Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 215
When Mai Xiang heard this, she stood up excitedly.

"Did you really hit it? Did the official send a report?"

"Who has won, has my grandson won?" Mrs. Wan also got up from the bed.

Huai Ci felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly grabbed Mai Xiang who was about to go out, and said, "Mai Xiang, the official will not come here if he wants to report."

"Oh, yes, who is here?" Mai Xiang said while still running outside.

"Master, why are you here?"

"Why, you are not welcome. If you are not welcome, the master will leave. The master happened to ask your godfather for a cup of tea." Ji Xiaolan pretended to be angry.

"Master, is this student really hit?" Huai Ci walked to Ji Xiaolan's side and asked a little nervously.

"What does it mean to really win? Do you think your master came all the way to tease you in a panic? Boy, you are my disciple of Ji Xiaolan. If you don't even pass the exam for a small scholar, Don’t say I’m your master when you go out.” Ji Xiaolan smiled smugly.

"Master, let's go, please talk in the room." Mai Xiang greeted the guests to enter the room, and at the same time asked someone to invite Cao Xueqin.

At this time, Mrs. Wan also got off the kang, stood on the threshold with the maid's hand, and looked at Ji Xiaolan.

"Master, this is my nanny." Huaici had no choice but to introduce.

"Hello, old man."

"Okay, who are you?" Madam Wan didn't know Ji Xiaolan, she didn't look like a servant, but she didn't look like a rich man either, so who was he? How did he know in advance that Huai Ci had won the prize of a scholar?
Because Mrs. Wan had already asked about the release time when she came, and if nothing else happened, it should be early in the morning the day after tomorrow.

"My lord, how did you know that my grandson passed the exam?" Mrs. Wan asked.

How did Ji Xiaolan know about the Wan family's messes? Seeing the old man's question, she hurriedly said with a smile: "Hehe, I was doing business for my own business. I just came from Shuntian Mansion and saw that they were sealing the admission list of this year's scholars." Report it, your grandson, that’s right, you got the linsheng, it’s better than I expected.”

"Is it true, I was hit by a scorpion?" Huai Ci just expressed doubts, and saw Ji Xiaolan looking at him with a smile that was not a smile.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. Without the teaching of the past few months, this disciple would never have achieved this achievement." Huaici said while guiding Ji Xiaolan to sit on the chair in the hall, and knelt down by himself, respectfully Kowtow three times respectfully.

Huai Ci knew in his heart that for more than a month, Ji Xiaolan had taught him current theories for exams and some Confucian scriptures that were often tested, teaching him how to formulate ideas, how to solve problems, and how to annotate. Many excellent policy theories of predecessors.

Huaici admired Ji Xiaolan's erudition.Therefore, this head must be knocked on his head. Without Ji Xiaolan, there would definitely not be Huai Ci's Lin Sheng.

"Master, my brother-in-law sent me a can of good tea. It is a tribute from the palace. I will send it to the master later." Mai Xiang smiled flatteringly at Ji Xiaolan.

"Girl, did you think of honoring me now?" Ji Xiaolan was not polite to Mai Xiang, anyway, he knew such a good thing, Mai Xiang came for nothing, and, most importantly, Mai Xiang didn't know how to taste tea at all. Drinking is also a waste.

"Da Ya, Da Ya, I heard that my aunt got hit. Is it true?" Zhao's loud voice rang out from outside the door.

"Master, my mother is here."

As soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, Mrs. Zhao entered the door, seeing a foreigner sitting in the upper seat, while Mai Xiang and Huai Ci were standing below, she couldn't help asking curiously: "Who are you?"

"Sister-in-law, I'm your son-in-law's husband." When Ji Xiaolan heard that it was Mai Xiang's mother, she hurriedly stood up and said with a smile.

He has always been a little curious about what kind of people Mai Xiang's parents are, so they gave birth to such a smart and precocious daughter, so while talking, he sized up Mrs. Zhao.

"Sir? It turned out to be our uncle's husband. Our uncle is thanks to your teaching. Well, I'm going to order the kitchen to add more food. The sir is here to deliver the letter. I'll have to drink a few more glasses later. Well, I What is uncle in it?"

Although Zhao's words were somewhat inconsistent, she understood one thing, that is, Mai Xiang valued this gentleman very much, so she couldn't offend him.

Ji Xiaolan was very surprised to see that Mai Xiang's mother was so vulgar. He looked at Mai Xiang and was about to speak when he saw another man in his 30s walking in with a cane.

"It turns out that Mr. Huai Ci is here. Thank you for your careful teaching of Huai Ci. This child's success today must be inseparable from the teacher's teaching. Huai Ci, did you kowtow to thank Mr. Ye Dafu?" Said, while cupping fists to Ji Xiaolan to say hello.

"It's rare to come here today, sir, please stay here for a few days. Although the countryside is simple, it is at the foot of Fragrant Mountain. The scenery is not bad, and the food is fresh."

Ji Xiaolan looked at Ye Dafu, then Zhao Shi, and finally understood that Mai Xiangzao was not born with wisdom, but was forced out by life.

Thinking of this, he felt sorry for Mai Xiang's experience, and said, "This eldest brother must be Miss Mai Xiang's father, your son-in-law did very well in the exam, and I didn't expect to be able to pass the entrance exam, so stay at home and read books for two months." , strive to be admitted to the Imperial College for three years."

"I also ask the master to recommend and guide you." Mai Xiang hurriedly said.

"You girl, you are a ghost, if you don't ask the ready-made prince, what's the use of asking me?" Ji Xiaolan laughed.

The old lady Wan at the side realized something. This unremarkable man in his thirties seemed not to be an ordinary person. He could know in advance that Huai Ci had passed the exam and could recommend Huai Ci to go to the Imperial College. Who is he?
"Sir, can I ask when the results of this college's exam will be released?" Mrs. Wan wanted to make sure if he really knew the exam results in advance.

"Early in the morning."

"Then, do you still remember how many scholars in the Shuntian Mansion have the surname Wan?"

"I didn't pay attention to this. I just looked up your grandson's name. Is there anyone in your Wan family taking the exam?"

Mrs. Wan nodded and was about to speak when Cao Xueqin came.

"Will Editor Ji be safe?"

"Brother Cao, Ji came here uninvited, and came here to ask for a cup of tea. Brother Cao won't mind?"

"Welcome to you. Ji Xiaolan's feet are on the humble ground, and Cao is on his back. Let's go, I happen to have good tea from Mai Xiang." Cao Xueqin saw that Ji Xiaolan was still in the same cotton clothes, and was still easy-going and cheerful. I am very happy.

"Let's go, I just met Mrs. Sister-in-law today, but Ji came in a hurry and didn't have a meeting ceremony, so don't blame him." Ji Xiaolan lifted her legs and left, Huai Ci hurriedly followed.

"Mai Xiang, who is he?" After Ji Xiaolan left, Mrs. Wan asked.

Mai Xiang knew that sooner or later she couldn't hide it, and said, "It's Tanhua Ji Yun from this year's new department, also called Ji Xiaolan, and now he's the editor of the Imperial Academy."

"Tanhua from Xinke?" Mrs. Wan was stunned.This Huaici's luck is also a little bit too good, first he tried to plant some kind of vaccinia by mistake, and got the emperor to give him a marriage reward, and after the engagement, Prince Li helped him arrange for him to enter a good academy, and now There is Tanhua from the new department as his master, no wonder he passed the exam in the first attempt. If this person also tutored Wan Zhigao, Wan Zhigao would have passed it too early.

Mrs. Wan doesn't think that the younger grandson is smarter than the elder grandson. In her mind, the elder grandson has always been outstanding, and they haven't let them worry about him since he was a child. However, the younger grandson studied late and hasn't studied hard for a few years. , and was dismissed from the academy, he was able to pass the exam once, and he must have borrowed the credit of having a good teacher.

How could Mai Xiang know what Old Madam Wan was thinking, she was busy arranging meals at the moment.

"Mai Xiang, I want to go back now. Houer will be able to release the rankings early in the morning. I want to wait for the news at home. Also, I have to tell his grandfather about Brother Yuan's passing the exam. Let you Grandpa Wan and Wan Great and happy."

When Mai Xiang heard this, there was no reason to keep customers. The question is, she just got a bit of heat, can she cope with this physical condition?
"Mother Wan, I have no objection to you going back, but, can your body do it?"

"Okay, it's only an hour or two. I'm not so delicate yet."

"Then you have to eat something before leaving. I'll order the chef to prepare some light food for you."

After hearing this, Mrs. Wan did not refuse. She also knew that it would be impossible to travel such a long distance on an empty stomach.

After Mrs. Wan left, Mai Xiang rushed to Cao's house, and saw Ji Xiaolan, Cao Xueqin and Huai Ci sitting cross-legged on the kang in Cao Xueqin's study, and Ji Xiaolan was holding Cao Xueqin's manuscript in her hand.

Mai Xiang became excited all of a sudden, and she was still worrying about how to let Ji Xiaolan see the manuscript, but she didn't expect that she didn't have to do anything by herself.

"Brother Cao, this is your fault. My younger brother has known you for a long time, but you actually kept it from my younger brother and didn't tell him when you wrote the book. I now understand why Miss Mai Xiang said that Brother Cao is a It is a shining pearl, and with the manuscript in Mr.’s hand, it will be a matter of time before Mr. becomes famous.” Although Ji Xiaolan has only skimmed through a manuscript, based on his countless reading experiences, Cao Xueqin’s book The level of the novel is many times better than the novels I have read before.

"Mr. Ji praised me too much. This is just a down-and-out person who wrote a down-and-out book. How can it be worthy of your love? This kind of popular novel can't be put on the stage, but it's just remembering the past, and itching for a while, so I wrote it down by hand. A few pennies are nothing serious."

"Brother Cao's words are wrong. My younger brother can see that Brother Cao put his heart and blood into writing this book, even with his own life. Don't worry, Brother Cao. I will do my best and will never let my master's talent be buried." From the poems in the book, Ji Xiaolan could tell that it was a work of painstaking efforts, and it was by no means an ordinary work like Cao Xueqin said.

"I didn't think about whether to bury Cao or not. I didn't intend to let it be passed on to the world, but Mr. Ji's love still moved Cao." Cao Xueqin smiled lightly.

Mai Xiang was anxious at the side, and just about to speak, Huaici tugged at her clothes.

(End of this chapter)