Chapter Ninety-Six: Face-to-face
Shao Nianshi was not in a hurry, and bowed his hand to the other party: "But, thank you." ”
He stepped down from the steps of the main entrance and stood quietly at the door of the private school, waiting for the regular attendant.
Because the person he wanted to see when Shao Nian was Mr. Zhuang, the doorkeeper did not dare to delay, he trotted all the way under his feet, bypassed the lecture hall from the corridor, and went directly into Zhuang Mingru's backyard residence.
Zhuang Mingru, who was making tea and reading a book, heard that it was a classmate Li Zhenyu who he hadn't seen for many years, and asked him to bring a letter to him, and he didn't think about it, so he asked the porter to bring someone to this backyard quickly.
"Go and bring people in, Li Zhenyu is a classmate I haven't seen for many years. He is a man with a high heart and does not ask for help. ”
"If someone brings me a letter today, then I want to see what happens. ”
"Ah, yes, sir!"
After getting the order of the master's family, Chang returned to the main gate with a squeak, opened the door with a squeak, invited Shao Nianshi in, and led him directly to Mr. Zhuang's courtyard.
As soon as Shao Nian entered the door, he found that an old man with a long beard was looking up and down with his beard twisted up, and his posture and expression were exactly the same as the Mr. Li he knew.
So, Shao Nianshi tentatively arched his hand: "Excuse me, is it Mr. Zhuang?"
"I am a student of Mr. Li, and because of my work, I will be resident in Liaocheng in the future. ”
"My husband wrote a letter and asked me to bring it to Mr. Zhuang of Mingru Private School. ”
After speaking, after the salute was completed, Shao Nianshi stood quietly in front of Zhuang Mingru, waiting for him to speak.
At this time, Mr. Zhuang has already finished looking at Shao Nianshi.
He noticed that the person standing opposite him was actually not very old.
But looking at his dress and words, it is extremely inconsistent with his age.
Because this is a contradictory young man, with an extraordinary child's maturity.
His sense of maturity is not the maturity of being oppressed by life and the numbness that has been tortured.
It is full of vitality and hope, receiving people and things, and being calm in the world.
A young man who seems to have seen through and experienced a lot of things, but can still have the cleanest eyes.
Mr. Zhuang likes this young man in front of him.
He naturally handed over to Shao Nianshi and asked for the letter.
"I am the Mr. Zhuang in your Mr. Li's mouth, my name is Zhuang Mingru, and this Mingru private school is what I opened. ”
"No, most of the students here are enlightened children, but I asked myself that the professor was not bad, at least in the private school in Liaocheng, the children in our school are the most admitted to the primary school. ”
"I don't know what Li Zhenyu wrote to me. I haven't seen him in years. ”
After speaking, Zhuang Mingru took the envelope handed over by Shao Nianshi and opened the letter that Mr. Li had written in advance.
After reading two or three lines at a glance, he raised his head in a little surprise, and once again carefully measured Shao Nianshi.
"Are you Mr. Li in charge of opening the Meng?"
Shao Nianshi saw that the other party asked about him, so he nodded very honestly: "The family was poor when they were young, and their parents were running for their livelihood. ”
"Although my father was literate, he didn't have time to teach me in detail. ”
"After meeting Mr. Lee, he saw that I was working hard and thirsty for knowledge, so he began to teach me literacy according to the needs of my work. ”
"Up to now, it's a shame to say that in two months, I only know half a thousand-character text, and I can barely read the correspondence. ”
"It's just that I always remember the words of Mr. Lee and my dead father. ”
"Mr. Li said that if you want to make your business bigger, you need to read more books, and my father, when he was dying, said that his biggest regret was probably that he didn't have time to teach me to read and write. ”
So, these two people who have had a great influence on me think it's right to read more. ”
"So as long as I have the energy and time, I always have to read the book. ”
Hearing Shao Nianshi's rather solemn answer, Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment and waved the letter in his hand: "Do you know what your Mengxue teacher, Mr. Li, wrote in the letter to me?"
Shao Nianshi shook his head and nodded, and returned: "I don't know, but I can guess." ”
"He specially asked me to come to Mr. Zhuang, presumably because he was afraid that after I came to Liaocheng to work, he would delay my schoolwork. ”
"In order not to let me waste my time, I found someone he could trust and trust to continue to teach me to learn words, read and understand on his behalf. ”
"When I heard the words Ming Ru Private School, I understood that Mr. Li should have entrusted me to you. ”
"Come to think of it, you must be recognized by Mr. Li, a gentleman with real talent and learning. ”
The next few sentences are very wonderful.
Even a tall person like Zhuang Mingru couldn't help but brush his beard.
Back then, he and Li Zhenyu went to the same college.
In terms of learning, they go hand in hand, and no one looks down on anyone.
Who would have thought that his family suddenly changed dramatically, and he quietly withdrew from the academy.
I haven't even been to the show back then.
Later, through the classmates next to me, I also got news of Li Zhenyu sporadically.
I heard that he was a subordinate of the first family and became a steward in the inner courtyard, and since then he has not been heard from again.
At that time, Zhuang Mingru still said that it was a pity.
But now that I look at it, it is Li Zhenyu, who has been sheltered, who is the easiest life among them.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Mingru added a little affection to Shao Nianshi, a young man who carried the most glorious memories of his youth.
He beckoned to Shao Nianshi and handed a note to the private school students next to him to the other party.
"I saw that as mentioned in the letter, you worked as a shopkeeper in the first grain store during the day, and you could not come to my private school to study. ”
"I wonder if you'd like to come to me in the evening for a small lesson alone?"
What else didn't Shao Nian understand when he heard this?
Mr. Zhuang on the other side was willing to accept him.
Naturally, he didn't have any objections, and Mr. Li even arranged a class time for him, so he must have agreed immediately.
Therefore, after Shao Nianshi heard what Mr. Zhuang said, he hurriedly stepped forward, took the rules handed over by the other party with both hands, and then gave a big gift, took out the satchel that he took along with the envelope, and respectfully handed it to Mr. Zhuang's hand.
This schoolbag contains a wooden box, and it is really not light in Mr. Zhuang's hands.