Da Cang night watchman

Chapter 127 Visiting an Old Friend
The unanimous opinion reached by this group of students is: He Mintao still made a mistake in the test, and he is a dignified man, why did he only get the eighth place in the test?There are only ten prefectures in the whole Quzhou. It is not a very honorable thing for Jieyuan to take the eighth place in the state examination. Could it be said that Jicheng Mansion is still a low-ranked mansion in Quzhou?

Immediately afterwards, someone said that He Jieyuan's mistakes were mainly in his words. He suddenly took a word test before the exam, which made people completely unprepared. All the great Confucians were specially invited here to give pointers to the related students. The top three Lin Su, Qiu Zixiu, and Li Yezhou were all his key points, so the three of them won the top three.

So that's the case, then He Jieyuan... What should He Jieyuan do?More than four months later, it will be the imperial examination, he can't sit still, can he?

Some people laughed, so don't worry, He Jieyuan belongs to Hejiazhuang. Where is Hejiazhuang?He had already entered Beijing yesterday, and another great Confucian scholar from the Gongyuan in the capital promised his parents and seniors to let He Jieyuan come to his house to celebrate the New Year.Do you know who he is?The Great Confucian King of Poetry and Taoism has come of age!
Poetry Confucianism?Is it better than the great Confucianism Li Pingbo?

Of course, he is a great Confucian of poetry and Taoism, the essence of poetry is one, and his understanding of poetry and Taoism, I am afraid that there are few people in the entire universe who are better than him.

He spent four and a half months with such a great scholar!Hehe, what a miracle would it be if you think about it?
"Did you hear that?" An Ye whispered: "Everyone is busy filling in the words, how do you arrange it?"

"I'm busy playing with my daughter-in-law!"

An Ye slapped his hand away from him, and stared at him with more white eyes than black eyes: "Why did I meet such a reckless hooligan like you..."

"I'm not an ordinary hooligan. I'm a genius hooligan. Geniuses don't need to be aggressive. I prefer to stand on top of others and see how disaffected but helpless they are..."

Dark night choked.

I won't tell you anymore, anyway, if you can't pass the imperial examination, I won't call you husband...

Lin Su grabbed her thigh and played slowly, if you don't call me husband, I will still play with you...

An Ye raised his hand, stuffed a piece of meat into his mouth, and blocked his mouth.

The conversation next door has new content, and there is another person in Ji Cheng's mansion, that is really a lucky star.Although he is a lucky star, why do I think he is a joke?
The person next to him interjected, what brother Yao was talking about...was born as a refugee in Jiangtan, but he stepped on the tail of the guild examination and became the last one in the guild examination, Zeng Shigui, right?

Exactly, Zeng Shigui is really a legend. He came from a humble background, studied hard for seven years in a cold kiln, and squeezed into the lucky list of the examination. Afterwards, he was favored by a rich man who gave him thousands of taels of silver. He said, people, sometimes the mud can't support the wall, you said you can spend thousands of taels of silver to hire a good teacher to make up a supplementary class, or spend some money to recruit a few high-ranking officials, how necessary is it?How did he do it?To actually take out thousands of taels of silver and give them to those refugees, isn't this brain damage?

Who said no?His father-in-law couldn't take it anymore, so he drove him away. I heard that the couple rented a shabby house in the east of the city. They didn't even have an oil lamp at night. It was freezing cold, how could they study?How many times have you ever seen such a person who clearly has the opportunity to stand up and force himself to death?

With a piece of meat in his mouth, Lin Su suddenly stopped chewing, and his eyes were a little strange.

"What's wrong..."

"Tomorrow, accompany me to see a friend!"

"Are you Jieyuan from Jicheng Mansion? But you may not have heard clearly. They said that He Jieyuan had entered Beijing yesterday."

Lin Su said: "I want to see Zeng Shigui... I almost forgot, he is also from Jicheng Mansion."

"The student at the bottom of the list, who spends a lot of money despite being poor?" An Ye was surprised.

"Do you know who is the rich man who has his eyes on him? It's me!" Lin Su sighed: "This kid is very troublesome. He spends a lot of money with my money. Looking at this posture, my investment is going to be wasted."

An Ye despised him: "Your literary talent is indeed great, but you really can't see people."

Lin Su glared at her: "You are also the person I like. If you dare to say that I can't see people well, you just scold yourself..."

An Ye slapped himself on the forehead, surrendering
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In the east of Jicheng City, it snowed heavily for another night. The old snow on the streets has not gone yet, and new snow is coming. In the cold wind, snowflakes are still flying, and the thick clouds in the sky are still as if they were covered with pig iron, and there is no sign of clearing up.

On the courtyard wall outside, the snow piled up more than a foot high. In the small courtyard, a few branches were broken on the ground, which were broken by the snow.

Xiu Niang got up from the bed that was still warm after sleeping all night, stepped on the ground, suddenly felt top-heavy, and almost fell over, but she urgently pressed down on the desk next to her to firmly position herself.

The husband is still sleeping, so don't disturb him.

Walking out of the bedroom, a gust of cold wind blew, and she shivered involuntarily, oh my god, did she have a cold?Please, God, don't make me sick.

For at least four months, don't let me down, I can't affect my husband's palace examination, I can't delay his future, and when he is named on the gold list and honors his ancestors, even if I die, it doesn't matter.

She came to the dilapidated kitchen, opened the rice jar, there was still half a jar of rice in it, and looked under the stove, she was frowning, the firewood under the stove was almost gone, the mountain was covered by heavy snow, and it was not cut Chai man, tomorrow at most, there will be no more firewood at home. Even if there is rice without firewood, my husband will not be able to eat a mouthful of hot porridge. How can he stand the cold weather?
I have to go to my mother's family for help.

Her natal family is not far from here, and it is also in the east of the city, but she couldn't open her mouth.

When her husband was elected, when she and her husband returned to her natal home, they really got a different look from her father and brother, but after learning that her husband had passed on the thousand taels of silver from her benefactor to the refugees on the river beach, her father turned his back on him and scolded her husband for helping him with mud. If you don't hang on the wall, you are a pariah in your bones!

Her husband left home in a fit of anger, so she naturally had no choice but to follow.

It was the younger sister of her natal family who couldn't bear her sister's starvation to death, and quietly sent a bag of rice over, and she persisted until now.

The husband gave the money to the refugees, and she actually agreed, because what the husband said...

My husband said that he was born in Jiangtan, and his parents starved to death. He was able to survive as a three-year-old child in Jiangtan. He was raised by the elders in Jiangtan. He is Baijiayi, and other children in Jiangtan cannot study, but he, a child without father and mother, has embarked on the road of reading.

Now that he won the exam, but the people on the river beach are facing a severe winter without food and clothing, can he watch them die?

Yes, what my husband did is what Xiuniang would like to see, but husband, you should also keep a little for yourself, even if you only leave ten taels of silver, it is better than nothing now.

Maybe your husband is right.

Ten taels of silver, we can spend this winter safely, but do you know, Xiu Niang?Putting ten taels of silver on the river beach can keep at least thirty people alive.

Xiuniang sighed softly, and said silently in her heart, Husband, you are right, at least we are still alive now, and Jiangtan, there was a heavy snowfall last night, and I don’t know how many people died in the snow.

The porridge was cooked and fragrant, Xiu Niang took the porridge into the room, and Zeng Shigui sat in the room.

"Husband, it's time for porridge!" Xiu Niang put aside her distracting thoughts and handed the porridge to him with a smile.

"Come on, drink half of it, and I'll drink more!"

Xiu Niang was slightly taken aback...

"Don't forget, I already own Wenshan. I found out yesterday. You didn't eat at all at night. You have to give it to me this morning!"

A sweetness surged in Xiuniang's heart: "Husband..."

"Drink!"

good!Xiuniang drank half of it, and Zeng Shigui drank the rest.

After eating a bowl of porridge, Zeng Shigui said softly, "Is there no more rice?"

"No! There's still some rice... just... just no firewood, my husband, I'll go back to my mother's house later..."

At this moment, the door of the outside yard suddenly knocked.

"It's windy and snowy, who's here?"

Xiu Niang got up and came to the courtyard, there were two people standing outside the courtyard gate, one was dressed as a scribe, and the other was dressed as a maid...

"The two are..." Xiu Niang approached slowly.

"Xiu Niang, is brother Zeng there?"

Xiuniang's heart skipped a beat, her gaze fell on Lin Su's face, and she suddenly yelled, "Young Master Lin! Why are you? Husband, Husband, Mr. Lin from Haining is here!"

With a bang, the chair in the bedroom inside was overturned, Zeng Shigui rushed out, stepped across the yard, and came to Lin Su: "Brother Lin, is it really you?"

Lin Su's eyes landed on Zeng Shigui's feet, and he smiled: "Brother Zeng, how do you say a word? Greeting you backwards! Brother Zeng is very subversive, you just greet him with bare feet..."

Zeng Shigui opened the courtyard door and bowed deeply: "Brother Lin, I really didn't expect Brother Lin to come from Haining in such a strong wind and snow... This is..."

An Ye just wanted to say that I am a son and a maid...

But Lin Su replied directly: "This is my wife!"

Zeng Shigui bowed deeply: "I have seen Mrs. Sister-in-law!"

In the dark night...

Lady?How dare you say that in front of others?Do you know what a lady means?
It means official status, you big celebrity don't understand this...

"Brother Lin, please! Sister-in-law, please!" Zeng Shigui was very courteous, even though he was standing barefoot in the snow, he still put on a serious welcome posture.

Entering Zeng's hut, Xiu Niang brought over the freshly brewed tea and greeted An Ye.

"Brother Zeng, Huichang said goodbye that day. I also said that if you have any difficulties, you might as well pass the letter to Hongyan, but I have never received your Hongyan."

Zeng Shigui smiled and said: "The main reason is that I am afraid that I will disturb Brother Lin's homework... I wonder if Brother Lin came to Jicheng suddenly today, but he has something important to do?"

"Actually, I have nothing to do. I just traveled around the rivers and lakes on a whim."

"Traveling around the rivers and lakes? Brother Lin is really free and easy. He actually travels around the rivers and lakes at this juncture. Brother Lin is probably the only one in the world who takes the exam... By the way, the younger brother wrote a few poems a few days ago, and he is also on his way. I wanted to show Brother Lin, Brother Lin came to visit today, just in time to ask everyone for advice..."

"That's great, let me have a look."

Zeng Shigui brought a few pages of lyrics, and Lin Su read them carefully...

Xiu Niang quietly left the room.

Mr. Lin came from afar, and helped her husband revise the manuscript, what kind of morality is this?
In any case, I have to stay with the young master and his wife for a meal and a glass of wine...

Lin Su read the manuscript carefully, and An Ye sat beside him without looking sideways, but suddenly, her expression changed slightly...

Lin Su picked up the pen and circled a few circles on the manuscript: "Brother Zeng, there is a lack of poetic flavor here. The setting sun is a kind of tranquil mood, but you have portrayed it too strongly...here, the words are not good enough. Well...here..." In the four poems, Lin Su pointed out seventeen places.

Zeng Shigui stood up and bowed: "Brother Lin's advice is like seeing the sun through the clouds. If it weren't for the brotherhood between us, I really want to worship him as a teacher!"

"Brother Zeng doesn't have to be like this. My brother and I also communicate in the same way. Go straight to the point. If it's not right, change it. If you change it, you can approve it..."

"Okay, little brother, change it now, Brother Lin, let's take a break for now."

Zeng Shigui retreated to the desk behind, pondered and changed his words.

An Ye's mouth quietly moved to Lin Su's ear: "Xiu Niang went out to borrow money, but she didn't borrow money from three families, and the fourth family only borrowed five qian."

People sit at home and monitor their surroundings, this is the most powerful ability of the dark night.

Lin Su's heart was shocked. He came to Zeng Shigui's house, which was a great help to Zeng Shigui, at least he could improve his vocabulary a lot, but it was a big test for Xiuniang. The woman who reported it, she didn't even want to face her in order to receive them...

Xiu Niang came back, bringing back a piece of meat, vegetables, and a jug of wine.

These things are probably worth two or three dollars.

After entering the yard, Xiuniang started to work in the kitchen...

Someone knocked on the door again...

Xiu Niang ran to the gate of the courtyard, and there was a woman standing in the wind and snow.

"Meiniang..." Xiuniang was slightly startled.

The person who came was her natal younger sister, Mei Niang.

"Sister, I brought you something..."

"what?"

"This thing is amazing. It was transported from Haining just now. It is called coal for heating! The mountains are covered by snow, and your firewood must be gone. With this thing, you can last for a few more days. Come on, I will teach you how to use..."

The two girls went into the kitchen, and Mei Niang took out ten black briquettes from the bag...

Suddenly, the courtyard door was violently kicked open with a bang, and the movement was so loud that even Zeng Shigui, who was meditating, was startled.

Before he reached the steps, he saw a young man and two servants rushing in from outside angrily.

"It turns out that brother-in-law is here, I have seen him!" Zeng Shigui hurriedly bowed, and the person who came was Xiuniang's elder brother, Chen Chong.

"I didn't come to see you today!" Chen Chong shouted angrily, "Meiniang, come out for me!"

Xiu Niang and Mei Niang came out of the kitchen at the same time, their faces changed...

"Meiniang, you bastard, hand over all the treasures that the second son-in-law gave me! If one is missing, you don't even want to enter the Chen family."

Meiniang was in a hurry: "Brother! The third sister's house is out of firewood, and she is about to freeze to death. No matter what she says, she is still a direct descendant of the Chen family. She is your sister and me. This is life-saving, brother..."

"It's fine for you to save these two white-eyed wolves quietly. Do you know what you took today? This is the treasure of the second uncle to honor his parents. One is worth two coins, and the second uncle only gave [-] in total. , you take half of it, is it reasonable? Give it to them, are they worthy? Someone... search for all the things for me."

The two servants at the back responded, went into the kitchen, carried a few briquettes each, and carried them out.

(End of this chapter)