Winding along the river, the boat moved forward leisurely, and another young Ai boat lady in the distance hummed a tune she had just heard, and the song followed the soft wind, gently along the river, flowing in mid-air.

The young guest looked at her slender figure and saw that she was wearing a shiny phoenix hairpin on her head, which was supposed to be a newly married bride.

This reminded him that Wu and Chu were connected, but the customs were completely different. Locals marry daughters-in-law and like slender women, the purpose is to look good, which is related to the increasingly fierce comparison style.

The Chudi people prefer short, that is, stout women, because this kind of woman is good at nurturing and can work, and the locals think from a practical point of view.

Nowadays, someone made a joke about "marrying a woman":

The old man of the Western family is Wu Sai, and the Wu people marry women and the elders love. In front of the sarong, the newcomer grows up and the matchmaker respects.

Jin Martin swayed in the east, and the spring water trembled with flowers. Poor Wu Chu is different, and the newcomer is long and short.

If Wu's life is ruined, how bitter it will be to be ugly in his life. It is to know the length and the shortness of life, not to be born to the body, but to be born of the earth.

"Hmm."

At this time, the boat lady coughed lightly, and whispered softly as if she was muttering, "The reason why the name of the merry and talented man is known to everyone on the river is from Mr. Tang's wonderful spring painting." Hee-hee, if the guest officer can have the privilege of watching it in the future, he will definitely be amazed. ”

"Spring paintings? Oh, oh. ”

The green-shirted guest who was disturbed suddenly understood that the allusion to the talented man who dared to love came from here, thinking that Tang Bohu was involved in the imperial examination fraud case, lost his future, and disdained to be an official, and resigned angrily and returned to his hometown, but he was disgusted by his wife and insisted on divorce, and Tang Bohu's temperament became more and more cynical, and the result of looking for fun everywhere was to draw a number of smooth beauty pictures.

The reputation of depreciation is greater than praise, which makes Tang Bohu's reputation in his hometown mixed, that is, his talent is too outstanding and his flaws are not hidden, but it also makes most of the people in his hometown half respect and half alienate him.

There are too many celebrities like Tang Bohu who have had a rough life and finally died suddenly, and their wild works, arrogant mood, and indignation at the hot and cold state of the world are what makes them unique.

The problem is that this situation is too miserable, but the green shirt guest at this moment doesn't feel anything, because he knows that he is just an ordinary person, and ordinary people have to honestly integrate into this big society that is inseparable from black and white. What was once known all over the world, and the marquis worshipped was just extravagant, but the reality is that you are an ordinary descendant.

For the hint of the boatgirl's affair, the green shirt guest was indifferent, sat on the bow of the boat, and soon fell into his own thoughts again, how to make himself live a rich life for a lifetime?

When it comes to ancient times, the only way out of course is to study and participate in the imperial examination, the problem is that you first have to know how many catties and taels you have, even if you are a hard-working candidate, you may not be rich, and you are afraid that the age will be too embarrassing at that time, and you will hang up without waiting for enjoyment. Compared with doing business while you are young, the chances of making a fortune are definitely much greater.

Because it is now the Jiajing period, the traditional concept of being inferior only to reading has already begun to face challenges, and people no longer regard businessmen as lowly industries. Just like the reform and opening up, Jiangnan people generally realize that doing business is a normal means to get rich, and the word "business" appears in life.

Even Emperor Jiajing issued an edict to the peasants of the world, encouraging the peasants to be busy with some other "physiology" when the farm was slack.

The reason is simple, today's Ming society is at the juncture of transition from an agricultural society to a commercial society.

If it were the traditional social environment of men farming and weaving before this era, young guests would not easily engage in 'cheap work', and while studying, they could farm the land, and with hard work, they could completely maintain a simple life of men with clothes and women with food. In the business world, it is not possible to get rich by being thrifty, it takes more wisdom to deal with it, and young customers are convinced that they have these things.

It's a pity that the heavens often don't fulfill people's wishes, he suddenly sighed, and his eyes began to straighten.

In ancient Jiangnan, where the pace of life was slow, being in a daze was also a way of life and a wonderful place. People don't just take a break when they need to, and by the way, they can have a dialogue with their hearts, think, reflect, and so on.

Bathed in the warm sun, a pot of cheap tea was boiling beside the Tsing Yi guest, but it was the same cup of elegance.

Looking at the depth of a cup of green leaves, smelling a light tea fragrance, tasting the charm of the four seasons, understanding the past and present lives, you can get a moment of heart and the ebb and flow of the tide.

Inadvertently, the young man's every move is extraordinarily chic.

The widowed boat lady in her early years immediately lit up her eyes, and she strengthened her idea of "having an affair with you".

In the same way, the young man's gaze has gradually become firm, because his current family background and current environment have given him a new understanding of ancient times.

In the past, he always believed that the Ming Dynasty was dead from the party struggle, hated the Donglin Party, and by extension, he was very disgusted with the ancient literati, thinking that they only knew how to read dead books and talk about misleading the country.

These days, I found that although there are party disputes in the court, and Confucian celebrities like to talk about the scriptures, there are also a group of literati who are actively concerned about the national economy and people's livelihood, and these intellectuals like to pay attention to the trivial things in daily life from time to time, find tips for daily life based on their own life experience, and then record these to promote the development of society little by little.

Young people believe that this is a major trend in the gradual secularization of the whole society, such as in their own homes 20 years ago, when the code of ethics often ran through almost every corner of the family. Within one door, between fathers, sons, brothers, and elders and children, there is a clear distinction between the elders and the inferior, each has its own order, and the so-called daily diet, daily life, movement, quietness, and silence must abide by the principle of Confucian "zhongzheng", and no one can disobey it at all.

In just 20 years, the concept of rules and regulations has undergone interesting changes, probably in the center of the most economically developed Jiangnan, the traditional Qi family began to turn to the direction of governing the family, that is to say, the family does not want to live a poor life, all classes do not want to live a life of poverty and happiness, and wealth and health have become everyone's pursuit.

In the past, Confucianism paid attention to abstinence from sound, color and goods, Buddhism paid attention to abstinence from color, sound and fragrance, and Taoism paid attention to abstaining from alcohol and wealth.

It may be possible to criticize the Ming Dynasty for moving towards extravagance and degeneration, but how can people in the present know the future? How could you predict that the Manchu Qing Dynasty had entered the customs?

Hedonism is not wrong, it can even be said to be the core concept of Confucianism, and it is also the core concept of traditional Chinese culture, that is, the world is a responsibility, and the great responsibility after death; It is the hope that the elderly will have food and clothing, and the people will not be hungry or cold, and it is regarded as a great happiness of Confucianism itself, so everyone is happy to see economic development.

The young man's family belongs to the "Wujiang" literary school, and the well-known public security faction, the pursuit is that if a person is in the midst of prosperity, he can still do not forget the joy of purity, or be in loneliness, but he can cut off the idea of prosperity, which is the real "root instrument", but unfortunately it is too difficult to do.

Anyway, young people know that they can't do it, and they have to enjoy it when they make money! The vulgar side is nothing more than drinking wine and eating meat, in a big house and a courtyard, there are a few twenty-eight beauties as companions; Yadian collects some antique paintings and calligraphy, plays chess and piano, walks around famous mountains and rivers, and lives a quiet and comfortable life for a lifetime.

In this regard, he admired the views of the pragmatic literati rather than the Wujiang school, and the so-called enlightened people would completely forget about "food, sex, fame, and fortune". He believes that the sage must not misinterpret the four words of fame and fortune as "goods and wealth do not start, and the voice and lust do not enter the ears and eyes", but should act naturally and not be interested in the sound and lust and profit.

Of course, he didn't dare to mention this concept at home, because it was very different from the Wujiang faction that inherited Song Confucianism, and it was even too deviant.

"The sound of the wind and the rain, the sound of reading, the sound is in the ears; State affairs, family affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned. ”

Although the name of Donglin Academy has not yet come out, this concept has long been the consensus of Jiangnan scholars for thousands of years. Thinking back to the time when Emperor Taizu wantonly killed meritorious officials, everyone in the court officialdom was in a hurry, but Zhu Yuanzhang was very considerate and caring for scholars, and batches of sons of poor families studied hard because of the state's funding and encouragement, and groups of people went to officialdom, while the opposition Shilin took it as their responsibility to criticize current politics from generation to generation.

Interestingly, the emperor's behavior will be scolded by the whole Shilin for the slightest carelessness, but the famous scholars themselves often take game debauchery as a fool, spend money to coerce prostitutes as a romance, and drink and curse people as a fashion, claiming to be "not harmful to reputation." ”

The young guest's eyes were clear and confused, as was his current situation, full of uncertainty at all times.

The stone bridges across the water have been precipitated for thousands of years, precipitating a deep grace, which makes people see the pictures in the trance ancient poems.

The feminine figure dressed plainly holding an oil-paper umbrella walked step by step from the depths of the alley.

In the delicate window, the lingering aroma lingers, and the green-shirted guest who ignores the harassment of the shipwreck imagines the beauty inside, gently sipping the tea, leaving a fragrance on his lips and teeth.

Suddenly, the ethereal and quiet guqin sounded, which suddenly made the heart of the Tsing Yi guest, who was anxious about the future, gradually calm down.

Quiet town, the silhouette of the water town sprinkled under the eaves, the wind blowing, with a dark fragrance.

The boat lady who rocked the boat wore a blue calico jacket, a blue skirt, and red gauze flowers on her sideburns.

Beauty, but that's it.

"Guest officer, there is a secluded dock not far away, would you like to go and have a look?"

The boatlady who was talking smiled charmingly at the green-shirted guest who looked back, and habitually raised her hand to collect the scattered hair around her ears, her eyes were like stars.