The next day, Li Xuedong wore the second-hand muslin gown with indigo blue and white trim that his third uncle had bought, and a belt that Li Jinzhu had sewn overnight. He arrived at the gate of the academy on time and stood beside a group of indigo gowns.
Li Xiaonan held Li Jinzhu's arm and stood in the crowd watching the excitement. The two talked and looked at the embarrassed Li Xuedong.
Li Wenhua clasped his hands, stood on tiptoes and stretched his neck, looking at his scholar with a smile on his face. From time to time he would say to the people next to him: "That! That's my eldest nephew! Did you see that? That's my eldest nephew! He's only ten years old."
Seven!"
Two rows of boys came out of the academy, bowed down to let the new students, walked around the screen wall from both sides, entered the Yimen, and first went to pay homage to the Earth Temple next to Panchi.
Gu Yan was wearing a silver-white gown and a jade belt, standing at the door of the room, waving his folding fan from time to time, looking at Li Xiaonan who was smiling and smiling.
This little girl is thin and dark, and she is dressed in coarse cloth. It is hard to tell whether she is a little girl or a little boy, but she is so smart, lively, bright and clear, like dewdrops rolling on a lotus leaf. p>
Compared with the current situation, the green sleeves of the past were too restrained.
"Sir, my uncle has sent someone to urge you again." Shi Gun, the chamberlain, warned carefully.
The eldest son of his family stood here, not knowing what to look at. He had been looking at it for more than two quarters of an hour.
Alas, everyone said that his eldest son became more sensible after his serious illness, but why does he always feel that his eldest son became weird and weird after his illness?
Especially the matter of changing his name!
His previous name was so nice, Han Yue, so poetic! The name Han Yue was also given by the prince, but now, alas, it’s like a stone rolling!
"Let's go." Gu Yan put away the folding fan, walked through the dormitory, and entered the academy.
Li Xuedong followed the crowd, moved forward, stood, knelt down, bowed, and stood up. When passing the stone bridge, he carefully looked at the semicircular pool under the stone bridge. The pool was filled with unknown flowers. It was so beautiful.
It smells so good.
This Panchi is so sacred!
Yesterday, he heard countless rules and legends about this Panchi. This Panchi is so beautiful!
It’s grandma’s turn to cross this bridge...
"Quiet!"
Li Xuedong quickly gathered his concentration and followed the crowd with a good step.
The new students lined up and climbed up the steps of Dacheng Hall one by one. They received two new books from Wei Xuezheng, who then put a red velvet flower on the hairpin of the futon.
Gu Yan stood next to Wei Xuezheng, waving his folding fan and looking at the new students casually.
Li Xuedong nervously sweated on his forehead, took the new book from Wei Xuezheng's hand, lowered his head and bowed deeply.
As soon as Wei Xuezheng picked up a red velvet flower, Li Xuedong bowed deeply, and Wei Xuezheng's hand that went forward to tie the flower became empty.
Wei Xuezheng laughed out loud, "Li Xuedong, don't be nervous, raise your head."
Li Xuedong hurriedly looked up at Wei Xuezheng.
Li Xuedong didn't have a bun, so Wei Xuezheng had to put red velvet flowers in Li Xuedong's bun.
Gu Yan looked at Li Xuedong carefully.
She does look a lot like his sister.
They have almost the same facial features, eyes, mouth and nose, but his sister is sweet and smart, but he has a silly look on his face, which is really amazing.
Around the end of the afternoon, Li Xuedong was among the new students. Li Wenhua, who had just turned around the screen wall and stretched his neck to look at everyone one by one, waved his hands and shouted: "Dalang! Here, here!"
Li Xuedong hugged the new book and trotted over.
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Wei Xuezheng walked through the cell, stood next to Gu Yan, and followed Gu Yan's gaze and looked forward.
"What are you looking at?"
"People's customs and sentiments."
Gu Yan withdrew his gaze from Li Xiaonan and used his folding fan to light the women holding their children not far away.
"Look at these women, with their children still in their arms, they are already teaching them: they must study hard, and they must be so glorious that they can become a scholar. Jiangnan's literary style is at its peak, and its reputation is well-deserved."
"Well! It's very rare that you can observe the folk customs and sentiments so carefully!" Wei Xuezheng looked at his nephew with great joy.
"I plan to leave tomorrow to visit Pingjiang Mansion." Gu Yan changed the subject.
"I was about to ask you, your aunt said that you will live in Pingjiang City this year when you go south?" Wei Xuezheng asked.
Gu Yan snorted.
"Why do you want to live in Pingjiang City? What's wrong with Hangzhou?" Wei Xuezheng frowned.
"Hangcheng is of course good. I went to Pingjiang City because my uncle is in Hangzhou." Gu Yan said with a smile.
"My uncle is in Hangzhou, so shouldn't you be more likely to live in Hangzhou? Is it possible that, at your age, you are still afraid that your uncle will watch you read and write? Are you still hiding from your uncle?" Wei Xuezheng said, half truthfully.
"I never hid from my uncle when I was studying and writing when I was a kid." Gu Yan watched Li Xiaonan and his group disappear from sight, and turned around.
"My uncle, who studies politics, is also on a mission to observe the public sentiment. I am here to observe the public sentiment. You and I are both in Hangzhou. Doesn't it mean that the mission is too many? This is definitely not appropriate. It is not easy for you to move around in Hangzhou.
, then I can only go to Pingjiang Mansion." Gu Yan looked at Wei Xuezheng and said with a smile.
"What are you talking about!" Wei Xuezheng laughed, "To understand the public sentiment, you need to look around. Jiangnan Road and Liangzhe Road are so big. You have been practicing martial arts and horse racing since you were a child. Won't it be very convenient for you to go wherever you go? What are you doing?
Excuse!"
"If my mother hears what my uncle said, I will definitely teach him a lesson." Gu Yan patted his uncle's arm with a folding fan, "What can you see if you take a horse trip and look at the flowers? This is the custom of the people, which is to live in it.
Check the prices of vegetables, grains, cloth, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar when shopping every day. Watch the folk customs and listen to gossip in restaurants and teahouses every day. Only in this way can you see the true sentiments of the people."
"That's an excuse!" Wei Xuezheng glanced sideways at his nephew.
Although he didn’t know why his nephew wanted to live in Pingjiang City, and although his nephew’s words sounded impeccable, based on his intuition, he felt that this was nonsense!
"Your aunt is worried about you living alone in Pingjiang City. Your aunt said that if you insist on living in Pingjiang City, she will take your sister with you to take care of you, leaving your uncle and me alone in Hangzhou!
"Wei Xuezheng tried another method to persuade Gu Yan.
"Auntie is a little worried, but she has no plans to go to Pingjiang City to take care of me." Gu Yan said with a smile.
"Even if your aunt has no plans, I have to let her go and take care of you. Otherwise, I won't be able to rest assured," Wei Xuezheng frowned.
"I followed Uncle Wen's family and fought in the north for five or six years. For one or two years, I didn't even have a boy by my side.
"What about you, uncle? When I went to Weinan County, my aunt arrived two months late. I heard that you had met my aunt, so I hugged my aunt and cried loudly, saying that if my aunt was a few days late, she would not be able to see you.
"Uncle is like this, you don't trust me?" Gu Yan patted Wei Xuezheng's shoulder with a folding fan and said with a smile.
"Look at you kid! You're talking nonsense. Your mother is really the same. Why are you telling me this? You were too young at that time.
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Even if you want to live in Pingjiang City, there is no need to be in such a hurry. Gao Shuaisi, Jiang Caosi and the others send people over every day to ask me when you are free. They have to catch you up...
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Wei Xuezheng takes care of the left and right and talks about it.
"It's just because they want to catch the wind that I have to leave quickly. I won't come over to say goodbye to my uncle tomorrow. My uncle is busy, so I'll leave first." Gu Yan interrupted Wei Xuezheng's words and said goodbye.
