Chapter 144: Short and fat, with a silly face and no beard
Returning from the other side, Zhu Pingan went to the first cloth shop near the inn, explained his requirements, and after paying the processing fee of 50 yuan, a tailor measured Zhu Pingan a few times with his palm, and then
Then the work started.
The big scissors went down and clicked, and then the stitches were moved. It didn't take long for the uniform to be shrunk by several sizes in the hands of the tailor.
Then, the tailor burned a few pieces of charcoal, heated an iron-like object, and began to iron the student uniforms that were a few sizes smaller.
"This is the Jiao Dou, used for ironing clothes. The young master is busy studying, so it's normal that he has never seen it." The tailor who was ironing saw Zhu Pingan looking at the Jiao Dou in his hand curiously, so he explained.
never seen it?
The irons I have seen are thousands of times better than this one. Zhu Pingan complained, but his face showed a learned expression.
The tailor didn't use a ruler to measure. He only took a few measurements with his hands for the trimming process. However, after Zhu Pingan tried on the modified student uniform, it fit surprisingly well. This student uniform is a blue robe with embroidery around it.
It is trimmed with a wide hem, and the wide hem is not damaged after cutting. The sleeves are very loose, and the length of the sleeves is just over the hand.
After Zhu Pingan put it on, he suddenly felt that his whole person had a quiet and elegant feeling. It seemed that Taizu still had some wisdom in clothing design.
Zhu Ping'an was very satisfied with the pruning. He thanked the tailor and returned to the inn. When passing by the lobby, he ordered two dishes and one soup, and asked the waiter to send them to the room after they were ready. After arriving in the room, he completely changed into the student uniform.
Go up, tidy up inside and outside, and after eating the breakfast and lunch brought by the waiter, Zhu Ping'an washed up again and then went downstairs to Jiangnan Gongyuan.
In fact, it is best to wear the uniform of a student uniform with a square scarf, which is a hat made of black gauze. The shape is square, which is completely the work of Lao Zhu, and it is stipulated that officials and scholars can only wear it. It's just that
, Zhu Pingan was still young and had not yet been crowned, so he did not wear it.
On the way to Jiangnan Gongyuan, Zhu Ping'an also met many new students who were wearing brand-new uniforms and went to Jiangnan Gongyuan. Everyone said hello and said "nice to meet you" and then continued to go their separate ways.
Each.
"Is that Brother Zhu Xian in front of you?"
Zhu Pingan was walking when he suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from behind. He stopped and turned around. Then he saw Su Song and Feng Shanshui greeting him from a distance with a folding fan in hand. There were five people around him, two of them.
I know one of them, Charlotte, and the other one who is often with them, but I can’t remember their names. But besides them, there are two others who I feel are very strange.
Except for Feng Shanshui, everyone else seemed to look at him a little strangely. Xia Luoming was fine, but the other two strangers looked at him with provocation, resentment, and a bit of disdain. It was so complicated.
"Oh, Brother Feng, Brother Xia, uh, and a few other brothers, it's a pleasure to meet you." Zhu Ping'an bowed his hands to several people from a distance and said hello.
"I haven't congratulated Brother Zhu Xian yet. You are the head of the case, but I am so envious of Brother Yu." Feng Shanshui walked over and teased with a smile on his face.
"It's just a fluke." Zhu Ping'an smiled naively.
"Brother Zhu Xian is too humble..." Tongcheng Xia Luoming shook his head slightly, his tone a little vicissitudes, "I saw Zhu Xiandi's test paper yesterday, and it was not something that could be achieved by luck."
As soon as Xia Luoming said this, the two strangers next to him looked at Zhu Pingan with even more provocation, especially one of them looked at Zhu Pingan with a provocative look that almost became physical.
The two of them felt that their test papers were no worse than Zhu Pingan's. They even felt that they were even better. However, the case fell on such a teenage boy with no hair. This made their
Where to put your face!
In fact, the college examination is just fine, but the provincial examination and the general examination are even more like this. Thousands of test papers are put together. Except for special circumstances, it is difficult to distinguish the best papers. Who is ranked first?
Who comes second depends on luck, whether the content of your test paper suits the taste of the marking officer, etc.
It was also because of this that the two of them felt that Zhu Ping'an just suited the grader's taste, so they were so provocative and dissatisfied.
Although it is provocative, no one will have an attack at this time. Everyone is a scholar, and now they are even more talented. If there is no good opportunity, they will not have an attack, so as not to lose their grace.
"Come on, Brother Zhu Xian, let me introduce you. This is Brother Liu Qian of Tongcheng. This is Brother Guo Ziyu of Susong. They were both the former heads of the government. This is Zhang Tao of Taihu, whom you have met.
"Feng Shanshui introduced several people traveling with Zhu Ping'an with a smile on his face.
"I have admired you for a long time." Zhu Pingan bowed his hands in greeting.
"Brother Zhu Xian is young and has a lot of potential." Both Liu Qian and Guo Ziyu were friendly, but the arrogance in their brows remained unchanged.
After that, Zhu Ping'an walked with them to Jiangnan Gongyuan. They were mostly chatting on the way. Zhu Ping'an felt that he was very unsociable. Fortunately, Jiangnan Gongyuan was not far away and he arrived in a short while.
Jiangnan Gongyuan has been decorated and looks a bit decorated, much cleaner than the exam.
When Zhu Ping'an and others entered the Jiangnan Gongyuan, there was already a huge crowd inside. Almost all the new students from the Fourteenth Prefecture had arrived. The big house was forty and the middle house was thirty, so there were more than four hundred people in total.
There are officers in Gongyuan respectfully asking all students to register at the instructor's office in order of each prefecture. The registered instructors are all teachers, instructors and others who were transferred from Yingtianfu School and County School. They are all wearing formal clothes and have an extraordinary momentum.
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Zhu Ping was arranged among the students in Anqing Mansion. When the people around him learned Zhu Ping'an's name, they all felt ashamed and did not dare to stand in front of Zhu Ping'an, the head of the case. Helpless, Zhu Ping'an could only say thanks and stood at the end.
Front.
When the time came, the instructor began to formally review the new students' personal confessions. Zhu Ping was assigned the first place, so he was the first to go up and fill out the personal confessions.
Zhu Pingan dipped his pen in ink and filled in his personal information on the confession book. His name was Zhu Pingan, his age was thirteen, and he was from Xiahe Village, Kaoshan Town, Huaining County, Anqing Prefecture, South Zhili Province. These were all easy to fill in, but there was still a column to fill in personal characteristics at the end.
, Zhu Pingan didn’t know how to fill it out.
"Short and fat, with a silly face and no beard."
Just when Zhu Pingan didn't know how to fill it out, the instructor opposite said seriously.
Why does the description sound like Wu Dalang! I am short because I am young, but I am still growing; slightly fat. There is no fat. I have lost weight again in the past few days for the exam, but I have a baby on my face.
Fat; noodles Han? Can you use thick instead of Han? I am honest but not stupid; no need, and this is the only one that fits.
However, what the instructor described cannot be wrong.
Reluctantly, with a painful look on his face, Zhu Pingan followed the instructor's instructions and filled in the remarks column with "short, slightly fat, silly face, no beard".
The instructor sitting opposite checked the personal confession that Zhu Pingan had filled out, and took out a piece of information stamped with related information, and took out the one that belonged to Zhu Pingan. After checking it, he nodded and put it on the corner of the table.
He took the seal in his hand, pressed it on the seal pad, and then pressed it hard on Zhu Ping'an's personal offering.
"Okay. Someone will personally send the student to the academic officer, and they will be assigned to the school according to their place of origin. Tomorrow at midnight, the academic officer will summon the new students at the Mingyuan Building of Gongyuan and perform a hairpin ceremony. Don't be late."
After the instructor stamped Zhu Pingan's personal confession, he glanced at Zhu Pingan, and then reminded Zhu Pingan and said, "You entered school at a young age. It is also rare in our Ming Dynasty. Your future is limitless, so don't get involved."
If you get into bad habits, you will destroy your walls."
"Thank you for your teaching. I will keep it in mind, students." Zhu Ping'an nodded respectfully, thinking that there are still many scholars who can be cautious and independent, and this instructor must be one of them.
"Well, you go ahead." The instructor waved his hand expressionlessly, indicating that Zhu Pingan could leave.
Zhu Pingan handed over and left. When passing by Xia Luoming and others, he apologized and left first.
Zhu Ping'an came out of Jiangnan Gongyuan. Before he could think of what to do next, he heard someone calling him.
"Hey, stop. What about you, that half-grown scholar!"
This was a girl's voice, and there was anger in her voice.
"Sister, don't..."
Then another girl stopped her with a crying voice.
Zhu Ping'an raised his head and saw the girl he met in the morning who had fallen into a ponytail and had red eyes like a rabbit. She seemed to be crying. A pair of small hands tightly held a girl of seventeen or eighteen, and the girl of seventeen or eighteen
The girl was glaring at herself with an angry expression.
What's going on? Zhu Ping'an looked confused.
"You don't want anything, you stupid girl, how can you let others bully you in vain! What's wrong with us just trying to laugh? If we don't steal or rob, why should we be despised in vain!"
Seeing Zhu Pingan's "unrepentant" expression, the girl in her mid-teens became even more angry. She pushed away the hand that had fallen into a bun, ran up to Zhu Pingan, and glared angrily.
Zhu Pingan.
"Why did you belittle my sister and make her cry bitterly for a while? I used to admire you for being a noble and gentle gentleman. Who would have thought that you are such an unbearable person? You are like this when you are young, and you are still like this when you grow up.
You must not be a polite beast, a beast in clothes!"
Zhu Ping'an was stopped by this 18-year-old girl just after he left the tribute courtyard. He couldn't help but cursed her so hard that he almost got spit on her face.
It’s a hairy thing, I didn’t even do it myself.
"Did you forget to take your medicine?" Zhu Pingan was speechless.
"What do you mean? I'm not sick, what kind of medicine should I take?" When the angry seventeen-year-old girl heard this, her face was blank.
Well, no one in Ming Dynasty can understand such words.
"I thought you were crazy for going out without taking your medicine." Zhu Pingan said calmly.
"You are crazy. Your whole family is crazy. I was so blind that I mistook you, a dressed-up beast, for a humble gentleman!" Only then did the seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl understand Zhu Pingan, did you forget to take your medicine just now?
The meaning of the greeting made me very angry, and new and old hatreds broke out at the same time.
The girl's movements have already attracted people in Jiangnan Gongyuan to look this way.
This is the gate of Gongyuan. As a new student, I am being blocked and scolded by two Qinhuai He'an women. Even if I think about it with my buttocks, I know that this situation is very bad for me.
In ancient times, it was probably a normal phenomenon for literati to have sex with prostitutes. What the government stopped was only for officials to have sex with prostitutes. The most common literati who had sex with prostitutes were those with romantic reputations.
But if he is pointed at and scolded by a promiscuous woman, then it is not a reputation for being romantic, but probably just a bad reputation.
In the Ming Dynasty, a bad reputation is harmful to one's future prospects. Students will have to take annual exams in the future, and reputation is also a reference for assessment.
"The scorching sun here is adding to the anger. Let's go to the shade over there and discuss it later."
Therefore, before few people in Jiangnan Gongyuan saw this scene, Zhu Pingan did not continue to argue with her, but immediately transferred the scene of the incident to another place. (To be continued)