Yu Jiao took her other hand away half-believingly, staring at the blurry bronze mirror with her almond-shaped eyes. Yu Qizhe was a head taller than her, and she could only vaguely see his jaw in the mirror.
Yu Qizhe gently combed the soft hair on Yu Jiao's head with the teeth of a comb, and parted the hair on her neck with his bony fingers. Although his slender fingers moved awkwardly, they were extremely dexterous.
It didn't hurt Yu Jiao's scalp, which made her feel much more relieved.
Yu Qizhe had never combed a woman's hair, but he was intelligent and could understand everything at a glance. If he paid a little attention, he could know the reason behind something. This was an innate insight that could not be envied.
After smoothing Yu Jiao's messy hair, Yu Qizhe used a comb to divide the hair into two equal parts, pulling out half on each side, and carefully and gently braided it into a bun on top of her head.
Seeing that his hair was tied up in a proper bun, Yu Jiao asked curiously, "Have you ever tied up a little girl's hair?"
"No." Yu Qizhe responded to her with his mind focused. He hooked the remaining two strands of hair between his fingers and let them hang by his ears, forming an exquisite hanging bun.
Yu Jiao's hair is thin and soft, and the hanging bun makes her face look pretty and bright. The girl's beauty still carries a bit of childish cuteness.
Although there were no pearls, jade or flowers decorating her hair, and she only had two pink and white hairbands tied around her head, Yu Jiao was extremely satisfied with it. After all, women are born to love beauty!
She stared at herself in the bronze mirror for a long while before turning her head away, looking up, and asked in disbelief, "You've really never had your hair tied up for someone else?"
Yu Qizhe smiled and shook his head. He gently plucked off a few strands of hair that were tangled in the comb and hid them in his palm. He said in a clear voice with a mellow smile, "Do you like it?"
Yu Jiao nodded. She couldn’t say that she liked it very much, but it looked pretty anyway and she couldn’t do anything about it.
She looked at Yu Qizhe's well-defined fingers and felt a little envious. Not only did these hands write beautifully, but they could even tie a girl's hair into a bun.
Noticing that Yu Jiao's gaze was always on his palm, Yu Qizhe narrowed his peach blossom eyes slightly, a smile on the corners of his lips. He raised his hand and touched the hair tied into an arc by Yu Jiao's ear as if unintentionally, and his fingertips teased her round earlobe.
Yu Jiao's ears were the most sensitive. When he touched them, she instantly became like a cat with its fur standing on end. Her cheeks turned slightly red and she stared with her round almond eyes, "Yu Qizhe, what are you doing?"
"I'll help you tie your hair from now on." Yu Qizhe smiled secretly, looked at her fair and rosy face, and changed the subject.
Yu Jiao glared at him and snorted, "Don't try to coax me. I don't have the patience myself, let alone you, a grown man. How can you help me tie my hair every day?"
"I'm not trying to trick you." Yu Qizhe looked at her with his peach blossom eyes as gentle as water and said seriously.
Yu Jiao was slightly flustered by his gaze and turned away, "Then I will ask you to tie my hair for me every day in the future, please don't find it annoying."
Yu Qizhe patted her head and said lovingly, "Don't bother me."
Yu Jiao dodged, feeling weird in her heart. Yu Qizhe was talking to her like he was coaxing a child.
She wondered, could it be that he really treated her like a little sister?
Yu Jiao rubbed her ears which were a little hot from being touched by Yu Qizhe, and glanced at Yu Qizhe's still somewhat immature, young and energetic face. She really couldn't accept this brother from the bottom of her heart, and felt indescribably awkward.
The sound of car wheels was heard outside the yard, and Yu Jiao looked out the window.
Mu Nianjiu jumped off the carriage, excitedly pushed open the gate of the Yu family's courtyard, and shouted into the courtyard, "Jinshu, Jinyan, have you packed? My second uncle and I are here to pick you up!"
Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan were already ready to go. Upon hearing the sound, they quickly walked out of the house carrying their bags.
Yu Jiao said to Yu Qizhe, "I'll go call Sister Fuling."
She went back to the side room and woke up Yu Fuling who was sleeping on the bed, "We should go now."
Yu Fuling sat up instantly, rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, put on her shoes and socks, straightened her wrinkled clothes, picked up her small bag, and went to get the medical box.
Yu Jiao took the first step to pick up the medical box, "I'll get it."
The three of them carried their bags and said goodbye to Song and Yu Mengshan. Song's eyes were slightly red, and she reminded them reluctantly, "Take care of yourself outside, eat when you need to, and don't be reluctant to spend money."
Yesterday, Song divided the money that Yu Mengshan had earned from selling umbrellas into three parts and gave them to Yu Jiao, Yu Qizhe and Yu Fuling. Yu Jiao had money in her hand and did not take Song's money.
Yu Ruhai also took out money from the public treasury and gave the twenty taels of silver that Yu Jiao had received from the Lin family for medical treatment a few days ago to the four brothers. This time he did not favor one over the other, probably because he had higher expectations for Yu Qizhe. He even talked to Yu Qizhe for a long time last night.
In order to see Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan off, Yu Hanshan did not go out to the stall today. Everyone in the house came to the gate to see them off, and the parents of each room held their children and gave them earnest instructions.
Several families living nearby were standing outside the courtyard gate, looking in to watch the excitement.
The second master of the Mu family lifted the carriage curtain and said with a smile, "I can take care of several children."
"We feel relieved that the children can go to Qingzhou with Master Mu and be taken care of by you." Yu Ruhai felt that it was much more convenient when he saw that the Mu family had prepared three carriages.
If Yu Jiao hadn't gone to Qingzhou for medical treatment, the Yu family would have had to find a carriage themselves, and it would have been troublesome to deal with various matters along the way.
There were endless words to say in farewell. Yu Ruhai was afraid of delaying the time and making the Second Master of the Mu Family wait too long, so he said, "It's time to go."
Yu Jiao, Yu Fuling and Yu Qizhe got on the last carriage, while Yu Qiaoshan and his son and Yu Jinshu got on the middle carriage.
After putting the luggage away, Yu Fuling lifted the carriage curtain and waved to the Song couple. The carriage started slowly and the group left Qingyu Village.
The three carriages made a huge noise and a huge scene, and many people in the village saw it.
Wang, who lived closest to her, smiled and stepped forward and asked, "Where are you guys going with the noble?"
Zhao was quite proud, with a hint of boasting in her voice, "Aunt Wang, they are going to Qingzhou to take the exam. The young master of the Mu family is a classmate of Jinshu and Jinyan, so they are specially brought to Qingzhou together."
Wang looked envious and smiled at Yu Zhou, "Sister Zhou, are all your four brothers gone? Is Wu Lang feeling better?"
In front of outsiders, Yu Zhou always doted on the children of several rooms equally. She smiled kindly and said, "After taking medicine for these years, God has opened his eyes. He has improved a lot recently."
"Sister Zhou is so lucky. Your four brothers are all good students. Fifth brother will surely become a juren." Wang was envious and said nice things with a smile on her face to add icing on the cake.
"I'd like to ask for your good wishes, sister." Yu Zhou said with a smile.
The news that the four brothers of the Yu family were going to Qingzhou to take the imperial examinations soon spread throughout the village, and naturally reached the ears of the Chen family. Chen Zhiqing was a scholar of the same year as Yu Qizhe, which was originally a very dazzling thing, but it was completely overshadowed by Yu Qizhe's third place.
That year, Yu Qizhe was unable to take the provincial examination due to illness, but Chen Zhiqing failed the examination.
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