Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 39

As soon as Xue Biao arrived at the dormitory, he really surprised everyone.The six people in the room, including Chen Hengzi, watched as the two servants hurried in and out carrying boxes and bundles, making beds and cleaning them, and even the beds they had made were also rearranged.

"Whose young master is this, why are you so particular about it?" Among the six people in the group, someone complained in a low voice.Chen Heng took a glance, it was a boy named Qian Dayou.He was also the oldest in the house at 13 years old.

When they talked before, Chen Heng noticed that Qian Dayou had a good family background, and he told his classmates that it was time to take a rest in the future, and he would be the host to invite everyone out for a small gathering.

Now look at Qian Dayou, and look at the new boy, I don't know if it is a fake monk who meets a real Buddha.Chen Heng gloated a little.

Xue Biao seemed to see everyone's inexplicable resistance to him, and was a little confused for a while.However, he has been with Xue Zhen for a long time, and he has long been proficient in dealing with people.

He raised his hand to summon a servant, and asked him to take out the melons and fruits in the box and put them on a plate. He himself brought it to his classmates and said with a smile: "Everyone, I am going to Xue Biao in Jinling. It is my first time entering school today. Because I am young and my family is worried, I sent my servants to help. If there is any offense, I hope you don't mind."

Jinling?Xue scorpion?It turned out to be him?Chen Heng's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, Yangzhou City is different, you can meet the characters in the book on the first day of school.

Looking closely at the other party's attire at this time, Chen Heng couldn't recognize him. He only felt that he looked very rich but not dazzling, which was a bit pleasing to the eye.

But when he thought about what happened to his second uncle and Wang Sheng's house, Chen Heng lost most of his goodwill.He only thought that he was a passerby who met by chance, and when the person in front of him finished introducing himself, he just cupped his hands and said politely: "I am Chen Heng."

After Xue Biao returned the gift, they were divided into senior and younger again.As a result, Xue Biao was more than a year older than Chen Heng, and he was only a few months away from nine years old.Chen Hengman is only seven and a half years old.

However, judging from Xue Biao, Chen Heng already guessed that the academy should divide dormitories by age.Seeing that there was only the last person left in the room who had not come, everyone gathered around Xue Biao's melon and fruit snacks, eating and chatting nonsense.

Everyone is of the same age, and it is the first time to leave home, without the control of family members around them.Coupled with the fact that Youqian and Dayou wanted to show off their own limelight, and Xue Biao was there to make a joke at the right time, the atmosphere was very active.

Until the parade master, when passing by the door, urged them to go to bed early.Seven people in a room hugged the quilt and fell asleep in a hurry.

Chen Heng's bed was on the outermost side of the bunk, and he was the first to come, so he chose a good seat by the window.Qian Dayou was the oldest, occupying the middle, Xue Biao didn't care about that, and he was the last one to come.Only the bed against the wall was left for him.

After spending a good night's sleep in a hurry, in the morning, the seniors from the next room came to call the door and asked them to go to the lecture hall on the first day to listen to the teacher's lecture.

When these little guys finished packing up and rushed to the classroom, there were already more than 40 older students standing inside.When Chen Heng was still having a headache about where to stand, a master immediately stepped forward to guide them to their seats.

When Pei Huaizhen came to the podium, seeing the faces full of vigor, she couldn't help feeling a sense of pride in her heart.Since he retired and returned home, he has been bored for a long time.Now invited by Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai to come to Yueyi Academy as the head of the mountain, it makes him feel much younger.

The lectures from ancient times to the present are similar, but fortunately Pei Huaizhen only said a few words before inviting other masters to the stage to let the students get to know each other one by one.

Among them, the most unexpected person to Chen Heng is a schoolmaster named Mei Jin, who is in charge of all affairs in the academy, and also teaches painters on weekdays. According to him, he is still a Hanlin.

The more Chen Heng listened, the more evil he became. He couldn't help but look at Xue Biao sitting in front, and at Mei Hanlin on the stage.For a while, he couldn't decide whether this Mei Hanlin was Xue Biao's sister's future in-laws.

Yangzhou City is really interesting.

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Coincidentally, in the lecture hall of the front hall, the teachers and students of the academy gathered together.In another courtyard in the back hall, there was also an old lady with an extraordinary bearing, who stood in front of several girls and said with a smile.

"You don't need to be so restrained, everyone might as well be more relaxed. If you like it, you can call me to thank you in the future."

The old lady Xie was thin, wearing a simple light green dress, her hair was tied into a bun, and was only fixed with a wooden hairpin.There was a female doll carved in jade, seeing the old lady's kindness, she said.

"But Daddy told me to call you Grandma."

Mrs. Xie followed the voice and recognized Wei Yinghong's youngest daughter, Wei Qijun. She shook her head and laughed, "It's okay, just follow my orders. You can say the same when you see your father."

As soon as the little girl heard it, she nodded and didn't make a sound.The old lady Xie asked again, "Do you like painting more? Or do you like poetry and calligraphy?"

The girls looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.Suddenly one person stood up and said in a playful voice, "Thank you, Master, I like them all and want to learn them all."

"Okay, okay." Old lady Xie nodded with a smile, "What's your name, can you tell Teacher Xie?"

"My surname is Lin. Master Xie can call me Daiyu, or Yu'er. Yu'er likes both of them." The little girl stood up straight, raised her neck slightly, and said, "Yu'er is five years old this year."

What a smart and energetic girl, Mrs. Xie was very happy.I think it's really amazing that a five-year-old child can speak in such an orderly manner.

"Okay, Yu'er wants to learn, and I will teach you after thanking the teacher. What about the others, do you like anything?"

Seeing someone taking the lead, the other girls let go of their courage a little bit.After answering one by one, Mrs. Xie saw that the atmosphere was almost the same, so she called everyone to move the seats together, and she herself moved the chairs in front of them.

The teacher-student relationship was originally clear, but because of Mrs. Xie's move, it became a scene where her grandma took her granddaughters to study.

"Everyone sit down obediently. Today is the first day. Let's start reading from the Book of Songs."

"Thank you, what is the Book of Songs?" Someone asked.

"The Book of Songs, a long time ago, many ordinary people like you and Master Xie sang poems bit by bit when they were working in the mountains, rivers, and fields where the sun rose and the moon set."

Master Xie clapped his hands lightly, and blurted out a melodious and free tune, "Ge Zhitan Xi, Shi Yu Zhonggu, Wei Yeqiqi..."

Sitting in the middle, Daiyu's eyes became brighter the more she listened. She just felt that the elegant and melodious melody was like a mountain stream, gurgling by itself.It was also like the clear dew being illuminated by the early sun, and a flash of emerald green gleams in her heart.

Due to poor health at birth, she has been staying at home with her mother since she can remember.Now, through the tunes sung by Master Xie, I always feel that pieces of vivid scenery come before my eyes.

At this moment, her mind has turned into a white deer in the forest, riding on the singing of thanking the teacher, walking towards a wider world.

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After a day's class, the servants of each family will pick up their young lady from the small door in the back hall.Sitting in the carriage arranged by Jia Shi, Lin Daiyu couldn't help but lift up the curtain secretly, looking at the hurrying people on the street with bright eyes.

Some of them were laughing, some were gloomy, some were businessmen, some took their families out for a walk, and some children rode on their father's neck and pointed to the distance.

Is it these people who wrote the Book of Songs?While Lin Daiyu felt incredible, she couldn't help but marvel at what she learned today.

This joyful mood did not dissipate until Lin Ruhai returned home.Even Lin Ruhai, who was exhausted all day, felt much better.

"Do you still want to study in the future?" Lin Ruhai joked about her daughter.

"Yes." Lin Daiyu nodded seriously.

"That means getting up early every day..."

"Yu'er will get up by herself."

"Hahahaha." Lin Ruhai shook his head and laughed, hugged Daiyu with both hands and held it high, "Okay, Yu'er wants to read, so Daddy will read with you. Let's review today's homework again."

　The evening update will be a little later.Be busy with the Dragon Boat Festival.I won’t be home until eight or nine o’clock. I’ve finished writing, but the draft box seems to only be able to pass on chapter by chapter, and I’m not very good at using it yet.

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