Dong Ruyi was at the gate of the Chen family, and saw Chen Shu looking around, Chen Shu saw Dong Ruyi and said: "My cousin, where did you go, the master asked the little one to wait for you here, and let you go to the small study when you come back." ”

Dong Ruyi put the bamboo tube containing calligraphy and painting in Chen Shu's hand, and shouted to Zhou's mother in the back: "Mom, I'll go to the study first." With that, he ran away.

Zhou's mother said: "You slow down, don't fall." “

Chen Shu was afraid that she would fall, so he hurriedly arched his hand towards Zhou's mother and ran away.

Dong Ruyi shouted outside the door of the study: "Grandfather, grandfather, Sister Ru has something to ask you for help." ”

Chen Jingzhi heard Dong Ruyi's voice, got up and said, "Where did you go, and why are you making a fuss?"

Dong Ruyi said: "Grandfather, can you help me write a letter of recommendation from Guozijian?"

Chen Jing was stunned, there were many people who wanted to get his letter of recommendation, and there were countless people who came to him every year during his studies, so that he rarely went out.

Chen Jingzhi said: "Who took your way?"

Dong Ruyi said: "My grandfather thinks too much, it is a friend that Sister Ru has made new, he is going to Beijing to take the exam today, Sister Ru set up a banquet for him in the Zhuangyuan Building to see him off, so he wanted to send him a favor, he didn't know that Sister Ru was your granddaughter." ”

Chen Jingzhi said: "Let's be careful, as for whether to write for you or not, it depends on what kind of person it is." ”

Dong Ruyi nodded and talked about Xue Guangyao, and asked Chen Shu to take out the painting.

Chen Jingzhi asked, "Have you seen this painting, but it's genuine?"

Dong Ruyi said: "I haven't seen it today, since Sister Ru knows who he is, she shouldn't have any doubts about him." ”

Chen Jingzhi opened the scroll.

The more he looked at it, the happier he became, and said, "It's genuine, did you really only give him six hundred taels of silver?"

Dong Ruyi nodded and said, "Yes, at that time, Sister Ru also asked him why he didn't sell six thousand taels, but he almost couldn't go to Beijing to take the exam because of a mere six hundred taels." ”

Chen Jingzhi: "Then how did he answer?"

Dong Ruyi said: "He said that Liu Zongyuan's calligraphy and painting are priceless, how can they be compared with gold and silver." Now he sells this painting, not to make money, as long as it is enough to go to Beijing. Sister Ru thinks he is a real gentleman. ”

Chen Jingzhi said: "The third child, grind." ”

Dong Ruyi's eyes lit up, and he knew that with Xue Yaozu's character, he would definitely be able to enter his grandfather's eyes.

I only heard Chen Xingli say: "I wonder if the third uncle will be lucky enough to see him?"

Dong Ruyi said: "Forget it when you see it, everyone is now thinking about going to Beijing, why don't your third uncle give him a few sets of clothes? “

Chen Xingli called the scholar beside him and asked him to hurry up and ask his wife to get a few sets of clothes that he had never wore.

Dong Ruyi took the written letter and said: "Grandfather, I'll go to see off Xue Gongzi first, you and the two uncles will appreciate this painting first, chess, and then play when I come back." ”

After Dong Ruyi finished speaking, he took the letter and ran away.

Chen Jingzhi wants to take a good look at this "Jiang Xue".

If it weren't for his granddaughter, he would have forgotten such an important thing. Fortunately, there was a granddaughter who thought about it for him, otherwise if this painting was bought by others, he would not regret it to death.

Dong Ruyi asked Zhou's mother to find a dark furoshi, which contained dry food and water, a letter of recommendation written by Chen Jingzhi and two hundred taels of loose silver, plus a silver ticket of five hundred taels.

Dong Ruyi personally wrote two more letters, one letter was written by his father, and the other was written by Brother Ziguang.

Then she hired the carriage of the dart board, paid all the fares, and asked the dart board to send the people to the capital safely.

After all the work was done, Dong Ruyi took the two burdens to the Zhuangyuan Building.

Xue Yaozu's luggage was very simple, he only carried a bookcase, and even his clothes only brought two sets full of patches, he was too poor.

Dong Ruyi stepped forward, and after Xue Yaozu and Dong Ruyi greeted each other, Dong Ruyi let people serve food.

The dishes are very simple, nothing more than the title of the gold list, the champion and the first such dishes.

Dong Ruyi didn't call much, only ordered two dishes, which was shabby to others, but for a backbone person like Xue Yaozu, this was what a confidant did.

Dong Ruyi said: "The younger brother understands Brother Ziguang, so he only ordered two dishes, but the younger brother took it upon himself to arrange a carriage for Brother Ziguang to go to Beijing. ”

Xue Yaozu was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say that he could walk to Beijing by himself.

Dong Ruyi waved his hand to stop it, and said: "It's not that the little brother is troublesome, Brother Ziguang has ever thought that today is the month and the day, if you go to Beijing on foot, in case you miss the test, can you be worthy of your ancestral "Jiang Xue"?"

Xue Yaozu didn't have anything to object, and sighed: "Brother Xian is right, I'm too stubborn. ”

Dong Ru understood his opinion, and said with a smile: "Originally, the younger brother should have given his own clothes to borrow with his brother to use in Beijing, but the younger brother's clothes really can't be borrowed." ”

Dong Ruyi laughed as soon as she finished speaking, and Xue Yaozu was also amused by her words.

He shook his head and said, "Brother Xian's mind is for my brother." ”

Dong Ruyi said: "There are clothes and dry food I prepared for Brother Ziguang in the carriage, and there are clothes for my third uncle, he saw the real painting and wanted to come to see you." “

Xue Yaozu was a little nervous, how embarrassing it was to meet like this.

Dong Ruyi continued: "Brother Ziguang, don't worry, the younger brother didn't agree, he just asked him for some clothes. Please be sure to accept it. ”

Xue Yaozu was embarrassed and said, "Thank you for your brother, but you must not add anything else." “

Dong Ruyi said with a smile: "There is the address of my family Jingzhao in the baggage, as well as a letter I wrote to my father to the head of the family, so it will trouble Brother Ziguang." ”

Xue Yaozu nodded fiercely, lowering his head and eating his meal.

He grew up with his grandfather after both his parents died when he was a child. Since the death of his grandfather, there has been no one to ask for warmth, and the relatives of the clan have seen him as if they had seen a plague god. Otherwise, he would not have been left behind.

After the two of them finished eating, Dong Ruyi said: "The younger brother will not leave Brother Ziguang, you can leave early, and you will not be able to get to the place where you stay at night." ”

Dong Ruyi sent Xue Yaozu away like a close friend for many years.

Xue Yaozu's heart was full of emotion, he didn't know how he got into the carriage and how he got out of the city.

When they reached the next place to stay, he realized that two burdens had been placed beside him.

The man who drove the car said: "The first time Childe went out of the house, it was like this. It's good to wait for a long time, the little Wang beard is the dart master of the SF Dart Bureau. This is the bag prepared for you by the son of the Dong family, please keep it. ”

Xue Yaozu took the baggage back to the room and opened two baggage, one of which was full of clothes, from summer to autumn.

Xue Yaozu was so moved that he almost shed tears, and even prepared autumn clothes for him.