Silly Scholar's Wife
Chapter 34
"No, no, Mu Juren stay behind." Boss Luo stood in front of Mu Chenxi as soon as he dodged, and he bent down to salute and bowed to the end, "It's our Luo family's fault, and it's none of the Chen family's business. Come."
"Thousands of mistakes are our fault. I really didn't know that my sister would do something that would insult other people's reputation. It was our fault for coming to the door today. We apologize to the Mu family."
Boss Luo stood in front and refused to let Mu Chenxi pass by.If he went to the Chen family, his sister might have to go to court, and even be dismissed by the Chen family in anger.
He's remorseful now, he shouldn't have listened to his sister's one-sided words, he should go to Chen's house to ask for clarification before coming.
"It's all our fault, we apologize to Mu Juren."
"Yeah, we really didn't know there would be something humiliating, so please calm down Mu Juren."
A group of people surrounded Mu Chenxi to apologize, anxious and regretful in every way.They are all ordinary people, whoever has been in the government is still arguing with Mu Chenxi.
They were not confident that they would win, not to mention Mu Chenxi's claim that Luo Shi bullied his sister and insulted his innocence, even the shop opened by his family is not comparable to them.
"Brother, what are you afraid of? Let's ask my sister to see if it's what he said. If not, we don't need to bow our knees and apologize."
Luo Er has a bad temper and is a stunned young man. He can't see his family members being so humble.Mu Chenxi stared at Mu Chenxi and was about to speak, but Boss Luo slapped him on the head.
"You bastard, shut up." Boss Luo shook his hands in anger, he really didn't wink at all, "Who would talk about your sister's name, you have a long head."
Mu Chenxi saw that their faces changed in an instant, they stopped being aggressive and apologized instead, bowed their heads and spoke good words one by one, and didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
He looked back at Zhao Huan, looking for a solution.Zhao Huan met his eyes, saw that his eyes were full of puzzlement and bewilderment, and smiled to comfort him.
When Boss Luo apologized, Zhao Huan could tell that he wasn't lying, and Luo Er's words showed that they really didn't know the details.
So what?You can't just say that nothing happened because you don't know the situation. Who can you blame if you don't understand the situation? This can't be used as a reason to forgive them.
"Don't say that those who don't know are not guilty. If we didn't ask the Chen family to go to the Yamen to argue today, or if Chen Xi is a commoner like you, would you still admit your mistakes so readily and beg for forgiveness?"
Zhao Huan gave Boss Luo and the others a cold look. He couldn't say how bad and unreasonable these people are. If he and Mu Chenxi showed weakness, or if they were in a lower situation than them, even if they had reason, these people would not Will give up easily, and will definitely make a fuss.
The moment Zhao Huan heard that they were making trouble, Zhao Huan decided to make an example of them, so that everyone outside would know that they were not easy to bully.
Only then did he ask Mu Chenxi to let him mention the matter of the government's termination, so that everyone would know that Mu Chenxi's status as a person is not for display, and not everyone can despise it.
Zhao Huan has this self-confidence, Mu Chenxi's fame can help him shock the world, the government will not sit idly by, and will judge impartially if there is no bias.
This was precisely something that the Luo family and the Chen family could not accept. When they went to the court, they had to face the board according to the law and kneel down for trial, but Mu Chenxi didn't use anything.
He didn't believe that Mu Chenxi was at that station, and some people would say that he was stupid and be underestimated. He just took this opportunity to let people know about Mu Chenxi's situation, especially the government side. The benefits were not ordinary.
"I really know I was wrong." Boss Luo saw Zhao Huan's reluctance, and Mu Chenxi seemed to listen to Zhao Huan completely, and knelt down with a "plop", "We apologize, and I will bring my sister to make amends someday, just Let us go!"
"You don't need to kneel here, you will be kneeling in the courtroom later." When he was kneeling, Zhao Huan pulled Mu Chenxi out of the way. They couldn't bear kneeling.
At this moment, Zhao Huan suspected that this was a common problem of the ancients, and that's how they were taught. Otherwise, how could a dignified man kneel as soon as he said it.
Sure enough, seeing Boss Luo's actions, the others also knelt down and begged for forgiveness, and even dragged Luo Er, the dazed young man, to his knees.
"Ah!" Zhao Huan was helpless, he looked at Mu Chenhui and the others, and seeing them also showed an expression of embarrassment, the same mood as he is now.
"Alright, alright, you all get up."
Zhao Huan waved his hand, he didn't mean to do anything to them, he just took this opportunity to stop them from having troubles in the future, and at the same time put up a deterrent to others, lest there will always be troubles.
Boss Luo really had no choice but to take the worst strategy.He couldn't implicate the people who came with him, he couldn't let his sister go to court with him, and he couldn't implicate the Chen family. If he divorced his sister, things would be even worse.
The people who came with them also had the same thoughts. No matter whether they kowtow or bow, or what they want, they can't make trouble in the Yamen.
"Don't worry, I will teach my younger sister well when I go back, and I will bring her to the door to plead guilty some other day." Boss Luo's eyes were already red, and no matter what he tried to do, he wanted to smooth things over.
"Of course I have to apologize." A voice suddenly sounded, and a group of three people stood at the door of Muyixuan, and a middle-aged man said with an ugly expression.
"Are you all right?" Father Mu didn't care about other people's affairs, and came directly to look at Zhao Huan and the others, mainly Zhao Huan.
In Father Mu's eyes, although Zhao Huan is in good health, he is short and does not work like a farmer. He is a weakling in front of Mu Chenhui and the others, so it is natural to accept his care first, followed by Mu Chenxi.
"It's okay, we're fine." Zhao Huan said a little embarrassed seeing that he came over and cared about himself first, even ignoring his own son.
In his heart, he was very pleased with Mu's actions, and he didn't know what image he was in Mu's eyes. It can be said that this misunderstanding was good, and they got closer to each other invisibly.
"Father, we're fine." Mu Chenhui and the others gathered around and told Father Mu about the situation, letting him understand the current situation.
On the other hand, Father Chen also talked to Boss Luo and the others, "How can you come here to make trouble? If your sister is really wronged, our family will just sit back and watch?"
He lost all face today, not only was he put together by the third younger brother's family, but also hurt his in-law relationship with the Mu family.Then he was annoyed by his daughter-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law's bad words, and now with Boss Luo and the others coming to make trouble, he didn't know how to make amends to the Mu family.
"If you have any dissatisfaction, you should go to my Chen family and talk about it. Your sister is now our Chen family's daughter-in-law. Even if you need to seek justice for something, you should come forward. How can you rush to the door without even saying hello?"
Father Chen scolded them mercilessly, seeing that they all let him talk with their heads slumped, he felt that it was meaningless to say anything, this was the eldest daughter-in-law's fault, and he couldn't just let it go.
"Brother Mu." He came to Father Mu, and just as he was about to say something, he was stopped by Father Mu, "Don't make amends to me anymore, I can't let you always bear the burden of these children's troubles."
"You all go get busy, I'll have a good chat with you Uncle Chen." Father Mu told Zhao Huan and the others to go about their own business. Just now Zhao Huan had signaled him to deal with it, and he already had a plan in mind.
"Uncle Chen, let's go to work first." Mu Chenhui and the others did not lose their manners in this situation, and they greeted each other before returning to the backyard.
Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi also gave a salute when they saw the salute, and walked towards Chen Mingrui who was standing by the door, "Brother Chen, why are you here?" Zhao Huan asked.
"Brother Mingrui, long time no see." Mu Chenxi was pleasantly surprised, and was closer to him than others.
"I'm free today, I'm going to pay a visit, I don't want you to be in the town." Chen Mingrui said with a smile, after watching a lively scene just now, "You have a lot to do, and you even opened a shop."
"Hehe." Zhao Huan smiled, knowing that he meant something, Boss Luo and the others didn't want to mention those spoilers just now, "Earn a little money to support the family, can't you just eat the mountain?"
"Yes! I'm also here to find a job." Chen Mingrui said, seeing Mu Chenxi and the others were very happy, "I heard that your business is doing well, congratulations."
"It's okay." Zhao Huan saw that Papa Mu had taken everyone away, and led Chen Mingrui around the shop, "Brother Chen, see how it goes, do you like it? I'll give you a gift."
Chen Mingrui looked at the decorations in the shop, it was the first time he had seen novelty and uniqueness, he picked up this one to have a look, touched that one carefully for a closer look.
Hearing Zhao Huan's words, he turned around and said with a smile: "I haven't given you a congratulatory gift yet for opening your shop, how can I let you spend money first."
"It's okay, it's all done by my wife." Mu Chenxi was in high spirits, and she was about to praise her daughter-in-law as usual, but was dismissed by Zhao Huan.
"Hurry up and make tea for Brother Chen. We'll have a good talk in the backyard later." Zhao Huan patted his arm, "Don't forget to serve some fruits and pastries to entertain the guests."
"Yes, I see." Mu Chenxi readily agreed, and looked at Chen Mingrui with a smile, "Brother Mingrui, I'll make you some tea first, and I'll drink it later."
"Okay, thank you Chen Xi." Their relationship has become so good that they call them by their first names. Chen Mingrui is not polite to them at all. After seeing him leave, he said to Zhao Huan: "Chen Xi is much more lively than when he just came back, but he is more serious and dignified than before. So much better."
"As long as he's happy, don't stick to him." Zhao Huan said with a smile. He didn't know what Mu Chenxi was like before, but the current appearance is pleasing, and that's enough.
Under Zhao Huan's insistence, Chen Mingrui chose a Bailan ornament.The branches and leaves are as green as bamboo, the flowers are white and flawless, the elegance and chic are refreshing, and the mood is quiet and leisurely.
He fell in love with it at the first sight, held it in his hand fondly, and said with joy in his tone: "This flower is so beautiful, it's the first time I've seen it, I don't know what it will really be like?"
"Almost." Zhao Huan blinked. Can he say that he doesn't know what ancient orchids look like?I can only vaguely mention it in the past.
"Brother Mingrui, come over for tea." Seeing them coming, Mu Chenxi greeted them to sit down, and poured a cup of tea for each of them, "Daughter-in-law, I brought out all the pastries and fruits."
"That's right." Zhao Huan looked at a table and looked at Chen Mingrui with a smile, "Chen Xi brought out all our family's things to entertain you. If it was someone else, he would not be so active."
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui laughed heartily, and said to them: "To tell you the truth, this is the first time someone treats me like this!"
He is a little bit embarrassed, he doesn't need to mention the past, but he can't forget it. It is also an important experience in his life, and he will always keep it in his heart to motivate himself to make progress.
There are secret things in everyone's heart, some are secrets and some are unwilling to mention, Zhao Huan understands and understands, so he changes the topic.
"Brother Chen, what are you looking for?" Zhao Huan asked.
It's easy for him to find a job as a man now, even if he wants to be an official, as long as he works well, it's okay, but Zhao Huan feels that he won't do it.
"I found an academy to teach, and it's in your town." Chen Mingrui said, that's why he came here and was able to visit him, "We will be closer in the future, and we can come and go frequently, which is really a great blessing. "
"Academy, how can there be an academy here?" Zhao Huan was confused by what he said, and Mu Chenhui told him that there were only two schools in the town, "Why didn't we hear that the academy was built in the town?"
Chen Mingrui put down the teacup in his hand, looked at them in surprise, and understood as soon as his thoughts turned.Although his family is in Linzhen, it is not far from here, and he has never heard of the establishment of an academy.
It was only when he went to the county seat and heard about it from his former classmates that he knew there was such an academy.It is newly built and has not yet begun to recruit students. Now it is recruiting teachers in the county, and the school will start teaching next month.
"It's a newly built academy. I heard it's a great Confucian from Rongdu. His family is from the county. Now he returns to his hometown and wants to teach his fathers and fellow villagers. It can be regarded as repaying the land and cultivating talents for the court."
Chen Mingrui explained: "There is a county school and two other academies in the county seat, and they may not want to have a gap with them in terms of enrollment, so the academy was built here, far away from the county seat, and it was not publicized. It should be to avoid suspicion. mean."
"Heh." Zhao Huan smiled and shook his head incomprehensibly, "Sooner or later, people will know. Even if you don't want to compete with the county school and other academies, the name of Great Confucianism won't make people rush to come and study."
"Yeah." Chen Mingrui also laughed, feeling so boring, "Even if you don't ask for answers in terms of knowledge, you can't help but think about your connections. After many years in Rongdu Guozijian, will there be less interpersonal relationships?"
In ancient times, teachers were equal to fathers, even if they did not have this title, as long as they were students taught by the same master, they would automatically be classified as one faction, and the phenomenon of clique formation was particularly serious.
At the same time, it is also their contacts, whether they are officials or doing things in private, they can use them to make friends and help each other so that they can go higher and farther in the future.
"Only the return of Rongdu will cause many people to cling to it. In addition, the number of students taught, maybe some people are still in high positions. If they can study in this academy, they can take this opportunity to climb Make friends." Zhao Huan said.
He looked at Chen Mingrui and smiled, and said pointedly: "I don't know what brother Chen's plan is, will he enter the academy?"
"Of course it is to enter the academy." Chen Mingrui smiled mysteriously, pretending to be profound and correct, "Did you forget what I said when you came back?"
He looked at Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi with a smile on his face, seeing how they reacted, he couldn't help but smile secretly, he was sure that they would not be able to guess.
Sure enough, Zhao Huanning carefully recalled what Chen Mingrui said on the way back and what plans he had for him in the future.
"Daughter-in-law." Seeing him frowning again, Mu Chenxi glared at Chen Mingrui displeasedly, pulled Zhao Huan's sleeve and said, "Didn't he say that he wants to teach, he must be a teacher in an academy, what's the guesswork?" .”
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui laughed out loud. This Mu Chenxi is really smart. He still remembers things after so long. If others knew about it, they would guess that he would try to get into an academy instead of becoming a teacher.
"Chen Xi!" He laughed, and couldn't help regretting again, "It would be great if you didn't get hurt, it's just that you didn't get nominated for the gold list last time, and if you have this opportunity to accumulate some time, you will definitely be in high school next time."
"It doesn't matter if you win or not." Mu Chenxi didn't think so, looking at Zhao Huan with joy in his eyes, "My wife said, it doesn't matter if you don't take the exam or not, as long as you do what you like. I like to study. Don’t read it if you don’t like it, there is no need to force yourself.”
He looked at Chen Mingrui shyly, as if he was showing off, but also as if he was refuting what he said was wrong.What the daughter-in-law said was the truth, and it was for his own good, and he didn't listen to what others said.
"I also want to send Chenxi to study." Zhao Huan said.
He told Chen Mingrui about the situation, but no one accepted Mu Chenxi's situation.He didn't want to use other methods, such as giving more money or asking someone to find a relationship, because he was afraid that Mu Chenxi would be wronged if he sent it in like this, and others would not teach him well.
In fact, Zhao Huan's heart is complicated now, his current life is good, he and Mu Chenxi both like it.If it is sent to study, Mu Chenxi will come into contact with more and more things and people, and changes will inevitably occur.
Even if he doesn't restore his memory, he will be exposed to education and some complicated relationships again, and he doesn't know how much his thinking will change in the future. Whether they will still get along like this and get so close at that time, no one can predict.
But he can't let Mu Chenxi live like this for the rest of his life just because he likes it.Although they are all happy now, what about the future?As time goes by, will there be any new changes?
He kept these words in his heart all the time, and Zhao Huan confides his heart for the first time today for Mu Chenxi, "If it can be good for Chenxi, I still have to give it a try. It would be best if I can send him to study, and I will regret it if I can't."
This is the last effort, Zhao Huan can have a clear conscience in the future, and it can be regarded as leaving everything to fate, as long as he goes along.
At any time, Zhao Huan is sure to control his life.I have never been afraid of such hardships in modern times, and now I am naturally even more fearless.
He just fell in love with this warm and homely feeling after being accompanied by Mu Chenxi.There is some reluctance, nostalgia cannot be exempted, but he believes in one sentence: It is not yours, and you cannot force it after all.
"Daughter-in-law." Mu Chenxi keenly sensed that Zhao Huan was wrong, and moved towards him, "I don't want to go to school, I can do it at home, and I can go to the study."
He listed his reluctance one by one, not wanting to be separated from Zhao Huan, and talked about all the benefits of being at home. He looked at Zhao Huan with burning eyes and said: "I will miss my wife."
"Well, I'll miss you too." Zhao Huan didn't have time to sigh anymore, seeing that he was a little disgusted with going to study now, "Didn't you say you want to protect me? If you read more, you will understand a lot of truths if you have a master to teach you. Then no one will dare to bully us."
"But no one taught me?" Mu Chenxi said unwillingly. She still didn't want to leave Zhao Huan to study, so she used this sentence to block Zhao Huan.
"We won't go unless we are taught." Zhao Huan said with a smile. He could see Mu Chenxi's thoughts clearly and didn't try to point them out. "Now Chenxi is very good at reasoning. It's just that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. We can't beat everyone. , That's why we need to learn more. It's not that some people often say that we live to learn, even if no one teaches us to learn by ourselves, we can't relax for a moment, so that we can control our life."
Chen Mingrui watched their interaction from the sidelines, feeling extremely emotional: Mu Chenxi is so lucky to have such a good wife after missing the imperial examination.
If others looked at Mu Chenxi's current appearance, they would definitely not think that he could recover from the past or be able to learn something again and live up to this life.
On the other hand, Zhao Huan thought far-reachingly. Now Mu Chenxi can live a normal life, but her thinking is always not sound.Just like a child's IQ, even if you can live this life safely and happily, it is still an incomplete life.
The warm wind blew past, rustling the branches and leaves above her head, blowing away Mu Chenxi's grievances and returning Zhao Huan's attention.
He smiled apologetically at Chen Mingrui: "I'm sorry, I neglected Brother Chen, drink tea."
Zhao Huan refilled a cup of tea for him, but Mu Chenxi looked up at the jujubes on the tree and said happily, "Daughter-in-law, the jujubes are almost ripe."
"Well, you can eat it next month. The old shopkeeper who sold the shop said it was crispy and sweet." Zhao Huan said with a smile, and after a while, his attention turned to the dates again.
"This small courtyard is nice, comfortable and elegant." Chen Mingrui said.
"Well, the shopkeeper used to be a foreigner. He lived here and took care of it very well." Zhao Huan said, suddenly felt that he had strayed from the topic, looked at Mu Chenxi and said with a smile: "Brother Chen went to the academy to do it as Chen Xi said. Master?"
"Yeah!" Chen Mingrui sighed a little, luck came after he failed the ranking, "I went to the county to find an academy, but I didn't expect to hear about this, so I inquired about it, and it happened that they were recruiting teachers and preparing to open the academy to teach."
Therefore, Chen Mingrui found a place to take the exam and passed the assessment to become the master of the academy. It was already a month ago, and he only came to the academy to assist in the enrollment matters in the past few days, and only then did he have the opportunity to visit.
After Zhao Huan confirmed this, he wanted to ask Chen Mingrui to ask if he could send Mu Chenxi there. Before he could speak, Chen Mingrui spoke first.
"If Chen Xi is going, this shouldn't work." Chen Mingrui said.
It's not his reality, but the world is like this, you can't take the imperial examination to enter the academy, no one will accept it.Those masters are all proud of teaching outstanding students, who will teach Mu Chenxi, a student who can't make them famous.
He was also worried about Mu Chenxi, and after thinking about it, he said to Zhao Huan: "If I go back and ask, I will definitely be rejected. Why don't you follow me to see the head of the mountain tomorrow and let him see Chen Xi with his own eyes. It's useless to object."
"Okay, then let's go and see tomorrow. Success or failure is not that important. I just want to fight for Chenxi." Zhao Huan said, reaching out to tidy up Mu Chenxi, whose hair was blown by the wind, "Our Chenxi So handsome and smart, if that great Confucian doesn't like him, he's just pedantic for fame."
"Yes, he must be an annoying old man." Mu Chenxi nodded in agreement, looking at Zhao Huan with two big eyes, "My wife is pretty, let's not go to see that ugly old man."
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui was amused by him, and joked with him: "If you don't accept you, you will be hated, you will be an ugly old man, how can there be such a reason?"
Mu Chenxi didn't worry about this question at all, and talked eloquently: "People are kind and beautiful, but if they are not kind, they will not be beautiful. They are ugly."
"What if the heart is not beautiful, but the appearance is beautiful?" Chen Mingrui continued.
But he heard that Xu Daru was called a handsome man at a young age, and now he saw that he was handsome and handsome. In his 50s, he is well maintained and doesn't look old.
"It's just a skin. If he is proud of it, his reputation as a great scholar will be in vain." Mu Chenxi said casually, looking at Zhao Huan with a smile, "If it's about looks, he can't compare with me and my wife Son."
"Pfft." Zhao Huan snorted, looked at his stinky face, nodded at him and said, "You! You dare to say anything now, what about your etiquette, what about your gentleman? Don't let people say you Reading sage books for nothing."
"Chenxi's personality is much more pleasing than before, and you took good care of it." Chen Mingrui said, with Mu Chenxi's posture of silently studying hard before, who would have thought that he would have such a cheerful side.
"I heard that he has no friends all the time. It's because Brother Chen didn't dislike Chenxi's poor family and bad reputation, and took the initiative to date him. That's why he has a friend like you."
Zhao Huan heard Mu Chenhui tell a lot about the past. They were fine on the boat at that time, and Chen Mingrui also told a lot about Mu Chenxi's past. Otherwise, he wouldn't feel so sorry for Mu Chenxi.
His family is poor and no one thinks highly of him, and he devotes himself to studying and has no understanding of the world, so he is almost a social waste.Later, his reputation was almost ruined, and there were even fewer people who were willing to get close to him, and he didn't care about it, so that he had no other friends except Chen Mingrui.
They chatted for a while, Chen Mingrui got up and said goodbye: "I only had time to visit by posting the enrollment notice in the town, and now I have to go back to the academy."
"Okay, the academy is busy now, so we won't keep brother Chen anymore." Zhao Huan got up and wanted to see him off, and decided with him on the time to go to the academy tomorrow.
"In the middle of the day, I'm waiting at the gate of the academy." Chen Mingrui said, and tapped his head after speaking, "You see, I never mentioned the address of the academy, so where can you find me?"
"It's not too late to say now." Zhao Huan said with a smile. Chen Mingrui was only 20 years old, and he was already a standard adult in ancient times. "If you forget, I won't forget, and it won't delay things."
When they came back after sending Chen Mingrui off, Father Mu also walked to the door of the shop at this time, and told them that the matter had been resolved, both the Luo family and the Chen family had apologized, and the matter was over.
As for Luo Shi's visit to make amends, he blocked him.Seeing her wasn't disturbing enough, and everyone felt uncomfortable when they came here, so there was no need for her to come.
Zhao Huan naturally wouldn't say anything, since it was handed over to Father Mu, he just didn't care, and the result didn't matter.
On the second day, Zhao Huan took Mu Chenxi to the academy.It's on the official road leading to the county seat, just a few miles away from the entrance of the town, not too far from their shop, and the mule cart only takes less than two quarters of an hour.
"Brother Mingrui." Mu Chenxi saw Chen Mingrui from afar and waved his hand.
"Yuanyang Academy." Zhao Huan read out softly.
"Our academy is very big, and it took several years to build it." Chen Mingrui told Zhao Huan that now he is the master of the academy and has learned something about it. "The construction started when Xu Shanzhang didn't come back, and it was officially completed when he came back last year. .”
Many people outside the academy are signing up. Judging by the situation, it doesn't look like a newly opened academy. It should be an old academy with a reputation and a history of many years.
From the name of the academy just now, Zhao Huan had a premonition that Mu Chenxi's enrollment would not go well, and he might be rejected straight away.
Under the leadership of Chen Mingrui, they registered at the concierge. Chen Mingrui said: "Look at how many people signed up here, they all came for our mountain chief. Our mountain chief also invited many famous masters to come to teach, They couldn’t be invited in many places, and they were pulled over by our mountain chief.”
He raised his eyebrows at Zhao Huan to show him the students who had signed up, and said, "Many of them came from afar, and I wondered why the head of the mountain didn't say that he would recruit students earlier. Now that the school is about to open, no one will know it." There are too many, who knows that we are ignorant, there are people who have known about this academy for a long time, and have been waiting to enroll, but we ordinary people don't know about it."
Zhao Huan nodded knowingly, who is the head of the mountain, those high-ranking dignitaries, or have some news about his connections!
I don't know how many people pay attention to his every move.Perhaps some people knew about the establishment of the Academy a few years ago, and they have been waiting to send the children of the family here.
No wonder the head of the mountain avoids suspicion and doesn't publicize it in the local area. It turns out that he has already made up his mind, and he doesn't even bother to compete with the local academies for students.
All the way through the gate of the academy, there are spacious roads and quiet paths in the middle, dotted with various beautiful scenery everywhere, flowers, plants and trees surrounded by corridors and pavilions, exquisite and magnificent.
If Zhao Huan didn't know it was an academy in advance, Zhao Huan would have thought he was visiting the Viewing Garden.The more he walked, the more relaxed he became. He no longer had any hope that Mu Chenxi could come in to study.
This kind of layout and careful construction, will it be a person who teaches and solves doubts and cultivates talents with a normal heart, and does not seek fame and wealth or gains and losses?
A person like Mu Chenxi would not meet their expectations, and in their eyes might not even be as good as an ordinary student, so how could they be willing to accept it.
Especially those famous scholars have extremely strict requirements on students, even if they don't accept them as their own disciples, they must pay attention to their qualifications when they teach.
Since he had no hope, he didn't hold it. He enjoyed the beautiful scenery, saw the ancient academy, and even chatted and laughed with Mu Chenxi, commenting on many aspects of the academy.
"Alas!" Chen Mingrui sighed, seeing the two of them leisurely and leisurely, he felt ashamed, "You guys can take it easy, my palms are sweating from nervousness, and I'm afraid that if the head of the mountain refuses, then there is really no hope. "
"What's the use of being nervous? Success or failure depends on fate." Seeing how nervous he was, Zhao Huan pretended to be profound and said, "If this mountain chief doesn't suit my liking, I'm still not at ease entrusting Chen Xi to your academy for teaching."
"Well, it's too ugly, it's too stupid, don't infect me." Mu Chenxi nodded and said seriously.
With a serious face, Zhao Huan secretly smiled at the sight. He told Mu Chenxi a lot last night.You must have a correct attitude, and show your humility depending on the situation. If you really don't accept it, you don't need to be humble.
Chen Mingrui was taken aback by what he said, and didn't understand what was going on. When he wanted to ask, he had already arrived at the gate of the mountain chief. He asked the attendants in front of the gate to report, and they were waiting outside.
"Oh, you have something to do, let's sit behind the screen." Jiang Haohai heard his old friend and attendant report that a teacher from the academy asked to see him, so he got up and took Jiang An to the back of the screen.
Seeing his behavior, Xu Shanchang shook his head and said with a smile: "You! You are still so cautious. Isn't it relaxing when you come out?"
"One moment and another moment are not the same." Jiang Haohai said with a smile, he didn't want to hear about the chores in his academy.
"Shan Zhang." Chen Mingrui and the others came in to greet him.
"Yeah." Xu Shanchang nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Mingrui told him the whole thing, without any concealment about Mu Chenxi's current situation, and pleaded: "I also ask the head of the mountain to accept him to study in our academy."
"Oh?" After hearing what he said, Xu Shanchang didn't answer, but looked at Mu Chenxi.
The eyes are clear and free from dirt, pure and innocent like a newborn baby.With a handsome and heroic appearance, and a tall and straight figure with an elegant temperament like bamboo, it makes people feel inferior to be looked at directly by him.
"It's a pity." He sighed, no matter how good the impression was, he couldn't accept it. "Our academy teaches and solves doubts, which makes people enlightened and sensible, but it is not a place for treatment. You should go to visit famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment, or like to study at home. It can also be learned, there is no need to go to the academy to find a way to restore memory, it is not suitable."
"We don't have to let him recover his memory, but we just have this hope." Zhao Huan saw that he really refused, but his tone was not harsh, so he wanted to fight, "Our main purpose is to send him to study, the academy is not to enlighten Zhiming Is it reasonable? We just let him learn the truth."
"How can he be so sensible?" Xu Shanchang laughed dumbfounded, looked at Zhao Huan and shook his head, "Our studies are heavy, and he can't adapt. The academy will not give him special treatment, you should take him back."
He almost said that we are a place to cultivate talents, not to watch your children.Even looking at the child, it can't be such a big child with variables.
If something happens in the academy, this responsibility cannot be taken.If he decides to accept people, no one will be willing to teach, and it may cause trouble.
"Why can't he be sensible?" Zhao Huan asked back, with a faint smile on his face, "He is smart, literate, and sensible, and he will not slack off when he likes to read. You need to have good looks and good looks , Wenya Ruyu abides by etiquette, how is she worse than others?"
"Could it be that your academy still has any standards for accepting students? If so, we are not bad." Zhao Huan said word by word.
Whether he accepts Mu Chenxi's study here is not important to him. After understanding this ancient rule, he really doesn't have much hope, but just fights for the opportunity.
Seeing that Xu's face was becoming increasingly ugly, he continued without any pause: "We are honest and kind people in Da Rong for identity. For family background, it's a little short, not a high-ranking family, but we can still afford the academy fee."
"Then, may I ask, are we better than many people?" Zhao Huan's eyes showed a hint of pleasure. The aggrieved ancient times are too depressing. If it is in modern times, there are a lot of special schools, so it is so hard to look around. people face.
"Master Shan, why don't you accept it? Is it because he can't learn the lessons taught by the academy, or is it for nothing that he learns, he can't make your academy famous, he can't make the teacher who teaches the lessons proud, and he can't enter the official career and be used by others. What exactly is it? Which one does it belong to, please ask the mountain chief to clarify."
"That's right, the head of the mountain said." Mu Chenxi was on the sidelines to help out, but he couldn't let his daughter-in-law fight for him alone. How about being an honest gentleman and being honest with each other?"
"I came to study for reason, why do you teach?" Mu Chenxi imitated Zhao Huan's appearance in the past, and shook his head at Xu Shanzhang, "Don't talk about principles, but pay attention to reality. I dare to admit that I have something to learn , do you dare to admit that you are a fame-seeker?"
Zhao Huan saw that Xu Shanchang's face turned ashen and gradually distorted following Mu Chenxi's last words, and felt that these words were a bit serious.
This era is this model, this is the rule, so we can't blame Xu Shanchang for not accepting it.It was because they were a little bit hard on others, he began to reflect on what he had done, and was a little startled by Mu Chenxi's sharp words.
His eyes glimpsed that Chen Mingrui's forehead was covered with sweat, and his nervous back was already stiff, guilt arose in his heart.If Chen Mingrui was involved because of their affairs, it really shouldn't be, he frowned angrily, why didn't he think more about it!
"Okay, Chen Xi, what you said is too much." Zhao Huan taught him a few words first, and listened to Mr. Xu Shan to relieve his anger, "The academy may have rules that we don't know, since we are not suitable, don't force it, hurry up to Shan Long apology."
"Sorry, Shanzhang." Zhao Huan then turned to him and saluted Xu Shanzhang, "We forced it. I heard that Shanzhang is a great Confucian who returned from Rongdu. He came here with great admiration and hope. He couldn't control his disappointment." Good mood, please forgive me."
"It's okay, he's a great Confucian and won't be angry." Mu Chenxi was too smart, and when he heard his wife asked him to apologize, he immediately knew what to say, "Shan Zhang, don't be angry."
"Thousands of mistakes are our fault. I really didn't know that my sister would do something that would insult other people's reputation. It was our fault for coming to the door today. We apologize to the Mu family."
Boss Luo stood in front and refused to let Mu Chenxi pass by.If he went to the Chen family, his sister might have to go to court, and even be dismissed by the Chen family in anger.
He's remorseful now, he shouldn't have listened to his sister's one-sided words, he should go to Chen's house to ask for clarification before coming.
"It's all our fault, we apologize to Mu Juren."
"Yeah, we really didn't know there would be something humiliating, so please calm down Mu Juren."
A group of people surrounded Mu Chenxi to apologize, anxious and regretful in every way.They are all ordinary people, whoever has been in the government is still arguing with Mu Chenxi.
They were not confident that they would win, not to mention Mu Chenxi's claim that Luo Shi bullied his sister and insulted his innocence, even the shop opened by his family is not comparable to them.
"Brother, what are you afraid of? Let's ask my sister to see if it's what he said. If not, we don't need to bow our knees and apologize."
Luo Er has a bad temper and is a stunned young man. He can't see his family members being so humble.Mu Chenxi stared at Mu Chenxi and was about to speak, but Boss Luo slapped him on the head.
"You bastard, shut up." Boss Luo shook his hands in anger, he really didn't wink at all, "Who would talk about your sister's name, you have a long head."
Mu Chenxi saw that their faces changed in an instant, they stopped being aggressive and apologized instead, bowed their heads and spoke good words one by one, and didn't know how to make a decision for a while.
He looked back at Zhao Huan, looking for a solution.Zhao Huan met his eyes, saw that his eyes were full of puzzlement and bewilderment, and smiled to comfort him.
When Boss Luo apologized, Zhao Huan could tell that he wasn't lying, and Luo Er's words showed that they really didn't know the details.
So what?You can't just say that nothing happened because you don't know the situation. Who can you blame if you don't understand the situation? This can't be used as a reason to forgive them.
"Don't say that those who don't know are not guilty. If we didn't ask the Chen family to go to the Yamen to argue today, or if Chen Xi is a commoner like you, would you still admit your mistakes so readily and beg for forgiveness?"
Zhao Huan gave Boss Luo and the others a cold look. He couldn't say how bad and unreasonable these people are. If he and Mu Chenxi showed weakness, or if they were in a lower situation than them, even if they had reason, these people would not Will give up easily, and will definitely make a fuss.
The moment Zhao Huan heard that they were making trouble, Zhao Huan decided to make an example of them, so that everyone outside would know that they were not easy to bully.
Only then did he ask Mu Chenxi to let him mention the matter of the government's termination, so that everyone would know that Mu Chenxi's status as a person is not for display, and not everyone can despise it.
Zhao Huan has this self-confidence, Mu Chenxi's fame can help him shock the world, the government will not sit idly by, and will judge impartially if there is no bias.
This was precisely something that the Luo family and the Chen family could not accept. When they went to the court, they had to face the board according to the law and kneel down for trial, but Mu Chenxi didn't use anything.
He didn't believe that Mu Chenxi was at that station, and some people would say that he was stupid and be underestimated. He just took this opportunity to let people know about Mu Chenxi's situation, especially the government side. The benefits were not ordinary.
"I really know I was wrong." Boss Luo saw Zhao Huan's reluctance, and Mu Chenxi seemed to listen to Zhao Huan completely, and knelt down with a "plop", "We apologize, and I will bring my sister to make amends someday, just Let us go!"
"You don't need to kneel here, you will be kneeling in the courtroom later." When he was kneeling, Zhao Huan pulled Mu Chenxi out of the way. They couldn't bear kneeling.
At this moment, Zhao Huan suspected that this was a common problem of the ancients, and that's how they were taught. Otherwise, how could a dignified man kneel as soon as he said it.
Sure enough, seeing Boss Luo's actions, the others also knelt down and begged for forgiveness, and even dragged Luo Er, the dazed young man, to his knees.
"Ah!" Zhao Huan was helpless, he looked at Mu Chenhui and the others, and seeing them also showed an expression of embarrassment, the same mood as he is now.
"Alright, alright, you all get up."
Zhao Huan waved his hand, he didn't mean to do anything to them, he just took this opportunity to stop them from having troubles in the future, and at the same time put up a deterrent to others, lest there will always be troubles.
Boss Luo really had no choice but to take the worst strategy.He couldn't implicate the people who came with him, he couldn't let his sister go to court with him, and he couldn't implicate the Chen family. If he divorced his sister, things would be even worse.
The people who came with them also had the same thoughts. No matter whether they kowtow or bow, or what they want, they can't make trouble in the Yamen.
"Don't worry, I will teach my younger sister well when I go back, and I will bring her to the door to plead guilty some other day." Boss Luo's eyes were already red, and no matter what he tried to do, he wanted to smooth things over.
"Of course I have to apologize." A voice suddenly sounded, and a group of three people stood at the door of Muyixuan, and a middle-aged man said with an ugly expression.
"Are you all right?" Father Mu didn't care about other people's affairs, and came directly to look at Zhao Huan and the others, mainly Zhao Huan.
In Father Mu's eyes, although Zhao Huan is in good health, he is short and does not work like a farmer. He is a weakling in front of Mu Chenhui and the others, so it is natural to accept his care first, followed by Mu Chenxi.
"It's okay, we're fine." Zhao Huan said a little embarrassed seeing that he came over and cared about himself first, even ignoring his own son.
In his heart, he was very pleased with Mu's actions, and he didn't know what image he was in Mu's eyes. It can be said that this misunderstanding was good, and they got closer to each other invisibly.
"Father, we're fine." Mu Chenhui and the others gathered around and told Father Mu about the situation, letting him understand the current situation.
On the other hand, Father Chen also talked to Boss Luo and the others, "How can you come here to make trouble? If your sister is really wronged, our family will just sit back and watch?"
He lost all face today, not only was he put together by the third younger brother's family, but also hurt his in-law relationship with the Mu family.Then he was annoyed by his daughter-in-law and eldest daughter-in-law's bad words, and now with Boss Luo and the others coming to make trouble, he didn't know how to make amends to the Mu family.
"If you have any dissatisfaction, you should go to my Chen family and talk about it. Your sister is now our Chen family's daughter-in-law. Even if you need to seek justice for something, you should come forward. How can you rush to the door without even saying hello?"
Father Chen scolded them mercilessly, seeing that they all let him talk with their heads slumped, he felt that it was meaningless to say anything, this was the eldest daughter-in-law's fault, and he couldn't just let it go.
"Brother Mu." He came to Father Mu, and just as he was about to say something, he was stopped by Father Mu, "Don't make amends to me anymore, I can't let you always bear the burden of these children's troubles."
"You all go get busy, I'll have a good chat with you Uncle Chen." Father Mu told Zhao Huan and the others to go about their own business. Just now Zhao Huan had signaled him to deal with it, and he already had a plan in mind.
"Uncle Chen, let's go to work first." Mu Chenhui and the others did not lose their manners in this situation, and they greeted each other before returning to the backyard.
Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi also gave a salute when they saw the salute, and walked towards Chen Mingrui who was standing by the door, "Brother Chen, why are you here?" Zhao Huan asked.
"Brother Mingrui, long time no see." Mu Chenxi was pleasantly surprised, and was closer to him than others.
"I'm free today, I'm going to pay a visit, I don't want you to be in the town." Chen Mingrui said with a smile, after watching a lively scene just now, "You have a lot to do, and you even opened a shop."
"Hehe." Zhao Huan smiled, knowing that he meant something, Boss Luo and the others didn't want to mention those spoilers just now, "Earn a little money to support the family, can't you just eat the mountain?"
"Yes! I'm also here to find a job." Chen Mingrui said, seeing Mu Chenxi and the others were very happy, "I heard that your business is doing well, congratulations."
"It's okay." Zhao Huan saw that Papa Mu had taken everyone away, and led Chen Mingrui around the shop, "Brother Chen, see how it goes, do you like it? I'll give you a gift."
Chen Mingrui looked at the decorations in the shop, it was the first time he had seen novelty and uniqueness, he picked up this one to have a look, touched that one carefully for a closer look.
Hearing Zhao Huan's words, he turned around and said with a smile: "I haven't given you a congratulatory gift yet for opening your shop, how can I let you spend money first."
"It's okay, it's all done by my wife." Mu Chenxi was in high spirits, and she was about to praise her daughter-in-law as usual, but was dismissed by Zhao Huan.
"Hurry up and make tea for Brother Chen. We'll have a good talk in the backyard later." Zhao Huan patted his arm, "Don't forget to serve some fruits and pastries to entertain the guests."
"Yes, I see." Mu Chenxi readily agreed, and looked at Chen Mingrui with a smile, "Brother Mingrui, I'll make you some tea first, and I'll drink it later."
"Okay, thank you Chen Xi." Their relationship has become so good that they call them by their first names. Chen Mingrui is not polite to them at all. After seeing him leave, he said to Zhao Huan: "Chen Xi is much more lively than when he just came back, but he is more serious and dignified than before. So much better."
"As long as he's happy, don't stick to him." Zhao Huan said with a smile. He didn't know what Mu Chenxi was like before, but the current appearance is pleasing, and that's enough.
Under Zhao Huan's insistence, Chen Mingrui chose a Bailan ornament.The branches and leaves are as green as bamboo, the flowers are white and flawless, the elegance and chic are refreshing, and the mood is quiet and leisurely.
He fell in love with it at the first sight, held it in his hand fondly, and said with joy in his tone: "This flower is so beautiful, it's the first time I've seen it, I don't know what it will really be like?"
"Almost." Zhao Huan blinked. Can he say that he doesn't know what ancient orchids look like?I can only vaguely mention it in the past.
"Brother Mingrui, come over for tea." Seeing them coming, Mu Chenxi greeted them to sit down, and poured a cup of tea for each of them, "Daughter-in-law, I brought out all the pastries and fruits."
"That's right." Zhao Huan looked at a table and looked at Chen Mingrui with a smile, "Chen Xi brought out all our family's things to entertain you. If it was someone else, he would not be so active."
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui laughed heartily, and said to them: "To tell you the truth, this is the first time someone treats me like this!"
He is a little bit embarrassed, he doesn't need to mention the past, but he can't forget it. It is also an important experience in his life, and he will always keep it in his heart to motivate himself to make progress.
There are secret things in everyone's heart, some are secrets and some are unwilling to mention, Zhao Huan understands and understands, so he changes the topic.
"Brother Chen, what are you looking for?" Zhao Huan asked.
It's easy for him to find a job as a man now, even if he wants to be an official, as long as he works well, it's okay, but Zhao Huan feels that he won't do it.
"I found an academy to teach, and it's in your town." Chen Mingrui said, that's why he came here and was able to visit him, "We will be closer in the future, and we can come and go frequently, which is really a great blessing. "
"Academy, how can there be an academy here?" Zhao Huan was confused by what he said, and Mu Chenhui told him that there were only two schools in the town, "Why didn't we hear that the academy was built in the town?"
Chen Mingrui put down the teacup in his hand, looked at them in surprise, and understood as soon as his thoughts turned.Although his family is in Linzhen, it is not far from here, and he has never heard of the establishment of an academy.
It was only when he went to the county seat and heard about it from his former classmates that he knew there was such an academy.It is newly built and has not yet begun to recruit students. Now it is recruiting teachers in the county, and the school will start teaching next month.
"It's a newly built academy. I heard it's a great Confucian from Rongdu. His family is from the county. Now he returns to his hometown and wants to teach his fathers and fellow villagers. It can be regarded as repaying the land and cultivating talents for the court."
Chen Mingrui explained: "There is a county school and two other academies in the county seat, and they may not want to have a gap with them in terms of enrollment, so the academy was built here, far away from the county seat, and it was not publicized. It should be to avoid suspicion. mean."
"Heh." Zhao Huan smiled and shook his head incomprehensibly, "Sooner or later, people will know. Even if you don't want to compete with the county school and other academies, the name of Great Confucianism won't make people rush to come and study."
"Yeah." Chen Mingrui also laughed, feeling so boring, "Even if you don't ask for answers in terms of knowledge, you can't help but think about your connections. After many years in Rongdu Guozijian, will there be less interpersonal relationships?"
In ancient times, teachers were equal to fathers, even if they did not have this title, as long as they were students taught by the same master, they would automatically be classified as one faction, and the phenomenon of clique formation was particularly serious.
At the same time, it is also their contacts, whether they are officials or doing things in private, they can use them to make friends and help each other so that they can go higher and farther in the future.
"Only the return of Rongdu will cause many people to cling to it. In addition, the number of students taught, maybe some people are still in high positions. If they can study in this academy, they can take this opportunity to climb Make friends." Zhao Huan said.
He looked at Chen Mingrui and smiled, and said pointedly: "I don't know what brother Chen's plan is, will he enter the academy?"
"Of course it is to enter the academy." Chen Mingrui smiled mysteriously, pretending to be profound and correct, "Did you forget what I said when you came back?"
He looked at Zhao Huan and Mu Chenxi with a smile on his face, seeing how they reacted, he couldn't help but smile secretly, he was sure that they would not be able to guess.
Sure enough, Zhao Huanning carefully recalled what Chen Mingrui said on the way back and what plans he had for him in the future.
"Daughter-in-law." Seeing him frowning again, Mu Chenxi glared at Chen Mingrui displeasedly, pulled Zhao Huan's sleeve and said, "Didn't he say that he wants to teach, he must be a teacher in an academy, what's the guesswork?" .”
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui laughed out loud. This Mu Chenxi is really smart. He still remembers things after so long. If others knew about it, they would guess that he would try to get into an academy instead of becoming a teacher.
"Chen Xi!" He laughed, and couldn't help regretting again, "It would be great if you didn't get hurt, it's just that you didn't get nominated for the gold list last time, and if you have this opportunity to accumulate some time, you will definitely be in high school next time."
"It doesn't matter if you win or not." Mu Chenxi didn't think so, looking at Zhao Huan with joy in his eyes, "My wife said, it doesn't matter if you don't take the exam or not, as long as you do what you like. I like to study. Don’t read it if you don’t like it, there is no need to force yourself.”
He looked at Chen Mingrui shyly, as if he was showing off, but also as if he was refuting what he said was wrong.What the daughter-in-law said was the truth, and it was for his own good, and he didn't listen to what others said.
"I also want to send Chenxi to study." Zhao Huan said.
He told Chen Mingrui about the situation, but no one accepted Mu Chenxi's situation.He didn't want to use other methods, such as giving more money or asking someone to find a relationship, because he was afraid that Mu Chenxi would be wronged if he sent it in like this, and others would not teach him well.
In fact, Zhao Huan's heart is complicated now, his current life is good, he and Mu Chenxi both like it.If it is sent to study, Mu Chenxi will come into contact with more and more things and people, and changes will inevitably occur.
Even if he doesn't restore his memory, he will be exposed to education and some complicated relationships again, and he doesn't know how much his thinking will change in the future. Whether they will still get along like this and get so close at that time, no one can predict.
But he can't let Mu Chenxi live like this for the rest of his life just because he likes it.Although they are all happy now, what about the future?As time goes by, will there be any new changes?
He kept these words in his heart all the time, and Zhao Huan confides his heart for the first time today for Mu Chenxi, "If it can be good for Chenxi, I still have to give it a try. It would be best if I can send him to study, and I will regret it if I can't."
This is the last effort, Zhao Huan can have a clear conscience in the future, and it can be regarded as leaving everything to fate, as long as he goes along.
At any time, Zhao Huan is sure to control his life.I have never been afraid of such hardships in modern times, and now I am naturally even more fearless.
He just fell in love with this warm and homely feeling after being accompanied by Mu Chenxi.There is some reluctance, nostalgia cannot be exempted, but he believes in one sentence: It is not yours, and you cannot force it after all.
"Daughter-in-law." Mu Chenxi keenly sensed that Zhao Huan was wrong, and moved towards him, "I don't want to go to school, I can do it at home, and I can go to the study."
He listed his reluctance one by one, not wanting to be separated from Zhao Huan, and talked about all the benefits of being at home. He looked at Zhao Huan with burning eyes and said: "I will miss my wife."
"Well, I'll miss you too." Zhao Huan didn't have time to sigh anymore, seeing that he was a little disgusted with going to study now, "Didn't you say you want to protect me? If you read more, you will understand a lot of truths if you have a master to teach you. Then no one will dare to bully us."
"But no one taught me?" Mu Chenxi said unwillingly. She still didn't want to leave Zhao Huan to study, so she used this sentence to block Zhao Huan.
"We won't go unless we are taught." Zhao Huan said with a smile. He could see Mu Chenxi's thoughts clearly and didn't try to point them out. "Now Chenxi is very good at reasoning. It's just that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the people. We can't beat everyone. , That's why we need to learn more. It's not that some people often say that we live to learn, even if no one teaches us to learn by ourselves, we can't relax for a moment, so that we can control our life."
Chen Mingrui watched their interaction from the sidelines, feeling extremely emotional: Mu Chenxi is so lucky to have such a good wife after missing the imperial examination.
If others looked at Mu Chenxi's current appearance, they would definitely not think that he could recover from the past or be able to learn something again and live up to this life.
On the other hand, Zhao Huan thought far-reachingly. Now Mu Chenxi can live a normal life, but her thinking is always not sound.Just like a child's IQ, even if you can live this life safely and happily, it is still an incomplete life.
The warm wind blew past, rustling the branches and leaves above her head, blowing away Mu Chenxi's grievances and returning Zhao Huan's attention.
He smiled apologetically at Chen Mingrui: "I'm sorry, I neglected Brother Chen, drink tea."
Zhao Huan refilled a cup of tea for him, but Mu Chenxi looked up at the jujubes on the tree and said happily, "Daughter-in-law, the jujubes are almost ripe."
"Well, you can eat it next month. The old shopkeeper who sold the shop said it was crispy and sweet." Zhao Huan said with a smile, and after a while, his attention turned to the dates again.
"This small courtyard is nice, comfortable and elegant." Chen Mingrui said.
"Well, the shopkeeper used to be a foreigner. He lived here and took care of it very well." Zhao Huan said, suddenly felt that he had strayed from the topic, looked at Mu Chenxi and said with a smile: "Brother Chen went to the academy to do it as Chen Xi said. Master?"
"Yeah!" Chen Mingrui sighed a little, luck came after he failed the ranking, "I went to the county to find an academy, but I didn't expect to hear about this, so I inquired about it, and it happened that they were recruiting teachers and preparing to open the academy to teach."
Therefore, Chen Mingrui found a place to take the exam and passed the assessment to become the master of the academy. It was already a month ago, and he only came to the academy to assist in the enrollment matters in the past few days, and only then did he have the opportunity to visit.
After Zhao Huan confirmed this, he wanted to ask Chen Mingrui to ask if he could send Mu Chenxi there. Before he could speak, Chen Mingrui spoke first.
"If Chen Xi is going, this shouldn't work." Chen Mingrui said.
It's not his reality, but the world is like this, you can't take the imperial examination to enter the academy, no one will accept it.Those masters are all proud of teaching outstanding students, who will teach Mu Chenxi, a student who can't make them famous.
He was also worried about Mu Chenxi, and after thinking about it, he said to Zhao Huan: "If I go back and ask, I will definitely be rejected. Why don't you follow me to see the head of the mountain tomorrow and let him see Chen Xi with his own eyes. It's useless to object."
"Okay, then let's go and see tomorrow. Success or failure is not that important. I just want to fight for Chenxi." Zhao Huan said, reaching out to tidy up Mu Chenxi, whose hair was blown by the wind, "Our Chenxi So handsome and smart, if that great Confucian doesn't like him, he's just pedantic for fame."
"Yes, he must be an annoying old man." Mu Chenxi nodded in agreement, looking at Zhao Huan with two big eyes, "My wife is pretty, let's not go to see that ugly old man."
"Hahaha." Chen Mingrui was amused by him, and joked with him: "If you don't accept you, you will be hated, you will be an ugly old man, how can there be such a reason?"
Mu Chenxi didn't worry about this question at all, and talked eloquently: "People are kind and beautiful, but if they are not kind, they will not be beautiful. They are ugly."
"What if the heart is not beautiful, but the appearance is beautiful?" Chen Mingrui continued.
But he heard that Xu Daru was called a handsome man at a young age, and now he saw that he was handsome and handsome. In his 50s, he is well maintained and doesn't look old.
"It's just a skin. If he is proud of it, his reputation as a great scholar will be in vain." Mu Chenxi said casually, looking at Zhao Huan with a smile, "If it's about looks, he can't compare with me and my wife Son."
"Pfft." Zhao Huan snorted, looked at his stinky face, nodded at him and said, "You! You dare to say anything now, what about your etiquette, what about your gentleman? Don't let people say you Reading sage books for nothing."
"Chenxi's personality is much more pleasing than before, and you took good care of it." Chen Mingrui said, with Mu Chenxi's posture of silently studying hard before, who would have thought that he would have such a cheerful side.
"I heard that he has no friends all the time. It's because Brother Chen didn't dislike Chenxi's poor family and bad reputation, and took the initiative to date him. That's why he has a friend like you."
Zhao Huan heard Mu Chenhui tell a lot about the past. They were fine on the boat at that time, and Chen Mingrui also told a lot about Mu Chenxi's past. Otherwise, he wouldn't feel so sorry for Mu Chenxi.
His family is poor and no one thinks highly of him, and he devotes himself to studying and has no understanding of the world, so he is almost a social waste.Later, his reputation was almost ruined, and there were even fewer people who were willing to get close to him, and he didn't care about it, so that he had no other friends except Chen Mingrui.
They chatted for a while, Chen Mingrui got up and said goodbye: "I only had time to visit by posting the enrollment notice in the town, and now I have to go back to the academy."
"Okay, the academy is busy now, so we won't keep brother Chen anymore." Zhao Huan got up and wanted to see him off, and decided with him on the time to go to the academy tomorrow.
"In the middle of the day, I'm waiting at the gate of the academy." Chen Mingrui said, and tapped his head after speaking, "You see, I never mentioned the address of the academy, so where can you find me?"
"It's not too late to say now." Zhao Huan said with a smile. Chen Mingrui was only 20 years old, and he was already a standard adult in ancient times. "If you forget, I won't forget, and it won't delay things."
When they came back after sending Chen Mingrui off, Father Mu also walked to the door of the shop at this time, and told them that the matter had been resolved, both the Luo family and the Chen family had apologized, and the matter was over.
As for Luo Shi's visit to make amends, he blocked him.Seeing her wasn't disturbing enough, and everyone felt uncomfortable when they came here, so there was no need for her to come.
Zhao Huan naturally wouldn't say anything, since it was handed over to Father Mu, he just didn't care, and the result didn't matter.
On the second day, Zhao Huan took Mu Chenxi to the academy.It's on the official road leading to the county seat, just a few miles away from the entrance of the town, not too far from their shop, and the mule cart only takes less than two quarters of an hour.
"Brother Mingrui." Mu Chenxi saw Chen Mingrui from afar and waved his hand.
"Yuanyang Academy." Zhao Huan read out softly.
"Our academy is very big, and it took several years to build it." Chen Mingrui told Zhao Huan that now he is the master of the academy and has learned something about it. "The construction started when Xu Shanzhang didn't come back, and it was officially completed when he came back last year. .”
Many people outside the academy are signing up. Judging by the situation, it doesn't look like a newly opened academy. It should be an old academy with a reputation and a history of many years.
From the name of the academy just now, Zhao Huan had a premonition that Mu Chenxi's enrollment would not go well, and he might be rejected straight away.
Under the leadership of Chen Mingrui, they registered at the concierge. Chen Mingrui said: "Look at how many people signed up here, they all came for our mountain chief. Our mountain chief also invited many famous masters to come to teach, They couldn’t be invited in many places, and they were pulled over by our mountain chief.”
He raised his eyebrows at Zhao Huan to show him the students who had signed up, and said, "Many of them came from afar, and I wondered why the head of the mountain didn't say that he would recruit students earlier. Now that the school is about to open, no one will know it." There are too many, who knows that we are ignorant, there are people who have known about this academy for a long time, and have been waiting to enroll, but we ordinary people don't know about it."
Zhao Huan nodded knowingly, who is the head of the mountain, those high-ranking dignitaries, or have some news about his connections!
I don't know how many people pay attention to his every move.Perhaps some people knew about the establishment of the Academy a few years ago, and they have been waiting to send the children of the family here.
No wonder the head of the mountain avoids suspicion and doesn't publicize it in the local area. It turns out that he has already made up his mind, and he doesn't even bother to compete with the local academies for students.
All the way through the gate of the academy, there are spacious roads and quiet paths in the middle, dotted with various beautiful scenery everywhere, flowers, plants and trees surrounded by corridors and pavilions, exquisite and magnificent.
If Zhao Huan didn't know it was an academy in advance, Zhao Huan would have thought he was visiting the Viewing Garden.The more he walked, the more relaxed he became. He no longer had any hope that Mu Chenxi could come in to study.
This kind of layout and careful construction, will it be a person who teaches and solves doubts and cultivates talents with a normal heart, and does not seek fame and wealth or gains and losses?
A person like Mu Chenxi would not meet their expectations, and in their eyes might not even be as good as an ordinary student, so how could they be willing to accept it.
Especially those famous scholars have extremely strict requirements on students, even if they don't accept them as their own disciples, they must pay attention to their qualifications when they teach.
Since he had no hope, he didn't hold it. He enjoyed the beautiful scenery, saw the ancient academy, and even chatted and laughed with Mu Chenxi, commenting on many aspects of the academy.
"Alas!" Chen Mingrui sighed, seeing the two of them leisurely and leisurely, he felt ashamed, "You guys can take it easy, my palms are sweating from nervousness, and I'm afraid that if the head of the mountain refuses, then there is really no hope. "
"What's the use of being nervous? Success or failure depends on fate." Seeing how nervous he was, Zhao Huan pretended to be profound and said, "If this mountain chief doesn't suit my liking, I'm still not at ease entrusting Chen Xi to your academy for teaching."
"Well, it's too ugly, it's too stupid, don't infect me." Mu Chenxi nodded and said seriously.
With a serious face, Zhao Huan secretly smiled at the sight. He told Mu Chenxi a lot last night.You must have a correct attitude, and show your humility depending on the situation. If you really don't accept it, you don't need to be humble.
Chen Mingrui was taken aback by what he said, and didn't understand what was going on. When he wanted to ask, he had already arrived at the gate of the mountain chief. He asked the attendants in front of the gate to report, and they were waiting outside.
"Oh, you have something to do, let's sit behind the screen." Jiang Haohai heard his old friend and attendant report that a teacher from the academy asked to see him, so he got up and took Jiang An to the back of the screen.
Seeing his behavior, Xu Shanchang shook his head and said with a smile: "You! You are still so cautious. Isn't it relaxing when you come out?"
"One moment and another moment are not the same." Jiang Haohai said with a smile, he didn't want to hear about the chores in his academy.
"Shan Zhang." Chen Mingrui and the others came in to greet him.
"Yeah." Xu Shanchang nodded and asked, "What's the matter?"
Chen Mingrui told him the whole thing, without any concealment about Mu Chenxi's current situation, and pleaded: "I also ask the head of the mountain to accept him to study in our academy."
"Oh?" After hearing what he said, Xu Shanchang didn't answer, but looked at Mu Chenxi.
The eyes are clear and free from dirt, pure and innocent like a newborn baby.With a handsome and heroic appearance, and a tall and straight figure with an elegant temperament like bamboo, it makes people feel inferior to be looked at directly by him.
"It's a pity." He sighed, no matter how good the impression was, he couldn't accept it. "Our academy teaches and solves doubts, which makes people enlightened and sensible, but it is not a place for treatment. You should go to visit famous doctors for diagnosis and treatment, or like to study at home. It can also be learned, there is no need to go to the academy to find a way to restore memory, it is not suitable."
"We don't have to let him recover his memory, but we just have this hope." Zhao Huan saw that he really refused, but his tone was not harsh, so he wanted to fight, "Our main purpose is to send him to study, the academy is not to enlighten Zhiming Is it reasonable? We just let him learn the truth."
"How can he be so sensible?" Xu Shanchang laughed dumbfounded, looked at Zhao Huan and shook his head, "Our studies are heavy, and he can't adapt. The academy will not give him special treatment, you should take him back."
He almost said that we are a place to cultivate talents, not to watch your children.Even looking at the child, it can't be such a big child with variables.
If something happens in the academy, this responsibility cannot be taken.If he decides to accept people, no one will be willing to teach, and it may cause trouble.
"Why can't he be sensible?" Zhao Huan asked back, with a faint smile on his face, "He is smart, literate, and sensible, and he will not slack off when he likes to read. You need to have good looks and good looks , Wenya Ruyu abides by etiquette, how is she worse than others?"
"Could it be that your academy still has any standards for accepting students? If so, we are not bad." Zhao Huan said word by word.
Whether he accepts Mu Chenxi's study here is not important to him. After understanding this ancient rule, he really doesn't have much hope, but just fights for the opportunity.
Seeing that Xu's face was becoming increasingly ugly, he continued without any pause: "We are honest and kind people in Da Rong for identity. For family background, it's a little short, not a high-ranking family, but we can still afford the academy fee."
"Then, may I ask, are we better than many people?" Zhao Huan's eyes showed a hint of pleasure. The aggrieved ancient times are too depressing. If it is in modern times, there are a lot of special schools, so it is so hard to look around. people face.
"Master Shan, why don't you accept it? Is it because he can't learn the lessons taught by the academy, or is it for nothing that he learns, he can't make your academy famous, he can't make the teacher who teaches the lessons proud, and he can't enter the official career and be used by others. What exactly is it? Which one does it belong to, please ask the mountain chief to clarify."
"That's right, the head of the mountain said." Mu Chenxi was on the sidelines to help out, but he couldn't let his daughter-in-law fight for him alone. How about being an honest gentleman and being honest with each other?"
"I came to study for reason, why do you teach?" Mu Chenxi imitated Zhao Huan's appearance in the past, and shook his head at Xu Shanzhang, "Don't talk about principles, but pay attention to reality. I dare to admit that I have something to learn , do you dare to admit that you are a fame-seeker?"
Zhao Huan saw that Xu Shanchang's face turned ashen and gradually distorted following Mu Chenxi's last words, and felt that these words were a bit serious.
This era is this model, this is the rule, so we can't blame Xu Shanchang for not accepting it.It was because they were a little bit hard on others, he began to reflect on what he had done, and was a little startled by Mu Chenxi's sharp words.
His eyes glimpsed that Chen Mingrui's forehead was covered with sweat, and his nervous back was already stiff, guilt arose in his heart.If Chen Mingrui was involved because of their affairs, it really shouldn't be, he frowned angrily, why didn't he think more about it!
"Okay, Chen Xi, what you said is too much." Zhao Huan taught him a few words first, and listened to Mr. Xu Shan to relieve his anger, "The academy may have rules that we don't know, since we are not suitable, don't force it, hurry up to Shan Long apology."
"Sorry, Shanzhang." Zhao Huan then turned to him and saluted Xu Shanzhang, "We forced it. I heard that Shanzhang is a great Confucian who returned from Rongdu. He came here with great admiration and hope. He couldn't control his disappointment." Good mood, please forgive me."
"It's okay, he's a great Confucian and won't be angry." Mu Chenxi was too smart, and when he heard his wife asked him to apologize, he immediately knew what to say, "Shan Zhang, don't be angry."
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