Chapter 8: Visiting
Soon after Yuan Zhizhi left, Yu Moji's application was handed over through the lecture hall.
Maybe it was because Yuan Pingzhi had specially told her that Xu Fuzi was also a little interested in Yu Moji, and opened a book list for her to read. There were some books on the list that were not available in the library of Jiangwutang, and Xu Fuzi also took some of his own private collections to her.
Because the Yanjia existing in the Wutang is generally outdated, and the model is not complete, some of the classic Yanjia recorded in the book have not been seen in the ink marks, and many places can only be guessed. However, she really couldn't figure it out, and Xu Fuzi would occasionally teach patiently.
Although Xu Fuzi's temper is still very stinky, it is much better than the way she used to send her to greet the students.
Yu Mojian was infinitely grateful in his heart, and he couldn't repay it, so he had to work hard.
It just so happened that the martial arts hall followed the habits of the Qi people and took a short vacation that I don't know what the name was. She was free, and the cat was in her "anthill" that had only recently dried up, and she quickly finished reading the tome that Xu Fuzi had prescribed for her, and the next day she took Xu Fuzi's pile of private collections to return the books.
Because there were too many books and the holiday was not over yet, Xu Fuzi asked her to send her directly to his house.
Xu Fuzi's residence is not big, but it is completely designed by Qi people, and the courtyard is much more open than the one commonly used in Tusu people.
Yu Moji originally wanted to enter through the main entrance, but knocked on the door knocker a few times, but no one answered. She had to go around to the back yard gate and look in on tiptoe.
Yu Mochen had heard before that Master Xu had no relatives, and there was only one old servant at home, so he lived a very simple life. At this moment, he and the old servant were moving flowers and plants in the backyard. There were many mud spots splashed on the shabby sleeves of the two of them, and they both pulled up their trouser legs, and at a glance, they could hardly tell who was the master and who was the servant.
Fortunately, the old servant was more meticulous, and soon found the ink marks, and came over to open the firewood and let her in.
"You go to the study by yourself and put them in the category," Xu Fuzi didn't raise his head, "We still have a few pots of flowers to clean up." ”
Yu Moji agreed, holding the book, and stepped up the crooked stone steps with some difficulty, when she suddenly saw a shadow jump out of her.
Yu Mojin was startled, and looked at it, the one who went straight to the old servant's side, picked up his trouser leg and bit it, was the kitten who was lying on Yuan Yizhi's lap and watching the rain that day.
"It's getting more and more unpleasant," Xu Fuzi said angrily, "don't give it dried fish." ”
The old servant was resigned, but quietly took off one sleeve, wiped his hand clean, and then reached out to gently soothe the kitten. Taking advantage of the fact that Xu Fuzi didn't pay attention, the old servant also made a look at the kitten. As if an agreement had been reached, the cat was a little more divided, and only rubbed around the old servant's legs.
Yu Moji smiled.
When Xu Fuzi was angry, he wanted to harm the pond fish. He glared at Yu Moji and said, "It's not that little bastard of Yuan Yizhi, who abducted our cat after a trip, and only remembered to return it when he fed it into a ball, and he hasn't lost weight until now." ”
"Masters are cat lovers." Yu Moji tried to hold back his laughter, quipped tremblingly, and hurriedly went into the house to return the book.
Yu Moji is not careful. However, Xu Fuzi's things, she didn't dare to mess up, so she had to find the correct position one by one against the bookshelves that occupied the walls. In a few moments, she was already sweating.
Judging from Xu Fuzi's bookshelf, this person has a wide range of knowledge. Not only are there many books on Yanjia technology that are not even included in the library of the lecture hall, but also collections on gardening and cooking, there are also many books of the Qi Kingdom that she has never heard of, and even the legendary novels that the masters of the lecture hall disdain are all placed on the shelves in a grand manner.
Yu Mozi smacked - I didn't expect that Xu Fuzi looked old-fashioned and scathing on weekdays, but he was also a somewhat interesting person.
She was holding a copy of "Nine Journeys" in her hand, and she was worried about not knowing where to put it, when someone knocked on the door and walked in.
"Miss Yu, the works that record the discussion and discussion are placed here."
The person who came was the old servant, his hair was already a little gray, but compared with Xu Fuzi, he couldn't tell who was older.
The old servant took the book and placed it in a high position. Yu Moji is not very tall, and he hasn't looked up much before, ignoring that place. She looked up at this time, only to realize that there was indeed a vacancy there.
Only then did Yu Moji realize that all the books on the bookshelf were tightly placed. The books that were taken away also left a very suitable space. Because not all of the missing books were borrowed by her, she ignored this.
This style of covering a wide range of topics and being excessively fine inevitably reminded her of Yuan Zhi. Yu Mozhen said in his heart, no wonder General Yuan and Xu Fuzi have completely different personalities, but they get along very well on weekdays.
Yu Moji thanked the old servant and asked casually, "Uncle, what do you call it?" ”
"Just call me Lao Meng."
Xu Fuzi was known for his violent temper and mean words, but the old servant of his family was gentle in his speech, kind in face, and especially in an extremely warm voice, which sounded comfortable.
Yu Moji was intimidated by the majesty of Master Xu, and after coming to his mansion, he was originally trembling and at a loss, but when he talked to this old man at this moment, he actually relaxed.
Lao Meng brought tea to Yu Moji, and it turned out to be the kind of white chrysanthemum that Yuan Yizhi used to drink. Yu Moji thanked him, and said without words, "Master Xu's collection is really rich. ”
"Indeed," Lao Meng himself poured a cup of tea and stood aside and tasted it slowly, "The two shelves of Yanjia classics here are all his books; There are also two rows on this side, which he participated in compiling. ”
"Oh?" Yu Moji said strangely, "Then who are the rest of the books, these gardening, cooking, legendary books, etc.?" ”
"It's the little old man who is playing around in his spare time," Lao Meng smiled modestly, "Let Miss Yu laugh." ”
There was a surprise written on Yu Moji's face that couldn't be hidden.
The officials and teachers specially sent to Waige by the Qi court were rarely able to move their families to this not wealthy place. Therefore, many of the subordinates hired in their families are Tusu people who mourn the local area.
Among the indigenous Tusu people, the popularity of official dialect is not high. There are not many Tusu people who can speak the official language clearly, and even fewer who know the Qi language and can read the books written by the Qi people.
Yu Mojin had also gone to the merchant who had settled in Aige to do a part-time job, and had seen the attendants brought from the Qi Kingdom, but he had never seen a servant who loved to read to such an extent as Lao Meng.
There is not much difference between the Qi people and the Tusu people, although the permanent residents of various places will have some of their own characteristics, but this old Meng looks ordinary, and Yu Moji can't tell whether he is a Qi person or a Tusu person.
However, a servant can do this, which also makes Yu Moji particularly admired.
Lao Meng went back to the house first to make tea for Xu Fuzi.
After a while, Xu Fuzi also returned from the courtyard, took off his thick-soled clogs and rested them on the shoe rack outside, took off his sleeves, cleaned his hands, and sat down on the Luohan bed, the tea was still hot, just moistening his mouth.
Yu Moji was inconvenient to stay for a long time, and was about to retire, but Xu Fuzi said, "Do you really want to take the cardinal exam?" ”
Yu Mojin was originally afraid of him, but when he talked about it, he felt a confidence that he had never felt before, so he raised his head and said, "Of course it's sincere." ”
Xu Fuzi pondered for a moment and said, "I originally thought that you were the same as the female students of the martial arts hall, but you just took the opportunity to make a fool of yourself here in order to get married. ”
Yu Moji immediately understood what Xu Fuzi meant.
The female student who asked her to write her homework in the past did clearly tell her that this was the plan. When she thought of these things, she was very sad for some reason, and said in a speechless manner, "Master Xu's words are a little biased. ”
When Xu Da heard her words, he was still disdainful. "What, what do you think about this female doll?"
Yu Mochen didn't want to argue, but he didn't realize that he had spoken it.
However, she was excited by Xu Da's attitude at this time, and a wave of anger suddenly rose in her heart, and her courage was even stronger, "Women are also human beings and have minds." If the girls in the martial arts hall are all thinking about getting married, they can abide by women's morals, stay at home obediently, and learn how to please men, which is much easier than reading and practicing martial arts; If you know Ruyi Langjun, you can go home in person, so why bother studying here? ”
No one had said that to her. The girls in the martial arts hall actually only talked to her about getting married.
But she was so whimsical.
Xu Da glanced at her and sighed, "If the female dolls in the martial arts hall really think like this, I won't be so angry with them every day." ”
Yu Mochen bumped into Xu Fuzi for the first time, he was very nervous, his cheeks were flushed, and he was about to cry, but he still held on to steady his voice, and said, "I'm stupid, and I dare to guess, it's not because Xu Fuzi didn't believe that they came to study early in the morning, so he was especially unwilling to teach the female students patiently." ”
Xu Da was originally quite disdainful of her point of view, but at this moment, she was in her mind, and she was annoyed and angry: "Do you think that stupid things with no ink on their chests are pleasing?" Those female dolls are just a change of welcome! I think you are a talent, and I don't care about you today. Lao Meng, send off guests! ”
As he spoke, he got up and brushed his sleeves and went back to his bedroom.
Yu Moji couldn't hold back any longer, and the tears that had been rolling in his eyes for a long time fell like no one else.
Lao Meng sighed, took a handkerchief to her, and said, "Miss Yu, you Master Xu told me before that with your current knowledge, it is not a problem to be admitted to the Cardinal, but it is still too shallow to enter this way. “
Yu Mochen was still angry with Master Xu in his heart, but when he heard Master Xu talk about her like this, he could only be convinced. She herself understands that this assessment is very pertinent.
Lao Meng glanced at her and said, "He asked me to choose a few new books for you." It may take some effort to read, but if you are willing to put it into perspective, you should be able to learn from it. If you wish, come with me to get the books. ”
When Yu Mojin heard this, he hurriedly wiped away his tears. Even though she was angry, she also knew that most of these books were not available in the library, so she hurriedly followed Lao Meng into the study.
Yu Mochen walked all the way with the book in his arms, and thought about it all the way. She didn't like to hold grudges, her anger quickly subsided, and she slowly felt that what Xu Fuzi said might not be wrong.
But after Master Xu's words, a sense of arrogance in her heart was aroused. Yu Moji secretly made up his mind that he would definitely make some achievements in the Cardinal Council in the future.
She didn't all want to show Master Xu, she just hoped to prove her original intention.
She tried her best to enter the lecture hall to do chores; I finally got in, and I tried my best to steal it. All this is just because she has seen such a possible exit as reading in her humble life.
If she can't be a student, she can't do anything; But her growing knowledge at least allows her to see herself as a person.
Yu Moji's mind was a mess, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he was about to reach the rented "anthill".
However, as soon as she turned the corner, she saw a green car parked at the turn of the intersection in front of her, with the emblem of Wei Linyuan's house impressively printed on it.
She had just said it casually before. Now it seems that the original Wei family's car really can't enter the alley in front of his house.