When Shen Fu left Hangzhou Mansion, it was already past the beginning of summer. The weather is hot at the beginning. Everyone went down the boat, and it didn't take half a day to enter the territory of Huzhou.

As soon as I got on the ferry, I saw that the acacia flowers along the coast were in full bloom one after another, red and white, and the strings hung down in the air, straight like copper bells.

When I entered the city, I saw that the market was bustling and populated. Everyone played a lot, and gradually became a little tired, and they didn't wander around at the moment, but only picked a hotel to stay, rested for the night, and only cheered up on the second day and visited slowly.

After another day, the scenery of Huzhou is almost finished, and Shen Fu has been calculating it for a long time, and he can't help but feel homecoming.

Zhao Jizhi and others were naturally tired of the detention trip and didn't want to stay, so they cleared the tariff that night, chartered a boat and went straight to Changzhou, and then turned back to Jinling. After running around like this, when I returned to school, it was already three days later.

Shen Fu stepped into the Qingxin Courtyard with his front foot, and saw Pingshun running out with joy behind him, shouting, "Master, you can count it back!" ”

"It's rare not to let your little slippery head follow you, aren't you thankful?" Shen Fu said as he strode into the house.

Seeing that he was in a chic and happy mood, and knew that he was having fun outside, he couldn't help but feel a little unbalanced, so he poured cold water on him and said, "Master still has the heart to make fun of me, yesterday, the master sent Uncle Rui to deliver a letter." Uncle Rui saw that his grandfather was not in the school, so he tried me as a prisoner, I was tight-lipped, and I didn't say that my grandfather went out to play with his classmates, but Uncle Rui didn't buy it, and slapped me a few times, and this mark is still on my face! ”

Shen Fu saw that he was pitiful, so he looked at his face, and sure enough, he saw a shallow mark, and couldn't help laughing: "Such a shallow mark, if you want to take an egg dress, it should have disappeared a long time ago, and you still keep it, isn't this deliberately making me pity you?" ”

Pingshun touched his face and said with a smile: "I was beaten for my grandfather, and I am loyal, so I have to let my grandfather see it!" ”

"Stop scolding, let's say what the master sent Jingrui to do?" Shen Fu couldn't wait to ask.

"Uncle Rui didn't say anything, just let me give this letter to Ye'er!" Ping Shun said, took out two letters from his cuffs, and handed the top one to Shen Fu.

Shen Fu opened it and saw that the letter was nothing more than some words of persuasion, so he only mentioned it at the end, asking him to go to Suzhou before the Dragon Boat Festival to weave Shu Wenshu's mansion.

Shen Fu couldn't figure out what Shen Jiafu was asking him to do, but he just thought that according to the previous practice, it was inevitable to be scolded, and he suddenly shuddered and became sad.

was worried, and when he caught a glimpse of Pingshun standing aside with nothing to do, holding another letter in his hand, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where did this letter come from?" It's been a while since I sent the letter home, could it be a letter from home? ”

Pingshun nodded deeply.

Shen Fu suddenly turned from sadness to joy, snatched the letter from his palm, and then opened it, walked away, and looked at it.

Silently entered the study, sat in front of the desk, Shen Fu couldn't put it down and held the letter from the family, read and looked, thought and thought, and then put the inkstone on the plaster, and wrote: "Received a letter from home, my heart."

Very relieved! Quoted in your letter, I deeply believe that in the future, I will be a gentleman and far from a villain, and I will never return to Baoshan empty. Don't read it at home! In addition, I haven't heard about the situation at home for a long time, and I hope you will tell me in detail! ”

After writing, throwing the pen, Shen Fu stared at the rice paper in front of the door whose handwriting had not yet dried, and his thoughts were undulating.

He regretted a little, regretted that he hadn't written a little more about his recent situation just now, so he started to crumple the family letter that he had just written, but he suddenly hesitated again. No matter how much people talk outside, it is useless, except to worry their families.

After being silent for a while, Shen Fu folded the letter with his hands, carefully put it into the envelope, burned a circle of wax himself, and then called Pingshun in, attached the hosta he bought a few days ago, and ordered him to send it to the post station overnight and send it home together.

Two days later, Chen Yun got the letter from home, with a smile on her face, and hurriedly opened it to see, and saw that a hosta was attached, and she was even more pleased.

Holding the letter and falling asleep, Chen Yun was embarrassed, and she didn't even have time to tidy up her appearance, so she sat down behind the flat-headed case in a panic and replied:

"Recently, the eldest lord has relapsed, often feeling seriously ill and difficult to heal, and the days are numbered, and he has begun to look for a husband for Sister Yuan. Sister Yuan and I chatted privately, and once said: The children of anointed rice can only sleep in flowers and willows, provoke grass and stir up the wind, and cannot be entrusted for life; Poor and rotten, horses are thin and long-haired, people are poor and short-minded, and they cannot be entrusted with life. is also a woman, Sister Yuan and I are general-minded, poor scholars and families are surrounded by walls, and it is miserable after marriage; Although the children of the gentlemen can be relied on, no matter how rich and noble the family is, if the children and grandchildren do not fight, it will also decay sooner or later. Today's plan, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, so you can only slowly look down. On the other hand, everything is fine at home, the ancestors and wives are in good health, everything is safe, don't think about each other! ”

When Shen Fu received the letter, he was overjoyed, and he couldn't take care of eating, so he hurriedly opened the letter and read it carefully. When I read the last sentence, I was full of emotion, Shen Fu was eager to know more, slowly grinded it, and wrote:

"Listening to Qing mention trivial matters at home, I feel very cordial! When I thought of my cousin's voice and smile, I felt inexplicably embarrassed

She, only hope that Qing Duoduo persuaded her cousin, it is difficult to get out under the low eaves, and it is difficult to get up on the flat floor, she is determined to find a confidant is good, but good fate is rare, Shaoguang is fleeting, or don't have delusions, and look at the present. In addition, the weather has been getting warmer recently, the cold and warm day and night are different, I occasionally feel the wind cold, I have no choice but to take medicine, every night in the middle of the night, I can't sleep alone, counting the stars of the Milky Way, so I am not lonely. On the other hand, when I am alone, everything is fine, and I hope that the high hall is safe and the sister is safe. ”

After writing and throwing away his pen, Shen Fu looked at the bright moon outside the window, and couldn't help but wonder what Chen Yun was doing at this time, maybe he was also looking at the bright moon in the sky.

Shen Fu sighed and left his seat, and walked out of the Qingxin Courtyard with heavy steps.

Outside the courtyard is a winding stone road, and the roadside is planted with half-human-tall jasmine, as white as snow, and the fragrance is faint.

Shen Fu absentmindedly walked out of the flowers, and suddenly heard laughter in the distance, and hurriedly looked up, only to see a group of white clothes

Gather in a small pavilion.

The bamboo buds around the pavilion are lush and pine, the clear spring is trickling, and the elegance is naturally elegant, but Shen Fu is not in a good mood, and he has no interest in watching, so he has to sigh silently and slowly leave the crowd, so as not to spoil the interest of others.

"Brother Sanbai!"

Shen Fu heard someone shouting his words, and hurriedly turned around to look, only to see a figure slowly walking towards him in the blurry night.

When he got closer, Shen Fu realized that this person was not someone else, but his new friend Zhao Jizhi, so he took a step or two forward and said, "Why is Brother Zhao here?" ”

"The night is boring, let's get together to drink and ask the moon, Brother Shen is interested in joining us?" Zhao Jizhi invited him kindly.

Shen Fu didn't want to save his face, so he had to go to the banquet with him.

Most of the students at the banquet were students, with different appearances and family backgrounds, and Shen Fu had a deep conversation with most of the people in the banquet, so there was no sense of restraint for a while, just ordered Gengya, and then called him brother and brother, and joined in this night party.

Zhao Jizhi drank a few cups, felt a little drunk, and said: "People say that it is easy for the ancients to fill in the ancient things, but they don't know that it is difficult for the ancients to fill in the ancient things, just because its people and things have been passed down to this day, and the descendants are familiar with it, so they can't be bullied, they can't be reckless, and they must have a solid basis!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes.

Cheng Yuru next to him felt very deeply, and sighed: "The ancients had a difficult way to write, and it was not easy for us, not only in the scientific examination held at the end of the month to write articles, but also in the annual examination of the superintendent and abbot, this is just that, but it is the law that requires the most, not only to be in line with the plain, but also to be delicate, free and easy, elegant, and ancient, it is really difficult to compile and write, a little careless, a whole article will be out of purpose!" ”

"Didn't Mr. Zhang say it? There are eight paragraphs of the law, the first paragraph is broken, the second paragraph is the topic, the third paragraph is introduced, the last paragraph is praised, the middle four paragraphs are written in two paragraphs on the front of the question, and the two paragraphs are written on the back, side or back! A scholar with a very delicate face answered.

Shen Fu glanced at him, noncommittal, and said, "If you follow the method that Mr. Zhang said, it would be too cliché!" ”

Zhao Jizhi saw that he had his own opinions, and hurriedly asked, "What is Brother Sanbai's opinion?" ”

"I can't talk about my high opinions, it's just some of my own bad opinions!" Shen Fu is modest and free, "This line is like sewing clothes, which can be completely cut into pieces at first, and then pieced together with those who are cut and broken. It's easy to cut pieces, but it's hard to make them. The work of making up is all in the close needle and thread, a paragraph is even wrong, and there are flaws in the whole article, so each section must be looked at several paragraphs before and after several paragraphs. Gu Qian is to echo before and after, and Gu Hou is to lay the groundwork, so that a good article can be written. ”

Zhao Jizhi heard his remarks, and couldn't help but praise him: "Brother Sanbai's words are to the point, and they are exactly the essence of the text. After that, he sighed deeply, "It's just that today's imperial examination system is too pedantic, and there are too many shackles of the Baguwen, and the rules and regulations are there, shackling our hands and feet. ”

Shen Fu knew what he was thinking, and hurriedly said: "Eternal articles, there is always no fixed frame, there are both founders and nature

There are those who keep the same; There are people who keep the same, and naturally there are people who are big and small, so why should Brother Zhao stick to the old habits? ”

Zhao Jizhi said with a smile: "My brain is already roundabout, I can't compare to Brother Sanbai to learn and use, I will definitely visit Brother Sanbai another day, ask Brother Sanbai how to write, tonight, let's not talk about these troubles, come, I raise a glass, let's drink together!" As he spoke, he raised his glass.

Everyone didn't come specifically to find chapters and sentences, ask for teaching questions, and now that Zhao Jizhi is re-checked, where is there anyone who doesn't know the current affairs?

So everyone raised their glasses, sang a greeting, and poured yellow soup at the same time.

Shen Fu drank a few glasses with the flow, and the audience just talked about some stories, but they didn't feel interesting, so they sat by the window alone, looking at the bright moon in the sky, silent.

(End of chapter)