The hairpin banquet is an honor and a welcome ceremony for students to enter the academy. Here, everyone either brushes their faces in front of academic officials and other education leaders, or dozens of people recite poems and compose poems.
Show off your skills... Even the student and scholar sitting on the long table in the corner are trying to find ways to increase their sense of presence.
There was only one person in the entire Hairpin Banquet who was not very harmonious, and that was Zhu Ping'an, who was sitting at the end of several rows of tables. When a dish was served, he tasted it. If it tastes good, eat more. If it doesn't taste good, eat less. Anyway, that's it.
Eat, eat, eat...eat in all kinds of ways...
While others were reciting poems, composing poems, and having a drink or something, Zhu Pingan just ate monotonously, no, he ate in various ways, big mouths, small mouths, sips, sucks, nibbles, bites, tugs...
The people around him raised eyebrows. Why did he get the advice from Mr. Tixueguan? It was a foodie. This guy is greedy for food and will never become a great person in the future. The opportunity to get close to Mr. Tixueguan was really wasted. If it were me
, naturally he would then thank the academic officer for his encouragement, come forward and toast with a glass of wine, and then write a poem and ask the academic officer to comment on it. This way, his talent and fame will surely flourish.
Adou is really helpless.
Of course, not everyone thinks so. For example, Wang Jin from Taihu and others praised Zhu Ping'an a lot. If Zhu Ping'an hadn't been eating too seriously and he was sitting too far away, he would have gone over to get acquainted with him.
The whole hairpin banquet came to an end in a harmonious atmosphere. Mr. Ti Xueguan gave a few words of encouragement and left first. When passing by Zhu Pingan's table, he saw shrimp skin crab shells and the like on Zhu Pingan's table, and his eyes flashed.
I couldn't help but jump: This young man has a good appetite, which is really enviable...
At this time, the time was gone. Zhu Pingan slowly returned to the inn with a full stomach.
"Brother Zhu, you are finally here..."
Zhu Ping'an had just gone upstairs when he heard a howl like a slaughtering pig, and then saw the fat man Xue Chi jumping out of the corner in ragged clothes, and tears welled up in his eyes.
The look that Zhu Pingan gave Fatty was so shocking. If it weren't for Fatty's voice, just for such a thing to pop out of the corner, Zhu Pingan's first reaction would have been to kick him and run away.
How come this guy has become so virtuous after not seeing me for more than a day? Why does he feel like he was robbed and then rubbed. However, even with the fat man’s appearance that infinitely lowers the lower limit of human beings, there are also people who can do it.
Throw away the soap?!
"Brother Zhu, why are you here..." After the fat man jumped out, he looked at Zhu Ping'an and shed two hot tears on his aggrieved fat face.
"Stop, what are you doing, experiencing life or breaking through yourself?" Zhu Pingan looked at the fat man's ragged clothes and dirty face. He simply didn't know how this guy got such a moral character.
"It's all my father's fault." Fat Xue Chi mentioned his father, his fat face full of dissatisfaction.
"Did your father beat you?" Zhu Ping'an's eyes twitched.
"No." The fat man shook his head, and the fat on his face was shaken. "But it's all his fault. Don't you just donate a prison student to me? When you get home, you keep humiliating me and you.
Me." Having said this, the fat man looked at Zhu Pingan with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"What are you talking about? You are thirteen years old, you are the head of the case and so on. No matter how you look at it, I don't like it. You said that I can do nothing but eat. Of course I can't admit it. Before I said it,
Two sentences. He scolded me for everything I said."
A promise?
The corners of Zhu Ping'an's mouth twitched. How could this word be a curse word?
"My father said it. I say one thing and you criticize me nine times. You criticize me nine times! Then you start talking about me again, saying that you all ask the academic officer to treat me to dinner, and that I will only rely on him for food. I
I can't stop you. I don't even think about it. It took him eighteen years to pass the exam, but I passed the exam after only three years. He even scolded me for being incompetent..." The fat man was so full of snot and tears.
.
"How can I not become this virtuous even if I just scold you?" Zhu Ping'an was speechless.
"Filial piety comes first, and I couldn't blame him, so I had to go out to the city by myself to relax, and I didn't dare to go back at night. I woke up early in the morning and had nothing to do, so I thought I would go to the mountains to watch the sunrise and broaden my mind, so I climbed up.
A small mountain, I waited for more than an hour, and finally the sun rose from behind me..." The fat man became more and more heartbroken as he talked.
"Then it's not like this?" Zhu Ping'an admired the fat man very much. He could find the wrong direction even when watching the sunrise.
"I went down the mountain after watching the sunrise. I climbed the mountain early in the morning and stayed there for more than an hour. I was already starving and wanted to find something to eat. The foot of the mountain was deserted. It took me a long time to find one.
I bought three buns from the bun seller. They didn’t taste good at all. I couldn’t eat them anymore after eating two of them. Finally, I asked the bun seller how much they cost. As a result, the grandson raised the price and dared to ask for it from me.
One hundred coins. Of course I don't admit it, so I'm going to argue with this grandson, "Three buns want one hundred coins from me, why don't you rob me." When the fat man said this, the anger at that time could still be seen on his face.
"Then what?" Zhu Pingan asked.
"Then, then he really robbed me... Then I did this. When I meet the grandson again, I must make him look good. The robbery was all on the fat man. Brother Zhu, open the door quickly, just now
People passing by laughed at me several times. Let me in quickly and get me some food. Also, buy me a set of clothes. I don’t dare to go back. If I go back like this, I might be humiliated by my father.
Here." The fat man said, wiping his nose and approaching Zhu Pingan's door, urging Zhu Pingan to open the door.
Zhen Ni Ma is die, Zhu Ping'an only has this emotion about the fat man's experience.
Zhu Ping'an opened the door. The fat man said with emotion, "You see a brother in times of need." He slipped in like a bereaved dog. He was really fed up with the contempt of passers-by. He didn't feel anything after being scolded by his father so much. He was looked at a few times by them.
It feels like my soul is being tortured even with my eyes, and I feel so gentle.
After Zhu Pingan opened the door, he went downstairs and asked the waiter in the lobby to deliver a bucket of hot water to the room. He then ordered two dishes, one soup and two steamed buns and asked the waiter to bring them to the room.
After paying the money, Zhu Ping'an went out to the cloth shop where he trimmed his clothes last time, and randomly asked for a set of large-sized clothes. No matter whether they fit him or not, they were better than those worn by the fat man.
On the way back to the inn, Zhu Pingan met his uncle and several other villagers. After not seeing each other for a day, his uncle and other villagers seemed to have been healed of their heartache by the promiscuous woman.
"Xie'er, what a coincidence. My uncle still wants to go to the inn to find you." Uncle Zhu Shouren has returned to his usual upright self, and has lost the loneliness he felt when the results were released.
"Uncle, uncles, are you ready to return home tomorrow?" Zhu Ping'an asked, cupping his hands.
"My uncle is just going to tell you about this. I won't go back tomorrow. The day after tomorrow will be the annual flower appraisal and oiran selection event in Qinhuai River. My uncle and others have been entrusted by others to do their best during the period.
I have to postpone my return home for a few days." As the uncle spoke, his face was full of spring.
Other villagers are also full of spring.
Well
He is worthy of being the one who failed in the rankings. He has rich experience in failing in the rankings.
You guys recovered really fast.
Zhu Ping'an could no longer complain to his uncle and others.
"Well, I just feel homesick for Ping An, so I'm going back home first." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said calmly, "I hope your uncle and uncles won't be surprised." (To be continued)