The Son of Heaven only said a few words, but when this rì tribute pilgrimage ended, such words spread throughout Chang'an City. For a time, there are children who should be raised next year, and they are running back and forth to pave the way for them, and those who do not have children to participate in the New Year's Lift are inevitably asking for news for relatives and friends. It can be said that one stone stirs up a dry layer of waves, and most of the tributes are excited, even the children of the family such as Wei Li. Even Du Shiyi was personally invited back to Zhupo Courtyard by Du Siwen, and he instructed him a lot, but there was only one meaning.

"It seems that the imperial examination of the next year is exactly what the Son of Heaven is important, after the lunar month, others will submit books and interfere even more, but you can study behind closed doors! As for the ranking, hey, since you tried to win the solution, this time others want to make ghosts, but it is not so easy! In short, everything outside the test room is left to me, you don't have to worry about it!"

The last time he was robbed and killed, everything in the palace was painstakingly arranged by Du Siwen, and now this Zhu Po Jingzhaogong is so confident that he can put down this matter, Du Shiyi has no faith in this elder's reasoning. However, it was obvious that there was not only one Du Siwen who was so admonished, when he returned to the small courtyard of the Great Recommendation Temple, Wei Li also said with a subtle expression, Recently, the wind of sending ink scrolls outside the world has become more popular than before, and when he calmed down and studied behind closed doors, he knew that the Wei family was actually thinking about Du Siwen. So, he naturally happily echoed Wei Li, and although the rest of the people were teased by Li Longji's encouragement, their heads were hot and their hearts were hot, but thinking about the things that should have been done before, instead of running errands outside in the coldest month of the year, it was better to calmly return to the state of presence, and agreed again and again.

For a time, although the streets of Chang'an were more colorful than before, not everyone flocked to it. There is often a lively theater in front of this great recommended temple, and the small courtyard at the back of this is a scene of knee-to-knee exchanges and mutual exchanges. Every time there is a private test, each test is given to everyone to pass on the judgment and check the rhyme, plus the exchange of policy discussions, in just over a month, everyone has at least a few feet of paper piled up on their desks. Seeing that the New Year is approaching and everyone is returning home, when it comes to the appointment of the provincial test in the first month, they are all full of ambition for a while.

And Du Shiyi returned to Pingkangfang Cui Mansion from the small courtyard of the Buddhist Temple, and when she saw her sister again, Du Shisanniang rushed up happily, as if she was pulling her sleeve, first laughing and chanting and breaking her fingers to count what preparations for the New Year, but as she spoke, she suddenly paused, and then said softly: "Brother, when you were not there, I lived alone and lonely, so Suo Xìng cheekily borrowed it to Mrs. Yin's house." She had also heard that the sage had said something in the Hanyuan Hall before, and that you and the others in the Jingzhao Mansion rank this year were closed in the Great Recommendation Temple, and they would not come back until today, and they praised and said that you are really smart. If you run through the door at this time, you will be abandoning the basics. ”

"Even Mrs. Yin knows?" Du Shiyi raised her eyebrows, and then said with a smile, "I don't need to talk about my affairs, do my best, obey the destiny of heaven, that's all." But if you move here this time, you can ask Mrs. Yin for advice day and night, but what have you learned?"

"My handwriting is much better than before, and I'm still reading chūn autumn with Mrs. Yin!" Du Sanniang raised her head proudly, her face was full of joy, "Mrs. Yin said, my enlightenment is very good, she is willing to teach me all the time!"

Although when he heard the two of them talking at the front of the house, Du Shiyi knew that with Du Sanniang's diligence and studiousness, Mrs. Yin should be willing to teach him, the only sister, but at this moment, this matter really came true, and he still had a heartfelt joy. Although Lu Hong is good, the grass hall does not accept female disciples after all, and he has no time to take care of him, so he had to leave Du Sanniang in the Eastern Capital last year. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but gently reach out and wrap his sister's shoulder, because he smiled: "This is the most good news!" Okay, it's rare to have a New Year, before I chalked rìrì stay, you read and practice words every day, let's relax and relax, if you have a place you want to go shopping, just say!"

"Really?" After all, Du Sanniang is still in her cardamom year, and the blush on her face caused by Du Shiyi's intimate action just now has dissipated in front of this good news. She almost didn't think about it and said happily, "I want to go to the floating map of the Great Ci'en Temple to see the Buddha's tooth and bless Grandpa and Auntie with the blessing of rebirth; I want to go to the East Market release pond to release a fish and pray for my brother; I want to go to Yongda Fang Huayang Pond to see the Duzhi Pavilion of the New Jinshi Peony Banquet; I also want to go to the Buddha Tooth Pavilion of Chongsheng Temple, I heard that it is the place where the new jinshi cherry feast is held......"

Seeing Du Sanniang bending her fingers and talking happily about the places she wanted to go, Du Shiyi listened with a smile at first, but gradually she only felt a warm current in her heart slowly flowing. Every place that the little girl thinks of is not for her own want to play, the former is for her deceased parents, and the last three places are for his brother. Thinking of this, he coldly stretched out his hand and gently patted his sister on the head who was happy to speak.

"Huh?"

"Don't you have a place you want to go?"

Du Sanniang raised her head blankly, seeing Du Shiyi staring at her intently, after a while, she said with some hesitation: "I still want to...... I still want to go back to Fanchuan i...... Let's see how the old mansion left to us by Grandpa and Auntie has been repaired. ”

"Then go back to Fanchuan!" Du Shiyi decided on this first place without thinking about it, and when he saw Du Sanniang, he was really happier than before, so he pressed his sister's thin but strong shoulders, and said with a smile, "If you want anything in the future, tell your brother, don't hold it in your heart." ”

As soon as the words fell, I only heard a voice outside: "Du Langjun, Du Niangzi, Zhu Po Jingzhaogong asked someone to send a post!"

Du Shiyi hurriedly called people in, and when she took the post and looked at it, she saw that the few words above were to invite their brothers and sisters to the Du Mansion in Daozheng Fang to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve. Knowing that Zhupo Zhuangshu was just another courtyard for the elderly, and that the descendants would always invite him back for reunion after the New Year, seeing that the person who posted the post was not young and his words and deeds were steady, he asked hesitantly: "Although the old uncle is kind, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, if my brothers and sisters go to disturb, is it a little inconvenient?"

"The protagonist said, but it's all the Du family, and I ask Lang Jun to agree."

Since Du Siwen had already given his words to this part, Du Shiyi looked at Du Shisanniang, and when he saw the little girl nodding obediently, he smiled and agreed, and immediately wrote a reply and asked someone to take it back.

From the release of Jingzhao Mansion in August, to the end of the month, but in more than four months, when Du Shiyi took Du Shisanniang back to the old house of Duqu in Fanchuan again, he saw that the scene of the house and pavilion could be vaguely seen within the white wall. Du Shisanlang, who came out to greet him when he heard the news, smiled and brought their brother and sister in, and said all the way: "I have enough money and food, plus there are many helpful materials in the township, and when you finish the provincial test, this house will be repaired!" Nineteen Lang, this year's New Year, come to my house!"

"Brother Thirteen said this late, the old uncle has already ordered someone to order, the Tao is to let me take the thirteenth lady to the Daozheng Fang Du Mansion to celebrate the New Year with the Chinese New Year's Eve."

"Jing Zhaogong is really fast!" Du Shihan was depressed for a while, but thinking about his father and brother's appearance, maybe it would remind Du Shiyi of the past, and he dismissed that plan. When taking Du Shiyi and Du Shisanniang all the way to see, Zuihou came to the towering tree in the backyard that could be hugged by several people, seeing Du Shisanniang's eyes shining, holding her skirt, she stepped on the dead branches and leaves on the ground regardless of lady's etiquette, and hurriedly ran forward, Du Shiyi was stunned for a moment and then followed, he thought about it and took two steps back, and gestured to the inseparable Chibi, seeing that people and Zhuying Qiuniang were together, all the pestles were there without moving, he couldn't help but be angry, and quietly avoided while muttering.

"Brother, I remember that the old house was on fire at that time, and then there were many things at home, and you were sick again, and when I took you away from Fanchuan, this old tree was clearly dead!"

Seeing Du Sanniang rubbing the uncle, his shoulders were twitching slightly, he couldn't help but lower his head, and saw that there were still thick fallen leaves on the ground, obviously he was only concerned about repairing the house and forgetting to clean up here. However, he then stared at it, and suddenly understood where Du Sanniang's surprise and excitement came from.

"Deadwood meets chūn, it turns out to be deadwood meets chūn!" Du Sanniang turned around all of a sudden, hugged Du Shiyi unwillingly, and even her voice trembled a little, "Grandpa said that this was planted by the ancestor of the family back then, and it has been more than a hundred years now." Shu Rong is prosperous, and now that my brother's illness has been cured, he has won the head of this year's mansion, and this tree is also dead! It must be grandpa and aunt and the ancestors who blessed it under the spring, it must be so......"

Is it really providential in the dark?

Du Shiyi held Du Sanniang's shoulders, and when she stepped forward to the big locust tree that now only had Xiao Suo branches left, and she couldn't see how lush Xia Rì was, she stretched out her hand and rubbed the bark, thinking that the last time she came in to see, she was called away by Zhu Po when she came to the dormitory, but she didn't see the scene of this dead wood meeting chūn. When he finally appeased Du Sanniang, and asked Qiu Niang and Zhuying to accompany her to continue walking around, he turned back to find Du Shihan. When he found someone, he asked bluntly: "Thirteenth brother, why has you never heard of that old locust tree with dead wood?"

"It's this year. The chūn buds sprout every day, and then the leaves grow more and more, and in the summer they are crowned with clouds for a while, and I wanted to spread the word about it, but isn't this a sign that your family is very Tai Lai?" Du Shihan said this with a smile, and then spread his hands helplessly, "It's a pity that I thought about it a little more, and went to see Jing Zhaogong, as soon as he heard about it, he said don't publicize it, this kind of dead wood is good for the auspicious omen, but ordinary people are happy and happy to have this kind of thing, and it is easy to be grabbed by people when it is publicized everywhere, so I have endured it until today, only to make you and the thirteen brothers and sisters happy and finish." ”

Only then did Du Shiyi understand that there were still such twists and turns. Thinking of Du Siwen's majestic admonition in the ancestral hall, when he returned to his hometown with Du Shisanniang today, passers-by greeted him warmly and friendly, and even in April, he couldn't help but take a breath lightly, and then bowed sincerely to Du Shihan and said: "Thirteenth brother, thank you very much!"

"My own brother, I won't talk to you, just prepare a thank you gift for me when you go back." Du Shihan helped Du Shiyi to get up, and then he grinned greatly, "The first month of the provincial test, you are a blockbuster, that is more than anything more than a thank you gift!"