Although it was impossible to drive away all the fatigue along the way after a night's rest, Xia Shouren did not dare to delay, and after settling down, he took Xia Yuanding to visit the Zhou family early, that is, Zhou Ning, an old friend with whom Xia Jizu had correspondence. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the huge city, after many inquiries, Xia Yuanding finally saw the exquisite mansion with the word "Zhou Mansion" written on it, but in this place where the mansions are lined up, the Zhou Mansion is indeed not too conspicuous.

The door was closed, and Xia Shouren stepped forward and knocked on the side door.

"Who are you, a few small eyes, I don't know if you have an old relationship with my master?"

The subordinates who opened the door were dressed plainly, but the clothes were polite, which showed that the upbringing of the main family was extraordinary, and he must have explained a lot to his subordinates for dealing with people.

Xia Shouren said: "Excuse me, my father and your old man have been old friends for many years, and there was a correspondence some time ago, this time my nephew and I are about to participate in the next hospital examination, and I came to visit Uncle Zhou, here is a letter from my father, please go and report it, just say that the descendants of the Xia family in Sanhe County came to visit!" ”

Hearing Xia Shouren say this, the subordinate on the other side suddenly realized, and said happily: "The master has already ordered, saying that there are juniors who come to let me not slack off, even if you are a guest, please come in quickly, wait a while, I will report!" ”

As he spoke, he led the two into the courtyard. Xia Yuanding was just carrying a light gift, and the uncle was handling all the things he was talking to. As for the gifts given, they are not expensive, this Xia Jizu has already ordered, and they all bought it in the morning according to Xia Jizu's instructions, plus some brought from home, it can also reflect their hearts!

After serving them two cups of tea, the next person left to inform their master, there were only two people left in the living room, Xia Yuanding sat at the head of the uncle, it was inconvenient to talk to the uncle, so he could only look at the layout here in silence, and gradually became familiar with the unfamiliar environment. It is elegant, except for the plum blossom picture hanging on the wall behind the main seat and the couplets on both sides, there is no extra decoration.

"The virtuous nephew is here, let the old man take a look, I haven't seen you for many years, I don't know ...... you" Not long after, the footsteps and people arrived in the living room almost at the same time, and an old man began to greet him as soon as he met.

"Uncle, don't worry, my father is in good health, don't worry!" Xia Shouren pulled Uncle Zhou Ning's hand that his father mentioned to him and said, he remembered clearly that he had met Uncle Zhou when he was a child, and later for various reasons, even when he participated in the hospital examination before, he had no chance to meet.

"Okay, this is the Yuan Ding mentioned in the letter, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and I really want to meet you!"

"Hello Grandpa Zhou!" Xia Yuanding has always been very well-behaved, and he regards respecting the elderly as a virtue.

"Sure enough, as my old friend said in the letter, people are small and big, don't pretend in front of the old man, what are you like, your grandfather can say it clearly in the letter, since I have arrived here, I will restrain you well!"

Hearing this, Xia Yuanding scratched his head embarrassedly, thinking that his grandfather was really, he became a traitor early, and he didn't give his grandson a way to live, no matter what, the performance ended here, and people still had to be their true selves!

"Sit down, let's talk about it carefully, and let's talk about Yuan Ding's admission to the academy!"

In this way, Xia Yuanding and Uncle returned to the seat just now, and Mr. Zhou also sat on the main seat.

"When I came from my hometown, my father wrote a letter ordering me to hand it over to my uncle when I came here!" After speaking, Xia Shouren took out a letter from his chest, with the words "Personally Qi" written on it.

Zhou Ning did not shy away from it, opened the letter in the hall, and looked at it line by line, but the words were different, "I already know the meaning of my old friend, I will take care of the matter of Yuan Ding, the Xia family has finally produced good seedlings, the old man has lived for so long, it is unprecedented for Yuan Ding to participate in the hospital examination at this age, the treasure tree of the Xia family must not be on a business trip, you have just arrived, you must have no support, why don't you move to my house to live temporarily?" ”

"Thank you uncle for your concern, we already have a plan, so we won't worry about it!"

After hearing this, Zhou Ning didn't say anything, at his age, even if he was unhappy in his heart, because of the kung fu of qi cultivation, he could quickly calm down, and it would not be shown on his face.

"That's the case, that's it, since Yuan Ding is here, I have to test you well, otherwise entering the academy will not only lose the face of the Xia family, but also the face of the old decay!"

Hearing Mr. Zhou Ning say this, Xia Yuanding, who was not keen on these things, couldn't open his mouth to refuse, not only could he not refuse, but when Mr. Zhou was compared to him, he had to perform well, because in this way he could reassure people.

"Grandpa Zhou, please ask the question!"

Mr. Zhou heard that Xia Yuanding was very confident in taking his exam, and he also felt different from the performance of ordinary people for this grandson of his old friend.

Compared with children of the same age, Xia Yuanding's composure is not possessed by all other children, and he has the courage to accept the challenge of position, which is the most commendable!

That's it, just a simple few words, Xia Yuanding can be impressive, if you know that this is the case, Xia Yuanding can only sigh in his heart, this is no way, who calls him different, some people are naturally very handsome, what can you do?

"Just because of your height, you suddenly feel cold?"

"Learn the essence to know the depths!"

Xia Yuanding opened his mouth to let Mr. Zhou know that it is not possible to compare couplets, which is a bit shallow!

"The couplet is just a little Doyle, now that the lotus is in full bloom, you will take the lotus as the theme, write a poem, don't worry, give you half an hour to consider!"

This made Xia Yuanding think of some plots, composing poems is limited to the time of a stick of incense, and it is about half an hour to touch a stick of incense, you must know that many people can't make any good poems in the hour of a stick of incense!

Lotus flowers, green lotus leaves, white or red lotus leaves, lotus seeds taste, the taste is excellent, Xia Yuanding turned his brain, what else could he think of!

Look at this state, how can the poetic hair be summoned and not come, is it possible to lose in front of the old man, let people see the joke, this can't be!

"The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red!" He would never dare to come up with such a sentence.

"The little lotus has just shown its sharp corners, and there are dragonflies standing on its heads?" Wouldn't it be a waste if he couldn't use such verses to deal with the old gentleman.

"In April and May, it can also cover the waist of a beauty." It's good, but at his age, he is a beauty when he opens his mouth, and he is not a pervert anymore.

After pacing a few steps, Xia Yuanding cleared his mouth and sang: "The golden red is open like a mirror, and the half-green roll is like a cup; Whoever stands for the return wind, the fragrance is full of faces. ”

"Good!"

Mr. Zhou applauded, got up and praised Xia Yuanding's good poems, Zhou Ning believed that what his old friend said was true, and he was really quick-witted, not more than ordinary people, and he would become a pillar with careful cultivation.

"But do you have to take another test?" Xia Shouren asked on the side.

"Don't take the test, let's wait for him to enter the academy and let the real Confucian take the test!" Zhou Ning said with a smile.

Xia Shouren was overjoyed and said, "Uncle thinks that Yuan Ding's entry into the academy should be fine?" ”

"Needless to say, even without my recommendation, there is no problem for him to enter with his own skills!"

After the exam, several people began to relax, Mr. Zhou kept inquiring about Xia Jizu's situation, and also talked about some old things, sometimes some things opened Xia Yuanding's eyes, he realized that grandpa also did a lot of stupid things when he was young, and it seems that everyone has a deep digging side.

At noon, Xia Yuanding and Uncle stayed in the Zhou Mansion for lunch, and at this time they also met a lot of people from the Zhou family, of course, they were all meeting for the first time, and they couldn't say anything, just to leave an impression!

I thought that the matter of recommending them to the academy would have to wait, at least until tomorrow, but Mr. Zhou couldn't wait for a moment, so he took the two of them into a carriage and went to the academy in the afternoon!

Although Xia Yuanding was not prepared at all, he had nothing to fear, he just didn't know what academy was really worth his visit?