Mr. Zhu was in a good mood because he was respected, so he started to show off his knowledge to Shi De. Although there was no class today, he still lectured Shi De a lot. Shi De wanted to leave, but he didn't give him a chance. As he was talking, Suddenly he saw Aji coming and said: "General, please come over, young master." Shi Hui was startled at this time, because Shi Hui had just said at the banquet that he would take a test on him. Mr. Zhu was in high spirits, so he He said to Shi De: "Don't be afraid, young master. The general just wants to test your skills. Our masters and apprentices have put in a lot of effort these days. As the saying goes, famous teachers produce great disciples. You have made great progress in your studies. Just rest assured."

Shi De was still worried. He came to his father's upper room with an uneasy mood. He happened to see his father walking out of the room. He also took off the clothes he had just worn when visiting guests and put on a military attache's attire. Got Pi Bian.

"Aweng, what are you going to do?"

"Go to the racecourse outside the city and take you to learn archery."

"Learn archery?" When it comes to archery, you need to ride a horse, and horseback archery is dangerous, and it is also very labor-intensive, so he is very unwilling to do it. He doesn't like reading, but compared with archery, he would rather study.

Just as he was talking, he saw two stableboys leading two tall horses. They were both carrying hard bows and quivers. The group of people walked out of the gate. Shi Hui was a military officer and was very good at horseback riding and archery. He pulled the saddle with his hand. , stepped on the stirrup with his left foot, flipped his right foot lightly, and got on the horse. Shi De always rode a carriage when he went out on weekdays, and he hated riding a horse. Because riding a horse is not only bumpy, but also easy to fall. Not to mention riding on it, even if When he got closer to the horse and saw the horse shaking its head and moving its hooves wildly, he worried whether he would be bitten or hit by the horse's hoof.

Shi De's heart was beating fast at this time, his face was pale, his calves were trembling a little, and he was weak and weak. How could he get on the horse? Seeing this, Shi Hui scolded, and then ordered the two stable boys. Said: "Push him up."

The two stable boys put Shi De's left foot on the stirrup, then pushed Shi De hard and put Shi De on the horse's back. The horse was very tall, and the horse's back was almost as high as an adult's neck. Shi De sat on it and saw I was so far away from the ground that I felt trembling with fear. Fortunately, these two horses were good horses that had been tamed for a long time. They were very docile and would not lose their temper. They kicked and walked very smoothly, and Shi had to sit on them. I feel a little more at ease.

Shi Hui knew that his son was not used to riding, so he did not hit the horse and gallop, but slowly rode with him, followed by several followers. Shi De calmed down and asked: "Aweng, you want me Why learn horseback riding and archery?”

Shi Hui said: "If you don't learn to ride horses and archery, how will you lead the troops to fight if there is a war in the future?"

"I don't want to be a military attache."

"You don't want to go to war, he doesn't want to go to war, and everyone doesn't want to go to war, so whether it's foreign invasion or internal rebellion, just let them slaughter you? Although most of our generation are obsessed with hedonism now, but no matter what , it was we who conquered the country and conquered the country. But your generation is extremely weak, especially the children of the gentry in the capital. If things go on like this, I worry that one day, sooner or later, this rare peaceful age will be ruined in the hands of your generation. !”

After listening to his father's teachings, Shi De actually laughed: "Aweng, are you going too far? It seems that whether I learn to ride and shoot or not is related to the fate of the entire Jin Dynasty."

"Even if it's not about the fate of the country, it's also about your own cultivation. Don't you know that gentlemen in ancient times emphasized 'comprehension of the Five Classics and the Six Arts'? How many of the Five Classics have you mastered? How many of the Six Arts have you mastered?"

"Five Classics -" Shi De remembered the teacher's encouragement just now and was full of confidence. He was about to say, "You can take the Five Classics casually", but he was afraid that the questions his father asked were too biased and he could not answer them, so he changed his words and said, "Ah

Weng, regarding the Five Classics, we have agreed that you will give me a one-year deadline, so why ask now?"

Shi Hui smiled and said: "I didn't say I would take the test for you now. Since I have decided to take the test next year on the Shangsi Festival, I will definitely keep my word. Then tell me about etiquette, music, calligraphy, mathematics, archery, and imperialism. Of the six arts, you can do it.

Which arts?"

What kind of old-fashioned standards are you testing me for? Nowadays, who cares about "knowing the Five Classics and Six Arts"? Although Shi De complained in his heart, he still tried hard to cope with his father's words: "This 'ritual', I

It is particular, but only limited to

Within the scope of our noble family; as for "Le", I am also learning to play a few songs on our Paulownia Qin; not to mention "Shu" and "Shu", with Mr. Zhu's professor, you should rest assured;

So the only thing left is 'shoot' and 'roy'."

"I will teach you archery today, and when do you plan to learn driving?"

"Why should I learn to drive? We have many charioteers in our family!"

"If you have a charioteer at home, why don't you learn to drive? Driving is a skill, don't treat driving as a coolie. As a man, you must learn to drive."

The father and son were talking as they walked on the horse. Just after leaving the city gate, looking at the bustling crowd, Shi De suddenly pointed to the front not far away and exclaimed: "Ah, my destined person."

"What kind of destined person?" Shi Hui looked in the direction of her son's finger and saw a girl in a yellow gauze skirt coming into the city with a tall boy.

"Aweng, have you forgotten? It's the girl I told you about the floating egg I picked up last festival - Han Zhixin."

"Asshole!" After hearing this, Shi Hui became furious and pointed his horsewhip, "How can you, a noble son from a well-known family, talk to a girl from a poor family about a destined relationship? It's so outrageous!"

Seeing that his father was really angry, Shi De was a little timid: "Aweng, I just think what happened that day was a coincidence... I don't mean anything else."

The two sisters, Zhi Xin, came to the city to get medicine for their mother. Because Shi De was riding a tall horse and was very conspicuous, Zhi Xin spotted each other earlier than Shi De. However, the sisters just pretended not to see her and went straight in.

City.

Before Shi Hui was angry, he aimed a riding crop at his son's horse's butt. The horse was hurt and ran forward, and Shi Hui chased after him. When he arrived at the racecourse, Shi Hui was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

Shi Hui rode his horse around the field and said: "If we grow corn on this large field, we can harvest several thousand kilograms every year. But you don't want to practice riding and shooting, so it's just abandoned like this. Isn't it a pity? Why not?"

There are chariots, and there are dozens of chariots at home, but you haven’t even touched them. A child from a poor family wants to learn archery, who has the conditions?"

The entourage ran to the center of the racecourse and set up an archery target. Shi Hui took off his bow, pulled out an arrow, put it on the string, and said, "This is how to shoot an arrow..." Just as he said this, he suddenly saw someone running towards him from home.

Report: I have received a letter from the imperial court, asking you to return to Luoyang immediately.

When Shi Hui heard this, he didn't dare to neglect him. He gave his son a few instructions and immediately turned his horse around and went back to his home. Shi De wished that his father was gone, so he had no intention of learning archery. He wanted to get off his horse, but when he saw the height, he was afraid of heights. , he had no choice but to get off the horse with the help of the stable boy. Since he was not used to riding horses and was nervous all over, he felt very tired. As soon as he got off the horse, he said to the servant: "Go home and call a car. I want to go back home."

The servant said: "Young Master, we have horses here, why do we need to call for a carriage?"

"I don't want to ride a horse."

"This horse is so docile and will never hit anyone. You rode it all the way just now, wasn't it great?"

"No matter how docile it is, I can't stand the height alone!" Shi De said impatiently.

Seeing this, I was afraid that I would be scolded if I continued talking, so I had no choice but to go back and call a taxi.

Shi De was sitting on a stone bench next to the racecourse, resting, waiting for the carriage. Suddenly he saw two people in the distance, one big and one small, helping each other out from the city. The taller one was wearing yellow clothes, and the closer one, Shi De recognized that it was Zhixin. Zhixin was limping and holding her brother's shoulders hard. It turned out that Zhixin accidentally stepped on a stone and sprained her left foot. They were tired from walking. I found a big willow tree on the roadside and a bluestone under the tree, so I walked over and sat on the stone to rest. Zhixin and Shide sat on both sides of the road, but they were only a few feet apart.

"Hey, I have..." Shi De saw Zhixin coming closer, and remembered what happened last time, and wanted to tease Zhixin again. He was about to say "my destined person", but remembered his father's teachings, and was afraid that he would follow his father's instructions. When someone went to inform him, he swallowed back the second half of the sentence, but he didn't know what to say. Suddenly he remembered a poem, which people would definitely not understand, so he said: "What night does it take to see this beloved man? What night does it take to meet this beloved man? What night does it take to see this man?" Encounter?"

Enemies really meet on a narrow road. Zhixin didn't notice Shi De at first, and didn't want to meet him again here. She stared angrily: "Who is your lover, and who met you by chance?"

"You are my beloved. I met you by chance. Could it be with Shu Yan? It's a pity that he is not here, hahaha."

Before she finished speaking, Ruoxin suddenly turned her head and pointed: "Who said that my brother Yan is not here? Who do you think that is?"

Shi De and Zhixin looked back and saw Shu Yan pushing a wheelbarrow and coming out of the city. He walked very quickly and arrived in a few steps.

Zhixin was very happy. She turned to Shu Yan, deliberately raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "What night is it that I will meet this beloved man? What night is it that I will meet this person by chance?"

Shi snorted uncomfortably: "We made an appointment to go to the city together, right? Why are you pretending?"

"Who is as dirty and hypocritical as you? We went our separate ways and didn't even know that the other person had also gone into the city. We met here by chance, okay?"

Because he couldn't finish the vegetables grown at home, Shu Yan borrowed a wheelbarrow today and pushed his own vegetables to the city to sell. He just came back from selling. With his pace, he was more than 30% faster than Zhixin's sister and brother. Therefore, although Zhixin sister and brother went back after grabbing the medicine, they were still caught up by Shu Yan. Hearing Shi De's sarcastic words, Shu Yan wanted to retaliate against him, but that seemed too ungraceful, and he had not been able to do so for a while. Selling firewood was all thanks to Shi De's help, so he cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Shi, I heard that there is a happy event in your house today. What are you doing here?"

"I'm practicing riding and shooting here..." What Shi De said made even him feel unconfident.

"Only you? You can also draw a bow?" Zhixin sneered, and then laughed at him, "If you have the ability, practice it again and show us. I think you will be good if you can mount a horse!"

As soon as Zhixin finished speaking, before Shi De had time to react, he saw the Shi family's carriage speeding towards him and stopped beside Shi De.

A Miao and A Yan got out of the car, grabbed Shi De's arm, and said uneasily: "The old lady is worried about you at home: you haven't even ridden a horse, how can you learn to ride and shoot? She knows that you can't ride a horse. So we were sent to pick you up in the carriage. Later, we met the stable boy on the road and heard the stable boy say, "You just arrived at the racecourse, and before you could learn, the general had something to do and left." We were relieved. How about it, first This is your first time riding a horse, are you not surprised?"

The words of the two maids betrayed Shi De. After listening to this, Shu Yan and Zhi Xin kept snickering, "So this is the first time."

Shi De was so embarrassed that he threw away the two of them and was about to pedal away when he suddenly heard an "ouch" sound. It turned out to be Zhixin's smile just now, and Wei's foot touched the ground and suffered a pain.

"What's wrong with your foot?" Shu Yan then saw Zhixin holding her left foot with her hand and only touching the ground with her right foot.

"It's okay, I sprained a bit."

"So careless! Does it hurt?" It was just a sprained foot. Shu Yan knew it was not a big deal, but he still couldn't help but be concerned.

"It hurts a little bit, but it's just inconvenient to walk."

"Oh, you told me earlier, please stretch your feet over here." Shu Yan said, squatting in front of Zhixin's feet.

Seeing this, Shi De hurriedly said: "Shu Yan, what are you trying to do? If you don't have money to find a doctor, I can give it to you. Don't damage her feet."

"Thank you for your kindness, no need." Shu Yan picked up Zhixin's left foot and twisted it.

Zhixin said "Ouch" again. Her muscles and bones had returned to their normal positions. She said happily: "It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Take two steps without pain."

Following Shu Yan's words, Zhixin tried to stand up and walked around the willow tree. Sure enough, she was fine.

Seeing that Zhixin was fine, Shu Yan said again: "Although she is fine, she must take her time and not walk with difficulty."

"How can I get home if I can't walk? How about——"

"Why don't you take my carriage?"

"You can ride on my unicycle."

Shu Yan and Shi De exited almost at the same time.

Shi De snorted and said: "That old car of yours is not meant for people to sit in it at all. Not to mention it's dirty, it's just made of wood and doesn't even have a board. How can it be used by people?"

The stable boy who went home to call for a carriage just ran back panting. When he heard Shi De's words, he said: "Young Master, you just said that you were afraid of riding a horse and asked me to go all the way home to call for a carriage. Why do you want to do it now?" You gave the carriage to her? And she is from a poor family? Aren't you afraid of the master's reproach?"

"this……"

"Who cares about riding in your broken carriage?" Before Shi De could hesitate, Zhixin walked up to the wheelbarrow and said, "Brother Yan, hold on to the wheelbarrow, I'm going to get in."

This wheelbarrow is for pushing goods, not designed for people to sit on it. Zhixin can only ride on the wooden frame in the middle, and she has to be extra careful with her feet, otherwise there is a risk of getting caught in the wheels.

"You take this car back. If you sit like this for a long time, your legs and feet will become numb. I guarantee you won't be as comfortable as walking."

"I would rather ride on a unicycle and feel miserable than sit comfortably in your carriage."

Zhixin sat facing forward, Shu Yan pushed the unicycle and walked steadily, Ruoxin followed behind. The feeling of riding in this car was really not very good, but Zhixin thought about it and her sweetheart was pushing her behind. The picture: her arms are strong, her steps are as fast as flying, although she is sweating slightly, she is full of energy, and maybe she is staring at herself with a smile. Thinking of this, her face turns pink and she feels extremely happy.

When they got home, as Shi De said, Zhixin's legs were already extremely numb. In addition, her sprained foot had not fully recovered and she could no longer walk. Shu Yan and Ruoxin had to help her get out of the car and sit on it.

On a wooden bench in the courtyard.

If Ruoxin ran to report to her mother, Shu Yan would go back.

"Brother Yan..."

"What's up?"

"Oh..." Zhixin didn't know why she stopped Shu Yan, but when she saw that Shu Yan was about to leave, she subconsciously wanted to keep him for a while, "Well - if you say anything, you will sneeze."

"If you wish to speak, you will sneeze" is originally a saying in the Book of Songs, which means that if each other misses the other, the other will feel the reaction and sneeze.
Chapter completed!