Chapter 413 If Line - Copying Books
"My apricots are very sweet. Didn't you like them last year?"
Xue Yuzhuo muttered and scratched his head, and stopped throwing the apricot in his hand.
His eyes caught sight of the book in Pei Shu's hand, and he suddenly realized that he had gotten into trouble:
"If the book gets dirty, I'll compensate you."
Pei Shu walked to the wall and pointed to the marks on the page to show Xue Yuzhuo:
"This is a unique copy. You can't compensate me if it's damaged."
She tilted her head back, her puffy face shining in the summer sun.
Xue Yuzhuo smiled instead: "Oh, then I'll copy one and give it back to you."
Pei Shu wanted to say no, but when the words came to her lips, they turned into:
"Okay, then copy one and see. If you lie to me, then you—"
"If I lie to you, I'll be a dog!" Xue Yuzhuo quickly responded to Pei Shu's words.
He reached down from the wall and said, "Give me the book."
Pei Shu handed the book over: "Don't lose it, or I'll go complain to Madam Xue!"
"I know, I know. I dare not lose Miss Pei's only copy." Xue Yuzhuo took the book, flashed, and disappeared over the wall.
Pei Shu turned around in a good mood and continued to dry the books.
There was a hint of joy in the way he walked.
Humph, this Xue Yuzhuo, who made him always run to the wall to make trouble.
Let him copy some books and keep quiet for a few days.
As the sun was about to set, they were busy putting away the books in the yard.
"Meow~" A white kitten jumped over from the stone table and nimbly ran into Pei Shu's arms.
"Chujiu, be good and don't make trouble." Pei Shu smiled and stroked Chujiu's furry head.
This cat was rescued from the snow half a year ago.
Xue Yuzhuo asked someone in the mansion to heal the kitten's injuries, and Pei Shu asked Xue Yuzhuo to name the kitten.
But Xue Yuzhuo was quite perfunctory in naming it. He said that since that day was the ninth day of the lunar month, then let's just call it the ninth day.
After half a year, everyone in the mansion knew that the eldest lady was very fond of the kitten named Chujiu.
When Pei Shu held Chujiu in her arms, she thought that Xue Yuzhuo had saved Chujiu after all, and she felt a little regretful, as if she shouldn't have made Xue Yuzhuo copy books.
When it was time for dinner, servants from the Xue Mansion next door came to the Pei Mansion and delivered a basket of bright yellow apricots, each one plump.
When the apricots were served, Mrs. Pei was having dinner with her children around a table.
Mrs. Pei, Pei Shu, Pei Lingyun and Pei Xuan.
Pei Xuan took a clean apricot, took a bite and praised:
"So sweet! Mom, sister, try it!"
Pei Xuan took another one and stuffed it into Pei Shu's mouth: "Sister, sister, please try it! It's so sweet!"
Pei Lingyun: "Xuan'er, I'm your brother, why don't you let me taste it?"
Pei Xuan: "Don't scream, don't scream!"
Pei Shu took a bite of the apricot.
The sweet juice overflows in the mouth, and the lips and teeth are filled with the fragrance of apricots.
She couldn't help but think of what Xue Yuzhuo said on the wall in the afternoon, and felt a little more regretful.
Madam Pei asked, "What is Shu'er thinking about?"
Pei Shu came back to her senses and blinked: "I...I was wondering why Dad and Big Brother didn't come home for dinner tonight."
"Alas," Madam Pei sighed, "The new emperor has only been on the throne for over half a year, and the affairs of the court are complicated. The current emperor values your father and your eldest brother very much, so they have been very busy lately."
Ten-year-old Pei Lingyun said confidently, "In a few years, when I grow up, I will go to help Dad and Big Brother. Zixuan also said that he would help General Xue and Big Brother Xue in the future."
Pei Shu couldn't stand it anymore, so she went back to the yard after dinner.
She wanted to tell Xue Yuzhuo that he didn't need to copy the book anymore.
But she also felt that Xue Yuzhuo would be embarrassed to show up again before he finished copying the book.
However, Pei Shu soon realized that she was wrong.
The next day, Xue Yuzhuo's head popped out from the wall again.
"Pei Jiaojiao, what are you doing?"
Pei Shu, who was practicing calligraphy by the window, heard the sound and paused with the tip of her pen, and a small ink dot appeared on the paper.
She put down her pen and looked towards the top of the wall, where she saw Xue Yuzhuo leaning against the wall with a book in his hand.
When the wind blew, flowers fell all over his head.
Pei Shu walked out, wondering if Xue Yuzhuo had finished copying the book in one night.
"I saw a word I don't know and can't continue copying it, so I came to ask you." Xue Yuzhuo handed over a new notebook.
Only half of the notebook was copied, but the handwriting was neat and looked much more disciplined than a human.
Xue Yuzhuo: "Look at the last word. I need to recognize what it is before I can continue copying."
Pei Shu saw that the last word was "", so she explained it.
Then she said casually:
"Hmm... Thank you for the apricots your family sent yesterday. They were quite sweet."
Xue Yuzhuo smiled with his white teeth.
Pei Shu: "You don't need to copy this book."
Xue Yuzhuo shook his head and said sternly:
"We agreed to finish copying the book. I, Xue Yuzhuo, am committed to my words and will not go back on my word."
Seeing that he was so persistent, Pei Shu stopped trying to persuade him.
But she didn't expect that it would take her several months to copy the book.
Not only was he copying slowly, but he would also lean over the wall from time to time and ask her for advice with a sincere look on his face.
Either he encountered an unfamiliar character or said he didn't understand a sentence, and he would insist Pei Shu explain it to him before he continued copying.
Pei Shu was so regretful that she felt like she had become the teacher of the stupid Xue Yuzhuo.
Yes, idiot.
Xue Yuzhuo is a big fool.
It would be fine if he didn't know the rare characters, but he could easily make her angry.
When Xue Yuzhuo finally finished copying the book, he did another bad thing.
Pei Shu learned how to make wine from her mother this year. When she was making locust flower wine in the yard, a little fox caught by Xue Yuzhuo knocked over the small wine jar.
She was so angry that her eyes turned red. Fortunately, Xue Yuzhuo found some aged wine to compensate her as the base wine.
Xue Yuzhuo also shook the locust tree in the corner desperately, plucking all the remaining locust flowers.
This person is really quick and decisive in doing things.
When Pei Shu saw him, she felt both angry and amused.
After brewing the wine, a few days later, Mrs. Pei took Pei Shu, Pei Lingyun and Pei Xuan to the Duke of Ming's Mansion for a banquet.
The banquets at the Duke of Ming’s Mansion are the most interesting, and many families are happy to go.
When Mrs. Pei appeared with her three children, she was looked at with admiration by many people around her, and everyone praised the children of the Pei family for being extraordinary.
However, three unpleasant things happened at today's banquet.
1. Pei Lingyun was falsely accused of hiring someone to write an article for him.
2. Pei Xuan got into a fight because of rumors spread about her brother
3. Pei Shu had a falling out with Qin Rong, the granddaughter of Qin Xiao, the Minister of War.
Mrs. Pei felt overwhelmed.
After returning home from the Duke of Ming's Mansion, Pei Dingli heard about it and asked the three children what happened.
All three children claimed they were innocent.
Pei Lingyun: "Dad, I just casually wrote an article and they were amazed. But they actually accused me of hiring someone to write it for me."
Pei Xuan: "Dad, I saw injustice and came to the aid of the injustice, to seek justice for my second brother!"
Pei Shu didn't see what happened to her younger brother and sister. She was in the flower viewing pavilion with other girls her own age.
"We were making tea at the time, but Miss Qin refused to drink the tea I made, saying that if she drank it, her heart would be bitter."
Pei Shu was confused by Qin Rong's reaction, as Qin Rong was very friendly when they met before.
"I asked Miss Qin why she said it was bitter, saying that the tea should have a sweet aftertaste. Miss Qin didn't answer, but instead asked me if I liked watching the snow."
"I told her I really enjoyed watching the snow, and Miss Qin started crying and said she wouldn't give me any gifts anymore. It was really strange..."
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