After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 466 The scorching summer
The weather is getting hotter.

The Hai family has changed into single clothes, and the bedding on the kang has been replaced with quilts. The water consumption at home has also increased. Hai Chang'an, Hai Jiao and Hai Tang practice martial arts every day. In the past, after practicing, they just wiped their sweat with a dry towel and put on clean clothes. But now they need to take a shower to remove the sweat stains on their bodies.

Although Haijia has a well, it doesn't produce much water and the water quality is average. He has to buy water from the street every day to have enough water for food and washing. Upon seeing this, Jin Jiashu took the initiative to suggest that the Hai family could fetch water from the well at his home. Anyway, there are only four people in his family now. At most, one more person, Zhou Xiaojian, comes to eat every day but has to go home to stay. Two tanks of water a day are more than enough. The water fetched from the well in the back garden is used for washing clothes and watering the ground. , evenly distribute half of it to the Hai family, and there is no pressure.

In order to save trouble, Ma accepted Jin Jiashu's kindness. In return, she would send someone to bring him some snacks every day, so that he would not go hungry as he grew older. In addition, even pens, inks, paper and inkstones for daily use, she put together his share with those of the three elderly people Xie, Cao and Lu, and bought them together, saving money and trouble, and she didn’t have to worry about Jin Jiashu because he was The new guy, young and delicate, was deceived by the cunning businessman.

With these daily interactions, Jin Jiashu did not become estranged from the Hai family because he moved out of the Hai family. On the contrary, he became more harmonious and close. Because of this relationship, he is much more comfortable with his teacher Xie Wenzai than another classmate Wu Ke. When Wu Ke saw him, he couldn't help showing an envious expression, but he didn't dare to imitate Jin Jiashu. He was always a little reserved when facing his teacher Xie Wenzai and two other teachers, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian, who often gave him guidance on his homework.

He actually knew that the teachers really cared about him and did not hold a grudge against his grandfather because he had betrayed his students and subordinates. But the more magnanimous the teachers were, the more uneasy he felt. He was worried that he would disappoint his teachers and live up to their expectations.

After losing to his classmate Jin Jiashu in homework again, he felt even more depressed. His teacher Xie Wenzai gave him several collections of works by famous writers and asked him to go home and read and ponder them. He took the books away and said goodbye in a dejected manner. He even left the four treasures of his study on his desk and forgot to take them with him.

Cao Gengyun looked at his leaving back and couldn't help but mutter to his old friend Xie Wenzai: "This kid is too weak-minded. It's just that he was not as good as others in his homework for a while, and he just needs to study hard to catch up. Why is he so depressed? He doesn't feel happy anymore. In this way, I am afraid that he will develop a mental illness, and even if I know there are any shortcomings in his articles, I will not be able to point them out directly. "

Xie Wenzai frowned: "He has a good foundation. His foundation is much more solid than Jiashu's. But in terms of writing spirit, he is indeed a little inferior. Read more poems and articles by the predecessors, practice more writing on weekdays, and slowly he will He can develop his writing skills, but he cannot force his aura. He always compares himself with others and feels uneasy about not being as good as others. When he feels uneasy, he becomes impatient, and when impatient, he makes mistakes in his recent articles. There have been mistakes that shouldn't have occurred more than once, and continuing like this is not a long-term solution.

"It's not that he hates other people's talents, he's just afraid that he won't do well enough and will disappoint us. But whether he's doing well or not, he only compares himself with Jiashu. If he's not as good as Jiashu, it's not good enough. At the moment, he just compares himself with Jiashu. It’s just that they are classmates. When the imperial examination is about to take place in the future, there will be many people to compare with. Will he be able to compete? "

Xie Wenzai pursed his lips: "Instead of focusing all his energy on competing with Jiashu, he might as well cultivate his mind first!"

Lu Bainian raised his eyebrows at the side: "It is easy for us to persuade him, but we are afraid that his front foot will be persuaded by us, and his back foot will get into trouble again. His aunt is the culprit. If we can't keep Wu Ke away from his aunt, we No matter how much you teach, it will be useless.”

Speaking of Mrs. Gui, even Xie Wenzai couldn't help but have a headache: "How long did it stop a few days ago? Now she starts to stare at Wu Ke again. Although she no longer stops Wu Ke from studying, she teaches Wu Ke The nonsense that Ke always compares with others is ten times more disgusting than her trying to stop Wu Ke from studying!"

Cao Gengyun couldn't help but said: "How did Gui Jia teach his daughter? I didn't expect his daughter to have such a temper! She was the daughter-in-law of Mr. Wu Wen'an. She was widowed at a young age, and she also raised the two remaining members of the Wu family. She is an orphan, and we can’t even say a harsh word to her. I have to express my regrets to my old friends when I go back to write to them, but we can’t let that woman do whatever she wants! There are only two little ones left in the Wu family. The girl is Gui's biological child, so we can't control her. But if she ruins Wu Ke's future, no amount of credit can make up for this sin!"

Not to mention how the three teachers Xie, Cao and Lu complained about Mrs. Gui, after Wu Ke returned to the small courtyard next to the Zhenguo Palace, he realized that he had left the study box with the teacher, and he couldn't help but feel annoyed. He dug out the four treasures of the study that were kept at home, and took out the collection of essays lent to him by his teacher. He wanted to read and read them, but he couldn't read them.

He didn't understand that he had been studying since he was a child, and the teacher who educated him was a well-educated female official in the palace. His knowledge was no worse than that of the officials outside the palace. Even Teacher Xie once praised him for his good foundation. But why is it that Jin Jiashu, who was delayed in his studies by his family since he was a child, always has good words and ideas when he writes articles, even if he is not as good as him, he will always compare him to others?

Could it be that, as aunt said, his talent is inferior to others? He has no talent for reading? Is he not worthy to be a descendant of the Wu family? !
Once this idea appeared in his mind, he felt out of breath. He couldn't help but stand up, walked around the room a few times, opened the window, and tried to breathe in the fresh air outside.

Just when he felt a little better, he saw his cousin Wu Qiong and his girl walking in from outside the yard. He hurriedly walked out of the room: "Why did my sister come here? But did aunt have orders?"

Wu Qiong pointed to the box in the girl's hand behind him: "Today, the house over there has summer-heating scented pills. I asked for an extra one to send to my brother. I specially picked the ones with the scent of pine and bamboo. I wonder if my brother likes it after smelling it. ?”

Wu Ke didn't care about these things. He was just happy that his cousin cared about him. He took the box, opened it, looked at it for a few times, praised it a few times, and put it aside.

While he was asking people to serve tea, he asked Wu Qiong: "How has Auntie been feeling these past two days? She's not angry with you anymore, is she?"

Wu Qiong shook his head: "The past two days have been fine. It rained last night and the weather was not so hot. She slept better and is in good spirits today. She is not as irritable as she was a few days ago. Mrs. Tang's front page My son came to the mansion to talk to Mrs. Zhenguo, and we chatted for a long time. My mother found out who they were discussing about someone’s marriage, so she wanted to find out more information and didn’t bother to scold me for the time being. "

But Wu Qiong didn't feel much better when she thought that her mother, Mrs. Gui, was worrying about her own life-long affairs by asking about other people's children and marriages.

Wu Ke knew what his cousin was thinking, but he had no way to comfort her. He could only say dryly: "Mrs. Zhenguo will definitely find a good and safe marriage for my sister. My sister doesn't have to worry."

Wu Qiong thought to herself that a good marriage approved by the Duke of Zhenguo may not satisfy her mother. She is afraid that there will be many troubles in the future. How could she not worry?
However, these things were meaningless to tell his cousin, so Wu Qiong put aside the topic and brought up the news about the Zhenguo Palace: "There is someone coming to the capital today, but I don't know who it is. I heard that he is not Marquis Chengen. People who come from the palace seem to come from the palace."

Wu Ke was startled: "You came out of the palace? What are you doing here?!" Could it be that the emperor was finally going to be cruel to his aunt? !
(End of this chapter)