Chapter 8 The Mysterious Girl in Green
Behind the elaborate carved wooden screens, several rectangular desks are neatly arranged, and a group of well-dressed young scholars are splashing ink on the paper. The leader was Yang Xiu's old acquaintance, Yang Shaotian, who was wearing a white robe, and was talking and laughing with his companions in high spirits.
But the current protagonist is not him.
A girl in green was surrounded by the stars like the moon, about sixteen or seventeen years old, her big flickering eyes were like a deep pool, which made people fascinated. Every time she laughed, two cute little dimples appeared on the girl's baby fat face, and the unique vitality of the green girl instantly bloomed in the room.
It is the end of winter and the beginning of spring, and the river ice has not melted, and even if the charcoal basin is lit, the people in the house can feel the cold.
But the girl was wearing a tender green light short skirt, the cuffs poked out of the jade-like wrists, the jade feet under the skirt were also faintly visible, and the white and tender ankles were also surrounded by a few strings of red bead chains.
The girl's pure and beautiful appearance made Yang Xiu couldn't help but be moved, but after only a slight startle, Yang Xiu came back to his senses and warned himself in his heart that now was not the time to concentrate on cultivating immortals.
Yang Xiu walked to the desk in the corner while gathering his mind, and put all the various items in his hand one by one, while thinking to himself: Looking at the girl like this, most of the other party has a magic weapon to avoid the cold, and the origin ......is not small.
As for Yang Shaotian, Yang Xiu didn't even bother to look at it. In the past, he might have cowered and avoided it, but now Yang Xiu has a good heart, and his aura is not inferior to any young talent, and he is no longer the weak scholar who was the original nest.
Yang Shaotian, who was the leader, was in high spirits, and was smiling and saying something to the girl in green, but when he saw Yang Xiu, his face couldn't help but sink, and his eyes faintly revealed hatred.
Sun Wu was whipped outside the examination room, and later Yang Xiu kicked the bridge of his nose, and there were many onlookers. Even if those few poorly protected family members were severely punished, the Yang family's face would have been lost.
This Yang Xiu, I don't know what to do, it's just damned!
Yang Shaotian hated it in his heart, but when he saw the green-clothed girl next to him, he didn't have a seizure for some reason, but forcibly suppressed his anger. The girl in front of her was of a noble birth, and even the lord of San'in City had to stutter. If you can get closer to her or even go further, it will be of great benefit to the Yang clan and Yang Shaotian's immortal cultivation path in the future.
What's more, the other party is still a delicate little beauty.
For Yang Shaotian, who has always been domineering, he has long regarded the green-clothed girl in front of him as his exclusive item.
The green-clothed girl who was surrounded by the stars and the moon was still smiling, and her big shining eyes looked Yang Xiu up and down, as if she was very curious. Yang Xiu's clothes are shabby, but he has the confidence and calmness of modern people, which is not the same as the original "Yang Xiu", not only the girl in green, but even Yang Shaotian feels that the current Yang Xiu is a little incomprehensible.
"Miss Xin, what do you think of my calligraphy?" seemed to sense that the attention of the girl in green was attracted by Yang Xiu, a trace of jealousy flashed in Yang Shaotian's eyes, picked up the paper in front of him, and smiled kindly at the girl in green.
The girl in green put her hands behind her back, turned her head to look at the rice paper in Yang Shaotian's hand, and said matter-of-factly: "Hehe~ Very good, Yang Gongzi must have worked hard, and he would not have this kind of pen power without more than three years of painstaking practice." No wonder everyone says that you are the head of San'in Castle~"
Yang Shaotian also wrote a thousand-word essay, but for some reason only half of it was written, and the most critical spiritual introduction chapter was not finished.
At this time, the girl's movements were natural and soft, but with a breathtaking attraction, and several scholars around couldn't help but peek at it like Yang Shaotian, with an expression of obsessed love.
At this time, Yang Xiu was the only one who lowered his head and waved his pen, and he was in the various hallucinations caused by the cognitive impairment, and he did not notice the abnormalities around him.
Compared with the Xianwen examination, the speed of dictation this time is much faster, and the illusions that appear in the writing process are also greatly reduced. After a while, the neat and beautiful little block letters appeared on the paper, and they read them one by one. Rao is like this, after writing an article, Yang Xiu is already sweating profusely, tired enough.
Blowing dry the ink, Yang Xiu folded several pieces of rice paper past Yang Shaotian and the others, and came directly to the hall of Duobao Pavilion, knocked on the counter and said calmly: "Boss Qi, if you have a complete thousand-character text, I don't want you to have a fraction, the price is two hundred taels." ”
The shopkeeper of Duobao Pavilion Qi was bowing his head and fiddling with the abacus, and when he heard this, his beard trembled and his hands shook, and the beads on the abacus immediately messed up.
"I said Yang Xiu, you kid deliberately made trouble, didn't you regret spending money just now? Tell you, Duobao Pavilion will not return it!"
Shopkeeper Qi waved his hand impatiently, frowned and muttered, "I said in my heart, Lao Tzu is watching, you can finish writing a thousand-character essay by lying on the table and writing in a quarter of an hour?
Since coming to this world, the eyes of the people around him looking at Yang Xiu are almost all pity and contempt, as well as the condescending attitude of the shopkeeper Qi.
This kind of feeling of being looked down upon by others is very uncomfortable, so Yang Xiu has been holding a breath in his heart, and when he heard the words of Shopkeeper Qi with disdain, Yang Xiu secretly took a breath, and then grinned and laughed loudly: "Shopkeeper Qi, your old problem of looking down on people has not changed." It turns out that Duobaoge doesn't look at the authenticity of things when it opens its doors to do business, but only looks at the identity of the guests?"
"Hey you little, I'm ...... today"
Yang Xiu spoke quite loudly, and the people around him turned their heads to look at him. The shopkeeper Qi was angry at how high his beard was raised, and just wanted to call the guy to come and drive Yang Xiu away, so he watched Yang Xiu under the stage slap the rice paper in his hand on the counter and "snap!"
At the moment, there were a lot of customers in the store, and Shopkeeper Qi could only suppress his anger and glared at Yang Xiu fiercely, and took a few pages of paper in his hand carelessly. But at first glance, his eyes immediately widened, his face was incredulous, and after being stunned for a few seconds, he looked up at Yang Xiu, who was smiling, and shouted loudly: "Come on...... Someone! Take this thing to the back and identify it......"
"No, that's a thousand-word text,"
Before the shopkeeper Qi finished speaking, a crisp voice had already sounded in the hall, Yang Xiu turned around when he heard the voice, and just saw the green-clothed girl standing behind him, staring at him with a smile, and he could smell the unique fragrance of the girl in his nose.
Looking further back, Yang Shaotian and other scholars were staring at Yang Xiu, with surprise and puzzlement in their eyes, and more naked jealousy, as if they were very angry that the girl in green was approaching Yang Xiu.
The shopkeeper Qi, who was still black-faced just now, instantly turned into a docile cat, trotted down the counter, and respectfully handed the thousand-character text to the girl in green, with a flattering smile on his face, and Yang Xiu's heart was furious.
"Your handwriting is so beautiful,"
The girl in green held her hands behind her back, admiring Yang Xiu's handwriting intently, and shook her head very cutely, "How do you feel better than what my master wrote...... By the way, what's your name?"
Yang Xiu looked at the somewhat familiar little Lori in front of him, swept the other party's fair skin and small nose, and was stunned before he hugged his fists and said politely: "Under Yang Xiu, the girl praised it falsely." ”
"What is wrong or not, good is good!"
The green-clothed girl frowned her nose, her big eyes were dripping around, and she looked Yang Xiu up and down a few times, and then she smiled and said, "I want this thousand-character text." ”
"Miss Xin, do you want to think about it again?"
Hearing this, Yang Shaotian stepped forward quickly, turned his head and glanced at Yang Xiu viciously, then turned around and smiled at the green-clothed girl: "Two hundred taels is not a small amount, this Yang Xiu is my clan brother, he is usually idle and has dull qualifications, how can he write a thousand-character essay......"
Hearing this, the girl couldn't help frowning slightly, feeling that Yang Shaotian's move was a bit reckless.
"I don't have a good reputation? I don't like to hear Yang Gongzi's words,"
Yang Xiu squinted at Yang Shaotian's back, thinking about whether he would slap Yang Shaotian between his legs, and his mouth was not polite at all, "Although I, Yang Xiu, am poor, I am so clean." It's Yang Gongzi, you, Yin Tang is black, his face is pale, his steps are vain, and his waist is weak, did you go to Manchun Courtyard yesterday to be chic? Otherwise, with Yang Gongzi's talent, you shouldn't even be able to finish a thousand-word essay~"
Yang Shaotian's face froze when he heard this, and he turned his head and glared at Yang Xiu angrily, with an expression of being stepped on by a wild cat, and that look almost ate Yang Xiu!
Yang Xiu's guess was right, after the celebration banquet last night, Yang Shaotian and a group of friends did not return all night in Manchun Courtyard, and now their eyes are still black, otherwise this thousand-character essay would not be weak halfway through writing.
Yang Xiu grinned, raised one eyebrow, and made an expression of "what can I do". The green-clothed girl next to her was amused by Yang Xiu's sharp counterattack, and directly took off the small purse from her waist, took out a few silver tickets and handed them to Yang Xiu.
After taking the silver ticket, Yang Xiu confirmed that the amount and the stamp of the money bank on it were correct, and his heart was steady.
Embroidered with the fragrance on the silver ticket, Yang Xiu secretly said lucky. The price of two hundred taels is actually a bit inflated, Yang Xiu originally planned to bargain with the shopkeeper Qi, but he didn't expect to meet such a big financier, and now he can buy a lot of things.
Yang Xiu was in a hurry to make a big purchase, he clenched his fists slightly at the green-clothed girl, packed up the items on the desk, and waved the silver ticket at Yang Shaotian, who was pale-faced, and saw Yang Shaotian's forehead jumping wildly, so he grinned and strode out of the Duobao Pavilion.
The girl in green was waiting for this poor scholar to be close to herself, and then took the opportunity to ask the other party for calligraphy, but she didn't expect Yang Xiu to leave without hesitation, the girl blinked and was stunned for a while, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hee-hee, this guy is really interesting. ”
The girl in green waved to a girl who looked like a maid at the door, whispering to the other party, her face full of mischievous smiles.
However, at this time, Yang Shaotian's face was already black and about to drip water, the rice paper in his hand was crumpled into a ball, and he gritted his teeth and instructed the family next to him: "See the patriarch after you go back, don't worry about any risks, you must find the title deed, and then kill this kid!"
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With the money in his hand, Yang Xiu's first thought was not to save it up and prepare to buy the Fire Spirit Pill, but to immediately purchase the necessary daily necessities.
Brand new cotton clothes and bedding are a must, as well as living utensils for Aunt Liu and Huzi, medicinal materials for Liu Auntie to treat leg pain, roast chicken that Huzi has always wanted to eat, and so on. Later, Yang Xiu simply hired a carriage and transported all these things back to Aunt Liu's house.
Although there are many things, they are only a drop in the bucket compared to the huge amount of silver of two hundred taels.
Suddenly seeing so many things at home, Aunt Liu, who had always been dutiful, thought that Yang Xiu was going to do something to deceive her, but when Yang Xiu was busy explaining clearly, Aunt Liu put her heart down, and tears overflowed again in her cloudy eyes.
What could make the elderly happier than having a good child?
The most excited is Yang Xiu, who has earned back so many things with his own hands, this feeling is not at all comparable to sorting out ancient books in the library all day. Huzi was also overjoyed, shouting and busy, under the command of Aunt Liu, he arranged the things on the carriage one by one at his and Yang Xiu's house.
However, the three of them did not notice that at the end of the alley, a young man was looking this way, and after observing for a while, he quietly retreated.