Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 98

Yan Zhaohua hadn't passed the three-year filial piety period, so he couldn't serve the lunch table, so he asked someone to send the food box to Ting Yuxuan, and while he was reading the scriptures, he finished his lunch. The girls were playing pot-throwing in the garden, Yan Zhaohua was not very interested, thinking that he had read almost all the scriptures in hand now, so he bought Liu's and Gu's to buy Shiwen for Yan Ruiqian Because of the reason, Yan Ruiqian went out together.

The Duke's Mansion had a banquet today, and there were many guests coming and going, and many young masters and ladies went out together in the afternoon, Yan Zhaohua and Yan Ruiqian were sitting in the carriage, Yan Ruiqian said to Yan Zhaohua:

"Sister, I don't want to take the imperial examination. I'm not that material at all."

Yan Zhaohua was lifting the curtain of the car to look outside. After hearing what Yan Ruiqian said, he turned his head to look at him and said, "Isn't that material? I have to pass the test before we talk about it! Dad's expectation of you , you don’t know, if you don’t try, if you say no to him directly, what do you think he will think? You have to do your best and let him see that you have worked hard but failed, then it is possible for him to change his mind ah!"

After hearing these words, Yan Ruiqian thought for a while, the reason was the same, but he was still a little unhappy, and said:
"Then if dad doesn't change his mind, I can only be a nerd in this life?"

Yan Zhaohua looked at this younger brother, thinking back to his last life, he did not have much development in literary talent. After studying for so many years, he didn't even pass the exam for a scholar. Yan Xiu was locked in the study, and he must have not read the book, that's why so many ridiculous things happened in the room, he couldn't help asking:
"Then you don't want to be a nerd, what do you want to do?"

After thinking for a while, Yan Ruiqian said to Yan Zhaohua openly: "I want...to join the army! I want to fight, and like my father, I want to serve the country and make contributions!"

Regarding Yan Ruiqian's ambition, Yan Zhaohua was stunned, and then said: "This ambition... is ambitious enough. But have you ever thought about it? Why? If you want to join the army and fight, you have to learn it from the beginning. What's more, I think if you can't read well, you may not be able to fight. Dad is both civil and military. He is proficient in all aspects of military strategy. , that’s why you can win battles, but if you can’t study well, and you have only a half-knowledge of the art of war, how can you make achievements?”

"The art of war and strategy can be learned. You don't need to learn it all over again. I just want to join the army by myself, and I don't plan to take advantage of my father's power. I don't think it's okay to start as a big soldier. Sister, I'm a man, and I can't always fight with you descendants." Housewives together, I used to be ignorant, but now I have practiced in the military department for so long, let me understand that only the military camp is the place where real men should stay."

"..."

Yan Zhaohua looked at Yan Ruiqian, and didn't speak for a long time. This kid knows what he said now, but he didn't know who he was back then.

Before the conversation between the two of them was over, the carriage arrived. Yan Ruiqian lifted the curtain to look at it, and said, "Oh, I already said that I don't want to buy Shiwen. It gives me a headache."

Yan Zhaohua ignored him, put on his veil and got out of the car, walked into the bookstore, Yan Ruiqian had no choice but to get out of the car, Yan Zhaohua asked his assistant to take Yan Ruiqian to the place where Shiwen was sold, and went to Went to the conversation book booth next to her, picked out more than a dozen new ones, and asked the clerk to wrap them up for her. After Yan Ruiqian brought out a few anthologies of Shiwen, he was about to pay when he heard a voice from the side. .

"Hey, brother, what a coincidence?"

Yan Zhaohua and Yan Ruiqian turned their heads together and saw Tan Xiaozhi walking in from the door. Seeing this, Yan Ruiqian stepped forward to say hello, Tan Xiaozhi saw that Yan Zhaohua was also there, nodded to Yan Zhaohua with a smile on his face and said: " Miss Yan is also here, are they here to buy books?"

Yan Ruiqian handed the anthology of Shiwen that he had chosen to Tan Xiaozhi, and said, "Yes, sister insists that I buy these."

Tan Xiaozhi glanced at Yan Zhaohua, then looked down at the books selected by Yan Ruiqian, and said, "The books you selected are not comprehensive. I remember that Layman Yanqing wrote several anthologies of imperial examination questions and cases over the years. , this store should still have the goods, I'll go and look for it for you, it's much more effective to look at that than this one."

Without waiting for Yan Ruiqian to answer, Tan Xiaozhi took the few books that Yan Ruiqian had picked out earlier and went inside, and after asking the clerk a few words, the clerk took Tan Xiaozhi to the place where the books were placed, and even Yan Zhaohua didn't expect Tan Xiaozhi to be so enthusiastic about Yan Ruiqian, and she couldn't help but think of Mrs. Geng Shi, the mighty marquis. Geng Shi was also very enthusiastic towards her back then. Yan Zhaohua's mind flashed. Could it be...for her?
But this idea was denied by Yan Zhaohua himself in just a moment. Geng Shi was kind to her back then, and didn't say anything specific. In the past two years, although he met by chance, he didn't hear Geng Shi mention anything. Gradually, Yan Zhaohua forgot about the request that made her feel embarrassed, and only remembered it now when he saw Tan Xiaozhi. Tan Xiaozhi probably had never seen her before, so how could he mean that.

Yan Zhaohua was amused by his own thoughts, Yan Ruiqian looked at her, came over and asked, "Sister, what are you laughing at?"

"What am I laughing at? I'm laughing at you now that you have a book back when you go back."

One sentence made Yan Ruiqian's expression pile up. After a while, Tan Xiaozhi came back, and he really came over with a complete set of anthology collections of past essays and essays in his hand. Yan Ruiqian saw so many books, he couldn't accept them. No, it's not wrong if you don't accept it, but Tan Xiaozhi had good intentions, and he couldn't blame others, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the stack of books.

Yan Zhaohua wanted to pay the money, but was stopped by Tan Xiaozhi, and said: "It's rare to meet you today, these books were given to my virtuous brother at that time, I'll just come."

Not only did he choose books for Yan Ruiqian, but he also paid for Yan Ruiqian's books?That's all for Fu Yan Ruiqian, Yan Zhaohua thought of his dozens of freshly released scriptures, he couldn't let Tan Xiaozhi pay for it, he waved his hands decisively, and said: "No, no, no, how can I let Mr. Tan spend money... ..."

But before he finished speaking, Tan Xiaozhi gestured to the clerk, and the clerk came forward to take him to pay the bill. Yan Zhaohua sighed secretly. It was not easy to come out. It can't be done, but there is a reason for the incident, and there is no way, Yan Zhaohua quickly convinced himself that it's fine if he doesn't buy it this time, and he will come out when he has a chance next time.

Unexpectedly, the guy came up to Yan Zhaohua and asked, "Miss, have you settled for the dozen or so books you picked earlier?"

Turning his head to look at the dozen or so storybooks that the guy had packed up, they were all higher than Yan Ruiqian's set of questions. Yan Zhaohua was glad that he was wearing a veiled hat, otherwise his face would be so embarrassing now. Just about to refuse, unexpectedly Tan Xiaozhi heard this, went back and forth, took all the books in the clerk's hand, and it was too late for Yan Zhaohua to stop, Tan Xiaozhi boldly said:

"I'm married."

Yan Zhaohua: ...

Looking at the stack of books, Yan Ruiqian suddenly understood something, and said to Yan Zhaohua, "Sister, you didn't ask me to come here to buy anthologies of contemporary literature just to buy those books, did you?"

Yan Zhaohua was depressed, this kid still dared to come forward to tell the truth, he didn't give him any courtesy right away, he raised his foot and stepped on Yan Ruiqian's instep, at the end he crushed several times fiercely, Yan Ruiqian He cried out in pain, twisted his arm again, and immediately closed his mouth wisely, enduring the pain. After Yan Zhaohua withdrew his hands and feet, he rubbed his arms aggrievedly, turned his toes, and secretly slandered, Can't tell the truth yet.

Tan Xiaozhi came over and saw that the pair of siblings were a little different, he smiled heartily, was sunny and handsome, and said, "What's the matter, dear brother? I've got all the books wrapped up by someone. Go back and read if there's anything you don't understand, You can come and ask me anytime, although I am not a great talent, I have passed the Juren exam anyway, so don't be polite to me."

In front of outsiders, Yan Ruiqian still had the demeanor of a prince of the Marquis Mansion. Although his arms hurt and his feet hurt, he was respectful and courteous on his face, and he clasped his fists to Tan Xiaozhi and said:

"Thank you, brother Yongcheng, for your advice, but I'm really sorry for the expense, and I'll have to come to the door with a small gift to thank you in the future."

Tan Xiaozhi waved his hand gracefully, and said: "It's just a small effort, it's nothing to worry about, thank you is too much, I went out alone, but I heard that the Yuejiang Teahouse has produced a new kind of tea, which tastes very good, so I wanted to taste it, but Drinking tea alone is a bit lonely, if my brother and miss are willing, we can have a cup of tea together, and I happen to be able to tell my brother some important points beforehand. What do you think, Miss Yan?"

Yan Zhaohua didn't think so, Yan Ruiqian looked at Yan Zhaohua, and then at the two stacks of books in his hand, no matter what, today he accepted his love, and he was kind enough to choose another book for him. He paid him for the book again, and even offered to explain the main points of the time to him. It would be too unreasonable if he didn’t drink a cup of tea with him, but he was afraid that Yan Zhaohua would not agree, so he turned his head away. Said to Yan Zhaohua:

"Sister, why don't we go have a cup of tea. Brother Yongcheng is such a nice person, he even said he wanted to tell me the key points. Anyway, it's just a cup of tea. Besides, I'm here too. It should be... all right."

Before Yan Zhaohua could speak, he heard Tan Xiaozhi say again: "Miss Ruoyan feels embarrassed, there is a private room on the second floor of Yuejiang Tea House, let's go directly to the private room to drink tea."

Everyone invites like this, if Yan Zhaohua refuses to agree, it will be too unreasonable, besides, he just bought her a dozen or so books, so he has to thank her, nodded, and said: "Then... then it's better to be respectful than obedience .”

Seeing Yan Zhaohua nodding his head, Tan Xiaozhi was immediately overjoyed, and excitedly led the way for Yan's siblings. The three of them left the bookstore together. Yan Ruiqian and Yan Zhaohua rode in a carriage, while Tan Xiaozhi rolled over and led the way on horseback. In a short time, we arrived at the Yuejiang Teahouse he mentioned.

Yan Ruiqian helped Yan Zhaohua get out of the car, a gust of wind blew over Yan Zhaohua's veil, lifted half of the gauze curtain, half of his pretty face flashed by, Tan Xiaozhi's eyes were extremely hot, and he suppressed the excitement in his heart, In person, Yan Ruiqian and Yan Zhaohua thanked him again and again, and then followed him up the steps of the tea house. The waiter at the door asked Tan Xiaozhi how many people, Tan Xiaozhi communicated with him, and Yan Zhaohua and Yan Ruiqian were waiting beside him , but unexpectedly at this time, there was another voice:
"What a coincidence, how come we can meet in the mansion, but we can still meet outside the mansion."

Yan Zhaohua turned around, and saw Fan Wenchao smiling all over his face, and Pei Xuan behind him with a smile that was not a smile, for no reason, Yan Zhaohua only felt his scalp go numb, and Pei Xuan's expression gave Yan Zhaohua an illusion, as if It was because I did something bad outside behind his back, and he caught him on the spot, so I felt guilty.Yan Zhaohua made himself laugh at this thought, but he couldn't laugh at all. He could only sigh secretly that the world was too small.

They were still wondering how they could meet outside, and she was still wondering, why were these two people everywhere!

When Yan Ruiqian saw them, he subconsciously stood in front of Yan Zhaohua, and said, "Why are you here?"

Fan Wenchao walked over with a grin, put Yan Ruiqian on the shoulder, and easily controlled the obstructive boy. Pei Xuan stepped forward to face Yan Zhaohua, pursed his lips and said, "Let's drink tea, Are you too? Let's be together."

(End of this chapter)