Scholar and old attack

"Bam—"

The sound of falling water is not small.

Someone immediately reacted and shouted, "Someone fell into the water."

Jiang Jingyuan's heart skipped a beat, a bad premonition welled up in his heart, he got up and rushed to the edge of the boat as fast as he could, and jumped off without stopping for a moment.

Fortunately, he also learned a little swimming in his previous life, so he quickly swam towards the direction where Xu Shuizhou was sinking, grabbed Xu Shuizhou's arm, and swam towards the flower boat.

Seeing this, Tan Jingyuan found a circle of rope from the side of the boat and threw it to Jiang Jingyuan. Jiang Jingyuan grabbed it and was pulled up.

"Cough cough cough-"

Xu Shuizhou was really choked up this time, coughing violently as soon as he landed.

Jiang Jingyuan felt distressed, and patted his back lightly to calm his breath.

"How did he fall?"

When Xu Shuizhou's breath became a little calmer, Jiang Jingyuan asked tremblingly.

Xu Shuizhou's water skills are very good. Children who grew up by the river are good at water skills. If they knew in advance that they were going to fall, they would definitely not be choked like this.

Jiang Jingyuan squinted his eyes, a string of drops of water fell from his long eyelashes, and the tenderness that often hung in his eyes suddenly became fierce.

Many people gathered around heard Jiang Jingyuan's questioning, and hurriedly replied with disdain, "How do we know that a book boy needs our constant attention?"

"That's right, it's just a book boy who fell into the water, and nothing happened. Let's go back and continue reciting poems."

This group of scholars didn't care about Xu Shuizhou's life, just now they thought it was the dancer on the boat who fell into the water, and they wanted a hero to save the beauty, but they didn't expect it was just a school boy.

Even Governor Wang Linjie stopped paying attention when he heard that it was just a book boy who fell into the water and there was no danger of his life.

Tan Jingyuan looked crazy, but in fact he was very clever. He borrowed two sets of clothes from the boatmen on board and asked Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou to change them.

After changing clothes, Xu Shuizhou took a pink tassel and handed it to Jiang Jingyuan, "Brother Jingyuan, I caught this in a hurry when I fell into the water. Maybe this can be used as evidence."

Jiang Jingyuan took it, he looked familiar, and already knew who did it.

"Do you still remember what the dancer who asked you to go out looked like?" Jiang Jingyuan asked suddenly.

Xu Shuizhou shook his head, "It wasn't her, I was pushed into the water because I watched her leave."

"Get her out, I'll ask her a few words." Jiang Jingyuan thought deeply.

Xu Shuizhou quickly found the dancer who asked him out, and Jiang Jingyuan asked her, "Who sent you to call him out?"

The dancing girl panicked and looked pitiful, crying, "It's none of my business, I don't know how he fell."

There were two talented people next to them. Seeing the dancer being questioned so ruthlessly by Jiang Jingyuan, they curled their lips and said, "I think it's okay at this time, maybe your book boy didn't stand still and fell down unintentionally. Why bother?" A girl's house."

Jiang Jingyuan just glanced at them coldly, and continued to stare at the dancer, as if if you don't tell me, I'll keep staring at you, to see how long you can cry.

"It was me, I told him to come out." Qiuyu bit her lower lip and stood up voluntarily, "When I was serving food to this young master, I accidentally knocked over the food box he brought and called The dancer called him out just to apologize to him."

When Qiuyu said this, her watery eyes turned red, she covered her mouth to hide her grievance, and said, "I don't know, this book boy started to touch me as soon as he came out, and I pushed him in a hurry, but who knew that I accidentally let him Fall into the water."

Qiuyu said that a feeling of panic and panic arose spontaneously here, and the scholars next to her could not wait to teach Xu Shuizhou a lesson for her immediately.

"I saw that the book boy was rescued by the young master. I originally thought to stop this matter and not pursue it. Who knows..."

Qiuyu said that here she started to cry.

"Fool Jiang, did you hear me? It's because your book boy did something wrong. Miss Qiuyu was kind enough to cover up the embarrassment of your book boy. Do you still have the face to accuse Miss Qiuyu?"

When others heard Qiuyu's words, they felt that Qiuyu's heart could not be better, and they all spoke up for her. As for Xu Shuizhou, no one paid any attention to him, and they all regarded him as a hateful prodigal son.

Xu Shuizhou didn't care about other people's opinions, he looked eagerly at Jiang Jingyuan's face, he was not a disciple, he was the one who was the victim, but he was wronged, what if Brother Jingyuan also misunderstood .

After all, this autumn jade looks pretty good, giving people a feeling of weakness, which is something that any man would like.

Jiang Jingyuan just watched Qiuyu put on airs coldly, and when she was crying, he clapped his hands and sneered, "It's no wonder you're a prostitute, you're really good at acting, and it's a waste of your talent if you don't act."

"What are you talking about?" Qiu Yu was startled, her face was terrified, as if she couldn't understand what Jiang Jingyuan was saying.

Several scholars heard that Jiang Jingyuan died without pleading guilty, and said angrily, "Jiang, you are too deceitful, it is your family book boy who insulted the girl's innocence, it's fine if you don't apologize, and humiliate Qiuyu Girls are whores."

Jiang Jingyuan snorted softly, "I didn't know that the person who came out of Qingshui Pavilion could be called a girl."

"What do you know, Miss Qiuyu is a showman but not a woman, all the girls on the boat are innocent and good girls." Some people were even more contemptuous, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't even understand the prostitutes and the courtiers.

"Really?" Jiang Jingyuan sneered, staring at the crying dancer and asked, "I'll just touch your face if I give you a tael."

The dancer froze for a moment, stopped crying, and nodded hastily.

Jiang Jingyuan turned around and walked to the side to find a woman doing rough work on the boat and asked, "Give you a tael of silver, and let me touch your hand."

Without even thinking about it, the woman spit on the deck of the boat, "Bah, you shameless apprentice, you are so gentle."

Jiang Jingyuan pleaded guilty respectfully, then turned around and said, "This is the innocent girl you say, you can let people touch you for a tael of silver, and you can let people sleep for more silver in the future, innocent girl , can’t do such a thing.”

Jiang Jingyuan's tone could be as sarcastic as he wanted. He said he was a courtesan, but he was still a geisha, so he pretended to be noble.

The faces of the other scholars were very embarrassed, but there were still a few stubborn ones who were unconvinced and said, "Even if it's your school boy, it's not a good person to do things casually."

Jiang Jingyuan took Xu Shuizhou's hand, and untied the white ribbon tied around his wrist, revealing a bright red lotus flower, "I don't think a brother would touch a woman."

Now everyone has nothing to say, my brother's appearance is no different from that of a man, but only men can make them admire, and they don't have the slightest bit of sexual desire for women.

That proves that Qiuyu lied.

Qiuyu's face was terrified. He never thought that Xu Shuizhou was actually a brother. If she had known that he was a brother, she would not have said such stupid words. She bit her lower lip hard and hated herself.

"Give this Qiuyu girl a poem, a pair of jade arms as a pillow for thousands of people, a little bit of red lips for thousands of people to taste, pretending to be a delicate body, pretending to be a fake heart."

Jiang Jingyuan glanced disdainfully at Qiuyu, who was still with the weak, and felt that this poem was tailor-made for her.

"Let's go." Pulling up Xu Shuizhou, he left here, leaving behind a group of embarrassing scholars.

Those scholars felt that they had been tricked by someone, or by a prostitute. They were so angry that they slapped Qiuyu without thinking, "You really are a bitch."

Qiuyu was knocked down to the ground with a slap, and she burst into tears. They were pure and noble, but now that their reputation is gone, they will be useless in the future, and they can only be real prostitutes.

Qingshui Pavilion's mother, Fu Rong, was also on the flower boat. Hearing that Qiuyu was beaten by all the scholars, she frowned. When she found Qiuyu, seeing her in a state of distress, there was no trace of her nobleness in the past. She said in disgust. , "Don't blame others, it was you who did the evil and ruined your reputation, go out to pick up guests tomorrow, I don't support idlers here."

Qiuyu immediately knelt down and begged for mercy, kowtowing loudly, "Mom save me, mom save me."

Fu Rong squatted down and raised her eyebrows, and ordered people to drag it down.

When Xu Shuizhou was taken away, he was still in a daze, and asked blankly, "Brother Jing Yuan, if she changed her story and said that I bullied her, would you believe her?"

"No." His tone was very firm.

"why."

"Because you are my fiancée, I will trust you unconditionally." Jiang Jingyuan smiled, believing in a person, he will believe in it all the time, and will not be misunderstood because of someone's intentional frame.

Feelings are like this, sometimes you clearly know that this person is not a good person, but you will still defend him inexplicably, if not, then the love is not deep enough.

For some reason, Xu Shuizhou only felt that his heart was full of joy, sweeter than eating honey, and he even felt that today's sins were not in vain.

Back on the seat, Tan Jingyuan floated over, and said in a deep tone, "As expected, I am not mistaken, you are a couple, which proves that my intuition is not wrong."

Tan Jingyuan looked at Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou as if he had discovered a new road, then took out a pen and paper and continued to write, Xu Shuizhou peeked at it, and what was written on the paper was - handsome son, pretty book boy.

!!!

Xu Shuizhou's face turned red all of a sudden, "You, you don't mean to write us into a book, do you?"

"No, it just happened to be inspired." Tan Jingyuan shook his head.

Xu Shuizhou patted his chest and felt relieved.

"But when I write, I will refer to your prototype."

Tan Jingyuan's words lifted Xu Shuizhou's heart again. If this was really written, it would be embarrassing.

"Okay, don't scare him. Which bookstore are you planning to vote for after you write it?" Jiang Jingyuan pulled Xu Shuizhou over and patted the back of his hand to calm him down.

"The bookshops in Wutong County don't accept them, so we can only go to Datong, but Datong probably won't accept books like mine. I wrote two books before and gave them a few taels of silver, hey."

When Tan Jingyuan talked about this, he looked lonely. It wasn't that he didn't want to make more money, but also that big bookstores looked down on his writing, and small bookstores didn't want to pay more, so it was difficult to submit manuscripts.

Jiang Jingyuan became interested, "I have a bookstore that can contribute manuscripts for you. Let's share it."

"I'm seven and you three?" Tan Jingyuan looked at Jiang Jingyuan with piercing eyes.

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head, "I seven you three."

"No." Tan Jingyuan's face pulled down immediately, "I still have eight younger sisters to raise in my family, you can't be so cruel."

"If you go to other bookstores, they will only give you a few taels of silver for the manuscript fee, and the minimum can only be four." Jiang Jingyuan made some calculations, and he had to publish and print books, and he had to take risks, so he gave [-]% Very good.

Tan Jingyuan was not in a hurry to refuse this time, but asked, "What types of vernacular books does your bookstore usually accept, or what types of vernacular books are easy to sell."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled awkwardly, "It hasn't opened yet."

"Brother, you didn't lie to me, did you?" Tan Jingyuan suddenly realized, and looked at it for a while, "It seems that you are not rich people, how did you manage to open a bookstore?"

"Do you know Wu's Bookstore?" Jiang Jingyuan lowered his voice.

"I know, but I heard it was closed, and their bookstore has not accepted scripts for many years. I have been kicked out every time I have been there a few times."

"It's mine now, after a few days it will be repaired, and you can go in and read whatever you want."

Jiang Jingyuan smiled and said that he planned to share all the books in the attic, so that some students who have no money to buy books can read them for free, and even can borrow them. He looked at them and found that they were some scriptures, and some were annotations about the Four Books and Five Classics , the effect is not great.

Rather than mold in the attic, take it out and make a contribution.

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Tan Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, he did not expect this bookstore to fall into the hands of Jiang Jingyuan.

"What, come to contribute." Jiang Jingyuan tempted.

"Well, I'll think about it." In fact, Tan Jingyuan has already moved his heart. His words are not very good. The key point is that there are quite a few scholars nowadays who like to read books about imperial examinations, and they despise such words.

At most, he wrote stories about wit and beauty to attract some girls in the boudoir, but he was born in a poor family and couldn't write the kind of grievances of boudoir girls, so the book didn't sell well.

Jiang Jingyuan had already made up his mind that Tan Jingyuan would come back and contribute, so he didn't want to talk too much at the moment, too many words would lead to mistakes, so it was best to let him think for himself.

A good spring outing was made like this by the two of them. The two of them didn't go to the talent show for the whole afternoon. They either went to see the scenery on the river, or sat down to discuss a few topics they were interested in.

Tan Jingyuan secretly packed food in his cloth bag. The original flat rag bag was bulging when he disembarked, and many people disdain him for this way.

Tan Jingyuan acted as if he hadn't seen it, and continued to go his own way.

"Brother, you are the only one who hasn't looked at me strangely in all these years." When Tan Jingyuan left, he still sincerely thanked Jiang Jingyuan.

Today was the most comfortable day for him. Not only did he have new inspiration, but he also met a friend like Jiang Jingyuan. During the dinner, Jiang Jingyuan also helped him pack a lot of food.

If it were someone else, he would definitely stay far away from him.

"Frugality is a virtue. Anyway, if they don't eat these things, they will throw them away." Jiang Jingyuan waved his hand, expressing his indifference, "But there is no way for you to go on like this. You still have to find a job to make a living."

"I also want to find a decent job, but I still have eight younger sisters to take care of." Tan Jingyuan's face was very embarrassed.

"How old are your sisters?" Jiang Jingyuan had been listening to Tan Jingyuan nagging that he had eight younger sisters all day, and couldn't help being curious.

"The oldest is only eight years old, and the youngest is still in his infancy." Tan Jingyuan's eyes were a little sad.

"What about your parents?" Xu Shuizhou also asked.

Tan Jingyuan was even more lonely, "My parents passed away a long time ago, it's getting better and it's getting late, I have to go back." After speaking, he fled away.

Xu Shuizhou looked at his fleeing back and muttered, "It's really strange how there is a baby sister when my parents passed away early."

Jiang Jingyuan's gaze also sank.

After Tan Jingyuan left, County Magistrate Zhang found Jiang Jingyuan, sighed and said, "Do you know why I asked you to come to this spring outing today?"

"But for the sake of the governor, I don't think it's necessary." Jiang Jingyuan shook his head. As a county magistrate, there is nothing wrong with currying favor with the governor, but asking him to get close would be a bit of a waste of time.

"No, no." Zhang Mingyuan sighed and shook his head, "Do you still remember the old man next to the Governor?"

"remember."

"That old man is not an ordinary person, he is the governor's mentor, Gu Renhuai, now you know what you missed."

Zhang Mingyuan asked Jiang Jingyuan to participate in this spring outing in order to let Jiang Jingyuan gain Gu Renhuai's favor, even if it was just a named disciple, it would also help him in his future official career.

It's a pity that Jiang Jingyuan didn't look at him the whole time, he winked hard, Jiang Jingyuan acted as if he didn't see it, and made him angry.

Jiang Jingyuan suddenly realized, and then smiled, "Lord magistrate, you are impatient. Others are trying to please the governor, but you asked me to please Master Gu. What would Master Gu think? I don't recognize a person who can be all over the world." Can't see the tricks we're playing."

Zhang Mingyuan paused, and his heart became clear, too, Gu Renhuai came out this time to relax, not to recruit disciples, it was too deliberate, wouldn't it ruin his goodwill.

"It's still a pity, such a good opportunity."

Zhang Mingyuan is still a little pity. You must know that this is not someone else, but a living great Confucianism. Every disciple he teaches plays a role in the court.

If I worship under his name, I will be a fifth-rank official in the future. Unfortunately, my son is still young, but my daughter is born smart, but she is useless. Jiang Jingyuan is the only one who can be regarded as attractive when he comes to Wutong County. , but Jiang Jingyuan didn't catch it.

"Lord County Magistrate, I don't think there's anything to be sorry about. I'm lucky if I get it, and my life is lost. Sometimes fate is destined by the sky, and you can't force it."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't think it was a pity. The eyes of these great scholars were vicious. If they weren't geniuses, how could they fall in love with them? Moreover, Jiang Jingyuan didn't want to cater to others.

"That's fine." County magistrate Zhang thought for a while, then left with a sigh.

"How did this idiot Jiang get together with the county magistrate?" County magistrate Zhang went to find Jiang Jingyuan alone, which attracted the attention of many people.

Some people were indignant, "Could it be that this fool Jiang was taken in by the governor?"

"I don't think it's possible. If the governor had taken a liking to fool Jiang, he would have sent someone to summon him long ago. How could it be possible for the county magistrate to pass on the message?"

"Then tell me why the county magistrate went to find fool Jiang."

"I'm sure the two of you knew each other before. What a rare thing. It's so late. I'd better hurry back and sleep comfortably with my Meijiao Niang in my arms."

After everyone's analysis, everyone felt that the possibility that Jiang Jingyuan would be favored by the governor was very small. When Jiang Jingyuan came out today, he was in the limelight for a while, and there was nothing to do with him later, so he could be favored by the governor. If so, isn't that a joke.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't pay much attention to this matter, he just took Xu Shuizhou out to play.

In the governor's office of Datong Province, it was already dark at night, and the governor's office was brightly lit.

As soon as Wang Linjie returned to the yamen, he took off the majestic mask on his face, turned into amiable, and said to Gu Renhuai with a smile, "Master, how do you think today."

Gu Renhuai touched the beard on his chin and sighed, "Although the scenery is beautiful, people are a little impetuous."

"My teacher was unwilling to choose other counties in Datong for a visit, but he chose Wutong County because he hoped to have a quiet visit, and even concealed his identity, but he didn't expect that today, unfortunately, he would meet some talented scholars from Wutong County for a spring outing. , that disturbed my teacher Yaxing."

Wang Linjie had an apologetic expression on his face. An old friend of his mentor passed away, and he was in a bad mood recently. He wanted to come to his place to relax, but he didn't expect to disturb Yaxing on the first day he went out.

"It's okay, with your current status, no matter where you appear, you will always attract such a 'coincidence', it seems that this old man miscalculated." Gu Renhuai didn't care about these trivial things.

Thinking about concealing my identity today, I also see it a lot. It turns out that apart from my identity as a great Confucian, I am just an ordinary person.

Giving advice to the students today, I didn't expect that the students listened to my own words on the surface, but they didn't agree with them in their hearts. On the contrary, they listened more to Wang Linjie's words.

Learning and learning, what is learned is knowledge or fame.

"Then did the teacher take a fancy to it?" Wang Linjie asked.

Gu Renhuai shook his head again, "Fang Xinli and Wei Liangjun's knowledge is not ordinary. It's okay if they work harder to be a seventh-rank county magistrate, but they are still as impetuous as today.

Gu Renhuai's vision has always been unique, one sentence can basically determine a person's future fate.

Wang Linjie was not disappointed either, "Wutong County is a down and out town, and it is inevitable for the teacher to be disappointed."

"In the beginning, the student who replied that he was not in his position and not seeking his own government was a bit interesting. I couldn't understand him."

Gu Renhuai pondered for a while. At first, he thought that Jiang Jingyuan was just like other students, trying to curry favor with Wang Linjie, but later he saw that Jiang Jingyuan was not enthusiastic about this, but was eager to chat with a ragged student.

Later, when his school boy fell into the water, he desperately tried to save him. He saw it all the time, and the more he watched, the more he couldn't understand the student.

It is said that he is indifferent to fame and fortune, not like, and that he is chasing fame and fortune, not like, not like.

"Oh, it's rare to meet someone my mentor is interested in. Why don't you stay in Datong for a while." Wang Linjie saw that Gu Ren had someone interested, so he took the opportunity to stay longer.

"Alright." Gu Renhuai nodded and agreed.

When Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou were busy preparing for the opening of the bookstore in the next few days, it was thanks to Xu Shuizhou's help that Jiang Jingyuan was able to open the bookstore so quickly.

There was no way someone told him that Jiang Jingyuan was unsophisticated and asked him to recruit people. He didn't know where to recruit people, but Xu Shuizhou took over and recruited a few literate people from the village.

Among them was Jiang Jingyuan's cousin, Chen Hongmei, who was recommended by Chen Yuhong.

Through Jiang Jingyuan's operation, Chen Yuhong successfully entered Wutong County's government office and took the position of chief bookkeeper. This also opened up a lot of convenience for Jiang Jingyuan. At least no one would dare to provoke him in his bookstore in the future.

This busy until Qingming day.

Both Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou were preparing for the grave-sweeping event. They bought some paper money for incense sticks in the county seat, and prepared some cakes, fruits, and vegetarian wine. Both of them looked quite solemn.

When Jiang's father passed away, He Yuzhu also set up a clothes tomb next to Jiang's father's grave, and he would come to pay respects every year on the death day and Qingming Festival.

Jiang Jingyuan took Chen Xiuxiu, Xu Shuizhou took He Yuzhu, and the two went to pay respects to their father's grave by themselves.

Jiang Jingyuan put out fruit cakes without saying a word, lit the joss sticks again, and held a stack of paper money in his hand, burning one by one, silent and not speaking.

On the contrary, Chen Xiuxiu was nagging in front of Jiang's father's grave for a long time, and finally Xu Shuizhou and He Yuzhu were done, and she hadn't finished talking yet.

"Jing Yuan, you take the water boat and they go back first. Mother and your father still have a lot to talk about." Chen Xiuxiu waved her hand to let them leave her alone.

Jiang Jingyuan thought for a while and left with Xu Shuizhou and He Yuzhu.

After Chen Xiuxiu waited for Jiang Jingyuan to leave, he took out a new set of joss stick paper money from the haystack behind the grave, and placed them alone in the open space next to Jiang's father's grave.

This time she didn't speak, she just burned the paper money quietly, but her face was already full of tears. Tears, began to walk in the direction of home.

Jiang Jingyuan was always worried about Chen Xiuxiu at home. Seeing her come back safe and sound, he was relieved. Seeing Chen Xiuxiu's red and swollen eye sockets, he didn't ask any further questions. He thought it was Chen Xiuxiu who didn't want to cry in front of him, so he sent him away. of.

Throughout the Qingming Festival, the atmosphere in the house was very low, and Jiang Jingyuan also felt uncomfortable. He also wanted to light a stick of incense for "Jiang Jingyuan", but he was afraid that Chen Xiuxiu would notice, so he said nothing in front of Jiang's father's grave. Send, paper money to buy is also double.

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After the Ching Ming Festival, Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou had already finished all the preparations for the opening of the store. They remembered that they had said that they would invite Tan Jingyuan to attend the opening, so they planned to invite him to Tanjiacun and ask him how his manuscript was going.

Tanjia Village was not close to Wutong County like other villages, it was in the remote part of a small town, so the two had to borrow a bullock cart to go there.

When he saw the ox cart, Jiang Jingyuan's face turned pale. Thinking of the embarrassment he had vomited when he was sitting in the dark, he resisted inexplicably, but he couldn't do without sitting.

Xu Shuizhou drove very smoothly along the way, which made Jiang Jingyuan feel better. After driving for almost two hours, he arrived at Fengshou Town. After asking someone about the location of Tanjia Village, he went straight to Tanjia Village.

Tanjia Village is a small village with about a dozen families living in it. It is incomparable to Jiangyu Village. Although the people in Jiangyu Village are poor, they can still live on.

But when he arrived at Tanjia Village, Jiang Jingyuan saw the thin and skinny adults and the children with no food, and most of their clothes were not covered.

When Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou drove the bullock cart past them, they clearly felt their envious and jealous eyes, which made people uncomfortable.

"Brother Jing Yuan, I finally understand why Tan Jingyuan dressed like that. In comparison, I think we live a pretty good life."

Xu Shuizhou was a little sad and panicked, but he didn't know where to start.

Jiang Jingyuan was also in a bad mood. He felt that the people in ancient times had a pretty good life after time travelling, but only now did he realize that he was narrowly defined. There are still many people who can’t eat in places he can’t see. Not warm enough to wear, and even starved to death in vain.

With a heavy heart, the two asked clearly the direction of Tan Jingyuan's house, and they were silent all the way until they found the small thatched hut hidden among the mountains and rivers, and gradually regained their composure.

"Sister, little sister is crying again. Is there any rice in the house? Make some paste for her to drink." A clear and immature voice came from the small hut, and the baby's cry could be faintly heard.

An eight-year-old girl was squatting by the stream a few meters away from the small hut, holding a large box of rags and washing them carefully, as if washing a peerless treasure.

"There is only a handful of rice at home, you can grab half a handful and cook it for the younger sister, add more water, and scoop out the water when the rice is soft, this rice water is waiting for the elder brother to come back and give him some wild vegetables, but don't Fall."

The seven or eight-year-old girl was like an old woman, nagging, for fear that the girl in the hut would pour out the rice water if she was ignorant.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou were quite sad when they heard it. They never thought that the water for cooking rice could be reused.

"Little sister, is Tan Jingyuan at home?" Xu Shuizhou was too embarrassed to disturb her in the hut, so he had to go to the girl who was doing the laundry and asked.

The girl looked wary, "Who are you?"

"I'm here to talk to your elder brother about something. We've met each other in a few days." Xu Shuizhou's voice was very soft, so as not to scare her.

Tan Yushu nodded and said, "I see, my elder brother brought back a lot of delicious food that day, and said that he met two interesting friends, it must be you."

Xu Shuizhou nodded, "Yes."

Tan Yushu tidied up the clothes in the frame, and said calmly, "We are guests from afar, two guests, my elder brother went to the town to write letters to earn money, you go to a humble house. "

Tan Yushu didn't feel like an eight-year-old child at all, but like a 28-year-old woman, who arranged for Xu Shuizhou and Jiang Jingyuan in an orderly manner.

"Third Sister, find two stools for the guests to sit on. Some guests have come to the door." Before Tan Yushu stepped into the house, he yelled. With a baby on their back, they all looked at Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou curiously.

"Hello." Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou greeted them awkwardly.

A small girl brought two crooked stools to Jiang Jingyuan, and looked at them timidly.

"Please sit down, brother will be back soon," said Tan Yushu, just like her elder brother Tan Jingyuan. Instead of showing embarrassment, he was generous and generous, which made people feel good.

Jiang Jingyuan originally wanted to find some topics to chat with them, but he didn't know what to chat with them.

Tan Yushu brought two chipped bowls and handed them to Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou, "You two, there is no tea at home, so please don't dislike a bowl of clear water."

"I don't dislike it." Jiang Jingyuan smiled, took a sip without taking it seriously, and Xu Shuizhou also drank the water.

Only then did Tan Yushu heave a sigh of relief. The elder brother taught you to be steady when facing people who are stronger than you, but not to get angry, so that others will not underestimate you.

"My name is Tan Yushu. You can call me Xiaoshu. This is my second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and younger sister." Tan Yushu looked at Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou and After finishing the water, the atmosphere was a little awkward, and I pulled out my sisters and introduced them.

"My name is Jiang Jingyuan, and this is my fiancée Xu Shuizhou, who is a friend of your eldest brother." Jiang Jingyuan also began to introduce himself, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Although I think it's unreasonable, I still want to ask about your parents. "

Tan Yushu looked lonely, and said indifferently, "We have no parents. We were all picked up by the elder brother from the side of the road, and we were abandoned since birth."

Tan Yushu didn't feel sad at all when he spoke, as if it was a natural thing.

"I'm sorry." Only then did Jiang Jingyuan understand what Tan Jingyuan meant when he said that his parents passed away early and he had an infant younger sister. Looking at the person who always had a smile on his face, he didn't expect such a greatness behind him.

"It's okay, I'm used to it." Tan Yushu smiled indifferently.

The rice paste in the pot was ready. Tan Yushu crushed the rice, took a small spoon, and fed the rice into the little girl's mouth little by little. The other children just watched enviously. The two swallowed secretly, but neither made any noise.

"I'm sorry, my family is poor. My little sister has been hungry all morning, so I cooked some rice paste. I really don't have anything good to entertain you. Don't mind." When Tan Yushu spoke, it was as if he was saying something very As usual, no embarrassment at all.

"It's okay, it should be, it should be."

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou seemed a little cramped, and drank water awkwardly.

"Sisters, you big brother, I'm back, see what I brought back."

At this time, a rough voice came from outside the house, and the children in the house were overjoyed, and they rushed out of the room one after another, shouting happily, "Brother is back, brother is back."

Even the calm Tan Yushu had a smile on his face.

Jiang Jingyuan leaned out and saw Tan Jingyuan handing out candy to the children again, he coughed twice, "cough cough cough."

Tan Jingyuan raised his head with a look of astonishment, "Why are you here?"

"I told you earlier that I invited you to attend the opening of our bookstore." Jiang Jingyuan rubbed his nose, feeling a little embarrassed that he didn't meet Tan Jingyuan when he passed Fengshou Town just now.

"Oh, my sisters didn't neglect you, did they?" Tan Jingyuan nodded indifferently, looking at his sister who was eating candy happily and asked.

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head, "They are all very nice and well-behaved."

"Brother, where did the sugar come from? You should keep it. Maybe you can go to the village to exchange for two catties of rice." Tan Yushu finished feeding the younger sister, and when she came out to see the younger sisters eating candy, she curled her lips.

There is no rice to cook at home, so she needs to be more careful.

Tan Jingyuan tapped the tip of Tan Yushu's nose, "Got it, little housekeeper, on the way back, I passed by a landlord who married a concubine and grabbed the candy. Look, I brought some rice and meat back."

"Brother, as long as you understand." Tan Yushu's stern face instantly became happy, and he happily carried the meat and rice to the kitchen to hide them.

Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou glanced at each other. The Tan Jingyuan in front of them was both strange and familiar to them. Before, Tan Jingyuan was a bit shy, but now he has become like a big brother next door in front of his sisters.

"You have also seen that our house has nothing, but we can't afford to entertain them." Tan Jingyuan spread his hands to Jiang Jingyuan after arranging for the younger sisters.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled lightly, "It's okay, I came today to see how your manuscript is doing, if it's good, it's still worth four or six points.

Tan Jingyuan hugged the youngest sister and skillfully coaxed her up, making the child giggle, and ordered from the side, "Xiao Shu, show the two young masters what I wrote yesterday."

"Okay." Tan Yushu quickly found a stack of papers and handed them to Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan opened it and read it slowly. The story was very clichéd. It was a young man who went out to play, fell off the boat, was rescued by a farmer's brother, and began a sad and sad love story.

"The literary talent is quite good, but the story is a bit boring. For example, the part where the young master is rescued can be written about amnesia, and then the part where the young master insists on marrying the farmer's brother can be added with a mother who asks him to marry a concubine..."

Jiang Jingyuan talked eloquently