The next day, the steward of the Huangfu took a small servant and a carriage and a horse to the academy, and first went to the west of Huangsu and Huangyan to ask him to get on the car, and then came to welcome Zhang Hui, and the teachers and students went to the Huangfu in Qingtang, Zhongzheng Street.

Before entering the door, Yang Zhenglin, the chief steward, came, and first said to Huang Suxing: "Uncle Su." The second master has been sweeping the couch in the study and cooking wine to treat each other. Secondly, he smiled back at Zhang Hui and said, "It's good to ask the young master." The old lady asked early in the morning, please go to the house when you get home. ”

Zhang responded, turned to Huang Su and said, "When I see my aunt and grandmother, I will go to meet my second uncle and talk to my uncle and teacher." ”

Huang Su waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can take care of yourself." Kowtow to the old lady for me and ask my aunt for peace. He said that I would go to the study first, and then go to the salute later. ”

The two of them parted, one was accompanied by the stewards and the little servants, and they went to the study from their familiarity, and the other Yang Zhenglin personally led them to the inner house. Zhang Hui smiled: "Labor Uncle Yang again." He asked, "How is my aunt and grandmother?"

Yang Zhenglin hurriedly smiled: "The old lady is tough, so I hope that the young master will come often." The old man has more things to do outside than years ago, but yesterday he received a letter from the young master, and immediately told the old lady, taught the wife to let the kitchen prepare the food at home in Changzhou, and specially told several young masters not to play outside these days. The old lady is not enough, so she said that it is better to tell the sick, and it is better to stay at home for a day. ”

Zhang Hui couldn't help but wonder: "My aunt and grandmother are still so cheerful. But it must be distressed for the eldest uncle. The eldest uncle works hard for the country, but he also has to take care of his health. ”

Yang Zhenglin smiled and said: "Who said no? Since the old man was sent to this errand now, although he has returned to the south from Beijing, he has been surveying the river, inspecting the pond base, and going out from province to county, and he will be out at two ends in three days, and the time to get home is less than when he was in Beijing. How can the old lady not feel distressed? Only the old lady's temper is the most serious, and he cannot tolerate the slightest mistake, and others no longer dare to persuade him. ”

Zhang Hui Zhengse said: "Building embankments along the coast, protecting fields and repairing ponds, the major events of tens of millions of livelihoods, there is no room for mistakes. The eldest uncle is like this, he is loyal to his duty, and he is admired by everyone. ”

Yang Zhenglin hurriedly said: "What the young master saw is." ”

The two of them had reached the middle door while they were talking. There were already the daughters-in-law, old mothers, and servants of the inner house waiting on the door, and when they saw Zhang returning, they saluted together, and said with a smile: "The old lady, the wife, the second wife, etc. are all here, just waiting for the young master to arrive, and Fang has asked four or five times." But get in!" hugged him to the main compound. Yang Zhenglin stood outside the door of the main hall, and waited for the housekeeper's daughter-in-law to enter and reply, and then loudly announced the greeting. Immediately a word came out of it: "Uncle Jiaosu is stubborn with the second master, and his family doesn't have to be formal." Let the young master of the Zhang family come to the house quickly, and don't freeze under the porch. ”

Yang Zhenglin went to the study to talk back, and Zhang Hui entered the room at this time. There was already an old mother in the hall who was supported by the noble ladies on the left and right. Zhang Hui hurriedly bowed down and said, "Auntie and grandmother are blessed!"

This old mother is Mrs. Zhang, Huang Xing's mother, and when she saw him bow down and received a head, she smiled and asked her to help him up. Zhang Hui was busy saluting the ladies on the left and right, saying, "The eldest aunt and the second aunt." It is Huang Xing's wife, Wang's, and Huang Ping's wife, Cui. Later, he sat on the couch with Mrs. Tai, a young lady who had been standing for 20 years for a year, and said, "Third aunt." It was Mrs. Tai's youngest son, Huang Nian's stepwife, Chai. Only then did Mrs. Tai signal Xie to sit down.

Mrs. Zhang smiled: "I was very happy to get your book yesterday. I sent someone to pick it up early this morning, but Brother Xing'er also said that I was in a hurry and sent someone early, but it didn't arrive until this time. It can be seen that this is necessary long ago. ”

Zhang Hui smiled: "It's all the old lady's kindness." I only sigh that my nephew and grandson have no talent for flying birds, they can't give birth to wings, they don't have the ability of a monkey walker, and it's not good to turn over a somersault, so my aunt and grandmother have to wait for a long time!"

The whole house laughed when he said a word. Mrs. Zhang patted her eldest daughter-in-law's hand and couldn't stop laughing: "Su Ri, you only say that he is good, now look at it, this monkey is only one who is going to show up if he is not careful!"

Mrs. Wang smiled: "Brother Hui'er, I am happy to see the old lady." Besides, the nephew is the same as the grandson, how can there be a grandson in the world who is not naughty in front of his grandmother?"

When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she immediately laughed and scolded: "Nonsense! At a young age, he has a sky-high face, and he is not too tired to panic. Finally, he fell in love with his two cousins, and when they got together, they could talk and laugh, as if they had changed into a different person. ”

Mrs. Wang had a bitter face and said, "The elephant is weird, and the daughter-in-law is helpless." The old man also laughs and laughs freely on weekdays, but I am even more heartless. But this enemy has a hard dough hanging on it, and it can't be rubbed and moved. As he spoke, he took Zhang Hui's hand, "It's a shame to have Brother Hui, I've only seen him laugh a few times in the past two or three years." Then he replied to Zhang: "Your brother is at the edge of the garden in his 'workshop', you can laugh with him again, okay?"

Before Zhang Hui could answer, Mrs. Zhang had already smiled and said: "What a fortunate brother's daughter-in-law, what a caring mother-in-law, you sent him to send him when he came to the door when he returned to the door! You also said that Xiang'er's dough was hard, and he asked his cousin to rub it, where is there such a person!"

Mrs. Wang smiled and said, "Ah, it's mine, I only think about my son, but I forget the old lady!" said and saluted, "The daughter-in-law will make amends to the old lady." It's all mine, it's all mine, I only think about the small, and I don't care about the old lady's nephew and grandson who have been thinking about it for a long time before I see the real person, and I'm going to open him!"

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said, "Since I apologize, I won't say much, just bring some real things." ”

Mrs. Wang smiled: "This is nature. The daughter-in-law has two jars of wine brought by the Gaochang Ancient Road, which have been hidden in the cellar, and today she will take them out and present them to the old lady and Brother Hui.

Mrs. Zhang said happily: "It's really not bad!" and said, "Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, you have a good wine hidden, naturally you also have a cup to match, and take it out together." Looking at Zhang Hui, he said with a smile, "It's rare for your uncles and nephews to get together like this, you should bring a good cup and good wine, and go to enjoy the moon and snow together at night and compose poems." ”

Zhang Hui smiled and said yes. Here, Mrs. Wang sighed loudly: "It's really an old lady's magic eye." Obviously, this word was not mentioned, but it was picked out together. Let's go, let's just give filial piety to my daughter-in-law in advance, and I won't prepare for your birthday this year. ”

Mrs. Zhang laughed, pursed her lips, and said, "I don't care about this! Mrs. Wang responded with a smile, and walked out to tell not to mention it.

Mrs. Zhang shook her head with a smile, and said to Zhang Hui again: "Look at your eldest aunt, if this temper can be a little more even-tempered with your brother, I won't have anything to worry about!" After saying some ordinary words such as greetings and sitting on weekdays, Mrs. Zhang said: "I heard your uncle say, you should end next spring, can you be sure? In the past two or three years, the academy has also taught a lot, can the gentlemen talk about everything that should be said?"

Zhang replied: "The four books and five classics have been talked about. The emphases of what you have said vary from one to the next. The nephew listened to it roughly, and it was probably able to make three or four points. ”

Mrs. Zhang suddenly laughed: "Three or four points is not bad." The scriptures and scriptures are the foundation of the heart and mind, and the most important thing is to write the scriptures. So he asked: "I remember that in your academy, the "Poetry" and "Books" scriptures are Cheng Ruiqiu's explanations?"

Zhang replied: "I heard that it used to be like this. However, since the nephew entered the academy, Mr. Cheng lectures on the "Poetry" scripture and Mr. Qian lectures on the "Books" scripture. Mr. Qian also talked about "Spring and Autumn" and "Historical Records". ”

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "Qian Xianxian has been partial to history since his uncle. Qian Yongshan is very good at learning, and he is not bad. On that day, he came to the house with Huang Su and Yu Boyun, although he only talked about it briefly, he had already seen his academic ability, and he was young, so it was no wonder that Cheng Ruiqiu also respected him. For a while, he said, "When it comes to Yu Boyun, I think about it, saying that he received a handwritten letter from the head of Songqi Academy in the Mid-Autumn Festival last year, hesitated for two months, and finally resigned from the museum here a year ago and went back to his hometown in Xiangxi, but?"

Zhang replied: "Exactly." ”

Mrs. Zhang said: "The fallen leaves return to the roots, he is sixty years old, and it is reasonable for him to return to his hometown." But who is talking to you about the Book of Changes now?"

Zhang replied: "It was Mr. Zhou and Mr. Lan who made a mistake. ”

Mrs. Zhang was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "Zhou, Lan...... Could it be that Zhou Kuangming and Lan Guest? The two of them said together, "Shouldn't this be a direct fight in the academy?"

Zhang Hui smiled: "The old lady is serious. Although the two gentlemen have different academic origins and different opinions, they have both listening and understanding, and the Tao is a sea of learning, and only by knowing its meaning can it be argued, Mr. Cheng has always advocated listening and thinking more and arguing, but there are very few sticks in the academy for this portal. ”

Mrs. Zhang also laughed when she heard this, and said, "I actually forgot that this old man is the best at making mud. Asked again, "So, "White Tiger Pass" is also Cheng Ruiqiu's talk?"

Zhang replied yes. Mrs. Zhang said: "In fact, Huang Su's scriptures are never bad, but he is too impatient, and he is blindly argumentative, and he has to talk about some miscellaneous notes of the history department when he teaches seriously. Then he sighed and said, "The scriptures and historical legends, these should have been listened to at home - the old lady was most proud of the sorting and reformulation of Wuxi Gong's "Collected Explanations of the Scriptures" and "Shi Shu Justice", the books and notes are complete, and it is the first time that the manuscript is correct. It's just that my younger brother and nephew, your grandfather and father are blindly brainless, and they are afraid that they will stick to you. However, let's see, aren't all these in the academy? Cheng, Huang, Qian, and Zhou are all in the same vein, so they have to teach outsiders to listen to the novelty and rarity, and where do our children know less. It is also Li Guangru who came from afar with Lan Guest, and his knowledge is different. ”

Zhang Hui said with a smile: "My aunt and grandmother are directly taught by her great-grandfather, and her poetry, literature, and history are all much more clever than us. The nephew and grandson only listen to their aunt and grandmother on weekdays, and they always feel ashamed to die. ”

Mrs. Zhang glared at him and scolded: "What is dead or alive, the child has no mouth, and he will talk about it before the New Year comes out!" and then smiled, "Finally, this time your father's brain turned around and taught you to go home." Just read the old lady's book carefully, and I think those gentlemen may not be better than you!"

Zhang Hui shook his head and said, "Grandma can spare me." If the teacher hears this, he will have to peel my skin. ”

Mrs. Zhang laughed and said, "He dare! My maiden nephew, his heir, move your fingers, and some people chew him alive." ”

At this time, Mrs. Wang walked in, heard the end of the sentence, and hurriedly said: "Who is the old lady going to chew alive?" Just now Zhuangzi sent two baskets of good ginger and garlic, with their own salty and sweet sauce and hot sesame oil fried spicy seeds, which is the most palatable. ”

Everyone in the room burst into laughter. Mrs. Tai's tears also flashed, pointing at Mrs. Wang and panting. Zhang Hui smiled and stroked her back, and after a while, Mrs. Zhang relieved herself and said, "That's it! Otherwise, your eldest aunt doesn't have an elder in shape, how can you be good?" the room suddenly laughed again.