On the third day of the fifth month, the self-striking bell of the study "dangdang" struck past nine o'clock, Zhang Yuan went out with Shang Tanran, accompanied by Mu Zhenzhen, Yunjin, Wuling and the old servant Fu Cheng, yesterday Zhang Cao sent Fu'er to talk back, saying that the Dragon Boat Festival said that the father was going to hold a lotus party in the garden, and the third day of the first year said that the garden was free and could go to play, and the word Xie Gardener had been passed on to the third day of the first year not to let outsiders enter the garden - Shang Ran was very knowledgeable, although the matter of visiting the garden was arranged by her husband Zhang Yuan, she still had to go to Aunt Lu for instructions, although she knew that Aunt Lu would definitely agree, But this etiquette can not be less - from Dongzhang to the garden about three miles of road, the midsummer weather is already quite hot, Zhang Yuan wants to call a sedan chair for Lan Ran to ride, but Lan Ran is willing to walk, she wears a hat, the edge of the hat hangs down the white gauze, covering the face, the white gauze is thin, does not affect the vision, and from the outside to see the face, as if seeing flowers in the fog, more hazy beauty, Zhang Yuan has always thought that the beauty wearing the veil is to cover up, more tempting, especially the Ran, not wrapped feet, walk lightly and quickly, the veil is blowing, like a hibiscus facing the wind- It is the custom of Vietnam and China to go out to play around the Dragon Boat Festival, and you can also see scholars and wives walking with their wives in the market.

Zhang Yuan ignored those surprised gazes and said to Shang Tanran: "Change customs, from now on." ”

Shang Ran was still a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "I'm going to be made fun of." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "What to make fun of, foot binding breaks bones and tendons, harms people's physiology, this kind of crooked customs should be made fun of, the next time I want to make a clear statement against women's foot binding, I want to write a long article to demonstrate the harm of foot binding." He lowered his voice and said, "I love it the most." ”

Shang Ran smiled slightly, walking beside Zhang Yuan, with a sense of pride.

When he came to Pang Gongchi, the cool breeze suddenly came, with water vapor, Zhang Yuan smiled: "You sniff, this wind has the taste of pineapple tea." ”

Suddenly, I heard someone say: "The spring breeze is like wine, and the summer breeze is like tea-"

When Zhang Yuan looked back, he saw the eldest brother Zhang Dai holding an umbrella, approaching quickly, and the two little guys behind him were carrying food boxes, Zhang Yuan hurriedly asked: "Didn't the sister-in-law of the Liu family come?" ”

Zhang Dai had a look of uncertainty on his face, waved his hand and said, "Don't mention her." Xiang Shang said: "Brother Shang's wife is good." ”

"Big brother is well." Shang Tanran calmly returned the salute to Zhang Dai.

Zhang Yuan pulled Zhang Dai aside and asked what was going on? Zhang Dai was very unhappy, and muttered: "That stupid woman, saying that women should not show their heads and go out to play, and refuse to come." ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head, the eldest brother lost a big gamble in this marriage, married such a pedantic woman, he refused to play in his own garden, the gate did not go out of the second door, needless to say that there must be no interest at all, no wonder the eldest brother was depressed, and relieved the eldest brother a few words, when he arrived at the gate of the garden, Xie Gardener had already waited, Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan gave Xie Gardener a reward, and while he was talking, a curtain sedan chair arrived, followed by Nengzhu, Fu'er and two maidservants-Zhang Cao got down from the sedan chair, and then helped a tall and thin woman, This woman has a fair complexion and a cold temperament, this is Zhang Cao's wife Qi, it seems that people are also very smart, otherwise where can they handle Zhang Cao, who is like a wild horse.

Seeing that Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan had already arrived first, Zhang Cao smiled and arched his hand: "Big brother, Jie Zi, ah, brother Shang, brother Shang, foolish brother is polite." ”

The Qi family was a little hesitant, Shang Qianran's second sister-in-law was her little aunt, and this generation was really a bit chaotic - Shang Xiangran had already stepped forward and called Zhang Cao "third brother" and Qi's "third sister-in-law", since she arrived at the Zhang family, of course, she had to follow the generation of the Zhang family.

Zhang Dai saw that the younger brother of Shang was so virtuous and elegant, and compared with his Taoist wife, he was even more depressed.

A group of people bypass Xiaomei Mountain, the steep feeling of green air strikes people, the red flower shines on the eyes, the pavilion lotus leaves spread continuously on both sides of the covered bridge, the water surface is completely covered, the height of the lotus cover is uneven, graceful, the lotus flower or blooms to the fullest, or the tender stamen contains buds, the wind on the pond comes, the lotus leaves dance lightly, the lotus flower trembles lightly, it is beautiful.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "I smelled the fragrance of pineapple tea in the wind before, but it turned out to be lotus fragrance. Suddenly my heart moved, remembering that night to send Wang Wei to the plum blossom Zen accommodation, from this covered bridge when he said that there is more than a month, the lotus opens, not only full of green lotus and red buds, the lotus fragrance is even more refreshing, and now, Xiuwei has been far away in Songjiang, well, my sister should have returned to Qingpu, Xiuwei will also come to my sister's side, right?

Shang Ran and his calyx wife Qi hand in hand to talk, Zhang Yuan went around to the plum blossom Zen alone, to see the people go to the empty room, I can't help but feel a little melancholy, I still miss the girl in my heart, suddenly I saw a thin bamboo under the corridor, but it was a fishing rod made by Xue Tong, left here - Zhang Yuan took the fishing rod, went out from the back door, and asked Wuling to dig two earthworms to make bait, and fished on the perch pavilion, as soon as the bait entered the water, there were fish on the hook, and when the fish swallowed the bait, it was a perch more than half a foot long - Shang Yuran and Qi shook the veil fan, Stepping up to the pavilion, seeing the perch that Zhang Yuan fished in the open space in the pavilion, they were all surprised and delighted, standing on the edge of the pavilion did not dare to step forward, Zhang Cao rushed up, stepped on the fish, and said happily: "Steamed perch, delicious." "Immediately ordered Fu'er to go back and ask someone to bring the stove and charcoal fire, and to feast in this garden.

Zhang Dai said: "I'll arrange it, our brother is celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in this garden today." "Hurriedly went.

Shang Ran and the Qi family had heard their husbands say that the crab meeting on the ninth day of September last year at the incense burner peak was very longing.

Nengzhu used a straw rope to wear the gill of the perch and kept it in the pond under the pavilion, so that the fish would not be delicious when they died.

Zhang Cao asked Zhang Yuan for a fishing rod, he wanted to teach the Qi family to fish, Zhang Yuan took Shang Ran to You Xia Shuangxuan and Wu Leak Nunnery, and said as he walked: "Lan Ran, seeing Xiao Wu's ridiculous appearance, he flattered Yun Jin in every way, and he didn't come out to serve Young Master Ben, but only to Yun Jin, but Yun Jin ignored Xiao Wu." ”

Shang Tanran pursed his lips and smiled, and when he looked back, Wu Ling and Yun Jin didn't follow him in the pavilion, and said, "Xiao Wu has finally started to grow taller."

Zhang Yuan said: "Xiao Wu is seventeen years old, Yun Jin is the fifteenth day of the New Year, I don't know what Yun Jin means to Xiao Wu, one day you can help me ask Yun Jin." ”

Shang Ran smiled "eat" and said, "Does Zhang Lang want a mandarin duck score?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The male should get married, the female should marry, if both parties like, they can be married next year." ”

Shang Ran let out a "hmm".

There are thousands of green bamboos planted behind the hermitage, the fishing rod made by Xue Tong must be the bamboo picked here, passing through the hermitage, the skin and eyebrows are blue, but there is a vegetable garden behind the hermitage, presumably planted by Xie Gardener, the bean shed melon stand, the farmhouse flavor, Zhang Yuan went in and picked two bitter gourds out, Shang Ran smiled, and said: "Stealing vegetables——"

"Stealing vegetables." Zhang Yuan also smiled, holding two bitter gourds and said: "This bitter gourd was brought back from Nanyang by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures. ”

Around the garden, back to the Perch Pavilion, I saw that Zhang Cao also caught a four-cheek perch and came up, laughing with Qi's opposite, Zhang Cao said: "When the eldest father built a garden, he let people buy hundreds of four-cheek perch from Songjiang and put them in this pond, and now they are multiplying. ”

After a while, Zhang Dai came, brought the maid Suzhi, and two healthy servants carried the stove and charcoal, and followed a cook, bringing Magu wine, horn millet, oil dumplings, bacon - Zhang Dai is a gourmet, although he is not in charge of the spoon, but on the side to instruct the cook how to cook, the sea bass should be steamed with Jinhua ham, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and coriander, and after half-cooking, ginger, green onions, rice wine and other condiments - the lunch is hearty, there are three food tables on the perch pavilion, Zhang Cao, Zhang Yuan and his wife each raised their eyebrows, so that Zhang Dai is not envious, I had to borrow food to relieve my boredom.

With lunch, Zhang Dai personally cooked tea, Zhang Dai created a kind of Lanxue tea, take the tea of the northern foot of Longshan, fry and roast with the method of making pineapple tea, put jasmine when cooking tea, the tea color is like bamboo shoots square bloom, green powder is evenly mixed, and such as the dawn of the mountain window, the light is transparent to the paper, the tea is poured into the white tea cup, the fragrance is like orchid, the color is like snow, because the name is called Lanxue, even Zhang Yuan is not very good at tasting tea after drinking half a cup also feels the fragrance of lips and teeth, praised: "The tea art of the eldest brother is going to surpass the peach leaf to cross the Min Wenshui." ”

Zhang Dai was quite impressive, and said humbly: "How dare you, Wen Lao's skill in soaking silver tea for decades is not comparable to me, a young boy." ”

About the beginning of the hour, I heard the dragon boat drum beat on the other side of the Fu River, it seems that the dragon boat race is about to start, the third small competition, the fifth competition, Zhang Yuan and others are about to go to the Fu River to see the dragon boat, a West Zhang servant sweating profusely ran over, and said to Zhang Cao: "Third young master, the green plum is about to give birth, and Mrs. told you to go back quickly." ”

Zhang Cao was a little at a loss, he was still not mentally prepared to be a father.

Qi said to Zhang Cao: "Husband, let's go back quickly." "Say goodbye to Shang Tanran, and make an appointment to communicate more in the future.

Shang Tangran called Qi "three sisters-in-law", Qi called Shang Tangran "Shang sister", because Shang Tangran was one year older than Qi's - the afternoon sun was blazing, there were five or six miles from the garden to the Fu River, Shang Tangran still refused to take a sedan chair, to follow Zhang Yuan on foot, said that he was not tired, Zhang Yuan was also by her, the group came to Xiguo Water Gate, heard the drum sound, four five-zhang long dragon boats on the river broke the water and sailed fiercely, scrambling to be the first, on both sides of the Fu River and on the Yuewang Bridge to watch the dragon boats of the people cheered one after another - Zhang Yuan was busy entertaining, Scholars kept coming to greet him, Shang Ran and Mu Zhenzhen and Yun Jin retreated to the side, watching the dragon boat race under the shade of Huai on the shore, but they didn't know that on the Yuewang Bridge half a mile away, someone was looking at her and Zhang Yuan - that was Wang Yingzi, and her sister Wang Jingshu took an ox cart to the bridge to watch the dragon boat, and saw Zhang Yuan and Shang Ran from a distance, Wang Jingshu said: "Baby, do you see, the couple is very affectionate, and they travel together." ”

Wang Yingzi was silent for a long time and said, "Sister, go back, read and compose." ”

Wang Jingshu said: "There is a golden house in the book, there is a thousand Zhongsu in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book - Babyzi, what are you in the book?" ”

Wang Yingzi said: "Why should my sister be so utilitarian, do you have to have these when you study, I just love to read, and it is enough to read to understand things and gain insight." He also said: "Brother Ming asked Brother Ming to ask the servant to send some of the books I collected to Senior Brother Jiezi, those books should be beneficial to the township examination and the general examination." ”

Wang Jingshu shook her head and said, "Sister really doesn't understand you-"

The ox cart turned around and went to the east of Yuewang Bridge, Wang Yingzi looked at Zhang Yuan who was talking with all beings from the car window, and muttered to herself: "It's very simple, I just like it." ”

…… One day after the Dragon Boat Festival, Wang Binglin personally went to Shanyin to send a book to Zhang Yuan, and said: "Jiezi, you have read all these books, I have read them, and it is beneficial to open the book, but I am dull and do not understand deeply." ”

Zhang Yuan checked it a little, and knew that these books were collected by Yingzi's junior sister, and some of them were handwritten by Yingzi, and said to Wang Binglin: "I thanked my junior sister on my behalf." ”

Wang Binglin patted Zhang Yuan's arm and said with a smile: "I hope you will succeed." The conversation changed and said: "The great master has gone to various prefectures to preside over the scientific examination, and he will go to Shaoxing before the end of the month, you are last year's annual tribute, no need to take the exam, I still have to take the exam." ”

Not all talents can participate in the township examination, must be selected, every child, meridian, Mao, you township examination year before the end of May, the school officer to go down to the provinces to convene the student examination, the first and second class are eligible to participate in the August township examination, Zhang Yuan is the head of last year's road examination, without the need for the examination to obtain the township examination qualifications, if the township examination is not successful, then the next subject Zhang Yuan wants to participate in the township examination must also be carried out the scientific examination first - Zhang Yuan said: "Senior brother will definitely be able to take the first class, then we will go to Hangzhou together." ”

Wang Binglin shook his head and said: "I'm really not confident, I'm not afraid of being teased by Jie Zi, if the baby is me, then it's no problem to take the first class, you look at the eight-strand method she summarized, I'm far behind." He got up and said, "Okay, I'll take my leave first." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Senior Brother Wang has lunch and then come back."

Wang Binglin resigned.

Sent away Wang Binglin, Zhang Yuan returned to the study on the bank of the Tou Mo River, he is now meeting guests and making friends is generally here, Shang Ran will let Yun Jin see if there are any foreign guests before coming to the wooden building, and Mu Zhenzhen is waiting on the wooden floor - the book sent by Wang Binglin is lying quietly on the table, the book is made of bamboo, waterproof and tough, it should be a newly made book, there is still the fragrance of bamboo - Zhang Yuan carefully checked the books, in addition to the "Spring and Autumn Decree", "Reading Zuo Fuyi" These books on the Spring and Autumn Period, there are also Gui Youguang, Tang Xianzu, Dong Qichang's anthology of the eight famous scholars, as well as three volumes of "Zhejiang Township Test Scene Seven Excellent Works", which should be selected by Wang Yingzi from the vast eight-strand book pile, the most beneficial to open the book, in the corner of the book is two volumes of Wang Yingzi's reading notes and summary of the eight-strand method - Zhang Yuan flipped through the volume of "The Method of Making Eight Strands", Wang Yingzi wrote in fluent letters:

"The method of making eight strands, being able to be familiar with the wonderful realm of ancient texts, and bow down to the rules of the times, and nourish the heart surname, recognize the theme, open the chest of the ancients, and express one's own gains, then naturally not the present, not the ancient and the ancient, not the current and the current, not the ancestors but the ancestors. If there is a copy of the heart of the text, it is not the text; Keeping a copy of the heart of the ancestors, that is, not the ancestors. For example, a poet must want every sentence to be Du, but it must not be a true Du; For example, the Linchi family must want the pen to be the king, not the real king. Who, for the sake of the ancients, and his own surname is not ......"

Zhang Yuan nodded while looking at it, and the younger sister of the infant posture summed it up very well, which is a step further than Mr. Wang Siren's only technical lectures on the eight-strand grammar - Zhang Yuan read it page by page, and read the chapter on the examiner of the infant posture theory, and the example given is Xu Guangqi's Xie Yuan volume "Shun's dwelling in the deep mountains", why was the art of Ying Zi analyzed why this art was first dethroned by the official of the marking room and then promoted to the first by the president Jiao Hong? The reason is that Xu Guangqi integrated Wang Yangming's mind, which is very different from orthodox Confucianism, as well as the thoughts of Zhuangzi and Laozi———— although Yangming's mindology has flourished since the end of Jiajing, traditional Confucianism is still the mainstream of official thought, so it is normal for the official of the marking room to depose Xu Guangqi's test papers, and it is normal for Xu Guangqi to fail the township examination five times in a row, but when Xu Guangqi took the sixth township examination, he met the president Jiao Hong, who is the great Confucian who worships Yangming Xinxue and advocates the convergence of the three religions. Seeing Xu Guangqi's craftsmanship from the falling volume, he was amazed, and put it as the first, it seems to be a good story of the imperial examination, but in fact, there are profound internal ideological reasons, and there is inevitability in the accident - Zhang Yuan saw this, he couldn't help but shout, there was a sense of sudden enlightenment, and his heart was extremely happy, and he was more sure of his August Township Test - "Zhang Lang, what's the ecstasy?" ”

Shang Yuran walked in and asked with a smile.

Zhang Yuan said: "Once the troubles in my heart are solved, can I not be ecstatic!" ”

Shang Ran looked at the manuscript in Zhang Yuan's hand, the calligraphy was obviously a woman's calligraphy, she knew that Wang Siren's son had just come, this book and book should have been sent by Wang Gongzi, and asked: "Who can solve Zhang Lang's doubts?" ”

Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment and replied, "Miss Wang Yingzi." ”

Shang said "oh" and said, "Let me take a look at this section." "After taking this volume of "The Law of Eight Shares" and reading the chapter "On the President", I thought of the confusion that Zhang Yuan had told her about the examiner, and the confusion about Xu Guangqi's falling volume and solving the Yuan, Wang Yingzi's chapter is dedicated to solving Zhang Yuan's confusion, and the analysis is excellent, this is not a destiny in the dark, but has its inevitable surname - Shang Ran exclaimed: "Miss Wang is really talented, but it's a pity that she is a daughter." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and didn't say anything.

Shang Ran didn't ask any more, but said, "Zhang Lang wants me to read for you?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Okay, let's finish reading this book as the method of eight strands." ”

Shang Xianran sat down opposite Zhang Yuan and recited:

"——Today's eight famous artists or lecture bureaus, or still talents, or happy words, or citations in the sub-book, or imitation involved in the collection -"

Looking at Zhang Yuan on the other side of the bookcase with his eyes closed and listening, Shang Ran suddenly thought: "Will Zhang Lang imagine in his heart that Wang Yingzi is studying for him?" ”

This thought was too annoying, so Shang Ran hurriedly collected his mind and concentrated on studying.

…… On 23 May, Wang Bian of Zhejiang Province presided over the scientific examination of more than 4,000 students in eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture, and 800 students were placed in the first and second classes, and these 800 students obtained the qualifications for the township examination in August.

Before Wang Tixue left Shanyin, he made an exception to summon Zhang Yuan and encouraged him to take the township test in August, Wang Tixue will be the deputy examiner, and naturally hopes that his protégé Zhang Yuanneng High School - about the examiner, Wang Tixue said to Zhang Yuan: "It is rumored that Gengxu Ketan will spend money to be the president of Zhejiang Township Test, I don't know if it's true, but you can figure out the art of money in advance, he is a famous master of eight shares, no matter whether he comes to Zhejiang to preside over the township test, it is always beneficial to learn his craft." ”

Money is Qian Qianyi.

(To be continued)