After Fei Lao and Qin Bing exchanged pleasantries for a while, he introduced others to Qin Bing.
It turned out that the group of young people were all taking the preliminaries this time, and most of them were children of the Education Department.
When Mr. Fei first came to Chunshen City, he lived in the compound of the Education Department. It happened that he had the title of general consultant in the Examination Yuan.
As soon as the exam ended in the morning, he was surrounded by a bunch of kids from the Education Department and invited him to come to Dong Hui Building.
Seeing Fei Laogao looking at Qin Bing, the leading young man named Zhang Ming suggested that the two tables should be set up as one table to resume the banquet.
Zhang Shaojie was happy to get close to these boys from the Education Department, and he even wanted to get to know Mr. Fei, so it was natural.
Su Ning is a lively person with a charming eye that has already shaken the hearts of several young people.
Qin Bing didn't want to join in the fun, but he had promised to help Xu Shu prepare a job, so meeting Mr. Fei might be an opportunity.
"Hey, where's Xu Shu..."
Qin Bing looked around and didn't find Xu Shu. He looked across the crowd and saw that this guy was sitting back at the table, eating and drinking. There were five or six empty plates on the table.
"Oh my God, I'm going to be reincarnated as a starving ghost."
Qin Bing really wanted to walk away.
"This kid is really an anomaly."
Su Ning said, "It's rare for children from poor families to not have low self-esteem. Look at this guy, do you see any low self-esteem in him? People say he has social phobia, but all I can see is that he's a jerk."
Taking advantage of the booth where the new table was being arranged, Qin Bing found an opening, found Xu Shu, and whispered, "This kind of social occasion is a good opportunity to expand your network. You are about to enter the society. Don't be ignorant. Just take care of it."
Let’s eat.”
Xu Shu put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth with a white square handkerchief, "The essence of communication is value exchange. What value do I have as a poor student? I have no value. If I insist on communicating, I can only flatter others and look familiar.
It just so happens that what I dislike the most is flattering people."
As he said that, he pulled off another piece of crispy chicken leg.
Qin Bing had already learned Xu Shu's ability to argue, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, haven't you been clamoring for a system? It must fall on this old man Fei."
"Ah, Mr. Fei, my name is Xu Shu..."
Xu Shu greased his hands, his face full of spring breeze, and pushed towards the crowd.
Qin Bing was stunned.
Xu Shu really wanted to get close to Fei Laotao, but he arrived too late and couldn't get the slot.
The seats had been assigned early, and since he was an insignificant person, he was naturally assigned to a corner.
Qin Bing, on the other hand, was valued by Mr. Fei, and he and Su Ning were also respected. Shuangmei sat on the left side of Mr. Fei, and Zhang Ming sat on the right side of Mr. Fei.
There was an exam in the afternoon, tea was served instead of wine, and the atmosphere was always lively.
In particular, Qin Bing and Su Ning are both beautiful, elegant, and well-spoken, and are generally welcomed.
But Xu Shu is completely invisible. He has not been sociable in two lifetimes.
To survive in society, communication is a weapon that must be mastered.
He witnessed with his own eyes how Zhang Shaojie became close friends with Zhang Ming and others after two cups of tea.
"It seems that we really can't treat communication in a vulgar way. We still need to master it."
He silently turned on the study mode and listened to everyone's speeches.
"...Speaking of the exam in the morning, I don't know if you have noticed the additional question. I really don't know which teacher asked it. It's so elegant."
"Yes, I still remember the title. It said: The dusk clouds have collected and overflowed with the clear cold. The silver man turned the jade plate silently. The spring breeze returns to the south bank of the Yangtze River. Where can I see the bright moon next year? I asked to add one word to complete the poem. This
The question is excellent."
"Mr. Fei, do you know who wrote this additional question?"
Mr. Fei smiled slightly and said, "No one dares to believe that it is from me. This poem was read by me from an ancient book. There is one word missing in the ancient book. I tried to fill it in many times, but to no avail.
In this preliminary exam, Dean Zhang gave me the burden of this additional question. I chose this question to see if I could get a clever word to complete the rest of the article, but it was a pity.
No matter what the word is, you might as well talk about it."
Everyone was interested. The additional question had eight points, which was comparable to a big question.
Now the question maker is right in front of you, and everyone wants to know how many points they will get for the words they have written.
Everyone spoke one after another, some said "passed", some said "entered", some said "stayed", each had their own reasons, and arguments gradually arose.
Mr. Fei was noncommittal and asked Su Ning and Qin Bing. One said "man" and the other said "ran". Mr. Fei nodded frequently.
"Little friend, everyone has talked about it, why don't you talk about it?"
Fei Lao looked at Xu Shu.
He became interested when he saw the silver thread on the cuffs of Xu Shu's windbreaker.
Qin Bing secretly cried out, she knew Xu Shu had some eloquence.
But in terms of literary talent, it can be seen from his poor performance in Chinese language classes.
Xu Shu said, "Everyone has done a good job in filling in the missing character, so I won't show off. Compared to the missing character, I feel that the whole poem seems extremely awkward."
"Oh, what do you say?"
Mr. Fei became interested.
"I can't make up for the wonderful words, so I started to find another way."
"There are many people in the world who are trying to please others."
"These common people really don't want to be in the same category."
Literary people have always looked down upon each other, and there were whispers in the room.
Qin Bing was secretly anxious, fearing that Xu Shu would make a fool of herself.
Xu Shu said, "Let's look at the first two sentences of the whole poem: The dusk clouds have gathered away and overflowed with the clear cold, and the silver man turned the jade plate silently. It is written about the night scene.
And in the third sentence, the spring breeze comes () to the south bank of the Yangtze River, suddenly turning to the sun scenery.
And the fourth sentence: Where can I see the bright moon next year? It’s so abrupt and lyrical, but I always feel it’s wrong.”
"I always feel something is wrong" was Xu Shu's innermost thoughts.
When he finished this question in the exam, he felt extremely weird because the sentence he needed to fill in was also a famous sentence in his previous life.
He thought hard for a long time, but he could only attribute the reason for this sentence to the world of suture monsters.
After Xu Shu finished speaking, the whole audience was silent.
Anyone who can read poetry will feel that what he said makes sense after listening to Xu Shu's analysis.
Mr. Fei gave a light high-five and said, "My little friend, you have brought your book to life. As the old saying goes, it is better to believe in a book than to have no book at all. How well it is said."
"Mr. Fei, I thought there was nothing wrong with the third sentence."
Zhang Ming stood up. He knew very well that this banquet was a rare stage and he could not sit back and watch Xu Shu become the center of attention.
"I think the change of scenery in the third sentence from night scene to day scene may not be a deliberate move by the poet, which makes people suddenly feel that time is fleeting and things change.
Although the writing method and artistic conception are different from other poems, isn't it precisely because of its differences that it attracted Mr. Fei's attention?"
As soon as Zhang Ming finished speaking, several people cheered.
"This is also a solution."
After Fei Lao made a comment, he looked at Xu Shu and asked, "What do you think, little friend?"
Xu Shu frowned slightly, stood up and said, "The dusk clouds have cleared away and overflowed with cold, and the silver man turned the jade plate silently. This night will not last long in this life, where can I see the bright moon next year?"
As soon as this poem came out, everyone's color changed, and the whole place was completely silent.
Xu Shu coughed and said, "It's just a joke..."
Mr. Fei's eyes were full of shock, and he said loudly, "Even if the poet is resurrected, the sentence that I completed must not be forgotten. It is so wonderful and wonderful that it should be revealed to me."
As long as your ears are not blind and you have a little practice in Chinese, you can hear whether Xu Shu's completed poem or the one on the test paper is more natural.
"Bingbing, the more I look at this kid, the more fascinated I am. He is like an inexhaustible treasure. Do you want it? No, I want it."
Su Ning leaned against Qin Bing's ear and whispered.
Qin Bing pinched her buttocks and said, "If you continue to talk crazy, I will ignore you."
Zhang Ming's face turned red and he sat back.
"Where is Mr. Fei..."
"there."
A waiter led a round-faced middle-aged man wearing thick glasses to walk quickly.
"Isn't this Teacher Jiang?"
"I heard that he is the marking teacher for the Chinese language group this time. Why is he here?"
The round-faced middle-aged man quickly approached Mr. Fei and said in a low voice, "Mr. Fei, that additional question got full marks. One candidate filled in one word, and the marking team collectively judged it to be full marks."
The round-faced middle-aged man knew that Mr. Fei attached great importance to this additional question.
As soon as I get a perfect score, I rush to sue to earn this favor.
Although Teacher Jiang's voice was low, everyone in the audience paid attention to what he said. In an instant, everyone was startled.
Mr. Fei said excitedly, "Tell me, what words did you add?"
Although Xu Shu's revised third sentence was perfect, Fei Lao was still thinking about the missing word.
After all, chanting for a long time takes too much effort.
Teacher Jiang said, "It's because the spring breeze turns green again on the south bank of the river."
"good!"
Not only Fei Lao applauded, but the entire audience applauded.
All the candidates here have worked hard for this missing word. At this moment, the word "green" was completed, and everyone seemed to have a heavy heart.
"Do you know the candidate's name?"
Fei Lao asked.
Teacher Jiang said, "As soon as the word 'green' came out, the marking team unanimously decided to judge his paper first, and after the judgment was completed, it was removed and the name was removed. The candidate's name was known, and it was a student named Xu Shu from Class 6, Grade 3, Jingcai High School.
Candidates.”
Qin Bing exclaimed, and Su Ning dropped the spoon in her hand.
"It's you!"
Zhang Shaojie's eyes widened and he pointed at Xu Shu.
He and Xu Shu knew each other by name, but did not know Xu Shu's identity.
Looking at the reactions of Qin Bing and Su Ning at this moment, they immediately guessed that the person Teacher Jiang reported was Xu Shu in front of them.
"It turns out to be a little friend, so it's not surprising."
Fei Lao happily sat down.
Zhang Ming's eyes widened, but he could only sit back and watch Xu Shu steal all the limelight.
Half an hour later, the banquet dispersed, and Qin Bing accompanied Mr. Fei to leave.
Su Ning was invited by someone and went down to the fourth floor to drink coffee.
Zhang Shaojie, who saw Qin Bing's extraordinary background, knew that he could not reach such a high level and gave up his pursuit of beauty.
Instead, he and Zhang Ming recognized their family, and the two of them had a heated fight, talking and laughing.
After the house was all gone, Xu Shu was not in a hurry to leave. He came to the terrace and leaned on the railing to look at the river view. It would be difficult to see such a magnificent scenery again without leaving here.
After all, with his net worth, he probably wouldn't have many chances to come back to Donghui Tower.