Chapter 708: Strategy for the Blind Villain (4)
Shi Yi accompanied him to read the Thousand Character Classic for the whole morning, and her mouth was dry. After returning home, she immediately found the housekeeper and asked him to go to Huanglu Academy to find a student from a poor family with good character to serve as Qu Jingrong's book boy. This was also the book boy that Qu Jingrong found himself later.
Qu Jingrong was "reading" the complete set of the Thousand Character Classic eagerly. When the servants brought him dinner, they still saw him holding the book and "reading".
This was the first time he didn't have time to eat, and he always slept with the book in his arms at night. Therefore, he didn't feel that his originally hard wooden bed had been replaced with the most popular palm bed at the time.
The next morning, Shi Yi brought the newly engraved "Hundred Family Names" by the brothers Li Ping and Li An, and Qu Jingrong rarely welcomed her with a little more sincerity.
After they finished their breakfast, Shi Yi accompanied him to read for a while. He felt a little tired and yawned, "Let's stop here for today."
"Sister, are you sleepy, or do you want to go back?" Qu Jingrong stopped reading and looked at her.
He still wanted to know how to read the words behind. This was probably the most reluctant time for him to see her leave since they met.
"I'm sleepy. It's time to go back." Shi Yi yawned again, "The worst thing to do when reading is to rush for success. You are just getting started with these books, and you should consolidate your previous knowledge. You can't digest too much."
Qu Jingrong's eyes were lonely, "Jingrong was able to read at the age of fourteen, which is far behind others."
"Why do you read so many books?" Shi Yi poked his head with one hand, "Be careful not to damage your eyes." Uh... his eyes have been bad since he was born. This would make a person who already has defects even angrier, so she quickly added, "Tomorrow, the housekeeper will find you a book boy, and you can study whenever you want."
Some things must be done, but not said; some things must be done and said. In this way, people can see your dedication to him.
"Thank you, sister." He became happy again.
"I'll go back to my yard first. I have to go out tomorrow morning, so I won't have breakfast with you."
"I know, sister." Qu Jingrong didn't care whether she came to have breakfast with him. He just wanted to learn more words and read more books.
I remember the jade tablet he got before, which was engraved with many complex patterns, and it felt like words. It's a pity that he didn't know how to read.
It's different now. Now these words are engraved on the wooden board, and he knows what the word looks like as soon as he touches it. He has the ability to remember everything he sees, and he remembers these words as soon as others read them.
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When Shi Yi got up after taking a nap, it was almost dark. She was a little hungry. Just as her feet touched the ground, Qu Jingrong's voice rang out from the window, "Sister, are you awake?"
"Yes." Shi Yi quickly tidied up her appearance, put on her shoes and walked over. When she opened the window, she saw a handsome young man waiting for her, as gorgeous as the pear blossoms behind her.
"Why are you standing here?"
The young man raised the wooden board in his hand towards her, with a thin mist in his eyes, "I don't know this word."
"This word is pronounced '麒', and the word behind it is pronounced '麟'. The two words together are pronounced '麒麟', which is an ancient mythical beast." Shi Yi leaned on the window with both hands and talked to him.
After returning from official duties, Master Qu passed by his daughter's yard. Thinking that he had not cared about her for many days, he came in to take a look.
He saw a thin young man standing under the pear tree, his face was whiter than the pear blossoms, holding a wooden board in his hands, and patiently listening to the girl's words; while the girl, with her hands in front of the window, her eyes were hazy but gentle, and she was carefully talking to the young man, and occasionally adding gestures to illustrate. What a picture of a brother and sister in love, a peaceful life!
In this mansion, whoever gossips about the eldest lady abusing the young master, he will definitely drive out! Isn't this just tarnishing his daughter's reputation!
Master Qu came quietly and left quietly without letting anyone know.
Shi Yi and Qu Jingrong talked in this posture for a long time, until it was too dark to see, then they stopped.
"Don't go, I'll take you home." Shi Yi stopped him from leaving, picked up her skirt and ran out.
"Sister, no need. I know how to go back." Qu Jingrong was a little surprised by her warmth today. It gave him an illusion that she was different from before.
"You know, you know, I am willing, there is no conflict." Shi Yi snatched the wooden board from his hand, "Pay attention to the pebbles under your feet, I will keep this book for you first."
Qu Jingrong was a little helpless about her robbery, and could only say yes.
"Do you like reading very much?"
When Shi Yi asked him this question, his body shook a little, and soon returned to normal.
He was afraid that if he told her the truth, she would become the same as before and torture him. He was also afraid that if he didn't tell her the truth, she would stop giving him books to read.
"No answer, that's it." Shi Yi kicked away a small stone that he would step on, and told him about Li Ping and Li An. "These two people understand poetry and can carve. I don't know what kind of books you like to read, maybe you can tell them what books you want to read, and then tell the two brothers and let them carve for you directly. Tomorrow, I will let them live next door to you."
"Thank you for your concern, sister." Qu Jingrong couldn't tell what he felt in his heart. She was sometimes so bad that it made people's teeth itch, and sometimes, she was really considerate that made people incomprehensible.
"Why bother? I treat you well for a purpose." Shi Yi didn't want him to think well of him now. The occasional gentleness given by bad people always makes people remember it more deeply.
"What do you mean by this, sister?" Qu Jingrong stopped.
Shi Yi almost bumped into him, took a step back, and said, "I'm sixteen this year, and I should be able to find someone in two years. Although you are an illegitimate child, you are my brother after all. After I get married, I will have to rely on you to some extent. I am being nice to you now, firstly to give myself a good reputation, and secondly to let you take responsibility, so that if my husband bullies me in the future, you can help me."
"It's too early." Qu Jingrong didn't even dare to think about the scene two years later.
In the fourteen years in the Qu Mansion, every day was like a year. If he hadn't met Hua Jinxiu and had she come to talk to him from time to time, he would have hated life.
"It's getting late, time flies." While they were talking, they had already reached the side yard. "Go in."
Qu Jingrong clearly couldn't see, but he still stood under the lamp and watched her go, "Sister, go back."
"You have a conscience." Shi Yi patted him on the shoulder, stuffed the wooden book into his arms, and walked back slowly.
(End of this chapter)
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