Xu He, who had been delayed in Yangzhou for a long time, finally made his way home.
Xie Liangcai couldn't go with him because he had something to do. This time he wasn't hanging around a brothel, coveting girls under the guise of a literary society. It was said that he had something going on at home, and he would rush back to Yiling after seeing Shen Xuan off.
When they returned, everyone still took the water route.
Although the ship was not as stable as when he arrived, fortunately, the Zhou family was destroyed and there was no pressure. Xu He relaxed completely.
Along the way, warships from the defense and county offices were seen flying by at every turn. Xu He knew that this should be caused by the elimination of Jiangyanpu water bandits.
When they got off the boat at Hailing, three of the five schoolchildren who arrived were still schoolchildren, while the identities of the other two had changed.
The two schoolchildren who were forced by Li Zhijie to sign bail now felt reluctant to see Xu He. After bowing deeply, the two of them flattered each other and wanted to maintain the fate of walking together for many days.
It was classmate Liu Zhigao who looked the most dejected. He failed to pass the government examination. Before the exam, his family had agreed that if he still failed, he would study business.
Once you become a merchant, you will no longer be able to study and become an official in your life.
They both came from the same sociology school. Originally, everyone started from the same starting point. Now Xu He and Chu Yuan can continue to move forward in the imperial examination, but he is undoubtedly a loser, which makes Liu Zhigao very disappointed.
As a man of two generations, Xu He would naturally not persuade him to talk nonsense about being the number one scholar with three hundred and sixty lines. He patted Liu Zhigao's arm and said with a smile: "Come out and get together when you have time!"
Liu Zhigao pursed his lips, nodded gratefully to Xu He and hurried away.
Chu Yuan looked at his back and said, "Xiaohe, why don't you persuade him to persist, maybe he will win next year!"
Xu He shook his head: "Everyone's family situation is different, and their thoughts are also different. Liu Zhigao is no longer a child. He must be responsible for his own choices and the choices of his family!"
Chu Yuan nodded in understanding, feeling a little sad in his heart.
The two walked together for a while. Xu He wanted to turn north and go to Shisheng Street, while Chu Yuan wanted to continue east out of the city gate to go home. After the two said goodbye, Xu He went to Shisheng Street.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, he knocked on the door more than ten times, but no one opened the door. Just when he was about to go to Lao Jia's house or his uncle's house next door, a vigilant voice suddenly came from the courtyard and asked: "Who is the master? Home is not here!"
Xu He was stunned when he heard this. Feng Xiaozhu hasn't left yet?
"It's me, Xu He!"
The people in the courtyard heard the sound and exclaimed in low voices: "Yes, you are back!"
The next second the courtyard door opened, and a woman in a light yellow dress held the door with one hand and fiddled with the corner of her clothes with the other hand. She lowered her head and said with a red face: "Auntie went to Master Xie's house to visit the patients. I am the only one at home!"
Xu He saw Feng Xiaozhu again, and saw that because of her stable life these days, the soothing and intellectual beauty on her oval face became more and more obvious. Even if her bumpy figure was covered by clothes, it was inevitable that she would have peaks and peaks, which made people think about her. .
Xu He looked at her skirt again, and couldn't help but think of the slender and straight legs he saw on the sandbank that day. The proportions were really amazing.
Feng Xiaozhu probably noticed Xu He's gaze, her pretty face flushed, and she suddenly tucked her exposed legs into her skirt.
"Mr. Xu, come in quickly and I'll pour you tea!" At this time, Feng Xiaozhu didn't look like he was fighting the thief that day, and his voice was like a mosquito.
Xu He wanted to laugh when he saw her shy look. Her previous impression on Xu He was that she was decisive and smart, unlike most women of this era.
Unexpectedly, when the two of them were alone and there were no thieves around, she would be like a mimosa.
After entering the courtyard, Xu He only sat at the stone table in the courtyard because they were an unmarried man and woman.
After a while, Feng Xiaozhu came out with a tea tray. She stretched out her slender hand and suppressed the shyness in her heart and said: "This is the iron arhat Mr. Xie sent a few days ago!"
Xu He followed her hand and looked into the plate, and saw the dark brown tea leaves being gently put into the tea bowl and then into the bowl.
After pouring the hot water, she took out the cup and waited for a while. She pinched the orchid finger, clasped the lid with her index finger and gently turned her wrist. The bright yellow tea soup was poured into the cup like a thin thread.
The whole process is pleasing to the eye. Although it is not as complicated as those of the so-called "tea masters" in later generations, the whole process coupled with her white wrists and slender jade fingers is really pleasing to the eye.
After ordering the tea, Feng Xiaozhu blushed and brought the tea cup to Xu He with both hands: "Mr. Xu, try it!"
Xu He did not rush to pick up the tea cup to drink, but picked up the tea bowl cover that Feng Xiaozhu had just grabbed, turned it over and put it on the tip of his nose to smell it.
Feng Xiaozhu's eyes lit up when she saw this. She didn't expect that Xu He knew how to taste tea.
Tie Luohan is a kind of oolong tea and the main member of Wuyi Mountain rock tea. After brewing this tea, the soup color is clear and the tea aroma is attractive. After brewing, you can smell the rich tea aroma inside the lid first. The aroma here is the best. Thorough and clear.
"Well, I didn't expect that the girl actually knows the art of tea! The water temperature and brewing time are just right, just enough to fully release the orchid fragrance!"
After saying that, he picked up the tea cup and took a sip, but after the tea soup overflowed in his mouth, the initial slight bitterness dissipated, and then, the taste immediately returned to sweetness on his tongue!
I haven’t had such good rock tea in a long time.
Xu He narrowed his eyes slightly in comfort and drank the remaining tea soup in one gulp.
When he opened his eyes, he found Feng Xiaozhu staring at him nervously, as if he wanted to ask "Does it taste good?"
Xu He praised: "Miss Feng's method of brewing tea is really exquisite. The time it takes to make the soup will feel bitter if it takes more than one second, and it will taste bland if it takes less than one second. It's amazing, it's amazing!"
Feng Xiaozhu was praised by him. His whole face turned red and his lips pursed slightly. It was obvious that he was extremely happy.
"In the past, at home, my father loved to drink tea, and he also liked to collect tea leaves from all over the world. When I had nothing to do, I studied how to brew these teas to bring out their best aroma!" Feng Xiaozhu explained in a low voice.
"After all, this is a family that has been in the family for hundreds of years, but the background is different. A concubine can study tea art at home!" Xu He sighed in his heart.
But Fengfang is an old boy. If his daughter encounters such a big thing, won't he do anything?
At this time, Feng Xiaozhu hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Mr. Xu, I heard that in the case of your high school examination, people blocked the whole street to congratulate you. Later, my aunt even held a banquet at home to celebrate!"
Xu He was slightly startled. He didn't expect that his home would be so lively.
Feng Xiaozhu muttered with some embarrassment: "What topic did Young Master take in the Zhiyi test this time?"
When Xu He heard this, he looked at her in surprise: "Does the girl still know how to control justice?"
Feng Xiaozhu waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't understand, I don't understand, I just learned a little bit randomly!"
Xu He smiled and read out the test questions and the essay he had written that day.
Who would have thought that Feng Xiaozhu, who had been shy and timid just now, froze in place after listening to his article.
"What's wrong? Miss Feng?" Xu He thought something had happened to her.
Unexpectedly, Feng Xiaozhu took a deep look at him and said: "Gongzi's writings are tranquil and joyful, and have the style of the ancients. Moreover, this style of writing is something I have never heard of in Zhiyi articles. The method of crossing the bundle is the ups and downs of reading. , unforgettable.”
At this moment, she was thinking: "Even when my father was young, he couldn't write such an elegant and elegant article, right?"
But Xu He said in his heart: "I didn't expect that a young girl could actually know how to write articles about justice, and she was a concubine of the Feng family. Sure enough, there are crouching tigers, hidden dragons in the rich family! It's not like there are such dandy boys in novels, but really Very few.”
Just when the two were chatting happily and the atmosphere was harmonious, suddenly the cry of a woman and a child was heard not far from Xu's house.
