Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 86 Going to the Academy

Chen Shi and Du Fangfei came back when it was almost dark. Both of them were exhausted, and it made the three younger ones feel very distressed.

"Mom, don't go tomorrow. Aren't you going to sell tofu? With the income of tofu, no one will suspect anything." Du Jinning persuaded.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Mrs. Chen followed suit.Seeing how her eldest daughter couldn't support herself when she was carrying a log today, she couldn't help but regret it.

Since they plan to make tofu, those household items have to be set up.Mrs. Chen went out after eating, regardless of being tired.

She had to find a stonemason to make a stone mill, a carpenter to make a tofu shelf, and a aunt and aunt she knew to borrow a few catties of soybeans.There are many trivial things to grind a tofu.

That night, Du Jinning checked the yard and wooden windows carefully before going to bed.Xu Shi didn't sleep well the night before and was too tired. She slept very soundly this night.

Early the next morning, Du Jinning went to Taohua Village near Zheng Lin's house, waited for Zhang Hongwen to come over, and handed the storybook to him: "This is the second volume of that storybook, you take it to Young Master Guan Qi. You and him Said, I will send you the other two books after I finish writing them in a few days."

"Brother Ning, I was just going to find you. The head of the mountain asked about you yesterday. I told the head of the mountain about your separation and moving here. The head of the mountain asked you to tell me Let's go to the academy together." Zhang Hongwen said.

"Then wait for me for a while." Du Jinning turned his head and ran back. When he got home, he explained to Mrs. Chen, and told her not to let Du Fangling and the others go out alone. Then he ran back to Zheng Lin's house, got into the mule cart together, and went to town.

In the morning, Zhang Hongwen and the others were going to attend classes with their classmates. After entering the academy, they sent Du Jinning to the residence of the head of the mountain, and Zhang Hongwen hurried away.

Du Jinning went up the steps, straightened his clothes, and was about to make an announcement when he heard a burst of laughter from the room. It seemed that there were quite a few people, and one of the voices was from Guan Lehe.

After finally going to the city, Du Jinning wanted to go around the city to find some work for Du Fangling and others.And the people inside don't know how long they will stay there, it's not a problem for her to stand so stupidly on the porch.

After making up her mind, she said loudly: "Disciple Du Jinning, come to see the teacher."

The chatter and laughter inside stopped abruptly.

After a while, Guan Lehe opened the door and came out, beckoning to Du Jinning: "Jinning is here, come in quickly."

Du Jinning saluted, then went over, and followed Guan Lehe into the house.

There were three people in the room, one of them was an old man sitting at the head of the guest seat, with a gray beard and red face, looking at her with a smile; another boy of twelve or thirteen years old was sitting at the seat below him, with a handsome appearance.There was no expression on his face, and he looked at Du Jinning indifferently, and turned his head after a glance.

Behind them, there was a man in his thirties standing, looking at his clothes, he should be a servant.

"Uncle Qi, let me introduce you. This is my new personal disciple, Du Jinning, who will come to study in the academy after the annual meeting." Guan Lehe introduced.

He turned his face again and said to Du Jinning: "This is Mr. Qi from the former official department, and the one next to him is his grandson Qi Muyuan."

Du Jinning hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Du Jinning has met Master Qi, and Mr. Qi."

"There's no need to be too polite." Qi Bokun raised his eyebrows, and looked at Du Jinning with great interest.

He is also from Lishui County, and now he has retired and plans to return to his hometown for a long time.When he was in the capital, his son Qi Wencong had a good relationship with Guan Lehe because he was a fellow villager, and he knew Guan Lehe very well.This kid looks modest on the outside, but he is quite arrogant in reality, and ordinary people can't catch his eyes.If he hadn't offended people because of this, and suffered repeated setbacks in the imperial examinations, he wouldn't have returned to the small place of Lishui County to preside over the academy.

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. Although the two haven't seen each other for a few years, he still knows something about Guan Lehe through Guan Lehe's elder brother.This kid still has this temper, so he has only accepted two disciples after being the head of the mountain for so many years, one of them is his nephew Guan Jiaze.He didn't expect Guan Lehe to take in another new disciple, and looking at the ragged clothes, the kid in front of him was not from a wealthy family.

If this is the case, my grandson should be able to worship under Guan Lehe's door.

While Qi Bokun was looking at Du Jinning, Qi Muyuan stood up and saluted Du Jinning back, but his expression was still calm, without even a smile.

After saluting, Du Jinning consciously stood behind Guan Lehe.

"Sit down." Guan Lehe didn't want people to look down on his new disciple, treat him like a servant of the Qi family, pointed to the chair at the bottom of him, and beckoned Du Jinning to sit down.

Du Jinning bowed his hands and saluted, and sat down.

Seeing that Du Jinning heard that he was an official in Beijing, there was no shock on his face; now he sat calmly opposite his grandson, Qi Bokun's eyes were full of approval, and he turned his head to Guan Le and Said: "Where did you receive such a disciple?"

Guan Lehe was also very satisfied with his new disciple's performance. He stroked his beard and smiled and said, "He was young and no one taught him. It only took him less than half a month to learn to read by himself, and he even wrote A few story books. The child Jia Ze likes to read the story books the most, so I brought him to me. I saw that this child is intelligent, has a good temperament, behaves gracefully, and has a certain amount of advance and retreat, so I accepted him."

As he spoke, he picked up a book from the table next to him and handed it to Qi Bokun.

Du Jinning looked up and saw that it was the first volume of the "Unlucky Man Meets Dongting Red" written by himself.She couldn't help being embarrassed.

In this era, those who write story books are all down-and-out scholars or young students, and only use this profession to make a living when their future is hopeless.So this profession is looked down upon by scholars.She didn't expect Guan Lehe not to be ashamed, but to be proud, and even showed off in front of the guests.

Qi Bokun took the book and turned a few pages.

Qi Muyuan, who was sitting next to him with an indifferent face, couldn't help but poke his head to look.

Seeing the boy's actions, Guan Le and his eyes flickered slightly.

My friend's father brought his friend's son back to his hometown, and wanted to worship him as a teacher. As an uncle, he shouldn't have declined; moreover, this boy was talented and intelligent at a young age, and he had a solid foundation, no less than a young man. His nephew Guan Jiaze, who was studying by his side, was even slightly ahead of him by a head.Such a child, no matter which teacher he is, is willing to take him under his wing.

It's just that he can always see the shadow of his youth from this child.

Aloof, awkward, and indifferent, it was as if he was living in his own world, and he wouldn't come out even if others couldn't get in.

Guan Lehe didn't like himself when he was young, so he didn't like the boy in front of him either.

With such an unpleasant temperament, there are bound to be many ups and downs on the road to the imperial examination in the future.Guan Lehe didn't want to see the unbearable memories of his youth replay before his eyes, so he didn't plan to accept this boy as his disciple.Qi Muyuan wants to enter the academy, that's fine; but if he wants to be his teacher, forget it.

But this is the son of a good friend, and he has received a lot of care from the Qi family in Beijing before.If you really refuse like this, it will affect the friendship between the two families.Guan Lehe was thinking about how to politely refuse, when Du Jinning came.

At this moment, Guan Lehe had an idea.

　Continue to ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass, ask for a monthly pass...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)