The son crosses every night

Yu Yi and Ning Wei drove the carriage, carrying Tang Hua to the county seat.

Ruchuan County is close to the imperial capital, and they also speak official Chinese, but with a slightly different accent. Among them, they can understand the peddlers.

This county is not big, there is only one main street. If you look at it from a high place, you can have a panoramic view of the whole county.

Most of the things bought and sold on the street are things produced by farmers, such as vegetables, cloth, bamboo weaving, etc., are all crude and unsophisticated.

Tang Hua took the two servants and went straight to the largest study in Ruchuan County.

After entering the store, Tang Hua looked through it roughly, and found that most of the books in the study were elementary school books, and there were very few anthologies, annotations, etc., and the level was not very good.

Tang Hua flipped through a few books, put them down and asked the servant behind him, "Is there any other big study in this county?"

Yu Yi replied in a low voice: "My lord, this study is the largest study in the county, other studies are even worse than this one."

Tang Hua tapped on the back of his hand, frowning slightly, there are no books for Enkao to use here, but he just doesn't know where to buy back the books he read earlier.

The shopkeeper next to them heard their words come to an end, and hurriedly came over and said, "What book do you want to buy, Mr. Xiao Lang?"

Tang Hua looked at him, and said, "Is there any "Commentary to the Four Books"? The "En Kao Anthology" for the annual exam, and Mr. Shao Ning's "Book of Lizhu".

When the shopkeeper heard this, he cupped his hands and murmured, "These three books are not available in the library for the time being. If Mr. Xiaolang wants them, I can bring them back for you next time I go to get them."

Tang Hua murmured, "Then let me trouble you, old man, what are the prices of these three books?"

"I haven't bought it before, so I have to wait until I get the book back to find out." The shopkeeper made an estimate and said, "The total price will not exceed eight taels of silver."

Tang Hua asked, "I don't know when the old man will get the books?"

"I'm going in the next few days. Mr. Lang will come to pick up the books in the future, and he should be able to get them."

After only a few days of work, Tang Hua responded, first paying the shopkeeper one or two taels of money, and then spending three taels of silver to buy a complete set of pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Seeing that he bought too much, the shopkeeper gave him a piece of paper.If it was before, Tang Hua might not have liked this kind of poor paper, but now he didn't care. He thanked the shopkeeper and continued buying with his servants.

After leaving the study, Tang Hua asked, "Where can I buy lock daggers and other sundries?"

Yu Yi said: "Go to the lock shop and ask for the lock, but I'm afraid you have to go to the iron shop to strike the dagger."

Ning Wei next to him managed to interject, and hurriedly said, "My lord, you can also go to the pawnshop to have a look. The pawnshop sometimes accepts some strange things."

Tang Hua asked them to lead the way, first to buy locks and other miscellaneous items, and then searched around the county for daggers, but they couldn't find them.

After walking around like this, Tang Hua brought out 40 taels and 31 taels.

I don't know when the next month's silver will be issued, so this amount of money must be carefully saved.

Thinking of this, Tang Hua looked away from the largest restaurant in Ruchuan County.

Everything in Zhuangzi is okay, but the food is really unpalatable. The food delivered this morning was thick, salty and oily. Tang Hua is not picky, and he would have no appetite for this kind of food. If he hadn't fainted from hunger Back, I'm afraid he can't even swallow it.

Thinking of this, Tang Hua sighed silently in his heart, he might not be a cook, maybe his superiors are going to show off.

The master and servant went back, Ning Wei went to return the carriage, and Yu Yi followed Tang Hua with the sundries bought today.

Before Tang Hua entered the courtyard, he saw the gate of his courtyard was wide open.

Tang Hua was a little puzzled, he never liked crowds, he had specially instructed yesterday, if he hadn't ordered, don't come to his yard, why is the door still open?

Full of suspicion, he stepped in and walked in. Before he could pass through the atrium, a young man in dark red clothes poked his head out of the upstairs window and greeted Zonghua with a smile, "Zanghua."

"Qianqu!" Tang Hua was pleasantly surprised, his eyes lit up suddenly, he walked a few steps quickly and raised his head and asked, "Why are you here?!"

"It's been a long time since I heard about you. Yesterday my servant said you had come here, so I came here on horseback." You Qianqu waved from above, and said with a smile, "Come up and drink, good food and wine are waiting for you."

Tang Hua responded, turned to Yu Yi and said, "Put your things in my room, step back for now, and tell Ning Wei to come to the servant again during lunch."

"Yes."

Tang Hua didn't care about him, and rushed into the house in three steps and went up to the second floor.

The second floor is facing the lake, the lake is covered with blue waves, and a lot of lotus root has been planted near the shore. The lotus has already erected pointed light red buds, and the breeze is blowing, and the fragrance of the lotus is overflowing.

On the cushion by the window, You Qianqu was sitting unrestrainedly, seeing him coming up, was looking at him with a smile, the food and drink in front of him remained unchanged.

Tang Hua's heart warmed up, and he went to kneel down opposite him with his hem lifted.

You Qianqu lifted the jug to help him sift the wine, pushed the wine glass in front of him, and looked at him with a smile in his eyes, "Don't say anything else, drink three glasses first, to celebrate the reunion between you and me."

Seeing the eager expression on his face, Tang Hua raised his glass and drank it first, then said: "Forgive me, I will drink three glasses as soon as it is served, I will get drunk before halfway through this table."

You Qianqu said: "What's wrong with being drunk? It's a pleasure to rest once drunk!"

Tang Hua shook his head, "Drunk for a while, is it possible to be drunk for a lifetime? It's better to be awake than to be in a daze."

After Tang Hua finished speaking, he raised his head and saw You Qianqu looking at himself motionless, and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

You Qianqu looked at him and smiled: "After three days away, you should look at him with admiration."

"Thank you." Tang Hua raised his cup and lowered his voice, "Qianqu, in two years, I want to go to Enkao."

You Qianqu paused with his chopsticks, "Is it settled? No longer join the army?"

Tang Hua took a long breath, "My father and brother are both in the army, if I go to another one, I'm afraid it will attract fear, and besides, I'm not that kind of material."

You Qianqu said: "Alright."

He fell silent after speaking.

Tang Hua looked at him and asked, "What about you, what are your plans?"

"Me? My family has appointed a young lady from the Yingchuan Yin family for me. Let's get married and have children in two years." You Qianqu played with the wine glass with a desolate expression, "Don't even think about taking over my father's mantle and serving in the army. I'm the only one in my family. My father is gone." If there is no other request, I hope that I will marry a wife and have children, and my branches will spread."

After speaking, he laughed at himself, "I'm afraid in my father's heart, I'm only useful for this."

Tang Hua didn't know what to say when he heard the words, so he raised his glass and said, "Drink."

The two sat together looking at each other, and each drank a glass of wine.

You Qianqu looked out of the window, and said in a low voice, "Your boy is dishonest, he hasn't gone out yet."

While the two were talking, there was a creaking sound from the courtyard door, and a figure in green cloth slowly walked away.

Tang Hua smiled wryly when he heard the words, "What rules can the new boy bought from outside have?"

You Qianqu clinked glasses with him again, "Is your family so afraid of you?"

Tang Hua sighed, "If it wasn't for the fact that my studies have been ruined in the past few years, and my eldest brother has returned home, my life would have been gone long ago."

"What's the use of guarding against you? Gu Tanghan was raised so small, what big things can he accomplish?"

Tang Hua didn't want to say more, so he raised his glass and drank with him, "Let's drink."

Alcohol does not intoxicate people, and people dare not get drunk.

The two drank and ate vegetables until the afternoon when they left the stall.

Tanghua said: "You have drunk, don't travel far today, rest with me for a day and then go back."

You Qianqu did not object.

Tang Hua called the servants and asked them to carry water for You Qianqu to wash, and then put him in the guest room.

You Qianqu drank and fell asleep. At night, before Tang Hua went to find Ruan Shixie, he went to take a look. Seeing that he was snoring a little, but there was no sign of waking up, Fang locked his door from the outside, and then went in through the window. , Close the window tightly and lock it.

If someone comes, it is only as if he is out for a walk, and he never thinks that he has gone to another world from the room.

Ruan Shijie was still sitting behind the big desk in the study, and Tang Hua felt relieved when he saw this familiar scene, "Sir."

"En." Ruan Shijie motioned him to sit down.

Tang Hua walked over quickly, holding a note in his hand, and handed it to Ruan Shijie, "Sir, this is the content of our Enkao and the book we use."

Ruan Shijie took it and swept his eyes, "I'm not very familiar with these things, I'll check with a friend tomorrow and I'll give you news."

Ruan Shijie heard that Dao Hua had a faint smell of alcohol, raised his head and asked, "Have you been drinking?"

Tang Hua's eyes widened slightly, he had already washed and changed all his clothes, I don't know how Ruan Shijie could still smell it.

Tang Hua raised his sleeve suspiciously and smelled it, and said honestly: "I did drink some, sir, can you smell it?"

"Well, very light." Ruan Shijie had a smile in his eyes, "It should be a little on your hair."

Tang Hua's expression was a little annoyed upon hearing this.

Ruan Shijie raised his hand and patted his shoulder, beckoning him to come back to his senses, and then took a few books from the bookshelf, "You start learning our knowledge from today, these are the books you will use in the future, Look through it first to see if there is any problem."

Tang Hua flipped through the books, and he could still guess the meaning of the words "Chinese" and "mathematics", but then he didn't quite understand what the words like "morality and legal system", "nature and science" meant However, the content of the book is still generally understandable.

Ruan Shijie looked at his expression and saw that he was staring intently and did not bother him.

After he flipped through the book, Ruan Shijie said: "This is a book for our six-year-old children here. We try to spend three days learning and memorizing these books. In the next period of time, you need to be more careful. .”

"Yes." Tang Hua nodded seriously.

In the first grade, Chinese began to learn pinyin and radicals, and it was these two parts that Tang Hua mainly mastered.

Ruan Shi read it once, and Tang Hua read it three times.

Ruan Shijie's voice is deep and gentle, which sounds like telling a bedtime story, while Tang Hua's voice is clear and energetic.The voices of the two of them echoed in the study.

It took nearly 10 minutes to finish reading it.

Ruan Shijie poured warm milk for Tanghua to moisten his throat, "How is it?"

"Sir, why is this pinyin so strange?" Tang Hua stumbled through all the pinyin, feeling his tongue was extremely tired. He drank a big mouthful of milk and said with lingering fear: "You six-year-olds are going to learn this?"

"Well, Pinyin is something that came from foreign countries in previous generations, and all children have to learn it."

"It's amazing." Tang Hua said sincerely, with bright expectations in his eyes, "No wonder this place is so prosperous."

Ruan Shijie glanced at him, and said in a deep voice: "You learn these knowledge as soon as you have learned it. You must not teach others without serious and long-term consideration, otherwise it may cause trouble for yourself and others."

Tang Hua nodded seriously.

After a short rest, Ruan Shijie took Tang Hua to read it again, and then asked him to look through the rest of the textbooks.

Except for the Chinese textbook, the rest of the textbooks are not difficult, but as a basic way to understand modern society, Tang Hua finished reading them in a while.

It takes a long time to study, and when Tanghua finishes studying, the time is almost up.

He reluctantly glanced at the other books on the bookshelf. Ruan Shijie caught a glimpse of his expression and said, "Study hard. After you finish studying these books, I will take you out for a walk to read the things mentioned in the books."

When Tang Hua heard what he said, his eyes lit up instantly, "Sir, we have made a deal!"

Ruan Shijie nodded, "It's a deal!"

The author has something to say: Thanks to the little angels who irrigate [nutrient solution]:

1 bottle of Qingtong, Yunranshuangxi, and my taste is very heavy;

Bixinxin, see you at six in the afternoon~