Wearing a long jacket and cotton shoes, the free pavilion walked out of the inner courtyard silently, the little girl hadn't seen Zhang Yuan for more than half a year, and seemed to have some shyness, so she said, "The young master is well." He greeted again: "Brother Xiaowu-"

Rabbit Pavilion is twelve years old this year, his body has grown a little, his demeanor is still the same, a pair of slightly outward eyes are always wide open with a curious look, smart and alert, there is a rabbit state, but I don't know how to change the hairstyle, now it is a hanging hair, not like before, combing two rabbit ears like a bun, no rabbit ear bun Rabbit Pavilion is a little like Rabbit Pavilion - Zhang Yuan smiled: "Rabbit Pavilion is good, what about your two vertical braids?" ”

Rabbit Ting raised his hand and touched his head, his eyes were dripping, and he said: "Sister Yiting doesn't help me comb my hair, and the girl bun I comb myself is soft and can't stand up, so I just put it on." When he said this, he looked at Zong Yishan beside Zhang Yuan-Zhang Yuan said: "Now that the family has a large population, Sister Yiting is also busy, and Wuting must learn to comb her own hair-"

Fu Ting nodded, and said, "Young Master, Mrs. is waiting for the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan followed the free pavilion into the inner courtyard to see his mother, Wuling naturally followed, and Laifu caught up and said: "Young master, Laifu is now the Zhang family, and he also has to kowtow to his grandmother, or his grandmother doesn't know who the villain is." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", led Wuling and Laifu into the inner courtyard, there are two large pots of curly wax plum on the side of the rectangular patio, the yellow buds are embellished with snow, and the flowers are fragrant, Zhang Yuan saw his mother Lu Shi sitting in the small tea hall on the side of the stairs of the south building across the patio, and was talking with Mu Zhenzhen and Yiting who were standing on both sides - the rabbit pavilion trotted around the west side of the patio to the front of the small tea hall, and said crisply: "Madam, the young master is back." ”

Zhang Yuan lifted his robe, strode across the patio, entered the teahouse, knelt in front of his mother Lu's knees, raised his head and said, "Mother, my son is back." "Looking carefully at my mother's complexion, although her temples are frosty, her complexion is quite good.

Zhang's mother, Lu, who had already stood up, touched Zhang Yuan's face, took Zhang Yuan's hand and squeezed it, and said, "It's cold and freezing this day, so you should hurry away-Yiting, give Xiao Yuan the hand stove." When he spoke, his eyes never left his son, and he looked up and down lovingly, seeing that his son had grown taller and stronger, and the mother's eyes were happy-Yi Ting stepped forward to greet Zhang Yuan at this time, handed over a copper hand stove, and said with a smile: "Mrs. can reward Zhenzhen now, Zhenzhen has served the young master so well." ”

Mu Zhenzhen's face was flushed, and he was so ashamed that he couldn't raise his head.

Zhang's mother Lu smiled and said: "Of course, you have to reward, first reward a set of silver jewelry and four seasons dresses, and wait for Xiao Yuan and Miss Lan to get married, my Zhang family will not treat you badly." Zhang's mother Lu said this, which is equivalent to picking out the relationship between Mu Zhenzhen and Zhang Yuan.

Wu Ling came in and kowtowed to Zhang's mother Lu, and before he could speak, there was a "bang" kowtow sound from the other end of the patio, and Laifu kowtowed very loudly, and said loudly while kowtowing: "The villain comes to Fu and knocks to see grandma." ”

Zhang's mother Lu asked Zhang Yuan: "Who is this Laifu from?" ”

Laiwang is Zhang Ruiyang from the Zhou Wangfu brought back the long-term follower, the last time in Nanjing Laifu and Laiwang recognized as brothers, Zhang Yuan introduced the origin of Laifu, Zhang's mother Lu smiled: "It's really such a coincidence." "I ordered Yiting to reward six points of silver, and Wuling also had a reward.

Zhang Yuan took out the letter written by his sister Zhang Ruoxi to his mother, and Zhang's mother Lu Shi put on the faint goggles to read the letter, and said happily: "Ruoxi and Lu Tao are going to come to Shanyin in March next year, then it is just right, your father wrote a letter to Ruoxi a few days ago to inform you of the time of your personal welcome, and Ruoxi should arrive before the end of March next year, and it is better to come in advance now." ”

Zhang's mother Lu talked to her son, in great detail, she had to ask everything, and after talking for more than half an hour, she saw that the sky was darkening, and suddenly woke up and said: "Xiao Yuan, you still have friends in the front hall, right, my mother is confused, I have been verbose for so long, you go and accompany your friends." ”

Zhang Yuan went out to the front hall, saw that his father Zhang Ruiyang was still talking with Huang Zunsu, Zong Yishan sat aside, after this long conversation in the afternoon, Zhang Ruiyang was very appreciative of Huang Zunsu's knowledge, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Yuan, this Huang Shengren is knowledgeable, you are friends with him, and you are very pleased with your father, you have to ask Huang Shengren for advice, and Yishan, his knowledge is also worthy of your advice from time to time, you must not be proud." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed and said, "Yes." ”

Huang Zunsu and Zong Yishan hurriedly got up and even said "don't dare", saying that they knew their son Mo Ruo's father, but Zhang Ruiyang didn't know much about his son's knowledge, but Huang Zunsu knew Zhang Yuan's knowledge, and thought that Zhang Yuan's knowledge was above him, which was Gao Panlong and Zou Yuanbiao were amazed - at this time, Zhang Dai came over to invite Zhang Ruiyang, Zhang Yuan's father and son, and Huang Zunsu to go to the West Zhangbei Courtyard for a banquet, saying that the eldest father Zhang Rulin was a guest - Zong Yishan was a little embarrassed, Zhang Yuan and Huang Zunsu went to West Zhang, and he had to say goodbye. After Zong Yishan and his parents followed Zhang Ruiyang to Shanyin, Zhang Ruiyang found a house for their family of three near Fuxue Street as Zhang Yuan said, treated each other politely, and did not treat the Zong family as a servant, but Zong Yishan was always entangled in contradictions, his heart was higher than the sky, he was lowly, fragile and sensitive-Zhang Yuan said: "Eldest brother, the ancestor of the clan doesn't know that Brother Yishan is also here, right?" ”

Zhang Dai immediately came to his senses and said busily: "Sect brother, please go together, the eldest father of the family appreciates your talent and learning." ”

Zong Yishan was still waiting to resign, Zhang Dai couldn't help but say, took his hand and walked out - the group passed on the stone arch bridge on the Demo River, under the twilight, saw that the two banks were frozen, only the middle two zhang wide river was still flowing, Zhang Ruiyang sighed: "This weather is really cold, I have never seen such a big freeze in the Demo River before, this is a few colders, the whole river will freeze, and Jiangbei is not much different." ”

Zhang Yuan estimated that the current temperature is about minus six or seven degrees, and I am afraid that it will reach minus ten degrees at night, and those fruit trees without cold-proof measures will freeze to death at such a low temperature, and I heard my father talk about Jiangbei, so I asked my father about the situation in Jiangbei and Henan, Zhang Ruiyang said that Henan and Shandong have frequent disasters in recent years, and last year there was a great hunger in Shandong, even to the point of eating with a child, and there were hungry people in Qingzhou who gathered to loot, but they were quickly exterminated - Zhang Yuanxin said: "This natural disaster will become more and more serious, and the sky will die in the Ming Dynasty, Ten years later, the victims of Shaanxi will begin to attack everywhere like locusts, and at the same time, Houjin will step up its invasion of Liaodong, and it stands to reason that the place where the Jurchens of Jianzhou are located is even colder, and the climate of this Xiaoice River also has a very serious impact on them, why were the Jurchens not crushed by natural disasters? Well, the Jurchens used aggression to fight against natural disasters, and when they were affected by disasters, they came to the border of the Ming Dynasty to loot, the people of Liaodong were killed and robbed, and the three provinces of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty were also made miserable by the huge additional Liaojiao——"

Zhang Yuan can only think about these things now, a little worry, too sad and angry, things have to come step by step, the first task at present is the township test in August next year, as well as the previous Hanshe Shanyin Society set - everyone trampled on the ice and snow to come to the West Zhangbei Courtyard, Zhang Rulin saw Zhang Yuan, very happy, after the dismissal, Zhang Yuan called Zhang Yuan to the study alone, and asked about the matter of the reversal of Dong and the subsequent Song Siye's intention to cause harm, Zhang Yuan basically said truthfully, Zhang Rulin said hesitantly: "You really have the help of internal officials, You don't know about the matter of making suggestions for Eunuch Xing, Gu Xijiu. He scolded Zhang Yuan with a straight face, which was nothing more than saying that Zhang Yuan was just a showman, and he shouldn't be so public, he should concentrate on studying and focusing on the imperial examination, but in his heart, Zhang Rulin, who was over sixty years old, was secretly surprised by the old spicy behavior of this clan's grandson.

…… Yang and Yicang's two vice presidents Lu Yunpeng and Liu Xiucai heard that Zhang Yuan was back, when they came to Dongzhang to visit in the evening, Zhang Yuan went to the family uncle's dinner and returned to the house, Lu Yunpeng and Liu Xiucai had been waiting for a long time, and reported to Zhang Yuan of Yicang Society that Yang and Yicang had helped the victims and operated the rice shop in the past year, Yanghe Yicang A and B two warehouses have been built, which can store more than 13,000 stones, according to Zhang Yuan's plan, Yicang can not only play the role of a charity granary, Yicang must have its own way of making money, so that it is more capable of doing good deeds, so Yang and rice store also opened in August, Yicang has the support of rice bank, and when the price of rice rises in disaster years, it can play a role in resisting rice prices - when Liu Xiucai and Lu Yunpeng reported to Zhang Yuan, Zhang Ruiyang sat on the side and listened, interjecting a few words from time to time, very insightful, Zhang Ruiyang has been in the Zhou Wangfu for many years, well-informed, Qian Gu criminal name, have an understanding, Zhang Yuan has long thought about waiting for his father to return to Shanyin to let his father do this Yang and Yicang's Shezheng, then it was mentioned, Zhang Ruiyang readily agreed, although he is over fifty years old, But the body is still healthy, and he has been busy in the Zhou Palace, and now he is a little idle when he returns to his hometown, and his heart is empty, and he is the most suitable to manage Yanghe Yicang-Zhang Yuanxi said: "That son will go to explain this matter to his uncle and ancestor tomorrow, and Hou Xianzun will also be clear." ”

Zhang Ruiyang said with a smile: "Hou County Zun was assessed as competent after inspection, and he went to Beijing for Hajj in August, or he was promoted, and the successor county commander was surnamed Liu." ”

Zhang Yuan sighed and said: "Hou Xianzun is kind to his son, but this time he left Shanyin, but his son couldn't see him off, which is a pity." ”

Zhang Ruiyang said: "It's not too late to repay the favor, it's good to have a heart." ”

Sent away Lu Yunpeng and Liu Xiucai, Zhang Yuan accompanied Huang Zunsu to the wooden building on the bank of the Demo River to rest, Zhang Yuan left Zong Yishan behind, the three of them were ready to hug the stove for a long talk, walked to the backyard, saw the little girl Rabbit Pavilion was feeding the white mule snow essence night grass, Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to take Huang Zunsu and Zong Yishan to the wooden building first, he went to the stable to see the snow spirit, the rabbit pavilion said that the snow spirit Ping said that he went out to forage for food, and returned home after dark, and the snow spirit did not go to forage early in the morning, and would wait until noon, seeing that there was no errand to drive, he would go out of the back garden to forage, The little girl said proudly that Xue Jing listened to her the most - Mu Zhenzhen walked out of the hall with a lantern and called, "Young master, Mrs. wants to ask you." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled "hey", his mother asked him about it all afternoon, but before he finished asking, he heard Mu Zhenzhen say again: "It's about Zong Gongzi." ”

Zhang Yuan wondered in his heart: "Mother wants to ask Zong Yishan what is the matter!" ”

(To be continued)