Academy
Yang Ming, while holding a book, kept getting distracted. He felt that if this continued, he wouldn’t be able to complete his studies, let alone support a wife.
Yet he couldn’t help but think of his wife, now truly understanding the sentint his married classmates spoke of: a single day apart felt like an eternity.
"Yang Ming, soone is looking for you outside!"
"..." Who could it be? He had just left ho, so it couldn’t be his family, could it?
Filled with curiosity, Yang Ming walked out to the academy’s entrance and saw the small figure.
He wondered if he was simply hallucinating from his intense longing; otherwise, how could he be seeing his wife?
"Yang Ming, over here!"
He heard that familiar voice and saw his wife waving at him with a sweet smile.
It really was his wife. He hadn’t been mistaken. Bursting with joy and unable to contain his happiness, he quickened his pace, almost breaking into a little run.
"Xiaoxiao, are you cold? How long have you been waiting?"
As soon as Yang Ming reached Xiaoxiao, he began to inquire, worried she might have been waiting too long or gotten cold.
The mont she saw Yang Ming, her heart leaped with joy. Although she hadn’t realized it herself, she said, "I just got here, I’m not cold."
"Why are you here?"
Yang Ming had been thrilled to see his wife at first, but upon regaining his composure, he felt sothing wasn’t quite right.
He had left ho just yesterday; why had his wife co to find him? Could there be so ergency at ho? She had eagerly waited for him to leave, surely she wouldn’t have co to see him just like that!
"Isn’t that what you said, to co see you if I was in the county? I had business at the Cloth Shop today, so I thought I’d stop by."
"..." Although it was just a side trip, his wife had rembered his words and actually ca to see him.
"Here’s so food I bought for you. You can take it back and share it with your classmates."
"These are papers and brushes I got for you; you’re bound to need them. I didn’t buy you any books because I wasn’t sure which ones you needed."
"Here are so washing items. Starting a new year at the Academy, you might as well have a new set, right?"
"..."
"..."
Listening to his wife list the things she prepared for him, Yang Ming felt an indescribable warmth in his heart. Having a wife was truly wonderful.
"Yang Ming, study hard and make daily progress."
Xiaoxiao felt that Yang Ming’s studies were not sothing she needed to worry about, but she still wanted to offer encouragent.
"Mhm."
"If anything happens, either co ho, or send word to the family."
"Mhm."
"Here’s twenty taels of silver that I forgot to give you earlier. You might need it for school, and don’t skimp on als."
Exactly how much school was going to cost, Xiaoxiao wasn’t sure, so she decided to give him twenty taels for now.
"..." His wife seed to have no concept of money, handing over twenty taels just for als.
"That won’t be necessary, I have silver on . Take it back; keep it for yourself." Yang Ming pushed the silver back to her.
Xiaoxiao didn’t argue. Every ti the subject of silver ca up, her husband acted like this, seemingly reluctant to accept the money. Fine, she thought, next ti she’d just put it straight in his bag.
"Yang Ming, I should be going," said Xiaoxiao, having delivered everything and with seemingly nothing left to say.
"..." So soon? He hadn’t gotten enough ti with his wife and yearned to keep her with him, but how could he broach the subject?
"Oh, right, I’ll be at Xiangxiang Cloth Shop for the next few days..."
Before Xiaoxiao could finish, Yang Ming’s eyes lit up, finally finding an opportunity to see his wife more, "Then for the next few days, I’ll co to the Cloth Shop to et you at noon; we’ll have lunch together!"
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