If Jia Huan was there, his eyes would definitely pop out. Jia Baoyu was already thirteen years old and had already done it with Xiren. How could he still be young?
However, he did not dare to say this. If he said it, he would be beaten to death or crippled.
In Jia Baoyu's current state, how could he pass the imperial examinations? It was not that Jia Huan had not thought about it before. Jia Baoyu's subsequent imperial examinations should not have been Cao Gong's original intention.
After Baoyu was rescued by Grandmother Jia, he still felt flustered. After coming out, he went straight to Pear Fragrance Court to complain to Baochai.
"Everyone says that studying is good, but in my opinion, those who are aiming to be officials are all people who are greedy for money.”
"You should put in more effort," Baochai advised."Although studying is hard, there are still benefits. Isn't it better than ordinary people?"”
Baoyu said proudly," I don't want to touch those sour and smelly eight-legged poems, but the Book of Songs is very good. In a while, let's start a poetry club. How about it?"”
Seeing Baoyu skillfully change the topic, Baochai couldn't help but sigh.
Although Jia Huan intentionally kept a low profile, the news of him becoming a disciple still spread. There was no other reason than Qian Yu's reputation.
When Madam Wang heard this, she was very angry. She wanted to find an excuse to teach Jia Huan a lesson, but on second thought, Jia Huan's new master was Qian Yuben, who had once been a two-roll Jinshi and a censor. Although he had resigned and was living at home, who knew when he would be able to recover? Moreover, she had also heard of the connections between scholars. After dealing with Jia Huan, her reputation would spread throughout the capital and then the world.
She endured it. She did not think that Jia Huan, that wretched person, could surpass her Baoyu.
Zhou Rui's family also reminded," Madam, a few days ago, Old Master asked Second Master to go to the study to check his homework. Second Master didn't carry it up and was protected by Old Madam."”
Madam Wang gripped the Buddha beads tightly and said,"I know. Baoyu must hurry up with his homework."
"There's one more thing," said Zhou Rui. Mr. Xiu from our front yard praised Second Master for being extremely talented and that he was a scholar.”
Madam Wang was pleased." Mister Xiu is knowledgeable. No one can say anything bad about our Baoyu."”
Zhou Rui's wife continued,""The old lady also said that studying is the most important thing, but we can't spoil things by pulling them up. It's better to do it step by step. I think Third Brother Huan is pulling up seedlings to help them grow.”
Madam Wang was even more satisfied. It was just a Jinshi as a teacher. After a while, she would definitely beg the old master to find a Hanlin to teach Baoyu.
Baoyu, who was playing chess with Lin Daiyu, shivered for no reason and felt a little cold.
"What's wrong?" Lin Daiyu asked. Did you catch a cold?"
Recently, the autumn wind had gradually picked up and the weather had begun to turn cold.
Baoyu shrunk his neck and said,"It's fine."”
Xiren came in from outside and reported,"Second Master, it's almost Uncle Zhen's birthday in the East Mansion. Second Grandmother asked everyone to prepare a feast."”
Baoyu immediately got up and said,"They must have invited a troupe. Come, let's go and take a look!"”
The group of people went to the East Mansion excitedly. As expected, the stage had already been set up.
Jia Huan was also invited.
This was not strange. After all, they were all men of the Jia family. How could they be absent?
At that moment, he also excitedly went over.
However, he didn't understand acting and wasn't interested in it. He just mingled with his peers, ate his food, shook his head, and pretended to understand.
This little adult appearance attracted a burst of laughter.
Xue Pan, who was beside him, looked at Jia Huan's small appearance and couldn't help but come over to tease him."Third Brother, how do you feel?"
When Jia Huan saw that it was Xue Pan, his heart could not help but skip a beat. This was a fan of Long Yang, he had to stay away.
"Not bad, not bad.”
Seeing this, Xue Pan became more interested. Earlier, he had heard that Jia Huan was a wretched character, so he didn't pay too much attention to him. But now that he saw him, he felt that he had an indescribable temperament.
Xue Da was a fool who didn't study, otherwise he would definitely know a saying: I have poetry and calligraphy in my belly, and my spirit is naturally gorgeous.
Seeing this, Jia Huan secretly thought that it was bad. He immediately took out the little pedant's pie and commented on it in an old-fashioned manner. Only then did Xue Pan come back to his senses. This Jia Huan, Jia Laosan, had taken a Jinshi as his master. He was so boring.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up again. Qin Zhong had appeared and immediately lured Xue Pan over. Jia Huan could not help but heave a sigh of relief.
At that moment, Jia Huan hurriedly withdrew and prepared to sneak back to the West Mansion.
When she passed by the garden, she saw a man stopping Sister Feng. When she took a closer look, it was Jia Rui.
Jia Huan pondered in his heart. Jia Rui appearing at this place must have some improper thoughts. It seemed that he did not have long to live. However, on second thought, Jia Rui and Qin Keqing's deaths were extremely close. It seemed that Qin Keqing was also about to die.
He couldn't help but sigh. It was a pity for the great beauty Qin. He didn't even get to see her, which was a pity.
However, it was a pity that he would not be able to see it. After all, there was a difference between men and women, and she was his niece-in-law. He did not have the thick skin and treatment of Jia Baoyu, so he naturally could not see him.
After Jia Zhen's birthday, Jia Huan went to Mr. Qian's house. Mr. Qian was going to teach him craftsmanship.
After all, he was a two-ranked scholar with a solid foundation. Compared to Jia Rui, no, he couldn't be compared. This was blasphemy against his teacher.
Not only did he teach Jia Huan the techniques of craftsmanship, but Mr. Qian also taught Jia Huan the meaning of the scriptures.
Although Jia Huan could understand a little with his own understanding, compared to others, he immediately fell behind and was completely on a different level.
Before he left, Jia Huan could not help but sigh. He could not underestimate the ancients. Even if he had transmigrated, he did not have his own halo.
Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Jia Huan still had to prepare the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts.
Mooncakes were a must. There were also duck eggs. Jia Huan specially instructed his uncle, Zhao Guoji, to buy salted duck eggs from Gaoyou. It was said that they were double yellow.
In addition, he prepared a half-caved lamb. It cost Jia Huan more than one tael of silver.
Before he left last time, Mr. Qian gave Jia Huan homework and asked him to try to write a few articles. The questions were all prepared.
After a few days, Jia Huan came with articles and gifts.
After a few detours, they arrived at Mr. Qian's residence.
Butler Qian Huai was already very familiar with Jia Huan. When he saw Jia Huan arrive and Zhao Guoji was still picking things behind him, he knew that he was here to deliver gifts, so he immediately helped.
Jia Huan entered the outer study, and Mr. Qian was inside.
Seeing Jia Huan's article, Mr. Qian frowned slightly.
The article was clumsy and had no merits. He could only barely read it.
However, when he saw Jia Huan's small appearance, he immediately felt that he had been too harsh. What kind of article could a small child write? It was already good enough that he could understand it.
"I still need to work hard on my essay."”
Then, he put away the article and picked up the book. He picked up a few sentences and said,"Next time, bring these articles.”
The topic of the eight-part essay had always been taken from the essay.
During the Ming Dynasty, there were still some questions that were cut off. However, this kind of question was too biased towards the understanding of the Sage's scriptures, so the scholars had a lot of opinions. Therefore, in the later stages, they still took a sentence from it as the topic.
Jia Huan saw that the teacher had set a question, so he respectfully put away the book and got up to leave.
Just as he was about to leave, a kind woman came in. When she saw Jia Huan, she nodded slightly and said to Qian Yuben,"This is your new disciple, Jia Huan?”
Jia Huan hastily bowed and said,"Yes, I am a student."”
"This is your master's wife."”
"Greetings, Master's wife," Jia Huan greeted again.”
"He's a good-looking man," said Madam Qian.”
Qian Yuben coughed lightly and said to Jia Huan,"You have to write the article with your heart. Go."
Jia Huan said goodbye and left.
On the way, she flipped through the article that Mr. Qian had marked. She felt that there were red words everywhere. It was simply another article.
Jia Huan couldn't help but smile bitterly. His writing was so clumsy.
However, his mental endurance was excellent. After all, his path to the imperial examination had just begun. If he could immediately write an article that Mr. Qian praised, it would be really strange.
When he parted ways with his uncle Zhao Guoji, Jia Huan took out another tael of silver from his sleeve.
"Uncle, these days have been very troublesome. It just so happens that it's the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I have to add some things to the house.”
Zhao Guoji happily took it and said,"Brother Huan, the teacher you're paying respects to this time seems to be capable."”
"Mr. Qian is a scholar with two lists," Jia Huan laughed.”
"You look different from the teachers in the clan school," said Zhao Guoji.”
That was true. Although Zhao Guoji did not study much, he could still tell the level of a person.
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