Yu Shu couldn't do anything about the textbook being sold. Yu Xiaoxiu was very guarded against her because of her selling the textbook. He kept a close eye on his schoolbag for fear that Yu Shu would have designs on his textbook.
Yu Shu didn't know where to start. She could only move a chair to the yard to bask in the sun while thinking about the future.
She was still a little weak after being locked up for so many days. After coming out, Aunt Cui only asked someone to send a bowl of chicken soup to her to help her recover from the shock. She shared it with Yu Xiaoxiu. If she hadn't asked Aunt Liu to help her out to bask in the sun every day, she would still be lying in bed sick.
Coming to the ancient times was an unexpected experience for her. She suddenly changed from an old leftover woman in her twenties to a fifteen-year-old girl in the prime of her youth. She lived under someone else's roof and was treated coldly. She couldn't even muddle along.
Yu Shu was a child who grew up in a poor family. She relied on her own hard work to make a name for herself. She had an unusual obsession with living a good life. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone against her conscience and broken the law for so many years. She did so many things that harmed others to benefit herself.
She didn't want to make money again in this life, but she still had to live a good life. She also had to eat well and wear well. She also had to take good care of Yu Xiaoxiu until he started a career and started a family. She would consider it as a debt of gratitude for borrowing his sister's body to resurrect.
As an adult woman who had experienced great storms, Yu Shu quickly set her first goal — to earn money to support her family.
To live a good life, she couldn't do it without money.
She had to go to school tomorrow morning. She had nothing to do in the afternoon, so she planned to walk around the streets to see if there was any place where she could do odd jobs. She had to save up some capital first.
***
The next morning, Yu Shu woke up earlier than Yu Xiaoxiu. She put on her clothes and went outside to fetch water to wash her face and brush her teeth. She didn't have a toothbrush, so she used the fibers exposed after flattening willow twigs. She dipped some coarse salt and rubbed it on her teeth to wash them clean.
She wanted to please her younger brother and improve the relationship between them. She asked Aunt Liu, who was already cooking by the fire, for half a basin of hot water. She warmed it and brought it into the house to wash Yu Xiaoxiu's face.
Yu Xiaoxiu just got up and sat on the edge of the bed. He was surprised to see Yu Shu who got up earlier than him. His eyes widened when he saw her bring water to wash his face. He almost suspected that he had not woken up yet.
"Xiaoxiu," Yu Shu rubbed the towel in the warm water, wrung it out, and handed it to Yu Xiaoxiu. She said sincerely,
"I know I didn't treat you well in the past. Now I admit my mistakes. Don't hold a grudge against me. Let's make up from today on. Don't be awkward anymore, okay?"
Not only was Yu Xiaoxiu not moved by her, but he suddenly woke up. He pushed away the towel she handed with a dark face. He grabbed the folded clothes at the end of the bed and put them on. He said slowly,
"Don't try to lie to me again. You must be trying to coax me to help you do something that will get me beaten. I won't do it. You better save it."
Yu Shu's forehead was full of black lines. She had a new understanding of the girl's character. Now, even if someone told her that she had done swindling and stealing, she wouldn't find it strange.
It was a pity that she sincerely wanted to get along well with Little Brother Yu and work hard to live a well-off life together, but he misunderstood her as having other plans.
Yu Shu failed to please him. Her first initiative to make peace ended in failure. She also made Yu Xiaoxiu recall those unhappy past events. He didn't say a word to Yu Shu until he left for school after breakfast.
Aunt Liu saw Yu Xiaoxiu's sullen look and thought that Yu Shu bullied him again. She stared at Yu Shu with a "this child is hopeless" look for the whole morning. Fortunately, Yu Shu was thick-skinned enough. She finished her breakfast under the pressure and drove Yu Xiaoxiu out of the door.
***
They went out from the back door again. This time, they went east. Yu Shu didn't know how big Yiyang City was, but it wasn't far from the Ji family's mansion to the school. After passing two streets and walking about five or six hundred meters, they arrived.
The school gate was built in an imposing manner. There were swans and birds carved on the doorjamb. The two doorposts were engraved with gilded characters. The strokes were neat and tidy. Yu Shu could barely recognize a few characters, but she couldn't make a sentence.
Before she could take a closer look at the gate, she was attracted by a scream.
"Come and see! Come and see! Mouse Yu was not beaten to death by her family. She came to school! "
Yu Shu looked at the two children who were pointing at her and twitched her mouth.
Mouse Yu? She was Donald Duck!
After the scream, seven or eight children ran out from inside to see what was going on. There were boys and girls, and the youngest one was only eight or nine years old. Seeing Yu Shu and her brother standing outside the door, they talked all at once.
"Didn't they say that she wouldn't come again?"
"Didn't they say that her leg was lame?"
"Didn't they say that she was given to someone as a concubine?"
"Who said that she was beaten to death? Liar!"
.....
A group of children surrounded the door to verify the rumors. They said all kinds of things. Yu Shu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Looking at these young faces, she guessed that some of them had beaten Yu Xiaoxiu.
With a straight face, Yu Xiaoxiu lowered his head and walked through the crowd into the yard.
Yu Shu hurried to follow. She didn't know the way. In order not to make a fool of herself, it was the safest to follow Yu Xiaoxiu.
The yard was not big. There were three pavilions surrounded by low railings. They had high eaves and red tiles. There were rolling curtains hanging down from the edge of the house. There were incense tassels hanging on them. It looked like a private school.
In the pavilion to the north, a few youths looked at the scene outside and saw the lively Yu Shu. Puzzled, they turned their heads to ask someone, "What's going on?
"Ji Zhu, why is she here again? Didn't they say that she was locked up because she broke your fourth sister's protective jade?"
There were about twenty exquisite and small study tables in the pavilion. Two young ladies were sitting in the front row, playing with a rope. When she heard their question, the young lady in the light yellow robe turned her head and glanced at the courtyard. Her face was filled with disdain.
"Grandma is kind. She released her a few days ago."
"No way. Then, then we have to have classes with her again in the future?"
A handsome teenager cried bitterly, which made the two teenagers sitting with him laugh at him. After winking, one of them pretended to be shy. He pinched his thumb and middle finger to pretend to be a girl. He gently pulled the other one and said in a sweet voice,
"Brother Wenzhe, after school, I'll invite you to eat meat pancakes on Changmenpu Street, okay?"
The other one immediately covered his chest with his hands and stepped back. He shook his head vigorously and shouted exaggeratedly, "No, I don't want to!"
Xue Wenzhe was teased by the two. His white face turned red. He reached out and pushed them. He happened to see Yu Shu coming in behind Yu Xiaoxiu, so he glared at her.
Yu Shu was worried about how she could listen to the class later without a textbook. Suddenly, her eyelids twitched. She looked up and saw a teenager in luxurious clothes standing on the railing. He was staring at her with "fiery" eyes. She turned her head to see that there was no one behind her, and then confirmed that she was the one he was staring at.
How big of a grudge did he have to have such a hateful look in his eyes?
Yu Shu shook her head secretly. She could never imagine that he had become the laughing stock of the whole school because of "her" frequent flattery.
There were four empty seats in the teaching building, but only two seats in the last row were empty. Yu Shu calculated the probability. Seeing Yu Xiaoxiu sitting in a seat in the back row, she was relieved and sat next to him. Sure enough, there was no unusual sound around. It was indeed her seat.
As soon as Yu Shu sat down, the teacher slowly walked in with a few books in his arms. He was quite old, with white hair on his temples and a silver beard. As soon as he appeared, the children who were chatting and playing just now immediately quieted down and obediently sat back in their seats.
Everyone took out their textbooks, and Yu Shu, who was empty on the table, was very eye-catching. Yu Shu was a little embarrassed. She looked up and saw the slightly unhappy expression of the teacher, so she "shamefully" lowered her head.
Perhaps it was because he saw that Yu Shu still knew how to be shy, this strict Teacher Liu did not teach Yu Shu a lesson on the spot. Instead, he ignored her, cleared his throat, and began to teach.
"For this lesson, let's talk about the 'Lawsuit Divination'. In the 'Divination Yao', there is a saying, 'Above the Qian, below the Kan, is the lawsuit of Tianshui. The world is raining, the top is firm, and the bottom is dangerous. This divination, if it is about fortune, then things will go against one's will. If things do not go well, then villains will harm you. It is better to guard against traps. If it is about business, then harmony brings wealth, and suffering losses is a blessing … "
Teacher Liu did not speak classical Chinese. Most of what he said was in the vernacular, but Yu Shu was confused.
Why did the ancient people not teach poetry or calligraphy, but teach people about divination?
Looking at the others, most of them were listening attentively, unlike her who was confused and couldn't figure out the situation.
Teacher Liu taught alone and did not interact with the students. It was not until the sun rose from the east and the shadows of the people became shorter that he ended today's class.
"Our Occult Door Sect's Yi Xue is based on deduction. If you want to obtain a divination, you must first adopt Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, arrange a formation, calculate, take the Nine Palaces, and then figure out the Elephant Number. Your family has a method of deduction passed down from your ancestors. The Clear Rain Divination of the Heavenly Time Divination should be the most common, so this old man will not talk about it. Today, when you go back, your homework is to study the Clear Rain Divination Method and calculate tomorrow's cloudy or sunny weather. For the next ten days, you must compare with me before class every day. If you can predict seven days, this old man will privately teach you a small method of my Liu family's good or bad fortune divination. "
The students in the classroom were a bit excited, and the quiet pavilion began to stir. Teacher Liu smiled and stroked his silver beard. He took the two books he brought with him and left.
As soon as he left, the classroom was thrown into chaos. Amidst the heated discussion, only two faces were devoid of excitement and enthusiasm.
Yu Xiu lowered his head and silently packed his bag.
Yu Shu also lowered her head to hide the astonishment on her face. Strange Doors? Yi Xue? Divination? Divination?
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