Business is business, feelings are feelings.

Xu He would never say anything about Qian Jizu's support for Qian Yu to drop out of school and start a business.

Doing business is risky.

Especially in this era, maybe the mountain bandits and water bandits in any place will snatch the goods, in case there is another bandao noodles and wonton noodles, Qian Jizu will hate himself for the rest of his life.

But the risks and benefits have always been equal.

Whether the Qian family can turn over into a rich family, Xu He gave the opportunity, and whether he can catch it or not depends on his fate.

There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't want it.

Xu He walked out of Huibin Building, and just walked not far away, when suddenly a guy dressed as a subordinate stopped him: "Young Master Xu, my master is invited!" ”

Xu He looked at him and asked, "Who is your master?" ”

The man stretched out his hand, Xu He looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that on the second floor of the teahouse on the street, a person lifted the curtain, revealing a white and fat face.

It's Fengfang.

When Xu He just went upstairs, Fengfang warmly beckoned him to sit down, arranged for Xiao Er to serve some fruit snacks, and ordered a bowl of tea for Xu He.

"I don't know what happened to Uncle Feng's summons?" Although Xu He had doubts in his heart, the basic etiquette still had to be in place.

After all, people have also been admitted to the Jinshi exam, and that thing is not easy to test.

Feng Fang laughed and said: "Virtuous nephew, virtuous nephew, the old man is out of sight, your poetry is amazing!" ”

Xu He knew that he was talking about "Lime Yin", so he quickly got up and said, "Don't dare to be".

Just kidding, that's someone Yu Shaobao's poet, who took it by himself...... It doesn't seem to matter much in this day and age.

Feng Fang saw that he was always humble and polite, compared to the Xu Luan just now, it was too good to be a star.

In addition, Xu He is also very handsome, although he is thin because of his previous malnutrition, but his face looks like he is shiny.

And that Xu Luan, although he is also very handsome, compared with Xu He, the whole person is very gloomy, which makes people feel that they have a bad stomach.

Fengfang looked at Xu He, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, the more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became, he asked Xu He with a smile: "Who else is there in your family now?" ”

"I only depend on my mother!"

"Hmm!" Feng Fang was noncommittal, and then asked, "How many years have you been studying?" ”

Xu He is a little blindsided, is this a check of household registration?

He patiently replied: "I entered school at the age of 12 and have been studying for three years!" ”

Fengfang's eyes lit up: "It's a little late to read, but if you can make a poem like "Lime Yin" in three years, the future should not be underestimated!" ”

Before Xu He could speak, he then asked, "What is this scripture?" ”

The so-called Benjing means that the reader chooses one of the "Five Classics" as his key research object, which is very similar to the selection of subjects in the college entrance examination in later generations.

For example, if your choice of scripture is "Spring and Autumn", then the content of the paper in the exam will be related to "Spring and Autumn".

Xu He saw Fengfang talking about his studies, so he said: "I just read through the "Four Books", and I haven't chosen the scriptures yet!"

Feng Fang nodded when he heard this: "Your Xu family and our Feng family are good friends, and your great-ancestor Kui Gong got "Mao's Poems" from my family, so he brought it back to Hailing as a family heirloom, do you know this?" ”

Xu He had only heard a little about this matter, but he thought that Xu Fan, Xu Song, and his son all took "Poetry" as the main scripture, and the scriptures were inherited in an orderly manner, and it was impossible to get it out of thin air.

So Fengfang's words are probably credible.

Seeing Xu He nodding, Fengfang asked the servant who was waiting on the side to take out a book and hand it to Xu He: "This is my family biography "Notes on Mao's Poems", you take it back and study it carefully, if you take "Poetry" as the basis for the Jinshi in the examination, then the three generations of your Hailing Xu family read "Poems" and ascended to the apricot list. ”

Xu He looked at Fengfang in surprise when he heard this, not knowing why he was so good to him.

A copy of "Notes on Mao's Poems" may be available everywhere in later generations, but in the current world, many readers will not be able to access it in their lifetime.

And annotation is a great help for reading.

"The Book of Songs" is known to be a collection of poems from the Zhou to the Spring and Autumn Period, which was written by Mao Heng in the Han Dynasty and was called "Mao Poems", and Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty had annotated it. In the Tang Dynasty, Kong Yingda wrote a poem for it, called "Mao's Poetry Justice" or "Mao's Poetry Commentary".

Although there are many contemporary reference books about the "Book of Songs", the imperial court recognized this "Commentary on Mao's Poems".

In other words, as long as you eat the book thoroughly, it is equivalent to when others study the Book of Songs, you are reading the internal materials of the Book of Songs.

It is conceivable that Fengfang gave Xu He a big gift.

Xu He really didn't know whether to accept or refuse.

The so-called courtesy to others, there must be something to seek, Xu He really can't figure out what he has to look at.

Seeing him hesitate, Feng Fang laughed and said: "Don't worry about the virtuous nephew, I just saw that you are very proficient in poetry and judgment, and I can't bear you to bury yourself in the township, so I sent you this book, I hope you will be a blockbuster in the future, and the title of the gold list!" ”

This sentence actually sums up, Fengfang's meaning is: "I don't want anything else, I just fall in love with you!" ”

When it came to this, Xu He had no choice but to accept the book.

Before leaving, Feng Fang personally sent Xu He downstairs, and when he walked to the top of the stairs, Feng Fang suddenly said seriously: "You can't pull down your studies, you must participate in the next exam, and you can talk about others when you have a reputation as a student!" ”

"Other? What else? Xu He was a little inexplicable.

When he came out of the teahouse, he turned his head to look at the window of the private room on the second floor.

Suddenly, a figure flashed through the window of the private room next door, and just as Xu He looked towards it, the window was closed, and nothing could be seen.

Xu He was thinking about things in his arms with the "Notes on Mao's Poems" given by Fengfang.

After the prefectural exam, in April, the prefectural exam will begin.

Time is still very tight, if he, the head of the county test, goes to the government to take the test and pulls his hips too much, the county teacher's face will definitely not look good.

After passing the government test, he became a child.

This is the first title on the road to the imperial examination.

As for the Dao Exam, also known as the "Academy Exam", it is taken twice in three years, and this year also happens to be the year of the Dao Exam.

Soon after the prefectural examination, in early summer, the school administration will take turns to take the prefectural examination.

After passing the test, this can be regarded as getting the reputation of "student".

These days, Xu He has been studying hard when he has time.

I thought that my choice for my master's and doctoral majors was the direction of the Thirteen Classics and the ancient imperial examination.

But to be honest, there are still many ancient books that he has not read, or who have read them without seeking to understand.

These are all landmines for those who are determined to rely on the imperial examination to become an official in this life, and if they do not clear the blind spots of knowledge, sooner or later they will explode in the examinations again and again, making their scientific examination road extremely bumpy.

Therefore, the top priority is still to read, read, read.

After clarifying the priorities of the matter, Xu He tucked the "Notes on Mao's Poems" in his arms and strode towards the outside of the city.