Chapter 139 Extra 8

Brother Xiaoli lay on the railing for quite a while, until he saw the familiar figure that made him unable to sleep well at night, he hurriedly stood up straight, straightened his clothes, and ran downstairs carrying the food box go.

"Cough cough."

He stood behind Ji Zhexi, watching people were arranging the bookshelves, he clenched his fist and coughed dryly, Ji Zhexi heard the movement, turned around and saw that it was an acquaintance, his brows moved slightly: "Young master Zhang has learned something again?"

"No."

Brother Xiaoli knew that this person was mocking himself for his self-indulgence before, and that people always have to pay for his youthful recklessness, so he was not angry about it.

"this is for you."

Brother Xiaoli showed enough humility, and held up the food box with both hands and handed it to Ji Zhexi: "I didn't do well in what I did a while ago. I went back and thought about it carefully, and felt ashamed in my heart. This is my lunch box." apology."

Ji Zhexi glanced at the exquisite food box, looked away, turned back indifferently and continued to organize the bookshelves: "Mr. Zhang is too worried, and Xiaosheng didn't take things to heart. Besides, you are not the first person who misunderstood Xiaosheng. If you don’t get rewarded for nothing, if I really take the young master’s things, it would appear that the young man has ulterior motives in rejecting and welcoming you.”

There was no one around, Ji Zhexi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes: "Some people are motivated by sex, and there are many people who use unconventional means to attract people's attention first, and then make repeated gestures to get closer. It is indeed a novel approach.”

Brother Xiao Li took back the food box when he heard the words, pulled the person behind his back, raised his eyebrows and squinted at Ji Zhexi: "You mean I came to attract your attention on purpose!"

At first, because I misunderstood someone, I even peacocked in front of them, and when I calmed down at night, I couldn't sleep well, my face was red and my ears were red, and I finally summoned up the courage to apologize, but this person still didn't accept his apology.

That's all, it's not the first person who misunderstood him so much! To put it bluntly, he is very popular, but he himself is the scheming person.

What he said really made him angry enough, he really didn't expect that this scholar looked elegant and polite, and had more bees on his mouth than him.

Ji Zhexi's tone was flat: "It's just a matter of fact."

"Okay, very good!" Brother Xiaoli nodded again and again, "Dare to ask Mr.'s name?!"

Ji Zhexi's expression was indifferent: "You don't change your name when you walk, you don't change your surname when you sit, Ji Zhexi."

Brother Xiaoli smiled in response, poor scholar, you have successfully attracted my attention! After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

Back in the carriage, Brother Li screamed angrily, punched and kicked the carriage before he was relieved a little.

"My lord, scholars have high spirits. Since you have the heart to apologize, it's up to you to accept it or not."

Ban Yan only saw her young master's popularity is not good, and it was the first time to see her young master deflated like this, she couldn't help but feel distressed, and comforted her while stroking his back.

Brother Xiaoli clenched his fists tightly: "A reasonable person suffers! I'm sorry if I don't let him grow his memory for these years in Siyang!"

Banyan knew that the little carp brother Baba'er brought the pastries made by his husband to give away, and it was annoying to be ruined by the other party. Tell someone to teach that scholar a lesson?"

"I'm not a dude in the city, and it's too embarrassing to find someone to teach a weak scholar a lesson." Brother Xiao Li glanced at Banyan, and then said: "Scholars are good at using their brains, so this young master will fight him out of wits." of."

He narrowed his eyes dangerously: "Didn't he mock me for purposely making him look ugly in public first and then making a good show to impress him? In fact, he has ulterior motives for him! I will fulfill him!"

"what?"

Brother Xiao Li gently stroked the broken hair between his foreheads, gritted his teeth, and said, "My son will go to greet him tomorrow, and be eager to please him. When his love is deeply rooted and he can't extricate himself from this son, he will kick him away." , let him toss and turn, and cry bitterly!"

"Hmph, Ji Zhexi, just wait for me to abandon you!"

After several days of inquiring and sorting out, Brother Xiao Li finally came up with a schedule.

He spread out on the desk and his companion Yan grandly introduced: "The one on the Jizhe River is Zizhu Academy. There are six days of classes and one day of rest. Usually, he works in our family's Liufang Bookstore when he is resting. , during the lunch break at noon, if there is a shop that has negotiated a part-time job in advance, he will go to help, if not, he will look around for a job; when class is over in the afternoon, he will go to the shop where the part-time job has been negotiated to help check out, etc.. …”

"The master in the academy has strict requirements. He is already busy enough on weekdays. He even takes up his rest time to do things. It is too hard. It is like a lunch break, but it is only an hour or two. Apart from the time for eating, he can still do things. Something better."

Brother Xiaoli said: "I heard from the shop assistant who recruited him that Ji Zhexi has a vivid memory and is very good at arithmetic. What he can do in one hour can equal to what ordinary people can do in two hours. There are not many things he can work for, and there are still shops willing to recruit him to work."

With Yan Xingxing eyes: "So this season's scholar is really talented."

Brother Xiao Li put a note on the attendant's head: "Don't go astray and forget your purpose!"

Banyan covered his head: "Then what is the young master going to do?"

Brother Xiaoli lay down on the teacher's chair leisurely, determined to win and said: "I have already gone to say hello to the property under our family. The shop tries to recruit odd jobs as much as possible. If Ji Zhexi goes to directly hire them, others will find them." I refused with this excuse. If another shop recruits Ji Zhexi and tries to find a way to recruit him, I will reward you."

"In this way, that person is within my grasp!"

Later in the afternoon, the food shop at home came to report that Ji Zhexi would be keeping accounts in the shop later. Brother Xiao Li and the clerk waved, whispered a few words and gave some rewards, the clerk was very happy I went back.

Ban Yan didn't know what his young master said, he thought Brother Li would run into Ji Zhexi in the shop, but after a lot of trouble, he didn't go out.

A few more days passed like this, and almost every day, shop assistants came to report where Ji Zhexi was, what errands they were doing, how much wages they had received, and so on.

Even though Brother Xiaoli is safe at home, he knows all about Ji Zhexi's affairs.

On this day, I finally waited for Zizhu Academy to rest and take a bath. Brother Li got up early in the morning, rummaged through clothes made of new cloth brought back from Suzhou, and rarely opened the jewelry box, fiddled with for half an hour, Only then did he float out of the room.

When Zhang Fangyuan came back from fetching salt, he saw his little brother tidy up like a flower peacock, and ran outside with a bright smile. For a while, he thought he was dazzled.

"It's rare to see a young master dressed up, it really looks good."

Brother Xiao Li held up the small bronze mirror in the carriage and admired himself for a while, then lightly brushed his hair: This still can't take you down?

He got up early and left late, and when he arrived at the bookstore, Ji Zhexi had already arrived for quite some time, and he was still copying the text quietly with his back straight as a pine. Ji Zhexi arranged a quiet room to save the inconvenience of people coming and going.

"cough~"

With a cough, Ji Zhexi raised his head and saw the little brother who was as bright as a peony, his eyebrows moved slightly, and before he could speak, the person opposite said with a smile: "Morning."

As the saying goes, if you stretch out your hand and don't hit a smiling person, Ji Zhexi responded politely: "Morning, little boss."

"Look here, we are old acquaintances. You used to call me Mr. Zhang, but now you call me Master." Brother Xiao Li held his chin and looked directly at Ji Zhexi, looking at the face full of people, wishing to bite off his face. With the expression of the tongue, he still said cheekily: "Then why don't you call me by my name, my name is Zhang Ruili, of course, you can call me Brother Xiaoli as well."

"That's why it's better to call him Young Master Zhang."

Brother Xiaoli wasn't angry either, he took out a box of snacks and pushed it in front of Ji Zhexi: "I made it myself, try it?"

"It's really bad luck, Xiaosheng has bad teeth and can't eat sweets."

Brother Xiaoli suddenly realized: "It should be hit, it should be hit, I was negligent."

Then, he pushed another brocade box over: "Literati love bamboo. I heard that Mr. Ji is studying in Zizhu Academy. This bamboo hairpin made of jade is just right for Mr. Ji to tie his hair."

Before Ji Zhexi opened his mouth, Brother Xiaoli had already seen the mouth shape that the scholar wanted to reject, and he understood it: "You don't like jade, do you? It's not a big problem."

Then he took out gold, silver and jewellery, pens, inks, papers and inkstones. After a while, the table and case were piled up with things that no one could see.

Brother Xiaoli finally took out a simple book, and pushed the previous things aside with a wave of his hand: "The country test is about to come, I heard that Zhexi will also pass this time, so I will find a There are annotated translations and some articles that my brother made during the provincial examination before."

Ji Zhexi looked at the little brother with his hands on his chin, and sighed: "Mr. Zhang, what do you want?"

"What can I do, I naturally hope that your wish will come true."

Ji Zhexi's expression flickered, and he withdrew his gaze: "Your kindness is appreciated, and you will not be rewarded for nothing."

He pushed the annotated translation back.

"But Zhexi, you have long been favored by me."

Ji Zhexi looked at Brother Li and blinked at him: "What do you mean?"

"Don't you think that the treatment in the places where you work recently is quite good?"

Ji Zhexi frowned. He said that there are so many places recruiting workers recently, and once he went to one of them, he would take care of the food when he went to the restaurant, deliver the cloth when he went to the cloth shop, and even return the salt when he went to the salt shop... ...It turned out that this person was playing tricks.

"how?"

Ji Zhexi wanted to return all the things he received, but it was still a bit difficult to deal with the food, he said: "Even if you are short of manpower, if Mr. Zhang has an assignment, Xiaosheng can give it a try."

"Today's temple fair in Qianyan Mountain is not too far away. Mr. Ji will accompany me for a walk."

Ji Zhexi put down his pen and pondered for a moment: "Okay."

Brother Xiaoli stood up happily, and the whole morning's talking was finally not in vain.

At the turn of spring and summer, the weather is neither cold nor dry, which is a good time for traveling.

It coincides with the Qianyan Mountain Temple Fair, and there are many people offering incense and worshiping Buddha in the city, and there are many horses and carriages on the official road, which is quite lively.

"By the way, Zhexi, which village are you from?"

"Liuxi Village."

Brother Xiaoli's eyes flickered when he heard the words: "Ah, isn't this village very close to our mountain?"

He was about to ask some more questions, but Ji Zhexi had already closed his eyes, and was resting his mind. Brother Li gritted his teeth, and swallowed the words again.

The carriage was open, but there was a man with a cold face and eyes closed all the time. If it wasn't for his good looks, he might have ruined his life just by looking at him. He was even worse than his brother's temperament.

Brother Xiaoli didn't bother to continue chatting with him, he lay down in front of the car window and looked at the scenery outside, the trees in Linxia were lush and green: "Ah, there is a rabbit there!"

"Hurry up, tell the coachman to stop!"

Ji Zhexi opened his eyes: "I'll run away after you get out of the car."

Ban Yan still called to stop the carriage, Little Carp ignored Ji Zhexi's words and jumped down. The rabbit was grazing on the side of the road, but it jumped away when it saw someone passing by and was frightened. The wild rabbit ran away vigorously. Quick, logically, it would run away in a flash, but the rabbit ran slowly, never far or near.

He followed up to have a look, and found that he was injured by retreating, so he hurriedly chased after him.

"My son, my son!"

Rui Li went there for a long time and didn't see him back. Ban Yan and Ji Zhexi also got out of the carriage and waited on the side of the road: "I'll look for it."

Ji Zhexi was about to go to the forest, when he saw the little brother coming back from the hillside with a disheveled face and a gray rabbit in his arms.

"My lord, how did you do this?"

Brother Xiaoli put his arms around the rabbit in his arms: "I just fell down, it's okay."

Ji Zhexi frowned: "Go back to the carriage."

"This rabbit's eyes are really round, and it looks very cute." Banyan wiped the dust off Little Li's face with a handkerchief, while looking at the soft-haired gray rabbit.

"It's just an injury, it's just right to go home and bandage it up and keep it in the garden." Brother Xiaoli rejoiced at the rabbit in his arms, and turned his head to see that Ji Zhexi was not taking a nap, so he put the rabbit that was a little afraid of others and he was too tight to protect him. Let go: "Look, is it cuter or me?"

Ji Zhexi gave him a sideways look, and before answering the question directly, he lowered his gaze a little: "The cuff is torn."

Brother Xiao Li raised his hand and realized that the wide sleeve of his left hand was cut and pulled. The material of the clothes was luxurious, but he was not very impatient and active on his own. This was the reason why he didn't wear expensive clothes. He squeezed his cuffs: "When I was chasing the little guy, I was scratched by a branch, but I didn't notice it."

"Your clothes are tattered, how can you burn incense?"

Brother Xiao Li raised his eyebrows, yes, not to mention the crowds today, when he meets a few acquaintances, he will be ashamed and be rude in front of the Bodhisattva. Just when he didn't know what to do, Ji Zhexi suddenly turned sideways in front of the bodhisattva. He took out a kit bag from his waist, and actually took out a needle and thread from it.

Not only him, but the companion Yan who was beside him also widened his eyes.

Brother Xiao Li suddenly felt bad. If he sewed clothes now, wouldn’t it be embarrassing? I only regret that his little father didn’t devote himself to learning when he was so earnestly told him to learn needlework from Brother Xiao Xing. Marrying a wife is a good marriage. I can't pass this level. Although I am pretending, I have to do the whole thing.

"Come here and I'll sew it up for you."

"Ah?" Brother Xiao Li was stunned for a moment. It could be seen that Ji Zhexi lowered his head and carefully searched for the thread of the same color as his clothes. He didn't seem to be joking. He hugged the rabbit to Banyan in a daze, and sat down. Go beside Ji Zhexi.

"These are ordinary threads, which don't match the material of your clothes. Let's make do with it first, go back and untie the threads and take them to the cloth shop to mend them again with Jinxiu."

Ji Zhexi pinches the cuff of little brother Li, flipping his slender fingers, the stitching posture is not like that of a little brother or a woman, but it is as pleasing to the eye as a literati writing an article.

Brother Xiaoli looked at the delicate needlework, and said in a low voice with some shame: "I didn't expect Mr. Ji, a big man, to be able to do such meticulous work. It's really eye-opening."

"I didn't expect that a little brother can't even do needlework."

Brother Xiao Li raised his eyebrows and argued with his mouth pursed: "You haven't seen my sewing, how would you know I can't!"

Ji Zhexi said: "Most girls in this world who admire a man will give a sachet made by themselves as a token of affection. Mr. Zhang can give anything, but this is the only one. Either it is not sincere, or it is needlework. Oh no."

Brother Xiaoli was embarrassed, but wanted to quibble, but Ji Zhexi pulled the extra thread hard with his hands: "Okay."

His idea was attracted by the sleeves, and he looked left and right. The sleeves on both sides were almost the same. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell the difference. Even the companion smoke couldn't help boasting: "Mr. Ji's craftsmanship is really good .”

Brother Xiaoli touched the thread that was being sewn, the ordinary thread was not as smooth as silk, it didn't stick to the hand, but seemed to stick to the heart. He looked sideways at Ji Zhexi, the man had packed up his needle and thread, stopped talking, and continued to close his eyes and meditate.

 …

"My lord, Xiao Hui has already been bandaged up. The veterinarian said it will be fine, and it will recover after a few days."

Hearing this, brother Xiaoli jumped up from the soft bed, hurriedly took the rabbit that Banyan was holding, and kissed its ear lovingly.

"It's just a pity for this robe, but it was brought back from Suzhou." Looking at the beautiful brocade hanging neatly on the hanger, Banyan felt a little distressed: "The slave girl took it to the cloth shop to see if it can be repaired with good thread, if it is not possible, it can be repaired with gold." The line will not be strange."

"Hey!" Seeing that Ban Yan was going to collect the clothes he had hung up, Brother Xiao Li hurriedly said: "No need, there are plenty of such clothes in the closet, and this one is not bad, just hang it there. "

Hearing the words, Banyan had no choice but to withdraw his hand: "Then it will be according to the young master's wishes."