Chapter 69
Cheng Wenhan heard what Zhao Ping'an meant, which meant that he had the ability to let him enter the academy. But if you really want him to ask him, there is something inappropriate. He just got to know this person, he only knows the name, and he doesn't even know his family background, how can he entrust someone to do serious things like this. Because of the strict system of the academy, even his cousin Zhu Boxiu did not dare to accept anything from him, if he really spoke, it would not seem that he was frivolous.
Seeing that Cheng Wenhan didn't speak, Zhao Xiao looked at it twice, and said: "The white head is as good as new, and the cover is the same, but let you ask me, why don't you dare to say this......?" Isn't it true that I'm a good friend?" he turned his eyes to glance at him, and his expression seemed to be smiling.
Cheng Wenhan was told this, so he had no choice but to say: "I didn't mean that, it's ...... I don't want to bother you. After thinking about it, I let go of my mind and said: "I am a small family, my family background is not successful, and if I talk about learning, I have only been studying for a few years since I was enlightened, and I am not as good as others." I heard that the entrance examination of Xishan Academy is very strict, and I am embarrassed if I ask you to help me write a letter of recommendation with gentlemen, and I am afraid that I will mistake your reputation. ”
Zhao Xiao smiled, "Okay, okay, you can't pass the entrance examination when you take this entrance exam, even if you don't know this or that, but if the gentlemen see that you are clever or diligent, there will always be one or two who can look up to you." In my opinion, this academy is also a secular place. If it's not a Wenqu star, I won't be able to accept it? So what if I recommend you to the mountains? Since you talk about your family background, I will also talk about it, you see that I am surrounded by slaves and feel that I am from an extraordinary background? But I am just a prodigal, I have never even read a serious textbook, and my husband has not worshiped one. If I recommend you, your classmates will find out about it, and I'm afraid they will make fun of you. ”
Saying this, Zhao Xiao couldn't help laughing, pointed at Cheng Wenhan and said: "Don't be afraid, if you really want to study in the academy, no one will laugh at you, because you are recommended by me, it is certain that you don't know how to study." ”
Cheng Wenhan also laughed and said straightly: "It turns out that you are a person who doesn't read!"
"Yes, I recommended you, I'm afraid you'll have to be burdened by me. ”
Cheng Wenhan said: "Even if you are acquainted, I will reluctantly accept you, and I will not dislike your reputation." ”
Zhao Xiao nodded, "Cheng." He laughed, "But not today, there are some people on the mountain who I am impatient to entertain them, and when they are gone, I will take you up the mountain." ”
Cheng Wenhan was curious, "Who is on this mountain? I see that you are also a bold person, who is hiding for today, and you are being chased all over the mountain?"
"You just say that I can't just run away with my head!" Zhao Xiao smiled, "It's nothing else, it's an aunt and two cousins of mine." I went back to Beijing last year and stayed at their house. Unexpectedly, just after the New Year, they came from the capital, saying that they were here to pay New Year's greetings. As soon as he said it, he couldn't help complaining: "My grandfather too, saying that people can't stay slow when they come from afar, let me accompany them all day...... It's been a few days, and I really can't stand it today. ”
Cheng Wenhan didn't think much about it when he heard it, but he was tired of socializing relatives coming and going, and their family was tired and panicked because they were not busy with the marriage a few days ago. Thinking of his cousin Zhu Biyun's marriage, he remembered the Zhao family again...... Zhao Ping'an is also surnamed Zhao, Cheng Wenhan secretly thought that this matter would not be so coincidental, he ran into a Zhao family when he came out? He was suspicious, so he asked.
Zhao Xiao had nothing to hide, nodded and agreed, and said with a smile: "The one who is the most unproductive in the Zhao family is me." ”
Cheng Wenhan saw that he said it lightly, just when he was as close as his uncle Zhao Liang, he also mentioned Zhao Liang and the previous marriage of the Zhu family, and when he talked about this, he had to mention the matter of the next Cheng and Zhu families.
How did he know that Zhao Xiao was surprised, and only said that there was fate, "It turns out that we are also relatives!" He threw the paper fan and said helplessly: "I didn't want to go around, I still accompanied my relatives." ”
Cheng Wenhan just smiled, "That's it, when I'm happy." ”
Zhao Xiao said: "I also said that there is a child of the Cheng family who worshipped Mr. Jiang as a disciple, and it turns out that your lobby brother has a different surname from you." That's it, I was invited to drink the wedding wine a few days ago, and the newcomer turned out to be your cousin. It's not interesting for this relative to talk about it, so it doesn't matter, I'll save some heart. ”
Cheng Wenhan also said that this is good.
After a while, the long entourage who chased Zhu Boxiu to inform him came back, saying that they had met on the road in the middle of the mountain, and accompanied them to give them a ride, and then came back from the mountain. He also said that Zhu Boxiu said that he knew, and asked Cheng Wenhan to wait at the bottom of the mountain, and he was not allowed to be naughty.
Cheng Wenhan was relieved when he heard this, and Zhao Xiao sent someone to go. Because Cheng Wenhan had to wait for Zhu Boxiu to go down the mountain before leaving, it was noon, and the gentlemen on the mountain were afraid that they would stay for dinner, and they were afraid that it would be late for people to come down again, so Zhao Xiao asked people to prepare food.
The shepherd boy replied, "Young Master, what can we eat in this pickled place, why don't we go up the mountain?"
Zhao Xiao snorted, "If you don't go up the mountain, you won't go up the mountain, will they not eat if they leave people?" ”
The shepherd boy could not, so he went out and commanded.
I turned around and came into a store, and said that there were no expensive dishes in the store, but there was some game from the vegetables picked from the mountains, and I asked the sons what they wanted to use.
Cheng Wenhan's grandfather was originally a family in the mountains, and when he came to Zhu's house, he also brought some of his food tastes with him, Cheng Wenhan didn't remember much when he was young, but he remembered that his father Cheng Guitang would sometimes buy some wild vegetables and wild things to use, so Cheng Wenhan was really familiar with these things.
How do you know that Zhao Xiao also understood, and immediately said: "The things in the mountains are to eat fresh, the chef in charge of the kitchen burned the vegetables with oil, cut the game into thin slices, put it in a hot pot and scalded it, and then take the sauce such as spicy spices and scallion cloves marinade, and then it will be." ”
Cheng Wenhan was also mouthful of what he said, and he really knew how to eat.
Soon the store did it, Zhao Xiao was interested, and asked Xiao Er to send a pot of wine, but this wine was extremely bad, as soon as he drank it, he almost vomited it, only frowned and said: "This can't be drunk, put it aside." After thinking about it, he said, "There is meat and vegetables, but there is no wine, so it is not worthy of this scene." As he spoke, he asked people to go up the mountain to ask for wine.
Cheng Wenhan poured the wine from the store and tasted it, and it was not bad to drink, so he said: "It's not very good, you say you can't drink it." "Seeing that he still asked people to go to the mountain to beg for wine, no matter what, it is also a academy, a place for study and progress, what does Zhao Ping'an want to let people ask for wine, it is not ashamed to listen to it. Cheng Wenhan said: "You're not afraid that you will let people go, and if you get a letter from those guests of your house, you will chase them over?"
Zhao Xiao raised his eyebrows, "It's okay, if you really chase after me, I'll run." They're slow, where can they catch me. ”
Cheng Wenhan saw that he didn't listen, so he didn't say anything, and then talked about some miscellaneous books.
Zhao Xiao didn't say anything, the things on these idle books came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he could tell an allusion everywhere, some Cheng Wenhan knew, but most of them didn't know, so he felt more and more interesting.
After a little while, someone handed over a pot of wine, and I didn't say whether it was found in the mountains. Zhao Xiao didn't ask, poured it and drank it, tasted it and said, "This is not bad." He raised his hand and poured a cup for Cheng Wenhan and let him taste it.
Cheng Wenhan is usually restrained by the red bead tube, and he really hasn't drunk much, so he tasted it as he said when he was happy.
When the wine was exhausted, Cheng Wenhan was already dizzy and drunk, and he was sleepy with his hands and eyes closed.
Zhao Xiao also had a sense of alcohol, pointing at him and only saying that he was useless, and he was drunk with this little wine.
The shepherd boy helped clean up, and re-brewed tea for them to drink, but he made fun of them when he saw them like this.
Zhao Xiao drank tea, rested for a while, looked out at the sky, but said, "I see that he is drunk, don't wait for his cousin, let's go back and send him back together." ”
Cheng Wenhan didn't hear it for a while, and he didn't reply to it.
The shepherd boy looked at him amused, but said, "Shall we leave now?"
"What are you waiting for, the mountain scenery is enjoyed, the wild vegetables and wild things are used, and even the wine is enough, even if you have fun today, it will be no fun to stay any longer. Zhao Xiao shook his head, looked at the shepherd boy in disappointment and said, "You, why have you followed me for so long, and you haven't made any progress." ”
The shepherd boy laughed when he heard this, "Young master, this is pretending again, right? This is a good example of coming on the spur and returning home with a happy heart? If the young master has Wang Huizhi's arrogance, then he should not use this meal, not drink this wine, and go back with an empty stomach." Now that it's used up, my stomach is full, and I'm old, I still come to learn how to speak. If you want to go, you can go, and you say these things for no reason to tell me what to do. ”
"Okay, let's go back. Zhao Xiao said.
Cheng Wenhan heard this clearly, and then said: "Then go back." ”
After saying that he would go back, Zhao Xiao's entourage quickly prepared, because there were still female dependents on the mountain to escort them, Chang Liang left most of the people waiting. Zhao Xiao was riding a horse when he came, and now he can only take a car after drinking, and the carriage they brought was originally good to keep a female dependent, and only a simple one was given to Zhao Xiao.
Zhao Xiao didn't stick to this, pulled Cheng Wenhan and went up, turned around and told someone to leave to Cheng Wenhan's cousin to reply, and soon drove away.