His father was the only one in his family who had a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, which he used for his daily work and writing memorials. The emperor did not allow his father to use a wooden stick and once reprimanded his father for this. Only then did his father reluctantly buy a set.
As it approached noon, the sunlight became more and more dazzling, and the Zhai family began to cook. His family would not have lunch if they did not go to school or court. Tao Bushe took a deep sniff, and today's meal smelled particularly fragrant. He wondered if there were guests coming to the Zhai family.
Tao Bushe wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and continued reading.
His vision became increasingly blurry, and he rubbed it hard. Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound from the corner of the wall, and he leaned against the wall to listen.
"Yue'er, I'll carry you up there, hold on tight."
“Okay!”
Climbing the wall?
Tao Bushe was startled immediately. It was Zhai Jingxuan's voice. Could she be trying to climb over the wall to steal mulberries?
How outrageous!
So shameless!
Tao Bushe was angry but also wondered why she came when it was his turn to be on duty to watch the trees?
If you want to steal, why not do it at night?
Tao Bushe stood at the foot of the wall, waiting for something to happen.
He happened to meet Shangguan Chengjing and Shangguan Qingyue.
Shangguan Chengjing was startled and almost shook the little guy off his back. Then he reacted and reached behind his back to hold the little guy's butt firmly.
Shangguan Qingyue complained, [Fuck, what a coincidence!]
Shangguan Chengjing stared at Tao Bushe, his expression gradually becoming weird. Was it this skinny, withered tree trunk in front of him who had cuckolded him?
He doesn't look like such a bad person.
Is it that you can’t judge a person by his appearance?
Shangguan Qingyue's voice echoed in his mind again, "That's him! He fell in love with the fake daughter at first sight, and then he learned that the fake daughter was going to marry his good brother, my good brother, and he turned evil!"
[Even if it means death, I will make my big brother the world's number one cuckold bastard!]
Shangguan Chengjing: ...Why should I marry Shangguan Qing'er?
Is it because she was cheated on?
I……
Shangguan Chengjing was in a bad mood again. Tao Bushe saw that this man and child were caught stealing mulberries and were shameless, and even dared to confront him.
Tao Bushe immediately took a long pole and stabbed Shangguan Chengjing.
"I told you to steal my mulberries! I told you to steal my mulberries! I caught you!"
"Ouch, ouch..." Shangguan Chengjing hurried to hide. He was already unstable with a baby on his back, so he cried out subconsciously.
Behind him, Shangguan Qingyue tightly grasped Shangguan Chengjing's neck, almost strangling him to death, "Da Dede, hold on tight!"
"I'm so out of my mind! Why did I bring my older brother along to watch the fun?"
Shangguan Qingyue explained, "We're not stealing fruit, please don't mess with us! Ah!"
The little guy screamed, and the next second, the ladder and the people fell straight backwards. Bang, Shangguan Qingyue was crushed into a human-shaped cookie.
“Woo…”
Shangguan Chengjing was frightened and immediately stood up to look at the little girl behind him. Fortunately, the soil was soft and wet enough, and the little girl was pressed into the soil. Shangguan Chengjing took a lot of effort to dig her out.
The little guy stood up, with mud all over his back, and walked back to the bedroom with a droopy face. His little mouth kept moving and he kept cursing all the way.
Shangguan Chengjing lowered his head like a child who had done something wrong.
But Tao Busha was still not satisfied. He threw away his long pole, went over and knocked on the door of Zhai's house, put his hands on his hips and cursed, then went home satisfied.
After returning home, he wanted to continue reading, but the words on the book became increasingly blurred. Tao Bushe felt a little scared, fearing that he was going blind, so he rarely returned to his bedroom to take a nap and rest his eyes.
Tao Bushe touched the pillow and soon fell asleep.
What a dreamland!
What you think about during the day you will dream about at night. He dreamed that he was really blind and couldn't even read books.
The imperial physician said he wanted to buy him a mirror, which would cost one thousand taels, but his father was unwilling to pay.
But he was a man who never gave up. He knew that his eye disease could be cured. His father had a thousand taels of silver, but if his father didn't give it to him, then so be it. He would earn it himself.
How to make money?
He is half blind.
No one wants to work as a laborer at the docks.
In his dream, he had no choice but to rely on his knowledge to tell fortunes on the street.
Later one day, he met a young villain who wanted to overthrow him, but he failed because the young villain met someone more powerful than him.
The eldest son of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion, Shangguan Chengjing.
Shangguan Chengjing seemed to be married. He was tall, handsome, mature and steady. Seeing that Shangguan was a blind man and felt sorry for him, he generously invited him to dinner.
It was his habit since childhood to take advantage of others whenever he could. He cleared out all the food on the table without any regard for the dignity of a son of an official.
Shangguan Chengjing didn't say anything, but looked at him sympathetically.
Afterwards, Shangguan Chengjing found him a house and a comfortable job. He would bring him good tea and chat with him about academic matters every day.
The two of them became good friends for a while.
Until one day, he met a rich merchant's daughter from Dali, named Liu Er. She was extremely generous. He couldn't see her face clearly, but according to people around him, Miss Liu had a big scar on her face, which was particularly scary!
Afterwards, those who were discussing this were inexplicably infected with a poison called Hibiscus Powder and became extremely miserable.
Some people vaguely speculated that it was Miss Liu's revenge because she came to the capital to do business and sell Furong Powder.
It was during their encounter that day that Liu Er became interested in him. He was the only man who saw her appearance, squinted his eyes, and showed interest.
She said she liked his taste.
He's also good looking.
Little did she know that he was nearsighted and couldn't see clearly. After hearing what others said, he wanted to see clearly, so he squinted his eyes and looked hard.
That's how the misunderstanding arose.
But Tao Bushe didn't expose it, because Liu Er really spent money on it!
Tao Bushe hooked up with a rich woman and finally had enough money to buy a pair of glasses!
The moment he put on the mirror, Tao Bushe's eyes were filled with light. Beautiful mountains and clear waters, green grass... But the scar on Liu Er's face was really ugly. No wonder, no wonder...
Tao Bushe has professional ethics. He saw it clearly but pretended not to see it.
I don’t know whether money can make the devil work, but it can definitely make him work.
Later one day, Liu Er told him that they had to meet in secret because she was going to get married.
When Liu Er spoke, his expression was full of shame, jealousy, hatred and madness, as if he wanted to destroy something.
What else could Tao Bushe say but to agree.
Later, he met his good friend, Shangguan Chengjing. They hadn't seen each other for a long time. The difference was that Shangguan Chengjing was no longer as high-spirited as before, and was even more lonely than him. He was wearing a coarse linen shirt, his hair was messy, and there was a strong smell of sweat on his body.
He walked past him in a daze, seemingly not noticing him.
He called out twice again, but no one answered. He couldn't help but follow and saw Shangguan Chengjing walk into a dilapidated house, which was incompatible with his status.
He stood at the door in surprise and heard a woman's heart-wrenching screams from inside, occasionally accompanied by a child's crying.
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