dressed as a scholar

Fang Yu tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't fall asleep. The man's body was hot, and he didn't feel cold lying in the bed, but the huge curtained bed was very empty.

It seems that he has not slept alone for a long time. He remembered the habit of sleeping alone for more than 20 years, but it has changed completely in just three or two years.

The wind was blowing outside the house, the branches of the trees were shaking, and even the tiles of the roof were being thrown away. He felt that the noise was so loud that he couldn't even hear the sound of the watch on the street.

Around some time, he sat up, startled the little servant who was watching the night outside the heavy curtain, and hurriedly got up from the ground: "Is the lord going to wake up at night or is he thirsty?"

Before Fang Yu could answer, he lifted the quilt, stuffed his feet into his shoes, and strode outside the house. The servants seldom came to keep watch at night. When they saw the Lord, they just opened the door and went out. He hurriedly took the cloak from the hanger and chased him out.

The warm sound of the charcoal fire in the room does not feel cold, but it is cold when walking in the corridor. Fang Yu walked out of the Xiaotong courtyard facing the cold wind. There are only two porch lights left in the courtyard for a while. It is already late at night, and the lights in the room are exhausted Off, be quiet.

Fang Yu entered the room with a muffled sound. A candle was lit on the table in front of the bedroom. The person in the curtain was already fast asleep. He snorted softly and blew out the fire light sideways. She wanted to get up, but before she opened her eyes, she was drawn into a cold embrace, and was immediately wrapped in a quilt.

"It's not warm at all under the quilt after sleeping alone for so long."

Stretching out his hand to touch Qiao Hezhi's crooked feet, Fang Yu muttered. He wanted to freeze Qiao Hezhi, but seeing that he wasn't warm himself, he just let it go.After lying down for a while, the wind-blown cold air outside the house disappeared, and his body was able to heat up again. When he was about to hug the person beside him, Qiao Hezhi slipped into his arms consciously.

Xu Shi was used to sleeping in the warm embrace, but Qiao Hezhi completely forgot that he was sleeping alone tonight, leaning against Fang Yu's embrace, becoming more and more docile.Fang Yu patted Qiao Hezhi's back lightly, and the slender waist under the obscene clothes was pressed against him, and the emptiness in his heart was filled immediately. Isn't this more comfortable than sleeping with a pillow?

There were pats and pats, as if they were patted on himself. He was tossing and turning without feeling sleepy, but now he was sleepy, and he fell asleep within a quarter of an hour.

The servant who chased after him and Si Yu who heard the movement outside and came to check looked at each other. Si Yu was already used to this scene: "You go back and rest, I don't have anything to do with you for the rest of the night."

There is nothing else to do with her, but she can go back to the hut and sleep until tomorrow to serve her.

The next day, Qiao Hezhi was awakened by Si Yu.

"My lord, don't just rest. Your head will hurt again after sleeping for a long time. Get up, it's snowing outside! The yard is completely white."

Si Yu dug him out from the soft and fluffy bed.

Qiao Hezhi slowly opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and he closed them again when the bright light stimulated him. He frowned: "It's snowing? Why is it so bright outside today? I dreamed of falling into an ice hole last night." inside."

"That's not an ice cave, the Lord came to rest last night."

"He's coming?" Qiao Hezhi opened his eyes wide: "How could I not know!"

"It must be because I was tired from lighting the lamp and writing books yesterday, son, I slept too deeply."

Qiao Hezhi got up quickly, ran to the closet in a hurry, squatted down and opened the drawer, he was relieved to see that the paper inside was still intact, and looked at Si Yu with a smile on his head: "No one was found. "

The charcoal fire in the room seems to have been added, and it doesn't feel cold at this hour, Si Yu took out a cloak with two layers of rabbit fur on the inside and outside, and put it on Qiao Hezhi: "Since the young master sent the books to the bookstore, the lord really wants to Don't you know?"

"He's busy disciplining the students of the academy, so he doesn't have the time to ask what's new in the city. He doesn't like these things. How can he know when I'm in charge of the bookstore?"

Qiao Hezhi had a smile on his face, and he was happy in his heart: "I went to the Book and Tea Room yesterday, and the manuscripts of the first two episodes were just put on the shelves. Although the number of people who read them was not as many as those who bought dozens of other dramas, but after reading the first two episodes Many of the two times are asking about the third time."

"I finished writing the third chapter last night, and I can send it to the bookstore for printing and distribution."

Qiao Hezhi was thinking about the manuscript and walked to the window. The scene outside made him stop for a moment. The scene outside seemed to be a vast expanse of whiteness, and he could hardly see any color other than white snow. The snow was about an inch thick. up.

The weather in Yuncheng is warm all year round. Although hoarfrost is often scattered in the cold winter, such overwhelming snowfall is still rare. Qiao Hezhi remembers such a heavy snowfall as the only one in nearly 20 years.

Subconsciously, he wanted to find Fang Yu to watch the snow together, but Si Yu said, "Master has already gone out."

"It snowed last night. The lord said that he was afraid that the road was covered with ice and the carriage would be slippery, so he set off early to walk to the academy. The lord told the young master that it is best not to go out today, it is cold outside. The road is frozen and slippery."

"It's fine if you don't wake me up today, if you go out, you won't know me." Qiao Hezhi frowned, with a bit of aggrieved tone.

Si Yu laughed and said: "Xu saw that Young Master sleeps heavily in the morning and likes to stay in bed in winter, so he didn't disturb Young Master."

Qiao Hezhi knew that Fang Yu would not be so kind. Although he would not be asked to get up early in winter, and he would not care if he stayed in bed, but he always woke up early, and he would wake him up after he woke up, and he would not let him wake up. He got up to accompany him, just to have a conversation with him.

"Then... but the master didn't go to Mucang Xiaoxie yesterday, so the lord is unhappy?" Si Yu recalled what the little servant said last night.

"I'll bring him food early this afternoon." Originally, he wanted to find some things to do for himself, so that he wouldn't have to pester him every day, but he was misunderstood, and he urged: "Look quickly and see if there are good dishes in the kitchen. In the snowy weather, you have to simmer soup to make some warm."

.......

The front door of the classroom is facing Fang Yu, and when the wind blows outside, snowflakes of different sizes and shapes are rolled up to the edge of the corridor. The row of green bamboo next to the classroom building is completely covered with snow, and the snow outside is still Below, there is no stopping trend.

Few students who have seen snow have their minds already on the street market full of snowflakes today. If it weren't for the heavy fines for being late, how many people would stay in the street market and refuse to enter the academy.

Everyone discussed whether it would be better to cook tea on the lake pavilion and watch the snow, or to eat barbecue in the snow.

The students noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with today's teacher. Since entering the classroom early in the morning, they have been sitting on the table in front of the podium with their faces propped up. A rare snow scene in several years.

In short, it is a good thing that they have not been asked to write articles, and they can indulge in small tricks below.

Fang Yu was really thinking that he was not in the classroom. He was trying to figure out what was going on with Qiao Hezhi, and he seemed to be avoiding him all the time recently.God is so pitiful, I didn't know how clingy a little fairy was before, but now I am suddenly not clingy, who can resist this.

He pondered carefully, he didn't seem to have done anything to make him unhappy recently, right?

Could it be the legendary three-year pain, seven-year itch?After doing the math, they seem to have been married for three years.three years?Don't you feel it for three years?Could it be that he doesn't love him anymore?

"puff."

Before Fang Yu could sort out his thoughts, the sudden laughter in the quiet classroom seemed to be mocking his situation.

Sun Yuan lowered his head and quickly covered his mouth. He looked around and saw no one. He breathed a sigh of relief and was about to straighten up when the thin little notebook stuck in the history book on the desk case was After being carried out, it was the master's handsome black face.

"Master... Master, sir!"

Fang Yu didn't say a word, lowered his eyes, pursed his lips, and just looked straight at Sun Yuan.

"Master, you can beat or scold if you want, don't look at the student like this, it's creepy." Sun Yuan swallowed, and shrank his head subconsciously: "Student will never dare again!"

Fang Yu held up the little drama script that he collected, and the page was still on the page that Sun Yuan was looking at just now. He glanced at it, and read out the script written in the script without emotion: "He is eight feet long, good-looking, Everyone who has seen it is said to be a modest gentleman, but under the description of Zhilan Yushu, there are completely opposite ghost ideas..."

Before he finished reading, the eyes of the students around him all turned to Fang Yu. Those who knew it was Sun Yuan secretly watching the opera in class, but those who didn't know thought that the master was describing himself.

Fang Yu was full of aggrieved anger, and he had nowhere to vent his anger. Seeing that he had caught a punching bag and wanted to give a good reprimand, he didn't realize that there was something wrong with the script, so he closed the script with a click Throwing it on Sun Yuan's table: "I see that you can't be free, let you read poems and books quietly, but you actually read operas again, thinking that you still have some hobbies for girls and boys."

Sun Yuan shrank like a quail, not daring to argue.

"Copy the "Bai Gu Pu" three times for me and hand it in tomorrow."

Sun Yuan immediately wailed: "It's snowing heavily, Master, even if you don't feel sorry for the students whose hands are freezing and can't write quickly, you pity the poor students who have never seen the heart of the snow and want to enjoy the snow before school."

"Five times!"

Sun Yuan immediately closed his mouth, fearing that if he uttered one more word, he would repeat it several times.Fang Yu was slapped, just now he felt that his hands and feet were stiff due to the wind blowing at the door of the classroom for several hours, and seeing that the time was getting late and it was not long before the end of get out of class at noon, he planned to go back to the teacher's room to warm up by the fire.

When he reached the door, he went back and confiscated the operas on Sun Yuan's desk: "If you don't study well every day, and read all the things that are not good, you will regret it next year when you take the exam."

Sun Yuan watched his master go away, gritted his teeth and said with distress: "It's nothing more than copying books, why take away my operas."

"Isn't it Fenglinlu?"

"Have you seen it?" Sun Yuan looked at the classmates who came up to him.

"The new drama in Shuchazhai has only been published twice." The classmate said: "I read it a few days ago, and it's really well written. When it was put on the shelf, I thought this book would be a hit, but no, these days More and more people are watching."

Seeing that the people in the back row also turned their heads to listen, Sun Yuan tugged his classmate's sleeves: "Keep your voice down, you're still very proud of the big man watching the drama, aren't you?"

"What's the matter? Then there are still scholars who write operas. Mei Youcai from Class [-] specially contributes to Shuchazhai. His operas are selling well now. Before, he was struggling to copy and write for others. Articles, helping litigators to write down handwritten pleadings to make money, nowadays people can eat and drink just for the remuneration.”

"Then have you watched Feng Lin Lu for the second time?"

"Why didn't you see it?"

Hearing this, Sun Yuan urged: "Tell me quickly, I just read it with enthusiasm, and the first time I was taken away by my master before I finished reading it."

"This second time is about how the male protagonist in the book outwits the cunning servant and the unruly obsessed girl."

"I think the most interesting thing about this is that the hero is not a human being. Although he is very intelligent, he is afraid of the ancestral talisman and has to hide beside his husband..."

Fang Yu didn't know what these youngsters were talking about, and when he returned to his wife's room, he was still very angry. He leaned out of the window to see if the snow had stopped outside. When someone brought lunch today, he saw a ochre-red figure coming out of the snow. Coming from the ground, there was a row of footprints on the gravel road that was originally covered by snow in the academy garden, and a person holding an umbrella to cover the snow was coming towards him.

Seeing this, he felt joy in his heart: "Crane branch!"

"Why did you come to deliver food in such a heavy snow today? Did you come by carriage or on foot?"

Fang Yu saw that Qiao Hezhi's cheeks were flushed from the cold, and the tip of his nose seemed to have been puffed with powder. He hurriedly added some new charcoal to the stove, and flicked the charcoal that was already burning. Let it burn bigger.

"I came here by horse-drawn carriage. The magistrate of Sheng County has already brought the yamen to clean up the market. Some adults have done it themselves, and the common people have also started to do it. The snow and ice on the roads in the city have been shoveled clean. I can pass the carriage safely. But there are so many people going out to enjoy the snow scenery, and it is so lively outside, my carriage was blocked for a while before I came here.

Seeing that Fang Yu was very warm to him, he quickly opened the food box. He cooked a lot of dishes today, and he filled two food boxes.

I simmered an old black-bone free-range chicken sent by Zhuangzi, and stewed it with ginseng for more than an hour. The soup is cool and has light yellow chicken oil floating on the surface of the soup, which is very rich and delicious.

Fang Yuzheng's hands and feet were freezing, and he took a sip of this chicken soup, and his mouth was fresh and fragrant, warming his heart.

He held the bowl and looked at today's dishes, which include braised green prawns, roasted mutton with a long bone, dry-stir-fried duck tongue, stewed beef tongue, which was a new favorite for a while ago, and even venison with mushrooms Stuffed steamed buns, not to mention other vegetarian dishes.

"Is it Chinese New Year today?" He stared at Qiao Hezhi who kept bringing out dishes from the food box. If it wasn't for the familiar taste of the food, he would have thought it was the food that Xiao Qiao packed in the restaurant when he came over. up.

"You didn't eat much breakfast this morning, and you went out earlier than usual. I was afraid you would be hungry, so I prepared more." Qiao Hezhi handed the chopsticks to Fang Yu: "Eat quickly, it will be cold later." It won't taste good."

Fang Yu also disregarded his image, took a piece of grilled lamb chops and began to chew. Xiao Qiao's grilled lamb was always excellent, and the heat was just right, as if it had just been cooked.

Qiao Hezhi cooked meals all morning, and he was a little hungry today, so he ate a la carte with Fang Yu.

"Today's prawns are really good, even the shells have been removed." The meat noodles are smoky, and the inside is sweet and succulent. The mouth is full of big freshwater prawns, which is a real sense of satisfaction.

Sun Yuan stood at the door for a while, listening to voices in the master's room. He didn't intend to come back or go in, but when he walked to the porch, he could smell the air coming out of the master's room from a long distance away. The smell, he swallowed disappointingly, although he is also a rich young man who has tasted countless delicacies, it must be because the smell of the food makes him unable to walk, but it is too fragrant.

It just so happened that it was time to eat at noon, who could resist the smell of the food, he immediately forgot what he was here for, and secretly lay outside the window to see what his wife was eating.

As soon as Fang raised his head, he met Qiao Hezhi who was sitting facing the window. Sun Yuan blushed immediately, and even forgot to run away.

"Why are you running here again? You don't go to eat after class, and you don't run faster than anyone else in Xunri?"

"Student, don't you want to see if the master has eaten?" Seeing that he was found, Sun Yuan simply didn't run away, and went into the master's room with a cheeky face: "Grilled lamb chops, stewed big green prawns, and stewed beef Tongue! This is the signature dish of several restaurants in the east, west, north, south, and north of the city! Master, how did you manage to have them delivered at the same time?"

Fang Yu said: "Your teacher's wife has gathered together the elders of each family, so there is no need for such trouble."

Qiao Hezhi saw that Sun Yuan's eyes were shining and he was about to salivate, so he couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing, he took out a pair of clean bowls and chopsticks from the food box: "Come here and eat something together, it's snowing outside today, go out People who appreciate the snow will soon fill up the restaurants, if there is no food delivery at home, I’m afraid there will be people waiting at the restaurants at this hour.”

"This, this is so embarrassing." Sun Yuan said, his face was also flushed, and he took the bowls and chopsticks very consciously.

Fang Yu has a hundred disgusts in his heart. He is reluctant to hand over the dishes cooked by Xiao Qiao to others. He can't wait for the whole group to come to him. But considering that there are too many dishes today, he and Qiao Hezhi must be the same. I can't finish it, so I have to take advantage of this kid.

Qiao Hezhi served Sun Yuan chicken soup: "Eat quickly."

"Thank you, Master." Sun Yuan took a sip of the soup happily, and he went straight to his mouth with fresh energy. It was even more delicious than the chicken soup made by the old chef who has been cooking in the house for decades. He was full of praise and flattered The thieves sounded, and they passed Fang Yu directly: "The dishes cooked by the teacher's wife are really delicious."

"It's really virtuous for Master to come here in a snowy day."

"Master's wife really made the eyes of the little hozen suddenly shine. I have never seen a little brother who looks like my teacher's mother."

"..."

With a slap, Sun Yuan Tianling got a slap on the cover, knocking off the tongue of the dried duck caught on the chopsticks: "Don't talk when you eat, don't talk when you sleep, go out if you don't eat, why do you talk so much today?"

Qiao Hezhi smiled when he was praised: "Okay, I've scared off Xiao Sun's cooking. It's not in the classroom right now, so don't be so serious."

"Ms. Ma'am is really understanding!"

Fang Yu gritted his teeth and saw Sun Yuan smilingly carrying the bowl to pick up the food from Qiao Hezhi. He almost didn't pull the boy's chopsticks. He was jumping up and down in front of him on weekdays. That little bit of knowledge was spent on flattery, and although he was telling the truth, he just wasn't happy.

These dishes were cooked for him by Xiao Qiao, and it was probably Xiao Qiao who picked up the dishes for him to ask about his health, and let this kid go away.

After the meal, Sun Yuan graciously cleaned up the dishes for Qiao Hezhi, and praised him again. Qiao Hezhi said: "Come to the house during the Chinese New Year, and the teacher will cook some dishes for you."

"Is it really possible to come and visit during the Chinese New Year?" Sun Yuan had a lively smile on his face, and turned his head to look at the stern-faced Fang Yu: "Master, can students really come?"

One meal is not enough for the Chinese New Year, you still want to come!Fang Yu thought of this in his heart, but looking at the gentle and pleasant Qiao Hezhi on the side, he also showed great generosity: "Your teacher and mother have said so, so it is naturally possible."

Sun Yuan was happy, and when he said goodbye, he still had a smile on his face. Although he knew that his master was married, this was the first time he saw his teacher's wife. He never thought that his teacher's wife was such a gentle and virtuous person. With a sour mouth, he said that Fang Yu married the son of a merchant for money in the past, and he still sighed, but now seeing the teacher's wife in person, it is simply the jealousy of those tricky people.

This is not greedy for money and disregarding the integrity of scholars, this is obviously love than Jin Jian disregarding worldly vision.

Walking to the door of the classroom, he slapped his head: "Oh, I was too greedy! Didn't I want to plead with my master to save copying the book twice and get back the playbook!"

Qiao Hezhi stretched out his hand to lean against the stove, smiled and said to Fang Yu: "I see that your students are also clever and cute. How many days have you always been angry? Are you too strict?"

"I'm still strict, but I indulged them a lot." Fang Yu cursed: "What do you think that kid came here for? I caught him secretly watching a play in class today, and I punished him." Copying books, thinking about coming over to intercede after class."

Afraid that Qiao Hezhi would not believe it, he picked up the play script on the table and sat down in front of Qiao Hezhi: "Look, I found this play script, and he was not wronged at all, so I can't deny it. "

Fang Yu sat down next to Qiao Hezhi, and only now carefully looked at the title page: ""Feng Lin Lu", I don't know what drama it is. Even men have read these love stories, which one is written out of it? sons of men."

"After reading two lines today, I read them strangely, like..."

Before Fang Yu finished speaking, Qiao Hezhi, who was spreading his hands warming the fire, felt a twitch in his heart. Immediately, his head buzzed, the alarm bell rang, and he snatched the script without saying a word.

The excessive reaction made Fang Yu stunned in place, and his hands were still in place: "What's wrong?"

Qiao Hezhi felt guilty, his heart was pounding, he was embarrassed to look at Fang Yu directly, he pursed his lips and looked at the stove and coughed dryly: "No, it's nothing, just, I just heard from the manager in the shop that this book is selling well. , want to see."

"Huh? It's actually a book from our bookstore?" Fang Yu seemed to be clicked, thinking that he had really neglected to take care of his family's property recently, and he didn't know anything about Shixin in the bookstore. He thought Qiao Hezhi was different from before. He was also tired of housework, so he stretched out his hand to ask for drama: "Then let me see, you are the one who manages the book and tea room these days, and the school is going to be on annual vacation right now, so I can help you take care of it when I'm free." business."

Qiao Hezhi was terrified when he heard this: "No, no need! I can handle all these things. Just rest assured that you can teach students. If you have free time, you can study by yourself. It's not been two years since the exam."

Fang Yu saw Qiao Hezhi looking at him defensively, his body twisted like a twist, and the unhappiness that had been calmed down by yesterday's meal suddenly surged up again.

"Three pushes and four resistances, why don't you let me watch a play if I want to see it? They always avoid me these days."

He withdrew his hand and didn't force Qiao Hezhi to hand over the play, and turned cold: "You and I are husband and wife, and I don't like to hide it. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it clearly, whether to go or stay. , Whether it is good or bad, there is an explanation, and there is no need to make each other feel unhappy."

Qiao Hezhi stared at Fang Yu, seeing that his words were cold and his expression was not good, and he didn't seem to be joking at all.The person who had always been soft-spoken to him suddenly changed his expression, and it was just that he didn't show him the drama, Zensheng said it so seriously.

He was really frightened by Fang Yu's words, he was afraid to speak, and then he heard Fang Yu's dark face questioning.

"I'll be blunt, who is that little boy?"

Qiao Hezhi thought, "Wh-Which little boy?"