After ten years of studying hard in a cold window, who wouldn’t want to succeed in one day, shine at the top of the family tree, and soar into the sky?
Some students have been preparing for this for a long time, eager to achieve success, but in the midst of this excitement, someone suddenly tells you, "Don't put in the effort. If you fail the exam, isn't it like a basin of ice?"
Do you want to pour water on your head and cool your heart?
The scholar named Lin An who stood in front of Qin Liuxi also thought the same. His face became sullen on the spot, angry and secretly thinking bad luck.
He glanced at Qin Liuxi and then looked at Yu Changkong beside her. His calloused and cracked hands were slightly curled up, trying to cover them.
The two people in front of me were definitely not comparable to him just in terms of what they wore, not to mention their impressive temperament and natural nobility. They were definitely not ordinary people, let alone a poor student like him.
So, is this young master laughing at himself, because he thinks life is boring, so he is trying to make fun of himself?
Lin An was afraid of their identities and did not dare to make a loud outburst. He suppressed his anger and said: "Young master, please don't make fun of Xiaosheng. If you are annoyed that Xiaosheng has no eyesight and blocks your way, Xiaosheng will just apologize to you."
As he spoke, he took a step back and bowed to Qin Liuxi.
Qin Liuxi was very happy and said to Yu Changkong: "He thinks of us as dandies. He didn't expect that I still have the potential to be a dandy."
Yu Changkong: It’s not me, it’s you!
Also, why does this child look so proud?
Lin An couldn't hold himself any longer. He walked around her and was about to leave. Qin Liuxi said at this time: "I didn't say those unlucky words because I was angry that you were blocking my way."
Lin An paused in his steps.
"Although you have been selected as a scholar, you come from a poor family and have a meager family background. I see that your fingers are calloused. I think you usually earn a little money by copying books. Logically speaking, you have the honor of being a student, so you can earn some money by copying books.
You can live with a small amount of money. But you have the smell of medicine on your body, and you see sorrow between your eyebrows, and your parents' palaces are evil, which means that your parents are ill, and your sun has fallen, which means your father is dead, so now you are here
The one who is sick is your mother, am I right?"
Lin An's face turned pale and his fingertips were trembling.
"The smell of medicine on your body must have been tainted by your mother's boiling medicine. The money you earned from copying books is far from the money for mother's medicine. You are not good at money, and you are worried about your mother's health, so you have a sad look on your face.
I said you failed the exam because your parents, Gong Shaji, met Xingyao, the mourner at the funeral, and your mother was afraid that she was not destined to see you reach the top of the family."
Yu Changkong listened and looked at the person opposite, with a bit of sympathy in his eyes, but it disappeared in just a moment.
"It is the misery of being a child who wants to raise a child but does not care for him. If you wear filial piety, how can you go to the exam? How can you pass the exam if you have worries in your heart?"
Lin An staggered on his feet and said with trembling lips: "You, you, you are talking nonsense. If you are angry with me, you can just beat me and scold me. Why bother to bother my mother?"
"Whether I'm trying to pull something off or whether I'm right, you know in your heart." Qin Liuxi took out a peace charm from his sleeve and handed it over: "Your mother has worked hard and there is not much time left.
If you wear this peace charm on her, it will make her last days more comfortable, at least she will not suffer too much pain. This is a small blessing for you and me to meet each other."
Lin An didn't pick it up. Qin Liuxi put it on the book aside and said: "Xiucai Gong will take the exam again in three years and he will definitely pass. Your sister, don't marry far away in the future, especially to a family by the waterside."
Lin An trembled again after hearing this, and looked at Qin Liuxi speechless.
Qin Liuxi and Yu Changkong climbed the stairs and soon disappeared between the corners of the building.
Lin An looked at the peace talisman on the book, his eyes were burning, he took a deep breath, pinched the peace talisman and said goodbye to Mr. Wang and left.
Yu Changkong said to Qin Liuxi: "The scholar's mother just now is incurable?"
Qin Liuxi said: "From the medicinal smell on his body, I can also identify several medicinal herbs, all of which are used to calm the mind and recuperate, and are mainly used for conservative treatment. One of them is wild ginseng. You can see that he still wears patches on his body. It can be seen that
The family is not well off, so although wild ginseng is not more expensive than ginseng, it is also a ginseng and cannot be afforded by ordinary people."
She slowly climbed up the stairs and continued: "With that kind of medicine, once you can't take it, you're just waiting to die. If you want to ask if it can be cured, it's hard to say without seeing anyone, but looking at his face, he's not far away from losing his mother.
.Winter is about to begin in Licheng. An old woman who is already weak and relies on medicine to survive is destined to die if the weather changes and she cannot take medicine."
Qin Liuxi lowered his eyes and said: "If you take such a life, you can live for a while, but you can't live for a long time. Why bother? The living leave it, and the dead return. Sometimes the tortured body is worse than relief."
Her tone was somewhat cold, but also somewhat indifferent to life and death.
Yu Changkong sighed.
But it was said that Lin An returned to the small courtyard of his home in despair holding a few books. Seeing that the courtyard was a bit messy, he was shocked and shouted: "Nie'er."
"Brother, you are back." A little girl with a slim figure, slightly yellow hair, and wearing a coarse cloth dress came out of the house.
"Why is the house so chaotic? Where is mother?"
Lin Ni's face fell, she pursed her lips, and said: "Master Zhu and the others came to the house and said that the harvest this year was average and that Brother Zhu is also getting married. He asked us to pay back the money."
Lin An pursed her lips after hearing this, looked her up and down, and asked, "Are you hurt?"
Lin Ni shook her head and said, "Mother handed over the silver hairpin that was at the bottom of the box."
"That's not what I want to leave to you." Lin An was a little anxious.
Lin Ni smiled bitterly: "Brother, don't keep anything. My family is in debt, and my mother's medicine also costs money." She saw Lin An's face was ugly, and said hurriedly: "Brother, don't think too much, just study with peace of mind.
That's good, I've asked Mrs. Jiang next door to find me a job as a starch-washer."
Lin An looked down at his little sister's hands, which were rougher than his, and couldn't tell how he felt.
There was a woman's voice in the room, and Lin An hurriedly walked in, only to see a thin, haggard old woman lying on the bed in the dark room. She sat up when he came in.
"Mom, please don't move." Lin An went over to help her up.
Aunt Lin coughed a few times and said: "Master Zhu is here. That silver hairpin is worth five coins. I handed it over. Ahem..."
Lin An quickly followed her back and said, "Mom, stop talking, just give it to them. I will copy more books and return them as soon as possible."
Aunt Lin shook her head: "I don't have a good life, I only have to suffer for you and Nier. Mr. Zhu said that his great-aunt has a talented man in the south. He is eighteen years old and makes a living by fishing.
I can earn a few taels of silver every year, so I want to help our Ni'er..."
Lin An's mind was buzzing. Marrying far away, to a family on the water, was approved!
That's not the point. Since the young master was successful, then if she said she would lose her mother, wouldn't her mother be the same?
Lin An was in mourning, knelt down, and held her mother's hand, tears streaming down her face.
