Chapter 52 Crane

Three days after the Xue family banquet, Baoqin was escorted by the servants to the back hall of the academy. Teacher Xie had heard about this from Pei Huaizhen before, and he took Baoqin to introduce her to others as soon as she entered the academy.

Baoqin was a little nervous when she first came here. Although she was often taken around by her father, her relatives were not around at the moment. Only when she thought of Xue Ke studying in the front hall did she feel a little relieved.

Teacher Xie's class was easy to understand, although Baoqin missed the previous Book of Songs and half of Chu Ci. But the Tang poetry and Song lyrics that were being taught now were also similar.

Xue Zhen himself liked reading, and he had personally taught Xue Ke and Baoqin to be enlightened. Xue Zhen could follow his children in everything, but he was very strict in studying.

Xue Zhen's hard teaching made Xue Baoqin feel less tired at the moment.

Besides, Teacher Xie likes to talk about the beauty of poetry, mixed with some allusions and knowledge from history books.

Xue Baoqin's mind can't help but follow Teacher Xie's gentle tone, traveling through time and space to see the beauty of the world.

This Leyi Academy is really a good place.

It's not like the female teacher in the rumors, who teaches people to read the Four Books for Women in a rigid way. Nor is it like Daddy, who tells a good story in a bland way.

In fact, Xue Baoqin didn't know that in a few years, Teacher Xie would also teach them the Four Books for Women and the Book of Filial Piety, but she felt that they were young now, and on the one hand, they had to cultivate their interest in reading, and on the other hand, at this age, the words and deeds of parents were more important.

Teacher Xie naturally understood the principle of doing things slowly and urgently.

That's why she prefers some interesting and interesting knowledge allusions, just to make these children like reading and appreciate the benefits of poetry. The road of life is so long, how can you go far by relying on principles alone.

After the morning class, Baoqin sat in her seat and didn't dare to move. She was very unfamiliar with other people, and was afraid that she would say something wrong and offend others. At this moment, she would rather sit still and act as a female wooden boy.

But by chance, someone came to her position and smiled at her: "Sister Xue, do you want to come and play with us?"

Baoqin raised her head and saw that the person who came was very dignified and generous, and was much taller than herself. She didn't know how to address him for a while.

"My surname is Wei, and my given name is Shu. If Sister Xue is willing, just call me Sister Wei."

Baoqin quickly stood up and said "Sister Wei". After they discussed the years and months, Wei Shu turned around and waved to the two people in the distance, "Aunt, Sister Lin. Come quickly, we have a new sister now."

The two people in the distance came up with a smile, and Lin Daiyu said frankly, "When Sister Xue first came, I felt that we were about the same age, so I didn't dare to come up and address her rashly. I had to ask Sister Shu to come over and be the vanguard general first. Sister Xue, please don't be offended."

Baoqin suddenly realized that Sister Wei Shu came here for this reason, and Sister Lin was just thinking about it.

"Sister Lin, if you are willing, why don't you call me Sister Baoqin." Xue Baoqin's personality is quite similar to her brother, and she is also equally generous. Seeing that Sister Lin is willing to help her integrate into the school, she also took the initiative to help her change her address.

"What about me, what about me?" Wei Qijun excitedly poked her head out. Her appearance is more like Wei Yinghong, both with square faces and big eyes, which makes people feel "decent" when they see her.

Should I follow Sister Wei Shu and call her aunt? Baoqin hesitated. Fortunately, Lin Daiyu came to her rescue in time, "Just come with me and call her Sister Qijun. We can't let her take advantage of us for nothing, and have a few more nieces for no reason, and not give us New Year's copper coins during the holidays."

"I also want my father to give me something." Wei Qijun muttered.

Baoqin smiled and called "Sister Qijun" lightly, which made Wei Qijun happy again. The four of them sat together and chatted together.

Through their stories, Xue Baoqin learned that long before she entered the school, Xue Ke entrusted Chen Heng to pass on a message, asking Sister Lin to take good care of her sister.

"Is Sister Lin's brother also studying in the academy?" Xue Baoqin was surprised and happy, secretly saying what a coincidence. The two pairs of brothers and sisters are studying together and are good friends.

"That's right." Wei Qijun clapped her hands and laughed, "Sister Lin's brother is very knowledgeable. He explained many of the questions I asked more clearly than Teacher Xie."

"Good sister, please say less." Lin Daiyu couldn't help but touch Wei Qijun's eyebrows with her hand, and hurriedly explained to the astonished Baoqin.

"I found a book "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" before. Teacher Xie is not proficient in this, so I asked brother. In terms of knowledge of poetry, calligraphy and painting, brother is far inferior to Teacher Xie."

Lin Daiyu was worried that Wei Qijun's words would cause unnecessary criticism to her brother, so she explained so hastily.

Xue Baoqin nodded, thinking of her brother's comments on the wonderfulness of several classmates before, she suddenly moved in her heart, "Sister Lin's brother, is his surname Chen, and his first name Heng?"

Lin Daiyu was a little surprised that Xue Baoqin could guess that Xue Baoqin knew Chen Heng. As early as in the previous letter, Chen Heng mentioned that Xue Ke invited them to his home.

"It's my brother." Lin Daiyu nodded with a smile.

"A few days ago, my brother invited them to his house. He also told me that Chen's brother's knowledge is the best among his classmates." Baoqin still had to explain.

"So, sister Baoqin has seen him? What does sister Lin's brother look like?" The young Wei Qijun was purely curious, wondering if this man who knew everything would be as powerful as in the opera, with three heads and six arms, and could beat the ten sea dragon kings.

Lin Daiyu also fell silent. For several months, she and Chen Heng only discussed academic matters in letters. They had never met, so naturally she was a little curious.

It was not good to say that the brother was dressed ordinary in front of his sister. Xue Baoqin turned her head to think about it, and said, picking up Xue Zhen's compliment.

"He is neither white nor black." This is because Chen Heng had not been to the ground for two months, and his skin color had recovered a little in the academy.

"His eyes are very bright, and his demeanor is also extraordinary."

Xue Baoqin tried hard to think of words. In fact, Xue Zhen's original words were: Among so many classmates of Xue Ke, only Chen Heng spoke with a humble and unpretentious demeanor, and was leisurely and self-satisfied. He will be a promising person in the future.

But those were the words of the elders commenting on the younger generation, so how could she copy them exactly as they were.

Lin Daiyu smiled and blinked, and continued to remain silent. She just remembered the back of the blue clothes when they first met in the Tiren Hall. The image of the brother in her mind was pieced together bit by bit through the description of Baoqin's sister.

I don't know what Lin Daiyu thought of, but she suddenly showed a strange smile.

Wei Qijun was not from their family, so she said without any scruples: "It's a pity that she doesn't look like a three-headed and six-armed person. Now that you say that, she looks like a goose."

"Ouch." Wei Qijun screamed and dodged, "Sister Lin, why are you tickling me again? Okay, your brother looks like a crane, a white and black crane."

Lin Daiyu didn't agree.

Wei Shu and Baoqin watched the two of them play for a while. Baoqin waited until they were tired of playing, and then asked how she should give the cakes her mother entrusted to her to Xue Ke.

"What's the difficulty." Wei Qijun came up again with eager eyes and held Daiyu's little hand, "Sister Lin, let's go release the crane now."

"Good sister, let go quickly. Sister is wrong, you can't tickle me anymore."

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After lunch at noon, Chen Heng hid in the house to read a book. He usually only went to the Ti-Ren Hall to copy calligraphy at night, and he couldn't predict what was going on in the back hall.

But Chen Heng didn't know about Daiyu hanging paper cranes. There were many people in this room who could jump and fly. Jiang Yuanbai and Qian Dayou came back from playing in a sweat and shouted as soon as they came in.

"Brother Heng, brother Heng. There is another paper crane on the tree. Go and see what questions your sister has for us."

"Brother Jiang wants to do arithmetic again?" Chen Heng put down the book and looked at Jiang Yuanbai who was drinking water.

"I don't want to do it." Qian Dayou shook his head in fear, "This question is getting harder and harder. Some things are not even taught by Master Jin. I don't know how you learned it, brother Heng."

Chen Heng couldn't help but secretly said in his heart, if you had studied in high school, you would naturally know it.

After getting up and walking out of the dormitory, Chen Heng found the letter in the Ti-Ren Hall. After reading the content, he smiled and returned to everyone and grabbed Xue Ke who was about to go out.

"Your sister sent a message to you, asking you to go to the wooden fence in the back hall to get cakes in the evening."

When Xue Ke heard this, he immediately came to his senses and knew how the news got to Chen Heng. He hurriedly smiled at him and said, "It seems that I will have to trouble Brother Heng in the future."

"Okay, okay, remember to send me some good books in the future." Chen Heng waved his hand. It was just a piece of cake, not a big deal.

Just as Xue Ke was about to continue speaking, Chen Heng had already turned to Xin Suzhao, "Brother Xin, I may have to trouble you to take me out of the city again today."

Xin Suzhao half leaned on the bed, eating fruit that he didn't know where he got from, "Are you going to see your second uncle again?"

"That's right, I'm going to trouble Brother Xin." Chen Heng had no choice. He was too young, and it would be fine to go to a bookstore in the city during the day. If he wanted to go out of the city, the teacher in the academy would never allow it.

Only with Xin Suzhao, who was strong and good at martial arts, could he take advantage of the evening rest to go out of the city gate.

Xue Ke saw Chen Heng talking to Xin Suzhao, so he stopped talking and went out on his own.

For some reason, the two of them didn't get along with each other. But it didn't prevent Qian Dayou and others from getting along with them, and classmates could only let it go and pretend that they didn't know.

An afternoon later.

Xue Ke came to the wooden fence alone, and before he waited for long, he saw two figures walking slowly in the distance. Xue Ke didn't dare to be rude and turned his back immediately. He didn't turn around again until Baoqin's voice came.

"Brother, this is Sister Lin. I'm new to the school and I'm not familiar with the road. Sister Lin led me for a while. Speaking of which, she is the sister of Brother Chen." Baoqin was carrying a lunch box and talking to her brother across the wooden fence. It was a bit novel and fun for her.

"Thank you, sister Lin, for taking care of my sister." Xue Ke hurriedly bowed, and after Lin Daiyu returned the greeting, he smiled and said, "If I had known you were coming, I should have brought brother Heng with me."

Lin Daiyu shook her head and laughed, not surprised, "Brother Xue may not have thought it through, and my brother may have thought of this and left on the pretext."

Xue Ke thought about it and realized that it was the same reason. After all, Chen Heng and his sister were not siblings. It would be better for him to meet Baoqin whenever he wanted, and others would not be able to find anything wrong.

But he was also a little surprised that he did not understand Chen Heng's thoughts as well as sister Lin.

"Sister Baoqin, just chat with your brother, I will wait for you on the side. Come find me when you are well."

Lin Daiyu left a word and turned to the corner of the back hall. It happened that she was in a position where she could see the peach tree in the distance as long as she looked away a little.

The evening breeze blew slowly, and pairs of paper cranes danced wildly. Looking at them, I thought of sister Baoqin's words describing Chen Heng. Lin Daiyu herself also smiled and said: "Not white, not black, bright eyes, extraordinary bearing. The more Sister Qijun talks about it, the more she looks like a crane."

Baoqin knew that Daiyu was waiting for her, and after only chatting a few words with Xue Biao, she immediately came over to find her sister Lin. As soon as I came over, I saw Daiyu laughing alone, and I couldn't help but wonder: "Did Sister Lin think of something funny?"

Lin Daiyu took her hand and said with a smile: "I just suddenly thought of King Luo Bin's chanting of geese, and then I remembered that Sister Qi Jun said that my brother's song looked like a crane. I thought it was very interesting, so I wrote a poem."

Baoqin blinked, wanting to see how this sister led poetry to Bixiao.

Lin Daiyu's gaze crossed Baoqin and landed on the paper crane in the wind. She chanted softly: "Crane, crane, crane, guest among the falling blue clouds. Just add some white space to your eyes, and your posture will be calm."

Baoqin couldn't help but clap her hands while listening to Daiyu's poem. He knew that the other person's poem was meant to make fun of his brother. I also remembered the way Chen Heng stood in front of his classmates and saluted his parents when he first met him. He also smiled and said: "Sister Lin's writing is so good. After reading it, and thinking about the appearance of brother Chen, it is really apt."

Lin Daiyu shook her head and laughed. Although she was very talented in poetry, she still liked the Four Books and Five Classics more.

The two held hands and walked for a while. Xue Baoqin suddenly stopped and said, "Sister Lin, listening to your poem, I couldn't help but think of one just now. Can I read it to you?"

The two had the same temperament and hit it off immediately, and the relationship between Chen Heng and Xue Biao was the foundation. Lin Daiyu had some reason not to agree, and shook Baoqin's hand, "Sister, don't hide your secrets, why don't you read it quickly?"

Xue Baoqin was not a shy person. He only paused slightly and then chanted: "You should laugh at the lovers in the dust, but we haven't met each other before we even brushed our clothes. The sound is heard to be nine miles away, and it is returning to its place in the clouds."

Lin Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she looked at Baoqin with a look of embarrassment, half of her face turned red.

"Sister Lin always watches what I do."

"My sister wrote so well. I only hate that I am not a man."

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