Xie's carriage was still waiting at the bottom of the mountain. Shen Li did not stay at Xilin Temple for long. He made an appointment to come over on the tenth day, and after giving Shen Rui a few instructions, he went down the mountain first.
When Shen Li was sent away, Wang Shouren's spirit suddenly slumped, his face became increasingly red, and his nose kept running. The beauty of the peerless beauty was immediately shattered to pieces. Wu Xuan stared at him and drank two bowls of ginger soup. Only then was Wu Xuan helped him back to the bedroom.
There were only three people left in the small courtyard. Wang Shouren looked like he was seriously ill, but the little boy "Wuxuan" had no intention of asking for medical treatment. Shen Rui was a little worried, so he followed behind Wu Xuan, thinking I wonder if it’s time to bring it up to the doctor.
Wu Xuan is not tall, only one fist taller than Shen Rui. He is twelve or three years old. He has delicate features, a smiling baby face, and a dimple on the right side of his face. He looks quite amiable. He sees Shen Rui following him like a tail. , he only looked at it with a smile and did not open his mouth to chase people away.
The bedroom is in the east room. To the north is a canopy bed with a blue-grey curtain. Next to the east wall is a cabinet with drawers. Under the south window is a low couch.
Wu Xuan was not tall, but he was very strong. Shen Rui wanted to step forward to help, but did not intervene. He helped Wang Shouren to the bed, laid him down, poured soup into the quilt, and then lowered the curtain.
Seeing that there was no further follow-up, Shen Rui couldn't help but whispered: "Sir, you are sick. Don't you need to ask a doctor to come and see you?"
Wu Xuan did not speak immediately, but made a gesture of silence. When he led Shen Rui outside, Fang said with a bit of pride: "Qihuang Trail, a mountain doctor, is not as good as the elder brother. Don't worry, elder brother. My health is fine, but I have exhausted my energy by staring at the bamboos these past few days, so I need to take a good rest."
As he said that, he glanced at Shen Rui, patted his forehead and said, "Eldest brother has already told me, but I don't know your size, so you wait first..."
Before he finished speaking, he returned to the east room. When he came back, he was already holding a bamboo basket in his hand. Inside the basket were folded new monk robes, as well as needles, threads, brains and other items.
"Brother, follow me." Wu Xuan held up his hands and raised his chin at Shen Rui, asking him to follow.
The two returned to the study room again. Wu Xuan put the bamboo basket on the couch, lit up the fire in the charcoal basin, added a few pieces of charcoal, and made the room warmer. Fang wiped his hands clean and pulled Shen Rui over. In front of me: "Come, let me see your stature."
Before Shen Rui understood what was going on, Wu Xuan had already opened the monk's robe and made gestures on Shen Rui's body. The monk's robe was already a smaller size, but for Shen Rui, it was still big enough to fit him in.
Wu Xuan looked at Shen Rui, folded the sleeves of the monk's robe, and marked the hem, then put down the monk's robe and asked Shen Rui to sit aside.
Next, Shen Rui almost widened his eyes.
Wuxuan flying needle routing, please don't be so skillful.
Could it be that Wu Xuan is not a book boy, but a maid, and she is pretending to be a man? But the way he supported Wang Shouren just now was very strong, could it be that he was a giant lolita?
Shen Rui couldn't help but look at Wu Xuan's neck, but Wu Xuan lowered his head to do needlework and couldn't see anything. Shen Rui looked at his ears again. The white and tender earlobes were smooth and clean, but there was no suspicious hole.
Wu Xuan had just finished sewing one sleeve, and when he looked up and saw Shen Rui's eyes straightened, he couldn't help but smile: "Fang stared at the eldest brother without blinking, and this time he looked at me. What's so good about him?"
Shen Rui's eyes paused on the small bump on Wu Xuan's neck, and he asked curiously: "How can brother Wu Xuan know how to do needlework?
Wu Xuan said with a bit of pride: "What's the point of needlework? Food, clothing, housing and transportation, you are proficient in everything. I went to serve in the study when I was ten years old, and went out with my elder brother when I was thirteen. In the past three years, I have done a lot of things by myself, but never
There are some imperfections. There are several book boys and servants around my elder brother. Why did he only take me with him when he went out? He is not as capable as I am!"
What is "Bo Neng"? Is it twinned with "Bo Xue"?
Although he was smug, his eyes were shining, and he was showing off, he was not annoying. Shen Rui could not admire him in his heart, but was a little surprised by his age, his figure of more than four feet tall, and his childish baby face.
, he is already sixteen years old, he is really beyond appearances.
Compared with the servants of the Shen family who were well-behaved or unruly, Wu Xuan was a little more lively. I just don’t know how Wang Shouren could endure Wu Xuan’s chatter when he looked so "fairy".
That's right, at this moment, Wu Xuan has already begun to say: "Brother, don't imitate those nerds who can't do anything. Big brother doesn't look down on those people. While you stay with big brother, you must also learn to do things."
Miles. Here you receive meals from Xiangji Kitchen, so you don’t need to do it yourself. However, you use your own bowls and chopsticks and need to clean them yourself. You also need to cook hot water and tea by yourself. You also need to put on your own clothes and socks.
Start washing. Usually I am the only one who cleans the house and the yard. Now that I’m here, I have to learn from you."
Hearing this, Shen Rui had no reaction. Wu Xuan was already a little embarrassed and said: "Assign work to the younger brother, either because I want to be lazy. Or if I don't know the younger brother today, the elder brother will have to give instructions in two days."
This is not only true for the younger brother, but also for the third brother who came out with the eldest brother last year."
An authentic Ming Dynasty person might find Wang Shouren's arrangement humiliating. Shen Rui, on the other hand, would have no objections and might even be a little curious: "Sir, can he... know everything?"
Wu Xuan looked proud and said, "That's natural. When I was thirteen, my eldest brother went to the academy to study on his own. He taught me such detailed work as washing clothes and sewing."
After hearing this, Shen Rui blinked and remembered that Wang Shouren lost his mother when he was young. He wondered if his self-reliance and self-reliance were related to those experiences. It was just that this was Wang Shouren's private matter, and given Shen Rui's current status, it was difficult to ask.
Wu Xuan said in his mouth without delaying his men. As they chatted, a monk's robe had been altered. He asked Shen Rui to put it on, nodded with satisfaction and said: "It just fits. It's just that the monk's robe can be altered, but the shoes cannot be altered."
.You put it on first, and I will bring you new ones when I enter the city."
Shen Rui was speechless and thanked him solemnly.
Wu Xuan smiled and scratched the back of his head and said: "I'm worried, sir, the water in the water tank hasn't been picked up these past two days. Will you stay in the study and read, or will you go to the back mountain with me to fetch water?"
Shen Rui was reborn in the Ming Dynasty for more than forty days. He had been trapped in the world of the Shen family. He was finally released. He was eager to look around and said: "I will go with Brother Wuxuan to carry water!"
Wu Xuan was bored working alone and was not happy to have someone to accompany him, so he smiled and took the pole and bucket, and took Shen Rui to the back mountain.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, there is no scenery in the back mountains, except for the gurgling mountain streams and birds sometimes drinking in the water, which adds a bit of wild interest.
Although Wu Xuan also gave Shen Rui a small carrying pole and a small wooden barrel, he didn't expect him to be able to carry it. He had his own way of doing things if he didn't want Shen Rui to do it. He was not greedy for too much, and could only accept each barrel.
He even compared the water in the two barrels himself so that the water contents in the two barrels were almost the same.
Wu Xuan looked at it and couldn't help but laugh, and said: "Although I don't look like someone who has done any work, I am a sensible person."
Shen Rui smiled shyly and didn't say much.
Each barrel contains only about ten liters, which is indeed not much, but I don’t know how his small body can withstand it. He had better act according to his ability. It is more than half a mile from the mountain stream in the back mountain to the top of the mountain, and he can
I don’t want to be embarrassed by taking just a few steps.
Although Wu Xuan is a talkative, he is also a very careful person. In order to take care of Shen Rui, he slowed down his pace.
Although Shen Rui practiced Xingyiquan every day in the past few days, his small body was brought up by a spoiled child and his physical condition is not very good. In addition, he is old and small in stature, and he only needs about 20 liters of water and a wooden bucket.
The weight is not too light for him.
After walking more than ten feet, Shen Rui began to pant.
Seeing this, Wu Xuan couldn't help but said: "Why don't you take a rest first?"
Shen Rui shook his head, closed his mouth, and adjusted his breathing rate, which made him feel better.
Although the distance from the mountain stream to the top of the mountain was more than 100 feet, Shen Rui still took a breath in the middle, but this performance was beyond Wu Xuan's expectation. He was not stingy with words of praise: "My brother is really a perseverant person. I was
The first time I carried water, I was a little bigger than my younger brother, so I had to be urged by my older brother to get half of the way."
Although he praised it, he refused to let Shen Rui pick it up a second time: "Brother said, we should take it step by step... You are still young. After carrying the water this time, your strength has been exhausted. If you carry it again, you will be exhausted.
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Shen Rui did feel tired, his shoulders were burning, and his legs felt like lead, but he felt comfortable in his heart. Seeing that Wu Xuan didn't take him there, he didn't bother, and honestly sat next to the water tank and waited for Wu Xuan
return.
In his previous life, he was considered a weak scholar. Since he was lucky enough to be by Wang Shouren's side in this life, it would be great if he could learn martial arts and the art of war from him.
"Drunk on the knees of a beautiful woman, awake with a murderous sword in hand" Every man has a heroic dream in his heart, even Shen Rui, who is mature on the inside and childish on the outside, is no exception.
Wang Shouren was knighted for his military merits. If he stayed with him, would he worry about not having to go to the battlefield?
Thinking of this, Shen Rui couldn't help but feel excited, thinking about how to strengthen his body tomorrow.
In the east room, Wang Shouren woke up from a nap and felt a little tight in his chest. He walked out of the room and saw Shen Rui sitting honestly on the big stone next to the water tank. He tightened his clothes and said, "Why are you sitting here?
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Only then did Shen Rui see Wang Shouren, stood up hurriedly, and replied: "Brother Wu Xuan has gone to carry water, and the disciples are waiting for him."
Wang Shouren glanced at him, his eyes slid over the water stains in front of his clothes, and said casually: "Follow me to the study and write a few words."
After hearing this, Shen Rui's chest straightened up and he gained some confidence. He didn't dare to say anything else, but he had practiced big calligraphy for more than ten years in his previous life, and even Grandpa Zeng praised his calligraphy.
Wang Shouren polished the ink himself, picked a small brush from the pen holder, and handed it to Shen Rui.
Shen Rui took a deep breath, looked at the person in front of him who could not hide his glory, and wrote four words "Jingxing Phoenix".
Jingxing, Daxing, Ruixing and Dexing are the ancient names that appear in the country of virtue; phoenix and auspicious bird are the symbols of peace in the world.
"Stars and phoenixes" are legendary auspicious things that can only be seen in peaceful and prosperous times, and they also represent beautiful things and outstanding talents.
Wang Shouren touched his chin, feeling very good, and said: "After all, he is my disciple. This word is written loosely, but his knowledge is quite good..."