The Ru River flows through the south of Shujiazhuang, and the banks of the river are full of green rice fields and wheat fields. The Shi family, the largest noble family in Ruyin, has a lot of land, with 1,800 acres on this river bank alone. In this field

The northeast corner of the house is a large manor. This land of thousands of acres is divided into two parts. The east side is paddy field, and the west side is a dry field with mulberry trees planted. The mulberry trees are mixed with wheat seedlings. Between the paddy field and dry field, there is the Shu family's house.

Twenty acres of land and the Han family’s ten acres of land.

The fields in Shujiazhuang in May are green and the seedlings are growing vigorously. Shu An and Han Ning are working in their fields. Shu Yan and Zhixin are playing on the edge of the fields. Both of them are wearing red linen bellybands and their hair is loose.

The two children have naturally drooped to their cheeks. The two children have been in love since they were young, just like brothers and sisters. Xiao Zhixin likes little Shu Yan very much. When she sees Shu Yan, she is always happy to hug and hug her. Children of five or six years old always like it

Just do whatever you want, never pay attention to etiquette or disrespect.

When Zhixin was two or three years old, she would cry occasionally. Her mother would feed her, give her water, pat her to sleep, and hold her back and forth, but she couldn't be coaxed. Han Ning had no choice but to bring Shu Yan over.

When Zhixin caught a glimpse of Shu Yan in her tearful eyes, she immediately stopped crying. She burst into tears and smiled, mumbling inarticulately: "Yan - brother - brother." The adults in both families thought it was funny.

Now that they are older, they don't have to be coaxed as much. While the adults worked, the two of them played on the ground by themselves - grabbing the mud on the ground with their hands, each made a small clay figurine, and moved the position of the little clay figurine from time to time.

Standing face to face, sometimes sitting side by side.

Shu An and Han Ning looked at the two young children and asked strangely: "What are you two doing?"

Zhixin said seriously: "This is the grown-up brother Yan and Zhixin. They are getting married in the church."

The two adults were amused by Zhixin's innocent childlike words: "Why do you want to get married?"

"Because after two people get married, they can play together forever."

"Oh, then you two are so young. It's still early for you to grow up. What if one of you regrets it and doesn't want to get married to the other person?"

"Why do you regret it?" Zhixin widened her eyes and said innocently and seriously, then turned to Shu Yan and asked, "Brother Yan, will you marry me?"

Shu Yan also put on a serious look: "Yes, I will definitely marry sister Zhixin."

Listening to the two fledgling children saying their vows in a babyish voice, Shu An and Han Ning only found it funny and thought to themselves: The two children might have forgotten this matter before their deciduous teeth were replaced.

A black carriage came from a distance, pulled by two horses. The carriage was surrounded by several maids and old maids, and many servants followed. The group came to the Shi family's manor, and the black carriage stopped.

, a man wearing a curly crown and a tulle coat got out of the car, and a servant held a parasol behind him. Then an old maid hugged a little boy of five or six years old. This little boy was also wearing a red bellyband.

, but it is not a hemp bellyband, but a high-quality red silk bellyband. As soon as the little boy got off the car, a mother-in-law behind quickly held up a parasol and followed him. Just as he was about to enter the garden gate, the little boy caught a glimpse of Shu Yan and Zhixin

, signaling the old maid to stop and turn this way. The man wearing the curly crown also followed.

Tian Fu, the manor head of the Shi family, hurriedly came out to welcome him, knelt down and saluted: "Why do you have time to visit the farm today, Master?"

Shi Hui didn't even look at him: "The young master is impatient at home and wants to go out for a walk."

The head of the farm got up knowingly and stood aside.

"How are the crops this year?"

"Master Hong Fu, the wheat in the wheat field is growing very well this year, the ears of wheat are particularly big, and the mulberry leaves in the mulberry garden are also very fat." Tian Fu pointed his hand into the distance again, "Also, look at that piece of rice, it is so green and black

, extremely vigorous.”

"Hey, who owns this small piece of land sandwiched between my two pieces of land?"

The head of Tianzhuang took a step closer, pointed at Shu An and Han Ning, and whispered: "They belong to Dr. Shu's family and Han Ning's family in Shujiazhuang."

"Hmm - Dr. Shu." Shi Hui was observing the surrounding terrain. Shu An and Han Ning's fields are close to the river. The water there is neither slow nor fast, and the terrain is very good.

The little boy in his arms was very happy to see the wild scenery in early summer. He broke free and came to Shu Yan and Zhixin. The three children in red bellybands looked at each other for a while.

Zhixin asked: "Who are you?"

"who are you?"

"If you don't tell us who you are, we won't tell you who we are."

The little boy of the Shi family is used to being lonely in a wealthy family. Although he is loved by everyone like a star, he is not happy. This time he has a playmate, and he cherishes it more. He doesn't care who announces his name first:

"My name is Shi De."

"Shi De? Why is it called this?"

"My father said that if you give, you will receive something, so my name is Shi De."

"My name is Han Zhixin."

"My name is Shu Yan."

When Shu An saw it was Mr. Shi, he suddenly realized. He remembered that the child in front of him was the child who was born with Shu Yan and Zhi Xin six years ago on the day when the colorful clouds appeared in the sky. They are now six years old, with the same hairstyle and the same red bellyband.

, the same size, except that one was born in a wealthy family of nobles, and the two were born in poor families of common people.

Xiao Shide saw the two clay figures on the ground and asked, "Who made these two clay figures? What are they doing?"

Zhixin said: "Brother Yan and I did it. The two of them are getting married."

Shi De asked again: "Who is marrying whom?"

"Of course it's me and Brother Yan."

Shi De thinks getting married is a fun thing. At least he will have someone to play with, and he will no longer be lonely. "I also want to get married to Zhixin."

As he said that, he grabbed the soil on the ground and made his own clay figurine, imitating Shu Yan's clay figurine.

His father saw him grabbing dirt and scolded him: "De'er, what are you doing? People from our wealthy family are as clean as jade, how can we grab dirt?"

The old maid hurried over and hugged Shi De. When Shi De saw someone blocking him, he couldn't finish his clay figurine. In a fit of anger, he grabbed the clay figurine on the ground and threw it. The clay figurine was smashed in an instant.

"You stay with my clay figurine." Zhixin burst into tears, "I want to get married to Brother Yan."

When Shi De saw Zhi Xin crying, he seemed to feel that he had done something wrong, sorry for his little friend, and was stunned. He suddenly remembered that there were many good things around him. It turned out that when the young master of the Shi family went out, the old maids and servants wanted

He took a lot of things with him: cheese, fruits, dried fruits, mosquito repellent, cattail fans, umbrellas, vanilla pillows for sleeping at any time, fur mats, and various toys. He casually took out a small green jade figure from the toy box. This

The little jade man was about the same size as the clay figurine he broke.

"Don't cry. I, Aweng, won't let me play with the clay. I can't accompany you as a clay figurine, so I'll just stay with you."

Shi Hui was a little surprised, but did not stop him. Although this little beauty was valuable, it was just a drop in the bucket to his family. As long as his son liked it, he could give it away.

Shu An and Han Ning were surprised. They thought: Although the Shi family is rich, they can never ask for such a valuable thing. They were about to stop him, but they heard Zhi Xin say: "I don't want this green stone man of yours."

, I want clay figures—two identical clay figures.”

"Isn't my little beauty better than your little clay figurine?"

"It's not good if it's not strong," Zhixin shouted, "a stone man and a clay man can no longer play together, nor can they get married!"

At this time, Han Ning saw Zhixin crying and yelling because of such a trivial matter. As a father, Han Ning felt very embarrassed and quickly came over and scolded: "Zhixin, don't be ridiculous."

Shi Hui was so upset that he deliberately ignored the little girl and took his son away, but he was afraid that his son would be unhappy. After hesitating for a while, he suddenly remembered that he had a fruit box next to him, and he said to Zhixin: "Little girl,

Do you like Brother Yan? Do you think this is good? I have a box of fruits here. They are very delicious fruits. I guarantee that you have never eaten them. Can you take them to your Brother Yan to eat? "

When Han Ning saw that the other party gave him a box of fruits, he was too embarrassed to refuse.

Zhixin pouted her little mouth with a look of disdain. But children are children after all. Maybe the fragrance of the fruits was too tempting. When she saw a box full of fruits that she could not name, she took them.

He smiled at Shu Yan and immediately expressed his forgiveness for Shi De.

The Shi family members gradually disappeared, with only Shi De looking back reluctantly.

Shu An and Han Ning thought at first: children will be children after all. What kind of sworn vows have they made? A box of fruits made them forget about getting married. When they saw this box full of rare fruits, they were also shocked.

Not to mention that the two children couldn't name the fruit, even the adults present couldn't name it. Under the conditions at that time, except for the rich and famous, how could ordinary people have the opportunity to see these things - from the south?

Fruits, dried fruits from the north, nuts from the western regions.

They took this box of fruits home and distributed them to the villagers on the way. When they got home, there was very little left. Dr. Shu had eaten these fruits when he was in the capital. Except for Dr. Shu, everyone in Shujiazhuang was the first to eat them.

I ate these strange fruits for the first time: those with seeds were eaten raw, and those with skin were bitten with the skin. Thanks to Dr. Shu’s on-site guidance, I didn’t waste all this once-in-a-lifetime food.

When Shi De returned home, he pouted and looked gloomy. His servants did not dare to mess with him. There was a garden behind his house, but he had long been tired of playing in it. After all, no matter how big the garden was, it was not as vast as the wild.

Entering the deep courtyard, he met his mother. His mother's natal family was not ordinary. They were a branch of the Langya Wang family, a famous family in the Jin Dynasty. They were much more famous than the Shi family. Mrs. Wang looked unhappy when she saw him.

, asked: "You should be happy when you go out to play today. Why are you unhappy when you come back? Who provoked you?"

No one provoked him, he provoked others, but he was still unhappy. He begged his mother: "I still want to play in the manor tomorrow."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "It turns out that my son didn't have enough fun in the wild. Is this why he is unhappy?"

"Um."

"Isn't that easy? Can't we just go tomorrow?"

Shi Hui said angrily: "What nonsense! You must not go!"

Shi De burst into tears.

Mrs. Wang said angrily: "Don't scare the child, won't you talk about it slowly? Besides, what's wrong with the child wanting to play in the manor? It will only destroy a few crops, but what's it worth!"

"It's okay to destroy a few crops, but the problem is that he didn't destroy the crops. Instead - he went to play with the children from a poor family and dug in the mud with his hands. The most hateful thing is that he actually wanted to be a clay man and that little girl from a poor family.

Get married! Do you think this is what a nobleman should do?"

"That's unreasonable!" Mrs. Wang was very angry when she heard that her son was going to make a clay figure to marry a girl from a poor family. She transferred part of her anger towards her husband to her son, but she couldn't help but feel sorry for her son, so she softened her voice and said, "My son,

You, Aweng, are right. Don’t you know that there is a difference between the common people and the common people? We, the noble family, never associate with the poor people of the common people unless we have no choice. And you, actually digging the mud with your hands, want to get married to people from the poor family,

This will make people laugh. It doesn't matter that you are young and ignorant now. When you grow up, you must not do such stupid things. Do you hear me?"

Shi De was so young that he didn't understand what was wrong with being from a poor family. It was just that he couldn't get married, but he couldn't even make friends. He didn't know why, but his parents' stern and serious words made him feel that this matter seemed very serious.

. He didn't know what to do. In fact, he didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to have fun with Shu Yan and Zhi Xin.

The Shi family hired a gentleman for Shi De. This gentleman's surname is Zhu. Mr. Zhu's erudition is also well-known in Ruyin County. Now Mr. Zhu is teaching him to read "The Analects of Confucius". Shi De's understanding is also very good, although not as good as Shi Yan's.

Diligent, with proficient insights, but also able to recite fluently. After studying "The Analects of Confucius", I am now starting to study "The Book of Songs".

Although Shi De has a good understanding, he cannot endure hardship. He cannot get up in the morning in winter and has to take a nap at noon in summer. He is afraid of freezing when it is cold and afraid of heat when it is hot. He only studies for one or two hours every day. Although Mr. Zhu is anxious, he still
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