Hongzhu suddenly thought again, Zhu Yanmei and the Jiang family have never been harmonious, the Jiang family did not accept the marriage she proposed to Zhu Biyun, and now Zhu Biyun is about to marry into the Deng family, is Zhu Yanmei still so kind to explain Zhu Biyun...... It doesn't make anything worse. Looking back at the half-hidden door, Hongzhu was a little uneasy.

When I went back to the room, I saw that no one was there, and I thought that the Li family had gone to Mrs. Zhu's room. Hongzhu said in her heart, Jiang said that she was sick and couldn't do anything, she thought that Jiang was afraid that Jiang was resentful and refused to help Zhu Biyun manage the marriage, it was really helpless.

After resting for a while, I saw Cheng Wenhan come back, Hongzhu asked, Cheng Wenhan only said: "I said that Sister Biyun is back, and the second uncle didn't ask much when he was relieved, but the second uncle was a little curious, and I was in a hurry to come back, so I didn't say anything to her." ”

"You're doing the right thing. Hongzhu nodded, in the end, this matter is related to Zhu Biyun's reputation, and it is naturally better to have one less person to know.

Cheng Wenhan remembered something and said: "The second uncle mentioned it and said that Mr. Xiangji's hexagram counted the auspicious day, the year before it was the twenty-eighth year, and the year after it was the eighth day of the new year...... The second uncle said that it will be successful, if you can't catch up, then let's have a relaxed New Year first. ”

Hongzhu raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and secretly said that their restaurant is small, and now the store is almost cleaned up, and it will be able to open before the New Year, and according to Zhong's personality, if it drags on for another ten days or eight days, I am afraid that I will panic, I am afraid that Second Uncle Li also wants to catch up with the New Year. He only said, "Let's go back and see." Then he asked Cheng Wenhan about Xishan Academy before, but Cheng Wenhan was a little twisted now, and only said: "What nonsense I am talking about, my sister should have never heard of it." ”

Hongzhu deliberately widened his eyes and bluffed him, "What nonsense, can this study thing be used as nonsense?

Cheng Wenhan was frightened by her and almost believed it, but when she thought about it, her mother Li could say it, but she had never heard it from her sister's mouth, so she came to her senses and sneered, stretched out her small handboard, and said aggrievedly: "Sister is lighter." ”

Hongzhu slapped it lightly and heavily in his hand, "Who still feels sorry for you, you should be beaten!"

Cheng Wenhan sighed, but soon couldn't help laughing.

The two joked for a while, and Hongzhu asked seriously about business.

To say that this Tong'an City is really not a place where humanities gather, it can't compare to the academies in the area south of the Yangtze River. The best academy here today is the Xishan Academy, which was founded about twenty or thirty years ago.

There is also a reason for the establishment of this academy, when there was an old Hanlin Zhishi who did not want to stay in Beijing to be raised by his children and grandchildren, he only wanted to return to his hometown to live in his old age, and the fallen leaves returned to his roots.

At that time, there was a mountain temple on the west mountain, and there happened to be an old monk living in the temple, but he was a person who knew medical skills, and the old Hanlin's family moved people to the temple in a hurry, which saved the old Hanlin's life. He stayed for three or four months to recuperate, and when the old Hanlin was well, he made friends with the old monk. At that time, it was the height of summer, but the west mountain was cool and breezy every day, and the old Hanlin was afraid of heat, and this stay was a few months.

After the New Year, his family came to persuade him, but Lao Hanlin was reluctant to leave, only saying that Xishan was his blessed land, and he wanted to retire in Xishan. Lao Hanlin is also the generation of the old lady at home, and when he speaks like this, his children and grandchildren are not easy to persuade, and Tong'an is close to Beijing, which is better. So within a year, he took his wealth and built him a large house on the mountainside.

Old Hanlin was bored for a long time, and slowly found a village boy at the bottom of the mountain to study. Later, I felt a little fun, Lao Hanlin invited a few literary friends to teach together, in his spare time, he would write and write poems, and there were scholars who were knowledgeable but did not want to take the imperial examination to go up the mountain to ask for advice and study, and after a year or two, he got the funding of the Zhao family in Tong'an, and this Xishan Academy became the climate.

I don't know if this Xishan is really a blessed land, the students who came out of this academy really have a bit of luck, Xiucai has raised a lot, that is, Hongzhu's father Cheng Guitang, who also studied there when he was young. Later, the reputation of Xishan Academy spread, and the gentlemen invited by the academy were more knowledgeable, and there were more students studying in the academy. Because of the rules of teaching without class, regardless of the rich and the poor, the reputation of the college is even greater.

Now the head of the academy is still the old Hanlin, he is already eighty or ninety years old, his body is still healthy, and his spirit is good, but he is only in good spirits to give the students a lesson or two. The deputy chief of the mountain is Jiang Xuantong, the master of Zhu Boxiubai, and I heard that he is still the nephew of Lao Hanlin, and most of the affairs in the academy are handled by him.

In the early years, due to the large number of students studying and the college could not accept them, it was decided to set up entrance examinations to recruit students in the spring and autumn of each year, and only those who passed the examination could be enrolled. If you meet a student who is really a student with good homework and a weak background, you can also be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees, so the poor students in several cities near Tong'an yearn for it.

Now Xishan Academy is no longer set up to study, so the age limit for students to get started, Cheng Wenhan is ten years old after the year, just enough, he wants to become a talent early, so as to reduce the burden on his family, so he wanted to go to Xishan Academy a long time ago. But his mother and sister lived in Zhu's house, and he had to be idle in a few days, and he didn't dare to leave. That is, because he happened to talk about moving today, he couldn't help but ask when he was so happy.

Of course, Hongzhu thought about letting Cheng Wenhan go to Xishan Academy, not to mention how clever Cheng Dù was to teach there, but at this time, scholars pay attention to the love of master and apprentice and the friendship of the same school, and it is good to go to that good academy to meet a few more acquaintances. If her younger brother didn't know how to change his temperament like her father, Hongzhu wouldn't think about the imperial examination, and Cheng Wenhan would definitely be successful if he cultivated it well, not to mention any high-ranking officials, and it was good to get a reputation and not be looked down upon by others.

It's just that when she thought that Cheng Wenhan was only ten years old, Hongzhu felt that she was still young, so she said: "The entrance test is strict, are you sure?"

Cheng Wenhan was stunned for a moment and said, "Sister, I ...... me too Didn't want to go. ”

Hongzhu knocked him, "Lie to me again." She smiled, "I don't care if you want to go or not, you will give me the test next spring." ”

"Sister......" Cheng Wenhan's eyes turned red, "I will try my best to get in." ”

"Alright, let's give it a try. Hongzhu smiled, and didn't say anything to him about how he failed the test. Her younger brother is sometimes too heavy-minded, she doesn't want to force him like Li, she knows his wishes, so she lets him try, even if it doesn't work once, it will be successful in the autumn.

Then there was nothing to do, Zhu Guida hurriedly went out to do the dowry with a list, and Mrs. Zhu instructed the Li family to open the treasury, and asked Zhu Yanmei to take the account book and light the things that could be used outside. Hongzhu also knows the chaos of the Zhu family's warehouse, even if she takes the booklet to find it, it is useless, she basically goes in and flips through it personally, and when she comes out, she is a gray man.

Hongzhu didn't look good, so she went to help. Originally, this was to prepare for Zhu Biyun's marriage, and there was no reason to ask a little girl for help. But at the moment, Zhu Guida and Jiang, who are familiar with it, are not there, relying on a Li family who is neither familiar nor strong, and Zhu Yanmei, who is just talking, I am afraid that I will not be able to find anything for a long time, and Mrs. Zhu can't say anything when she sees Hongzhu helping. Later, even Zhu Zilan and Cheng Wenhan came.

After being so busy for a long time, when it was dark, everyone was so tired that they couldn't look good. Zhu Guida bought some more things and came back, and when he moved the things back and packed them, Hongzhu was so tired that he couldn't move. Thanks to Zhu Biyun, she felt better after resting for half an afternoon, so she didn't hide in the house anymore, and went to the kitchen early to make dinner.

At dinner, except for Zhu Yanmei, there was some laughter and joy, and no one next to her said anything. Zhu Boxiu's dinner was sent by Zhu Zilan, and Jiang said that she didn't eat it.

Hongzhu couldn't care about these anymore, she felt that her body was all dust, so she boiled a big bucket of water, and after washing her sleepy eyelids, her hair was still half dry, and she fell asleep on the bed. Seeing this, Li had no choice but to take her hair out and take a cloth towel to dry her.

There was nothing to say all night, Hongzhu was still young in the end, and she was nervous when she got up in the morning, but Li Shi didn't ease up, Hongzhu was afraid that she was tired and sick, so she let her lie down and rest for a while.

The Zhu family didn't get up at this time, and even Zhu Biyun was quiet. There has been no snow in the past two days, Hongzhu is used to getting up early, and she doesn't feel too cold, so she will clean up and go to the kitchen to make a fire and cook. Unexpectedly, he was washing rice by the well, and he heard someone at the back door knocking on the door urgently.

Hongzhu was startled, and listened carefully to the voice of Aunt Gu, so she hurriedly went over and opened the back door without caring about anything else, "Auntie, what's wrong?"

Aunt Gu's face was anxious, and as soon as she opened the door and saw that it was a red bead, she said: "Isn't your sister Biyun going to marry the Deng family? The son of the Deng family was phlegm lost in the middle of the night last night, and he didn't get back, and died!"

"What?" Hongzhu was startled, and it took a while to wake up and ask, "Is it true?"

Aunt Gu patted her thigh, glared at her eyes, and said, "Why don't you believe me?" Just now, an An Rentang doctor and his two apprentices came to my stall and ate several bowls of noodles...... Doctor Gu said that he was urgently asked to go to Deng's house in the middle of the night last night to save his life, but he didn't know that Deng's family had gone early, and he was detained for half the night. It is said that there are still two doctors in the east of the city who have not been allowed to come back. It's also a shame that Dr. Gu went late, so he didn't rely on him. ”

"This ......" Hongzhu didn't know what to say, her heart was a little confused, and she didn't know whether this thing was good or bad for a while, and after thinking about it, she didn't come up with a result, so she could only say: "I have to sue my uncle." As soon as he turned around and was about to leave, he was stopped by Aunt Gu. Hongzhu couldn't help but be surprised and asked, "What's wrong, auntie?"

Aunt Gu said anxiously: "Oh, it's not this that matters now, it's Doctor Gu who said that the Deng family couldn't stand it, and actually said...... The person was killed by your Biyun!And said that he was going to take her!" She took a breath, with a complicated look in her eyes, "I can't say that someone will block the door again in a while......"

"I see. Hongzhu replied quickly, and then immediately ran to the hall.