Chapter 1 Nancheng scholar Shen Wenqiu
In the courtyard of a private school on the outskirts of Nancheng District, Nanshan County, the flowers and plants are particularly delicate, attracting a group of butterflies and bees to swim in the sea of flowers, which is very lively;
And the classroom is empty, no, look at the back of the bookcase full of books, at this time there is a teenager lying on the desk and sleeping, and the outside of the lively form a strong contrast, between a movement and quiet, the existence of the teenager makes this summer environment seem particularly abrupt, who is this teenager at the time? The private school is on summer vacation, why is he still sleeping here, isn't this a corrupt atmosphere of the private school?
At this time, from the door of the private school, a white-haired and white-bearded old man dressed in white with a smile on his face came in, and he was still carrying a bottle of aged wine in his hand.
The old man walked with three steps and two pleasant steps through the courtyard towards the classroom.
Suddenly, there was a loud shout: "Shen Wenqiu." It broke the tranquility of the private school, and frightened the butterflies, birds and beasts in the yard to scatter.
A few frolicking children who were helping the adults pick up ears of rice in the field not far from the private school laughed and said with a mocking taste: "Shen Wenqiu was sleeping and was discovered by Mr. Qi again. ”
It turned out that this private school was specially built by Shen Wenqiu's father, Shen Facai, ten years ago, in order to let his son study, and all the private school expenses were borne by Shen Facai, the landlord of Nancheng District.
Shen Facai himself has no education, but he still thinks that he is literate and has a bit of cultural background, and he will not suffer too much when he starts a business; of course, it would be better if his son could become an official and give him a glorification of his ancestors, so he built this publicly-funded private school.
During this idle time, the children of the nearby villagers can come to the school to learn to read and write with Mr. Qi, who only thinks that he is doing good deeds and accumulating virtues, and does not charge them any money and food.
So as soon as they heard the roar of Mr. Qi, the young people and children in the neighborhood couldn't help but think that it must be Shen Wenqiu, who was sleeping in class, and was caught by Mr. Qi.
At this time, the sixteen-year-old Shen Wenqiu, who was the party concerned, rubbed his eyes sleepily, yawned, and said indifferently or shamelessly: "Sir, the student is asking Mr. Zhou for advice on how to govern the country, and I am listening to Mr. Zhou's teachings with relish, why are you bothering me again." ”
Mr. Qi was stunned for a moment, "Mr. Zhou, what Mr. Zhou?" immediately came back to his senses, only to understand who Mr. Zhou was, picked up the ring ruler on the lesson plan, made a gesture to beat, and said: "Okay, you stinky boy, you have learned to make excuses when you sleep lazy." ”
Shen Wenqiu saw that the situation was not good, so he dodged around the case and said, "Sir, the mouth of a saint should not spit foul language. ”
Then, he hid out of the classroom, ran out of the courtyard, and turned around and shouted, "Sir, the student will come back to you another day to ask you about the university." ”
Mr. Qi held the ring ruler and scolded angrily: "Stinky boy, let me tell you that without two bottles of good wine, we are not done with this matter." This wonderful combination of master and apprentice has been here for ten years, and the villagers only take it as a joke to alleviate the suffering in the world, and a few children in the field saw Shen Wenqiu coming out of the private school in embarrassment, and sneered: "Shen Wenqiu, I was caught by Mr. Qi again when I was sleeping." ”
After saying that, he took and Miao Haha and laughed, and he didn't care about the mud on his hands, so he just wiped the tears that flowed out of laughter.
Shen Wenqiu stopped and quibbled: "What do you know about the children? I'm playing against Zhou Gong, Zhou Gong, do you know? ”
This time, the rhetoric is fresher, and it is still possible to deceive these illiterate villagers, but unexpectedly, a child in blue said seriously: "I heard Mr. Qi say this Zhou Gong, but I dreamed of Zhou Gong when I was sleeping." ”
Everyone thought that there was some university question, and made a look of listening attentively, but after listening to the child's words, they understood that it was still sleeping, and the laughter was even more lively, and Shen Wenqiu ran away in a gloomy manner; of course, these people had long been accustomed to Shen Wenqiu's quibbling and embarrassed appearance, and watched him run towards the city in embarrassment, and the laughter gradually calmed down.
Mr. Qi looked at Shen Wenqiu's embarrassed appearance, and also felt funny, he turned around and sat down cross-legged, picked up the scroll on the bookcase, looked at the neat small print article, and smiled with satisfaction, thinking that this kid stayed up all night to write, it was really good, compared with the previous writing, much more stable and restrained;
Mr. Qi scolded with a smile in his heart: "This kid is a little lazy, if he works harder and carves it a little, in the future, he will definitely be a good face of my Nanming Kingdom." Of course, Mr. Qi's thoughts, Shen Wenqiu naturally didn't know, at this time, he was sweating profusely to the Shen Mansion, all the way through the lively market, to the mouth of the small alley, in front of the gate of the Shen Mansion written on it, as soon as the front foot entered the door, he couldn't wait to shout: "Mother, Qiu'er is back." Mother, Qiu'er is back. ”
I saw a beautiful woman in her early thirties who came out of the hall and responded with great joy: "Slow down, slow down, be careful of falling." The woman looked at Shen Wenqiu who came and smiled lovingly, as if she was greeting her son who had not seen her for a long time, but unexpectedly, Shen Wenqiu stepped forward and gave the woman a big hug, and then the first sentence was: "My father, don't you be at home!"
Mrs. Shen asked knowingly: "What, did you make trouble with Mr. Qi again?" Because since childhood, as long as you cause trouble at Mr. Qi's place, Shen Wenqiu will come up with such a sentence, and when she heard this, Mrs. Shen thought of this reflexively;
Shen Wenqiu touched his nose with a cheeky smile, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's not a big deal, it's just that I debated with Zhou Gong again in the school." ”
Mrs. Shen pretended to be displeased and said, "Aren't you playing dumb riddles in front of me again?"
Shen Wenqiu helped Mrs. Shen to walk towards the hall, and said in a somewhat coquettish tone: "Mother, look at you, how dare Qiu'er play dumb riddles with you! Qiu'er either wants to leave for more than two months, I'm afraid that my mother will be bored and panicked, and tell a joke to make you happy." But you're good, and you're wrong. ”
Mrs. Shen then remembered what was going on and asked, "You haven't been home for more than two months, and I still miss you, but how did you do in the exam?"
Shen Wenqiu said with some pride: "Mother, you don't want to think about how powerful your son is!
Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "I don't know if it's difficult for my son, but I know how powerful my son is, but if you don't pass the exam, I'm afraid your father's family law will be indispensable." ”
Mrs. Shen's words were a little funny, and she said: "What is the result? Tell my mother, my mother will help you staff and show you the way." Sure enough, it is a mother and son, and the two speak in the same style, with a very good sense of humor, and they are not in a proper shape.
Shen Wenqiu said, "Mother, you didn't guess this time. ”
Mrs. Shen said, "Oh, so to speak, my Qiu'er has passed the test. ”
No one expected that Shen Wenqiu, who had just sworn that Mrs. Shen hadn't guessed, would come up with such a sentence: "This, I don't know." ”
Seeing that Mrs. Shen didn't squeak when she heard this, Shen Wenqiu thought she was angry, and added: "I estimate that there will be news back in the next two days, mother, if you really can't wait, go and ask Mr. Qi, I will write down the article and give it to Mr. Qi." ”
When Mrs. Shen heard this, she was relieved, since Mr. Qi had read it and didn't see what he had said when he called the scholar to his house, it meant that Qiu'er's article was still okay, and she pretended to be disgusted and said, "Look, you... This body is full of sweat and smells, and I haven't washed it properly. After speaking, he instructed his subordinates to prepare hot water for Shen Wenqiu, and did not forget to add: "Go to the smell of wind and dust on your body, and go to get a bowl of fennel spring noodles for your mother, I haven't tasted it for two months, you should blame you for missing it." ”
Shen Wenqiu thanked Mrs. Shen and walked to his room.
In the room, sixteen-year-old Shen Wenqiu sat in the bathtub, carefully rubbing the dirt on his body, and said in his heart: "Alas, it is still comfortable at home." ”
Thinking of the two months and Fu Bo Feng Meal camping place rushed to Nanshan Mansion to try, it felt like a dream!
After Shen Wenqiu finished freshening up and ate the fennel noodles prepared for him by Mrs. Shen, the news that he returned to Nanshan County to sleep in the school was also spread.
This is not Nanshan County, Nancheng District, near the sons of several families received the news, so they ran to Shen Mansion to find Shen Wenqiu, saying that they would be in Wangjiang Pavilion for Shen Wenqiu to catch the wind and wash the dust; these are all Shen Wenqiu's good buddies who usually chant poetry together, Li Nanxing, Liu Kaiming, Wang Zhenxiang, the four major business families in Nancheng District have some business dealings, these juniors have become friends since childhood, and even wore a pair of open crotch pants together when they were young, although they have grown up now, but they usually drink wine together and compose poems!
It's all Shen Wenqiu's hair, and it's not easy to shirk it, so he said hello to Mrs. Shen and went out in a hurry. Shen Wenqiu asked, "Brothers, how are you doing lately!"
Li Nanxing complained with some resentment: "Ask Qiu! Without you, my brother has been very bored and lonely in the past two months! These two guys have been learning to do business with their father every day, and I have nothing to do alone, I am bored and flustered, and my idle eggs hurt; you don't know if you don't come back, these two guys won't come? Or you have a big face!"
Liu Kaiming was unhappy and said: "Nanxing, you can't say that, it's not that we don't want to play with you, and it's not that you don't know what our dad is like." If only we were all like your dad and left us alone!"
Wang Zhenxiang agreed.
Shen Wenqiu made a round and said, "Okay, okay, today is for me to pick up the wind and wash the dust, right? Then don't talk about other unhappy things, just tell me what program was arranged for me? If it's too boring, don't blame me for turning the face!"
Li Nanxing invited himself and said: "Brother Qiu picks up the wind and washes the dust, of course, you can't be shabby, look at what my brother has prepared for you, I will definitely satisfy you." ”
Shen Wenqiu asked with some curiosity: "Then Brother Nanxing revealed it." ”
Li Nanxing pretended to be profound: "It's not interesting to say it now, be sensible." Give yourself a sense of mystery. ”
Liu Kaiming and the others saw that Li Nanxing said this, although they were also curious, but they also didn't ask.
Shen Wenqiu said: "Brother Nanxing, I don't worry, since this is the case, I won't ask, I also want to know what good things you have gotten us in the past two months." ”