"Brother, I'll go too!" Liu Yimian said firmly.

"No, you still don't want to go. I'll go explore the road first. If the mountain chief takes anger at you for this, then you will apologize sincerely. If the mountain chief is enlightened, you don't need to go at all, it will be solved naturally." Liu Chengyin He patted Liu Yimian's shoulder and comforted her.

"That's good, thank you eldest brother." Liu Yimian followed Liu Chengyin's side, looking unhappy along the way. He didn't understand why Chen Peizhi and others didn't like him studying in the academy so much. Obviously he didn't deal with them, and he didn't speak, but they wanted to come together and say something ugly to him.

Just when he was full of this thought, what Ji Wei said to him yesterday suddenly flashed in his mind. Like a bolt of lightning splitting the night, Liu Yimian suddenly woke up and cheered up.

He clenched his fists, "I won't let them succeed!"

Liu Chengyin was a little surprised, but did not speak.

"Now you can invite my brother to sit in your house." Liu Chengyin teased.

"Ah, of course, please, eldest brother." Liu Yimian welcomed him into the room and poured him a glass of water, "There is only this in the room, eldest brother, please forgive me."

Liu Chengyin took a sip of water and looked at Liu Yimian gently, "I see that you have everything you need in your house, which shows that the surnamed Ji is not bad for you. When I went home two days ago, I talked to my father about it, He was very happy and said that you have a future."

Liu Yimian listened, but she didn't see the happiness Liu Chengyin expected, she just made a faint sound, lowered her head, and fiddled with her fingers, "Thank you for your concern."

"He has a lot of heart for you, and he made a special trip from Changliu Town to see you." Liu Chengyin stared at the top of Liu Yimian's head and tentatively said.

"Brother Ji came to give me books. A scholar gave me a set of books. He stopped by to see me." Liu Yimian was delighted, and took out a book from the small box and opened it. The handwriting on it was small and beautiful. , very regular, quite a solid foundation.

Liu Chengyin was taken aback, "You actually know Xiucai?"

"I was fortunate to get Zhang Xiucai's advice. He is very good and knows everything. Even when I came to the county to study, he wrote a letter of recommendation to the mountain chief, so I can come." Liu Yimian wrote on her face. full of gratitude.

"That's great." Liu Chengyin sighed, "I really envy you for my brother, even if I came to the county school..." He suddenly interrupted the topic with a frustrated look on his face.

"What's up?"

"I don't know if I can stay here for the first half of the year."

The academy collects book repairs once every six months, one tael of silver per time. Ordinary people really can’t afford to go to the county school.

Thinking of this, Liu Yimian suddenly asked curiously, "Eldest brother, Erniang, is she willing to give you money to study here?"

"How is that possible." Liu Chengyin smiled bitterly, "I went to take the exam before, I was frugal on the way, I was able to live in a broken temple, and I ate steamed buns and drinking water along the way, saving half a tael of silver. Later, Yaomei married into a member's family. Erniang, she has money and is very generous. I used the excuse to buy books and supplies. She asked me in every possible way, and then she gave me some money. In addition to the hard work I had accumulated in the past, I collected one or two taels. , it should be fine."

"It turned out to be like this?" Liu Yimian was a little surprised. You Guizhi has always been much better to Liu Yimian than to Liu Yimian. He thought that the two of them had a good relationship, but he didn't expect to be so nervous.

"Yeah, why should I lie to you, brother?" Liu Chengyin shook his head and took out two buns wrapped in gauze from the small bag he brought, "This is the lunch I bought on the way when I came. Okay. For a penny or two, it’s still cheap when you’re full.”

When my eldest brother was at home, he had never suffered such hardships before. In addition, just now he encountered a few people who made things difficult for him. Liu Chengyin appeared in time and rescued him from it. Liu Yimian felt a little distressed and sad, and took out the cakes he had put away to share with him.

Liu Chengyin took a piece of white snowskin mooncake, suddenly covered his head, and sighed, "Brother Wei suddenly remembered that there is still something to do, so I won't disturb you."

"Eldest brother won't sit for a while?" Liu Yimian stood up nervously.

"No, I've already made an appointment with someone, and I can't lose faith in others. Anyway, I'm studying in the academy. If you have something to do, you can come to me." Liu Chengyin reached out and touched Liu Yimian's head, and said softly, He waved away with the bag in hand.

It wasn't until he left that Liu Yimian breathed a sigh of relief.

This time, eldest brother, he really didn't mention the issue of money again. As Ji Wei said, if people who are not usually close to each other suddenly show the meaning of friendship, then there must be other plans.

Big brother, he really still cares about himself, he was only influenced by You Guizhi before.

Liu Yimian felt a little joy in her heart.

After Liu Chengyin left the school building, he walked all the way to the lecture hall.

At this time, there are no classes yet, and many lecture halls are empty, with only a few students studying in it occasionally. He pushed open a hidden lecture hall and walked in, and sure enough, in the corner, he saw the six people who had just left.

"I still think you can't bear to come." Yang Ming waved at him, and when Liu Chengyin came to him, he patted him on the shoulder hard, and slapped Liu Chengyin, who was a bit thin, staggered, and almost fell on Chen Peizhi in the back row.

"Look at the road, stop pressing me." Chen Peizhi said with some disgust, "If I hadn't treated you as a friend, I wouldn't have done this kind of thing. I, Chen Peizhi, are an upright man."

Liu Chengyin smiled, "Yeah, Pei Zhiqian, gentleman, uphold justice, if you weren't willing to help me, I still don't know what to do."

"How about that, has it come to pass?" Chen Peizhi rubbed his hands together, a little excited.

Several other people also came over curiously.

"Not yet, I don't know what happened. My second brother used to be stupid and obedient, but now he's actually a lot more vigilant. As soon as he mentioned money, he immediately changed his face. I didn't dare to stimulate him any more, so I could only do it slowly. It's over." Liu Chengyin felt a little uncomfortable when he remembered Liu Yimian's vigilant look.