After the cannon fodder fell into my arms

six,

Listening to the familiar voice, Xie Changyue raised her head and said, "Husband."

When Gu Siyuan saw such a smiling face, he unconsciously became happy, and stretched out his hand towards him: "I'm going home."

"En." Xie Changyue nodded fiercely.

He grabbed Gu Siyuan's big hand and was about to stand up. When he thought of something, he quickly bent down and picked up a stone to wipe off the writing on the ground.

Husband's name can't be trampled on later.

Gu Siyuan looked at Gu Yang who wrote all over the floor, this is the feeling of being loved wholeheartedly.

After the person stood up, he took out an oiled paper bag from the back basket and handed it over: "Here."

When Xie Changyue saw the package, she knew it contained pastries.

He immediately showed his neat little white teeth with a smile: "Husband, you brought this specially for me!"

Gu Siyuan coughed lightly, and said with a cold face as usual: "I just passed by Baoxiangzhai."

"I know!" Xie Changyue's voice was clear.

Hehe, if my husband didn't miss him and think about him after he went to the county seat, why would he think of bringing him pastries?

When he was in the uncle's mansion, the conditions of the Shen family were so good, and Second Master Shen would go out every day, but he almost never saw him remembering what to bring to his wife...

Xie Changyue held the pastry in one hand, and hugged her husband's arm tightly with the other.

"Husband, didn't you say that the academy only ends when you are young? Why did you come back so quickly? Is it because you missed me that you walked a lot faster..."

Gu Siyuan coughed lightly, but did not refute.

"I knew it, I miss my husband very much at home." Xie Changyue laughed excitedly, his clear and proud voice was diffused in the breeze.

The two walked towards the house hand in hand, their backs were stretched by the evening sun, and they almost merged into one.

After entering the house, Xie Changyue let go of Gu Siyuan, and showed Gu Qingqing and Mu Xiaxian the pastries her husband brought him, and then most of them were successfully divided out.

In the end, he could only carry the oil-paper bag that was several layers thin, and went back to the room with a puffy face to hide.

Gu Siyuan pinched his face: "I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Xie Changyue shook her head: "No more."

He knows that pastries are not cheap, and now that they are not in Bo's house, how can they eat them every day?

Gu Siyuan lowered his eyes and thought to himself: Books are for reading, and money is also for earning.

On the second day, Gu Siyuan got up earlier than yesterday.

When she woke up, Xie Changyue was still sleeping in his arms, her face flushed.

He still jogged all the way to the county seat, but instead of entering the academy immediately, he stopped at the entrance of a Four Treasures of the Study shop, which was the best-rated shop in the book market street, and the place where the original body came most often.

"It's...Gu Langjun?" The shopkeeper Song of the bookstore saw him, and asked after a moment of stunned.

Gu Siyuan is tall and good-looking, standing a head taller in the crowd, it is easy to impress others, not to mention that the shopkeeper has a better memory than ordinary people when welcoming and sending people to do business.

However, in his impression, this gentleman is usually a little gloomy and silent, not so amazing.

Gu Siyuan cupped his hands: "Hello, Shopkeeper Song."

Shopkeeper Song also returned to his usual smile: "Lang Jun is here today, what do you need?"

Gu Siyuan got straight to the point: "I need to buy some paper, and I also want to ask the shopkeeper if there is any work like copying books?"

Shopkeeper Song paused.

Copying books is a way for students from poor families to subsidize their livelihood. It seems simple, but it takes a lot of energy to do it in practice. There must be no mistakes, no alterations, and the words must be correct and neat.

Ten years in the cold window, there is not enough time for study and study. If it is not forced to, few scholars are willing to do this job.

He took a few glances at Gu Siyuan, straightened his complexion, and took out a piece of paper: "Lang Jun needs to write a few words, let me see."

Naturally, Gu Siyuan knew that the shopkeeper was trying to test his depth, so he didn't hide any secrets. He picked up the pen and dipped the ink, and his writing speed was extremely fast, but the characters were all neat and correct, and within a short while, half a page was filled.

Shopkeeper Song was extremely shocked.

"Lang Jun's words, even if they can't be said to be worth a thousand dollars, are still rare to see. Wouldn't it be humiliating to copy a book?"

Gu Siyuan chuckled: "My daughter... There may be a chance in the future, but it's more important to earn some yellow and white things at this time."

Shopkeeper Song could hear incomparable confidence and arrogance from this conversation, he didn't say any more, turned around and took out an exquisite book in hard leather from the bookshelf.

"At this moment, there are nine volumes in the "Book of Books" recently arrived, and each volume costs ten taels of silver. If you finish copying one volume, I will give you two taels of silver."

Gu Siyuan picked up the "Book of Books" and looked at it for a few times, and couldn't help laughing.

This is the ancient version of the fine test sprint and postgraduate entrance examination answer sample essay.

The Four Books and Five Classics are so vast, how difficult it is to memorize them all and understand them.

Therefore, someone sorted out the most critical chapters that had been annotated and annotated by celebrities and scholars, and turned them into fixed high-scoring writing templates.

On weekdays, students choose the template they want, test and write the composition repeatedly, and after they go to the examination room, they can just apply it to the theme.

There was a great Confucianist in this dynasty who severely criticized this kind of atmosphere, thinking that there is no foundation in learning and castles in the sky.

However, this method is really cheap and labor-saving. Although it is difficult to get a high ranking, it is much better than those who have no choice but to study hard.

Therefore, the Daquan became more and more expensive.

Gu Siyuan left a small deposit and walked into the academy with this precious "Book of Books".

The classroom is still like the early morning, with only a few figures, all shaking their heads and reciting books.

Gu Siyuan put down the book basket, and went to Master Chen's room with the theory written last night.

The door was wide open, and besides Mrs. Chen, there were also a middle-aged man and a young man inside. Judging by the presents placed beside the middle-aged man, he must have brought the young man to learn from him.

The little boy next to Master Chen was making tea. He watched Gu Siyuan come over, and at the master's gesture, he even offered him a cup.

Facing the middle-aged man, Master Chen stroked his beard and said, "My lord, this is the most proud disciple of my sect."

After saying this, the two of them turned their gazes over.

The middle-aged man looked at Gu Siyuan, saw that he had a handsome appearance and a stern temperament, and he was neither humble nor overbearing in the face of praise or scrutiny, so he nodded deeply: "Brother Chen is so fancy, it's really not ordinary people,"

Hearing this, Gu Siyuan nodded slightly, but remained silent.

Afterwards, Master Chen got back to business with the middle-aged man, and it really was about educating the young man.

And from the conversation, Gu Siyuan also learned that this middle-aged man was not the boy's father, but his thirteenth uncle, who was really a big family when he reached the thirteenth in terms of seniority.

After a while, the middle-aged man said some more polite words, and at the same time gave the young man a few words of annoyance, then said that he was busy with family affairs and wanted to get up and leave.

Chen Fuzi got up with Gu Siyuan, and wanted to send him out of the academy gate, but he was turned away in the courtyard.

After coming back, Mrs. Chen introduced to Gu Siyuan: "Gu Yang, this is your new classmate. His surname is Wang, and his single name is Xu. He is just like you. He will end next February."

The surname is Wang?

Gu Siyuan thought that the middle-aged man was quite imposing just now, and the master was also very polite to him.

In Yongan Town, Wuqing County, there is a well-known Wang family, who passed down poems and books from generation to generation. The family has produced Hanlin, Shangshu, and Fengjiang officials.

And in this generation, there is even a girl from the Wang family who is quite favored in the palace. Not only was she made a noble concubine, she also gave birth to His Majesty's only third adult prince.

Of course, the real bigwigs of the Wang family live in the capital all the year round, and those who stay in the ancestral house in Yong'an Town are only ordinary clansmen who rely on their surnames to manage matters such as worshiping ancestors on weekdays, but for ordinary people, it is already beyond their reach. of giants.

And the reason why Gu Siyuan knows the Wang family so clearly is because in the original storyline, the initiator of the rebellion against the palace that led to the death of the affectionate third man, Gu Gu Gu, was the one who was born to the royal concubine of the Wang family. The fifth prince.

Gu Siyuan turned around in his mind, and said calmly, "Brother Wang is polite."

This young man Wang Xu looked rather rebellious, but he was actually well-bred. Hearing this, he said politely to Gu Siyuan: "Brother Gu is polite."

After meeting each other, Master Chen asked them to sit aside and wait.

He took Gu Siyuan's policy and put it aside, and didn't read it right away, but asked Gu Siyuan to recite a few scriptures first, and then tested the interpretation of the scriptures he said yesterday.

Gu Siyuan didn't panic at this sudden question, and almost without thinking, he answered word by word, speaking at a slow and catchy pace.

Master Chen listened and nodded again and again. This is true knowledge and knowledge, and he has mastered it.Next, I asked a few more difficult scriptures.

Gu Siyuan was still unhurried, answering fluently.

Wang Xu was listening, and couldn't help but glance at him.

Since he is unruly, he naturally has some unruly abilities. He has been famous for reciting books since he was a child, and he has almost read all four books and five classics.

However, at this time, the person in front of him is not only good at memory, but also more profound and understandable than him.

There was a rare trace of fighting spirit in his eyes.

Master Chen naturally saw Wang Xu's eyes, but he stroked his beard and nodded in satisfaction.

After finishing the test of reciting and collecting annotations, Master Chen finally picked up the strategy theory and read it.

After reading the first sentence, Mrs. Chen took a breath, looked up at Gu Siyuan's cold and calm face, and continued reading in silence.

After a while, he gently put down the paper, and said with a serious expression: "The angle of view is very high, and the insights are different, but it is still very raw, and the writing needs to be more smooth..."

Hearing this, Wang Xu couldn't help but look at Gu Siyuan again.

Hmph, what kind of criticism is such an evaluation?

Such specious shortcomings are almost equivalent to no shortcomings.

If he recited it before, it could only show that Gu Siyuan had a good memory, but now Master Chen's evaluation of the game theory really made him start to pay attention to this cold-faced classmate.

Master Chen asked Gu Siyuan why he was so relevant.

Gu Siyuan's tone was still calm, but the content of the answer was far more profound and broader than what was written on the paper.

It can be seen that when he wrote, he deliberately restrained himself.

After all, the examiners who like such sharp and profound policy articles will especially like them, and those who don't like them may give extra consideration.

So to be on the safe side, Gu Siyuan put some water in.

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen was amazed that there would be such a young and energetic student but also such a mature and stable student.

This is the gap between inborn vision and ability, born to see farther and think wider than others.

Master Chen secretly thought: With such a talent, it stands to reason that he should be famous early, how could he remain silent.

But as soon as he turned his eyes, he thought that perhaps his former wife also cherished Gu Siyuan's talent, and was afraid that he would be hurt if he was praised too much at a young age, so he deliberately suppressed him for a few years, and waited until he was an adult now. At the moment, you have to show your sharpness.

He nodded, it was reasonable. Seeing that the person in front of him was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was so calm and calm, and the mountain collapsed in front of him without changing his expression, which showed that he had indeed cultivated very effectively.

Master Chen thought about it, wrote a few more words, and handed it to Gu Siyuan: "At this moment, today's topic, come and check with me at this time tomorrow."

Gu Siyuan made a bow: "Master, it's hard work."

Master Chen stroked his beard and shook his head: "You go first!".

It seems that he does not intend to return the theory to him.

After the watchman walked away, Wang Xu stood up and bowed respectfully to Master Chen: "Master, can you let the students see Brother Gu's talent?"

Mrs. Chen glanced at him, and nodded, rarely speaking,

A smile appeared on Wang Xu's face, and he took the paper with both hands.

After a while, he quietly put down his theory, saluted silently, and walked out of the room.

There is indeed a sky beyond the sky and people beyond people in this world.

When he was in the capital, he was full of arrogance, thinking that only a few people were comparable, but after arriving in the small Wuqing County, he only felt that the boss was his second child, who would have thought...

So, at noon that day, Gu Siyuan bought hot soup as usual, and prepared to have pancakes for lunch.

A certain young man surnamed Wang brought an exquisite food box over and sat down very familiarly, and said carelessly: "Brother Gu, the servants at home have delivered too much food, why don't we use it together?"

Gu Siyuan glanced at him, it was really a way of communication with the characteristics of the people of the time, talking about friendship at the dinner table.

However, he still nodded. In the plan he had just made, the person in front of him was a very crucial part.

On the other hand, the imperial examinations have never been able to move forward alone.

From the beginning of the county examination, candidates were required to bond with each other, and later the requirements became stricter. In the hospital examination, five candidates were required to bond with each other, and a consecutive sitting system was implemented. If one of the five cheated, the other four People are guilty of the same crime.

In this way, it is not enough just to be honest, but also to look at the conduct of other people in the same industry. It is naturally a great thing to get to know each other in advance.

Moreover, as far as the performance in the class just now is concerned, this young man does have some knowledge and skills, coupled with a strong background support, he will surely have some achievements in the future.

Even if he doesn't plan for the present, when he is in the imperial court in the future, it seems that his family, classmate, hometown, same year, etc. are all extremely precious political resources.

However, even after thinking so much, I found out several benefits of making friends with this person.

But soon, Gu Siyuan felt a little regretful.

This guy Wang Xu looks rebellious, but once he gets to know him well, he tends to talk about evil.

Finally, when he was about to spray saliva into his bowl.

For the first time, Gu Siyuan repeated the words of the ancients: "You can't talk when you eat."

Wang Xu blinked: "Then after we finish eating, we will discuss the merits with Brother Gu."

"..." Gu Siyuan.

Do you really have to talk so much?

When class was over in the evening, Wang Xu was still talking to him, and walked out of the academy gate together.

Even when Gu Siyuan went to the bookstore to hand in the volume of "Book of Books" that he just finished copying today, he followed the whole process.

When Shopkeeper Song got the book, he still couldn't believe it: "Lang Jun is so fast?"

"..." Gu Siyuan.

Shopkeeper, be careful what you say.

However, after shopkeeper Song checked the contents of the transcription, he immediately paid the money happily, and gave him three volumes of books at once for him to transcribe, and no deposit was required.

After crossing the Qingxi Bridge and heading towards the corner of Anding Street, many people gathered around a stall.

Standing on the bridge, Gu Siyuan saw that it was a merchant selling watermelons at a stall.

Watermelons were introduced to China from the Western Regions thousands of years ago. At the beginning, they were only popular in the homes of high-ranking officials and nobles. In the previous dynasty, foreigners traded frequently in the Jiangnan area and brought the technology of growing watermelons. Then they gradually entered the homes of ordinary people. But still not very common.

However, Tongzhou is under the rule of Shuntian Mansion, and many businessmen who come to Beijing to sell will also stop by here.

Gu Siyuan said, "I'll go and have a look."

Wang Xu obviously saw the stall, and said "Yo": "Pumpkin, I like to eat too, let's go together, I will let him send some to the house later."

Gu Siyuan carefully selected a round melon at the stall, which looked like Xie Changyue's bulging cheeks when he was unhappy.

I asked the stall owner what the price was, only to find out that a watermelon costs several hundred cash. He couldn't help touching his wallet and sighing. It's time to eat the overlord's meal.

Wang Xu looked at him: "Why only buy one, this is enough to eat, I'll treat you, Brother Gu, take a few more."

Gu Siyuan shook his head: "This thing is quite cold, just take it home and give Fu Lang a taste."

Wang Xu frowned in shock: "Brother Gu already married?"

This person obviously looks about the same age as him?

Gu Siyuan nodded.

Wang Xu couldn't help but sighed: "Hey, I wanted to tell Brother Gu that there are many younger sisters in my family..."

Gu Siyuan immediately stopped: "Brother Wang, don't joke, I have a very deep relationship with Fu Lang."

Wang Xu was self-aware, so he turned to smile and asked: "Surely your husband must be a big brother, graceful and generous, with outstanding virtues? Only then can Brother Gu miss you so much."

Gu Siyuan nodded: "Fu Lang is indeed outstanding, but he doesn't come from a big family, Gu's fellow villager."

"Ah... oh."

Wang Xu opened his mouth. It was a pity. A person with good looks and great talent like Gu Siyuan will surely go very far in the imperial examination. By that time, he will definitely be favored by the big men above. Xu Zhi, the official career will be much easier in the future.

But now...

Gu Siyuan didn't expect what this man was thinking, holding the chubby watermelon, he remembered that Xie Changyue might be waiting at the entrance of the village with a round face, so he couldn't wait to say goodbye: "Brother Wang, see you tomorrow (zhao) .”

Wang Xu nodded: "See you tomorrow!"

In Huangyang Village, Xie Changyue dropped the small hoe in his hand and ran out of the courtyard gate.

Today, because some of the flower seeds her husband gave him had sprouted, he was too excited to delay in the backyard for a while, and when he raised his head again, he found that the sunset had already set in the west.

Mu Xia felt helpless when he saw Erfulang who ran away at the right time, his son really has such a great charm?

Today there is an extra melon in the basket, it is not very convenient to run, Gu Siyuan's speed is a bit slower than yesterday.

As soon as he reached the entrance of the village, he saw a familiar thin figure who also ran out of the village quickly.

Seeing him, Xie Changyue's eyes lit up instantly, and she rushed forward to hug his arm, and called delicately, "Husband."

Gu Siyuan patted his head, and said softly: "I bought a pumpkin today, so I walked a little slower. Fortunately, you didn't come early to wait."

Xie Changyue shook her head and said excitedly: "The flower seeds germinated today, and I'm late too."

Seeing him sweating from running, Gu Siyuan felt a little distressed, so he coaxed him in a low voice: "The summer is fine now, and after two months of autumn, when it gets dark and early, you are not allowed to wait for me at the entrance of the village again."

Xie Changyue puffed his mouth, but responded.

Gu Siyuan pinched the round cheeks that he was thinking about day and night: "After autumn, I will come back by ox cart every day, which must be earlier than in the past. It is dark and no one is in danger at the village entrance, so don't worry me. "

Hearing that he would be worried, Xie Changyue smiled again: "I listen to my husband, then you must come back early when the time comes."

Gu Siyuan nodded: "Well, I won't lie to you."

After returning home, Gu Siyuan took out the pumpkin and gave it to Xie Changyue, asking him to cut it up and eat it for fun.

Although Xie Changyue really wanted to monopolize the things her husband bought, but the pumpkin was a rarity, and the Gu family hadn't eaten it much, so he decided to take it to the yard, thinking that when the time came, the whole family would have a taste of it.

Gu Siyuan naturally had no objection to this.

Li Xiangtao just came out of the kitchen, and saw him washing pumpkins at a glance, and immediately stared: "Oh, I said that there is no one who loves Fulang more than our Ayang, and I just bought Baoxiang yesterday." Zhai’s cakes, I bought this pumpkin again today, hum, I’m still studying and spending money at home, but I’m willing to buy these expensive things.”

Xie Changyue stopped cleaning, slowly raised her head, and squinted at the person in front of her.

His eyes are well-shaped, slender and elegant, and the tails of his eyes are slightly turned up. He looks especially cute when he smiles normally, but at this moment when he is half-squinting, he looks a bit weird.

Li Xiangtao felt guilty: "What are you looking at, am I wrong? It will really waste money."

Xie Changyue sneered, and said in a flat voice, "Yesterday, when my aunt took three or four cakes from me at once, didn't she feel that money wasted?"

Li Xiangtao was at a loss for words, and after a while, she muttered in a low voice: "I bought it all back, what's the matter with me, it's not the money from the family."

Hearing this, Xie Changyue's eyes became colder, and she was about to say something.

At this moment, an extremely cold and sharp male voice came over.

"Buying cakes and pumpkins are all the money I got from copying books. The pen and ink money given by the public every year is the same as the big brother. I have never exceeded it, and I have never been subsidized in private."

Gu Siyuan's tall figure came out of the room.

Li Xiangtao's face was ugly, but Gu Yang's first few sentences were repulsive, but the last sentence was accusing Sang Huai. Gu Yang had never been subsidized by the public in private, but her family Zhen'er was often subsidized by the old lady.

The coldness in Xie Changyue's body was instantly swept away, he hugged the pumpkin and ran to Gu Siyuan's side in a few steps, puffed up his cheeks and looked at him pitifully: "Husband..."

The ending sound dragged on for a long time, with twists and turns, as if he was bullied badly just now.

"..." Li Xiangtao.

It wasn't like that when you just talked to me.

Gu Siyuan raised his hand and touched Xie Changyue's round and pouty cheeks, and felt pity beyond measure.

He looked at Li Xiangtao with cold eyes: "Since my aunt is so disgusted with it, I just want to take this pumpkin home, and then I can cut it up and give it to my grandma. It's just... my aunt still needs to have rules, how will my nephew treat it?" Husband's affair is in the private room, so it may not be appropriate for the eldest aunt to spy and observe too carefully."

"...You, Gu Yang, you little bastard..." Li Xiangtao's face turned red, and she didn't know whether it was from anger or shame.

How dare Gu Yang say such nonsense?

What does it mean that she spies on the things in her nephew's room? If it gets out, how can she meet people?

"Okay, let's make a fuss over the pumpkin family." Mrs. Gu walked out of the house after hearing the commotion.

She has never taught her daughter-in-law a lesson in front of her grandchildren, but at this time it is rare to speak harshly to Li Xiangtao: "You don't like to eat, so go back to your room, and it's not your money to spend."

Li Xiangtao didn't dare to argue with the old lady, and left angrily.

However, before leaving, she did not forget to cast a contemptuous glance at Gu Yang, thinking, very good, very good, she wants to see what can be obtained in the imperial examination next year by thinking about Fu Lang all day long?

Gu Siyuan pretended not to see it.

The old lady Gu also turned her head to look at Gu Siyuan, and said coldly: "You are a scholar, you should be more careful when you speak, how can a family say everything."

Xie Changyue immediately puffed up her mouth unconvinced.

Hmph, it's obviously my eldest aunt who has something wrong with meddling in other people's business every day.

Gu Siyuan didn't intend to talk back to the old lady, he nodded, dealt with it, and took his husband back to the house.

Mrs. Gu looked at the backs of the two of them and frowned.

It turned out that the eldest daughter-in-law was also aggressive and caring, but the second child's family never took it seriously, so there were no quarrels.

Now that Yang'er got married, his temperament has changed a lot, but conflicts arose.

The second child and the couple were both in the room just now, but they didn't come out to persuade them, which represented their attitude.

Originally, the old man planned to wait for Zhen'er to get married before separating the family, but now it may be earlier, if this continues, it will be bad for the brothers to turn against each other.

Xie Changyue followed Gu Siyuan back to the house, and looked at him with eyes full of admiration: "My husband was really amazing just now. Not only did he make the annoying auntie jump in anger, but we don't have to give her the pumpkin."

Gu Siyuan pinched his cheek: "If you like it, I'll bring it to you tomorrow."

Xie Changyue hugged her husband's neck, sweetly crooked: "I like everything my husband gave you, but I don't want pumpkins. My husband is very hard copying books, so I don't want to part with them."

"..." Gu Siyuan.

How could there be such a cute little sweetheart in the world.

He turned around and pushed the man down on the bed, he wanted to taste whether every part of Xie Changyue's body was as sweet as his mouth.

The days that followed were fairly peaceful.

Gu Siyuan is still reading and practicing calligraphy, Xie Changyue is still planting flowers and waiting for him to return.

As time goes by day by day, the tops of the leaves begin to turn a little golden, and the flower buds of various colors gradually turn into fruits.

At the beginning of September, the clothing leave begins, and there are about ten days of vacation before and after. Students will take this opportunity to go back and prepare cold clothes for the winter.

The college understands that it is not easy for students from other places to go home, so it is the same as the previous field holidays, and school ends at noon.

When Gu Siyuan came home, his little husband usually ran out early to greet him, but now he was in the backyard, sighing in front of the taller plant stalks.

"I'm really sorry husband, it seems that I can't grow good-looking flowers. I wonder if there is something wrong with my planting method?"

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