Chapter Forty-Six: Engaging in Business
Dong Changyun had a dark face and walked into the small courtyard, his face was very bad, there have been a lot of things in the court recently, although he is just a colt, and he is a colt far away in Suzhou City, but at this time he is already in the game, but there is no way to dodge.
Although the imperial court is still the emperor surnamed Li, it has long been no longer surnamed Li, and in Chang'an City, eunuchs are in power, and parties are divided. Outside the city of Chang'an, the observation of various places made the troops self-respecting, although they did not expose the rod and rebelled, but they had long since disobeyed the orders of the imperial court.
And the only hope for changing the entire chaotic order is in the city of Suzhou.
Dong Changyun doesn't like this situation, he likes to do his studies quietly, instead of being in the whirlpool like now, becoming a figure who affects the fate of the country, or a success, or a country that is destroyed overnight, and the feeling of life and death makes him a little anxious.
After all, he was just a scholar after all.
Scholars can talk about state affairs and control the law, but they can't be in the shadow of swords and swords, saving the country and danger, this kind of courage is a bit beyond the ability of scholars.
"Hey!"
Dong Changyun sighed, put his hands behind his back, and walked into Li Menghan's courtyard.
He liked his daughter very much.
Although he still has a son, his son is stupid and will only obey orders.
Shaking his head, Dong Changyun stepped into Li Menghan's room and knocked on the door.
"Who?"
"I," Dong Changyun agreed in a deep voice.
Soon, the door of the room opened, Li Menghan lowered her head, she was checking the poem written by Sun Ximei just now, it was really a good poem, although the words were simple, but the feelings were real.
"Is the homework done?" Dong Changyun put his hands behind his back and walked directly behind Li Menghan's desk.
"Not yet, but ...... But I wrote a new poem, and I was going to ask my father to comment on it," Li Menghan was nervous, and wanted to use that poem to offset the sin of unfinished homework.
Dong Changyun had already sat down, he glanced at the poem, and then "Huh", read it carefully, pondered for a while, nodded, and said: "Not bad, it's really excellent, I'm afraid, it's not what you did." β
"This ...... Though...... But it's about the same," Li Menghan said vaguely, "Anyway, it's my credit." β
Li Menghan argued for himself in his heart, this poem was mine, and it was Song Kai's guy who bribed me, since it was a bribe, then now the ownership is naturally mine.
Dong Changyun stared at the poem, swept it a few times, sighed lightly, and said, "Yes, this night is not good in this life, where will I see the bright moon next year." Parting is the saddest thing, and even more so if parting is far away. β
As he spoke, Dong Changyun fell silent, and in an instant, countless fragments flashed in his mind, young and proud, full of friends...... At the time of the imperial examination, he won the championship in one fell swoop...... Full of ambition, but willing to be a colt, just because at that moment I met this woman who was a princess...... Chang'an said goodbye to his old friends, and he and the princess stayed away from the place of right and wrong, and came to the city of Suzhou...... How many friends have been in the past, and there is no meeting again......
Thinking about it, Dong Changyun's eyes were a little moist, he raised his hand, gently rubbed his eyes, and then pretended to be casual and wiped away his tears.
"That's it, these poems are too sad, if you don't feel the pain of parting, you definitely can't write them," After speaking, Dong Changyun opened the piece of paper, revealing the homework paper below.
Dong Changyun said this, naturally knowing that this poem was not made by Li Menghan, but no matter who made it, this poem is a good poem, and it is a good thing that Li Menghan can meet such friends.
As soon as the thought flashed, Dong Changyun looked at the homework paper, these two questions were all from him, and exercised Li Menghan's thinking ability.
After reading the first question, Dong Changyun nodded, his daughter was really smart, and she solved the first question in less than a day, which was not bad, and then Dong Changyun looked at the second question.
At this time, the second question is written in a mess, there are cursed words, there are complaining words, and the key is that there are still many ghost drawings that I can't understand!
Li Menghan suddenly remembered the complaining words he wrote on the paper, hurriedly ran over, and said quickly: "Daddy, Daddy, I know it's wrong, I'll do it right away, and I'll cross out the words on it immediately." β
"What does that mean?" Dong Changyun suddenly came out with such a sentence, not like anger, but like surprise.
Li Menghan covered her mouth, he didn't know that Song Kai wrote down the process of solving the ternary equation on his homework, she thought that Dong Changyun was blaming herself for writing those complaining words.
"Daddy, I'm sorry, it's my daughter who is upset for a while, so she ...... indiscriminately" Li Menghan lowered his head and cautiously admitted his mistake.
Just halfway through the words, I heard Dong Changyun suddenly slap the table.
Li Menghan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, not knowing why Dong Changyun was so angry.
"Good!" Dong Changyun suddenly came out with such a word.
"Huh?" Li Menghan looked up at Dong Changyun.
"Wonderful!" Dong Changyun held the test paper, his hands trembling.
"It's over, it won't be because I'm mad," Li Menghan regretted in his heart, he really shouldn't have cursed his father for not riding a horse for the rest of his life.
"Sure enough, it's wonderful! I've been working on this substitution solution, but I can't find the trick. Menghan, you are really a genius...... Hey, no, it's not your handwriting, and these symbols don't look like Tang characters," Dong Changyun reacted suddenly, and then glared at Li Menghan.
Li Menghan slowly stood up, toe worriedly, and glanced at the homework paper in Dong Changyun's hand, and only then did she see those ghost drawing talismans.
"Daddy, these ...... These...... These ghost drawings may be ...... It may have been done by Menghan's friend's graffiti, and I hope my father will forgive me," Li Menghan replied carefully, scolding Song Kai in his heart, this bastard writes poems for himself, why is he scribbling on his homework paper!
"Oh?" Dong Changyun put down the homework paper and looked at Li Menghan, "Menghan, you tell your father the truth, what is going on with these?" β
Li Menghan saw that he couldn't hide, so he had to bow his head and whisper, "Daddy, I'm ...... No, it's Song Kai, doesn't he want to find you, what kind of Mid-Autumn Festival poetry will be the only special tea, and then ...... Then I said yes, if you want me to help, you have to give me a poem, and he agreed, and then I took my tea and went to you, Daddy, and I really didn't know about what he scribbled on my homework paper. β
Dong Changyuan frowned, "You mean, you ran to the attic, and then came back, and he made a poem for you?" Solved this second problem? β
"yes. Yes? Solve the second problem? What solves the second question? Song Kai? How is it possible, Daddy, I have been studying the second question for most of the day, and I don't have a clue. Li Menghan stared at Dong Changyun with wide eyes.
Dong Changyun was also surprised, he sat on the stool, "This son...... Pedantic Celestials...... It's just that...... How to engage in business...... But...... That's it...... But ......"
Dong Changyun's eyes were staring at the homework paper, muttering, and Li Menghan couldn't hear what he was talking about.
After a while, Dong Changyun suddenly raised his head and said, "Menghan, Ming RΓ¬, you take this homework paper, go to find Song Kai, and let him explain this topic to you in detail." β
"Oh, oh?" Li Menghan was stunned......
Song happily returned to the inn satisfied, and then immediately began to study mahjong, backgammon, and chess.
Now there are too few entertainment activities, although Go is popular, but in the end it is somewhat difficult, and after a game, two or three hours are gone, and if the kidneys are not good, you have to go to the toilet five times to play a game.
Relatively speaking, backgammon is much simpler, although chess is a little more complicated, but the pace is much faster, and mahjong is undoubtedly the most attractive, if the invention of playing cards, it is even more popular.
Thinking about this, Song Kai laughed, picked up the newly bought Tang knife, and began to carve it against the wood.
In the afternoon, Song Kai competed with a big wood, until the inn closed, Song Kai only came up with a pair of chess, two games of backgammon, as for mahjong, it was really too much, and the graphics were a little complicated.
"Why are you stupid all of a sudden," Nie Lingdang walked over in a green robe, and stroked his little hand comfortingly on Song Kai's head.
The relationship between the two people has been so good that it is short-lived, and xìng ignores xìng goodbye.
"What's stupid?" Song Kai's hands and body were covered with ink and paint, and his face was also black and white.
"You have been squatting here all afternoon playing with wood, even Cuilan and Zhao Tieshan can see that you are depressed today, tell this girl, what difficulties have you encountered, and you still miss Mrs. Liu?" Nie Ling squatted down opposite Song Kai and asked.
Song Kai looked at Nie Ling, grinned, and said, "Come, I'll teach you two new chess pieces at night." β
Nie Lingdang was even more worried when he saw Song Kaixiao being so stupid.
After eating dinner and taking a shower, Nie Ling entered Song Kai's room in women's clothes.
The wick of the oil lamp fluttered and burst into flames.
Song Kai put on a windbreaker, put a simple chessboard on the table, and then put Baizi on Nie Ling's side, and said, "Teach you backgammon." β
"Isn't this a Go board? It's just a little smaller," Nie Ling wondered.
"The principle is similar, but it's very simple, and if it's fast, you can tell the winner in half an hour, you see, this is the chess piece, I'll try to make my chess pieces in a line, and you want to ...... That's it, get it. β
Song Kai gave a general explanation.
"Understood, it sounds good, let's try," Nie Lingdang was also interested, rubbing the novel, and began to play chess.
The first game ended quickly.
"Come again, I don't see that the slash can be connected into five," Nie Ling pouted and complained, and then the two of them continued.
The full moon rises into the sky, and the moonlight is sprinkled on the ground, like a light veil covering the jade.
Under the oil lamp, a man and a woman were facing each other, staring at one in anticipation, arguing.
Plate after plate, before you know it, it's late at night.
Suddenly, the woman in the room jumped up excitedly, "I won!" I finally won! Haha, Song Kai! Look, I'm winning! β
Song Kai nodded helplessly, and then yawned, "You won, Gu nΗinΗi, go to sleep." β
"Okay, but let's do it again! This is really the last game......"
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