Wei Shu and Cui Fei, who were getting excited, put down their books and started discussing the so-called Feng Shui theory of harmony between man and nature, and even used facts from other people in the academy to support their arguments.
"My brother had lung disease since he was a child. He took medicine for many years but it didn't get better. After entering the academy for only one year, his old disease was cured without any medicine."
"Yes, Brother Chen has been studying in the prefecture for a short time. I don't know how I was before. I was half a person fatter than now! I also lost weight in Cuiwei this year."
After saying this, they both looked at Mei Ruochu at the same time.
After all, when it comes to classic examples, Mei Ruochu's story is also very convincing.
However, it was not a good idea for others to talk about such things, so the two of them kept their mouths shut.
Mei Ruochu said with a smile: "There is nothing inconvenient to talk about my affairs. I used to be extremely unlucky. I took the imperial examinations several times, but was kicked out of the examination hall before the exam started because of various accidents. It was not until I came to Cuiwei that my luck changed."
Mu Erpang had brought up this topic before, but Shen Aoshuang didn't believe it at all, so Mu Erpang kept winking at them.
But Wei Shu and Cui Fei were so excited talking to each other that they didn't even notice his gesture.
After waiting for them to finish talking, Mu Erpang finally got a chance to interrupt them and added, "Brother Shen doesn't believe in Feng Shui. This kind of thing is a matter of opinion."
Wei Shu and Cui Fei looked at each other angrily. Yes, it was very tactless to say these things to people who didn't believe in them.
Mu Erpang was right. If this had happened before, even if we had heard these things, we would have thought they were real examples.
Chen Aoshuang would also think that it was an exaggeration or that it was just their psychological effect, but now that he came here in person, he not only noticed the subtle changes in his body, but also tried Chen Cui's "astonishing" cooking skills, and he completely changed his mind.
Even if he took a step back, even if what he felt today was an illusion, he was reluctant to break it.
Chen Aoshuang immediately apologized, "I was ignorant and short-sighted before, so I said I didn't believe it."
And because they explained their own situations first, Chen Aoshuang did not hide it from others and continued to explain: "I am disabled and my five senses are far inferior to those of ordinary people. But now that I am in this situation, I can feel that my five senses are much sharper than before. Especially when I tasted the soup cooked by the headmaster himself, the flavor was so bright and strong that I have never seen it before in my life. That's why I lost my composure at the table just now. Brothers, please forgive me."
When the other teenagers knew that he was disabled and thought about what happened before, they all felt sympathetic and said no.
After saying this, Chen Aoshuang said to Mu Erpang, "Brother Hanshan has good intentions. He wanted me to come to the academy to 'recuperate'. I really appreciate this friendship..."
Mu Erpang stopped him from thanking him and just smiled and said, "How can inviting you to write a poem be fake? It's also true! We are mutually beneficial."
After everyone finished discussing their homework, Lao Buyu gave them instructions one by one, and then it was time for self-study.
Shen Aoshuang really began to teach Mu Erpang everything he knew.
That was a method of writing poetry that he had researched himself, and Mu Erpang had never heard of it before.
Mei Ruochu himself has great talent for poetry, and he doesn't need to follow the path of others, as that might damage his own spiritual energy.
Wei Shu and Wei Xi were used to writing poems like they were writing examination essays, and it was also a habit that made it easy for someone to imitate others halfway through their career.
Cui Fei was listening as attentively as Mu Erpang, but his aptitude was far inferior to the other two, so he could hardly understand.
So when it was time to rest, they all went to sleep first.
Mu Erpang and Shen Aoshuang had been talking in the classroom until he came out to go to the toilet. He found that the moon was at its zenith, the night was dark, and the candles in other rooms in the academy were out. He realized that it was already very late.
He has always been a person who can endure hardships. He had kept Mei Ruochu awake earlier, but he didn't expect that Chen Aoshuang was in such good health.
If he hadn't come out and seen that he wasn't sleepy at all, Mu Erpang would have thought it was still early.
After he returned to the classroom, he apologized, "I was so excited by what Brother Shen said that I forgot the time."
Shen Aoshuang said no, "Brother Hanshan just put forward some insights, which also gave me a lot of gains. As you said, we can benefit each other."
"Fortunately, tomorrow is a day off, so we can sleep later." Having said that, Mu Erpang took him to the bathroom for a simple wash and went to rest.
The next morning, Mu Erpang woke up at his usual time. Although I said I could go to bed later today, my biological clock is something that cannot be changed.
His physical condition was not bad, but his eyelids felt heavy. While getting dressed with the others, he thought that he had to be careful not to wake up Shen Aoshuang who was sleeping next to him.
As a result, when he regained consciousness and turned around, he saw that there was no one on the kang on the other side, and the bedding he had brought out for Chen Aoshuang last night was neatly folded at the head of the kang, obviously she had gotten up long ago!
Mu Erpang didn't care about being sleepy anymore. He put on his shoes, got off the kang and went to wash up. Then he walked around the academy and found Chen Aoshuang in the classroom.
Since she had already told Cuiwei's people the whole story, Chen Aoshuang no longer pretended, but lay on the table reading and writing.
When the others were doing their homework yesterday, he hadn't reported everything to everyone yet, so he was just pretending. Later, he didn't need to pretend anymore, and he started discussing poetry and prose with Mu Erpang again, so now he is doing his homework for the prefectural school.
"Brother Chen, why did you get up so early?" Fatty Mu yawned as he spoke.
Chen Aoshuang raised her head and smiled, "I usually sleep less, and I got up late today."
As the two were talking, Chen Cui was already in the courtyard, blowing the copper whistle to gather people.
"It's time to do morning exercises in the academy. Brother Shen, go ahead and do your work. I'll call you for breakfast after you finish."
Shen Aoshuang smiled and nodded.
What he didn't tell Mu Erpang was that his five senses had become clearer when he woke up this morning. The changes were still slow and subtle, but for him, it was enough to make him ecstatic.
That's why he couldn't lie on the kang for even a moment and got up immediately after waking up.
Moreover, today, the two of them were talking as usual, a few steps apart, but he could see Mu Erpang's face clearly about 70% -
On the first day of school at the former provincial school, he failed to find his classroom and missed the part where the freshmen were introduced to each other. Later on, he hardly communicated with other classmates in the prefectural school. Also, because he could only see the general outline of Mu Erpang, he always thought that Mu Erpang was about the same age as him, but just shorter than him.
It turned out that he was two or three years younger than herself, and the childishness on her face had not yet completely faded.
There was no need to tell this to Mu Erpang, so Shen Aoshuang just couldn't help but curl her lips.
It was only about quarter of an hour before morning exercises were over, and Chen Cui set out breakfast in the main room.
Mu Erpang came over and called Shen Aoshuang to go over together.
When the boys were on vacation, Chen Cui also gave A Yao half a day off and asked her to come over before noon to make lunch, so breakfast was steamed buns and fried dough sticks bought from outside with porridge.
Although these things were not as strong in flavor as the soup that Chen Cui had made herself yesterday, to Chen Aoshuang whose sense of smell and taste had recovered a little, they were naturally much more delicious than usual meals.
So this time he finished a whole bun and a bowl of porridge.
After they finished eating, Chen Aoshuang took the initiative to ask, "I have an unwelcome request. I wonder if I can become Cuiwei's student with Brother Wei, Brother Mei, and Brother Cui?"
In this situation where the other party proposed the intention first, Shen Cui was much more comfortable in dealing with it, so she said: "This is not an 'unwelcome request'. You know the scale of our academy. Since you are willing to enroll, we naturally welcome you, but there are some rules."
The rules were still the same ones that had been set for Cui Fei before. He had to stay in the academy for a while and was not allowed to bring any servants from home. When he could go home would be decided by Chen Cui.
This rule is nothing to others, but to Shen Aoshuang... Shen Cui had the same idea as Mu Erpang before, thinking about putting herself in his shoes. If he were her own child, she, as a parent, would definitely not feel at ease.
But Shen Aoshuang immediately replied: "That's absolutely no problem, I will explain the situation to my family."
"And then there's the tuition and the living expenses for food and lodging..." Shen Cui paused as she spoke, because Shen Aoshuang was dressed very ordinary and didn't look like someone who could afford twenty taels of silver a month. But if she told him directly that she could let him pay on credit first, she was afraid that it would hurt his self-esteem which was much more sensitive than that of others.
Chen Cui said in a different way: "Ao Shuang probably doesn't know my last name. We have the same last name, but we can't write two 'Chen' characters with one stroke. It's fate."
Others in the academy also sensed some of Chen Cui's embarrassment from her words, so Lao Buyu smiled and said, "That's right, there are only three people with the last name 'Chen' in the world that I know of. One is the famous Elder Shen in the capital, and the other two are our headmaster and Ao Shuang. It's fate, and we'll talk about the cost later."
Others also helped to change the subject, and Mu Erpang asked, "Is that Elder Shen famous?"
He had been studying in the village and had only been in the capital for a year. Therefore, there is indeed not much information in this area.
There was no need for Lao Bu Yu to explain this personally. Wei Shu said, "Yes, Lord Shen was an important official in two dynasties. He served as an examiner for many imperial examinations and had many students. However, he was upright and honest. He did not abuse power or form cliques for personal gain. Today, he is respected as the 'Teacher of the World'."
Lao Buyu added, "He is indeed a righteous man. It was he who took away my fame. Didn't you have a question about 'A gentleman should have it in himself before seeking it in others' in your college examination? He is a representative of this kind of gentleman. I heard that he is quite tolerant to others, but strict to himself and his descendants. He asked them to return to their hometowns and hide their names, and take the imperial examinations like others. They could only explain their origins after they passed the examinations. He would not give them any convenience at all. How many people in the world can do such a thing? After all, we ordinary people work hard all our lives, and we also want to benefit our descendants. I just don't know where his hometown is. It seems that he has never revealed it to prevent others from finding out... So, I don't hate him in my heart. After all, he is a noble man and a role model for all of us scholars."
Mu Erpang nodded his head as he listened. Seeing that they were only busy talking to themselves and ignored Shen Aoshuang who had started the topic, he turned around and asked Shen Aoshuang, "Brother Shen, do you know him too?"
Shen Aoshuang moved her mouth, but finally just nodded without comment.
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