Chapter 53:

On the second day, Jiang Yunlan found an opportunity to pass the message to Mrs. Liu, and rejected the matter roundly. Mrs. Liu was originally happy to find a suitable day to find a matchmaker to come and propose marriage, but she never expected to receive her rejection, and was even more disappointed and depressed, so she had to go to see other suitable girls for her son.
After resolving this worry, Jiang Yunlan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and then became more cautious when looking for a suitable candidate for Ning Nuan.
But I don't know if everyone else has learned about Madam Liu's thoughts. Since then, there have been fewer people showing kindness to her. Jiang Yunlan felt relieved and wondered.
It's just that none of these can reach Ning Nuan.
Ning Nuan didn't know the entanglement in her heart, and now all her thoughts were attracted by Ning Lang's schoolwork.
She squeezed the homework that Ning Lang had brought back from the academy, frowned, her brows frowned.
Ning Lang bitterly snatched the pieces of paper back from her hand, and randomly clipped it into a certain book, not daring to let her see it again. But it was too late for him to struggle. Ning Nuan had already seen what he should see.
"Brother, that's the article you wrote? You really wrote it seriously, isn't it...Isn't it... I just found a pen and paper in my dream and wrote it with my eyes closed?" Ning Nuan's face was full of disbelief, and she asked repeatedly. It made Ning Lang feel guilty.
He yelled, his gaze wandered, he dared not meet his sister's sight, and moved quickly to a place a few steps away from his sister. For fear that the gentle sister had also learned the violent temper of his mother, he would just go straight if he didn't agree. Hit people. He said with a guilty conscience: "A Nuan, you also know that I have never understood what knowledge, this, this is just beginning to work hard, how can it be said that you can make a good article so quickly... you Say yes?"
Ning Nuan was speechless for a while.
She sighed, and ignored Ning Lang's objectionable gaze. She turned over the pages of the book and read it carefully from beginning to end. After reading it, her face was even more terrible.
Ning Lang felt guilty in his heart, and his tone became softer: "Okay Nuan, my brother knows that he is wrong, and you know that too, I have been going to the college to study hard these few days, and I haven't played truant for a day. It’s the same when I go to the academy and ask the Master. A few days ago, the Master also praised me, saying that I am better than before. It’s just... It’s just that the article is not well written, and it can’t be changed in a day or two. of."
He has always been indifferent to reading. Since he was taken into school by Ning Yanting as a child, he has been thinking about playing truant from school all day long. He has been playing truant for so many years. When other people are studying hard, he fights crickets with his friends. The accumulation over the years, how can he catch up overnight?
When thinking about him writing the article, he also took a lot of thought, thinking hard, scratching his head, and even the last one. He was originally a little proud, thinking that this time he could make the master and classmates look at each other with admiration, who would have been the master the next day After scolding, when I returned home, my sister discovered this article.
Ning Lang murmured secretly in his heart, and the timing of Ning Nuan's coming was too unlucky, so that Ning Nuan had read it before he could even destroy this article.
It’s no wonder that Ning Nuan was surprised. The master’s topic was "Food for the people is the heaven". Everyone else used the topic as the starting point. The article was also a content of worrying about the country and the people. The path, starting from "food", talked about all kinds of delicacies that he had eaten, a good article was written into a food review by him. Not to mention, it happened that he was writing, and he had forgotten how to write some rare words, and there were black spots on a piece of paper.
After Ning Nuan watched it, even if she was not a master, there was a anger in her heart for no reason. After Ning Lang pitifully pleaded for herself, the anger became helpless.
She returned the article to Ning Lang, and Ning Lang hurriedly took it, folded it several times and put it in her arms so that she could no longer get it.
"My brother also said that he was going to take a fame test. I thought that by this autumn, my brother would be able to pass the test... But now it seems that I really don't understand how my brother had passed the test before?" Ning Nuan wondered. Said: "If I were the examiner who read the papers and saw the essays my brother had made, I would like to tear them up."
Ning Lang was dumb.
"A Nuan, that's not what I said. When I was a scholar, my father forced me to study day by day, and I was also motivated..."
It was many years ago. Ning Yanting became angry, and he shivered with fright. Wherever there is the appearance of a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water later, Ning Yanting personally escorted him to study hard and make him live a good life. Life in hell, even now I can't bear to recall it. He didn't know how he was a talented talent in the exam. He only knew that once the exam was over, his strict father relaxed his discipline. He threw away the books and resumed the life of playing truant before. Later, he even lost all knowledge. Forget about it.
The more Ning Lang recalled, the more he felt guilty.
He sat back at his desk in a serene manner, picked up a book in his hand, opened it, and said solemnly, "A Nuan, don’t worry, my brother knows that he was wrong now, and he will move forward day after day. It’s not Qiuwei...it’s still spring. Look at it. When Qiuwei arrives, I'll take a test and show it to you."
Ning Nuan reminded helplessly: "Your book is upside down."
Ning Lang was startled and quickly adjusted the book.
He kindly said: "A Nuan, I know that you are most interested in these studies, and you have always loved reading. You are so smart. I can't compare to you. If you are a man, I am afraid that you have already won the top prize. I think we All the wisdom and wisdom of your father and mother belonged to you, and what was left to me was all stupid...No, no, I was born earlier than you. I took all the bad things from father and mother, and left. All the good things are left to you." As he said, he couldn't help boasting himself.
Listening to him joking like this, Ning Nuan lost everything in her heart. She sighed helplessly, and sat down in a side position: "They all say they are brothers and sisters, but my brother is not like me at all. "
"Yes, yes, Ah Nuan is so good, how can my brother compare to you by half."
Ning Nuan was amused by him, but he didn't feel stretched, his eyes bend and he smiled again.
"If my brother studies hard, he will definitely learn well."
"Yes, yes, Ah Nuan is right."
"Then from tomorrow, my brother will get up an hour earlier than usual and spend more time reviewing the book."
Ning Lang became stiff, and then filled his mouth to answer.
Seeing a smile on her face, Ning Lang leaned forward again and said, "I have one more thing to discuss with you."
"what's up?"
"A classmate in the college invited me to stay in Xiaofangshan for a few days."
Ning Nuan was puzzled: "What to do there?"
Ning Lang scratched his head: "I don't know. I just listened to them. Just listen to them. It will only make the mood uneasy and sometimes feel bored. If you go out and walk more, maybe the inspiration for writing articles..." That inspiration for him nowadays cannot be grasped when it comes.
It's just that Ning Lang has stayed at home for a long time, and when he hears it, he wants to go out.
"What about the college?"
"The few days happened to be the academy's holiday." Ning Lang said truthfully: "I'm going with them. I'm afraid I can't keep reading as you said, but I went out with my classmates. They learn well and study. Also work hard, even if you go outside, you will not slack off..."
Seeing her silence, Ning Lang expected Ai Ai again: "You think it's inappropriate, then I won't go..." At the end of his speech, his tone was also a little low.
"I didn't say no. If you don't delay the class in the college, it's not impossible for your brother to go. It's about going out with classmates." Ning Nuan still believes those classmates in his college, let alone the students in the college. The future is all about entering officialdom. If we can build a good relationship, the future will also be Ninglang's help. "My brother wants me to say, is he afraid that my parents won't agree?"
Ning Lang nodded vigorously.
Ning Nuan smiled: "Then I will go and tell my mother that if my brother is going out, I have to take Qingsong with me. I will tell Qingsong. If Qingsong says he disagrees, my brother can't do it either."
Ning Lang was dumbfounded: "I have to be taken over by a small servant!?"
"Qing Song is watching my brother for me. If my brother doesn't agree, then I won't help you intercede." Ning Nuan added: "When my brother comes back, if Qing Song complains, then I won't help my brother intercede."
Ning Lang had to answer reluctantly.
Ning Nuan went to Jiang Yunlan and talked about it, and Jiang Yunlan really agreed readily.
Ning Lang was so happy that he went to tell his classmate the news, and when he turned around, he packed up his luggage excitedly. It was the first time he went out to play with his classmates, not his friends, so Ning Lang was very cautious and didn't dare to bring any jokes. He also stuffed several books into his bag, just waiting to reach Xiaofangshan. , Ask your classmates about knowledge.
On the day of departure, he asked the kitchen to make a lot of snacks. The large and small bags were filled with a small half-carriage. For fear that Xiaofangshan’s food would not be good, he would be hungry and thin after a few days. He not only considered the food for the next few days. Well, don't forget to bring it to classmates.
Qing Song was the only servant who followed him. After being urged by the Ning family three people, he climbed into the carriage and drove out together with Ning Lang.
As soon as Ning Lang left, Ning's family calmed down. Suddenly, there was no elder brother, Ning Nuan was still a little uncomfortable, and she tranced several times, and even mentioned Ning Lang more often than usual. Jiang Yunlan looked in her eyes, for fear that she would be bored alone, so she simply stuffed her an account book and directed her to go out to the shop to check the accounts.
Ning Nuan didn't refuse to agree, and when the weather was clear, he went out with Xiangtao.