Yi Ting dried her clothes, and didn't see her wife calling her, so she walked outside the study in the west building, looked through the crack in the door, and saw that the young master was wearing a jade-colored straight dress, just finished bathing, and his hair was scattered, pacing back and forth in the study with his hands behind his back, and he kept reciting something.

Yiting is illiterate, but looking at the young master's attentive appearance, it is obviously not nonsense, he must be reciting poems and books, and he said in his heart: "The young master has grown up, he is literate and reasonable, I can tell the young master about Zhang Dachun, lest my wife be slandered by Zhang Dachun and let me marry Zhang Cai, I will marry no one to marry Zhang Cai, and I will make a fortune by digging up the master's family, and I Yiting can't look down on it." ”

Yi Ting wanted to wait for the young master to finish reciting before going in, but he stood outside the door and waited for a while, and the young master's mouth was endless, what this spring, that summer was endless, only once seemed to remember to turn the book, and before she could go in, she started reciting again.

Yi Ting couldn't wait any longer, knocked lightly on the door frame, and shouted: "Young Master-"

Zhang Yuan was reviewing the "Spring and Autumn Liang Chuanshu" that Fan and Zhan read to him two days ago, reviewing the old and learning the new, and while reciting it, he was also deepening his understanding of the righteousness of the scriptures, and when he heard the voice of the big girl Yiting, he turned to face the door and said, "Yiting, what's the matter?" ”

Yi Ting entered the study, blessed Zhang Yuan, and said, "Young master, the little maid has something to tell the young master, and it is the matter of Zhang Cai's family." ”

"Oh." Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows, sat on the chair, looked at Yi Ting and said, "You say." ”

The young master behaved like an adult, Yi Ting's worried heart calmed down a little, and said: "It's the matter of the tenant rent of Jianhu Grange, that Zhang Dachun-"

Wu Ling walked in quickly and said, "Young Master, Mr. Fan Zhen asked to see him, and he also brought Qiu Ling." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Please Mr. Fan to sit in the front hall, I will come immediately." After Wuling went, Fang said to Yi Ting: "You talk about it first." ”

Yi Ting told what she knew about Zhang Dachun's collusion with tenants to pay less land rent on the grounds of poor harvest, and Zhang Yuan asked, "Does my mother know about this?" ”

Yi Ting said: "I also know some, but my wife has a place where she relies on Zhang Dachun's family, so it is inconvenient to turn her face, and I am afraid that no one will take care of the grange." ”

Zhang Yuan nodded and asked, "Yiting, how did you think of saying this to me, I-only fifteen years old." ”

Yi Ting said: "At the age of fifteen, he is also the head of the family, and the young master will grow up, the most important reason is that when the little maid was washing at the well, he heard Zhang Cai say that he wanted his father to propose to his wife and marry the little maid to him, but the little maid was unwilling, and the little maid could not damage the main family with this kind of person." ”

Zhang Yuan got up and said, "Okay, I know, you go back to the South Building first, I have my own plans, and I won't let you marry Zhang Cai." ”

After Yi Ting left, Zhang Yuan hurriedly tied his hair, put on a Lingyun scarf, and went to the front hall to see Fan Zhen.

As soon as Fan Zhen saw Zhang Yuan, she quickly got up and threw herself to the ground, and said, "Young Master Jiezi, Fan Mou is here to thank you, I wanted to invite Young Master Jiezi to a banquet in the restaurant, but I was afraid that the grandmother in the house would blame, haha." ”

Fan Zhen, who is fifty years old, is like a spring breeze, with spring on her face, presumably Qiu Ling is waiting well.

Qiu Ling, who was standing beside Fan Zhen, knelt down to thank the young master for saving him, and said that he wanted to enter the inner courtyard to kowtow to his wife, Zhang Yuan asked the rabbit pavilion to take Qiu Ling in, Zhang's mother Lu was at a loss at first, but when she heard Qiu Ling say the reason, she was very happy, her son handled this matter very well, otherwise, she would not let Qiu Ling stay and serve her son, who was only fifteen years old-

Fan Zhen in the front hall presented twenty taels of silver as a thank you, and Zhang Yuan smiled: "Mr. Fan, why should I be polite, I am also doing it with a gesture." "I won't take it.

Fan Zhen is shrewd and sleek, after this period of time to get along, it is very clear that the young man in front of him is a very smart person, and he must show sincerity to smart people, and said bluntly: "Where is the price of twenty taels of silver worth the price of Qiuling, Fan has received a lot of benefits from the young master, this is just a slight expression of gratitude, if the young master refuses to accept it, then Fan will really die of shame." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled slightly, no longer shirked, and said, "I have something to ask Mr. Fan for help." ”

Fan Zhen hurriedly said: "Young master, please say, as long as Fan is within his ability, he should do his best." "I'm a little worried, I don't know what Zhang Yuan wants him to help?

Zhang Yuan said that the house slave Zhang Dachun privately withheld the land rent, and asked Fan Zhen to help him check it.

When Fan Zhen heard this, she suddenly felt relaxed, and immediately showed a look of righteous indignation, and said: "This slave is hateful, young master Jie Zi can rest assured, this matter is wrapped up in Fan, and he will give the young master an answer for ten days." ”

As long as it is not too expensive, Fan Zhen is willing to serve Zhang Yuan, firstly, because of the benefits of the gift, and secondly, Fan Zhen feels that Zhang Yuan is not a mortal weapon, if there is a person who gets ahead, then he Fan Zhen can climb and benefit.

Zhang Yuan said: "Then I will thank Mr. Fan first, don't alarm that Zhang Dachun when Mr. Fan investigates this matter." ”

Fan Zhen said: "Fan understands. After chatting for a while, Qiu Ling came out, and Zhang's mother Lu also gave Qiu Ling a Su style six skirts and a silver ornament, the so-called Su style, is the popular style in Suzhou, and the north and south of the river are all based on the popular style of Suzhou.

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After a few days, Zhang Yuan was still listening to books at home, waiting for Fan Zhen's news, the people who came to read for him in the past few days were Zhan Shiyuan and another Qingke surnamed Wu.

It's not so easy to be a Qingke to fight the autumn breeze, the standard of a good Qingke is: to be able to write a good hand, a little talent but not publicity, the amount of wine must be good, if necessary, you can also chant two crooked poems to make fun, but also to look at the owner's preferences, chess, Go, opera, horse hanging, etc.

This surname Wu Qingke on the writing of a good hand, Zhang Yuan listened to the book, so he asked Wu Qingke for calligraphy, he did not have the luxury of becoming Xu Wenchang, Dong Qichang, Wang Duo like a great calligrapher, the great calligrapher needs talent and hard work, he does not have so much effort, the late Ming Dynasty culture is prosperous, talented children, he can not be the top of the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so deceitful too much, his goal is the imperial examination, but if the brush is not passed, it is very unfavorable to the imperial examination, Fan Zhen once said that his fellow villager Bagu Wen did quite well, he could show talent, It's just that the words are too bad, and the dismissal officer was deposed on the spot-

Zhang Yuan's current words are very bad, the previous Zhang Yuan was greedy for fun, did not practice words, four hundred years later, Zhang Yuan's pen writing is good, the brush has almost never been touched, so you must practice words, do not seek excellence, always have to be decent, can not let the marking officer frown when he sees the words, the word is a human face, do not seek the most handsome, but can not make people tired at first sight-

The time of reading and practicing words is long and fleeting, and when practicing words, I feel that it is difficult to endure it, but in a blink of an eye, it is past the Obon Festival, and at the beginning of the morning of the eighteenth day, a small house came to Xizhang's side, saying that the young master of Zongzi invited the young master of Jie Zi to visit the garden, Zhang Yuan went to inform his mother, Zhang's mother Lu Shi knew that her son had been bored at home for a few months, and now the eye disease was basically cured, and it was good to go out for a walk, so she told her son not to argue with others outside, pay attention to his eyes, and go early and return early-

Zhang Yuan took Xiao Xi Nu Wuling out and followed the little guy from Xizhang to the west of the city, not far away, only three miles away.

The garden is built by Zhang Dai's father Zhang Rulin last year, Zhang Rulin dismissed the official at home, accumulating the voice, building the garden, specializing in pleasure, the garden cost no less than 10,000 gold, the garden leans on the mountain and the river, the promenade curves the bridge, it is extremely gorgeous and exquisite, there were two old men visiting the garden at the beginning of the construction, one said that this is simply Penglai Wonderland, and the other shook his head and said, Penglai Wonderland may not be so good-looking.

Zhang Yuan had never been to the garden before, and this was the first time.