Qixi Festival, the crescent moon is like a hook, Zhang Yuan sat alone on the White Horse Mountain and sat on the side of the hidden spring, listening to the faint laughter of the woman at the end of the chrysanthemum garden, that was Shang Ran and a few maidservants set up melons, fruits, wine and food in the bamboo pavilion to worship the moon and beg Qiaoqiao, Qixi Festival is the daughter's day, the begging festival, the girl can not have a man present when praying for the moon, so Zhang Yuan avoided sitting on the side of the hidden spring, sat with his knees crossed, and looked at the sky with white eyes - Zhang Yuan went to Wang Siren's teacher's house this morning, and sent fifty taels of silver to the pen silver, Yang Shixiang came to Shanyin on the night he gave Zhang Yuan one hundred and fifty taels of honorarium, Last night, I was very happy to see Zhang Yuan complete the draft selection and commentary, and then took out twenty taels of silver, and asked Zhang Yuan to give it to Mr. Wang Jizhong as the preface of the pen, Zhang Yuan accepted, and added thirty taels to make up fifty taels, and this morning I took the silver to see Mr. Wang, Wang Siren smiled and said: "Qingpu Yang Xiucai is not afraid of losing money, and he is so generous!" He also said: "You can take this silver back, it can be regarded as a donation to Yang and Yicang." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Yanghe Yicang has not accepted donations from other counties for the time being, and the people who want to be rescued at that time are only limited to the people of Shanyin County, and the teachers will only donate to Huiji." ”

Wang Siren said: "That's right. He ordered the steward to accept the money and asked Zhang Yuan to leave the manuscript of the selected article, and then take the preface.

I had lunch at Mr. Wang's house, and took Wuling to visit Shang Zhoude, who had just returned from an inspection tour of the suburban grange, and sighed that the drought was serious, and that drought relief was the top priority for the people of Huiji and Shanyin counties...... A delicate small red lantern came one after another, and Shang Yanran's voice like a sheng flute called softly: "Zhang Gongzi-Zhang Gongzi-"

Zhang Yuan responded: "I'm here." Got up to greet him, and saw Shang Tanran coming with a lantern by himself, and those servants and maids did not follow, he was very happy, took Shang Tanran's hand, and asked with a smile: "Who is the first to thread the needle?" "The girl in the boudoir of the Tanabata wears a nine-hole needle with a five-color thread, and the first to penetrate is a coincidence.

Shang Yanran smiled and said, "The maidservants let me." His eyes were a little dodgy, thinking about what Zhang Yuan had said, and he asked, "Zhang Lang, has your friend from Qingpu gone back?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I will go back in a few days." He took the delicate little lantern and hung it on the branch by the spring, pulled Shang Ran to sit down on the bluestone by the pool, put Shang Ran's soft little hand in his palm, and said, "I don't know if the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the sky are like you and me at this time?" ”

Shang Ran didn't speak, his hand was in Zhang Yuan's palm, warm and slightly damp, his heart was "pounding", and asked: "Zhang Lang is erudite and knowledgeable, can you know that the meeting at the Magpie Bridge is true?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Reason or nothing, there is truth." ”

The two of them didn't speak for a long time, just held hands like that, looked at each other in the night, felt the truth of affection in the starlight, the two of them got closer and closer, their lips touched lightly, Shang Tangran's body stiffened, his body was slightly up, and his voice was very thin: "Zhang Lang-"

Zhang Yuan took out a hand and hugged Shang Ranran, but felt that the dress was thin, the waist was slender, and through the two gauze silks, he could still feel the warmth and softness of the skin, from the waist down, the graceful arc expanded sharply, it was a plump buttocks, gently stroked, delicate panting, the delicate body in his arms trembled slightly, and one hand was slightly resisted on his chest - Zhang Yuan didn't dare to move much, just hugged each other like that, and said some ethereal love words, the early autumn night, and on the mountain, the weather was already a little cool, and the starlight was like rain. I don't know how long it took, when I heard a maidservant calling, the two separated, and Shang Yanran responded: "It's here." ”

Zhang Yuan took off the lantern and took a photo, Shang Ran's eyes were shining, his face was blushing, and he was extremely delicate - Shang Ran said: "Zhang Lang, let's go down the mountain." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "I really want to sit here all night." Carrying the lantern, he interlocked his fingers with Shang Ran and returned to the bamboo pavilion.

Seven or eight maidservants and servants had already packed up their utensils and went down the mountain with Zhang Yuan and Shang Ran, and Wuling was waiting at the bottom of the mountain.

Zhang Yuan took the carriage back to the East Zhang Mansion It was already three drum times, and when he got off in front of the bamboo fence gate, it was Mu Zhenzhen who answered the door, and said with a happy face: "Young master, look at this day-" pointed to the sky.

Zhang Yuan looked up and saw that the night sky with bright stars was covered with clouds at this time, and the hooked moon falling in the west was also hidden in the clouds. ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "It's raining under such a little cloud? He smiled and said, "Hurry up and go to sleep, maybe the river will be full of water tomorrow morning." He asked again: "How many more days do you Water Margin heroes pray for rain?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "There are seven days in total, and tomorrow is the last day." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm really looking forward to a timely rain." ”

This night Mu Zhenzhen fell asleep with full expectations, listening to the sound of the patio on the pillow, hoping to hear the "rustle" rain in the next moment, and the "rustling" rain was not heard, only the grinding sound of the free pavilion at the end of the bed.

…… Mu Zhenzhen got up early the next morning, there was no sign of rain in the patio, looking up at the square sky, it was still blue and clear, and the clouds last night were gone, Mu Zhenzhen was very disappointed, thinking: "Today is the last day to pray for rain, does the dragon lord still refuse to rain?" ”

Zhang Yuan looked at the stunned fallen girl on the courtyard downstairs upstairs in the west, and thought: "At this time, the people praying for rain are very pious, and the emperor personally walked more than ten miles to the Temple of Heaven to pray for rain, which is also a kind of belief and determination that people will win the day, and the drought in Shaoxing will definitely pass, I just hope that this day will come soon." ”

In the afternoon of the ninth day of the first month, Zhang Yuan went to the mansion of the teacher of Huiji Wang, and the old man said that the master, the wife, and the eldest lady had all gone to the garden, and the master had instructed that if Zhang Gongzi came, he would go to the front yard study to get the manuscript.

Zhang Yuan came to the study in the front yard, and sure enough, he saw a stack of manuscripts pressed by a piece of green jade paperweight, and the top piece of paper was the preface made by Wang Siren for this eight-strand anthology. Said: Its spirit is in the air, its health is turning, its bones are in the green, its essence is in the saying, its rhyme is in the snow and the moon, its mining is in the xia, its shouting is in the wind and thunder, and its change, trance and unfathomable place are in the clouds......"

"Brother Jiezi—"

Wang Yingzi combed three small buns, wore a bean green gold and red heart along the edge, and a white Hangzhou silk painting skirt, light and down, standing in front of the door of the study.

"Ah, Senior Sister Yingzi, didn't Senior Sister go to the garden?" Zhang Yuan asked.

Wang Yingzi walked in and said with a smile: "I didn't go, I'm just waiting for you to come and pick up the manuscript and talk to you." He sat down on a square chair on the side of the bookcase and asked, "How much money did Senior Brother get from this election?" ”

Zhang Yuan also sat down and said with a smile: "One hundred and twenty taels, what's the matter, junior sister wants to divide it?" ”

Wang Yingzi smiled and said, "Didn't you send fifty taels of silver before, my father knows very well in his heart, and my sister and I are also in it." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I still want to buy some gifts for my sister and sister, but I don't know what to buy, I'm afraid of being abrupt." ”

Wang Yingzi looked at Zhang Yuan and said with a smile: "I'm not polite, I heard that you and your brothers of the same clan invited a mirror craftsman from Hangzhou to make a clairvoyant mirror, and if it is made, give me a clairfront mirror." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The clairvoyant mirror has not yet been made, but the crystal stone incense mirror is already available, you can make fire, I said that I will send an incense mirror, and after the clairvoyant mirror is made, I will also give a pair to my sister." ”

Wang Yingzi said happily: "That's good, a word is a certainty." He asked again: "How did Senior Brother read the Spring and Autumn classics?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "These people don't have time to read, and there are many books that I haven't read. ”

Wang Yingzi said: "I have recently read nearly 40 volumes of books on the meaning of the "Spring and Autumn", such as "Spring and Autumn Words", "Spring and Autumn Sayings", "Reading Zuo Fuyi", "Zuo Chuan Commentary" These books are clichés, and the senior brother doesn't read them, only Lu Zuqian's "Zuo's Boyi", Huang Zufu's "Spring and Autumn Questions" and Wang Wei's "Spring and Autumn Words" are helpful for scientific research, and the rest are repeated with each other, and it is the same thing to read too much. ”

Zhang Yuanxi said: "Thank you for your advice." ”

Wang Yingzi smiled and said, "How dare you refer to the senior brother, it's just a suggestion." ”

The two brothers and sisters discussed "Spring and Autumn" in the study, Wang Yingzi read far more books in "Spring and Autumn" than Zhang Yuan, and even read the seventy-volume "Spring and Autumn Three Biography Commentary and Interpretation", Zhang Yuan, his thoughts are relatively cutting-edge, the two of them are very interested in talking, and there is a feeling of full and pleasant, which is really a wonderful feeling.

In the evening, Wang Siren came back, Zhang Yuan hurriedly said goodbye, Wang Siren saw his daughter Yingzi's eyes smiling and staring, and he spoke dryly, and asked his daughter to talk with Zhang Yuan for an afternoon, and each other's learning was very inspiring, Wang Siren shook his head and said in his heart: "The fate of Zhang Yuan and Yingzi is not over, there will be a next decomposition, and see if there is a law of both? ”

Wang Siren was deeply influenced by Li Zhuowu's thoughts, believing that dressing and eating is human ethics and physics, and had a critical attitude towards Confucius and Mencius, so he often had angry and indulgent words, and did not think there was any fuss about Zhang Yuan's relationship with his daughter Yingzi, of course, this is mainly because Wang Siren greatly admired Zhang Yuan as a good student, and deep down he still had this kind of secret psychology that he didn't even realize of treating Zhang Yuan as a son-in-law - so it was really his blessing that Zhang Yuan met a Master like Wang Siren, and he changed to someone else. He had already beaten him out with a big stick, and he was engaged to be a brother and sister of his daughter, what kind of system did this become!

…… On the tenth day of the seventh month, Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong have not left Shanyin, Fan Wenruo and Jin Langzhi of Suzhou Fushui Shanfang Society rushed to Shanyin to visit Zhang Yuan, and asked Zhang Yuan Zhang Jiezi when they arrived in Shanyin County, everyone knew it, and there were enthusiastic people who led Fan and Jin to the front of Zhang Yuan's house in Dongzhang, and the big stone took the name and went in to report, and after a while, Zhang Yuan and Yang Shixiang and Jin Bozong greeted them with a smile.

(To be continued)