Although they stayed up a bit late last night, Shao Ming and the others still got up on time the next day.

"Gu Zheng, get up."

"Ah... I'm still half asleep. Aren't you guys sleepy?"

"You little brat! If you don't get up now, I'm not waiting for you. You can sleep all you want."

Shao Yun got angry. What a brat! "Young master"? I'm the master here.

"Hey, hey, wait for me, I'm up, I'm up."

Gu Zheng sensed that Shao Yun was unhappy, so he quickly begged for forgiveness. He really liked Jiang Shao Yun as a friend. Moreover, this was the first time in his life that someone had been angry with him to his face.

Back in Beijing, because of his grandfather and father, none of the people he associated with would openly show him any disrespect.

"Hurry up, if you do this again, I won't care about you anymore."

"Okay, okay, you're my boss."

Gu Zheng is flexible and adaptable, and his main characteristics are being reckless and shameless.

After getting dressed as quickly as he could ever go, Gu Zheng put his arm around Shao Yun's arm and said some nice things with a grin.

"Hurry up, let Master Zhao practice on you a little longer."

"Brother, please don't! I've already admitted my mistake. We can't afford to have internal conflicts."

"You need to get rid of this lazybones of yours. Even my Chuyue is more diligent than you."

Shao Yun is only two months older than Gu Zheng, but taller.

He wrapped his arm around Gu Zheng's neck, and the two of them ran towards the training ground, laughing and joking.

Gu Wen and Gu Wu watched from the shadows, feeling that their seventh young master had met his nemesis.

However, the carefree and joyful smile on the Seventh Young Master's face was still heartwarming.

After breakfast, those who were going to school went to school, and those who were going to study at the Foreign Languages ​​Institute also went to the Foreign Languages ​​Institute.

Shao Ming didn't need to go to school; he went to the outer courtyard to find his uncle. His father wasn't home, so he had to entertain the guest.

"Madam, the young master of the He family has come to visit."

"Young Master He, please come in quickly, and also invite the eldest young master and Young Master Zhou over."

Mu Yi'an didn't expect the He family's children to arrive so quickly.

"Greetings, Aunt Jiang. May you be well, Aunt Jiang."

"Please sit down, we're all close relatives, no need to be so polite."

Looking at the handsome He Chengwen, Mu Yi'an felt that he and Chu Tong were quite a good match.

Chu Tong is quite pretty and gentle. After studying with Granny Hai for a while, her temperament has changed a lot.

"Mother, who's here?"

"Shao Ming, this is Brother He, your cousin Chu Tong's fiancé."

Chengwen, this is Chutong's aunt's husband, Shaoming, from my family.

"Hello, Uncle-in-law! Hello, Brother Shaoming!"

He Chengwen knew about the Jiang family's situation and knew who this uncle-in-law was.

Looking at Shao Ming, who was several years younger than him and had a youthful face, he realized that Shao Ming had passed the imperial examination in the same year as him and had even ranked first.

"Hello, Brother Chengwen!"

"Greetings, nephew of the He family."

After exchanging greetings, Mu Yi'an asked about his parents' health and then asked them to go to the outer courtyard to talk.

"Chengwen, if there's nothing urgent, stay here a little longer."

My Uncle Jiang won't be back until tonight, so please stay for dinner before you go home.

Mu Yi'an thought that no matter what, she should entertain He Chengwen.

"Thank you for your help, Auntie. I'm sorry to have bothered you."

"No need to be polite. You, Shao Ming, and your uncle should go to the study to talk."

Shao Ming got up and led the two guests to the outer courtyard.

Mu Yi'an instructed Li's wife to prepare two tables of food for dinner, as there were guests at home.

Shao Ming led He Chengwen to the study in the outer courtyard. "Brother Chengwen, there are books here. Feel free to look around."

This was the first time in Shao Ming's life that he had hosted guests on his own, and these guests were two people much older than him.

Aside from reading and playing chess, he didn't know what else he could do.

This was He Chengwen's first visit to Uncle Jiang's house, and he was surprised to find that Uncle Jiang had so many books.

"Shao Ming, you have a huge collection of books!"

"Brother Chengwen, you flatter me. It's not a collection of books; they were all copied by my father himself."

Most of them were copied from the study of Bailu Academy, and they were all handwritten copies.

My father said that the books in Bailu Academy are the real collection, and that all the students in the academy can read them.

This is Shao Ming's favorite place; he wants to get into Bailu Academy to read widely.

"Really, I really hope we can get into Bailu Academy this time."

I heard that Bailu Academy teaches music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and even has equestrian archers.

"Yes, we have both, as well as two great masters of music and a great scholar of painting."

Shao Ming had already made up his mind. He was still young and in no hurry to participate in the autumn examination. He wanted to study hard at Bailu Academy for a few more years.

Not only should we study the relevant knowledge in the subject, but we should also learn other things well.

Once you actually pass the imperial examinations and become a Juren or Jinshi, you won't have time to study these things anymore.

Shao Ming had only told these words to his parents, and they supported him.

"If I don't succeed this time, I'll try again next year."

He Chengwen became more and more excited as he listened. He knew that Bailu Academy was good, but he didn't know much about the specifics of it.

Zhou Zilin looked at the two younger generation members and thought, "They're so spirited and ambitious."

He's taken the test three times already; I wonder if he still has the courage to take it one more time.

Moreover, there will be an autumn imperial examination next year, and he will have to participate. Judging from the situation, Shao Ming may not participate in next year's autumn imperial examination, and it's hard to say whether He Chengwen will participate either.

"Uncle, Chengwen, let's read some books and play some chess in the study."

"Okay, that's good. I've been on edge the whole time to prepare for the academy's assessment."

It's rare to have time like this, so I don't need to think too much; I can just read.

He Chengwen could understand; Shao Ming was still young and there were many things he wouldn't be involved in.

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