Since Mr. Ge didn't stay for dinner, Zhang Shou certainly wouldn't waste the few dishes he had just prepared. He asked Ah Liu to carry them and followed him to Cuiyun Room. Of course, they took the path that led to the bamboo forest in the other direction of their home. It was a path that only one person could pass through and was only known by a few people in the village, such as Mr. Yang.
In the past, in order to prevent this path from being occupied by bamboos that grow too vigorously, Liu would be responsible for cleaning it every spring. The bamboo shoots dug up were enough for Aunt Liu to use all her skills to make a variety of different dishes, which they could eat throughout the entire spring bamboo shoot season.
At this time, the master and servant quietly entered a bamboo house on the eastern edge.
Corresponding to the Qingfeng Xulai Hall in the center, this place without a plaque is of course called Shuibo Buxing Hall.
Compared with other bamboo houses, this one has no special features and is located in a marginal area. So since the number of students increased, Zhang Shou used Qingfeng Xulai Hall as a lecture hall and moved here to live, and no one else thought much about it.
With Ah Liu's advice, Zhang Shou entered the house carrying a food box, changed into clothes befitting the title of "old gentleman", and then put on a hat with a veil. Then he asked Ah Liu to go to Qingfeng Xulaitang to find Qi Liang, and then went home to take a message to Mrs. Wu, telling her that he would not be returning home tonight.
Not long after Ah Liu left quietly, someone knocked on the door gently. After he answered, the person came in. It was Qi Liang.
Without waiting for anyone to speak, Zhang Shou smiled and pointed at the food box and said, "I was originally planning to borrow your house to entertain an unexpected guest, but who knew that the guest suddenly ran away, so all the food would be wasted, so I just brought it here."
Although it was not the first time that Zhang Shou had saved delicious food for him, Qi Liang still couldn't help but blush, but he completely forgot to ask who the uninvited guest was. After thanking him again and again, he hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth.
"Sir, Lu Sanlang failed to teach those people. Not only did Zhang Chen deliberately mess with him, but also..."
Zhang Shou waved his hand to interrupt Qi Liang and then stood up.
"It's as expected. You stay here and eat slowly. I'll go take a look. Your palace exam is coming up soon. Although you don't have much confidence, you can't just ignore it. You've helped Cuiyun for several days this time. You've done your best. Don't blame yourself for not managing it well. To calm down such a group of people, even their fathers may not be able to help. The eldest lady can only suppress them for a while."
Qi Liang wanted to say something but stopped himself until he saw Zhang Shou leisurely walked out of the room. Only then could he help but scratch his hair in annoyance.
Although most of the older generation in the village had some doubts about Zhang Shou's actions, they were still happy to have someone teach their children to read for free. If the children did not listen to the teachings, all the families would smile and tell Zhang Shou to teach them and beat them, and they deserved it if they were beaten to death.
But these children of noble families are all arrogant, forming cliques among themselves and looking down on each other!
If he had secretly agreed with Zhu Ying's promotion of Zhang Shou as a hermit, he had given up now. These dandy boys were simply unteachable, and being a teacher to them was like playing the lute to a cow!
When Zhang Shou arrived at the entrance of Qingfeng Xulai Hall, he heard a commotion inside. Zhan Jin and Liu Yin, who were standing guard, looked unhappy. He waved his hand to stop them from reporting, but then he heard Zhu Ying's roar: "Is that enough?"