It really proves the saying that we are not afraid of too many conspicuous people, but we are afraid of too many conspicuous people gathering together. After the two conspicuous bag brothers had praised each other enough, they finally remembered that there was someone waiting for them in the yard.
"Fourth brother, why are you here with Fourteenth today? Did you go to see Mother?"
It would have been fine if Yinzuo didn't mention the Fourteenth, but once he mentioned Yinzhen, he really had a lot to say.
"It's all your fault. You taught him that if he can't even clean his own room, how can he clean the whole world? Now he's been swishing around in Chunfeng Hall with a broom all day, ruining all the flowers and plants in the yard. Mother is really fed up with him, and knowing you're fed up with him too, she sent him to me. But before I even get tired of him, he's starting to get tired of me because I'm boring. I figured you're the one with the most creative ideas and the best at having fun, so I sent him to you."
When Yinzuo heard that the fourteenth boy was driven out by his mother, he was overjoyed. He reached out and pulled his pigtail and laughed.
"Fourteen, it seems you don't hold a very high position with Mother. It's okay, Mother doesn't care about Fourteen. Sixth Brother loves you. Today, Sixth Brother will teach you another saying: reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. What does this saying mean? It tells you that if the knowledge learned from books is not combined with practice, then it will be half-understood and meaningless. But how to combine the knowledge learned from textbooks with practice? The predecessors also gave us the answer in the following sentence: travel ten thousand miles."
Little Fourteen was now very convinced of what his sixth brother said. He couldn't help but frowned when he heard what Yinzuo said, because he found that whether it was his mother's Chunfengtang, his sixth or fourth brother's Shufengxuan, or the lakeside cottage, the places were too small and were not as far as ten thousand miles at all.
"But Sixth Brother, ten thousand miles is so long. Your yard or Fourth Brother and Mother's yard are too small. They are not even ten thousand miles long."
It is said that Fourteenth is a smart kid. He doesn't even need his Sixth Brother to guide him. He just knows how to go to the door. Yinzuo thought Fourteenth's question was simply great. He raised his hand and touched his little face and continued to fool him.
"Yeah, let alone the three of us in the yard, even the roads in the entire Changchun Garden combined are less than ten thousand miles. But we can't let this delay Fourteenth's studies, right? So Sixth Brother has thought of a way for you. See that round millstone over there? Push it in a circle. Each circle is five or six meters. In an hour, you can cover dozens of miles. If you recite the articles you have learned while walking, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. After you combine theory with practice and master it, your studies will improve rapidly. Your Thirteenth Brother doesn't know this method. He can't travel thousands of miles, so naturally he can't make as fast progress as you. After you study for a while, you will be better than him. Think about it, isn't that the truth?"
Yinzhen sat aside and watched Yinzuo seriously and nonsensely fooling the Fourteenth Little Boy. It was only the pain of his hand pinching his thigh that prevented him from laughing in front of the Fourteenth Little Boy. When he saw the Fourteenth Little Boy happily running to push the mill and recite the lessons, Yinzhen finally didn't have to endure it anymore!
“Hahahahahahaha~~”
It was rare for Yinzuo to see his fourth brother so unrestrained and ostentatious. He knew that he must have endured a lot of hardship before. Not only did he not disturb him, he even made up for him when the fourteenth brother heard the laughter and looked over.
"Fourteen, Fourth Brother is happy for you because he sees you've found the right path to study. Don't pay any attention to him. Just continue memorizing your articles and go your own way."
So that afternoon, everything that was happening in Shufengxuan was filled with an incomprehensible weirdness. The usually serious and steady Fourth Master suddenly laughed like a madman and couldn't stop for some reason. The Fourteenth Master, who was addicted to sweeping the floor some time ago, now has changed his hobby and has switched to reciting articles while pushing the millstone. The owner of Shufengxuan, Sixth Master, was not worried at all about his brother and younger brother's weird and abnormal behavior, and he even hummed a little tune in a good mood. Listen, isn't he singing right now?
"A donkey pulling a millstone cannot escape the circle. The toad in the well can see it. There is a palm-sized piece of sky, a straight road to heaven. Why bother climbing over mountains and crossing ridges, and why bother to make those turns..."
Yinzhen finally stopped, but when he heard the song hummed by Yinzuo and looked at Fourteen who was grunting and spinning over there, he couldn't help it anymore. Don't say it, don't say it, this word is really appropriate for the situation.
Fourteenth Lian, who had worked the millstone all afternoon, fell asleep from exhaustion without even having dinner. Looking at Yinzuo, who was telling her how he had tricked his brother into working the millstone all afternoon, with a proud look on his face, and then looking at Yinzhen next to him who still couldn't help laughing when he heard Yinzuo's description of that scene, Concubine De had only one thought in her mind at this moment: destroy her, her future was too dark...
"Yinzuo, you're quite proud, aren't you? Go around the capital and ask around to see if there's any other brother like you, always thinking of ways to torment his younger brother. Yinzhen, stop laughing at me. It was already enough to worry me about those two troublesome kids, Fourteen and Sixth. I didn't expect that even you have learned bad habits from them. It would have been fine if you didn't stop Yinzuo, but you actually joined him in his mischief. I'm upset just seeing all of you..."
Seeing that his mother was about to start talking about the same old things again, Yinzuo quickly raised his hand to cover his mouth and pretended to cough a few times, then frowned and his body softened and he leaned on Yinzhen next to him.
"Mother, I've been looking after your child for the entire afternoon. I'm exhausted and sleepy, and I feel uncomfortable all over. Fourth brother, please help me up quickly. Let's go back to Shufengxuan. Dexi should have prepared the food for us by now. Mother, we'll leave first, otherwise the food will be cold by the time we get back..."
Yinzuo was supported by Yinzhen all the way out of Defei's Chunfeng Hall before he stood up straight. Although he knew that his mother would not chase him out, he still looked back to make sure that there was no one around before he felt relieved. He patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fourth brother, today is all thanks to you. If you hadn't cooperated with me to fool mother, I would have been miserable today. Fourth brother, you don't know what kind of life I am going through now..."
Seeing that this drama queen was about to start again, Yinzhen could no longer bear it and raised his hand to slap him on the back.
"Just shut up right there! It's fine that you tricked Fourteen into working for you, but now you're so bold as to even deceive Mother. Don't you know what kind of life you've been leading? Let's not talk about others, just look at us brothers. None of us are living as comfortably and freely as you..."
Well, it seems that today's plot has gone astray. Yinzuo felt that his previous magical operation seemed to have escaped from the sea of suffering, but in fact he was heading towards the abyss.
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