Zhang Hui and Xie Kai took a boat to Changzhou, along the canal waterway, first into a tributary, both sides of the market is already tight, attracting the sound of sending endlessly. In a short time, a high water gate stood in front of them, and many large ships came to the revetment, and they had to change small boats to enter the city. Zhang and Xie did not have this trouble, the boat passed the water pass all the way, and the front was convenient to see the inner city, and the more and more cities were lined up and populated. Xie Kai opened the window early, grabbed the edge of the window with both hands, and looked at the pedestrians on the shore with his two eyes, and praised in his mouth: "It's so prosperous! It's in Jinling City, it's just such a scene!"

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "Ji Zi's hometown, the imperial industry of Nanliang, the hometown of abundant fish and rice since ancient times, and the land of cultural and educational prosperity, are naturally prosperous. And here has not yet entered the inner city, and after a while to land on the dock of the inner city, I will see the true appearance of Yanling City. He also reminded, "Be careful, don't fall." The river in this outer city is very deep, and it is not stubborn. ”

Xie Kai smiled: "Are you a stupid scholar in my house? Ignoring Jinbao's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows, pointed his fingers and was about to refute them, but only raised his hand and pointed to a certain place on the shore and asked, "Is that a wine flag?"

Zhang Hui raised his eyes and looked, and sure enough, he saw a small wine flag picked out on the shore, and immediately laughed: "This can also be seen clearly, I really admire your eyesight." After a careful look, he said, "That's Jing'an vegetarian wine, and the east end of the city is the most famous." ”

Xie Kai thought about it and said, "Jing'an, isn't it a nunnery Taoist temple?"

Zhang Hui smiled: "Sure enough, it's a nunnery." Pointing to an eight-foot-wide waterway that crosses the shore, he said: "Look at that slip, it is a place where fruits are distributed in Changzhou City, all of which are fresh fruits, dried fruits, and preserved fruits from the south to the north." Therefore, it is called Qianguo Lane, but there are also fresh fruit lanes and green fruit lanes. A few alleys passed, and the business was very large, but most of them were headed by women. Because of his belief in Buddhism, he donated a nunnery. The abbot who invited him back was a calculating man, and he made more wine from the fruits offered every year. The recipe of her family is special, and the vegetarian wine brewed is also really good, mellow and sweet, drunk but not on the head, and the inner courtyard of each family is the favorite. After coming and going, the fame is great, and the people in the city who have a little head and face are all asking for each other. The presiding teacher was too impatient to pull on mundane affairs with others, so he simply made the signboard clear and marked the price clearly to supplement the sesame oil money in the nunnery. ”

Xie Kai raised his eyebrows, tasted it twice in his mouth, and laughed out loud: "I am impatient to pull the mundane affairs, and I sell wine at a real price to subsidize the sesame oil money, Huaiying said this, it is really interesting." Suddenly, there was a bright light in his eyes, and he looked at Zhang Hui. Zhang glanced back at him and said, "If I remember correctly, this Xiaoyue Master and Jiming Temple Xiaoqing Master Taiyuan are the same family, the two have practiced together, and they are quite able to argue with their sharp words, and they admire each other very much." ”

Before he finished his sentence, Xie Kai had already lowered his head. It turned out that just two years ago, his classmates were young and vigorous, relying on the crowd and miscellaneous, and they actually embarrassed Master Yuantong, the abbot of Qixia Temple, who was invited by Cheng Ruiqiu, the head of the academy, to give a special trip to the academy to preach and talk about Zen. Xie Kai had the upper hand in this debate, very proud, the next day with Mrs. Cheng Ruiqiu to Jiming Temple incense, actually repeated the old trick, did not want the guest Xiaoqing Master not only the Dharma is extremely wonderful, but also the words are given, only to criticize him to the point of speechless. Afterwards, when Mrs. Cheng's joke came out, Xie Kai only regarded it as a great shame. At this time, Zhang replied with a sentence, which hit the nail on the head, and immediately shut up and stopped talking. And here Zhang Hui also couldn't help but laugh in his stomach, and casually pointed out the scenery on both sides of the strait with him, and slowly removed this section without mentioning it.

The boat continued on its way, and after a short time, it approached the inner city pier. Xie Kai hurriedly pointed to a stele pavilion on the dock and asked, "What kind of stele is that?"

Zhang replied: "This is the first famous imperial wharf in Changzhou City, and the pavilion is the imperial pen inscription of Emperor Qianning of Li Zheng of the previous dynasty. When Emperor Qianning went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he wanted to directly lead the canal water to the city, and wanted to build a dam in the west of here. But the old people said that this would block the living water from coming and would cut off the cultural context of Yanling. I had to change the course of the river, and the island in the middle of the river turned a big bend from the periphery, but the boat was still parked here, and I couldn't get into the city by boat. For this matter, Emperor Qianning wrote a note, a fu, sang three quatrains, and later generations were always in one place, and set up this stele pavilion, which is a famous allusion to Changzhou City. Qizhuang comes once, and this first place can not be missed. ”

Xie Kai listened to his last sentence, and couldn't help gritting his teeth again, and said hatefully: "Zhang Huaiying, can't you go a day without mentioning your homework?" and said, "If I don't get off the boat and return to Jinling, don't stop me." ”

When Zhang Hui heard this, before he could answer, the little scholar Jinbao on the side had already applauded and said with a smile: "Amitabha, there is a leader who is bothering and noisy all the way! Xie Xianggong will go back when he goes back, but no one will stop you!"

Before he could say a word, Xie Kai jumped up with hatred, pointed to his forehead and scolded with a smile: "The little oil monkey loves to talk a lot!" and turned to Zhang Hui again, squinted his eyes and said: "As the saying goes, 'If there is a master, there must be a servant', I only look for you to settle accounts." ”

Zhang Hui only smiled and said, "What does it have to do with me when he talks as a child? ”

Xie Kai said: "Although you don't teach him specifically, isn't this presumptuous behavior that you are used to? ”

Zhang Hui couldn't help laughing: "How can this be." My family is well-behaved, and he is stable on weekdays, and he is also reassuring to do things. In my opinion, you are the only one who is idle and loves to tease him, and he will make a lot of deception every now and then. ”

Here Zhang Hui said on the side, the little scholar Jinbao kowtowed his head like a worm on the side, and nodded his head straight like pounding garlic. Seeing this, Xie Kai was angry and funny, and finally couldn't help laughing. He only said: "Look at this idea! It's because of you, if I really gave half of the redemption money back then, and now it's sticky, I'm afraid that Zhenyou will have to swim back to Stone Town." Then he asked, "By the way, do you really plan to let this little monkey enter under the name of 'Jinbao'?" Although it is festive and auspicious, it does not match what you, a scholar and a scholar, think. It's not a small family, doing business and running to the neighborhood, when you go to the mansion and study, greet and serve, and keep saying 'Jinbao', isn't it happy to be crooked?"

Zhang Hui smiled and said, "Then Yiqizhuang, what should I change my name?"

Xie Kai took out a fan, shook it casually, and pretended to be for a moment before saying: "Since I am a scholar, I look at the pen and Si Mo very well." ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "The pen and Si Mo are really elegant, it's really good." However, my family didn't pay attention to that. And to attract wealth and treasure, it has always been the favorite of the old ladies in the family for these lip gloss. Today is the first time I will take him to his house, so I might as well ask him to use this oldest name first, and then slowly change it. ”

Xie Kai listened, didn't say much, only nodded. Then he got up and went out of the cabin, and watched the boatman at the bow of the boat put the rope buckle on the stone pillar on the pier, and pulled it hard, and the boat was safely docked. Fang put down the sampan, and the little scholar Jinbao had already jumped ashore, first opened a little in the crowd, and then he was dumbfounded, and turned around and shouted loudly: "Xianggong, who is the family to pick up? I don't recognize any of them." What can I do?"

When Xie Kai heard this, he immediately burst out laughing. Even Zhang Hui, the boat family surnamed Shui, the boat lady, and the kid couldn't help laughing. Xie Kai even took a fan to cover most of his face, and said: "It's fatal, follow the kid in the same boat, and even the young master and my face will be lost together! This Changzhou city is really rare, the road is not narrow, the road looks more crowded than Nanjing, and the Qinhuai River Wharf of the Confucius Temple also feels that it is not enough to see, is it possible that there is a temple fair and market today, or what is the Buddha and Guanyin Master who happened to celebrate his birthday? ”

The more Zhang Hui listened to him, the more outrageous it became, his face was serious again, and he couldn't help laughing, and only said: "It's a cold day, what are you doing with a fan shaking like a convulsion?" ”

Zhang Hui was joking, but Xie Kai didn't care, and said with a smile: "I know that Huaiying has always been sincere, and since I said so today, I will listen to it like this." It's just that I feel really ashamed in my heart, and I don't dare to be ashamed. The tail note was elongated, and the fan was dangling, as if he was about to start singing.

Seeing this, Zhang Hui was really helpless, so he had to shake his head: "Xie Qizhuang, what are you doing?" pulled him two steps off the boat. However, this Xie Kai's demeanor and posture are really excellent, while pretending to break free, he is looking forward to the romance. Originally, there were most pawn peddlers on this wharf, and the two of them were dressed as scholars, scribes, and sons, and they stood very eye-catching in front of the shore; Zhang Hui suddenly raised his forehead and sighed, and said weakly: "The ancients had a fruit to throw a car, but Xie Xianggong unfortunately chose the wrong season, and it will take another three or four months to get it!"

The two of them were playing here, but the little scholar Jinbao woke up. It turned out that he rushed off the boat in a hurry, and there were too many people on the dock, and it was noisy, and he really couldn't recognize the appearance of the person who came to pick him up from Zhangfu. At this moment, everyone paid attention to Xie Kai, but Jinbao saw that there was a man and a woman whose eyes stopped here, so he hurriedly walked over, his eyes were all looking at Zhang back, although he didn't recognize the face, he could guess the identity at the moment, he hurriedly jumped up and waved his hand, and shouted loudly: "Steward Zhang, this way, this way!

As soon as he shouted, the feet of the man and the woman immediately tightened. Quickly walked to Zhang Hui and Xie Kai, and without waiting to stand firmly, they bowed to Zhang Hui together, and shouted: "Seventh Young Master!" "Brother Ying!"

Zhang Hui hurriedly helped them get up, and called, "Uncle Chun, Granny Zou!" while explaining the identities of the two to Xie Kai. It turned out that the man was Yin Chun, the old steward of Zhangfu, and the woman was Zou Shi, the nurse of Zhang Hui's father Zhang Wang. The two of them hurriedly saluted Xie Kai, and they both respected: "Xie Xianggong." ”

Xie Kai took a closer look at the two of them, and saw that Yin Chun was about forty or fifty years old, with a solemn appearance, a capable description, and a green Shu brocade gown on the outside of the gray robe. The Zou family is very ordinary dressed as a country woman, but from the headscarf to the clothes are clean and neat, looking at the age of sixty, but the eyes are clear and very spirited. He was secretly weighing and calculating in his heart, when he saw Zhang Hui smiling and asked the two: "Why are you two here to pick up?

Yin Chun owed a body first, and then said: "It is a great joy for the Seventh Young Master to go home. I received a letter a few days ago, and the old lady, the old man, the old man, the wife, and the hope uncle and grandmother read it all day. Even though my brother is here today, the old lady called me over early in the morning and asked the guy with the car to meet me here. I met Mama Zou on the road again, and she also said that she would wait together. Sure enough, before the young master's ship arrived. ”

Zhang Hui nodded and said with a smile: "Uncle Chun saw Granny Zou on the road, so Mother-in-law just came up from the countryside? You are in the limelight for these moments, and I really can't help it. As he spoke, he bowed to the Zou family.

Xie Kai was taken aback when he saw Zhang Hui salute - he didn't know that this Zou family was originally the personal maid of the old lady of the Zhang family, and her name was Chunxiang before leaving the cabinet, and she was very blue-eyed by the owner, and the old lady was the master to marry Wang Tianguo, the head of the largest grange under the door; Here, Xie Kai saw that Zhang Hui saluted in place, and his voice was sincere, knowing that this old woman's identity was no better than that of ordinary people, so he couldn't help but look at her words and deeds carefully.

Seeing Zhang's return salute, the Zou family hurriedly grabbed it with his hand, smiled a face, and said, "Brother is laughing at the old woman again." They are all Zhuang families, and they are not thousands of dollars, and their bodies and bones are capital, so they are afraid of this idea. After that, he looked Zhang Hui up and down again, folded his hands, and said straightly: "Amitabha, my brother, I haven't seen you for three years, why have you lost a lot of weight? Sure enough, in response to the old lady's words, reading is the hardest and hardest work." When you go back, the old lady will be distressed and will not let you leave home. As soon as he turned his head, he saw the little scholar Jinbao who hid behind Zhang Hui at some point, and said: "Brother is outside, there is only such a kid to follow? Uncle Wang is also really ruthless, I will definitely talk about him when I go back. ”

Zhang Hui pursed his lips and smiled when he heard this, then pulled out Jinbao and said to Yin Chun: "Uncle Chun, this is the child I mentioned, who bought it and served me in Nanjing. ”

While a few people were talking, Yin Chun had already ordered the little servants who came together to take out the bookcases and luggage that Zhang Hui had brought with him out of the cabin, put them in the spacious carriage that he had brought over earlier, and sent the boatman away, and then came over to serve here. Listening to him, he hurriedly said, "I know." It's the kid called 'Jinbao'. Sure enough, it's so obedient. He asked Zhang again: "The carriages and horses are ready, can the young master go to the Che family?"

Zhang turned his head back to Xie Kai and said, "What are you waiting for, Prime Minister Xie?

Xie Kai laughed, didn't say much, and jumped into the carriage. Zhang Hui also got in the car and sat firmly. Yin Chun shouted, and the cart went to Zhangfu without mentioning it.

I know what will happen next, the situation of Zhang's return home, whether Xie Kai will visit Zhang's parents together, and see the next decomposition.