Chapter 898: Chapter 529: Ask Your Junior Brother for Advice When You Have Time
By the riverside on the west side of Linlu Academy.
Fishing Boat Ferry.
Surrounded by a vast expanse of great maple forests.
There was an old man in a rain cape and straw hat, sitting at the riverside ferry, quietly holding a fishing rod, leisurely fishing.
Beside him was a group of student disciples serving him.
Among them, led by the eldest senior brother Li Jinsu.
Yan Jidao who was fishing took a look at the bait, squinted at the mist and boats on the great river, and said calmly,
“Jinsu, have you recently gone to see that girl with the surname Ye at Taiching’s Tranquility Mansion?”
Li Jinsu was busy standing in for his teacher, bowing his head to explain the classics to a junior brother, and was momentarily stunned when he heard this.
He looked at his teacher’s nonchalant profile.
“Ah, you mean… that Miss Ye? No, why?”
Yan Jidao didn’t answer, knowing his tone was curious, said, “Oh? Didn’t she often write letters to you before, why no news recently?”
Li Jinsu bashfully scratched his head, a bit happy, said, “Probably because of the gifts I sent her a few days ago.”
Yan Jidao paused holding the fishing rod, turned his head to scrutinize his very familiar and serious eldest disciple, resisting the urge to smile, curiously said, “Gifts? You… gave her gifts? What kind of gifts?”
“I had the idea to send to the Academy, but the disciples knew their preciousness… Mm, now there’s another Miss Ye who knows.”
Upon saying this, Li Jinsu was a bit happy.
The crowd: “…”
Yan Jidao put down the fishing rod after picking it up again, finally looking at this eldest disciple, couldn’t help but ask, “How… how did she find out?”
Li Jinsu happily replied,
“I told her. She took those books at first, glanced at them and smiled, earnestly asking me if they were quite valuable, I nodded, said they were worth a thousand pieces of immortal money and wouldn’t be exchanged, Miss Ye seemed a bit embarrassed upon hearing this, kept refusing, and said she wanted to pay me.”
He shook his head, expression dead serious, said,
“But as a disciple of the teacher, the eldest senior brother of the juniors, once something is given out, how is there any reason to take it back and ask for money?”
“But I still reluctantly explained to her about the origins of these books and their specific preciousness… I honestly told her the words from before, so that she wouldn’t feel guilty or blame herself, just take good care of them. There was no need to worry about me; after all, I had already read those books countless times and basically didn’t need them anymore… Besides, there will be more old books sent to the Book Mountain Book Tower later, and I can go pick up some good finds then. Just that there are some senior bookworms and some newly joined juniors, it’s a bit troublesome, um, next time I’ll have to ask Ziyu to join me.”
The atmosphere on the scene quietened again.
Li Jinsu nodded and said to the silent crowd with a generous air:
“But that’s no big deal. As long as Miss Ye likes these books, it’s fine. After all, they have accompanied me for many years. Also, from now on, just focus on reading these books well, no need to trouble yourself to come and ask me again. Miss Ye seemed quite touched after listening, holding the books, she solemnly thanked me, and at the time she didn’t even call me by my name, she directly called me Mr. Li, then Miss Ye turned around and walked away with the books, her steps so fast that I couldn’t keep up…”
The helpful Li Jinsu couldn’t help scratching his head, slightly confused, “And, strange enough, in the past every time she came to the Academy, didn’t Miss Ye not recognize the way, saying that the buildings of the Academy looked the same, and wanted me to accompany her out… That time she held the books and left without letting me escort her, uh, maybe… she knows the way now.”
“…”
At this moment, after a certain person’s speech ended, Fishing Boat Ferry fell into an unusual silence.
Yan Jidao had one hand paused on his beard, and another on the fishing rod. Even though at that moment a fish bit the hook in the river, his two hands remained unmoved.
The old man fishing opened his mouth, looking at his eldest disciple in a daze, speechless.
All the junior brothers and sisters around were also stunned after hearing, looking at their eldest senior brother with increasingly ‘admiring’ eyes.
“Uh, Teacher, what’s wrong with you?”
Yan Jidao closed his mouth and turned his head back, silently watching the bobbing fishing hook.
“Jinsu.”
“Ah, disciple is here.”
Yan Jidao didn’t look at Li Jinsu, but stared ahead, nodding seriously and said, “In your free time, you should look for your junior brother more often, you… ask him for advice.”
Li Jinsu was stunned, “Why is that?”
Yan Jidao didn’t speak, and sighed with a pat to his forehead.
He shook his head, then as if remembering something, smiled and said, “Your junior brother seems to be returning to the Academy today, right?”
Li Jinsu nodded, “Mm.”
He couldn’t help sighing again, “Ah, Teacher has asked so many times, also sent disciples to inquire a few times… The Academy over there said, he should be returning by this evening.”
“Oh, many times, really? Haha…”
The old man laughed heartily, shook his head, raised the fishing rod, and suspended the fish in the air that bit the hook.
“Such a big bass, haha, Jinsu, you run to the Academy once more, wait for your junior brother, and ask him to come eat bass in the evening. If he is eager to see his wife, then invite his wife too.”
Li Jinsu and the junior brothers and sisters behind him exchanged looks, seeing their biased teacher, he smiled with helplessness and said, “Yes, Teacher.”