When he got up the next day, Hong freshened up, and ordered someone to take the clothes he had prepared the night before and go to Xizhan Garden. This Xizhan Garden is in the southeast corner of Huangfu, it was originally used by Huang Wuxi, the old minister of the previous dynasty, to write a book, because it took the hometown of Qizhou from the family of the ancestor brother to Nanjing, and settled here, so it took the word "Xizhan" as the name from "Brother Ji, Harmony and Joy and Zhan"; Therefore, Zhang Wang and others have always lived in this garden when they visit their aunts and others in Nanjing. It's just that this time, Mrs. Zhang Tai opened her mouth first and left the Hong family and Daiyu, and the yellow elephant over there stuck to her cousin Zhang Hui to rest, but the huge courtyard was only used by Zhang Wang. However, all of them are complete. When the Hong family arrived in the garden, they first took a rough inspection, and saw that there was no obstacle, so they sat down in the house, and heard a report from outside that Zhang Hui had arrived at the door with Zhang Wang and Huang Su.

However, he said that Zhang Wang went to Mingyang Academy yesterday to visit his classmates and old friends, and everyone ate and drank and had fun. Zhang Wangyin remembered that the next day was his aunt's family banquet, and although he drank a lot, he still had a margin, and he slept sweetly for two or three hours, and he was also in good spirits at the moment. Huang Su is a confidant of wine, he opened his heart and got drunk for a while, and he was still asleep. Zhang Wang let Zhang Hui and take him to the side rooms where he usually lived in the garden to continue sleeping, and he went to the main house. Looking up and seeing the Hong family coming up, Zhang Wang smiled and said, "Why did you come early in the morning?

Hong said: "It's not for the uncle to stay out last night? Today, my aunt will hold a banquet and invite wine, I'm afraid that you will be in a hurry, but you can't change it, and your hands will be stumbling, so let's show a joke first." ”

Zhang Wang said: "If I can make my aunt smile, it doesn't hurt if I'm really busy." And he said, "Actually, there is no hurry." Hui'er went to the academy early in the morning, and he was properly served. I see with you, nothing has been left behind. Having said that, in the end, the Hong family looked at the change of clothes inside and out, and straightened his hair and face. Zhang Wang smiled: "In this way, it is really a new look." I feel a lot more relaxed. That's what made me hungry again. But do you have anything to eat for hunger? I'll take two bites. ”

Hong smiled and said, "How can there be no this?" Let him put out breakfast—and in the big basket there were seven or eight delicate dishes, as well as porridge with plums, and salted olives—and Feng and Zhang Wang, and said in his mouth, "What else do you want, so that someone can do it." If it's too late, it will get in the way of getting down to business. ”

Zhang looked at her and said, "I don't have anything special to eat." It's just that this porridge is a little tasteless. It's best to have some ginger crab puree. ”

Hong Shi laughed when he heard it, and said, "I want to eat this early in the morning, and I'm not afraid of being greasy." It's hard to speak, so you have to annoy your sister-in-law. So he sent the person who followed him to sue sù kitchen, and called Bai Wei, who was standing on the side, and said, "You also go, tell Uncle sù about his usual taste, and by the way, let it be made according to only one person's share." Bai Wei understood.

Zhang Wang smiled and said, "The matter of one or two eggs is also worth sending someone over." ”

Hong said: "It's always a guest." Besides, it's just right to save money for the master's family, isn't it? This is fast, if you are really hungry, eat here first. ”

Zhang Wang smiled and nodded, ate two small bites of porridge on the table, and asked, "There is no one else at this time, tell me something." I listened, you should go back early, save a while and make your aunt laugh. ”

Hong Shi was stunned, his face turned red, he raised his hand to look at it, and said angrily: "I have serious business!" and then said: "It was my sister-in-law who told me about a family last night, and invited me to accompany her to her mother's house the day after tomorrow, and look at each other by the way." ”

Zhang Wang stopped the spoon, stared on the edge of the bowl, and asked, "Brother You'er?"

Hong said: "Exactly. The eldest sister-in-law is talking about the niece daughter of her third sister-in-law, and the girl's father is now in Baoshan County, Yongchang Prefecture. The month of birth is small, this year is twenty, in fact, he is only eighteen years old, and his character and appearance are good. My sister-in-law asked me if I was interested. ”

Zhang Wang said with a smile: "Zhuji Shou, this is also the hope of Huiji County, the talent is prosperous, and the family business is prosperous. Yongchang Mansion holds Yunnan tea and horses for heavy profits. Why did his girl delay this moment?

Hong glanced at him and said with a smile: "You are just anxious." The eldest sister-in-law naturally has an explanation, can she still lose us? The eldest sister-in-law said that she had seen people, and there was nothing wrong with it. It's just the same, much taller than ordinary women. Therefore, when they saw each other two years earlier, they unexpectedly suffered a loss. Her father and mother were full of love and refused to be ambiguous, which dragged all the way to today. ”

Zhang Wang nodded when he heard this, thought about it again, and said, "I know." In that case, you and your sister-in-law will go and have a look. If so, come back and talk to me. ”

The Hong family was full of joy and served Zhang Wang's breakfast. At one moment, Bai Wei waited for the basket to come, and Hong was busy taking it personally, removing the basket cover, and taking out the small plate of ginger shredded crab paste and placing it in front of Zhang Wang - although the name is crab mushroom, it is based on eggs, adding shredded ginger, minced green onions, garlic paste, trout paste, and then fried with fat and oil.

Sure enough, Zhang Wang raised the chopsticks and tasted it, and said with a smile: "It's not bad." So he ate two small bowls of porridge in a row. Suddenly, I heard someone outside shouting: "It's so fragrant!" When I looked up, it was Huang Su who broke in: sleepy eyes, you might as well move your nose; Zhang Wang looked at it again, and followed his son Zhang Hui behind, but he looked helpless. I couldn't help laughing, and I ordered again: "Hui'er hold your teacher." Tell the maid to bring something to clean her face and rinse her mouth. Take an extra pair of bowls. Hong Shi was also busy urging left and right, and said to Zhang Wang: "I'll go and watch, and prepare more decanting soup." So saying, he took everyone out. Only Zhang Wang, Zhang Hui and his son are left here, and Huang Su is settled, and he sobers up, changes clothes, washes, and does not mention breakfast.

After sitting down, Huang Suyin asked, "What is the important matter, is it worth running to you early in the morning?"

Zhang Wang didn't answer, and asked rhetorically: "I remember that a few years ago, you visited Guan Boyang at Qingxi Academy, but you met Shou Qin Shou Guanglan?"

Huang Su said: "Shou Guanglan? The practice of his family, the children all enter their own villas to study, and they only open the altar to teach in the family studies of the Zhuji Shou family, and they will not go dozens of miles to Chun'an. However, outsiders can't help but observe, and they are willing to help fellow citizens. Guan Boyang made an appointment with his family, and if there was an occasional failure in the academy to take care of him, he only paid for the carriage and horses and three meals, and he could go to his house to study. If you really don't have any money, you can do some odd jobs with his family, and you can also cover the food and lodging. It's just that since Shou Zuming, the Zhuji Shou family has been bent on running to the theory of the old Buddha, and they have thrown the old two generations like Shou Jingshen's "Fa Yan Supplement" and Shou Kai's recompiled "Zhang Hejian Collection" to unknown places. Shou Guanglan is his grandson, and his knowledge is inherited from his grandfather, and his path is not much different, so I am also impatient and reasonable. What do you ask him to do?"

Zhang Wang smiled: "That's it, "Zhang Hejian Collection". A few days ago, I saw Ah Hui and Xiang'er making seven fans, and I happened to see a few words in "Lingxian" in Runzhi's study, so I remembered to find Zhang Heng Wenfu to read again. It's just that I haven't collected the Shoukai one separately at home, and I don't want to flip through it elsewhere, so I simply ask to see if I can take out the original directly from the hands of the heirs. ”

Huang Su smiled: "This is easy. In that year, Shou Kai recompiled the "Zhang Hejian Collection", because of the lack of financial resources for a while, he only asked Qingxi Academy to print 180 parts and give them to teachers and friends. Naturally, there are a few to keep as a base. You write a few words, say a word to Guan Lao'er, and he will happily give you one. ”

Zhang Wang said: "This is really worry-free. It's just that I don't know if Shou Kai was a single collection of literary endowments compiled back then, or if he was involved in something else. And then there is "Fa Yan Supplement", Yang Ziyun's life anthology is sorted out, and there are not many works in the world, if there are also notes circulating, it is best to send them together. ”

Huang Su laughed when he heard this, pointed at him and said: "You have to be long, you are greedy, it is a portrayal of Er! If you get a book, you don't count, you also need to take notes back then-you don't have to ask Guan Boyang again, it is serious to ask Shou Guanglan directly." Suddenly remembering something, he turned to ask Zhang Hui, and said: "I received a letter from Guan Boyang in Layue last year, and there were seven or eight letters forwarded to you, but who wrote the letter was Shou Guanglan?"

Zhang Hui hurriedly said: "It's Jiang Tanzhi." Shou Guanglan is his cousin's uncle. It's just that Tan Zhi went back to Yongkang's hometown in late autumn to get married, and he is not in Chun'an at the moment. If my father is not in a hurry, I will write to him and ask him. As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Wang with his eyes.

saw Zhang Wang smile slightly: "Jiang Tanzhi, is the one who has been talking to you about poetry and writing in the past few years, and touting and singing harmony with each other?"

When Zhang Hui heard this, his face couldn't help but heat up. It turned out that Jiang Tanzhi was his pen pal, Mingping, originally from Yongkang, Zhejiang, a scholarly eunuch, a young talent, and traveled around the world after the age of seventeen. When Zhang Hui visited friends with Huang Su, he happened to see him studying, because he talked about reading "Poems" to speak, and talked about Wang Meng, Fu Jian and other things, which touched his heart, and wrote more than 1,000 words and Jiang Ping analyzed them in detail. Because of the frequent letters and the harmonious singing, although they have not met for various reasons in the past two or three years, they have already introduced each other as confidants in their hearts. Zhang Hui wrote letters to his family, talked about the people around him, and always admired them, and when it came to academic opinions, he unconsciously applied words and quoted opinions. At this moment, listening to Zhang Wang's "touting", he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, but he couldn't help but argue for his friends: "Tanzhi's articles, not to mention the best in the world, are always the most wonderful words I have seen in the past few years." The affairs are very important, and the son and his views are quite compatible, so the poems and texts answer each other, just to seek benefits and friends. This can also be attested to by the teacher. ”

Zhang Wang smiled: "I'm just saying, you're in a hurry." I can't bear it, and I haven't made any progress in the past few years. ”

When Zhang Hui heard it, he couldn't help but hang his head. Huang Su next to him saw him discouraged, and said with a smile: "I want to say a word, Jiang Tanzhi's writing is clean and healthy, he can see the mystery in the subtleties, and his partial temperament is open and straightforward, and he lives up to the word 'Tanzhi'." Huaiying and him learn from each other, but they complement each other. ”

Zhang Wang smiled: "If it weren't for that, how could they let them boast that 'there are few people in the world who understand' nonsense." He said to Zhang Hui Zhengse: "Benefiting friends is like a good teacher, you look at the proportions yourself." I have something for you here, you go to your Jiang Xiaoyou and send a letter to help me ask about Shou's recent study style. In addition, your grandfather plans to re-pave the path of medicinal herbs in Yunnan and Guizhou after this autumn, and Shouban Shou Tasting Qing in Baoshan County, Yunnan Province is Shou Guanglan's ancestral brother, and he also greeted him by the way. Zhang Hui was busy.

At one moment, someone reported that the brothers Huang Xing, Huang Ping, and Huang Nian came and made an appointment to go to Mrs. Zhang together. So everyone packed up and went to the upper room to salute first, and Mrs. Zhang ordered the princes of the mansion to eat and drink and watch the play in the garden in front of them, and if they wrote poems, they would immediately pass them on to her. Huang Xing, Zhang Wang and others responded, and Fang retreated. Here, Mrs. Zhang led the ladies of the inner house to the stage of the flower hall without mentioning it.