Shanshan was led by the guards and walked back the same way, and soon returned to the courtyard where the pilgrims lived.
As the sun set, the lights in each wing of the courtyard were lit up one after another. Shanshan stood at the door of the courtyard and waved goodbye to the guards. He ran in happily with the snacks he had brought back.
"mother!"
Wen Yiqing found out that she was missing and was about to go out to look for her. When he saw the little girl running back happily, she opened her hands and rushed towards her like a bird returning home. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Goodness." Shan, where did you go?"
"Mom, I brought you some snacks." She raised the snacks in her hand and said as if to offer a treasure: "This snack is delicious. I have never eaten it in the capital."
"Where did you get the snacks?"
Shanshan happily told her about the kind-hearted uncle he met.
She said happily, but from the moment she mentioned the guard with a knife, Wen Yiqing broke out in a cold sweat. There are crouching tigers, hidden dragons, and countless lords and nobles in the capital. She is just a businesswoman and cannot afford to offend anyone she meets. It wasn't until she heard that the kind person didn't make things difficult and sent someone to send the child back that she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Didn't I tell you not to run around?" She grabbed the little girl's ear and taught her a lesson with a straight face: "This time I met a kind person. If I meet a bad person next time, let alone a snack, you won't even be a mother." I can’t see you anymore!”
Shanshan shouted: "Mom, it hurts!"
"Remember?"
"Remember, remember!"
Only then did Wen Yiqing let go. She didn't use much force, but the child's skin was tender and Shanshan's ears quickly turned red. She lay on the bed with tears in her eyes, looking extremely pitiful.
The stone pulled some weeds and made it into a dragonfly to tease her. The green dragonfly was pulled by a blade of grass and flew up and down in the air. She was immediately attracted to it with bright eyes.
When she was tired of playing, she shared the snacks she brought back with Shitou. She had long forgotten about her mother pulling her ears, and she happily got into her mother's arms and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, the novice monk in the temple delivered a food box.
What was inside was not the vegetarian food in the temple, but carefully prepared delicacies. Shanshan woke up smelling the smell and recognized the dishes at a glance.
"It must have been given by the uncle yesterday." She sat on the stool and let the wet nurse comb her hair. Her feet hanging in the air swayed happily, and her whole body swayed along with it. The wet nurse almost couldn't catch her little hair. "Mom, what should I give to thank him?"
"Think about the friends you make."
They only stayed in the temple for one day and went home after breakfast. She hurriedly rummaged through her book bag and finally picked up the straw butterfly that Shitou had made for her and ran to find it excitedly. people.
But she ran to the place where she was yesterday. It was empty and there was no one there. On the contrary, that uncle had great supernatural powers. After she returned, she met the little novice monk who brought him a box of snacks, which were exactly the same as what she had eaten yesterday. She accepted them happily and asked the little novice monk to hand over the straw butterfly.
Before leaving, I paid homage to the Bodhisattva again, told the Bodhisattva my wish again, and asked him to help me find my father quickly, and then I went down the mountain with my mother.
The emperor stood by the window, holding a childlike straw toy in his hand, holding it up to his eyes like a rare treasure.
"People are going down the mountain?"
"We have already gone down the mountain." Liang Yong asked, "Your Majesty, do you want to call me back?"
Outside the window, there are green hills and green mountains. From a distance, you can see the long stone steps at the entrance of the temple, and the figures are as tiny as ants.
"never mind."
The emperor put down the straw butterfly and when he looked away, a smile flashed in his eyes.
He became a prince for half his life and an emperor for half his life. He was given gold, silver, treasures, beauties and rare things, and for the first time in his life, he found weeds on the roadside.
It's also sincere and cute.
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After returning home from Jinyun Temple, the day of going to school arrived in the blink of an eye.
There was no need for the maid to urge her. Shanshan woke up early in the morning by herself. She couldn't wait to put on the uniform sent by the school. She was wearing a green gown and a black square hat. The word "Qingsong" was embroidered on the corners of the clothes and the brim of the hat. She arrived in the dining room wearing her uniform. For the first time, she did not look at the table, but glanced at the people sitting at the table.
My cousins at home all dress exactly like me.
Shanshan laughed out loud and sat down next to Qi Yun, "Cousin, I will go to school with you today."
Qi Yun nodded: "Okay."
After breakfast, he took the initiative to hold Shanshan's hand and said to Wen Yiqing: "Don't worry, aunt, I will take good care of Shanshan."
All the children in the uncle's house went to school in the same carriage. Shanshan and Shitou got on last. As soon as she sat firmly, she heard Qi Qing complain: "How come even the servants can enter the school?"
The stone that had just stepped onto the carriage stopped. He raised his head and looked over silently with gray eyes.
"Fourth sister." Qi Yun said sternly: "After entering the school, we are all classmates. Shitou is not a servant. He is a child adopted by my aunt. Don't say that next time."
Qi Qing was dissatisfied: "He is not from our family."
Qi Hui, the eldest son of Sanfang, said to Shitou: "There is no room for sitting here, please sit outside."
Shitou pursed his lips, turned around and exited, sitting next to the coachman.
Shanshan was at a loss, "Brother Shitou?"
Qi Hui: "Hurry up, we're going to be late for school."
The driver waved his whip, the wheels rolled, and the carriage drove towards Qingsong Academy.
"Stop!" Qi Yun shouted: "Stop!"
The driver quickly tightened the reins and stopped the carriage.
Qi Yun disapproved and said: "Qi Hui, you are the elder brother, how can you act like this? Shanshan and Shitou are both on the first day of school, so don't joke with them."
"I'm not kidding, I just can't sit down."
"I think the carriage is still quite empty." Qi Yun leaned forward and pulled the stone in. Despite their small stature, the six children filled the carriage to the brim. "The students in our uncle's house all go to school in this carriage."
Qi Hui wanted to say something, but Qi Yun said: "The emperor personally approved their entry into the school. If you feel dissatisfied, you can raise it to the emperor." He opened his mouth, then closed it with an ugly expression.
Shanshan stared blankly at the confrontation between the two. Shang still didn't understand what was going on, but she also realized that it was probably because she and Brother Shitou didn't like their second cousin.
She held the stone gloomily, not even as happy as before when she went to school.
As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of Qingsong Academy, Qi Hui and Qi Qing couldn't wait to get out of the carriage, as if they were very unwilling to stay with them. Qi Yun took a step behind and touched her head.
"Shanshan, I will take you and Shitou to see your master."
Shanshan hurriedly cheered up: "Cousin, aren't we studying together?"
Qi Yun smiled and said: "I am ten years older than you and have learned more than you, so naturally we are not in the same class. You and Shitou have just started to learn. You must start from the smallest class first and master the basic knowledge before you can Read up. Don’t worry, your classmates are all about the same age as you.”
He paused and looked at the stone. Hu children have long arms and legs, and are taller than children of the same age. They have never read a few words since they were young, and they are much older than the students in the same class. They look like a stupid goose that has wandered into a flock of chickens. Added: "There are people like you too."
Stone:"……"
When they arrived in front of their master, who was an old scholar with half-white hair and beard, Shanshan said again: "Isn't our teacher Mr. He?"
Qi Yun said: "Mr. He is my teacher, I won't teach you. Shanshan, this is Master Liu."
Shan Shan said hello obediently.
Master Liu was fifty years old. When he saw them, he first took out two test questions. The test questions were not difficult. The questions were simple and easy to understand. They were just used to find out the depth of their knowledge. Shanshan and Shitou were well prepared and answered most of the questions.
When Master Liu was reviewing his papers, Shanshan secretly looked at his face, but unfortunately it was mostly obscured by his long beard, so he couldn't see anything.
It wasn't until Master Liu nodded that she breathed a long sigh of relief.
From today on, like her cousins, she will go to school every day!
