Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 125 3.32 Laner comes to visit for the first time today

Volume Three

3.32 Laner came to visit for the first time today

Since the incident in the Guo Mansion, Zhou Yang has devoted all his energy to martial arts, and even saved himself from going out, and he can push all kinds of communication as he can. Anyway, unless it is a gathering of the eighth sons, there is nothing good to do. Yes, time flies, and in the blink of an eye, at the end of the month, just when Zhou Yang thought he could wait until the exam, a strange man came to visit.

"Chu Fang has met Brother Zhou!" As soon as he entered the main hall, he saw a well-behaved man dressed as a scholar and stood up to salute. He looked like he was only in his 20s, but he deliberately grew a beard to show his maturity. He even cupped his fists and saluted. The flawless standard movements make people feel like spring breeze.

"Is Xiu Yuan here?" Zhou Yang smiled and clasped his fists in return, calling him a friend with equal status, that is, calling him by his cousin, "My cousin mentioned it to me a few days ago, and I will trouble you to take care of Lan'er from now on, but With your knowledge and knowledge, you have already passed the exam when you are not yet twenty years old, you must have no problem teaching an enlightened child."

"Since it is the arrangement of my senior sister, of course I have nothing to say!" Chu Fang replied seriously, "Brother Zhou's conditions are beyond my imagination, not to mention the consumption of brother Zhou's martial arts and literature, only this house, Even with the help of senior sister to intercede, it is not something that a mere martial artist can buy. What can Brother Zhou teach me?"

"Huh?" Zhou Yang originally thought that this person was "one of his own", but now it seems that it may not be so simple, "Brother Chu, what is the misunderstanding? Although I am only famous in martial arts, I have a source of income, but these are not necessary "

"Brother Zhou has dealings with the Xue family of Xue, right?" Chu Fang's answer made Zhou Yang slightly startled, "To tell you the truth, since I received the message from Senior Sister, for some reasons, Senior Sister is temporarily unavailable. I came over in advance to take a look at the time, but from what I encountered in the past few days, it seems that Brother Zhou is not a simple martial arts practitioner, right?

Just the day before yesterday, Zhang Dehui, the shop owner of Xue Zihao in Beijing, came to your place in person, but he didn't even arrange a reception, and just asked the servants to take him in. However, Zhang Dehui himself didn't feel that he shouldn't, and he was full of emotions when he entered. Respectfully, if you say we just have some interactions, I’m afraid it doesn’t make sense, right? "

"It seems that Brother Chu is careful enough." He waved his hand to Qingwen, who was bringing tea, to go down. Zhou Yang knew that he had met a "careful person", "It seems that my cousin didn't tell you that it's not that I have any dealings with the Xue family, but The marriage has been arranged a long time ago, and the late head of the Xue family is my father-in-law. Brother Chu, do you still have any questions?"

"Have you already been engaged?" Chu Fang froze and sighed with a complicated expression, "In that case, Chu has become a villain in vain. Brother Zhou, don't worry, I will do my best to teach senior sister's children and listen to senior sister's wishes. , she has been taking care of it by herself for a few days, and the effect is pretty good. I hope he is good at studying."

"Of course!" Although he didn't understand why Chu Fang looked like this, Zhou Yang still didn't see anything wrong. "His father took the high school provincial examination when he was less than [-] years old. His mother came from a family of poets and writers, and he followed his mother since he was a child. Studying, there should be no problem in reading."

"His father?" Chu Fang curled his lips and showed a look of disdain, but he just mentioned it and said nothing more, "Brother Zhou, senior sister sent someone to send a letter the day before yesterday saying that she would bring the child over today, and it is estimated that it will be at this time After that, since we still have some time, how about we go check out the room first?"

"As it should be!" Zhou Yang didn't quite understand Chu Fang's reaction, but he had no intention of inquiring into other people's private affairs. "My cousin must have told you that I have reserved three rooms in the west wing, with a study room in the middle for Brother Chu's convenience. Teach, the connected room on the north side is for Lan'er to rest; the partitioned room on the south side is for Brother Chu to rest.

All the required books or items, such as the Four Books and Five Classics, three hundred thousand readings, various collections of annotations, or dictionaries and copybooks, are all ready. The four treasures of the study are also made of high-quality goods. Of course, these are the thoughts of a martial artist like me. , if Brother Chu still feels there are any deficiencies, you can always add them. "

"Already - very good!" After looking at it with a complicated expression, Chu Fang said, stroking a piece of writing on the north side, "With these conditions, even if it is reduced by [-]%, it is enough to be placed in a poor family. Raising a noble son, when I first started studying, my family did not have such good conditions."

"Otherwise, this matter of children's education cannot be overemphasized. As long as it is not too much, we should ensure the best conditions as much as possible." Zhou Yang said seriously, but what he thought of was the modern "school district" "House" and "prestigious school", "These things are actually consumables, otherwise I wouldn't be able to come up with better ones." "Brother Zhou would have thought this best!" Chu Fang nodded with satisfaction and picked up a book. He flipped through a few pages of "Zhu Zi's Annotations" and nodded, then turned around and said, "But since Brother Zhou knew this, why didn't he take the right path of the imperial examination? There was also the conflict with Liu Shangshu's son at the beginning of the month. I heard from my senior sister, Brother Zhou Memory can be called photographic, so why not.”

"Since you heard about the conflict between me and Liu Bin, you must already know the reason?" Zhou Yang finally understood the reason for Chu Fang's vague hostility. "Studying and practicing martial arts are all for official career. No matter where they are, they are just fighting for one How come there are so many high and low people who are granted the title of wife and shadow? Wen Xiucai is just a scholar, and martial arts candidates are still candidates. Who gave him Liu Bin the courage to dare to say anything? Liu Lun?
Since Brother Chu has heard about this conflict, he should naturally understand Liu Bin's heroic words. Wen Xiucai doesn't need to salute to Wu Juren?If it spreads, what will be the result?It's not like you haven't heard of Liu Lun's character. Why hasn't he dared to take action yet? Brother Chu really doesn't understand? "

"I just think that with Brother Zhou's talent, it would be a disgrace to not take the imperial examination route." Chu Fang did not mean to refute, but he still insisted that "the only way to be good is through reading", "Well, as the saying goes, everyone has his own talent." If you are ambitious, I will come here this time and I will complete the instructions given by Senior Sister, so don’t worry, Brother Zhou!”

"That's good!" Zhou Yang nodded. He now confirmed that Chu Fang is quite open-minded, but both sides have their own positions. There is no need to distinguish right from wrong. From now on, we can just rely on our strength to speak. "Brother Chu, just a moment Let's take a rest, and wait for my cousin to come over—well, what a coincidence?"

However, there was already a few noises from the front yard, followed by Qingwen's reprimand and Li Xiong's rough shouting, and then there was no more noise, only the carriages and horses were arranged and the personnel greeted, and soon there were footsteps outside the door Zhou Yang smiled and went out with Chu Fang to greet him.

"Little brother has seen Senior Sister!" But unexpectedly, before he could speak, Chu Fang had strode up to greet him, and while bowing to salute, his tone was excited, "It's a pity that it has been many years since Senior Sister entered Jia's residence." Goodbye, it’s really impossible to redeem yourself by death——”

"Junior brother Chu is so polite!" Li Wan's expression was also quite excited, and he actually stepped forward and grabbed Chu Fang's hands, "I would like to thank junior brother for all the hard work during my father's funeral. Unfortunately, senior sister was very filial at that time, so it was really not suitable for her. Seeing each other, I don't want this time to be delayed again and again, and we will meet again here until today!"

"It turns out that Brother Chu is still here." Zhou Yang didn't expect this. "It stands to reason that Li Jijiu's knees are empty. When he left, his son-in-law should be the one to see him off, right? How could he let Brother Chu?"

"This" Li Wan said with an embarrassed look, "Lan'er's father was already in poor health at the time and couldn't bear the rush. His uncle was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention his health was not good either. I had no choice but to call him. I asked Junior Brother Chu to help, and I added some things."

She said it cryptically, but Zhou Yang had already understood that Li Shouzhong was dead at that time, Jia Zhu was in poor health, and a group of snobs in the Rongguo Mansion thought that the Li family was finished, so they didn't take it seriously anymore and arranged it according to the mourning standards. Even though a few people passed by, no one was sent to handle the funeral. In the end, Li Wan had no choice but to find a junior brother to handle it!

"The Jia family is really" he shook his head speechlessly. No wonder there was no sign of "one family with two kingdoms". No one paid any attention when his house was ransacked. Zhou Yang originally thought that the entire martial arts class was ruined, but now it seems that he didn't do anything. If you are not dead, even your in-laws can treat you so poorly, and your relationship with other families is not difficult to understand. Now consider that Ning Rong's second house has even been expelled from Wu Xun's inner circle, haha
"Why are you still talking about these useless nonsense!" Li Wan gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, forced a smile and pulled the little carrot head hidden behind him, "Lan'er, I haven't met your two uncles yet, how about you in the future?" We should learn more from them, and when we grow up, we can become high officials and live in big houses!"

"Jia Lan has met Uncle Zhou!" Little Carrot Head bowed timidly with Li Wan holding his back, "I have met Uncle Chu!"

"Okay, we are all a family, what are you so polite about?" Zhou Yang smiled, and then glared at Li Wan angrily, "You are serious too, Lan'er came to the door for the first time today, if it weren't for Brother Chu Come here, I don't even know, and I haven't had time to prepare a gift, what it looks like!"

"Lan'er, be good!" Unexpectedly, Chu Fang nodded with a smile, took out a silver necklace with a brush-shaped pendant from his arms, and hung it around Jia Lan's neck himself, "Follow me and study hard in the future, and I will be on the gold medal list as soon as possible. Inscribe your name to earn a royal identity for your mother, remember!"

"Yes, Uncle Chu!" Jia Lan's face tightened and he bowed seriously to answer. Then he turned his head and looked at Zhou Yang eagerly.

Zhou Yang:.
Next to them, Li Wan, Qingwen and Suyun were holding back their smiles:
(End of this chapter)