Zhang Yuan accompanied Hou County Order to drink and enjoy the snow in the county office, the snow fell more and more, the ground was cold, and soon accumulated a thin layer, at the beginning of the time, Hou County ordered to go to the Jieai Hall to deal with official cases, Zhang Yuan went back alone with an oil-paper umbrella, white leather boots stepped on the snow, step by step, walking, the mood gradually improved, Hou County Zun said well, there is always a chance to repay the teacher's kindness, don't think so much now, just want Miss Ran and next year's county, the government two trials.

Turn around the Fuxue Palace, in front of the bamboo fence door of your house, the chai door is hidden, push the door in, see a string of straw shoe prints on the ground, it is to the left side of the hall, the row of earthen wall tile houses on the left side of the hall is the kitchen, the place of sundries and servants, Zhang Yuanxin said: "Who is this, and I wear straw shoes on snowy days?" Then she stepped on the straw shoe print and walked over to take a look - Mu Zhenzhen was wearing the black Songjiang cotton jacket and long skirt that Zhang Yuan paid for her to sew last time, standing barefoot by the well fence on a snowy day, washing her feet with water, a pair of muddy grass resting on the stone well railing, she bent over, the thin skirt was stretched, outlining the sturdy round buttocks and slender legs, the two feet were frozen red, scrubbing each other, the barrel was tilted, "whoosh", the cold water rushed to the feet, and then the golden rooster read the water to drain some, and the water on the feet drained some, Then he took out a green cloth shoe from the cloth bag around his waist and put it on - Zhang Yuan understood, this fallen girl only wore this pair of cloth shoes at his house, these green cloth shoes were made by his mother Lu Shi for Mu Zhenzhen, it was thicker and warmer, Mu Zhenzhen was reluctant to wear it, every time he came to his house, he first went to the well to change the straw, washed his feet and put on the cloth shoes, and came to see him cleanly, and as soon as he went out, he changed back to the grass, and it was usually just like this, and this snowy day was also like this, which made people feel heart-wrenching-"The young master is back, and Brother Xiaowu is about to go to the county government to pick up the young master." ”

Dashi ran over from the back garden and saw Zhang Yuan, shouted loudly, and said to Mu Zhenzhen: "Sister Zhenzhen washes her feet, isn't it cold?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen's soft waist stiffened slightly, turned around and looked at Zhang Yuan, his expression was a little flustered, and he said, "Young master, I, little maid, am not cold." "It was like she had done something wrong.

The snow is still falling sporadically, flying down on the towel wrapped in the head of the fallen girl, the stone well fence, the muddy grass, the washed feet, the slim posture, this fallen girl is like a tenacious white lotus in the ice and snow pond, can contain bitterness and fragrance-Zhang Yuan put away the umbrella, walked a few steps closer, looked at Mu Zhenzhen's feet under the skirt, and asked: "Do you have frostbite on your feet?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen was quite inferior to his big feet, at this time, he was stared at by the young master like this, and he was so panicked that he didn't know where to hide, if his hands could be retracted, but his feet always had to stand, his snow-white face turned red in an instant, and he said: "The little maid is rough and rough, and she never gets frostbite,." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Barefoot and straw sandals on heavy snow days do not grow frostbite, is it like this for people with martial arts?" But it was not easy to look at her feet, so he smiled and said, "Come in with me." He said to Da Shi again: "Go and catch up with Xiao Wu, don't let him go to the county office." ”

The big stone promised and ran out.

Mu Zhenzhen followed behind Zhang Yuan, and couldn't hear a sound when he walked, presumably wearing cloth shoes that were particularly brisk, Zhang Yuan called: "Zhenzhen-"

"Well, young master, what's the matter?"

Mu Zhenzhen took two steps closer to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan asked: "Why did you come here on a snowy day, are you still selling fruits in Dashan Temple?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen said: "Young master, today is my wife's birthday, the first day of November." ”

Zhang Yuan said "ah", knocked on his head, ran around in the past two days, forgot his mother's birth, hurried to see his mother, kowtowed: "My son congratulates my mother on her birthday, and I wish my mother happiness such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan." ”

Zhang's mother Lu smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly remember it?" At a glance, he saw Mu Zhenzhen, who was following her son and kowtowing to her to celebrate her birthday, and said with a smile: "It's Zhenzhen who reminds you, I told Zhenzhen a few days ago that let her come to eat Shou noodles together today." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "My son should be beaten, but he forgot." ”

Zhang's mother Lu said: "It's not a tenth birthday, it's just an idle life, my son is too busy these days, studying hard, and he has to gamble with that Yao Fu to win-by the way, what did Xizhang's uncle and Hou Xianzun say, didn't complain about you, right?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's okay, the main thing is that Mr. Wang is magnanimous and doesn't care about students." ”

Zhang's mother Lu nodded and said, "It's a blessing for my son to be able to worship a teacher like Mr. Wang. He also said: "Wait for Xizhang's Huang Pozi to come, Ming said that she and Shi Shuang, Cuigu and the three of them will go to Huiji to send Geng Ti, this Huang Pozi is under Xizhang's door, and she is more sincere, and she won't ride a two-headed horse to talk." ”

As soon as the words fell, the little girl Rabbit Pavilion came in to report that Granny Huang was coming, and Mrs. Huang came in to greet Zhang's mother Lu, and praised Zhang Yuan, flattering Zhang's mother Lu's good fortune, and gave birth to such a talented and good-looking young master, and then explained that he would go to the business to talk about Shang's matchmaking, since both parties are interested, then the matter is simple, that is, to send Zhang Yuan's Geng post to the merchant, and then take Miss Shang's Geng post back and ask the fortune teller to push it and join it, to see if the men and women help each other, Huang Pozi said again:" It is also necessary for the elders of the young master to write a marriage letter, the Shang family is not an ordinary small household, and the ordinary small household head can say that it is compatible, and the official eunuch family must have a marriage letter. ”

Zhang's mother, Lu, said to Zhang Yuan: "If your father is at home, it should be written by your father, and since he is not at home, my son should go and ask Uncle Zhang to write a marriage letter for you." ”

Zhang Yuan went to the North Courtyard to see his uncle Zhang Rulin, and explained his intentions, Zhang Rulin smiled and said: "Uncle is old and faint, and he can't write a word for half a day, or you will draft it on your behalf, and Uncle will copy it again, so as to save Uncle Zu's trouble." Then let Zhang Yuan sit down.

Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and wrote:

"The gate of Tongde, Chicheng counts; Celebration of IKEA, dare to pay tribute to the ruler book. Compliments to Your Excellency Mr. Zun Family, Xu Shen is compared to double gold, and his performance is the same as two jades. The industry is famous in the different, and the policy is sufficient in the Ming Dynasty. When to ask for each other, insult the Fei Feng and not give up; The material is not Guo Yu, and he is a guest of honor; In view of the success of the public, Mill's eastern neighbors are connected. It is said that Ji Zhan is both cooperative, and the micro currency at the end of the preface dares to be ridiculed. The joy of Qin and Jin, Xin Cheng is forever good; Looking at the Jin Zhangzhi Pavilion, but ashamed of the declining sect. It is an honor to be both, and I know it. Sincerely. ”

Zhang Rulin took it and looked at it, and laughed: "It's good to go over and over again, it's a good idea, it's a young man's composition, looking at the sky with white eyes, a ready-made text hangs in the sky, and it comes down in an instant, brushes it into the paper, and it is done with a brush." After that, he took a pen and copied it, sealed it with a double red prayer post, and asked Zhang Yuan to take it back.

In the evening, Zhang's mother Lu left Huang Pozi to use longevity noodles together, and the matchmaker rewarded her with a penny of silver before she did it, and Huang Pozi smiled happily, indicating that she would come early in the morning.

Mu Zhenzhen stayed here tonight, her father went out to listen to the errand again, Rabbit Pavilion is now familiar with her, no longer afraid of her blue eyes, the two of them are baking fire in the small tea room under the south building, the small stove is pure wolfberry white fungus lotus seed soup, that is Zhang Yuan's mother Lu Shi ordered to prepare for Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan reads and learns words at night, drinks a bowl of lotus seed soup before going to bed, can warm the stomach and nourish the mind, it used to be Yiting here to cook lotus seed soup, tonight there is Mu Zhenzhen here Yiting can steal a leisure, Mu Zhenzhen can do anything inside and out - lotus seed soup will be stewed first, Put two small pieces of rock candy down, the rock candy is packed in a porcelain jar, when Mu Zhenzhen saw that the small mouth of the rabbit pavilion could not be closed and he looked salivating, so he threw a small piece of rock candy to the rabbit pavilion, the rabbit pavilion sucked sweetly, and said vaguely: "It's so sweet, Sister Zhenzhen also eat a small piece, the wife and the young master will not scold." ”

Mu Zhenzhen poured the lotus seed soup in the small clay pot into the celadon bowl, held it on a lacquer plate, and laughed softly: "I don't eat it, I'll serve it to the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan said that he was busy today, and he calmed down at night to complete the two eight-strand homework, and did not dare to perfunctory blame, this is to be reviewed by Mr. Wang, and he had to cheer up the spirit of twelve, and wrote two eight-strand articles, seeing that the time was still early, he copied the "Lingfei Sutra" again, first smelled the fragrance of lotus seeds, and looked up, Mu Zhenzhen came in with lotus seed soup.

Zhang Yuan watched Mu Zhenzhen hold the bowl of lotus seed soup in front of him with both hands, the back of Mu Zhenzhen's hand was white and delicate, but the palm of his hand was rough and calloused, and when he put down the celadon bowl, he could almost hear the sound of his fingers rubbing against the edge of the bowl.

…… The next morning, Mrs. Huang came, ate two big bowls of egg noodles at Zhang Yuan's house, burped, and Shi Shuang, Cuigu and his wife went to the Huiji Shang family to propose, Mu Zhenzhen only then knew that the young master was going to be engaged, and she didn't understand what she said about the Geng Tie marriage book yesterday, and said in her heart: "Which lady is the merchant, I saw the two young ladies of the merchant on the side of the Guangxiang Bridge in the Xue Palace, and they are very young." ”

In the early afternoon, the three of Huang Pozi came back, all of them were beaming, and handed over the Shang girl's Geng post to Zhang's mother Lu's hands, and said how the Shang family was rich and how polite to her three people, Huang Pozi got six coins of silver in the merchant, how not to like it, the average person gave two coins of silver at most, and Zhang's mother Lu rewarded her with two coins of silver, and since then there has been nothing to do with this Huang Pozi.

Mrs. Huang went happily, and Zhang's mother Lu looked at the Shang girl's Geng sticker, but she was born on February 19 in the 25th year of Wanli, and said happily: "There is fate, there is indeed fate." ”

Zhang Yuan looked at it and asked, "Will my mother also push the eight-character Hegeng post?" ”

Zhang's mother Lu said: "My son's June 19th, Miss Shang's February 19th, are the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva, isn't this fate, the Bodhisattva's marriage." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "June 19 is the enlightenment of Guanyin Bodhisattva. ”

Zhang's mother Lu said: "It's all the same, February 19, June 19, and September 19 are all Guanyin's birthday, and Dashan Temple has to do things." He added: "I'll take Miss Shang's eight characters to the fortune teller at the Fuxue Palace and push it, to see if it is compatible with your eight characters—in my opinion, there is nothing wrong with it." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Since my mother said that there is nothing wrong, then you don't need to look for a fortune teller." ”

Zhang's mother Lu smiled: "This is the rule, you must always ask the fortune teller to take a look." ”

Cui Gu on the side said: "Madam, the little woman heard that there is a fortune teller named Qingmo Mountain on the cross street, and he can also calculate where the cattle are lost, and they are all recovered." ”

Zhang's mother Lu said to Zhang Yuan: "Then my son will go to the people of Qingmo Mountain to join this Geng post." ”

(To be continued)