"Is Jie Zi in a hurry?"

Zhang Dai walked in from outside the gate and said with a smile: "I originally wanted to wait a few days to come back, so that Jie Zi was so anxious that he could fidget." ”

"Haha, Fang said Cao Ying, Cao Ying will arrive." Zhang Cao walked down the stairs with a smile and said: "The eldest brother should wait for the last day of the government examination registration to arrive, he is so anxious that he jumps to his feet, that is interesting, just like acting, the rescuers always appear at the last moment." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "That's too torturous, I'm going to get sick urgently, how can I take the exam." ”

The peach-faced and peach-cheeked Wang Keyan followed up to salute Zhang Cao and Zhang Yuan, and Wang Kedian and Ma Xiaoqing went to Shangyu with Zhang Dai this time.

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Wang Kedian, how can you fork your hands, you should do a blessing ceremony." ”

Wang Ke's noodles are flying, and he really twisted and pinched a blessing, which caused Zhang Cao to laugh.

This Wang Ke eats like a woman, Zhang Yuan thinks every time he sees this Youtong who plays a woman, he wonders if he is a woman dressed as a man, but Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao brothers must have explored, Wang Ke is a prostitute and a prostitute, this thing seems a little dirty to say, but Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao are very calm, and Wang Kedian does not feel ashamed, this is because the atmosphere is like this, the late Ming doctor has a lot of habits for Longyang, even Yuan Zhonglang and Yuan Xiaoxiu brothers, Songjiang and Suzhou are the most popular men, and Suzhou even has a male sex shop, and the courtyard is called Qinglou, The male shop is called Red Mansion, which is really a strange thing - Zhang Dai directly stated himself in the "self-epitaph" that he is "a beautiful maid, a good prostitute", Zhang Yuan thinks that the beautiful maid can be better, the prostitute still forget it, and said: "Brother has just come back from Shangyu, please sit down and have a cup of tea." ”

Zhang Dai said bluntly: "What is the best tea? "Zhang Dai is very particular about tea tasting, and inferior tea is not in the mouth.

Zhang Yuan said: "There is good tea, and the high-quality West Lake Longjing——"

Zhang Dai didn't wait for Zhang Yuan to finish speaking, and said happily: "That's good, cook it quickly." "Enter the hall and sit down, waiting for Pinxi Lake Longjing.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "A total of two catties of Longjing tea, one catty was given to the clan uncle, and one catty was sent to Mr. Yan'an." ”

Zhang Dai said "hey" and said to Zhang Cao: "I really should come back two days late." ”

Zhang Cao said: "That's it, it's not humane to come back early, and I won't give you tea." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "My sister returned to Ning from Qingpu this time and brought two catties of Dianshan white tea, has the eldest brother ever tasted it?" ”

Zhang Dai said: "Dianshan is Qingpu over there, is there white tea in Dianshan, I only heard of Tianmu Mountain white tea, white tea is rare, Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" has a record, but I haven't tasted it, cook it quickly, let me taste it." But he asked, "Who cooks tea?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It used to be Yiting, and now it's Rabbit Pavilion. ”

Zhang Dai shook his head and said: "How can that little girl in the Rabbit Pavilion cook tea, she just knows how to boil the water and let Wang Kedian cook it." "Wang Kedian's tea art was trained by Zhang Dai.

Zhang Yuan asked Wuling to take Wang Kedian to the small teahouse downstairs to cook tea, and when he didn't move, Wang Kedian took the teapot and three teacups out with a lacquer plate, and poured tea for Zhang Dai and the three of them, Zhang Dai sniffed the tea first, frowned slightly, and then opened the lid of the cup, took a sip, and said: "It's a pity, the tea is a good tea, but the steaming and roasting heat is not mastered well when blending, and it has become a mediocre product, and now it is just barely able to eat." ”

Zhang Yuan took a sip and savored it, but he didn't have such a sensitive and nuanced sense of taste as the eldest brother Zhang Dai, and said with a smile: "The eldest brother is too good at distinguishing tastes, and the younger brother admires it." ”

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Speaking of distinguishing taste, I remember one thing, the year before last, I made a bet with my eldest brother to let three handmaidens-"

"Don't say it." Zhang Dai shouted, his face flushed.

Zhang Cao laughed and asked Zhang Yuan: "Do you know what kind of bet I made with my eldest brother?" ”

Zhang Dai jumped up and walked out, Zhang Yuan hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Big brother, don't go, in addition to the guarantor, this house also needs a guarantor, and the big brother will help me find one." ”

Zhang Dai said: "You don't have to look for the guarantor yourself, what Sun Jiaoyu will arrange, they are all matched one by one according to the qualifications of the county school students, you are the head of the county trial, then the guarantor is Zhou Menong, who was the first in the annual examination last year, Zhou Menong and I have a good relationship, how about I go to visit him with you now?" "This is to shake off the Calyx.

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "Big brother, don't go, don't leave both of you, big brother, I'll tell you about the bet I made with Jie Zi last time-" Squinted at Zhang Yuan, to see that Zhang Yuan was anxious.

Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry, the more anxious he was, the more proud Zhang Cao became, he knew that Zhang Cao wanted to say that the treasure was shining, and said: "The third brother loves to play tricks on people, and my matter is nothing, the third brother always mentions that matter, it will be boring, come and have something fresh." ”

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry, Zhang Cao really felt bored, and said, "Then let's talk about the eldest brother first-"

Zhang Dai was anxious before, but now he is calm, and said: "Zhang Yanke, you have a lot of ridiculous things, let's talk about it, you say one thing, I will say another." ”

Zhang Cao smiled: "Wonderful, just like this, you and I, I'll say first-"

Da Shi ran in and said, "Young Master, there is a large group of people outside the door, all of whom say that they want to see the young master." ”

Zhang Yuan heard the noisy voices outside the bamboo fence gate, didn't understand what was happening, got up and went out to see, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao also came out together, but saw that it was Lu Yunpeng and Liu Yingcai, who were killed by Yao Fu, and the bitter masters who were ruined by Yao Fu came to thank Zhang Yuan, some held the land deed, some held the silver, and the goose and duck, and the cloth were all sent to Zhang Yuan to express their gratitude, if it weren't for Zhang Yuan, where would they be able to fight Yao Sui's stick, I am afraid that it will be difficult for a lifetime to be wronged, and the encroached land is even more reluctant to get it back, so they are all sincerely grateful to Zhang Yuan- Zhang Yuan said: "Everyone is a neighbor, in the next-"

"What gifts do you want to give, just send it, hurry up and send it, if you have kindness, you have to repay the kindness, don't just say something nice, this time to defeat Yao's lawsuit, my brother Zhang Jiezi is the first meritorious, meritorious will be accepted, come and come, the goose and duck will be placed in the bamboo fence gate, the silk cloth will be placed on the bluestone platform here, and the field deed and silver will be handed over to me."

Of course, it was Zhang Cao who said this, beckoning everyone to hurry up and give gifts, and he had to laugh.

Lu Yunpeng took the lead and handed over two 20 acres of fertile land to Zhang Cao, Lu Yunpeng was most grateful to Zhang Yuan, the young Lu Yunpeng followed his cousin Lu Yungu to sue Yao Fu everywhere, the grievances were difficult to redress, and the family property was wiped out, this time Hou County ordered Yao Fu's 60 acres of paddy field to be awarded to Lu Yunpeng, Lu Yunpeng discussed with his cousin, and decided to reward Zhang Yuan's grace with 20 acres of fertile land - that Fang Xiucai's son shared 50 acres of Yao Fu's mountain field this time, and also sent 10 acres of land deed as a thank you, as well as the silver, more than 10 taels, less 2 taels, in the past, Yao Fu did evil, Today, Zhang Yuan received gifts, no, Zhang Cao received gifts, the more evil he did, the more abundant gifts he received - Zhang Yuan was about to stop the third brother from receiving gifts, and after thinking about it, he called Lu Yunpeng over and asked, "Didn't your cousin come?" ”

Lu Yunpeng said: "Here, Zhang Gongzi, please take a look, it's over there." ”

Zhang Yuan looked in the direction pointed by Lu Yunpeng, Lu Yungu, who was dressed in cloth and green shoes, stood under a big locust tree outside the bamboo fence gate, and bowed to him from afar, Zhang Yuan said to Lu Yunpeng: "Please come over with your cousin, I have something important to discuss with him." ”

Lu Yunpeng squeezed out the bamboo fence gate, and soon came in with Lu Yungu, and at this time, Zhang Cao had already received forty-five acres of land deeds and hundreds of taels of silver, geese and ducks fluttering all over the courtyard, dozens of silk cloths on the bluestone platform, more than ten baskets of eggs, and peach and plum fruits - Zhang Cao was too little, not very satisfied, and a hundred taels of silver was indeed not much for him.

Lu Yungu came over and bowed his hand to Zhang Yuan and said, "What do you command?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Brother Lu, I can't accept these gifts, but I have an idea, use these fields and silver to build a righteous warehouse, store grain for famine, and relieve the victims, of course, it is not enough to rely on these fields and silver, and I have to solicit from the rich households in this county, and I will pay a hundred taels of silver first." ”

After Jiajing, disasters and famines are frequent, the government system [***], the role of the government in the famine relief is not as good as before, and since the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, the emperor is lazy in political affairs, even if the people's livelihood is a major event such as famine relief is also delayed and slack, so many local squires and rich people have built their own righteous warehouses to prepare for the famine year, and the government's famine relief responsibilities were replaced by local squires, which is also a manifestation of the decline of the control of the late Ming Dynasty government - Lu Yungu was greatly moved, floods and droughts are common, and this year has been a hundred days before the rain, but I am afraid that it will be a big drought, If there is a righteous warehouse, the disaster victims can survive the famine year, Lu Yungu immediately announced the matter loudly to everyone, everyone praised Zhang Gongzi's high righteousness, and asked Zhang Gongzi to preside over the construction of the righteous warehouse.

Zhang Yuan said: "Fellow villagers, the matter of Jianyicang will be decided after I tell the elders of the clan, and this matter will be decided in May at the latest." "Generally, Jianyi Cang has to invite a well-known local squire to come forward, otherwise it will not work.

Zhang Yuan asked the lame Liu Xiucai and Lu Yungu and others to stay and discuss the matter of building a Yicang, and the others listened for a while, and they all dispersed, at this time Zhang Dai did not know the people's suffering, and had no interest in Jianyicang, not to mention Zhang Cao, handed over the silver two field deeds he received to Zhang Yuan, and he asked Nengwang to carry a goose and go back to cook and enjoy it first.

Zhang Yuan asked Liu Xiucai to register the land deeds and silver deeds received today, and these silver and silver land deeds were handed over to Lu Yungu for safekeeping, and the specific preparations for Yicang will be discussed at the end of April.

After Liu Xiucai, Lu Yungu and the others left, Zhang Yuan followed Zhang Dai to visit Zhou Menong, and on the way Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan: "Jiezi, do you want to tell your eldest father about the establishment of Yicang?" ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "If I go to say it now, my uncle will scold me, saying that I don't do my job, hey, this matter will always wait for the government to test." ”

Zhang Dai said: "It seems that Jie Zi has great ambitions, and he pays attention to people's livelihood at a young age, not blindly studying." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "The main reason is that these gifts are not easy to receive, and they are reluctant to return them, so it is better to take the opportunity to do something good." ”

Zhang Dai laughed.

I saw Zhou Menong in Zhou's house by Pang Gong Pond, Zhou Menong already knew that he was going to be Zhang Yuan's protection, and even called it an honor, Zhou Menong was a tea idiot, Zhang Dai was his tea friend, and immediately left Zhang Dai and Zhang Yuan's brothers to have dinner in the house, and taste tea after dinner.

Returning to the Mansion from Pang Gongchi, Zhang Dai asked Zhang Yuan if he would go to the Mansion to sign up?

Zhang Yuan said: "Ming said that I will accompany the sages of the two counties to visit the garden, and the uncle of the clan will also go, and the eldest brother will take me to sign up the day after tomorrow." ”

Zhang Dai likes to play in the mountains and rivers the most, and said: "Then I will also go to the garden to see how the garden is better than the garden?" ”

(To be continued)