March said that she is a native of Qingping, the family has been doing business for generations, and it is also a large family in Qingping City, when she was born, the family just invited a Xiucai to transcribe the family tree, because her father had not read any books, so she asked Xiucai to name her newborn daughter. That Xiucai said that the ancients had a poem: "Fireworks go down to Yangzhou in March", so that love was born in March, so it is called March, I hope it can be as brilliant and beautiful as spring flowers.

She also lived up to the name March, as time went on, she became more and more beautiful, and she was also very smart, she could recite "Hundred Family Names" at the age of four or five, and her father didn't want her to be blind, so she let her study with her brothers at home.

Coincidentally, the husband her father invited for her brothers and sisters was the Xiucai who named her back then. That Xiucai's surname is Zhang Mingjin, and his family is also a big family in Qingping, and his father also served as a county magistrate in Qingping, but his father died of illness when he was ten years old, and he became a down-and-out son in the family road. But in the end, he was born in a scholarly family, and he was born with righteousness, and he did not agree with other shabby sons.

In the end, the emperor lived up to his wishes, at the age of sixteen, he won the show, and for a time he became famous in Qingping City, saying that he won the show at such a young age, and the future is immeasurable! A year later, he was born in March, and in a few years he became the husband of the March brothers and sisters.

But God seemed to have played a joke on him, ten years have passed, and those who were admitted to Xiucai in the same year as him are either jinshi or juren, and only he has made no progress. Gradually, some people laughed at him and said that he was afraid that God was snoring before letting him win, and March's father was also a little disgusted, so he dismissed him and let March's brothers worship Mr. Another, and March didn't have a chance to study again.

In this way, another five years have passed, and the sign of March has become more and more beautiful, and this has been passed on to hundreds, and the entire Qingping City knows that the Li family has a great beauty. And March is also the age of marriage, after the ceremony, the richest man in Qingping City, the Gu family, invited the matchmaker to come to the door to say goodbye.

The Li family's business usually relies on the Gu family to take care of it, and I heard that the son of the Gu family, Gu Qihuai, was born with a dignified appearance, knowledgeable and hard-working, and has a bright future. Thinking about it this way, Li's father and mother agreed to this family affair and returned the gift with March.

Li's father and mother originally thought that their daughter was born with a beautiful appearance, and she knew a few words, which was rare among women, and Gu Qihuai would not look down on her. never thought that after the meeting, the Gu family valued their fame and politely refused this family business. For a while, the Li family became a joke in Qingping City, and they said that they took their daughter to climb the Gu family and were excluded. Carefully asked her daughter about the situation that day, and it turned out that there was a maid in the Gu family's mansion, and her daughter was compared.

Mother Li is angry, isn't it just reading? If others can read it, can't their own daughter read it? In a fit of rage, Li's mother invited Zhang Jin back to teach her daughter to read.

In other words, Zhang Jin, now that he has passed the age of his establishment, he has nothing to do except for the fame of a showman, and he lost his wife unexpectedly the year before last, and now he and a twelve- or thirteen-year-old son are left at home. But both father and son can only care about each other, and life can be described as extremely poor.

After hearing what his mother said in March, she felt a little more sympathy for Zhang Jin, and she didn't know how to live his life. She was lying on the desk, bored flipping through the book, when she suddenly saw a dark shadow entering, hurriedly turned around and stood up, and shouted hello, sir.

Zhang Jin watched March grow up, and knew that March was born beautifully, but he hadn't seen it for five years, and he never thought that the little girl would be so standard, although her face was childish, but it showed more and more the cuteness of her little daughter. It really responded to the sentence "clear water out of hibiscus, natural carving".

He smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but I've grown into a big girl in March." ”

She looked at the man in front of her, just like when he left, wearing a water-colored robe, soft and good-looking contours and eyes, and a bright and warm smile that had not been reduced by half a point due to his depressed life. March thought to herself that the years were really partial to him, she had grown so tall, but he hadn't changed at all. "The gentleman is still the same gentleman as before." She laughed.

Hearing this, Zhang Jin couldn't help laughing, "Mr. is old, and he doesn't look good if he doesn't grow tall." ”

"It's useless to have an empty skin." March said disapprerovingly.

He had also heard a little about the Gu family's resignation, and he also felt that the Gu family was rude, how could he come to the door to propose marriage first, and then regret the marriage halfway? It's really not a gentleman's doing.

"Born in the world, how can it be bad to have a good face?" Zhang Jin said in a harmonious voice, "What's more, most people in today's world study only for fame and fortune, not how noble they are." ”

His words can be regarded as a comfort to March, and the son of the Gu family is just a layman, and he can't be sad about this.

"Why does that gentleman study?"

Zhang Jin turned his eyes to look at her, lowered his head and smiled, put the book in his hand on the table, sat down slowly, and said calmly: "Of course, it is also for fame and fortune."

She was immediately stunned, thinking that he would have something to say, but she never thought that it was also for the sake of fame. She couldn't help laughing and said, "It turns out that Mr. is also a layman. ”

"It's not vulgar, it's vulgar." He looked at March and smiled softly.

"That is, the laity teaching the laity to read the books of the sages?" She laughed.

Hearing this, Zhang Jin couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, feeling that this was also reasonable, and nodded: "That's right." ”

The so-called sage book, that is, the set of the imperial examination, as for the "Three Kingdoms" that he saw in the Gu family, he also mentioned it to Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin was also surprised at that time that a little maid of the Gu family was interested in the Three Kingdoms.

"Sir, you think that girl is very powerful, doesn't you?" She looked at Zhang Jin with her cheeks and asked.

"Most of the girls' families like poetry and songs, and it is indeed rare to see history, not to mention that it is still official history, not a script." Zhang Jin looked at the homework she wrote and said in a light tone.

She sighed, and said a little sourly: "No wonder Gu Qihuai takes a fancy to her." ”

It has spread in Qingping City that Gu Qihuai wants to marry the maid of the family, and the Gu family is already preparing a three-gold dowry.

Zhang Jin raised his eyes to look at her, frowned and asked, "Do you really like Gu Qihuai so much?" ”

This question made her look puzzled, "No, why do you ask that?" ”

"Then why do you keep worrying about it?"

"Didn't you say that a woman like her was hard to come by? You think so, Gu Qihuai thinks so too. She raised an eyebrow and looked displeased.

"When did I say she was a rare sight?" Zhang Jin said with a look of injustice.

"Don't you mean that in your words?" She still had a face, and the white of her eyes were about to roll to the sky.

He looked at her amusedly, "Did you eat too much today?" Every sentence is so sour. ”

She snorted angrily, took back his homework, and turned to go out.

"Don't read today's book?" He asked behind her.

"Don't read it!" Xiao Nizi said hatefully.

He smiled helplessly, and let her go.

This study stopped for more than half a month, not that she deliberately shared it with Zhang Jinsheng, but that the Li family gave Zhang Jin annual leave. As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, Zhang Jin continued to come back to teach her, she personally went to the door to greet him, and when she saw him coming, she respectfully shouted hello to Mr.

Zhang Jin looked at the little girl and couldn't help laughing, "I haven't seen you for a few days, I'm becoming more sensible, and I know how to take over as a teacher." ”

"I haven't seen you for a year." She muttered softly.

I saw it a year ago, and now it's a year later, so I haven't seen it for a year.

Hearing this, he was a little stunned, a trace of unknown sadness flashed in his eyes, and his tone became a little emotional, "Yes, it's another year." ”

He stumbled for another year, and achieved nothing.

Hearing his melancholy mood, she hurriedly raised her eyes to look at him, but he had already put on that warm smile, took out a red envelope from his sleeve and gave it to her, and said with a smile: "New Year's money." ”

She couldn't help but light up in her eyes, took the red envelope, and looked at him with a happy face, "Thank you, sir." ”

Zhang Jin smiled, and involuntarily reached out and touched her head, "I want to study hard this year." ”

"Hmm." The little girl nodded happily.

But Zhang Jin's good reading, and March's good reading is not on the same line, last year after the "Analects", it is said that she should continue to talk about "Mencius", but she is not interested in these serious books, as Zhang Jin said before, the girl's family, should be interested in poetry and songs. So in the first lesson of the year, she talked to him about the "Book of Songs", Zhang Jin couldn't stand her soft grinding and hard bubbles, so she had to open the "Book of Songs" and pick some articles to talk about.

Among them, there is a chapter of "Sao Feng Drumming", which has been passed down to the present day, and it is no longer the original meaning. But what Zhang Jin told her was still the original meaning. She listened attentively to what he had to say, and when he was about to speak next, she asked, "With whom can the gentleman make a promise to grow old together?" ”

He smiled, and did not avoid her question, "When two people of the same age get married, they can naturally grow old, but it is just some ordinary things." ”

"If Mr. continues, I can't find someone of the same age, right?" She asked.

He is now thirty-four, where is there still a yellow flower girl in her thirties who has not yet left the cabinet?

He frowned slightly, obviously not considering such things as the continuation of the string, and after thinking about it, he said, "If you want to find it, you can't find it." ”

Her heart sank, the light in her eyes gradually dimmed, looked at the words in the book, and said with a smile: "Yes, Mr. has extraordinary knowledge and fame, and he can find it naturally, only those who smell of copper like a disciple can't find it." ”

Zhang Jin put down the book, looked at her and said in a harmonious voice: "You are still young, one day you will meet someone you like, Gu Qihuai is just a passerby in your life, there is no need to be sad about it." ”

"I'm not for him!" She couldn't help but say angrily, but after thinking about it, she felt that her anger came inexplicably, so she hurriedly bowed her head and admitted her mistake, "March is rude, please forgive me." ”

Zhang Jin smiled, "It's okay." ”