Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming are undoubtedly excellent, as dazzling as the sun in the sky. Xu Qingshan admits that he is not as good as them, but Gu Yanzhou is different. He is good-looking, well-educated, and has a good personality. If he passes the imperial examination in the future, he will have a good future.
Any place is good, and he knows everything about them. Unlike Yang Sheng and the others, they said they were grain merchants, but he didn't think so at all.
Didn’t the storyteller say that some men would pretend to be rich young men to deceive the girls, and then sell them or force them to do that kind of business
By the way, what was the name of the book? It seemed to be called "Saving Something", but he couldn't remember clearly.
The more he thought about it, the more worried he became about Jiang Yunzhu. She was a smart woman, but a girl would always suffer a loss when facing two men.
As for his cousin, he never thought about it in this way before, but now looking at him, aren’t he and Jiang Yunzhu a match made in heaven
Both of them look like people in a painting, one is as beautiful as an orchid and the other is as bright as the moon. There is no other marriage that is as good as this.
And my uncle and aunt also like Jiang Yunzhu very much.
"Cousin, you're back. What are you thinking about?" Gu Yanzhou asked with a smile when he saw Xu Qingshan staring at him.
"I'm not thinking about anything. Are you going out?" Xu Qingshan asked.
Gu Yanzhou shook the painting in his hand and said, "I drew a picture today and I was just looking for a teacher to help me comment on it."
Gu Yanzhou is currently studying at Wenyuan Academy in the county, where he is one of the best students.
There are more scholars in Wuling County than in other places, which is related to the special circumstances here.
Parents worked hard to earn money, and they knew it was not easy to make money in the mines, so they did not want their children to risk their lives for money. Only by studying and taking the imperial examinations could one rise to fame and honor, so everyone was willing to spend money to let their children study, hoping that they would become successful.
"What kind of painting is it? Can I see it?" Xu Qingshan asked.
Gu Yanzhou thought he was very strange today, he didn't care about his reading before. But he said, he opened the painting.
Xu Qingshan looked at the painting and felt nervous.
There was only a picture of reefs and huge waves on the painting. As the scroll was opened, the crashing waves seemed to be right in front of you, making you feel nervous.
"This, this is what you drew?" Xu Qingshan asked.
"Yes. Today I read Mr. Su Shi's poem 'Rough rocks pierce the sky, waves crash against the shore, and thousands of piles of snow are rolled up.' I was inspired and painted this picture."
Xu Qingshan didn't understand poetry, but he thought that the phrase "thousands of piles of snow" was very beautiful. When comparing it with the painting, the waves really looked as beautiful as piles of snow.
"You draw really well," he praised.
Gu Yanzhou shook his head. "It's just a fantasy. If I have the chance, I'd better go to the top of Chibi Cliff and see it for myself."
"There will be a chance." Xu Qingshan answered casually, and then asked, "Do you have anything to do this afternoon?"
"It should be fine, is there something wrong, cousin?"
"You go first, I'll talk to you when you come back." Xu Qingshan said.
Gu Yanzhou agreed and went out.
At this time, at the Jiang family, Chen was helping Jiang Yunzhu move things into the house while looking at her. There were four of them when they left, so why did only two return? Also, the two merchants insisted on taking Jiang Yunzhu to the town today. They were two young men, and Jiang Yunzhu was a beautiful girl, so she couldn't help but think about it.
"Mom, just ask me if you have anything to say." Jiang Yunzhu said directly.
Chen felt embarrassed instead, "Then, what about those two merchants?"
"We separated once we got to town, and I don't know where they went."
Chen wanted to ask about Xu Qingshan, but when she thought about the fact that Jiang Yunzhu didn't like to talk about that, she gave up and just asked her if she had had breakfast.
"No." Jiang Yunzhu originally planned to skip breakfast and use the saved money to hire a donkey cart back.
Chen suddenly felt distressed. After being busy for so long, she still hadn't eaten yet? She went into the house to heat up her meal and said, "Next time if you are in a hurry to go to town, have a bowl of spicy soup or meat pancakes first."
"That's for sale." Jiang Yunzhu said. The main thing is that she ate it, but Chen didn't eat it herself, and didn't let Jiang Lin and the others eat it. She couldn't finish it if she ate it alone.
Afraid that Chen would say something else, she said, "I'll go to town after breakfast tomorrow." Mainly because the circumstances in the past two days were special. Yesterday it was Chen who urged her to go to town, and today even Yang Sheng urged her.
Probably not tomorrow.
Chen suddenly understood. After a while, she brought her breakfast, which was still pancakes and porridge, but there was a boiled egg, with a pink skin and round shape, which looked very cute.
"Mom, this egg..." Jiang Yunzhu was surprised.
"A few days ago, we invited Aunt Feng and her family to dinner, and they brought two chickens. I kept them in the backyard, and today when I went to feed the chickens, I unexpectedly found an egg." Speaking of the egg, Chen smiled.
Jiang Yunzhu was also very happy.
"Eat quickly." Chen urged. She had originally wanted to save the eggs to exchange for money, but when she heard that Jiang Yunzhu hadn't had breakfast yet, she felt sorry for her, so she cooked them.
"Let's leave it to..." Jiang Yunzhu wanted to leave it to Mr. Chen or Jiang Cheng. One of them was the oldest and the other worked harder than her.
"Eat it, it's for you." Chen peeled the egg and put it into Jiang Yunzhu's bowl.
The egg white is tender, and through the crystal white on the outside, you can see the brown yolk inside.
Jiang Yunzhu ate the pancakes and porridge with eggs. This morning was quite satisfactory.
After dinner, Jiang Yunzhu went back to her room and took a nap a little earlier than yesterday.
When she woke up, she heard a noise in the yard. She looked outside and saw Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming coming back.
She watched them enter the side room and got up to cook.
She was not troubled by pork elbows and braised pork, as they just took some time. She also got the timing of the cooking right for dishes that required a lot of heat, such as fried kidney slices. In the meantime, she also prepared lunch for Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming.
Jiang Lin had been waiting there for a long time. There were too many dishes cooked today for him to carry them all by himself, so Chen followed him out of the door to deliver the food to the foot of the mountain.
In the future, more people will order meals, and delivering meals will also be a problem, Jiang Yunzhu thought as she looked at their backs.
But this is not a problem. When the time comes, she will naturally find a way.
After washing her hands, she brought Yang Sheng and Shen Fengming's meals to the side room.
Today she made them lion's head, stir-fried yam, and mapo tofu.
Two lion heads as big as fists look majestic. The stir-fried yam is white and placed on a white porcelain plate, like white jade. The mapo tofu is spicy, fresh and fragrant.
"Miss Jiang, thank you for your help." Yang Sheng said with a smile.
"No trouble, eat it while it's hot." Jiang Yunzhu replied.
"good."
Yang Sheng sat down and took a bite of the lion's head, which was smooth, fresh and fragrant. He then took another bite of mapo tofu, hmm, delicious!
"What if I can't eat such delicious food in the future?" he muttered.
Shen Fengming paused as he picked up the food.
It was time to learn calligraphy in the afternoon. Jiang Yunzhu had slept for a while this morning and now she was in good spirits, so she decided to study calligraphy well.