Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 175

Du Jinning couldn't help laughing.

She pulled Du Yunchang's hand away, and said apologetically, "After I finished writing this script, I gave it to the teahouse directly, and I don't have it on hand."

"Then how can I see it? You also know that Peach Blossom Village is far away, and Fourth Uncle doesn't have time to go to the city all the time. He really doesn't have time to listen to books every day." Du Yunchang said disappointedly.

Du Jinning rubbed his chin, thoughtfully, and said: "Not at present. Fourth uncle, you also know that what I said was originally invested in the shares of the teahouse, and it belongs to the teahouse. It belongs to everyone's common property. It is not easy to take it out casually." .”

As soon as Du Yinsheng heard this, he immediately taught Du Yunchang: "Don't make things difficult for Brother Ning. You are such a big man, and you are still ignorant like a child."

"Hey, Dad, you don't know how well Brother Ning's book is written. If you go to listen to the book, you will be addicted to it." Du Yunchang repeatedly complained.

But he wasn't really ignorant, he turned his head to Du Jinning and said, "That's what fourth uncle said, he didn't really want to read the script, brother Ning, don't take it to heart." Then he changed the subject , asked Du Jinning about his plans for the next year.

The reason why Du Jinning came here in the afternoon was because he wanted to pay Guan Le and them a New Year's greeting, and secondly, he didn't want to stay here any longer.If she came in the morning and Du Yinsheng and Du Chensheng stayed for dinner, it would be difficult for her to let her go.Come in the afternoon, and it gets dark early in winter, so you can find an excuse to go back early.

After talking for a while, she said: "Aside from going to my grandfather's place today, I also want to go to Uncle Lizheng's. After all, Uncle Zhang also helped me a lot back then."

"It should be, it should be." Seeing that Du Jinning intends to leave, Du Yinsheng was reluctant, but he couldn't stay any longer, so he stood up and said, "Then I'll accompany you there."

Du Jinning came out of the study and said a few words to Mengshi and the others, then carried a gift and followed Du Yinsheng to the second room.

The people in the second room are all sitting in the main room.Seeing the two people coming in, Du Chensheng stood up and saluted Du Yinsheng, "Brother."

With a straight face, Du Yinsheng let out a "hum" in his nose, and said, "I'm here with Brother Ning, you don't need to worry about me." He found a chair at random and sat down.

Seeing this, Du Chensheng couldn't talk softly to his elder brother in front of Du Jinning, so he didn't say any more.

He glanced at Du Jinning, walked to the chair with a downcast face and sat down, keeping his mouth shut and not speaking.

The atmosphere in the room is a bit subtle.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang frowned.

Her father-in-law seems to be shrewd, but in fact he is the most confused.The stupidest thing he did in his life was to raise Du Jinning, but not treat him well, and now he is worse than strangers.And now, he still can't let go of his old face, and he still wants to put on airs in front of Du Jinning, asking Du Jinning to pay respects first before being willing to talk to him, but she really doesn't know what to say.

The reason why Du Jinning came here was because of human feelings and filial piety, and it was just a formality.She didn't care about the attitude of Du Chensheng and others.

She bowed to Du Chensheng neither humble nor overbearing, and said: "Jin Ning wishes grandparents New Year's greetings. I wish grandparents good health and everything goes well." Then she presented the gift and put it on the table of the Eight Immortals.

Only then did Du Chensheng slightly nod his head, his expression softened, and he said warmly: "It's good if you can come. Come, sit down."

Du Yunyi quickly smiled and said, "Come on, Brother Ning, sit here."

In the Du family, Mrs. Zhang, who has never touched the spring water with five fingers, poured a cup of ginger sugar tea with a smile, handed it to Du Jinning, and said: "Come on, it's a cold day, drink a cup of ginger sugar tea to warm your body." .”

"Thank you, uncle, auntie."

Du Yunnian and Yao Shi thought they had already been ordered by Du Chensheng, so they were not in the room, so as not to bring back bad memories of Du Jinning, even if Du Jinshou was not there.Apart from Du Chensheng and his wife, there were only five people in the small and big room.

Seeing that there was a big live chicken in the gift basket, Mrs. Niu hurriedly took it down, and was about to take it to the kitchen, when Du Chensheng said: "Mr. Niu, let everyone go." , "Go and pack some things, and bring them back to Geer Ning in a while."

Originally, as grandchildren, when they came to pay New Year's greetings to their elders, they didn't need to give gifts in return, they only needed to give a red seal.But now Du Chensheng tried every means to ease the relationship with Du Jinning, so naturally he didn't hesitate to return the favor with this idea.

He was well aware of his wife's stingy nature, if she was asked to prepare gifts, Du Jinning might not be able to please him, and Du Jinning would hate them even more.So he simply let Mrs. Zhang go.Mrs. Zhang is a shrewd and capable person, and he is generous in his work, so there will be no problems if he prepares to return the gift.

Mrs. Zhang agreed, and went out with the basket.

Niu gave Du Chensheng a sideways look, turned around and sat back on the stool.

"Did you go to school this year? How do the gentlemen treat you? Are you easy to get along with your classmates?" Du Chensheng showed his grandfather's style and cared about Du Jinning's academic affairs.

"The head of the mountain was afraid that I would not be able to keep up with the progress of the students, so he didn't let me enter the class, but learned some basic things from him." Du Jinning said.

When Du Chensheng choked, his expression became a little unnatural, and he secretly glanced at Du Yinsheng from the corner of his eye, worried that because of these words, Du Yinsheng would give him a good look.

As expected, Du Yinsheng's face sank like water.

If it wasn't for Du Chen's life-and-death reluctance to send Brother Ning to school, wouldn't he need to supplement the most basic knowledge now?Brother Ning shouldn't have come to pay New Year's greetings, remember what this dog is doing!
Du Yunyi hurriedly smoothed things over: "It can be seen that the head of the mountain values ​​you. Although I have never been to the academy, I know some people whose children are studying in the academy. I heard from them that the head of the mountain is a Jinshi, and he was still a scholar at the beginning. That’s the first class. Brother Ning is probably the first student who can get enlightened by him teaching in person.”

Du Jinning nodded: "The head of the mountain is indeed very kind to me. Without him, I guess I would still be a cowherd boy."

Du Chensheng and Du Yunyi choked again.

I really can't talk about it today.

There is nothing wrong with those conversations being heard by the uninformed.Whatever Du Chensheng asked, Du Jinning would answer whatever he asked. Not only did the words in his answers have no problems at all, without any emotion, but his attitude was also considered respectful.

But everyone in the room had ghosts in their hearts. Hearing Du Jinning's words really pierced their hearts, and it was as embarrassing as it could be.

Du Yinsheng was always in a bad mood, but suddenly he felt like laughing, and felt refreshed for a while.

This smart kid is different, he can even speak so well.He didn't reveal half a dirty word, and didn't make a sound of anger, but he made the people in the room feel ashamed.

Alas, why isn't this child his own grandson?
(End of this chapter)