Let's say that Li Xianzhi went out by preparing meals, suddenly felt relaxed, and strode out of the house.

Watching Li Xianzhi walk away, Zhou Xuetai said with a smile: "Seeing that this junior brother is only sixteen or seventeen years old, he is very skilled in doing things, so it can be seen that what the teacher said is true?"

Governor Jin knew that he had something to say, so he didn't refute him, and said with a smile: "Because of this alone, you are too underestimated as a teacher." As he spoke, he got up and walked to the bookcase, picked up a volume of manuscripts full of words and handed it to Zhou Xuetai, and said, "These are all articles written by Xianzhi, let's take a look."

Zhou Xuetai was full of doubts, took the manuscript, looked at it carefully page by page, did not read half of it, and said repeatedly: "Okay!" Good! Good! Such a unique insight has not been seen in decades. ”

It turns out that although Li Xianzhi's article is good, it is not to the point of perfection, only because he has hundreds of years of knowledge, and wrote the ideas of politics and learning in later generations into the article, so he has lofty intentions, which has attracted the respect of Governor Jin, and Zhou Xuetai also sighed.

said that Zhou Xuetai held Li Xianzhi's article and read it several times, and he was more and more full of praise, forgetting everything in his mind.

Governor Jin reminded: "My colleagues have been waiting in the front hall for a long time, so you should go and see you."

Only then did Zhou Xuetai wake up like a dream, put down the Chinese manuscript in his hand, and said to the teacher: "There is a reminder from Master Laoen, the student has gone." When I went out, I went to the front hall to meet the officials, and after seeing the ceremony one by one, I sat down to drink tea and chat.

At the same time, Li Xianzhi and He Tai'an had already urged a few servants to drive a big car back from Li's mansion, which was loaded with polished rice, white flour, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, fish, and newly bought seasonal fruits and vegetables.

The two drove the car into the backyard and called the servants to move the things in the car into the room, and the cooks immediately got busy.

Li Xianzhi asked someone to wash the fruit, put seven or eight plates, and send it to the side hall to serve tea to the adults. He picked up a plate of large and fresh fruits, held them himself, and came to see Governor Jin with He Tai'an.

Entering Governor Jin's study, Li Xianzhi presented a fruit plate and persuaded the teacher to use some. Governor Jin picked a fresh peach that was not big or small and ate it, ate a cup of tea, and told Zhou Xuetai that he admired Li Xianzhi's article very much. Li Xianzhi humbled himself, and the three of them gossiped again.

After a long time, the steward came to report that the food and wine had been prepared in the room, and asked the governor to give instructions. Governor Jin said: "Today is Zhou Xuetai as the east, you go and report to him to know, and he will deal with it." The steward was commanded to depart.

After a while, Zhou Xuetai came again, and when he entered the door, he said: "The student was presumptuous, and he didn't dare to dismiss the kindness of his colleagues, so he borrowed the teacher's treasure to be the east, and I specially invited the teacher to attend."

Governor Jin refused. Zhou Xuetai said: "The teacher is the parent of this side, if he is not present, the students will never dare to open the table." As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

Seeing this, Governor Jin had no choice but to agree: "You go first, I'll change my clothes later." With that, he went back. Zhou Xuetai invited Li Xianzhi and He Taian to the banquet together.

He Tai'an said: "All the people invited by the adults are officials of the imperial court, and they don't have half an inch of fame in their lower bodies, how dare they bother." Li Xianzhi also refused.

When Zhou Xuetai saw the two of them like this, he stopped talking and turned to leave.

The two watched Zhou Xuetai leave, and He Tai'an said: "You should still go, don't disappoint Lord Jin's good intentions."

Li Xianzhi smiled and said: "I was born with a clumsy tongue, I can't deal with the affairs of the official family, and it's annoying to go there, so it's better not to go."

He Tai'an smiled and proposed: "In this case, it is inconvenient for you and me to stay here, so it is better to deign to go to the place and have a few glasses of wine."

When Li Xianzhi heard this, he felt reasonable, so he said: "In this way, there is Mr. Lao." With that, the two went out.

Li Xianzhi took out a few pieces of silver from his sleeve and rewarded Qing'an, and said, "Put away the cups and plates, come with us."

Qing'an got the silver, answered, ran into the house with a cigarette, and packed it up.

He Tai'an shouted with a smile: "Let's go first, you finish picking up and send the fruit to my house."

Qing'an replied loudly: "The little one has been written down." The two laughed and left.

He Tai'an led Li Xianzhi into the third courtyard, along the corridor to the west, through a corner gate, into a small courtyard, the courtyard is directly north of the three tiled houses, in front of the house planted a pomegranate tree, casting a long shadow under the slanting sun.

He Tai'an pointed to a house on the east side and said, "I live in this room." The other two rooms are occupied by Mr. Ma and Mr. Yuan, who are in the curtain like me. Now that Mr. Ma has resigned, Mr. Yuan has returned to his hometown to visit relatives, and the courtyard is clean. ”

Li Xianzhi entered the door and saw at a glance that he was facing a bookcase, on which were the study utensils, and there were several calligraphy and paintings hanging on the back wall; On the west side, there are two chairs against the wall, and a coffee table in the middle; The east side is also against the wall, where an Arhat couch is placed, and there is a small square table on the couch. Looking at it, although the house is small, it is not narrow, but it is not narrow, but there is no hole.

He Tai'an let Li Xianzhi sit and said, "I don't live in this house often, and I only have the right to stay here for one night when the yamen is busy with affairs and can't return home." As he spoke, he took out two sauce-colored coarse porcelain jars from a small wooden box in the corner of the house, and said with a smile: "There is nothing to prepare, only these two jars of old wine, just eat it indiscriminately."

Li Xianzhi said: "This is already a nuisance."

He Tai'an put the wine jar on the small table on the Luohan couch, took out two white porcelain bowls, and let Li Xianzhi sit.

Fang poured the wine, Qing'an slammed into the door, put the plate of fruit on the table, and gasped: "The little hands and feet are clumsy, so Li Gongzi and Mr. He have been waiting for a long time."

He Tai'an said: "It's okay, it's just right." He took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and handed it to Qing'an: "Then please go to the store near the left to buy some dishes with wine."

Qing'an said: "The house is full of wine, meat, vegetables and vegetables, why do you go to the street to buy them?" The smaller ones are going to bring some of them. ”

He Tai'an said: "The wine, meat, vegetables and vegetables in the room are Zhou Xuetai's hospitality to guests, how can you ask for them?" When it spreads out, it makes people gossip, and you will buy it with the money. Qing'an took the money and walked away.

He Tai'an poured the wine and invited Li Xianzhi to clink glasses. After drying three bowls of cold wine in a row, Li Xianzhi suddenly felt dizzy, hurriedly threw the wine bowl, grabbed a fruit and took it to his mouth, and pressed the strength of the wine.

He Tai'an saw that Li Xianzhi was overwhelmed by wine, so he no longer persuaded him to eat, but poured himself a drink, ate a few more bowls, and stopped his cup to Li Xian: "You are only sixteen or seventeen years old, but your calm practice far surpasses people of the same age, and I read your article again, and my knowledge is even more transcendent, and He admires it very much."

Li Xianzhi hurriedly said to himself: "Writing some words indiscriminately, it is not in order, and Mr. praised it falsely."

He Tai'an said again: "Don't be humble, your talent and insight are indeed extremely high, otherwise Lord Jin will never respect and value it so much."

As he was talking, Qing'an walked in with a food box and said, "It's getting late, there's nothing on the street, the little one broke his leg, so he bought a few things randomly, and you two will use it."

As he spoke, he took the same out of the food box and placed them on the small table: a plate of fried meat, a plate of dried tofu, a plate of fried cakes, and a few butter cakes. Then, he took out a small piece of silver from his sleeve and put it on the table, and said to He Tai'an: "Buy these things and share one two and six cents of silver, and the rest will be returned to you."

He Tai'an said: "The silver will be rewarded to you, and you will serve us to eat and drink."

Qing'an immediately put the silver on his sleeve and said, "Okay." I went happily. After a short time, Qing'an held a brazier and put it outside the door, lit a fire, and put a copper pot to boil water and scald wine.

Li Xianzhi accompanied He Tai'an to eat and drink and chat, until nightfall, both of them were drunk. Li Xianzhi instructed Qing'an to wait for Mr. He to sleep, and then left.

Li Xianzhi walked out of He Tai'an's room, did not leave the house from the side door, but turned to the front hall to look, and saw that the lights were still bright inside, so he asked a small servant waiting outside the door: "Is Master Jin here?"

The little servant replied, "Lord Jin is unwell and has gone back to his room to rest." The old men who came also left twice, and now only Zhou Xuetai, Cao Yandao, and Zhao Bingbei are left, saying that they want to talk about New Year's friendship. Then he complained, "The old men are so hungry that we are hungry." As he spoke, he yawned.

A small guy next to him hurriedly said: "You and I are here to serve people's lives, what else do you want?" Take heed that it reaches the ears of the steward, and chases thee. ”

Li Xianzhi smiled, took out a piece of broken silver and handed it to the two: "You two are waiting for a good life, and this bit of silver will be used to buy a bowl of wine to eat." The two of them immediately smiled, took the money, and thanked them again and again.

Li Xianzhi turned out of the house and saw Li Xi leading two horses to sit under the shadow wall and nap, so he walked over to wake him up. Li Xi saw Gongzi come out, and hurriedly got up and said, "Gongzi, please get on the horse and go home."

Li Xianzhi turned over a tall horse, Li Xi also rode on another slightly shorter horse, and the two went home in a roundabout way.

When he got home, Li Xianzhi threw the reins to Li Xi and asked him to tie the horse, because he had eaten a lot of wine and was drunk, he didn't go to see his father, he quietly slipped into the room alone, lit the lamp, and copied a copy of "Zhuzi" and read it. After reading a few pages, I felt that my eyes were foggy and tired, so I threw the book aside and slept with my clothes.

The next morning, before Li Xianzhi woke up, the personal maid Huan'er pushed the door in and sat up in shock.

Huan'er saw that Gongzi didn't even take off his shoes and socks, so he hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said, "The slave and maid were sleepy for a while, and they didn't wait for Gongzi's family to come, so please ask Gongzi to surrender."

Li Xianzhi jumped out of bed and said, "It's me who came back late from the outside, what does it have to do with you?" Bring me a basin of water, and I will wash my face and bring some clean clothes, shoes, and socks. ”

Huan'er didn't blame Li Xianzhi when she saw it, and went out with a bow.

At this time, Li Xianzhi suddenly remembered that yesterday Governor Jin invited him to see Zhou Xuetai in the mansion, so that he could have fellowship with him and talk about the friendship of the same family.

Although Zhou Xuetai saw it, he didn't say a few words before and after, but he was drunk at Mr. He's place, which was a lot of hard work for the teacher. He thought to himself, "I must go to the house to see the teacher and admit my mistake to him." Just thinking about it, Huan'er came in with clothes, shoes and socks, and followed another maid Feng'er, walking in with a basin of water.

Li Xian's heart was absent-minded, and the two maids hurriedly washed his face, combed his hair, and changed his clothes, and then hurriedly went to the stable and led a horse to step out of the door.

The Li Mansion was not far from the governor's yamen, and the whip was there. Li Xianzhi jumped off the horse, looked at the door and walked first, and a small guy came out of it, it was Qing'an.

Li Xianzhi asked, "You don't wait by your side, why do you look at the door today?"

Qing'an said: "The season of autumn prevention is coming, Lord Jin went out of the city to inspect the military equipment, and he didn't take me with him." The old man Xu who was the gatekeeper was sick, his home went to his home, and the servants in the house were all borrowed by Zhou Xuetai to deliver messages to the villages near the left, and I was the only one left up and down, and the right to replace him here. ”

Li Xianzhi asked, "When did the adults leave?"

Qing'an said: "I left early in the morning, and Mr. He also left."

Li Xianzhi was quite regretful and said, "I'll wait for the adults to come back another day to visit."

Qing'an said: "It's okay, when the adults come back, I'll go to the house to report." said, send Li Xianzhi far away.