Chapter 2:

Xue Gouzi has been sick for several days, his face is thin and shapeless, and his eyes are getting bigger and bigger.
Zhao'er always thinks that the little man's eyes are the best in the world, although they always disgust and resist the majority when facing her.
In fact, Xue Gouzi's eyes were beautiful all over. He was weak when he was a child, and he was fed by two people in the second room. He usually looks spoiled. The boys of the same age in the village were all dark-skinned and as strong as a calf, except that he was pale and thin and silent.
However, Zhaoer has always been overbearing and never allowed anyone to talk about a little man. Because of this, she had fought with many girls in the village. Although some people still said secretly, no one dared to point in front of the human face.
Zhao'er always thinks that the little man's eyes are weird today, and some uncomfortably avoid his eyes.
She knew that the little man must be angry again. He did n’t like her to say, ‘Dog is my man’. Every time he heard her say this, he could ignore her for a few days. In fact, recruiting children should also have a face, but she was originally the daughter-in-law of the second room of Xue's family.
"Are you hungry? See what I brought you back?"
Zhaoer turned his head and threw these worries behind his head, and took out a paper bag from his arms. Open the paper bag, there are two steaming buns inside, white fat and pleasant, just like watching.
"Hurry up and eat while it's still hot." She smiled and tucked the paper bag into the little man's hand, and placed the shoulder basket on the corner of the wall.
Xue Gouzi glanced at her.
The girl in front of her is at the time of cardamom, her skin is the common wheat color of the country girl, but her skin color is very different from others, smooth and radiant, like a layer of honey. The tall nose bridge, a pair of small and large eyes, dark pupils, a smile inside the glance, and it looked lively.
Zhaoer's stature is higher than that of ordinary girls, and she is well-developed, protruding forward and backward, and her body is full of youthful vitality.
Really alive, just like his dream.
He unknowingly grabbed the bun, and laughed more joyfully at this move, and poured him a bowl of water in the kitchen, resting on his hand. He stooped to clean up the scattered futons on Kang, thinking about what he would do to make him better at night.
Finally, the little man got better, and the medicine had to continue to be drunk. From this, it is natural to start to calculate the little money left in the hand, and then think of some way to get some money to solve the urgent need.
"You, have you eaten?" Xue Gouzi asked.
This kind of behavior rarely happened to him, so Zhaoer couldn't help looking up at the little man sitting on the kang.
In fact, the appearance of the little man is beautiful, different from the fair skin of the countryman, the eyes are slightly picky, the arc makes his face look more delicate and handsome. That is, the little man always has his head half down, his temperament is gloomy and silent, and he is too thin and unobtrusive.
Zhaoer's eyes warmed up, the smile was bigger, and his mouth crackled and said: "Eat, I ate outside, this is for you."
After she finished talking, she realized that she had leaked her words. She waited for the little man to show a disgusted expression, or condemned her daughter for not running around. I did n’t know what he said, it seemed that he had something to worry about. Eating buns.
Zhaoer couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, she couldn't help but say: "Dog, don't worry too much. After all, you heard what you said. Since you didn't speak in person, you shouldn't take it seriously. Not afraid, my sister earns money for you to study. "
In fact, Xue Gouzi's head is still a bit painful and dizzy. Zhaoer thought he had something to worry about. In fact, he was just thinking about that dream. Hearing Zhao Er's words at this time, he suddenly remembered why he had this serious illness.
Seriously, Xue Gouzi's serious illness came in a hurry.
Speaking of this, it is necessary to talk about the general situation of the Xue family.
Yuqing Village is a village located under Huyang Town, Xia County, Pingyang Prefecture. There are only more than 200 families in the village.
The Xue family is one of them.
However, the Xue family is different from other ordinary farmers, and it has some origins.
The ancestor of the Xue family, that is, Grandpa Xue's grandfather is a talented man. In the poor mountains and cols like Yuqing Village, it is a matter of time for Guangzuo Yaozu to be able to produce a talented man.
Because of this outstanding talent, the Xue family came out with the patriarch of the Xue clan, and there were several village elders in the clan, and finally they had some say in Yuqing village. At the same time, it naturally helped the younger generations. Father Xue's father worked hard and worked hard. With the help of his elders, he also slowly set up a family business.
By the time of the grandfather Xue's generation, the Xue family already had more than 30 acres of fields, and several sons also had their own livelihoods. The days of prosperity were enviable, and they were counted as worthy people in the village.
Grandpa Xue and his mother-in-law Zhao have four sons and two daughters under their knees. The eldest son Xue Qingshan marries his wife Yang and has two sons and one daughter. The eldest son Xue Juncai, now fifteen, the second son Xue Youcai, now ten years old, and the eldest daughter Xue Man'er who is already married.
The second child, Xue Qingsong, was a carpenter. He married his wife Qiu, and had a son, Xue Gouzi, who is now 14 years old. The third son, Xue Qingbai, is a man of the banker. He married his wife Zhou, and had a son and a daughter. The eldest daughter Xue Tao'er, thirteen this year, the youngest son Xue Shuanzi, now eight years old. The fourth senior, Xue Qinghuai, is a pick-and-seller. He married his wife, Sun, and also had a son named Xue Maodan, who was only four years old this year.
As for the two daughters, the eldest daughter Xue Cuiping has been married, and the youngest daughter Xue Cui'e is still 14 years old.
It is worth mentioning that nowadays there are parents who are not divided, and because the rural people are ruled by the clan, the Xue family has no separation.
The Xue family has tasted the benefits of reading, so they have a vision than ordinary villagers. Xue Qingshan was smart because he was small, and he was the eldest son. Grandpa Xue had high hopes for him. At the age of enlightenment, he spent money to send him to private schools.
Xue Qingshan also fought hard. He was a child at the age of twenty. Although he still stopped at Xiucai, he is still a scholar who can be counted in ten miles.
Don't underestimate Tong Sheng! As the saying goes, the agriculture, industry, and commerce are the highest class of people in the society at present. If ordinary people want to change the people into scholars, there is only one way to do the examination. On the way, the imperial examination said that he would go to Xitian to get the experience, but he had to go through various checkpoints to get it through hardships.
If you want to embark on this path, you must first be qualified. Childhood is the person who has this qualification. It is necessary to pass the two tests of the county and the government to be called a child. As for the next step, it is the talented scholar. Becoming a talented scholar is to enter the school and the first step on the road to the imperial examination.
This shows that Tong Sheng is not an ordinary person, so Xue Qingshan's position in the Xue family can be imagined.
But as I said before, the Xue family's family can only be regarded as a medium family in the countryside. If such a family is to be used as a scholar, almost all the family's human and financial resources will be exhausted. Because the eldest son is the eldest son, who wants to establish a portal in the future, and is very talented, the following sons naturally have to make concessions.
As for why Xue Gouzi was seriously ill, it also involved another old matter of the Xue family.
When Xue Qingshan was a child, he was also considered a young boy. He had been full of ambitions and wanted to pass the college exam in one fell swoop.
Only one step away from the door, and no one else was willing to be reconciled. Xue Qingshan could only be quiet, angry and strong, and hope to be able to hit next time.
After so many years of rushing, he was so devastated by reality that Xue Qingshan was devastated by reality. Xue Qingshan had failed many times in the exam and could not stay at home for lunch. In desperation, they only set up a private school in the village, specializing in collecting literacy for children in this village and several nearby villages.
Under such convenient conditions, several children of the Xue family naturally followed. The following small ones are still small. In their grandchildren, Xue Juncai, the eldest son of Dafang, and Xue Gouzi of Erfang had the longest time to learn.
However, compared with cousin Xue Juncai, Xue Gouzi is obviously inferior to many, but he is too weak. When he was a child, he was always sick for two days and three days, which delayed a lot of homework.
Five years ago, the academic officer who opened the school exam in Fucheng this year, Xue Qingshan will not miss it. He stopped the private school class early and went to Fucheng for the exam.
It's not easy to go out at this time. Besides, Grandpa Xue doesn't worry about the eldest son going out alone, so he has the second son Xue Qingsong to go with him. He usually takes care of things.
That's what happened on this trip. Xue Qingshan didn't know who was offended in the city. Xue Qingsong was bruised and bruised to protect his elder brother. In the end, the person was pulled back, but he died shortly after returning. Before his death, Xue Qingsong asked Xue Qingshan to promise himself that he must do everything in his power to give Xue Gouzi out.
In fact, how could Xue Qingsong have no complaints in his heart for all his life, but only because of his honest nature, but also knowing that talent is not as good as his elder brother, he would always give a silent contribution.
But when it came to his son, especially Xue Gouzi was weak from an early age, he was not the one who ate the banker's meal, and he died shortly before, so Xue Qingsong would take the opportunity to force his brother to make a promise.
Xue Qingsong would do this, but wanted to break the status quo that the Xue family's resources have been leaning towards the big house. The Xue family only had two students in the big room. Now there is an extra Xue Gouzi. The children in the third room were young at that time. The fourth child was not yet married. As long as Xue Qingshan agreed, there would be nothing left for others to say, and Xue Qingsong could be regarded as doing his best for his son, Brown.
Xue Qingshan promised to do so on the spot, crying blood, saying that Xue Gouzi must be treated as his son, and Xue Qingsong closed his eyes.
Not long after that, Qiu, who was already in poor health, became melancholic and followed suit. Xue Gouzi has since become a child without a father and mother. Fortunately, there are grandparents and uncles, and Zhao'er, a child-in-law, without worrying about food and clothing.
In the following years, Xue Qingshan really treated Xue Gouzi as if he were a parent-child. No one in the village said that the boss of the Xue family raised his nephew as his son. But as the saying goes, the human heart is the most changeable, and selfishness is human nature. With the passage of time, the big house gradually changes its attitude. Although it is still the same as before, it is only the parties who understand it.
This year, seeing that he had nothing to teach his son, Xue Qingshan moved to send Xue Juncai to the town school to learn for two years.
You can go to the school to study a lot of silver, and not to mention the one-year Shuxiu, you have to count two silver. The three festivals and six rituals of the sir, as well as the pen, ink, paper, and inkstones I usually use, all require money. The Xue family had already suffered a serious injury because of the confession of Xue Qingshan, and there was money for the two children to go together.
You can only take out one silver coin, which means Xue Juncai and Xue Gouzi can only go to one.
Xue Qingshan talked about the matter in front of the whole family. Xue Gouzi didn't say something that he couldn't tell, but chose silence.
At that time, the atmosphere of the Xue family was strange, Grandpa Xue was frowning, and the grandmother, Zhao, was strange and angry, but the big room couple was still the same as before, and it should have been nothing.
This is not to mention, and it was also a coincidence that Xue Gouzi accidentally heard the aunt Yang and four aunts Sun secretly talking, saying that he would let his in-laws come forward, and let Xue Gouzi take the initiative to get the quota for studying in the town. , Xue Gouzi was seriously ill with anger.
Thinking of these, Xue Gouzi was in a state of uneasiness for a while, and at the same time many pictures appeared in his mind, just some of his previous dreams.
The Xue Tingyan in the dream faced the same situation in the 14th year, and the other party also changed the temperament through this matter, and changed the previous temperament.
Could he be Xue Tingyan, and that Xue Tingyan should be him? But why would he dream of these things!
Xue Gouzi's head burst into pain, the bun in his hand fell on the kang, and the water bowl beside was knocked over. Zhaoer heard the movement and hurried up to hug him in his arms.
"Dog, dog, don't scare me!"
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