Chapter 296 Chapter 296 Jealousy
"Help?" Xu Yunfan chuckled, his expression slightly cynical. He glanced at the other scholars looking over and said with a half-smile, "This isn't something I should handle, right? This is the job of the Imperial College's president. As the superior, he's given the mission objectives, so the rest is his responsibility. If he can't handle even this, then I'll deal with him."
"Besides, I'm not the Imperial College's president's superior, and I'm not responsible for coordinating Imperial College affairs. I'll do the work that's my responsibility, and I'm sorry, I can't help you. Everyone should do their own work. If you're sure you can't do these tasks alone and need help from other scholars, you can talk to the Grand Secretary. I believe they will either send another competent scholar or send you a tutor to help. If you're too embarrassed to ask, I can help you. Don't forget, Grand Secretary Zheng is my direct superior."
What does this mean?
It's a threat, right?
In the Hanlin Academy, the eldest is the Grand Secretary (one of the second rank), the second is the Grand Secretary (two of the third rank), and below that are the Bachelors (fifth rank).
Next up are the Bachelor of Attending Reading and the Bachelor of Attending Lectures: from the fifth rank
Reader and Lecturer: Rank 6
Historian Compiler: Sixth Rank
Hanlin Editor: Seventh Rank
Hanlin Compiler: Seventh Rank
Generally speaking, those who entered the Hanlin Academy through the imperial examination would usually start as Hanlin editors. If they did not enter the Hanlin Academy, they would be assigned to serve as eighth-rank county magistrates in various counties.
Xu Yunfan was able to take the position of Bachelor as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy. The court officials headed by the Right Prime Minister were naturally unwilling to do so. They said that Xu Yunfan was only eighteen years old and was not qualified for the position of Bachelor as soon as he entered the Hanlin Academy.
Several ministers, including the Left Prime Minister, Lord Shen, Lord Lin, Master Fang, and Grand Tutor Jiang, who had a relationship with Xu Yunfan because of their children, immediately resigned.
There was no need for Xiao Hengzhi to take action, as the two sides were arguing with each other, and Fu Qingyu's ears were buzzing.
Later, due to matters such as the study building and the irrigation of farmland in Qingyang County, Fu Qingyu overcame all objections and gave Xu Yunfan the position of bachelor.
But at the same time, the eighteen-year-old bachelor, who had entered the Hanlin Academy, was indeed not convinced by the crowd. Bachelor Qian dared to ask Xu Yunfan to do things, simply because he was bullying him because he was a junior. Relying on the fact that he had been in the Hanlin Academy for a long time, he wanted to give him a warning and kill his fighting spirit.
The other scholars who were appointed as bachelors upon entering the Hanlin Academy were also unhappy about it, so they just watched the fun.
Only a few people wanted to speak, but after thinking it over they kept quiet.
This kind of thing can only help temporarily, not forever. They are busy too, and there will always be times when they cannot take care of everything.
Just when the scholars thought Xu Yunfan would nod and say that it was no problem, unexpectedly, this guy was very stubborn. He said he would not do it and he said he would not do it. His arguments were well-reasoned and even brought up Zheng University. His meaning was self-evident.
This person often sees Academician Zheng. What if he whispers something in his ear one day?
Xu Yunfan is not the kind of person who can swallow his anger. If you want to bully him, there is no chance at all.
Helping each other also depends on the situation.
In some cases, once you back down, others will only become more aggressive.
They are all bachelors, so Xu Yunfan has nothing to fear.
Xu Yunfan sat back down and tapped the pile of documents with his curved finger. "Master Qian, do you still need me to help you with your burden?"
"No... no need, I can do it myself." Master Qian almost broke out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly took the information away. Before leaving, he did not forget to glare at Xu Yunfan.
Xu Yunfan was not bothered by the glare and grinned at the other scholars who were paying attention to him. The others were so scared that they quickly turned around and pretended to be busy. However, several scholars nodded to Xu Yunfan and smiled slightly.
Su Xiangdong and Lin Qing were watching from the corner. Seeing Scholar Qian defeated, they couldn't help but sneer, "These people really think Xu Yunfan is easy to bully just because he's young. They don't think that he's a bachelor from the moment he comes in. Can he just let them do whatever they want?"
Lin Qing nodded. "It seems that I arranged him here for the right reason. It can also cure their pink eye."
But within two days, Lin Qing regretted it and was forced to change Xu Yunfan's seat. It was because he was too hated sitting there, and several nearby scholars were full of resentment.
Xu Yunfan immediately said, "That's impossible. I didn't do anything, so why would I be hated?"
Lin Qing rolled his eyes at Xu Yunfan and said, "It's because you do nothing that people hate you."
"Oh," Xu Yunfan said, as if he had suddenly realized something. "I see. They're just feeling unbalanced, right? Then let's switch them. I'm afraid that one day they'll get angry and do something bad, and then it'll be my fault."
Lin Qing arranged a small room for Xu Yunfan, which served as his private office.
Xu Yunfan was happy. He brought his quilt, pillow and mat with him when he came to work the next day. He would close the door, have breakfast, make a cup of hot water with wolfberries, and then take a good nap. When he woke up, it was time to leave work.
Wow, if you work like this, you can get sixty-two taels of silver a month as salary, so you will have no problem working until retirement.
Xu Yunfan was very happy and worked very hard every day. Qin Run didn't need to yell at him like he did when he was a teacher at Qingfeng Academy.
Zheng Ke was on a business trip and his direct supervisor was not there. Xu Yunfan only worked half a day, so he would close the door as soon as he entered and would not come out until he was done with work. Su Xiangdong and Lin Qing shook their heads. They knew without thinking how soundly Xu Yunfan was sleeping in there.
After working for five consecutive days, it's time to take a break.
The picking season for day lilies is from late June to early August, but different varieties have different flowering times and harvesting times. Some day lilies can only be picked in September.
At the foot of the mountain past the North Suburbs Factory, Xu Yunfan discovered a large patch of day lilies. Every day after work and after returning home for lunch, Xu Yunfan would always go out of town to take a look, for fear that someone else would get there first.
Qin Run was convinced. Xu Yunfan had really gone to great lengths just for a piece of daylily.
Qin Run would never understand how much a city dweller enjoyed picking wild vegetables.
Rest today. Xu Yunfan went to check yesterday and found that the day lilies could be picked this morning. Early in the morning, Xu Yunfan got up very actively because he wanted to pick the day lilies. Without Qin Run calling him, Xu Yunfan rubbed his eyes and got up from the bed.
He had prepared sacks and baskets last night. After waking up the children, he left in a hurry without even having breakfast.
Xu Yunfan didn't know that in the Dayan Dynasty, many people had dug wild vegetables, but most of them dug those they knew. No one dared to eat those they didn't know.
For example, some people have eaten day lily before, but after eating it, some of them had diarrhea, some were poisoned, and no one dared to eat it again after that.
As a result, the rumor that daylily is poisonous spread.
It is not advisable to eat too much fresh daylily, because the anthers contain colchicine, which can cause diarrhea and other poisoning symptoms after consumption. However, after being dried, daylily becomes a delicacy.
Xu Yunfan didn't know about this and was afraid that someone would snatch the fruits away, so he took Qin An and others to pick them early in the morning. He was so happy that he thought he had made a fortune. He had no idea that no one would even look at this thing.
The three and a half year old Xiaobao's face was sunburned. Although Xiaobao was a little fat, his hands and feet were very nimble. With both hands, Xu Yunfan hadn't even filled one basket yet, but Xiaobao's second basket was almost full. "Dad, pick the fruits carefully and don't look around. The sun is getting higher and higher, and it's getting hot. Let's finish picking and go home early. Xiaobao is too hot."
People are inherently greedy. Xu Yunfan looked around at Xiaobao, who was constantly standing on tiptoe to pick vegetables. He touched his nose awkwardly and said, "I'm just checking to see if there's any more. You're hot, but don't I feel hot too? That's how we work. Stop shouting and pick them quickly."
After half an hour of picking, one big and three small people finally finished picking all the daylilies. Qin An wiped the sweat from his face and asked, "Brother, is this also a wild vegetable?"
“Yeah, it’s a daylily.”
"Is this a daylily? But it's different from the daylilies I've seen. The daylilies in the vegetable garden don't look like this."
Xu Yunfan: "This is daylily. Come on, I know where there are more. Let's work harder and pick them all."
Early in the morning, Fang Zixi, who was having breakfast in the main hall, didn't see Xiaobao. "Run'er, where are Xiaobao and the others?"
Qin Run said helplessly: "Yun Fan asked him to go pick wild vegetables."
Fang Zixi: "...Yunfan has a special liking for wild vegetables."
At noon, one adult and three children finally came back.
Xiaobao was like a dog, sticking out his tongue due to the heat. As soon as he got off his bike, he ran to the kitchen, scooped a bucket of water, and drank it up in one gulp.
Fang Zixi looked at the three children who were sweating profusely and whose faces were sunburned. She felt so distressed that she quickly found towels to wipe them.
Xu Yunfan was naturally not in a much better condition. Half of his clothes on the back were wet, but he did not rest. He found a few baskets and a bamboo mat and poured out two large bags of day lilies.
Fang Zixi hurried over to help. He had never seen these wild vegetables before, and they looked like flowers to him. He even asked Xu Yunfan if he had picked the right ones.
"There's no doubt about it. It will be delicious when the day lilies are dried and used to make soup." Xu Yunfan shook his head happily, as if he had picked up not two bags of day lilies, but two sacks of silver.
Seeing this, Fang Zixi couldn't help but laugh. He had been eating and drinking well recently, and he had become a little plumper, but Qin Feiyu, who was also a pregnant man, had lost weight.
When Lord Qin and Second Lord Qin came together, Xu Yunfan roughly guessed their purpose.
Sure enough, after Lord Qin embarrassedly explained his purpose, Xu Yunfan almost spit out a mouthful of food. He glanced at Qin Run and said, "We are all family, why bother with whether it is a bother or not."
"No, even if we are a family, you..." Lord Qin really couldn't continue.
How can it be reasonable to let a brother-in-law take care of a pregnant father?
Even though Xu Yunfan and Qin Run earn a lot, this is not something that can be solved with money. It requires a lot of thought and effort.
Second Master Qin wiped his face and said, "We in the Qin family don't know what's going on, but it seems like it was destined. Your second uncle also gave birth to twins. I thought your father was different, but the doctor and the midwife said that he was probably pregnant with twins as well."
"When your second uncle was pregnant with Shao Ping and Shao An, he suffered a lot. He had severe morning sickness and lost a lot of weight. We later supplemented him, but he almost didn't make it through the birthing process."
It is difficult for a woman to give birth to twins, let alone boys.
Because of Qin Qingfeng's matter, they were naturally worried about Qin Feiyu's situation.
Although Qin Feiyu looks stronger than Qin Qingfeng and this is not her first child, she had given birth to two children before and did not take good care of herself during the confinement period. Although it seems that nothing is wrong, she is actually feeling a little weak inside.
Xu Yunfan glanced at Lord Qin. "Second uncle also gave birth to twins. If Daddy did too, it means that our ancestors had a precedent of giving birth to twins. This kind of thing is hereditary, so it's not surprising. Daddy, has anyone else in our Qin family given birth to twins? I don't think I've ever seen one."
It was obvious that Xu Yunfan was just giving a normal science lecture and answering questions for Lord Qin and the others, but after hearing what Xu Yunfan said, Lord Qin's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked like he was shocked. His right hand, which was placed on the armrest of the chair, was trembling slightly.
"Young man." As soon as Xu Yunfan finished speaking, the Second Lord Qin secretly said "bad" and hurried to see Lord Qin.
Lord Qin waved his hand, pretending to be calm. "I'm fine, don't worry. It's been over thirty years, I'm used to it."
I'm used to it. I feel terribly painful when I think of the child I never got to hold.
"Grandpa, did I say something wrong?" Xu Yunfan felt something was wrong when he saw this.
Qin Run grabbed Master Qin's hand and said, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Do you want to ask a doctor to come and see you?"
"It's okay." Lord Qin forced a smile, his eyes red as he shook his head. "No, no need to call a doctor. I just remembered your uncle."
"Young man." The Second Lord Qin called out in a deep voice, as if he disagreed with what Lord Qin said.
Lord Qin smiled bitterly and patted the back of Lord Qin II's hand soothingly: "It's okay, I just want to be well now. It won't be the same as before. You don't have to be so nervous. You've suffered a lot in the past few years."
Because of himself, Lord Qin knew that it was not easy for Second Lord Qin either. When Qin Qingfeng gave birth to twins, Second Lord Qin was worried that he would be reminded of the past, so he even did not allow Qin Qingfeng to bring Shaoping brothers back to the Qin family in the early years.
That was his own grandson. For his own sake, Second Lord Qin wanted to see his grandson, so he had to go to Prince Xu's Mansion to see him. If it wasn't for the holidays, he would not easily let Qin Qingfeng take the child back. Later, because he missed him so much, he asked Qin Qingfeng to bring the child back to him to see, and then Second Lord Qin agreed.
As a younger brother, I have done this much for you. How can Lord Qin not remember this kindness?
Every day when Xu Yunfan goes to work, he will prepare two cups of red date flavored yogurt.
In order to take care of the two pregnant men, Xu Yunfan even wrote a cookbook, which was full of recipes for cooking with tomatoes.
Qin Run cooks different dishes every day, such as fried tomatoes with tofu, beef with tomatoes, etc.
Everyone saw and remembered what the couple did.
Before going to bed at night, Qin Run opened the cabinet and took out a box. "Yunfan, open it and take a look. Do you like what's inside the box?"
"Huh? What a good day today is! You even prepared a gift for me." Xu Yunfan took the box and was very happy.
Marriage needs little surprises from time to time.
Qin Run shook his head. "It's not a gift. It was given to me by grandma. She came to see daddy at noon and gave it to me. I said no, but she insisted on giving it to me."
Xu Yunfan curiously opened the box. After seeing what was inside, he breathed heavily. "My dear, grandma is worried about you and sent you some money."
As he spoke, Xu Yunfan took out the lifelike golden toad holding a carp. He looked at it carefully again and again, turning it around for a long time. Afraid that he couldn't see it clearly, he took it to the sun lamp and looked at it for a long time.
Wow, this thing is made of pure gold, the details are handled perfectly, the workmanship is exquisite, the gold is shining, and the carving patterns are clearly visible. It is completely different from modern handicrafts. If it were to be auctioned at a modern auction, it would probably cost hundreds of millions.
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