Chengpu knew that they were distant relatives of the eldest brother-in-law's family, and the reason why they bullied him was very simple, because of the death of his brother-in-law, so they poured their anger on the innocent sister.
But the eldest brother is more and more dazzling, and the elder sister is widowed at home, so they can't reach the whip, so they can only say something at home.
But those words made the children listen to them.
At first, he was just unforgiving, but seeing that he was clumsy and couldn't beat them, those people became more and more excessive.
Maybe not for my brother-in-law.
They just want to find someone who is good to bully.
Huo Chengpu actually knew these things in his heart, and he also knew that the second brother was very happy in martial arts, he was very suitable for this place, and he was like a fish in water every day.
So Huo Chengpu didn't say anything.
My father died, my brother-in-law died, and they moved from Qiyang to Boling, and the family was finally peaceful.
Their family is still together, and life is not so difficult.
So Huo Chengpu didn't say anything.
He didn't expect that his new sister-in-law had just been married for two days and found out about this.
To be honest, in fact, Huo Chengpu was a little lucky.
It's nice that someone finally found out about his suffering, it's good, it's good.
But looking at the expressions of the eldest brother and his mother, Huo Chengpu suddenly realized that he might have done something wrong.
He was only eight years old, and he didn't quite understand what he was wrong about, and he didn't know if he was wronged.
But at this moment, after these sufferings were finally revealed, he felt extremely relieved.
It was relaxing and comfortable.
The people and nightmares that haunted him every day seemed to never appear again.
Huo Chengpu cautiously raised his head, looking at his mother's already wrinkled face, and suddenly felt a little ashamed in his heart.
"Auntie, I don't know, I thought I wasn't wronged."
Huo Chengpu's voice was very thin and low, but he said every word clearly.
Hearing this, Cui Yunzhao's heart was relieved.
It seems that this younger brother is not because of grievances and other things, he may just feel that these things are not good to disturb the family.
Lin Xiugu was also stunned for a moment, she looked at Huo Tan, this time she looked a little cramped.
Twelve Lang is different from Eleven Lang, Eleven Lang does something wrong, it is good to beat or scold, but Twelve Lang can't.
He was too silent, and since he was a child, Twelve Lang didn't make many mistakes.
Lin Xiugu was a little constrained all of a sudden, and she didn't know how to ask Huo Chengpu.
Huo Tan saw his mother's crampedness, thought about it, and lowered his eyes to look at Huo Chengpu.
"Twelve Lang, we are a family," Huo Tan's voice was calm and powerful, "No matter how much you have been wronged outside, your family will always be on your side." β
"If you tell your second brother directly at the beginning of the matter, maybe all this pain will not happen."
Huo Chengzhang also stood up excitedly, wanting to say something, but when his eyes touched his brother's pale little face, he couldn't say anything.
"Apu, you tell me your name in a while, and I'll meet them tomorrow."
"Our Huo family is not easy to mess with."
Huo Tan glanced at him, but did not reprimand, but continued to say to Huo Chengpu: "Twelve Lang, you see, things were originally very simple. β
Cui Yunzhao saw Huo Chengpu's tightly frowning little brows slowly stretched.
It seems that this little boy really thought wrong.
Eight-year-old children are still very immature in life, and sometimes they do things according to their hearts.
So even if they are wrong, they don't have the slightest bad intentions.
Huo Tan obviously understood, and his voice was much softer towards him.
"Twelve Lang, you have to say anything in the future, there is no need to suffer some grievances, do you understand?"
"Besides," Huo Tan's voice paused slightly, "Besides, although our Huo family is not as good as when my father was there, I believe that soon, no one will dare to bully at will." β
"So Twelve, in the future, you can straighten your back and walk out, and you don't need to be afraid of anyone."
The teaching and care from his brother made the sick and pale little boy's eyes light up instantly.
His eyes were big and round, very similar to Lin Xiugu's.
When you look at people with blazing eyes like that, there is also an indescribable cuteness.
"Brother."
Cui Yunzhao suddenly heard him call out to himself: "Sister-in-law, thank you for your care, Ah Pu remembers it in his heart." β
Cui Yunzhao was a little surprised, but when she raised her eyes and saw the young man's bright red eyes, she suddenly understood.
Huo Chengpu may have thought that she saw the clue and got him saved today.
Although this guess is not entirely correct, it is not far from ten.
Cui Yunzhao paused and smiled at him kindly.
Huo Chengpu's face was slightly red, but his eyes were brighter than ever.
He stood up and knelt down.
"A-Niang, it's Apu who is not good, it makes A-Niang sad, I didn't mean it, I just think it...... That's nothing, I don't really care about them, those things, they can't really hurt me. β
The boy is still too naΓ―ve.
Cui Yunzhao remembered his broken arm in his previous life, and sighed secretly in his heart.
Evil will spread indefinitely, and if you take a step back, it will go further.
Lin Xiugu sighed, looked at the thin little son who was kneeling, and only said, "Listen to your brother, if you have anything in the future, you have to tell your family." β
This time, Huo Chengpu nodded seriously.
Huo Tan saw that he was not sad because of the reprimand at home, and he was a little relieved when he saw that he was a lot more transparent.
He asked, "Do you want to go to school?" β
There are not many military families who read, but there are many people who know words, such as Huo Tan, who also studied literature seriously in martial arts when he was a child.
But there are very few people who seriously want to embark on the path of literati.
Military households are not allowed to take the imperial examination.
But the officers are different.
Cui Yunzhao knew that even if Huo Tan didn't have such a long-term ideal now, he would definitely not be willing to just be a military envoy.
He wants to go higher and higher, wants to change his family, and wants his family to no longer be underestimated.
When that time comes, maybe Huo Chengpu can also have his own future.
Huo Chengpu's eyes brightened.
He likes to read since he was a child, and because he is a military household, he is always ridiculed when he reads in martial arts.
But he was not afraid of any of this.
He just likes to read, he just wants to read.
He didn't understand what was wrong with reading.
Isn't it a good thing to be sensible and know the beginning and the end?
Seeing Huo Chengpu nodding vigorously, Huo Tan also had a smile on his lips, but he still said to him, "You tell me yourself." β
Huo Chengpu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Auntie, brother, I want to study." β
Cui Yunzhao suddenly remembered his younger brother.
Cui Yunting has been in the Cui family's genealogy since he was a child, he was born with the best teacher, and he has a collection of books that others can't reach, but he never seems to have said that he likes to read.
Cui Yunzhao was so distracted that he missed Huo Tan's words.
Huo Tan looked at her slightly curled eyelashes, looked at her gently pursed red lips, and reached out to shake her wrist.
His hands were still very hot, like a warm current, which suddenly flowed into Cui Yunzhao's heart.
His voice sounded again: "Lady, what kind of academy do you think Twelve Lang is suitable to go to?" β
Cui Yunzhao came back to his senses at this time.
She didn't say anything inappropriate about the Cui family, and said directly: "Twelve Lang, there are three academies in Boling City now, and I think the White Crane Academy is more suitable for you." β
"The White Crane Academy is the newest academy among the three academies, the mountain chief is the patriarch of the Zhu clan, and my father also walked around with him when he was alive, I have seen him."
"Uncle Zhu Shiwei only loves to read, he is humorous and funny, he is a very good-tempered person, because the White Crane Academy opened late, so it is not as famous as other colleges, and the students recruited are not all children of the family."
Her voice was clear and pleasant, so eloquent that it was easy for people to understand.
Speaking of which, it is still necessary to teach students according to their aptitude.
Huo Chengpu's temperament is here, if he goes to those academies, maybe it will not be better than in Zhang's martial arts, and if the literati have a dark heart, it will be even more unbearable.
"There are not many students in Baihe Academy, there are only two classes, except for Uncle Zhu Shi, and his eldest disciples, all of whom are literary and elegant figures."
Speaking of this, Cui Yunzhao paused and looked at Huo Chengpu seriously.
"Twelve Lang, you have to study, that sister-in-law thinks that the White Crane Academy is the best choice, but there is one thing you have to remember."
"Reading is not the second way for you to retreat, you have to like it from the bottom of your heart, and you want to keep reading, there is no reason to give up halfway."
Cui Yunzhao's voice soothed the tension in the hall.
She is like a clear stream, which makes people feel comfortable.
"If you agree, I will personally come to the door and arrange the enrollment for you."
Cui Yunzhao looked at Huo Chengpu seriously: "Twelve Lang, what about your answer?" β
The little boy knelt under the hall, and at some point, he had straightened his immature back, and his whole temperament had changed.
His originally dim eyes seemed to be ignited by the thousands of lights.
"Sister-in-law, I will study hard and live up to your teachings."
As he spoke, the little boy simply saluted the elders in the hall.
"I'm going to the White Crane Academy."