Madam Qu smiled affectionately, holding Chen Jianfang's hand and shaking it, "..This is Mang'er from your cousin's family in the Qu family. You met him when you were young. You heard his nickname and said he was the shepherd boy's younger brother."
"Man'er?" Chen Jianfang smiled and shook his head, not following the pole. "I can't remember."
Qu Qiushi was not annoyed, but bowed respectfully and said, "My second cousin is very busy, it's all my fault that I didn't pay a proper visit to him."
After saying this, Qu Qiushi turned around and explained to Xianjin with a smile, "My full name is Qiushi, and my nickname is Mang'er, both of which mean good harvest. Mang'er is also the abbreviation of Mang God by the country folks, and many shepherd boys who drive cattle are called Mang'er."
The young man smiled gently and shyly, and glanced at Xianjin beside him shyly, "The country folks are afraid that they can't raise children, so they give them some rough names, which insults my ears."
Star of Hope, clench your right hand.
What kind of approach is this?
What does this shy look mean?
And, sister?
elder sister?
She is a head taller than Jin Jie'er, and you have the nerve to call me sister!
Chen Jianfang swore that he had been learning the words of the sage for more than ten years and had rarely, almost never, said anything rude. But now, he really, extremely, wanted to curse.
Not only do I want to curse my mother, I even want to curse my father as well.
Chen Jianfang put his right hand behind his back and caught a glimpse of a knowing smile on Madam Qu's thin face.
Old Madam Qu pursed her thin lips and shifted her gaze to Xianjin. The smile floating in the air seemed to be still waiting for its destination to land.
Xianjin was unaware of the looks from everyone and immediately smiled back, "I know that! The nickname of the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu was also called Mang'er. People who use nicknames to get lowly are afraid that the King of Hell will pick the one with the nicest name first. This is the custom in Jiangnan!"
There is an inexplicable excitement as if one of the test points was picked out during a blind test.
Not to be outdone, he continued to ask questions around this point of knowledge, "There's something even more amazing! Do you know what the nickname of Ouyang Xiu's eldest son, Ouyang Fa, was? And there's more! The nickname of Lu You's uncle Lu Huan is also amazing!"
Qu Qiushi, who was inexplicably involved in the competitive spirit:
No one told him that there were additional questions in the quick quiz?
Chen Jianfang lowered his eyes and looked down, a smile forming at the corner of his lips.
"Uh..." Qu Qiushi looked at Old Madam Qu.
Old Madam Qu smiled and tried to smooth things over. She took Qu Qiushi's hand with one hand and Xianjin's hand with the other and led the two of them inside. Her expectations for this pair of "mandarin ducks" even surpassed her preference for her own Mr. Jinlin at that moment - Chen Jianfang was only allowed to walk in the second row.
"Who cares whether Ouyang Xiu or not? Let's welcome Erlang today and have a good meal!" Old Madam Qu was in a rare cheerful mood and walked in with a few juniors.
The guests were of course still the same people, except for Chen Fu who went to Jing County, Chen Cai who was busy with the shop, and Chen Laowu who was lying in a thatched hut in the suburbs with crooked eyes and nose, the rest of the people remained basically unchanged.
Fighting Buddha·I have eight mouths·seven of which are used to scold people. Chen Jianfang's mother kept her mouth raised, which was very rare. She served Chen Jianfang food in a pleasant whisper.
The focus of the entire dinner table was on Chen Jianfang.
Listen to Chen Jianfang talk about what he has done in Jing County over the past six months.
"...After the teacher left, some fled like birds and beasts, while others stayed and waited. There were about ten students who were going to take the examination for the scholar degree this year, and there were also seven or eight students who were going to take the examination for the autumn examination this year."
Chen Jianfang took a sip of tea and continued, "For those who are taking the exam, there are still a few teachers who stay to teach, and the other scholars have no one to take care of them. I had to rent a room for myself, and I took them to study with me. The exam was finally over at the end of last month, and the results will be posted tomorrow. Only then did I dare to come back from Jing County."
Madam Qu listened attentively and asked, "Did the scholars come to Xuancheng with you?"
Chen Jianfang nodded and said, "Let's stay at the inn in the west of the city and wait for the results to be announced tomorrow."
Madam Qu blamed him, "...Why don't you bring them back to eat together? It's so rude to leave them alone at the inn!" Then she glanced at Aunt Qu and told her, "Tell Baizhen Pavilion to send a table of food early in the morning, with four cold dishes and four hot dishes, as well as a pot platter, and seafood, poultry and fish."
After thinking for a while, he continued, "Go and find out where the Master Qin who came to our house earlier lives, and send a table of food to him as a celebration in advance."
Xianjin lowers his head to eat tofu, and raises his head to learn worldly ways.
Tsk.
This investment, a small incision, shakes the big picture.
Although Madam Qu has many faults, she is flexible in her conduct and has a clear goal - she wants to establish good relations with scholars. If she establishes good relations with a hundred scholars, there will always be one who hits the target, and the Chen family will not be able to eat up the one who hits the target.
It’s no surprise that she was able to lead the Chen family out of this situation.
Aunt Qu left immediately.
Chen Jianfang just smiled, "Tomorrow the list will be announced, they are already nervous, so eat something good tonight and drink some wine, I think they will sleep well."
Madam Qu also nodded, then turned around and asked about the wild couple in her mind, "Where are Mang'er and Xianjin? I've seen you guys together these past few days." It was rare for her to laugh so happily in more than a year. She made eye contact with her second daughter-in-law and said with a smile, "After all, they are of similar age, one is seventeen and the other is sixteen. I heard that Jin Jie'er even said that Mang'er was asked to diagnose and diagnose all the servants in our family. Some old servants who were always afraid of seeing doctors heard that Mang'er was treating the magistrate, so they lined up to wait."
Chen Jianfang lowered his head and picked up a piece of tofu.
Similar age?
What?
Is it because he is old?
This tofu is really disgusting, it is sour and smelly.
Xianjin turns a deaf ear to the world outside and only cares about eating Lao Tofu. As long as she is not called upon, just pretend she does not exist.
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