After Mr. Xie exchanged pleasantries with Xiao Hechuan, he went on to exchange pleasantries with Su Yanqing. Everyone was used to being polite and saying the same old polite words. How genuine could their smiles be?
Those deans could no longer sit still. When they saw Ye Congwen heading towards Xiao Hechuan, they all followed him to grab him.
Ye Congwen was afraid that something might go wrong, so he asked Zhong Yun to go with him.
In addition to Baiyun Academy, Jeju also has Jiangnan Academy, Huating Academy, and Yiyun Academy.
Ye Congwen was the first to walk directly to Xiao Hechuan and invited him to talk alone.
"Mr. Xiao, I am Ye Congwen, the dean of Baiyun Academy. I heard that you have not yet entered any academy for examination. Now, on behalf of Baiyun Academy, I sincerely invite you. You can be exempted from the examination and directly enter my Baiyun Academy for examination. Can I have a moment with you so that we can discuss it in detail?"
When he saw Ye Congwen again and faced him face to face, Xiao Hechuan was holding back. He didn't look happy or happy, and his face was expressionless, and he didn't want to look him in the eye.
Seeing Ye Congwen take action, several other academies also became unable to sit still.
"My Jiangnan Academy sincerely invites you, Mr. Xiao. If you are willing to study at my Jiangnan Academy, you don't need to take an exam. We are willing to waive your tuition and let you study in the academy for free. How do you think?"
"Jiangnan Academy is too small. You should come to Huating Academy. We can do what they said. Moreover, our Huating Academy has a beautiful environment and many ancient books in the library. If you come to Huating Academy, I will allow you to enter the library at will and borrow the ancient books in it at will."
Hua Ting Academy has a library with the largest collection of books among the academies in Jeju. Moreover, the gardens in the academy are very well designed, which is a big advantage. But if we compare the faculty, it still has to be Baiyun Academy. Baiyun Academy has Mr. Zhong Yun, which is enough.
Yiyun Academy was not willing to lag behind and directly stated that if Xiao Hechuan was willing to study at Yiyun Academy, not only would all of their requirements be met, but they would also provide him with a separate room in the academy so that he could study quietly.
The conditions offered are more generous than each other. After all, meeting a high school student with potential is crucial to the future development of an academy.
As long as one of the top three comes out, your status can be raised to a higher level.
However, Xiao Hechuan had already made up his mind. He wanted to go to Baiyun Academy. In this life, he wanted to become a disciple of a teacher in a legitimate way and make up for the glory that should have belonged to him.
"It is an honor for me that the deans think so highly of me. However, I have already considered it in my mind. I apologize."
He declined the invitations from Jiangnan Academy, Huating Academy, and Yiyun Academy.
Then, he looked at Ye Congwen from Baiyun Academy:
"Dean Ye, to be honest, I want to become Mr. Zhong Yun's disciple. I wonder if I can talk to Mr. Zhong Yun alone?"
Seeing him looking at him, Ye Congwen was so happy. He thought he wanted to talk to him, but he ignored him and directly proposed to become Zhong Yun's disciple. It was so simple and crude.
After reading those poems just now, Zhong Yun recognized Xiao Hechuan's strength, but he was rather indifferent by nature. He originally wanted to say a few words on behalf of Ye Congwen so as not to miss a good seedling, but the other party came directly for him, which aroused Mr. Zhong Yun's great interest.
Ye Congwen certainly didn't want to give the person to Zhong Yun. He wanted the fame and reputation of Baiyun Academy in the future, and he also wanted his personal reputation and glory.
But the current situation is that if he does not meet the requirements put forward by Xiao Hechuan, it may backfire, so he plans to take a step back and let Zhong Yun talk to him first.
Zhong Yun has a strange temper and refuses to accept any disciples. Ordinary people cannot impress him. Now he only hopes that Zhong Yun can be more sensible and not drive people away because of him.
"In that case, Mr. Zhong Yun, why don't you give the young man a chance?"
Ye Congwen turned to look at Zhong Yun and winked at him. His meaning was very clear, asking him to give him some face and get the person into the academy first.
Zhong Yun raised his eyebrows and made a gesture of invitation to Xiao Hechuan:
"Can I borrow Mr. Xie's tea room?" He then looked at Mr. Xie on the side. Since they wanted to chat alone, they needed an independent and quiet environment.
Mr. Xie is naturally happy to do this to help others:
"As you please, sir!"
Xiao Hechuan finally followed Zhong Yun into the independent tea room on the boat. The other deans wanted to persuade them to stay and say something to smooth things over, but Ye Congwen stood in front of them and refused to let them go:
"Everyone, how about sitting down and playing chess? I haven't practiced with you for a long time!"
Ye Congwen has only one goal today, to lure Xiao Hechuan into Baiyun Academy, so all these stumbling blocks have to be put aside.
Several deans snorted coldly, feeling very unhappy, but they didn't want to offend him, so they had to return to their seats reluctantly.
Zhong Yun and Xiao Hechuan entered the tea room one after another. The door was closed from the outside by the servant. Xiao Hechuan directly performed a standard bow to Zhong Yun, which was very elegant. Having served as an official in the court for many years, only Zhong Yun himself knew how standard his bow was.
After high school in his previous life, his teachers had taught him many official etiquettes seriously and earnestly, which enabled him to be flawless in most of his actions in Kyoto and no one could find fault with him.
Now, Zhong Yun looked at Xiao Hechuan and became more and more curious.
After he sat down, he began to play around with the tools on the tea table:
"Please sit down. What kind of tea would you like to drink? I see we have Pu'er, Lu'an, Biluochun, and Longjing!"
There were several blue and white porcelain teapots on the tea table, each with the name of the tea labeled on it.
Xiao Hechuan sat down calmly and replied:
"I know a little bit about the tea ceremony. If Mr. Zhongyun doesn't mind, would you allow me to show off my skills?"
Xiao Hechuan spoke to Zhong Yun in the most polite and courteous manner, with deep respect.
Moreover, the teacher is well versed in tea ceremony culture. He loves tea ceremony the most, has profound insights and a wide range of knowledge. If you want to gain his appreciation, you naturally have to cater to his preferences!
Sure enough, upon hearing that he knew tea ceremony, Zhong Yun's curiosity about him grew even stronger.
"You can do whatever you want!"
After getting his consent, Xiao Hechuan officially started showing off his skills. He chose Zhong Yun's favorite Longjing tea.
Wash hands, prepare the soup vessel, clean the tea set, then sift the tea, shake the tea, pour the tea, wash the tea, rub the tea, smell the tea, pour the second amount of water, divide the tea into cups, spread the tea, and finally serve the tea. This series of operations is smooth, unhurried, and extremely skilled.
Moreover, many details are also well controlled, and it is obvious that the artist is a master!
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