Chapter 109 Apprenticeship (asking for monthly votes)
Chapter 109 Apprenticeship (asking for monthly votes)
"I heard that my husband made a big splash last night..."
I thought that what happened last night was hidden, but who would have thought that when I came back from running, everyone in the family already knew about it. After all, what he did at that time could not be hidden from other people. Naturally, it could not be hidden from the Su family and Li Pin next to him, so it was treated as an interesting story.
After some ridicule, Su Wending and others probably came over to talk about it in the morning, and Su Tan'er also mentioned it at this time.
"I'll give you five hundred taels at a time. I'm so generous." Xiao Chan said with a smile while holding a bowl of rice porridge. Juan'er on the side turned around and whispered to Xing'er: "Prodigal." In fact.
Being familiar with Ning Yi, this was also a joke. Everyone could hear the words. When Ning Yi raised the spoon to hit him angrily, he ran away with a smile.
"Okay, okay, my husband has never been there before, so stop making fun of it."
Although five hundred taels of silver is indeed a lot of money, Su Tan'er only found it interesting what happened to Ning Yi last night and didn't seem to mind at this time. After everyone was seated, she casually asked
: "Does Mr. Xian know Yuan Jin'er?"
Ning Yi thought for a while: "Not very familiar, but I know the other one."
Xiaochan's eyes lit up: "The one in white who sings the water tune? When Master Wen Ding came over in the morning, he said that she sang well and used a new singing method. I originally thought it was my uncle's singing method, but I sang it
Singing, Master Wen Ding said it’s not possible.” She laughed as she spoke and hummed a few more words in her throat, looking like she was enjoying herself: “Is this good to me, as taught by my uncle?”
"They are so awesome." Ning Yi picked up a tube of pickled beans, shook his head and laughed, "Xiaochan, you are an amateur, you can't compare."
"Hmm." Xiaochan pursed her lips, then lowered her head to drink the porridge. Myolie asked, "Then who is she?"
"She must be some girl who admires your husband's talents." Su Tan'er smiled.
"The name is Nie Yunzhu. She is very powerful. I have saved her before." Ning Yi replied, and then while drinking porridge, he talked about the morning when Nie Yunzhu chased the hen and fell into the river. From that clumsy pursuit of the hen to later even him
He was affected and slapped in the face. Several people in the room had strange expressions.
"Isn't it that... Nie Yunzhu who sells preserved eggs and has some disputes with Gu Yanzhen?"
"Gu Yanzhen...tsk..." Ning Yi shrugged noncommittally.
At this time, breakfast time had already been finished, and they talked about some trivial things about Nie Yunzhu. Su Taner occasionally looked at Ning Yi, and then chuckled: "My husband said so powerfully, if I have the chance, I would like to meet this person."
This is a Yunzhu girl..."
"No one knew her last night, so it's best not to spread the word."
"I know it."
There is still a lot to say, but for Su Tan'er, it's already time to go out and deal with some things. For the time being, she can only suppress some thoughts and hope that everything will be normal for Ning Yi. In the past two days,
Things were getting more and more. She took Chan'er, Juan'er and Xing'er out in the morning, while Ning Yi planned to go to the yard next to the academy to tidy up the small laboratory. Around noon, he came out of the yard and walked around to the academy.
When they passed by, they saw two carriages parked at the gate of the closed academy. They were still carriages from Prince Kang's Mansion. The siblings Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu and several guards seemed to have just knocked on the door and found no one, so they came over here.
Among the guards there was Lu Agui, who greeted him in surprise.
"I just came here, but I didn't expect that the academy was closed. I was about to transfer to Su Mansion, but I didn't expect to meet him here. What a coincidence."
"Oh, the situation is tense these days, and the city gate may be closed at some point, so there was a meeting in the academy yesterday and it was temporarily closed."
The two exchanged a few words, and Ning Yi looked at Zhou Pei and Zhou Junwu next to him, and then asked with a smile: "Brother Lu, why are you here? Ha... It's not to play again, right?" He looked at that person.
He joked to his siblings.
"How dare you." Lu Agui shook his head quickly, "We are here..."
"My sister and I are here to become apprentices!" Before Lu Agui could finish his words, Zhou Junwu had already intervened, showing a very sincere look. Zhou Pei on the side was stunned and slightly embarrassed. She looked at her brother and then at her brother.
Ning Yi: "I...I still have questions to ask..."
Ning Yi looked at her and couldn't help laughing. Lu Agui coughed a few times in embarrassment, probably because he knew Ning Yi's character and wanted to round things off. Ning Yi thought about it and looked at Zhou Pei: "I heard
Are you good at arithmetic?"
Zhou Pei looked at him, blinked and thought for a while, and then hummed: "Yeah."
"How about I ask you a few simple questions, and after you answer them, you can ask me questions?"
"...Okay." Zhou Pei hesitated for a moment before nodding, then turned around, "I'll get a pen and paper."
"No need to take it, it's really the easiest." Ning Yi laughed, and when Zhou Pei turned around in confusion, he stretched out a finger and asked, "Tell me what day it is?"
The little girl looked at her fingers, then at Ning Yi, then at her fingers. Ning Yi turned her eyes twice and frowned. She must have been thinking about Ning Yi's sophistry and deception. It took a long time.
Then he finally spoke cautiously: "Master Chen once said that one is one, two is two, right is right, wrong is wrong. Anyone who confuses these basic things is sophistry..."
She said this slowly and with an awe-inspiring look. She was watching Ning Yi's reaction. Ning Yi's fingers moved slightly in the air: "Well, did anyone say that? Who is Mrs. Chen?"
"Master Chen Qiulan is a guest of Prince Kang's residence. He is a great scholar of the time and has frequent contacts with my master." Lu Agui said beside him.
"Oh." Ning Yi nodded, still stretching out his fingers, "That makes sense, but after saying so much, how much is this?"
"...One." After a moment of pause, he answered briefly and forcefully.
"Oh." Ning Yi nodded and stretched out two fingers, "What is this?"
"Two." There was no hesitation this time. The little girl raised her head, as if she wanted to see what tricks you could do.
Then three fingers: "What is one plus one?"
"Three!" the answer was still loud and clear.
Ning Yi retracted his hand and laughed. Zhou Pei in front, Zhou Junwu next to him, and Lu Agui were still subconsciously waiting for Ning Yi's fourth question. Seeing Ning Yi's expression, Zhou Junwu responded with "Ah". Zhou Pei blinked.
: "Why, why don't you continue uh...?"
Zhou Junwu and Lu Agui started laughing next to them. Only then did the little girl react and her face turned red: "You, you, you, you are cheating...how could you..."
"Oh, you think too much...you have to be polite. Otherwise...you want to default on your debt?"
"I...I won't default on my debt, what do you want!"
"What's wrong? It's just a joke, but I don't have to answer your questions now." Ning Yi shrugged at Lu Agui, "It must be difficult, it's nice not to have to answer." Lu Agui also smiled there.
Get up. Zhou Junwu raised his hands, his eyes gleaming: "I, I, I, I don't want to ask questions, Mr. Ning, can I become a disciple?"
"The academy is there. Anyone who wants to enter can enter. It's just that it's closed now. If you find it interesting, just go in and pay the tuition and take classes when it opens."
Ning Yi said casually, and Lu Agui whispered: "Actually, if possible, Prince Kang hopes that Liheng can go to the palace to teach, and it is best to have the title of guest minister in the palace. I know that Liheng does not like to be an official, but this
There is no compulsion for the guest, I just receive some salary every month. I wonder what Li Heng wants to do?"
"How does Prince Kang know about me?"
"It's a long story. In fact, Prince Kang has only heard of the name Li Heng. This is what my master said. If you can, I hope that my two young princes and princesses can teach you something useful. Of course, as a guest,
It also mainly means to establish heng.”
Ning Yi thought for a while: "Then... I'd better thank you for your kindness. I don't know much. It doesn't matter if I have two more disciples. Come to class and listen to the lectures. Of course I will teach those who can. But forget it about going to the palace. I
This person has a weird personality. It doesn't matter if he tells stories when there are many people. If he were to teach alone, I really don't know what to teach."
Zhou Junwu pulled Lu Agui's clothes beside him, and then expressed his opinion happily: "I also think the academy is good, and sister...sister?"
He turned back to look at his sister, and saw that Zhou Pei was dumb and was still sulking and not talking. But Zhou Junwu was still very happy, and then he turned around and said, "It will be interesting for me and my sister to come to the academy then." I wanted to come to him.
Studying at home or attending private schools of some great Confucians is always boring. Now he longs to go to a new place to play. Lu Agui thought for a while: "Since Li Heng said this, I will go back and report it like this. The problem is not that serious after all.
Big. But there will probably be one or two people accompanying him on weekdays. Of course, they will not disturb Li Heng’s class."
"I understand this." Ning Yi nodded, and several people moved forward with the carriage, followed by several guards at the rear. Not long after, Ning Yi asked: "It's a long story what Brother Lu said, what exactly does it mean?"
What?"
Lu Agui thought for a while and then said softly: "Actually... the young prince and the princess happened to hear what Li Heng said to Li Pin and Li Dexin in the classroom a few days ago. I don't know what Li Heng said.
,but……"
He explained everything exactly, and then Ning Yi knew what happened.
"The master has been thinking about what Li Heng said these days. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to Li Heng's words. Sometimes he also says that Li Heng is deviant and apostate. How can this be unreasonable? But in general, he is afraid that what Li Heng said will get to the point.
Okay. Unless I have something else to do today, I was originally going to accompany the two young princes and the young princess. Haha, I know the master’s character, and I will have to argue with Li Heng. However, it is also the master to let the young prince and the young princess worship Li Heng as his teacher.
I said it personally. Today I just came to ask for Li Heng's opinion. The master said that because of Li Heng's temperament, the young prince and princess must come in person to show courtesy. When it comes to actually becoming a disciple, it won't be so simple. Prince Kang also has to show up. It's polite.
In this way, Li Heng is somewhat prepared..."
Lu Agui smiled and talked, and then mentioned another thing to Ning Yi.
"Oh, just now Li Heng said that the city gates will be closed for the next two days. Today is 13, tomorrow is 14, and until the 15th, every household will offer sacrifices to their ancestors. There are many people outside the city who have lost their family members. I'm afraid it will happen.
Something happened..."
Before he finished speaking, the rapid sound of bells and gongs came from the east direction of Jiangning City. The carriage stopped here for a moment, and then everyone turned their heads and looked over there. There were many houses separated by each other, so naturally they could not see the scene clearly. However,
For a moment, the whole city seemed to be much quieter. A sense of oppression came from the east, and then the vague noise and chaos began to get louder.
"problem occurs……"
It was close to noon, and on the street, Ning Yi heard Lu Agui murmuring...
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My routine is going to be messy again, but I said there will be another chapter in the early morning, and there will be another chapter. Of course, I suggest you get up and read it tomorrow morning ^_^