Chapter 766: Under the banner of "caring", doing "gossip"
Sun Shan planned to stay in the "Idle Garden" forever, turning a deaf ear to the outside world and focusing on reading the books of sages.
Unfortunately, wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel.
"Beijing Tabloid" was published in the morning and He Shujun saw it at noon. By the afternoon, Sun Shan received a lot of care and greetings from relatives and friends.
This group of people are doing "gossip" under the banner of "care".
Sun Shan received a letter from Zhu Pengyun, in which he first expressed his happiness for his success, and then asked if the gossips in the tabloids were true. He also said that after comparing him with Du Huiyuan, he felt that he was more capable and worthy of being his good friend, and was simply a role model for farm boys like them.
When Sun Shan saw this, he pouted. Zhu Pengyun was not a farmer's son. He was the descendant of a pig butcher. Please don't make the wrong judgment.
Then I read Kong Yi's letter, which was even more gossipy. He repeatedly lamented that his good friend Sun Shan had such an adventure, and that the person he just met on the street turned out to be a strange person.
Kong Yi also said that after the palace examination, he would remember to meet him and ask Sun Shan to personally tell him how he felt about getting a bad number three times, as he had never gotten one once.
Of course, we also need to tell you how eating crucian carp can cause poisoning. Is it possible that the Beijing tabloid made a mistake?
It was the first time he heard of someone getting poisoned by eating crucian carp. It was totally unheard of and a strange thing in the world.
Sun Shan would not believe it unless he told him in person.
Finally, he encouraged Sun Shan to prepare well for the palace examination and compete with Du Huiyuan, and maybe he could beat Du Huiyuan.
After reading it, Sun Shan pouted again and threw Kong Yi's letter aside.
For a scholar like Kong Yi who has a gossipy temperament, you must not gossip with him about his own affairs. If you want to gossip, find other people's affairs.
Then I saw the letter from my fellow villager Lu Yuming.
Speaking of fellow villagers, Sun Shan sighed. Lu Yuming went to Beijing to take the imperial examination in the same year as his eldest cousin. As a result, his eldest cousin had already become an official, while Lu Yuming was still wasting time on the imperial examination and failed three times.
Alas, my fellow countrymen, life is so hard.
In his letter, Lu Yuming first stated that the information in the Beijing Tabloid was not reported by him. He said nothing and did nothing.
Because I was afraid that Sun Shan would misunderstand (after all, there were only Sun Shan and Lu Yuming from Zhangzhou), I wrote a letter to make my intention clear.
When Sun Shan saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Sun Shan had suspected Lu Yuming from the beginning, and now that he wrote a letter to him, it was difficult for Sun Shan to doubt him.
However, no matter how well Lu Yuming spoke, he could not get rid of the suspicion. After all, they were truly the closest fellow villagers.
Lu Yuming later sighed that Sun Shan was really peculiar. He just barely stepped on the line step by step. His luck was unpredictable.
Finally, Lu Yuming asked Sun Shan whether he worshipped gods, and if so, which god he liked to worship the most. He also wanted to worship that god.
Sun Shan threw Lu Yuming's letter aside and said, "Of course I'll pay my respects. Let's go to the Wild Boar Hill in Sunjia Village to pay my respects!"
Then I saw the letter from Chen Dongling.
He laughed three times at the beginning and said frankly that he was happy that Sun Shan had become an "Internet celebrity".
He also asked Sun Shan if he wanted to cooperate with him to produce a batch of "lucky items" to sell in the capital.
It is said that these lucky objects have been touched by Sun Shan, and any scholar who buys them will not "fail Sun Shan's exam".
There will be the provincial examination in April and the academy examination in August. Since Sun Shan is a popular figure now, it will definitely sell well.
He also confessed that if his son entered the examination room, he would definitely buy something that Sun Shan had touched. Parents like him who have no confidence in their son would definitely hope that he would pass the exam safely.
He also said that even though Sun Shan ranked last, this kind of good luck is something that most people can only hope for.
There is only one person who takes the lead, but many people fail. Many candidates who just want to pass the exam hope to pass like Sun Shan, without caring about the ranking.
When Sun Shan saw the "plan to make a fortune" that Chen Dongling told him, he couldn't help but sigh that businessmen are businessmen and have very flexible brains.
Sun Shan was very impressed that he could come up with such an idea.
Chen Dongling's plan might actually work, especially taking advantage of Sun Shan's huge traffic at this moment. A group of followers will definitely buy it, and wow, they can easily achieve financial freedom.
It’s just that Sun Shan is now a quasi-civil servant and will never get involved in such things. He only regrets that his “identity” does not allow him to do so, and he has missed out on his plan to get rich.
Sun Shan threw Chen Dongling's letter aside and then saw Chen Jin's letter.
Unexpectedly, Senior Brother Chen Jin also came to join in the fun, and Sun Shan was speechless for a moment.
Like Sun Shan, Chen Jin also had to prepare for the palace examination, so how could he have the leisure to gossip?
When Sun Shan opened the letter, Chen Jin first congratulated him, and then gossiped about the authenticity of the information Sun Shan had revealed in the "Beijing Tabloid".
He also said that if it was true, I must write back so that he could put his disbelief at ease.
Sun Shan threw Chen Jin's letter aside and told Chen Jin with absolute certainty that the contents of the tabloid were both true and false, especially the description of his appearance, which could not be more false.
Sun Shan read so many letters, but no one felt sorry for the distorted description of him given by the Capital Tabloid.
Everyone is either concerned about bad accounts or being poisoned, and they are making a fuss about who is "last" around him.
Bah, it's true that a friend in need is a friend indeed. His brother Gui is the best and stands up for him.
People like Zhu Pengyun and Chen Jin are just fake classmates and friends.
Many people also wrote letters to Sun Shan, such as Chairman Chen Zhiyan, Brother Chen San who was on the same boat with him, and others.
Everyone came to ask about the authenticity of the letter, but Sun Shan didn't even want to read it and threw it away angrily.
Then he had to ask Gui Ge'er to pick up the letter from the ground.
Gui Ge'er said distressedly: "Brother Shan, don't think so much. Study hard and do well in the palace examination so that those people will look at us with new eyes."
Gui Ge'er picked up the letters one by one. He saw Shan Ge's hands shaking as he held the letter. It seemed that he was really angry.
Gui Ge'er was so heartbroken.
Sun Shan lay on the bed like a salted fish. He touched his forehead and felt a headache.
It seems that the matter is more heated than he imagined, and this matter will probably continue to circulate for some time.
Then Sun Shan shook his head and said, "Forget it. I don't want to think about it anymore."
He said to Gui Ge'er, "Gui Ge'er, go out and buy a few more tabloids. Buy them when you see any articles about me. Got it?"
Gui Ge'er asked in confusion: "Brother Shan, what's wrong?"
Sun Shan waved his hand without explaining, and told Gui Ge'er to buy it and not to ask so many questions.
Gui Ge'er kept his mouth shut, sneaked out from the back door, and went out to buy a tabloid.
As for why Sun Shan bought it? There was no reason, he just wanted to buy it.
Thinking that I had finally made the headlines, I must buy it back as a souvenir.
Of course, we must bring the tabloid back to Huangyang County and let Hong Xiucai and Zheng Tongsheng take a look at it.
Especially the eight words "Hong's Private School" and "Zheng's Private School", they must have been very excited.
A small private school actually appeared in the tabloids of the capital. This is an emotion that is beyond words.
Let them have the money to brag to students.