Chapter 115 Ex-fiancé
So Qianhuan started to recite the Analects again, "The Master said: 'Is it not a pleasure to learn and practice what one has learned from time to time? Is it not a joy to have friends coming from afar? Is it not a gentleman to not be angry when people do not know him? ..."
Wen Jie, who was standing by, fell into deep thought. His cousin Wen Zhi did often recite these books at home before, and he learned several sentences from them. He didn't expect that Sister Qian Huan was so amazing that she learned almost all of them. But why did Sister Qian Huan never say that she learned these from her cousin Wen Zhi when she was at home before?
Mr. Fan was so excited that he was incoherent. "You really have never read a book? Do you know what the words just read mean?"
Confucius said: "Isn't it a pleasure to study and review from time to time? Isn't it a joy to have like-minded people coming from afar? Isn't it a gentleman's behavior to not feel resentful or angry when others don't understand me?"
"Shan Bo, no one has ever taught you the meaning of this, how did you know it yourself?"
"Sir, read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear. After listening to my cousin reading, I read it silently in my mind many times, and slowly I understood its meaning." Qianhuan began to use her ability to deceive people again.
Mr. Fan said excitedly, "What a saying that goes, 'Read a book a hundred times and its meaning will become clear to you. Uncle Chang, this is simply a child prodigy. I actually met such a good student."
Thinking of him saying that he only wanted to be a businessman, Mr. Fan said with regret, "It's a pity that you don't want to be in the court, otherwise our Dayuan country would have another pillar."
"Sir, officials can do things for the people. Although I don't plan to be an official in the future, if I have the ability one day, I will also do things for the people among the people."
"Okay, I believe you. So what do you want to learn from me for half an hour every day?"
"Sir, my handwriting is really ugly. Why don't I learn calligraphy from you?"
Qianhuan thought that as long as she was not asked to learn to read, she really couldn't sit still. She could only silently apologize to Mr. Fan in her heart. She really didn't want to learn those complicated things. Learning classical Chinese gave her a headache.
"Okay, then you should practice calligraphy first. Your handwriting is really not worthy of being presented in an elegant hall."
"Yes, sir."
So Mr. Fan asked Uncle Chang to get a post from his study for Qianhuan to copy, while Mr. Fan continued to teach Wenjie.
Qianhuan saw the words "Qingyi Jushi" written at the end of the post, and she guessed that what she was copying must be the handwriting of a person who called himself "Qingyi Jushi".
Half an hour later, Mr. Fan was still concentrating on lecturing Wenjie, completely unaware of the passage of time.
Qianhuan could only remind him, "Mr. Fan, my study time for today is up. I still have a lot of things to do. I have to leave first."
Mr. Fan then noticed that half an hour had passed. He glanced at Qianhuan's copy and commented, "You are still a little impatient. You must grasp the right degree when writing, and not just rush."
"Yes, sir, Shanbo has remembered it. Can Shanbo leave first?" Qianhuan just wanted to slip away as soon as possible.
"Well, then you can just leave school today."
After getting Mr. Fan's consent, Qianhuan instantly felt relieved.
She patted Wenjie on the shoulder and said, "Wenjie, you should listen to Mr. Fan and study hard. Brother Shanbo will come to pick you up at noon to go home together."
Wenjie nodded obediently and agreed, "Well, Brother Shanbo, you go and do your work first. Wenjie will definitely study hard."
Qianhuan thought to herself: This is a good student, he doesn't get bored with classes at all. Brother Wenjie, I'll leave it to you to study hard and make progress every day. I have to run away first.
After saying that, Qianhuan quickly packed up her things and left the yard.
Mr. Fan could only shake his head and sigh helplessly when he saw that people left so quickly after the school was dismissed.
After Qianhuan ran away, she went to learn martial arts from Mr. Cai. Mr. Cai took her to an open grassland in the suburbs to learn swordplay.
When she was tired from practicing, she sat in a pavilion with Mr. Cai to chat and take a break.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Lin had made an appointment with Mr. Liu's daughter to go out for a walk in the suburbs today, and the two of them happened to be walking towards the pavilion.
The men looked at each other. Although Qianhuan was dressed as a man, Jiang Lin had been Qianhuan's fiancé for several years after all, so he recognized her at the first sight.
Jiang Lin felt uncomfortable when he saw Qianhuan sitting and talking and laughing with a man who was taller and more handsome than him.
"Hehe, some people are really the reincarnation of vixen. Not long after their engagement was broken off, they immediately turned around and hooked up with other men." Jiang Lin said sarcastically.
The person Qianhuan saw was Jiang Lin, and next to him was a gorgeously dressed woman. She guessed that this woman should be the daughter of Mr. Liu that Jiang Lin had mentioned before.
Qianhuan also retorted without showing any weakness: "Humph, some people are just like dogs that can't change their eating habits. They liked to live off gigolos before, and they still like to live off gigolos now. Not only does he have bad teeth and only likes to live off gigolos, he is also not loyal. He had already found someone else before his engagement was broken off."
"Jiang Lang, who is this young man? Why is he speaking so viciously and slandering Jiang Lang everywhere?"
Miss Liu was filled with rage when she saw Qianhuan, who was dressed as a man, scolding Jiang Lin. She asked Jiang Lin in confusion.
"She is the illiterate village girl Liang Qianhuan, whose engagement I broke off." Jiang Lin said with a look of disdain.
Upon hearing this, Miss Liu began to look at Qianhuan carefully. Although Qianhuan was a woman dressed as a man, she could still see that Qianhuan's facial features were extremely beautiful.
Miss Liu couldn't help feeling a little depressed, as it turned out that Jiang Lang's ex-fiancee was so beautiful.
When Qianhuan heard Jiang Lin scolding her, she immediately fought back, "You are a coward who only knows how to live off others. Even if you can study, what's the use? Even if you pass the imperial examination, you are just an embroidered pillow, a scum that is of no use to the common people. I would despise a coward like you even if you were given to me."
When Qianhuan said this, she did not hide her disgust for Jiang Lin.
"Only women and villains are difficult to raise. No man will want a sharp-tongued, uneducated shrew like you, and you'll never get married in your entire life." Jiang Lin was furious.
"Whether I get married or not is none of your business. Why are you meddling in other people's business? I heard that the college entrance examination will be held in these few days. You are in the mood to relax with a beauty, and you have the leisure to quarrel with me. You might as well go back and read more books. Be careful not to fail the exam and be laughed at by the whole village." Qianhuan would not give in to him.
After listening for a long time, Mr. Cai finally figured out that the weak scholar in front of him was Miss Qianhuan's ex-fiancé. It was really ungentlemanly for a grown man to insult a woman in such a way.
He immediately chimed in with a scoundrel look on his face, "Oh, a scholar is actually gossiping like a woman. It turns out that the teacher in the private school taught you to be something that is neither man nor woman."
"You...you are really going too far." Jiang Lin really couldn't think of any words to refute them.
"Ms. Liang, you speak so vulgarly, it's really not worthy of being in a respectable room. No wonder Jiang Lang insisted on breaking off the engagement with you." Miss Liu saw Jiang Lin being humiliated and couldn't help but stand up for him.
"My lady, whether I am worthy of being in a noble family is not something you need to worry about. You are well-dressed and your family must be wealthy, so why do you like such a gigolo? If you really like him, just take him. But I still advise you that this man can break off the engagement with me for you, and he can also abandon you for another woman next time. You should worry more about yourself."
Qianhuan didn't want to embarrass such a love-brained girl, so she kindly reminded her.
"You're talking nonsense. Jiang Langcai is not the kind of person you say he is. Stop trying to sow discord here." Miss Liu glared at Qianhuan and argued angrily.
"Brother Yunlong, let's go quickly. Instead of talking to a cow here, we might as well practice sword skills more." Qianhuan was too lazy to waste her breath on this kind of person.
Young Master Cai stood up and walked ahead with Qianhuan. When they passed by Jiang Lin and Miss Liu, Young Master Cai snorted at them with a fierce look on his face, scaring them so much that they couldn't help but take a step back.
The two men left the pavilion, leaving behind Jiang Lin with a gloomy face and Miss Liu who was angry. Jiang Lin comforted Miss Liu for a long time before he made the beauty happy again.
Jiang Lin looked at the two's backs with a sinister look on his face. He thought that when he passed the imperial examination in the future, he would make sure to teach that bitch Liang Qianhuan a lesson.