After a while, an old scholar with gray hair knocked twice on the door wearing a Confucian robe.

Yin Zhao saw that the person held the book and handed it over, and stretched out his hand to invite the other party into the school.

"Master Zhou, please come in!"

"Master Yin!"

Master Zhou also returned the salute, and then came in and stood beside Yin Zhaoxian, looking at the sixty or seventy students in the classroom, which was quite a lot.

"This is the county master Zhou, after Yin leaves, he will temporarily take the position of the county master in the future, come, everyone salutes to Master Zhou. ”

The students in the school stood up one after another when they heard this, and they waved to Master Zhou together, and they also greeted each other sincerely in unison.

"Hello Master Zhou!"

Old Master Zhou stroked his beard and nodded, and had a good initial impression of these students.

When the time came for the school to end, the students were going back, and Yin Zhaoxian stood in the courtyard of the school, personally handed over the letters belonging to the students to them one by one, and would also give a few words of careful advice to the individual.

That kind of friendship between teachers and students made Old Master Zhou also sigh in his heart, he has taught private schools for many years, and how many students can have deep feelings with him.

It was almost evening, Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing father and son went home together, Yin Qing didn't speak until he walked on the path of Tianniufang and could see Ju'an Xiaoge from a distance, Yin Qing didn't say a word.

"Daddy, the jujube fruit is ripe!"

Looking up, the dates in the courtyard of Ju'an Pavilion were already hanging on the branches, and they were almost ripe.

"Yes, this year is fruitful and ripe!"

Yin Zhaoxian smiled.

"It's strange to say, since Mr. Ji left, this jujube tree has not bloomed and failed to bear fruit for two years, but this year it has borne fruit again. ”

Yin Qing smiled.

"Maybe I know that my father is going to take the exam, and I deliberately want to get the results this year!

"You kid!"

The father and son walked forward with a smile and a smile, passing by the small pavilion of Ju'an, looking at the attractive dates on the branches, and there was a faint fruity fragrance flowing out.

Maybe it was because Yin Qing's words reminded Yin Zhaoxian, or maybe it was the father and son who were interested.

After returning home, he hurriedly finished the dinner that Yin's mother had prepared, and the father and son took the key to Ju'an Xiaoge and prepared to pick dates to eat.

At night, the red glow hung in the sky, and in front of the small pavilion door, Yin Zhao first opened the copper lock with the key and slowly pushed open the courtyard door.

"Squeak~~"

The sound of the door pivot turning, and the two fathers and sons were stunned before they entered the door, because there were actually people in the courtyard!

This person is naturally not Ji Yuan, but an elderly man wearing a round-necked robe and a straight-covered shirt with a coat, who is looking up at the jujube tree, and when he sees the courtyard door open, he turns his head to look at the Yin family's master.

"Who is the old gentleman, and why is he in the courtyard of Ju'an Pavilion?"

Yin Zhaoxian frowned and asked, subconsciously looking at the wall of the small pavilion, this height is not something that an old man can climb in, is it a Jianghu guest?

The old man saw that the master of the Yin family was just thinking about it, so he smiled.

"Presumably you are Mr. Ji's friend in the county, right?

"Do you know Mr. Ji?"

Yin Qingxian's father asked in surprise, and Yin Zhaoxian heard that the other party knew Ji Yuan, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he replied.

"In Xia Yin Zhaoxian, this is the little boy Yin Qing, I don't know the name of the old man, and I don't know where Mr. Ji met?"

The old man looked at Yin Zhaoxian carefully for a while, and also bowed back to him.

"The old man's surname is Ying Minghong, and he once met Mr. Ji in the rain in a neighboring county, and he is also a friend of Mr. Ji!"

Seeing that the old man behaved calmly, he didn't look like a thief, and the other party said that he was a friend of Mr. Ji, the Yin family walked into the garden a little excitedly.

"It turned out to be Mr. Ji's friend, but unfortunately Mr. Ji has been away for a long time, and I can't see him here. ”

Yin Zhaoxian explained with a smile.

"Well, the old man knows..."

The old man smiled and continued to look at the jujube tree.

"I've been here for the past two years, but the jujube trees have not borne fruit, and this year can be regarded as bearing fruit! At the beginning, Mr. Ji only gave me two dates, which is really not enough to eat!"

"Huh?"

Yin Zhaoxian was a little puzzled, this person has been here for the past two years? I have no impression, is it that every time I sneak in like this, I leave after seeing no results?

However, I also understand very well when I hear the old man gluttonous with fresh dates, and I don't forget which one of these dates has been eaten.

So Yin Zhaoxian smiled and said:

"Presumably because Mr. Ji doesn't bring many dates when he goes out, the old gentleman is here to catch up with the good time, you can eat all the dates in this courtyard!"

This date was originally entrusted to Yin Zhao to share the fruit first, and it doesn't hurt to have friends from afar, so it doesn't hurt to want to eat more.

The old gentleman who was looking at the jujube tree on the other side lit up when he heard this, and the jujube branches in the courtyard actually had a trembling feeling at this moment, as if a breeze happened to blow.

"Hehehehe...... Master Yin said and laughed, I can't eat enough, and it's inconvenient to open up to eat! That's it, I'll only eat one bite, I wonder if Master Yin agrees?"

"One bite?"

Yin Zhaoxian was surprised, and at the same time he muttered a little suspicious in his heart, could this friend of Mr. Ji be an ordinary person?

"Yes, just one bite! Does Master Yin agree?"

The old man stroked his beard and nodded, as if I would only taste it.

"Hehe, what do you disagree with, Yin is just taking care of the jujube fruit for Mr. Ji, since he is a friend of Mr. Ji, the old man can eat as much as he wants! Qing'er, let's pick the fruit for the old man. ”

"Okay, pick the fruit!"

Yin Qing couldn't bear it anymore, and finally heard that he could pick dates, but before he could move, the old gentleman spoke again.

"No need, no hassle!"

Speaking of this, the old man raised his head again, the corners of his mouth opened an arc, and he also learned Yin Qing's tone.

"Hahaha...... Eat dates~~~Ang roar~~~~"

Whoosh~~~Whew~~~

In the inaudible sound of the dragon's groan, the wind in the courtyard suddenly rose, the whole jujube tree swayed, and countless jujube seeds were swept off the branches by the wind, and they were swept into the old man's open mouth with the wind.

Yin Zhaoxian and Yin Qing stood unsteadily, raising their hands to block in front, shocked and frightened.

After only a few breaths, the short wind stopped, and the father and son were shocked to find that at least half of the fruit on the jujube tree in the courtyard had gone, and the branches and leaves were not much damaged.

It's just that the posture of the jujube tree swaying in the wind feels a little weird.

"Squeak... Crunch ......"

There was a chewing sound from the mouth of the old man on the side, and the fresh fragrance of the jujube also overflowed.

"Not bad, not bad, it tastes great, it tastes great!"

Master Yin's heart is still beating violently now, even if he has a trace of psychological preparation, but this is too different from what he imagined.

"Master Yin, the old man only took one bite and never broke his promise, you can't just make false accusations to Mr. Ji about today's events, hahaha......"

Although Yin Zhaoxian's heart twitched a little, he still tried his best to calm down and bowed his hand to the old man.

"Yin has eyes and doesn't know the real person, the old gentleman will do what he says, he really only ate one bite, but it scared Yin's father and son enough, if there is a next time, I hope the old gentleman will remind him first!"

Ying Hong has been carefully observing Yin Zhaoxian since he met and swallowing dates just now, and his qi is also extraordinary, and at this moment, he heard the words of his person who was still free and easy although he had palpitations, and nodded with a smile.

"It is worthy of being the only friend in Mr. Ji's county, it is the old man who scared Master Yin, don't blame it!"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

Back and forth, although there were palpitations, but the atmosphere was harmonious, picked a plate of dates, sat down in front of the stone table and chatted, talking mainly about how to make a solid relationship and how to become friends.

When the Yin family's father and son complemented each other, when it came to the story of Ji Yuan saving the red fox and releasing it with Yin Qing, the old man was also smiling.

Although there were some things that the old man obviously concealed between his words, Yin Zhaoxian didn't ask about it, let alone casually asked the old man who was obviously not a mortal, just listened and said.

The two talked happily, and the old man named Ying Hong seemed to suddenly think of something, and patted his head and shouted.

"I almost forgot!"

As he spoke, he took out a thin-necked porcelain flask and two porcelain cups from behind his back and placed them on the stone table.

"The old man owes Mr. Ji a meal, but unfortunately Mr. Ji is wonderful, he can't find it and can't count it, he came here to see whether the dates are ripe or not, but also to see if he came back, since he and Master Yin hit it off at first sight, please ask Mr. Ji to taste the taste of this wine first, how about it?"

"Why not!"

Yin Zhaoxian is also free and easy, although he rarely drinks, but he thinks that he can't embarrass Mr. Ji, why don't you just drink a drink!

The old man smiled and didn't speak, and personally poured a cup for him and himself.

"Master Yin, please!"

"At the invitation of the old man!"

The two of them each raised their glasses and drank it, and after a glass of wine, Yin Zhaoxian only felt that the sweet fragrance was pure and the wine was long, and a heat flowed in his body, and his cheeks flushed.

"Well... Wine ......"

Before he finished speaking, he lay on the stone table and didn't move.

Yin Qing, who was only concerned about eating dates on the side, panicked, looked at the old man and then at his father, knowing that the old man should not harm himself to pay it off, Yin Qing was still worried.

"Sir, this... My dad he... Is he alright?"

"Hahahaha...... It's okay, it's okay, Master Yin is too drunk to drink, and he's drunk!"

The old man raised his glass and drank the wine in his own cup, laughing happily!

"Go home and get a blanket to cover your father, and let him sleep in the courtyard tonight!

Yin Qing swallowed his saliva and nodded, but he didn't dare to disobey the old gentleman's wishes, so he hurriedly ran out of the yard and ran home.

After Yin Qing left, the old man's smile narrowed slightly, poured another glass of wine, and stood up with the wine glass.

His eyes glanced at the jujube tree in the courtyard.

"Hehe, please have a drink too!"

After that, he raised his glass and poured it at the root of the tree, but the wine did not even get wet in it.

When Yin Qing hurriedly took the blanket and came back with Yin's mother, who looked worried, there was no one else in the courtyard except for Yin Zhaoxian, who was asleep on the table.