Ajiu

Chapter 9
Ah Jiu's body became more and more flexible, and her hands and feet became better and better. After a month or two, she even reached out to reach her little feet and lifted them up to her eyes!Ajiu was more excited than Columbus discovering the New World, her eyes sparkled, she grabbed the little feet and put them in her mouth, sucking her toes.

"Look, look, my sister is gnawing on her little feet!" Pei Qi and Pei Yu arrived at the bed at some point, looking at Ajiu in surprise.

I did not do it on purpose!I don't really want to chew on it, but... I managed to get enough of it.Ajiu was a little shy for a while, then concentrated on chewing again.

It was midsummer, and Ajiu was wearing a small apron between the lotus leaves of Yuxi. Her small arms and calves were white and fat like lotus root joints, so cute that she was outrageous.A little girl like her, even if she hugged her little feet and gnawed madly, she was also obviously interesting and fun, which made the two elder brothers smile happily.

"What are you laughing at? Neither of you two ever ate it when you were young." Lin Youhui walked over gracefully and pulled the two sons away, not allowing them to laugh at his sister.

"Me, chew on my feet?" Pei Qi was already a six-year-old child, and she turned pale with shock when she heard this.Nibble your feet?What a shame.

Pei Yuan blushed, "Have I eaten it too? Mom, I don't remember much about the past."

Lin Youhui smiled and pulled the surprised eldest son and the shy second son to the outside to sit down, ordered someone to wash their hands and faces for them, sat down to drink tea and eat snacks, "Children like to chew on their feet, my sister is a little girl, shameless Bo, don't laugh at her." Pei Qi and Pei Yu nodded obediently.

Nanny Li murmured in confusion, "What does little girl know now?"

Lin Youhui smiled, "Ajiu is still ignorant, but Aqi and Ayu are not. Nanny, they should love their sister since childhood."

If you didn't teach it well when you were young, will you change it when you grow up?Where did it come from.

Nanny Li has nothing to say.

After Second Master Pei came home that night, he also watched the indecent behavior of his little daughter gnawing his feet, "Ajiu, is it delicious?" He asked with a smile.

Have you ever eaten it?Ajiu rolled his eyes at him, lowered his head and continued to chew.

Second Master Pei and Lin Youhui couldn't help laughing.

Time flies, and summer is over in a blink of an eye, and it is the season of autumn osmanthus fragrance.

Prefect Pei didn't come back until evening, and sat chatting with Mrs. Fang. "Da Lang, you should be out of the examination room right now?" He leaned back in his chair and asked slowly.

Their eldest son, Pei Yin, went back to his native Shaanxi to take part in the provincial examination.It stands to reason that the township examination should end on August [-].Today is August [-]th.

Speaking of this, Mrs. Fang couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and walked around the room, "Buddha bless you, Da Lang must be selected this time! My child, I will definitely not want to go to Beijing next spring."

"I hope Da Lang can win this time." Prefect Pei closed his eyes and meditated, muttering to himself.

"Me too, I hope Da Lang can go to high school this time." Mrs. Fang sat down beside him and sighed softly.

The fourth year of Tianqing was probably the lucky year for Prefect Pei and his wife.In the autumn of this year, their eldest son Pei Yin not only won the imperial examination, but also ranked fifth, becoming the chief of the Jingkui.Uncle Pei hasn't come back yet, but the good news has already come, everyone in the Pei family is overjoyed.

Although the adults are happy in their hearts, they can still restrain themselves and not be too revealing.After all, it is only the second place in the list, so it should not be too publicized.The children don't care about 21 [-], and they are very proud.

"Do you know what Jing Kui is?" Pei Lang called Pei Heng, Pei Xuan, Pei Jing and his three younger brothers over, and asked them with a pompous air.

In fact, his younger brother is also the eldest, Pei Lin, but Pei Lin is only one year old, and the road is still unstable.Pei Lang thinks it's boring to teach the eighth brother, a brat who doesn't understand anything.

Pei Heng was five years old, Pei Xuan and Pei Jing were three years old, and they all looked at him blankly.Jing Kui?Never heard of it.

"The third, fourth and No.5 in the provincial examination are all called Jingkui." Pei Lang patiently told his brothers.

"Oh, that's right." The three little ones suddenly realized.

"Then, what's the name of No.1?" Pei Xuan asked attentively.

"What's the name of No.2?" Pei Jing also poked a small face, humbly asking for advice.

I have to say that these two little kids are still very studious and inquisitive.

Pei Lang scratched his head, "Is this..." He was only six or seven years old, how much more could he know than his younger brothers?
Pei Lang was in a dilemma, but the second elder brother Pei Jue came over with a smile and helped him out, "No.1 in the provincial examination is called Jieyuan, No.2 is called Yayuan, and the third, fourth, and No.5 are all called Jingkui , No.6 is called Yakui."

"That's it." The two little ones, Pei Xuan and Pei Jing, seemed to understand everything, and nodded deeply, expressing, "I really understand."

The two held hands and ran to a secluded corner, head to head, biting their ears.

"Hey, when we grow up, let's go to the township test together. I win Jieyuan, and you Zhongyayuan." Pei Xuan suggested.

Pei Jing was a little hesitant, why should you be number one and I be number two.

Seeing him, Pei Xuan didn't seem to be happy, and said in a daze, "Seventh brother, I'm the elder brother!"

Pei Jing wrinkled her little bun's face and thought about it, then reluctantly agreed, "Okay."

Pei Yu was very happy. At that moment, the two brothers settled the matter easily and very friendly.

Mrs. Xu has nothing to do, so she brought the little girl to visit Ajiu in the second room, and chatted with Lin Youhui over tea by the way.While they were talking, Pei Yuan and Pei Jing ran in holding hands, happily telling what happened just now, "I'm the elder brother, and I want Zhongjie Yuan!" Pei Xuan solemnly announced.

"What about me, it's just a random Asian dollar." Pei Jing said very easy-going.

Both Lin Youhui and Xu felt it was funny.Mrs. Xu praised the two children gently, "Xu'er is self-motivated, Jing'er knows how to be courteous to his elder brother, they are both good children." Lin Youhui also praised them both, and then told them carefully, "Xu'er, Jing'er, you first You have to be a scholar to be eligible to participate in the provincial examination. There are a lot of people participating in the provincial examination, and only one person will be selected in about ten people, and most of them will fail. It can reach as many as [-] people, and Shaanxi has a little less, and there are seven or eight thousand."

How can the two of you decide the ranking in an exam that has been taken by tens of thousands of people?Ah Yu, Ah Jing, if you two really have ambitions, you should study hard and stop being mischievous.

After Pei Xuan and Pei Jing listened half understood, Qi Qi agreed and ran out to play again.

"Second sister-in-law's words are all good words, and I don't know if these two children can understand them." Xu looked at Aizi's back and said softly.

"Whether the children can understand or not, I will tell them." Lin Youhui smiled, "If they can understand a sentence or a sentence, they will benefit a lot. Even if they don't understand, there is no harm."

Xu was thoughtful, "Whether you understand it or not, tell them?"

Lin Youhui smiled, "Yes, I often treat Ah Yu like an older child, study with him, and reason with him at length. Sometimes he just laughs, and sometimes he seems to understand something."

Mrs. Xu was very tempted, "After hearing what the second sister-in-law said, I will also accompany Heng'er and Jing'er to study and teach them myself."

Ah Qi and Ah Yuan of the second elder brother and second sister-in-law's family look really smart, maybe it has something to do with the second sister-in-law personally teaching them?That's right, it's not enough to rely on the teacher alone, it's better to do it yourself.

"It's so good." Lin Youhui smiled.

Mrs. Xu sat for a while, then got up to leave.

Uncle Pei did not go back to Suzhou after being elected, but went directly to the capital from Shaanxi.After arriving in the capital, he will temporarily borrow Lin Shangshu's mansion and wait for Chunwei in peace.The Lin family has been a scholarly family for generations, and most of the Lin Shangshu contacts are well-educated people. Uncle Pei lives in the Lin family and can get advice from many famous people.

Although Uncle Pei, the new winner, was not at home, Second Master Pei still had a drink with his father to celebrate.The father and son were in a very good mood, and they drank until the moon and stars were thinning, and then they broke up happily.

"I came back so late." After finally waiting for her husband, Lin Youhui coquettishly ordered someone to serve him a sweet and sour sober soup, "Hurry up and drink it, it will make you feel better."

"Miss, I...I'm sorry for you." Second Master Pei said vaguely, "I'm afraid I won't be able to enter Beijing next spring..."

That year, he and his eldest brother went back to their hometown for the exam, and he won, but his elder brother failed; next year, he really didn't want to take the exam with his elder brother again.

"I...my article is still not hot enough..." Second Master Pei finished speaking vaguely, leaning back on the chair and falling asleep.

Lin Youhui watched him silently for a while, then ordered the maid to wash his hands, face, and feet, take off his clothes, and help him to lie down on the Arhat couch, "You can sleep here tonight, don't go to bed, be careful to smoke Ajiu .”

"Mother doesn't want your father to take the test next spring." Lin Youhui washed up, lay down on the bed, and talked softly to Ajiu, "You are only so young, you can't go far, so mother will naturally guard you. If you want to go, you can only go with your father alone, right? Mother doesn’t want to be separated from him, and you and your brothers don’t want to see your father for half a year. Ajiu, good baby, why don’t you wait another three years, when you will be grown up , our family of five went to the capital together, how happy is it?"

Ajiu was startled.Mother, dare you not accept even a few months of separation, and you will follow Dad when he comes to Beijing for an exam?How can you be an irritated little daughter-in-law in the feudal era, you are simply better than the Chinese women in the 21st century!

(End of this chapter)