When I left Yan's house, I was still in a state of shock and looked back frequently.
"Are you still thinking about Yan's Yushu?" Hei Fu saw all this and teased his younger brother.
"No way!"
Suddenly her face turned red, like a monkey's butt, and then she said obsessively: "Brother Zhong, tell me, they are also women, why do our girls next door all have dark and rough skin, dirty hair, and cracked nails?
It's full of mud, but the Yan family's jade is so, so..."
He couldn't find the words to describe it for a while.
"The hands are like lotus roots, the skin is like gelatin, the teeth are like gourds, the head is like a moth and the brows are like moths, and a charming smile captures your soul?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Brother Zhong said it well!"
He looked at Mr. Hei in surprise, his eyes full of "You understand me." Finally, he turned around and said with emotion: "When you marry, you should marry a daughter of the Yan family."
"My brother, you are not even old enough to me, and you are already thinking about getting a wife."
Heifu smiled and shook his head. Just when he was excerpting the laws and regulations, Yan Zheng's granddaughter was curious about their identities and peeked outside the door, but was surprised to find them. From that moment on, she began to wander outside the world.
It was obvious that this young man, who was about to turn 16, had an emotion called love in his heart, just like the pimples blooming on his face, and was fascinated by the 14-year-old girl.
Although, from Heifu's perspective, that little girl would be just an ordinary high school girl in future generations.
But think about it, unlike him who is well-informed and has countless beauties in his hard drive. I was surprised that in the past ten years, I rarely left the sunset area, and all I saw were farm girls. Suddenly I saw a well-maintained girl.
A little lady who is washed clean, has neat teeth, and wears a beautiful dress should not be astonishing to the heavens.
"They are both women, but why are they so different? It's like..."
Shocked and at a loss for words, he pointed to the dirty mud on the ground and then pointed to the white clouds in the sky: "It's just like this piece of mud compared to the clouds!"
"I'll tell you why."
Heifu patted the shocked shoulder and shattered his dream.
"Just because she didn't have to brave the scorching sun to go to the fields to deliver food to her father and brother since she was a child; just because she had clothes to put out her hands and food to open her mouth, so she didn't have to pound grains and blow the stove herself; just because she could eat rice every meal, and she didn't have to be like you and me.
Just like sisters and sisters-in-law, they chew coarse rice bran; just because she was born in a family with the same surname and is the daughter of an official, she is naturally different from poor peasants like us who have been poor for generations."
When he heard these words, he could not help but nod his head in shock at first, but then he became stunned until he became speechless.
He suddenly felt the status gap between him and the Yan girl. Should he marry a Yan girl? Haha, the longing that had just been ignited in his heart was extinguished just like that.
"Brother Zhong, you are so boring."
He muttered in surprise, took the bamboo basket from Hei Fu's hand, put it on his shoulder, and walked forward silently.
Hei Fu also stopped talking. The two of them walked out of Banli one after another and walked along the hillside in the direction of Xiyongli. As they walked, they were surprised and looked back at Banli. The sun was setting in the west and the top of Yan's mansion was
The patches of sunset looked close but were actually far away, like the girl he could never touch.
For the first time, sadness appeared in the eyes of this half-grown child who seemed to never grow up under the protection of his elder brother.
"shock."
Seeing that there was no one else around, Heifu called his brother and said, "Have you figured out what I wanted you to remember before?"
He turned back in shock: "What's the matter?"
"Then Zhu Ren was arrogant towards us at first and respectful at the back, and Yan Zhang was first cold to me and then hot to me. Why is this?"
"Why..." Jing pondered for a moment, then blurted out: "It's because they know that my brother is going to be the pavilion chief!"
"That's right!" Heifu patted the man who suddenly understood and asked him to sit down on the roadside.
"Let me tell you another story. The story related to Su Qin is called "The Former Arrogant and the Later Gongful"!"
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"After experiencing these things, Su Qin said with emotion, I am the same person. When I am rich, my relatives respect me, but when I am poor, they despise me. Not to mention ordinary people..."
A moment later, after finishing Su Qin's story, Heifu said to Jing: "Now you understand, a person's status in the eyes of others is completely different whether he is rich or poor. What happened to you and me today is different from what Su Qin has experienced."
Like, if I hadn't known that I was going to be the pavilion chief, let alone recognize me as a disciple, we would probably have been standing outside Zhang Yan's study!"
He nodded in surprise, but said a little dejectedly: "Brother Zhong, you have the ability, you have made meritorious service, and you have the opportunity to be the chief of the pavilion. Naturally, you will be like Su Qin, and you will be looked up to by others, but I... I just
If you can continue to be a little soldier who means nothing and has no extraordinary abilities, you will always be looked down upon by others."
The more he talked, the more he felt inferior to himself.
"Who said that?"
But Hei Fu encouraged him: "Although my brother may seem naughty, I know you are smart and smart! Now, there is an opportunity for you to be an official, to embark on an official career like me, and to be respected by others!"
His shocked eyes suddenly lit up: "What chance?"
Heifu said: "If I can pass the examination and become the chief of Huyang Pavilion, the first year will be just a trial period, and in the second year, I will be a formal official. When I was in the county seat, I asked an acquaintance of the order
Officer, he said that when the time comes, I can recommend one of my disciples to study in the school and learn the law! Once you enter the school, you will be a disciple!"
It turns out that although the Qin State banned poetry and writing, it still had its own set of Legalist education methods. Official schools were generally set up in counties and counties. Students in the schools were called "disciples", and there were certain restrictions on the sources of disciples.
At least he is a descendant of "Historian". The so-called "History" refers to low-level civil servants such as clerks, secretaries, archivists, etc. of government agencies at all levels. Although the chief of the pavilion is a military official, he is also among them.
In the school, students have to learn writing, driving, fencing, archery, etc., which is actually a variant of the Confucian "Six Arts of a Gentleman". However, because the purpose of learning is to become an official, and the Qin Dynasty advocated the rule of law, the most important content of learning is
To study the laws clearly, the disciples should hold the rules copied by Hei Fu and memorize them again and again until they are familiar with them and become a part of their lives.
After graduating from the school, students are usually assigned jobs by the state and are appointed as low-level civil servants to enter the official career. They do not have to be lucky like Heifu, or like other people, beheading their heads on the battlefield in exchange for merit.
official.
"The father-in-law Yan is well-known and well-off, but do you know that he was just a young disciple in the school back then. He accumulated achievements step by step and became what he is today."
After talking about the benefits of being a disciple in the admission room, Heifu asked seriously: "Jing, are you willing to be a disciple in the admission room and stay there for two or three years to seek a better future than now? A higher status."
?"
"My brother is willing!" Jing was so excited that tears filled her eyes, but she also hesitated.
He lowered his head and whispered: "But I don't even know the words, how can I be a disciple?"
"Isn't there still one year left?"
Hei Fu encouraged him and said: "I asked you to come with me to Banli today because I want to entrust you to Yan Zhang. I heard that Yan Zhang's second son opened a school in the village to teach people how to read and learn Dharma. You can enroll in the school by paying some money and a silk bundle. You might as well go and listen..."
The State of Qin not only has government-run schools, but also some temporary classrooms that teach literacy to the rich and noble children in the countryside. Living in the State of Qin, if there is no one in the family who can read and count, they may one day commit a crime without knowing it and be implicated. Already.
"But..." Jing's face was tangled. When faced with unfamiliar things, it is always the most difficult to take the first step. With his arrogant personality, how could he sit down and study quietly? Heifu himself was a little unsure.
So Heifu spoke in a long tone: "I have heard that the second son of Yan Zhang is the father of the lady you see today! If you can learn to read well, become a disciple in the entrance hall, and become an official in the future. , when the time comes, the family members will be considered equal, and maybe Yan Zhang will marry his granddaughter to you!"
"Is this true?"
The innocent surprise was overjoyed, and the flame of love that had just been extinguished was ignited again. He bowed to Hei Fu and said, "I understand what Brother Zhong means! Let Brother Zhong make the decision in everything!"
On the next way home, the carefree Jing returned. His steps were erratic all the way, thinking about his suddenly bright future and the girl he fell in love with at first sight. He couldn't help but laugh. stand up.
Little did he know that Hei Fu behind him secretly shook his head.
"My stupid brother, how can you understand my good intentions?"
The reason why Heifu deceived him into entering the school, and why he wanted to change his future and make him and the Yan family match each other so that he could marry a beautiful girl... were all empty talk!
The most important thing is what Heifu found out:
The first thing that disciples in the admission room have to do is to change their household registration from ordinary place of residence to "disciple registration".
And Qin Law also stipulates that people on the disciple list are not required to serve during the period of study!
Not only the regular service, but also the military service and garrison soldiers can be exempted!
This is one of the few legal loopholes in the strict and harsh Qin laws.
Becoming a disciple in the entrance hall was the only way Heifu could make his younger brother escape the war three years later after thinking hard.
If history does not change, in the war when Wang Jian led an army of 600,000 to attack Chu, the two brothers would have died in battle, with no bones left and no souls to return home, leaving only a letter for their family to remember.
Now, Heifu is confident that he will survive the battle, but he is not sure whether he can keep his brother safe on the chaotic and complicated battlefield.
Therefore, he could only make this decision.
In front of Zhong, Hei Fu is his younger brother, and his eldest brother is like his father. Zhong will consider many things for him in every detail.
But in front of Jing, Heifu has become the elder brother, and it is his turn to think about his younger brother's future.
Of course, the real purpose of all this is not to resort to words, but to make arrangements silently to keep him safe.
The beauty of Tangdi is like that of Ebu Weiwei. All people today are better than brothers.
The power of death, brother Kong Huai, Yuan Xisi is here, brother is asking for help.
Brother, isn’t that how it should be?
"I don't just want to survive alone."
Looking at his younger brother who was humming a song in front of him, Heifu thought silently: "I still want to be shocked and alive, so that our whole family can survive in this ups and downs of the world, and we must live as long as possible!"