Under the supervision of the teacher, Zhu Pingan read the book for a whole morning. In the afternoon, his mother Chen asked Zhu Pingan to go out and return the book to the Li family in Shanghe Village. Dear, eyes & quick, a large number of novels are free to read.
Zhu Ping'an had just stepped out of the door and had not walked far when he turned around and saw his mother Chen holding a shoe sole and needle and thread and excitedly going out. Looking at the direction his mother was walking, he knew that his mother Chen was going to show off in a crowded place in the village again.
Uh, my mother...
Zhu Ping'an looked at his mother's cheerful back and silently made up his mind that he must win the first prize in this special examination.
After watching his mother's back disappear around the corner, Zhu Ping'an walked towards Shanghe Village with his schoolbag slung over his shoulder.
"Haha, I guessed that Master Zhu was coming, and I guessed it right. Please come in, Master Zhu." Uncle Li, the doorman of the Li family, opened the door before Zhu Ping'an knocked on it, with a look of enthusiasm on his face.
Although he had been called "Master Zhu" by the doorman Uncle Li several times, Zhu Ping'an was still a little uncomfortable. He expressed his gratitude to the doorman Uncle Li with a wry smile on his face.
From the attitude of Uncle Li, the concierge, we can also see that "everything is inferior, only reading is superior" is really not a false saying. Scholars, especially those with official titles, still had a very high status in the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps, the middle and late Ming Dynasty should be the time when scholars had the highest status in China since ancient times. In the first year of Longqing (1567), Han Jinchuan, the magistrate of Wuxi, was dissatisfied with the public for something, which caused the students to riot and curse in person. In the same year, Li Youzi, the prefect of Changzhou, was attacked by students from five counties and almost killed.
In such a dynasty, how can one not study hard
After bidding farewell to the doorman Uncle Li, Zhu Ping'an went straight to the study. He was not sure whether the accountants had finished checking the accounts. When he walked into the study, it was very quiet, and it seemed that they had already finished checking the accounts.
Walking into the study, I found it spacious and bright. The accountant Wang, who was in charge of the study, was nowhere to be seen at the door. There was only a young servant there.
"Mr. Zhu is here to return the book."
Zhu Ping'an had never seen this servant before. But the servant recognized Zhu Ping'an right away, probably because the only person who could come to the study room of the rich man Li's house was Zhu Ping'an, besides the Li family.
"Well, thank you." Zhu Ping'an nodded, took out the book he borrowed last time from his schoolbag and put it on the table.
"I have to trouble Zhu Ping'an to register. I am illiterate and am just taking over for Uncle Wang for a moment." The servant stood up, looking apologetic.
"It's me who is causing you trouble." Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, leaned over and used a brush to record the books he had returned one by one in the book.
"Mr. Zhu is such a kind person." The servant was grateful. He extended his hand and invited Zhu Ping'an to go to the study to borrow the book. "Please do as you please. I will go find Uncle Wang now."
"Thank you." Zhu Ping'an bowed and went to the bookshelf to borrow a book.
Zhu Pingan went to the bookshelf to look for books to read. As time went by, it seemed that the Li family had more books in their collection. A whole bookshelf had been added, and what a coincidence that all the books were related to the imperial examination. It was probably that the rich man Li had someone buy them to express his gratitude. The rich businessmen were indeed very good at dealing with people. This made Zhu Pingan admire the rich man Li.
When Zhu Ping'an was carefully reading a book, he heard footsteps and noisy sounds outside the study, and soon the noise came into the study.
"Which one is Zhu Pingan?"
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Ping'an heard this powerful shout.
Well
By the way, I'm the only one in the study, okay? Why do you use the word "which"? It's as if there are many people in the study.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Zhu Ping'an walked out from behind several rows of bookshelves, bowed and asked the person who came.
The person who walked into the study was a middle-aged young man about 17 or 18 years old, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a round face. He looked very strong, like a calf. He was wearing a dark satin robe with a blue hollow hibiscus flower border showing inside the robe, a brocade belt around his waist, and short boots on his feet. He also had a slit.
He is obviously a rough guy, but he still holds a folding fan to pretend to be cultured. There is a sense of incongruity between his big hands and the fan.
Behind this person were two maids and a servant boy.
After seeing Zhu Ping'an coming out, this man stretched out his fat bear-claw-like hands towards Zhu Ping'an with his nose in the air, and shouted arrogantly: "Who am I? Haha, you come to my house to borrow books and still ask who I am? Others say you are very smart. I don't think you are that good."
Nima
This bear-like boy is actually one of the evil girl's brothers
No wonder the black-bellied girl is so arrogant, it turns out it’s a family inheritance?! Uh, when she was a child, the black-bellied girl once said that she wanted her brother to beat her up. Is she talking about this bear brother
"Brother, what are you doing? Who asked you to come to the study? You tore up the book last time you were reading. Daddy has grounded you and won't let you enter the study."
At this time, the sound of a scheming girl pouting and complaining came from outside, and soon the scheming girl appeared in the study wearing a brand new and beautiful dress.
The scheming girl must have come jogging, her little face was flushed.
Behind the scheming girl was Bao Xiao, who was running breathlessly.
After entering the room, Bao's maid Hua'er looked at Gong, then looked at Zhu Ping'an who was standing in front of the bookshelf intact, then she breathed a sigh of relief.
For some reason, Bao's maid Hua'er seemed to hear her own mistress sighing as well.
"Sister, why are you here?" The brother of the black-bellied girl just now looked as fierce as a bear, but when he met the black-bellied girl, his demeanor immediately became gentle like a fat cat basking in the sun.
"I'm afraid you'll mess up the study again!" The sinister girl pouted.
"Don't worry. After you told daddy and he beat me up last time, I won't dare to mess around in the study again." The brother of the sinister girl had an expression on his face that was full of flattery for the sinister girl.
"Who told you not to read properly!" said the sinister girl.
"Yes, yes, sister, you are doing this for my own good." The brother of the black-hearted girl had a smile on his face.
"I'm glad to know." The scheming girl Forty-Five looked up at the sky and said proudly.
Zhu Pingan stood in front of the bookshelf, watching the interaction between the siblings in boredom. It turned out that this man was the brother of the black-bellied girl. Now it seems that his thick eyebrows, big eyes and round face look a bit like the rich man Li. However, he is far from the black-bellied girl. Although the black-bellied girl is willful, black-bellied, venomous and vicious... her appearance is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen in his two lives. If you don't see it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears, it is difficult to associate them with the word brother and sister.
"I've been home these past two days and often heard my father and my sister say that you are smart, but I don't believe how smart you are." After interacting with his sister, Mr. Li turned around and challenged Zhu Ping'an with a nose in the air.
Before Zhu Ping'an could say anything, someone spoke.
"Which ear did you hear me say he was smart?"
The scheming girl stomped her feet in disapproval, then stood on tiptoe, stretched out her delicate hands, and grabbed her brother's ears, revealing her little fangs. (To be continued.)
I was busy yesterday and was unable to update. I will try to make up for it today.