Concubine Survival Guide

From the bottom of her heart, Sheng Yan doesn't want to go to Qiong Academy anymore.

But if he really doesn't want to go, what about his desire to become a perfume maker? Will the second aunt regret not letting him adopt?Will he never be able to eat braised pork, wear new clothes, let alone a Yunjin gown like the second brother?

He looked at his nose and the corners of his eyes in the mirror, covered his eyes, and couldn't cry, as his mother had said, such pretty eyes would turn ugly when they cried.

After being ugly, the Eldest Master and Elder Madam will dislike themselves even more.

In order to figure out this problem, Sheng Yan lay down in front of the table all night without sleep, and when he woke up the next day, he looked at the mirror and pulled the corners of his mouth.Although the smile was still a little awkward, but his complexion was not ugly anymore, his nose was crooked and a little blue, but the wound at the corner of his eye was already scarred, and it shouldn't be obvious if he covered it with his hair.

Well, I still cheer up and go to homeschool!Sheng Yan was cheering herself up all the way, thinking that it is impossible for the fourth and fifth brothers to play with the slingshot every day, maybe if they change to a new one today, then they will be safe.

The two young masters did not bring slingshots today, because as soon as Sheng Yan left yesterday, the second young master Long Bisheng heard about it from Xiping, angrily taught the two younger brothers a lesson, and asked them to No more slingshots are allowed in the Qiong Academy.Otherwise, he will confiscate it once he sees it.

The second young master put on a straight face, more imposing than Master Zeng, and besides the absence of the first young master, he has the most important position in the school, so the fourth young master and the fifth young master naturally dare not make mistakes, and promised well that they would never play slingshot again , and promised to make an apology to the tenth brother if he saw him again.

So when Sheng Yan walked into the Qiong Xue Hall with all kinds of care, the Fourth Young Master and the Fifth Young Master stood up from their seats, walked over and put a food box on his small table, and said, "Brother Ten, yesterday was ours. No, don't be angry... this is the hibiscus osmanthus cake, it was brought by my uncle who came to see us the day before yesterday, can I give it to you?"

Isn't their uncle a certain big man who is a high-ranking official in the capital, and what he brought must not be ordinary cheap goods.

A little flattered and terrified appeared on Sheng Yan's face, he blinked and looked at them strangely.Later, when he caught a glimpse of the eyes of the second brother staring at them, he understood for a moment, took the food box calmly, and smiled at them.

After the incident at Yupei Pond, this was the first time he had been studying at home for half a day. Although he didn't quite understand the "Journey to Chang'an" taught by the master, he had a general understanding of it. No small yearning and fantasies.He walked out of the Qiong Academy slowly, still imagining the style of hunting horses in his heart, when can he learn to ride a horse?

Unexpectedly, a finger tapped his forehead, and the handsome face of the second elder brother was revealed, and he teased him with a smile: "What are you thinking about so fascinated, could it be that you fell in love with a little girl who just entered the mansion?"

According to the rules of the Dragon Mansion, when the young master of the family reaches the age of eight, he can choose one or two maids to take care of sleeping, eating and daily life, but there is no Sheng Yan, and I don't know if the housekeeper, Uncle Lin, forgot, or Mama Yan, who was in charge of making up the maids, forgot. .

Sheng Yan pursed her lips and said, "Second brother, I haven't picked a girl yet."

"Really?" Long Bisheng was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, "Turn around and let me ask Mama Yan for you, maybe she was too busy and forgot."

Will she forget?Why didn't you forget when you picked girls for the fourth and fifth brothers the year before last?Sheng Yan thought he was comforting herself, and smiled at him with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Turning around, Long Bisheng grabbed his arm and stopped, frowned slightly, looked down at his face, and asked, "Tenth Brother, haven't the doctors seen your injuries?"

Sheng Yan shook his head indifferently, "A minor injury will heal within a few days, no need to see a doctor."

"How can I do that? It's really... I obviously sent someone to find Doctor Lian..." He whispered to himself, then turned his head and glared at Xiping, "I can't even ask you to do something!"

Xiping buried her head and did not speak.

Sheng Yan immediately realized what the second elder brother who always felt ashamed of his lameness might have done, and quickly tugged on his sleeve and said, "It doesn't matter second elder brother, I don't feel any pain anymore! Look, I There is also hibiscus osmanthus cake to eat today, do you want to try a piece?"

"Oh, no, take it back and eat slowly." Seeing that he was so happy to get a box of pastries, Long Bisheng thought of the rose water and tuckahoe cakes that he couldn't finish every month.

"I heard that your birthday is next month, isn't it?" He asked Sheng Yan who was holding the box tightly.

Sheng Yan was a little surprised that he would know his birthday, and the flat lake water stretched out in his eyes and said, "Hmm! How did the second brother know?"

Long Bisheng smiled, tapped his head very lightly, and said, "Of course I have a way I know. You just say, what do you want on your birthday?"

Did he say that to give me a birthday present?Sheng Yan thought hopelessly, raised his neck and pondered for a while and said, "Second brother... I, I want a Hexiang pill." Seeing his surprised face, Sheng Yan quickly changed his words and said, "Uh, actually it can It would be nice to have a piece of fragrant cake.”

When Long Bisheng looked at the little man in front of him, his heart tightened. When did the young master of the Long family even ask for a fragrant pill?Immediately answered him and said: "Okay, the second brother will give it to you. What kind of smell do you like, flower incense or resin fragrance?"

Sheng Yan was confused by this professional name. It can be seen that he didn't read books seriously, and he didn't even understand these two types until now, so he faltered and said: "As long as it is given by the second brother, I like it."

The tip of Long Bisheng's eyes lightly lifted up.

Saying goodbye to the second elder brother happily, Sheng Yan watched him enviously as he walked towards Xiaoxiangtai.There... is the place where the descendants of the Long family learn how to make incense. Those who have reached the ranks like the elder brother and the second brother can also have their own incense making room. It's a pity that I don't know when I will be qualified Where to go.

As soon as I got back to the room, I picked up "Puze Xiangpu" and read it hard. I still didn't know much about it. There were still many new characters and names of spices that I had never heard of. When it started cooing, the small kitchen in Mianxiang Building was already off fire.

He was depressed for a while, but when he thought that he still had a box of hibiscus osmanthus cake, he became excited again, buried himself in the book, and wanted to eat it slowly later.Just like that, when the moon was about to climb up the treetops, Sheng Yan put down the book, fetched a basin of water, wiped his hands with a clean cloth towel, rolled up his sleeves, and touched the painting of hibiscus and sweet-scented osmanthus. Only then did he slowly open a seam of the box with his fingers.

Inhaling the sweet aroma, Sheng Yan moved his index finger, waiting to grab a piece and throw it into his mouth, to reward his taste buds that are not touched by oil stars.

It was a coincidence that the little beggar who came to the kitchen to steal food under the moonlight walked under his bed at this time, smelled the smell of cakes, and opened his window with a stone on it.

Sheng Yan raised his head when he heard the commotion, and waved to him with a smile, "Little beggar, come in, I'll treat you to hibiscus osmanthus cake!"

Glancing at his table, the little beggar crawled in with a look of disdain, and snorted at him: "It's just a few pieces of pastries, look at your saliva is about to flow down!"

"Well, I'm so hungry, so why don't you eat it?" Sheng Yan peeked at his side and found that he was also swallowing, so he couldn't help laughing secretly, picked up a piece and shook it under his nose.

The little beggar sniffed, finally opened his mouth uncontrollably, and bit down on the finger that held the cigarette, almost biting his finger.Sheng Yan wiped her fingertips in distaste, and said to him, "You are the one who is really greedy. It's so disgusting that the saliva is sticking to my fingers."

Seeing the little beggar eat this piece of cake in one bite, he smugly raised his eyebrows and began to chew, as if he was afraid that Shengyan would snatch it back, and swallowed the jujube.But he suddenly spat out the thing with a "wow", splashing filth all over the floor, and even stuck his finger in to scratch his throat.

"Oh, why did you spit it out?" Sheng Yan felt distressed, and wanted to stop him, but was frightened by the little beggar's painful expression, and asked, "Are you choking or what? What are you talking about?" ah!"

The little beggar coughed and pointed to the box and said to him: "You, you are so wicked! You are a big liar, this is full of ashes!"

"What?" Sheng Yan was dumbfounded, and broke open a piece in disbelief... The little beggar didn't lie to him, the sweet-looking cake was full of fine white ash.He leaned closer and smelled it, it was the smell of incense ash in the stove!

Sheng Yan then broke open other cakes, and found that some were real, and some had incense ash inside.However, he counted and found that most of them hid incense ash.

"I'm sorry, little beggar, this food box was given to me by my fourth and fifth brothers." His round face darkened instantly, and he lowered his head regretfully and said.

The little beggar coughed for a while, then scratched his throat to spit out all the incense ash. He frowned and looked at him, "Why is your brother so bad?" After speaking, he took a small brick out of a cloth pocket behind him Come out, put it in his hand and say: "They are too much! Do you remember to smash their heads with this tomorrow, and see if they dare to bully you in the future?"

Sheng Yan threw away the brick in fear and said, "No, no, I dare not."

"Why not? Whoever hits you, hits you back, and whoever bullies you, you should bully back! Otherwise, in the future, everyone will know that you are easy to bully, and they will bully you vigorously. Don't you understand the truth of this?" Little beggar He picked it up angrily and turned his head, looking at him with contemptuous eyes.

"But, what about after I smashed it? What about after I smashed the heads of my fourth brother and fifth brother?" Sheng Yan knew that what the little beggar said was true, but it was in an ordinary family, and it was absolutely impossible in his own family. Didn’t he get beaten by the elder? You’ve seen it too. I accidentally pushed my second brother into the pond last time, and my leg was broken. Another day, if I smashed the head of the fourth or fifth brother, I’m not sure. ...will be beaten to death."

The little beggar opened his mouth wide in astonishment, put down his own brick, stared at his face puzzled, and muttered to himself, "No wonder, mother is going to send me away, I thought she didn't want me anymore... "

"Little beggar, what are you talking about, your mother sent you away? Do you have a family?" At first, he always thought that he had no family, otherwise why would he wander outside and be a beggar.

"Well, I used to have a family, but it's similar to yours. My father doesn't like me, and many brothers above bully me. One day, the eldest brother in the family threatened me with a knife, and I wasn't afraid. I closed my eyes and pushed him hard, and saw that his chest was bleeding... I was very scared at the time, so I ran away. At night, my mother cried and asked me to send her away." The little beggar danced and danced. He gestured with him, and pouted his lips unhappily at the end.

Sheng Yan was terrified when he heard it - he was young, so he couldn't have killed his elder brother by mistake, right?It seems that he is also a bastard, so he will definitely be beaten to death if he stays at home, or he will be beaten to death if he is not beaten to death!

So this night, the two unlucky children nestled together and complained to each other, and even denounced their own adults, until the moon climbed up the treetops, no matter whether the little beggar was dirty or not, the two fell asleep with their heads next to each other .