"What's the matter?" Xu Erkui tapped the sole of his shoe with a cigarette pipe, and looked at him with scrutiny.

When he came, he knew that scolding would be inevitable, so Ji Zheng encouraged himself and said, "Second Master...before...just before..."

"Tell me quickly, why are you so inked," Xu Erkui said impatiently.

"Before, I hired the Ma family, and I can't remember how much the salary was." Seeing his eyes widening, Ji Zhengze said directly, "Second Master, I want to get the money back now." .”

"Your son's reading is in his mother's stomach!" Xu Erkui said with a loud voice, "Without the permission of parents, what kind of employment did you make? Your brain is covered with shit!"

Ji Zhengze: "..." While staring at the tea, he muttered to himself that it wasn't me who scolded, it was the original owner, not me!

The old man scolded him for a while and saw that his head was getting lower and lower, so he calmed down a little, Xu Erkui said: "Old man Ma is a bitch, the girl doesn't know how to return the bride price even after she gets married, I really thought there was no one in Ji's family, right?" What's the matter, you bring the letter of appointment and I'll ask for it for you, if he dares not give it to you, I'll break his leg."

"That...Second Grandpa, didn't... didn't write a letter of appointment," Ji Zheng said in a voice like a mosquito.

Xu Erkui was so angry that he didn't know what to scold. He pointed at Ji Zhengze with shaking fingers for a long time, and then said, "Giving money without a letter of appointment, are you short-hearted?"

"As for that mangy dog ​​surnamed Ma, he has to shirk to death if he has a letter of appointment. If he doesn't have a letter of appointment, he can give you the money." Xu Erkui said very tiredly: "Ah Zheng, you are not young, and you will be married next year." It's time to reach the crown..."

When Ji Zhengze came out of his second grandfather's house, he felt like he had been reborn.Originally, he just wanted to ask how he could get the money back. Although he was prepared to be scolded, he didn't expect to be scolded so badly.

He was in a trance after being scolded, and Aying greeted him before he reached the door, looking at him with concern.

There is a wall between Ji's house and Erye's house, so Aying naturally heard the village chief's scolding.He looked at Ji Zhengze's complexion, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he followed obediently.

When they entered the room and were about to leave, Ji Zhengze's clothes were gently pulled off, and the kid stood behind him, with worry on his bushy brows, "Brother Ah Zheng, are you okay?"

"Brother is fine, it's just that the second master's loud voice hurts his throat a little." Ji Zhengze's heart was warmed to a mess, and he smiled and said: "Don't worry about me, you are exhausted today and go to bed early."

Aying frowned, the scar on the left eyebrow also moved, and she looked handsome and handsome. She still looked at him and did not speak. Ji Zhengze had no choice but to continue to comfort him, "I'm really fine, Aying will go early today. Sleep, can you make me breakfast tomorrow?"

Ah Ying stared at him for a while, then slowly nodded and went back to the room.

One night passed, and just after breakfast, someone from Xu’s restaurant came to bring over the money. The wild boar weighed 420 catties, and forty cents a catty was less than 20 taels. The two were sold for 120 taels in total.

Ji Zheng put the 100 taels of cash and yesterday's 20 taels of silver together, and after a closer look, there was nothing unusual about this silver ingot except that it looked like a shoehorn.

Just now he paid back the bag that he still worried about money, and now there will be such a huge sum of money.It's just that he earned none of the money.

After breakfast, Jizheng called Aying to his room, "Yesterday, the wild boar and wild ginseng were sold for 120 taels in total. You hunted the wild boar and the money should be yours. I will take ten taels as a loan first, and then there will be more money." I'll pay you back after the income."

"I...I don't want it," Ah Ying pushed the money back, lowered her eyes and said, "There are still a lot of money on the Wild Boar Mountain...the money is for those people from yesterday."

"I know there are many wild boars on the mountain, and that thing is stupid, but Ah Ying only has one." Ji Zheng said with a serious tone, "No more going up the mountain without my consent."

"Oh," still refused to accept the money.

"For the few people who came before, the money has been paid back temporarily," Ji Zheng said in a different way: "More than 100 taels is not a small amount of money. I don't worry if you accept it."

"Then..." Ah Ying was about to refute, but was suppressed by Ji Zhengze, "Did you forget who is in charge of our family?"

"You," Ah Ying ran out. After a while, she took the clay pot and put the silver in it. After looking left and right in the room for a while, she jumped up to the beam of the bedroom and put it away. The jar then came down like a cloud and flowing water.

Ji Zheng was dumbfounded after watching the operation. This... Could this be the legendary lightness skill?

After feeling Ji Zhengze's surprised gaze, Ah Ying's hairy ears seemed to stand straight up, and he showed a confident and bright smile.

The meaning is simply to say: See how good I am, praise me quickly!Praise me!

"Aying, you are so good," Ji Zheng praised kindly, and not only Aying's ears, but also hair on her back seemed to be growing and her tail was curling up.

Ji Zheng smiled and rubbed Ah Ying's head with a gentleness that he had never realized.

Another day later, when it was time to go to the academy to report, Ji Zhengze got up early in the morning to work on the village ox cart and then entered the city. The ox cart drove the vegetables, chickens and ducks to be sold in the morning market and crowded into a pile with the villagers. .

Ji Zhengze only stood in front of him, silently nibbling on the pancakes that Aying brought him, ignoring the gossip of the villagers.After arriving in the city, I walked for another hour before arriving at Lushan Academy.

Lushan Academy was founded by his father and several friends, aiming to provide a place for poor students in Yuzhou to realize their dreams.

In Yuzhou, no matter rich or poor, as long as they have good conduct, they can study in Lushan Academy, and the teaching is free.After enlightenment, there are very few bundle repairs.

If you really can't afford the money, doing odd jobs in the academy can also cover tuition fees.However, children from poor families are contented if they can read and do not have to work hard. They all hope that their children can come out to earn money as soon as possible, so the older scholars in the academy are determined to continue to take the entrance exam.

The Academy is divided into the South Campus and the North Campus. The South College teaches Kaimeng carpentry and bricklaying handicrafts and so on.The North Campus that Ji Zhengze signed up for was the place where he went to school after he obtained the fame of a scholar.

Because the previous emperor of Dazhao was good at governing the country, Dazhao has lived in peace and prosperity all these years, and there are many people who are willing to have their children study, so there are not a few scholars who ranked first in the college examination this year.

"Sir, please register for the single room," Ji Zheng said as he handed over the voucher.

There are three types of accommodation in the North Courtyard, the first is a ten-person room of [-] Wen per month, the second is a single room of [-] Wen, and the other is a small courtyard specially prepared for the children of rich families for two taels of silver a month.

Yanming Mountain towers as high as clouds and white mist on the mountainside, the clouds are misty, the green hills are surrounded by green willows and the breeze, scholars can be seen everywhere in the academy, discussing knowledge together.

Ji Zhengze liked this environment very much. He first went to his room to take a look. The north wall of the room facing south was built with a heated kang, and the bookshelves on the east wall were connected with tables and chairs. There was nothing else.

Such a small house of less than ten square meters is enough for one person to live in. This is where he will live for a long time in the future. Thinking of this, Ji Zhengze is a little bit concerned about the child at home.

After leaving the school building, I unconsciously went to the independent courtyard. I said that the courtyard is actually very small. The college takes good care of the poor students, and tries its best to squeeze the rich students.

The master bedroom in the courtyard is a little bigger than the single one, and there is a small room outside which should be reserved for servants or book boys, and there are separate small kitchens and cleaning rooms on both sides.

Even so, Ji Zhengze felt that the price of two taels a month was still expensive.

I didn't see Xu Youan and other acquaintances in the academy, and Ji Zheng went to the city after wandering around for a while. Aying's clothes were scattered like mop strips, and he couldn't always wear his own clothes to make do.

After entering the cloth shop, the various clothes on the wall made him dizzy, tsk tsk, there are so many ancient clothes. Saying that Ah Ying is young, has clear and good-looking features, and usually does a lot of work, Ji Zheng didn't choose too many clothes. Okay, I chose two sets of cotton cloth, one set of light blue and one set of purple, both of which are easy to wash and stain.

Imagining Ah Ying wearing new clothes, Ji Zheng seemed to be full of joy, and walked back to the village without waiting for the bullock cart in the afternoon to carry his things on his back.

The most powerful autumn tiger is at noon. When Ji Zhengze walked home, his clothes were almost drenched in sweat. As soon as he arrived home, Aying came out of the door as if telepathically.

Aying took the basket and quickly handed the water glass to Ji Zhengze. The water glass was placed in his hand as soon as the wet veil was put down, as if it had been prepared in advance.

Ji Zheng, who had recovered, hummed comfortably with a cool handkerchief on his head, "Aying, there are new clothes I bought for you in the back basket, go and try them on, if they don't fit, I'll change them tomorrow."

"New clothes?" Ah Ying asked in surprise, "For me?"

Ji Zhengze confirmed: "Yes, I bought it for you, change it quickly, I want to see it."

"Well," the little guy went back to the room happily holding the package, and after a while, a handsome young man covered in purple came out.

"Okay...does it look good?" Ah Ying seemed to be afraid that he would not be able to see clearly, so she walked up to her and turned around.

Ah Ying is slightly taller than the average brother, slender and straight like a pine bamboo, and the plain purple clothes cover his body, taking advantage of his handsome face full of heroism.

The little brother was blushing on his cheeks, but the still generous Ren Jizheng looked at him.Ji Zhengze pinched the palm of his hand to make his gaze not so straightforward, he said: "It's so beautiful, where are the shoes?"

The young man is good in everything, the only fly in the ointment is his two dirty feet.

As soon as Ji Zhengze finished speaking, Ah Ying shyly shrank her feet back into her hem. He said embarrassedly, "Dirty feet, keep the new shoes."

"Stupid thing," Ji Zhengze twisted his nose and said, "You can wear things when you buy them, so why keep them? Make offerings." After he finished speaking, he turned and went out.

After a while, a basin of water landed in front of Ah Ying, "Wash up, you are not allowed to go barefoot from now on."

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