Extraordinary Master
"Great grandpa, great grandpa..."
There were constant screams in his ears, and he even noticed someone was pulling his beard in a daze. Old Master Yue finally opened his eyes reluctantly. After retiring, he went from being extremely busy to being idle and free. He became more and more sleepy without realizing it. He spent most of his time in half-dream and half-awake every day. He had become accustomed to this way of calling.
Seeing a child with shiny eyes standing next to the soft couch, he smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand to touch the round little head, then laughed and said, "Little, can't you let your great-grandfather sleep for a while?"
"No!" The boy who was called Xiaobudian by Mr. Yue was about four years old. At this time, his little head was shaking like a rattle, with no naughty face on his face, only seriousness, "My parents have told me that grandpa should not take a nap for more than an hour."
While he said, he stretched out a finger and shook it hard, and then he said with a stern look: "Grandpa, it's just one hour now, no more or less, it's time to get up! When I was in bed in the morning, my mother slapped me in the butt. You are an elder, and you can't stay in bed. You must be a role model for everyone in the family!"
Old Master Yue was immediately angry. The last sentence could never be said by Zhou Jiyue, but by his younger grandson who was more intelligent than a ghost! So, the old man who was so powerful in the court that he glared at and even the emperor did not dare to easily reject it, but at this moment he had to smile in front of his young great-grandson.
"You're a little bit younger, look, the great grandfather is older than you, so of course he can't calculate according to the algorithm like your parents. In this way, let the great grandfather sleep for half an hour every afternoon. Then, the great grandfather asks the kitchen to make your favorite snacks for you, okay?"
"No." Xiao Budian shook his head hard again and said seriously, "Brother Chang'an said, you can't cheat."
Old Master Yue is really helpless now. This little guy not only inherited Yue Qianqiu's intelligence, but also learned Yue Xiuyi's "righteousness". Will this little guy be more difficult to deal with than Yue Qianqiu when he grew up? Even though he was angry, Old Master Yue's tricks have always been out of the crowd, but he used to deal with his ministers, but now he is dealing with great-grandson.
"You are a little bit young. Your great-grandfather used to be too hard, so now that he is old, of course he should enjoy more. Now you feel very awesome when you wake up at Maozheng (6 o'clock) every day? Let me tell you, your great-grandfather was before, but after Maozheng (5 o'clock) and after Yinzheng (4 o'clock), he had already gotten up."
"Huh?" Xiao Budian suddenly widened his eyes, and then suddenly realized, "I know I know that it is for courtship! I heard my mother curse her father quietly, saying that he would be so procrastinating that he would not get up early every time he wanted to courtship!"
There is no one in the world who knows what kind of temper Yue Qianqiu is, so he knew that Xiao Budian really eavesdropped on the private conversation between the young couple. That brat is obviously not a regular court official who goes to court every day, but occasionally he has to bargain when he meets court, and he doesn't know who he learned from...
He smiled and shook his head and said, "It's not that I went to court. Although I got up early every day, there were carriages. Your great-grandfather was of high quality. When he arrived at the palace gate, someone called lanterns to greet him, and some people sent him to the court room to rest. Even if he had to stand for a while at the court meeting, standing like this every day was also a kind of exercise for those who had been sitting for a long time."
Xiao Budian had heard of this truth. At this moment, his little eyes were staring at the boss, and his face was puzzled: "If it weren't for court, why would the great-grandfather get up so early?"
"To survive, it is more simple to say, to eat enough, to survive."
Although I was just trying to coax the younger generation not to be so serious in the future, when I said this, Old Master Yue's eyes became deeper without realizing it, and his eyes seemed to have gone through the long years and returned to the hardest and most tiring time of that year.
At that time, he was just a small apprentice. Although he went to a private school for two years when he was young and his family was still careless, he not only recognized the calligraphy because he was good at learning quickly, but also memorized the books of the Mongolian books. However, because his father passed away, he had no longer had a pillar and had to work and make a living. Fortunately, he met the father-in-law whom he would never forget in his life.
"Achang, have you finished reading the book again? You kid is just a mistake. If you fall into the scholarly family, you will definitely be able to get a top scorer. You will almost be ruined by you for more than a dozen broken books, and I have a poor family and don't have much inventory. Anyway, I don't have much work here, and you are diligent. I agreed with Fatty Chen from the bookstore who turned around and you will go to him to read it!"
Faced with such good news, the apprentice Achang was overjoyed. He was about to thank him, but he was not careful that the old shop owner on the opposite side suddenly looked stern: "If Aye hadn't said that you were diligent and willing to work hard, know a lot, and wasting this qualification, it would be a pity that I wouldn't have helped you. But then Fatty Chen is not a good person. He often went down to collect some ragged books and then picked up the good ones to print them out."
"What about you, you have to squeeze out time to help him copy, do you know? Alas, it's because there is no serious scholar who is willing to squeeze him like this, otherwise it would be useless for me to beg him! If you don't want to, I will tell him, and there is no need to force me."
"I do, of course I do!" Achang said happily, "You can read books and practice calligraphy. Where can you do better jobs in the world than this."
"What, it's better than my errand?"
"No...you know that I don't mean that..."
That conversation that seemed to have been a long time ago seemed to have clearly happened yesterday, and it rang in the ears of Old Master Yue. He closed his eyes gently and said softly: "Grandpa wanted to get up early every day back then because he had to clean the store, sort out the goods, fill the water in the water tank, and finish all the chores. Only in this way can he have time to go to the Chen Family Bookstore around the corner to read, copy books, and practice calligraphy..."
"Great Grandpa's handwriting was ugly back then. Fortunately, he met an old scholar who wrote letters to others. He pointed out a few words. Later, he found a few good copybooks in the Chen Family Bookstore. He practiced for many years and took many detours. In the end, many scholars joked that his handwriting was not good..."
The young man didn't understand it, but he tried his best to remember all the words of Grandpa Yue in his heart. Seeing that Grandpa's eyes were blurred and seemed to be a little dazed, he quickly asked, "Grandpa, what about later?"
"Later...hehe, then, like your father, I fell in love with your mother, your grandfather betrothed my grandmother to me, and then I had four brothers, your grandfather and your grandfather..."
This is the most common child may feel that it is aversion to such a title, but the young one is not wrong at all. But after all, he is still young, so he asked at this moment: "Great Grandpa, what about my great grandma?"
"Your grandma..." Old Master Yue showed deep melancholy on his face, "She has suffered too much and has been gone for a long time."
"What does it mean to be absent?"
Tong Yan Wuji, but Old Master Yue was brought up a long-standing memory. Instead of blaming Xiaobudian, he said in a daze: "Your grandma is a person who loves to laugh. She is clearly named Aye, but when she sees her, others seem to see the sun in winter and want to get closer. The same is true for me, but she is a little girl, and I can't afford to climb, so I can only hide a little far away."
"But my hobby of reading that everyone else sneered at was her fond of me. If she hadn't spoken nice things in front of my father-in-law every day, my father-in-law wouldn't have valued me as a poor boy like this. Later, it was my father-in-law's way, so I got into a minor official, and later I made a contribution and took off my shirt... I didn't care about the family affairs in the past, and she was busy all over the place... Alas, if she hadn't cared about me, a poor boy, and wouldn't have become an official, and would have followed me around, she wouldn't have been in such a bad state..."
I still remember that before Aye left, he held his hand and told him to take good care of himself and let his four sons help each other, but he had no advice on his affairs afterwards, and he did not force him to promise not to re-restle and treat his four sons well, and not to have any other women... At that time, how did he make a promise by holding her hand tightly?
"I can have today because of you, so don't worry, I will raise them well with four sons and let them marry a good wife. As for me, no matter how many good women there are in the world, they are all others, not you. I will not marry again. When I come to the ground, we can still make a couple..."
How did she answer at that time? She didn't say anything beautiful, she didn't cry and thank his promise, and she didn't keep forcing him to swear that she couldn't break the contract... She just looked at his eyes quietly, as if she wanted to engrave all his voice, appearance and smile into her heart. Until she took her last breath, the hands they held together had not let go...
"Great Grandpa, can you still meet your grandma in the future? Can you still be together? Just like father and mother?"
"I will be together." Old Master Yue touched Xiaobu's head again and said with a smile, "Lovers will eventually get married, so as long as they are truly affectionate, life and death will be together and will never be separated."
"That's good." Although Xiao Budian didn't quite understand what death meant, he instinctively threw himself into the arms of Grandpa Yue and hugged him tightly as if he was acting coquettishly. "I will be with Grandpa in the future!"
"Silly words!" Old Master Yue was shocked, but he was also a little happy. He bounced his finger on Xiao Budian's forehead and then snorted, "You will meet someone you like in the future, just be with her!"
"No, I like my parents, and I also like my great-grandfather. My parents and I have to be with my great-grandfather!" Xiao Buddled his head in the arms of Old Master Yue, and then suddenly remembered something, quickly moved his head away, and then blinked his eyes and asked, "By the way, Grandpa, I heard from my parents that you seem to be burying with me in the future? What is burial with me... Um!"
Before Xiao Budian finished speaking, his mouth was covered by Old Master Yue. Immediately, the old man who was very majestic in front of him spitted twice, then pointed at his great-grandson and scolded him annoyedly: "At a young age, don't eavesdrop on the adults' words, and don't be allowed to learn randomly, do you know? Accompany... Cough, in short, don't say these two words in the future, I'm not dead yet!"
Seeing that Xiao Budian was confused and seemed to have no idea what he said wrongly, Old Master Yue could only curse Yue Qianqiu and say something that his son could hear. He was really smart. However, the word "burial with him" really evoked another memory that he almost forgot.
Compared with the unforgettable past between him and his wife, it is really funny to know each other with the emperor.
Everything is novel, problems are endless, and common sense in daily life is unknown at all. It can be said that the young master, who has no idea how ordinary people live, is the true portrayal of the emperor at that time.
I remember that the young emperor was staring around the market at that time. When asked about the price of eggs, he immediately started arguing with people with dissatisfaction. Of course, it was not that he thought it was too expensive, but that he felt it was incredible... because it was too cheap!
So, at that time, he was just out for a walk and watched coldly for a while. When he found something was wrong, he immediately stepped forward to become a peacemaker. He first insisted that the emperor was his distant cousin, and then bought a basket of eggs out of his pocket. When he pulled the angry but confused emperor out of the market and found a secluded corner, he revealed his true face.
Instead of bowing down or flattering, he angrily scolded the little emperor who did not know the sufferings of the people!
"Where did the young master come from? Could it be that when I was a child, I never read the story of Emperor Hui of Jin who laughed at the world? Everyone in the world was almost starving to death. The stupid Emperor Hui of Jin even asked why you didn't eat meat! You were spoiled by your family so that you even thought it cost 100 cents per egg? Ha, if that's true, I will collect all the eggs in this county and sell them to your house, and see if your family will lose all their money!"
"One hundred documents is just the price quoted by your manager. What you fool is you young men who never know the real price outside! You are still competing with others, do you know that the small vendors around you look at you like fools? If I don't come forward to drag you away at that time, they can sell you a bunch of bad goods at a price ten times higher than the market price!"
The emperor's reaction after being confused at that time, now Mr. Yue still found it funny to think about it. Because the young man who had a flushed face and thick neck before was so embarrassed that his face turned pale and white, and finally a few words burst out embarrassedly.
"This is the first time I've come out of my house..."
Although Old Master Yue did not receive news of the young emperor's departure at that time, he still made a judgment based on his struggle in the market, which was bolder and more keener than ordinary people in the officialdom. So he invited the person back to the county government, allowing people to watch the busy day of the county magistrate from trial of the case to being close to the people, to meeting big merchants, and discussing water conservancy matters.
So, when the people in the palace finally arrived late, the young emperor had already looked at him with admiration... If it weren't for the chance encounter at that time, there would be no good story about the emperor's keen eyes and the king and his ministers getting along. Of course, when the little emperor became a truly mature emperor, it would be easy to guess that he had recognized himself long ago.
As he thought about it, Old Master Yue couldn't help but smile. The next moment, a familiar voice came from outside: "Old Master Yue, the emperor summoned you to play chess in the palace."
As soon as he finished speaking, Old Master Yue's expression changed drastically. He patted Xiao Budian without thinking, lowered his voice and said, "Hurry up, go outside and say, your great-grandfather, I'm sick and have no strength to get up!"
He has clearly retired, so why do he have to go to the palace to play chess with the emperor who has nothing to do?
However, Chen Wuliang outside seemed to be thousands of miles away and said with a smile: "Who doesn't know that you are getting stronger and stronger, so where will you get sick? The emperor said, "A true gentleman will not regret it..."
Before he finished speaking, Old Master Yue finally couldn't help but interrupt and said, "Okay, okay, don't talk too much, can't I go?"
His chess power is not much better than a bad chess game. Although the emperor's chess power is a bit bad, he is better than him. Now that big and small matters are gradually handed over to the prince, he has actually made the abuse of him a hobby, which is a hobby. It is simply unreasonable! Even a rare step of chess is to be talked about for several days, so how can he be so petty!
Chapter completed!