Zhang Pei smiled when he heard this: "Since you have long been yearning for it, how can I be an elder to stop you from making progress? In fact, I also asked your uncle in Nanjing a few years ago, and he replied that he might as well experience it when he is young. A few days ago, there was a letter from your uncle of the Lin family, mentioning your daily homework, and also saying that the skills revealed between the lines can be tried in the capital. So that's what I mean now, of course. Now there will be a year before the end, although time is short, but there is a lot to be done if you grasp it. You should first study at home, study the classics deeply, and lay a solid foundation. After returning to Nanjing in the autumn of this year, at that time, Huang and Cheng will be able to use it on the field. Zhang Hui listened to it, and he was busy one by one.

Zhang Pei also said: "Studying at home is the top priority, you must concentrate on the exam, and you must not be distracted." In the past six months, everything inside and outside the country has been put down, except for very important entertainment, only with me to push back, and you must not abandon the basics and lose the big because of the small. Turning to Zhang Wang, he said, "You also help me remember, if I forget it for a while, you will stop it for Hui'er, and you will not delay his time." Then there are things in your room, those who have to run errands, all of them are handed over to Zhang You to do. He is a brother, and his younger brother has important matters, so he can't help more, and he must do his best. ”

Zhang Wang responded and said, "Father, don't worry." You are capable, and with me and his mother, I will be able to take care of all the big and small things in the family, so that Hui'er can prepare for the exam with peace of mind. ”

Zhang Pei laughed at this time, turned to Zhang Hui again, and said, "If you have anything to want, just mention it, and if you want to eat, open your mouth at any time." Even at home, there is no taboo. If someone doesn't think of it for a while, it can't be as perfunctory as it is outside, and it can't be done vaguely. Also, even if you mention any books you want to read, you don't have to say what we have, we can use them first. If you feel that you need to ask someone for advice from other people's books or schoolwork, just say it, and we will naturally help you talk about it. ”

Zhang Hui hurriedly thanked his grandfather and said, "My grandson must study hard to prepare for the exam and not embarrass the family." ”

Zhang Pei smiled: "I knew that you were a good one, and I didn't need to worry about the elders when it came to reading." Now that I've been reading outside for a few years, I'm getting more and more measured. I can hand you something. As he spoke, he raised his hand and called a small servant next to him, and said, "Go and sue Li Yong, who is in charge of the study, just say my words, and take the key to my pavilion tomorrow and give it to the seventh young master." Also, the person who usually serves my pen and ink is now also assigned to the young master's house. Clean one of the rooms on the side of the study, for the seventh young master, and the fifth young master for exam preparation, and idlers are not allowed to go in and disturb. The books they brought in were not allowed to be touched by others, let alone taken out by themselves. The little guy listened, and simply repeated the story, and when he saw that Zhang Pei was sure that it was correct, he immediately went quickly.

However, he said that Zhang Hui saw Zhang Pei's words and actions, and was immediately surprised: it turned out that Zhang Pei's so-called "pavilion" was an independent small attic behind his study, which contained more than 200 rare books in the subset of the Zhang family's history, and a full set of records and notes of Wenzhao Gong Zhang Zhuo and his son Zhang Rongzhixue, which was the treasure of the Zhang family. Only if the children of the clan are extremely good in their studies can they enter the cabinet with the permission of the head of the family, and when they enter, they are only allowed to browse and copy, and they are not allowed to take the original out. On weekdays, it is locked very tightly, except for Zhang Pei, only Li Yong, the head of the study room, holds the key, sprinkling and dusting every day, and turning it over regularly. Therefore, among the Zhang family, all the children and grandchildren who study and go to school are yearning for the books in the cabinet. Zhanghui is no exception. However, he also knew the rules of the family, that is, his father Zhang Wang, and only copied the recitations of the books in the cabinet two or three out of ten, and the other uncles in the family received less. At this moment, when he suddenly heard Zhang Pei's words, how could he not be overjoyed? Even Zhang Wang couldn't help but show joy. The father and son glanced at each other, and hurriedly stepped forward to thank Zhang Pei together.

Zhang Pei only smiled faintly: "It's just a few books, which should be read by everyone." As long as Hui'er concentrates on hard work and really learns something, even if he lives up to my thoughts, he is truly filial. When he has gained fame and achieved his career, he is also worthy of his ancestors - in the end, it is not in vain for three generations of our Zhang family to follow the ancestors' orders, and the hardships of studying for 50 years will not be successful. At this point, his heart was already fluctuating, and his voice couldn't help but tremble, revealing a stomach full of hardships.

Hearing Zhang Pei's emotion, Zhang Hui hurriedly knelt down and said, "Although my grandson is not good, I will do my best not to disappoint my grandfather." On the other hand, Zhang Ling and Zhang Shi also hurriedly followed and knelt down.

Seeing that he was all kneeling, Zhang Pei sighed and smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed Zhang back and forth, and said: "Grandfather's wish doesn't matter, what matters is that you have to work hard to not shame my ancestors of the Zhang family, then we old people will be worthy of our ancestors." After saying that, he helped him get up, and motioned for Zhang Ling and Zhang Shi to get up too.

For a moment, everyone re-seated. Zhang Pei called and ate a round of tea, then looked at Zhang Hui and said with a smile: "Hui'er is now a lifter, your third uncle's cousin is preparing for this autumn, if you answer well on the field, you two brothers should go to Beijing together next spring." Although you were in the suburbs of Beijing last time, you walked on the road once, and you knew how much in your heart, and when the time came, the brothers would be together and take more care of each other. Zhang Hui hurriedly got up and responded. Zhang Pei said again: "And your two younger brothers, Ling'er and Shi'er, both entered the school last year. Although Jinke doesn't end up, he has to work the same hard. You are the elder brother, although the homework is important, but if you have some time to spare, you must also help your father and a few masters in the school to read the poems and guide the brothers together. "Chapter Hui responded one by one.

Zhang Pei took a few more people and said a few more casual words. Zhang Hui wanted to say goodbye and return to Chenghui Hall Wu Taijun. Just as he was about to get up, he heard someone running in outside the house - it was a little guy in brown clothes, who went to Zhang Boyuan to beat a thousand children, and hurriedly took a breath, and then said loudly: "Report to the master, the old lady of the Li family has arrived!"

Before he could finish speaking, there were many footsteps outside. Zhang Pei hurriedly took his children and grandchildren out of the hall. When I got out of the main house, I saw a group of people surrounding an old man with a bright head, striding into the courtyard from the outside - it was Zhang Pei's father-in-law, Zhang Wang, Zhang Yao, and Zhang Bi's brother's grandfather, Li Jing and Li Qingsheng, the old lady of the Li family. He is eighty-eight years old this year, but his spirit is extremely vigorous, and at this moment he is refreshed and steady, and he does not need to be supported by anyone, so he walks all the way; as he walks, he says in a loud voice like a bell: "Come back to the boy's house?

Here Zhang Wang and Zhang Hui greeted him early. When Li Jing saw it, he immediately grabbed it one by one, and smiled so much that his eyebrows and eyes were gone. Zhang Pei waited for this to come forward, invited him to sit in the main hall, and took his children and grandchildren to kowtow. Looking at Li Jing's four sons again, they all brought their children and grandchildren to follow, Zhang Pei was busy meeting his brother-in-law Li Lan and Li Sa, and talking to his brother-in-law Li Yan and Li Yang. At the same time, he hurriedly sent someone to Wu Taijun to tell him, and sent a message to his wife Li, asking her to bring Hong's, Zhou's, and Ji's concubines to greet her mother's brothers and nephews.

He hurriedly greeted him in a hurry, but the old lady Li over there just caught Zhang Wangzhang back to his father and son, and Zhang Wang's heir Zhang You, who was sent by Zhangfu to pick him up, the four ancestors and grandsons had already said that they had already arrived in one place. Zhang Pei came up and heard Li Jing shouting about banning drinking. Zhang Pei and Li Lan were suddenly startled, and they were about to come forward to persuade them, but Li Jing turned to "try back the Nanjing cloud cake brought by the boy", so he hurriedly called the little maids to get the cake. Before the cake was taken, Li Jing heard Zhang Hui say that he was at his aunt's wife in Nanjing, and he ate cloud cake with plum blossom drink, and immediately clamored to eat it like this. Zhang Pei hurriedly called for the good water hidden in the house. For a while, the small people in the hall ran in and out, passing food and water, and walked like a gust of wind. The masters of the Zhang family and the Li family are all as big as a fight: Li Jing is always old and willful, saying that the wind is rain, but it is not easy to disobey the juniors; and thinking that it is not early at this moment, Li Jing is arguing to eat and drink like and that, but he has to delay dinner. Everyone had no choice but to watch Zhang Wang take Zhang Hui and Brother Zhang to persuade slowly. After talking for a while, Li Jing skimmed the tea and snacks, promised to have dinner first, and asked Zhang Wang, father and son, to coax all the way to the open three connected flower halls next to them.

Everyone in the main hall was a little relieved, only to realize that it had only been half a moment, and their foreheads were already sweating. Zhang Pei seized the time, casually wiped the beads of sweat from the hair on his forehead, and while calling for a hurry to discharge the family banquet prepared in the morning, he asked someone to ask his wife and eldest daughter-in-law about the hospitality in the inner courtyard. For a while, I remembered Wu Taijun's instructions before, and specially asked the big girl around me to send a message to bring back Zhang Hui, knowing that my mother valued this great-grandson the most, but in view of the current situation, it was expected that my father-in-law would never let go at this moment, so I had to quickly call the steward who had to be used around me to pass on a clever daughter-in-law to Wu Taijun to clarify the things one by one.

After telling the matter, Zhang Pei thought about it again, felt that there was nothing missing, and went to the flower hall. In the hall, according to the habit of the elderly to be lively, Li Jing and his grandchildren lined up together. Next to Zhang Pei and his uncles and brothers, there is a seat for Zhang Ling and other generations. At this moment, everyone sat down in order. On the middle main seat, Li Jing held a crystal slice in his hand, and was carefully looking at the dishes on the table. Another chapter replied with a cup and pot to serve on the side. Seeing this, Zhang Pei was relieved.

I didn't want Li Jing to hear his footsteps, and when he looked up at him, he smiled and said, "Why did you come in so early and late?" Then he asked, "Is the boy here today?" but it so happened that I came here today and asked him to catch up and serve. But I robbed your old lady's heart, and she won't come to smack vinegar with me later, right?" he asked seriously, and his face was smug and not commensurate with his question. When everyone saw it, they couldn't help but laugh, and they all looked at Zhang Pei, thinking about how he should reply.