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Chapter 130 General's Mansion 1
Inside the general's mansion, on a tree near the street, the mansion's young master Zhou Leping was climbing with difficulty, hoping to use the tree to climb over the high wall in front of him and go out to play on the street.
Standing below was his little guard Jing Zhuo.
Jing Zhuo was not much older than the young master. He looked at the young master hanging in the air and nervously moved left and right, fearing that the young master would fall and he would not be able to catch him. He was also afraid that his actions here would be discovered.
However, their behavior was still discovered by the chief steward of the mansion. When the young master successfully climbed to the top of the wall, he looked down and saw the chief steward of the mansion holding the ladder and staring at him kindly.
Zhou Leping's originally excited face instantly fell.
The chief steward looked at the young master on the wall with a smile, and patted the ladder in front of him: "Young master, you are very skilled. Come down now and follow me to find the general."
Zhou Leping cursed the steward's treachery in his heart, but he also quickly came down the ladder.
Because of this mischief, Zhou Leping, who was only eight years old, was punished to copy books in the ancestral temple.
The simple ancestral hall was filled with a scent. If you stayed here for a long time, you would probably be scented by the incense. The incense was swaying in the ancestral hall, and the breeze blew from the open windows from time to time, making the candlelight flicker more vigorously. This scene, coupled with the dark night, was somewhat creepy.
But Zhou Leping, who was only eight years old, showed no fear at all. He sat on the cushion and copied the book stroke by stroke. When he got tired, he stretched his wrists and ate a bite of dry food that his mother secretly gave him.
As for fear, what does that mean?
Not to mention the number of times I have come to this ancestral hall since I was a child, just look at the few tablets scattered above. What is there to be afraid of?
The ancestral hall is not small, but the scattered tablets on the top are for his grandparents who always doted on him. Below is his uncle who was just added last year.
As for this uncle, he was bullied by his fellow villagers when he was alive. After his death, would he still have the courage to bully his nephew in front of his parents? Zhou Leping was not afraid at all.
His father's generation was originally just a hunter in the mountains. But his father was called up to join the army, and with his brute strength, he fought for fame and fame, and married a well-educated official lady. He brought honor to the family. Thinking of the continuation of the family, he built this ancestral hall.
But the biggest use of this ancestral hall now is to copy books for his unfortunate son. I don't know since when, Zhou Leping has been spending more and more time in the ancestral hall, even longer than in his own room.
He didn't mind accompanying his grandparents, but he wondered if he could change his couch. Sleeping on the floor all the time was not a good idea. He once directly suggested that his father move his bed to the ancestral hall. Unexpectedly, his father got furious and locked him up again.
It doesn’t matter, just lock him up, it won’t be a problem anyway.
However, this time the sentence was obviously much shorter. It was agreed that he would be imprisoned for seven days, but he was released after only three days.
After asking around, Zhou Leping found out that it was his cousin Song Shuyi who had returned home.
My cousin Song Shuyi was the daughter of my aunt. Her father was also an official and was currently serving in another city. Originally, Song Shuyi was supposed to go with her parents, but because my aunt died when she gave birth to her second child, there was no one to take care of the young child, so she was placed in the care of Zhou Leping, who lived in the capital.
In Zhou Leping's heart, his cousin was an omnipotent being, the best person besides his mother. As long as his cousin was there, every punishment would be much lighter, so Zhou Leping loved this sister the most.
He jumped up and down happily and threw himself into his cousin's arms: "Cousin, it's a good thing you're here, otherwise I don't know when you can come out."
The cousin did not comfort him, but reached out and tapped his forehead: "You, ever since Jing Zhuo started playing with you, you have become even more naughty."
Looking at the cousin who was one year older than him, Zhou Leping pouted unhappily: "Cousin, you've only been gone for a few days, how come you're just like my dad, saying the same thing."
When my cousin heard what Zhou Leping said, she put her hands on her hips and said, "Zhou Leping, you are still criticizing me. What did you promise me to study hard before I went to the female teacher's school? Now, you don't study literature or martial arts, and you just mess around all day. I think you should send Jing Zhuo away."
Zhou Leping was unhappy when he mentioned the playmate he had finally gotten: "No, cousin, I forced Jing Zhuo to do all this, it has nothing to do with him, please don't send him away."
Song Shuyi couldn't help but feel soft-hearted when she saw Zhou Leping's expression. She reached out and pinched the child's cheek: "Then you have to practice well in the future. Otherwise, even if I don't say anything, my uncle will send Jing Zhuo away."
Zhou Leping rubbed his little face that was pinched and hurt and had to agree. He just wanted to study. He didn't want to lose a playmate.
Speaking of Jing Zhuo, he was sold into the mansion by a boy not long ago.
I heard that his hometown was attacked by bandits and he was separated from his family on the road. He finally arrived in the capital. A man felt sorry for him and sold him.
Although Zhou Leping felt that the guy was not a good person and sold people out to earn a reputation as a kind person, everyone around him said so, so Zhou Leping did not refute.
Then, Jing Zhuo was sold to the general's mansion at a low price and became a cleaning servant.
The reason why Zhou Leping was able to hang out with Jing Zhuo was because they met each other in the kitchen when they were eating secretly.
Zhou Leping was often punished by his father and often missed dinner. Whenever this happened, he would go to the kitchen. Because there would be food that his mother had specially reserved for him. But that day, he ran into Jing Zhuo. Seeing that the child was as thin as a bamboo root outside, struggling desperately with the hard pancake in his hand, Zhou Leping felt a little soft-hearted and gave him half of the food his mother had reserved.
Then, the two met, and from then on this naughty young master had a good partner to cover for him.