Qinglu Academy is full of vitality in early summer.
"Snap!" Master Xie slammed his ruler down on the podium. "Ziyue, tell me, the last line of 'Flower Shadow' is better: 'But let the bright moon send it to the future', or 'And let the bright moon send it to the future'?"
This naughty boy finally stopped making trouble in class, but now he starts to daydream again.
If he can't answer a question, he will be hit on the palm of his hand with a ruler ten times to see how he holds the pen and writes, and how he can hand in his homework tomorrow.
Haha, if you can’t hand in your homework, you can forget about taking the horse riding and archery courses.
Chen Ziyue's nickname is "Flying Monkey King", how could he be easily intimidated by the Master!
He was usually very smart, so he was impatient with the teacher's rigid dogma.
It is true that he was distracted at the moment, but he had a photographic memory, so a mere seven-character poem could not do anything to him.
"Master, 'And teach the bright moon to send the future' is more appropriate!"
"Tell me in detail!"
"The sun has just gone, and the bright moon has come again. This must be a poem written on a day when the sun and the moon shine together! The bright moon shines brightly, the eaves cast shadows, the fragrant paths in the small garden are mottled with the shadows of flowers!"
"..." Master Xie was so upset that he felt like crying, but he actually thought Ziyue's words made sense. What was going on? "Sit down!"
"yes!"
Chen Ziyue sat down proudly, raised his thumb under the desk, and praised his good friend Xu Zitao next to him - the cooperation between the two of them has always been seamless.
Xu Zitao showed another note.
Chen Ziyue understood and gestured to go together.
After finally getting through school, Chen Ziyue and Xu Zitao slowly walked to the entrance of the school, stepped out of the mountain gate, and rushed out, running into the grove like monkeys released from a cage.
They ran all the way to the bamboo forest behind the ancestral temple before stopping.
Qinghui Temple is the ancestral hall of the Chen family. A three-story courtyard on the south side was built as a charity school, which specifically accepts children of the Chen clan and relatives by marriage to study. When the school opened, the governor Zeng was specially invited to write the plaque of Qinglu Academy as the name of the charity school.
In the northeast corner of the Qinghui Temple is the ancestral temple where the women of the Chen clan fast and pray for blessings. Recently, Mrs. Zeng, the old lady of the Chen family, fasted and recuperated here due to illness.
Chen Ziyue asked Xu Zitao to wait: "I'll go greet the old lady and come back."
The old lady had been waiting for a long time: "My dear grandson, why haven't you come for several days?"
Chen Ziyue smiled and said, "Grandma, I went on an outing with my classmates a few days ago and accidentally lost something very important. I went back and looked for it twice but couldn't find it."
The old lady was concerned: "What important thing is it? Is it expensive?"
Chen Ziyue nodded. "It's very precious. It's been with me since I was born! No, it belonged to me before I was even born!"
The old lady understood: "Oh, this jade pendant passed down from our ancestors must not be lost! It's a symbol of status! No, you must take a few more people back to look for it!"
Chen Ziyue knew his grandmother had misunderstood, so he didn't explain: "Grandson will go now! Grandma, I will come to pay my respects to you another day!"
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Xu Zitao covered his mouth and laughed secretly: "You made a good excuse, you lost something valuable! Haha, it belonged to you before you were born! What is it? Tell me!"
Chen Ziyue laughed: "My jade pendant is really missing. I want to go find Jiang Feng and ask him if he found it!"
Xu Zitao smirked: "Why are you asking?! Do you think I didn't see it? You deliberately threw it into the frame where he picked flowers! I think you just want to go find him, huh?"
Chen Ziyue didn't shy away from it. "I think Jiang Feng is shy and gentle. He blushes before he even speaks. He's timid and shy, like a girl. He's already ten years old, and it's a shame that he spends all day following his grandfather up the mountain to dig up tree roots and pick flowers. I want to talk to my father and have Jiang Feng study at Qinglu Academy."
Xu Zitao was overjoyed when he heard this, pounding his chest and laughing out loud: "Do you want him to be your classmate, or your student?"
Chen Ziyue laughed and said, "Being a schoolboy is such a waste of talent. Of course I'd let him be my classmate. He's the same age as me! And he's so handsome. I can even help him carry his book box to and from school every day."
Xu Zitao was amazed: "How dare you say you don't have any thoughts about him?"
Chen Ziyue was embarrassed and quickly covered Xu Zitao's mouth: "Be quiet, don't let anyone hear!"
After checking that there was no one around, he punched Xu Zitao again: "Studying is only interesting when there are many people who are interested in it."
While chatting and laughing, the two arrived at Hou Junting halfway up the mountain.
Jiang Feng was waiting there, with a look of joy on his face. "Chen Ziyue, do you know where I found your jade pendant?"
Chen Ziyue pretended not to know. "Oh my god, you actually found it! The jade pendant is missing, and I was so worried. If my father knew, he would definitely beat me to death. Come on, come home with me. My mother is also very worried at home. If she knew it was you who helped me find the jade pendant, she would definitely thank you very much!"
This jade pendant was the reason why Chen Ziyue brought Jiang Feng into the school.
Chen Ziyue's father was a fourth-rank military general who was stationed in the capital all year round. All household affairs were taken care of by his wife, Mrs. Ye. It was easy to arrange for Jiang Feng to study. He went to pay a visit to Master Xie, and the matter was settled.
Chen Ziyue specifically instructed: "Jiang Feng, you come to my house first every day, and then we will go to the academy together."
He understood that Jiang Feng's family had little money, and he had only a frail grandfather who could barely read and write, and he was probably unable to even carry the book box. However, his family had a carriage, a servant You Gui, and a book boy, so Jiang Feng didn't have to work so hard, and he could be in a good mood at school.
In fact, what he wanted most was to let Jiang Feng live in his own house, so that the two of them could go in and out together, saving Jiang Feng the trouble of running around.
"We have a lot of flowers and plants at home. If you help take care of them, it won't be free, okay?" Chen Ziyue encouraged him: "There is a rare Ganoderma lucidum in my eldest brother's study. If you live with me, I can secretly bring you in to see it one day!"
Jiang Feng resolutely refused to go: "Let's talk about it after I finish my studies." Who knows when my father from the city will come to pick me up? It's hard to say how long I can study: "Grandfather's herbs and rare flowers still need my help to maintain them!"
Chen Ziyue had no choice but to give up.
So the flying duo had a new companion.
But Jiang Feng was too delicate, and on his first day he was nicknamed "Flower Boy" - probably because the flowers and plants around the school all looked neat and lively after being touched by him. In the words of Master Xie, they were quite elegant.
Seeing that Jiang Feng was gentle, the others all came to flirt with him.
Chen Ziyue slammed the table and said, "I'll protect Jiang Feng. All of you, get out of here!"
In order to prevent Chen Ziyue from gossiping with Xu Zitao and Jiang Feng, Master Xie made the three of them sit separately.
But Jiang Feng was timid and couldn't help but look at Chen Ziyue.
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