“It’s okay.” Yan Jin said calmly, “There are so many people who like me, having a few less will give me some peace and quiet.”

Virgin Yu Shu wanted to say something, but having no experience, he was afraid Yan Jin would say “kid pretending to be an adult” if he spoke. So he simply waved his hand, “Forget it, let’s not talk about this. I found out that to visit the county magistrate at the yamen, we need to send a name card.”

“The name card here is similar to our business cards. There are two types here. One is carved from wood, four to five inches wide, seven to eight inches long, and about one-tenth of an inch thick, planed smooth and glossy.”

Yu Shu: “The other type is made of very thick, hard paper, cut into a rectangular name card.”

With that, Yu Shu took out a rectangular thick paper card, along with brush, ink, and an ink stone from the room and handed them to Yan Jin. “Madam Ah De is a scholar, and her family happened to have blank paper cards, so she gave me one.”

“I’ve asked Ah De everything. The name card is written vertically from right to left with the name and place of origin.” Yu Shu continued, “A large blank space should be left at the top to write respectful titles and greetings for the person being visited.”

Hearing Yu Shu say a long string of clear and organized words, Yan Jin was surprised. “You found out everything so quickly?”

Yu Shu was amused by Yan Jin’s reaction. “Did you forget how many new friends I made yesterday?”

“But you’re still too fast.” Yan Jin took the name card, her tone full of admiration. “If it were me, just asking around for information would take me three days.”

“Everyone has their strengths and shortcomings. The two of us are good at different things. It’s not that you don’t know how to socialize, you just don’t want to socialize.” Yu Shu was a bit embarrassed by Yan Jin’s words. “And you’re much more amazing than me. Unlike me, you’ve read so many books but still don’t know how to make white sugar using the yellow mud rinse method.”

Seeing that Yu Shu couldn’t hide the upturned corners of his mouth, Yan Jin blinked. “Is this when I should say, not at all?”

“In front of me, Yan Jin, you don’t need to use these social hints.” Yu Shu’s embarrassment was instantly washed away by Yan Jin’s question.

Yan Jin said “Oh”, lowered her head and looked at the name card for a long time, long enough that Yu Shu couldn’t help but ask her, “Why aren’t you writing?”

“Because I don’t know how to write with a brush.” Yan Jin sighed with some regret, “No one in my family knows how to write with a brush.”

“I don’t know if there are any scholars on the street who can write calligraphy and paintings at this time.” Yan Jin looked at Yu Shu thoughtfully, “Why don’t we just hire a tutor to come to our house and teach us brush calligraphy? Although the times have changed, we can’t be illiterate.”

“No need to hire a tutor.” Yu Shu rubbed his forehead. Under Yan Jin’s puzzled gaze, he said reservedly, “I’ve practiced calligraphy for thirteen years, my brush writing is quite decent.”

“Quite decent, huh.” Yan Jin gave a faint “oh”, turned around and muttered to herself, “Money is not an issue. If we’re going to learn, we should learn from the best.”

“…I’ve won awards in national calligraphy competitions! Several awards!” Yu Shu’s restraint instantly shattered, his lips pressed into a line. “I was just being modest, modest!”

Yan Jin tried hard to hold back her laughter and feigned hesitation, “But scholars in Anguo learn calligraphy from a young age, their level should be quite good, right?”

“That’s your inertial thinking.” Yu Shu was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. “I saw some calligraphy stalls when buying breakfast, their writing wasn’t as good as mine. If you want to hire a tutor, you might as well hire me.”

[Yu Shu, oh Yu Shu, if only you put that observational skill of yours on Yan Jin, you’d realize she’s deliberately teasing you, haha.] [Although I shouldn’t, seeing baby Yu all puffed up like a little pufferfish makes me want to send Yan Jin another banner, hehe.] [The angry baby may not be as well-behaved as he is in front of the camera, but he’s so lively.]

With her back to Yu Shu, the corners of Yan Jin’s mouth curved up slightly.

A newly adult boy just can’t take teasing.

But teasing this unfortunate younger brother Yu Shu was quite interesting.

Yan Jin turned around with a smile, “Since you’re so amazing, you should say it openly. Otherwise, I might mistake pearls for pebbles.”

Yu Shu rubbed his somewhat burning ears and mumbled, “Not that amazing, just ordinarily amazing.”

Yan Jin sighed with feigned regret, her gaze at Yu Shu carrying a hint of “nothing special” disdain. “Just ordinarily amazing, huh.”

Even though he had already realized Yan Jin was deliberately teasing him just now, Yu Shu couldn’t help but lose his calm under that gaze. “…Very amazing!”

The smile at the corners of Yan Jin’s mouth deepened. “Who’s very amazing?”