Chapter 17 The Heart Is Too Tired
Happy event? Should I have a sister? Fang Zhengzheng leaned his little head against the mud window, raised his ears and listened.
Then he understood that the so-called happy event was related to the Taoist temple, which seemed to mean that the Shenhou Mansion gave special gifts. In addition to the originally scheduled eight places, one more place was given in Nanshan Village, but there was a condition that the age must be six to eight years old.
Six to eight years old? Why are there such strange conditions...
Fang Zhengzhi couldn't quite understand.
However, Qin Xuelian seemed to ignore these things and was discussing with her father with great excitement whether to give some money to the village chief.
"When the last time I took the exam, the sister-in-law of the Li family must have given money to the village chief!"
"Why, the village chief is quite fair." The father persuaded.
"I don't care. It's my turn this time. You will go to the village chief's house with me to talk together. Then, have you heard of lifting your arm?"
"This, okay..."
No surprises, at night, Fang Zhengzhi was left at home alone, looking at the bright moonlight, counting the stars flashing in the sky...
...
Just as he was sleeping in a daze, Fang Zhengzhi was awakened by a low crying sound again.
He carefully pushed open the door and saw that his mother Qin Xuelian was sitting in the inner room with tears in her eyes, while his father was standing by her side to comfort her.
"Why? Why did I give it to the Li family again!"
"The village chief must have his ideas for doing this..." Dad Fang Houde whispered.
"Isn't it just that Li Zhuangshi passed the exam and raised a 500-pound black cauldron? I thought that if Li Zhuangshi took the first exam in the Dao Dichou exam in the future, he would be trained by the Shenhou Mansion! He was clearly cursing the Li family!"
"But, Li Zhuang's realization is indeed the greatest hope in the village..."
"I don't care! Li Zhuangshi is Li Zhuangshi, Li Hu'er is Li Hu'er. My family is not weaker than Li Hu'er. Last time Li Hu'er was chosen!"
"well……"
A sigh exuded a desolate loneliness, which also told Fang Houde's helplessness. Qin Xuelian became more and more sad as she thought about it, and her sobs became louder and louder...
Thinking of Qin Xuelian's joyful expression before and hearing the current conversation, Fang Zhengzhi probably understood the whole story.
It seems that the village chief should have given the extra quota to Li Hu'er?
All right……
I guess I can't get in this Taoist temple anymore. Fang Zhengzhen looked up at the sky, thinking about it. If the Taoist temple cannot get in, then I have to think of something else.
In fact, Fang Zhengzhen doesn’t care too much about whether he can go to the Taoist temple to study.
What he needs is a means of concealing one's own way, and everyone in the village needs to know that he has started to study and read books. Then, even if he is a little surprised, he will not be too unacceptable.
Let the whole village know that they are reading and literacy? Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through Fang Zhengzhi's mind.
"Mom, you can study by yourself if you don't go to the Taoist temple..."
"Don't go to the Taoist temple? Read by yourself?" Qin Xuelian, who was sitting in the inner room crying, heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, and her whole body trembled suddenly, and she quickly wiped away the tears from her face with her sleeves.
"Why did Zheng'er wake up..." Fang Houde looked a little embarrassed when he saw Fang Zhengzhen at the door of the house.
"Haha, are you a little hungry? Mom, let's make some food for you!" Qin Xuelian quickly showed a smile on her face, walked to Fang Zhengzhi, squatted down, and then hugged Fang Zhengzhi in her arms.
A warm breath poured into Fang Zhengzheng's heart. My mother and father seemed to be reluctant to let me see her weak side?
"I'm so good..." Qin Xuelian said softly, but her body couldn't help but tremble.
...
The days that followed returned to peace, but what made Fang Zhengzheng strange was that his father suddenly disappeared. In his mother's words, he was going out for a long trip.
At the same time, in a huge house in a certain mansion in Beimo.
Wearing a pink outfit and bright eyes, Loli Chi Guyan, who was as bright as stars, sat in front of a desk, and looked down at a note in her hand.
"Li Hu'er? Six years old? The name of this little thief is really a rustic!"
The storm Lolichi Guyan raised his hand and flew into the stove not far away. Then, after thinking about it, he picked up the pen on the desk and began to write on the white paper in front of him.
"Come here!" After writing, Loli Chi Guyan called out softly.
"Miss, please give me instructions!" A sergeant guarding at the door immediately walked in and fell to the ground with one knee.
"Take this question to Nanshan Village, and you can personally examine a six-year-old child named Li Huer in the Nanshan Village Daotang!" The wild loli Chi Guyan pointed to the white paper in front of him.
The soldier immediately got up and held the white paper on the desk in his hands.
Then, looking down, the sergeant's expression became a little strange again...
"Six-year-old child?" The sergeant didn't dare to ask more, but he couldn't help but confirm whether he had heard it wrongly just now.
"Well, if Li Hu'er can answer this, throw him into the small river at the entrance of the village. Remember to kick him down with your feet. Of course, you don't hurt his life, but if he can't answer it... I'll take ten military sticks on the spot!"
"Yes!" The sergeant retreated immediately.
After walking out the door, the soldier picked up the question on the note and took a look. He suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the child named Li Huer, because even he felt that the question was a bit difficult, let alone a six-year-old child in Nanshan Village.
The most important thing is that whether Li Hu'er can answer or not, it is quite miserable.
After the sergeant left, Loli Chi Guyan took out a book that recorded the art of war in her hand, flipped it casually, stood up and walked out the door.
"If the map of all things is really solved by this little thief, then this question will not be difficult! But...what should I do if this little thief answered it? Should I recruit him into the Shenhou Mansion? Looking at him every day? Well... I should ask him to torture him every day, haha..."
...
Today's Nanshan Village is extremely lively because the Taoist temple was finally built with the joint efforts of the villagers. It is located north and south, spacious and bright, and is all made of piles of excellent bluestones.
There is a mahogany plate at the door, with two powerful words "Daotang" written on it. This is given to the Shenhou Mansion and is carried by a carriage. It is also covered with a square seal of the Shenhou Mansion.
Inside the Taoist hall, there are four small courtyards, two lecture halls, a martial arts training ground, and a lounge.
Fang Zhengzhi was not qualified to enter. He had seen a few times during the initial construction of the Taoist temple and heard two gentlemen in long robes stroked with small black sticks for teaching.
In addition, there were also a few big words written in paper and ink outside the Taoist temple.
Today's lecture: "The Three Character Classic of the Taoist Enlightenment Chapter"
A little stunned, Fang Zhengzhi suddenly had a scene in his mind, and everyone was shaking their heads and carrying them on their backs, "When humans are born, they are good in nature, and their habits are different..."
All right……
Fang Zhengzhi felt that it was not necessarily a mistake to not enter the Taoist temple. If he really wanted to follow these people to recite the "Three Character Classic" there, he would be a little "too tired".
The first group of people entering the Taoist temple naturally attracted much attention.
The villagers in the village gathered at the door of the Taoist temple and loudly congratulated the people entering the Taoist temple.
Village chief Meng Bai personally smiled and sent his grandson Meng Jiangshan to the threshold of the corridor, while Li Zhuang was holding Li Hu'er and giving gifts one by one to the congratulations of a group of villagers.
When Fang Zhengzhi noticed Li Hu'er at the entrance of the Taoist Hall, Li Hu'er also noticed him.
However, the two of them looked different.
Fang Zhengzheng's eyes were calm, and there was no joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on his face.
Li Hu'er was different. She had a bright and complacent smile on her lips, and raised her thick arms to Fang Zhengzhi, and her little head was even raised high.
It seems to be saying: Look, I am the one who comes to Daotang to study!
While the two of them were looking at each other, Fang Zhengzhi felt that his shoulder was being patted.
As soon as he turned around, a familiar figure appeared in his sight. It was his father Fang Houde who had disappeared for several days. Fang Houde, who was wearing shabby animal skin, looked a little simple and simple, his eyes were filled with blood, his face was pale, and he seemed a little tired, but the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be concealed.
"Zheng'er, what do you think this is?"
Chapter completed!