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On the first night when Luo's brothers and sisters came to Chang'an City, they lived in Ma's guest house. Ma Silang opened two upper rooms for them, Luo Yong took Wulang and Liulang to live in one, and the aunt took Si Niang and Qi Niang. live in one room.

At dusk, after the closed door drum was knocked, the doors of all the workshops in Chang'an City were locked. When night fell, many shops in the streets around Ma's guest house were lit with oil lamps and hung up lanterns. .

I heard that oil paper was expensive in the past, and everyone didn't use lanterns as much as they do now. Now, even the most common snack shop has to hang two lanterns outside the shop.

I heard that the Lantern Festival in the past two years has been much more lively than before. There are more lanterns on the streets than before. Not only are there lanterns on the streets outside, but many people in the street have made their own lanterns and hung them up.

"Sanlang is coming to Beijing this time, but is he planning to settle in Chang'an City?"

In Ma's guest house, Ma Silang entertained Luo Yong in the hall on the second floor. On the tea table, a small stove was cooking hot tea. The Ma brothers and Luo Yong were each wrapped in a goose down pajamas, snuggled up on the soft couch, and in front of them was The tea smoke curled up, the melodious sound of the piano could be heard, and the goose down pajamas on her body still had a bit of acacia fragrance.

The environment and the atmosphere are really as good as they could be. No wonder their business here has always been so good. Even though many people have bought goose down pajamas at home, they often come to Ma's guest house when meeting friends. here.

"No." Luo Yong just slept for the whole afternoon. At this time, he was so affected by the atmosphere here that he felt a little sleepy again: "I will go back when the spring next year."

"This Chang'an city is so lively, once you get used to living here, you won't be willing to go back." Ma Feiyang said with a smile.

This guy always likes to be lively. When he was in Lishi County, he liked to play around with his friends. Now when he comes to Chang'an City, it's like that little mouse has entered the barn. He is happy all day long. , I can’t wait to wake up from my dream with a smile.

"Do you think everyone is like you?" Ma Silang said.

"You're still talking about me. At the beginning of spring this year, didn't you say you didn't want to leave?" Ma Feiyang immediately exposed his brother's background.

"Sanlang has settled on a place to live?" Ma Silang ignored him, he said to Luo Yong: "If you haven't settled yet, why don't you live in Ma's Firm? It's not too far to go to Taixue."

"I live in Feng'an Square." Luo Yong said.

"It's far away from Taixue over there." Ma Feiyang spoke again.

"It's okay, I'll ride Yan'er and fly there." Luo Yong said indifferently.

"It's better to buy a carriage. You are also an official of the imperial court now, and you always have to keep up with the pomp." Ma Feiyang said.

"It's just a small Cong Qipin." Luo Yong said with a smile: "I heard that there are officials who go to court every day, and there are some flying swallows."

A petty official like Luo Yong returns to court twice a month on the first and fifteenth day of the new year. What should he do at other times? Those who go to court every day are all of a higher grade than him.

Ma Feiyang thought about it, but there are also a few crazy people like that. Obviously, the family is not poor, but they want to ride Yanerfei to the court by themselves. Many people make fun of them for this matter. The more others laugh at them, the more they want to ride.

I heard that the emperor praised them a while ago, saying that people in Chang'an love horses so much. To buy a good horse, they donated large sums of money to those foreign countries. , and then rewarded each of them with an iron swallow, which is the iron Yanerfei, and the result...

Those guys are still riding on their own house. It turns out that the iron swallow is flying at home. It is said that it is a gift from a saint. How can it be used for riding? In fact, they think that the iron swallow is too heavy. I'm tired and don't like to use it.

How the emperor felt, no one knew, but Ma Feiyang felt that these officials should not even think about being promoted in three to five years.

Luo Yong made tea and chatted with the Ma brothers at the Ma's guest house, while Si Niang and the others went shopping with Mrs. Luo.

The aunt not only bought them a lot of food, but also took them to the tailor shop and bought them new clothes, which made the children very happy.

When they were sleeping at night, the two Wulang and Liulang were still pulling Luo Yong and nagging about how wonderful Chang'an City is.

Luo Yong just went in one ear and out the other, and fell asleep after listening to it. He fell asleep until the next morning when he remembered it. Living in Chang'an City, it is really difficult to sleep late in the morning. , this burst of drumming is persistently ringing, and they will not stop until they knock you out of bed.

The two Wulang and Liulang were still rolling and struggling on the kang, Luo Yong squinted his eyes and stretched out his hands outside the bed to find clothes to wear. He didn't forget that he was going to the Taixue Journal today.

After washing up, Luo Yong went to the front hall to have breakfast. The young couple from the Xu family smiled brightly when they saw him. Seeing that Luo Yong was in a very good mood this early in the morning, he ordered a set of dumplings. A bowl of soy milk, before sitting there eating a few mouthfuls, Qiao Junlin came looking for him.

"How do you know I'm here?" Luo Yong smiled.

"I figured it out." Qiao Junlin urged him, "Hurry up and eat, and don't be late for the first day of reporting, lest someone catch your pigtails and make use of the problem."

"You should eat some too." Luo Yong naturally knew this truth. If he reported to Taixue on the first day today, if he was caught by someone with a heart and cut off his pigtails, then it would be difficult for him to hold his head high in that school in the future. .

Qiao Junlin was also polite, took a pair of chopsticks from the chopstick holder next to him, and ate dumplings from Luo Yong's plate. After a few mouthfuls, Luo Yong didn't move his chopsticks anymore, so he simply picked up his bowl of soy milk to drink : "How many mouthfuls do you eat?"

"I haven't woken up yet." Luo Yong yawned and said.

Qiao Junlin finished the dumplings and soy milk in two or three bites, took out a handkerchief from his bosom to wipe his mouth, and then urged Luo Yong to leave quickly. His Yan Erfei stopped outside the shop, and Luo Yong pushed Mrs. Luo's car out. The two rode in tandem and went to Taixue.

It’s very cold in this winter, and Luo Yong didn’t wear gloves today. When the cold wind blows, his fingers will be frozen off. It's snowing.

After arriving at the place, Qiao Junlin went directly to the school, and Luo Yong had to report to the Imperial Academy first. Now these public schools in Chang'an City are under the supervision of the Imperial Academy.

The location of the Imperial College is not far from Taixue, and the officers over there are also very talkative. The whole entry procedure is very simple and efficient. Soon, Luo Yong returned to Taixue, and the few Ph.D. and the doctoral assistant, and then a doctor came forward and introduced him to the students.

The young people who can study in this Taixue probably have a good family background. Relatively speaking, the background of Luo Yong, the teaching assistant of Taixue, seems to be a bit humble.

However, Luo Yong's reputation is also there, not to mention that the course of arithmetic that he came to teach this time is the knowledge handed down from him, so the vast majority of students and teachers regard Luo Yong as a Ph.D. There is no objection to the position of teaching assistant, but this does not mean that no one will find fault. Just when Luo Yong was about to go up and introduce himself and say a few words, some of the students suddenly made trouble.

"Nowadays, anyone can come to Taixue to be a teacher." The atmosphere was pretty good at first, but suddenly someone raised his voice and said this, and the other students were also a little bit agitated. They are in their teens and 20s. When the excitement is not a big deal.

"I don't know what kind of person I am in the eyes of this student?" Faced with this sudden situation, Luo Yong was not timid. He smiled, walked up to the student's seat, and asked the student next to him with a smile. Said: "Does this person have good eyesight?"

The students next to him all looked a bit gloating. They didn't know whether they were waiting for the student who spoke to suffer, or for Luo Yong to lose face.

"What do you mean?" the student immediately asked angrily when Luo Yong said that his eyes were not good.

"How much do you think it is?" Luo Yong stretched out a finger and asked him.

"One." The student replied very disdainfully.

"What about this?" Luo Yong stretched out two fingers at this time.

"Two." The student looked a little impatient.

"What is one plus one?" Luo Yong stretched out three fingers at this time.

"Three." The boy said without thinking.

Luo Yong withdrew his fingers, smiled, and said, "The eyes are good, but the brain is not good."

All the students roared with laughter, and the student who was originally complacent and annoyed Luo Yong now had red cheeks, shame and indignation.

"Zhuzi is rude, Saburo should not take him seriously." At this time, an official who was also an assistant teacher of Taixue with Luo Yong stepped forward to smooth things over.

This man, Qiao Junlin, had told Luo Yong before that he himself was narrow-minded, and he was closer to those families who did not deal with Luo Yong. Suspicion of demeanor.

"I don't know what is serious and what is not serious in this Taixue?"

Luo Yong stood up from the student, patted his sleeves, and stood tall among the students sitting cross-legged. He looked back at the speaker, with a hint of sarcasm and disdain in his eyes .

The news that Luo Yong was going to teach at Taixue came back early in the morning. It seems that these people have also made some preparations for the day when he took office. If it weren't for the information Qiao Junlin provided him earlier, Luo Yong would probably be a teacher now. You can't even tell the difference between the enemy and yourself.

Think about the little kids at home, all of them only know that Chang'an City is good, that Chang'an City is bustling and bustling, but they don't know how many intrigues and ulterior motives are hidden behind the bustle and bustle.

In short, on the first day of employment, Luo Yong successfully established a tough image for himself.

In the next few days, there were many rumors about Luo Yong in this Taixue, and they all said that Luo Yong's coffin board was not in vain.