The white canopy boat was slightly close to the left bank, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, these people who came to greet him followed the boat to the direction of the dock on the shore, Shang Ran reminded the husband to walk carefully, don't just turn your head to look at the boat but forget to look at the road under your feet, this road is not smooth, and looked back at the swaddling baby held by Zhou's mother, and smiled at Zhang Yuan: "I fell asleep again, and I was awake." "Let Zhou's mother gradually carry Xiaohong into the cabin.

Zhang Dai's wife Liu stayed in the cabin and refused to show his face, Zhang Dai's mood was far less joyful than Zhang Yuan's, he would rather Liu stay in Shanyin, these words he and Li Ko'er were so close that they were simply honey blending oil - the two boats were moored at the dock, cloth pedals, Zhang Dai got on the boat and helped his father Zhang Yaofang to go ashore, Zhang Yaofang and his father Zhang Rulin are very similar in shape and appearance, fat body, wearing glasses, and greeted Zhang Yuan with a smile: "Virtuous nephew, congratulations, on the ninth day of October last year, you boarded the boat from Shanyin Bashi Bridge to Beijing to catch the exam, At that time, who would have thought that my Shanyin Zhang clan would be able to be a subject and three jinshi, and you were still the first champion in the first class! ”

Qingke Wu Ting said with a smile: "Shanyin Longshan is a treasure of feng shui, forty-five years ago, Mr. Yanghe was the champion of high school, and forty-five years later, Young Master Jie Zi became the youngest champion of my Ming Dynasty, looking at Jiangnan and even the entire Ming Dynasty, how many such families can there be?" After that, he solemnly saluted Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai.

In the past, when Zhang Yuan's eye disease was not cured, Wu Ting had read for Zhang Yuan, and had instructed Zhang Yuan in calligraphy, and Zhang Yuan called Wu Ting Mr. Wu, which was very polite.

Shang Zhouzuo came over to greet Zhang Yaofang, the two had known each other before, and now Zhang Yaofang is a generation older than Shang Zhouzuo, but Zhang Yaofang does not dare to call himself an elder, and still respects Shang Zhouzuo as an equal generation - Mu Zhenzhen, Wang Wei and Jing Lan, Jing Hui sisters have already gone to the boat behind to meet Shang Ran, Shang Ran saw that Wang Wei was here, although he was surprised, he had no time to ask at this time, Jing Lan and Jing Hui's two nieces happily took one of her hands and spoke, Jing Hui looked at Shang Ran carefully, and said: "Auntie, You are more beautiful than before, white and beautiful. ”

After Shang Tanran gave birth to a child, her figure was plumper than before, and she had the delicate charm of a mature woman.

Shang Ran touched Jing Hui's neat forehead hair, and said with a smile: "Xiao Hui has grown so big, Xiao Lan is almost as tall as her aunt, this is really fast, three years ago on February 20, you left Huiji and entered Beijing, this farewell is almost four years, my aunt misses you very much." ”

Jing Lan was a little shyer than when she was young, just laughing, not talking much, Jing Hui still talked a lot, and was generally attached to Shang Xiangran when she was a child, and looked at it: "Xiao Hongji, I want to hug Xiao Hongji." ”

Zhou's mother smiled and hugged Xiaohong and stepped forward, Jinglan, Jinghui, Mu Zhenzhen, and Wang Wei gathered together to look at it, the pink baby was sleeping soundly, with soft forehead hair, and a slightly open mouth from time to time, "click", as if he was breastfeeding in his sleep, Wang Wei was surprised: "Hong's little boy has grown up a lot more than when he was full moon, and the child grows up so fast!" ”

Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai also came up to the boat at this time, Zhang Dai made a gesture to Shang Ran, and shouted: "Brother Shang's wife has worked hard from afar, what about my nephew, let me see." ”

Zhang Yuan and Shang Tanran looked at each other and smiled, and Zhang Yuan said to Zhou's mother, "Let me hug me." He hugged his son and looked at it carefully, and said in his heart: "This is my child, I like it." "The heart is both joyful and calm, and it is this kind of composure that there is a son who is enough for everything.

Zhang Dai on the side said: "The nose, mouth and meson are carved out of the same mold, good boy, uncle has a gift for you." "From the bosom out of a piece of Suzhou jade master Lu Zigang carved four-color Hetian jade tiger jade pei, tucked in swaddling clothes, this red, purple, green and white four-color Hetian jade is extremely precious, four colors are distinct, meaning Fu Lu longevity, rare, and from the hand of Lu Zigang, such a small piece of jade Pei is valued at no less than three hundred taels of silver.

The old servant Fu Cheng, as well as Shang Ranran's maid Yun Jin, Yumei and the little maid named Baima came over to kowtow to Zhang Yuan, Wu Ling saw the slim Yun Jin, and smirked vigorously, Yun Jin's face was flushed, and he ignored him - the people on the dock were noisy, and the people gathered here had different breaths, and the six-month-old Zhang Hong gradually woke up, looking at the person holding him with dark eyes, without blinking, Shang Xianran gently rubbed his son's little face, and said with a smile: "Carefully identify who this person is?" ”

Xiao Hong gradually looked at Zhang Yuan fixedly, his small mouth slowly widened, when Zhang Yuan thought that his son was going to cry, the child burst into a smile, and "Gege" laughed out loud, Jing Lan and Jing Hui on the side were happy, and they all went to kiss Xiao Hongji, Xiao Hongjian cried "wow" at this time, but the two cousins no longer bothered him, he quickly stopped crying, his crying was to express dissatisfaction, is to express refusal - Shang Ran smiled: "He doesn't cry much, he loves to laugh, like Xiaohui when he was a child, he laughed when he saw people." ”

"Like me?" Jing Hui looked at Xiao Hongji, pursed his lips and stopped talking, his eyes were full of shearwater, and he didn't know what to think.

Zhang Yuan kissed his son's face, handed it to Zhou's mother to hold, and said to Zhang Dai: "Big brother, I will go with you to see Liu's sister-in-law." "Zhang Dai stays in the cabin here, and he doesn't want to see Liu, but it's not okay.

Liu sat there upright and waited for Zhang Dai to come and tell her to get off the boat, and only said a few dry words when they met, Zhang Dai helped her get off the boat, and after saluting Fu Shi, she got into the carriage.

Shang Zhouzuo looked up and down at this young sister with tears in his eyes, he left his hometown to take up and down in Beijing six years ago, and he was about the same age as Jinglan now, and now he is a mother, he is really pleased to be the eldest brother.

Shang Shuran took his sister-in-law Fu's hand and said, "Sister-in-law is less than before." ”

Fu Shi has been in poor health since the miscarriage the year before last, and people who often see each other don't think that Shang Ran hasn't seen her for nearly four years, and she feels that her sister-in-law is obviously thin and sick, so she can't help but be a little worried.

Fu Shi was happy at this time, and said: "There are no relatives in Beijing, and it is very boring, and now that you are here, my sister-in-law is really happy." ”

After losing her mother at the age of five, she was raised by her eldest sister-in-law Fu, so in Fu's eyes, she was almost the same as her daughter.

Laifu has hired five carriages and 20 porters to carry all kinds of utensils on the ship ashore, and the utensils are transported to the courtyard in the old alley of Li Ge, Shang Ran and his party went to the house of Zhou Zuo, a merchant in the East Fourth Pai Building, to dine, and Zhang Yaofang, Zhang Dai and Liu went to the bank of the Baozi River, and met on the bank of the Baozi River on the tenth day of the first month.

Shang Ran brought a lot of utensils from Shanyin, and Zhang Ruiyang asked her to bring them to Beijing when she left her hometown, and Zhang Ruoxi sent a large number of gifts to Jiaxing, as well as Yang Shixiang's 5,000 books, and twenty porters were not finished at one time, and Laifu quickly hired ten more people, and led them to the old alley of Li Ge on the west side of the imperial city with Fu Cheng and Wang Dazhui.

Zhang originally planned to have dinner with his brother-in-law and his family in the East Fourth Archway and then go to Li Ge Lao Hutong for the night, because there were not so many people living here, but during the meal, his sister-in-law Fu said that he wanted to stay here for a few days, Zhang Yuan arranged for Wang Wei and Hui Xiang, Xue Tong, and Uncle Yao to live first, and Fu Cheng, Laifu, and Wang Da Hammer also stayed there, and they should be said to have prepared all the common things.

With a little baby, this courtyard is full of life, laughter and laughter, Jing Hui loves to tease Xiao Hongjian the most, when he rests at night, Mu Zhenzhen moved to the adjacent room to live with Yunjin and Yumei, her bed is gradually lived by Zhou's mother with Xiaohong, that is the outer room, the inner room is Zhang Yuan's big bed, this night Shang Ran of course and Zhang Yuan share the same bed, before going to sleep, Zhou's mother gradually hugged Xiao Hong gradually to let Shang Ran breastfeed, Xiao Hong gradually has a lot of appetite, and he has to eat milk once in the middle of the night - feeding his son in front of Zhang Yuan, Shang Ran is still a little embarrassed, After all, it was the first time, Zhou's mother smiled and retreated to the outside, Zhang Yuan took a small pestle and sat on the side to watch her son breastfeed, swallowing "goo-go ”

Shang Ran's pretty face turned crimson, and he said with a slight annoyance: "They are all fathers, so you should speak more seriously." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The joy of husband and wife, how to be serious." As he spoke, he took his son's little hand away, covered his big hand, kneaded it slightly, and the palm of his fingers became wet and thick, and when he shrank his hand, he saw the milk in his hand - Shang Ran smiled when he ate it, but saw Zhang Yuan sniffing his hand and said: "It's so fragrant", and he licked it in his palm, and said: "It's so sweet." He touched his son's head and said, "The kid is very happy." ”

Shang Tanran couldn't laugh, his body moved, the nipple was pulled out of his son's mouth, Xiaohong gradually ate hard, and suddenly cried "wow" when he didn't have to eat, Shang Tanran quickly stuffed it back and blocked his son's mouth, and the crying stopped abruptly.

Zhang Yuan no longer laughed with Tanran, asked about the scene when Tanran left his hometown, and sighed: "My mother doesn't know how reluctant she is for you to leave Shanyin, and now Xiaohong is gradually the heart of her old man." ”

Shang Ran said: "Then how about we take the second elder to Beijing next year?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said: "They are not used to living in Beijing, the elderly people are still used to living in their hometown, you and Hong gradually live in Beijing for a few years, and when Hong gradually grows up, your mother and son will go back to Shanyin to be filial to the two old people on my behalf." ”

Shang Yanran responded: "That's what I think." Feeling that the son in his arms was no longer sucking, he looked down and saw that his son fell asleep while eating, so he covered his bra and called Zhou's mother to come in and hug Xiaohong gradually to go out to sleep, be careful not to let Xiaohong gradually spit up milk, Xiaohong gradually ate too much and was easy to spit up.

The couple went to bed, a year apart, they were extra affectionate, this night, Zhang Yuan tasted his wife's luscious milk, real sweetness, they all said that the husband is the wife's first child, I don't know if it refers to this?

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After three days, Zhang Yuan and Shang Ran moved to the courtyard of Li Ge Old Hutong, Fu was very reluctant, and said that every two or three days, he would take Xiao Hong to visit his brother and sister-in-law, and his sister-in-law could also take Jinglan and Jinghui to Li Ge Lao Hutong at any time, and it would not take half an hour to take the carriage, and the road in the capital was flat and very convenient - this said Zhang Yuan heard a news in the Hanlin Academy, and Shen Yu, the waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, had a document to reply to the Hanlin Academy and the James Mansion, asking to postpone the debate for ten days. Because the people on their side were afraid that they would not be able to rush to the capital before the end of October, and at the same time, Shen Yu reported the list of participants in the debate, in addition to Shen Yu himself, there were also Xu Ruke of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, Master Lianchi, a senior monk in Jiangnan, and Liu Zongzhou, a famous Confucian in Shaoxing——————————————————————

(To be continued)