Chapter 196: Mr. Zhao is Mr. Zhao

Mrs. Tang was a normal person. She was wearing an ordinary silk skirt. She was a bit fierce and a bit simple. She had a lot of calluses on her hands. Her hands were raised and she hurriedly held Chen Ao who was about to bow down and said, "No gift, no gift, what a student, master's wife, get up quickly."

Chen Ao smiled slightly and said, "The first time a student meets his teacher's wife, he always has to be more serious." After saying this, he brought his relationship with Mrs. Tang closer.

Seeing him gentle and elegant, Mrs. Tang didn't know that this kid was so fierce that he beat someone hard not long ago. She looked at him up and down. Although Chen Ao was not tall, his skin was fair, his eyebrows were slightly pursed, and his mouth was calm and polite, and he said happily: "Are you here to see my husband? He is on duty today, I'm afraid he won't come back for a while. You sit down first, I will teach the little girl to pour tea for you. I don't know what your name is?"

Chen Ao laughed and said, "Students are called Chen Ao."

When Mrs. Tang heard this, she immediately laughed: "So you are Chen Ao? Tang Yan always mentions you and says you are a talented man in the Imperial College. Hurry up, sit down, Moer, go and pour tea."

Mo'er responded, but was stopped by the matchmaker: "Are you Miss Tang? Oh, it's so beautiful, don't be so handsome, no wonder Mr. Zhao likes you. Come on, come on, don't be busy pouring tea. There is a huge joy, and I want to talk to you."

"Miss Tang, I'm really going to hide it from you. Mr. Zhao is here to propose marriage. Mr. Zhao is only acquainted with a very good family background. My grandfather has also been a high-ranking official like the Censor General. There are hundreds of servants in the family. Just nodding, does the guests need to pour tea in person when they come? Calling, countless people will serve you. Ms. Tang, Mr. Tang, who is also a woman, is such a good husband, who can't find even with lanterns in Bianjing City..."

Tang Moer said, "He is so good, why don't you marry him?" Huaxue felt that this sentence was a bit too much. After Tang Moer said that, he quickly turned around and poured tea with the hem of his skirt.

The matchmaker choked suddenly and said with awkward smile: "How can I have such a blessing in my body!"

Knowing that Tang Mo'er couldn't make sense, and the smell of gunpowder was too strong, he looked for Mrs. Tang again and said, "Mrs. Tang, your girl is over 10 years old. Can you wait at this age? Wait until later, the girl turned into an old girl. How can she marry her in the future? She eats this kind of food, and she has seen many such things. At the beginning, many girls, looking around, always want to choose a good husband, but her parents don't urge her. What's the result? As a result, she has to snatch her black hair and go to the temple to have vegetarian food. Even if she wants to marry her, she is also looking for a dead woman to do it. Madam, you have to think clearly about the lessons of the past."

The matchmaker's words came to Mrs. Tang's heart. Tang Moer happened to come from the back room with a teapot, but she pursed her lips and said nothing, asking Chen Ao to sit down and pour water for Chen Ao alone. She looked at Chen Ao, and saw that he looked at the matchmaker with interest, and deliberately glared at Chen Ao.

Chen Ao saw this matchmaker for a reason, because he finally saw a colleague, at least both sides had one thing in common, and they were all working verbally.

When Tang Moer glared, Chen Ao stopped looking at the matchmaker. Damn, you glared at me, won’t I glared at you? His eyes went straight to look at Tang Moer.

Tang Mo'er had never seen such a shameless person? A man stared at her, immediately turned his face and said to the matchmaker: "I will not agree to this marriage. You can go quickly and take away all the things you bring."

The matchmaker still smiled, ignored Tang Moer, and continued to say to Mrs. Tang: "Mrs. Tang, the orders of parents, the words of the matchmaker, and you still have to make an idea for this marriage."

Mrs. Tang was quite moved and was lying on her back. Unexpectedly, Chen Ao said, "Huh? Mr. Zhao? Could it be the Zhao Zhilong from the east of the city?"

Chen Ao has an impression of this person. What kind of grandfather has been the chief censor, but he is just a censor. Is this guy still a young man? Have you ever seen a young man with a beard and wrinkled face like a cake? As for what he is learning, Chen Ao is even more clear. This guy often goes to Suiyashan room to drink tea, and has written two poems. He has knowledge, but if you want to be the top, it is even more nonsense, and he is just a scholar.

When the matchmaker heard this, she smiled and said, "Why has this young master heard of Mr. Zhao?"

Chen Ao nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I have heard of Mr. Zhao. He has a good character, good knowledge, and a first-class family background. This is indeed a good marriage."

"Uncle Zhao?" Mrs. Tang was stunned for a moment and said, "What Mr. Zhao?"

Chen Ao said, "Don't you know, Mrs. Zhao? Zhao's son is no longer confused. Let me think about it, oh, I'm just about forty years old, but this is nothing. Engagement depends on knowledge, character, age, etc.."

When Mrs. Tang heard this, she was immediately displeased. Tang Moer didn't know whether she was angry or sad. She was about to burst into tears. She glared at the matchmaker and said, "I won't marry, I'd rather have my hair tied up than marry."

The matchmaker glared at Chen Ao. This guy is too sinister. At a young age, why is he so vicious when he opens his mouth. He hurriedly said, "Young Master Zhao is not forty years old, he is only in his early thirties. He looks older and he is so mature and steadfast, madam..."

Mrs. Tang said angrily: "No matter how poor my daughter is, she will never marry such a person. No matter how poor my Tang family is, she is still an official. Let's leave, let's go..."

Seeing Mrs. Tang's appearance, the matchmaker felt a little hated Chen Ao, so she had to say, "That's the old man who comes back next time." Then she nodded at the servants and left together.

Chen Ao smiled and glanced at Tang Mo'er with tears in her eyes. He knew her difficulties. As a talented woman, Qu Gao and widowed, but she was not young, and she couldn't find a good husband. She was humiliated by a matchmaker by Mr. Zhao or something. I was afraid she was in a very bad mood.

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Miss Tang is so charming. Not to mention the young gentlemen in Bianjing City, even the old men are flocking to him. Mrs. Tang, I am afraid that the people who proposed marriage have broken through the threshold? Oh, the student is thinking that Mrs. Tang must have been a great beauty in the past, otherwise how could she give birth to such an outstanding daughter?"

This sentence first deliberately said that there were all kinds of people who proposed marriage, and then downplayed the old cow who wanted to eat tender grass. Then he boasted about Tang Mo'er's beauty and praised Mrs. Tang with a few words. Mrs. Tang said happily: "This is, when I was not married yet, I was originally a shameful person. It was not a bragging between my master's wife. In Bianjing City, there were countless people who proposed marriage to me." Then he changed his anger and said: "I fell in love with a dead ghost. At that time, he was young and talented, and passed the Jinshi exam at a young age. Who knew that this person was not as good as the old man, and he was suffering from his old man."

Chen Ao stopped talking. This was sow discord. He stabbed Lord Tang behind him, so he couldn't continue talking.

Tang Moer wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, looked at Chen Ao with gratitude, and said, "It is said that she still needs to take the classics and articles during the art exam. Have Mr. Chen reviewed his homework these days?"

The art exam is similar to the specialty students in later generations. If you have specialty exams, you also need to take the meaning of the classics. However, the difficulty of the classics is much lower than that of the imperial examination. When you are admitted, you only focus on the specialty exam. Chen Ao nodded and said, "How dare I be negligent about this kind of thing? I have been doing the classics these days."

Tang Mo'er's eyes turned: "Then Mo'er will ask Mr. Chen for advice."

She said she was asking for advice, but it was quite like taking the school entrance exam. She looked at Chen Ao with a smile, and there was a little more gunpowder at this time.

Chen Ao cheered up and said, "Please ask Miss Tang to give the question."

Tang Moer whispered: "There is a great way to make money. There are many people who produce it, few people who eat it, and those who do it are sick, and those who use it are comfortable. Wealth and wealth will always be enough. Mr. Chen, how can this sentence solve the question?"

Chen Ao was already familiar with the meaning of the scriptures at this time. When he heard the topic, he could find allusions. This sentence comes from the "Great Learning". The full text says: Therefore, a gentleman has a great way, must be loyal and trustworthy to obtain it, and be arrogant and lose it. There are great ways to make money. There are many people who produce it, few people who eat it, and those who do it are frivolous, and those who use it are comfortable, and those who use it will always be enough. Benevolent people make money with money, while those who are not kind to make money with their body. Those who are not kind to be kind, but those who are not kind to be righteous. Those who are not fond of righteousness, those who are not fond of righteousness, those who are not fond of righteousness, those who are not fond of treasury wealth, those who are not rich.

The general idea is that a gentleman’s way of making money is to produce more and consume less. In this way, he will not be afraid of losing wealth.

The questions are so rare, Chen Ao smiled bitterly for a moment. Tang Mo'er, a little girl, can do the question. It should be noted that the meaning of the scriptures examines the students' talents and on the other hand, they also allow them to understand the great ways of sages. Therefore, the questions are often based on the key points of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. Some allusions such as making money in the Four Books are rarely used to give questions. After all, this thing seems too vulgar. In the school, doctors are perfunctory about these paragraphs when teaching. Anyway, they can't take exams, so there is no need to spend too much effort to teach students these things.

Tang Moer is a folk official, so naturally there are no such taboos. This time, it has stumped Chen Ao. Chen Ao rarely reads examples such as making money. He can't find a reference for a while, and can only imagine it out of thin air.

He was swaying and silent, sitting on the stool, his eyes were blank. When he glanced at Tang Moer, he kept reminding him in his heart: "Chen Ao Chen Ao, Chen Ao, you must not lose to this woman, otherwise you will never be able to raise your head in front of Moer for the rest of your life."
Chapter completed!