Chapter 209
Zhao Rong didn't say much, it was a person who could keep up and walked out of the yard immediately, and when he passed by the janitor's mother-in-law, Zhao Rong also turned his face slightly sideways, so as to avoid the mother-in-law from seeing the traces on his face.
It's just that the janitor's mind is not in the courtyard at this time, and she also wants to see the excitement of the birthday banquet of the four elders. It's just that she doesn't know if Madame will be happy to run over to watch the excitement like this, maybe she can not tell Madame. Anyway, as long as you lock the courtyard gate yourself, there will be nothing else to do.
Maybe Madame didn't know that she had left her post without permission, after all, she had gone to chat with her old friend many times before, and Madame didn't know if it was not. Thinking like this, of course the mother-in-law was absent-minded, and she didn't pay attention to the difference in her young master's face at all, but she felt that as usual, the young master went out of the yard on time.
The road was very quiet, and Zhao Rong imagined in his heart over and over again how he would do things in the future. And the time set by Xiao Tao and the merchant's eldest brother was close to noon. At that time, the birthday feast had already begun, and the servants and guests were all at the feast, so it was the safest time.
This also led to the fact that Zhao Rong had to stay in the study until it was almost noon, of course, Zhao Rong had already thought about it, after all, he had to ask the old man for leave, so he must wait until the old man arrived in the study before he could leave.
In the past few days, it is estimated that because the work of restoring ancient books is really heavy, the old gentleman is estimated to have stayed up late in the study, so these days, the old gentleman has been getting later and later in the morning. Zhao Rong could only think in his heart, hoping that the old man would not be too late today, if he missed the hour, it would be more dangerous.
It's not that Zhao Rong feels that he is late, and the two Gong Jian brothers will walk away angrily, but they are afraid of delaying the time for them to meet, Zhao Rong is afraid that his meaning will not be clear, and if he can't let the two Gong Jian brothers know what they really think in their hearts, it will be more troublesome. After all, his gang of people can be regarded as having spent a lot of trouble to create this opportunity to meet, and if he is messed up, he will regret it.
So when Zhao Rong sat in the study, he was always worried, there was grass in his heart, and he basically couldn't sit on the chair, and kept dangling around. Zhao Rong's mind was thinking about how to pretend to be sick for a while. After a while, he was thinking about how he would talk if he met with the two palace brothers. After a while, I thought about how happy it would be if I could leave the Zhao family. After a while, I thought again, if Xiao Tao couldn't go, he could only sacrifice his life to accompany Xiao Tao.
And today's sun seems to be filled with lead, crawling towards the sky in the middle little by little, and the speed is as slow as a snail. Zhao Rong couldn't remember how many times he had turned his head to look at the sun outside the window, in his opinion, the sun was too lazy to move, and he didn't want to move at all. How can this time go so slowly, every second seems to be like substance, passing forward little by little.
Finally, the sun had risen obliquely, and Zhao Rong was already in a hurry, why didn't the old gentleman come today? Although he came a little late in the past two days, it was not much late.
He was a little worried, if this old gentleman would get up very late today, if the old gentleman came to the study very late, then what should he do? But no, the other servants in the old gentleman's case have already gone to see the excitement, and those who stay in this courtyard, that is, in the wings, are the servants behind him.
If he let these people know that he was unwell, these people would either rush back to the courtyard or rush to the doctor, and no matter what, they would ruin their plans, and he would not want to do so.
So one thing Zhao Rong can only do is to wait for him to pray in his heart, not thinking about anything, only praying for one thing, hoping that the old gentleman will appear in the study soon.
Maybe God heard the prayer in Zhao Rong's heart, maybe God was still very happy, and still stood on Zhao Rong's side, no matter what, just like Zhao Rong thought in his heart, the old gentleman quickly appeared at the door of the study. It's just that as soon as he opened the door, when the old gentleman looked up and saw Zhao Rong, his expression was obviously stunned, and he looked at Zhao Rong in surprise, as if he shouldn't appear here.
And the old gentleman's surprised expression also made Zhao Rong's words that he wanted to say stuck in his throat. This pause made Zhao Rong's thoughts that he had just sorted out suddenly disrupted. At this time, he knew that it was not the time for him to speak, otherwise who would know what he would say under his chaotic thoughts. I still have to wait for a while, wait for the old gentleman to sit down at the desk, and then calm my thoughts, and then go to the old gentleman to ask for leave.
With a decision in his heart, Zhao Rong still sat at the desk, pretending to look at the books in his hand. When he saw that the old gentleman had only glanced at him, he turned his gaze back and did not get up and salute.
After all, the old gentleman had said before that when we met in the morning, there was no need to prevent Zhao Rong from saluting. Although Zhao Rong always felt that as a student, he should say hello to the teacher in the morning, but the old gentleman obviously exempted him from these vulgar courtesies.
This is also because the old gentleman never regarded Zhao Rong as his student. In his opinion, this Zhao Rong is just an additional condition for him to be able to see so many precious ancient books. Since it was just an additional condition, and the master didn't ask him to teach anything, the best way to deal with Zhao Rong was to ignore it.
Although the old gentleman asked Zhao Rong to stay next to the study, he didn't need this person to make any moves, and the old gentleman just used him as a prop, a task that he had to complete, nothing more.
Although Zhao Rong seemed calm on the surface and was still pretending to read, in fact, his thoughts were tumbling in his heart, and there was always a thought that kept coming up. Why was the old gentleman so surprised to see him? You must know that for so many years, he had followed the old gentleman in the study, and except for the occasional truancy, he sat here every day and watched the old gentleman enter the door.
When the old gentleman saw himself at first sight, he was indifferent, disdainful, and disgusted, but he was never surprised. This was the first time the old gentleman saw himself, and he actually showed such an obvious expression. My AR goddess