After seeing that scene, Chu Si took an orange while Chu You was gone. He wanted to eat it openly like Ning Wan, but when he thought of his master's usual serious look, he began to feel scared again.
After some thought, he thought of Li Yanqing who was also on the mountain.
Without giving it any thought, Chu Si took the orange and went straight to Li Yanqing.
At that time, little Li Yanqing practiced sword almost day and night, not even leaving himself time to rest.
Little Chu Si stood aside and waited for a long time, intending to wait for little Li Yanqing to stop.
But an hour passed, and then two hours passed.
Little Li Yanqing still didn't stop.
The orange in Chu Si's hand was a little warm, and he spoke without holding back: "Big Brother."
Little Li Yanqing paused as he was about to continue and looked at Chu Si who had been standing not far away and watching him for a long time: "Junior brother."
Seeing that little Li Yanqing stopped, little Chu Si finally got some courage: "Come, I'll give you an orange, we can eat it together."
Little Chu Si trotted over to little Li Yanqing and generously gave Li Yanqing half of his food.
At that time, Li Yanqing was not much older than Chu Si. He was only thirteen years old and had just lost his parents. When he saw the oranges in Chu Si's hand, he was stunned.
Little Li Yanqing looked at the junior brother in front of him: Has he been waiting for me here for so long, just to give me an orange?
Little Chu Si, holding the other half of the orange in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Don't you want to eat it? It's very sweet."
"It's very sweet indeed. Thank you, Junior Brother."
Little Li Yanqing looked at the orange in his hand, and caught a glimpse of little Chu Si's sincere eyes. Without thinking much, he broke off a small half of the orange and put it in his mouth.
Seeing Xiao Li Yanqing speak, Xiao Chu Si seemed to have a clue in his heart. He nodded, no longer hesitated, and stuffed the orange into his mouth.
Just when I was about to enjoy it, the moment my teeth bit through the orange peel, sour juice with a hint of bitterness exploded from my mouth.
At that moment, Xiao Chu Si almost didn't know where to put his tongue, and directly spat out the orange in his mouth:
"It's so sour, how can it be sweet?"
Little Li Yanqing looked at Little Chu Si's annoyed expression and was stunned for a moment: "It's really not sour."
Perhaps because Li Yanqing's expression was too serious, Chu Si asked doubtfully, "Really?"
As Xiao Chu Si spoke, he reached out to the orange in Xiao Li Yanqing's hand that he had not finished eating. He broke off a slice very calmly, carefully put it to his mouth, and gently bit the skin a little bit with his teeth.
Before little Li Yanqing could stop him, he saw little Chu Si throw the orange slice on the ground again.
"You are lying." Little Chu Si felt that he was so unlucky. He finally learned from his junior sister, but in the end, the dish he got was not tasty.
Looking at the little Li Yanqing who was a little at a loss in front of him, Xiao Chu Si was thinking about getting rid of the sour oranges in his hand.
However, little Li Yanqing seemed to see through his purpose and stuffed the orange into his mouth before him.
Looking at the little Li Yanqing with a frown on his face, Xiao Chu glanced at the orange in his hand, not knowing how to start.
And their two masters also arrived at this time.
He looked at the unprocessed orange peel on the ground, and then looked at the palm of Xiao Chu Si's hand.
As expected, little Li Yanqing was eventually implicated.
"Chu Si, from today on, you will go to the back mountain to chop firewood for seven days." Before little Chu Si could react, Chu You spoke again: "Chu Yi, you come with us."
Little Chu Si couldn't understand why his master treated him differently that day, and felt that his master was too biased.
"Why was Junior Sister allowed to eat the offerings?" Little Chu Si looked at his master and, for the first time, questioned his master's decision. "Master, stop trying to trick me with your myths. I clearly saw Junior Sister eat it, too."
"Master clearly saw everything, but he didn't bother to stop me. I just took an orange, but Master punished me and my senior brother for it."
At that time, little Li Yanqing had just been on the mountain for a short time. Looking at little Chu Si confronting his master, he nervously pulled little Chu Si's sleeve.
Little Li Yanqing's action did not escape Chu You's eyes, but he did not take back his words.
"Chu Si, have you forgotten everything I taught you in the past?"
"Waste food and still think you're doing the right thing?"
Chu You looked at the little Chu Si in front of him and spoke calmly, but his eyes fell on the two orange halves spitted on the ground.
The guilty little Chu Si opened his mouth and tried to reason: "It's the sour orange."
If he knew that the price of spitting it out would be going to the back mountain to chop firewood, he would swallow it no matter what.
As Xiao Chu Si spoke, he handed the orange in his hand away with a sense of grievance.
After hearing this, Chu You took the orange from little Chu Si's hand and put it in his mouth.
After chewing it carefully, Chu You frowned slightly, glanced at the little Chu Si in front of him, and thought for a while: "Well, then let's chop it for three days."
Chu You's words no longer gave Chu Si any chance to refuse.
Chu You looked at the horizon, paused for a moment, then turned and left.
After hearing this, little Chu Si had no choice but to take little Li Yanqing with him to the mountain to chop firewood.
The memories ended with Chu Si's sigh.
Li Yanqing lay quietly on the bed, his thoughts seemed to be pulled back. After hearing Chu Si's sigh, he couldn't help but chuckle:
"It's been so long, and you still remember it."
Chu Si moved slightly, resting his head on his arm, and replied helplessly: "I have a good memory."
The room was once again quiet, as if the two of them had nothing else to say except those few words.
Li Yanqing looked at the curtains above the bed and thought of the year he lived with Chu Si in that palace.
He needs to practice sword every day and comes back very late at night.
Chu Si was sitting among a pile of medical books that were many times taller than him, with some dried herbs beside him. It was obvious that he was still doing research.
When he saw Li Yanqing coming back, Chu Si would stop consciously.
Both of them were extremely tired. They rarely talked about the past and could fall asleep in three seconds after lying on the bed.
The breathing sound gradually became steady. Li Yanqing listened to it, but he was no longer sleepy.
Over the years, he had thought about going back to see them.
When I followed my memory and searched for the place, all I found was a fertile field.
When they inquired about the temple of the gods, they received words that the villagers had never seen before.
Li Yanqing, who couldn't sleep, moved his body slowly and was about to sit up.
"How about you?" Chu Si's voice had long lost its youthful innocence. "Big Brother, have you been doing well these years?"
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