Following the Cheng family housekeeper and Cheng Yi, Han Gang was invited to the main hall.

An old man in his sixties and nearly seventy was already waiting in the hall, of course, the head of the Cheng family. Cheng Jue is in good spirits, his appearance is clear and handsome, and Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi have inherited his appearance. Wearing a Taoist uniform, no hat, full of silver hair with a wooden hairpin, and a snow-white beard more than a foot long, he looks like a fairy-like character.

Supporting Cheng Jue was an eight or nine-year-old boy. Han Gang remembered that he was Cheng Hao's youngest son, Duanben, who had met him in the capital in the old years. At that time, Han Gang was still very popular with the children of the Cheng family, and when he came to visit, he was surrounded by them. After three years, Duanben has also grown to eight years old, and when he sees Han Gang, he can still remember him.

Zhang Zai's eldest cousin, Cheng Hao's father, is extremely respectful to Han Gang, who came to visit the family in the name of Zhang Zai and Cheng Hao's disciples. Han Gang simply knelt down and saluted, kowtowing respectfully as a junior.

After saluting, the relationship between Han Gang and the Cheng family was basically settled.

When he arrived in front of Cheng Jue, he would no longer fight for the avenue of heaven and man, but chatted about the sky in a friendly manner. Cheng Jue was also very concerned about his two cousins, and asked a lot about Zhang Zai and Zhang Jian's recent situation.

And Han Gang finally knew why he didn't see Cheng Hao. Cheng Hao is in charge of the Xijing Bamboo and Wood Supervisor, and today he went to the administrative office at the foot of the Beibi Mountain because of the snow, and he will not be able to rush back until a few days later. recalled that Cheng Yi replied to Shao Yong's invitation, which was clearly an obvious refusal.

Han Gang couldn't stay in Luoyang for a long time, and he couldn't see Cheng Hao for two days at most. But Cheng Jue and Cheng Yi were still there, waiting for someone to serve tea, chatting very casually.

Han Gang is famous for his medical skills, and Song Ru often studies medicine and attaches great importance to health preservation, so Cheng Jue asked Han Gang some topics about medical skills. And when Han Gang personally clarified the identity of the so-called disciple of the Medicine King, Cheng Yi also entered the conversation.

Han Gang still does not know how to use medicine, but he has been immersed in a nursing home for several years, and he has a wide range of knowledge, and he can talk about medical affairs eloquently. Unconsciously, I talked about the dystocia of Gao Zunyu's concubine.

"The student's family also has a pair of children who have just been born away from home. When the second concubine was pregnant, the student was worried about childbirth, and he thought about it for a long time. It happened that Gao Gongyu was favored by dystocia, so he asked Wen Po to preside, tried it, and made a contribution. Han Gang smiled, "It can be regarded as the way of Gewu, and by extension, use it......"

Han Gang thought that Cheng Yi would be involved in this matter, but he didn't like it. How do you know that Cheng Yi doesn't mind this, and even praises it: "Although the matter of the medicine stone is a small technique, 'benevolence' is in it." If the forceps can avoid the labor difficulties of women in the world, it is very good. It is necessary to know that scholars must first know benevolence when they study. The benevolent person is one with the object. Righteousness, courtesy, knowledge, and faith are all benevolent. Yukun's move is also a great benevolence. ”

Although Cheng Yi's temperament is difficult to get close to, after all, he is still a great Confucian, and his insight is far beyond ordinary people, and he is not affected by the prejudice of the world. What's more, Han Gangxue's neutral attitude in front of the door was very satisfying to Cheng Yi, and the little opinion he had about Han Gang some time ago had long been gone.

Of course, Han Gang's invention of production pliers has not been looked at differently in Xihe and Qinfeng, which have been spreading. If you are an ordinary person, you will naturally have problems. But no matter how he says it, he is a disciple of the Medicine King, and when he interferes in obstetrics and gynecology, no one will think that it is wrong, but will say that he has done it right.

There are many things in the world that some people can do and some people can't. It depends on the identity, it depends on the person. If someone holds the idea that 'if the monk can touch it, I can't touch it', the reputation will be ruined. Dong Shi imitates the wind, which has always been a very realistic truth.

Looking at Han Gang, who was talking eloquently, Cheng Jue couldn't hide the appreciation in his eyes. Identity, talent, fame, and conduct are all rare, and they have a lot to do with their own family. The shallow family background, in Cheng Jue's opinion, is an advantage of Han Gang.

Cheng Jue has always known people. When Cheng Jue asked Mr. Lian Xi and Zhou Dunyi to be the teacher of his two sons, Zhou Dunyi was still a petty official in prison. But it was this prison officer who was still not well-known in the Xining period that led Ercheng onto the road of pursuing heaven and man.

The first time I saw Han Gang, his steady and polite demeanor made Cheng Jue like it. After talking with him for a while, I valued him even more, and the future is indeed limitless. Thinking about his granddaughter, she also recited 'Brother Yukun' in front of her knees, which made Cheng Jue think a little about recruiting her grandson-in-law.

Teaching and educating people can indeed be famous, but no matter how famous they are, it is difficult to climb into a good family in this world. Mr. Taishan Sun Fu had a poor family background, and he was poor until he was forty years old before his disciples married his sister to him. Shao Yong, who was also in Luoyang City, was also poor for half his life, and only had a family after he was forty years old.

The marriage of the Cheng family's daughter is a bit high, not low. In terms of identity, they are also a family of eunuchs and scholars, and a scholarly family of poetry and book heirlooms. It's just that although he has been an official for several generations, none of them can be in a high position: his great-grandfather Cheng Xizhen is a member of the Yu Department; His grandfather, Cheng Shu, died in the office of Huangpi Zhi County; Cheng Jue has been a Zhizhou for decades, but he can't rise up; As for the rest of the Cheng clan, there are many officials, but there are also no high-ranking officials and eunuchs. In the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, it is a very common family of middle-level officials.

Such a family, the big family with many generations of hairpins will not marry them, and generally marry the same or slightly lower family. But what is Ercheng's identity? The great Confucian of the world, a generation of grandmasters, had frequent contacts with Fu Bi and Lu Gong. got closer to the high-ranking officials of Zaizhi, and his vision rose, and of course the son-in-law had to choose three or four.

It's just that outstanding disciples are often married, and although there are many scholars who study from them, those who may fall into their eyes are often married and have children long ago after the age of twenty or thirty.

The granddaughter is getting older, Cheng Jue has been worried about this for a long time, and finally met a good one, and she can't let it go.

"I heard that Yukun, your two brothers are not involved in the king's affairs, only their parents at home. It would have been easy for you to stay in Xihe and serve in the office, but now that Hehuang has succeeded, after being admitted to the Jinshi, he will go out as an official. I don't know what Yukun will deal with in the future? ”

Han Gang also had a headache for this, "Jia Yan is now supervising Tuntian affairs in Xihe, and the family business is also in the northwest, so it is indeed inconvenient for students to serve their parents together." Now I can only hope that after being admitted to the Jinshi, I can return to Kansai to serve as an official. ”

It's really not good, and Feng Congyi's cousin...... But there is no need to say that.

Cheng Jue opened his mouth, and was about to say the following, but Cheng Yi took a step forward, "The two ways of loyalty and filial piety cannot be abandoned, if Yukun can return to Kansai, on the one hand, he can guard the border, and on the other hand, he can support his parents, it is indeed a good thing to have the best of both worlds." ”

Cheng Jue glared at his son unhappily and thought about it for a while, but he also took the opportunity to bypass the topic and no longer mentioned the aftermath.

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"Second brother, why did you stop being a father?" After setting up a banquet to entertain Han Gang and sending him away, Cheng Jue turned around and asked his son: "Twenty-nine Niang is almost old, don't you worry?" Or do you think there is anything inappropriate about Han Gang's candidate? ”

"My father didn't know. Two years ago, I heard that Han Yukun had married Wang Shao's niece, and I was afraid that after the exam, he would get married. Even if there is no such thing, didn't Han Yukun say it before, he already has a son and a daughter, should he let Twenty-Nine Niang marry and bring children for him? ”

Cheng Yi gave a heavy salute. Han Gang took a concubine before he was married, which was not in accordance with the etiquette law. Cheng Yi also found it difficult to agree with the mess that was made for a famous prostitute. As a disciple of the younger generation, Han Gang's character and talent are impeccable, which makes Cheng Yi appreciate it very much. But if the most beloved twenty-nine mother in the family marries him, it is impossible for him to nod.

Han Gang had children and daughters before he was married, but Cheng Jue didn't take it to heart, and this matter is very common now. However, Han Gang and Wang Shao's niece were engaged, which made Cheng Jue quite disappointed, and asked unwillingly: "Is it true that he married Wang Shao's family?" ”

"Uncle Zihou once wrote to me, and when he mentioned the matter of Hehuang, he mentioned it by the way." Cheng Yi said, "Han Gang, this good disciple, doesn't Uncle Zihou want it, his family also has a daughter." It's a pity that when he was questioned two years ago, Han Gang had already made a marriage with the Wang family. ”

"So that's the case......" Cheng Jue nodded slightly disappointed, but fortunately Fang Cai didn't ask. The question of whether to get married or not, it would be too reckless to ask it directly.

"What's more, the dowry of the twenty-sixth mother is also a problem, a son-in-law like Han Gang, our family can't afford to give a dowry." Cheng Yi said again.

Han Yukun's status is not low, and if he chooses such a son-in-law, he can't afford to give a dowry alone.

For what Jinshi is so valued, that he catches his son-in-law under the list. It is because it is easy for a jinshi to be promoted, and if it goes well, he will be able to turn sideways in the court in more than ten years, and Han Gang, he is already a court official!

The wealthy family in the capital wants to find a son-in-law of a jinshi, and now the dowry must be given to 5,000 or 10,000. And Han Gang's status as a court official makes it possible to climb up to his family business, not to mention tens of thousands of dollars of wealth and land.

Even if Han Gang himself is a person who doesn't care about money, he casually gave most of the reward to Zhang Zai. But the Cheng family also has to worry about whether their daughter will give less dowry after marrying into the Han family, and she will be bullied and despised.

The world has fallen, and people's hearts are not ancient.

Whether the bride will be valued in her husband's family depends on the amount of the dowry. If you send less, you will have to take a break directly. Even if it is a prince and a nobleman, when he wants to marry his daughter, he has to find a way to make up 36 cages and bring hundreds of acres of fat powder fields.

In this regard, all people of insight sighed and criticized for this. But in reality, if Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao want to marry their daughter, they don't dare to bet on their daughter's happiness.

If you want to blame, blame Cheng Hao for not being able to ask earlier when he was in the capital, and it would be much more convenient to settle the family affairs at that time. But three years ago, E Niang was only in her early tens, and it was impossible to find Han Gang, who was already eighteen years old.

Cheng Jue sighed and shook his head self-deprecatingly. After all, the granddaughter will only be thirteen next year, so there is no need to worry at all.