Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 146 Others ride horses while I ride a donkey

Rong Jue and the others followed suit and returned the gift. Yun Hai looked at the chubby Zhou Ziren and asked, "How old are you?" Well, Yun Hai was arguing with age.

"Ten years old. I am ten years old this year." Zhou Ziren pulled at his wrinkled brocade robe and answered.

"I'm nine years old." Yun Hai seemed to have gained some sense of balance. The nine-year-old him did worse than the eight-year-old Hua Moyuan, but better than the ten-year-old Zhou Ziren. Well, the originally weightless mentality became peaceful again.

"I'm nine years old too." Rong Jue said. "I was ranked 1th in the official recruitment, and th in the small () class." He still looked very satisfied. Zhou Ziren nodded and laughed along.

"Are you so proud of yourself for being so reliable?" Rong Jin glanced at his silly cousin, feeling a little embarrassed.

"I'm not the last one, there are still 161 people behind me." Rong Jue retorted. "I think I'm better than many people by getting into the Imperial College. There are still 1,800 students who didn't get in this time. This doesn't include Brother Han Wenbing who failed to get into the Imperial College after four or five attempts, and Han Wenchang and Han Wenxing who didn't even qualify to register."

The arithmetic skills he had practiced by counting with three cans of candy beans in the past two days came in handy here. Rong Jue proudly touched his head. "Besides, Sister Hua said that I am better than the worst, and I ride a donkey when others ride horses, which is better than others pushing carts." Rong Jin laughed, and several people in the room laughed. Yun Hai laughed so hard that his eyebrows and eyes flew.

Zhou Ziren turned to Xiaoyuan, as if waiting for Xiaoyuan to speak.

"I'm eight years old." Xiaoyuan suppressed the corners of his mouth that were curled up, and his voice was as calm as water with an unobtrusive confidence.

"Yeah, I know. You're the first in the public enrollment and the first in the class. You're amazing." Zhou Ziren nodded repeatedly and asked, "Don't you have a father or a mother?" Zhou Ziren's words didn't contain much malice, but it directly changed Xiaoyuan's expression. Glancing at the middle-aged fat man behind Zhou Ziren, Xiaoyuan replied without emotion, "You have a father and a mother, but I didn't see you do better than me in the exam."

With a light "slap" sound, the middle-aged fat man behind Zhou Ziren slapped Zhou Ziren's bun, making the already crooked bun even crooked. "How can you talk like that, you little brat? Did the teacher teach you this? Why don't you apologize now?"

As he spoke, he repeatedly bowed to Xiao Yuan, "Sir, I'm so sorry, this brat doesn't know how to talk, please don't take it to heart."

Zhou Ziren adjusted his crooked bun and said to Xiaoyuan, "I don't have a mother either. My mother passed away when I was four years old." Xiaoyuan was stunned, and his originally cold expression relaxed a little.

"Snap", another light sound, the middle-aged fat man behind Zhou Ziren slapped Zhou Ziren's bun again, making the bun that had been straightened crooked again.

"You little brat, aren't you afraid that your father will punish you if he hears this?" the middle-aged fat man said angrily. "You don't call the girl surnamed Qiu mother?"

Zhou Ziren reached out to straighten his hair bun again. It seemed that he did this often. "Oh, that was done by my stepmother, the concubine." Zhou Ziren looked completely indifferent. He looked at Xiaoyuan and the others who were looking at the man behind him and explained.

"This is my uncle, my mother's brother. After my mother passed away, I moved to my uncle's house." Xiao Yuan and the others nodded and stopped talking.

Two servants from Zhou Ziren's family were making Zhou Ziren's bed. He didn't seem to have brought any maids with him. Seeing that the two men were a bit rough, Hualei motioned Qinglu to come forward and help.

The chubby Zhou Ziren took a few steps away and said to Hua Lei with a smile, "Thank you, sister." He then saw the bed curtain in front of Rong Jue's bed, lifted it up curiously and looked at it, then turned around and asked, "What is this for? Do you hide inside to change clothes?"

"Hahaha..." Yunhai laughed so hard that he fell backwards. Zhou Ziren looked at Yunhai, a little puzzled.

"Yes, you are right. This can be used to hide inside to change clothes, and it can also block out light. If the light is too bright at night, I can pull it and it will be dark, which is suitable for sleeping.

Sister Hua made it for us. Do you think it is good? If you think it is good, you can also make one. Sister Hua said that it should be made of dark and thick fabric so that it has a better light-blocking effect.

Rong Jue explained it again with good intentions and actively promoted it. Yun He, who was standing at the door, heard Rong Jue's words and walked in curiously. He pulled open the bed curtain and looked around. He turned his gaze to the young lady who had attracted his attention since she came in.

Hualei is dressed very formally today. Based on her experience in her previous life, when a parent goes to her child's school to meet a teacher, and it is the first time, she has to be solemn and formal.

So she wore a light beige double-slanted collared cloud-shaped shirt with sparse cloud patterns embroidered on the flowing wide sleeves, and a dark beige cloud-shaped Qianshui skirt of the same color that stretched to the ground. Her hair was tied into the most common double buns at the time, and a few white jade hairpins were pinned on the buns.

She looked dignified and elegant, yet graceful and ethereal. On her slightly pink face, she had a pair of wet little deer eyes that were both cute and lively. Her eyebrows were black without any makeup, and her lips were red without any makeup, which made Yun He unable to take his eyes away.

Thinking about the huge family of Dingxi Marquis, with many sisters and cousins, not to mention the girls from Dingxi Marquis's in-laws, there are countless girls. But I have never seen a prettier girl than this girl today.

Rong Jin came up and stood in front of Hua Lei calmly. Yun He looked at Rong Jin and narrowed his eyes. Gui Jing'an, who was standing at the door, looked at Yun He in front of the bed, and then looked at Rong Jin in front of Hua Lei, and a trace of bitterness slipped through his heart.

He walked forward and said in a gentle voice, "The building is almost ready. I'll take you to see the layout. You'll have to deal with it yourselves when school starts." Everyone nodded and left the room one by one. They followed Gui Jing'an outside.

Following Gui Jing'an to take a general look at the entire building area, Hua Lei also had a general understanding of the situation here. In addition to the buildings for students to live in, there is also a place for students' servants to live near the northern wall at the end. Eight people live in a room of similar size. It is a bunk bed against the wall, with only one bed and a small cabinet, nothing else. The conditions are quite difficult.

Xiaoyuan's room is quite far from the toilet. If he gets up at night, he has to walk for nearly two cups of tea. It's not very convenient. Hualei is considering whether to bring a toilet bowl to use at night, but I don't know if it will have a peculiar smell in the room.