Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 172
"Does the official know Fan Ning?" Wang asked cautiously.

Zhu Xiaoyun nodded, "Father wrote about this person in a letter, saying that he was dull at first, but then suddenly became extremely talented, and won the first place in the Wu County trials in one fell swoop, and won the first place in the boy's solution test not long ago, yes A young man with a bright future."

Speaking of this, Zhu Xiaoyun asked his wife puzzled, "Why did you mention him all of a sudden?"

"He came to our house today to visit Pei'er?"

'Visiting Pearl? '

Zhu Xiaoyun was a little stunned, "Is he familiar with Pei'er?"

Zhu Xiaoyun only knew about Fan Ning roughly, he knew nothing about the relationship between Fan Ning and his daughter.

"They are familiar"

Wang tried her best to use a more gentle wording, "You also know that Pei'er once dressed up as a boy and studied in Yanying Academy for half a year, and her deskmate at that time was Fan Ning."

Zhu Xiaoyun opened his mouth wide, and after a while he couldn't help laughing, "This is very interesting!"

"The officer finds it interesting?"

Wang said worriedly: "They hang out together every day, and they will fall in love with each other for a long time. Aren't the officials worried?"

"Pei'er is only ten years old! Is it too early to think about this problem?"

"Your daughter is no longer a little girl with yellow hair!" Wang couldn't help raising her voice.

"Okay! Okay! Don't worry."

Zhu Xiaoyun quickly comforted his wife, "Tell me what happened today?"

Mrs. Wang told her husband that Fan Ning came to visit today, but she didn't let her daughter show up, but in the end, her daughter ran out without authorization.

Her evaluation of Fan Ning was relatively objective. She believed that Fan Ning was a sensible child who was well-educated and sensible. The key was that her daughter was too willful. To put it bluntly, she was a wild girl.

Of course, she wouldn't say the word "wild girl" in front of her husband, so she changed it to a euphemistic term.

"Pei'er was spoiled by her grandfather since she was a child. She does whatever she wants and is very willful. I worry that if she continues to be willful like this, there will be some gossip that is not good for her."

Zhu Xiaoyun knew that his wife had always complained about his father's way of disciplining his granddaughter. Today, when he talked about his daughter, he vaguely blamed his father, which made Zhu Xiaoyun feel a little uncomfortable.

He forced a smile and said: "Girls go out to play with friends. This is not against ethics in itself, and it is also a normal thing. It is unrealistic for you to control Pei'er and keep her at home all day. It is better to let her do it more." Make some friends, Liu Sheren brought his son to visit me today, his son is not bad, it is our young man from Wujiang, Chu Qiao, you can let Peier get in touch with him."

Although the husband said it lightly, Wang's heart was moved. When she returned to Wujiang to pay tribute to the old lady last year, the third sister-in-law Liu Hua vaguely mentioned her nephew Liu Ran to her. Although she didn't say it explicitly, the meaning was obvious. I want to be a matchmaker for Pei Er.

The Liu family is from Songling Town, and also a wealthy family in Wujiang. They have been married to the Zhu family for generations, so it can be said that they are well-matched.

Today, Liu Sheren brought her son to visit her husband. It looked like a junior visiting an elder, but her intuition told Wang that it might not be that simple.

"Officer, did Liu Sheren mention Pei'er?"

"I didn't mention it, I just said that I want his son and Yi'er to have more contacts and become good friends."

Yi'er is Zhu Yi, Zhu Xiaoyun's second son. He is 16 years old and is currently studying in Taixue. Zhu Xiaoyun really thought that Liu Sheren brought his son here to establish a relationship with his second son.

Hearing what his wife said, he suddenly woke up, "You mean that the Liu family has taken a fancy to Pei'er?"

"I just have this feeling. Last year, my third sister-in-law Liu Hua introduced her nephew Liu Ran to me, and praised him for being smart and elegant. Isn't that obvious?"

"Maybe she also wants Liu Ran to be Yi'er's friend?"

Wang sighed, "If you want to become friends with Yi'er, then you should tell you, what else can you talk about between women and women besides marriage?"

Zhu Xiaoyun laughed, "It seems that my daughter is a sweet potato, and everyone is robbing her!"

"Officer, now is not the time to joke." Wang looked at her husband with some complaints.

"Ma'am, don't be so nervous!"

Zhu Xiaoyun smiled and comforted his wife and said: "I guess you have been used to being nervous about Zhe'er for many years, so Pei'er also treats Zhe'er as Zhe'er. In fact, it is not necessary. My attitude is very clear. Pei'er can go to play with friends, but you must Get in touch with other friends more, Fan Ning can get in touch, Liu Ran can also get in touch, anyway, there is Miss Jian protecting her, she won't be wronged."

Mrs. Wang sighed faintly. Perhaps her husband was right. Over the years, he had worried too much about his eldest son and habitually placed it on his daughter.

Thinking of her eldest son, Wang's heart ached again. Has Zhe'er been like this all her life?
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A few more days passed, and this morning, autumn rain started pattering down in the capital, and the whole sky became foggy. The chill of late autumn shrouded the capital full of life.

Fan Ning did not sit in the study and listen to the sound of the rain, but wandered alone in the old Caomen tiles. Just as the essence of the garden can only be found in the rain, there is also a reward for visiting tiles in rainy days.

There are very few pedestrians in the tile, and it looks very deserted. Only occasionally there will be a few students who come to forage, without umbrellas, with their sleeves covering their heads, running in the rain, and soon get into a snack shop.

Fan Ning held an oil-paper umbrella, enjoying the rare quietness of the rainy day alone. He had already had breakfast and was not interested in the snack shop.

He is very interested in shops selling all kinds of gadgets, to see if he can buy some interesting gadgets and send them back to his sister.

At this time, Fan Ning stopped in front of a small jewelry shop. The shop owner sat at the door and carefully crafted a lotus flower made of gold. The flower core was a large crystal clear white pearl. Pour a little melted glue into the eyes, and then insert the pearl on the half needle on the flower core. After the glue dries, the pearl will be firm.

Then install the gold petals that are as thin as a cicada's wing.
Fan Ning watched for a full quarter of an hour, and watched the shop make the golden flowers with his own eyes. He was amazed by the exquisite craftsmanship.

"Little official, are you interested? Buy it for your mother, it's a beautiful headdress." The shopkeeper recommended it to him with a smile.

"How much is this golden flower?" Fanning asked hesitantly.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "The shop only makes silver jewelry, and there are not many gold jewelry of this kind. Usually, I need ten pennies, but it's raining today, and I don't have any business. Even if you help me with one business, it's eight pennies!"

Fan Ning estimated that the cost of this golden flower, including the pearl, was about five pennies, and he didn't have to pay the craftsman. The profit was three pennies, so Fan Ning laughed and said, "I'll buy it for six pennies!"

"The little official bargained too hard. I'm going to lose money for the six guan. Give me some craft money! Buy it now, how about the seven guan?"

Thinking that he still has rent, Fan Ning nodded, "Then seven pennies, you can pay for it for me."

The owner of the shop was overjoyed, and hurriedly found out the jewelry box, and helped Fan Ning pack the golden flower carefully.

Fan Ning took advantage of the gap between his packaging and walked around his small shop again, seeing that the shopkeeper's various silver jewelry is indeed exquisite and meticulous, which is amazing.

At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door of the store, "Shopkeeper, sell this golden flower to me!"

"Little lady, this golden flower has already been bought by a customer in the shop, I'm really sorry."

Fan Ning laughed, walked out and said, "I'll sell it to you for ten pennies!"

Standing at the door is a pretty and unparalleled little lady, holding an oil-paper umbrella, who is it but Zhu Pei?
Behind her, Jian Meizi stood behind her like a goddess, holding a big umbrella, which was already taller than Xiaodian.

Zhu Pei wore a light red tight-fitting half-sleeved shirt with a green double-breasted cross-collared short-sleeved long jacket, and a deep red wide six-panel long skirt, all made of precious Luo Qi. The trendiest clothing for women in Beijing.

She combed her hair in a small double-ring bun, her hair was like a cloud in the middle, and a green feather hairpin inlaid with gems was inserted obliquely.

Zhu Pei tilted his head and looked at Fan Ning with a smile, "Your little official, you haven't paid yet! You just don't want to buy it, why did you resell it to me?"

Fan Ning took out seven taels of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper took it with a bitter face, thinking to himself, "This petty official is too dark. If he buys it for seven taels of money, he sells it for ten taels of money in a blink of an eye. This is making money." Own money! '

He was determined not to sell it, but the deal had already been concluded, so the shopkeeper had no choice but to say angrily, "Young official, don't sell it so expensively. It's not for scholars to make black-hearted money!"

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Then sell it at a loss!"

He handed the golden flower to Zhu Pei, and said with a smile, "Little lady, this golden flower is for you."

(End of this chapter)