Chapter 121: Mr. Zhou

Towards the end of the afternoon, the sun was setting, the wind was light, the clouds were light, and the color of the sky became dark.

Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun, after being brought into the mansion by the little maid from the Zhou Mansion, have been arranged in the hall of hospitality, waiting for the arrival of the master.

This is the time of noon, and now they sit in the hall, bored, and cannot move around at will.

After a while, Wang Baoshan suddenly heard footsteps outside, and was slowly walking over, and hurriedly asked Lu Yun to check it.

He came back and said, "There is a woman outside, more than twenty years old, and her appearance is stunning, otherworldly, and she has the fragrance of books. ”

When Wang Baoshan heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised and rushed out of the hall.

When he came out to take a look, he found that the woman was really different, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Then they went into the hall together and sat down and talked.

Look at the woman again, not only is she beautiful and gorgeous, but even her conversation and demeanor are also elegant and generous.

What's even more amazing is her talent, which is rich in connotation, and smart and agile, which is really comparable to ordinary ordinary people......

Wang Baoshan was impressed by her temperament, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart.

After some conversation, he couldn't help but feel impulsive, and once again, he took a good look at the woman who made him feel dizzy.

I saw her, more than 20 years old, delicate, dignified and elegant.

A green silk is scattered, and it is naturally draped on the back, which looks elegant and quiet.

And, the pink carved jade nose, and the soft and fair face, white and delicate, all revealing a little bit of ruddy.

Looking at her again, the willow eyebrows are slender, the eyes are clear and translucent, like pearls and jade, and there seems to be some kind of deep aura hidden in it.

And she was dressed in a blue-gray straight-lined scribe's shirt, lined with a snow-white cross-collared robe, and wore bast shoes with green silk thick-soled feet......

This is a typical and elegant literati dress, blessed on her body, and immediately highlights a rare and valuable scholarly atmosphere.

This kind of temperament will make others feel that it is so thick and leisurely, quiet and vulgar.

At this moment, her every move, her smile, her every word...... and so on, all of which are thorough, touching and dazzling beauty......

Wang Baoshan was like this, quietly on the sidelines, watching, listening, and gradually being impressed and attracted by her, until he indulged in it......

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Lu Yun on the side, seeing that he was a little distracted, hurriedly pretended to cough and signaled him not to wander.

Wang Baoshan was reminded by him and quickly reacted. made his face instantly red, and his heart was even more embarrassed.

It's no wonder that he, who has seen girls and is easy to be shy and blush, at this moment in the face of such a knowledgeable, connotative, elegant and moving beauty, how can he not be intoxicated and not blush and have a thick neck!

It is precisely because of Wang Baoshan's absent-mindedness that Lu Yun, who has been talking with him, has become the home field.

This makes the two of them feel like they are giving others the feeling that he Wang Baoshan is just a foil and accompanying servant, but Lu Yun has become a young master with status.

For this reason, Lu Yun also made a special explanation, only to hear him say: "Sir, this is my friend, we are here this time, and he wants to buy books from you." ”

"Mr. Zhou, it's polite! I came suddenly, I'm afraid I'm a little disturbed......"

Through the small talk just now, Wang Baoshan also figured out that the Mr. Zhou in Lu Yun's mouth before was actually the person in front of him, this strange woman who was full of wealth.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhou just nodded as if he had just noticed him, indicating that he had returned the courtesy.

"This is Wang Gongzi! For your sake, for Xiaoyun's sake, I can sell you one or two copies, but ......"

"What do you want, sir?"

Listening to her say that she could sell her own books, Wang Baoshan felt a little at ease in his heart, saying that he could mention it if he had the conditions!

Mr. Zhou seemed to be a little hesitant and said: "My family's books are all left by my ancestors, and it is inconvenient to sell them, but one or two books I wrote can still be sold to you, but you have to give me a reason, I think about it, should I do this......

Wang Baoshan listened to it and said his thoughts.

His meaning was very simple, he wanted to buy a few easy-to-understand books to go back, and in the Heifengling Peasant Barracks, he could read them and practice writing.

By the way, I will teach those younger children to learn the text. Let them also practice writing, literacy and reading.

Of course, he didn't know what to say, so he made up an argument, saying that in his village, there were many young children, and they couldn't do any heavy farm work, and they often played around like crazy.

It's better to teach them to read and read some books. Let them not be illiterate forever in the future.

After hearing this, Mr. Zhou sighed greatly, praised him for his benevolence, righteousness and nobility, and admired him very much.

But that's all, although she praised it verbally and looked at her expression, she didn't think so.

In the end, she didn't forget to pour a handful of cold water on Wang Baoshan.

I just heard her say, "Your idea is good, but it's naïve." I just heard you say that you don't know how to read and write yourself, how can you teach others well... Isn't this a mistake!"

In this way, Wang Baoshan was speechless by what she said, and his face was full of shame.

However, Mr. Zhou didn't say much about him, just expressed some of his own opinions.

Then, after chatting for a while, she asked the little maid in the house to go to her study and fetch a few books bound in thread, saying that these books could be sold to them.

Wang Baoshan took a look and found that these were several hand-copied booklets, and the title pages were all handwritten in Juanxiu's handwriting, which looked fresh and quiet.

As for the content, he hasn't read it carefully, presumably these books are all written by this beautiful gentleman.

As she said, if it were any other book, she wouldn't take it out and sell it to them.

With these books, it is better than nothing, and he didn't care what was written in them, he directly asked Lu Yun to take two gold ingots, almost twenty taels, and paid for it.

When Mr. Zhou saw the gold, he didn't blush, but just took the gold ingots lightly and accepted it without hesitation.

At this point, the transaction between the two of them is also completed, and everyone takes what they need and is happy.

Next, after chatting for a while, Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun said goodbye to the Zhou Mansion.

Walking again, in the alley where he came, Wang Baoshan's mood suddenly felt a little low.

I don't know if he felt pain because of those two gold ingots and only changed a few booklets?

Or is it because he left the Zhou Mansion and had no communication with that Mr. Zhou, and he felt deeply depressed and pity?

Lu Yun, who was accompanying him, saw that he was sullen, so he wanted to ask him, but he couldn't find anything to say, so he didn't ask.

He had no choice but to accompany Wang Baoshan and continue to wander around the alley.

Now that it was afternoon, the alleys were also beginning to be lively, and the neighbors who had gone out to run errands had returned home one after another and started to cook dinner.

All kinds of cooking smoke rose in a curling manner, adding a lot of fireworks to the originally noisy alleys.

After staying in the Zhou Mansion for nearly an hour, Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun at this time were already hungry and dry in their mouths.

Lu Yun proposed to go to the draw restaurant again and have a meal and drink, but he was still treated.

Wang Baoshan didn't plan to go again, he always felt a little weird about the boss lady.

He couldn't say why, he only said that he felt it based on his intuition.

Lu Yun was puzzled by this, and he didn't know why he had such a strange feeling.

After passing through an alleyway, they came to a fairly wide street, and saw a small noodle stall not far away, and walked over.

At this time, the streets seemed very clean and depressed, and there were not many pedestrians except for a few wandering beggars.

It is completely opposite to those small alleys, which are overcrowded and lively.

Wang Baoshan was very curious, and was waiting for the owner of the noodle stall to give them a gap below and ask the reason.

The boss was also a chatter, and said on the spot: "It's not because of the famine, everyone only eats and drinks at home in order to save expenses, how can there be spare money, go out for fun!"

This uncle, who is over half a hundred years old, uses an earthen stove to quickly cook noodles the thickness of his thumb, and does not forget to grab a few handfuls of vegetables and throw them into the pot.

The situation he said made Wang Baoshan a little dumbfounded, and if he thought about it, he could understand his words.

It seems that the life of the people in the city is not easy!

After a while, two large bowls of thick noodles with green vegetables were served in front of Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun.

After eating for a while, they checked out and left, both in their hearts, and couldn't help but complain: It's really unpalatable!

I can't blame them, the noodles on this stall look quite large, but they are actually difficult to swallow and extremely salty.

I really don't know, this stall owner, when he was down, did he get distracted and put more salt, otherwise he wouldn't be so bitter and salty.

Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun, after eating a few bites each, they couldn't eat anymore, and they couldn't pay their bills, so they had to admit that they were unlucky.

But just as they had not gone far, they heard the old man shouting, "Wild children, come quickly...... They're gone, come and eat noodles......"

After Wang Baoshan heard this, he hurriedly turned his head to look.

I saw several little beggars about five years old running out of an alley on the corner of the street.

This made him finally understand the true intentions of the noodle stall uncle, it turned out that the uncle, he deliberately put more salt!

"You wait......

At this moment, the little maid of the Zhou Mansion, who didn't know when she arrived on the street, hurried after her, shouting not far from them.

When Wang Baoshan heard this, he stopped, trying to figure out why she was here?

"Girl, what's the matter?

The maid of the Zhou family chased after him in a hurry, and as soon as he arrived, he said: "My husband said, let me chase you, saying that I have something to talk to you about." ”

What she said was a little inexplicable, Wang Baoshan heard it, and glanced at Lu Yun, but they didn't know why.

"Girl, our book money has already been given, and it can be regarded as two clearances, why are you still looking for us?"

"This, I don't know, my husband, let me come, I'll come......"

The maid of the Zhou family said, and turned around and walked back, without greeting them, depending on the situation, if you want to come, you can come, and if you don't go, forget it.

"Brother Wang, are you going, are you going?" we are not in a hurry to go back anyway......"

Lu Yun looked at the maid and walked away on his own, as if he was a little curious, and hurriedly asked him.

"Okay! Let's see what she's trying to do!"

This one out and one in is really puzzling, I don't understand what Mr. Zhou is doing?

When he sat back in the hall of Zhou's mansion, Mr. Zhou's attitude this time obviously became much more easy-going.

also gave Wang Baoshan and the others, introduced herself, and said that her home was not here, but in a distant place.

Her original name was Zhou Xiu, the second oldest in the family, and she also had an elder brother, all of whom were literati who were influenced by the family since childhood and grew up reading poetry and books.

The little maid, named Zhou Ping, has been by her side since she was a child, half servant and half friend, and has always taken care of her daily life, and the relationship between the two is better than that of ordinary sisters.

And just now, why did she want to keep Wang Baoshan and Lu Yun, but she simply explained the reason, and didn't say anything else.

This made Wang Baoshan even more puzzled in his heart, he found it hard to believe that this Mr. Zhou's words were one-sided.

She actually said that after they left, she went back to the house and started a hexagram and saw some future about Wang Baoshan.

Because it was some vague state of affairs, and decided to leave them behind, wanting to ask something clear.

After Wang Baoshan heard this, he was very curious, so he asked her what was going on?

But she didn't tell him anything, but told him a horrific story.