Such a result was beyond Qiao Wei's expectation. Why did Wang Shu, a snack foodie who doesn't know a lot of characters, still get second in the exam
Qiao Wei looked at her son abruptly: "Jing Yun!"
Jing Yun didn't change his face: "My sister got first grades in both the martial arts test and the selection test. Few candidates can have so many first grades."
In fact, Wang Shu's essay test scores were close to top-1, but in terms of calligraphy, Jing Yun's was even better.
Jing Yun didn't intentionally make his sister's handwriting ugly, he wrote it according to his sister's handwriting, just like Brother Liu's.
In the freshman examination, the score of the literary test accounts for 40%, and the scores of the martial arts test and the elective test each account for 30%. Therefore, even though they both got two first-class ones, Jing Yun ranked slightly higher than Wang Shu, but no matter what, he did not write a single one. It is God's blessing that Xiao Wangshu can "test" such amazing results.
Wu Shan did well in the literary test. The little prince of the Huns could have squeezed out Young Master Lin and won the third place with his excellent results in the martial arts test and the first-class selection test results, but who made him go to Wang Shu in a sad way? Challenged, the result was thrown so that the shadow disappeared, and Yijia was naturally lost.
Unfortunately, the little prince of the Huns ranked ninth.
The parents of the candidates who are on the list immediately enter the academy with the right cards to register. Shuxiu of Nanshan Academy pays once a month, 32 taels a month, including board, lodging and books. Considering that the three little ones are too young, the academy An exception is allowed to go to school.
Jing Yun got a generous bonus, and there are dozens of taels left after offsetting the one-year Shu Xiu. The remaining dozens of taels happen to be enough to buy books, so Jing Yun basically didn’t spend a cent of his family’s money on going to school. The family has the importance of being a master.
Daliang has no winter and summer vacations. Except for some traditional festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival, each of them has a day off. There are only five days off every month, such as the fifth day, the fifteenth day, and the twenty-fifth day. The longest holiday is the Spring Festival, which lasts for a full month.
It is worth mentioning that many candidates come from other places, and the transportation was inconvenient in ancient times. From the capital to the south, it took half a month just to go, and half a month to go back. After the New Year's Eve dinner, I have to go to the capital on the first day of the new year. If you come across someone who lives farther away and travels more slowly, some walk for half a year. This was the case for my uncle at the time. His family was far away in a small town in the south, and it took thirty or forty days to go back and forth. , he chose to stay in the capital and spent several years at Ji's house.
For candidates like the little prince of the Xiongnu, it takes more than a month to go home, and more than a month to come to the capital, and it takes three months to visit relatives.
It was already afternoon when the registration was completed, and the three little guys were so hungry that their stomachs were growling. Qiao Wei took the three of them to the teahouse across the street to have lunch, and then returned to Ji's house in a carriage.
All three children passed the exam, and the whole family was very happy, especially when they learned that all three of them were ranked so high, especially Jingyun Wangshu won the first and second places, the joy was even stronger.
All the female relatives came to Luomei Courtyard.
Ji Shuang hugged the fifth young master, kissed his little hand, and said with an exaggerated smile: "My little nephew is amazing, isn't he? He got first place in the exam..."
Jing Yun looked at the fifth young master who was still in his infancy, and when he thought about calling a milk doll uncle in the future, he was in a bad mood...
Mrs. Ji was so happy that she took out the things from the bottom of the box. The three children rewarded each other, and Qiao Wei was also rewarded. Qiao Wei treats her children well, that's what she should do, but she treats Brother Liu equally. , which is really reassuring.
Mrs. Li also gave Qiao Wei and the children a lot of good things.
The fifth young master fell asleep. Ji Shuang handed the child to the wet nurse to carry her down, helped the hairpin on the bun, and said coquettishly, "Mother and second sister-in-law are too partial? Is it just a matter of the three children being admitted to the academy?" Is it Xiaowei's work alone?"
Mrs. Ji glared at her and said, "Is there anything else you need?"
The face is full of impatience, but the tone is doting. After all, Ji Shuang is her only daughter. If she doesn't dote on Ji Shuang, she would not agree to Ji Shuang staying in the Ji family and sharing the Ji family's property as a son. up.
Ji Shuang snorted, "It's not that my uncle told the dean that he was so talkative that the three children didn't even have the chance to take the exam."
Qiao Wei smiled slightly and said, "I really have to thank Uncle for this matter."
Ji Shuang was not polite at all, and said, "Of course I would like to thank your uncle. Without your uncle's help, how many children can enter the examination room, and the exam is so good? Your uncle has spoken a lot of good things to the dean."
Mrs. Ji nodded her forehead: "Okay, okay, I know my uncle has done a lot, so don't praise me any more!"
Ji Shuang smiled triumphantly.
Qiao Wei secretly laughed, this aunt is really poisoned by her uncle, she is afraid of making her uncle feel wronged if she does anything, even though my uncle is a married son-in-law, but Ji Shuang dotes on him to the sky, even worse than a second-bedroom and third-bedroom master This uncle is gone.
A few people chatted lively for a while, tomorrow coincides with the 25th, the college is on holiday, and they will not be able to enroll until the day after tomorrow. Li Shi and Qiao Wei made an appointment to go out and buy some new sets of pens, inks, papers and inkstones for the children.
At night, when Mingxiu came back from the next court, he saw that she was in a good mood when he saw a table full of delicious dishes. Qiao Wei was spreading chopsticks. He walked up and hugged her gently behind him, touching her lips. On her cheek, a deep and magnetic voice slowly rang in her ears: "Let me guess, your son got the first place in the exam?"
His voice was so sweet that it could make people's ears pregnant. Qiao Wei's heart softened for a while, she collected her mind, put the chopsticks away, and said, "Guess again, what grade did your daughter get in the exam?"
"Second?" Ji Mingxiu hugged her tightly.
Qiao Weibu's hand with the chopsticks was stunned: "How do you know?"
How does he know? On the second day after the exam, the courtiers looked at him strangely. After he inquired casually, he found out that his little daughter was already famous in the academy.
After all, he is a person who has passed the Nanshan Academy. He knows that even with the martial arts test and the selection test, Xiao Wangshu can pass the test, but he must not be so good. It seems that his son has put in a lot of effort in this test.
The two little buns came back from Luomeiyuan, sweating profusely from playing.
"Daddy!" Wang Shu threw himself into Ji Mingxiu's arms, and unceremoniously wiped the sweat from his forehead on the regular clothes his father had just put on.
This has to be replaced by another child. Ji Mingxiu took her collar and threw it out a long time ago, but her own child is good at everything. Ji Mingxiu took a handkerchief and wiped her sweat. Stretching his head over, Ji Mingxiu took the other party's clean handkerchief, and wiped it off for his son: "Go get Second Uncle to eat."
"I don't want to eat!" The leader sat on the wheelchair and rolled his eyes.
Jing Yun coaxed patiently: "But it's very late now, if you don't eat, you will be hungry."
The leader snorted, "Bring the food to my room, and I will eat it myself!"
Jing Yun said: "Daddy said we want to have dinner together."
The leader said angrily: "He said to eat together? If I insist on eating together, what can he do to me?! If he has the ability, he will beat me!"
As soon as the words fell, he felt the wheelchair shake, and when he took a closer look, he saw that little fat man came behind him at some point, and picked up the wheelchair...
After eating, the children went back to the room, and the couple washed up and lay down on the big soft bed, not to mention the joy of fish and water. After the cloud and rain, Qiao Wei lay in his arms, panting slightly.
"Meditation."
When he opened his mouth, the voice didn't seem to be his own.
Just listening to this voice, Ji Mingxiu subconsciously tightened his stomach, grasped her soft waist, found her red and swollen lips, and sucked gently. You can't taste enough to know the taste.
Qiao Wei wanted to talk to him about something serious, but before she could speak, her lips were blocked by him.
The impact of opening and closing made her like a boat floating in the storm. She hugged his strong waist, bearing the extreme joy he brought her, and her nails drew bright red marks on his back.
After all this cloud and rain, Qiao Wei's mind has been blurred, how can she still remember what she wanted to say? Finding a comfortable position in his arms, she closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
In the upper room of the North Mansion, Ji Shuang and Young Master Qin were about to go to bed. The grandma of the rich family didn’t need to breastfeed their own children, but Ji Shuang and Young Master Qin had a baby son at this age, so they loved each other in every possible way. , At night, let the children sleep in their own rooms.
But tonight, the child is gone.
Aunt Qin glanced at the empty bed and asked, "Shuang'er, where is your son?"
Ji Shuang smiled charmingly: "I asked the wet nurse to carry the son over."
"When will you come here?" Aunt Qin asked.
Ji Shuang turned her beautiful eyes, walked up to him, stroked his chest and said, "Tomorrow morning."
Aunt Qin was taken aback: "Tomorrow morning? Then tonight..."
Ji Shuang looked at him with a smile, and said ambiguously, "Tonight...just the two of us."
Aunt Qin held her hand and smiled gently: "You just gave birth and haven't adjusted your body well. I'm afraid I'll hurt you."
Ji Shuang said bitterly, "But you haven't touched me for a long time."
Aunt Qin held her hand with one hand, touched her face with the other, and said softly, "Isn't this for your own good? You are no older than your teens or twenties, and having a child is too debilitating. If I torment you again , how can you bear it?"
The corners of Ji Shuang's lips curled up, and soon, she smiled again, and said worriedly: "But don't you feel uncomfortable when you are kept under restraint like this? If you are really uncomfortable, I will let Taozhi serve you."
Aunt Qin laughed: "What do you think of me? You worked so hard to give birth to my son, but I went to other women's houses to have fun, am I still human? Besides, I don't want any woman except you. bump."
Ji Shuang's heart was almost melted by the sweetness, she lowered her head shyly, and said, "I'm getting old."
Aunt Qin looked at her fixedly: "How old is it? It's obviously the same as when we got married."
Ji Shuang punched him: "Slick tongue!"
Aunt Qin held her hand in his palm, looked at her affectionately, and said, "It's not like you don't know that I won't lie. You really haven't changed, you're still so beautiful."
Thinking of something, Ji Shuang snorted displeasedly: "I'm pretty? Then why didn't you see me chasing me back then?"
Aunt Qin hurriedly said: "I'm just a poor scholar, how can I miss the young lady of the Ji family? Even if I take a peek at you, I feel that I'm insulting you."
"Then did you peek?" Ji Shuang asked.
Aunt Qin looked at her and smiled slightly: "Would you like to hear the truth or a lie?"
Ji Shuang deliberately said, "It's a lie."
Aunt Qin said: "I've never peeked at it."
Wouldn't that be the same as peeping all the time
Ji Shuang was so sweet in her heart that she leaned into her husband's arms, hugged her husband's waist tightly and said, "Sister-in-law, the happiest thing in my life is to marry you. Without you, I don't know what life would be like now." gone."
Mrs. Qin said with emotion: "I should say this sentence. You are so beautiful, smart, and virtuous. You can choose any good man in the capital. Any man who marries you will treat you as if it hurts like an eyeball." , but I’m different, if I hadn’t stayed in the capital and hadn’t met you, then my best ending would be to return to my hometown to open a private school, marry a country woman, and end my life like this.”
Ji Shuang imagined the scene of him marrying a country girl, her heart ached, and she hugged him tighter: "Do you still remember how our family opposed us back then?"
Aunt Qin said: "I remember, I still remember, it was you who insisted, otherwise, we might not be able to get together."
Ji Shuang said depressedly: "Now you know it's not easy for me, but you didn't say a word back then!"
Aunt Qin stroked her face and said: "I really felt that I was not good enough for you. Although I liked you, but... In my opinion, you deserve a better man. "
Ji Shuang said aggrievedly: "While I want to grab you, I also want to coax the group of people in the family... especially my sister-in-law! You don't even know what she said to me at that time?"
Aunt Qin's eyes moved: "Really? What did she tell you? "
Ji Shuang didn't intend to say these things to her husband-in-law. After all, it's not a good thing to say, and it hurts people.
Ji Shuang waved her hand: "It's nothing, it's all over."
Aunt Qin said with a smile: "The princess has passed away for so many years, are you still afraid that I will be angry with her for a few words? We are husband and wife, and there is nothing unspeakable to each other. What should you do if you hold it in your heart and break your body? I It will hurt."
Ji Shuang hesitated for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Actually, it's nothing, but sister-in-law said that you are not my beloved."
Aunt Qin paused, and his eyes fell on the dancing candlelight: "Really?"
Ji Shuang snorted and said, "I just asked my sister-in-law, why do you say you are not my beloved? Didn't she also find someone who the whole family opposed? What's more, the second and third brothers liked you very much at that time, my father I also think you are a good person."
Aunt Qin said: "Maybe... she thinks my background is too low, she is a princess after all, and my status is like an ant in her eyes."
Ji Shuang frowned and said, "My sister-in-law is not that kind of person, and I don't know what's wrong with her, but she doesn't want to see you?"
Aunt Qin's eyes were deep: "Maybe I accidentally offended her by doing something."
Ji Shuang waved her hand: "Forget it, she's dead, and I don't want to speak ill of her anymore."
Aunt Qin patted her on the shoulder: "Shuang'er, no one in the world treats me so well except you. Being able to marry you in this life is a blessing I cultivated in my previous life."
Ji Shuang said softly, "It's also my blessing."
That night, Ji Shuang obediently carried the child over. Although the two of them did nothing, she was satisfied.
The next day, Aunt Qin got up early and changed into the clothes she was going out. Ji Shuang looked at him complainingly: "Isn't it a holiday? Why do you still have to go out?"
Aunt Qin said with a smile: "Recently there are too many things in the academy, and I am a novice. I am not very proficient in many things, so I can only spend more time."
Ji Shuang sighed, "Oh, I knew it would be better not to let you go out to do errands, and our family does not lack your monthly money."
Aunt Qin said softly: "Aren't you doing it for me too? I'm afraid people will laugh at me, so let me have a serious job so that I can straighten my waist."
Ji Shuang hesitated to speak, looked at him, straightened his clothes, and said reluctantly, "Go, come back early."
Aunt Qin said with a smile: "I'll be right back after finishing what I'm doing."
On this side, Mrs. Qin left the mansion, and on the other side, Mrs. Li and Qiao Wei also got into the carriage leaving the mansion. Although they were buying calligraphy for a few little guys, Mrs. Li also brought the two sisters, Ruyue and Wanyu, to buy more. Add the dowry that may be used for a big wedding.
First, I went to the largest study in the capital. The study has two floors. On the left side of the entrance on the first floor are articles such as the Four Treasures of the Study, and on the right side are books by category. There are also books on the second floor, as well as some antique calligraphy and paintings.
There was papermaking in the Liang Dynasty, but paper was too expensive, and some books were still copied on bamboo slips. A big family like the Ji family naturally didn’t read bamboo slips, not to mention that they took up space.
"Xiaowei, come and have a look." Li Shi waved at Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei put the bamboo slips back on the bookshelf, walked towards Mrs. Li, and Mrs. Li pointed to a row of brushes hanging on the wall, and said, "These are the best soft brushes."
There are hard brushes, soft brushes, and combined brushes. Generally speaking, writing cursive script and cursive writing with hard brushes is more refreshing, easy to sway, and easy to rise and fall. Flexible and implication, the font of Daliang Dynasty is slightly similar to Xiaozhuan, and Ruanhao may be more beautiful when written.
Moreover, soft pens are more economical than hard pens. In the long run, it is not easy to change to soft pens after getting used to hard pens, but it is very handy to change to hard pens after getting used to soft pens.
Qiao Wei glanced at the soft pens on the wall with satisfaction: "Second Aunt thinks those are more suitable?"
Mrs. Li picked three brushes, which happened to be the three that Qiao Wei liked. The hero saw the same thing, and the brushes were bought soon.
The paper was picked by two sisters, Ji Ruyue and Ji Wanyu. There were ordinary white paper and high-quality rice paper.
After that, Qiao Wei picked out three boxes of Hui ink. Hui ink was the best ink in Daliang Dynasty, and the price was extremely high, more than three times more expensive than ordinary ink sticks.
Qiao Wei had a heartache. Jing Yun took the ink and wrote seriously, but that little guy Wang Shu was probably just doing graffiti...
The inkstones were picked by Mrs. Li. They are all Duan inkstones. The Duan inkstones are soft and smooth to the touch. He squeezed the broken inkstones, and silently replaced one of them with a copper inkstone.
After shopping, a few people left the study.
"Should we still go to Baolinzhai to buy jewelry?" Qiao Wei asked.
Mrs. Li said with a smile: "No, it's too far away from Baolinzhai. There is a jewelry shop nearby, and they sell high-quality goods. Let's go over and have a look."
Ji Wanyu took Li Shi's arm and said with a smile, "Second Aunt, let's go to Baolinzhai! Baolinzhai's stuff is good!"
Mrs. Li shot her a look: "You think I don't know what your plan is? You're just wandering around outside!"
Ji Wanyu said coquettishly: "Second Aunt, it's hard to come out, Second Sister and I are going to be moldy in the mansion!"
"Let me smell the musty smell on you?" Li Shi said, sniffing and leaning towards Ji Wanyu.
Ji Wanyu quickly let go of her, moved behind Qiao Wei, hugged Qiao Wei's hand again and said, "Sister-in-law, take us there!"
Qiao Wei said amusedly, "Leave Second Aunt behind?"
Ji Wanyu glared and said, "It's okay!"
Li laughed angrily.
The folk customs in Daliang are quite open. There are not many girls who go out, but there are definitely many. Qiao Wei took out the veil from the carriage and gave it to Ji Ruyue and Ji Wanyu, and said to Li: "It's rare to go out and take them around. Well, when you get married in the future, it won't be easy for you to wander around."
Mrs. Li glared at the two of them: "Why did I bring you out? I really asked for trouble!"
Ji Wanyu stuck out her tongue.
A group of four wandered around the street, looking at this shop and that shop, and without knowing it, they walked three or two streets, and they were thirsty. There was a teahouse nearby, and they decided to go inside Sizu, who would have thought that as soon as he reached the door, a woman's scream came from the alley beside him: "Help! Robbery!"
The few people stopped, and Ji Wanyu subconsciously turned her head back. Just at this moment, the thief rushed out from the alley. He didn't expect that there was someone standing in front of him. It was too late to brake, and he was about to bump into Ji Wanyu. Qiao Wei walked over quickly, kicked him in the chest, and sent him flying. He fell heavily to the ground, knocking out one of his teeth.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and was about to get up when the waiter's waiter heard the movement outside the door and came to join in the fun with a plate of melons and fruits that he hadn't had time to present to the guests.
Qiao Wei grabbed an orange from his plate and threw it at the thief.
The thief's leg was hit and he fell to the ground again. Afterwards, he struggled for a while, but the noise was too loud, which startled the guards patrolling nearby.
The guards caught him, found a money bag from his arms, and said to the surrounding people, "Whose thing?"
A young woman in her twenties with a child in her arms came over with small steps, bowed to the guards, and said with lingering fear, "It's mine."
The guard stepped on the thief's back, opened the purse with his hand, and asked, "What's in it?"
The young woman said: "If you come back to the official post, there are five copper plates, six silver coins, one five taels of ingot, and a pair of gold earrings."
The guard hummed lightly, returned the purse to her, and then dragged the thief away from the spot.
Qiao Wei took a look at the young woman. The woman's clothes looked simple and simple, but they were made of very expensive materials. A woman who could afford this kind of material was at least a woman from a wealthy family. How could she wear clothes alone? Going out with the kids
The woman's face was scratched, and the child in her arms was frightened and cried loudly, but his crying was hoarse and weak.
Before Qiao Wei could make a move, Ji Wanyu had already walked over. Ji Wanyu looked at her, then at the two or three-year-old child in her arms, and asked, "Are you okay with your son?"
The young woman lowered her eyebrows and said, "I'm fine, thank you for your righteousness."
Ji Wanyu smiled and pointed at Qiao Wei: "It wasn't me, it was my sister-in-law!"
The young woman looked at Qiao Wei, and her eyes met in the air. She quickly lowered her head and gave a blessing.
Qiao Wei nodded slightly as a response.
This woman is not very old, she looks about 20 years old, she doesn't look very beautiful, but she is also very pretty, she has an aura that can make people settle, and she feels familiar, as if this aura is in someone's body felt it.
Ji Wanyu looked around and asked, "Where's your servant?"
The young woman said: "I went out by myself."
Ji Wanyu frowned: "Why are you going out by yourself? Where's your husband?"
The woman's eyelashes trembled, and she said, "He has something to do."
Ji Wanyu said displeased: "I can't let you go out alone if something happens! You see how dangerous it is for you to bring a child and run into robbers! If it wasn't for my sister-in-law's help, your purse would never be found!"
The woman lowered her eyes and said, "What the girl said is very true."
Ji Wanyu kindly reminded: "Don't go out alone next time. Although the capital is under the foot of the emperor, there are still a lot of thieves and bandits! You are young and beautiful, and you are the easiest to let People are watching! This time you met a small thief who only robbed money, but next time it won't be sure!"
The woman did not speak.
Ji Wanyu asked again: "Is your child sick?"
The woman hugged the child and said softly, "I have a rash."
Ji Wanyu's eyes lit up: "You are so lucky, my sister-in-law is a doctor!" As she said, she grabbed her wrist, "Go, I will show you to my sister-in-law!"
The woman's eyelashes trembled, and everyone could see her rejection, except Ji Wanyu.
Ji Wanyu pulled her in front of Qiao Wei and said, "Sister-in-law, she is so pitiful, she was robbed of her things, and the child is sick again, can you help her take a look?"
Silly child, the material on this person is more expensive than yours. If she is pitiful, there will be few people in the whole capital who are not pitiful.
Qiao Wei glanced at the woman, the woman was a little embarrassed and nervous, Qiao Wei's eyes fell on the child again, the child's face was flushed, his breathing was a little difficult, and there were several transparent pimples on his forehead and the back of his hands Pox, it's clearly a pox rash.
Qiao Wei pulled Ji Wanyu's hand over, and said to Ji Ruyue, "You two go wash your hands and eat something."
"Okay, sister-in-law." Ji Ruyue agreed.
Ji Wanyu didn't want to leave, so Ji Ruyue forcibly dragged her in.
Qiao Wei said: "Second Aunt, you can go in too."
This child is suffering from pox, who knows if Mrs. Li has had it before, if she gets infected, at Mrs. Li's age, she will suffer a lot.
Mrs. Li nodded and went in.
The young woman said: "There is a clinic over there, so I won't bother Madam."
Qiao Wei took the child's pulse, looked at the acne on his body, and said: "Your child has acne, it is better to treat it as soon as possible, my father has a prescription for treating acne, I will adjust the dosage for you , you take it to the pharmacy to grab the medicine and give it to the child in time."
The woman bowed and said, "Thank you, madam."
Qiao Wei walked into the teahouse, asked for a pen and a piece of paper at the counter, wrote a prescription, then touched the child's forehead and said: "It's still very hot, you should pay more attention these two days, if the child If your spirit is not good, and your appetite has obviously decreased, you should go to the doctor in time, and don't wait until the seven-day medicine is finished regardless of the child's condition."
The woman replied, "I've made a note of it."
Qiao Wei went upstairs, and Li Shi had already ordered something. Seeing her thoughtful expression, she hurriedly asked, "How is it? Is that child not seriously ill?"
Qiao Wei sat down and said, "Pox rash."
"What? Acne?" Li Shi was startled, "Wan Yu has never had acne! Wan Yu, it's not the second aunt who told you. In the future, don't just run up and touch any cat or dog you see. How do you know if it's dirty? Dirty, are you sick?"
Ji Wanyu shook her slender hand: "I've washed it, it's fine, Second Aunt!"
After eating snacks in the teahouse, they went to Baolinzhai to pick out jewelry all afternoon, and then returned happily.
No one paid much attention to this little episode, and quickly forgot about it.
For this purchase, Qiao Wei also picked out a calligraphy for Guye Qin, and a pair of gold bracelets for Young Master Fifth, and sent them to Sifang after dinner. Unfortunately, Guye Qin was not there.
Qiao Wei put the things on the table: "Isn't the academy on holiday today?"
Ji Shuang sighed, "Oh, they let him go, but he didn't let him go, and went to work! Just now, he sent someone back with a message, saying that he has something important tonight and won't come back."
"I have something important..." Qiao Wei smiled faintly, not knowing how to answer the question, asking what was important, she seemed to be gossip, and if she didn't ask, she seemed embarrassed.
Fortunately, Ji Shuang said it herself: "One of his friends is sick, and he has to visit him. That person lives outside the city, so he probably won't be able to enter the city tonight."
Qiao Wei smiled slightly and said, "It must be a very important friend, so don't worry about it, aunt."
Ji Shuang said slowly: "Of course I won't worry about it anymore. Your uncle is the most honest man in the world. Even if I let him fool around outside, he wouldn't have the guts!"