It took about half an hour to gradually enter the urban area with high-rise buildings from some desolate farmland. Zuo Lin, who was reading the magazine seriously, didn't even pay attention to the scenery on both sides of the window.

The car stopped in a beautiful community, a small high-rise house, and Yan Yingxue's pink mini cooper and the black BMW were already parked downstairs. As soon as he looked at it, he knew that Yan Lao was already waiting inside with Yan Yingxue.

There is something special about the house. There will be a white marble lion more than 50 centimeters high as a decoration at the entrance, which is very special in any case. The floor of the entrance is paved with bluestone and cobblestones instead of tiles, and a short path leads to the living room. The furnishings in the living room have a very classical Chinese charm, but do not lose the comfort of modern life. It looks like the mahogany frame of the Taishi chair contains the essence of the fabric sofa, but the cover of the homespun cloth makes the fabric sofa also show the local charm. On the side table, a blue and white porcelain urn is placed as a decoration, and on the floor of the balcony, there are several beautiful bonsai. Only the TV hanging on the wall facing the sofa and the audio equipment on the sound cabinet in the shape of a small Bogu shelf clearly announce that this room still belongs to this era.

Classical is expensive. It's not just these mahogany materials, traditional decorations, but with modern furniture characteristics, but more expensive is this care. Although he didn't know the details, Zuo Lin also clearly felt the special nature of this house.

The young man who drove Zuo Lin nodded to Yan Lao, and then walked into the back room to rest. Yan Lao enthusiastically led Zuo Lin past and pulled him to sit down in the living room. Yan Yingxue was on the balcony, changing the water in the huge fish tank with an elegant woman in her 30s, Yan Yingxue was holding a small handful of water in both hands, looking at a small golden fish in the water seriously, and after looking at Zuo Lin, she squeezed a grimace and said hello.

"I'm here today specifically for your business," Yan Hokusai said with a hearty smile, "Didn't you say you wanted to go to university? I want to ask you whether you are going to go to a university casually to experience it, or are you going to seriously prepare for the exam and go to college seriously." ”

Zuo Lin thought for a moment and said, "Of course I want to read it carefully." I don't know how it's like here in Shanghai, it's too difficult to read in the mountains. If it weren't for Mr. Sun, probably no teachers would be willing to come to our village to teach. ”

Looking at Zuo Lin's earnest expression, Yan Beizhai nodded and said, "That's good." If you just want to go to college and experience it, don't bother, I can always find a school to stuff you into. Anyway, there are a lot of people who go to university under various pretexts and roll around to get mixed up with qualifications. However, if you really want to study well, you have to be prepared. Although Shanghai's college entrance examination is simpler than that of the whole country, and the proportion of students entering universities is also high, it is not easy to really get into a good university. I didn't know what your foundation was, so I found you a tutor. Even if the foundation is poor, tutoring for more than a year is just right to take next year's college entrance examination. In terms of student status, I will also find a way to help you find a high school to attach to. Although anyone can take the college entrance examination now, it is still better for the school to deal with many things, saving a lot of formalities and troubles. ”

At the beginning, Zuo Lin said in front of Yan Hokusai that he wanted to study, although it was indeed his inner thoughts, but he didn't take this matter too seriously. For Zuo Lin who came out of the mountains, reading is not necessarily a means of making a living, especially since he has such a special identity as a druid. He deeply loves the mountains and forests and all life. Even if he could read all the way, Zuo Lin knew that his final destination was still to return to the mountains and return to the simplest life of dealing with cute animals and plants. From the rumors of the villagers, he has also heard that after studying in college, he never returns to his hometown for fear of being exposed by others, or people who have spent a few years in college and cannot find a job but still return to the mountains to farm and raise trees.

After accepting the life of being a football player, he began to become a little familiar with and enjoy it, and began to try to find fun in it. And now, his simple words have made Tsubame Hokusai prepare everything he needs for him. For Yan Hokusai, all of this may just be something he can solve with a few phone calls. However, a person like him remembers Zuo Lin's words clearly, and implementing them one by one is another matter. He knew that there were more and more favors owed to Yan Hokusai.

"Old Yan...... Thank you so much. Zuo Lin stood up and bowed deeply to Yan Hokusai.

"Don't, don't, don't. Yan Beizhai hurriedly pulled Zuo Lin to sit down and said, "It's not a big deal." Don't say anything thanks. ”

Yan Hokusai took a sip of tea and said, "I'm almost 90 years old. If it weren't for the foundation laid by Sun Lao back then, it would be a question whether I could live to this age, not to mention that now I don't have any illness and I am so energetic, who do you think I am thanking now? Back then, I was just a small follower by Sun Lao's side, taking care of some chores for Sun Lao before and after the saddle, but I didn't expect that when Sun Lao left Shanghai, he handed over all his business in Shanghai to me. Who should I thank? You are a disciple of Sun Lao, and in Sun Lao's absence, you represent him. When I saw you, I didn't call the young master a mistake. Don't say anything thankful. ”

Zuo Lin smiled. No matter what Yan Hokusai says, there are some favors that must be returned.

"Zuo Lin, back then, Elder Sun once said such a thing to me. He said that life is too thick a book, from the title page to turn the page by page and write it step by step, no matter how wonderful it is, it is an experience similar to everyone else, how can you not paint the whole book. Sometimes, if you want to make your life richer, all you need is the attitude of ignoring everything, opening the book, and starting from which page you turn to when you turn to it. …… Especially when you can have such abilities and such ideas. Playing football is one page, reading is another page, so why think too much about it? Go out and walk more, some are hairy boys who don't want to do anything when they run into things, and most of your peers in the club are probably so. You're good at everything, but you think too much about things when you encounter them. Young people, why have you had such a hard time, just go out and play. In this world, can anyone really do anything to you?" Since the woman was still present, Yan Hokusai couldn't say anything too obvious, and the last sentence was already pointing out Zuo Lin's strong druid identity. Indeed, Zuo Lin is very willful and qualified.

"Taught. Although Yan Hokusai actually persuaded Zuo Lin not to learn well, these words really inspired Zuo Lin.

The serious conversation between the two attracted the elegant woman on the balcony Ying Ying to look at it with a smile, quite curious about what the old and the young meant to each other.

Yan Beizhai saw the woman's gaze, patted his head and said, "Hehe, I'm old, and now I'm starting to preach." Come, go to the study, the tutor I found for you has been waiting in the study for a while.

Yan Hokusai led Zuo Lin into the study. In front of the large writing desk, a young girl was studying there with a stack of test papers. Seeing Yan Hokusai coming in, the girl hurriedly stood up and said respectfully, "Old Yan." It's all set. ”

Looking at this tutor for a period of time in the future, Zuo Lin was a little surprised. In Zuo Lin's impression, the teacher should be the kind of person who is a little old, or at least middle-aged, wearing simple clothes, and perhaps glasses with black plastic frames on the bridge of his nose. And the "teacher" in front of him does not have any characteristics of the teacher that Zuo Lin imagined at all. This woman is too young, she looks like she is about 20 years old, at most two or three years older than Zuo Lin. Blue and white running shoes, white socks, dark gray trousers, and a white shirt are simply a black and white plaid sweater, and the sleeves of the sweater and shirt are pulled up to the elbows, making people unable to avoid the healthy red in the snow white, the lines of the slender and beautiful arms and the delicate hands with slender fingers. Naturally, the Walkman headphones hanging around the neck took the place of the necklace. His long black hair was tied into a ponytail and fell back of his head. And on that face, the facial features are so delicate, forming such a beautiful face, but the smart eyes are projected with seriousness and scrutiny. Such a woman, if she is a few years older and a white-collar beauty, may be able to make the office rejuvenate and greatly reduce office efficiency. She was bright and clean, and although there was not a single ornament to be seen on her body, there was no doubt that such an image was well designed. It's just that this image is not suitable for the identity of a teacher.

"Let me introduce you to you. This is the tutor I hired, now a sophomore at Fudan University, and she was ranked seventh in Shanghai during the college entrance examination, and her name is Zhang Ling. The bow is long open, and the listener listens. And this is the student I have mentioned to Mr. Zhang many times, Zuo Lin, who is now the main goalkeeper of Shenbao Football Club. ”

was called Teacher Zhang, and Zhang Ling was not humble. Although this time is a bit special, being a tutor is not a Xihan experience for Zhang Ling.

"Teacher Zhang, then Zuo Lin will be handed over to you. I think that Zuolin has not finished high school, and I want to spend more than a year to hand it over to you for tutoring, hoping to save a certain foundation before next year's college entrance examination. Zuo Lin wanted to take the exam, which was more or less an experience. That's up to you. Yan Hokusai reiterated to Zhang Ling the purpose of inviting her. Although facing a girl in her 20s, Yan Hokusai did not put on a stand at all, but instead used the honorific of "you" with Teacher Zhang. For people of Yan Lao's age, the master is the teacher, and the spirit of respecting the teacher has long been engraved in his bones.

Zhang Ling was a little embarrassed at this time, and said, "Old Yan, you are too polite. I'll definitely do my best. Old Yan, I have prepared some questions, first to find out the bottom of Zuo Lin, so that it is easy to arrange the future progress, what do you think?"

Yan Hokusai said with a smile: "I don't have an opinion on this, you can just talk to Zuo Lin himself about all the tutoring matters." You talk first. ”

After Yan Hokusai walked out of the study, Zhang Ling beckoned Zuo Lin to do it, and asked Zuo Lin about his previous studies. Almost all the subjects are taught by a teacher, and the progress of the second year of high school has made Zhang Ling scratch his head. And when he learned that Zuo Lin had abandoned his homework for 3 years, Zhang Ling's eyebrows were almost twisted together. Fortunately, Sun Lao taught students to teach directly after teaching the content of a grade, which is roughly equivalent to skipping a few levels, otherwise, now Zuo Lin is an out-and-out older candidate.

"Let's do it first, let's talk about these topics. In desperation, Zhang Ling said with some pain.

Putting the printed scroll in front of Zuo Lin, Zhang Ling hid aside with the books in the study. Zuo Lin, on the other hand, began to struggle with the long-lost exam papers.

There are only fill-in-the-blank questions and question and answer questions, and there is no multiple-choice question that tests half of the level and half of the character. It may be really difficult to pick up all the homework that has been thrown away for a few years, and fine beads of sweat soon appeared on Zuo Lin's forehead. It's not that hard to play the ultimate save test in the club.

After more than an hour, plus a few words of spoken English, this simple test is finally over.

"The language is very strong, and the ancient Chinese skills are probably much better than mine; English, obviously British English, especially the Oxford pronunciation is very authentic, the teacher is an old returnee, and now the exam is American English, but this is not a problem; science, the foundation is very solid, and some formulas are not proficient, it is not a problem; liberal arts, there seem to be some problems......" Zhang Ling evaluated Zuo Lin's ability to take the exam according to this examination paper and oral examination in front of Zuo Lin. And Zhang Ling began to be a little curious in his heart, what kind of teacher can cultivate such students. Both ancient Chinese and English are very good, and this characteristic rarely appears in any student, at least Zhang Ling has never encountered it. Evaluate all the disciplines together, considering that it has been abandoned for 3 years, then the previous Zuo Lin's foundation should be quite good, far more than the level of the sophomore in high school.

And now, Zhang Ling is very confident in completing the task entrusted to her by Yan Hokusai. It's not just about a big bonus, it's also about Tsubamehokusai's commitment to something.

"Old Yan," walked out of the study with Zuo Lin, and Zhang Ling hurriedly reported: "The volume is finished." Zuo Lin's foundation is very good, and I think I will definitely be able to complete the task. ”

At this time, the woman who had changed the water in the fish tank with Yan Yingxue just now had already changed her clothes, and sat cross-legged on the side of the coffee table to supervise Yan Yingxue practicing calligraphy. Yan Yingxue's calm little appearance is really cute. And this woman, at first glance, does not give people a stunning feeling, but can withstand a long time of scrutiny, the more she looks at it, the more beautiful she feels, and the quiet and elegant taste on her body makes her seem to exude a special brilliance.

Yan Beizhai saw Zuo Lin and Zhang Ling coming out, and said with a smile: "Teacher Zhang, then get rid of you." After going back and studying Zuo Lin's training and competition schedule, I asked the secretary to make a tutoring time arrangement and send it to you. When the time comes, I'll teach Zuo Lin here, do you think about it?"

It's a bit far, but it's acceptable. Zhang Ling hurriedly agreed: "No problem, then I'll go first." ”