"Also, his private school has been open for more than half a month, but up to now, he hasn't recruited a single child."
The old man had a good impression of Zhu Ping'an and was afraid that Zhu Ping'an would be deceived, so he reminded him again and again.
"Thank you for your reminder, old man. I understand now." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and bowed to thank the old man.
"There's nothing to thank me for. Just keep it in mind." The old man waved his hand, hunched over and left.
"Sir, this guy named Xu Wei doesn't seem to be that good..." Liu Dadao said with a pursed mouth.
"Haha, a genius of the ages naturally cannot be measured by ordinary people's standards." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly.
Xu Wei, Xu Wenchang, is a well-deserved genius, and of course a strange man. The genius is on the left, and the madman is on the right. The genius and the madman are separated by only a wall, and Xu Wei rides on this wall, swinging left and right... ...
"Is there anyone else who can be called a genius in front of you, young master?" Liu Dadao shook his head in disbelief.
"Of course. As the saying goes, there are always people better than you. Besides, I'm not a genius. I'm just an ordinary person. There are many people who are better than me." Zhu Ping'an nodded seriously and said without hesitation.
Zhu Pingan not only said this, but also thought so in his heart. Zhu Pingan knew that he only had hundreds of years more historical experience than the ancients. In terms of wisdom, talent, etc., there were many ancient people who were better than him, such as Xu Wei. Xu Wei was a great talent in the Ming Dynasty, a famous writer, military strategist, and dramatist. Zheng Banqiao and Qi Baishi wanted to be his running dog... For example, Xu Jie, Zhang Juzheng, Yan Shifan, Gao Gong, Zhang Siwei, Wang Shizhen, Li Chunfang and other great people of the same period.
It is precisely because of self-knowledge that Zhu Ping'an never puts down his books and studies diligently, trying to make up for his shortcomings with hard work.
"Young Master is too modest." Liu Dadao couldn't help but sigh in a low voice after hearing what Zhu Ping'an said.
The young master is the top scholar in the imperial examination. He is talented and has a good character. He can solve cases as if he were assisted by God. He loves the people like his own children and can save 100,000 people in a flood. He is a man of both civil and military skills. He expelled the Japanese pirates to protect the country and the people, and subdued the mountain bandits and Miao barbarians alone... He is already a fifth-rank official before he is even twenty years old. There may be people who are smarter than him, but they are definitely few and far between...
This guy called Xu Wei is just a scholar. According to what the old man said just now, he is howling like a ghost at night, and he can't even recruit students when he opens a private school. How can he be called a genius in front of the young master? !
No matter whether others believe it or not, I, Liu Dadao, don’t believe it.
"Knock, knock, knock... Is Mr. Xu home?"
There was a crooked tree and a simple courtyard with a closed door. Zhu Ping'an went forward and knocked on the door, but no one responded.
"Knock, knock, knock... Is Mr. Xu home?"
Zhu Ping'an knocked again and waited outside the door for a while, but still no one responded in the yard.
Is there no one
This shouldn't happen. The gate to the courtyard is not locked from the outside. It is obviously closed from the inside. There shouldn't be anyone here.
“Boom boom boom…”
Zhu Ping'an went forward and knocked again, but still no response.
"Sir, this door is bolted from the inside. It's obvious that there's someone there. Let me take down his door and see if he agrees."
Liu Dadao was just like Zhang Fei when he visited Zhuge Liang three times. He wanted to take down the door as soon as he spoke, and he had even rolled up his sleeves.
"Dadao, don't be rude." Zhu Ping'an quickly stopped Liu Dadao.
"Who is it? Who is it? Making such a bang in the morning, disturbing people's sweet dreams. Do you have any sense of public morality..."
At this moment, a man's cursing voice was heard in the yard. His voice was very magnetic, like the cry of a crane.
Then there was the sound of scraping footsteps, and then the door opened, revealing a fat man with disheveled hair, unkempt appearance, and wrapped in a bed sheet. The bed sheet wrapped most of his body, revealing a section of his thick and fat calves. His leg hair fluttered in the wind, and he was barefoot wearing a pair of wooden clogs.
It was obvious that he had just gotten out of bed and was still in a bad mood.
A fat, unkempt, greasy face looked at Zhu Ping'an and Liu Dadao outside the door with an unfriendly expression.
One finger was still pinching his nostrils, and after pinching them, he uninhibitedly wiped the booger on the door...
A strong smell of decadence came over me.
The fat man was quite tall. Standing at the door, he was half a head taller than Zhu Ping'an. Zhu Ping'an had to raise his head slightly to look at him.
As soon as he saw it, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
Do you still remember the character Duichuanchang in Stephen Chow's "Flirting Scholar", if this fat guy could make a copy of it, he would have 70% of the character's charm.
Is this greasy fat man Xu Wei, one of the three great talents of the Ming Dynasty? !
Zhu Pingan couldn't help but twitch his lips again...
"Hey, what are you two doing? Disturbing people's sleep so early in the morning. Do you have any sense of public morality?" The greasy fat man wiped a handful of booger on the door and said to Zhu Pingan and Liu Dadao in a bad mood.
"Sorry to bother you, we are here to..." Zhu Ping'an bowed to him to express his apology.
"I know I'm sorry to bother you, but you're still banging on the door so early in the morning to disturb people's sleep. Young man, you're breaking the law knowingly!"
The greasy fat man pressed the door frame with one hand, rolled his eyes, and spoke to Zhu Pingan in an angry tone.
"Fatty, watch your words. Do you know who you are talking to..." Liu Dadao had been annoyed with the greasy fat man for a long time. Now that the young master had condescended to apologize, the fat man was still chattering away, and he suddenly had the urge to beat him up.
"Dadao." Zhu Ping'an reached out and patted Liu Dadao's shoulder, stopping the rest of his words and actions.
Zhu Pingan stopped Liu Dadao, and the greasy fat man opposite laughed like a drake, "Haha, who am I talking to? Of course I'm talking to people, am I talking to pigs or dogs?"
"you!"
If Zhu Ping'an hadn't been holding down Liu Dadao's shoulder, Liu Dadao would have stepped forward and given the greasy fat guy a good beating!
"My dear, I'm sorry to disturb your sweet dream. We are here to visit Mr. Xu Wei."
Zhu Ping'an bowed again to apologize while carefully observing the fat man's expression, trying to confirm whether he was Xu Wei, Xu Wenchang.
"Are you here to look for that fat guy next door?! Damn it, I haven't had a peaceful night's sleep since I became his neighbor! The howling of ghosts in the middle of the night makes it impossible to fall asleep! I wanted to catch up on some sleep early in the morning, but I ran into you two listless guys, banging non-stop! I'm so unlucky. I wanted to come out and try my luck, but now it seems that I might as well go back to my hometown..."
When the greasy fat man heard this, his face suddenly twisted, and he started complaining like a nagging woman, spitting out foam at the mouth.
The spit flying was more like Ma Jingtao than Ma Jingtao. Zhu Ping'an seriously suspected that the fat man did it on purpose. He turned his body unnoticeably and avoided the fat man's spit attack.