Love is More than a Word《识汝不识丁》Shi Nu Bu Shi Ding
Love is More than a Word, Chapter 6: The new official takes office (6)...
When the matter was settled, Lu Zhenxue got up and said goodbye.
Tao Mo arrived at the door, thought about it, and turned around to tell Lao Tao, who was counting the accounts, about this matter.
Lao Tao frowned after hearing his narrative, "That Lu Zhenxue, I'm afraid you should beware of visitors bearing gifts."
Tao Mo was surprised, "Why?" In his opinion, this Lu Zhenxue should be the first friend he made in the Tangyang County.
Lao Tao said, "There can be no two tigers on one mountain. How could Lin Zhengyong's disciples actively campaign to introduce you to Mr. Yichui's disciples?"
Tao Mo said, "What about him?"
"Just don't know what to do." Lao Tao sighed, ''To go or not to go. But as you said, sit down for a moment and come back. Do not become entangled with others plots."
Tao Mo thought of Gu She, his heart was hot, but looking at Lao Tao's eyes as if he knew everything, he was cold and said, "What could be the entanglement?"
"Nothing is better." Lao Tao knew that he was sick again, could not bear to press him on the issue again, and changed the subject, "County officials are small officials, but sparrows are small, and still have all five organs. If you have nothing to do, go and deal with them in the afternoon, and it will be convenient for you to do your actual work later."
Tao Mo hastily answered yes.
Lao Tao said, "That clerk Cui you have already met, if you see him again later, don't forget to get closer to him."
Tao Mo nodded again.
Lao Tao was not at ease when he saw the way he looked sick, but he could not let go of the many affairs in the house, so he took a step back and said: "I will have Hao Guozi follow you, if you have anything you do not know, just send him to ask. Left and right are not far away."
Hearing that he wasn't going, Tao Mo was a bit nervous in his heart, "Or we can go some other time."
"Young master, I will die one day after all." Lao Tao said with an unchanged face, "Will the young master stop being an official when I die?"
Tao Mo paled in shock, ''Don't you say that. I know you won't die easily."
The corners of Lao Tao's mouth twitched slightly, "Young Master, if I didn't know you well, I would think you were sorry."
Tao Mo said, "I didn't mean it."
"I know. You go and eat first, then go with Hao Guozi."
Tao Mo turned around and headed out the door, eating as promised.
The Sixth Room is located around the county office, and it was only a blink of an eye to go out and enter.
The clerk who is working inside the office has never seen Tao Mo in person, but has heard about his appearance, and as soon as he saw him enter the door, he hurriedly welcomed him. Tao Mo's inquiry was very appropriate.
Afterwards, there were six rooms that were greeted by the manager of the year, and there were also some pleasantries.
Cui Jong is not here to work and has not come today.
After speaking with them for a while, Tao Mo got up to bid farewell.
Hao Guozi followed behind him and whispered, "Young Master just seemed to have changed into a different person."
Tao Mo said, "How has it changed?"
"Young Master looked very learned just now." Hao Guozi was straightforward.
Tao Mo stared blankly, his face gloomy.
Hao Guozi seemed to realize that what he said just now was inappropriate, and hurriedly said, "I'm not saying that Young Master is unlearned, I just, just......."
"One is nothing if one doesn't learn. My father used to say the same thing about me when he was alive."
Hao Guozi blushed and said, "How can I compare to the senior."
Tao Mo said, ''You're not wrong. I'm just a blind man with no sense of purpose."
Hao Guozi said, "Who can believe that young master is illiterate when he listens to his words?"
Tao Mo smiled bitterly and said, ''It's just that I remembered it after hearing others say that I've spoken too much. I can say these words, but I can't write them. It was you who wrote it out and put it before me, and I couldn't recognize it."
Hao Guozi said, "Who said that only those who are taller must be literate?"
Tao Mo suddenly said, “Take only one scoop for the weak water of three thousand ' what does it mean?"
Although Hao Guozi was only a small boy, he had attended school as a child and knew more words than he did.
Hao Guozi was surprised, "Young master has a sweetheart?"
"Sweetheart?" Tao Mo was stunned, then red-eared and went straight to the house without saying a word.
Hao Guozi was left standing dumbfounded for a while, murmuring, "I don't want Young Master to forget that Yin Yu man so soon."
Lu Zhenxue is still a quite famous person in the Tangyang County. He was the most popular person in the Tangyang County before Gu She, and everyone knew that the Lu family had a scholar and eloquent son, Lu Gongzi, who had won the prize at a young age. So he organized A Plum Blossom feast, which was well attended.
According to Lao Tao's words, Tao Mo arrived not too early, but not too late.
As a parental officer in the county, his arrival was still warmly received by his host.
Lu Zhenxue smiled and led him to the main table, "My parents are out and about, so I can only make the decisions here. I hope you're not to blame."
"Wherever." Tao Mo said casually, "It's my fault for not being able to see your father, my fault."
Lu Zhenxue froze, thinking: What do my parents have to do with you? How is that your fault? Did he really think I was his best friend? He looked at Tao Mo's face and felt that he was distracted, so he laughed.
Tao Mo originally intended to say a few words and leave, but he looked around and didn't see Gu She, and was a bit resigned to it, so he couldn't help but wait a while longer.
Lu Zhenxue got up to greet the others and introduced some more people to him in passing.
Knowing that these people were all rich local merchants, Tao Mo climbed up to talk.
Just talking about this year's harvest, there was a sudden quiet around.
Tao Mo turned his head to look.
Gu She came slowly, surrounded by his fellow senior brothers. The purple-red cloak added to the poetic elegance of his brows.
Lu Zhenxue greeted him one by one, and when it was Gu She's turn, he smiled extremely brightly, "I'm flattered that I didn’t think Brother Gu would want to come too."
"Brother Lu is welcome."
This was the first time Tao Mo heard Gu She open his mouth, and every word stirred up ripples in his heart like a small stone, one after another, unable to calm down.
"This is Lord Tao, I introduced you all last time." Lu Zhenxue hand suddenly pointed in Tao Mo's direction.
As for curios coincidence, Tao Mo passed by.
He took such an initiative, but the others did not turn a blind eye and greet him casually, as they did last time.
Tao Mo responded while sticking his gaze intentionally and unintentionally on Gu She.
As if sensing his gaze, Gu She's fluttering gaze finally landed on him.
When Tao Mo saw him looking at him, he felt a surge of excitement in his heart, only feeling that there was nothing in the world that could compare to the beauty of this moment.
But it didn't last long, and Gu She turned away quickly.
Tao Mo dumbfounded followed the path for a long time, until Gu She a senior brother who couldn't look at him and turned his head and asked, "What do you have to say to me, sir?" It was only then that he snapped out of it and awkwardly walked back to the main table.
After that, his mind had been in a trance, his eyes glancing in the direction of Gu She's location from time to time, and he had even forgotten that Lao Tao had told him to leave.
Lu Zhenxue drank wine with the crowd for a while and then announced the purpose of the day, saying, "If you want to eat wine to cheer up, let's ask Lord Tao to write a poem to add some luster to this cold winter."
The crowd cheered in unison.
Tao Mo was startled, and hastily waved his hand, "I can’t."
Lu Zhenxue said: "Why should my lord be polite? Everyone knows that all the county officials in the Tangyang County are very learned people with a lot of experience. I'm sure you're also very good at poetry."
Tao Mo whispered, "I really can't."
"Is my lord Mo looking down on this little plum blossom feast of mine?" Lu Zhenxue's face went cold.
Even if Tao Mo was even more retarded, he could sense that the atmosphere was not right, but he could only repeat it with a single effort, ''I really don't know how to write poetry. Me, I'm actually illiterate."
"Puff."
I don't know whoever leads the way of raucous laughter and makes everyone else burst out laughing along with him.
"Your Excellency, please forgive me." Lu Zhenxue's face slowed for a moment, but he could not hide the sneer in his eyes, "It's me who's demanding."
"Haha......." someone finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Tao Mo was sitting like a needle felt, his body is as stiff as a stone, and his head does not dare to return, just staring at the bowl of rice in front of him, his heart is constantly guessing anxiously about Gu She's expression at this moment, and perhaps, with these people generally laughing more than one all about him?
The more he thought about it, the harder it got, and just as Lu Zhenxue was talking to the others, he turned around and slipped away. So fast that Lu Zhenxue had no chance of wanting to scream for him to stay.
When he rushed out of the Lu Mansion, Tao Mo felt a bit light-headed and his body was softly leaning against the door.
There was a very beautiful carriage parked outside the door, just in time to block the palanquin of the magistrate's office, and no one noticed that his own lord had come out.
Tao Mo rested for a moment, but finally slowed down and was about to leave, when he heard a methodical footsteps coming out from inside, and turned his head, it was no one but Gu She.
~ Love is More than a Word ~
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