In the south of the Yangtze River, as long as the climate is not abnormal, then there are always a few heavy rains before and after the Dragon Boat Festival, Shaoxing Mansion is considered to be smooth this year, the heavy rain of the Dragon Boat Festival is coming as scheduled, early in the morning of the sixth day of the first month of May, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao brothers stood on the side of the Bashi Bridge with umbrellas, watching the servants carry their luggage on the boat in the rain, these luggage are wrapped in tarpaulin, and will not be wet by the rain - two Sanmingwa white canopy boats, one is Xizhang's boat, and the other is Zhang Yuan's boat borrowed from his brother-in-law Shang Zhoude, In March last year, Zhang Yuan went to Qingpu to take this Sanmingwa white canopy boat, the boatman and his wife are very familiar, Zhang Ruoxi and Luchun, Xujie brothers have already gotten on the boat first, because of the heavy rain, Zhang's mother Lu Shi did not come to the bridge to see off, the elderly people are afraid to see parting, the daughter and two little nephews left Shanyin this time back to Qingpu, and I don't know when they can get together again?

Nanjing's household department's license for Zhang Cao's donation of money to the prison was sent to Shanyin County on April 29, and Hou County ordered the scribe to send it to Zhang Rulin, Zhang Rulin called Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao to give a lecture, and ordered him to leave for Nanjing Guozijian to study after the Dragon Boat Festival. Zhang Rulin also told Zhang Cao not to cause trouble outside, to strictly abide by the rules of the country's supervision, and study diligently, Zhang Cao naturally agreed - Zhou Menong, Qi Yiyuan, Qi Biaojia, Yao Jianshu, Lu Yungu, and a group of Qing guests from Xizhang saw each other off at the bridge, Zhou Menong said to Zhang Dai: "Zongzi, you must visit Min Wenshui in Taoyedu, Nanjing, just say that it is my Zhou Menong's best friend, otherwise, Min Lao is afraid that he will ignore you." ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Min Lao is good at cooking tea, I am good at tasting, and I will definitely hit him off at first sight." ”

Zhang Cao said: "What's the point of drinking tea with an old decay, I will go to the old courtyard of Nanjing this time, and I will definitely leave the name of Qinglou Bo Xing, so that those names will be remembered as me Zhang Yanke is fascinated, haha." ”

Zhang Dai said disdainfully: "Do you think that the name of the old courtyard in Nanjing is the soil mark of the Baihualou in Shanyin, and you will flatter you in every way if you reward one or two taels of silver?" ”

Zhang Cao said: "Niang'er loves pretty, bustard loves money, I am both pretty and banky, Pan Donkey Deng Xiaoxian, I am not bad at everything, don't I want to be loved by them." ”

Zhang Dai shook his head and smiled: "I guess you are also some vulgar fans, the real famous qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are excellent, and they must impress them from their talents." ”

Zhang Cao smiled and said: "I have it, but I don't need to learn to impress them, I will impress them with silver-big brother, let's make a bet, you will show your versatility, I will use silver, we will see who can impress them-" asked Zhou Menong: "Brother Zhou, who is the first in Jinling's name nowadays?" ”

Zhou Menong replied with a smile: "It should be Li Xiangzhen of the old courtyard, the word snow clothes, ranked tenth, also known as Li Shi Niang, I have never seen it, but it is said that Wan Tingjuan is good, her skin is like snow, she is good at drumming and singing, she is quite fluent in literature and ink, and she loves literary talents——"

Zhang Cao said: "Okay, it's this Li Xueyi, I want to see if she loves literati or silver, big brother, dare to bet with me, you pretend to be a poor and talented scholar, I am a rich child who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to learn, and who does Li Xueyi love?" ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "I also spend money like flowing water, I can't pretend to be a poor scholar, if you want to gamble, you can bet with Jiezi." Zhang Dai heard Wang Kedian say that Zhang Cao had made a bet with Zhang Yuan, and Zhang Cao failed miserably - Zhang Cao heard that he was going to make a bet with Zhang Yuan, and after a little hesitation, he was a little afraid of betting with Zhang Yuan, and then thought about it, this time it was not more talented than knowledge, so he was afraid of it, so he stood on the side and said to Zhang Yuan, who didn't talk much: "Jiezi, dare to bet with me?" ”

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "What kind of gambling do your brothers gamble, is it difficult to become a Qinglou woman and turn her face." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Admitting gambling and losing, how can you turn your face, whether you bet or not?" ”

Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "Don't bet." He pouted at the white canopy boat and said, "Don't say so loudly that Qinglou said that the name is remembered, my sister and my little nephew are on the boat, wait for my sister to pull my ear." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao both giggled, and Zhang Cao lowered his voice and said, "When you get to Nanjing, I will definitely make a bet with you." "Zhang Cao did not have a long surname, a few days ago when he talked about Huating Dong's still gritted his teeth, he couldn't wait to immediately beat Dong Zu out of his heart, at this time, from the tea tasting to the name, he suddenly remembered to make such a bet, and he thought about it - the servant moved all the luggage to the boat, Zhang Yuan, Zhang Dai, Zhang Cao said goodbye to Zhuyou and Qingke, and got on the boat respectively, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao took the white canopy boat that took the lead from the Bashi Bridge to the south of the city to the east pool of Huiji, Zhang Yuan's boatman asked Zhang Yuan if he was sailing? Wu Ling hurriedly said: "Young Master, Sister Zhenzhen and Uncle Mu haven't come yet." ”

Before the words fell, I saw Mu Jingyan wearing a wide-brimmed bamboo hat, and Mu Zhenzhen was wearing a hat and a hat, and the father and daughter strode in the dense rain and got on the boat. ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's okay, Uncle Mu hurry up and change his clothes." ”

The white canopy boat slowly left the Bashi Bridge, and Mu Zhenzhen, who had picked up his hat and was draining the water, suddenly said, "Young master, look, my wife is over there." ”

Zhang Yuan took a look, and sure enough, he saw his mother and Yiting, Tuting, and Cuigu standing under the eaves of a shop by the Bashi Bridge, watching the white canopy boat slowly sail away from the bridge.

Zhang Ruoxi heard that her mother was also coming, so she hurriedly went out of the cabin to see, the river was crooked, and she couldn't see the eaves of the shop, Zhang Ruoxi held back her tears, but said to Zhang Yuan: "Mother likes children, you hurry up and marry a wife and have children, so that your mother will not be cold." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Yes, yes, marry a wife as soon as possible and have children as soon as possible." ”

Zhang Ruoxi smiled "sneering", and when she looked at the Bashi Bridge again, it was already separated behind the white rain and was blurred.

When the boat passed through the wharf of the Shang family in the back garden of Dongdachi, because yesterday Zhang Yuan had said goodbye to Shang Zhoude and Tanran, today he did not plan to go ashore, but he saw that under the peach tree on the shore, Shang Xianran was accompanied by the little maid Yunjin, holding a green cloth umbrella, waiting in the rain for a long time, before Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao's boat passed, Shang Xianran thought it was Zhang Yuan's boat, turned out from behind the tree to look, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao brothers saw the beautiful woman under the peach tree, it was expected to be Shang Xianran, Zhang Cao was still in the bow of the boat and said: "Brother and sister, foolish brother Zhang Cao is polite, The meson is on the boat in the back. Shang Ran blushed with shame.

Zhang Dai was worried that Zhang Cao would still talk nonsense, so he pulled him into the cabin, Zhang Cao rolled his eyes and said: "I'm not a bad person, I don't know anything like this, will I still tease her and just see a courtesy." But he was so disappointed that he said: "At the beginning, I went on a blind date, but it became a good thing for meson." ”

Zhang Dai said with a smile: "Who asked you not to be more restrained when you go on a blind date, and beat and scolded the servant in Qitao Garden, this is the fate of the meson, don't think about it too much." ”

Zhang Cao said: "Look, Jie Zi is going ashore to say goodbye to the Shang girl - the boat stops, the boat stops." ”

Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao brothers watched Zhang Yuan and the Shang girl meet under the peach tree in the canopy window, and saw Zhang Yuan shaking the hand of the Shang girl, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao were not envious, this time he both went to their respective fathers-in-law's houses to resign, Zhang Dai's fiancée is Shuicheng Liu's girl, Zhang's fiancée is Shanyin Qi's girl, they haven't even seen each other, which is like Jie Zi holding hands to look at each other, the appearance of Lang's concubine makes the two of them really envious - the rain curtain is obliquely weaving, the river is overflowing, the grass on both sides of the river is separated, and the river bank is by, Under the peach tree, Zhang Yuan, who was wearing a square scarf and shirt, held an umbrella to cover the rain for Shangran, and the two whispered under the umbrella, and the scene was like a picture.

Zhang Cao smiled: "This looks like Xu Xian and the White Lady have met on a broken bridge." ”

Zhang Dai smiled.

Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao In addition to the two boatmen, there are ten people on this boat, Zhang Dai's personal maid Suzhi, the little maid Mingyan, and two healthy servants, Zhang Cao's personal maid Lumei, Xiaowu Fuer, and Nengzhu and Feng Hu two healthy servants, Zhang Yuan's boat has Mu Jingyan, Mu Zhenzhen's father and daughter, and Wuling, Zhang Ruoxi's mother and son, Zhou's mother and two maidservants, there are twelve people on both boats - two three-mingwa white canopy boats sailing in the rain, Zhang Yuan remembered that he also took this boat last year, and the one in front was Shang Zhoude's five-Mingwa big ship, Shang Jinghui's crisp and sweet voice was shouting: "Brother Zhang Gongzi-" I haven't seen Shang Jinghui for more than a year, that cute girl is eight years old this year, I remember the first time I saw Xiaohui, she was only six years old, and she was playing chess with her sister Jinglan, Jinglan wanted to make her cry, she didn't cry, two years passed in a blink of an eye, time is like an arrow - in the evening, came to the bustling town of Qianqing, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao went ashore to find a restaurant to eat, knowing that Zhang Yuan was going to accompany his sister and nephew, so he didn't ask Zhang Yuan to go together, Zhang Yuan and Mu Zhenzhen went ashore to buy some cooked food, Back on the boat let the boat lady steam it again before eating, I was afraid that the food would be unclean when I went out - it was getting dark, the rain was still falling, Zhang Dai and Zhang Cao brothers returned to the boat, Zhang Cao shouted: "Jiezi, come to this boat to read papers together." ”

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Zhang Yanke is going to study hard overnight, then he is going to come out of the west." ”

Zhang Ruoxi heard it and said, "Xiao Yuan, go over, I'll teach Xiao Chun to write big characters here." ”

Zhang Yuan took Wuling to the boat over there, Zhang Dai was very particular, although he was not compromising on the journey, the little servant made tea with pineapple tea, and used the spring water brought from Shanyin, the three brothers tasted tea and chatted, the boatman saw that the rain was a little smaller, so he greeted the boatman and his wife of the boat behind, and the two boats left Qian Qing one after the other, and sailed to Xiaoshan Xiling at night.

The sound of the water gurgling at the bottom of the boat, the sound of rain on the canopy is broken, and the two candles on the wall of the boat are bright and warm, such a situation will make people a little inexplicably excited. ”

Zhang Dai is very knowledgeable, and said: "Okay, let me say one thing first-there is a show who has passed the last class, that is, the sixth class, and he has to be stripped of his clothes, and he is afraid of being scolded by his wife when he goes home. His wife asked: 'What about the seventh grade?' This Xiucai said, "The sixth class is just a loss of future, and the seventh class is going to be castrated-" His wife was shocked and hurriedly asked him what level he was in? This Xiucai said, "I lost my energy, and I was admitted to the sixth class, but I was fortunate to avoid castration." ’”

The boat was full of laughter.

(To be continued)