The snow gradually became heavier. It fell into a courtyard of blue bricks and black tiles built against the mountains. The eaves, columns, ancient trees, steps, and roads were covered with snow. The world is quiet and unspeakable.

Suddenly, the sound of reading sounded in the courtyard, and the sound was filled with the child's youth, ups and downs, "

Picking the vine, the vine also stops. He said he was back and said he was back. The year was gone in the past, and the willows were swaying. Now I am here to think about it, the rain and snow are falling."

A figure walking towards the gate of the academy was carrying his luggage, walking in a hurry. He heard the sound of reading, thought for a while, turned around and walked along the corridor to the Bing Lecture Hall in Wai's House.

But I saw a child in a green shirt sitting in an empty lecture hall reading. His words were clear, his sentences were correct, and his recitation was coherent, which was very good.

The visitor bowed his hand and said with a smile: "Student Jia is really hard at studying. Are you really not going home on New Year's Day?" This incident has spread throughout the academy.

Jia Huan, who was memorizing the Book of Songs, interrupted him and sighed depressedly. He looked at the door and saw that he was an acquaintance. He stood up and said, "Yes. The academy had already completed New Year's school the day before yesterday. Student Lin only left today?"

Lin is Lin Xinyuan. Last time he was roasted on the fire in the Zuixian Tower, he had already separated Ruby Lin from his friends' list in his heart. However, in this Wendao Academy, Ruby Lin is an acquaintance, and he can still say a few words when he meets.

Ruby Lin explained: "Shemei closed the store in the town today. We made an appointment to go back to the city together. Should I go to the town to have a cup of hot wine together?"

Wendao Academy is outside Dongzhuang Town at the foot of Miaofeng Mountain. It is built on the hills, with green walls and gray tiles, covering an area of ​​about 20 acres, with staggered courtyards. It has nearly 200 disciples.

Jia Huan refused and said, "Student Lin is kind-hearted. He still has to study, so he won't go." It takes two miles to go to Dongzhuang Town from Wendao Academy, and then to drink at the center of the town. It is a waste of time to toss and go back and forth.

Lin Xinyuan was a little unhappy and said, "Student Jia refuses so much, he just looks down on me!"

Jia Huan was a little speechless.

In this world, scholars look down on the children of merchants. But Ruby Lin is very high-profile in Wendao Academy because of her wealth. She often shows off and talks about pomp and offends many classmates. In addition, his homework is not good, so she is often ridiculed in the Academy.

But Jia Huan really doesn't look down on Ruby Lin now. Isn't it normal for the rich second generation to not study seriously? When he was in a key high school, the top five in the class were all rich second generations. Of course, there were also classmates from good families and good grades.

Ruby Lin invited again: "I was wrong when I was in Zuixianlou last time. I know that classmate Jia has some opinions about me. But I really want to make friends with classmate Jia. I also ask classmate Jia to give me face."

This is a bit out of tune. How great can you be? Classmate? Jia Huan sneered in his heart. After thinking about it, he said, "Then it's better to obey your destiny." Seeing Lin Xinyuan's attitude, if he didn't agree, he would definitely be entangled.

He happened to go to the town to buy some charcoal to store it. It would be very uncomfortable to not burn charcoal basins in winter.

Ruby Lin's face was delighted.

Jia Huan packed up his books and pens and mo and went back to the dormitory. After the New Year's school, the dormitory was empty. Jia Huan took the money and walked towards the gate of the academy with Ruby Lin.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Wendao Academy, I saw a middle-aged man with short beards and small eyes coming. He was wearing a jade-colored student shirt and carrying his luggage. Seeing Jia Huan and Ruby Lin standing on the side of the road salute, he snorted coldly and said unhappily: "You can finish your holiday homework? When the first month of school starts, I will check it. If there is any mistake, the ruler will not recognize your age."

Jia Huan bowed and bowed, "Return to Mr., the students will definitely complete it."

This gentleman was Luo Shulang, who taught him the Five Classics: the Book of Songs. He was square, strict and vicious. On that day, Mr. Ye pleaded for him and asked him to teach the Book of Songs. The doctor said that Luo Shulang was the best at tutoring the Book of Songs.

Luo Yanlang said: "My students study because they do knowledge. You study because they seek fame and fortune. I will not teach such students."

This is a very sensible statement.

Jia Huan finally agreed to complete all his learning requirements before he could study the Book of Songs under him. The amount of study was three or four times greater. He could understand the Book of Songs thoroughly. But now he has only learned one-third of the Book of Songs. In February, he had to hurry up.

Luo Shuolang's face was slightly slower and nodded. His eyes fell on Lin Xinyuan. When Jia Huan looked at him again, he was a little dissatisfied and said, "A gentleman is like righteousness, while a villain is like profit. Merchants forget their righteousness when they see profit. A gentleman does not take it."

Jia Huan smiled bitterly. He had long experienced Luo Yalang's poisonous tongue. This was almost scolding Ruby Lin in front of him as a villain.

He originally said that after he arrived in the town, he would deal with Ruby Lin casually and suddenly flash. Now it seems that he just needs to have a good drink to get out. Otherwise, it would be: a gentleman doesn’t want to be friends with a villain!

Ruby Lin's face turned red.

After Luo Luolang scolded the man, he swayed his sleeves, carried his luggage, raised his chin, and looked like a scholar, leaving the academy gate.

Ruby Lin was depressed for a long time and said, "Luo Shulang's words are so harsh!"

Dongzhuang Town is located at the foot of Miaofeng Mountain and is affiliated to Wanping County. It is about thirty or forty miles away from the capital. Because the surrounding Xishan area is rich in coal mines, the town is densely populated. On the 22nd day of the twelfth lunar month, the air is full of New Year atmosphere.

Jia Huan and Lin Xinyuan stopped at the entrance of Xuji Restaurant in the town. Noisy voices and heat came to their faces. There were businessmen walking north and south, brocade hats, sable furs, coal mine managers, long green hats, and wealthy friends gathered for dinner, calling friends, hunters to buy wine, and iron forks to pick up fat rabbits. People of all kinds called to speak, either slapped the table to urge vegetables, or drank and scolded the girl, which made the restaurant full of the atmosphere of life.

The waiter greeted the white air and greeted the two of them into the store. The second floor was quiet and elegant, and Jia Huan sat down at the window on the second floor to order wine and food. He drank while chatting, talking about the things in the academy.

Looking from the window, large areas of snowflakes fell from flying catkins, mountains, rivers, fields, and villages were shrouded in the white snow. Wendao Academy not far away also appeared and appeared.

The snow scene caught my eyes. Jia Huan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It has been more than a month since he came out of the Jia Mansion!

That afternoon, he left the inner city in a carriage before the city gate locked. The next afternoon, he arrived at Wendao Academy and successfully entered the school with Ye Shanlang's recommendation. Wendao Academy took the exam every half month, and he had already been admitted to the B class from the T-character class in the Outer House.

The college will reopen on January 18 next year. The exam will be held immediately. He will be admitted to Class B from Class A. At the end of January, if he enters the inner room, he will be allowed by the academy to participate in the county examination in February.

When he left the Jia Mansion, he quoted the Chairman's poem to express his aspirations: he will not return if he fails to learn to be famous. This "fame" is by no means the fame of scholars that everyone in the Jia Mansion thinks. His inner thought is not to return to the Jia Mansion before he obtains fame of the Juren.

Because, returning to the Jia family as a scholar can only protect himself. He is really not interested in returning to the Jia family to pretend to be a grandson! If he goes back as a juren, he will be qualified to participate in the power game in the Jia family.

In fact, it is best not to go back all the time. When he manages the back road well, he will pick up Qingwen and Ruyi. The three of them will fly away and make a thorough cut with the Jia family. When the Jia family building collapses, they will come back to pick up Aunt Zhao and Tanchun.

There is a problem. If you pass the exam, it will be a bit troublesome after changing your identity. The identity of the juren is enough to reach the best among scholars. In the future, you will inevitably leave the exam room and get a scholar's reputation. If you meet an acquaintance

Furthermore, if he wants to live a more comfortable life in the future, he will definitely have to deal with the powerful circle of the place where he lives, if he meets an acquaintance again.

There is a very high probability in these two situations, but it is not impossible. There is no plastic surgery technology in this era. You can't go out to sea to be a savage, right?

Jia Huan gently rubbed his eyebrows, and his thoughts flew.

When Jia Huan was thinking about it, Ruby Lin had a few glasses of wine and gradually became more and more talked. He was bragging to Jia Huan about how beautiful the face of the famous prostitute, the Wufeng Pavilion in the capital, and how soft the words were, and he didn't pay any attention to Jia Huan's distractedness.

Finally, Ruby Lin sighed, "Oh, I have to spend forty taels of silver when I see the Daffodil girl. I will talk to her for a game or listen to her playing the piano for another forty taels, stay for another forty taels. I am now in a weak family, and I am afraid I don't have the opportunity to spend a good night with the Daffodil girl. It's melancholy."

Jia Huan drank tea and squinted his eyes to look at Lin Xinyuan. The family is in decline! No wonder he is so sensitive to face. He shook his head gently in his heart. It is normal for a young man who is less than 20 years old to bear this gap.

At this time, an old man dressed in a servant went upstairs and looked around. Seeing Jia Huan sitting by the window, Ruby Lin hurriedly walked over and said, "Young Master, Miss has been waiting for you for almost half an hour."

"Oh." Ruby Lin stood up shakingly, pointed at Jia Huan and said, "Uncle Fu, these are my classmates and friends in the academy. Today we came to see me off. We had a great time chatting and drank a few more drinks. We delayed the departure time."

Uncle Fu nodded to Jia Huan, "Thank you, my friend." He helped Ruby Lin go downstairs.

Jia Huan did not expose Lin Xinyuan's lies, so he settled the account and followed him downstairs. A carriage was parked in the corner of the sheltered wall on the left side of the restaurant. Jia Huan helped to wake up the person, and Lin Xinyuan, who was unsteady in walking the building, helped him to the side of the carriage.

The curtains in the carriage were lifted up, revealing a beautiful and beautiful melon-shaped face, "Ah"

Ruby Lin held Fu's arm and shouted, "Sister, I'll introduce you to me. This is my classmate, Jia Huan, a prodigy. She entered school for one month, took the exam twice, and jumped from the T-shaped class to the B-shaped class. It is the fastest record of the class promotion. It will end next year."

The "end" is to take the imperial examination.

The beautiful woman smiled and said, "Young Master Jia, why are you today?"

Jia Huan also smiled, "It's a bit coincidental." This person was not Lin Xinyuan's sister, but the tall and beautiful maid who accompanied Lin Xinyuan to buy rouge that day. He forgot what the girl's name was.

Uncle Fu "stuck" Ruby Lin into the carriage.

The beautiful maid smiled and said, "Thank you, Mr. Jia, for helping the acting. I'll give it to you for how much money I spent in the restaurant."

Acting? What the hell? Jia Huan was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

The maid with a melon-faced face said sadly: "The second young master is a good person, but he is very good at face. Every time he comes back, he brags about his good relationship with his classmates in the academy. In fact, we all know, Mr. Jia, thank you."

Jia Huan was so amused and crying. Beauty, I am really a student of Wendao Academy!

The words Lin Xinyuan said about his exam just now were probably considered bragging. It was quite embarrassing. Jia Huan waved his hand, "You're welcome. Brother Lin and I are good friends. It's better to invite him to drink."

At this time, a crisp voice came from the carriage, and he scolded: "Fox friends!"

The very nice sound, like a pearl falling on a jade plate, was actually a satirical sound. Jia Huan just wanted to say: My God!

Jia Huan knew the crux of the problem, so he bowed to the place where the carriage curtains and said, "Miss Lin, I went to the rouge shop that day to buy rouge for my mother."

After saying that, Jia Huan didn't care whether she believed it or not, and bowed her back, "I'll leave it to you all." As he said that, he turned around and left, and walked into the wind and snow all over the sky.

In order to show his life well in front of his family, Ruby Lin actually asked someone to act. It's true

Jia Huan shook his head funny. At the same time, he felt a little light!

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Chapter completed!