"Happy New Year to the teacher! Happy New Year to Master Ge! Happy New Year, good luck and prosperity!" This is Lu Sanlang, who does not seek to do anything meritorious but only to avoid making mistakes. As he bowed joyfully with his chubby figure, the fat on his body seemed to be shaking.
"Master Ge lives a hundred years and has a long life! May you rise to a high position and have many children and blessings..." This was said by Zhu Er, who thought he was good at speaking. While saying this, he secretly lamented that Zhu Ying originally wanted to disguise herself as a man and follow him, but was dragged by the lady to the palace to pay New Year's greetings to the empress dowager and the emperor. So before leaving, she earnestly told him to say more auspicious words today - he felt that he had done enough to bring good luck.
"I wish the teacher and Ge Zushi good fortune!" Zhang Chen was the one who thoughtlessly turned New Year's greetings into birthday wishes. Moreover, he looked around while speaking, and as a result, a group of younger brothers followed his lead and shouted, which was quite impressive.
Listening to the chaotic noise, seeing Zhang Chen, Lu Sanlang and others pushing aside the middle-aged and elderly officials who also came to pay New Year's greetings to Ge Yong today, and surrounding them in a noisy manner, saying all kinds of auspicious words, Zhang Shou, who was helping Ge Yong into the house, simply didn't know what to say, and he couldn't discourage their enthusiasm: "Okay, you came here to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the New Year, I think you are thoughtful!"
After he helped Ge Yong to sit on the armchair in the middle, he turned around and pointed at the leading people with his finger.
"But did you guys make this appointment long ago? Why did you all come all at once? Respecting teachers is a good thing, but look at yourselves, you just rushed forward like that, you don't even know how to respect the elders, and you didn't even give way to the seniors!"
Today, not only the students from Banshan Hall came, but also a large group of people from Jiuzhang Hall. There was no doubt that Zhang Chen, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu had called them together, while Lu Sanlang and Qi Liang had discussed it and had informed them long before the holiday. There was also Deng Xiaodai who had returned to his hometown for the New Year last night and rushed to Beijing early in the morning. Everyone was young, forming a sharp contrast with several middle-aged and elderly officials.
When they heard Zhang Shou scolding the students and saw Zhang Chen and the others suddenly realize something and turned around to apologize, the senior officials felt surprised just now, but now they found that a group of playboys could be so polite, which refreshed their previous understanding.
Although only 20 to 30 people came out of more than 100 people in Banshan Hall, Jiuzhang Hall seemed to have a lot of people, but they knew that the students in these two halls of the Imperial College had very different backgrounds, and it was really rare to have so many people come to pay New Year's greetings. If you don't believe it, look at other doctors in the Imperial College. Who can have dozens of students pay New Year's greetings? It's already very thoughtful to remember to post a letter, but do you still expect them to come in person
At that moment, because the Minister of Revenue Zhang Huaili, who had confronted Zhang Shou and "fainted" in front of the emperor, resigned "due to illness", Chen Shang, who had just been reinstated as the Minister of Revenue after a period of mourning, spoke as a representative with a smile.
"Little Junior Brother, you are too polite. We are so happy to see so many juniors coming to pay New Year's greetings to the teacher. Besides, they are rushing over to welcome the teacher and you. What else can we care about? The teacher has always loved the hustle and bustle. It's a pity that we are lonely among the disciples. When we came to pay New Year's greetings in the past, we couldn't dress up to entertain our parents and make the teacher happy."