Sun Yehou walked over quickly, stood on tiptoe and punched Su Wen on the shoulder, smiling brightly: "Brother Su, you have good luck and bad luck. You made a false alarm, and in exchange for your literary energy awakening, you became Mr. Dong's student. You are really lucky.
not bad."
Zhang? was even more happy: "When the deputy mountain chief came back to the academy, he announced that he would accept you as a closed disciple. The whole academy was in a sensation. There was also the song "Lime Yin" that you wrote and gave it to him as a disciple.
》, we have asked the craftsmen to carve it out on a jade tablet and placed it outside the Sixian Hall!"
After hearing Sun Yehou's words, the muscles on Su Wen's face twitched a few times, but in the end he did not follow the topic.
"Here, eat some chestnuts."
Sun Yehou hurriedly handed the paper bag in his hand to Su Wen, and glanced at Xu Bancheng, who was standing aside with a smile on his face and rubbing his hands.
"What's going on with you?" Sun Yehou said in a bad voice: "It's hard to find a three-legged toad, and it's not easy to find a two-legged man. Why do you rely on my brother?"
Before, he had neither the confidence nor the ability to fight against the wealthy Xu Bancheng, so when Su Wen was robbed of his bride, he had no choice but to run to the academy for help.
The situation was completely different now. Facing Xu Bancheng, he was confident and naturally he was not in a good mood. He was about to have a fit when Zhang? held his arm down.
"Brother Sun, we are scholars, we can't be so vulgar." Zhang Xi looked at Xu Bancheng's big belly and felt a little fond of him. Why should a fat man embarrass Fatty? So he said: "Xu Dashan, we can't be so vulgar."
Hanging from a tree, right? Brother Su doesn't like Ling Qianjin, so you can consider me... Although I'm only five feet tall, I can still be considered to be handsome, and you... have the look of a father and son. "
Hearing this, Xu Bancheng's face darkened. He felt that Zhang? was teasing him. However, Zhang?'s tone was sincere, but it didn't seem like he was being hypocritical.
He squinted his eyes and looked at Zhang?, but he was shaking his head in his heart.
Naturally, Xu Bancheng put a lot of effort into choosing a husband for his daughter. He had investigated Zhang Xi, Sun Yehou, and Su Wen. Although Sun Yehou's family was in decline and had no power, he was one of the five surnames after all.
1. The gain outweighs the loss by offending the big family behind him. What's more, Sun Ye is still a student in the academy, so he still has to give him some face.
As for Zhang?…What should we say about this person?
It doesn’t matter if a person is short and fat, he is still ugly.
If someone is ugly, you can always point out some flaws, such as a crooked mouth, slanted eyes, a small nose, etc. But he doesn’t have an open mouth. His facial features are pretty good, but the fault lies in his eyebrows. Everyone has two eyebrows, so he just has two eyebrows.
One of them was very rough, like a handful of weeds, running across the center of his eyebrows. It looked fierce, and in Xu Bancheng's heart, it was naturally categorized as ugly.
If only it was ugly.
This one? He also has a notorious reputation. He hangs out in Goulan Casinos and Liuxiang brothels. There are even rumors that he has friendship with some bandits and water bandits. He has a gangster spirit and a very complicated background. The reason why he was able to study in the academy is because of Zhang
?’s late father was an old friend of an old gentleman from the academy. He was too kind and the academy had no choice but to dismiss him, so they could only let him go and let him hang around in the academy.
Xu Bancheng naturally dislikes such a person.
"Xu Shanren, has he made a decision? If you have a keen eye for knowing people, would Xiaosheng change your words and say that Taishan is here?"
Zhang? With eager eyes, he moved forward and grabbed Xu Bancheng's sleeve.
"Ah, ha..."
Xu Bancheng was agitated, recovered from his absent-minded state, and said seriously: "Master Zhang is very majestic and has extraordinary bearing. His future future is limitless, and my daughter cannot reach such a high level..."
Xu Bancheng broke free from Zhang?'s clutches, looked back at Su Wen deeply, and said quickly: "Farewell..."
"Don't mention it..." Zhang? followed behind, still saying eagerly: "I don't dislike it...Xu Dashanren, even if your daughter is not worthy of being a wife, she can still be a concubine..."
Xu Bancheng's body stiffened and he was shaking with anger, but he did not have an attack and walked away dejectedly.
"You are still such a venomous person, and you will cause trouble sooner or later."
Sun Yehou looked at Xu Bancheng's retreating figure and said with some worry.
Despite Xu Bancheng's kind-hearted look and kind face at this moment, he had really offended him and wanted to retaliate cruelly, which was definitely not something the three of them could bear at the moment.
"He doesn't dare, at least not right now."
Su Wen shook his head. Seeing Zhang Hui angry at Xu Bancheng, he felt a little happy. After all, he didn't seem to have the skills to speak venomously in two lifetimes. It was quite good to see Zhang Hui quarrel with others.
"Go in and talk."
Su Wen's house is just a shabby room as soon as you enter. There is a hall at the door, a bedroom on the left, and a study on the right.
Both of them were familiar with Su Wen. After entering the door, they went into the study.
"Hey... Su Wen, when did you get a cat?"
As soon as he entered the study, Zhang? asked in surprise.
Su Wen also saw a gray-brown cat lying on the desk. Strictly speaking, it was lying on the manuscript of "The University" that Su Wen had filled in the missing words. Seeing the three people coming in, it was just lazy.
He raised his head proudly, flicked his long tail, and continued to lie still.
"Uh...this..."
Su Wen didn't know how to answer for a while.
In his memory, it seemed that the original owner did not have a cat. After all, for this poor scholar, it was good to be able to support himself. How could he have time to raise a cat?
But... what if it was really raised by the original owner?
"There were mice in the house, so I raised them to catch them."
Su Wen responded calmly.
"...do you have a name?"
Looking at the lazy, fat gray cat, Zhang? and Sun Yehou suddenly felt itchy. Zhang? even leaned over to touch it. As a result, the gray cat noticed his intention in advance, jumped down from the table, and got into the bed.
At the end, ignore him.
"……Walnut."
Su Wen gritted his teeth and answered again.
"Ouch!"
The gray cat under the bed made a dissatisfied sound, which seemed to be filled with anger.
"...Walnut...this name is too casual. Now that you have awakened your literary spirit, you are considered a thorough scholar. You must be more refined..."
Sun Yehou was dissatisfied, and with the temperament of a sour scholar, he shook his head: "This cat is completely black and gray, but it is completely white from the chin to the belly. Why not call it Dark Clouds Covering Snow?"
Zhang? also joined in the fun: "Isn't the dark clouds covering the snow a little more ordinary... I saw that the fur on the limbs of walnuts is as white as frost, why not call it Shengshuang, or walk in the snow to look for plum blossoms?"
Su Wen smacked his lips, thought for a long time, and then said: "... Whatever, I still think walnuts are more palatable... and easier to feed."
Su Wen felt weird that there was an extra cat for no reason, and he didn't want to dwell on this topic any more.
And he vaguely felt that this cat seemed a little weird. Whether it was raised by the original owner was still open to question. However, when he was robbed of his bride during the day, this cat seemed to have appeared in the sedan chair, but he was not sure. It was a gray shadow at the time.
As he passed by his feet, most of the ropes tied to his body were inexplicably loosened, and he broke away easily.
"...What does it feel like to awaken your literary energy?"
Zhang? asked Su Wen while peeling and roasting chestnuts with sugar.
He is just one step away from awakening his literary spirit. He only lacks an opportunity. The experience of others in this area is worthy of his reference and even worth emulating - for example, taking the initiative to mention to Xu Bancheng that he is willing to be his son-in-law. Of course, it must be a son-in-law, and
It's not an intrusion into the door.
"Ah this..."
It was difficult for Su Wen to answer Zhang?'s question. He couldn't say that he just recited a poem in a hurry and his literary spirit was awakened?
But the fact...is also true.
Listening to Su Wen's answer, Zhang Yu suddenly became energetic: "Reciting poems? You can try this... But I'm not as eager as you. I have to find a place where inspiration can be brewed.
The red sleeves will make it more fragrant... Well, it's decided... Tomorrow I will move to Cuiyun Building and live there permanently. If I don't awaken my literary spirit, I won't come back..."
Zhang? He was full of ambition.
"Nima..."
Su Wen cursed in his heart, this guy actually said that Mianhuasuliu was so great and upright, he was really a damn talent. He had to study hard with him. However, when he thought about it, he couldn't even put together all his wealth to make it happen.
Two taels of silver are not enough for a cup of tea at Cuiyun Tower.
"Come on...I'm afraid that before your literary energy awakens, your kidney water will be drained and turned into medicine residue!"
Sun Yehou touched his waist and shook his head repeatedly: "The opportunity for awakening literary energy varies from person to person. What suits Su Wen may not be suitable for you. It is better to study the scriptures honestly and understand the meaning of the scriptures. That is the right way." He has awakened literary energy.
Sun Yehou still has the right to speak in this regard.
The three of them chatted for a while, and the topic changed from "Song of Lime" to the recent bride-kidnapping incident in Jiangnan Province. They repeatedly criticized the unpopularity of the people, the government's collusion, and the corruption of officials. As one of the victims, Su Wen was particularly emotional, but Zhang
? Not interested in these topics, he yawned again and again, so Sun Yehou, who was good at controlling topics, started talking about some strange stories in the city.
"Speaking of this, I'm not sleepy...Have you heard that there are a lot of rumors about erotic stories in the city recently, I'm afraid they are not groundless..."
Zhang Wei shook off a sleeve of chestnut shells and said mysteriously: "Because of the talent show, many beautiful young women got married hastily. They didn't like their husbands, so Hongxing cheated on her, which led to many romantic affairs...
I... a classmate, all had a similar experience..."
Just when Zhang? swallowed his saliva and was about to share his, ah, no, experience of his classmate, there was a knock on the door.