The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 28 In My Name
Li Diudiu didn't know how he made an agreement with Gao Xining for some unknown reason. Gao Xining would take care of his wife's affairs in the future, and in exchange he would teach Gao Xining martial arts.
Fortunately, it seems that there will be no loss in this exchange. Li Diudiu has time anyway, so he thinks he should have made some money.
Until he discovered that Gao Xining was really stupid.
People have talents. If this talent happens to be also a person's hobby and he or she can eventually make a living from it, then it is a very happy thing.
Gao Xining obviously had no talent for martial arts, but she always felt that one day she would become the best swordsman in the world.
Li Diudiu looked at the duck leg in his hand and said after a moment of silence: "Blame me, it's not your fault."
Gao Xining stood there like a child who had made a mistake. He glanced at Li Diudiu cautiously and said even more cautiously, "You said yesterday that you wanted to stretch your legs today, so I brought you some duck legs today...How would I know that you were talking about stretching your legs?"
Li Diudiu took a bite of the duck leg in his hand, nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll eat the duck leg and it won't interfere with your leg stretching."
He asked, "Did you get it from the cafeteria?"
Gao Xining said: "Where are the duck legs in the cafeteria..."
Li Diudiu said: "I said, the taste doesn't look like what's made in the cafeteria, and it doesn't taste like duck legs, it's more like... duck shit, but it doesn't matter, after all, this is the part closest to the duck's butt."
Gao Xining: "Hmph..."
Li Diudiu: "Don't tell me you did it yourself."
Gao Xining said: "That's right!"
Li Diudiu sighed in a condescending manner: "You said the duck legs were pretty good, why bother... ...it costs money to buy them."
Gao Xining: “It was not bought.”
Li Diudiu's eyes narrowed immediately: "Did you steal it?"
Gao Xining said: "How can I call it stealing when I take things from my own home? In the spring... my grandfather said that if I buy little yellow ducks, in the summer, I can harvest a field of duck legs."
Li Diudiu: "Is it so cruel?"
He asked: "How many ducks did your grandfather buy, and you still have duck legs all over the floor..."
Gao Xining stretched out a finger and shook it: "One, my grandfather bought one and raised it for fun. He said it was a pastoral joy."
Li Diudiu's eyes widened from squinting: "It's just a duck, and you killed it?!"
Gao Xining said: "You said you wanted to eat duck legs. Of course I didn't dare to kill it myself. I stole it and sent it to the canteen to ask the chef to help me kill it. I also specifically asked for advice on how to do it."
Li Diudiu took a deep breath and clasped his fists: "Thank you."
Gao Xining asked curiously, "Why are you suddenly so polite?"
Li Diudiu said, "You only have one duck in your family, and it was raised by your grandfather. If you kill the duck for me to eat, you will be scolded. So this is a very important matter. I must say thank you."
Gao Xining seemed very happy. He walked around with his hands behind his back and said, "Don't worry, my grandfather won't scold me."
Li Diudiu ate the last bite of meat, then said with a smile: "Now follow me, I will go slower, you try to keep up, if you can't keep up I will go even slower."
Gao Xining said: "You suddenly got so well, I'm a little uncomfortable with it."
Li Diudiu said: "Just think of it as the duck legs, come on."
That night.
Gao Xining placed a bowl of meat on the table, and then poured a glass of wine for President Gao. She said with a filial look on her face, "Grandpa, you've worked hard today. I went to the kitchen and learned how to cook a dish from the chefs. Would you like to try it?"
The expression on President Gao's face suddenly became interesting. He first took a step back, blocking with one hand in front of him, as if there was a killer hiding in the bowl of meat.
"Tell me! What are you going to do again?!"
Dean Gao asked cautiously.
"grandfather!"
Gao Xining said: "Look at you, this is the first time I cook for you, can you please behave properly?"
Dean Gao looked around and asked, "Did you break something of mine again?"
Gao Xining said: "Grandpa, why do you always think that I will break or damage something of yours? Is it because I have made a mistake that I behaved better?"
Dean Gao took another step back, moving closer to the feather duster by the wall.
"Tell me, what's broken?"
"No!"
Gao Xining asked: "Can I damage your Dengquetai sticker?"
Dean Gao covered his chest and staggered: "What did you say?! What did you do to my Dengquetai post?"
Gao Xining said, "It's okay. I don't even know where you put it. How could I possibly damage the Dengquetai stickers, nor could I damage your Zhou Qinghua pair of vases."
Dean Gao's face turned pale: "So what did you do to the pair of blue and white vases?"
“No.”
Gao Xining said, "The Dengquetai stickers are not damaged, the Zhou Qinghua vases are not damaged, and your 230-year-old Fengshui inkstone is also in good condition. Grandpa, I am your granddaughter. Even if I am not as good as these treasures of yours, am I not as good as a duck?"
Dean Gao heaved a long sigh of relief and said, "Of course you..."
He looked at Gao Xining and asked, "Can you please say your last sentence again?"
Gao Xining said: "Let's eat, Grandpa."
Dean Gao took a few quick steps and walked back to the dining table. He put his hand on the table and looked at the meat bowl carefully. After a moment, he pointed at the bowl. Gao Xining nodded seriously, "Yes."
Dean Gao took a deep breath, then said to Gao Xining, "Go get me a bowl of rice, more."
Gao Xining: “Ah?”
Dean Gao sat down, picked up his chopsticks, and laughed as he watched: "If you don't eat more, you will be sorry for my granddaughter's hard work."
He pointed to the opposite side and said, "Pour the food and sit down to eat together."
Gao Xining responded with a smile and filled a bowl of rice for Dean Gao. Dean Gao had a kind smile on his face. He picked up a piece of meat and put it in Gao Xining's bowl. Gao Xining also picked up a piece for Dean Gao. It seemed that the grandfather and grandson were so warm.
Dean Gao happily put the meat into his mouth and chewed it gently, his mouth full of...
After a moment, he said to Gao Xining in a more kind tone: "Can you put half of my meal back? I'm not really hungry today... I don't mean anything else, I'm just not that hungry."
Gao Xining took a bite and nodded: "Don't eat too much for dinner. I heard that eating too much for dinner will hurt your spleen and stomach, especially not eating too much meat, so I'll put half of the rice back."
Dean Gao held her bowl tightly and said, "No! You are different. You are in the period of growth."
Gao Xining : “…”
So warm.
The next day, it was a whole month since Li Diudiu entered the Six Pages Academy. Tomorrow, the instructor Yan Qingzhi would preside over a small test for four people. According to what was agreed at the beginning, if the results were excellent, the four people could transfer to the large class to study. If someone's results were really bad, then there were two choices, either leave the academy or pay a very expensive tuition fee to continue tutoring.
Of course, Li Diudiu had no second option then, and he still doesn’t have one now.
Yan Qingzhi stood on the podium and glanced around.
"Tomorrow there will be a quiz. You will be assigned to a class based on your ranking to continue your studies. There are ten classes for your age group, each with 48 students. They are divided into Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui according to the Earthly Branches. The Jia class is naturally the best one."
He continued, "In the history of the academy, there has never been a student from the Jiazi Hall who was unable to take the palace examination. You should know what the palace examination means... Of course, if you don't do well in the small test tomorrow, you will face two choices: pay for remedial classes or leave the academy."
"If you want to pay for tutoring, there are several options. One-on-one is the most expensive. One class lasts for one hour and costs 20 taels of silver. There is one class per day. If you want one-on-two, each class costs 10 taels of silver per person."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Li Diudiu intentionally or unintentionally. The meaning in his eyes was of course that it is up to you to decide. The three of them are not short of money, but you are different. If you don’t do well in the exam, you won’t even have money for tutoring.
However, Yan Qingzhi did not see the fighting light he hoped would appear in Li Diudiu's eyes. Instead, another kind of light, blue light, seemed to be gushing out.
Does that look clearly show that tutoring is so profitable?
Yan Qingzhi suddenly felt a little regretful. He felt that what he said might bring some losses to the academy, and this guy was already eager to try.
Yan Qingzhi coughed a few times and then asked, "Does anyone have any questions?"
The youngest, Liu Shengying, timidly raised her hand like a little girl. Yan Qingzhi said, "You ask."
Liu Shengying stood up and asked carefully, "Sir, is the test difficult?"
Yan Qingzhi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Sit down. I don't want to answer this question."
Zhang Xiaolin raised his hand, and Yan Qingzhi pointed at him: "Ask."
Zhang Xiaolin stood up and asked, "Sir, if I get first place in the exam, will I definitely be able to enter Jiazitang Academy?"
Yan Qing said: "Not necessarily."
Zhang Xiaolin: “Uh…”
Yan Qingzhi looked at Sun Rugong: "Do you have anything you want to ask?"
Sun Rugong stood up and replied, "Sir, I don't have any questions. I will do my best to strive for first place and live up to your one-month teaching."
Yan Qingzhi nodded and said, "Since you all have no questions, let's do this. I will bring the test papers tomorrow. The test questions are set by President Gao himself. I don't know what the test is about. You all need to work hard. Sun Rugong just said that he didn't want to disgrace my teachings. I hope you don't disgrace your own talents and future."
Li Diudiu raised his hands hard, but Yan Qingzhi just ignored him.
Yan Qing said: "I will not teach you today. You should review what you have learned in the past month. If you still have any questions, you can come to my place and ask me."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Study by yourself."
Li Diudiu: "Sir, sir, I have a question."
Yan Qing said: "You don't have it."
Li Diudiu: "I must have it, sir. I must have it."
Yan Qingzhi sighed and said, "Then ask."
Li Diudiu stood there and asked seriously, "Sir, do you know how to contact those disciples who need extra lessons? No matter if they are our age, or one year older, or are about to graduate, it's all fine!"
Yan Qingzhi: "Sure enough..."
He rolled his eyes at Li Diudiu and said, "Stop asking questions that have nothing to do with academics. This is a classroom!"
After saying this, he walked away angrily.
Two moments later, Li Diudiu appeared outside the gate of Yan Qingzhi's courtyard. Yan Qingzhi saw him as soon as he looked up, and his lips trembled.
"You actually followed me here to ask!"
Li Diudiu said: "This is not a classroom, I should be able to ask here, right sir?"
Yan Qingzhi said: "Do you really think that if you want to tutor people, someone will ask you to tutor them? First, you are young, second, you are not famous, and third, you are not qualified."
Li Diudiu thought about it and realized that it was true. Who would ask him for extra lessons?
Yan Qingzhi glanced at him and said, "I will take six and you will take four. In my name, you will teach the class."
Li Diudiu: “Done!”
Yan Qing was startled and thought to himself, I guess I guess it’s too little, it should be 73.
