The road is long and arduous, but I will search for it up and down.
Xu Yan discovered that writing is not something that can be achieved overnight, especially writing with a distinctly personal style like Mr. Qian's.
If Mr. Qian hadn't mentioned many details, Xu Yan really wouldn't have noticed them.
Of course, you still have to keep practicing. After all, with Mr. Qian's personal guidance, the improvement is visible. It would be unacceptable not to practice. Even if you can't achieve a perfect score in the end, imitating it to 70% or 80% should still be possible. That's enough.
Day after day, night after night.
Time flies.
Under the high-intensity sprint, Xu Yan felt that time passed extremely quickly.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.
Xu Yan's writing skills have improved, especially his personal style is closer to Qian Xushan. I believe that if he performs normally during the college entrance examination, he will definitely win the favor of Grandmaster Lei.
Reluctantly bidding farewell to his mentor, Xu Yan left Gushan Academy alone.
Before leaving Hangzhou City, he had to go to Miaofengtang Bookstore again, one to say goodbye to Xu Wei, and the other to take his little servant with him.
After all, the little book boy stayed in the bookshop most of the time. In Shuangxi's own words, it was too scary to live alone in the villa in Santaishan.
Today, Miaofengtang has completely replaced the Zhou family's position in the Hangzhou book market, and there is an endless stream of customers coming to buy books every day.
Many of them are old customers who came here to watch Journey to the West.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yan wondered whether he should wait until the college entrance examination was over before writing another popular book to consolidate Miaofengtang's position as the overlord of the world.
He was walking towards Yongjin Gate, and as soon as he entered the gate, he saw a man riding a horse and galloping towards him.
In front of him, a rich young lady was walking slowly while reading a newly bought book.
She was so engrossed in watching that she was completely unaware of the danger. Without time to explain, Xu Yan shouted, "Be careful!" and instinctively rushed forward.
With this leap, he naturally knocked the rich girl down.
The two hugged each other and rolled around for a few times before stopping.
Xu Yan then realized something was amiss and quickly jumped up to apologize, "I just saw a fast horse galloping behind the young lady, and I didn't have time to warn her. Please forgive me if I was being rude."
The rich girl had just recovered from her shock, tidied her appearance, and only after she calmed down a little did she have time to look up.
But when he saw Xu Yan's face, he was shocked.
"Mr. Xu?"
"Why, Miss, have you heard of my name?"
Xu Yan felt a little confused, as he had never met this woman before.
This rich girl is naturally Hong Miaoyun.
Today she and Cuiwen came to buy books together. Cuiwen said she wanted to go to the neighboring shop to buy some rouge and powder, so Hong Miaoyun went to buy the books first and then walked slowly, reading while waiting for Cuiwen.
I never thought I would encounter such a dangerous scene just now.
If Xu Yan had not come to the rescue in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"this..."
Hong Miaoyun bit her lip, thinking about how to answer.
In fact, she had seen Xu Yan, but Xu Yan had never seen her.
After all, there were so many people at the Gushan Poetry Meeting that day, and she was dressed as a man, so how could Xu Yan notice her?
After pondering for a moment, Hong Miaoyun said softly, "It's a long story. I had the honor of meeting Master Xu from afar."
Xu Yan nodded: "I see."
"By the way, may I know what your name is, young lady?"
Hong Miaoyun couldn't help but blush.
Seeing this, Xu Yan quickly said, "It was Xu who was rude."
He saw a hairpin dropped on the ground, so he bent down and picked it up.
"Miss, this is your hairpin."
Just as Xu Yan was about to return the item to its original owner, he saw a little maid running over, shouting something.
When she ran closer, she saw Xu Yan holding her young lady's hairpin in his hand, and she couldn't help but yelled angrily: "You lecher, you actually want to molest my young lady in broad daylight!"
Seeing this, Hong Miaoyun quickly scolded, "Cuiwen, stop talking nonsense. It was Master Xu who saved me just now!"
Cuiwen was stunned for a moment: "Is that so."
She looked at Xu Yan carefully and said in surprise: "Oh, you are the Xu Yan. That poetry gathering that day..."
Before she could finish her words, Hong Miaoyun pulled her.
The little maid naturally didn't dare to say anything more.
Hong Miaoyun took the hairpin, bowed and said, "Thank you, Master Xu."
"My name is Hong Miaoyun. Thank you, Master Xu, for saving me."
After thinking for a moment, Hong Miaoyun still felt that she should tell her real name, otherwise it would be too rude.
"It turns out to be Miss Hong."
Xu Yan nodded.
He thought to himself, is this the young lady from the Hong family whom he met while boating on West Lake that day?
At the time, the young lady hadn't left a good impression on him. Now it seemed there must have been some misunderstanding.
How could such a well-mannered young lady do such a vulgar thing as splashing foot washing water? Most likely, it was the servants who acted on their own initiative, and it was probably an unintentional mistake.
"It's just a small favor, nothing to worry about. In that situation, anyone else would have taken action."
Hong Miaoyun had always admired Xu Yan's poetic talent, and today she was even more impressed by him.
The young man is as gentle as jade.
He is not only talented but also virtuous. Such a handsome man is hard to come by.
"I still have some things to do, so I'll take my leave now."
The incident happened suddenly, and Hong Miaoyun really didn't know how to respond to Xu Yan, so she wanted to avoid him first.
"In that case, please do as you please, Miss Hong."
Looking at Hong Miaoyun walking out of the gate, Xu Yan sighed with regret.
For some reason, Hong Miaoyun gave him a very calm and comfortable feeling.
Shaking his head slightly, Xu Yan walked towards the bookstore.
After entering the gate, Xu Wei was checking accounts. Xu Yan smiled and said, "Brother Wen, how are you?"
He had been studying hard in seclusion for many days and had not seen Xu Wei for a long time, so he naturally missed him very much.
When Xu Wei saw Xu Yan coming, he quickly put down the account book in his hand and walked out to greet him.
"Why, has the young master come out of seclusion?"
Facing Xu Wei's teasing, Xu Yan smiled calmly: "Yes, if I stay in seclusion any longer, I'll go crazy. Besides, the college entrance examination is approaching, so it's time to return to Ningbo."
"Sir, are you going back to Ningbo now? Then Xu..."
Xu Yan cleared his throat and said, "Brother Wen, please stay in Hangzhou. There are people to take care of the business in Dinghai County."
Xu Wei nodded.
"Now that business is so good, Xu is thinking of opening a few more shops."
"Brother Wen, it's up to you to decide."
Xu Yan is a person who does not employ people if he doubts them, and trusts people if he employs them.
There was no need to doubt Xu Wei's ability and loyalty. He handed over the Hangzhou bookstore business to Xu Wei and naturally would not interfere too much.
"Young Master has placed such trust in me that I really don't know how to repay you."
Xu Wei sighed, "We must do our best to make Miaofengtang famous."
"By the way, is Shuangxi in the store?"
"I'm resting in the backyard."
Xu Yan nodded slightly: "I'll go take a look."
After saying that, he walked towards the backyard.
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