Chapter 25
Luxi Academy, in the Shanchang residence.

Xu Chengyu lay lazily on the grand teacher's chair, squinting at the gift list in his hand: "Meng Haoguang, a blue and white porcelain vase; Liu Jie, a pair of jade Ruyi; Yuan Jianbai, a string of Nanhai coral beads; Hou Qing, two Qingxi jade pendants." ...Hmph, as soon as the news that I want to accept disciples spread, there are so many people eagerly sending gifts."

"That's not because Daddy, you are knowledgeable and highly respected. Everyone wants to be your student." A fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl walked over with a smile and handed him a cup of tea. It's all fried."

Xu Chengyu took a sip of the tea in his cup, and said disapprovingly: "How many of these people really want to learn from me? Don't you think that if they have a teacher like me, their future official career will be more accessible?" .”

Xu Shuhua said: "This is also human nature. Isn't Luxi Academy famous for its imperial examinations? Speaking of which, Dad, what kind of disciple do you want to accept?"

Xu Chengyu pondered for a while, and said, "Since I'm a closed disciple, I'll have to pick and choose carefully. Hmm... Be a little smarter, don't be dull. I haven't figured out what it is exactly."

"Then think about it slowly." Xu Shuhua glanced at the sky and urged, "It's getting late, you should go to class quickly."

Xu Chengyu stood up hastily, and said as he walked out: "Don't forget to translate the book in a foreign language, I've wanted to read it for a long time. Also, I want to eat bird's nest porridge tonight, you stew it earlier. "

"Okay, okay. Eh—forget it." Xu Shuhua agreed, and turned around to see that he had left the kettle at home. He wanted to catch up but found that Xu Chengyu had disappeared, so he had to put it down again.

Before school at noon, Xu Chengyu looked at the students in this school, and said straight to the point: "I believe many people have heard the rumor that I am going to accept closed disciples, so I will say it directly, it is true. Some people don't have to think about it What gift did I give, from now on, if you intend to worship me as a teacher, just submit a post, which clearly states why you want to be a teacher, and attach a recent article of yours. "

"The time limit is seven days, don't wait when it expires." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.As soon as these words came out, the school was immediately lit up, and discussions started in full swing.

"This is a resume submission for feelings." Gu Yunji murmured.

Seeing him thinking, Cheng Yan asked: "What? Want to send a post?"

Gu Yunji said: "I have such an idea, but I haven't figured out how to write it yet. What about you? Do you want to be a teacher?"

"Teacher?" Cheng Yan stood up and said while packing his things, "I would like to, but I'm afraid they may not like me. Although this Xu Shanchang is a man of integrity, he is not a person who dislikes the poor and loves the rich, but he comes from a family after all. , the disciples I accepted before are all from officials, so it is unlikely that I will fall in love with a boy with no foundation like me, I think you are very promising."

Gu Yunji glanced at him, made up his mind, got up and left the school without further words.

After lunch, Gu Yunji went straight back to the dormitory.Now that he had decided on his apprenticeship, it would be sooner rather than later. He sat on the chair and quickly wrote the invitation letter, put an article written by himself in the envelope, and walked out the door.

Outside the Shanchang's house, Gu Yunji straightened his clothes and knocked on the door leisurely.

"Dong dong dong."

"Here we come." Xu Shuhua was translating a foreign book, thinking that his father had come back, he trotted to open the door before he even put the book down, "I'm so thirsty without a kettle."

The door opened, but the person standing outside was not Xu Chengyu, but a refined and handsome boy in courtyard uniform.

Seeing a pretty and bright girl appearing in front of him, Gu Yunji was also taken aback.

Lonely man and widow, and a stranger of the opposite sex, Xu Shuhua suddenly felt that she was too reckless, and ran out to open the door so carelessly. At this time, she was so embarrassed that she hid half of her body behind the door, and whispered: "Who are you looking for?"

When Gu Yunji saw this, he turned his body slightly to avoid facing her, lowered his eyes, and said politely: "My next Gu Yunji is a student of Luxi Academy, and I want to worship Mr. Xu Shan as my teacher. This is my post. "

Seeing that he spoke modestly, behaved politely, and did not intend to offend at all, Xu Shuhua also relaxed a little, stretched out his hand to take his post, and said: "My father is not here, I will pass this on for you, if you want to visit him, please come back another day. "

"Then I would like to thank the girl." Gu Yunji cupped his hands and was about to leave, but when he saw the book in Xu Shuhua's hand, he immediately became interested, and asked a little unexpectedly: "What is the girl holding, "The Original Geometry"?"

"Can you understand the words on it?" Hearing this, Xu Shuhua was also a little surprised. This is a western book sent by Xu Chengyu's old friend, which is said to be about arithmetic.When she was a child, she learned some foreign languages ​​with a few Westerners who came to study in the capital, and she could understand most foreign books, and her language skills were already very good.

Even for her, reading this book was very difficult, let alone translating it. She never expected that the young man in front of her could understand the title of the book at a glance.

Gu Yunji smiled slightly: "I just understand a little. I have read a few foreign books and taught myself a little foreign language. I wonder if I can take a look at this book?"

To be able to understand foreign books by self-study alone is probably not just a "slight understanding" level?Xu Shuhua was puzzled, so he handed the book to him.

Gu Yunji took the book and looked at it carefully, and found that it was indeed Euclid's "Elements of Geometry", written in English, and his English was not bad in his previous life, so he had almost no obstacles in reading it.In the past, he thought that the Great Xia Dynasty he lived in was an overhead dynasty, but now it seems more like a parallel time and space, even the "Elements of Geometry".

Seeing that he read it seriously, as if he really understood it, Xu Shuhua couldn't help asking: "Can you understand all the words in the book?"

"Almost." Gu Yunji closed the book and returned it to her, "Since the head of the mountain is not here, I will take my leave. Please pass on the post to me, thank you."

Xu Shuhua also blessed Gu Yunji, watched him go away, then closed the door and turned back to the house.

In the evening, Xu Chengyu drank bird's nest porridge under the lamp while reading the posts he received during the day. Some of these posts were given to him face to face, some were placed on his office desk, and some were delivered directly to his home like Gu Yunji. A thick stack.

"This statement is sincere, and it sounds like tears, but the article is not well written."

"This article is full of flowers and flowers, and the writing style is very good, but the post is too perfunctory." Xu Chengyu commented while reading.

Xu Shuhua glanced at the post on the table, Gu Yunji's figure suddenly flashed in his mind, pretending to ask casually: "Father, I remember a student named... Gu Yunji, how is he writing?"

"Gu Yunji? I remember, it seems to be Gu Zhengde's grandson, why did you mention him all of a sudden?" Xu Chengyu looked up his post and looked, "Well—the words are sincere and the article is good, not bad. Let's read it again."

Xu Shuhua said: "You were not there when he handed over the post today, I accepted it, just remembered, just asked casually."

Xu Chengyu didn't care when he heard the words, it was late at night, he put aside the unfinished posts for the time being, got up and went to sleep.

(End of this chapter)

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