Qingxi Bookstore lives up to its name.
When you walk in, you can hear the gurgling sound of spring water in your ears. Walking in, you can see layers of rockery, with a few clumps of green bamboo planted in between.Walking along the stone-paved path, there is an open space in front of you. The back of Qingxi Bookstore is facing the bamboo forest of the stream, and the front is facing the whole green lake.
Through the glazed window, you can see Yinzhen in the house immersed in copying. Yinzhen and Yinxiang are sitting on the side looking at the books. What surprises Yinzhen is that the fourteenth elder brother he just mentioned is sitting beside the two of them. .
Brother Fourteen has been a little troubled recently.
Although he was not yet three years old, he wanted to hug his fourth brother, but who made him so young that he couldn't reach him, so he could only sigh in melancholy.
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen flew out of the Changchun Garden with two flaps of his wings, and his heart went out with him, leaving only his body still in the Changchun Garden.
However, Erniang still didn't understand his thoughts at all, so she had to restrain herself to come to Qingxi Bookstore to read and read with Brother Eleven, hoping that Khan Ama could see her a few times.
I don't even think about the age difference between myself and Brother Eleven, how can I understand the content of his class!As for Khan Ama... Anyway, Brother Fourteen hasn't seen this for a while after so many days.He pouted, and after reading a few pages, he felt his head was as big as a cow, and he sighed while playing with a wolf hair on his head.
Eleven elder brother Yinxu was quite puzzled.
I, who is busy with tutoring, didn't sigh, why are you sighing?
He put the wolf hair on the pen stand: "Why do you sigh before you are three years old? Be careful to become a grandfather! If you feel that writing is too annoying, you can go out and play for a while, brother Ben... or Eunuch Wei to accompany you!" Are you playing well?"
Wei Zhu interrupted Yinhu's words with a pleasant smile: "Report to Brother Eleven, the old slave is arranged by the emperor to supervise the little master to study, and he bears the emperor's order and must not violate it."
"……cut."
"Brother Eleven, this old slave has heard your voice." Wei Zhu who just walked in threatened with a smile: "If you can't finish your homework today, this old slave can only..."
"Okay, good, brother Ben is doing it now! Do it now!" Yinhu slammed his forehead on the desk, he didn't have time to talk to the twelfth and thirteenth brothers who just arrived, let alone the fourteenth brother.
Now Yinhu is eager to finish her homework quickly, so that Wei Zhu won't sue.Of course, he was also grinding his teeth while he was waving his brush to write - when Elder Brother Ben is free, he must send this Wei Zhu to clean up the trash!
Wei Zhu felt a chill running from his heels all the way to Tianlinggai - he also wanted to know who was speaking ill behind his back!He peeped at the face of elder brother eleven, but he was not in a hurry.
Brother Eleven wants to torment himself?
hey-hey!Then we have to wait another ten years!
The fourteenth brother looked at the eleventh brother contemptuously, and he continued to meditate on the lake with his cheeks on his face--the epic problem of how to build a good relationship with the fourth brother.
It just so happened that the twelfth brother Yinxuan and the thirteenth brother Yinxiang walked in at this moment.
Elder Fourteen was refreshed.
He stretched his neck and looked back, his eyes sparkling: "Brother Twelfth, Brother Thirteen! Didn't you go with Brother Ninth to find Brother Four? Did you come back early? Is Brother Fourth here? Behind him ?"
"No, we came back together."
Yinxiang looked at the expectant appearance of the fourteenth elder brother, paused and added: "The fourth brother is now in the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things, maybe he will come over later."
Upon hearing these words, Elder Fourteen instantly became energetic.He made up his mind to appear in front of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen with his best appearance. The fourteenth elder brother straightened his back and held up the book in both hands, muttering: "...Be filial to your relatives, what you should do. Rong is four years old and can Rang Li. Brother Yu Chang, Prophet Yi..."
Yinxuan and Yinxiang: ...
Brother Fourteen's pretentious actions made people laugh, and at the same time, it reminded the two of them of the storybook they just got.
Yinxuan said: "Fourteenth brother, don't read your Three Character Classic for now, you should hurry up and see if this book is good or not?"
"Hey...but."
"Fourth brother was fascinated just now." Yinxiang added.
"I! I want! Look!" Elder Fourteen quickly threw the Three Character Classic aside, sat down beside Yinxuan and Yinxiang, staring intently at the stack of storybooks on the table: "Which one does Fourth Brother like?" ?”
Yinxiang held back his laughter, and pushed a storybook that Yinzhen was reading just now in front of Fourteenth Elder Brother: "Well... this is the one that Fourth Brother was reading just now."
Brother Fourteen's eyes are shining.
Holding the book in both hands, he couldn't wait to open it: "Wow! As expected of the fourth brother, the taste is good!"
The corner of Yinxiang's mouth twitched.
You didn't even read the first page to know that Brother Si has good taste?Yinxiang, who is also played by the fourth brother, feels that he can't do this :)
Not to mention others.
Eleventh brother Yinhu was speechless for a while, he stopped copying, stared at fourteenth brother for a while and couldn't help muttering: "Fourth brother is fierce, I don't know what you like about him? Let me tell you Hello starling! You are gentle and kind and will help me..."
"Help you?" A cold voice came from behind.Yinhu was shocked all over, and he sneered: "The mynah will also help my younger brother with tutoring and urge me to study."
"Hey..." Yinzhen tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "You won't be stalking and asking mynah to help you with your homework, right?"
The eleventh elder brother Yinxu was dripping with cold sweat.
He forced a smile: "Yes, of course not."
"Is it...?" Yinzhen turned to Yinzhen.
"At most, at most, at most, I can't do some math problems. Mynah... Mynah... Mynah, please help me think about how to do it more easily." Yinqi replied weakly.
Yinzhen narrowed his eyes and stared at him.
Seeing that Yinzhen was trembling, and he could hardly hold his pen steadily, he let him go. Yinzhen told Wei Zhu by the way: "Yinzhen has to ask Eunuch Wei to help with his homework. If this kid dares to ask others to help or If you want to be lazy, Eunuch Wei must tell Han Ama!"
"It's what a slave should do." Wei Zhu answered with a smile.As for Eleven Elder Brother Yinxu, he had no choice but to swallow his bitterness, obediently pick up the pen and start writing his homework again with tears on his face.
"Ninth brother!!!" The fourteenth brother came back to his senses from the storybook for the time being, and he shouted in a childlike voice and then raised the storybook in his hand: "I am reading the book that the fourth brother likes. !"
The joyful look made Yinzhen's heart soften.
He half-bent down and rubbed the little head of Elder Fourteen: "Yeah! Our Fourteen is really sensible, and Ninth Brother will definitely tell Fourth Brother that our Fourteen is a good boy."
Elder Fourteen's face was flushed.
He responded happily, lowered his head again and immersed himself in reading.Storybooks are much more interesting than the boring Three Character Classics. Elder Fourteen no longer seemed to be dozing off before, and started reading with relish, occasionally letting out an exclamation.
Yinzhen looked at his eyebrows and eyes.
Brother Fourteen's well-behaved and sensible appearance almost made love bubbles pop up in his heart.
Or toss four small bicycles and give each of the younger brothers one?I am not eccentric like Khan Ama.As for Yinxuan...well, I'll find some new gadgets for him.
Yinzhen was thinking about it.
Of course, the main reason is that he found that the existing bicycles look like big ones, without any delicate aesthetic feeling at all, and they are not suitable for young children...
Come back and try again, shall we?
Keeping the idea of making children's bicycles in his heart, Yinzhen cheered up while tutoring Yinzhen in his studies, and at the same time read the storybook of historical records to his three younger brothers. When the fourth elder brother Yinzhen came to Qingxi Bookstore, he saw this comfortable A peaceful scene.
Brother Fourteen's expectations did not fail.
At the same time, he was also the first person to discover the arrival of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.Fourteen suddenly jumped up from the stool, and plunged into Yinzhen's arms in three steps at a time.
Yin Zhen was hit hard.
If it wasn't for the guard's sharp eyesight, I'm afraid he would fall down on the spot, and everyone was shocked just like that.
The fourteenth elder brother was quite at a loss.
He grabbed Yinzhen's sleeve in a panic, and said gruffly, "...fourth brother, I'm sorry."
Who can say no to such a poor boy?The fourth elder brother Yinzhen clearly made up his mind not to pay attention to Fourteen, so he couldn't help touching him at the moment: "It's the fourth brother who didn't pay attention, the fourteenth brother don't worry."
A word with the fourth brother is enough for the fourteenth brother to have fun for a long time. Seeing that the fourth brother really didn't mean to blame himself, he even took the ninth brother's book and read the story to himself. It sprouted wings, clapped twice and ascended to heaven.
Seeing the sky getting darker, Yin Zhen, who was dry in telling stories, had no choice but to look at Yin Zhen for help.
Yinzhen stuffed a few story books into Elder Fourteen's arms: "It's too late now, if Fourteen doesn't go back, Concubine Demu will be worried? Let Fourteen read these books first, and wait for Fourteen to read them." Let me tell fourth brother and ninth brother when it's over, okay?"
The fourteenth elder brother still has more ideas.
He turned his head and looked out of the window. The setting sun had already coated the sky and the lake with a layer of light golden brilliance.
Elder Fourteen's mind slowed down a beat, only to realize that a long time had passed with hindsight.The moment he woke up, he found that his little stomach could not bear the loneliness and let out a grunt. Although he was thinking about it, he still obediently said hello, blinked and stretched out his fingers: "Fourth Brother...Ninth Brother! It's agreed."
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen showed a helpless smile.
He bent down and lifted Fourteenth Brother's little finger: "Okay, Fourth Brother promised Fourteenth."
Fourteen cheered, he was about to turn around and leave when Yinzhen grabbed him.Yinzhen looked at Fourteen sadly, and shook his fingers: "Hey, hey... and Brother Nine?"
"Hey." Elder Fourteen blushed.
He also shook the finger hooked on Yinzhen, and then he hopped and walked out holding a stack of books like a little rabbit.
"Fourth brother, who does the character of the fourteenth brother look like?"
"...Anyway, it's different from Brother Ben." I wasn't so stupid when I was young.
"Hey...really? I think it looks alike." Yinzhen snickered.Yinzhen glared at him angrily, and after sending the twelfth and thirteenth brothers back to rest, he and Yinzhen looked at the eleventh elder brother Yinzhen together.
This poor baby yo.
Yinzhen stretched out his hand to look through it, and sighed helplessly—there is still a lot of homework left.He said in a deep voice: "Yintu, oh Yintu, school will start in a few days."
The tutoring homework has not been finished yet, and there is also homework for the start of school. This child is about to be overwhelmed by homework.After a pause, Yinzhen added another sentence: "There is a test at the beginning of school, have you reviewed it?"
Yinhu: ...
Yinhu wept bitterly.
So brother, where do I have time to review?
His big tears fell down, and he looked at Yinzhen and Yinzhen pitifully: "Fourth Brother! Ninth Brother! How did you learn it well? Teach me!"
Yinzhen propped his elbows on the table. After thinking seriously for a while, he could only shake his head and spread his hands: "I don't know if you ask me." Yinzhen is a perfect scorer in other subjects.
This complacent and helpless attitude made Yinhu's nose crooked with anger.He felt that he had found the wrong person.Yinhu puffed her cheeks, and angrily turned her gaze to Yinzhen—an honest person like Fourth Brother must have a good way to learn, right?
Facing Yinzhen's expectant eyes, Yinzhen was under a lot of pressure.
He frowned tightly, and quickly thought about his learning experience from childhood to adulthood in his mind, and finally summed it up in one sentence: "...read it a hundred times, recite it a hundred times, and copy it a hundred times?"
Yinhu slammed his head on the table.
He held his forehead and said angrily: "Then what's the difference between this and now!"
Yinzhen said with a straight face: "As Su Shi said: I don't tire of reading old books a hundred times, and I know myself when I read them well. Reading a hundred times, memorizing a hundred times, and copying a hundred times is a stupid way, but it is also an effective way. .Yinyu"
Before the fourth brother could finish speaking, Yintang looked at Yinzhen pitifully: "Ninth brother, is there any medicine that can make you smarter and awesome after taking it?"
Yinzhen caressed Yintu's little head, looked at him with loving eyes like looking at a fool, and said softly: "Don't dream, be good."
Yinyu, I can't get up again.
He wanted to get away from this cold world with a wow, and before he could step out of Qingxi Bookstore, Wei Zhu grabbed him and put him back in front of the desk: "Brother Eleven, you haven't finished your homework for today!"
Yinyu is miserable.
Yinzhen and Yinzhen, one left and one right, are like two big mountains beside Yinti, and he didn't leave satisfied until he finished writing left and right.
Yin Zhen did what he said.
Until he went to Shaanxi with the large army, Yinzhen fulfilled the agreement with the fourteenth brother, so that after he left, the fourteenth brother looked a little bit lazy, holding his cheek and sighed: "fourth brother When do you want to come back?"
Yinzhen who replaced Yinzhen to read the storybook to Fourteen: ...
It's only been a day!You started screaming—Yinzhen felt a little sad for no reason.
He thought about it carefully, the eleventh younger brother Yinhu seeing him was like a mouse seeing a cat, the twelfth younger brother seeing him was not as good as a mouse seeing a cat, but it was indifferent, as for the thirteenth and fourteenth younger brothers quite differently The degree of the fourth brother's obsession with the younger brother, there is a faint tendency to compete who has the stronger cooking ability recently.
Yinzhen let out a long sigh.
He rubbed his face, puzzled by the reflection of the glazed mirror.Look at this gentle face, it's better than the hard face of the fourth brother, right?Why aren't my brothers chasing after me?
He unconsciously said the words out of his mouth.
Brother Eleven Yinhu, who was doing homework on the side, showed a pair of dead fish eyes.He looked at Brother Ninth, who was holding his face and complaining about himself, and then at the younger brothers beside him who were holding back their laughter—that's it?You still want your younger brothers to worship you just because you are so beautiful?You can pull it down!
There are so many slots in Yinhu that there are no mouths.
He intends to remind Brother Jiu to let him know that if he wants to be an elder brother who is admired by others, he must first be mature and stable.
But before Yintu could say it, maybe Yintang's gaze was too weird, and Yinzhen, who sensed the source of the gaze, looked at him: "Yintang, what are you doing when you don't study hard? Are you in a daze? Er Niang said this If you don’t do well in the exam, she will ask Khan Ama to give you a meal of fried meat with sticks.”
It's a shame to be spanked by Khan Ama.
If Yinzhen was hit by a stick, I'm afraid he would replace Yinzhen and become the number one person in the palace.Thinking of this, Yinzhen smiled and thought it was pretty good.
Eleven Elder Brother Yinxu: ...
Looking at Brother Jiu's wicked smile, he knew what he was thinking, and Yinhu snorted.
Fine.
Remind that this kind of thing is gone!Ninth brother, you want to go!
Seeing Yinzhen obediently lowering her head to do her homework, Yinzhen nodded in satisfaction and continued to think about how to win the hearts of her younger brothers as soon as possible without the fourth brother's absence.
First hook up the younger brothers with some gifts.
Yinzhen turned around and went to the Ministry of Industry. The officials of the Ministry of Industry saw Brother Jiu driving there as if he was facing an enemy, and he was fully armed - judging by his attitude, he knew that the officials of the Ministry of Households had spoken ill of him.
Hearing that elder brother Jiu came to look for Zhang Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the servant, Nian Xialing, hurriedly sent elder brother Jiu to Zhang Ying, the Minister of Industry, almost with a hint of joy. palace.
Yinzhen kept a straight face.
Zhang Ying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, showed a smile between his eyebrows and eyes.He traveled to the south of the Yangtze River with the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, so he naturally knew that the two elder brothers were not such playful characters at all, and it was only because of some private situation.
Stay away from the household department and watch with cold eyes.
Of course, seeing Brother Jiu's depressed expression, Zhang Ying still had a slight smile on his lips: "Brother Jiu is here unharmed? Recently, the news of Brother Jiu has been widely circulated in the six parts. I thought there were two Nine Elder Brothers in the world!"
Yinzhen smiled awkwardly: "Master Zhang, why bother to make fun of Elder Brother Ben? This is not what Elder Brother Ben thinks..."
The matter of the household department could not be said directly, so Yinzhen had no choice but to point it out secretly.Shang Shu Zhang Ying naturally understood, he changed the subject with a smile: "What is the important business of Brother Jiu coming to the Ministry of Industry today? Or do you have any ideas?"
"Ben is looking for two or three carpenters."
"...carpenters?" Minister Zhang Ying frowned, "Most of the carpenters have been recruited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, leaving only three or five carpenters on duty in the Ministry of Industry."
"Has the Ministry of Internal Affairs confiscated it?"
"Brother Jiu doesn't know? These bicycles and skateboards are selling very well, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't make them in time, so they can only requisition them all."
Yinzhen: ...
Just that stupid guy, still selling so well?The corner of his mouth twitched, and he nodded helplessly: "Ordinary craftsmen are fine, as long as they work carefully, anyway, I have blueprints and the like."
Shangshu Zhang Ying nodded.
Naturally, I can't use myself for such a trivial matter, and the servant Nian Yaling who had just slipped away was called in again.
The waiter's age: ...
With a bitter face but he didn't dare to refuse, he took Brother Jiu to the manufacturing warehouse tremblingly.
The manufacturing warehouse is located in the inverted building of the West Second Courtyard.
This can be regarded as the most deserted corner of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry. Most of the earthworkers were requisitioned to supervise the repair of the streets. In the West Second Courtyard, there were only a few leisurely carpenters chatting to pass the time.
Facing the arrival of the rare servant Nian Yaling, several craftsmen stood up and moved over with their eyes brightened.For craftsmen, if there is no other work, then there is only a simple salary of 1000 cash for a month, and a thousand cash is only one tael of silver, which is barely enough to make ends meet in the capital.
"Master Nian! Please sit down, please sit down!"
"Master Nian! I heard that your eldest son joined the research institute. Congratulations!"
Craftsmen flatter me with every word.
Regarding the entry of the eldest son Nian Xiyao into the research institute, the servant Nian Yaling smiled on his face, but he was not happy in his heart.
Nian Xiyao failed in many trials. As a father, he had already made up his mind to vote for him as a supervisor, but unexpectedly he was selected by the institute by accident.Although it is said that the research institute is valued and favored by the emperor, after all, the background is shallow, and it is still unknown how long it can last.
The servant, Nian Yaling, had a calm expression.
He signaled the craftsmen to stop talking, and then turned his gaze to Brother Nine.
Yinzhen's shining eyes made the servant Nian Yaling startled.He moved his steps a little restlessly, and Yinzhen's eyes swayed from side to side as he moved.
"... Brother Nine?"
"Master Nian's eldest son... is Nian Xiyao?"
The servant Nian Xialing was slightly taken aback.
He looked at Yinzhen in amazement: "... Brother Jiu knows about the slave's son?"
Zhang Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, once hinted at Nian Yaling and others that the big boss behind this research institute is Brother Nine—but under the rumors of the huge momentum of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to be honest, Nian Yaling didn't want to believe it at all.He was stunned for a moment when he heard Brother Nine categorically declaring the name of his eldest son.
"of course I know."
Yinzhen nodded affirmatively: "Master Mei who published "Questions about History" also specially mentioned him in front of Khan Ama, and admitted him to work in the research institute as an exception. I heard from Mr. Mei that Nian Xiyao's talent in mathematics is only stronger than him. Not low."
There was a blush on Nian Yaling's face, and his palms were sweaty and sticky.Who is Mei Wending?He can be praised by the emperor, nominated and recommended by Zhang Yushu, a scholar of Baohedian, and Zhang Ying, a minister, and is a famous person in mathematics today. ,
Maybe... the eldest son, Nian Xiyao, is not as useless as I thought, but because I don't know where his abilities lie?Knowing that the eldest son's name has been remembered by the emperor, Nian Xia Ling could not conceal the joy and excitement on his face, he suppressed the joy in his heart and asked again: "... Brother Nine... is what he said true? "
"Of course it's all true."
"Good - good, good! It's really great!" Nian Yaling, the servant, was so excited that he could not speak coherently.
It took him a long time to suppress the excitement in his heart, and he recalled the business of Brother Jiu's arrival. The servant Nian Xialing turned to look at the craftsmen in front of him.
"...Little one, pay respects to Brother Nine." He was busy flattering his servant's age, but he never expected that the child next to him was Brother Nine.Many craftsmen were terrified, one after another knelt down on the ground and hurriedly said hello, and at the same time they were also happy in their hearts.
Brother Jiu is here?
That must be us!Making toys and building utensils, everyone began to imagine in their minds that if they pulled on the elder brother's thigh, in the future...
Yinzhen waved his hand indifferently.
After calling them all up, they began to ask: "How much do you know about the bicycles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Brother Ben wants to get people to improve together."
"...improvement?"
"Bicycle? Improved bicycle?"
The craftsmen who were still full of excitement before were shocked in an instant.
What is this bicycle?Bicycles are all the rage in the capital recently! 200 taels of silver, if you want to add some patterns or decorations, the low is 600 taels of silver, and the high is [-] taels of silver. Now it is used by the rich and powerful businessmen in the capital to show off!
If they can make... can improve, do they still need to wait for Brother Nine?He paid tribute to the Ministry of Internal Affairs a long time ago, and now he can still be kept here?Yinzhen's words were like a basin of cold water that instantly extinguished their fiery hearts, and at the same time reminded everyone of Jiu's unique reputation in Hubu.
emmmmm... If you can't make it, don't you have to be punished and hurt your family if you don't get a reward?The smiles on the faces of all the craftsmen froze, and without the excitement just now, each of them was either speechless or shaking their heads.
Nian Xialing pretended not to see the reluctance of the craftsmen, and said to Yinzhen with a smile: "Brother Jiu, the craftsmen here are all old craftsmen, and there must be no problem with ordinary work."
casual……?
Yinzhen glanced at the unwilling craftsmen and frowned.
They are not happy, and they don't want it yet!
Yinzhen said lazily: "Is there no one else besides these craftsmen?"
The servant Nian Yaling thought for a while, and then called the head of the warehouse to ask a few questions.The head of the manufacturing warehouse honestly confessed: "If you are an apprentice, there are still a few, and the others are just a few in front of you."
The servant, Nian Xialing, just wanted to persuade him, but Yinzhen waved his hand, "Apprentices are also welcome." Anyway, there are blueprints.
He opened his mouth, but did not persuade.
Soon the principal came with two teenagers.Both of them were fourteen or fifteen years old, with dark complexions and strong bodies. Seeing Yinzhen, they knelt down and kowtowed obediently.
It was obvious that they had been intimidated by the boss behind their backs, and each one became more honest and obedient.Yinzhen didn't care, she nodded to her servant Nian Xialing and took the two of them away.
On the contrary, after the servant Nian Yaling watched Brother Jiu leave, his whole face became very long.He glanced around the group of craftsmen with happy faces, and lightly told the chief: "Throw out these craftsmen, and recruit another batch."
The blood on the face of the lucky craftsman faded away.
Before they had time to pounce on Nian Xialing, their servant, they were dragged out by a group of guards and servants.
The principal followed all the way to the gate, and he took a sip: "Annoyed the master and still want to get ahead? What a bunch of idiots! It's no wonder the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't choose you people!"
When you walk in, you can hear the gurgling sound of spring water in your ears. Walking in, you can see layers of rockery, with a few clumps of green bamboo planted in between.Walking along the stone-paved path, there is an open space in front of you. The back of Qingxi Bookstore is facing the bamboo forest of the stream, and the front is facing the whole green lake.
Through the glazed window, you can see Yinzhen in the house immersed in copying. Yinzhen and Yinxiang are sitting on the side looking at the books. What surprises Yinzhen is that the fourteenth elder brother he just mentioned is sitting beside the two of them. .
Brother Fourteen has been a little troubled recently.
Although he was not yet three years old, he wanted to hug his fourth brother, but who made him so young that he couldn't reach him, so he could only sigh in melancholy.
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen flew out of the Changchun Garden with two flaps of his wings, and his heart went out with him, leaving only his body still in the Changchun Garden.
However, Erniang still didn't understand his thoughts at all, so she had to restrain herself to come to Qingxi Bookstore to read and read with Brother Eleven, hoping that Khan Ama could see her a few times.
I don't even think about the age difference between myself and Brother Eleven, how can I understand the content of his class!As for Khan Ama... Anyway, Brother Fourteen hasn't seen this for a while after so many days.He pouted, and after reading a few pages, he felt his head was as big as a cow, and he sighed while playing with a wolf hair on his head.
Eleven elder brother Yinxu was quite puzzled.
I, who is busy with tutoring, didn't sigh, why are you sighing?
He put the wolf hair on the pen stand: "Why do you sigh before you are three years old? Be careful to become a grandfather! If you feel that writing is too annoying, you can go out and play for a while, brother Ben... or Eunuch Wei to accompany you!" Are you playing well?"
Wei Zhu interrupted Yinhu's words with a pleasant smile: "Report to Brother Eleven, the old slave is arranged by the emperor to supervise the little master to study, and he bears the emperor's order and must not violate it."
"……cut."
"Brother Eleven, this old slave has heard your voice." Wei Zhu who just walked in threatened with a smile: "If you can't finish your homework today, this old slave can only..."
"Okay, good, brother Ben is doing it now! Do it now!" Yinhu slammed his forehead on the desk, he didn't have time to talk to the twelfth and thirteenth brothers who just arrived, let alone the fourteenth brother.
Now Yinhu is eager to finish her homework quickly, so that Wei Zhu won't sue.Of course, he was also grinding his teeth while he was waving his brush to write - when Elder Brother Ben is free, he must send this Wei Zhu to clean up the trash!
Wei Zhu felt a chill running from his heels all the way to Tianlinggai - he also wanted to know who was speaking ill behind his back!He peeped at the face of elder brother eleven, but he was not in a hurry.
Brother Eleven wants to torment himself?
hey-hey!Then we have to wait another ten years!
The fourteenth brother looked at the eleventh brother contemptuously, and he continued to meditate on the lake with his cheeks on his face--the epic problem of how to build a good relationship with the fourth brother.
It just so happened that the twelfth brother Yinxuan and the thirteenth brother Yinxiang walked in at this moment.
Elder Fourteen was refreshed.
He stretched his neck and looked back, his eyes sparkling: "Brother Twelfth, Brother Thirteen! Didn't you go with Brother Ninth to find Brother Four? Did you come back early? Is Brother Fourth here? Behind him ?"
"No, we came back together."
Yinxiang looked at the expectant appearance of the fourteenth elder brother, paused and added: "The fourth brother is now in the Hall of Nine Classics and Three Things, maybe he will come over later."
Upon hearing these words, Elder Fourteen instantly became energetic.He made up his mind to appear in front of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen with his best appearance. The fourteenth elder brother straightened his back and held up the book in both hands, muttering: "...Be filial to your relatives, what you should do. Rong is four years old and can Rang Li. Brother Yu Chang, Prophet Yi..."
Yinxuan and Yinxiang: ...
Brother Fourteen's pretentious actions made people laugh, and at the same time, it reminded the two of them of the storybook they just got.
Yinxuan said: "Fourteenth brother, don't read your Three Character Classic for now, you should hurry up and see if this book is good or not?"
"Hey...but."
"Fourth brother was fascinated just now." Yinxiang added.
"I! I want! Look!" Elder Fourteen quickly threw the Three Character Classic aside, sat down beside Yinxuan and Yinxiang, staring intently at the stack of storybooks on the table: "Which one does Fourth Brother like?" ?”
Yinxiang held back his laughter, and pushed a storybook that Yinzhen was reading just now in front of Fourteenth Elder Brother: "Well... this is the one that Fourth Brother was reading just now."
Brother Fourteen's eyes are shining.
Holding the book in both hands, he couldn't wait to open it: "Wow! As expected of the fourth brother, the taste is good!"
The corner of Yinxiang's mouth twitched.
You didn't even read the first page to know that Brother Si has good taste?Yinxiang, who is also played by the fourth brother, feels that he can't do this :)
Not to mention others.
Eleventh brother Yinhu was speechless for a while, he stopped copying, stared at fourteenth brother for a while and couldn't help muttering: "Fourth brother is fierce, I don't know what you like about him? Let me tell you Hello starling! You are gentle and kind and will help me..."
"Help you?" A cold voice came from behind.Yinhu was shocked all over, and he sneered: "The mynah will also help my younger brother with tutoring and urge me to study."
"Hey..." Yinzhen tapped his fingers lightly on the table: "You won't be stalking and asking mynah to help you with your homework, right?"
The eleventh elder brother Yinxu was dripping with cold sweat.
He forced a smile: "Yes, of course not."
"Is it...?" Yinzhen turned to Yinzhen.
"At most, at most, at most, I can't do some math problems. Mynah... Mynah... Mynah, please help me think about how to do it more easily." Yinqi replied weakly.
Yinzhen narrowed his eyes and stared at him.
Seeing that Yinzhen was trembling, and he could hardly hold his pen steadily, he let him go. Yinzhen told Wei Zhu by the way: "Yinzhen has to ask Eunuch Wei to help with his homework. If this kid dares to ask others to help or If you want to be lazy, Eunuch Wei must tell Han Ama!"
"It's what a slave should do." Wei Zhu answered with a smile.As for Eleven Elder Brother Yinxu, he had no choice but to swallow his bitterness, obediently pick up the pen and start writing his homework again with tears on his face.
"Ninth brother!!!" The fourteenth brother came back to his senses from the storybook for the time being, and he shouted in a childlike voice and then raised the storybook in his hand: "I am reading the book that the fourth brother likes. !"
The joyful look made Yinzhen's heart soften.
He half-bent down and rubbed the little head of Elder Fourteen: "Yeah! Our Fourteen is really sensible, and Ninth Brother will definitely tell Fourth Brother that our Fourteen is a good boy."
Elder Fourteen's face was flushed.
He responded happily, lowered his head again and immersed himself in reading.Storybooks are much more interesting than the boring Three Character Classics. Elder Fourteen no longer seemed to be dozing off before, and started reading with relish, occasionally letting out an exclamation.
Yinzhen looked at his eyebrows and eyes.
Brother Fourteen's well-behaved and sensible appearance almost made love bubbles pop up in his heart.
Or toss four small bicycles and give each of the younger brothers one?I am not eccentric like Khan Ama.As for Yinxuan...well, I'll find some new gadgets for him.
Yinzhen was thinking about it.
Of course, the main reason is that he found that the existing bicycles look like big ones, without any delicate aesthetic feeling at all, and they are not suitable for young children...
Come back and try again, shall we?
Keeping the idea of making children's bicycles in his heart, Yinzhen cheered up while tutoring Yinzhen in his studies, and at the same time read the storybook of historical records to his three younger brothers. When the fourth elder brother Yinzhen came to Qingxi Bookstore, he saw this comfortable A peaceful scene.
Brother Fourteen's expectations did not fail.
At the same time, he was also the first person to discover the arrival of the fourth elder brother Yinzhen.Fourteen suddenly jumped up from the stool, and plunged into Yinzhen's arms in three steps at a time.
Yin Zhen was hit hard.
If it wasn't for the guard's sharp eyesight, I'm afraid he would fall down on the spot, and everyone was shocked just like that.
The fourteenth elder brother was quite at a loss.
He grabbed Yinzhen's sleeve in a panic, and said gruffly, "...fourth brother, I'm sorry."
Who can say no to such a poor boy?The fourth elder brother Yinzhen clearly made up his mind not to pay attention to Fourteen, so he couldn't help touching him at the moment: "It's the fourth brother who didn't pay attention, the fourteenth brother don't worry."
A word with the fourth brother is enough for the fourteenth brother to have fun for a long time. Seeing that the fourth brother really didn't mean to blame himself, he even took the ninth brother's book and read the story to himself. It sprouted wings, clapped twice and ascended to heaven.
Seeing the sky getting darker, Yin Zhen, who was dry in telling stories, had no choice but to look at Yin Zhen for help.
Yinzhen stuffed a few story books into Elder Fourteen's arms: "It's too late now, if Fourteen doesn't go back, Concubine Demu will be worried? Let Fourteen read these books first, and wait for Fourteen to read them." Let me tell fourth brother and ninth brother when it's over, okay?"
The fourteenth elder brother still has more ideas.
He turned his head and looked out of the window. The setting sun had already coated the sky and the lake with a layer of light golden brilliance.
Elder Fourteen's mind slowed down a beat, only to realize that a long time had passed with hindsight.The moment he woke up, he found that his little stomach could not bear the loneliness and let out a grunt. Although he was thinking about it, he still obediently said hello, blinked and stretched out his fingers: "Fourth Brother...Ninth Brother! It's agreed."
The fourth elder brother Yinzhen showed a helpless smile.
He bent down and lifted Fourteenth Brother's little finger: "Okay, Fourth Brother promised Fourteenth."
Fourteen cheered, he was about to turn around and leave when Yinzhen grabbed him.Yinzhen looked at Fourteen sadly, and shook his fingers: "Hey, hey... and Brother Nine?"
"Hey." Elder Fourteen blushed.
He also shook the finger hooked on Yinzhen, and then he hopped and walked out holding a stack of books like a little rabbit.
"Fourth brother, who does the character of the fourteenth brother look like?"
"...Anyway, it's different from Brother Ben." I wasn't so stupid when I was young.
"Hey...really? I think it looks alike." Yinzhen snickered.Yinzhen glared at him angrily, and after sending the twelfth and thirteenth brothers back to rest, he and Yinzhen looked at the eleventh elder brother Yinzhen together.
This poor baby yo.
Yinzhen stretched out his hand to look through it, and sighed helplessly—there is still a lot of homework left.He said in a deep voice: "Yintu, oh Yintu, school will start in a few days."
The tutoring homework has not been finished yet, and there is also homework for the start of school. This child is about to be overwhelmed by homework.After a pause, Yinzhen added another sentence: "There is a test at the beginning of school, have you reviewed it?"
Yinhu: ...
Yinhu wept bitterly.
So brother, where do I have time to review?
His big tears fell down, and he looked at Yinzhen and Yinzhen pitifully: "Fourth Brother! Ninth Brother! How did you learn it well? Teach me!"
Yinzhen propped his elbows on the table. After thinking seriously for a while, he could only shake his head and spread his hands: "I don't know if you ask me." Yinzhen is a perfect scorer in other subjects.
This complacent and helpless attitude made Yinhu's nose crooked with anger.He felt that he had found the wrong person.Yinhu puffed her cheeks, and angrily turned her gaze to Yinzhen—an honest person like Fourth Brother must have a good way to learn, right?
Facing Yinzhen's expectant eyes, Yinzhen was under a lot of pressure.
He frowned tightly, and quickly thought about his learning experience from childhood to adulthood in his mind, and finally summed it up in one sentence: "...read it a hundred times, recite it a hundred times, and copy it a hundred times?"
Yinhu slammed his head on the table.
He held his forehead and said angrily: "Then what's the difference between this and now!"
Yinzhen said with a straight face: "As Su Shi said: I don't tire of reading old books a hundred times, and I know myself when I read them well. Reading a hundred times, memorizing a hundred times, and copying a hundred times is a stupid way, but it is also an effective way. .Yinyu"
Before the fourth brother could finish speaking, Yintang looked at Yinzhen pitifully: "Ninth brother, is there any medicine that can make you smarter and awesome after taking it?"
Yinzhen caressed Yintu's little head, looked at him with loving eyes like looking at a fool, and said softly: "Don't dream, be good."
Yinyu, I can't get up again.
He wanted to get away from this cold world with a wow, and before he could step out of Qingxi Bookstore, Wei Zhu grabbed him and put him back in front of the desk: "Brother Eleven, you haven't finished your homework for today!"
Yinyu is miserable.
Yinzhen and Yinzhen, one left and one right, are like two big mountains beside Yinti, and he didn't leave satisfied until he finished writing left and right.
Yin Zhen did what he said.
Until he went to Shaanxi with the large army, Yinzhen fulfilled the agreement with the fourteenth brother, so that after he left, the fourteenth brother looked a little bit lazy, holding his cheek and sighed: "fourth brother When do you want to come back?"
Yinzhen who replaced Yinzhen to read the storybook to Fourteen: ...
It's only been a day!You started screaming—Yinzhen felt a little sad for no reason.
He thought about it carefully, the eleventh younger brother Yinhu seeing him was like a mouse seeing a cat, the twelfth younger brother seeing him was not as good as a mouse seeing a cat, but it was indifferent, as for the thirteenth and fourteenth younger brothers quite differently The degree of the fourth brother's obsession with the younger brother, there is a faint tendency to compete who has the stronger cooking ability recently.
Yinzhen let out a long sigh.
He rubbed his face, puzzled by the reflection of the glazed mirror.Look at this gentle face, it's better than the hard face of the fourth brother, right?Why aren't my brothers chasing after me?
He unconsciously said the words out of his mouth.
Brother Eleven Yinhu, who was doing homework on the side, showed a pair of dead fish eyes.He looked at Brother Ninth, who was holding his face and complaining about himself, and then at the younger brothers beside him who were holding back their laughter—that's it?You still want your younger brothers to worship you just because you are so beautiful?You can pull it down!
There are so many slots in Yinhu that there are no mouths.
He intends to remind Brother Jiu to let him know that if he wants to be an elder brother who is admired by others, he must first be mature and stable.
But before Yintu could say it, maybe Yintang's gaze was too weird, and Yinzhen, who sensed the source of the gaze, looked at him: "Yintang, what are you doing when you don't study hard? Are you in a daze? Er Niang said this If you don’t do well in the exam, she will ask Khan Ama to give you a meal of fried meat with sticks.”
It's a shame to be spanked by Khan Ama.
If Yinzhen was hit by a stick, I'm afraid he would replace Yinzhen and become the number one person in the palace.Thinking of this, Yinzhen smiled and thought it was pretty good.
Eleven Elder Brother Yinxu: ...
Looking at Brother Jiu's wicked smile, he knew what he was thinking, and Yinhu snorted.
Fine.
Remind that this kind of thing is gone!Ninth brother, you want to go!
Seeing Yinzhen obediently lowering her head to do her homework, Yinzhen nodded in satisfaction and continued to think about how to win the hearts of her younger brothers as soon as possible without the fourth brother's absence.
First hook up the younger brothers with some gifts.
Yinzhen turned around and went to the Ministry of Industry. The officials of the Ministry of Industry saw Brother Jiu driving there as if he was facing an enemy, and he was fully armed - judging by his attitude, he knew that the officials of the Ministry of Households had spoken ill of him.
Hearing that elder brother Jiu came to look for Zhang Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the servant, Nian Xialing, hurriedly sent elder brother Jiu to Zhang Ying, the Minister of Industry, almost with a hint of joy. palace.
Yinzhen kept a straight face.
Zhang Ying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, showed a smile between his eyebrows and eyes.He traveled to the south of the Yangtze River with the fourth elder brother and the ninth elder brother, so he naturally knew that the two elder brothers were not such playful characters at all, and it was only because of some private situation.
Stay away from the household department and watch with cold eyes.
Of course, seeing Brother Jiu's depressed expression, Zhang Ying still had a slight smile on his lips: "Brother Jiu is here unharmed? Recently, the news of Brother Jiu has been widely circulated in the six parts. I thought there were two Nine Elder Brothers in the world!"
Yinzhen smiled awkwardly: "Master Zhang, why bother to make fun of Elder Brother Ben? This is not what Elder Brother Ben thinks..."
The matter of the household department could not be said directly, so Yinzhen had no choice but to point it out secretly.Shang Shu Zhang Ying naturally understood, he changed the subject with a smile: "What is the important business of Brother Jiu coming to the Ministry of Industry today? Or do you have any ideas?"
"Ben is looking for two or three carpenters."
"...carpenters?" Minister Zhang Ying frowned, "Most of the carpenters have been recruited by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, leaving only three or five carpenters on duty in the Ministry of Industry."
"Has the Ministry of Internal Affairs confiscated it?"
"Brother Jiu doesn't know? These bicycles and skateboards are selling very well, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't make them in time, so they can only requisition them all."
Yinzhen: ...
Just that stupid guy, still selling so well?The corner of his mouth twitched, and he nodded helplessly: "Ordinary craftsmen are fine, as long as they work carefully, anyway, I have blueprints and the like."
Shangshu Zhang Ying nodded.
Naturally, I can't use myself for such a trivial matter, and the servant Nian Yaling who had just slipped away was called in again.
The waiter's age: ...
With a bitter face but he didn't dare to refuse, he took Brother Jiu to the manufacturing warehouse tremblingly.
The manufacturing warehouse is located in the inverted building of the West Second Courtyard.
This can be regarded as the most deserted corner of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry. Most of the earthworkers were requisitioned to supervise the repair of the streets. In the West Second Courtyard, there were only a few leisurely carpenters chatting to pass the time.
Facing the arrival of the rare servant Nian Yaling, several craftsmen stood up and moved over with their eyes brightened.For craftsmen, if there is no other work, then there is only a simple salary of 1000 cash for a month, and a thousand cash is only one tael of silver, which is barely enough to make ends meet in the capital.
"Master Nian! Please sit down, please sit down!"
"Master Nian! I heard that your eldest son joined the research institute. Congratulations!"
Craftsmen flatter me with every word.
Regarding the entry of the eldest son Nian Xiyao into the research institute, the servant Nian Yaling smiled on his face, but he was not happy in his heart.
Nian Xiyao failed in many trials. As a father, he had already made up his mind to vote for him as a supervisor, but unexpectedly he was selected by the institute by accident.Although it is said that the research institute is valued and favored by the emperor, after all, the background is shallow, and it is still unknown how long it can last.
The servant, Nian Yaling, had a calm expression.
He signaled the craftsmen to stop talking, and then turned his gaze to Brother Nine.
Yinzhen's shining eyes made the servant Nian Yaling startled.He moved his steps a little restlessly, and Yinzhen's eyes swayed from side to side as he moved.
"... Brother Nine?"
"Master Nian's eldest son... is Nian Xiyao?"
The servant Nian Xialing was slightly taken aback.
He looked at Yinzhen in amazement: "... Brother Jiu knows about the slave's son?"
Zhang Ying, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, once hinted at Nian Yaling and others that the big boss behind this research institute is Brother Nine—but under the rumors of the huge momentum of the Ministry of Household Affairs, to be honest, Nian Yaling didn't want to believe it at all.He was stunned for a moment when he heard Brother Nine categorically declaring the name of his eldest son.
"of course I know."
Yinzhen nodded affirmatively: "Master Mei who published "Questions about History" also specially mentioned him in front of Khan Ama, and admitted him to work in the research institute as an exception. I heard from Mr. Mei that Nian Xiyao's talent in mathematics is only stronger than him. Not low."
There was a blush on Nian Yaling's face, and his palms were sweaty and sticky.Who is Mei Wending?He can be praised by the emperor, nominated and recommended by Zhang Yushu, a scholar of Baohedian, and Zhang Ying, a minister, and is a famous person in mathematics today. ,
Maybe... the eldest son, Nian Xiyao, is not as useless as I thought, but because I don't know where his abilities lie?Knowing that the eldest son's name has been remembered by the emperor, Nian Xia Ling could not conceal the joy and excitement on his face, he suppressed the joy in his heart and asked again: "... Brother Nine... is what he said true? "
"Of course it's all true."
"Good - good, good! It's really great!" Nian Yaling, the servant, was so excited that he could not speak coherently.
It took him a long time to suppress the excitement in his heart, and he recalled the business of Brother Jiu's arrival. The servant Nian Xialing turned to look at the craftsmen in front of him.
"...Little one, pay respects to Brother Nine." He was busy flattering his servant's age, but he never expected that the child next to him was Brother Nine.Many craftsmen were terrified, one after another knelt down on the ground and hurriedly said hello, and at the same time they were also happy in their hearts.
Brother Jiu is here?
That must be us!Making toys and building utensils, everyone began to imagine in their minds that if they pulled on the elder brother's thigh, in the future...
Yinzhen waved his hand indifferently.
After calling them all up, they began to ask: "How much do you know about the bicycles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? Brother Ben wants to get people to improve together."
"...improvement?"
"Bicycle? Improved bicycle?"
The craftsmen who were still full of excitement before were shocked in an instant.
What is this bicycle?Bicycles are all the rage in the capital recently! 200 taels of silver, if you want to add some patterns or decorations, the low is 600 taels of silver, and the high is [-] taels of silver. Now it is used by the rich and powerful businessmen in the capital to show off!
If they can make... can improve, do they still need to wait for Brother Nine?He paid tribute to the Ministry of Internal Affairs a long time ago, and now he can still be kept here?Yinzhen's words were like a basin of cold water that instantly extinguished their fiery hearts, and at the same time reminded everyone of Jiu's unique reputation in Hubu.
emmmmm... If you can't make it, don't you have to be punished and hurt your family if you don't get a reward?The smiles on the faces of all the craftsmen froze, and without the excitement just now, each of them was either speechless or shaking their heads.
Nian Xialing pretended not to see the reluctance of the craftsmen, and said to Yinzhen with a smile: "Brother Jiu, the craftsmen here are all old craftsmen, and there must be no problem with ordinary work."
casual……?
Yinzhen glanced at the unwilling craftsmen and frowned.
They are not happy, and they don't want it yet!
Yinzhen said lazily: "Is there no one else besides these craftsmen?"
The servant Nian Yaling thought for a while, and then called the head of the warehouse to ask a few questions.The head of the manufacturing warehouse honestly confessed: "If you are an apprentice, there are still a few, and the others are just a few in front of you."
The servant, Nian Xialing, just wanted to persuade him, but Yinzhen waved his hand, "Apprentices are also welcome." Anyway, there are blueprints.
He opened his mouth, but did not persuade.
Soon the principal came with two teenagers.Both of them were fourteen or fifteen years old, with dark complexions and strong bodies. Seeing Yinzhen, they knelt down and kowtowed obediently.
It was obvious that they had been intimidated by the boss behind their backs, and each one became more honest and obedient.Yinzhen didn't care, she nodded to her servant Nian Xialing and took the two of them away.
On the contrary, after the servant Nian Yaling watched Brother Jiu leave, his whole face became very long.He glanced around the group of craftsmen with happy faces, and lightly told the chief: "Throw out these craftsmen, and recruit another batch."
The blood on the face of the lucky craftsman faded away.
Before they had time to pounce on Nian Xialing, their servant, they were dragged out by a group of guards and servants.
The principal followed all the way to the gate, and he took a sip: "Annoyed the master and still want to get ahead? What a bunch of idiots! It's no wonder the Ministry of Internal Affairs can't choose you people!"
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