Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 414: Brother, are you deceiving the emperor?

As he spoke, he pulled out a charcoal pencil, spread out a piece of rice paper, and began to carefully draw a topographic map.

Xiao Yuan, who was sitting opposite, looked at Rong Jin who was doting, then looked at Hua Lei who was being lazy, pursed his lips, lowered his head silently, and continued to do his homework.

My sister has unknowingly started to rely on Brother Rong Jin and act like a spoiled child, which is good. But I don't know if Brother Rong Jin can let my sister rely on him and spoil her for the rest of her life?

Uh, Xiaoyuan looked at the black ink on his homework paper and felt a little annoyed. Well, the paper that was about to be completed had to be scrapped and rewritten. Silently, he took out another piece of paper and started copying from the beginning.

"Oh, I'm so unlucky. A drop of ink fell on my homework paper again. I have to rewrite it. I have already copied the contents of this paper three times." Rong Jue beside him sighed.

Looking at Xiao Yuan who was concentrating on his homework, Rong Jue asked in a frivolous tone, "Xiao Yuan, can you help me copy this homework paper? My hands are so sore."

Xiao Yuan glanced at Rong Jue, then looked at the black pile of homework paper in front of him, and said nothing.

Rong Jin on the opposite side had already spoken, "Rong Jue, you want to be lazy? You are deceiving the teacher, do you know that? Rewrite it yourself."

"Brother, Xiaoyuan's handwriting is very similar to mine, the teacher can't tell the difference." Rong Jue explained.

"It's not okay if you can't see it. Rewrite it for me." Rong Jin raised his voice, "You are so young, and you want to deceive the adults and the teacher?"

"Then...brother, what are you doing now? Are you deceiving the emperor?" Rong Jue raised his chin and pointed to the charcoal pencil in Rong Jin's hand and the half-finished topographic map and asked.

"You...you little bastard." Rong Jin cursed, but the tips of his ears turned red involuntarily.

"Only the officials are allowed to set fires, but the common people are not allowed to light lamps. Is this the situation you are referring to, Xiaoyuan?" Rong Jue put down the brush in his hand, leaned in front of Xiaoyuan, and asked with a smile.

“Uh…” Xiaoyuan looked at the flower bud, then at Rong Jin, and couldn’t continue.

"Rong Jue, have you been feeling a little itchy lately?" Rong Jin glanced at Rong Jue and asked.

"Well... not really, I took a shower last night." Rong Jue answered irrelevantly. He looked at Rong Jin and asked fearlessly, "Brother, what does it mean that the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked?"

"What I mean is that your fourth uncle does not have decent behavior and morals, so you have been influenced and become dishonest, and there is something wrong with your thinking." Rong Jin said without changing his expression.

"Oh, then what about the followers following suit?" Rong Jue started to act recklessly.

"It means something similar, that is, Fourth Uncle doesn't have good behavior, and you don't have good behavior either." Rong Jin continued to talk nonsense.

"Oh, I understand. I am not good because my father is not good, and my father is not good because my grandfather is not good. You are not good because your uncle is not good, and your uncle is not good because your grandfather is not good.

When I get home in the evening, I will tell my grandfather this truth. Don't always say that I am not good at this or that. I am not good, but in the final analysis, it is his own fault. " Rong Jue seemed to have a little "enlightenment".

"You can go and try it, if you're not afraid of getting your butt broken." Rong Jin teased.

"If grandfather doesn't agree, I will say that it was you, big brother, who said this, and let him come to you, hehe." Rong Jue smiled with a little pride.

"Go find it." Rong Jin said fearlessly, "Then we will both be beaten together, just don't cry and beg for mercy." Rong Jin said calmly.

"It is said that to teach others one must first teach oneself, and to educate others one must first educate their hearts? My grandfather shouldn't have beaten me. If I am really bad, he should have beaten himself first. It's because he is the upper beam that is crooked, which makes me, the lower beam, crooked as well." Rong Jue said confidently.

"There is another possibility, which is that it is possible that yours is crooked in the middle." Rong Jin added.

"That's because of you, big brother. I learned everything from you. If I grow up crooked, it's very likely that you grew up crooked first, just like what you are doing now."

Rong Jue raised his chin, indicating what Rong Jin was doing, and said, "You should reflect on yourself first. If your grandfather wants to beat someone, he will beat you first." Rong Jue was already very bold.

Watching the two brothers arguing back and forth, Hua Lei couldn't help but smile and said, "If Grandfather Pei knew that you two were plotting against him behind his back, you two would be in trouble."

"Sister Hua, you have to testify for me. I did learn it from my eldest brother." Rong Jue said with a smile.

"Okay, I can testify to this. However, Rong Jue, you still need to copy this word yourself." Hua Lei said with a smile.

"Oh... okay." Rong Jue resigned himself to his fate and took out a piece of paper and started copying again.

Rong Jin looked at him, then looked at Hua Lei, smiled slightly, and stopped talking.

As they chatted and laughed, it was almost dark. After refusing Aunt Song and Aunt Fu's invitation to stay for dinner, Rong Jin grabbed Rong Jue by the collar, and Rong Jue got on the carriage, howling all the way back to the Marquis' Mansion to talk to Marquis Pei.

Watching the brothers' carriage going away, Hualei smiled. Alas, poor Rong Jue, he became a little inflated because he won the first place in the imperial archery competition at the end of the semester. He probably doesn't know the principle of "one force can defeat a hundred points". I guess his butt is really going to be hurt tonight.

The next day, Rong Jin came as usual, followed by Rong Jue who was jumping around. It seemed that fortunately, Rong Jue's butt was not injured.

The four people were still in the study room, split into two groups and continued to work on their own things. Because the book explanation only required copying, it was much easier, and the few people in the study room unconsciously had more topics to talk about.

"By the way, Sister Hua, my grandfather received a letter from my father a few days ago. In the letter, my father asked you if you could make a few more wool sweaters and send them over this year?

Because the border line in Mobei has been pushed up to Changyun Mountain, there are now many more patrols, wearing down vests and robes,

Because you delivered a lot before, there is enough in the warehouse for now.

However, we don't have enough wool sweaters and vests. If possible, I would like you to make more and send more.

If you really don’t have time, you can make a batch of wool vests first. It doesn’t matter if they are dyed or not, as long as they keep you warm.”

"Oh, isn't the batch we sent earlier enough? Okay, I see. As the weather gets warmer, the sales volume of Shangjingcheng wool sweaters will definitely decrease.

By then, I will organize people to work hard and should be able to produce a batch. Uncle said it is okay not to dye it? Wouldn't it be too ugly?" Hua Lei hesitated.

"It doesn't matter. Father said that we wear them inside, so they just need to be thick and warm. Dyeing is expensive and troublesome, and most importantly, time-consuming. The temperature in Mobei will rise soon. We may not be able to wear down robes or the like, so wool sweaters are really needed." Rong Jin explained.

"Okay, then I will make a batch without dyeing it and send it over first. I will deal with my uncle temporarily, and then I will make another batch for them with dyeing.