Qin Hanzhen and his party returned to the door of the house in a carriage, and then the people in the long room and the third room parted ways. The Lu family sisters and brothers naturally followed the people of the long house.

Zhao Mo followed the carriage of the third room, that is, Qin Hanzhen's carriage, to the gate of the Yongjiahou Mansion, and wandered on a horse with some reluctance. Qin Hanzhen got out of the car and said to him: "Cousin Zhao, you still have business to do, so I won't keep you." Another day, remember to come back to the house to sit. ”

Zhao Mo knew that she was persuading herself to go to the East Palace as soon as possible, sighed, and said, "Don't worry, I will do what needs to be done." Don't be too tired at home yourself. There were no elders before, so we needed to worry more. Now that the matter has been handed in, we juniors just have to wait for news. ”

Qin Hanzhen smiled and nodded: "Don't worry." It's the same with you, don't work too hard. ”

After Zhao Mo made a decision, he stopped being a mother-in-law, smiled at her, and turned his horse and drove in the direction of the imperial city.

Qin Han was really about to enter the door, but saw Qin Jian running over on horseback. It turned out that he was not worried about his cousin, and after sending his sisters into the gate, he asked the housekeeper to take care of the girls and the Lu family sisters and brothers, and then ran over to see how Qin Hanzhen was. He is responsible for taking his younger siblings out today, and when he comes back, he should explain to the third uncle and grandmother, so that he can finish his responsibility.

Qin Hanzhen entered the door with him to see Qin Bai and Niu's husband and wife, and whispered: "When is the big brother free, remember to come to me." Cousin Zhao and I have analyzed a lot of things, and you'd better take a look. In terms of familiarity with the people in the capital, Cousin Zhao is not as good as yours. He just has some connections on the side of the clan, and the people next to him don't know much. Especially my aunt's husband's family, we also have to find out the situation. ”

Qin Jian said: "I know, I'll come over later." It's about the little aunt, we really can't be careless!"

When the main house arrived, Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jian asked Qin Bai and Niu's husband and wife to say goodbye, and briefly talked about today's itinerary, where they ate, what things they bought, whether they were tired or not, and took out the things that Qin Hanzhen bought to show the two elders, all of which were folk items, and there were also a few novel and unique needles and threads with colors and patterns, as well as a unique style of calligraphy and painting.

As soon as Qin Bai looked at the painting, he took it over and looked at it carefully, wore glasses and looked at it carefully, and nodded at his granddaughter with satisfaction: "Although the painting is not painted by a famous artist, the brushwork is extraordinary, the artistic conception is far-reaching, and it is indeed a rare masterpiece." Han Zhen has been learning painting for several years, and he has finally trained his eyesight. ”

Qin Hanzhen laughed when he heard it. She looked at the painting very well, and from a distance, she saw such a work hanging on the calligraphy and painting stall across the street, and the style was quite familiar. However, during the Chinese New Year, people who visit the temple fair like to festive things, this painting is thin bamboo and mountain stones, and it is a black and white ink painting, which is not a festival, so it is placed in the corner by the calligraphy and painting. When she sent someone to buy it, she was worried that it had already been bought, but fortunately, there were not many people who knew the goods, so she was asked to pick it up cheaply.

As soon as the painting arrived, she saw the payment of "Zheng Xie" on it. Zheng Banqiao's paintings, can they still be bad? It's just that it seems that he hasn't reached the time to become famous yet.

Qin Hanzhen directly gave the painting to Qin Bai: "Grandfather can keep it if he likes it, and when I want to learn to paint bamboo, I will learn it again." Qin Bai didn't refuse, and put the painting away with a smile.

Niu asked Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jian: "Is the temple fair so lively? It's so crowded? I haven't returned after seeing you for so long, and I don't know if you're crazy at the temple fair, so I sent someone to find it." As a result, the next person came to the vicinity of the east and west archway, and he didn't dare to approach from a distance, saying that it was that the area was crowded, and he couldn't recognize who was who, and he couldn't squeeze in. I'm afraid you'll be squeezed out. ”

Qin Hanzhen smiled and said, "It's a little squeezing, but we're all fine." First, we went early, and it wasn't so crowded at that time. Second, we brought a lot of people, surrounded us twice, all the way over, our sisters were not crowded, but it was inconvenient to buy things, just to watch the excitement. Because we were too tired, we went to the nearby Qianwei House to rest near noon. Cousin Zhao booked a yard there, everyone had a good meal, and the second and fifth sisters also took the opportunity to take a nap. Taking advantage of that free time, the eldest brother sent a few mothers-in-law back to buy things for us that we liked in advance, but we didn't have to crowd with people anymore. ”

Niu looked at Qin Jian appreciatively: "It's hard to think thoughtfully about your child." In this way, you can buy what you want to buy after shopping and playing, and you don't have to be too tired. Knowing this, I went with you. ”

Qin Hanzhen thought about the surging crowd at the Longfu temple meeting in the morning, and felt that it was better for his grandmother not to go.

Qin Jian was praised by the Niu family for a long time, and he was embarrassed, hurriedly said a few words, and then left. By sending his three cousins home, he did his duty. From his parents' place, he still has to show his face.

After Qin Jian left, Qin Hanzhen took Niu to see the gadgets she bought. Niu Shi admired it with great interest for a while, and then asked her what she ate in Qianweiju. As soon as Qin Hanzhen came, she became interested and asked Qin Bai: "When the weather is warmer, let's go to Qianweiju for a meal, how about it?

Qin Bai took his eyes off Zheng Banqiao's painting and blinked: "Ah...... Then wait until the weather is warmer. Then he turned back again.

Niu whispered to his granddaughter angrily: "At first glance, I know that he is fascinated by the painting." I never saw him like painting so much before, but now he is getting more and more confused. Sometimes I forget to eat while I paint. When I talk to him, he answers, and he doesn't even know what I'm saying!"

Qin Hanzhen smiled and coaxed her grandmother: "In the past, my grandfather used to teach as his main business, of course, he didn't have so much time to spend on calligraphy and painting. Isn't he idle now? Always thinking of ways to pass the time. The calligraphy and painting are very good, but it doesn't cost so much to collect antiques. He also collected ancient paintings occasionally. ”

Niu Shi said: "Previously, your aunt's younger brother studied at your grandfather's place for a year, and he made great progress, and even passed the Xiucai exam, but your grandfather refused to continue to teach him, and only let him go back to your aunt, so that he could see more of the world and increase his experience. In fact, your aunt would be more than happy to ask your brother to study with your grandfather for a few more years. There are also clansmen, in the past two years, there are also a few junior students who have passed the Xiucai or Tongsheng examinations, and want to go to Beijing to study in front of your grandfather, but after your grandfather read their articles, they all refused. I said that he didn't need to be too harsh on his juniors, just teach him slowly, but he had to be lazy! Now he has nothing to do, he can only find things to pass the time, isn't it all his own fault?"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "Grandfather walked everywhere in the past few years, Northwest, Shuzhong, Jiangnan, and Lingnan, and he walked for a year and a half. He is also an old man for the sake of the juniors. What's more, whether it is my aunt's younger brother or the descendants of the clan, they all have family members and relatives, and it is too hard for them to leave their hometown to study with their grandfather. Datong and Jiangnan are not without good gentlemen, let them stay with their families to study, and they can get more care, not necessarily worse than in our family. ”

In fact...... Qin Bai was probably used to being a famous teacher and Confucian in the past, and the students he accepted were all relatively good, and the mediocre people couldn't come to him, so he couldn't stand the stupidity of the students. Feng Yuting, the younger brother of the fifth aunt Xiao Feng, is considered to have some talent, but because he has been protected too well and rarely goes out, he is a little shallow in knowledge, and the articles he writes are not connotative, and the words are naïve and immature. As for the children in the clan, some of them have a poor foundation, and some have limited talents and insufficient comprehension, so they can't keep up with Qin Bai's teachings. It's already rare for them to be able to show talents, and it will be very difficult to go up further. Qin Bai didn't accept them, and he didn't want to teach stupid students, so he would be so angry that he would teach himself.

With Qin Bai's current status, no one can embarrass him, and he doesn't want to embarrass himself. As a relative, and with a holy dependent, it is a bit taboo to accept a scholar as a student. He felt that he was too old to enjoy a few years of good fortune, so he was not very keen to personally guide others to read. The addiction of being a good teacher has come up, and there is also a granddaughter Qin Hanzhen, nephew Qin Jian, cheap nephew grandson Zhao Mo, and the Xu family brothers who occasionally come to the door for him to enjoy.

Niu just complained about her husband for a few words, and when she finished speaking, she pulled her granddaughter to talk about today's temple fair: "Since there are many people at the temple fair, do you remember what there are? Don't forget, you promised me to draw a "temple fair map". ”

Qin Hanzhen blinked, and a cold sweat secretly broke out on his back.

When she went out today, when she went to the temple fair, she remembered it. As a result, he discussed with Zhao Mo and Qin Jian all kinds of clues about the loser alliance, and forgot about it. Fortunately, she still has a small book to rely on.

Qin Hanzhen hurriedly said: "Grandmother, don't worry, I walked all the way, took notes all the way, and when Ming'er was free, I started to draw sketches." How about a larger one this time? But it might take a little more time. ”

Niu nodded with a smile: "The big picture is very good, and it's okay to spend a little more time." I don't expect you to draw it in a few days. As long as you wait for the ninth day of the first month of next year, before Longfu Temple holds another temple fair, you can paint this picture, and it is enough. ”

A year is still quite a lot of time. Qin Han really agreed without thinking about it.

Then Niu asked Lily to pick up a post with a dark red background and gold on a dark red background, and said to Qin Hanzhen: "This is a post sent by Mrs. Ma of the General Mansion of the Pillar State not long after you went out. At the end of the month, General Ma Lao will celebrate his 60th birthday, and the General's Mansion will hold a birthday banquet and feast guests. Mrs. Ma invited our family to come over for a drink. ”

General Ma Lao is said to have had a friendship with the old marquis of Yongjiahou Mansion, but it was not for a long time. He was later transferred to the northwest Yulin guard town, and knew that Qin Bai, the young son of the old marquis, had settled there, and he had secretly taken care of a lot. Thanks to him, Qin Ping and Qin An both successfully entered Yulinwei. Later, he was transferred away, and his nephew was transferred to Datong, and he also signaled his nephew to bring Qin Ping with him, so that he could take the opportunity to be promoted. It's a pity that Qin Ping gave the opportunity to his younger brother Qin An at that time, and Qin An took his new wife He to Datong. Even if it is not counted from the older generation, just the friendship between Qin Ping and Qin An under the command of General Ma Lao, this birthday wine, the third room of the Qin family must also go to a trip, and a birthday gift must be carefully prepared.

Qin Hanzhen immediately said: "I'll let the housekeeper prepare a few birthday gifts, in addition to giving one in the name of my grandfather and grandmother, my father and uncle's share can't be missed." However, there are still nearly twenty days before the end of the month, should my grandmother send someone to Datong to ask my uncle if he has also prepared a gift for General Ma?"

Qin An is now the top boss of Datong, and he is still General Ma's nephew, General Ma. These things are indispensable.

Niu nodded: "Then send someone." ”