Zhang Dai bought a set of exquisite tea sets in Suzhou, Shi Ding, bamboo broom, tea washing, copper fire bucket, tandoor, porcelain jar, etc., a total of 16 kinds, these tea sets have a very elegant alias, Shi Ding is not called Shi Ding, called Shangxiang, bamboo broom is not called bamboo broom, called Guijie, tea bottles, teapots are produced in Yixing, the color is like sheep liver, delicate as the skin of a beauty, it is made by Yixing pot master Shi Dabin, a teapot price to five taels of silver, the whole set of tea sets costs more than 30 taels of silver - nothing in the boat, Zhang Dai personally cooks tea every afternoon, Huiquan water, Xin'an Kai tea, cold tea fragrance, Zhang Yuan, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Zunsu, Qi Biaojia are very useful, Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao and good food, every place, must collect local delicacies to eat, all kinds of famous spots such as hawthorn cake, pine nut candy, preserved olives, ground chestnut balls, persimmons, etc. are also always available - Huang Zunsu smiled: "With Xian Kunzhong in the same boat, there are a lot of disturbances, the sage Mr. Shushui Sima Gong has a saying, 'from thrift to luxury, then luxury into thrift is difficult', after returning home, the coarse tea and light rice, how can you still swallow, not ten days and a half months can not adapt to it." ”

Everyone laughed.

Zhang Yuan held a Xuande blue and white tea cup, taste tea by the window, look at the scenery on the riverbank, the boat has traveled to the Baixian River, and soon to Zhenfengli, Du Dingfang in Zhenfeng is to see it, then heard Huang Zunsu's joke of "thrift and luxury", and said in his heart: "Huang Zunsu is reasonable, I am frugal in Dongzhang, eating meat or fish is enough, how can there be a big brother so tired of eating and not getting tired of fine, I haven't tasted famous tea and wine, and then compare those coarse tea and inferior wine, it's really no taste, it's like beauty, it's addictive- ”

I also remembered the long talk between Suzhou and Fan Wenruo, Wen Zhenmeng, and Feng Menglong, Fan Wenruo said that there are nearly 100 students in Suzhou who want to participate in the Han Society, all of which have been registered, and the official members will be determined in March next year. In front of Zhenfengli Wharf, Mu Zhenzhen walked to the bow of the boat and looked in the direction of the wharf, half a year ago, it was on this wharf that she and her father separated, and I don't know how my father was doing in Yan'anwei, did what the young master said come true, can General Juniper be reinstated, will his father follow General Du to the battlefield, she really misses her father - her arm was lightly touched, Mu Zhenzhen turned her head to look, and saw that it was the young master, the young master said: "Zhenzhen, you go back to the cabin to write a letter to your father, wait for me to see Du Dingfang, Let him send it to Yan'anwei along with the Du family's letter. ”

Mu Zhen was really overjoyed, and said simply, and went back to the cabin to write a letter, she loved the young master very much, and the young master knew what she wanted - since she had a skin-to-skin relationship with Zhang Yuan, this fallen girl became more and more considerate of Zhang Yuan's service, and also remembered that her father Mu Jingyan told her when he parted, "Be diligent day and night, not lazy, be careful to serve, and not be disobedient", and did not pamper and be proud because Zhang Yuan treated her well - the boat arrived at the wharf outside Zhenfengli Town, the town's water lane was narrow, and it could not accommodate the Wumingwa boat, only outside the town, the boat was just docked, and Laifu jumped ashore first, I saw a person running out of a tea shop on the dock, went straight to the shore, and shouted: "Brother Laifu, has Zhang Gongzi arrived?" ”

Laifu saw that it was Du Dingfang's servant, the one who had been to Jinling two months ago, and said, "My young master is on the boat." ”

The Du servant was overjoyed, stretched his neck to look, and saw Zhang Yuan walking out of the bow of the boat, and hurriedly sang with his hands crossed: "Zhang Gongzi, the villain has been waiting here since the twentieth of this month on the order of the young master, for fear of missing it." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Since I promised that your young master would come to see him when he passed by Zhenfengli, how could I break my promise." ”

This Du family servant asked a familiar person in the tea shop to go to Du Mansion to report the news first, he accompanied Zhang Yuan and others to follow, Ni Yuanlu, Huang Zunsu, Qi Biaojia refused to go, Du Dingfang first received Zhang Yuan's three brothers, and learned that Mr. Zhang had three friends on the boat, so he hurried to the dock to urge, Ni Yuanlu and the three of them were not Du Dingfang's enthusiasm, so they had to go to Du Mansion together - Du Dingfang's enthusiasm for Zhang Yuan was sincere, and he looked forward to Zhang Yuan's arrival, last time he received Zhang Yuan's reply, and saw Zhang Yuan carefully comment on his ten crafts, There is also a long letter to guide him to read which books, which famous Cheng Wen should figure out, Zhang Yuan's patience and meticulousness made Du Dingfang very moved, glad that he met a master with excellent character and learning, and the last few times in Zhenfengli social science exams, Du Dingfang's eight strands of literature were appreciated by the social science teacher, thinking that the progress is not small, Du Dingfang is now a child, the goal is to pass the Kunshan Dao test two years later to obtain the fame of the student, the first two Dao exams he fell to Sun Shan, now there is Zhang Yuan's advice, confidence has increased greatly - Zhang Yuan rested in Du Mansion for a night, For Du Dingfang to comment on the eight strands of text, face-to-face advice, Du Ding felt very benefited, but it is a pity that Mr. Zhang was in a hurry, the next afternoon was about to leave, Du Dingfang couldn't stay, so he had to prepare a generous gift, send Mr. Zhang on the boat - the white canopy boat left Zhenfengli, through the rapid water port to Xuedian Lake, in the evening the boat to the lake, the cloudy sky has been raised and snowed, since the seventh day of the month left Jinling, 20 days all the way to encounter several snow, the snow is the largest, the snowflakes fly in the air, as soon as they fall to the lake and disappear - Zhang Dai said: " The snow fell into the water, which was a pity. ”

Ni Yuanlu nodded and said: "It's good to freeze, such a big lake, the white expanse is really clean, and it can be used in the painting." ”

These two people feel life purely with beauty, Zhang Yuan smiled: "If this is frozen, how can we get to the shore, won't we freeze and die." ”

The boat passed through Xuedian Lake, the sky was already completely dark, Zhang originally planned to go straight down to Qingpu along the big Huangpu, and rushed to his sister's house overnight, but now the snow is dark, the water flow in the winter is quite turbulent, the snow night boat may be dangerous, so it is temporarily anchored in Zhujiajiao Town, and then sail again in the morning, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao They braved the snow to go ashore to the town for dinner, Zhang Yuan did not go, maybe the cold wind blew too much in the bow of the boat these days, the head hurt a little, and stayed on the boat to eat porridge, Mu Zhenzhen prepared a few fine side dishes, Mu Zhenzhen would not cook such a side dish, I learned from Wang Wei on the way to Jinling on the same boat with Wang Wei last time, and I was a little ashamed and said: "The maid is blunt and clumsy, and there is no Wei Gu who can cook well." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's very good, I really know my taste." ”

Mu Zhenzhen heard the young master say this, his heart was happy, and he watched the young master finish drinking the porridge in the bowl, and asked, "Do you want to take some headache medicine?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head, drank two small bowls of hot porridge, and then felt that the headache had been reduced a little, and said, "No, the minor illness will be carried over and the immunity will be improved - really, rub your forehead for me." ”

Mu Zhenzhen didn't understand what "immunity" was, and didn't ask much, the young master was very knowledgeable, she couldn't ask everything, just figure it out more, so she knelt behind the young master, rubbing his forehead and temples for the young master who was sitting cross-legged - Mu Zhenzhen's hands were rough, and it was uncomfortable to touch, Zhang Yuan let out a sigh of relief, collapsed his waist, leaned his head against Mu Zhenzhen's chest, felt that the chest shrank back, and then stood up again, trembling and supporting the back of his head, this fallen girl's ** seems to be plump in recent months, Like a ripe fruit - after massaging a small half cup of tea, Zhang Yuan sat up straight and said, "It's much more comfortable, thank you for it." ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled shyly, and went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Zhang Yuan prepared a topic for himself as usual, and practiced writing while composing, Mu Zhenzhen sharpened the ink, suddenly remembered something, and said: "Young master, my father is illiterate, how can I reply to my servant?" ”

Zhang Yuanzhi looked at the tip of the pen under the lamp, and said with a smile: "There are scribes in the army who write family letters for the sergeants, you don't need to worry about this, Du Dingfang promised to send your letter together with his Du family letter, and if your father has a reply, he will also send it to me as soon as possible." ”

This white canopy boat is missing a few people, it seems very quiet, the snowflakes in the sky are one after another, silently, and very regrettably fall into the water, and the bow of the boat has accumulated a thin layer, and the top of the canopy has a "creaking" sound from time to time, which is the sound of the snow on the roof of the canopy - suddenly heard the sound of a woman retching in the adjacent cabin, it seems that she is still crying, Mu Zhenzhen saw that the young master stopped listening to it, and said: "That's a green plum, it seems to be—it seems to be—"

Zhang Yuan asked: "Are you happy?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen blushed and nodded, and added: "The third prince called a doctor in Suzhou to treat Sister Lumei, and the doctor said that it was happy, and the third prince was very unhappy, and scolded Sister Lumei-" Later, his face gradually turned pale.

Zhang Yuan sighed and said, "Wait a minute, I will persuade the third brother, how can you complain about Lumei, and there is joy - this is also a good thing." He looked at Mu Zhenzhen, whose face was pale under the lamp, and asked with a smile: "What are you worried about?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen hurriedly shook his head: "No, the maid didn't worry about anything." His face turned red again.

Zhang Yuanxin said: "My body is only seventeen years old, only sixteen according to the age of one, I am really one year younger than me, although it seems that the body has fully grown, but it is too early to have children, the ancients married early and gave birth early, and many babies died——"

There was laughter on the shore, Zhang Dai and the others came back, and the boatmen hurriedly cleared the snow on the bow of the boat, so as not to slip and have an accident when Zhang Dai and his party got on the boat.

…… Qingpu had a heavy snowfall overnight, and when he got up in the morning, there was already a layer of several inches thick in the courtyard, Zhang Ruoxi was wearing a sable cold fur, standing on the stairs to watch the snow, and said to her husband Lu Tao next to her: "Xiaoyuan, they should have already set off from Jinling, but they don't know where they went, such a big snow, it won't block their trip, right?" ”

Lu Tao said: "If you sail by water, it doesn't matter if you don't have strong winds and waves." ”

There was a noise of Lu Chun and Lu Jie in the wing room, Zhang Ruoxi walked over, two nannies and two maidservants were hurriedly dressing and wearing hats for Lu Chun and Lu Jie, the two children jumped and jumped, their hands and feet were moving, and they refused to dress well, or Zhang Ruoxi came in and shouted before they quieted down, and soon their clothes and hats were neat, and the two little brothers ran to the courtyard to play in the snow.

The weather is cold, the elderly get up late, Lu Tao took his two sons to greet his father Lu Zhaoshen with breakfast, Zhang Ruoxi brought two maids to the front yard director, the things in this house are now in Ruoxi's hands, and the affairs of the "Shengmei Firm" are also in charge of Ruoxi, every thing is complicated, fortunately, Ruoxi can also do it, and it is well organized, Ruoxi is still learning to do the Longmen account and the four-legged account, she has to manage the "Shengmei Firm", if she doesn't understand the Longmen account and the four-legged account, it is easy to be deceived by the people below, "Shengmei Firm" The sign is the outer circle of the inner square of a seal "beauty" word, has been in Qingpu, Huating, Shanghai, Kunshan opened six shops, with Zhang Yuan's bribery of the sewing worker's method, really worked greatly, Sheng Mei shop quickly opened up sales in various places, gain a firm foothold, Zhang Ruoxi plans to open the shop to Suzhou, Jiaxing and Hangzhou next year, at the same time, cotton, silk looms to increase significantly, need a large number of skilled weavers, this only one side of their own training, one side of the high salary to hire - at the beginning of the hour, suddenly heard a servant at the gate shouted:" Young Master Jie Zi has arrived, Young Master Jie Zi has arrived-"

Zhang Ruoxi was overjoyed, put down the book in his hand, and walked out quickly, and saw a large group of people in the hall, with many unfamiliar faces, so he stood and told the servants to hurry up and invite Lu Tao to come - here the three Zhang Yuan brothers have already seen Zhang Ruoxi, and hurried over to greet them, Zhang Ruoxi was extremely happy, looked at his younger brother Zhang Yuan, and said: "Xiao Yuan seems to have grown taller - Zongzi, Yanke, hard work, please enter the hall and sit, who are those people?" Say hello when your brother-in-law comes. ”

Lu Tao soon came out, Zhang Yuan introduced him to Huang Zunsu, Ni Yuanlu, Qi Biaojia, and sat down in the main hall together, the four braziers were burning vigorously, Zhang Yuan said a few words, and went into the inner courtyard to talk to his sister Zhang Ruoxi, and asked his father Zhang Ruiyang to Qingpu on the sixth day of September, and stayed in Qingpu for three days. The mood is also very happy, praise you. ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "My father doesn't want to praise me in person-"

Zhang Ruoxi said: "Of course, I'm afraid you're proud." Seeing Mu Zhenzhen come in to ask for peace, he pulled Mu Zhenzhen to ask - Zhang Yuan went out to talk to his brother-in-law, Yang Shixiang, Hong Daotai and others got the news, and also rushed to meet, when Lu Fu opened a feast, feasted Zhang Yuan six people and Yang Shixiang and other Han Society colleagues, Lu Yangfang also came out to meet guests, more white and fat than half a year ago from Songjiang Prison, seeing Zhang Yuan, Lu Yangfang was still ashamed, Zhang Yuan didn't mention the old things, he learned from Lu Dayou last time that the current Lu Yangfang is an idler at home, and the matter of Lufu Qiangu is no longer let him handle it, Lu Yangfang suffered a setback last time, and he had no shame to fight for power with his brother and sister-in-law - in the afternoon, Ni Yuanlu went to Dongsheshan to meet Chen Meigong, and the three Zhang Yuan brothers did not go, Chen Meigong was a friend of Dong Qichang, and it was inevitable to be embarrassed to see each other, so he only asked Ni Yuanlu to take the three of him to worship - Zhang Yuan and Zhang Dai went to see Hanshe Bookstore with Yang Shixiang and Hong Daotai, and walked in the snow, Yang Shixiang said: "A few days ago, Jin Langzhi came to me, talking about Dong's father and son, Dong Qichang was sick for half a year, extended medical treatment, and recently was able to walk with a cane, Dong Zuyuan, Dong Zuchang was first tied to the prison of Songjiang Prefecture, and then interrogated by the three governments of Su, Chang, and Zhen, and under the judgment last month, only the meritorious name of Dong Zuchang was removed, and he was detained at home for discipline, Dong Zuyuan was only demoted to the second class, and the houses on the side of the Changsheng Bridge in Huating County occupied by Dong Zuyuan were returned to all households, and the compensation for each household ranged from 30 to 50 taels of silver, and the rest of the occupied fields and houses were also returnedAnd so the matter was settled. ”

Zhang Dai said angrily: "If you can't punish Dong Qichang, it's just that, Dong Zuyuan and Dong Zuchang are also sentenced so lightly, this Ming Dynasty officialdom is dark!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's good that Songjiang Zhusheng has not been implicated in this case, with Dong Xuanzai's reputation, it is difficult to resentence his two sons, after this incident, the arrogance of the Dong family in Huating should not be able to recover." ”

Hong Daotai said: "It is impossible for the Dong family and his son to be powerful and prosperous in Huating again, it is said that they may move to Jingshi, which will be after Dong Xuanzai recovers from his illness." ”

Yang Shixiang hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Jie Zixian, Dong Xuanzai went to Jingshi, I'm afraid it will be bad for you in the future." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Dong Xuanzai used to be a lecturer in the East Palace, and my teacher Jiao Taishi was also a lecturer in the East Palace, and-" There are some things that can't be said, so I don't say anything.

Yang Shixiang thinks about it, Jiao Taishi's reputation is not under Dong Hanlin, Zhang Yuan is Jiao Taishi's proud protégé, Jiao Taishi will do his best to protect Zhang Yuan, Dong Qichang has a bad reputation because of this Huating incident, and it is not easy to retaliate against Zhang Yuan - Hanshe Bookstore, formerly known as Yang Shixiang's bookstore, is located in the Qinglong River in the back garden of the Yang family, half a year ago it was just a small bookstore, ten large tile houses, one writer, twelve carvers, six printers, and two handymen. In just half a year, ten new tile houses were built, 20 excellent carvers were recruited with high salaries, five printers, three handymen, and an old boy who was good at calligraphy was hired with an annual salary of 60 taels of silver to write work. Zhao font version of more than 10,000 words or more than 20,000 words of Song font version, there is such a plate-making ability, a volume of books can be completed in three days, if you are in a hurry, seven days of new books can be engraved on the market - on both sides of the Qinglong River, covered with snow, reflecting the white of the snow, the river will become black and heavy, the twenty large tile houses of the Hanshe Bookstore are covered with snow half a foot thick, and there are handymen climbing the wooden ladder to clear the snow on the roof, worried that the snow will keep crushing the roof, and the twenty members of the bookstore can engrave Yan, Liu, Ou, The engraving of Zhao font is Jiao Hong's "Jiao's Pen Ride" plate-making, this book is about 80,000 words, the above and the next two volumes of the form of engraving and publing, this is the first time that the Hanshe Book Company engraved the collection of famous figures in the world, plate-making, paper, and decoration are exquisite, and the requirements are a hit, and the twelve engraved Song characters are making plates for Feng Menglong's "Warning Words", which must be rushed out before the year, Yang Shixiang promised each engraver of the bookstore that there would be an additional red envelope of three taels and six dollars of silver before the year, so these carvers are enthusiastic about their work- Zhang Yuan inspected again, quite satisfied, and Yang Shixiang, Hong Daotai said some things about the future development of the bookstore, said that Suzhou Fushui Shanfang Bookstore has become the Suzhou branch of the Hanshe Book Company, but the book marketing of the Suzhou Branch is only limited to the counties of Nanzhili, and the General Bureau of the Hanshe Book Company is not limited, as long as the ability to expand as much as possible - in the evening, Yang Shixiang sent people to invite Zhang Cao, Huang Zunsu, and Qi Biaojia to the dinner, and the next morning also held a small literary meeting in the Narcissus Temple, which was attended by members of the Qingpu Han Society, with more than 20 people, The participants are all famous, of course, the most talked about is next year's township test, but Qingpu Zhusheng Township test site in Nanjing, and Zhang Yuan, Huang Zunsu are in Hangzhou, but next year's March 3 of the Shanyin Han Society can be a good gathering, Zhusheng is looking forward to next year's Sanyin Conference Quartet Friends of the Society - stayed in Qingpu for three days, on the second day of the lunar month, Zhang Yuan and his entourage resigned Lu Tao, Yang Shixiang and others set off back to Shaoxing, Zhang Ruoxi took Lu Chun, Xujie to the port of Dahuangpu to send off, last year Zhang Ruoxi was in Shanyin mother's house for the New Year, It's not good to go back to her parents' house for the New Year this year, and the Shengmei firm is just starting out, things are extremely complicated, and she can't leave, but on March 3 next year, she will bring her second son and her husband Lu Tao to Shanyin, she is a relative of Guining Province, and Lu Tao is to participate in the Han Society Gathering - when parting, Zhang Ruoxi complained to her younger brother Zhang Yuan that her husband Lu Tao wants to prepare for next year's township trial, and she is really too busy to be alone in Shengmei Firm, Zhang Ruoxi said: "Xiao Yuan, hurry up and marry Miss Shang, and let Miss Shang and I manage the Shengmei business together - Miss Shang won't look down on my sister to do this, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan Zhengse said: "How come, her surname is Shang." ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled.

(To be continued)