Chen and Du Fangfei came back when it was almost dark, and both of them were exhausted, and they were very distressed to see the three little ones.

"Mother, don't go tomorrow. Aren't you going to sell tofu? With the input of tofu, others will not suspect anything. Du Jinning persuaded.

"Okay, listen to you." Chan is as good as a stream. Today, when she saw her eldest daughter unable to support herself when she carried the wood, she couldn't help but regret it.

If you plan to make tofu, you have to do it. After eating, Chen didn't care about being tired, so he went out.

She had to find a stonemason to make a stone mill, a carpenter to make a tofu rack, and then a familiar aunt to borrow a few catties of soybeans. Grinding a tofu, there are a lot of trivial things.

That night, Du Jinning carefully inspected the yard and wooden windows before going to sleep. Xu didn't sleep well the night before, she was too tired, and she slept extra sweetly this night.

Early the next morning, Du Jinning went to the vicinity of Zheng Lin's house in Peach Blossom Village, waited for Zhang Hongwen to come over, and handed the script to him: "This is the next volume of the script, you take it to Young Master Guan Qi." You tell him that I'll send you the other two when I'll write them in a few days. ”

"Brother Ning, I was just about to go to you. Yesterday the chief of the mountain asked about you, and I told the chief about your separation and moving here, and the chief told you to go to the academy with me. Zhang Hongwen said.

"Then you wait for me for a while." Du Jinning turned his head and ran back, and when he got home, he explained to Chen, and told her not to let Du Fangling and the others go out alone, so he ran back to Zheng Lin's house, got into a mule cart together, and went to the city.

In the morning, Zhang Hongwen was going to listen to the class with his classmates, entered the academy, and sent Du Jinning to the residence of the mountain chief, and Zhang Hongwen ran away in a hurry.

Du Jinning went up the steps, straightened his clothes, and was about to make a report, when he heard a burst of laughter from the house, it seemed that there were still many people, and one of the voices was Guan Lehe.

finally went to the city, Du Jinning still wanted to go around the city and find some work for Du Fangling and others. And the people inside don't know how long they will stay, and it's not a problem for her to stand stupidly under the porch.

After making up her mind, she said aloud: "Disciple Du Jinning, come to see the teacher." ”

The laughter inside came to an abrupt end.

After a while, Guan Lehe opened the door and came out, beckoning to Du Jinning: "Jinning is here, come in." ”

Du Jinning saluted, then went over and followed Guan Lehe into the house.

There were three men in the room, and one of them was an old man sitting in the guest seat, with gray hair and red face, looking at her with a smile; Another boy of twelve or thirteen years of age sat at the bottom of him, with a handsome face. There was no expression on his face, and his gaze at Du Jinning was faint, and he turned his head after a glance.

Behind them, there was also a man in his thirties, who was dressed like a subordinate.

"Uncle Qi, let me introduce to you, this is my newly accepted personal disciple Du Jinning, who will come to study in the academy after the New Year." Guan Lehe introduced.

He turned his face again and said to Du Jinning: "This is Master Qi from the original Ministry of Officials, and the one next to him is his grandson Qi Muyuan." ”

Du Jinning hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Du Jinning has seen Lord Qi and Master Qi." ”

"No need to be polite." Qi Bokun raised his eyebrows and looked at Du Jinning with a deep interest in his eyes.

He is also a native of Lishui County, and now Zhishi plans to return to his hometown to live for a long time. When he was in the capital before, because he was a fellow countryman, his son Qi Wencong was good friends with Guan Lehe, and he also knew Guan Lehe very well. This kid looks modest on the outside, but in fact he is quite arrogant, and ordinary people can't get into his eyes. If it weren't for the fact that he offended people and suffered repeated setbacks in the imperial examination, he would not have returned to the small place of Lishui County to preside over the academy.

As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and although the two haven't seen each other for a few years, he still knows something about Guan Lehe through Guan Lehe's brother. This kid still has this temper, so he has been a mountain chief for so many years, and he has only accepted two disciples, one of whom is his nephew Guan Jiaze. He didn't expect Guan Lehe to accept a new disciple, and looking at this ragged shirt, the child in front of him was not from a rich family.

If this is the case, his grandson should be able to worship under Guan Lehe.

When Qi Bokun looked at Du Jinning, Qi Muyuan stood up and gave Du Jinning a salute back, but his expression was still faint, and he didn't even smile.

After saluting, Du Jinning consciously stood behind Guan Lehe.

"Sit down." Guan Lehe didn't want people to look down on his new disciple, he treated him as the same as a slave of the Qi family, pointed to the chair under his head, and beckoned Du Jinning to sit down.

Du Jinning bowed his hand and sat down.

Seeing that Du Jinning heard that he was an official in Beijing, there was no shock on his face; This man also calmly sat opposite his grandson, Qi Bokun's eyes were full of approval, and he turned to Guan Lehe and said, "Where did you receive such a disciple?" ”

Guan Lehe was also very satisfied with the performance of his new disciple, stroked his beard and smiled: "He was young, and no one taught him, so it took him less than half a month to learn to read and write, and he also wrote a few books. Jiaze's kid liked to read the script the most, and led him to me. I saw that this kid was intelligent, had a good temperament, behaved generously, and advanced and retreated, so I accepted him. ”

As he spoke, he picked up a book from the table next to him and handed it to Qi Bokun.

Du Jinning raised his eyes and saw that it was the first volume of "Bad Luck Han Coincidentally Meets Dongting Red" written by himself. She couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

In this era, the people who wrote the script were all down-and-out talents or children, and they only used this business to make a living when the future was hopeless. Therefore, this profession is very despised by scholars. She didn't expect Guan Lehe to be ashamed, but proud, and even showed off in front of the guests.

Qi Bokun took the book and flipped through a few pages.

Qi Muyuan, who was sitting beside him with an indifferent face, couldn't help but look at it.

Seeing the young man's move, Guan Lehe's eyes flashed slightly.

My friend's father brought my friend's son back to his hometown to worship him as a teacher, and as an uncle, he should not have shirked; Moreover, this young man is talented and intelligent at a young age, and his foundation is also very solid, no worse than his nephew Guan Jiaze, who studied with him, and even faintly more than one. Such children, no matter which teacher they are, are very willing to take them under their door.

It's just that he can always see the shadow of his youth in this child.

Arrogant, awkward, and indifferent, it's as if he lives alone in his own world, and if others can't get in, he won't come out.

Guan Lehe didn't like himself when he was young, so he didn't like the teenager in front of him.

With such an unpleasant temperament, he is destined to have many ups and downs on the road to the imperial examination in the future. Guan Lehe didn't want to see the unbearable memories of his youth repeat in front of his eyes, so he didn't plan to accept this young man as a disciple. Qi Muyuan wants to enter the academy, he can; But if you want to worship yourself as a teacher, forget it.

But this is the son of a friend, who used to be in Beijing, and he also received a lot of care from the Qi family. If you really refuse like this, it will affect the friendship between the two families. Guan Lehe was thinking about how to politely refuse, and Du Jinning came.

At this moment, Guan Lehe had an idea.