Chapter 047: Little Fangirl
When Ying Zhilin came out of the room, he had regained his usual elegance and refinement.
During the chat, Meng Xiyan learned that he was studying at Wutong Academy, and a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
Wutong Academy is a place that scholars all over the world admire.
It is also a gilded pool in the eyes of the powerful.
Although it accepts students from all over the world, not everyone can enter.
Those with bad conduct will not be accepted.
Those who are arrogant and extravagant will not be accepted.
Academic talent and family background are actually the least important conditions.
There are so many children from aristocratic families in the capital, but over the past few decades, only a handful of them have been able to enter Wutong Academy.
None of those people achieved any success in their later careers.
The rest of the noble sons tried their best to gain a place at Wutong Academy with all their skills.
No matter whether it was bribery or coercion, no one was admitted as an exception.
From this we can see that apart from his poor family background and excellent relatives, Ying Zhilin himself has an excellent character.
Meng Chifei's worries were mostly put to rest.
"What class are you in?"
"Class A."
"Are you going to participate in this year's Autumn Examination?"
"yes."
Meng Xiyan and Ying Zhilin asked and answered questions.
The students in the Tian and Jia classes are the best in Wutong Academy.
The failure rate in the imperial examination was almost zero.
You should know that Lin will definitely pass the imperial examination this autumn, and he can also take the imperial examination next spring.
As long as he can become an official in the court, and the Meng family provides appropriate support and assistance, Wen Yan's second half of his life will not be too bad.
Meng Xiyan became more and more impressed with Ying Zhilin.
Seeing that the two were chatting happily, Wen Yan took Meng Chifei's hand and said, "Let's go to the study. I have something good for you. You will definitely like it."
The two came to the study.
Meng Chifei looked at the layout of the room: "This place is too shabby and simple. My maids live better than here. Yanyan, how can you live here? I will build a yard for you next door."
"Put aside the things in the yard for now, and come and take a look at this." Wen Yan held the banana fan in front of Meng Chifei.
"Wow! What a beautiful fan!" Meng Chifei took the fan, his joy beyond words.
She couldn't let it go and played with the fan over and over again.
"Yanyan, your bamboo paintings are getting better and better."
"Yanyan, these butterflies look like they're about to fly out!"
“Yan Yan…”
Meng Chifei praised a lot, and the emotional value was maximized.
Although she knew it was Meng Chifei's friend filter, Wen Yan was still overjoyed by the praise.
Finally, Meng Chifei's gaze fell on the scene where the kitten was chasing the butterfly, and his eyes were wide open.
She rubbed her eyes.
He rubbed his eyes again and stammered, "Yanyan, this, this, this... this cat wasn't drawn by you, was it?"
Wen Yan nodded with a smile: "I didn't draw it."
Meng Chifei pinched his face and said, "The more I look at it, the more it looks like Master Wu Yunzi's painting. Tell me, I'm not dreaming!"
Wen Yan nodded again.
"This, this, this, I, I, I..." Meng Chifei was so excited that he was incoherent.
Meng Chifei likes to wield swords and guns, but he also likes furry animals.
She had a white kitten when she was a child.
But she was still young at that time and couldn't control her strength, so she accidentally hurt the little white cat.
Seeing the little white cat dying, Meng Chifei sent it away crying.
After that, she never kept cute little animals again.
Later, she saw a picture of cats playing at a banquet and fell in love with it at first sight.
Since then, she has become Wu Yunzi's little fan girl.
"Brother, I have a cat painted by a master!" Meng Chifei ran out with a fan.
"Brother, look." Meng Chifei held up the fan in front of Meng Xiyan to show off, "The cat on it was painted by Master Wu Yunzi. I finally have a painting by a master."
Meng Xiyan wasn't interested in Wu Yunzi. He just patted his sister's head lovingly and said, "Yan Yan gave it to you, right? Your long-cherished wish has finally come true."
"Of course, Yanyan is the best to me." Meng Chifei held up the fan and couldn't stop looking at her.
Wen Yan looked at Meng Chifei with a smile.
If she knew that Ying Zhilin had a whole box of such cat play pictures, she would go crazy!
Ying Zhilin's mood was a bit complicated.
After the master finished painting, Wen Yan put the fan away.
I originally thought she was going to keep it for collection, but unexpectedly she left it for Meng Chifei.
After Meng Chifei's excitement gradually subsided, she remembered the key point of the problem.
"Yan Yan... the master's paintings are priceless. How did you get them?"
"That's not right. This fan is mainly your painting. Only the kitten is in the master's handwriting. How come your painting and the master's painting are on the same fan?"
Meng Chifei finally calmed down and became excited again: "Let me make a bold assumption..."
Wen Yan held her excited hand and said, "Don't make assumptions. It's just as you think. I know Master Wu Yunzi."
Then she recounted how she met Wu Yunzi.
Meng Chifei was stunned when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, the master was not an old man with a sage-like appearance, but a fat middle-aged man with a pale complexion.
However, this image is very consistent with his cat-loving personality.
She now deeply regrets that she didn't come back earlier.
If I had returned to Beijing earlier, maybe I could have met the master in person.
"Don't be in a hurry to regret it, you will definitely meet him." Wen Yan's firm tone made Meng Chifei look at her without blinking.
Wen Yan didn't keep her in suspense and told her that she was going to open a calligraphy and painting shop and that Wu Yunzi was their partner.
"Give me some time." Meng Chifei held his dizzy head. "So, as long as we open the brush and ink shop, not only can we often see the master's paintings, but we will also have the chance to meet him in person?!"
Meng Chifei waved his hand and said, "Open! Open the shop immediately!"
Meng Chifei is not good at business, but he enthusiastically pulls Wen Yan to choose a shop and discuss hiring a waiter.
Meng Chifei owns dozens of shops, most of which are rented out for rent.
She gave a rough idea and let Wen Yan choose whatever she wanted.
Wen Yan thought about it and decided to choose the calligraphy and painting shop he had opened in his previous life.
Familiar operation for better performance.
Afterwards, Wen Yan told her about other miscellaneous matters related to running the shop.
She wants to open an ink-making workshop and a paint workshop.
The two chatted enthusiastically, and even lunch was arranged by Ying Zhilin.
Meng Xiyan watched from the side.
Seeing that Ying Zhilin managed the household affairs in an orderly manner and was not at all pedantic like a "gentleman stays away from the kitchen", he became more and more satisfied with this brother-in-law.
Time flies.
In the blink of an eye, it was time to return to the city.
Meng Chifei didn't want to go back: "Yan Yan and I haven't stayed here long enough! I want to stay here, big brother, you go back first.
By the way, have your steward take inventory of all the shops at the Imperial College and come back tomorrow. I have a lot to tell him."
Meng Xiyan didn't want to spoil his sister's fun, so he left two guards to protect her and went back to the city first.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, the housekeeper brought bad news.
This disrupted Wen Yan's original plan.
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