Chapter 5 Senyao
The clear river flows gurglingly. The school palace is filled with flower trees, and the petals are flying in the wind, falling into the water, and drifting with the waves.
In the water, several small figures were playing and having fun.
On the shore, a little boy was sitting on the grass. His hair was black and a wooden hairpin was inserted into his hair. His big clear eyes were looking at the little fish in the water.
"Lan Xin, the water is very shallow and cold. Come down and play."
A little boy about five years old waved to the shore.
"You can also drink water until you're full, the teacher doesn't care anyway!"
Another short boy also shouted.
"I was thinking, why don't we catch fish in the water to eat? I'm so hungry!"
Lan Xin touched her flat belly and asked doubtfully.
"There are spines in the fish, which will hurt the throat." A boy said.
Lan Xin suddenly jumped into the water and said happily, "I want to eat fish!" As he said that, he stretched out his hand to catch it, but he didn't catch it.
Wei Ling saw his aggrieved look and said, "Come, Brother Wei will catch fish for you."
In the peach blossom forest, two little boys were grilling fish, with two jugs of wine beside them.
Wei Ling smelled the fish's fragrance, sniffed and asked, "Lan Xin, do you think fish are really edible?"
"Of course you can, my dad did it for me."
In fact, the food Lan Chenger cooked for him was also steamed buns, flower petals, or vegetables, and there was no meaty taste at all.
But I still have the experience of the past life, fish, what a delicious thing it is.
"I said Lan Xin, you are so awesome. This fish is so slippery. You changed the net for catching butterflies and caught two of them!" Wei Ling couldn't help but praise.
"No matter how cunning the prey is, it cannot escape the hunter's grasp. I, Lan Xin, was born to catch them." Lan Xin said proudly.
Soon, the fish was cooked and the two children ate it happily.
"Brother Wei, pick out all the thorns first, and then eat it."
"It tastes so good!" Wei Ling took a bite and said intoxicatedly, "This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten in my life."
A small head emerged from the small side door of the academy, and he slipped into a drugstore.
"Here you go, crush these medicines, hurry up." The waiter, a short, fat woman, ordered Lan Xin.
Lan Xin went to work quickly. With two copper coins a day, Lan Xin was very satisfied.
He had other ideas in mind. He was not talented in music, and he was scolded by the teacher for being stupid again today.
You have to think in advance about what you will do in the future if you fail to learn the piano.
Come to a drugstore as an apprentice and learn some pharmacological knowledge, or go to a blacksmith's home to learn blacksmithing.
You can also go to a restaurant to learn brewing techniques or cooking skills.
Anyway, there needs to be a technology.
Although I graduated from college in my previous life, I didn’t have many connections and didn’t understand technology.
The monthly salary is not as much as what other technicians earn. In this life, you must have a skill.
Lan Xin had been working part-time in a drug store and had saved dozens of copper coins in a month. She was so happy that she would sleep with the coins in her arms.
The epidemic has become more serious recently. Fortunately, their Peach Blossom Village is already isolated from the rest of the world, so there are no school suspensions or anything like that.
It's just that things have been uneasy recently, and students are not allowed to go out in the academy, and the access control is very strict.
On this day, Lan Xin was happily counting the coins she had received, when suddenly the teacher came over.
Lan Xin hurriedly hid the copper plate and saluted: "Teacher."
The teacher gently said to Lan Xin: "Lan Xin, your father ranked well in the academy competition this time and is going to perform in the imperial capital with the academy team. He plans to take you with him, so you can pack up and leave."
"yes."
Lan Xin answered respectfully.
The Lan Family Academy requires every student to know etiquette and abide by the rules, and they must strictly follow the rules of the palace, which is very strict.
Lan thought to herself that maybe the family hopes to have another Lan Jun who will be the favorite in the harem and bring glory to the family.
When Lan Xin and Wei Ling said goodbye, Wei Ling asked, "Can you take me with you? My uncle is in the imperial capital, and I want to find him."
"Brother Wei, don't worry. I'll tell my father when I go back. He will definitely agree." Lan Xin patted her chest and promised.
Returning to the teacher's dormitory where she had been away for a long time, Lan Xin tightly hugged her long-missed father.
After the father and daughter exchanged pleasantries, Lan Xin made her request coquettishly, and Lan Chenger agreed.
The country was in turmoil, and the court was undergoing changes, but the imperial capital was still the most prosperous place in the country.
Lan Xin opened her big eyes curiously and looked around on the carriage, extremely curious.
"Dad, look, there is a horse there. It's a really good horse."
Lan Xin saw a young woman riding a horse and couldn't help but be fascinated.
When can I save enough money to buy one?
"Since ancient times, women have been proud of two ways out. Either study literature and take the imperial examination and serve as an official to benefit one side, or learn martial arts and join the army to protect the family and the country." Lan Cheng'er said with a smile.
"What about us men? What are we proud of?" Lan Xin asked.
"Of course men are proud of playing music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and men are taught these in folk schools.
Our academy in Taohua Xiaowu is our Lan family private academy, which only teaches music and dance.
After all, only aristocratic young masters are qualified to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting."
Lan Cheng'er's tone suddenly became stern: "Xin'er, I heard that your piano studies haven't been very good recently?"
"Dad, maybe I don't have any talent in piano learning, but now I can play an introductory song called Feng Qiuhuang."
When Lan Xin heard her father asking about homework, she said dejectedly.
"But I learned sword dancing well, and my teachers praised me for my talent." Lan Xin continued.
"Uncle Lan, Lan Xin is indeed good at sword dancing. The teacher rewarded him with a wooden sword and said he would teach him sword dancing." Wei Ling also quickly interceded for Lan Xin.
"I will teach you some piano skills in the future, don't give up on this.
You still want to inherit my mantle. If you can become the God of Joy in the future, your father will still be smiling even after he dies." Lan Cheng'er said sincerely.
"Okay, daddy, I will definitely work hard and become a god-pleaser in the future."
Lan Xin heard from her father that as the son of the Lan family, her father also entered the palace draft and participated in the Yueshen selection in the Wanhua Palace.
But music students from all over the country gathered there, and the competition was extremely fierce. Lan Chenger was eliminated in the second round.
After all, the Lan family has been operating in the palace for many years, and they are very lucky to be assigned to work in the palace.
"Wow, it's so beautiful." Lan Xin saw a group of golden-armored warriors riding past.
"That's Jinwu Zhi, the imperial city guard. Only noble women with innocent backgrounds can enter."
"Dad, they are so majestic." Lan Xin said with admiration.
"Good boy, if you work hard to learn the piano, you will become the God of Joy in the future, famous all over the world, and you will be able to marry a happy Zhijinwu." Lan Cheng'er said with a smile.
"Hmm, the perfect wife in my mind is this golden-armored God of War!"
Lan Xin made up her mind to practice her piano skills diligently.
When they arrived at the inn, Lan Chenger asked Wei Ling and Lan Xin to stay, and then went out with the academy team. But could the two little monkeys survive?
They walked all the way to the street and played around for a while. Wei Ling said that his uncle used to be a clerk at Yubaoxuan and he wanted to find it.
The two of them separated.
Lan Xin took her dozens of copper coins with her, as happy as a bird out of its cage, not knowing what to buy.
Lan Xin was walking on the street. There were so many good things on the street, and everyone was dazzled by them.
I looked at it for a long time but didn't buy anything. I couldn't bear to spend my hard-earned money.
Walking around, her feet were almost weak. At this time, Lan Xin saw a little girl in rags being chased by a group of dogs.
"Come up!" Lan Xin, who was a dancer, quickly climbed up a tree and stretched out her hand to the girl on the ground.
The girl jumped hard, held her hand and jumped to the tree.
"Thank you for saving me." The little girl has a pair of big eyes. She looks very delicate and thin.
"It's okay, I can do it with just a little effort." Lan Xin and the little girl hid in the tree, silently, waiting for the mad dog to run away.
"What's your name? Why are you being chased by a dog?" Lan Xin asked.
"My name is Sen Yao. I was so hungry that I went to fight with the wild dogs for food." The little girl was shocked.
"Don't you have any family?"
"My father is dead and my mother doesn't want me anymore!"
Chapter completed!