Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 20 Five Gifts
The old men were taken aback for a moment, and then applauded, "Good! Good name!"

An old man stood up and asked with a smile, "May I ask who is the talented person?"

The young scholar hurriedly said, "It's Fan Shaolang that Zhao Xuezheng is looking for."

Xuezheng Zhao Xiuwen who was sitting opposite laughed and said, "So it's Fan Shaolang, please come in!"

Fan Ning walked in, and saw five old men sitting at a big table. He only knew Zhao Xiuwen, the chief examiner, and he didn't know the other four.

However, these old men are well-dressed, some wearing woolen purple shirts, some wearing fox fur vests, or wearing high-quality gowns, each of them has a leather belt around their waists, and a variety of gadgets are hung on them. They should all be famous gentry in the town.

Fan Ning bowed to everyone and saluted, "Junior Fan Ning, salute to all the seniors!"

Little Lolita ran to a fat old man and sat down, shaking his arm, "Grandpa, this is the brat I met in the capital!"

The fat old man took his little granddaughter's hand fondly, and said in a low voice: "Little lady, what's the matter?"

Little Lolita still pouted and said, "I'm going to say that he has guessed all the riddles and left none of them to others!"

Fan Ning only felt three black lines appear on his forehead, how could this little girl remember this?
Everyone laughed. At this time, the old man with a brown face asked, "Biluochun is such a good name! How did you come up with this name?"

Fan Ning said with a slight smile: "When the new tea was first harvested, its color was green like jasper, and its shape was curly like a snail. It was in the middle of spring, and it was produced under the Biluo Peak of Dongshan Mountain. No matter the place name, or the color and shape, it is very beautiful. It fits and is more elegant, what do you seniors think?"

"well said!"

The old man with scorched skin patted the table and praised: "This is in line with the elegance of our Pingjiang Mansion. It is ten times better than New Blood Tea. I suggest using this name."

Everyone stroked their beards and nodded, praising the name well.

Little Lolita's grandfather said to Zhao Xiuwen: "Since everyone has decided to use this name, I'll leave the authorities to Brother Zhao."

"No problem, I'll go back and talk to County Magistrate Li."

The old man gave Fan Ning a thumbs up, "Zhao Xuezheng praised you as a child prodigy. I didn't believe it at first, but now I believe it."

Zhao Xiuwen smiled slightly at Fan Ning, pointed to the old man with scorched skin and said, "This old man is the master of Yanying Academy, you can call him Principal Liu."

Fan Ning was ashamed for a while. It turned out that the old man was the owner of Yanying Academy. He quickly bowed and saluted, "The student was rude just now!"

Zhao Xiuwen smiled and said, "You don't have to hurry to please him now. I came to you to give you a chance. The affiliated school of the county school is also recruiting students. Are you interested?"

Dean Liu became anxious immediately: "Old Zhao, he is a student of our school, you actually poach someone in front of me, this is too much!"

"Not yet!"

Zhao Xiuwen chuckled, "He just came to Yanying Academy, maybe he wants to study in the county?"

Fan Ning was in a bit of a dilemma. It was certainly a good choice to choose Yanying Academy, but he heard from his father that he had heard about the affiliated school of the county school. Five years later, he would have the opportunity to go directly to the county school. It is also a prestigious school that everyone dreams of.
Although his father always wanted him to study in Yanying Academy, private schools are too expensive.

After hesitating for a moment, he replied tactfully, "I need to go home and discuss it with my parents."

"No need to discuss!"

Dean Liu immediately made a decision, "Study in Yanying Academy, if you have any difficulties, please tell me, and I will help you solve them."

Zhao Xiuwen was also a little hesitant. Of course he didn't want to get angry with his old friend over this trivial matter, so he brought it up in a half-joking way in front of Director Liu.

"Come! Come! Shaolang have a cup of tea together."

"The junior still has something to do, so I won't disturb the seniors."

Fan Ning saluted and said goodbye, Little Lolita's grandfather stroked his beard and said with a smile: "It's rare that Fan Shaolang named such a good tea, how can we not reward him?"

Everyone agreed with this proposal, Dean Liu thought for a while, took a purple agate gourd from his belt, and said with a smile to everyone: "I like this child, you can do whatever you want!"

Everyone secretly laughed. In order to win over this young man, Dean Liu is really willing to spend all his money!

Zhao Xiuwen laughed and said, "Our iron rooster plucked all the hair from its tail this time."

Everyone laughed, but Dean Liu was not angry, and smiled and handed the purple agate gourd to Fan Ning.

"In the future, when people talk about Biluochun, they will know that it has something to do with Yanying Academy. Based on this, this purple agate gourd is for you."

Fan Ning knew that this purple agate gourd must be precious, so he quickly waved his hand, "I accept the old man's kindness, but I really can't take this gourd."

Little Loli pouted at the side, and said in an extremely low voice: "Pretending to be!"

Dean Liu forced the gourd to him, "It must be done, I will be angry if I don't."

Fan Ning had no choice but to be extremely grateful for taking the gourd. Zhao Xiuwen wiped a topaz ring from his finger and handed it to Fan Ning, "This ring was given to me by one of my students after he was admitted to Jinshi. I wish you can also be admitted to Jinshi in the future." .”

"Thank you, old man!" Fanning took the ring.

The other two old men each took a jade pei and gave it to Fan Ning, and said with a smile, "A little heart, please accept it, Fan Shaolang."

"Thank you two seniors!"

Little Lolita's grandfather thought about it for a long time, and took out a folding fan with red sandalwood fan bones from his arms. Little Lolita suddenly became anxious, "Grandpa, change it to something else! Or give him my dagger."

"nonsense!"

Little Lolita's grandfather seemed a little reluctant to fold the fan, but after thinking about it, he handed the fan to Fanning.

"This fan is my favorite. Thank you Fan Shaolang for taking care of my precious granddaughter in the capital. I will give this fan to you. We will form a bond."

Fan Ning felt that the little loli was staring at him like a little wolf, as long as he dared to take the fan, she would rush up and bite it hard.

Of course, Fan Ning didn't want it either, but the old man had already said that it would be a bit embarrassing if he didn't accept it.

He had no choice but to accept it with great gratitude, but pretended not to see little Lolita crying.

"Fan Ning is extremely grateful for the love of the old seniors, and he will also remember it in his heart. Fan Ning bid farewell without disturbing everyone's tea."

Fan Ning thanked him again and again, and slowly withdrew holding a pile of prizes.

Little Lolita's mouth was pouted almost to the sky, the folding fan that she had admired for a long time was actually given to this brat by her grandfather.

Fan Ning walked out of the room, jumping up for joy, he has made a fortune today, these things are worth at least a hundred taels of silver if sold.

"Look at your unpromising look!"

A sarcastic voice came from behind, "I'll give you 100 taels of silver, and you can sell it to me!"

Fan Ning straightened up immediately, turned around slowly, and said with a righteous face: "This is all the wishes of the seniors to encourage me, a junior, how can I just sell it?"

"Stop pretending! You jumped up for joy just now, and you must have been shouting in your heart, 'Get rich!', right? In the capital, I knew you were greedy for money, and you wouldn't let go of even five cents."

When Fan Ning's background was exposed, he couldn't help but turn from embarrassment into anger, and glared at her, "Whatever you think!"

Fanning turned and went downstairs.

Little Lolita walked to the stairs, but said in a calm and unhurried manner, "I'll offer you 50 taels of silver for that folding fan. Once you figure it out, you can make a deal at any time!"

Fan Ning slipped on his feet and almost fell downstairs. Be good, he offered 50 taels of silver for a folding fan, and he couldn't wait to shout, "I've figured it out now." '

But what about saving face?Fanning really couldn't save face.

He chuckled, "A mere 50 taels of silver can make me fall in love? You underestimate me too much, goodbye!"

He waved his hand smartly, but walked away full of disappointment.

Little Loli stomped her feet angrily, gritted her teeth and said, "I don't believe you won't be tempted, you have to obediently hand over the fan to me sooner or later!"

After walking out of the restaurant, Fan Ning was a little curious, what kind of folding fan was worth 50 taels of silver.

He slowly unfolded the folding fan, and immediately laughed. No wonder Little Lolita’s grandfather took it very seriously. It turned out to be a poem inscribed by Fan Zhongyan himself:

There are people on the river, but they love the beauty of perch.

Jun sees a boat that haunts the storm.

There is also a line of characters engraved on the bottom of the fan handle, which was collected by Zhu Yuanfu in Wujiang.

This Zhu Yuanfu should be the grandfather of the little loli, Fan Ning's heart moved, it turned out that the little loli's surname was Zhu, and she was from Wujiang.

This folding fan written by Fan Zhongyan himself is worth at least a thousand gold, but the little Lolita only offered 50 taels of silver, taking herself for a fool.

"Ning'er!" My father's voice came from afar.

Fan Ning quickly stuffed the things into his arms and walked over quickly.

(End of this chapter)