Chapter 24: The Old Pedant

"Zhou Wenxiao, as one of the rare talents in my Shu region, represents the image of my Shu literati in the imperial court, but he not only does not clean himself and is strict with himself, but he is greedy for women, and he is in the company of prostitutes, and he has lost the face of our Shu literati...... "After the old scholar Zhang Quanzhi heard that Zhou Fang might go to the Qinglou to pick up girls again, he immediately blew his beard and glared at him.

Although Zhang Quanzhi is already an old man who is 90 years old, the spiritual leader he scolds people is more energetic than a 20-year-old young man.

However, Lu Yu, who was listening silently, seemed to hear a little jealousy from Zhang Quanzhi's words scolding Zhou Fang, Lu Yu guessed, probably Zhang Quanzhi felt: I have been taking the exam for seventy or eighty years, and I haven't even been admitted to the Jinshi, and Zhou Fang, at a young age, has already entered the Shi, and I am not worse than him, why did he become famous at a young age, and I ......

Of course, although Lu Yu probably guessed the mind of the old scholar Zhang Quanzhi, he would never dare to reveal even a little bit of this thought, after all, this is the Great Song Dynasty that respects teachers, in this era, if you offend the teacher, then don't mix in the cultural circle in this life, and will be despised by the literati of the whole world.

"Teacher, you are angry, what kind of identity are you, don't be angry with yourself for a little Zhou, it's not worth ......" Seeing that Zhang Quanzhi and the old man Zhang were all angry, Lu Yu's eldest brother Lu Wen hurriedly spoke to comfort the old man.

Compared with Lu Yu's third brother Lu Wu, the rich second generation of the gentleman, Lu Yu's eldest brother Lu Wen is a stable and proper person, although Lu Wen is also a "layman" who is not proficient in martial arts, but he has shown a certain talent for business since he was a child, and with the long-term training of his father Lu Long, he is now one of the top young talents in the Guozhou business circle, and his ability can already be independent.

Originally, Lu Yu also wanted to open his mouth to comfort the old man Zhang Quanzhi, but he felt that the old man was now saying bad things about others behind his back, and this character was really a bit problematic, so after hesitating for a few seconds, Lu Yu didn't speak, but in the end, his eldest brother Lu Wen did it for him and comforted the old man.

"Shuwen, Ji Wen ......" Old Man Zhang, who didn't scold enough, after muttering two more sentences, glared, cast his eyes on Lu Yu and his fourth brother Lu Ning, and said loudly: "You two can't learn from Zhou Wenxiao, we literati should look like literati......"

The old pedant is the old pedant, just to educate the students, and he muttered nonsense for a long time, and Lu Wu, who was hungry and had been looking forward to the meal, screamed in his stomach.

Lu Yu, who was also very impatient, took advantage of the opportunity of the old scholar Zhang Quanzhi to ventilate, and quickly interjected to interrupt him: "The student understands the teacher's painstaking efforts, and will remember the teacher's teachings for the rest of his life, and will never learn from Zhou Wenxiao......"

"Good...... Let's eat......" Because of Lu Yu's sudden interjection, the old scholar Zhang Quanzhi actually forgot what he was going to say later, after all, he was also seventy or eighty, and it was amazing enough to be able to say that he forgot words for such a long time.

After realizing that Zhang Quanzhi finally stopped nagging Old Man Zhang, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly turned their grateful eyes to Lu Yu, grateful to Lu Yu for ending the nagging ghost's mental torture on him.

Maybe he talked too much and was thirsty, so after the meal, Zhang Quanzhi did not let the maid feed him the delicacies on the table first, but let the maid feed him fish soup to drink, "Gurr......" After a strange sound, the old man's beard and the placket of the cheongsam were full of soup.

While the old scholar was drinking soup and didn't start the second round of nagging, Lu Long, the head of the Lu family, said: "Today, I called a few of you to eat together, mainly to say two things. ”

The old pedant who was drinking fish soup stopped drinking it as soon as he heard what the head of the Lu family said, and sat up straight to listen to what Lu Long said.

"The first thing is, congratulations to Master Zhang on joining the county school as a teacher......" As he spoke, Lu Long turned sideways and nodded to the old scholar Zhang Quanzhi.

"Congratulations to the teacher......" Unlike Lu Long, Lu Wen, Lu Wu, Lu Yu and Lu Ning got up and bowed to Zhang Quanzhi together and made a big salute.

"Polite, polite......" After being congratulated, Zhang Quanzhi, who was so happy that his white beard was shaking, pretended to be reserved and replied: "Everyone sit, continue to eat......"

"Teacher Xie......" After thanking the old scholar in unison, the four of Lu Yu sat back in their seats again and continued to listen to Lu Long.

"Since Master Zhang is going to the county school to join the company, then Yu'er and Ning'er can no longer study at home, so you can also go to the county school......" Lu Long continued.

"Yes, father......" As soon as Lu Long's words fell, Lu Yu answered: "Father, I plan to live in the backyard of the pawnshop next to the county school, and as for the Zhuangzi, I will leave it to the fourth brother to live......"

Although the Zhuangzi was found by Zhou Fang, when Lu Yu was talking to Lu Long, he did not mention the word Zhou Fang from beginning to end, he was afraid that as soon as he mentioned Zhou Fang, the old pedant would start chattering again, how disgusting it was.

"Hmm...... Okay, Yu'er, you just live in our pawnshop, it just so happens that you have reached the age when you should learn how to do business, I will leave that pawnshop to you to take care of, do you need me to leave a few people for you, the shopkeeper stays? Lu Long liked his son's assertiveness very much, so he was quite happy when he heard Lu Yu ask to live in that pawnshop instead of going to live in the manor.

The reason why Lu Long dared to let his third son, who was only twelve years old, take care of a pawnshop was because the pawnshop near the county school was said to be a pawnshop, but it was actually a courtyard house facing the street, and it was just because he didn't want the house to be empty, so Lu Long opened a pawnshop there.

And because there are many pawnshops in that place, the business of the Lu family's pawnshop is very bad, and it is basically operated with capital protection, and it is good if there is no loss.

In addition, the total cost of the Lu family's pawnshop is super low and not worth a few dollars, so even if it is lost, Lu Long doesn't feel distressed, it doesn't matter.

"There's no need to keep people, I'm enough to take care of the pawnshop by myself......" After listening to his father's question, Lu Yu replied with a smile.

"Third brother, ......" Without waiting for Lu Long to respond to Lu Yu's answer, Lu Yu's eldest brother Lu Wen spoke, "I know you are very smart, but let me tell you, doing business is not such a simple matter, a huge pawnshop, you can't take care of it alone, listen to the eldest brother, leave the shopkeeper and the four apprentices to help you!" ”

"Yes, Yu'er, it's not so simple to open a pawnshop, listen to your eldest brother, leave five people......" After glancing at his eldest son Lu Wen with satisfaction, Lu Long also persuaded Lu Yu.

"That's it, father......" For the sake of privacy, Lu Yu, who still didn't want to keep people, said the rhetoric that he had thought of a long time ago......