This place is fun

Chapter 23 Lin Yu
The college dining hall is located on a small slope on the west side. It is an octagonal building with a wide view. From a high vantage point, you can see the entire college.

Su Daoshan sat next to the east window today. A plate of tofu and meat soup, a plate of eggs, a large bowl of white rice, and a small bottle of wine. The students nearby watched and secretly drooled.

Only the children of the six great families could afford such meals. As for the ordinary students, the wealthy ones would buy a vegetarian dish and a piece of bread they brought with them. The frugal ones would just scoop a bowl of hot soup and soak the coarse grain steamed buns they brought with them.

Of course, happiness is derived from comparison.

Being able to afford to study in the academy and have enough food every day is a hundred times or a thousand times happier than ordinary civilians and the refugees outside the city who cannot have a full meal for ten days or half a month.

When they learned that Yue Shifeng and others were accompanying a beautiful and extraordinary girl to visit the academy, the east window was soon crowded with people. The students pointed and talked about them with envy.

"This is the Snow Fairy Fan Caiyi, right?"

"She is indeed a beauty, and her reputation is well-deserved. Look at her temperament, she is really like a fairy descending to earth."

"Hey, I heard that it was Senior Brother Yue who saved Fairy Snow during the attack. With Senior Brother Yue's talent, maybe this will become a good story in the future..."

"A good story?! You are probably overthinking it."

"Senior Brother Yue is indeed gifted, but he is only outstanding in Yishan City. Even if he can enter the strongest of the nine sects in Beijun in this county exam, there is still a huge gap between him and Hangu."

"That's right! Fan Caiyi is a direct disciple of Han Gu! In the four counties of Xiazhou, any sect that goes to her would treat her as an honored guest. Even the elders and the head of the sect would personally receive her. How could a child from a noble family in our small town be able to get close to her?"

"Hush, you guys are talking like this, be careful that Senior Brother Yue hears and gets angry."

"Ahem, everyone is just saying it casually. Senior Brother Yue is a kind and honest person, maybe he doesn't have such thoughts at all, it's just some villains spreading rumors."

"But from what I can see, Senior Brother Yue's eyes have never left Fairy Snow..."

"Shut up! If you say that, it's not just Brother Yue, look at the others, aren't they the same? How many times in life can you see such a god-like person!"

"But let's be honest, the rescue of the Qilingmen families was a great success. The leader of the Qilingmen, Liufengjian Lu Xing'an, was very grateful in private. It would be fine if he died in the battle this time, but if the Hangu disciples were to fail, then he would die a thousand deaths."

"Of course. Qiling Sect is still a lower-level sect of Hangu. Even Lu Xing'an went to Hangu for further training. I heard that he even entered the inner sect."

As everyone was watching and talking excitedly, they suddenly noticed that several carriages had stopped at the gate of the academy, with more than thirty people getting off.

"Who's here?" The students all looked around.

"They are the lads of noble families from Huoniu City and Xise City..." A familiar voice sounded in his ears, drawing Su Daoshan's gaze back as he was also looking around.

This was a capable young man wearing a blue cotton long coat. Without waiting for Su Daoshan to speak, the young man sat down at the table, picked up Su Daoshan's wine pot, poured himself a glass, and drank it happily: "Brother Su's wine is really delicious."

It must be that the free wine tastes good. Recalling his original memory, Su Daoshan looked at the boy with interest, but his face was serious. He calculated very seriously: "Brother Lin, this is the 632nd glass of wine you owe me."

The boy's name was Lin Yu, he was sixteen years old, a student in the Engineering Class A, and he was a descendant of the Lin family, one of the six great families. He was also one of the few acquaintances that Su Daoshan had in the academy.

The reason why they are called acquaintances rather than friends is that the two first met when Su Daoshan accidentally bumped into Lin Yu and destroyed a work he had carefully crafted.

In the past, when Su Daoshan argued with others, he was always the only one who refused to give in. But this time, it was Lin Yu who pestered him. One demanded compensation of "10 dou of spiritual millet", while the other angrily accused him of "extortion". The two sides were at a stalemate. Lin Yu loved wine, so every time Su Daoshan ate in the college cafeteria, he would come uninvited.

Neither of them looked down on the other, and whenever they met, they would start arguing after just a few words.

But even so, every time Lin Yu saw Su Daoshan, he would still sit over, and Su Daoshan would also order a pot of wine during the meal.

Seeing Su Daoshan staring at him, Lin Yu didn't care. He poured the wine and said, "You owe me."

"That's outrageous," Su Daoshan said sternly, "You owe me! Six hundred and thirty-three cups!"

Lin Yu turned his head to look at the children of noble families from Huoniu City and Xise City who were walking into the academy one after another and said, "These people should have heard that Yue Shifeng and the others are here with Fairy Xue, and they are rushing over to join them." "Oh?" Su Daoshan turned his head to look.

"At the city lord's dinner last night," Lin Yu said, "these guys were very enthusiastic. They pulled Yue Shifeng, Zhou Qinghe and the others aside, saying a lot of words of gratitude, and they were almost sworn brothers on the spot. I heard that they had plans to go sightseeing together today."

As he spoke, he pursed his lips and asked, "Did you see it, the Mi family?"

In the academy, the two groups of people were preparing to meet and were greeting each other from afar. It was very lively. Su Daoshan's eyes fell on the three people who accompanied the children of the noble families of Huoniu City and Xisai City.

I know two of them.

One is called Mi Rui, the other is Mi Jing. They are both students of the academy. They see each other every day. Among them, Mi Jing is a student in the A-class of the liberal arts department.

As for the other man who looked much older, Su Daoshan had no impression of him. What surprised him most was that this man was wearing the uniform of a second-class soldier of the city defense army.

Before Su Daoshan could ask Lin Yu, he heard a student nearby exclaim.

"It's Mi Lang!"

"Look, Mi Lang is back! He has been awarded the rank of second-class soldier of the city guards. So impressive!"

Lin Yu said: "Mi Lang is the best of the third generation of the Mi family. He is 22 years old this year. He was admitted to the Leiyun Sect four years ago. Two years earlier than your elder brother Su Daoyu. He entered the seventh rank at the age of 20, and now he has reached the upper level of the seventh rank. I heard that he is preparing to participate in the state exam next year, and his goal is Jiuxiao Sect."

Jiuxiao Sect is as famous as Han Valley.

"Originally he had not come back. Until last month, his name suddenly appeared in the list of city guards, and he was promoted to second-class soldier. Tsk, tsk, five gold stones a month. If it were an ordinary family, the whole family would not have to worry about food and drink. But he obviously didn't come here for this monthly salary."

Lin Yu drank the wine while shaking his head, looking at Su Daoshan meaningfully.

Su Daoshan's heart was slightly moved, but his face was still as dull and serious as before. He frowned and said, "Of course it's not for the monthly salary. Isn't it a common practice for outstanding disciples of the sect to join the city guards, or join the four armies of Jifeng, Milin, Liehuo, and Xiongshan to defend the country?"

"Routine?" Lin Yu frowned, looked at Su Daoshan and shook his head and sighed, "Sure enough, I can't explain it to a nerd like you." He lowered his voice and said, "The dispute between your Su family and the Mi family is already well known and in full swing. Don't you know anything about it?"

Su Daoshan blinked his eyes, his eyes were stupid and clear.

"Forget it," Lin Yu continued to drink with a helpless look on his face. "Anyway, the fight between your two families has probably nothing to do with you, a fool. I am too lazy to say anything. Otherwise, it would be said that our Lin family has a grudge against the Mi family and is deliberately trying to sow discord."

He stood up, poured the last glass of wine down his throat, shook his head and said, "After the county examination, there will be a grand meeting in Yishan City that happens every three years. The court, the military, the city envoys of Xise and Huoniu, and the heads of various clans in this county will gather to discuss matters. Since there are people pushing for the positions of the six great families, I'm afraid they will have to be re-arranged."

"I don't know how many times I can drink this wine since you owe me this."

Having said that, Lin Yu sighed and left.

Su Daoshan sat there with a dull expression, frowning, as if he had been thinking for a long time but still couldn't figure it out. It seemed that these things were really a headache for him. So much so that Lin Yu, who had walked to the door, looked back and couldn't help laughing.

If you can’t think about it, then don’t think about it.

Under the glances of the students around him from time to time, Su Daoshan ate the last bite of food and the last grain of rice neatly without wasting anything, and then stood up.

Mijia?!
In the original body's memory, there was an attack six months ago and a fire three months ago. The shadow of the Mi family was behind them, but it was not just the Mi family.

There are also the Zhou family, the Yue family and the Wang family...

"The big brothers in the family should be able to hold on, right?" Su Daoshan thought as he took square steps.

(End of this chapter)