The two sedan chair men are very strong, carrying the warm sedan chair and walking fast, Shishuang can barely keep up, the winter days are short and the nights are long, the sky is dark fast, just past the Xinghua Temple, the sky is already completely dark, and it is the night of the last day of October, the moon is definitely not, there are clouds in the sky, so even the stars do not show their shadows - the sedan chair stopped in front of Wang Siren's house, the wall door was closed tightly, Zhang Yuan got off the sedan chair to knock on the door, and someone in the door asked: "Who is it?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Uncle Wang, it's me, Zhang Yuan." ”

The door soon opened, and the old man in the royal mansion came out with a lantern and said, "Zhang Gongzi, why did you come here at night, there is something urgent?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "The teacher is in the house, I have something to know." ”

"The master is here, and he came back from the garden of Huiji Mountain in the evening." The old man hurriedly ordered a servant to go to the inner courtyard to report, and said that Zhang Gongzi was coming, and while welcoming Zhang Yuan in, let Shi Shuang and the two palanquin men sit in the ear room of the foyer and drink hot tea.

Zhang Yuan lived here for almost two months, familiar with the way, every time he came, he went in by himself, and there was no Wang servant to show him the way, when he was like his own family - Zhang Yuan walked alone through the entrance hall with lanterns and went to the main hall of the front yard, his steps were a little heavy, and he felt that he was ashamed of Teacher Wang's cultivation, but things were already like this, he had to face and choose, and sometimes it took more courage to refuse than to fight.

There are no lights in the main hall of the front yard, but there are lights in the study, Zhang Yuan is a little strange, is Mr. Wang here? When I walked to the door, I saw Miss Wang Yingzi in a cold coat sitting by the bookcase, holding on to a tube of central sheep and writing something seriously - Zhang Yuan did not dare to be alarmed, and was about to retreat to the entrance hall, when Wang Yingzi in the study put down the pen in his hand, warmed his hands on the brass stove by the inkstone, raised his eyes and saw a faint shadow walking by in front of the door, and asked: "Who is it?" ”

Zhang Yuan walked back again, stood in the shadow of the lamp in front of the door of the study, and said, "Miss Yingzi, it's me." ”

Wang Yingzi let out a "huh", stood up and said, "Why are you here, is there something wrong?" ”

Zhang Yuan saw that Wang Yingzi's expression was as usual, and he thought that the teacher did not tell her about Tuohou Zhihan's marriage, so he was relieved and smiled: "I have something to show to the teacher - what is Miss Yingzi writing?" ”

Wang Yingzi said with a smile: "I'm also doing eight shares, boring, it's good to kill time with eight shares-you come in, stand outside and do something, instigating." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm waiting for the teacher to come out." ”

Wang Yingzi said: "Is there anything important, then I'll help you call Daddy-" walked out with the stove in his hand, but handed the stove into Zhang Yuan's arms, "You hold it first." Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to take it, Wang Yingzi smiled slightly, and walked to the inner courtyard in broken steps.

Zhang Yuan was stunned holding the brass stove, what a good junior sister, why let him choose, this thief is simply playing tricks on people - but when he heard a clear cough, Wang Siren paced out and said, "Zhang Yuan, what's the matter with you coming so late?" ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Teacher Wang arrived early, but he didn't show up, and he looked at me talking to Wang Yingzi coldly, which shows that it is difficult to be a man, and we must always be cautious." Quickly put the stove on the ground, crossed his hands and saluted: "Teacher, the student has something important to report, please forgive the student." ”

Wang Siren let out an "oh", entered the study, looked at Zhang Yuandao, and said, "Come in and talk." ”

Zhang Yuan picked up the stove on the ground, walked into the study, put the stove on the desk, took two steps back, and stood with his hands down - Wang Siren watched Zhang Yuan's every move, Wang Siren is an extremely smart person, with sharp eyes, and from the simple action, he noticed that Zhang Yuan seemed to be a little anxious, maybe this was Zhang Yuan's deliberate performance, his heart moved, and he asked in a low voice: "Have you seen the Hou County Order?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed his head and said: "Teacher, the student is really ashamed, the student went to the house of Mr. Zhou De early this morning, and had a marriage contract with the sister of Mr. Shang Zhoude, and came back in the evening to see Hou Xianzun, please forgive the student, the teacher is kind, and the student will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life." ”

Wang Siren also stood and was silent for a long time.

Zhang Yuan didn't dare to move, only to feel that the whole house was quiet for a while, and everyone seemed to be holding their breath - the footsteps were small and brisk, breaking this breathless dullness, Miss Wang Yingzi appeared in front of the study, and saw her father Wang Siren in the study, her eyes widened and she smiled: "When did Daddy come out, why didn't I see it?" ”

Wang Siren looked at this daughter he had always pampered, sighed in his heart, and said, "It's none of your business, you can go back." ”

Wang Yingzi agreed, turned around to leave, Wang Siren said: "Take your stove back too, Zhang Yuan doesn't need it, he will go back immediately." ”

Wang Yingzi said "oh", came over to pick up the stove, walked past Zhang Yuan, lowered his head forward, glanced at Zhang Yuan, but saw that Zhang Yuan had tears in his eyes, Wang Yingzi was taken aback, turned around and said, "Daddy, why are you scolding Zhang Jiezi?" ”

Wang Siren said: "Nonsense, how can I scold him." ”

Wang Yingzi glanced down at Zhang Yuan again and said, "Daddy scolded him and cried, and said that he didn't scold." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled reluctantly and said, "The teacher didn't scold me, it was I who remembered a sad thing." ”

Wang Yingzi looked at her father suspiciously, then at Zhang Yuan, and left with the stove.

After Wang Yingzi left, Wang Siren finally spoke: "Today, I have given her a big name Wang Duanshu, Yingzi is just her nickname, because she loves to laugh when she was a baby, and when she laughs, her eyes are staring, she is extraordinarily spiritual, quite heroic, so she calls her Yingzi, and now she has reached the end of her life, she should have a big name, I hope she can be dignified and virtuous in the future, and don't have a surname like before - okay, I'll send you out, go back early, don't let your mother worry." With that, he walked out the door.

Zhang Yuan knelt down in his robe and said, "Miss Yingzi is very good, but the student does not have this blessing, please forgive the student-"

Wang Siren stopped, stretched out his hand to pull Zhang Yuan up, and said: "I don't have any other intention to tell you about the baby when I was young, I just want to say it suddenly, just like the poetry and composition, the emotion is in the middle and the outside, I don't blame you, it's just a little helpless." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Then can the students often come to the teacher to ask for advice in the future?" ”

Wang Siren looked at him, laughed, and said, "Is my Wang Siren such a narrow-minded person, is it possible that you can't be my son-in-law, and even a student can't be a student?" ”

Zhang Yuan gave a deep salute: "Thank you, thank you, teacher." ”

Wang Siren sent Zhang Yuan out, asked Menzi to borrow a lantern for Shi Shuang, watched Zhang Yuan get on the sedan chair and went out of the wall door, then turned back, didn't want to go back to the inner courtyard for a while, so he went to the front yard study to sit for a while, read the eight shares written by his daughter on the bookcase, shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said in his heart: "What's the use of the daughter's eight strands of writing well, it's really a waste of time, if it's a man, then Zhongxiu should be fine." ”

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wang Siren didn't raise his head and said, "Why did you come out again!" ”

Wang Yingzi hugged the stove, poked her head into the study, and asked, "Daddy, Zhang Jiezi is leaving?" ”

Wang Siren said "um".

Wang Yingzi walked in and asked again: "Zhang Jiezi, he is so strange tonight, what happened?" ”

Wang Siren said: "Zhang Yuan said that he was going to be engaged to the daughter of Shang Zhouzuo, and he came to inform me of this teacher. ”

"Ahh Wang Yingzi almost dropped the brass stove in her hand to the ground, and was stunned for a while before saying: "Zhang Jiezi is engaged, so urgent." He muttered and turned back, walked to the door and turned back and asked, "Then won't he come back in the future?" ”

Wang Siren said: "If you come, you will come, Zhang Yuan is still my Wang Siren's student." ”

Watching his daughter's back disappear into the light and shadow in front of the door, Wang Siren sat back in the official hat chair, usually didn't think that his daughter was young and ignorant, but the last sentence of leaning on the door and looking back at it when he was leaving, he asked a little stupidly, it was clear that he was already a deep seed of love, this, how is it good?

…… When Zhang Yuan returned home, Zhang's mother Lu was sitting in the front yard waiting for her son to come back, and when she heard the sound of the bamboo fence door, she quickly walked to the gate and asked, "My son, Mr. didn't blame you, did he?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Mr. still treats the child very well, but the child himself is very guilty. ”

Zhang's mother, Lu, took her son's hand back to the inner courtyard, and when she saw her son's sullen appearance, she comforted: "Don't feel guilty about my son, it's not your fault, then Miss Wang can also find another good match." ”

…… The next morning, Zhang Yuan went to Xizhang to tell Zhang Rulin, the ancestor of the clan, about seeing Teacher Wang last night, Zhang Rulin nodded and said: "It's good that things are settled like this, Tan An is a hearty and open-minded person, and he won't complain about you, you have to go to him often, and the relationship between teachers and students can't be thinned - Also, the family affairs on the Shang family's side should be set as soon as possible." ”

I saw the ancestor Zhang Rulin, Zhang Yuan went to the county government to see Hou County Ling, Hou County Ling had just returned to the house from the Yujian Hall to deal with official business, and was roasting the fire by the brazier, after listening to Zhang Yuan's apology, he said: "The teacher doesn't blame you, how can I blame you, Zhang Yuan, continue to study hard, early and middle school, famous, there is always a chance to repay the teacher's kindness, not necessarily marrying the teacher's daughter is to repay the kindness-"

Speaking of this, Hou Xianling laughed, and said: "Don't worry about this matter, concentrate on studying, and there will be three more months, which is the county exam, you are now famous, but everyone's eyes are also staring at you, your eight shares must be written well during the county exam, and it can't be inferior to the one of Minglun Tang Dou Yao Fu, do you understand the meaning of this county?" ”

Zhang Yuan bowed down and said: "Students understand that one or two pieces of craftsmanship dare not slack off. Seeing that Hou Xianzun had no other instructions, he got up and said goodbye.

Hou County ordered: "It's noon, just have lunch here, accompany the county to have a drink or two, this day is really cold, I'm afraid it's going to snow-" Looking out of the door, there seemed to be a small white butterfly flying, and then I heard someone shouting near and far:

"It's snowing—"

"It's snowing—"

“……”

Hou Zhihan got up and walked to the eaves, looked at the snow that was getting denser and denser, and said to himself: "Ruixue Zhaofeng year, I just hope that the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. ”

(To be continued)