When Zhang Shou came back with the boy who called himself Liang Chu, he found that everyone's eyes were on the two of them as soon as they entered the study. He realized the next moment that people were not looking at him, but at the boy who was two years younger than him. He was confused.
Is there something he doesn't know
That’s right, just from the conversation in front of the purification room—although he thought the location of this conversation was very strange—he had already gotten a lot of information out of Liang Chu, including that there were four brothers in his family, that he would only be sixteen after the twelfth lunar month, which would be the first lunar month of next year, and that he had only been a student of Chen Xianzhang for a year, because the famous Mr. Baisha had only been back home for this short time…
But Liang Chu's words did not seem to give these old men who relied on their age to bully others a reason to pay attention to this young man. Thinking of this, he changed his mind and soon realized that this seemingly talkative, erratic and impatient young man was not completely cunning. He seemed to be talking to everyone just now, but he was actually hiding something.
Sure enough, the next moment, he heard Ge Yong smiling and greeting him, "Young friend Shuhou, are you back? I just told everyone that you passed the imperial examination at a young age, and you are so handsome and heroic. It's a pity that your teacher doesn't plan to take the exam this year, otherwise this teacher and student taking the exam would be a good story!"
Zhang Shou knew how difficult it was to pass the imperial examinations these days. Even though he had one, two, three, or four juren living in his house, it was because of his current status that he could associate with all the common people. Otherwise, look at the group of students in the public school, look at the eldest brother of the fourth prince and the classmate that Xiao Cheng knew, he was much older than Liang Chu, but he was just about to take the county exam...
Forget about being a scholar. A scholar who fails to pass the county examination cannot even be considered a student...
Therefore, he could not help but turn around and look at Liang Chu for a few more times, then laughed: "Brother Liang, you just said a lot, but you forgot to tell me that you are the candidate for this year's exam. Isn't this really too modest?"
"Perhaps it's not humility, but he is afraid to talk about fame in front of Master Zhang, which would only cause displeasure." An old scholar at the side suddenly interrupted, and as soon as he said it, he realized that his words directly offended Zhang Shou and Liang Chu. However, just as he was about to make amends, Zhang Shou had already slowly opened his mouth.
"I was a late learner, and I don't even have a basic understanding of classics and history. So when I was lecturing to students at Banshan Hall, I couldn't talk about history in a continuous manner according to the changes of dynasties. I could only pick out some fragments that I was familiar with. Therefore, I don't expect to achieve fame in this life, but I still admire young talents like Brother Liang."
At this point, Zhang Shou smiled at Liang Chu, nodded slightly and said, "Brother Liang and I just got acquainted. Before, he always avoided talking about himself in public, but talked about how his teacher was knowledgeable and humble, filial and friendly, and proficient in the art of playing the zither. After listening to him, I couldn't help but admire Mr. Baisha even more."