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Chapter 3 On Names and Surnames

Although Lin Zhanyu didn't have much weight, he fell unexpectedly from a high place, which still caught him by surprise.Wei Qingyun was thrown to the ground by him, and his back hurt from the fall, but he still protected him after all.

Boss Qiao’s reputation in Nanjing is indeed not bad, as can be seen from his apprentice Wei Qingyun: this person’s daily life is probably quite particular, although the casual cotton coat on his body is old and has faded in some places, but the material is really comfortable, There is also a touch of sandalwood fragrance.

This was the first time in his life that Lin Zhanyu, who had been infected with sour herbs for many years, smelled such a smell.

The child only stayed in Wei Qingyun's warm embrace for a moment. After landing, he immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately got up from Wei Qingyun's body.

Wei Qingyun hugged him very tightly just now, coupled with the fact that the former is thin and stretched, Lin Zhanyu is not feeling well at the moment, and there are pains in several places on his body.However, he was terrified, and he didn't care about himself. Instead, he turned and knelt beside Wei Qingyun: "You, are you okay?"

Wei Qingyun waved his hand and asked Lin Zhanyu to help him stand up.He exercised his muscles and bones, and after making sure that he was fine, he sternly faced Lin Zhanyu: "Child, what are you doing climbing walls and houses when you have nothing to do? Do you know it's dangerous?"

It was the first time Lin Zhanyu was so close to Wei Qingyun, and seeing Wei Qingyun's angry face, he almost cried in fright.

He knew that he had caused a catastrophe, he knew that he couldn't tell the truth but he didn't know how to explain it, so he hesitated, and finally didn't tell the reason.

Wei Qingyun has a pair of phoenix eyes, the tails of which are slightly raised, which can't be seen at ordinary times, but when he is angry, his eyes are wide open, which can really make people who don't know him feel frightened.

Lin Zhanyu fell to the ground, he was so frightened that he almost cried out, so that after a long time, he recalled this dumbfounding morning, and realized that he had overlooked many things at that time, such as the real truth in Wei Qingyun's eyes. Concern, and the face that he once tried to see clearly but is so close at hand.

"Brother Wei!" Qiao Li moved a chair and ran out of the house, staring at a pair of big eyes: "What's going on? How did he get down?"

Wei Qingyun snorted coldly, curbed his anger, and patted the dust on his coat: "Why did it fall off? It fell off."

"Did it fall?" Qiao Li put down the chair, looked up at the high wall, and then turned to the thin Lin Zhanyu, almost dumbfounded: "It's all unharmed? Kid, have you practiced?"

"It fell on me, and I'll pick it up for him. What can he do? I'm fine too." Wei Qingyun pulled Qiao Li's hand away, and looked at Lin Zhanyu coldly: "Tell me, what do you want to do?" ah?"

"I..." Lin Zhanyu couldn't bear it anymore, grievance and fear surged into his heart at the same time, and he suddenly burst into tears.This made Wei Qingyun and Qiao Li look at each other in blank dismay: They had never coaxed a child before, so they were inevitably at a loss for a while.

"I didn't invite you or provoke you, why are you crying?" Wei Qingyun grabbed the child's thin arm and greeted Qiao Li: "Forget it. I guess the snow won't stop for a while, let's go to the house and talk to Master. "

Lin Zhanyu was dragged by his brother Wei, and he stumbled forward until he reached the main room in the front yard.

This big courtyard belongs to his master. The backyard is where the three apprentices usually live and practice. The front yard is the residence of the master.

Before arriving at the place, the smell of duck oil crispy sesame cakes was already wafting out. When I walked into the house, I saw two baskets made of rattan on the square wooden table, and the sesame cakes were placed in the baskets.The two baskets still had lids, and they were placed on the table leaning against the baskets.A layer of white cloth is spread in the basket, which is both warm and clean.On the side of the basket were five bowls of millet porridge, and several tea eggs on white porcelain plates.

Lin Zhanyu's tears had been dried by the wind long ago, and as soon as he smelled the aroma of sesame seed cakes, he was very hungry.The child swallowed his saliva, and was taken by Qiao Li to wash his hands, and then sat beside him after the other party's gesture.

Besides the two of them, Boss Qiao's other two apprentices had already taken their seats.Brother Wei was sitting opposite him, but Lin Zhanyu didn't dare to look up at him.

"Little pole, talk." Wei Qingyun teased him: "Didn't you have the ability just now, why are you dumb now?"

Qiao Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and quickly told his master what happened just now.Qiao laughed and said that before expressing his opinion, Xue He, the elder brother who was sitting beside him, laughed first: "I didn't see it, this kid looks thin, but he can still climb such a high wall."

"He climbed up by stepping on it." Qiao Li explained.

Hearing this, Lin Zhanyu buried his head even lower.Qiao smiled and looked at him: "Zhanyu, where are you going?"

"No, I don't want to go anywhere." After being rescued by Wei Qingyun, the four people in front of him, after a long hard life, are no longer so resistant to the children, and they were shaken by the pile of food on the table. Out of survival instinct, he wanted to stay.

So he hurriedly refuted the excuse, and found an extraordinarily high-sounding reason: "I'm just hungry, and I want to find something to eat. The outer door is locked, and I can't get out."

Lin Zhanyu was not only hungry but also greedy at the moment, looking at the crispy biscuits and tea eggs, his saliva became more and more drooling.

Ever since his father was seriously ill, he was used to living a life without a second meal, and the homely aroma of fireworks in front of him seemed extraordinarily precious. This is the food that can survive.

"What are you afraid of when you're hungry? Didn't your elder brother Qiao tell you yesterday, we have to get up early to practice, so we won't be hungry." Qiao said with a smile, "It's really not comfortable to live in a side room. If a child is naughty, there should be someone else." Look at it. But there are you three brothers in the backyard, and there are no rooms available for the time being. Which of you wants to bring your children to live together?"

"Come live with me, my room is spacious." Xue He was the first to say, "My room is bigger than that of Junior Brother Wei and Xiao Qiao, and a small bed can also fit in it."

Qiao smiled and nodded in satisfaction: "Zhanyu, after dinner, I'll pack up and go to your elder brother's room." However, what he didn't expect was that Lin Zhanyu not only kept silent, but kept leaning on Qiao Li.

"What's wrong? Don't want to go?" Qiao Li was very puzzled: "This..."

"It doesn't matter, maybe the child and I don't know each other." Xue He didn't think so, he asked with a smile: "Son, who do you want to live with? Xiao Qiao or Qingyun, you choose one."

Lin Zhanyu didn't answer, but kept looking at Wei Qingyun.Xue He noticed his expression, laughed out of breath, and pointed at Wei Xiaoge to tease: "This baby is really a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. Don't be fooled by his good appearance. You know who he is Is it? He is a living Hades."

Wei Qingyun's face darkened: "Master brother, you are talking nonsense again."

"Brother Wei, he's right." Finally seizing the opportunity, Qiao Li, who was often "disasterd" by Wei Qingyun, hurriedly joined the dispute: "I'm really worried about my future second sister-in-law. "

"Little Qiao, what are you worrying about?" Qiao said with a smile and waved his hands: "That's it, let's eat quickly. If you don't move your chopsticks, the porridge will be cold."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lin Zhanyu is close to Wei Qingyun.Although everyone didn't know the reason, they didn't intend to embarrass this shy kid.

Qiao said with a smile that she was very satisfied with it: For a newcomer, it is better to have a senior brother who is close to him than not at all.So after breakfast, he asked Wei Qingyun to take the child to make some new clothes.

"Today I will take your brothers and sisters to work. You just take care of the child. He is at the age when he is growing up. You can ask the tailor to make the clothes bigger." Before leaving, Qiao said with a smile that he would send them to the door. , specifically told Wei Qingyun: "Wear more clothes, don't care about it just because you are young. If you ruin your body, you will feel uncomfortable when you get old."

"Hey." Wei Qingyun deserved it faster than anyone else, but still dressed thinly.

"Why do you have to live with me?" On the street, Wei Qingyun knew that he had frightened the child in the morning, so he tried his best to soften his voice a lot.

The skinny child didn't even reach his shoulders, and he walked in the downtown area holding Lin Zhanyu's well-articulated little hand, really like a brother, even though they had only known each other for less than a day.

Wei Qingyun smiled helplessly: "My room is small, we both have to sleep in the same bed, after a while you will be too tall to fall asleep, you still have to go to the big brother's room."

In fact, Lin Zhanyu couldn't tell why.However, Wei Qingyun didn't expect the child to answer. He took Lin Zhanyu through the streets and alleys, passing many performers like them, and of course there were also beggars along the street, and he didn't return until it was getting dark.

Lin Zhanyu originally thought that Brother Wei would take him to make him wear the same coat as the other party, but they only made a few short-style cotton and unlined clothes that they usually wear.After dinner, Lin Zhanyu followed Qiao Li to the side courtyard to pack up the bedding, and when they reached the backyard, the latter pointed to the room on the left: "Hurry up and find your senior brother Wei."

Lin Zhanyu turned his head to look, through the paper window, he saw the soft and warm yellow candlelight in the room dimly.

Qiao Li yawned: "I don't know where Brother Wei is so energetic. It's cold outside, you go in quickly, I have to go back to sleep."

After saying that, Qiao Li left.Lin Zhanyu stood alone in the yard for a long time, until the lights in the other two rooms were turned off, before he walked up the steps slowly.

Wei Qingyun didn't lock the door, it was obvious that he was waiting for him.The man was sitting on the stool in front of the table flipping through a book, and a simple candlestick was placed on the table.

Lin Zhanyu looked around, and finally understood why Brother Wei's clothes had a scent: there was a small sandalwood box at the end of the man's bed, which seemed to be for clothes.In fact, Lin Zhanyu didn't know the wood, but he remembered the embrace in the early morning.

He stood for a while after packing up the bedding, and finally got up the courage to say hello to the other party: "You are reading."

Wei Qingyun nodded, but didn't look up at him.

"Brother Wei," Lin Zhanyu approached a little closer, looking at the person in the dim candle shadow, he blurted out as if by chance, "Your name is Wei Qingyun?"

Brother Wei gave a "hmm", raised his head to meet his gaze, and deliberately teased him: "What's wrong? You think my name doesn't sound good?"

"No, it's very nice. It's just," the child lowered his eyes: "My name is Lin Zhanyu. My father told me before that he gave me this name because he chose to be stupid in the world. He said it's fun to be stupid. But you But there is a name that has risen to the sky."

He didn't know why, but when he said a few words, he suddenly felt a bit of inexplicable emotion, as if he was wronged for no reason, so his voice gradually became quieter: "If you think about it, you must be very shrewd to have that skyrocketing success." Destiny, with me..."

He didn't finish talking, but he didn't want to continue talking.In fact, he wanted to say, isn't a person like you destined to go the other way?

Wei Qingyun laughed dumbfounded, and realized that he was really negligent, and he didn't see the child's twists and turns: but a name given by the elders can tell these exquisiteness.

Most of the children in their youth were like this, Wei Qingyun finally shook his head helplessly as he thought about it.

He put down the book, and patiently explained: "It's not that Qingyun. The Qingyun in my name means Qingzhu. Dare to clean up the ice and snow, and entrust Qingyun to myself." However, he himself laughed and murmured : "But I failed their expectations, I'm far from it."

Green bamboo, clean ice and snow, Lin Zhanyu silently read these words several times, and suddenly remembered what Lin Xiucai read when he taught him the Four Books and Five Classics.

The man taught him that a gentleman is not comparable to others, a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, a gentleman is magnanimous, a gentleman is virtuous, and gentle.He thought, if there is a gentleman in this world, it must be Wei Qingyun.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Senior Brother Wei thought that he didn't know what his name and surname were, so he picked up a brush and dipped it in the ink, then took out a piece of rough and yellowed rice paper from the pile of sundries on the table, picked up the brush and rubbed it in the ink. The word "Qingyun" was neatly written on it, and then handed the wet paper to Lin Zhanyu: "Look, this is it."

Lin Zhanyu took the rice paper, folded it carefully and put it in his pocket, and nodded slightly.He asked, "Did your parents take this for you?"

"Yes." Wei Qingyun looked at him.

"Where did they go? Are they at your house?" the child continued.

Wei Qingyun was stunned for a moment, he didn't want Lin Zhanyu to see the clue, so he had to smile wryly: "They are all dead. Now Master is my father, and this is my only home."

"Huh?" Lin Zhanyu didn't expect that his senior brother had no parents like him.Seeing his surprise, Wei Qingyun took a stool from under the table, motioned for him to sit beside her, and put his arms around the child's skinny shoulders: "This will be your home from now on."

This is my home, the child lowered his head and told himself silently in his heart.

However, what Lin Zhanyu didn't know was that he didn't need to repeat Wei Qingyun's words.Because in the days to come, in the countless unaware hours, because of what the people in front of him did and said, because of the hot porridge, hot meals, tea and drinks day after day, he will unconsciously I truly regard myself as a part of this place, and regard Master, Teacher, and Brothers as my relatives.

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Occupy the world blindly stupid, from Su Shi.Dare to clean up the ice and snow, and entrust Qingyun to himself.From Hou Fangyu.

A gentleman is not compared to others, a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, a gentleman is magnanimous, a gentleman is virtuous, and gentle.All from "The Analects of Confucius"