The peasant boy of crossing

Wu Su was sitting on a chair by the window in the east, with his head down, his figure looked depressed and lonely.

Wu Su's nanny watched him for a long time, but she didn't see him move, so she was anxious and reported to Mrs. Wu.

At first, Mrs. Wu was still a little unconvinced, but she knew that she was fine during lunch, but she was depressed when she came back.She didn't delay, she got up directly and went to Wu Su's room, her steps were fast and steady, and the nanny followed her out of breath.

"Grandson!" A loud call interrupted Wu Su's daze, he looked up, and saw his grandmother pushed open the door with one hand, with anxious and concerned faces on her face.

"But who bullied you? Tell grandma, grandma will vent your anger on you!"

Mrs. Wu will always be like this, as if she is still that four-year-old baby.Wu Su pulled up the corner of his mouth, trying to smile, but the corner of his mouth seemed to be frozen, so Wu Su gave up trying.

"Grandmother, my grandson did something wrong." Wu Su replied, stood up, welcomed Mrs. Wu to the kang by the window, and personally helped her sit down.

There is never any need to lie in front of grandma, this is what Wu Su understood since he was a child.

When Mrs. Wu was a girl, she was lively and healthy, and nothing could be more normal.But since marrying into Wu's family, she has also developed a magical skill, that is, she can tell at a glance whether the speaker is lying or not, and it is a "polygraph" in human form.

After Mrs. Wu sat down, she leaned on the backrest and said to Wu Su: "What's the matter, tell grandma."

Wu Su had nothing to hide, so he recounted the content of his correspondence with Li Xinyi, including Li Xinyi's departure, and then said: "Grandson used to only know how to read sage books, but he didn't know how to understand human relationships, which can be a matter of life. "

The old lady Wu sighed, and she comforted: "That child from the Li family is too arrogant. How can this egg be hard against a rock? It is also a way to leave, if you stay, you can only be flattened and rounded."

Wu Su was sad.

Mrs. Wu said: "I remember this child is only half a year older than you, right? It's too difficult and dangerous to travel this way."

The corners of Wu Su's eyes were red, and he looked like he was about to cry or not.

"The sage said, self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace, grandchildren can't even take care of friends' safety, so what's the benefit of reading sage books?"

After hearing what Wu Su said, the old lady Wu realized the impact of this matter on Wu Su, and said quickly: "Ten fingers have different lengths, how can one person control everything. Even His Majesty the emperor has many ministers to follow his example." Only the labor of dogs and horses can govern the country and bring peace to the world.”

Wu Su understands the truth, but it doesn't make him feel any better. For the first time, the power of power is blatantly showing its teeth and claws in front of him.

Seeing that it was getting late, the old lady Wu had no way to drive Wu Su deep, so she had to ask someone to set up a car and send Wu Su back.

Mr. Wei has never sent anyone to invite Wu Su and the others to criticize articles since he was on vacation for no reason that day.Wu Su's father wrote a letter, saying at the end of the letter that he would hire a new teacher, and that there was no need to go to Mr. Wei's place for the time being.

If it wasn't for Wu Su's habit of reading the blessings at the end of the letter, he would have thought it was another letter from his father who was in a bad mood and wanted to scold others, so he had no choice but to scold him.

It can be seen that it is only natural for a father to scold his son.

The new wife's surname is Ji and his name is Shiying. He is a man in his forties, with a white face and beard, and piercing eyes.

It is said that Master Ji was quick-witted and quick-witted when he was young.Someone once predicted that if he could worship Mr. Wei as his teacher, he would not only be a great Confucian, but also a famous official.It's a pity that Mr. Wei's threshold for apprenticeship is too high, and Mrs. Ji will never be famous for thousands of years.

This Mrs. Ji's life is also bad.At the time of the Zhongju, Master Ji's mother fell ill, and she stayed in bed for many years.Master Ji was unable to go to Beijing to take the exam, so he had to take good care of his mother.However, his mother still went, and within half a year, his father followed suit.

This time, there are two filial piety, and Master Ji mourns unceasingly.A few years later, Mrs. Ji passed the filial piety, but she lost the intention of taking the exam.Without a mentor like Mr. Wei, he couldn't find a suitable official vacancy, and he didn't want to go to a poor place.So he became a teacher for others.

Fortunately, Mrs. Ji has a reputation for raising people, and has no wife and children, so it is not difficult to support a family.

When Master Ji came, Wu Su hadn't recovered from his self-doubt.In the past few days, he didn't read serious books, but casually flipped through "Historical Records" and read "Tai Shi Gong's Preface".

Seeing this, Master Ji thought that Wu Su preferred history, so he told him about history.Starting from the division of the three families into the Jin Dynasty, we will talk about the rise and fall of history.After two hours of lectures every day, I leave, and when I come back tomorrow, I will continue yesterday's lectures.

Wu Su also listened indifferently.It was all yesterday, so what does it matter to today's people.

Let's say that when Li Xinyi walked all the way to the county seat that day, she felt very dazed. She only knew that she was going to leave, but she didn't know where she was going.Fortunately, there is still a lot of money in the purse, so Li Xinyi won't have to sleep in the open.So he put away the package and went to the chariot and horses.

It was still early at this time, and there were several coachmen guarding the car, waiting for passengers in need.One of the drivers, with brown skin and young age, grinned with white teeth when he saw Li Xinyi.

He said in a friendly and familiar tone: "Where are you going, brother? Take my car."

He patted the gray donkey's head, "Daqing travels quickly, even to the state capital, it only takes one day."

Li Xinyi had a good impression of this young man, so she nodded and said, "Go to the state capital."

The young man's smile grew wider, and he stretched out his hand, as if to take the burden for Li Xinyi, but Li Xinyi refused him, and climbed into the donkey cart by herself.

"What is my brother doing in Chuzhou? But to visit relatives?"

The donkey cart was already moving, and the places where the wheels rolled over raised waves of dust.Li Xinyi didn't know how to answer him. Going to Chuzhou was just a thought, and it was uncertain whether she would continue to move forward after she arrived.

But the coachman just asked casually, seeing that Li Xinyi didn't answer and didn't take it seriously, he just smiled and said: "Sit down!"

The coachman was a very talkative person, and he talked with Li Xinyi all the way, about struggle, ideals, life, and of course women.

Li Xinyi is not very good at chatting with strangers, so she thought embarrassingly that no matter which dynasty it is, drivers always like to chat with passengers.

Li Xinyi didn't reply, so the coachman told him, and when he got excited, he even sang a song to express his emotions.

Li Xinyi suddenly envied him a little. The hardships of life never crushed the optimism of an open-minded person, but instead made him enjoy happiness and love life more.

The donkey cart traveled for a whole day, but Li Xinyi failed to enter the city gate before the curfew, so she had to rest outside the city with the driver for the night.Head back into town the next morning.

Compared with Jingning, Chuzhou is much more prosperous, with rich people and dense houses.Li Xinyi is very satisfied with this place, he wants to rent a house first, and then save some money.After they settled down, they bought a house and brought their mother over. The mother and son kept their identities incognito and lived in peace.

After paying the fare, Li Xinyi still had a lot of money left in his pocket. He didn't want to live in a big house by himself. He just rented a hut, wrote calligraphy and sold paintings by himself, and picked up his previous livelihood.