In the spring of March, Tingyuan was admitted to the Jinshi, the second class eighteen, and then the Shujishi. The four sons and the four Jinshi are all taught by Lian Dongfang, who is a father!

Tingyuan Zhongjinshi, Lian family held a big banquet, and there was no name of Yuehuan in the list of banquet guests. Yuehuan would rather go to Yueyao's dim sum shop as the big shopkeeper than go back to Lian's house, which made Lian Dongfang very angry, so there was no Yuehuan's name at this banquet.

Others don't care, but Tingyuan can't help but care, Yuehuan is his own sister, what's the matter if he doesn't invite his sister over for such a big happy event.

The attitude of the party is very clear, and it is not allowed to be invited. Since I went to ask her not to come back, let her see if she could live comfortably without the protection of Lianjia.

Ting Yuan asked again and again, and finally Lian Dongfang's attitude relaxed: "If she is willing to go back to Lian's house, then you go and pick it up, if she is unwilling, then don't enter the door of Lian's house." ”

Ting Yuan took Aunt Su to find the moon ring together.

Yuehuan is now soaking in the dim sum shop all day long, anyway, the child is in the Zhuangzi, and he is also alone when he goes back, and he is lonely, so it is better to live in the shop.

When Yuehuan saw Tingyuan, she was very pleased: "Tingyuan, congratulations!" After passing the Jinshi examination, he will enter the Hanlin Academy for another three years, and he will be able to enter the officialdom after three years.

Yuehuan is now dressed very plainly, wearing an autumn-colored dress, the material is not good at first glance, and he is not wearing any jewelry on his body, and he is not having a good time at first glance.

Tingyuan's nose was a little sour: "Sister, go back with me!" It's so hard here!" Can you be busy from morning to night every day without being hard?

Yuehuan smiled and said, "Sister is not tired at all. "This is really not Yuehuan comforting Tingyuan, she is one of the owners of the shop, only she instructs others, where is there anyone pointing fingers at her, during this time in the shop, Yuehuan is really relaxed, and there is no need to worry about it.

Aunt Su looked at Yuehuan: "You are still young now, and when you return to your parents' house, the master will definitely pick a good husband for you." ”

A sneer crossed the corner of Yuehuan's mouth: "I don't need anyone to help me choose a husband, I will guard Chenghong for the rest of my life, and I will never marry again." ”

Aunt Su was in a complicated mood: "Do you mean that you will be a cow and a horse for your third sister in your life?" The third girl was really kind, and it turned out that she had this idea to save her daughter that day.

Yuehuan looked at the curtain at the door, and after a while, he said, "I didn't use the third sister as a cow and a horse, and I also have a share in this shop." In fact, in addition to dividends, Xiang Wei also gave Yuehuan a salary, fifty taels of silver per month, which is quite a lot.

Aunt Su was stunned for a moment, then turned to stare at Yuehuan and said, "You said you also have a share?" What do you mean by this dim sum shop, which you opened in partnership with the three girls?"

Yuehuan felt that there was no need to hide it anymore: "Yes, this dim sum shop was opened by me and the third sister in partnership, a few years ago because I was not easy to manage in the Qian family, now that the third sister has gone to Jiangnan, this shop is naturally managed by me, and in the future, you will not say that the third sister will call me as a servant." ”

Aunt Su looked at Yuehuan's outfit, how did she look like it: "How many percent of the shares do you have?"

Yuehuan naturally saw the doubts in Aunt Su's eyes: "Sancheng, you don't have to look at me like this, I didn't lie to you, the dim sum shop doesn't make much profit every year, but it's enough for me and Chenghong to live comfortably, but the third sister spent a lot of money to save me that day, and I have to pay her back." Yuehuan said this, because she didn't want Aunt Su to know that she was rich, Aunt Su might have feelings for her, but compared with Tingyuan, she would have nothing left, if she let Aunt Su know that she was rich, she might not have any idea, more than one thing is better than less.

Aunt Su knew that Yuehuan had a grudge against her for not saving her: "But you are still young now, you can't live like this for the rest of your life, right?"

Yuehuan said: "I won't marry again, it's enough for me to have Chenghong in my life." "Don't say that she doesn't want to remarry for the time being, even if she wants to remarry, she definitely doesn't want to connect the people chosen for her.

Ting Yuan saw that his aunt couldn't persuade Yuehuan, so he had to say, "Sister, if you have anything, you can send someone to tell me." ”

Yuehuan nodded, sent the two out of the shop, and when they returned to the shop, they heard the news of the death of the old lady of Mafu.

Yueyao was not familiar with Cheng's family, and she didn't have much feeling.

Cheng's death, not to mention that Ma Peng didn't feel anything about Zhuang Ruolan, that is, the only thing Ma Chengteng thought of when he knew that Cheng's death was that Ma Peng wanted to keep filial piety.

After the death of his mother-in-law, even if it is a step-room, he must keep his filial piety for three years, Ma Peng immediately wrote an excerpt of Ding Wei to the Ministry of Rites, and the excerpt was quickly approved and agreed to Ma Peng's request.

Ma Chengteng is a little confused, Cheng will still hurt people when he dies, and finally Ma Peng has now climbed to the position of the left servant of the household department, and now Ding is worried, and after two years, he still doesn't know what the situation is in the court.

Zhuang Ruolan was a little frightened, she always felt that Cheng's death was related to her husband, but she didn't dare to ask this, she just packed her head, Cheng's died in Luzhou, and their family had to go back to Luzhou.

In order to go back to Luzhou for the funeral, the people of the Ma family were very fast, and as soon as Ding Wei's fold came, Ma Peng took Zhuang Ruolan back, as for Ma Chengteng, he was not in good health and was not suitable for long-distance travel, so he did not return to Luzhou.

Yueyao knew the news, and it was already a month later.

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "Cheng's death at this time is really a coincidence!" Now that there are constant disputes in the court, Ma Peng returned to his hometown at this time to guard his filial piety, just avoiding the whirlpool, and three years later, it is estimated that the prince has been elected at that time.

Yueyao knew that Xiang Wei meant something, but she didn't pay attention to it, even if it was Ma Peng's hand? Cheng's vicious stepmother has made her live enough to be worthy of her: Luzhou is so far away from Jiangnan, I definitely can't go, who do you think is appropriate. "She is so busy now that she can't touch the ground, where does she have time to go to Luzhou.

Xiang Wei smiled: "Just send someone to do it." ”

Yueyao let Xiang Wei deal with it, and she herself entered the studio again, Yueyao's current studio was originally Mr. Yushan's, but Mr. Yushan had a serious illness three years ago, and his hands often trembled, and he couldn't lift a pen to paint, so the studio was empty.

The housekeeper came over, and when she saw that Yueyao was busy in the studio, she didn't dare to disturb Yueyao, so she hurriedly looked for Xiang Wei: "Miss Xiangwei, the three little masters are in trouble in the school." ”

Xiang Wei was not surprised at all, Brother Xu's temperament would cause trouble sooner or later when she went to the school, and it was beyond her expectations to keep to herself for such a long time: "What trouble?" Did you beat up their classmates?"

The housekeeper's lady thought that Xiang Wei had already gotten the news: "Miss Xiang Wei, do you want to tell the old lady about this?" Yue Yao had earlier instructed not to let Mr. Yushan bother, and if she had something to tell, it would be done.

Xiang Wei said: "I have to let the old lady come forward in this matter!" Mr. Yushan is an old friend with the head of the school, and Mr. Yushan comes forward, as long as it is not a big matter like making a human life, the three boys will not be persuaded to retire.

The housekeeper hesitated.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "It's okay, you go tell the old lady." "Mr. Yushan just can't be angry and tired, and it's no problem to deal with this matter.

When Mr. Yushan arrived at the school, he saw that the three brothers had blue noses and swollen faces, and there was blood at the corners of Fei Ge'er's mouth, and he was bluffed at the moment, Mr. Yushan thought it was just a small fight between children, but he didn't expect it to be so serious: "Old Meng, what's going on?"

This time the cause is not Brother Xu, but Brother Fei, Fan He is an orphan, his family background is not good, he is always bullied by a few bad children in the school, usually Fan He was bullied by these people and endured it silently, but this time I don't know what those children Fan He was, Fan He quarreled with them angrily, and as a result, the six children did something to Fan He.

Fei Ge'er couldn't get used to seeing six people fighting Fan He, plus he had always sympathized with Fan He, so he wanted these people to stop, but these people didn't know what was crazy, and even Fei Ge'er, who came to persuade him, got together with him.

Brother Sheng and Brother Xu watched their brothers fight and stood by, so they rushed up immediately, although the three brothers of Brother Sheng were less than each other, they had practiced martial arts since they were children, and they also had a draw with each other, and later Mr. came over to separate the group.

The corners of Fei Ge'er's mouth were bloody, and Brother Sheng and Brother Xu were also painted, but the injuries of the six people on the other side were much more serious than those of the three brothers.

The mountain chief said: "Those six children were not lightly injured, I mean, since both sides are at fault, apologize to the other party, and then pay some medical expenses, what do you think?"

Mr. Yushan's beard was blown: "Apologize, what kind of apology is this?" He has no opinion on compensating for medical expenses, but it is absolutely impossible to apologize, and it is not his child who takes the initiative to cause trouble, how can he apologize to the other party!

The mountain chief also knew Mr. Yushan's temperament, smiled and didn't apologize anymore, the mountain chief was biased towards Brother Sheng in this matter, this matter was not provoked by the three brothers of Brother Sheng, on the contrary, the three brothers of Brother Sheng were uneven and pulled out a knife to help, and then the doctor said that the injuries of these children looked serious, but in fact, they were all skin injuries, and it would be good to raise them for a few days. "Old Dong, why are these children so vigorous?" Fan He is very good at studying, but if he fights, he is scum, which is equivalent to the three brothers of Brother Sheng against six people.

Mr. Yushan said triumphantly: "My apprentices and grandchildren have been practicing martial arts since they were four years old, and they now have to practice every morning, so these children are as strong as little tigers. "The elderly don't like their children to be healthy and lively.

The mountain chief touched a long beard and said, "Old Dong, Brother Fei, this kid is talented and hardworking, I want to recommend him to Wen Lao, what do you think?"

Mr. Yushan's eyes lit up, but he didn't immediately agree: "I'll go back and ask for a long time, and I'll reply to you later, what do you think?"

Mr. Meng smiled and said, "Okay." ”

On the way back, Brother Xu took Mr. Yushan's arm and said, "Master, when my mother punishes us, you can help us say good things!"

Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "This time you are also helping people, and your mother will not punish you." ”

Brother Xu shook his head and said, "Master, my mother will definitely punish us, Master, you must help us say good things when the time comes!" As soon as he thought of the thousand-character text that he had to copy ten times, Brother Xu felt that there was darkness ahead.

Mr. Yushan replied cheerfully, "Okay." ”

Yue Yao has been in the studio until dinner, and as soon as she looks at the appearance of the three brothers, Yue Yao knows that the three of them must be fighting again: "Fighting with people again?"

When the three brothers saw Yueyao's black face, Brother Sheng and Brother Fei lowered their heads honestly, while Brother Xu looked at Mr. Yushan with blank eyes.

This is the first time that Mr. Yushan saw Yueyao angry, and then received Brother Xu's plea, and told Yueyao the cause and effect of the incident with a smile: "You can't blame their brothers for this, seeing their classmates being bullied and standing up, it is still worthy of praise." ”

Yueyao's expression eased a little, although this matter was not taken by Brother Sheng, but the fight was not right, and the punishment could not be exempted, but it was not as heavy as last time: "You have been learning the Analects with Mr. for two months, and you will copy what you have learned." ”

When Brother Xu heard that they were asked to copy the Analects, his face turned into a bitter melon, but looking at Yue Yao's ugly look, Brother Xu didn't dare to ask for help from Mr. Yushan anymore.

After dinner, Mr. Yushan told Yueyao about what the mountain chief mentioned to him: "Yueyao, Wen Lao is a great Confucian in the world, if Fei Ge'er can worship under his door, he will have a good future in the future." ”

Yue Yao was surprised: "The old man Wen that the teacher is talking about, is it the old man who wrote the "Ancient Anthology"?"

Mr. Yushan nodded and said: "It's him, this time it was also Meng Lao who saw that Fei Ge'er was a material that could be made, so he had this idea, Meng Lao and Wen Lao have been friends for more than 30 years, Meng Lao knows Wen Lao's preferences very well, he can say this, indicating that Fei Ge'er meets Wen Lao's requirements." ”

Yue Yao was overjoyed: "If this can be done, I don't have to worry about Brother Fei'er." ”

Mr. Yushan smiled: "You don't have to worry about this, concentrate on preparing for the exhibition." "Mr. Yushan has a great reputation in the art world, but there is still a certain gap between him and the old man who is familiar with the ancient and modern scholars.

Yueyao is happy to shake her hands and be in charge.

The next day, Mr. Yushan took Fei Ge'er to visit Wen Lao, although Wen Lao trusted Meng Lao, but he was old, the students accepted this time may be the last person, ordinary people are very strict with the closed disciples, Wen Lao is no exception, Wen Lao did not immediately agree, but prepared to observe first.

With such a result, Mr. Yushan was already very satisfied, and bluntly said that Yueyao taught well: "The child should be disciplined ruthlessly!" Think about my two grandsons, who are not badly talented, but because they didn't teach well, they still haven't achieved anything so far.

Fei Ge'er was not very happy to part with Brother Sheng and Brother Xu: "Mother, my brother and brother are not going, I am the only one to go, mother, I don't want to go." ”

Yueyao was very relieved that Fei Ge'er could think of her brother and younger brother, proving that her education was successful.

Xiang Wei said with a smile: "You stupid boy, do you know who Mr. Wen is?" That is the great Confucian of the world, and it is a person that your mother admires, if you can worship Mr. Wen as a teacher, it is your great blessing. ”

Fei Ge'er has already heard such words, and he also knows that worshipping a famous teacher is of great benefit to him, but he is not worried about Brother Sheng and Brother Xu, the eldest brother is a little silly, and the third brother is a troublemaker, he is gone, and there will be no one to protect them in the future.

Hearing this, Yue Yao smiled and hugged Fei Ge'er in her arms, and said, "Don't worry, there is a mother, no one dares to bully them." ”

Since the three children were sensible, Yue Yao had never hugged their brother again, which would make Fei Ge'er stiff.

Brother Sheng knew that Brother Fei was thinking about him, and he was very happy: "Second brother, you learn from the old gentleman, and when you learn to teach me and the third brother." ”

Brother Xu's face was depressed: "Mother, why does Mr. Wen only accept the second brother and not the eldest brother and me?" Does the old gentleman think we're stupid?"

Yueyao's heart fluttered, and she caged Brother Sheng and Brother Xu in her arms: "Do you think you're stupid?"

Of course, Brother Xu didn't think he was stupid, on the contrary, he felt that he was very smart: "Then why doesn't the old gentleman take all of us and only accept the second brother?"

Yue Yao smiled and said: "It's like you like to eat mutton, don't like beef, but this doesn't mean that the beef is not delicious, the old gentleman accepted your second brother and confiscated you, it's not that you are stupid, but that Fei Ge'er agrees with him." ”

Brother Xu frowned and thought for a moment, and then said, "I understand." ”

After appeasing her three sons, Yueyao entered the studio again, Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao and lost weight, and said, "Anyway, there is still more than a month to go, so don't be too anxious." ”

Yue Yao shook her head and said, "It's okay, you let the kitchen make mung bean and lily porridge at night." "It's a hot day in July, so drink something to cool down.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "Living here is much cooler than in the capital." "It was very cool to live right by the lake, it was windy and surrounded by lush trees.

Yue Yao snorted and went to her again.

Yue Yao set the art exhibition in Ziyun Bookstore, the name of Ziyun Bookstore is also derived from the beautiful scenery of the West Lake Ziyun Cave, which is famous in Hangzhou, there are too many things to prepare in the early stage of the art exhibition, Xiang Wei is not enough alone, and it is inconvenient to add a woman A lot of things, and Mr. Yushan asked Gu Jianzhang and Gu Zhe to come over to help, so that things can be handled smoothly.

In a blink of an eye, it was the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, which was the opening day of Yueyao's exhibition.

The exhibition was hosted by Mr. Yushan, Gu Jianzhang and Gu Zhe were responsible for entertaining guests, but Yueyao did not go, but stayed at home and waited for news, Yueyao was a little worried, worried that no one would go to see her art exhibition, and then worried that those people said that her paintings were not good.

The opening of the exhibition must be to build momentum, the mountain and wild people are very famous in Jiangnan, and this person is very mysterious, everyone is very curious, plus Mr. Yushan invited a few old friends to help build momentum, and most of the people who received the post on this day came over.

Yue Yao exhibited a total of 30 works this time, 24 paintings, 6 characters, of which 24 paintings 3 are Buddha statues and one is Mr. Yushan.

Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao and smiled: "Haven't your paintings been exhibited?" What is there to worry about?" This is not a fledgling stunned youth, and I don't know what Yue Yao is worried about!

Yueyao said: "This time is different from the last time. "Last time, she took someone else's favor, but this time it is her solo exhibition, if this exhibition is successful, then it will be truly famous all over the world.

When Yueyao was worried, Mr. Meng asked Mr. Yushan, "I remember that your disciple is the best at painting Buddha and portraits, and the plum blossom seal is also very good?" Mr. Meng had a question at the beginning, since it was an exhibition of the monks of the mountains, why did Mr. Yushan bother, and today the answer was finally revealed.

Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "My closed disciple has a long character, and he is called a mountain and wild monk. ”

Meng Lao smiled and said, "Old Dong, are you too unkind? Hiding it from me for so long? No, it has been hidden from the world for so many years. ”

Mr. Yushan said his scruples: "No matter how talented the child is, he must be pressed, otherwise he will be praised and unable to find the edge, which is equivalent to being wasted." ”

Meng Lao nodded in agreement, pointed to the painting of "Pastoral People" next to him and said: "The secular style is like Tao Lao's paradise in the niece's pen, comfortable and leisurely. ”

Mr. Yushan was naturally proud of being praised for his first son, and pulled Meng Lao to a painting called "Xiangshan Picture", and said with a smile: "My favorite is this painting, looking at this painting, it seems to be in it." ”

Meng Lao touched his beard, looked at it for a long time, and said, "Old Dong, these brushes are vigorous and vigorous, don't they look like they were made by women?" It's not that Meng Lao is suspicious, it's that he's strange.

Mr. Yushan proudly said that Yueyao had been practicing calligraphy for ten years: "Others accept ten disciples, but they are not as good as me!"

Meng Lao sighed: "Each of the twenty paintings in these exhibitions has its own uniqueness, and at this level, it is no longer below you. ”

Yue Yao waited at home, and when almost all the white hair came out, the person sent to inquire about the situation finally returned: "Madam, the people who looked at the paintings were full of praise for those paintings, and the old lady couldn't stop smiling!" Everyone likes different things, there are praises, there are criticisms, but if you criticize, it will not be appropriate to tell Yueyao.

Yue Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief, she had been busy for so long, and it finally paid off.

Xiang Wei smiled and said, "What do you want to do most now?"

What Yueyao wanted to do most at this time was to sleep, she thought so and did this: "Unless the sky is falling, don't wake me up." ”

Yueyao climbed into bed and fell asleep, she was so busy that it was dark during this time, she was so tired that she slept on the bed every day, and today she was finally liberated.

Xiang Wei looked at the person who slept soundly, and said with a smile: "It's been fifteen years, and my dream has finally come true." "After this exhibition, Yueyao will definitely be famous all over the world.

Gu You couldn't help but ask, "Sister Xiang Wei, do you say that after Mrs. becomes famous in the world, will it be the same as before?" Gu You means that Yueyao will not be the same as before in the future, and she will work hard every day.

Xiang Wei bowed: "Definitely." ”

When Mr. Yushan came back, he was going to have a good talk with Yueyao, but when he heard Yueyao fall asleep, Mr. Yushan smiled and said, "Let her sleep well, she is also tired during this time." "Yueyao's hard work during this time, Mr. Yushan has seen it in his eyes.