When the two men entered, Song Si closed the door.
Master Sun sat down and strained his ears to listen. There was not much noise in the room, so he could barely hear it. He was a little anxious, but this was, after all, in someone else’s place, so he did not feel like moving around, but only slightly moved his stool towards the door.
Still, he could not hear.
Master Sun moved again, seeing that he had moved far away from the table, and if he moved any further he would be discovered, so he dared not move any further, and leaned to his left, hating to put his ear to the door.
There was a faint sound coming from inside, but Master Sun put his ears up, but he still couldn’t hear it clearly, so when he got anxious, he stood up and put his ear directly to the door.
Bang!
A loud sound came from the kitchen, and Master Sun’s body trembled in fear as he hurriedly sat back in his chair and raised his eyes to look out.
The courtyard was silent, Little Four stood at the kitchen door in a regular manner, the thumping sound of chopping meat still coming from the kitchen.
Master Sun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, got up again quietly and walked to the door, just put his ear to it -, there was another loud bang, bang!
This was now even louder than the sound just now and scared Master Sun’s heart and liver. He hurriedly sat back in his chair again and covered his chest to catch his breath a few times.
Xiao Si took in his action out of the corner of his eye, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and gestured towards Gu Yi who was chopping meat in the kitchen.
Song Wangyue was lowering her head to wash the vegetables, unaware of this, and hearing Gu Yi chopping so loudly, she thought he was tired, “Xiao Si, come in and fill in for your young master for a while.”
Xiao Si went in at the sound of his voice.
If it were in the past, Gu Yi would not have let go of the matter of building up his good image in front of the little girl. But he had things to do, so he handed the kitchen knife to Xiao Si and went to the north room with steady steps, without taking off his apron.
When he entered the door, he glanced towards the house.
Master Sun thought he was looking for Song Si for something, so he lowered his voice and told him, “Young Master, Sir Song and my son are having a competition, so please wait for a while.”
Gu Yi sat down on the other side of the eight immortals’ table and glanced at Master Sun’s stool as if he hadn’t thought about it, and Master Sun blushed and hurriedly moved back.
“Gu.”
Master Sun nodded, “I wonder if you and Mr. Song and the others ……”
“Song Si is my elder brother.”
Gu Yi answered ambiguously.
Master Sun understood that this was a relative of the Song family who, like himself, was accompanying him to catch the examination, and instantly felt a sense of closeness.
“Duke Song will definitely be on the top of the list this time.”
“That’s natural ……”, Gu Yi was not modest, “My elder brother’s learning has always been one of the best, even if he dozed off for the exam he would still top the list.”
The old man Sun did not know how to answer for a moment, Sun Jin was also very good at learning, but he never dared to say such a thing himself. The questions of the imperial examinations were different every time, and if one happened to have studied them, one could answer the questions in one go and be famous on the list, but if one happened to have tricky questions, apart from one’s usual accumulation, there was also a certain amount of luck involved.
“Would you like some tea, Master Sun?”
“No, no, thank you, Young Master Gu.”
“What are you thanking me for, I was just asking casually, you just want to drink we don’t have any.”
Master Sun, ……
There was some appreciation of why Sun Jin was enraged at the sight of him.
“Then you drink water?”
Master Sun tried to squeeze out a smile, “No need, thanks to Young Master Gu.”
“You really don’t want to drink?”
Master Sun aggravated his tone, “Old man really isn’t thirsty, thank you young master Gu.”
“That’s fine.”
After saying that, Gu Yi shouted towards the outside, “Someone!”
Xiao Si, who was chopping meat in the kitchen, heard the sound and immediately put down his kitchen knife and came out, “Young master, what are your orders.”
“Pour me a glass of water, tell the little girl that I sincerely let through and the guest said he wouldn’t drink.”
Master Sun, ……
“Yes.”
Xiao Si went and poured water, respectfully brought it into the hall and placed it on the table in front of Gu Yi, and quickly retreated again.
The water was faintly steaming, and Gu Yi was not afraid of being hot, so he picked it up directly, blew on it and then drank it, gulping it down, sounding very happy with the drink.
Master Sun’s throat knot followed a few movements, and suddenly felt a little thirsty.
Gu Yi happened to raise his eyes, saw him staring at himself, and asked “kindly”, “Do you want to drink?”
The word “want” almost came out of his mouth, but Master Sun held it back. He was too old to do something that would slap his own face, so he shook his head with a smile.
Gu Yi ignored him and continued to drink the water with his head down, making a gurgling sound with each swallow, favoring the water in his cup as if he couldn’t finish it.
Master Sun felt that if he continued like this, he would have to lose face, so he simply turned his head away from the closed door of the room and forced himself to think about the two people in the room competing for learning.
Gulp!
Thud!
……
The sound of Gu Yi swallowing water seemed louder than a moment ago, so loud that Master Sun felt that the room was filled with such a sound that he could not bear to cover his ears.
After Master Sun had suffered for a long time, the door was opened from the inside.
Master Sun stood up almost instantly, and before he could say anything, he saw Sun Jin come out of it lost in thought.
“Jin’er?”
As if he hadn’t heard him, Sun Jin walked mumblingly out the door.
Master Sun was startled and quickly followed him, “Jin’er, what’s wrong with you?”
Sun Jin still did not answer.
Master Sun looked at Song Si eagerly, “Sir Song, this ……”
“Master Sun, don’t be anxious, Young Master Sun is just stimulated, he will be fine after he goes back and sleeps.”
Sun Jin’s battered voice drifted in, “Father, go home.”
“Go home, go home.”
Master Sun carefully helped him out himself, looking at him worriedly as he walked, regretting that he had had to force him to compete with Song Si in his studies. He should have waited until after the exam, even if Sun Jin was too beaten up to get up then, it would not affect the result of the exam, but he was in a good position now, Sun Jin obviously looked like he had been beaten up too much, I wonder if it would affect the exam the day after tomorrow?
Looking at Sun Jin’s energy as if he had been drained, Gu Yi felt comfortable in his heart and put the water jar down, got up and went inside to get a cup himself, handing it to Song Si doggedly, “Brother, drink some water.”
Song Si looked at him, reached out to take it and took a sip.
The reason he had proposed to compete with Sun Jin in an academic competition was to take out his anger on Gu Yi. Although he did not know what had actually happened outside, he knew that Gu Yi would never take the initiative to provoke Sun Jin, so it must be something Sun Jin had done that had angered Gu Yi.
“What are you making for lunch?”
“Wrapped dumplings, meat filled and vegetarian filled, what kind of filling do you want big brother, I’ll ask little girl to make them for you.”
Song Si gave him a cool look, Gu Yi instantly realised he had said the wrong thing and immediately changed the subject, “Big brother let me tell you, I chopped the meat filling today, it’s so good that the chefs in the restaurant can’t even match my skills.”
Song Si, ……
