Chapter 75 She is not easy to talk to
Shuiqing didn't care much about whether she could pass the imperial examination.
Some people are well-educated, but they are not suitable for the examination; some people are good at hands-on work, but they just can't do well in the examination;
She didn't care about the provocation of the three people in front of her, but Fan Jin, as a scholar, seemed to take the imperial examination very seriously. His dark and moist eyes dimmed at this moment, and his eyelids drooped, covering up the disappointment in them.
She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Whose dog was not tied up and let out?"
Zheng Pingsheng was very happy to see his senior brother couldn't say anything, but suddenly heard someone calling them dogs, and his anger soared.
When he saw that it was a woman, he became even angrier and asked with narrowed eyes, "Who do you say is a dog?"
"Whoever answers is a dog." Shuiqing replied unceremoniously.
Being mocked as a dog, the three scholars couldn't hold their faces. Zhou Wenjian pointed at Shuiqing with a folding fan in his hand and gritted his teeth and said, "You actually mocked us as dogs, you are the dog!"
"Who is the dog scolding?" Shuiqing asked back.
"The dog scolds you!" Zhou Wenjian replied without thinking.
The diners at the surrounding tables burst into laughter.
Zheng Pingsheng quickly pulled Zhou Wenjian's sleeve, and Zhou Wenjian reacted in the laughter, his face flushed with anger.
The five kids were about to rush forward when the three people talked about their daddy, but now they were all stunned when they saw this.
Fan Jin didn't expect Shui Qing to hear others mocking him for failing the exams, but helped him instead!
These three people have always been inseparable when they go out, and they also make fun of him as much as possible when they meet him. He has always adhered to the principle of staying away from him as much as possible.
After all, he failed the imperial examination, and what others said was the truth, and he couldn't say it back.
He had refuted it in the past, but people around him would only blame him. Can't others say that he failed the exam?
They said that he was not good at learning, and his temper was even worse.
They said that he focused on competing for strength, no wonder he failed the exams repeatedly...
Others would only blame him, but Shui Qing was different. She didn't care whether he failed or not, and she defended him with confidence.
Zheng Pingsheng listened to the laughter in the hall and looked at Fan Jin, who had lowered his head and gradually raised it.
He looked at Shui Qing with contempt and said coldly: "The saints are right, only women and villains are difficult to raise."
Shui Qing: If you want to quarrel, then quarrel. Why do you use gender as an excuse when you can't win the argument? Can being a woman be a reason for him to attack her?
This man is only capable of this!
"The emperor rules the world with filial piety, but you are so unfilial to your mother. You are really unworthy of being a scholar."
Scholars are most afraid of being accused of being unfilial. If it is serious, it can end their official career!
Being accused of being unfilial, Zheng Pingsheng got angry and tried to explain: "How am I unfilial to my mother? You are just a village woman, don't talk nonsense!"
Shuiqing sat at the table and asked Zheng Pingsheng who was standing leisurely: "You said that only girls and villains are difficult to raise. Your mother is not a girl. You can't be the child of your father and a man, right?
Since your mother is a girl, you put her and the villain together. If it's not unfilial, what is it?"
"You, you, you..." Zheng Pingsheng blushed and wanted to refute, but didn't know how to refute.
The surrounding diners whispered to each other.
Sun Qiang saw that the other two companions were speechless. The three of them had always been able to talk about others. How could they be forced to this point?
I was immediately furious and took two steps forward to scold Shuiqing bluntly: "Women are virtuous if they have no talent!"
Shuiqing didn't argue with him whether this sentence was right or not, but asked him: "What is the previous sentence of this sentence? Tell me."
Of course Sun Qiang couldn't say it!
Wouldn't it be like slapping yourself in the face if you said it?
But the diners around didn't want to, and started to make a noise, "So there is a previous sentence? What is the previous sentence? Come on, tell us so we can hear it."
"Is there anything else we can't hear?"
"Hey, three scholars, you can't be outdone by a woman, come on, tell us so we can judge!"
The diners around were full of food and wine, and they looked like they were watching the fun.
Zheng Pingsheng and the other two knew that these people were treating them as a joke, but now they were in this situation, and they couldn't stay or leave.
But it was impossible for them to say it.
As long as they didn't say it, others wouldn't know it, so they didn't lose!
Fan Jin looked at Shui Qing, the disappointment in his dark eyes disappeared, he smiled and said leisurely: "A man with virtue is talent."
Shui Qing explained to the diners around him: "A promising man should focus on virtue and talent, and warn every man to pay attention to virtue!
How come you three only remember the requirements and constraints on women, and don't remember your own at all?"
The three never thought that Fan Jin's wife was knowledgeable.
How could it be possible!
Fan Jin's wife is just the daughter of a butcher, how could she know the knowledge in the book? And she can argue with them.
The key is that they haven't argued yet!
Shanhailou is one of the best in Guangning Prefecture. Most of the people who come to eat are businessmen who make money and don't understand literary words.
As soon as Shui Qing explained, they immediately understood!
Businessmen have a low status in Mingguo. Now seeing that the character of the scholars who always look up to them is just like this, they suddenly feel that people cannot be judged by their industry.
There are dishonest businessmen among them, but not all scholars are good!
"You call him a scholar? He's worse than a businessman like me!"
"I saw him from beginning to end, but I didn't see any moral character at all."
"Three grown men talked about a woman. Have they forgotten that my mother is also a woman? They go home and are submissive, and show off their power outside!"
The three of them, Zheng Pingsheng, used to come to Shanhailou, wearing long robes that represented scholars. Even if they didn't order many dishes, they were always treated politely and courteously.
When the conversation was good, there were businessmen rushing to help them pay the bill!
Today, they wanted to talk loudly and find a stupid businessman with a lot of money to pay the bill, but they didn't expect that they would be looked down upon by the businessman they always looked down upon.
The three of them were about to turn around and leave when the waiter, holding a large wooden tray, shouted: "Guest, you've been waiting for a long time! Your food is here."
I saw braised pork, stir-fried baby chicken, smooth egg and shrimp, steamed fish, braised rabbit... everything was delicious, and the three of them swallowed hard.
Shui Qing was not one to talk easily, and now he even beat up the drowned dog, asking: "We were having a good meal, but the three of you started mocking us for eating steamed buns at a roadside stall. The three of you looked down upon us and opened your eyes." Take a good look, are we ordering steamed buns?
By the way, I heard you mention it just now, who is already a scholar? The next step is to enter the officialdom and become a parent officer. Can you be a parent officer with your virtue?
Let’s talk about who is the scholar, and let everyone have a good look at the scholar’s style! "
Zheng Pingsheng originally loved to see Fan Jin, his wife's favorite disciple who later became his father-in-law, unable to lift his head, but now he was the one unable to lift his head, and he wished he could run away with oil on his soles.
In particular, he was afraid that others would know his name.