The boat went down the river and docked at the Linxi Wooden Pavilion, Wang Yingzi went ashore and said to Zhang Yuan: "Let people send this bamboo shoot to the senior brother's house later." When I looked up, someone on the wooden pavilion looked down against the railing, so I didn't talk more, arched my hand towards Zhang Yuan, and went to other places on the plank road.

Zhang Yuan also saw the eldest brother Zhang Dai in the pavilion, walked up to the wooden pavilion quickly, and asked, "When did the eldest brother come?" ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Jiezi, I can wait for you for a long time, I just tasted the West Lake Longjing tea in the hall over there, and it is the best 'lotus heart tea' in the West Lake Longjing, it should be what you gave to Mr. Chen'an, it is really wonderful, Hangzhou weaving eunuchs are really enjoying." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Uncle Clan also sent a catty there, and I didn't keep one or two myself." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Then I will often go to my father's place to ask for tea." After a moment of conversation, he pointed to the back of Wang Yingzi at the other end of the plank road and asked, "Who is this person?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's Mr. Yan'an's nephew." ”

The corners of Zhang Dai's mouth were hooked, and he seemed to smile and said, "Yes, but how can I look like a woman?" ”

Zhang Yuan said calmly: "There are many men and women, and Wang Kefan looks like a woman." ”

Zhang Dai looked at Zhang Yuan inquiringly, and said with a smile: "No, Wang Kedian is a man, I know this, but this-" When he raised his eyes and looked again, Wang Yingzi was gone.

Zhang Daiyao pointed to the place where Wang Yingzi disappeared: "But this is obviously a woman, because she is foot-bound, no matter how Wang Kedian looks like a woman, she is not foot-bound." ”

Zhang Yuan was surprised, just now Wang Yingzi got on and off the boat, he also paid attention to Wang Yingzi's feet, Wang Yingzi was wearing the kind of double-faced sheepskin shoes common to Confucians, the feet were not small, they should be untied, why did the eldest brother conclude that Wang Yingzi was bound feet?

Zhang Dai saw that Zhang Yuan was a little puzzled, and said proudly: "Jie Zidi is not as good as me in this regard, I didn't see her feet, just look at her graceful gait, I know that she is bound feet, and it is wrapped around Yangzhou small feet, Yangzhou small feet are straight and slender, and the big toes are not broken, this is exquisite, not all women are suitable for winding Yangzhou small feet, to be born with short and wide feet, with bamboo clips, limit its width, so that the wrapped feet are straight and slender, and the muscles and bones are not greatly damaged, play up——"

Zhang Dai was silent, he didn't know who this Confucian shirt girl was, so he didn't dare to profane.

Zhang Yuan shook his head and thought: "Teacher Wang is not exempt from vulgarity, the infant sister is also bound to her feet, I thought that the infant sister is also the same as the Ran is not bound to the feet, the infant sister must have cried when she was a child, how can Teacher Wang bear it." I thought again: "Maybe it was Mrs. Wang who forced Sister Yingzi to entangle, and when Sister Yingzi came out to see me, she was dragged back by Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Wang was more strict." Thinking that Wang Yingzi patted the bamboo and cried in the bamboo forest before, and said that he was going to participate in the scientific examination, he couldn't help but feel very sorry - Zhang Dai saw Zhang Yuan's distracted appearance, and said hesitantly: "Jiezi, you are not a fool, even if you don't pay attention to her little feet, you can see whether she is a woman, say, who is she, you don't say, I'll ask myself, just ask the boat lady." ”

Zhang Yuan said helplessly: "Don't hide it from the eldest brother, she is the daughter of Mr. Yan'an, and she likes to pretend to be a scholar-"

"Sure enough, it's her!"

Zhang Dai slapped his thigh, and the excited look made Zhang Yuan stunned, only to hear the eldest brother Zhang Dai say again: "This is Mr. Yan'an's second daughter, right, the second Miss Wang who intends to marry you?" ”

Zhang Yuan was taken aback, and at this time it was difficult to pretend to be calm, and hurriedly asked, "Where did the eldest brother hear this?" He only told his mother and uncle Zhang Rulin about this, and he also deliberately avoided the ears and eyes of the servants.

Zhang Dai smiled: "I won't hide it from you, I listened to the tea maid who waited for the eldest father, presumably you were heard by the tea maid when you reported this to the eldest father." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Eldest brother, don't spread this matter, Mr. Tan An is willing to forgive me enough to be tolerant, if it is spread out and he loses face, then how will the little brother meet Mr. Tan An in the future." ”

Zhang Dai didn't care and asked: "Since you know this, why do you still go to dig bamboo shoots with Miss Wang Er?" ”

Zhang Yuan's words are stopped, people, there are always times when you can't help it.

Zhang Dai looked at Zhang Yuan with a smile and said, "Doesn't Jie Zi want to have both fish and bear's paws?" Don't deny it outright, my generation does it with a surname, you don't have to follow the hypocrisy of the winter baking Taoism, you have to grasp the first thought, that is your heart. ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "My original thought was that I felt that Senior Sister Yingzi was very amiable, and it was quite pleasant to talk to her, which was my heart, but all other worries were because of the constraints of the world——"

Zhang Dai said: "The husband is childlike, absolutely false and innocent, the original heart of the first thought, if he loses his childlike innocence, he loses his true heart, and if he loses his true heart, he loses his true heart, and he loses his true person, and he is not true at all. ”

Li Zhen's "Childlike Sayings", Zhang Yuan read this short article four hundred years later, and he didn't think it was deafening at the time, but now he listens to the eldest brother Zhang Dai said that he is aware of the province, and there is childlike innocence to have true feelings, but it is not true love that can be invincible, people do not live in philosophy and fantasy, the reality is so hard, Li Zhen himself was finally falsely imprisoned and killed by himself - Zhang Yuan said: "This theory is very strange, it comes from Wang Yangming's conscience, but it has new ideas, I don't know which virtuous masterpiece?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "This is Li Zhuowu's "Book Burning", if you don't read "Book Burning", it is difficult to be called a celebrity." "The late Ming scholars were overly indulgent, and they could find the ideological basis from Wang Yangming and Li Zhen.

Zhang Yuan asked: "How many years has it been since Mr. Li Zhuowu passed away?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "It's been ten years since the immortal died, it's a pity." He also said: "Li Zhuowu acted shockingly, and when he was over sixty years old, he still fell in love with the daughter of Mei Yushi's widow in Macheng, Hubei, and Li Zhuowu's imprisonment was also related to this matter." ”

Zhang Yuan was surprised: "There is such a thing, but I have never heard of it." ”

Zhang Dai said: "Li Zhuowu was a monk at that time, Mei's daughter was widowed, "Book Burning" has Li Zhuowu wrote to Mei's daughter four seven-word poems, affectionate and self-contained, I think ancient and modern love poems are the most, try to recite for you-" chanted:

"Once I flew down to the south of the Yangtze River, I had no reason to laugh and talk. But he envied the daughter of the mother-in-law, and he still wanted to see Qu Tan. ”

"When I return with a bowl, I don't sit in meditation, but I hear high arguments from afar. Now how much do men know, and they are immortals. ”

"Yingying smeared with the wind and snow, and a little red makeup with rain and plums. The carriage in front of Mo Dao is rich, and the sub-rules have now called for spring. ”

The voice called out his own body, life and death are like mountains and dust. If you want to see Guanyin, the lotus flower originally belonged to the flower-like people. ”

…… Zhang Yuan sighed: "Li Zhuowu compared Mei's daughter to Guanyin, judging from these four poems, the emotions of the two can be called holy, which is a kind of Taoist exchange and spiritual agreement. ”

Zhang Dai praised: "Jiezi, if Mr. Li Zhuowu is alive, he will take you as a confidant." The words changed sharply and said: "So I envy that Jie Zi can associate with Miss Wang Er and achieve a good story." ”

Zhang Dai is really envious, seventeen-year-old Zhang Dai is looking forward to meeting a confidante, his fiancée Liu is not counted, and he has never even met in person.

Speaking of Wang Yingzi, Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "How can I compare to Mr. Li Zhuowu, I am strong in blood, and I am not suitable for spiritual love, let's talk about it after I am sixty years old, I still have a lot to do now." ”

"Spiritual love." Zhang Daixi said: "This statement is sharp and new, unheard of. ”

At this time, a servant of the Wang family came to invite the two to the banquet, and Zhang Yuan whispered: "Brother, that matter will never be mentioned again." ”

Zhang Dai nodded and smiled: "I'll wait and see what happens, you have a senior brother and a junior sister, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's unfathomable." ”

…… In the afternoon, Zhang Yuan returned to the East Zhang Mansion, the five ivory bamboo shoots in the garden were delivered first, one of the big bamboo shoots was also tied with a ribbon, presumably it was the bamboo shoot that tripped over Wang Yingzi, Zhang Yuan ordered Cui Gu to cook this bamboo shoot first and fry the meat to eat, this bamboo shoot is really as the boat lady said, tender as lotus root, sweet as cane, Zhang Yuan's family feasted - at dusk, Zhang Yuan was still riding a white mule on the bank of the Mash River, and when he was pure and clean to rush to ride a white mule, he went to see Mu Zhenzhen practice a small dragon stick, Mu Zhenzhen is now not as shy as he was at the beginning, Practicing sticks twice in the morning and evening, as long as Zhang Yuan has time, Mu Zhenzhen will take the initiative to invite the young master to watch her practice martial arts, and Zhang Ruoxi will also come to watch, as if it is a drama that must be performed every day.

The next time, Zhang Yuan made an appointment with the eldest brother Zhang Dai and Zhou Menong, first went to the county yamen room to get the registration documents, and then went to the Shaoxing Mansion to send the registration documents, Xu Yuan recognized Zhang Yuan, smiled at each other, and quickly filled out the resume for Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai and Zhou Menong also signed and charged, after the name came out, Zhang Yuan thanked Zhou Menong with five coins of silver, Zhou Menong smiled: "I am close friends with Zongzi, how can I accept your money, Zongzi received Bao Yinwei?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "I want him to invite me to drink the shower when he takes the Hangzhou Township Examination in two years, what's the matter, Brother Zhou also wants to sleep in the flower and drunk the moon?" ”

Zhou Menong said with a smile: "Wonderful, Jie Zi Xian Brother will be a student next year, and he will be able to go to Hangzhou Township with us for the test the year after tomorrow. ”

Zhang Yuan and the three of them walked slowly in the cross street of Fuxue Palace, shopping in the bookstore, the Yao Ji bookstore has now changed the owner, changed the signboard to the Zhouji bookstore, the three of them entered the bookstore to see, this year's test of the ink volume turned out to be there, it is a new book that has just arrived today, and it also exudes the fragrance of ink, the test is the first of the ninth exam in early February, the third exam is completed on February 15, and the list will be released until the end of February, and now it is March 24, less than a month, the ink scroll manuscript will be passed from Yanjing to Shanyin, and it will be engraved and engraved, and the bookseller can be described as a vast supernatural - Zhang Lianfang, the father of Zhang Cao, also participated in this year's examination, and the news came back in the middle of this month, Zhang Lianfang failed to perform Chinese style and did not return to his hometown, and still stayed in Beijing to wait for the next examination.

With this new science and technology scholar ink scroll back also in early March three palace examination list, the champion is Zhou Yanru, Bangyan Zhuang Qixian, Tanhua Zhao Shiyin, Zhang Yuan has no impression of Zhuang Qixian, Zhao Shiyin's name, but Zhou Yanru's name is known, Zhou Yanru in the Chongzhen Dynasty twice served as the first assistant of the cabinet, and the Fushe has a deep relationship, on the eve of the death of the country was given death by Emperor Chongzhen, Zhou Yanru will test, the palace test is the first place, of course, it is extremely talented, can be the first assistant twice, of course, the city government has a deep mind, but in the end it is difficult to escape the fate of the family - A third person with a small biography, Zhou Yanru was born in Wanli 21 years, this year is only 21 years old, last year's township examination in the lift, this year will be the test, the palace test double yuan, can be called the prosperity of the Wenyun, Zhang Yuanxin said: "Time does not wait, Zhou Yanru imperial examination road seems to be very suitable for me, of course, will Yuan, champion is unattainable, I only ask for three years later Jinshi and the first, this should be able to get by hard work." ”

Zhou Menong said: "The champion is twenty-one years old, the list is twenty-seven years old, and the Tanhua is thirty-four years old, the top three in this ugly science hall exam are all young and handsome, the next subject, I don't know if my generation can be on the list?" ”

This will try Cheng Wen in a total of three volumes, more than 200 articles of the first art, the price is one dollar and eight cents of silver, more expensive than ordinary books, Zhang Dai, Zhang Yuan, Zhou Menong each bought a set, this is the vane of the current literature, must figure out.

After more than ten days, Zhang Yuan closed his door, reading, practicing characters, and making eight shares at home, Zhang Ruoxi often recited poems and books for his younger brother, and watched his younger brother practice words and compositions, and his heart was very happy.

Mu Zhenzhen has been here these days, when Zhang Yuan practiced calligraphy in the afternoon, she also sat in the corner of the bookcase, seriously hanging her wrist to write, Zhang Yuan did not let her post, only let her learn to write the words that she would recognize, Mu Zhenzhen now knows more than 1,000 words, and the thousand words can be memorized, but if you want to read books smoothly, you must know 4,000 words, so she now starts to read "Zuo Chuan", which is arranged by Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan does not let her read the Four Books and Five Classics, he wants Mu Zhenzhen to read history - Mu Zhenzhen is naturally Zhang Yuan asked her to read what she reads, If she has a book to read, she will live very quickly, sitting next to the young master and writing, and her heart is sweet.

…… Eight counties of Shaoxing Prefecture, more than 10,000 Confucian children participated in the government examination, even if the scale of the examination shed in Shaoxing Mansion is large, it can not accommodate 10,000 people to take the exam together, so it can only be tested separately, starting from the fifth day of the first month, first the Confucian children of Shengxian, Shangyu and Yuyao counties take the first examination, the seventh day of the first month is the Confucian examination of Zhuji, Xiaoshan and Xinchang counties, and the Confucian children of Huiji and Shanyin counties are arranged in the ninth day of the first month - Shaoxing Mansion, Shanyin County, Huiji County, two counties and one government and a total of one city, the government and the examination shed are on the side of Shanyin County, so from the beginning of April, There are Confucian children from other counties who come to Shanyin one after another, those who have relatives borrow to live in relatives' houses, and those who have no relatives live in guest houses, Shanyin County inns are full, many Confucian children have to live in Huiji County, and even live in the suburbs, and young Confucian children have to be accompanied by their fathers and brothers or school teachers, so Shanyin County in April is overcrowded, and it will not disperse until the end of the month. The county exam is to enter the venue at dawn and start at the hour, but the government exam is to enter on the fourth watch, so Zhang Yuan must get up at the beginning of the ninth day of the first month - only Zhang Yuan and his two little nephews have to sleep in this house on the eighth night of the first month, and the rest are guarding, Zhang Yuan's participation in the house examination is the most important thing this year, Mu Zhenzhen and Wu Ling are outside Zhang Yuan's bedroom, the two of them want to listen to the drum to wake up the young master, at the end of the year, Wu Ling is already yawning, Mu Zhenzhen lowered his voice and said: "Xiao Wu, you sleep for a while, I just guard." ”

Wu Ling shook his head, held on for a while, couldn't bear the sleepiness, and said, "Sister Zhenzhen, remember to wake up the young master." So he lay down on the couch with his clothes crooked, and fell asleep.

(To be continued)