It's a sunny day.
Wei Xinyong staggered out of the door and glanced at the bright sun above her head. Before she could express any emotion, she saw Wen Yulan dragging Wen Zhiqi over happily from the corner of her eye. Even though he was full of worries and hesitation, Wei Xinyong couldn't help but feel a headache at this moment.
Unfortunately, it was too late when he wanted to turn around and go back to the house to close the door - Wen Yulan had already spotted him with sharp eyes, and shouted loudly from afar in a half-familiar official accent mixed with patois that she had learned from Wei Xinyong in the past few days: "Mr. New, Mr. New! Are you feeling well?"
Both brothers and sisters grew up in the countryside, and their parents were too busy making a living to care about how to discipline them. Even girls cannot be as reserved and quiet as ladies, and their legs and feet are very convenient. As he was talking, Wen Yulan dragged someone up to him. He let go of Wen Zhiqi, whose face was flushed, and gave him a not-so-standard but very serious salute, with undisguised expressions in his big eyes. He looked up at Wei Xinyong with admiration and asked enthusiastically, "Mr. Xin, does he feel uncomfortable after lying down for a long time? Do you need me to give him a pat on the shoulder?"
Wei Xinyong lowered his head and looked at the girl who only reached his waist. He deeply regretted why he had been so busy before.
Chishuling, where he is currently staying temporarily, is a small mountain village in Panyun Mountain near Panzhou to the west of Yunzhou. Because there are only four or five families in this mountain village, and it takes at least a hundred miles to get to the nearest village or town, so there is no integrity, and most of them are ordinary mountain people who are struggling to live a hard life.
The reason why I say almost, not all. It's because there is a family named Gu in the village... They are very ordinary in themselves, but having a cousin-in-law seems not to be ordinary.
Although the woman surnamed Qiu who brought Wen Zhiqi and Wen Yulan to join the Gu family was more delicate than ordinary peasant women and even knew a little about etiquette, she couldn't even write her own name. After all, Still just a peasant woman.
However, after hearing the few words that the two brothers and sisters chatted about, their father, Wei Xinyong, remembered that he had heard a mountain man not far away mention it the day before, and his name was Wen Yazi. At first, he habitually thought it was Wen Yazhi. And so on... Fortunately, I didn't walk away. I only woke up after listening to a few more sentences...
In short, this Wen Yaozi is not ordinary compared with the people in this mountain village.
He was originally a farmer in Yong County, Panzhou. With dozens of acres of good paddy fields passed down from our ancestors, we are considered a prosperous family in the countryside. So when she was young, she not only attended private schools for several years, but even hired Qiu, who was recognized as a beauty in the local area, as her wife. The two of them had four sons and one daughter. They originally lived a harmonious and beautiful life, and were highly envied and respected in the local area.
It's just that the great Wei Kingdom was getting worse day by day, Emperor Huanzong became more and more mediocre year by year, and the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes became more and more heavy every month, but they had five more children!
When taxes and taxes were spread out, even though the Wen family was relatively well off before, they couldn't hold on anymore. So in just a few years, the Wen family went from being wealthy to being ordinary, from being ordinary to having enough food and clothing, from having enough food and clothing to being well fed... Then when they were about to sell their sons and daughters to survive, Zhao Gan in the south of Panzhou got into trouble, and Wen Yaozi simply said Gritting his teeth, he gathered a group of fellow villagers who also had insufficient food and clothing to cause trouble.
Of course, their scale is far less than that of Zhao Qian. Not to mention occupying Chonghuo County, the key point in the north and south of the Wei Dynasty like Zhao Qian. It is said that at their most glorious time, they only occupied a whole township, and they don’t even have a name to this day. - Busy When you have to gather firewood and rice to support your family and maintain your business, how can you have time to care about other things
However, this glory of occupying a whole township was broken after the change of the imperial capital. The nobles all over the world gathered their elite troops to support the imperial capital, which caused Zhao Qian to retreat from Huo County to Yong County. Because Wen Yaozi's group will definitely not be Zhao Qian's opponent. If Zhao Qian really comes to Yong County, the change of ownership of their land will be Yi Ding.
When Wei Xinyong heard what Yu Lan said before, he asked in confusion: "Then why didn't your father go to Zhao Qian?"
The little girl sheepishly asked for advice on the meaning of "Your Majesty". After she understood it, she repeated it several times and wrote it down, then said: "I heard from the eldest brother of the Liu family that if Zhao Qian is a good person, it would be fine to defect to him, so dad and the others are now Still in Yong County.”
Wei Xinyong had already asked clearly before that the so-called eldest brother of the Liu family was a person similar to Wen Yaozi's personal guard, because he used to be a neighbor of the Wen family and was familiar with the Wen family - he was also the nephew of Wen Yaozi's private school teacher. He was still a nephew. He grew up with the teacher in the private school. He was very knowledgeable about writing, so Wen Yulan seemed to be a very knowledgeable brother in the past. The reason why he said it was in the past was because Wei Xinyong was injured a few days ago. He lay on the couch and couldn't get up. At first, he felt annoyed that the Wen brothers and sisters had gone over. It had been a long time, and it was boring for him to lie there alone, dead and alive, and Qiu asked Wen Zhiqi to bring him some soup and serve him to drink it to moisten his throat, and also talk to his brothers and sisters.
Originally, the Wei family in Fengzhou was famous for its prosperous writing style, and Wei Xinyong's talent and learning were among the best among the entire Wei family. Although he only talked to the two children with the purpose of relieving their boredom, the two children were still fascinated by the allusions, anecdotes, and even the legends about the plants and trees in the mountains and fields that he picked up... Xinyong's idea was that he was just saying this to coax them to lose their hostility and defensiveness. Of course, it was what he wanted to ask, and these two children would know everything they wanted to say!
It turns out that this is indeed the case, although the two brothers and sisters have limited knowledge due to their age. But after two days, they told Wei Xinyong almost everything they knew, and only then did Wei Xinyong know the above things.
The problem is, the two siblings have relied on him since then.
Especially Wen Yulan.
Look, this little girl grew up in a farm family. Due to her frugal diet, she is much shorter than the young ladies of the same age who Wei Xinyong has seen from noble families. If you have a poor conscience, you can't even praise the word "cute" which is the easiest word for a little girl of this age.
But this little girl admires talented people.
According to Wei Xinyong's speculation, the previous eldest brother of the Liu family was at most his own level of enlightenment, and Wen Yulan admired him immensely. Now that Wei Xinyong had only shown off his talent a little, she was immediately impressed and fell into submission, to the point where after listening to a few stories, he pulled his little brother along and wanted to kowtow to become a disciple on the spot...
Wei Xinyong naturally refused. He was in a mess now. His will to die had not been completely eliminated, and his business had not yet been brought up. He was full of worries. Where could he find the thought to be a teacher for two children? Even if these two children saved him.
Unexpectedly, his repeated rejections, although Wen Zhiqi lost interest after his enthusiasm retreated, actually inspired Wen Yulan's fighting spirit!
This little girl now comes to him every day, dragging Wen Zhiqi here every time. The reason is how could she miss such a good teacher? The little girl doesn't know if she knows ten characters. The concept of "Everything is inferior, only reading is high" is deeply ingrained. At the end of the day, even Qiu doesn't seem to have such a profound understanding...
Wei Xinyong found it interesting that a childish girl in the countryside was so eager to learn.
But this is interesting, but it doesn't make him agree to take these two brothers and sisters under his tutelage - so now that he sees this little girl who is eager to become a disciple, he feels a headache...
This time is no exception.
Even though he was expressionless and ignored, Wen Yulan still kept talking happily for half an hour about Mr. No one knew who saved him. Although he didn't care about life or death at that time, he didn't want to be tortured in the hands of others, let alone be kidnapped and negotiated for ransom with the Wei family or the like. Therefore, he used the pseudonym he had used when he first met Wei Changfeng, concealed his surname, and called himself Xin.
Since he had little reputation in the government and the public in recent years, he did not even say that his name was Xinyong, but used the name of his deceased sister, Xiantai.
Qiu's mother and son saw that he spoke politely and seemed to be knowledgeable, so they respected him very much and always called him "sir".
After hearing that Yu Lan was talking endlessly about Wei Xinyong without hearing a word of it, she finally noticed his silence. However, Wen Yulan didn't feel that he hated her at all. Instead, she asked with concern and nervousness: "Mr. Xin, why don't you speak? Are you uncomfortable?"
"I do feel a little unwell." Wei Xinyong's face turned a little blue. He thought about how gentle, considerate, quiet and cute his sister was when she passed away. She seemed to be about the same age as this little girl. How come this little girl... is old enough to be sold into a wealthy family as a maid, but she doesn't know how to look at her!
Sure enough, with his cold words, Wen Zhiqi pulled his sister's sleeve knowingly and told her to go back and stop disturbing the new gentleman. However, Wen Yulan became furious, pushed Wen Zhiqi's hand away, and accused her righteously. Said: "Brother, you are really going too far! You know that Mr. Xin is ill now, but instead of staying to take care of him, you even want to sneak away! Are there any apprentices like you?! How can you impress Xin with your appearance? Will you accept us, sir?”
Wen Zhiqi: "..."
Wei Xinyong: "..."
After blaming her little brother, Wen Yulan turned her head and showed a bright smile to Wei Xinyong, whose face was a little darker: "Mr. The eldest brother of the Liu family said that this master is just like my father, he must be respected and filial. Now that you are sick, I will definitely serve you like I serve my father!"
…Why is this little girl so happy to think that I am sick? Wei Xinyong gave her a blank look, unable to hold back any longer, and finally decided to abandon the usual roundabout ways, being subtle and euphemistic between the nobles, leaving enough dignity for the other party, which only depended on the tacit understanding between the two parties to be able to understand each other tacitly. The way he spoke was cold and direct: "I am not your master, and I have nothing to serve you right now... Just let me bask in the sun quietly for a while."
When Wei Xinyong said these words, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. It had been a long, long time since he had snatched someone away like this... After all, dignity is required in the court and among nobles! Everyone already knew what he was talking about... What's more, the person he stole the show this time was a little girl!
Sigh, it would be really embarrassing if this little girl ran to complain to that Qiu family in tears...
Wei Xinyong frowned and thought: "Or leave here? But where to go? Go to the tiger slave? Or..."
Before he had finished thinking, he judged that there was a high probability that Wen Yulan would cry sadly because he could not get off the stage, and then ran to find Qiu, but Wen Yulan showed a look of realization - seeing this situation, Wei Xinyong did not accept it even more She wanted to be a disciple. He himself was outstanding in learning and talented, but he didn't have the patience to teach a stupid disciple. Just seeing how slowly this little girl reacted, he knew that she must not be smart enough, and she is still a girl!
… But wait!
After Wen Yulan showed a look of surprise, she didn't cry or run away. Instead, she rolled up her sleeves full of fighting spirit and said loudly: "I understand what Mr. Xin means! Mr. Xin wants to bask in the sun quietly. The Yang family's The sheepfold is right over there, and their chickens are still scattered outside. Every once in a while, these sheep and chickens will crow, disturbing Mr. Xin’s sunbathing. Mr. Xin, don’t worry about this! Son, my little brother and I are both good at it, and we’ll get it done for you!”
Without waiting for Wei Xinyong, who was stunned by her genius understanding ability and messy in the wind, to stop him, the two brothers and sisters immediately rushed to the nearest chicken, chasing it away in panic and screaming...
The originally peaceful small mountain village suddenly fell into chaos... (To be continued)