Under Mu Jingyan's repeated urging, Mu Zhenzhen wiped his tears and turned back step by step on the three-oar wave boat, Fan Wenruo did not take his own boat, but also on the side of the Zhang brothers' wave boat, and Wang Huanru on the shore said goodbye, the four boatmen did not know the pain of the parting of Mu's father and daughter, shook the big oar, and the wave boat slowly went off the shore - "Daddy-"

Mu Zhenzhen knelt on the bow of the boat, supported the ground with his hands, held his head high, and tears fell like rain.

Mu Jingyan's yellow beard trembled, stepped on half a step, but stood still, and said loudly: "Really, Daddy is going to earn a future, our father and daughter can meet sooner or later, don't cry, don't cry, you are by the young master's side, you must be diligent day and night, don't be lazy, in the future, when the young grandmother passes through the door, you must be more careful to serve, don't be disobedient, do you hear?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen whimpered: "I heard-"

Mu Jingyan shouted again: "Young Master Jiezi-," knelt down and said: "Young Master, I really have no mother since I was a child, I lost my teaching, if there is anything wrong in the future, even if the young master punishes her, just don't drive her out, she has nowhere to go." ”

"Uncle Mu, please get up." Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand to pull Mu Zhenzhen up, held the rough hand of this fallen girl, and said to Mu Jingyan: "Uncle Mu don't worry, she is really my Dongzhang's person, and I will treat her well." ”

Mu Jingyan smiled and kowtowed to Zhang Yuan: "Farewell young master, young master, take care." ”

At this time, the ship was already a few feet away from the shore and began to turn around, Zhang Yuan raised his voice: "Uncle Mu follows General Du, he is good at practicing bow and horses, and he must be bold and careful when he goes into battle to kill the enemy. ”

Mu Jingyan said happily: "Thank you young master, thank you young master." Then he stood up.

The wave boat turned around, today there is a southeast wind, the two boatmen put up the canopy sail on the bow, and borrow a sail wind, save some strength to rock, Mu Zhenzhen in the bow of the boat really can't see Daddy Mu Jingyan, hurriedly ran from the bow to the stern, saw that Daddy was still standing on the pier, and shouted with a crying voice: "Daddy, take care." ”

Mu Jingyan felt that there was nothing to say, and shook his hand at his daughter - the sail was blowing in the wind, the three oars were shaking together, the wave boat quickly turned around the river bay, Zhenfengli Wharf was out of sight, Mu Zhenzhen lost his soul, stood on the bow of the boat, looked at the water town that was constantly going away, tears couldn't stop, suddenly his left hand tightened, he was held, and the young master's voice said: "Don't be sad, it's your father's dream to make meritorious service in the army, if you don't fight once, you will be unwilling for the rest of your life." ”

Mu Zhenzhen looked at the young master with teary eyes, nodded "um", felt a little relieved, and still looked in the direction of Zhenfengli Pier, as if her father would chase after her.

The wave boat entered the Baixian River, the speed of the boat accelerated, and the girl Wang Wei walked to the rear cabin and said to Mu Zhenzhen: "Really girl, can you talk to my cabin?" ”

Zhang Yuan knew that Mu Zhenzhen needed to be distracted by something else now, and said, "Zhenzhen, let's go, talk to Wang Xiuwei." ”

Wang Weimei's beautiful eyes narrowed, smiled, and took Mu Zhenzhen's hand into the cabin.

Zhang Cao came over and said: "Jiezi, you are confused, a good old Mu, loyal and martial, but you gave him to Juniper as a housekeeper, which made Mu Zhenzhen cry and cry, a dismissed general soldier, is it necessary to be so stammering, it is a door-to-door condolence, and it is a family member, and what students are accepted, it is too boring." ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Third brother, have fun with your lustful dogs and horses, this is my business, you don't care, I have my reason." ”

Zhang Cao was really boring, and said: "It's not fun, yesterday I played Go, chess, and double-backs with Wang Weigu, and I was defeated, and now I'm embarrassed to propose to play with her, Jiezi, you go and play blind chess with Wang Weigu to suppress her arrogance." ”

Zhang Yuan asked with a smile: "The third brother doesn't want to win the hearts of beauties?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "I can't play with her, this woman is too smart, I, Zhang Yanke, actually like women to be stupid, I don't want to be played by women-" paused, then glared and said: "I don't believe that I Zhang Yanke can't take a girl in the song!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Third brother, don't use three indiscriminate methods like Dong Zuchang, robbing, drugged or something." ”

Zhang Cao scolded with a smile: "Nonsense, when did I, Zhang Yanke, do that kind of thing, I'm still going to smash her with money, we won't go back to Shanyin until the end of the year to study in Jinling, there are so many times that this Wang Weigu can't escape from my palm." ”

This calyx came all the way to Nanjing, not to study, but to come for the gold powder of the Six Dynasties, to spend all the time and drink -- Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Then you have a lot of rivals, Wu Xingmao Yuanyi, talented, rich and powerful, you can't deal with him alone." ”

Fan Wenruo came over and asked, "What is Xian Kunzhong talking about, and who are you going to deal with?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said in his heart: "Mao Yuanyi was really shot while lying down." He said: "My third brother wants to win the heart of Aunt Wang Wei, and he is convinced." ”

Fan Wenruo laughed, lowered his voice and said: "Sincerely, Jinshi is open, Wang Weigu Yanguan Jinling, it is still worth pursuing." ”

The three of them returned to the cabin, Zhang Dai cooked a pot of tea with the water of Xuedian Lake yesterday, and several people sat by the window, while tasting tea, while watching the fishermen on the Baixian River drive cormorants to fish, and said something about the art of the imperial examination, Fan Wenruo said: "I sold thousands of copies of the special collection of current literature for the Xiandi of Jie Zi Xian last year, which is more popular than the eight-share anthology of Tang Xianzu and Qian Qianyi of Lin'an. ”

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "How dare my craftsmanship be compared with Tang Ruoshi and Qian Shouzhi, which is far behind." ”

Zhang Cao on the side said: "Brother Fan, don't bother you about this book, my Hanshe has established the Hanshe Bookstore, and it will become the largest bookstore in Jiangnan and even the entire Ming Dynasty." ”

Fan Wenruo was stunned.

Zhang Yuan said: "I'm sorry, I haven't had time to tell Brother Fan about this." "At that moment, I told Fan Wenruo about the establishment of the Hanshe Book Company.

If the Hanshe Bookstore is prosperous, it will inevitably affect the business of the Fushui Shanfang Bookstore, Fan Wenruo will naturally not be happy in his heart, but he also knows very well that since Zhang Yuan has established the Hanshe Society, then the opening of the bookstore is also indispensable, with Zhang Yuan's current prestige and the financial resources of the Shanyin Zhang family, this Hanshe Bookstore will inevitably grow and rise rapidly, and the Fushui Shanfang Society is powerless to resist - for a while, Fan Wenruo looked a little embarrassed, and he didn't know what to say?

Zhang Yuan said sincerely: "Brother Fan, my brother has a suggestion, Brother Fan may wish to think about it, if Brother Fan is willing to bow down, my brother will be overjoyed, if he refuses, my brother will never complain, we are still friends-"

Fan Wenruo said: "Brother Xian, please speak." ”

Zhang originally introduced the form of the joint venture of the Hanshe Bookstore, and then said: "Brother Fan is willing to participate in the Hanshe Society, and the colleagues of the Hanshe Society are naturally prosperous and co-prosperous, if the Fushui Shanfang Bookstore is willing to serve as the branch of the Hanshe Bookstore, then in the future, the manuscript that the Hanshe Bookstore wants to engrave, will give a copy to the sub-bureau, and the two places will be engraved at the same time, and the regional marketing will be divided, and the sub-bureau will hand over one-seventh of the silver taels obtained from the sale of each manuscript to the General Administration, and the General Administration will not interfere with the rest of the affairs. Brother Fan may wish to think about it, I dare to assure Brother Fan that the branch of the Hanshe Bookstore will definitely be more profitable than the current Fushui Shanfang Bookstore, and all the real estate and property of the branch will still belong to Brother Fan, and will not be included in the shares of the General Bureau. ”

The so-called free exit, that's just to say, leave a convenient door, if the sub-bureau profits more than the original Fushui Shanfang bookstore, how can Fan Wenruo withdraw, and the General Administration controls the source of the manuscript, the sub-bureau has formed a dependence on the General Bureau, and then Fan Wenruo just wants to re-establish himself and can't do it, it will be difficult to move an inch, these Zhang Yuan have taken into account, and Fan Wenruo obviously can't think so far-reaching, like Yang Shixiang, Fan Wenruo also wants to use Zhang Yuan's reputation to make a profit from his bookstore, but Zhang Yuan took the opportunity to lure him to profit, Yang Shixiang has already invested in Hanshe Bookstore, and Fan Wenruo at this time is hesitant, this is not a trivial matter, it is not good to make a hasty decision, and said: "Brother Xian, let Brother Yu think about it more." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "It's okay, Brother Fan, although you think clearly, you can go back to Suzhou and discuss it with your relatives and friends, whether you succeed or not, we are all friends." ”

Fan Wenruo said: "Okay, whether it succeeds or not, we are all friends." ”

…… At this time, the Baixian River can lead to Taihu Lake, and the Baixian River flows west to the Wusong River, and then flows back to the source of the Wusong River - Taihu Lake, and Suzhou Mansion is on the shore of Taihu Lake.

This is said to travel thirty miles, in the evening in the east shore of Tongli Lake to moor, the later generations of Zhang Yuan once swam in Tongli Ancient Town, the retreat garden here is very famous, but at this time of course there is no retreat garden, retreat garden is a late Qing Dynasty building - the three brothers of the Zhang family and Fan Wenruo, Zong Yishan and others went to the town to have dinner, that Wang Wei still eats porridge, this girl Xia said that three meals are porridge, the rest is to eat some melons and fruits, very dull - Mu Zhenzhen also stayed on the boat, did not go ashore with Zhang Yuan, alone ate some Zhenfengli cakes sent by Du Dingfang, no heart, no clue, can't swallow it, this fallen girl is silent all day long, Wang Wei and the little maid Huixiang talk to her in every way, she just smiles and doesn't talk much.

The sun is setting, the twilight is rising, the waterfowl that were still flying on the lake before also flew back to their nests, the Tongli Lake within a radius of more than ten miles quieted down, there was a kind of distant and deep shroud, the fallen girl Mu Zhenzhen stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the lake in a daze, thinking: "What is Daddy doing at this time?" ”

Taking advantage of the fact that the sky is not yet dark, the little maid Huixiang bathed the black feather starling in the bow of the boat, most of the injuries on the bird's wings have healed, this bird likes to bathe very much, and whether it is Xue Tong or Huixiang to teach the bird to speak, the bird is unwilling to learn, only Wang Wei teaches the bird to speak, the bird will follow to learn, Hui Xiang smiled: "This bird also knows that my girl has a good voice." ”

The sky is getting dark, a shallow trace of the moon outlines in the sky, on the third day of the first month of June, you can already see the moon of Emei, the birdcage is hanging on the mast of the bow of the ship, the bird is drying its feathers, Wang Wei and Mu Zhenzhen have a word to speak, about three o'clock in the morning, I can hear the sound of Zhang Yuan talking on the shore, Wang Wei said in his heart: "Why did they return to the ship so early after drinking today?" ”

(To be continued)