In the following days, Chen Xu focused on his studies in the separate courtyard.
Not only did he study literature and essays, but he also learned the methods of using Literary Qi.
Of course, Sun the cook in the separate courtyard had unique culinary skills, and Chen Xu often went to the kitchen to learn cooking from her.
So much so that within a few days, all the servants in the Feng Mansion's separate courtyard knew that Mr. Chen, the esteemed guest of their Patriarch, was surprisingly fond of culinary arts.
It's often said that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen, yet there are scholars who enjoy cooking.
If his studies were average, it wouldn't matter much, but surely he would have been mocked for being uneducated and abandoning his goals due to amusements.
However, Chen Xu was recognized throughout Yunjiang Prefecture as a great talent, with his reputation and the top ranking in the academy's examinations backing him up, so who could mock him?
