Self-cultivation of Male Supporting Role

Du Shiyou originally showed great ambition and strived to be higher in the academy. As a result, in the past two years, the situation at home has been getting better and better. After he and Du's father were taken away, they gradually revealed the nature of salted fish. So care, as long as it is on the list.

Because of his extreme self-confidence, he seemed very relaxed, and he had the time to look at Chen Shimei, who was rumored to be more unlucky than him.

"I don't know if this Chen Shimei was lucky or unfortunate. I heard that due to the tight exam time, the poisonous steamed buns were put aside after only one bite. The drug did not show any effect in the exam room.

He collapsed as soon as he left the examination room. It has been four days since he was carried home, and the doctor came to the door every day, but he did not get better. "Du Shi said with a look of emotion.

He probably thought of his own unfortunate experience, and felt more empathy for Chen Shimei's experience.

"Anyway, he came out of a village and was studying in an academy. I heard that something like this happened to him, eldest brother should go and see, lest people be called cold."

Shiyan asked Du Shiyou to prepare 10 taels of silver and a packet of snacks for Du Shiyou to take away: "If something like this happened to Chen Shimei, there should be a lot of people coming from Chenjia Village. Big brother, you can do it as soon as you like it, go and come back quickly. Don't be entangled by the people of Chenjia Village."

After all, Chen Shimei is the hope of the entire Chen family village with the surname Chen. Shi Yan guessed that the old man in the clan would be alarmed by this experience.

Before leaving, Du Shiyou still had some headaches: "Every time you meet those people, they have to ask questions, compare me and Chen Shimei, until at the end, when they hear me asking that Chen Shimei is better than me, they can Satisfied and let people go, but I have to put on a good face to deal with it, which is very annoying."

Zhi Yan Xin said that this is human nature, and during the Chinese New Year, relatives and friends will pull you one by one to ask about your grades, and then show off the nature of other people's children, which is unreasonable.

If you don't want to be shown off by other people's children, it is best to strive to become someone else's child, so as to avoid a lot of troubles.

Obviously, because the Du family has few relatives, Du Shiyou has not experienced this kind of unique treatment. He only suffered verbal attacks from the Chen family clansman, and he was devastated. He was too weak.

As a result, Du Shi went away feeling melancholy and came back angrily. It only took more than half an hour before and after. After calculating the distance, he spent less than two sticks of incense at the Chen's house. Yan had only read less than half of the book when the landed scholar and everyone eloped.

Du Shi angrily took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve, put it on the table, and said angrily to Shi Yan, "The dim sum was snatched by the Chen family and opened on the spot, and I ate the tea, I'll take the silver directly. came back."

Du Shi is not a stingy person, even if a classmate with a decent relationship is sick, he will not be reluctant to give up ten taels of silver, not to mention that Chen Shimei has never done anything sorry for the Du family from beginning to end. The two grew up in a village. The friendship of reading together will not make Du Shiyou do it.

Shi Yan put down the book in his hand, raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me."

"Hmph, as soon as I entered the door, the Chen family's parents said something strange about Chen Shimei's accidental accident. Even if I was on the list this time, I wouldn't be able to win. That tone was like who never had bad luck in the exam? But this is me. Can endure.

But they are getting more and more excessive, and they also say that it has been 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi. This year, their family Chen Shimei is unlucky, and next year, maybe I will be unlucky, so let me not be too proud.

In the eyes of their family, it is just to show off. I don't even have a word of thanks, and I will be cursed for nothing. Why am I so cheap? "

"So what?" Shi Yan asked.

"So I just took back the money I gave to Father Chen, and the dim sum has already been disassembled and eaten. It was dirty, so I didn't take it."

Okay, Du Shiyou has been acting more and more casually in the past two years. If it was put in the past, as long as he didn't completely tear his face, he would never have done such a thing.

But there is one thing I am curious about: "Didn't you go to see a doctor? Did you meet Chen Shimei?"

Speaking of this, Du Shiyou became sad: "No, it was said to be recuperating in the house. I was just resting when I went, and the Chen family didn't let me in to take a look."

Shi Yan: "…"

Okay, this is the Chen family.

So Shi Yan comforted Du Shiyou: "Okay, don't be angry anymore, go back and get back with a solution, and the Chen family will be mad."

Those who pass the township examination are called Juren, and the first name among them is Jieyuan.

Du Shi had thought about it, but he couldn't do it. The last time he was lucky enough to be the head of the case, he was secretly excited for several days in private. But he couldn't directly say in front of his sister that he couldn't do it, that would make him lose his dignity as a big brother, so he could only feel aggrieved.

However, it turns out that some things will not happen if he doesn't want to, such as getting a solution in the rural exam.

Not only Du Shi could not have imagined it, but Father Du and Mother Du also never imagined that there would be such a day.

But when the moment really happened, the family was not only excited but also excited.

The family prepared for this for two days, carefully packed two tables, one for the Du family, and one for the Zhang family, and celebrated once. Father Du was slightly drunk, and he had a chat with Du Shi. .

Mother Du took this opportunity to announce to everyone: "Yesterday, I discussed with your father, and I know that in three years' time, I will participate in the examination. Instead of leaving for the capital at that time, it is better for us to set off in the near future and settle in the capital directly. These two The income from Nianniang and your father's two shops is enough for our family to spend in the capital."

Du Shi was startled, the person who was still slightly drunk just woke up in an instant, pulled Shi Yan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Amei, have you discussed it with your mother? It takes a month to make the trip!"

Shi Yan blinked, stared at Mother Du, suppressed the thoughtfulness in her heart, and shook her head: "I haven't said it yet, this is my mother's own idea."

No matter who it was, the Du family decided to move to the capital two months later.

After taking care of the affairs of Fucheng and Chenjiacun, bring the Zhang family along, and the family slowly takes the boat first, then changes the car, and gradually sets off to the capital.

However, coincidentally, Shi Yan met Chen Shimei who was alone on the boat and went to the capital.

Knowing Yan didn't find it strange at all, as expected of the male protagonist, he was never absent at critical moments.

At that time, Shi Yan was watching the sunset with Manniang on the deck. The magnificent waves made everything seem peaceful and distant. Suddenly, Chen Shimei's voice sounded beside him: "Miss Du, long time no see."

Shi Yan turned her head and saw Chen Shimei, who had a long body and Yuli, a modest gentleman, and a slightly thin stature. It must have been that she had not fully recovered from the last poisoning incident.

According to Aunt Zhang, Chen Shimei was ranked 20th in the last township test. The Chen family not only put a cannonball in the alley for a day, but also went back to the village to hold a three-day banquet to celebrate the emergence of the first Juren master in Chenjia Village in 50 years.

Compared with the Chen family, the Du family's simple way of celebrating at home seems to be very sorry for Du Shiyou's efforts.

In the final analysis, it was because of Father Chen that Father Du almost lost his life, and after spending a lot of money to see a doctor, Father Du was completely dismissed.

Therefore, in the past two years, I have rarely returned to Chenjia Village, and I also mean to take the initiative to cut off contact with there.

Only a few families have a particularly good relationship with Father Du, and Father Du often intervenes in private to help one or two. This has almost become the default thing in the Du family.

Shiyan tilted her head and glanced at Chen Shimei, then turned her head to continue to look at the sunset in the distance, next to Manniang curiously glanced at Chen Shimei, then at Shiyan, and in a blink of an eye, she stood from Shiyan's left hand side to her right hand side, crowding in. Between the two, as if nothing happened, they continued to pretend to watch the sunset.

Shi Yan chuckled and rubbed Manniang's head, in exchange for Manniang's bright smile.

Then he turned to Chen Shimei: "Where is Young Master Chen going?"

Chen Shimei was surprisingly frank, watching the sunset in the distance side by side with Shi Yan, and said softly: "If I guessed correctly, it should be the same road with you to the capital.

After the township trial, an old man in Fucheng sponsored me some money for studying. With the money, I wanted to go to the capital in advance to see it, and it could be used as a study tour.

It just so happened that someone from the master's family was going to Beijing to run an errand, so he could go with me. "

This kind of thing is very common among the scholars, especially those with poor family conditions, such as scholars or jurists. Some people invest in advance and cast a wide net. As long as one of them can get a return, the investment is not a loss.

Having said that, some people obviously don't think that way. Ever since Chen Shimei stood beside Shi Yan for a short while, a strong gaze has been pinned on Shi Yan, as if to burn a hole out of her.

Shi Yan glanced at Chen Shimei with a half-smile, but this person wanted to use her as a shield, or was he so black-hearted.

When Shi Yan looked over, Chen Shimei showed her a very gentle smile. From a distance, it was a picture of affection, even though there was still a girl between them.

Sure enough, the man in the dark finally couldn't hold back and rushed out, his footsteps were extremely heavy, and he stood beside Chen Shimei and looked very close to him. First, he gave Shiyan a very unfriendly look, and after seeing Shiyan's face clearly, The expression on his face instantly relaxed a lot.

Shi Yan's appearance is largely inherited from his biological mother, and he is dignified and dignified, but this face is on Shi Yan's body. Together, the two are at odds with each other.

But definitely not ugly.

But who made her black?

In this era of white as beauty, black destroys everything, and black is the original sin.

She had been raised for two years and finally came back in vain. Recently, because she was going to the capital, the medicine that Mother Du had given her before appeared quietly in her bowl.

Every time she eats, Shi Yan can smell the medicine, and she has to pretend she doesn't know anything. For this family, Shi Yan feels that she has sacrificed too much.

I saw that little girl, dressed in red, with a lovely appearance, leaning on Chen Shimei's side, and said in a sweet and greasy voice: "Brother Shimei, who is this black-faced sister? Are you familiar? No? Would you like to introduce it to others?"

Turning to Shi Yan again, he said, "Oh my sister, I'm really sorry, it's not that people think you are black, but it's just... Oh, anyway, they don't mean that, sister, you will understand me, right?"

Then he turned his head and pinched Chen Shimei's sleeve, with a coquettish tone: "Brother Shimei, please help me talk to my sister, don't let her get mad at me, okay? Since it's someone you know, in the future You can be friends with me! I like this sister so much, she looks good when she sees her, she is not a stingy person!"

Manniang was so angry that she felt that this girl was a master of tea art, with a lot of green tea skills, but she had grown up in the simple environment of the Du family for two years, and she had no skills at all. At this level, I can only blushed in anger and said "you, you" for a long time, but there is no effective output.

Knowing Yan, she noticed that Chen Shimei took a step back calmly, and she had a good chance of slipping away, leaving the mess to her.

So she squeezed her phalanx, and gave the girl in red a wicked smile: "No, sister, I'm the most stingy, I really hate people calling me black, ugly, etc. in front of me, as if in mock me.

In such a situation, the elder sister will usually fight back directly, take revenge and talk about other things. "

Speaking of Shi Yan, she slapped the chair next to Manniang that she had brought out of the room. The chair made a suspicious screeching sound, and a few cracks appeared on the chair.

A few people were startled.

Chen Shimei was stunned, she couldn't get rid of the blame, and was firmly pulled by the girl in red to seek a sense of security and protection. Now she couldn't get rid of the girl in red.

The girl in red was taken aback by Zhiyan's fighting power, hid behind Chen Shimei, and threatened, "Do you know who my uncle is? Be careful I'll let my uncle chop off your head!"

Oh, not a long memory.

Shi Yan simply slapped it down again, and the sturdy mahogany chair lay on the deck in an instant, and the broken pieces could only be moved into the kitchen for firewood.

The girl in red was instantly as quiet as a chicken.

Knowing Yan's hands behind his back, he glanced dangerously at Chen Shimei who was forced to block in front, and warned, "There is no next time."

Chen Shimei's face is very ugly, I don't know if it's scary or what.

When passing by the girl in red with the already stupid Man Niang, Shi Yan slowly added: "Do you know where the last woman who called him Shimei is now?"

The girl in red obviously looked like she was desperately refusing to get in touch with Shi Yan, but in the end she didn't care about Chen Shimei in her heart, and said, "Where is it?"

Shi Yan showed a very bad smile: "Oh, you've become your brother Shimei's younger brother and sister!"

The girl in red accurately understood the meaning of Shiyan's words, and did not misunderstand anything, and looked at the back of Shiyan's departure with an ugly face.

But Manniang finally recovered from the shock of "Sister Ayan turned out to be a martial arts master", and excitedly took Zhiyan's hand and asked, "Sister Ayan, how did you do it? Is it difficult to learn? Manniang also If you want to learn, it's really amazing!"

Of course, it is not easy to learn, so Shi Yan said euphemistically: "It's all pretentious, the tricks of bluffing by all corners of the world, and there are no martial arts masters at all."

Shi Yan slapped her twice, but Chen Shimei was honest, but instead provoked the green tea girl from that day. After the other party recovered, she liked Shi Yan's first-hand kung fu very much, and she was obsessed with Shi Yan every day to learn art from a teacher. .

In just half an hour, I knew that the girl in red was surnamed Lu and the name was Hongshao. This time I went to the capital to receive a letter from my grandmother in the capital. I went to my uncle's house to stay for a while, and by the way, I asked my grandmother to find a suitable marriage for her in the capital.

Lu Hongshao's uncle is not well-known in the capital, but outside the capital, the name is still very useful, because in addition to being Lu Hongshao's uncle, he is also the uncle of the Eighth Princess, barely counted as a relative of the emperor.

With a few simple words, I realized that Lu Hongshao had a domineering and domineering temperament on the face. In fact, he was pure and deceitful on the inside.

Shi Yan turned over the book and kept silent, Lu Hongshao was chatting around her, Manniang couldn't help but pouted, thinking that you will die, my sister Yan is not that Chen Shimei, I can help you The family's five buckets of rice bowed down, thus getting into trouble with you.

Lu Hongshao didn't pay attention to her when she saw Yan, but she became more enthusiastic. She sat opposite Zhiyan and poured out her heart as if she was her best friend: "My mother asked my grandmother to find a marriage for me in the capital, but I looked at Chen Yan. The son is fine, but my mother disagrees, saying that we are not suitable.

Knowing Sister Yan, I heard that Young Master Chen said that you grew up in a village. Do you know Young Master Chen? What is he like? "

Knowing Yan was as immobile as a mountain, seeing that Lu Hongshao was still ignorant, not as crazy as Wang Xiaohua, she asked something she had puzzled for a long time from her heart: "What did you like about him?"

Lu Hongshao blushed, and said with a bit of shyness: "I, I saw that Mr. Chen is good-looking, and he is the most handsome of all the men I have ever met."

Shi Yan: "…"

That being the case, there is still salvation.

So I seriously told Lu Hongshao a fact: "Then don't worry, the capital is good-looking, young and talented, with a good personality, and there are many men who match your family background. If you identify Chen Shimei in your heart now, you will look better when you look back. Yes, my heart was shaken, I felt guilty, and I began to reflect on myself.

Why bother? Wouldn't it be nice to give yourself a chance to meet better men? "

As soon as Lu Hongshao was fooled by her knowledge, she suddenly figured it out: "Yes, under the foot of the emperor in the capital, there are outstanding people, and it's not ugly just to have a third flower every three years. If I hurriedly decide on a marriage, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

Lu Hongshao, who consciously figured it out, regarded Shi Yan as her confidant, and stopped pestering Chen Shimei. She took back the special care she had given to Chen Shimei, and when she met her occasionally, she treated her as a stranger, and instantly regained the pride that Miss Lu family should have.

At the same time, she made a willful decision, turned back and got off the boat, and asked the guards to follow the Du family's carriage. She wanted to go with Sister Shiyan and protect Shiyan by the way.

"Sister Zhiyan, I've looked carefully. There are eight people in your family. Except for you, none of them can fight. If you encounter danger along the way, you don't even have a helper. But it's too late, you won't lose if you walk with me."

Lu Hongshao tried her best to sell herself.

Shi Yan said that it doesn't matter, nothing else to say, just the carrier pigeons that Du's mother releases every day when no one is paying attention, and if there are strangers around the cabin who seem to form a protective circle, what danger is there to be caught by these people long ago. It was resolved in advance, and it was not her turn to take action.

When Shiyan met Chen Shimei again, the other party sincerely thanked her, and Shiyan just waved her hand indifferently: "I didn't mean to help you, don't think too much."

If she had previously known Shi Yan, Chen Shimei would definitely have said something to refute her, but since seeing Shi Yan's strength that day, he was very worried that Shi Yan would take action if she disagreed, slap him flat, and even have no chance to complain about grievances. .

So suffocated and left.

At that time, in another room next door, Father Du held a carrier pigeon in his hand, with a small letter tied to the pigeon's leg, and said to Mother Du in a low voice, "From the first time I saw you, I felt Knowing that there are secrets in you, your origin, your origin, and even your past experiences may be false.

But I hope your heart for our family is true.

Since you proposed to move to the capital, so that Shiyou can have the opportunity to communicate with the readers of the Beijing Academy, improve your horizons, and make contacts, I felt strange, but you are very kind, the family conditions allow, and Shiyou himself also wants to go out and see. , I will naturally not stop the father.

But Xiuhe, these days, no matter day or night, carrier pigeons follow all the way from home to the boat.

Can you tell me exactly what you are doing, or who are you doing it for? "

Du's father's voice fell, and the air fell silent. For a long time, Du's mother said, "I can only say that I have never been malicious to my family, and what I do will not endanger my family."

After he finished speaking, he took the carrier pigeon from Father Du's hand, raised his hand gently, and the news that had not been reported gradually disappeared in the air, and Mother Du fell silent outside the window.

Seeing that Mother Du refused to say more, Father Du let out a long sigh and lowered his hand weakly.

At the other end, in the Ganquan Palace of the capital, the **** who received the news whispered to the queen who was lying on the bed, who had been feeling uneasy for several days: "Niangniang, Aunt Xiuhe has the news, and it will be about five days later. With kung fu, the little master can enter Beijing."

There was uncontrollable joy in his voice.

The mother and daughter were forced to be separated for more than ten years because of what happened back then. They could not meet, recognize each other, and let the child get everything she deserved. Originally, the queen could persuade herself that everything was for the safety of the child and for the sake of the child. The grand scheme of planning.

But when the emperor recklessly declared in front of the ministers that the eighth princess was the apex of his palm and slapped her and the fifth princess in the face regardless, the queen felt for the first time why she should let her own Ah Yan live in the countryside. ?

She feels that she can't wait for the day when everything she planned will be realized. For her daughter, why not take a little risk? She has been operating in the palace for so many years, can't she really protect a daughter?

Although they can't recognize each other on the surface, there are many ways to make amends. She gives what the child wants. In this world, there are very few things that she can't give, the queen thinks confidently.

"I heard that the Du family's child is still a good candidate. He will be sent to the Imperial College, and he will arrange errands after the trial is over."

"Prepare a copy of the information about the young masters of the appropriate age in the capital, this palace has to find a suitable husband for A Yan, this child will be eighteen after the new year, and the time of the daughter's family is precious and should not be wasted.

Xiuhe didn't find a suitable son in the local area, so that's fine. "

"On the day the child entered the capital, Yuchen, you went out to the palace to take a look at this palace and see how well she has been through these years."

So on the day of entering the capital, Shi Yan suddenly met an eager gaze. Because the feeling was too strong, Shi Yan's expression was not very gentle when he looked at the past, and he was shocked and disappeared in front of her eyes instantly.