Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 45

Three days before the new year in AD 603, Changsheng sat in the classroom wrapped in a white fur coat, and pointed to the blackboard with a wooden stick to give lectures to the children in the room.

Changsheng divides the children into different age groups according to their ages. Children aged five to six are in the small class, children aged seven or eight are in the middle class, and children aged eight to 12 are in the big class.

Now more than 80 children in the big class are crowded in a large classroom, each with a small Maza, sitting quite still with their knees hugged.

In the three hours in the afternoon, they first learn Chinese, read aloud according to the sentences in the "Book of Songs", then learn the classic chapters in the Analects of Confucius, and finally talk about the principles of life.

Afterwards they also learn arithmetic and general knowledge of the natural sciences.

Because of her thorough and wonderful speech, many people who have read or taught books sat on the sidelines and listened.

Among the classmates in the big class, Agou and his partner Shisan are the most serious in class.

Unlike A Gou, who is playful and playful, Thirteen has a calm personality and loves learning.

Like many children who fled here, he lost his parents on the way.

It was a few helpless little friends who supported each other and arrived in Wenshui County, and then settled down in a ruined temple outside the city.

A month ago, after Shisan was begging for food in the city and fainted from hunger, he was found by Jixiang and brought back to the camp, where he stayed.

Thirteen is usually low-key and reticent. Apart from collecting firewood in the mountains, mowing grass and feeding chickens, he likes to review the new words he has learned on the ground with a wooden stick. Changsheng has met him a few times and feels that this child is different. .

In class, Chang Sheng had just finished teaching a text and was instructing everyone to review the articles on the blackboard by themselves.

Seeing her classmates shaking their heads and reading, she picked up the teapot on the stove and poured a cup, held it in her hand, and silently stared at a child named Shisan in the crowd.

Was it him they were talking about?

……

After class, in a quiet room called the Exchange Room, Chang Sheng was holding a hand stove developed by blacksmith Lu Daxin.

The head of the front and back youth regiment behind her was a steward under Uncle Zhong. She stood on the ground trembling, and suddenly fell to her knees. It disturbed the little master!"

Chang Sheng looked at the young man kneeling beside the steward. He was only wearing thin clothes, his little face was pale from the cold, and he knelt there motionless, like a frozen stone.

It was thirteen.

It's just that the little padded jacket that everyone gave to him before winter has disappeared.

"Get up first, give him some hot water." Chang Sheng turned his head and said to Tweet beside him.

Thirteen didn't speak, and knelt with his head down, motionless.

The steward quickly waved his hands: "This is his fault, and he should be punished."

"There is no one in the camp rules that punishes kneeling. Get up, men have gold under their knees."

The manager quickly helped him up, took the water from Tweety, thanked Tweety, and slowly fed it to Shisan.

Shisan raised his head to look at Changsheng after drinking the water. He was a little different, thinking that there would be pre-angry insults and whips.

But what was waiting for him was only a pair of black and deep eyes.

When Thirteen looked at Changsheng, Changsheng was also watching him.

This is an orphan who lost his parents. He has been begging on the street for a period of time. He has been bullied, suppressed, and excluded. He has seen the darkness and hardships at the bottom, but he should not have completely lost his pure nature in his heart.

Otherwise, if he was a slutty slut and only used the habits of the world as the criterion for his actions, Chang Sheng would not personally intervene.

"All I heard from the beginning to the end were other people's accounts. Now I want to hear from you yourself. Where did the cotton coats given to you go?"

The young man pursed his lips, lowered his head, and said nothing.

"A man, if you dare to do it, you must dare to be it. Have you forgotten what I taught you in class?" Chang Sheng scolded softly.

The young man raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I have some friends in the ruined temple outside the city. It's cold, and I'm afraid they have no clothes to wear, so..."

"So I gave it to them and let myself suffer from the cold? Well, I have some sense of loyalty." Changsheng drank his saliva and cleared his throat: "I remember that your grades are good, and your memory is especially good. Let me tell you about Article [-] of the "Bing Regulations" , what are you talking about?"

The young man's face turned red, and he clenched the corners of his clothes with both hands, and said word by word: "The master provides all the items, and you are not allowed to hand them over to outsiders without permission. At the same time, you must not accept property donated by outsiders without permission, and if you have to borrow it, you should report it afterwards and return it in full."

"The memory is really good, let's memorize the fifth one too."

"If the camp members have relatives and friends who encounter difficulties, such as emergency treatment for serious illness, being robbed halfway, losing money and other emergencies, they can only help after reporting the need for financial assistance. Those who make unauthorized claims will be punished according to the camp regulations."

Changsheng touched the word "Changsheng" engraved on the bottom of the hand stove, and he couldn't help thinking about the hospitality of Master Lu. This craftsman, who claims to be a descendant of Lu Ban, was impressed by all kinds of ingenious designs after he came to the camp.

When he found out that these were all done by the camp owner, a four-year-old child, he was even more shocked. After the two chatted all night, this person happily stayed and asked Zi Qiao to sign a 30-year non-disclosure agreement.

Whenever Changsheng thinks of this person, he can't help but be distracted, and this is not the first time he has seen the behavior of the boy in front of him.

The environment and resources here are very different from what the refugees encountered outside. Although Changsheng has been expanding its expansion, it still cannot accommodate all the refugees.

So those who enjoy a good life inside will naturally start to care about their partners outside after eating and drinking. You say he is kind and benevolent, or you say he has the mentality of returning to his hometown. This kind of secretly taking things from the camp to help outsiders Things happen from time to time.

Although Changsheng can understand their psychology, it does not mean that she will allow their behavior.

Therefore, after discussing with everyone, she established a new set of punishment measures.

And she asked that once such behavior is discovered, it will be dealt with strictly according to the punishment standard, and the offender must be investigated and the sentence should be moderate.

She will not let others think she is a big fool, giving others what is hers.

"Let me ask you again, have you ever applied to the steward to sponsor your companion?"

The boy lowered his head, bit his lip and said nothing.

"You can see me every day, and you have countless opportunities to respond to various questions to me, but have you ever mentioned it to me?"

The boy shook his head slowly.

"Then how did you come up with this idea? I want to hear your thoughts." Chang Sheng said calmly.

Thirteen explained in a low voice: "Master, I'm not doing this for myself. They are really pitiful. I went to see them once when I was taking a bath last weekend. The three of them couldn't even make up two sets of single clothes. One of them was fine. I don’t even have food to eat. I’m really ashamed to enjoy myself here alone, but there’s nothing I can do, so I left my clothes for them…”

"Friendship is meaningful. I don't want my companions to suffer when I suffer from the cold. I didn't take so many zakats in vain. But I still don't approve of your approach. Do you know why?" Changsheng said with a raised voice.

The boy raised his head, his eyes full of doubts.

"You think you are the only one who will encounter this situation. Let me tell you, Agou and Xiaolan in your class have encountered the same situation as you. Do you know what they do?"

(End of this chapter)