In another place in the middle of the night on September 18, 311 A.D., the city lord's mansion of Mengjin City, Fu Yuan slept

Fu Yuan was still reviewing various cases late at night, and Fu Chong was also serving wholeheartedly on the side, refusing to leave.

Fu Chong likes to accompany his grandfather quietly like this, although his grandfather is very strict with himself, but for some reason, compared to his father's kind of ignorance of himself, his grandfather's strictness makes Fu Chong feel more cordial, because Fu Chong can truly feel that his grandfather's strictness to himself is completely out of love for himself.

This kind of connection and tacit understanding between grandparents and grandchildren, how can it be compared with other feelings?

Fu Yuan did not deliberately drive Fu Chong away, not only secretly allowed Fu Chong to accompany him, but even agreed to Fu Chong to sleep in his own house, this kind of care and love for his grandchildren did not make his youngest son roll his eyes, but also made his eldest grandson Fu Yong uneasy.

The relationship between the Fu family is actually quite complicated, who let Fu Xuan have no heirs?

Fu Yuan had no choice but to take Fu Chang's eldest son as his eldest grandson, but I don't know why, although Fu Yuan felt that Fu Yong was sensible and well-behaved, but his heart was actually more biased towards the reckless silly boy next to him, the brute force and innocence of this silly boy really looked like when he was young!

Especially now that Fu Yuan inadvertently saw that Fu Chong was already a little drowsy but still grinding ink for himself, he loved his little grandson even more in his heart.

Fu Chong was really a little sleepy, but when he was by his grandfather's side like this, watching his grandfather review the case, he would have an indescribable peace of mind and comfort in his heart, as if as long as he stayed quietly by his grandfather's side like this, it would be fine......

Fu Yuan finally finished reading the last document in his hand, and then gently put the mouse whisker pen in his hand (Wang Xizhi's "Pen Sutra" said that Zhang Zhi and Zhong Xuan both use mouse whisker pens, only because of this pen, the pen is strong and sharp) on the pen stand, slowly stretched his waist, and sighed.

Fu Chong saw that his grandfather had already put down his pen, so he said playfully: "Grandfather, this pen seems to be a little different?" ”

When Fu Yuan saw his grandson talking about what he was proud of these days, he immediately explained in a good mood: "This is the only time I have gotten a rat whisker pen in the past few days!" ”

"Whisker pen? A rat's whisker? Oh no, should it be a mustas's whisker? (The weasel is the weasel, and the wolf pen that appeared in later generations is to use the weasel as a material to take the wolf of the weasel.) ）

Fu Yuan saw that Fu Chong was interested, and he also showed off as if he was childlike and said: "No, there is nothing like a weasel in this pen, but the whiskers of some black mice and the hair of Jiangnan flying squirrels, of course, the most important thing is the hair on the tail of the millet squirrel, it is said that tens of thousands of rats may not be able to make one!" And the old man's materials are much worse than ......" (Lu Dian's "Pi Ya" in the Southern Song Dynasty is cloudy: the chinchilla is black and small, and it can be used to make pens, and the so-called rat whisker chestnut tail is also the one in the world, which shows that Li Shizhen's record is flawed)

Fu Chong also sighed when he heard it, this little pen is so laborious? So rare? (Wang Xizhi's "Book of Writings" also said that the rat whisker may not be good, it is very rare, this is the meaning, the so-called rat whisker pen of the ancients should refer to the rat whisker chestnut tail pen)

Fu Yuan couldn't help but sigh when he saw Fu Chong so surprised: "It's also a famine year now, with rat infestations, and I got such a pen after exterminating rats, hey......"

"Hey, I didn't expect that these rats not only didn't stop in winter, but became more and more rampant!" ("The Book of Law" contains: Wang Youjun wrote Lanting with a rat whisker pen.) With its strong mang, its origin is limited to eastern Guangdong; The "Beihulu" of the Tang Dynasty section of the highway said: The rat whisker came from Junzhou, which shows that there are extremely strict regulations on the selection of rat whiskers)

"Snakes hibernate in winter, but rats don't hibernate, and winter is the time when everything withers, so naturally they are more rampant looking for food sources, Chong'er, have you ever seen rats eat snakes? And it's a living snake! (Ouyang Xiu also said in "Returning to the Field": After Cai Xiang wrote the preface to the "Jigulu" for him, he used rat whisker chestnut tail pen, copper whisker pen holder, large and small dragon tea, Huishan Spring and other things as the pen.) It was a rare thing at the time. Nowadays, the rat whisker pen is also a museum only thing, which is extremely rare, and it can also be seen that it is difficult and precious to make)

"Grandfather is saying that in winter, rats will look for snakes' dens in turn and eat snakes while snakes hibernate?!"

"Yes, this is also the reason why there are often a lot of snakes gathered in the snake den, and it is also to prevent the rodent infestation in winter!" (For another example, the poems of later celebrities such as Su Dongpo and Mei Yaochen also clearly stated that the rat whisker pen has nothing to do with weasels.) For example, Su Dongpo's poem "Rat Whisker Pen", the record of the Rat Whisker Pen in the "Chronicles of Properties" in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and the record of the Rat Whisker Pen in Dacheng's "Grand View of Chinese Art. Calligraphy is proof! ）

Hearing that the rat infestation was so serious, Fu Chong's heart also became heavy, and he couldn't help but feel a little distracted......

"Chong'er, this time Princess Mingyue asked you to have an intersection with Guo Mo from Huai County, you did a very good job, Guo Mo praised you in the letter to me, and even your father was impressed with you!"

Fu Chong was also very happy when he heard his grandfather praise himself so bluntly, but he didn't expect Fu Yuan to suddenly change his words and say: "Guo Mo is cunning by nature, but he is a righteous man, you have a pure nature, and you are a little reckless and impulsive, one is one, but it is in line with Guo Mo's temperament!" Hahaha! ”

Hearing this, even Fu Chong's cheeks were a little red, he thought that his grandfather was praising himself for the first time, but who knew that he was changing the law to expose his old bottom......

Seeing Fu Chong's embarrassed appearance, Fu Yuan laughed even louder: "Hehehe, what? Blame the grandfather, I said it too bluntly? Hahaha! ”

Hearing Fu Yuan smile so heartily, Fu Chong was even more ashamed, obviously he had never been impulsive......

However, being able to communicate with his beloved grandfather like this, make jokes, and enjoy the love of grandchildren, Fu Chong's heart is still warm.

"Chong'er, the princess knows how to use people, the Fu family is already a family under the princess's name, and Fu Yong will inherit the family business in the future, and you will follow the princess and set up another household!"

Fu Yuan's sudden words, as if tearing the last sustenance in Fu Chong's heart, suddenly knelt in front of Fu Yuan in fright, looked at his grandfather in disbelief, and eagerly pleaded: "Grandfather, are you going to drive your grandson?" ”

Seeing Fu Chong like this, Fu Yuan was also sad, but he was already old, if he didn't do a good job in the division of labor within the family, it would be detrimental to the whole family......