Song Mu walked out of the house of the Master of Academic Affairs. At this moment, people and horses were passing through the streets outside, and there were bursts of noise. At that moment, Song Mu let out a deep breath, but he felt a little more emotional in his heart.
The future tasks will be a bit more difficult, but in the final analysis, it still comes down to strength.
Strength, I yearn for strength almost all the time.
Thinking like this, Song Mu also walked back. When passing by a bookstore on the street, Song Mu stopped.
"Sir, this book store now has many answers to the provincial examinations. Most of them are articles about the Yuan Dynasty from various provinces. Do you want them, sir?"
As soon as Song Mu stopped, someone immediately came up to talk to him. Song Mu didn't answer, he just looked around and flipped through several collections of classics and poems.
At this moment, a carriage stopped at the door of the bookstore, and a girl with pigtails jumped into the store and asked immediately.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any new poetry collection here?"
The shopkeeper who was greeting Song Mu quickly turned around and saw the person clearly, and a very happy smile appeared on his face.
"Hey, it turns out to be Miss Qiaoer. Are you here to select a poetry collection for your young lady?"
"Don't say so much, just take it out and have a look. If it's good, we'll want it right away."
The little girl said arrogantly, and the shopkeeper immediately agreed with a smile, then walked aside, carefully took out a few poetry books and handed them over.
"Miss Qiao'er, this is the collection of poems that arrived recently. Among them is a collection of poems by a new top scholar, as well as a collection of poems that are quite popular in Chang'an now. I have prepared them all."
The shopkeeper said this, and the smile on his face became a little wider.
"That's all? Are some missing?"
The girl Qiaoer flipped through it roughly and said unhappily, but the shopkeeper immediately grimaced.
"Hey, Miss Qiao'er, you are making things difficult for me. There are no good poetry collections published anywhere this month, but I guarantee you that the poetry collection I have here is definitely the most complete and the latest in the entire province."
"We are just here to eat, but we can't ruin our own jobs, right?"
When the other party said this, the girl looked unhappy at the moment, but she walked to the carriage outside with the things and handed them in immediately.
Song Mu only saw a thin hand with skin as smooth as gelatin and jade green onions taking those things in.
After a while, two books of poetry were thrown out of the carriage. The girl Qiaoer took them and immediately returned to the store and said to the shopkeeper.
"Shopkeeper, I don't want these two books anymore. Check out!"
"Hey! Chenghui thirty-seven taels!"
The shopkeeper's face suddenly burst into laughter, and the little girl called a dignified young man to come up and pay the money, and then glanced around with her lips curled up.
"Shopkeeper, if there is a collection of Song Mu's poems next time, I will send it to you as soon as possible."
"That's natural, Miss Qiao'er, but you also know that Song Mu is in the city now. I heard that he rejected several bookstores' requests to publish poetry collections yesterday. I think it will be a little difficult after a while.
"
Miss Qiaoer snorted and said angrily.
"Then Song Mu is too pretentious and doesn't make money even if he has money. Don't you know that my sister likes to read his poems the most?"
"I guess he is a guy with a pockmarked face. He has low self-esteem and is afraid of being laughed at."
The girl said this, her eyes still pausing on Song Mu's handsome face for a moment, then she got into the carriage and left.
Song Mu, who was reading a book, was sweating when he heard this. He didn't expect that what happened yesterday would spread today.
At this time, the shopkeeper also walked over with a smile on his face. Song Mu handed him a book of strategies and countermeasures, and then asked.
"Shopkeeper, I wonder what that was just now?"
The shopkeeper showed a relieved smile and explained.
"That's the god-sister of the big shop owner of Yuyinfang. She comes to me to buy poetry collections on weekdays."
Song Mu was stunned when he heard this, and asked again.
"You mean the one in the carriage?"
"No, no, it's Miss Qiao'er. The person in that carriage is Du Xianyin, the shopkeeper of their Yuyinfang."
"Du Xianyin?"
Song Mu was stunned when he heard this title, and asked in surprise.
The shopkeeper nodded and spoke immediately.
"Yes, I heard that she is a very beautiful woman. She has a refreshing fragrance all over her body. She speaks in a gentle voice. She also plays a pipa so well that the sound lingers around her for three days."
"It's just that until now, no one has seen her true face."
"She likes poetry most. If a talented person can write good poetry, he will be lucky enough to be invited to Yuyinfang and have a conversation with him through a silk curtain. If he is extremely talented in poetry, he can even listen to one of his songs."
"It is said that every proud and talented man who goes to see her will always be haunted by her when he comes back!"
Song Mu was speechless at the moment.
"This is really..."
Song Mu sighed, and the shopkeeper nodded, but at the moment he also said a little sadly.
"In fact, what this big shopkeeper likes the most is Song Mu's poems in Jizhou Prefecture. In "Night Nostalgia" and "Nanxiangzi", it was Du Xianyin who was the first to fill in the new words.
It’s also quite popular in this city.”
"She had posted a notice before, saying that if anyone could make a poem with the same rhyme as these two poems, they would be rewarded with a glimpse of her beauty."
"Nowadays, in this city, countless talented people gather in front of Yuyinfang every day, and a sea of poetry spreads out."
Song Mu was even more horrified when he heard this, but at the moment he just smiled in return, treating it as a strange thing, bought something and left.
The two poems made the other party have such an attitude. If she had seen Liu Yong's poems, she might not have promised him directly.
Song Mu also sighed in his mind, but he was immediately forgotten by Song Mu and just immersed himself in heading towards the Jizhou Guild Hall.
Back at the guild hall, all the students were reviewing their lessons. Occasionally, one or two people had just come back from outside and seemed to be talking about the Chinese Valentine's Day Lantern Festival.
Song Mu arrived at Tao Fengming's room first, and then told him what Master Xuezheng had said to him, and took out the dried meat to make up for the tea.
Tao Fengming had no expression on his face. He just put away his things and continued reading.
Song Mu hesitated to speak, and in the end he could only resign.
But when they came out, there was a noise downstairs, and then a voice was heard.
"Brother Song, are you here? I'm Xu Yuncai. I'm here to visit you today."
Song Mu was about to go back to his room when he heard the voice and glanced downstairs. When he saw it was Xu Yuncai whom he had met that day, he immediately walked downstairs with a smile and said hello.
"It turns out to be Brother Xu. I didn't expect you to come here."
Song Mu said this, and the other party walked up with a smile on his face. He looked at Song Mu and then said with a smile.
"I really don't have time these days, so I came here today to catch up with Brother Song."
As he said this, the other party took out a post from his pocket and handed it to Song Mu. Song Mu opened it with some confusion and realized that it was an invitation from the other party.
"The Chinese Valentine's Day celebration? Brother Xu, this is a women's day, so I'd better not go there."
Xu Yuncai smiled, waved his hand, and said to Song Mu.
"The Lantern Festival is quite spectacular. Brother Song just arrived and took a look. It doesn't take much time. If you can meet a beautiful woman, you might even get a good marriage."
Song Mu listened with a helpless smile on his face, but Xu Yuncai's expression suddenly became a little awkward.
"Actually, when Xu came to see Brother Song this time, he still had an unkind invitation."