Three melons and two dates

"Given the "scholar's first knowledge" and the word "wen". "

This test question comes from Pei Xingjian's "Scholar's Zhiyuan, first knowledge, then literature and art".

Xie Huanxiu is no stranger to this sentence. He even remembers Pei Xingjian's judgment to the Four Great Masters of the early Tang Dynasty, "Although Bo et al. I am so lucky.”

The four of them, Wang and Lu drowned, and Luo was beheaded, which really proved the sentence "how can you enjoy the weapon of honor and wealth?".

What shocked Xie Huanxiu even more was that "Wen Hua is impetuous and shallow".Although he is not as good as the four masters, why did he study wisely back then?Isn't it also because of that sentence, "Learn literary and martial arts, buy it from the emperor's family".

"Wenhua, but impetuous and shallow, how can he enjoy the evil weapon of Juelu?" This sentence was like an alarm bell ringing in his ears, "Boom-boom-boom", he was at a loss when the sound was so loud. The writing was frozen there.

Xie Huanxiu’s mind was full of scenes after he entered Lushan Academy. He was full of ambition at the beginning, the expectations and praises in the eyes of his masters, and now his masters often hesitate to speak and sigh when they see him.

When did this shift start to happen?

That's right, after Master Ji told him that he would try to make friends, he began to try to change.

When thinking of making friends, Xie Huanxiu first thought of Li Rao.

Because Li Rao is always surrounded by many people, it looks lively and interesting.Whenever he was tired from reading, he would secretly observe what Li Rao and the others were doing and listen to their conversations.

The Master said: "Don't listen to injustice."

This is indeed not a gentleman, but there will always be some new things happening around Li Rao and the others, which he has never heard of.After trying several times not to look, listen, and think in vain, Xie Huanxiu began to let himself go, and persuaded himself to say, "There is a saying, 'Everything should be told to others', since they have nothing to hide, it doesn't matter if I listen .”

Unknowingly, Xie Huanxiu had longed for Li Rao and the others, as if he was waiting for Master Ji's words to let him make friends, so that he would blend in with them without any scruples.

When Xie Huanxiu plucked up his courage for the first time, he asked Li Rao, "Can you take me with you?"

Li Rao looked to the left and right in surprise, and when he was sure that Xie Huanxiu was talking to him, he laughed loudly, "What kind of joke are you talking about. The little prodigy is fine, don't make fun of me, young master, and bring you together. Oh, you think we If we want to talk about poetry and songs, we should talk about literature, classics, history and geography. Stop making trouble, let's go."

After speaking, Li Rao and his party smiled and passed by Xie Huanxiu one by one, leaving him standing there alone.

Xie Huanxiu turned around and looked at their retreating backs, secretly clenched his fists, hum, I won't give up!

Xie Huanxiu, who had made up his mind, took out his energy to study hard, and focused on being friends with Li Rao and the others, and his studies were gradually left behind by him.

Is what the master said wrong?

Xie Huanxiu asked himself, and immediately shook his head.Perhaps his direction was wrong from the very beginning, because he himself chose the wrong partner.

Lushan Academy not only has dandies like Li Rao, but also studious people like Lin Xi-nian. No matter how you look at it, they are making friends with Lin Xi-nian and they are more suitable for Xie Huanxiu.In terms of academics and savvy, none of Lin Xinian can catch up with Xie Huanxiu.He did have the capital to be proud back then. In his eyes, if he made friends with Lin Xinian and the others, it was Lin Xinian and the others that could change him, not himself.

And the change he longs for is his own. He wants to know what the world is like other than reading.

I don't know whether Xie Huanxiu is persistent or stupid. With this kind of thinking, relying on the spirit of not smashing the south wall and swearing not to turn back, four years have passed in a flash, and the circle between him and Li Rao is still clear. But his studies were wasted.

Thinking of this, Xie Huanxiu felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to cry, so he held back his nose and tried to calm down and answer the paper.When I was about to write, I was a little confused.

Xie Huanxiu put down the pen again, and he suddenly had the urge to give up the exam.

Xie Huanxiu, who was about to call the invigilator, suddenly flashed Jiyuan's words in his mind, "Xie Huanxiu, if you fail this time, then you and I will never see each other again, and the relationship between master and apprentice will end here."

Xie Huanxiu put down his hands wearily, and leaned back on the chair.

It is in vain to think that you are smarter than ordinary people, but you are foolish and absurd, Xie Huanxiu smiled wryly.

After a quarter of an hour, he calmed down a little and began to review the papers and answer the questions again.

Xie Huanxiu, who had made up his mind, wrote like flying. There was not much time left, but he didn't move a single word.

When the invigilator announced the end of the exam and stopped answering the papers, Xie Huanxiu also made the last stroke.

He opened the bow without looking back, Xie Huanxiu held his breath, and walked out of the examination room without any hesitation or regret, it seemed that this was the only way.

When he walked out of the examination room, he immediately saw the book inkstone guarded by the door.

Xie Huanxiu stood on the spot, Yuanyuan looked at the book and inkstone with his eyes full of expectation, his feet felt like a heavy weight, and he couldn't move a step.

Ren candidates passed by him one after another, or bumped into him unintentionally, Xie Huanxiu just stood there stiffly, motionless.

Seeing that the crowd was almost gone, Shuyan walked up to Xie Huanxiu, without asking any questions, calmly but somewhat lacking in confidence, he tentatively said, "Tianguan, let's go home."

The distance between the two of them was a bit close, and Xie Huanxiu fell in love with Bi Shuyan before he could grow a stick. He raised his head slightly and looked at Shuyan with his neck tilted, "Brother Goudan, I'm so tired, you Let me go back."

"good".With that said, Shuyan turned around and squatted down, making a posture of carrying Xie Huanxiu on his back, "Come on, let's go home."

Xie Huanxiu lay down on the ground without saying a word.

Shuyan's pace was very steady, step by step, just like five years ago, when Xie Huanxiu just took the children's exam, Shuyan was like this, carrying him home step by step.

However, Xie Huanxiu at that time was full of complacency...

Three months of hard work are nothing compared to four years of waste.

At this moment, Xie Huanxiu understood what his wasteful four years really meant, and also realized how ridiculous he was, degrading himself step by step to this field for irrelevant people and things.

Jieyuan?

Xie Huanxiu smiled wryly, he hugged his arms around Shuyan tightly, and buried his face on Shuyan's back.Tears fell drop by drop on Shu Yan's back, silently.

The boyish self-satisfaction when he was admitted to Tongsheng, the ideals and ambitions when he first entered the academy, the childish behavior of being teased by Li Rao and the others many times, but still rushing forward, and, vowing to Ji Yuan that he would show him Xie Yuan who passed the exam... ...These scenes flashed irresistibly in Xie Huanxiu's eyes and mind one by one.

The township examination, but on the first day, defeated all Xie Huanxiu's confidence.

Slowly Xie Huanxiu's tears soaked through Shuyan's shoulder.Feeling the wet inkstone, his footsteps stopped, he didn't dare to look back at him, and he didn't dare to ask. He glanced at the door of his own house, which was close at hand, and carried Xie Huanxiu on his back without hesitation, and continued to walk forward, leaving home. direction is getting farther and farther away.

In this way, Shuyan carried Xie Huanxiu on his back, and circled around their home, and when they passed by the door for the sixth time, Xie Huanxiu's sobbing gradually weakened.

Shu Yan slowed down again, and after a circle, the sobbing on his back stopped.

"Heavenly official?" Shuyan called out to thank Huanxiu tentatively, but he didn't respond.Shuyan held his hand again and gently lifted him up, but there was still no response.

Shu Yan breathed a sigh of relief, making sure that Xie Huanxiu was asleep.

At this time, the sun had completely set, and the few people on the street were also rushing home, and it was time to go home.Shuyan whispered, "Tianguan, it's time for us to go home."

Naturally, no one could respond to him, and Shu Yan didn't think who Xie Huanxiu could get back to him. After speaking, he dragged his heavy steps step by step and went home.

Although Xie Huanxiu doesn't look fat, he is a little meat that was fed by Shuyan. No matter how good Shuyan's physical strength is, he can't resist this little meat that is better than himself.

After settling Xie Huanxiu and tidying him up, Shu Yan couldn't bear the drowsiness, and fell asleep on Xie Huanxiu's bed.

When Xie Huanxiu woke up, the moon was in the sky.The window panels were not blocked, and the moonlight was shining into the room. It was not bright enough, but it was enough to see the tired book beside him.

He couldn't remember when he fell asleep, but the last impression was that Shu Yan was walking with his back, and he was lying on his shoulder crying without any future.

Sitting on the bed, Xie Huanxiu tilted his head to look at Shuyan's sleeping face, and suddenly thought of teasing him. Xie Huanxiu's slender fingers pinched Shuyan's nose precisely.

Shu Yan said "Mm, Mm", but did not wake up, waved his hand, knocked off Xie Huanxiu's hand, muttered in a low voice, "Heavenly official, don't make trouble." Then he turned around again and continued to sleep.

Xie Huanxiu smiled, and his mood became much lighter.He originally planned not to take the next two exams, so let's leave it at this time for the rural exam.

But after crying for a while and waking up again, he found that the hurdle he thought he couldn't get past seemed to be nothing.

Although the results are important, they are not that important, as many as possible, at least he has to finish this round of the exam, and he can't just give up.The blisters on the feet, I walked by myself, and escaping is not a way, what should be faced is still to be faced.

After escaping halfway, he really had no face to face Master Ji.