Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Father Wang Shuli gently stroked his daughter's budding head and asked:

"Do you still remember what you recited yesterday, brother? Learn and practice it from time to time?..."

Dad stopped reciting and waited expectantly for his daughter's reaction.

Wang Jinyi's original intention was not to simply show off, but to please her parents and entertain them with colorful clothes. She didn't expect there would be an encore.

After thinking about it, okay!

The family was standing by the bridge in the back garden, listening to the delicate girl reciting the "Learning" chapter of "The Analects of Confucius" clearly.

The afternoon sun shines through the branches, casting mottled shadows, like a moving reflector, giving this warm picture a beautiful, shining halo.

The parents' attention was all focused on their daughter. They looked a little excited, but later they were completely surprised.

Wang Jinyi saw every change in her parents' expressions.

Seeing the haze that weighed on his parents' hearts disappear, Wang Jinyi was also infected and became more and more excited as he recited, from "The Master said: Learn and practice it from time to time..." to "The Master said: The father observes his aspirations..."

The chanting was so smooth that I almost forgot myself.

When I suddenly saw the stunned expression on the face of his 6-year-old brother, I remembered that I had overacted and made the little brother a passerby. I felt so guilty that I couldn't help but stop slowly.

Wang Jinyi pretended to be coquettish and rushed to her mother, leaning in her mother's arms, hugging her mother's neck and said softly:

"Mother, Jin'er is tired. Jin'er wants to drink some water."

The mother smiled sweetly and felt relieved. She hugged her daughter tightly with one hand and patted her back gently with the other hand:

"Okay, mother, prepare some water for Jin'er, we'll drink it when we get back."

The father rubbed his daughter's head lovingly, his eyes full of admiration.

Wang Jinyi stole a glance at her brother. At this moment, Wang Wendong held the corner of his left sleeve tightly with his right hand. His expression changed from surprise to seriousness. He pursed his lips tightly and asked tentatively:

"Jin'er, can you memorize all the articles we read together yesterday?"

Wang Jinyi looked at her brother's expression and couldn't say yes no matter what, so she shook her head decisively.

I felt sympathy for this brother, but of course, I also felt a little guilty. What should I do?

In this family, the father is knowledgeable, the mother is excellent, and there is also a genius sister. This little boy is growing up under so much pressure!

So I turned on the coaxing brother mode:

"Brother, what's behind it? Jin'er can't figure it out."

Wang Wendong did not respond but lowered his head. You have to know that in a private school, after the teacher read, he would lead the students to read paragraph by paragraph, and then explain it, and later, let the students recite it.

During these days, I got up early every day and recited this article before going to bed. I also spent most of my time during the ten-day holiday reciting this article. However, I was not as good as my sister, who could recite it faster after only listening to it once.

Wang Wendong's self-confidence suffered such a huge blow that he kept his head down until he and his father walked out of the second door. He forgot to say goodbye to his mother and followed his father to the study in the outer courtyard to meet his grandfather and uncle's family.

The mother stood inside the second gate holding Wang Jinyi, watching her husband and son walk away until their figures completely disappeared.

Wang Jinyi really wanted to know what had happened and what her mother was afraid of. She leaned softly against her mother's arms and asked her quietly:

"Daddy is good-looking and well-educated. Will there be any sister who likes him?"

The mother patted her daughter's butt and said with a smile:

"Don't damage Daddy's reputation."

Oh! It's not because of women.

The group turned back to the courtyard of the second house and entered the main bedroom. All the while, the mother was thinking about her daughter's enlightenment.

Judging from her performance in the past few days, my daughter has a strong ability to learn. She can deepen and speed up her learning process appropriately...

Wang Jinyi originally wanted to take advantage of the time when mother and daughter were alone to find out the reason for her parents' anxiety.

He looked at Qing'er, then at Qingyu, and then at his mother.

Hey! Why is mother so stupid? Why did my father look around and my mother asked the servant to leave? I looked at him several times, why didn't he react?

There is no response from my mother yet.

In Wang Jinyi's mind, the little man who was acting silly jumped out again, rolling his eyes to show her what being silly meant.

There is no other way, so let me just say it:

"Mom, I want to tell you something in private."

While changing her clothes, the mother turned around and looked at her daughter who was shouting that she wanted to whisper something to her. She hesitated for a moment and said:

"Go down."

Qing'er smiled and glanced at her young lady. Qingyu, with her head down, followed Qing'er out.

Wang Jinyi took the opportunity to wave to her mother. Her mother, wearing a sky-blue fine cotton robe, walked to the bedside and said:

"Jin'er, what do you want to tell mother?"

Wang Jinyi covered the corner of her mouth with one hand, leaned slightly towards her mother, and said softly:

"Is Dad going to be a high-ranking official?"

The mother smiled:

"Dad is going to take the imperial examination, which means he has learned knowledge and wants to find a place to test it out to see if he has learned all the knowledge. Do you understand, Jin'er?"

"So your grandfather passed the imperial examination and became a high-ranking official?"

"Who told Jin'er?"

Wang Jinyi couldn’t say that she made it up, and wanted to find out what her parents were thinking.

I couldn't think of what to say for a moment, and I couldn't answer with my big eyes blinking. In my mother's eyes, it was my brother Wang Wendong who said it, and my daughter remembered it.

The mother smiled knowingly and began to tidy up her desk while planning her daughter's enlightenment.

Wang Jinyi asked again:

"Will Daddy go far away?"

When the mother heard this question, she froze, stood still in front of the desk, and turned to look at her daughter. Wang Jinyi was horrified. Was her father taking the imperial examination to leave? To go to a faraway place? Why?

"Where are we going with Daddy?"

"Grandpa, grandma, and sister Yue'er are here. I don't want to go."

The mother murmured smoothly, "We're not going."

: What? Where is Daddy being sent? What's going on?

Wang Jinyi was almost certain that something big was going to happen. The worry that had just been put at ease was lifted up again. What would happen to this family when their father left?

Looking at my mother, she seemed to have lost all her energy and spirit due to a few words. She sat silently in the chair behind the desk, no longer in the mood to do anything and just stared blankly.

Wang Jinyi felt sorry for her young and gentle mother. She jumped off the couch and ran to her mother. She held her mother's robe tightly with her two little hands and asked in a soft voice:

"Mom, I don't want to be separated from Dad. We want to be together."

The mother stroked her daughter's back, as if she was also following her own heart. Slowly, she said:

"What about your brother?! What about us?!"

"Mom, we have to be together! We are a family."

The mother silently repeated:

"Yes, we are a family, we can't be separated! We can't be separated!"