Chapter 169 Introduction
Wu Xiyuan subconsciously raised his head to look at Su Xianzhong. Su Xianzhong vaguely felt inappropriate and smiled embarrassingly, "The two of them talked about you. They said that they don't know where you are staying tonight. So, I tell them."
Wu Xiyuan knew his character. Although he did not do well in his studies, at least his character was not bad.
Wu Xiyuan shook his head, " It does not matter. I did bring my wife with me. But we are living in the house of others. I am afraid it is not good to invite you over."
The others had nothing to say. In the end, they could only mutter in a low voice and complain, "This is so mean. We just want to see your wife. Why you are being so reluctant."
Su Xianzhong quickly came out to round up the situation, "Alright, alright. You guys. If you want to gather together, just go to Talent and Wise and have a good meal. There's no need to bother Xiyuan's wife."
Zhang Jingbai also said, "Then let's all go to Talent and Wise today! We haven't met for a while. Nobody should spoil the fun!"
Wu Xiyuan interrupted them, "My family is poor. So, I can't afford to go out and have fun. My wife has already prepared dinner for me to go back, so I will not go today. You guys have a good time."
With no change in his expression, he still looked calm, "Thank you! But if the meal is held to celebrate my recovery, it's not necessary. In the next month, we will have the provincial examination. We should study hard now. When the exam is over, it's not too late for us to celebrate."
When he said this, many people thought it made sense and agreed, "Xiyuan is right. Let's go back to study first."
"My father said, when I passed the provincial examination, he will reward me with one tael of silver. Then I'll have money to spend!"
"Let's go, let's go back and read."
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Seeing that everyone was thinking about going back to study, Zhang Jingbai gave in, "So be it. Let's wait for the provincial examination and then get together again!"
Wu Xiyuan returned home with a bag of his books, and Su Jiuyue was already waiting for him at home with a meal ready.
But when he came back, he found a woman sitting in his yard.
It was no one else either. It was his wife's good friend Su Yi.
He stopped far away and gave Su Yi a greeting salute of the same generation, "Miss Su."
Su Yi replied with a salute in the same manner but felt very strange.
'He's a country boy. How can he be so well-mannered?'
Previously, she had seen scholarly men. But they would all only perform the scholarly greeting salute. How could they know this?
'Jiuyue's husband is really strange. From all aspects, he doesn't look like an ordinary scholar.'
Although she found it strange, she didn't think much about it. Instead, she immediately explained her intent, " I came here to tell you that I asked my father to help you find a teacher in Yongzhou City. Kong Lixing. He is the 83rd generation of Sir Kong. His family has a long history of learning. If you can enter his tutelage, it will be very beneficial to your education and your future official career."
It was like when one man was yawning, someone handed him a pillow. Today, Wu Xiyuan felt that his teacher was not good enough, and Su Yi introduced Kong Lixing to him.
In his previous life, he had heard of Kong Lixing, who was a great scholar of the world. The Kong family was also a distinguished learned family and had collected many rare books at home, which they would lend to their own students to read.
If he could enter Mr. Kong's tutelage, it would indeed be beneficial for him.
He immediately made a decision and gave a big salute to Su Yi, "Please introduce me to Miss Su! I'll be so grateful!"
Su Yi was satisfied with his performance. Although she didn't know where he learned so many manners, Mr. Kong, who was in a scholarly family that cherished courtesy so much, would definitely be impressed by him.
This man did not have the poor behaviors of poor scholars. Maybe Jiuyue would have a good future because of him.
"You do not have to be so restrained. I am a straightforward person, and I will not beat around the bush. So I will be frank with you. The reason why I introduced you to Mr. Kong is for Jiuyue's sake. Later, if you really wanted to thank me, you should be good to Jiuyue."
Wu Xiyuan immediately assured, "Miss Su, don't worry. Jiuyue is my wife. Even without this time, I will treat her well."
'That's what I want to hear,' Su Yi thought and felt satisfied
"By the way, it's not that easy to get into Mr. Kong's school. Even for the sake of my father, he still set a condition."
"Oh? What is the condition?" Wu Xiyuan asked.
"I'm sure you know that the provincial examination will be held in February. Mr. Kong said that only if you pass the exam will you have the qualification to be his student.
This condition was actually a turn-down. His memories were just returned. He was given only one month to study for the provincial examination. And the condition was that he had to pass the exam? Wu Xiyuan knew that Mr. Kong had no intention to accept a student through the back door.
That might be the reason why he set such an impossible goal and then used the excitement method. General Su, that illiterate man, agreed.
Su Yi also knew that this condition was a bit difficult. She brought in the files she had previously collected for him.
"These are the papers of the provincial examination of the past years. I have asked some people to collect them for you. And I hope that you will work hard. Don't let my father's painstaking efforts be wasted."
The present Wu Xiyuan was not a real seventeen-year-old. He was well learned and experienced. There was no way that he would fail a provincial examination.
At that point, he was fully prepared.
He would definitely become the disciple of Mr. Kong!
He gave a salute to Su Yi again, "Thank you, Miss Su."
Su Yi waved her hand, "Okay. You are too polite. You are young. I don't know what kind of learning you have done. But you've truly got many pedantic manners."
Wu Xiyuan did not reply, but Su Jiuyue said, "Well, the business is finished, we should start the meal."
Su Yi turned to glare at her, "I've just said a few comments to him, and you're already worried about your husband?"
Su Jiuyue worried about him, But she said it so directly, how could she not be shy?
"Nonsense! I can let you come here in vain. Stay and have a meal together. You can also taste my specialties."