After eating and drinking and having enough gossip, everyone went their separate ways. Tang Shijin was drunk, but in the eyes of others, he had only drunk three glasses of wine and was just pretending to be drunk, which made others despise him.
Scholars value their reputation the most. Even his friends did not dare to stand with him at this time. So Tang Shijin had no one to support him and could only walk out alone, staggering.
Tang Shiyue was "drunk" anyway, so she hung on Tang Shirong's arm and let him send her out of the clan school.
As she walked, she whispered in his ear, "Brother, I've ordered a month's worth of stir-fried dishes for you from the canteen. Two dishes for each meal. You have to eat them every day at noon and in the evening, otherwise it will be a waste..."
Tang Shirong said nothing. Tang Shiyue took out a purse from her bosom and tied it around his waist. The purse contained more than ten taels of silver. She reiterated for the Nth time: "Brother, I have silver. I really have silver. I collected herbs in the mountains and sold them for a lot of silver. I just kept it a secret because I was afraid that grandma and the others would come after me."
She grabbed his arm solemnly: "So, feel free to spend as much as you want! Study with peace of mind! If you dare to secretly copy books or something again, I will really beat you!"
Tang Shirong said softly: "Yueyue, brother..." He suddenly choked up and said: "Brother is so useless."
"That doesn't matter," Tang Shiyue said as a matter of course: "You still have me! Listen to me, I'll protect you!"
Tang Shirong, "..."
He couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, brother, listen to Yueyue."
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Qi Jing, who was walking in front, turned his head calmly and looked at the two siblings. Although this little girl was small, she was very protective of her food. It was really nice to be her family member.
Tang Shirong walked them all the way to the door. Tang Shiyue and Qi Jing got on the mule cart. Tang Shirong stood at the door for a long time, watching the mule cart disappear around the corner.
Tang Junchen beside him patted his shoulder, his eyes full of uncontrollable excitement: "Yuer is so amazing! The person I admire most in my life is Yueer! When I think of Tang Shijin's look, I feel refreshed! I feel relaxed and happy! Hahahaha... I wish Yueer was my sister! I really envy you!"
Tang Shirong smiled: "Okay, let's go!"
Tang Junchen asked: "What are you going to do next?"
"What should I do?" Tang Shirong frowned slightly, and the expression in his dark and bright eyes changed: "Yueyue has paved the way for me. If I can't walk well, I'd really be unworthy of being a human being."
Most of the students in this clan school were born in poverty, but they despised poverty, stayed away from wealth, but spared no effort to curry favor with it. However, in such a remote and poor place, there was no real wealth at all. At most, there were people like Tang Shijin who succeeded in pretending to be rich. Even if they curry favor with the rich, all they got was a full meal and a bite of meat.
How difficult is it to overturn such a weak relationship?
He was really wrong before. From now on, he will not do that again and will not let his younger sister worry about him so much.
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The plan was completed successfully and Tang Shiyue was in a good mood. He sat on the mule cart, leaning against the carriage with his arms folded and his feet raised.
Qi Jing yelled at her: "Sit still!"
Tang Shiyue ignored him, swaying happily and humming a song. Qi Jing glanced at her and asked, "Are you happy now?"
"Of course!" Tang Shiyue said with a smile: "Do you think I acted well?"
He nodded: "Very good."
Tang Shiyue was very proud, he jumped up and rolled up his sleeves: "Who the hell do you think Tang Shijin is? How dare you bully me! Do you think I'm dead? Humph!"
He looked up at her.
The little lady was as thin as a bean sprout, and her arms were so thin that they would break if she was pinched. How could she still be called "I"? Qi Jing curled his lips and said casually, "Pull down your sleeves! What a shame!"
No, boy, why are you like my dad?
Tang Shiyue casually brushed down his sleeves, patted his shoulder, and said to him: "A Jing, you know, I wanted to ask you to steal all the remaining silver from Tang Shijin, but I thought about it and decided not to do to others what you don't want others to do to you, so I gave up."
Qi Jing sat steadily, letting her get close to him and chatter: "And I thought about it, it would be boring to beat someone to death in one go, so let him live in this environment for a few more days. Every day is torture, this is the only way to relieve my anger!"
He hummed.
She added, "Tang Shijin is grandma's darling. If grandma knew about this, she would go crazy. I'm really annoyed. Next time she goes crazy, I will seize the opportunity to divide the family!"
She came closer and closer to him, her soft little body leaning on his shoulder, one hand still clutching his clothes, her warm breath blowing in his ear: "Ajing! Ajing! I really want to divide the family sooner, so that I can buy a lot of good things. I want to dig a small pond in the yard to raise fish, plant a osmanthus tree in front of my brother's door, and plant a grape rack at the back. When the grapes are ripe, they will all... hang there, bunches of purple, Ajing, you and Ayang come and eat..."
Qi Jing's eyelashes trembled, and the hand holding the whip was as stiff as a piece of wood.
His throat felt a little dry and he wanted to yell at the teacher to sit still, but for some reason he couldn't say it.
Her voice became smaller and smaller, and more and more unclear, and finally she rolled down. Qi Jing reacted incredibly quickly, and reached out his hand quickly to catch her little head, and it rolled directly into his palm.
After a while, Qi Jing leveled his palm and slowly and carefully brought the little one back.
He stared at her for a long while before he confirmed with a smile that she had fallen asleep... She had only drunk three glasses of wine and acted out such a big drama. She looked so wise and brave during the performance, but when it was over, she relaxed and got drunk.
He got drunk after three glasses of wine. He's really just a kid!
He slowly retracted his arms, held her in his arms, entered the carriage, carefully placed her on the stool, thought for a moment, and then gently pushed her in.
When he whipped the whip again, he was very careful, fearing that she would bump into something or fall off the stool. At the same time, he was thinking that if he caught a big prey next time, he would nitrate the skin and spread it in the car so that she could lie on it.
The short journey took him two hours, and by the time he got home, smoke was rising from every household.
The mule cart stopped at the door. Qi Jing subconsciously looked at his palms, then rubbed his hands on his clothes calmly before pushing the door open. He saw the young lady sitting up, rubbing her head dazedly: "A Jing? Why did I fall asleep?"
Qi Xiaolang took a step back expressionlessly: "We're at your house, get out of the car quickly!" He turned and left.
Tang Shiyue didn't expect that she was such a weakling.
The next morning, she felt dizzy again. She reluctantly got up and cooked some porridge. While she was eating, Madam Zhou came over and brought four leeks. Tang Shiyue didn't want to eat them, so she shared them with Wang and Xiaoyao.
After dinner, when Wang came into the house, Madam Zhou whispered in her ear, "Yuer, have you heard about your uncle?"
"Tang Yongming?" Tang Shiyue asked, "What happened to him?"
Madam Zhou said, "I heard that the family he liked had originally agreed that the betrothal gift would be 100 taels of silver, plus gold and silver jewelry, so it would have to be 200 to 300 taels of silver. But then that incident happened and they didn't have enough money, so the woman said that they wanted Tang Yongming to marry into the family!"
"Oh?" Tang Shiyue thought to herself that this girl was not picky, so why didn't she ask around? She wanted this kind of scumbag too?
Madam Zhou continued, "The matchmaker told me about this two days ago, when you went to the clan school. Grandma Sun scolded you for a long time. The next day, she also threw things around and swore at you. She also scolded you a few times... Then she suddenly stopped scolding you yesterday. I felt something was wrong, so I asked around and found out that they agreed."
Madam Zhou clicked her tongue twice: "It's not shameful. It's not like they are so poor that they can't make ends meet. They really let their youngest son marry into the family."
Tang Shiyue was not surprised: "I guess Tang Yongming is happy with it."
"Isn't it possible?" Madam Zhou asked in surprise, "Isn't he ashamed?"
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