Huang Chengming saw Guan Lehe's forehead jumping with green tendons, and the next moment he was about to burst out, so he hurriedly asked, "Why do you want to be my disciple instead of being a disciple of the mountain chief?" You must know that the mountain chief is the most powerful and knowledgeable in this academy, and no matter how many people want to worship him as a teacher, they can't. ”

"My fourth uncle, as well as Brother Zhang, are all students of Mr. Huang, and I want to be with them." Du Jinning said.

This is certainly not the case. She is a daughter, even if she enters the academy and studies, she will not participate in the imperial examination in the future. Guan Lehe is the head of the mountain, and her brother is an official in Beijing, she worships him as a teacher, which involves a lot of things, and she can't be a little transparent if she wants to live in the academy.

And Huang Chengming is different, although he is old, he is an ordinary teacher in the academy after all, and there are many disciples under his knees, she has been mixed for a year and a half, and finally disappeared from everyone, so it is not so eye-catching.

Hearing Du Jinning's words, Guan Lehe was stunned for a moment, and laughed "haha".

Du Jinning was silent, not sad or happy, he always thought that this child was unfathomable, but he never expected such a childish sentence to suddenly come out.

This is a child under the age of ten! What scheming could she have? Those words just now seem to be her own thoughts that are indeed the case, right?

He was thinking too much.

Thinking about it like this, the more he looked at this child, the more he liked it—he was good-looking, had a good heart, and he never forgot it—it was really unforgettable! It's really a treasure.

He was unwilling to give such a child to Huang Chengming.

He smiled and said lightly: "If you refuse to worship me as a teacher, Mr. Huang will not accept you." The students of the mountain chief, who dares to rob it? ”

Huang Chengming suddenly smiled bitterly.

When he heard Du Jinning's words just now, he was overjoyed, and he very much hoped that the mountain chief would focus on the overall situation, not force this child, and let him enter his door smoothly.

Having such a child as a disciple and taking it out in the future is a very face-saving thing. With such qualifications, it is no problem to cultivate them casually for two or three years, and to take the test for a show. At that time, once the name of the prodigy comes out, he can also become famous as a gentleman. Not to mention his scenery when Du Jinning was promoted to the rank of person and junior in the future.

Just think about it.

It's a pity that this dream was shattered by Guan Lehe before it was done.

He only hopes that Du Jinning can persist and not give up.

Du Jinning looked at Huang Chengming, then at Guan Lehe, lowered his head and muttered: "But I still want to worship Mr. Huang as a teacher." ”

Guan Lehe was almost not by this child.

"You can think clearly, if you don't worship me as a teacher, you can't enter the academy, let alone worship Mr. Huang as a teacher. I'm the chief of the mountain, and my words count. ”

Du Jinning weighed the pros and cons in her heart, thinking that with her qualifications, no matter who she worshipped, it would be impossible to let herself go, and let her mess around casually, it would be better to worship the mountain chief as a teacher. At least in this way, it is more beneficial in the matter of the division of the Du family.

She finally succumbed to the power, nodded helplessly, and said, "Okay then." ”

These three words made Guan Le and angry enough.

What kind of person, worship him as a teacher is still so reluctant, is he very bad?

But he really likes this student, as long as she agrees, he doesn't care about her attitude.

He desperately suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth, and said with a serious expression: "Then why don't you hurry up and kowtow to the teacher?" ”

Since she traveled to ancient times and was punished by Du Chensheng to kneel in the courtyard, Du Jinning accepted her fate - in the era of kneeling around at this time, it was so difficult for her knees to keep her chastity. For this reason, she didn't bother anymore, and knelt down to Guan Lehe three times at the moment, and called: "Teacher." ”

Guan Lehe finally couldn't help the joy in his heart, stroked his beard and laughed "haha", and stepped forward to personally help Du Jinning: "Okay, you will be my third disciple in the future." The second senior brother is Guan Jiaze, and the senior brother has now won the lifting and has gone on a study tour. He will come back for the New Year in a few days, and you will see you again. ”

Zhang Hongwen was both happy and a little disappointed for Du Jinning.

It would be great if Du Jinning could worship under Mr. Huang and be the same gentleman as him. Although the big classes are all taken together, the disciples under the same gentleman have a much closer relationship with each other than ordinary classmates.

After accepting the apprentice, Guan Lehe naturally had to care about the disciple's situation: "How old are you today, how many people are in the family, do you have a field?" ”

"Mr. Hui, the disciple is ten years old this year, with a family of fifteen people and more than 20 acres of land."

Zhang Hongwen heard that Du Jinning simply answered the question of the mountain chief, and the problems at home were not revealed at all, and his heart was suddenly anxious, and he looked at Guan Lehe and stopped talking.

Guan Lehe noticed Zhang Hongwen's expression, and said to Du Jinning with a pleasant expression: "You go outside and call your senior brother up, and then ask him to take you to take you for a walk in the academy, familiarize yourself with the familiar place, and come back after a cup of tea." ”

"Yes." Du Jinning gave a salute and withdrew.

Hearing Du Jinning talking to Guan Jiaze outside, the sound of the two of them talking and footsteps gradually faded away, Guan Lehe turned to Zhang Hongwen and asked him: "I saw your expression just now, it seems that you have something to say?" ”

Zhang Hongwen was able to accompany Du Jinning to the mountain chief, he was not a timid and cowardly person, and at this time, he had his own husband here, so he also generously told Guan Lehe about the situation of Du Jinning's family.

"You mean, his family has a field and has a good life, but he refuses to send Du Jinning to school?" Guan Lehe asked with a frown.

Zhang Hongwen nodded: "Exactly." Originally, the private school in the village only charged 300 wen to the children in the village, and his grandfather was reluctant to let him go, even if Du Jinning's uncle and grandfather found out that Du Jinning's qualifications were extraordinary, and persuaded him many times, her grandfather still refused. ”

The implication of his words was that Du Chensheng was reluctant to let her go, let alone the twenty taels of silver in the academy. Besides, twenty taels of silver is just a bundle, and the other expenses of studying in this academy are not small.

For example, clothes, Du Jinning can't wear her tattered clothes anymore when she arrives here, right? This is a matter of decency for the College. From time to time, the academies in each county will invite teachers and students to visit each other and hold several cultural meetings to achieve the purpose of exchange and exchange. If Du Jinning was still walking between the academies wearing her tattered body and thin face, she would have been laughed at by other academies and said that Boyue Academy was a beggar's nest. Therefore, when you come here to study, you have to buy a few decent outfits.

Not to mention expenses such as the four treasures of the study, food, and so on.

Guan Lehe also frowned.

Although he is not short of money, he can help with Du Jinning's bundles, and he can also buy clothes and the four treasures of the study, but as the head of the mountain, he can't do this.