Zhang Fan walked out of the county office and walked towards home without stopping. When the pedestrians on the road saw Zhang Fan, they all greeted him with a smile. Zhang Fan was eager to return home, so he had to smile and nod, but the pace under his feet was not slow at all.

When he arrived in the east of the city, his home was about to arrive, and Zhang Fan saw the roof of his house from afar. When I got closer, I saw a figure standing in front of my family, looking at something, not who my mother was!

I don't know why, Zhang Fan saw his mother, but his pace slowed down. At this time, the Zhao family also saw his son who had been out for many days, and he had not seen Zhang Fan for so many days, and he was worried about his safety, and the Zhao family had a difficult time these days. When Zhang Fan first entered the city, the people in the city told her that Zhang Fan was back. He knew that Zhang Fan must have something to do first, although Pan'er was anxious, he had no other ideas. Now seeing that her child appeared in front of her safely and soundly, she eagerly wanted to rush over and hug Zhang Fan tightly, but she didn't move.

The mother and son were in such a situation, and Zhang Fan walked towards her step by step under the gaze of his mother. He came to his mother, looked at her face, and said so many words in his heart, but he couldn't say a word. The same is true for the Zhao family, looking at his son who is close at hand, he is already in tears, but he can't open his mouth.

Zhang Fan suddenly knelt down, kowtowed to his mother, and said: "Mother, the child is not filial, and he has been away from home for many days, so let his mother worry about it, and ask his mother to punish him." ”

Zhang Fan's move made Zhao a mess, she felt sorry for Zhang Fan before it was too late, where would she punish him. Hurriedly helped Zhang Fan up, and said: "Get up quickly, it's good to be back, it's good to be back." Looking at the son in front of him, he found that in addition to losing some weight, he was in good spirits, so he was relieved.

Zhang Fan saw that Zhao was only looking at himself, and the others he attracted couldn't help watching, he was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Mother, let's go into the house, it's cold, don't freeze your body." ”

Zhao listened to Zhang Fan's words, then came back to his senses and said, "Yes, yes, you look at my mother." Hurry up and get into the house, this weather must be frozen! With that, he hurriedly pulled Zhang Fan back home.

Everything in the home is so familiar to Zhang Fan, the same clean and tidy, the same makes people feel warm. Zhao always tidied up the room in an orderly manner, Zhang Fan's room was very clean, and the new bed was neatly arranged with a new set of quilts and a new dress made of satin. And Zhang Fan's study is particularly clean, and everything is spotless. It seems that the Zhao family still cares about Zhang Fan as always.

"Come and let my mother take a good look!" Zhao pulled Zhang Fan to the hall and sat down, looked at Zhang Fan carefully and said, "My son has lost weight, and he has worked hard with the army outside, so he didn't encounter any danger, right?" ”

"Mother, isn't the child good?" Although he said so, Zhang Fan's concern for his mother was happy from the bottom of his heart, "I went out with the army, how could there be danger." Zhang Fan didn't dare to say that he was cut by the Tartars and killed someone, let alone that he almost couldn't come back.

"Okay, good, it's my mother's heart, it's good to come back." Only then did Zhao completely let go of the burden in his heart and said, "I've been worried since you left, for fear that something would happen to you. Although I received your letter a few days ago, I just can't live in peace in my heart. Now that you're back, I'm relieved. ”

"The child is not filial, and he is tired of his mother's concern." Zhang Fan was also very guilty.

"Don't talk about that." Now that Zhang Fan had returned safely, the Zhao family didn't want to mention those unpleasant things anymore, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said, "You have been away for so many days, and you have gone out with the army, and those dry foods must be unaccustomed to eating, and you have lost a lot of weight." It's a small year today, I thought you wouldn't be able to come back, and I planned to be casual by myself. Now that you're back, I have to go buy some groceries and comfort my family. ”

"Mother, don't be so troublesome, let's just order it, as long as it's a dish made by my mother, the children like it." Zhang Fan didn't want his mother to be too tired, so he said immediately.

"How's that going to work?" Mother categorically refused, saying that she was about to go out, she remembered something, turned to Zhang Fan and said, "A few days ago, the county commander sent someone to send a lot of silver taels and silk, saying that it was rewarded to you by the imperial court, what is going on?" ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he remembered that the eunuch Feng Bao had said that the emperor wanted to reward him with something, and said, "That was the emperor's special reward for me." ”

"The Emperor...... Emperor? Zhao was taken aback, she was a woman from a common family, and she had only heard in the opera that the emperor rewarded things to meritorious civil ministers and military generals, where would she have thought that this kind of thing would appear in her own home.

"Mother, it's the saint today." Zhang Fan, as a person with a modern soul who had only lived in ancient times for a few months, did not feel too much about the emperor, and when he saw his mother so surprised, he immediately reacted and immediately said, "I went to Datong with the army, where Qi Jiguang, who was in charge of exterminating the Tartars, mentioned me when he sent good news to the imperial court. The emperor saw that I was finally in the court, so he specially rewarded me with something, saying that he wanted to set an example for the world's scholars, and I was also ashamed of it! ”

"This is really ......" Zhao listened to Zhang Fan's explanation, knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the capital, and said, "Thank you to the emperor, thank you to the emperor......"

Zhang Fan was taken aback, he didn't expect his mother's reaction to be so intense, he hurriedly stepped forward to help his mother up, and thought in his heart: "You have to pay attention in the future, forget how much the emperor's weight is to ordinary people at this time." ”

Zhao really thanked him for his kindness, and then he gave up and said to Zhang Fan: "Those silk ladies took it and made you a few new clothes, Fan'er went to wear them to see if they fit." My mother is going out and will be back in a while. So saying, he walked out.

"......" Zhang Fan watched his mother go out of the house helplessly, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. When I returned to my room, I picked up the dress on my bed, and the silky silk in my hand was indeed a great pleasure, not to mention that this material was given by the emperor, and the silk that could be used in the palace was even more extraordinary. Zhang Fan took off the clothes that had been worn for many days, and looked a little shabby because of horseback riding and fighting with the Tartars, and put on this new clothes. If you stand on the street, you will definitely attract the attention of those girls who are just beginning to fall in love. Zhang Fan couldn't see what he looked like, but he felt that the clothes fit well. After walking a few steps in the room, I thought again: "In ancient China, this dress should also be particular, although those merchants have a lot of money, they can't wear clothes made of silk and satin, so they can only live at home." It seems that it is really 'everything is inferior, only reading is high'. ”

After cleaning up, Zhang Fan came to his study and sat down, looking at the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table in front of him, but this innate thing happened in his heart. Since he followed Liu Jinquan to Ningxiawei, what Zhang Fan saw and heard along the way had a great impact on him. Those feelings that made Zhang Fan feel that he had to become ruthless and eliminate hidden dangers before the crisis was discovered, Zhang Fan didn't know, in the era of advanced information in his previous life, what kind of great truth Zhang Fan hadn't heard? But what really made Zhang Fan feel that he should do this was everything that happened in just a few days. In Zhang Fan's life and even in his previous life before rebirth, all the formal standards were imperceptibly changing without him noticing. Maybe this is an opportunity, maybe since Zhang Fan decided to go to officialdom and embark on the road full of deceit, these things will always be presented to him in the future, and Zhang Fan at that time never thought about these problems, if it weren't for the changes in these days, Zhang Fan would definitely suffer in the future. But now Zhang Fan really understands the truth, and he can't use it freely, but it will be of great help to him in his future life. And these are what Zhang Fan will face in the future. Now Zhang Fan is still immersed in the sensory stimulation of what happened in those days.

Unconsciously, Zhang Fan fell asleep. When Zhao returned home, he saw Zhang Fan lying on the desk and fell asleep, so he didn't wake him up, but brought him a thin window quilt and gently draped it over Zhang Fan, for fear of waking him up.

At dusk, Zhang Fan woke up. Looking at the sun setting outside the window, Zhang Fan realized that he had slept for several hours. Although it was not a long time, Zhang Fan felt that his spirit was surprisingly good. Maybe I don't have the feeling of worrying anytime and anywhere in the army, and I feel comfortable in the relaxed environment at home.

"Fan'er, you're awake." Zhao pushed open the door of the study, found that Zhang Fan had woken up, and said to him, "Come and go with your mother to worship the Lord of the Stove, and then you can eat." ”

Zhang Fan followed the Zhao family to the sacrificial stove, he didn't know what to do at all, fortunately, there was his mother in front, and Zhang Fan did whatever his mother did. After the worship, Zhang Fan washed his hands and came to the hall, where his mother was already sitting at the table waiting for him, and hot dishes were placed on the table. Zhang Fan sat down, found that there was already a bowl full of rice on the table in front of him, greeted his mother, Zhang Fan picked up the chopsticks and began to enjoy.

Although there are only two mothers and sons, today is the day when Zhang Fan goes home safely, and there is a New Year, and Zhao has made a few more dishes, which Zhang Fan usually likes to eat. Although it is not a delicacies from the mountains and seas, Zhang Fan really likes the food cooked by his mother from the bottom of his heart. Zhao's meal was not large, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks early, and watched Zhang Fan eat, and his face unconsciously showed a smile.

"Fan'er, have you eaten enough? If you don't have it, eat more, my mother made more this time. Zhao saw Zhang Fan put down the dishes and chopsticks and said.

"Mother, the child is full." Zhang Fan said, seeing that his mother was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, he said, "Mother, you will clean up later, I have something to tell you." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhao stopped what he was doing and looked at Zhang Fan curiously. Ordinary Zhang Fan will not tell himself at this time even if he has something.

"That's the ......" Zhang Fan organized what he wanted to say in his heart, "That day, Lord Qi mentioned the child in the good news to the imperial court, not only the emperor gave the child some rewards, but the cabinet bachelor Zhang Juzheng Zhang read the article during the child's township examination and recommended the child to go to the country to study. ”

"Really! That's great! Zhao was very happy to hear the news. Although she was born into a common family, she has also read some books and knows who the cabinet scholars are and what the place of the national eunuch is. Zhang Fanneng was favored by the bachelors of the imperial court and recommended him to study in Guozijian, but it was too late for her to be happy.

"It's just, mother, we're going to move to the capital." Zhang Fan muttered, she was a little afraid that her mother would not agree.

"Then move to the capital, didn't the emperor reward you with a thousand taels of silver, these must be enough." The Zhao family has the momentum of Meng's mother's three moves, and in order for Zhang Fan to have a better environment to study, she doesn't care about anything else. For her, Anhua County only has Zhang Fan's father's short memories of her and the hardships of raising Zhang Fan's growth.

"......" Zhang Fan didn't expect his mother to agree so quickly and so simply, and he didn't have much to say about what he had prepared, and he didn't know what to say.

"When are you going?" Zhao asked again.

"Until next year, Master Zhang will write to me." Zhang Fan replied.

"Then let's go next year, it's almost the New Year this year, let's have a good New Year." After Zhao finished speaking, he began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks.

Zhang Fan returned to the study, thought about it, and then understood his mother's painstaking efforts. Bored, he picked up another book and read it until it was completely dark, and then went back to the house to rest.