Queen of Nongmen: Hexagrams determine the universe

Chapter 157
"It's the food that comes? You don't know anything, so why are you self-righteous and preaching to others?" Ye Qiongdan said loudly, "Has she tried hard, have you seen it? Opening her mouth to slander people at will, this is the way of a gentleman taught by Li Xiude Dao? This is really an eye-opener for me! If scholars all over the world take this fallacy and heresy as the way of a gentleman, the society and the country will be in danger!"

Whatever matter, as long as it rises to the height of the country, it will definitely arouse the literati's verbal criticism.

After hearing this, the literati around nodded their heads again and again, changing their previous attitude towards Ye Qiongdan and others.

"Yeah, this girl is really good at speaking. If you take slanderers with red lips and white teeth as the way of a gentleman, then the country is really in danger!"

"Unexpectedly, this young master looks well-dressed, but he is actually a dignified person."

"It's really embarrassing for my generation of scholars!"

……

Li Xiude trembled with anger, but there was nothing he could do.

Mrs. Li hated Ye Qiongdan and Xiangyao more and more in her heart, but now the situation is stronger than others, so she had no choice but to say: "The little lady made a mistake for a while, and the little lady is here to apologize to everyone. Please don't blame my husband. There is a misunderstanding!"

Ye Qiongdan didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she said to Xiangyao: "Take out the book list, we'll go back after buying the books."

Xiang girl took out the book list, spread it out on the table.

Li Xiude squinted his eyes, and sneered: ""The Way of a Gentleman", "Xue Hai", "New Edition of Morality"... Are these also books that you can understand? It's ridiculous. With your current level, you should Have you read "Shuowen Interpretation" and "Xiaerjing"?"

Xiang girl pursed her lips, ignored him, and said to the owner of the bookstore: "I want these books."

"Miss Ye, learning lies in the accumulation bit by bit, you must not rush forward!" Li Xiude continued.

"Li Xiucai, please put away your 'good words to persuade', don't you know that you should treat each other with admiration for three days?" Ye Qiongdan raised his eyebrows slightly, speaking for the fragrant girl.

"Oh?"

"It seems that the matter of Yinzi didn't make your memory long," Ye Qiongdan sighed, "When you came to Shanghe Village to retire, you still remember what you said to Xiang girl in front of the whole village. talk?"

Li Xiude's face immediately turned ugly.

The second daughter-in-law was overjoyed, looked at Li Xiude, and said triumphantly: "You don't remember, but I do! Tell me, if one day, our Xiang girl is richer and better at making money than Mrs. Li, you will kneel with the censer ashes on your head." In front of her, apologize to her! What? Shall I find you a furnace of censer ash now?"

"You guys, don't bully people too much! It's really insulting to gentleness! It's insulting to gentleness!" Li Xiude said angrily.

The daughter-in-law of the second room looked at the people around her and shouted: "You scholars often say that a gentleman's words are hard to follow, right?"

"Yes!" The group of scholars nodded.

"Li Xiucai, those who keep their promises are gentlemen; those who break their promises are villains," Ye Qiongdan said lightly, "I think you thought of kneeling with the ashes on your head back then, and no one forced you. We also You are not an unreasonable person, you know how to be forgiving and forgiving, as long as you solemnly apologize to Xiangyatou for your contempt for her, we will let the past go!"

"It's impossible! I don't accept it!" Li Xiucai said with a stiff neck.

"Aren't you convinced? Okay," the second daughter-in-law rolled up her sleeves and walked to the counter where the saint was enshrined in the bookstore, wanting to get the pot of incense burner. "Since you are not convinced, then I will force you to do so!"

"You guys are really deceiving people! It is impossible to convince a person with force. As a scholar, I despise your behavior!"

"Then what do you want?" Ye Qiongdan asked again.

"Didn't you say that I underestimated her? If she is really different now, I will apologize to her!"

"These are two things! You used to despise her because you thought that the dowry she could offer was not as good as your wife's dowry; but now you despise her because you don't think she can learn anything Come on. These two things should not be confused!" Ye Qiongdan said firmly.

"I asked to have a competition with Miss Ye Qiongxiang. If I win her, then the matter of apologizing to her with the censer ashes on my head will be erased from now on; if I lose to her, then I will fulfill my previous promise. The incense burner ash apologized to her, and let her handle it again." Li Xiude said loudly.

"What about the scope of the competition?"

"Didn't you say that with her current ability, she can read "Gentleman's Way", "Xuehai", "New Edition of Morality"? I don't take other exams, I just read from "Shuowen Shiyi", "Xiaerjing", Extract some basic things from "Heaven and Earth Literature" and come up with some questions to test her," Li Xiude said conceitedly, he doesn't believe how well a girl who has practiced calligraphy for at most a month can consolidate her knowledge, "For the sake of fairness , You can also come up with some questions to test me."

He believed that with Xiang girl's knowledge, she would never be able to solve any problems!

In this kind of competition, he is sure to win!

Ye Qiongdan glanced at Xiang Yatou, who pursed her lips, a little nervous, dazed and helpless, facing this situation, she didn't know how to react at all.

Ye Qiongdan sighed.

"What? Don't you dare to take the test?" Li Xiude looked at Xiang girl contemptuously.

"I dare!" After being provoked by his eyes, Xiang girl's expression suddenly became extremely firm.

Losing is not losing, this is the character of a scholar!
Even if you lose, you can't lose without a fight!

"That's how it is, how about you asking three questions and Xiangyao three questions?" Ye Qiongdan said again.

"No problem," Li Xiude nodded, "The location of the competition should be Qilizhou in Qinghe. There is a lake pavilion on the island, and the surrounding scenery is quite good. As for the time, it will be in three days' time. Chen Shi, I'll give you a chance to hug your feet temporarily, I hope you won't lose too embarrassingly when the time comes."

"It doesn't take three days, tomorrow will do." The always honest Xiang girl was stubborn for an unprecedented time.

"Tomorrow? Are you going to smash the jar?" Li Xiude spread out the folding fan and shook it, "We scholars don't bother to bully a little girl, just use these three days to prepare well."

"I've already memorized "Shuowen Shiyi", "Xiaerjing", and "Heaven and Earth Literature" backwards, so you can come up with questions." Xiang girl said seriously.

Li Xiude covered half of his face with his fan as if he heard some joke.

Recite backwards?I'm not afraid that Feng Da's tongue will flash when I say this, this woman's character is so unbearable, it's a good thing he didn't marry her back then.

Otherwise, even if he entered the underworld, he would be held accountable by his ancestors.

When he thought that he had married the gentle, capable, and general-minded Mrs. Li, a sense of pride welled up in his heart.

After a while, he put down his folding fan, nodded conceitedly and said, "Okay! Tomorrow will be tomorrow! Since you refuse to accept my kindness, then I have nothing to say, Miss Ye Qiongxiang, don't regret it!"

"I won't regret it." Xiang girl said firmly.

At this time, Mrs. Li put on a weak and innocent look again, and asked with concern: "Miss Xiang'er, how is your health recently? Do you want me to accompany you to the medicine hall and ask the old doctor to prescribe some tonic for you?" ?”

"I'm in good health." Xiang girl said honestly, puzzled.

"Don't hide your illness and avoid medical treatment," Mrs. Li sighed, "I'm afraid that you will suddenly not be able to come to compete with my husband tomorrow due to physical reasons. If you come to this kind of competition, and you are absent because of serious illness, you will let those who don't know the truth gossip. I know Miss Xiang'er, and I know that Miss Xiang'er was born in the countryside. She is the most simple and innocent. Don’t pretend to be seriously ill to save your face.”

Upon hearing this, Xiang girl turned pale with anger, but Mrs. Li kept her words tight, and she didn't know how to refute.

Just as the second daughter-in-law was about to swear and defend her daughter, Ye Qiongdan tore her clothes and said first, "Mrs. Li, have you ever heard a sentence?"

"What?" Mrs. Li asked puzzled.

"A vile man sees the whole world as vile."

"I don't know what Miss Ye means." Ms. Li suppressed her anger and laughed.

"No, you know," Ye Qiongdan said meaningfully, and then she said to the boss of the bookstore, "Boss, help us get the books according to the book list."

"Yes." The boss nodded.

"Husband, let's go." Mrs. Li knew that she was not Ye Qiongdan's opponent, so she quickly tugged on Li Xiude's sleeve.

Li Xiude snorted coldly, pretending to be aloof and took his wife away in a huff.

After they left, the people in the store started talking again.

"How about going to Qilizhou tomorrow to see the excitement?"

"A little girl who is not yet literate, she will definitely lose in a mess. What's there to look at? Save some face for the little girl!"

"That's right, she is just at the level of just learning, can she win a scholar? If she wins, wouldn't that be a big joke in the world? From now on, this Li Xiucai will have no face to come out to meet people, right?"

……

At this time, the other two women who were hiding behind a row of bookshelves put their heads back.

"Yun Rong, this is Miss Ye who is going to be recommended by your father to Yiling County to take the entrance exam for women's school?" People from the girls' school?"

"Miss Su, you don't know that the real talented person is her cousin Ye Qiongdan, who begged my father to give her this opportunity because Ye Qiongdan didn't want to go to school." Zhao Yunrong explained.

"Not willing?" Su Hongying was furious.

Is the entrance exam place she dreamed of being a place that other women don't want?
That's downright insulting.

"What is she capable of?" Su Hongying bit her lip and said indignantly.

(End of this chapter)