The Heart of the Red Chamber

Seeing that Wang Ren was puzzled, Chen Jingrong explained: "He is also one of my students, you can just call him Senior Brother!"

Wang Ren pondered and guessed that it was not that simple, but since Chen Jingrong didn't say much, he didn't ask any more questions, so he waited in the room with peace of mind.

After a while, that Mr. Li came over. He looked thirteen or fourteen years old, and his stature was already relatively tall. He was dressed in a dark fox fur, which made him look tall and handsome.

"Student Li Ruoan pays respects to the teacher!" He bowed deeply and saluted.

Chen Jingrong said with a careless expression: "There is no need to be too polite! Just in time, you will also meet your junior brother Wang Ren!"

Wang Ren stood up early, cupped his fists and made a bow: "Wang Ren has met senior brother!"

Li Ruo'an had known about Wang Ren's existence for a long time, so he also clasped his fists together: "It turned out to be a younger brother. I heard that the teacher accepted a closed disciple, and now I can see him!"

Wang Ren was taken aback, closed door disciple, did Chen Jingrong mention this?He subconsciously glanced at Chen Jingrong, only to see Chen Jingrong twirling his beard and smiling slightly, not at all surprised. His heart moved, but he quickly returned to normal: "This is the first time I've seen senior brother, if you know The senior brother is also in Chang'an, so the senior should have paid a visit!"

"Junior Brother is so angry!" Li Ruo'an said with a smile, "Junior Brother has just started, it's time to recite!"

Wang Ren also smiled and said: "Senior brother said this, the so-called insight into world affairs is knowledge, and understanding of human feelings is writing. It can be said that senior brother and senior brother hit it off right away. If you don't move around all the time, won't you be unfamiliar with each other?"

Chen Jingrong watched the two students come and go, just smiled and drank tea, and then said: "Okay, don't play tricks here, although it is the first time for you two to meet, but since it is Classmate, Ren'er is younger, if it's convenient for you, just take care of her!"

"Mr. is really eccentric. When the students worshiped under Mr., Mr. was not so kind and asked a few brothers to help!" Li Ruo'an laughed.

Chen Jingrong gave him a sideways glance, with a hint of sarcasm on the corner of his mouth: "Who made you less likable than Ren'er!"

As soon as these words came out, there was really nothing to say!Li Ruo'an said a few auspicious words with a smile, and with a little sorrow, he said that since he was admitted to the granary student, the husband didn't care about him. Could it be that there was something wrong with him that made the husband dislike him? and so on.

Chen Jingrong is still doing Tai Chi with a smile on his face. You are a student and don’t want to ask your teacher for advice. Could it be that you want me, a teacher, to come to your door? Could it be that your father asked me, a gentleman, to be your teacher in Li’s house?

After you and I have been together for a while, Wang Ren basically understands. Although he doesn’t know whose family this Li Ruo’an is, after all, there are quite a lot of officials with the surname Li in Chang’an. It was an exchange of benefits, or it was because of the friendship between the elders, but Chen Jingrong himself didn't care much about Li Ruo'an.However, Li Ruo'an is also a genius child prodigy. After studying with Chen Jingrong for a few years, he passed the hospital examination, county examination, and government examination all the way. For various reasons, Chen Jingrong threw away his hand and left it alone.

After talking for a while, Chen Jingrong said straight away: "Ruo'an, haven't you been very busy all the time, are you okay today?"

Li Ruo'an smiled awkwardly. He knew that he didn't like this teacher, but he didn't expect Chen Jingrong to not give him face. Of course, Chen Jingrong never gave anyone face. A prince of a different surname with real power, an extremely capable person, ended up offending him, and he didn't take advantage of it, but he was scolded by Chen Jingrong. The generation has been ruined all over the place, and the king of Dongping County was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and made a fuss in front of the imperial court. As a result, Chen Jingrong insisted on relying on his three-inch tongue to fool the former emperor who wanted to punish him. The unlucky Dongping County King was also fined a year's salary.Once this happened, no one dared to provoke Chen Jingrong casually.

In particular, although the Li family and the Chen family had a little friendship, Li Ruo'an knew that Chen Jingrong and his father seemed to have an old grievance, so he reluctantly accepted him as a student, and it was only natural that he would not want to see him again.So I had no choice but to say with a dry smile: "What the teacher said is that the students still have appointments with others, so let's say goodbye!"

Chen Jingrong waved his hand lazily: "Since you have an appointment with someone, then go! You are not too young now, and you have a lot of things to do. From now on, if you have nothing to do with me, don't come here!" Of course, if you have something to do, go Do your business, let alone come!

Li Ruo'an almost walked away in despair, Wang Ren waited until Li Ruo'an left, he leaned over and asked gossipingly: "Sir, Senior Brother Li is a little strange, I wonder which family he is from?"

Chen Jingrong snorted softly: "You only know a few people now, who is unfamiliar! However, Li Ruo'an, you will probably have many contacts in the future. His father, Li Yu, is the right servant of the household department, and he is most likely to take over. Hubu Shang's characters are quite sacred. However, this is all for the future. Before you are admitted to the scholar, you don't need to worry about the interpersonal relationship. When you have fame, then , you are the one who bothers you!"

Wang Ren hurriedly smiled and said, "When the time comes, won't there be sir to guide you? What's bothering the students?"

"Sir, am I free? I need to give advice on such trivial matters!" Chen Jingrong seemed angry, but in fact he was quite happy.

While coaxing Chen Jingrong to his heart's content, Chen Zhong said outside: "Second Master, it's already noon, do you want to arrange dinner?"

Chen Jingrong looked at the sky, and it was really late, so he directly ordered: "Then set the meal, let's put it in the outer room!"

"Yes, Second Master!" Chen Zhong hurriedly brought up the food with his servants and placed it outside.

Wang Ren was already used to this. When he came to class before, he usually came over early in the morning, had lunch at the Chen Mansion, listened to Chen Jingrong's lectures in the afternoon, and had some snacks between classes. Half the house.

The Chen family's ancestral home is in Hangzhou. Although they have been in Chang'an for a long time, their taste is still light and sweet. Wang Ren was also a southerner in his previous life. Therefore, his taste is quite similar to that of the Chen family. It is indeed fate that Chen Jingrong laughed.Now on the table, there is a steamed shad, a plate of stir-fried choy sum, a bowl of Longjing shrimp, a bowl of honey sauce, a bowl of fish soup, a plate of cold radish sprouts, and a plate of bad duck tongue.

Chen Jingrong said with a smile: "I said it was to add a few dishes that you like, who would have known that this table is full of your favorite food, Ren'er, this Chen Zhong doesn't care so much about his master. !"

Wang Ren said with a bit of coquettishness: "Isn't it for your sake, sir? Otherwise, Uncle Zhong wouldn't be so dedicated. Uncle Zhong definitely doesn't know what Senior Brother Li likes to eat before." , don’t you think so?”

"Okay, you're always right! Let's eat, I can't stop you!" Chen Jingrong scolded with a smile.

The two of them didn't need a maid to serve them, and they ate by themselves. Chen Jingrong was very caring for Wang Ren, and would give Wang Ren a chopstick dish from time to time. A bowl of soup.

When Chen Zhong saw it outside, his eyes were almost filled with tears. The Second Master was so old, but there was no one behind him. Such a caring student, how could he not be the Second Master's son!