I opened a bookstore in ancient times

In a few days, it was near Grain Rain.

The peonies in Old Beijing are famous all over the world. During the rainy season, the city is full of purples and reds. In addition to the streets and pavilions, women also wear peonies on their temples as a fashion.

Su Yao was going out to buy youth leagues. When he saw pots of rich and noble flowers, he couldn't help but want to take a pot home.

I was stopping in front of a flower stall to pick something when something hit me on my shoulder.

Su Yao turned her head, but saw a light yellow peony falling at her feet, and two veiled hats shyly shoved on the attic opposite, whispering and chuckling.

The flower seller deliberately covered her face and said: "Oh, if I were a few years younger and saw this handsome young gentleman, I would have to smash my handkerchief and sachet!"

All the small vendors around laughed.

Old Beijing was open-minded, and gathering people to look at beauties was not out of the ordinary.

On the contrary, Su Yao made them feel embarrassed, and left rather awkwardly.

The lady behind him still joked: "Young master, why are you running away! It's so valuable for someone to smash your light yellow flower, at least leave a name! Whose family's young master was born so well, how come I haven't seen it before..."

Su Yao doesn't go out for shopping often, but when he goes out to buy a youth group, he still meets this encounter.

It's all Fu Gezi's fault.

There is also a Youth League at home, but Fu Gezi is leaving.

The last time Su Yao was in the academy, he ate Fu Ling's meal for free, and when he was sick, he also ate Fu Ling's meal.

He thanked him seriously a few days ago, but Fu Gezi sent someone to return it, and said, it would be better to send some homemade food.

So in the past few days, Su Yao asked Cheng An to send some of the good things he did to Fu Zhai.

Su Yao wrapped red beans, lotus seed paste, egg yolk and fresh meat, and gave Fu Gezi a taste of each.After Fu Gezi ate it, he sent someone to ask for another bite.

Su Yao gave him the rest.

As a result, I wanted to eat today, but I was too lazy to make it, so I had to go out and buy it.

The laughter of the vendors behind him was quite loud, Su Yao purposely ran a street away, and picked out a small, inconspicuous stall, before he picked out a few.

For several days in a row, there was slanting wind and drizzle, and the weather was wet with clothes. Su Yao walked home slowly, turned around the alley, but saw Xie Lang knocking on the door.

There are two small doors in Su Yao's back house, one in the back yard and one in the front yard.

Xie Lang was waiting at the small gate in the front yard, a beautiful crabapple tree, with tender petals falling leisurely to the ground.

He only had a beaming expression: "I have something very good to tell Brother Su, you have to call Ah Yan."

Ah Yan and Mrs. Zhu went to the countryside to play again.

Zhu Niangzi bought land last time and said she wanted to take a look at the crops. Ah Yan seemed to like the fields very much, so she followed.

Su Yao had vaguely guessed it, but couldn't believe it: "Could it be possible, have you tried Ah Yan's?"

"What more."

Xie Lang lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "There are 61 students in total, ten of them are enrolled, and only two are top grades. One of them is Ah Yan. Now that several masters are clamoring to see him, do you think it is a great good thing?"

Su Yao was stunned.

It was indeed a great thing, he just couldn't believe it.

Su Yao couldn't help asking again: "Really? Don't have the same name and surname, or..."

"Before I came, I thought, you must not believe it, and you guessed right."

Xie Lang smiled and took a sip of tea, "Just wait until tomorrow when the grades will be officially released. Every year there are rough stones with better qualifications, but this year they are rough jade. Ah Yan will probably go directly to C to work."

Classes in Qingshi Academy are divided into Class A, Upper B, Lower B, Upper C, Lower C, and D.

After taking the small test and being admitted to the hospital, Su Yao was admitted directly to C, and then Su Yao realized that Ah Yan really did a great job.

Then when you came back from the exam, you still looked downcast?

At that time, Su Yao was afraid that he would be sad, so she cooked big dishes for many days to coax him.

Pork ribs soup, braised elbows, old chicken soup, roast duck, and steamed fish were arranged for several days, but Ah Yan actually got a top score in the exam.

Su Yao paused, and suddenly thought of——

When a bully comes out of the examination room and says he didn't pass the exam, he usually gets a 98 in the exam; only a scumbag says he didn't pass the exam, he gets a 58 in the exam.

truth.

After sighing, Su Yaole blossomed.

Happy.

Su Yao was so happy that he didn't know what to do for a while, so he turned around several times and decided to go shopping.

Ah Yan is very good at eating spicy food, and he also likes to eat Sichuan cuisine. Su Yao is afraid that he will get angry, so he refuses to cook more on weekdays, so he just took the opportunity to cook a big table for him.

He sketched out a menu in his mind, and invited Xie Lang to have dinner, but Xie Lang declined: "I'm taking a break from my busy schedule, so I'll come here, and the academy will discuss matters later."

He said helplessly: "Master Xu and Master Lu Shan have been arguing for many days about who will be the first in this small test, and today I think we will have a conclusion."

Su Yao asked, "The first name?"

"Originally Master Xu directly decided on Ah Yan."

Xie Lang paused, "But this time, I invited that Mr. Fu to review the examination papers. He said that Mr. Lu and that Mr. Fu talked about something, so he pushed the fifth son of the Shang family, and Shang Yunchao was the leader. name."

"Of course Mr. Xu refuses. He has an upright temper and has been citing scriptures and commenting with the head of the mountain for many days. Since the results are to be released tomorrow, today must be settled."

Xie Lang took a deep look at Su Yao, and said in a slightly serious tone, "The head of the mountain seems to value this Mr. Fu very much. I'm afraid this name will not belong to Ah Yan."

Xie Lang himself liked Ah Yan's articles better, and had some intentions to sue Su Yao, but Su Yao just froze when he said something.

Shang Yunchao?

As someone who has read the original book, this name is too familiar.

One of the most important right-hand men after the little emperor's grandson ascended the throne, he ascended the pavilion to pay homage to the prime minister, and will be one of the sixteen ministers of the Xuanhua Pavilion in the future.

A great hero who has gone down in history.

So it's Ah Yan's classmate!

Su Yao can only be filled with honor: Why is this still fighting for the top spot? Isn't it normal for such a young big shot to overwhelm him?

He sighed a little more: It turns out that Ah Yan is so outstanding, there are times when he can compete with such a big man.

Seeing that Su Yao didn't care, and was even slightly surprised, Xie Lang couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Naturally, Su Yao couldn't talk to him about these things, so he just smiled gently: "Since ancient times, there has been no one in literature, and it is common for the examiners to have different preferences. It is reasonable for the masters and Mr. Fu to judge who is the first. of."

Xie Lang felt that such a veiled complaint was not an upright act, and seeing that Su Yao was so indifferent, he became more and more uncomfortable.

He paused, and could only smile perfunctorily: "Master Xu has been theoretically judging for many days about everyone's articles from the past and present, and it gave me a headache. It's about to be decided today, let's see who wins."

Hearing this, Su Yao thought about it for a while: "Students of the academy must have many good articles on weekdays."

"Poetry and prose is a must test for scholars today." Xie Lang said, "Nowadays, the students in Class A are still young, and they are quite proud of pointing out the country. They often write articles to comment on current events. Master Xu just likes these articles that help the world... ..."

He talked for a while, but stopped: "Why do you ask this suddenly?"

Su Yao only came up with a good idea to publish a new book.

He whispered to Xie Lang, but Xie Lang smiled: "It's a good idea, I'm afraid Mr. Xu disagrees. He is old-fashioned, and he will definitely criticize you as an act of gaining fame."

"I really don't have the heart to catch fame."

Su Yao smiled, "The desire to make money is true. The small exams in the academy test writing poems and odes every year, but people outside have never even seen the pen and ink of the students of the academy. How can others take the exam?"

What Su Yao wanted was to compile the good articles written by the students of Qingshi Academy into a collection of anthologies and print them into books.

These days, how could there not be a tutorial book like "Complete Score Composition for Middle School Students"?

Xie Lang saw that he was serious, so he just smiled: "It stands to reason that this is a good thing. Qingshi Academy has a great reputation, but students are famous, and sooner or later they have to rely on their own articles. Nowadays, scientific examinations are getting more and more difficult. If you lose the rank, you can also be known by the nobles, and you can be an aide, and then find an opportunity to become an official."

"only……"

Xie Lang seemed to be phrasing, "Nowadays, the court situation is unclear. The head of the mountain never likes students to show off, and Mr. Xu is more pragmatic. I'm afraid that what articles should be published and what should not be published, so we must carefully grasp it."

Su Yao only asked him: "I don't know much about these things. It is related to the reputation of Qingshi Academy. The content of the book must be read by people in the academy."

"I don't bother Brother Xie either, I just ask Brother Xie to help me ask someone who can talk, I'll just talk."

"What's the trouble between you and me?"

Xie Lang responded, but raised his eyebrows and smiled again, "If you think it's troublesome for me, then you can make clothes with me some other day."

Su Yao was startled, and heard him bring up the past again: "Last time your people ruined all my clothes, Boss Su will accompany me to make another one."

This is as it should be.

Xie Lang's clothes are expensive at first glance, and Su Yao still thinks about the dirty one last time, worrying that he can't make up for it.

Su Yao just responded, and Xie Lang looked around again: "Can't you see Cheng'an today?"

"Cheng An went to deliver dumplings to Mr. Fu." Su Yao said with a smile, "I made vegetarian dumplings at noon, and there are some more. Brother Xie, do you want to try it?"

Xie Lang just paused: "A field of spring leeks, one should eat leeks in spring."

He seemed to glance at Su Yao slightly, and frowned slightly: "Brother Su and Mr. Fu really know each other well?"

It seems that Xie Lang and Fu Gezi also asked this question when they met for the first time.

Su Yao's answer at the time was "Business contacts, it is inevitable to have more contacts."

now……

Su Yao paused.

Now, it seems to be much more familiar than then.

But what does this have to do with asking Xie Lang to stay and eat dumplings?

Su Yaozheng didn't understand why, but Xie Lang smiled again: "Forget it, I won't eat."

He glanced at Su Yao, and said with a smile: "I'll find you to make clothes someday, you must come."

Su Yao nodded again and sent him away.

As soon as Fang sat down, he saw Cheng An coming back, and looked out: "Young master, Master Xie is here again?"

Su Yao teased him: "It's a coincidence that you escaped."

Cheng An lowered his eyes, muttered something, and then raised his head and replied: "I sent the dumplings to Mr. Fu, Mr. Fu said, thank you, young master."

Every time Su Yao delivered food to Fu Gezi recently, he always got this sentence.

However, according to Fu Gezi's temperament, saying "thank you" in a neutral manner is already a great way to save face.

Su Yao didn't dare to think about the politeness next to him.

It's fine if you don't dislike it.

Su Yao said "Yes", and Cheng An continued: "I also went to Mr. Xu's house. Mr. Xu said that the first draft is indeed available, please have a look."

After all, he took out a stack of drawings.

Su Yao hurriedly took it, but saw Cheng Anton hesitating.

Su Yao couldn't help asking: "What else did Mr. Xu say?"

Cheng An was silent, but had no choice but to open his mouth: "Mr. Xu asked, why didn't you pick up the drawing?"

A good habit taught by Fu Ling, Cheng An never hides his words or lies when passing messages back and forth.

Cheng An didn't want to say it, but Su Yao asked, and he had to say it.

In fact, he has said it very succinctly.

Xu Ze was three points disappointed, three points forbearance, and asked this sentence with a look of disappointment on his face.

At that time, Cheng An felt that as long as he was not blind, he could tell that Xu Ze was interested in Su Yao.

Although Su Yao is not blind, he did not see Xu Ze's appearance.

So he just said: "Ah Yan went to the countryside with him, Qi Bo is helping Zhu Liulang in the shop, someone has to watch the shop."

Cheng An is silent.

The biggest advantage of Boss Su's temperament is that he doesn't have to worry about being abducted.

But with this temperament, my son seems to be unable to run away.

Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we've been sending and receiving food, and we haven't seen any substantial progress?

Cheng An frowned: Boss Su seems to have gotten a little fatter, is it progress?