[Red House + Comprehensive] Respect to the water

Although the left side is covered by lush pine trees, and the right side is covered with vines, the light in the study is still bright and clean, and the furnishings are quite bright.

The table facing the window is extremely simple in style, but it is a rare thousand-year-old ebony, but it is not complete with the four treasures of the study—it turns out that the owner of the study is holding the inkstone on his left hand and holding the pen in his right. , on the paper hanging on the wall, reading silently.

This person is just a young boy with a bit of baby fat, not very delicate eyebrows and eyes still have childishness, but his expression is focused and calm, and he has a bit of upright demeanor.

At this time, outside the quiet study room, there was a sound of messy footsteps, followed by a hurried and smiling announcement from the little boy: "Congratulations to the second master! The second master has won! No.1 in Jinling Township Examination, the real Xie Yuanlang ah!"

The three children scrambled to the front of the study, laughing and drinking all the way, but when they reached the study, they all quieted down, the joy on their faces remained undiminished, and they dared not even take half a step towards the study.

The young boy still steadily finished the Tao Te Ching in the plum-blossom seal script, then casually threw the pen back, and it fell steadily into a small brush washer, and unhurriedly opened the side window. In the small drawer under the table case, I changed a pen, and then splashed it on the only blank paper left, like graffiti randomly. After a while, the picture gradually became complete, but it turned out to be a picture of looking at the river.

After finishing the painting, the young man threw down the pen and inkstone, let them fall on the table, walked out of the study, and glared at the three children: "I got hit, what's the name?"

The children knew that the young man was not really to blame, so they squeezed each other's eyes and bowed down in unison with smiles: "Congratulations to Xie Yuanlang!"

The young man nodded slightly, but he didn't blame him any more, he just stopped talking, walked slowly to the pavilion and sat down.

The children were used to the youth's innocence, and they were still smiling. They made tea neatly and took out the tea set with clean hands to cook the tea.

Inside and outside the study, except for the soft sound of tea being poured into the cup, and the sound of wind blowing pine branches and vines, there is still a piece of tranquility.

It's a pity that today I really can't enjoy the tranquility here. After a while, there was a burst of hurried footsteps from the other side of the path, and a few people came out after a while. He is tall and slender, with the appearance of Zhilan Yushu, but unfortunately his face is often pale and his figure is still a little thinner.

At this moment, the young man's pale face was blushing: "Congratulations, second brother! You've hit one fell swoop!"

The bookboys following behind him also bowed down to He Xi, and the series of noise made the young man a little displeased, but he was also well aware of his brother's heart disease——

Frail, he wants to take care of his younger brother, but he is often unable to do so.

The township examination lasted three and nine days, which seemed normal to the young man, except that the young man himself was weak. Although he knew that the young man was in excellent health, he only remembered the serious illness he suffered when he was only two years old when he was just learning to walk. discomfort.

The nine-day youth rural examination was only a little unsuitable for being picky about eating and sleeping. When I came back, I had a good wash, a good drink, and a good night’s sleep. He was ill for three more times, and then he was worried and looking forward to it. He could trust his younger brother's talent, but he was afraid that something unexpected would happen. "It's so difficult to pass the exam, and children are like picking up mustard"?

If it’s just that the ranking is not as good as you want, it’s fine, if you don’t win... next time, won’t the younger brother have to travel all the way back to Jinling, and stay for another nine days without eating, drinking, and washing?

When the young man thinks that his younger brother, who eats, drinks, and has a little cleanliness, will go to the examination room for another nine days, he feels very distressed.

However, "learning the art of literature and martial arts, goods and the emperor's family" is the common standard nowadays. Although young people are confident that they have their own family background, the younger brother does not have to pass the imperial examinations, but the young people insist, and the young people can't say no. Day and night I prayed that the young man would be able to kill one fell swoop, and the only crime he had to suffer was this one.

——So when he learned that his younger brother won the exam, the young man was even more delighted that he won the high school at the age of 12, and he didn't have to suffer for another nine days.

He trotted all the way from his courtyard, sweat was still on his forehead, but the young man who usually pays attention to his manners didn't even wipe it off. Even if the attendant Tonger approached him with a handkerchief, he waved it away at will. ——he only looked at his younger brother beamingly.

The young boy stroked his forehead helplessly. He was not so obsessed with cleanliness that he disliked a few drops of his brother's sweat. However, since that year, his brother has always been weak. Even after following the boy's request for all these years of careful raising, he is still three points weaker than ordinary people. , so wearing slightly sweaty clothes and blowing the morning lake breeze here... Isn't it just looking for illness?

The boy's yard is close to the study, but it is far away at this time.

Helpless, even though he usually doesn't like letting people into his study except for letting Tong'er clean the room, the young boy still has no choice but to invite the young man inside and lead him into a quiet room in the study.

While ordering his own Tong'er to prepare a warm water towel to wipe his elder brother's sweat, the young man ordered his elder brother's Tong'er to go back to get a change of clothes, and gently accused him: "My brother is so neglectful of his body, when will he fulfill his promise to accompany his younger brother to play in the south of the Yangtze River?" ?”

Young man, it's not that he doesn't pay attention to his body, he also pays great attention to taking care of himself according to the young man's instructions on weekdays, after all, he is too happy today...

I was too happy today, what happened to being sick three times in just two months?

The young boy was very helpless. This elder brother was born at the age of eight years, in order to save himself who fell into the water when he was just over two years old due to the unfavorable care of his nanny and slaves. Pay more attention to it, but the strength is not strong enough to cure it, so I can only raise it slowly—it’s easy to raise it better, and I didn’t get sick the whole year the year before last, and last year was just a small incident of greedy fat crabs in autumn Stomach for two days, who knows that he will be sick for three rounds after being away from home for a rural examination for two months, so it's good to say that he pays attention now!

The young man lowered his head, his ears turned slightly red.He naturally takes care of himself, but this little brother—the one his mother told him to take good care of on the sick bed before she died, and every time he thinks about it, he is still the soft and sticky little brother who was wrapped in swaddling clothes at that time— Young people always value more than themselves.

Otherwise, back then, how could he gritted his teeth and jumped into the water even though he obviously couldn't swim? No matter how hard he struggled, he still wanted to help his younger brother ashore first?

The little boy rubbed his forehead again, alas!have no choice!

In fact, the boy is no longer the infant baby who was left alone in the hospital bed of his dead mother—the body is, but the stuffing has changed.The young man desperately rescued him in the water, the little doll who had just passed his third birthday, actually died before coming out of the water, and the one who came back to life was another person.

But the young man was so desperate at that time, it really gave the young man a favor - he had just entered this body at that time, his body and soul were not yet coordinated, and his ability was not even able to be used at all. If it wasn't for the young man who was still a fat man at that time, the young man might have gotten it body, you will die again.

It's just that the boy was reborn, but the little fat man of that year hurt his foundation. He once became thin from a meat bun to a stick, and even almost broke the dry stick.

Fortunately, it only took half a year for the young man to coordinate his body and mind. After half a year, he dragged his short legs, running around the master's inner and outer study rooms, reading various medical books, and pestering Master Qingke. They asked all kinds of questions, and made a few requests to the servants who took care of the young people every day. So slowly, after taking over all the detailed rules of the young people's care, it was very easy to bring up this appearance.

But if you make a wrong eye, you will almost have another accident!

When the young man returned home and heard about the origin of the three minor illnesses, he punished his subordinates and others, but he was reluctant to question the young man. At this time, he could only touch his forehead and sigh a few times to comfort himself: Fortunately, he can only try. In Beijing, although there are three games and nine days, if I go on the day of the exam and return immediately after the exam, no matter how hard my brother is, he won't get sick, right?

The young man still didn't raise his head: "Jing'er doesn't need to worry, just prepare for the exam well—brother will try to eat well, sleep well, and try not to get sick."

The boy rolled his eyes, you told me the same in July!The result is not still sick?Still sick three games in a row!

The roots of the young man's ears became more and more red. He really worked hard, but even if he couldn't eat well, sleep well or get sick, there was nothing he could do!The younger brother has grown up for 11 years, and this is the first time he has left home - as soon as he goes, he goes so far!Although Jinling is my hometown, I expected that those servants would not be afraid to treat my younger brother, but when I thought about the situation of the township examination that I heard from my friends, I couldn't help worrying!

The young man sighed again, he didn't even have the strength to stare at the three children who were hiding and laughing, so the three Zhimo laughed even more unscrupulously - look at the usually indifferent second master, every time he met him The uncle just sighed helplessly, which is really interesting.

It is true that the boy only shows a little more emotion when he meets his elder brother, but he is not really so indifferent to everything else. For example, now, he cannot completely ignore the children's laughter and eyes.

No matter how many years the soul has existed, after all, this body is just a 12-year-old boy. After the body and soul are reconciled, the boy's psychology also has emotions that are in line with the age of the body, and now he is very angry.

And the little boy was ready to become angry without any psychological burden.

Even if becoming angry from embarrassment doesn't match his usual indifferent appearance, so what?

So what if you are as angry and moody as a child?

Regardless of how long the soul has existed, even if the body is only 12 years old, it is still a false age, and it is the patent of children to become angry and moody!

The boys winked at each other, and none of them wanted to be the one to set off the boy because of the other two. Fortunately, the boy's clothes were brought before the boy could speak.

Zhimo made tea and Pingxin was very well-behaved one by one. He changed the young man's clothes gently and properly, and added a small bowl of ginger tea with a moderate temperature. The young man who had just drank a bowl frowned, but still took a sip drink up.

The young boy looked at him, and his brows and eyes slowly returned to the original cold and indifferent appearance, which relieved Zhimo and the three, even the young man finally dared to raise his head: "Father must have received good news, we Shouldn't you go to pay your respects to your father?"

On weekdays, because the youth was weak and withdrawn, and their father felt wronged by what happened in the past, he insisted on waiving their greetings every morning, and only sat together for a while after dinner, caring about the youth's body, and examining the youth's health. homework.

But things are different today...

The young man got up very simply, and went as soon as he went, although he didn't think it was a big deal to get rid of Yuan in the provincial examination.