Zhou Zhi had long heard the old master Wang Ding say that there was a Fan Jin in Gaochang Town, and he was over fifty years old before he was admitted to Xiucai. At that time, Zhou Zhi had the idea of visiting him in the future to see if this Fan Jin and Wu Jingzi's Fan Jin were the same person.

He clearly remembered the description of Fan Jin's appearance in the junior high school Chinese textbook "Fan Jin Zhongju" in the later generations, what was the poverty and misery of the family, the weather in December was still wearing single clothes, shivering from the cold, and there were also some shawls and yellow mud all over his body.

can see that Fan Jin in front of him has a good appearance, although he is old, he is in good spirits, and he is obviously a shrewd and skilled person, just like Wu Jingzi's Fan Jin.

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but look stunned for a while.

Lu Xingchuan smiled and said to Zhou Zhi, "Brother Zhou Zhi, Fan Jin, this brother Tai was only admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifty, but he is unswerving, and he still wants to take the road of the imperial examination, which is really a model for my generation." ”

Zhou Zhi came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly bowed his hand to Fan Jin, and said, "The kid has seen Mr. Fan." ”

"Huh! There is no need to be polite, Brother Xingchuan has already mentioned you to the old man many times, the family is hard, but he does not fall into the ambition of studying, so that the old man is also very admired. Fan Jin also bowed his hand to Zhou Zhiyi and said loudly.

Fan Jin is a showman, and he actually bowed to Zhou Zhi, a poor boy and an unknown junior, which flattered Zhou Zhi at this time.

In the middle of the study is a huge black lacquer square table, on which are stacked with many books, as well as two sets of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. There were four high-backed wooden chairs around the square table, and Lu Xingchuan smiled and asked Zhou Zhi to sit down.

Lu Xingchuan was extremely enthusiastic, and Zhou Zhi no longer saw the outside and sat down.

The three of them sat at the table, and an old servant surnamed Na Ding had already made tea and brought it up. Lu Xingchuan personally poured tea and said, "Brother Zhou Zhixian arrived at my Lu family, that is, to his own home, and he can't be polite in this house, hehe!" Brother Zhou Zhixian, you see this Fan Da Xiucai, he always doesn't leave for a day or two when he comes to my house, as if he regards my Lu family as his own home! The virtuous brother should learn from this old talent, hehe! ”

When he said this, Fan Jin didn't mean to blame Fan Jin at all, on the contrary, he loved Fan Jin more.

That Fan Jin was sinky and his old face sank, and he said angrily, "What are you talking about, Brother Xingchuan, the old man is a dignified talent, and coming to your house to eat and stay for two days will make your house flourish!" If you dislike the old man, the old man will leave. ”

He said go, but in fact, his butt didn't move, but in the end, he laughed at Lu Xingchuan and Zhou Zhi.

This Fan Jin is also very humorous and interesting, which made Zhou Zhi quickly have a lot of good feelings for him.

The fragrance of tea overflowed, Fan Jin hurriedly picked up the tea bowl, put it under his nose and sniffed it deeply, and then enjoyed it very much, and opened his mouth to say, "Good tea, really good tea!" Yamashi Dongwu Xiu, tea called Ruicao Kui. Although the history of the sect is vulgar, the tribute is also immortal. Ha ha! ”

Lu Xingchuan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Brother Fan is really good eyesight, I can see at a glance that this is Ruicao Kui, this is a high-quality tea, my family has never had it at all, or I asked for it from my aunt in Xinxian, the younger brother really admires it." ”

Zhou Zhi did not study tea in later generations, and he did not like to drink tea, but he knew a lot about ancient poetry. Looking down at the tea cup in front of him, although he couldn't tell what kind of tea it was, the poem Fan Jin had just recited was very familiar.

The four-word poem is a poem in the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu's "Title Tea Mountain", in which the poem says that the name of this tea is Ruicaokui, so he picked up the tea bowl with both hands and took a sip gently.

It is mellow and refreshing, with a thick aftertaste, but it is a good tea.

Seeing Zhou Zhi take a sip, Fan Jin stared at Zhou Zhi with his eyes tightly and asked, "How can Brother Zhou Zhi drink this tea?" ”

As soon as he finished asking, he suddenly saw Lu Xingchuan glancing at him, and Fan Jin realized that what he said was inappropriate.

Zhou Zhi is the son of a poor farmer, who has ever drunk tea, but at this time, Fan Jin was in high spirits and completely forgot Zhou Zhi's cold and bitter identity.

Zhou Zhi was also stunned, and suddenly a flash of inspiration, nodded lightly, and said, "The kid drinks very little tea, but when he drinks this tea, it has an endless aftertaste, and it is really 'tea boiled Yashan is full of snow'."

"What a 'tea-boiled Yashan full of snow', Brother Zhou Zhi is really talented! Ha ha! Fan Jin immediately threw a look of appreciation at Zhou Zhi.

Even Lu Xingchuan was stunned, he only knew that Zhou Zhi was reading, and he was just starting, and he only began to read the "Analects" in the fourth book. In the final analysis, what Lu Xingchuan and Fan Jin respect is the ambition of poor children like Zhou Zhi not to forget to study, but as for Zhou Zhi's talent, they don't think so.

Seochokui is produced in Yashan Mountain in Nanzhili, so it is also called Yashan tea, which is a historical tea. Zhou Zhi's sentence is the famous sentence of the Song Dynasty poet Mei Xun chanting the crow mountain tea. Zhou Zhi, a poor young man, can casually say such a poem, how can it not be shocking? Immediately made Lu Xingchuan and Fan Jin look at him with admiration.

Thoughtful sentence: "Tea boils, Yashan is full of snow." In an instant, the distance between him and Lu Xingchuan and Fan Jin was shortened. As the saying goes, there are fewer than a thousand cups of wine for a confidant, and there are more than half a sentence without speculation, and the three of them fell in love, so they began to chat with great interest.

Only then did Zhou Zhi learn that Fan Jin had become friends with Lu Xingchuan a few years ago, before he was admitted to Xiucai. Lu Xingchuan is taciturn and not very keen on interpersonal communication. This Fan Jin loves to laugh very much, but he is also very wise. Although the two have quite discordant personalities, and Fan Jin is more than ten years older than Lu Xingchuan, he has never regarded himself as an elder, so their relationship has always been very good.

They are also scholars, and they all want to go all the way to the imperial examination, so Fan Jin came to the Lu family and Lu Xingchuan every three or five days to discuss.

Fan Jin's family lives in Gaochang Town, not a poor family as Wu Jingzi described, although his family is not a rich family, but it is also a middle-class family in Gaochang Town. However, Fan Jin married an old girl who was not more than thirty years old, and had just been married the year before last. The same as Wu Jingzi's book is that Fan Jin's father-in-law is indeed surnamed Hu and is a butcher.

The three of them talked happily, and before they knew it, it was noon.

Although the Lu family is one of the few wealthy families in Shulu Village, they live a very frugal life, and it seems that there is only one slave surnamed Ding, and the old servant brings lunch into the study with a tray.

A small pot of stewed pork, a steamed carp, stir-fried bean sprouts with radish strips, cabbage and tofu chowder, scrambled eggs, and a plate of braised pork trotters.

There are more than a dozen white-flour steamed buns, and a jar of untouched peach wine.

Northern cuisine is mainly stewed, which is not as refined as that of the south. In this Daming countryside, it is very rare to see such six dishes.

Fan Jin had already grabbed the chopsticks at this time, snorted, and said, "It's different, it's really different, as soon as my Zhou Zhi brother comes, this food has changed a lot!" Eccentricity, your Lu family is really eccentric. ”

Lu Xingchuan was not annoyed, but just smiled at Fan Jin. Indeed, today's lunch was specially ordered by him and his father, and Zhou Zhi, the life-saving benefactor, must be treated well.

Fan Jin said this unscrupulously, a pair of chopsticks had already reached into the small pot of stew, picked up a piece, sucked it and put it into his mouth, the fat was moderate, soft and delicious.

"Good! Come, Brother Zhou Zhi, for my brother, today is your light, Hehe, and the best Taoyuan wine, I will wait for the three of you to get drunk! He grabbed the jar and filled it with a bowl for everyone.