Bai Youyou saw that the old man looked at Qi Yue with satisfaction in his eyes, and said jokingly with a smile: "Grandpa Kong, you don't know that my cousin has been studying hard every day since he learned that he could visit you."

She pointed at Qi Yue and said, "Look at his dark eyelids. They are caused by studying so hard all night long."

"Haha, you girl."

Mr. Kong knew what she was thinking, and he looked at Qi Yue with a smile, "There are still auspicious days at the end of the year, so go back and prepare the six ceremonies."

The six rites are the rites of apprenticeship. Qi Yue was nervous before, fearing that his knowledge was too shallow and he would not be in the old man's eyes.

Now hearing him say in person that he would go back and prepare the six rituals and tuition fees himself, he was so excited that he revealed his youthful innocence.

"Disciple thanks you, sir!"

He bowed earnestly to Mr. Kong, turned around and bowed solemnly to Bai Youyou.

"Thank you, too, sister!"

Bai Youyou's eyes curved, "A good horse is known by a good horse breeder, and a good eye is known for distinguishing outstanding talents. Cousin, you don't need to thank me. It's Grandpa Kong who has a keen eye and cherishes talents. It's also you who are so knowledgeable that you caught Grandpa Kong's eye."

Mr. Kong stroked his long white beard on his chin, and looked at her with an increasingly loving smile, "You girl."

Grandma Kong on the side looked at them with a smile. Seeing that it was getting late, she stood up and said, "I'll ask someone to prepare the meal. You stay here and talk to your Grandpa Kong first."

Bai Youyou didn't say anything too polite, and said generously: "Grandma Kong, you can just have someone prepare some home-cooked dishes. My cousin and I are not picky eaters."

"Good good..."

She was not distant or polite, which made Mrs. Kong even happier. "It's best not to be picky about food."

Bai Youyou and Qi Yue had their meal without bothering the two elderly people. They took the various scented teas and some fruits and cakes given by Grandma Kong and went home.

In front of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion, he ran into Bai Yanlang who had just returned home.

"Girl, where have you been?"

Xiaoju was moving things in the car, and Bai Yanlang could tell at a glance that they were return gifts from other people.

"Today, I went to Grandpa Kong's house with my cousin Yueyue to give him New Year gifts."

Bai Yanlang naturally knew who the Grandpa Kong she was referring to was. He was about to scold her for not bringing his own brother with him, but when he saw his daughter's indifferent expression, he quickly swallowed his words back.

Dean Kong had very high expectations for his students. He asked tentatively, "Did Dean Kong ask about Qi Yue's academic performance?"

"Yeah, I took the test."

The news that President Kong is accepting disciples will spread by the end of the year, so Bai Youyou has no need to hide it and nodded.

"Took the test?!"

Bai Yanlang raised his voice a little. Realizing his own loss of composure, he tried his best to maintain a gentle smile on his face, "So what do you think of Dean Kong?"

He had also heard of Qi Yue from the Qi family. He was only fifteen years old and died in the same year as his eldest son Bai Mulin.

His eldest son passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, but that boy became a student on government stipend.

I don't know how knowledgeable he is, but he might be worthy of the attention of Confucius.

"Grandpa Kong said there is still an auspicious day at the end of the year, so he asked my cousin Yueyue to go back and prepare the six ceremonies."

Bai Youyou's words surprised Bai Yanlang.

They all were asked to go back and prepare the six gifts and tuition fees. Dean Kong was determined to accept the boy from the Qi family as his disciple.

"Girl, why don't you think of your brothers when you have such a good thing?"

"Don't you know how much knowledge they have?" Bai Youyou sneered, looking disdainful. "Why don't you just keep it to yourself at home? Why do you have to go out and embarrass yourself?"

Bai Yanlang was so angry at her mocking words that his breathing became rapid. "Your elder brother is already a scholar, well-educated, and no worse than that Qi family kid, right?"

"No, that's not even a little bit worse."

"Your eldest brother didn't even go, how do you know he's not as good as the kid from the Qi family?"

Bai Youyou knew that unless she slapped his face, he would not easily admit that his son was inferior to others.

She simply repeated the questions asked by Mr. Kong and Qi Yue's answers on the spot.

Bai Yanlang didn't take it seriously at first, but was completely stunned in the end.

He also asked Bai Mulin this question, but his answer was not even one-tenth of Qi Yue's.

"Is the Qi family kid really so knowledgeable?!"

"Now you know the difference between the rough jade and the rubble, right?"

Bai Youyou is not sure about Bai Mulin's academic performance, but a man who has a mistress before getting married and whose mind is not on studying, how good can he be?

She frowned and said earnestly, "Virtue must be accompanied by talent, and talent must be accompanied by virtue. Dad, if a son is not well educated, it is the fault of the father. I think you should teach them what it means to be a gentleman and be cautious when alone, and not to deceive others in secret. Knowing how to be a person with both talent and virtue is more useful than reading too many books."

Bai Yanlang's face turned pale, "You troublemaker, no matter how bad your elder brother is, you can't belittle them like this in public, right?"

"You still want me to praise them?" Bai Youyou laughed angrily, "Other people's sons are as pure as the wind and the moon, and they are open-minded. But your son is not good at anything else. He is seeking fame and reputation, using crooked ways, and being greedy and lustful. He is self-taught!"

After she said that, she didn't care about Bai Yanlang's flushed face, and walked past him with Xiaoju, walked up the steps and entered the mansion.

Li He listened to the conversation between the father and daughter.

He deeply agreed with Bai Youyou's words.

Instead of worrying about whether you are academically excellent or not, it is better to correct those three crooked trees first.

"This damn girl is really outrageous. She even dared to teach her father a lesson."

Bai Yanlang cursed at Bai Youyou's back in a low voice, but he sighed helplessly at the current behavior of his three sons, and his straight back suddenly hunched down, "If private morality is not cultivated, public morality is difficult to uphold, and great morality is difficult to demonstrate. It's too late to regret, it's too late to regret!! "

He really regretted it now. If he had known that Qiao had raised her children to this kind of character, he would never have let her raise them.

"Master, don't be discouraged. The three young masters are still young. If you correct yourself and teach them now, they will surely turn over a new leaf and become righteous men in the future!"

Li He actually had no confidence in saying this.

It is said that it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature. Once a person's temperament is set, it is not so easy to correct it.

But Bai Yanlang agreed with what he said, "You are right, they are still young, and with strict guidance, they can always be educated well."

His previously hunched back straightened up again, "Wait till I teach those three idiots a lesson, and then we'll see what this troublemaker has to say!"

He snorted heavily and then strode into the room with his head held high.

Li He followed him holding a brocade box and ten pieces of soap wrapped in colored paper. When they arrived at Fangfei Garden, he unexpectedly met Aunt Qiao and the Fifth Miss there.

"Husband!"

"father."

The mother and daughter came up with smiles, and when they saw the brocade box in Li He's hand, their eyes lit up.

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