Genius is hard to come by

Although Young Master Yu considers himself a person who does not pay attention to appearance, but only to talent.But seeing this legendary Second Young Master Liu for the first time, it is still necessary to take a second look at him.

Liu Huaizhi didn't care much about this unabashed scrutiny, and he didn't show any discomfort. He just politely introduced several young masters who were traveling with him.

Most of these people are the sons of the mansion who are quite famous in the city.While listening to his introduction, Yu Yan secretly sized them up. Although these young masters were well dressed, they looked a bit uneven when standing with the second young master Liu in front of him. It was no wonder that Xiao Cui It will be said that when the second son of Liu grows up, he will surely fascinate many young girls.

Yu Yanru thought, while greeting a few people, Xu's hawthorn that he ate earlier opened up his stomach, and before he said a few words, he screamed like a sea, which attracted several young masters who stood nearby one after another. Look sideways, the scene is really embarrassing.

The young master of the Yu family blushed, and scratched his forehead in embarrassment: "I was a little hungry just now, and I saw that the candied haws are good, so I bought them to try, but I didn't expect that there were only a few of them, and they were not enough to fill my stomach. On the contrary, I'm even more hungry."

Hearing his words, several young masters laughed one after another.Yu Yan didn't bother to find out why they were so happy all of a sudden, he was only thinking about the red bean cakes he had eaten at noon.Just thinking about it, I heard Liu Huaizhi's voice lingering in my ears: "I heard that Dongxing Building has added a few new dishes in the past two days, why don't we go and have a look?"

Hearing Dongxing Building, Yu Yan regained consciousness in an instant, and hurriedly echoed: "Okay, let's go to Dongxing Building, I will treat you today!" After speaking, he took his head and walked towards Dongxing Building.

A group of people arrived at Dongxing Building in a hurry, Liu Huaizhi ordered Xiaoer to bring some new dishes, and ordered a plate of sauced pork.Those young masters were not very hungry at all, they only used some symbolically.On the other hand, Yu Yan swept away most of the meat dishes on the table like a storm.When the young masters were too full to eat, Yu Yan was still immersed in the fight with the sauce.

"Brother Yu...you really have a good appetite, no wonder you have such a stature..." The young master sitting opposite Yu Yan put down his chopsticks, looked at the oily stains on Yu Yan's mouth, and couldn't help feeling disgusted.

Yu Yan didn't care, just swallowed the meat in his mouth and said, "My mother said, it's a blessing to be able to eat."

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After Yu Yan swept away all the food on the table, the sky gradually darkened.Yu Yan thought that he had slipped out this time, so he hurriedly waved for Xiaoer to come and pay the bill.It was only when he put his hand into his purse that he remembered that he only thought about candied haws before he left the house today, and he didn't bring so much money with him.Looking at the waiter again, he was watching him with a smile on his face and waiting for him to take out the money. He suddenly felt his face burning, and a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead.

Seeing that he didn't respond, the young masters also looked at him curiously.As if feeling their gazes, Yu Yan seemed to be frozen there, not daring to turn his head to look at them at all.

After standing like this for a while, Yu Yan watched the smile on the little girl's face gradually fade, with the word "credit account" in his mouth, and he didn't know how to say it so that he didn't look so ashamed.Just as she was thinking about it, she saw the person next to her stretch out her hand and handed a piece of silver to Xiao Er.

"I proposed to come here today, so I should invite you all. Mr. Yu don't want to compete with me. If Mr. Yu wants to treat guests, how about inviting us to a teahouse to listen to books another day?"

Yu Yan looked at Liu Huaizhi who stood up, showing gratitude in his eyes, and hurriedly followed his words.Because of this, Liu Huaizhi's image in his heart instantly grew a lot.

When Yu Yan sneaked back to the mansion through the back door, he was caught by the housekeeper and a group of servants guarding the door.Knowing that something was wrong, he ran away after entering the door, but he was caught up by the servant before he ran far.

When Yu Yan was brought to Ruifuyuan, Mrs. Ye had already sat upright and waited for a long time.After these years of recuperation, Ye's body is no longer as weak as before, and he has more energy to take care of the inner courtyard of the mansion. In these years, he will take care of the whole house in an orderly manner.Of course, she doesn't need to worry about the Yu family's business. If there is anything that makes her worry about it, it is the only son, Yu Yan.

Today, Mrs. Ye was afraid that Yu Yan would only focus on his studies and disregard his health. Seeing that the time was almost up, he personally cooked the lotus leaf cake and brought it to the South Courtyard.

On weekdays, Yu Yan also sneaked out from time to time, but most of the time he was covered by the housekeeper who turned a blind eye and closed his eyes, and was rarely discovered by Mrs. Ye. Who would have thought that Yu Yan would come back for a quarter of an hour today, calling Mrs. Ye caught it straight.

Yu Yan entered the door, saw Ye Shi was looking at him seriously, and hurried to Ye Shi, lowering his head to pretend to be pitiful.Mrs. Ye has always been a knife-mouthed and tofu-hearted man. Seeing him like this now, he couldn't bear to say harsh words, so he had to criticize a few words at random, and copied a few long poems as punishment.

It is equal to Yan seeing Liu Huaizhi again, half a month later.

This time Yu Yan changed his mind. He asked Mrs. Ye for instructions early in the morning, saying that he was going to the Liu Mansion to discuss poetry with Mr. Liu.When Mrs. Ye heard that he was the son of the Liu family, she agreed without even thinking about it, and hurriedly asked someone to prepare a carriage to take Yu Yan to Liu's residence.

When he arrived at Liu's mansion, Yu Yan didn't wait too long, but instead asked Liu Huaizhi to go to the teahouse with him.

The two came to the tea house on the corner of the street and found a quiet place on the second floor to drink tea and chat.

"Since the last time, how come you haven't seen Young Master come out for so long?" Liu Huaizhi asked.

Yu Yan cracked the melon seeds in his hand and said, "Don't mention it. I sneaked out last time. I went back late and was caught. My mother punished me for copying poems for several days. My arms are thick."

Seeing what he said without shyness, Liu Huaizhi smiled slightly: "It's been such a punishment for writing for several days. I must have been very sad these few days."

"Sad, very sad." Yu Yan knocked the last melon seed into his mouth, "I'd rather be punished... copying books is really not easy."

Seeing that what he said was all grinning to one side, Liu Huaizhi nodded his hand with a fan, rolled his eyes and said: "Who can not make mistakes, but you will be punished... I have a way to save you from copying books in the future." suffering."

As soon as he heard that he could copy the book without penalty, Yu Yan hurriedly put down the tea bowl he had just picked up, and waited for the next sentence with his eyes wide open.Seeing him like this, Liu Huaizhi took a sip of his tea without haste, looked at Yu Yan's eager face and said, "There should be a few servants around you who can read and write, right? Why don't you pick someone with a similar handwriting It’s good to practice, and if you are punished for copying books in the future, won’t someone replace you?”

After hearing this, Yu Yan felt that it made sense, and quickly thought about it.The servants in this mansion belong to the housekeeper and have some knowledge, but this matter must never be entrusted to the housekeeper, it must be his confidant in the South courtyard.So after thinking about it, he thought of the little maid who was stunned by her calligraphy in the study that day.

On that day, Yu Yanben was reciting poems in the study of the South Courtyard, and he felt a void in his stomach after reciting the poems, and the more absent-minded he became as he recited the poems.After a while, I began to wonder why no one came to bring me snacks.

Ever since she sneaked out last time and was discovered by Ye Shi, Ye Shi asked her maid Lamei to come to the study every day to deliver food to Yu Yan.Seeing that it has been a long time since the time to deliver the food, the Lamei girl has been delayed in coming.

Yu Yan waited for another quarter of an hour, and finally couldn't help but go out and stop a little maid.After asking, I found out that Lamei had a bad stomach the night before and had a fuss all night, and now she is lying on the bed and can't get up.

Hearing this, Yu Yan felt depressed for a while, and was about to go to the kitchen in person, when he saw a maid with a familiar face running out of the yard quickly.He thought, it seems that there are still a few clever people in the mansion.

After a while, the girl who ran out earlier came back with some food, and they were all his favorite food.Young Master Yu was very moved when he saw it, and specially rewarded the girl to rest in the study for a while, and waited for him to finish eating before going out to work.

The girl responded gratefully, stood beside her, her eyes couldn't help looking at the rice paper on the table.Yu Yan asked the girl how she wrote the word.

The girl didn't know many characters at all, when asked by her young master, her eyes immediately scanned the handwriting again and again, she couldn't even speak a whole sentence, she only skipped a few words "good".

This girl's name is Tian You, she has been in the residence for less than a year, and she was only transferred to the South Courtyard some time ago, so she doesn't have much chance to see Young Master Yu on weekdays.

Now Tian You's few words of "good" made the young master feel proud, so he immediately brought her to his side to serve him.

Thinking of this incident, Yu Yan was still happy in his heart. He took a sip of tea and thought that the girl was obsessed with his calligraphy and fawned on him. The girl is none other than.

After thinking about it like this, Yu Yan just remembered that there was Liu Huaizhi sitting across from him. That person was drinking tea and watching the storyteller downstairs. He is not as knowledgeable as his elder brother, but his brain is easy to use, and he is also enthusiastic, so he quickly got up and bowed to thank him, and the second young master Liu was confused for a while.

After that, the young master of the Yu family had an extra capable maid by his side.In addition to the necessary food, clothing, housing and transportation, he is also mainly responsible for ghostwriting.

At first, Tian You struggled even to hold a pen, but Young Master Yu thought that he was still very talented, if the servants around him couldn't even hold a pen, wouldn't it be embarrassing to spread the word?So relying on studying for a few more years, he taught Tian You how to hold a pen and write.

The initial effect was not satisfactory. Young Master Yu had no doubts about his knowledge, but he just kept saying "Dead wood cannot be carved" in Tian You's ear all day long.Tian You is also convinced of his clumsiness.

After two months, Tian You's handwriting was finally recognizable to others. Under the influence of the young master all day, he recognized a lot of words, and he was able to memorize a few little poems that are necessary for every family.

Young Master Yu is very pleased with Tian You's improvement. Of course, he firmly believes that this is all because of the teacher's good teaching.So he urged Tian You to study more strictly.So that it didn't take long for Tian You's handwriting to be able to confuse the real with his own.Since then, Young Master Yu has almost never written a pen.

Because of this, Young Master Yu couldn't help feeling a little admiration for Liu Huaizhi in his heart, and he was happy to get close to Liu Huaizhi, and would go to Liu's residence to bother him every now and then.

In contrast, Liu Huaizhi didn't pay much attention to Yan's sudden closeness, and only thought that he had an extra follower by his side.