Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 35
During the Qingming Festival, the weather is getting warmer, the vegetation is flourishing, and there is a lot of vitality everywhere.It was rare for Luxi Academy to have a holiday, so Xu Chengyu took his daughter and Gu Yunji down the mountain, and invited a few friends to gather nearby.

In a small courtyard in the southeast corner of the prefectural city of Hangzhou, laughter and joy can be heard endlessly. This is the house that Xu Chengyu bought outside the academy, and he seldom comes to live in it except for banquets on weekdays.At this time, old friends arrived one after another, and the yard finally became lively.

"Brother Xu! Long time no see, how are you doing?" A middle-aged man with an extraordinary bearing and a dignified face came in from the outside.

Seeing his old friend, Xu Chengyu smiled happily: "Zi Ke! Aren't you in Jinhua Mansion? Why did you come all the way to me?"

"Didn't you say that you have a new favorite student, and I won't see him anyway?" Xiao Zike laughed, and seeing Gu Yunji beside him, his eyes showed surprise, "This is my virtuous nephew, right? What a talent, you are here The letter only said how talented he was, and how handsome he was, yet you didn't even mention it!"

Xu Chengyu said modestly, but in fact his eyebrows were beaming with pride: "Where are you, you praise this kid too much." Then, he asked Gu Yunji to greet him, "This is Mr. Xiao Zike, the prefect of Jinhua Prefecture, who took the imperial examination in the same year as me. As a successful Jinshi, his essays and poems are all good, even His Majesty is full of praise."

Gu Yunji cupped his hands and said: "The junior Gu Yunji has met Mr. Xiao."

Xiao Zike avoided his courtesy and said, "Your teacher is exaggerating. I'm not that good. I have been friends with your teacher for more than ten years. You don't have to be cautious. Just call me Uncle Xiao."

Xu Shuhua walked over with a smile: "Uncle Xiao, don't chat here, the dishes are ready, take your seats. Today, there is your favorite Qiu Lubai at the table!"

"Then I have to drink a few cups!" Hearing this, Xiao Zike couldn't wait to walk in.

The banquet was full of Xu Chengyu's acquaintances, the only juniors were Xu Shuhua and Gu Yunji, and many people were still the elders who watched Xu Shuhua grow up, so they didn't shy away from anything. Everyone sat at the same table to eat.

Everyone knew that Xu Chengyu had recruited a new closed disciple, and they were all very curious about it, and all their attention was on Gu Yunji for a while.

"Brother Xu praised this little disciple like a flower in his letter. I heard that he wrote more than ten letters and sent them out in one day. He wished he could tell the news that he had accepted a good disciple as soon as possible. Why don't you boast now in front of us? I'm afraid it's not a fake reserve!"

"According to what he said, Yunji had a good match with that kid from the Fang family, and he succeeded in worshiping him as a teacher after going through all kinds of hardships. How come I haven't met such an excellent student, but Xu Chengyu picked him up?" Big leak!"

Hearing this, Gu Yunji looked at Xu Chengyu in surprise. He didn't expect his teacher to have such a personality. He looked dignified and dignified in front of him, but behind him was a loudspeaker. He immediately asked his friends to show off. I'm afraid that others won't know that he has accepted a good student who is rare in a century.

Sensing Gu Yunji's probing gaze, Xu Chengyu coughed uncomfortably: "So much food and wine can't keep your mouths shut? If so, let's enforce the wine order and let you say enough!"

"Okay! Let's take Qingming as the theme today, and whoever clicks on it will write a poem." As soon as these words were uttered, everyone immediately echoed them.

Xiao Zike looked at Yunji, and said: "I heard that your little disciple is quick and has a lot of aura, why don't you start with Yunji, write a poem first, and give us old guys a proof!"

Gu Yunji retreated wildly in his heart, and quickly declined: "The younger generation is really not good at poetry, so let's play with the gentlemen, and it is good for the younger generation to accompany you." It is fine to let him write essays and theories, but he is really not good at poetry. Holding back for a long time to write nonsense and lose the face of the teacher, it is better to shirk it from the beginning.

"That can't be done!" The other party refused to let go, "Most of us are here today to meet you, how can we let you accompany us? Your teacher always praises your poems, so maybe it's because you don't want to write in front of us?" Poetry!"

Gu Yunji never thought that Xu Chengyu would actually brag for him besides showing off outside, and said with a wry smile: "How dare this junior take a joe in front of gentlemen, he is really not good at it. In this way, this junior will punish himself, so he won't show his shame in front of gentlemen." After all, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Okay!" Xiao Zike didn't want to embarrass him too much, and turned his head to look narrowly at Xu Chengyu, "It seems that Brother Xu's apprentice is quite reserved, and he doesn't like to show off in front of others."

Xu Chengyu was not guilty of boasting at all, and said bluntly: "That's natural, the poems and articles he wrote are always only willing to be read by the old man."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, saying that Xu Chengyu was too narcissistic.

"Uncles, Shuhua is willing to throw bricks to attract jade and write a poem first." At this time, Xu Shuhua stood up and composed a rather elegant rhyme in front of everyone's eyes, which immediately won applause from all the halls.

Xiao Zike rejoiced: "Our Shuhua has been a talented woman since childhood, but now that we haven't seen each other for a few years, the literary accumulation has become more and more profound, and the old man is ashamed of himself!"

Xu Shuhua responded generously: "Uncle Xiao is too modest, Shuhua knows his shallowness, and hastily made a fool of himself, I hope uncles will not laugh at him."

Gu Yunji was a little surprised by Xu Shuhua's appearance. In his impression, she was a reserved and shy boudoir lady who had never acted out of line.Now he is reciting poems and composing lyrics in front of all the gentlemen who have read poetry and books, without showing any timidity, showing wanton and free and easy, which makes him admire.

Qiu Lubai's stamina is really too strong, Gu Yunji didn't care about drinking a lot at the banquet for a while, but now the spirit of alcohol came up, his stomach was overwhelmed, and the feeling of vomiting suddenly rushed to his throat, he only had time to tell Xu Chengyu, He quickly rushed out the door in three or two steps.

After taking a few breaths of fresh air outside, the feeling of vomiting was not as strong as before.Gu Yunji held on to the wall and retched for a long time in the corner, but he didn't spit out anything. His chest was so tight that he couldn't get up or down, and it was even more uncomfortable than before.

At this time, a slender hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Hangover soup." Xu Shuhua brought a bowl of hot soup in front of him, "It will make you feel better after drinking it."

"Thank you." Gu Yunji stretched out his hand to take it, and after drinking it, his stomach felt warm, and he felt much better all of a sudden.

Xu Shuhua joked with a smile: "Mr. Gu has been a man of influence in the academy for the past few months. Everyone praises you as an all-rounder who can do arithmetic well. You don't want to be so overwhelmed?"

Gu Yunji raised his head when he heard the words, obviously Xu Shuhua drank no less than himself, but found that her face was only slightly red, and she didn't look embarrassed at all.Can't help admiring: "I never expected Miss Xu to drink so well, and she is also very good at poetry. I used to think..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shuhua answered, "You think I'm a canary in a cage who knows nothing but embroidery, right?"

"Ah, no, no, that's not what I mean!" Gu Yunji's face flushed red with anxiety, "I have little knowledge, I only saw a corner of Miss Xu's writings before, I didn't think that Miss Xu has a handsome talent, and she can write poems and lyrics at her fingertips, which makes me feel ashamed .”

Seeing this, Xu Shuhua smiled slightly: "Okay, I'm just kidding you. Everyone in the world says that geniuses always have a bit of arrogance. I don't want Mr. Gu to turn it around and be so humble."

Gu Yunji was a little embarrassed, so he had no choice but to say: "Miss Xu is too famous, I can't be called a genius."

Xu Shuhua stopped teasing him, turned around and went back with the bowl.

Everyone drank and had fun with each other, and they didn't gradually rest until sunset, and they dispersed.Xu Chengyu didn't stay too long, and rushed back to the academy with Gu Yunji and Xu Shuhua before night fell.

(End of this chapter)