Aunt Liu sees the quarrel between the brother and sister. She is used to it, so she doesn't try to persuade them. When the dinner is put on the table, they call each other and go out with the empty basket.
Yu Shu gets up and eats a big bowl of corn porridge with pickles. She looks at the quilt on Yu Xiaoxiu's bed. She is still angry, so she doesn't wake him up or wash the dishes. She goes out to brush her teeth and wash her face. Then she goes back to the bed, pulls down the curtain, takes off her clothes and falls asleep.
She slept all the way until the next morning. Yu Shu, who slept early and woke up early, opened the curtains, stretched, and yawned. When she saw the porridge and breakfast on the table in front of the room, the anger from last night had long disappeared. Instead, she felt that her behavior last night was too shameful. Getting angry at a child who was younger than her was really getting worse as she lived.
"Xiaoxiu?" Yu Shu, dragging one shoe, jumps to the door with one leg, holds the door frame and calls out, but she doesn't find Yu Xiaoxiu.
Aunt Liu, who is drying clothes, hears her voice and turns her head, saying loudly,
"Miss, you are awake. The young master has gone to school. You should also eat something and go out. Don't be late."
Go out? Could it be that he was still angry?
Yu Shu thinks of Yu Xiaoxiu's misunderstanding of her and can't help but feel depressed. There are only two of them in this room, and she has a "criminal record". Yu Xiaoxiu lost his money and she bought a big bag of paper money. How can he not think of her as a thief?
How can she explain to this kid? Even if she finds the short girl and the fat girl who lost money to her to testify, he may not believe that she didn't steal the money, not to mention that she doesn't know where to find those two friends.
"Alas, I don't want to think about it. It can't be explained clearly. He thinks that I took his money. At worst, I will compensate him and coax him." Yu Shu scratches her hair, puts on her shoes and goes out to wash with a towel.
Yesterday, he had received a tael of silver from Second Young Master Ji as a hush money. He would take half of it as compensation to that kid, and buy some snacks for him.
Yu Shu plans like this, thinking of the delicious snacks on Changmen Street, and her heart itches. Although she doesn't complain about eating plain porridge and pickles every day, she is actually a person with a strong appetite.
For the past few days, she has been passing by Changmenpu Street every day. Every time she sees a snack shop and a snack stall, she looks at the fresh food that she has never seen in her previous life. She secretly swallows a lot of saliva. Unfortunately, she is short of money and can only sigh.
***
On the way to school, walking alone was inevitably a little lonely. Yu Shu jogged for a while and entered the Sanjue Study Room, panting.
As soon as he stepped into the pavilion where classes were held, he went to look for Yu Xiaoxiu. Unsurprisingly, he was reading in his seat in the last row.
Yu Shu adjusted her facial expression and walked quickly over. She deliberately took two steps and passed by him from behind. As usual, she naturally patted him on the shoulder and sat back in her seat. She complained to him,
"Why didn't you wait for me to go out?"
Yu Xiaoxiu hugged the book and turned around without raising his head, facing her with the back of his head.
Being snubbed, Yu Shu was not discouraged. She was about to put her hand on his shoulder and talk to him again. Suddenly, she heard someone talking in front of her, and the content was about homework. Her outstretched hand froze in the air.
Oh no, how could she forget about this again!
Now, she had to be punished to stand again. Would the Headmaster be angry and simply let her stand with the table on her back?
Thinking of that embarrassing scene, Yu Shu dejectedly took off the little flower bag on her shoulder. Her fingers accidentally touched something strange. She suspiciously opened the bag and took out the thing inside.
After seeing the crooked handwriting on the hemp paper in her hand, which was trying to imitate her handwriting, Yu Shu's mind suddenly came to the scene of her sleeping soundly under the quilt last night, and Yu Xiaoxiu secretly got up to help her with her homework in the middle of the night.
She turned her head and looked at the back of Yu Xiaoxiu's greasy head. She was almost moved to tears.
This child was too motherf * cking sensible!
"Little —"
"The Headmaster is here, the Headmaster is here."
Yu Shu didn't even have the chance to express her gratitude when she heard whispers from all around her. The children who were chatting and playing in the pavilion quickly returned to their positions. When she looked up, she saw Mister Liu walking in with a round wooden plate in his hand. His pair of old eyes were shining brightly. Wherever he looked, there was silence.
Yu Shu cleverly kept quiet and placed the homework written by Yu Xiaoxiu on the table. She straightened her chest and raised her head. Her face was bright and clear.
Her good mood did not subside even after she handed the homework to Teacher Liu and saw the old man's expression as if he had eaten a fly.
But obviously, Yu Shu was happy too early. Yu Xiaoxiu was willing to do the homework for her, but it did not mean that he was magnanimous enough to forgive her for stealing his private money.
***
"Sigh." Yu Shu listlessly fiddled with her abacus and jotted down the numbers she had calculated on a piece of paper. She sighed again.
Cao Zixin reluctantly put down the miscellany and turned to her.
"What's wrong? Didn't I find a place for you to burn joss paper? Why are you sighing?"
"I'm in a hurry. I'm in a hurry to burn joss paper," Yu Shu answered. In fact, she was worried that Yu Xiaoxiu was avoiding her.
After school in the morning, she went to the podium to look for the homework that Teacher Liu had returned. When she turned her head, Yu Xiaoxiu was nowhere to be seen. When she returned home, Aunt Liu told her that Yu Xiaoxiu had gone to visit Aunt Cui. It was not easy for her to find him, so she waited for him in the house. She had to go out to work in the afternoon, but she did not see Yu Xiaoxiu.
"Then you should quickly finish this account. When you're done, I'll close the shop and take you there."
"Ah? This, this is not good. The sun hasn't set yet. You don't want to do business? "
Cao Zixin seemed to be easy to talk to, "Aren't you in a hurry? Business is not good today. I'll let you go early."
Yu Shu saw that there was really no one in the shop. She thought that it would be good to finish business early and go back to communicate with Yu Xiaoxiu. She gratefully said to Cao Zixin,
"Shopkeeper, you are really a good person."
She had wanted to tease him yesterday. Forget it. She did not bully good people.
Seeing her sincere praise, Cao Zixin smiled and reached out to pat her on the head, but Yu Shu was one step faster and dodged it.
Thanking someone was thanking someone and patting someone's head was patting someone's head. They were two different things and could not be confused. Yu Shu faked a smile at Cao Zixin and moved two steps to the side with the abacus and the account book. When she was a safe distance away, she started to pick up the beads again.
Cao Zixin retracted his left hand that was in the air and touched his chin. He still looked at Yu Shu with a smile and suddenly asked,
"Ashu, you said you have a younger brother?"
"Yes, yes."
"Is he as slippery as you?"
"… My younger brother is very sensible."
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