At the end of the annual leave, Egret Academy opened again, and Wu Bai returned to the academy with Yanshu and the two.
They arrived at the dormitory before Xiao Zimo, and when they saw the dusty yard, the three of them carried water to clean up the yard, and then Xiao Zimo came to the dormitory with his own baggage.
Seeing the clean and tidy yard, Xiao Zimo understood that it was Wu Bai and the others who cleaned it, so he quickly put the burden on the table in the yard, took out the cakes from it and handed them to Wu Bai.
"Thank you for your hard work." Xiao Zimo thanked.
Yan Shu smelled the cake and his nose moved slightly. He looked at Wu Bai greedily and motioned Wu Bai to eat first.
Wu Bai picked up a cake and put it in his mouth, tasted the taste, and praised: "It tastes good, sweet but not greasy, soft and not sticking to the teeth, you can try it."
"Okay." Yan Shu Yanqi nodded.
."This is a cake from Jixiang Zhai in Linshan Town. It is a century-old brand and an ancestral craft. I have eaten it once before, and the taste is unique. The second one tastes even better." Xiao Zimo introduced.
Hearing this, Wu Bai just finished eating the first cake, and he immediately put the second cake in his mouth to taste it.
"What Zimo said is really good. The taste of this second one is longer, softer and sweeter than the first one." Wu Bai nodded in agreement.
After Yan Shu finished eating one, he also reached out to the second, so this cake ushered in a second wave of praise.
Xiao Zimo smiled and said, "Haha, as long as you like it."
When the cakes were almost eaten, Wu Bai poured himself a glass of water to moisten his throat, then looked at Xiao Zimo and asked, "Zimo, how is your uncle?"
"It's no longer a problem, thank you, Brother Xian, for your concern." Xiao Zimo said gratefully.
.The two were talking when someone knocked on the courtyard door again, Yan Shu muttered, "It won't be the eldest son again." Then he walked over to open the door.
Wu Bai also felt that it was very possible. After all, not many people came to his yard, and probably only Wu Mingxuan would come here.
Unexpectedly, the door of the courtyard opened, but it was not Wu Mingxuan, but Xie Ning.
Seeing Xie Ning, Wu Bai was quite speechless. Since he knew that he was the son of the prefect, Xie Ning wanted to get in touch with him.
With a gift box in his hand, Xie Ning walked into the yard with a smile on his face.
Xiao Zimo wondered in his heart, and did not understand what the other party was doing here.
"Master Wu, this is the opening ceremony I gave you. I hope Master Wu will not dislike it." Xie Ning said to Wu Bai with a smile.
"What kind of medicine did he take wrong, why did he suddenly look so nice to you?" Xiao Zimo asked Wu Bai in a low voice.
."He knows my father is the prefect." Wu Bai explained.
"How did he know?" Xiao Zimo asked curiously.
"In the case of the teahouse owner, he happened to see the two of us coming out of the government office. After you left, he came up to me to inquire about the news, and I told him that he was the son of the prefect, so that he would not have any intentions. Son." Wu Bai replied softly.
"I see." Xiao Zimo nodded slightly.
Wu Bai looked at Xie Ning and said in an unfamiliar tone: "Although I and Xie Gongzi are classmates, we are not familiar with each other. Xie Gongzi gave me the opening ceremony for no reason, without merit and no reward, Xie Gongzi should take these things back. "
.As soon as these words came out, Xie Ning's face was a little ugly, and then he regained his calmness and said calmly: "Since Young Master Wu doesn't accept it, I naturally dare not force him to accept it, I will take this thing back, but if there is something wrong with Young Master Wu in the future. Tuo, I'll be waiting for you at any time."
After Xie Ning took the gift away with a sullen face, Yan Shu closed the courtyard door again.
Xiao Zimo looked at the sky and said, "It's a good day today. How about we move the books to the yard to dry out the musty smell?"
"Yes." Wu Bai agreed.
So a few people went into the house again to take out all the books, and spread a layer of clean paper on the ground, and finally put the books on it and spread them out to dry.
In the blink of an eye, it was the end of the month, and Xiao Zimo was packing his things early in the morning. Wu Bai couldn't see why, so he asked, "What are you packing for?"
."I forgot to talk to Brother Bai about this before. Father and the others have moved to Fucheng. I plan to go down the mountain today to see them." Xiao Zimo replied.
"That's great, where do they live now?" Wu Bai asked with a smile.
"They live in Fucheng West Lane now. They are renting a house. This time the move was abrupt. The house in the town has not yet found a buyer. They have to wait for the house in the town to sell before they consider buying a house in Fucheng again." Xiao Zimo said truthfully.
"I have a village near the foot of the Egret Academy, why don't they move there?" Wu Bai suggested.
Xiao Zimo shook his head and said, "Thank you Brother Bai for your kindness. They have already rented the house and everything is in good order, so I won't bother Brother Bai for the time being."
"Okay, then, it's fine for Uncle and the others to move to Fucheng. You can visit them at any time when you're out of bed," Wu Bai said.
."Brother Bai, do you want to come with me?" Xiao Zimo invited.
"Okay." Wu Bai nodded.
Soon several people rode down the mountain in carriages, entered Fucheng, came to Xixiang, and stopped in front of a family's door.
Mother Xiao heard the knock on the door, walked over to open the door, saw Xiao Zimo, Wu Bai and others outside the door, with a smile on their faces, and welcomed them in.
After entering, Wu Bai greeted Xiao Zimo's parents.
Father Xiao said with a smile on his face: "Okay, I didn't expect Young Master Wu to come too."
In Father Xiao's eyes, Wu Bai can be regarded as their family's savior, so he has a good impression of Wu Bai, and Wu Bai is his son's classmate and friend, so he quickly asked Xiao's mother to go out to buy some good ingredients, and wait a while Entertain Wu Bai and them.
"Uncle, don't be so polite." Wu Bai replied with a smile.
.Mother Xiao poured them some tea, and also said with a smile: "You can sit down and I'll come." After she finished speaking, she went out with a basket.
When she left, Wu Bai and Father Xiao started chatting. Of course, they mainly talked about Xiao Zimo's affairs in the academy. He knew that Father Xiao would definitely like to hear this, so he chose a few things about Xiao Zimo to tell him at random. Father Xiao never stopped smiling.
Father Xiao was also the first time he heard others talk about his son's performance in the academy. In the past, his son would always be sensible and polite at home, but he didn't expect his son to be stupid.
Xiao Zimo on the side is also helpless. He thought he was a polite and eager to learn image in Wu Bai's heart, but he didn't expect that Wu Bai said that he seemed a little stupid?
.For example, when it rained, Wu Bai forgot to bring his umbrella, he handed his umbrella to Wu Bai, and finally returned to the dormitory soaked wet, he could actually use an umbrella with Wu Bai to go back to the dormitory, or they He could wait for Yan Shu to deliver the umbrella, but he didn't know what to think at the time.
On another occasion, Wu Bai stayed in the dormitory and did not attend the lecture. He promised to make notes for Wu Bai to transcribe, but when he listened to the lecture, he was in a daze because he was worried about Wu Bai's health. In the end, he did not take notes, and was reprimanded by his master for copying. In the end, he borrowed notes and excerpts from his classmates, but because he was too forgetful, he missed going to the fasting house to eat, and almost fainted from hunger.
"Hahaha..." Father Xiao couldn't help laughing.
At this time, Mother Xiao came back with a vegetable basket and asked, "What are you talking about? She smiled so happily."
."I'm talking about Zimo, this silly boy." Father Xiao replied.
Mother Xiao asked curiously, "What did Zimo do?"
"He, hahahaha... I'll tell you later, I can't help but want to laugh right now." Father Xiao couldn't stop laughing.
During dinner, Father Xiao took out his collection of wine and wanted to give Wu Bai a glass of thanks.
Xiao Zimo stopped him and said, "Father, Disciple Bai is weak and can't drink."
Through the small talk just now, Father Xiao knew that Wu Bai was only one year younger than Xiao Zimo. Now comparing the figures of the two, Wu Bai was indeed a little slender. He put down the bottle and blamed himself: "I didn't think carefully ."
"Uncle don't need to blame yourself." Wu Bai picked up the tea cup at hand and said, "I will give my uncle and aunt a cup of tea instead of wine. It's really annoying to come here today, and I've caused you a lot of trouble."
.Father Xiao shook his head and said, "If you say anything to harass and not to harass, our husband and wife hope that you can harass us more."
"Hahaha……"
At night, Wu Bai lived in the Xiao family. In addition to the two main rooms and the two wing rooms, he lived in the left wing room and Yan Shu and Yan Shu lived in the right wing room.
The next day, the group had lunch at Xiao's house, and then they left in a carriage.
Xiao's father and Xiao's mother are very good friends of the same class as their son. Before leaving, they smiled and asked Wu Bai to come back next time.
Back at Egret Academy, the two of them put all their hearts and minds into their studies. Besides going to the school to listen to lectures every day, they were studying the old town test papers that Wu Chengzhou had found for them, or going to the library to read books.
.During this period, Wu Mingxuan had never approached Wu Bai in the future. Instead, Xie Ning would come over to make friends with Wu Bai, but in the end, the township exam was more important. Xie Ning put more attention on his studies, and the number of visits was actually quite small. Not the entanglement that Wu Mingxuan had when he inquired about the news last year.
Soon after another half a year, Wu Bai and Xiao Zimo began to pack their bags, and in another half a month, the township exam would take place.
This time to participate in the rural exam with the provincial capital, the students of Bailu Academy were led by Master Huang and another master to the provincial capital.
Wu Bai and Xiao Zimo also went home and explained the situation to their families. When they went to the provincial capital this time, they had to wait for the results of the township examination before coming back, which would take at least a month.
.For Xiao's father and Xiao's mother, although the son was not always around before, but this time he was going to the provincial capital to participate in the rural exam. It was rare for his son to be so far away from home. They were naturally worried, but fortunately, they were led by the master of the academy. In the provincial capital, they can feel a little more at ease.
Wufu
Wu Chengzhou looked at the two sons in front of him with satisfaction in his eyes, and he said encouragingly: "When you go to the provincial capital this time, you must do your best to try to get all of them into the Juren. If anyone wins, what do you want when you come back? Just talk about being the same father."
"Yes, father." Wu Bai and Wu Mingxuan said in unison.
"This time to go to the provincial capital, just tell my wife what you need, and just go to the account and take it as much as you need." Wu Chengzhou instructed.
"Yes."
"By the way, it's rare for you to come back. Go see your mother first and say goodbye to them.Wu Chengzhou said.
After leaving from Wu Chengzhou, Wu Bai and Wu Mingxuan dispersed separately. Wu Mingxuan found Ying Churou, and made various promises to her that he would definitely be admitted to Juren.
Wu Bai went back to his yard, but Nan Yiyun found out that he was going back to the mansion, so he found him and asked Wu Bai to assure her that he would be admitted to Juren.
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