In the study, the eldest master will test everyone's homework in the school, and let them talk about their own reading or piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. At the ceremony yesterday, although I also mentioned this matter, I didn't have time to elaborate on it.

The Shen family is a family of scholars, the family of Hanmo, and the character of the children is the first and foremost, but this qualification is also very important. No matter how good the character is, if you don't open up in the imperial examination, your achievements will be limited; Relatively, no matter how good the reading qualifications are, if the character is flawed, it is difficult to say what will happen in the future.

The career of the imperial examination, although it can soar to the sky and soar, can also be scattered into mud, and the family is ruined and scattered.

If your mind is not strong, it is better to be a squire of peace than to rise and fall in the sea.

Others are still there, Shen Quan is almost embarrassed, his chin hangs down to his chest, he will be eighteen years old, and he has not even passed the hospital examination, and he is embarrassed to mention what he is good at; Although Shen Zhu was eager to try, he was afraid that he would come out first, so he seemed frivolous and impatient, so he only stared at Shen Quan from time to time.

Shen Qin thought that the Xu family left Shen Rui alone, and the third master and the third wife were enthusiastic about Shen Rui, and they were quite different, so they were a little unwilling, and whispered: "Uncle, Brother Zhu is good at calligraphy and painting, and he has been learning calligraphy and painting with the old lady of the eighth room since he was three years old, and he worshipped Mr. Zhu as a teacher last month."

"Oh?" When the eldest man heard this, he looked at Shen Bao, who was in the general figure of Lantern Festival, and was quite surprised.

It's not that people are judged by their appearance, but Shen Bao looks honest, more than generous, not like an aura.

"The old lady was famous in Shilin in his early years, and now that he has a successor, Brother Bao should let the uncle see it." The eldest man thought of the old lady in the eighth room, touched his beard and said.

If you only talk about the old lady in the eighth room, the eldest master only mentioned the third lady when he was a child, and it is a matter of hearing what it is. But with Zhu Yunming, this is different.

Zhu Yunming lives in Shen's house every time he takes the township test. He is more than ten years younger than the eldest master, and the eldest master is also close to this nephew, so he knows his temperament, and he is enthusiastic, but he does not accept disciples casually. Shen Bao can be recognized by him, and he must have good pen power and qualifications.

Shen Bao secretly pinched Shen Qin, but he didn't refuse, and stepped forward to stand behind the bookcase.

After the bookcase, a color of pen, ink, paper and inkstone are complete.

Shen Bao took a trumpet wolf hair, ate enough ink, and wrote on the paper in a dragon flying phoenix dance.

is a five-character quatrain, Tao Yuanming's "Four Hours".

Poetry Cloud:

Spring water is full of four rivers,

Xia Yun Duoqi Peak.

The autumn moon shines,

Winter ridge Xiuhan pine.

The eldest lord looked closer, and said, "It's a little interesting." At Brother Bao's age, such pen power is already rare. Then he asked, "Can you read through the four books?" Have you learned to do current writing? ”

Shen Bao put down his pen and said shyly: "The four books have been read through, and the current literature has also been learned, but it is still superficial and unbearable." ”

Although the eldest lord does not have much contact with the Songjiang family, he knows a little bit about the situation of each house.

The old lady of the eighth room is a lifter, and his grandson Shen Liu is also a lifter, before Shen Bao's grandfather died in an accident, although he was not a lifter, he was also a living member, and he was preparing to lift a career. Generations of people in the eight rooms have cultivated and read heirlooms, and the family style is very good.

Looking at Shen Bao in front of him, there was some aura in this hand. It's just that his appearance has covered all the aura.

The eldest master said: "Your third uncle usually likes this, and in the future, at home, you don't have anything to do to go to your third uncle's side...... When you were young, Uncle Run used to worship under a famous family, and he also had some literary names, but he didn't expect this to make a living, and he had the right to be a pastime......"

When Shen Bao heard this, he was overjoyed, and his eyes shimmered: "Uncle, can you really bother Third Uncle Run?" Will it disturb the tranquility of Uncle Runsan? ”

He was not interested in the imperial examination, so he had to write and paint, and finally got to worship a famous teacher, and hurried north without any advice. If the third master is really as the eldest master said, he can get his guidance, and he finally didn't come to the capital in vain, and found something to do for himself.

The eldest master smiled: "You third uncle can't wait for a young man like you to like Wenmo to bother you in the past...... Although your third uncle is weaker and abstains from anger and anger, Brother Bao is a good boy, and he won't make your third uncle angry in vain, just go. Speaking of this, when I thought of Shen Rui, I was a little hesitant.

At this time, Shen Rui came over, and the little man at the door came in to say goodbye, and the old man opened his mouth to call in.

Although Shen Bao was pushed out by Shen Qin to make a splash, the eldest lord nodded to visit the third master, and he couldn't help but feel apprehensive while being overjoyed, afraid that Shen Zhu would be jealous, and also afraid that Shen Jue, Shen Quan and others would misunderstand, seeing Shen Rui coming in, his mind turned and he said: "Uncle, Brother Rui is quite talented in calligraphy and painting...... Great-grandfather wrote cursive in his early years, and his nephew looked just ignorant, but Brother Rui could understand the deep meaning, and his reaction was similar to that of the teacher. ”

Regarding Shen Rui's academic progress, through Wang Shouren and Shen Li, the eldest master has long been aware of it. However, not much is known about his other skills.

Seeing Shen Bao say this, the eldest master couldn't help but be curious, so he ordered Shen Rui to step forward and write a pair of words.

Shen Rui glanced at Shen Bao, and saw that he showed a bit of praying for mercy,

Looking at the cursive script on the bookcase, where Shen Rui didn't understand.

Shen Bao is "leading the water to the east", is it worth it? There are all clan brothers in front of him, and there are no characters that can't be provoked, even if Shen Bao is in the limelight because of his good books, what is there to avoid, it is worth his caution?

But now is not the time to dwell on this, in front of everyone's eyes, Shen Rui can only obey orders.

Thinking that the eldest lord asked for himself, Shen Rui was only grateful to the eldest master.

Although Xu was worried that Wang Shouren's career would be bumpy and he would not be able to help Shen Rui, Shen Rui knew that it would be more beneficial than disadvantageous for him to have such a great Confucian as a teacher.

Thinking that he would be able to meet his brothers in a while, and that he would be able to visit the teacher in the afternoon, Shen Rui was very happy, picked up a medium-sized wolf hair from the pen holder, and put down the pen and said: "Youth must be early, how can you grow up to be young."

The slightly cheesy persuasion poems, but they fall on the paper and are written in lines, and they can't be closed through the back of the paper, but they still look very elegant.

The eldest lord watched from the sidelines, and was slightly surprised.

Even if he heard Shen Bao's praise just now, the eldest master didn't think that Shen Rui would really write better than Shen Bao.

Shen Bao's family has a family background, but the four-room Shen Juren has ordinary qualifications.

And he inquired from Shen Li side by side, and knew that although Shen Rui studied diligently and had good qualifications, he was delayed when he was a child, and he didn't finish learning when he was nine years old.

But Shen Rui's handwriting really doesn't look like he has only practiced for three years. There is no accumulation of time, where will the pen be so calm.

Shen Zhu saw that Shen Bao and Shen Rui were in the limelight, so he couldn't hold his breath a little and said to Shen Quan: "Third brother, the younger brothers have all shown their hands in front of the uncle, and it should be the turn of the third brother, and the third brother should be more humble." ”

Shen Quan rolled his eyes angrily, whoever wants to be in the limelight will go out, what does it matter if he makes himself a raft?

After living and eating together for more than a month, he thought that he and Shen Zhu had a relationship that had turned, and Shen Zhu would not be the same as before in the future, and he would belittle himself and elevate himself without anything to do, but he didn't expect Shen Zhu to still be so virtuous.

Seeing that the eldest master and all the clan brothers were looking at him, Shen Quanqiang held back his anger and said: "Uncle, my nephew's piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are just a little bit of skin, where can I show ugliness...... Poetry and current texts are not very good, and the college examination has not passed twice...... "When it comes to the most gloomy, it has been gloomy."

The eldest man shook his head and said: "If you want to go to the imperial examination to advance to the imperial examination, it is a common thing to fall into the first place, and how many people have been admitted to the Jinshi smoothly along the way?" There are 300 scholars in each subject, and there are very few young scholars...... Not to mention others, even Uncle I, I have failed the hospital exam twice, and I won the township exam for the second time...... This time I was not afraid of falling into the first place, but I was afraid of falling into the same jinshi, and it took three years to take the exam...... It's luck, barely listed in the second class......"

When Shen Quan heard this, he was a little dumbfounded.

This mentions the eldest master, and the Songjiang family mentions only praise, saying that it is a young man, a young jinshi, inheriting the mantle of the third master, and his official fortune is prosperous

Unexpectedly, the eldest master also had a time to fall, and Shen Quan's originally depressed and depressed mood immediately gave birth to a little hope.

The eldest lord said solemnly: "There is no need to be afraid of falling at the beginning, there is no end to learning, as the years of study get longer, this coursework can only be more proficient, and the test results will naturally be better and better every time...... It's just that there are so many people in the world who read books, but there are a lot of fame, and there are always people who are proud and some people are disappointed...... Fifty old children, thirty young scholars...... No matter what the result of the test is, this knowledge is always your own, don't worry too much about the gains and losses in the examination room......"

Shen Quan lowered his hand and listened, and said with shame on his face: "It's my nephew who is impetuous." ”

Shen Rui was beside him, but he calculated in his heart how old the old man was when he took the exam.

The eldest lord is the same as the Xu family, fifty this year, and the second lord is four years younger than the eldest lord, forty-six this year. Because Shen Rui had heard Shen Li mention it, he remembered that these two masters were Shen Li's father-in-law, Xie Xueshi, Xie Qian, and Jinshi in the same year.

Xie Qian is the champion of Chenghua in the eleventh year, and the Huiyuan and Tanhua of that year are not others, they are Zhu Yunming's teacher Wang Ao, and now the right servant of the ministry.

In this way, it was twenty-five years ago.

The eldest master was twenty-five years old, and the second master was twenty-one years old.

After the eldest master was lifted, he stopped a subject and tried not to end, and the age of the middle lift will be pushed forward by four years, that is, twenty-one years old.

Because he had failed the township examination for the first time, the age when he passed the hospital examination was either sixteen or seventeen years old.

Continuing to push forward, he failed the hospital examination twice, and the age of the first hospital examination was only 13 or 14 years old. But it also shows that when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, he had already passed the county and government examinations.

Judging from the age of the second master, he was also a young man and a young talent.

The three generations of the second family and grandchildren are really incomparable to ordinary people in terms of their reading talent and imperial examination fortune.

Although the eldest master did not smile, from the fact that he used his defeat to encourage Shen Quan, he knew that he was a soft-hearted and loving elder.

Three years ago, thousands of miles away, but he was worried about finding a good teacher for himself, even if it was because of the old friends of the Sun and Shen families, Shen Rui still received this kindness in his heart......