At noon on the first day of the first month of May, Laifu, Laigui, Laizhen, father and son each drove an ox cart to pick up Chen Caozhi's uncle and nephew, as well as Xiaochan and Qingzhi and the two maids returned to Chenjiawu.

Ding Youwei held a child in one hand, although the smile was beautiful, but it was difficult to hide the loneliness, the joy was short and sorrowful, the beautiful scenery was fleeting, the mother and son had a warm gathering for five days in the blink of an eye, although they could see each other again in early September, but thinking about the four months and more than 100 days and nights, I felt pain in my heart.

In front of the side door of the villa, the two stewards bowed down and said, "Lady, just send it here, the head of the house has ordered." ”

Chen Caozhi was afraid that Ding Youwei would be too sad, so he smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you wait and see what gifts Zongzhi and Run'er will send you next time." ”

Zong Zhi and Run'er said in unison: "Mother, we will definitely work hard." ”

Ding Youwei squatted down and hugged the two cute children to his chest, kissed them, and said with tears and a smile: "You two have to be well-behaved, listen to your grandmother and ugly uncle, and don't be picky eaters, you know?" Then he personally carried the two children into the ox cart, straightened up and said to Chen Caozhi: "Xiaolang, see you in September." ”

Chen Caozhi bowed respectfully: "Say goodbye to my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law is precious." ”

Xiaochan and Qingzhi also said with tears in their eyes: "Farewell lady, take care of your lady." ”

Xiaochan said again: "Don't worry, the lady and I will go with Qingzhi, I will serve the old housewife, take care of Zongzhi and Run'er, and the lady should also be happy and comfortable, don't suffer yourself, if Zongzhi and Run'er come in September, see her mother's face ruddy and more beautiful, you know how happy you are!" ”

Xiao Chanling was able to speak, Ding Youwei couldn't help but smile, and her feelings were diluted a lot by expectations.

Chen Caozhi walked far away with the ox cart, the road was about to turn, and when he looked back, under the loquat tree in front of the door, the figure of his sister-in-law was still staring at this side.

Run'er on the ox cart suddenly asked with a crying voice: "Uncle Ugly, why does parting make Run'er so sad?" Isn't it still possible to meet, but Run'er is just sad, why, ugly uncle? ”

The world is difficult and dangerous, and love is precious, so the ancients especially valued parting, even a six-year-old girl knew the pain of parting, but Chen Caozhi couldn't answer Run'er Why is this? But he said: "Zongzhi, Run'er, Uncle Ugly will teach you to recite a poem-"

So, on the southbound road, the sound of immature poetry resounded:

There are strange trees in the courtyard, and the green leaves are blooming.

Climb the strip to fold its glory, will be left behind.

The fragrance fills the sleeves, and the road is far away.

The scriptures are so expensive, but they feel goodbye to the time.

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Returning to Chenjiawu, Chen's mother Li's joy needless to say, although Xiaowei can't come back, but Xiaochan and Qingzhi help her take care of housework and take care of her grandchildren, she can breathe a sigh of relief, and more importantly, Chen Caozhi's sixth uncle, Chen Man, who has always coveted Xilou's land, learned that the Ding family of the scholar clan was willing to let the two maids return to Chenjiawu, I am afraid that I will be surprised.

Xiaochan and Qingzhi have lived in Chenjiawu for six years, everything is familiar, and they quickly integrated into the life of the three generations of Chen's ancestors and grandchildren in the West Building.

Chen Caozhi's trip to Qian Tang gained a lot, got the unique Cai Yong Ke Tingdi in the world, got the secret book of the cave flute handcopied by Huan Yi, who was the first in Jiangzuo Yinlu, and could also improve the italic level of his "Declaration Table" according to Huan Yi's three-grade calligraphy, and hand-copied two books from his sister-in-law Ding Youwei - Liu Shao's "Character Chronicles", Wang Bi's "Lao Tzu Instructions", and borrowed five volumes of Lu Zhi's "Shangshu Chapters and Sentences".

Now, Chen Caozhi owns the following books: "Mao's Poems", "Analects of the Analects", "Analects of the Analects", "The Biography of the Zuo Family in the Spring and Autumn Period", "Zhou Yi Note", "Portraits", "Laozi's Instructions", "Shangshu Chapters and Sentences" and half of "Zhuangzi".

Also, Chen Caozhi and Zhen Wenqian's calligraphy has spread in Qiantang County, and the free rider has not preached to people, and Zhu Wenqian himself will definitely not say, but in just a few days, Qiantang County has gone up to the high gate of the scholar family, down to the poor of the poor family, almost everyone knows that the fifteen-year-old Chen Caozhi's calligraphy is better than the children of the Chu family, and the children of the Chu family have no face to propose to Chen Caozhi's widow and sister-in-law, Chen Caozhi can be said to be famous, and the well-meaning people all say that Chen Su has a queen, Chen Caozhi can follow the ambition of his father and brother, and the Qian Tang Chu family feels that he has lost face, Patriarch Chu Shenming angrily scolded his nephew Chu Wenqian, Chu Wenqian did not resent Chen Caozhi at first, but was reprimanded by his uncle, ashamed and annoyed, naturally blamed Chen Caozhi, and thought about giving Qian Tang Chen a blow, out of his heart......

Although Chen Caozhi is a little worried, he still does what to do, climbing the mountain every day, blowing xiao, reading, practicing characters, guiding Zongzhi and Run'er to learn, as for the game he loves very much, let's put it down for the time being, one is that there is no opponent, and the other is that Go is extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming, and he now has to focus on learning Confucianism and Xuan.

In his previous life, when he traveled around the world, he carried a painting folder with him, and he painted it when he encountered an excellent landscape, he studied oil painting, and he was also self-taught, and he most appreciated Wu Guanzhong's Western landscape paintings that contained classical Chinese aesthetics, his paintings naturally could not be compared with Wu Guanzhong, but he also marked a price of four or five hundred yuan in the gallery, and he maintained his career as a traveler by painting landscapes and writing travelogue essays-

In this life, the beauty of the West Lake, the beauty of the mountains makes Chen Cao's hands itchy, in the early morning of the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, he and Laide climbed Jiuyao Mountain, with pen and ink and a self-made painting clip, learning to use a brush to paint ink landscapes, but the pen is full of ink and gas, but it is a bit of Zhang Daqian's big splash of ink landscape taste.

Chen Caozhi smiled and shook his head, let Laide collect the pen and ink painting folder, and looked at the quiet and beautiful lakeshore mountains before sunrise, and saw the gem mountain on the north shore of the West Lake, the last time he came to De said that there was an old fairy living in seclusion in the gem mountain, he wanted to visit, but at that time the body was weak, there were twenty miles to the gem mountain, I was afraid that the strength would not be enough, now after nearly a month of exercise, I feel that my body is much lighter, and the heart that loves to hunt for wonders and attractions is eager to try again, and said loudly: "Laide, let's go to the gem mountain today to visit the old fairy who eats the elixir, okay?" ”

The loyal Laide naturally responded: "Okay." ”

The two rushed down the mountain, Chen Caozhi went to his mother to know that he wanted to visit Baobao Mountain, Chen's mother Li also saw that her son had been much healthier recently, and did not stop him from visiting the mountain, so let Lai Zhen and Lai De follow, and be careful on the road.

Zongzhi and Run'er also begged Uncle Ugly pitifully that the two of them also wanted to play, Chen Caozhi said: "Uncle Ugly will go to explore the road first, and I will take you next time, Sister Xiaochan and Sister Qingzhi will go." ”

Lai Zhen drove the ox cart, although Chen Caozhi did not sit now, it was difficult to ensure that the return trip was not sore, the master and servant three people along the south shore of the West Lake to the left around the big lake, five miles away from the gem mountain, because of the rugged mountain road, the ox cart could not drive, Chen Caozhi let Lai Zhen guard the ox cart, he and Laide continued to go.

Looking at the gem mountain from afar, I saw the bright red mountain rock, there are many shiny red pebbles in the rock mass, reflecting the noon sun, it is extraordinarily bright, as if countless rubies are shining, this is the origin of the name of the gem mountain.

Lai De said: "Xiao Langjun, I heard that the old immortal is not on the Gem Mountain, but on the mountain to the west of the Gem Mountain. ”

Two people bypassed from the left side of the gem mountain, and sure enough, they saw a mountain range sitting quietly, the mountain is not high, but a hundred zhang, but it is quiet and beautiful, between the pine and ancient trees in the middle of the mountain, there is a faint Taoist courtyard.

Chen Caozhi and Laide climbed the steps along the narrow mountain path, the trees on both sides of the mountain road are staggered like a cover, and the shade of the forest makes the heat at the end of the hot day completely disappear.

The mountain road turned a few times, only to see the three wings of the Taoist courtyard hidden in the green cage forest, a boy with hanging hair was napping on the stone pier in front of the courtyard, and was awakened by Chen Cao, the master and servant, and said: "My teacher is not here, please go back." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Dare to ask the number of the respected teacher? ”

The boy saw that Chen Caozhi was clear and handsome, and his age was not a few years older than him, so he suddenly had a good impression and replied, "My teacher is holding Puzi." ”

Chen Cao was stunned: "Hug Puzi? Hug Puzi is Ge Hong, a famous Taoist priest in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who is proficient in medicine and Danshu. ”

Chen Caozhi looked around, and suddenly realized that the mountain range he is now in is Geling, where Ge Hong lived in seclusion in his later years and wrote books, and the fifty-volume "Hug Puzi" masterpiece was written here.

Chen Caozhi calmed down and said to the boy: "I admire the name of Master Venerable, and I am visiting from Chenjiawu, please announce it on my behalf, okay?" ”

The boy shook his head and said, "Don't lie to you, my master is really not here, he went to the mountains over there to collect medicine." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Then I'll wait here for the Venerable Master to come back." ”

The boy didn't know to invite Chen Caozhi to sit in the courtyard, only accompanied him in Panasonic, and looked at the courtyard, where a big man sat under the corridor of the courtyard, burly, but seemed to be a deaf man, ignoring the movement outside.

After waiting for nearly two hours, Ge Hong did not return, and the sun had set in the west.

The boy was a little reluctant to go, and said, "You go back first, my master may not come back today, he will visit friends on the other side of the mountain by the way." ”

Chen Caozhi was afraid that his mother would be worried, so he had to get up, walked a few steps down the mountain and turned back, borrowed a pen and paper from Daotong, and wrote twenty words in Xiuba's line:

"Panasonic asked the boy, the teacher went to collect medicine, only in this mountain, and the clouds were deep and I didn't know where."

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Sorry, it's late, the trail has been written until now.