The spring breeze in February is like scissors, peach and willow green, just in spring.

Tan Jun explained the affairs of the academy, told all the students to study hard, prepare for the township examination and the Beijing examination, and rushed to Hangzhou with the family. Li Zheng and Zhang Ziqing also got up and rushed to Jinling to prepare for the township test, Tan Yin and Li Zheng were naturally inseparable, and they were indispensable to say goodbye.

Considering Mrs. Tan's body and Tan Yin's body, the carriage couldn't run fast, and several people traveled all the way to the mountains and rivers, and it was estimated that it would take about six or seven days to get to Hangzhou.

The land of Suzhou and Hangzhou has a long history and outstanding people. Everywhere he passed, Tan Jun and his entourage traveled around, and often saw a stone tablet and said that this was Xie Lingyun's poetry place, which was Li Bai's place to play, and they were very happy.

One evening, Tan Jun saw that it was getting late, so he stayed at an inn outside Jiaxing City, the name of the inn is quite wonderful, called "Yuanlai". When they went out, they were not as good as at home, the three of them sat at a table, ordered a plate of beef, fried a few side dishes, and asked the shopkeeper to make a pot of wine.

Suddenly, I heard someone talking at the next table, and the voice was quite loud.

"Big brother, you just came from the capital, what are the big things in the capital recently?" A white-faced scholar in his twenties asked.

"That one is naturally the defeat of the Marquis of Zhenbei. The second one is the selection, which is really a double happiness. A man in his thirties who looked like a thin master touched his beard and said quite smugly.

"At the request of the prince, the Holy One decided to implement the selection, which is really a blessing for the people of the world. These two things are now known to passers-by, and there is nothing else new. ”

"By the way, there is another interesting story in the capital that has been very lively recently. Zhou Shiyong, Zhangzhou, Fujian, who was the Tanhualang of the last Beijing test, served in the Hanlin Academy, was already a six-grade official, young and handsome, and Li Congjian, the right attendant of the ministry, took a fancy to him and wanted to match the pearl in his palm to him. ”

"Miss Li, everyone is beautiful, knowledgeable, and beautiful, of course I like Tanhua this week, but people are tough, saying that they already have a wife and daughter at home, who knows that Miss Li still wants to marry her, and told him that he is not intolerant, nor does he ask Zhou Tanhua to divorce his wife, only saying that he is on an equal footing with that wife, regardless of size."

This week, Tanhua couldn't help but be overjoyed, so she chose a good day to marry Miss Li, naturally she had a bright future, just waiting to go back to her hometown to receive his wife, mother and daughter, and the family would be reunited. Don't you say that this is the consummation of merit! The capital is praised by everyone! The thin master looked envious.

"Oh, this is the title of the gold list, the flowers and candles in the cave room are also rising step by step, several great joys in life, this week's Tanhua is all accounted for, it is really envied by everyone!" The white-faced scholar had an envious look on his face.

The rest of the inn was talking.

Tan Jun smiled slightly when he heard these discussions, and said to Tan Yin: "Yin'er, what do you think? ”

"Dad, I'm afraid it's not as simple as it seems."

"It's said to be on an equal footing, big or small. But one is a young lady, and the other is just an ordinary woman, how can they sit on an equal footing? Tan Yin whispered.

There were two scholars at the adjacent table, one in blue and the other in green clothes.

"Hmph, every time you slaughter more dogs, your heart is a scholar, and the reputation of us scholars is ruined by these pickled people."

"If Tanhua really cared about his wife that week, he shouldn't have married Miss Li, he didn't take a fancy to Li Shilang's position, Miss Li was beautiful, and she still enjoyed a good reputation, she really had face and a good reputation." The scholar in Tsing Yi was quite disdainful, and said loudly, and everyone around heard it.

"What Brother Zijun said is extremely true. The wife, Qi also, is the same body as the husband, and the flat wife is the business family, not a concubine, no distinction between respect and inferiority, it is the foundation of the family, and my generation must take it as a warning. The blue-clothed scholar shook his head and said.

"How fortunate are men in the world, this person is not like Chen Shimei who killed his wife and children, and he can't be demanding." Mrs. Tan sighed when she heard what the two scholars next door said.

"Madame, not all men in the world are like that. If this man has a wife, he should keep his promise, but how can he marry another wife, and where will he be arranged? A gentleman is more important than righteousness, and even his wife and daughter are so unjust, how to talk about loyalty to the king and love for the people. This person is treacherous, although he is not as conscientious as Chen Shimei, but he is not a gentleman. Tan Jun said.

"Okay, good, that's what you're talking about." Mrs. Tan smiled.

Tan Jun greeted the blue-clothed scholar in Tsing Yi in the past, it turned out that he was a talented man who came to Hangzhou to participate in the township examination, both of whom were around 20 years old and were from Jiaxing. The name of the scholar in Tsing Yi is Gu Zijun, and the name of the scholar in blue is Zhao Xu.

The two scholars had also heard of Tan Jun's name, and they were very surprised, so they got to know each other, and they agreed to go together.

……

There are too many joys and sorrows like this in the world, but it's just a small episode.

After dinner, when they returned to the room, a few people chatted and mentioned Zhou Tanhua.

"Yin'er, according to you, what will happen to Tanhua's original partner that week."

Tan Jun likes to take the school Tan Yin, people have no foresight, there must be near-term worries, countless people live their lives in a daze, the good ones are too smooth, the bad ones are deep in the mud pit, but unfortunately the good luck is only 12 out of 10.

There is no regret medicine to take in life, and the world is extremely harsh on women, and she can't make any mistakes, Tan Yin naturally understands her father's good intentions.

"Then Miss Li said that she is not an intolerable person, and this sentence is as if she is the original partner, and she has put herself in a high position." Tan Yin thought for a while and began to analyze.

"She put on a gentle and virtuous appearance again, and at the beginning, she must have been a sister to Zhou Tanhua's original partner, and she regarded her daughter as her own, and everyone would praise her."

"She is everyone's young lady, even if she treats everyone equally, she will be admired, if she is good-hearted, everyone will praise her even more virtuous, Zhou Tanhua is already biased towards her."

"Wait for the original partner to take off his guard, if the original partner doesn't have a son, the daughter is just marrying a dowry, and it doesn't affect the overall situation. If you give birth to a son, especially if you have a son, you will naturally be the eldest son, I will be the eldest son, I will have the system, the eldest son will get most of the family business, even if it is the second son, different from the concubine, you have to share a lot of family business, Zhou Tanhua will have the support of the Li family in the future, and the Li family will contribute the most to this industry, and the Li family will not be reconciled. ”

Tan Jun nodded, smiling and nodding. Tan Yin saw her father like this and continued to speak.

Therefore, Miss Li definitely does not want the original partner to have a son, especially not to have a son before her. There are only three ways, one is to cut off the relationship between Zhou Tanhua and the original couple; Second, if it can't be broken, it is natural to cut off the original son; Third, if the original partner gives birth to a son, he will not be allowed to grow up or become a talent. Tan Yin said as she deduced, her face slowly turned pale, and she trembled at the end.

Mrs. Tan's face also changed when she heard this, and said, "You think too much, it's not so bad!" ”

"Yin'er, what do you think?" Tan Jun asked.

"Zhou Tanhua already has an original wife and daughter, this Miss Li covets other people's things, and she will not be a good person. He also made a false accusation, saying that he was willing to marry into the Zhou family with a flat wife, step by step, with scheming and means. In addition, the slaves and maids in the family have all the money and property owned by the Li family, and she is young and beautiful, Zhou Tanhua is already eccentric, and she is afraid of ......"

"My Yin'er is older...... Tan Jun was relieved, and asked again, "How do you think of the people who spoke today?" ”

"The white-faced scholar and the thin master are the same kind of people, they are no different from Zhou Tanhua, if they encounter such a beautiful thing, maybe they will be even more despicable. The scholar in green clothes and blue clothes is a dignified person and worthy of deep friendship. ”

"Do the two know each other the same?"

"The scholar in Tsing Yi is righteous, warm-hearted and decent. The blue-clothed scholar seemed to be deeper, and saw the hidden danger of the bane. It's just a few words, and it's too early to judge people at this time. Tan Yin thought for a while and replied, seeing Tan Jun smiling, she knew in her heart that her father was satisfied.

"Although the time is short, it is enough to get a glimpse of a leopard."

"Yin'er, what if you were Miss Li?" Tan Jun asked.

"How can a father ask his daughter like this?" Mrs. Tan said angrily, and Tan Yin's face also turned red.

"The world is difficult, women's lives are not easy, one wrong step is wrong, and many women have been lonely and miserable all their lives. Yin'er is older, and some truths have to be told to her. Tan Jun said to Mrs. seriously, and Mrs. Tan didn't say anything more when she heard this.

"Father, mother, daughter is not the kind of person who does not have self-esteem and self-love, and I will never covet things that do not belong to me." Tan Yin put away her shame and solemnly promised her parents.

"Okay, it's not in vain that your father and mother have raised you for many years. So what if you are the original partner of Tanhua that week? ”

"If someone puts me in such a situation, even if they take care of me on the surface, they have actually abandoned me like a wreck! When there is no continuation, it will be disturbed. Tan Yin's expression was even more solemn, and she said to her parents.

"If only you had that knowledge. The suffering of women in the world, one is that they can't see clearly, they are confused, trapped in love, driven by the tigers and wolves who don't know how to cherish them, to the east and west, exhausting their life's efforts, and finally making wedding clothes for her. The second is that although they can see clearly, it is difficult to give up, and they are lucky, always thinking that the tiger and wolf will be kind and correct, often let go again and again, retreat and retreat, and finally have no way back. ”

"Dad, the first type is like Wang Baochuan, who has been trapped in love all his life, waited in the cold kiln for 18 years, and finally waited for his husband, but he passed away in three days, and he was lonely and helpless all his life."

"What are you talking about, hasn't this Wang Baochuan always been praised by everyone!" Mrs. Tan was puzzled.

"If Yin'er wants to be that Wang Baochuan, are you willing?"

"Naturally, I don't want to." Mrs. Tan immediately pouted.

"Who really loves their daughter's family would want to, it's just a made-up drama, but I don't know how many women in the world will be harmed by this kind of drama!" Tan Jun said hatefully.

Tan Jun is not the kind of Taoist who is hypocritical, and Tan Yin knows her father's opinion of these chaste martyrs praised by the world.

A few people chatted for a while, and they had to hurry tomorrow, so they rested early.

Tan Jun asked for two rooms, one for Tan Jun and his wife, and one for Tan Yin and Honeysuckle.

When the couple returned to the room, Mrs. Tan said, "What's wrong with you today, although you want to make some sense, you can't help but make a big fuss, but think of Li Zheng?" Li Zheng is not Zhou Tanhua's generation. ”

"Li Zheng naturally won't be Zhou Tanhua's disciple, it's just that the world is unpredictable, I'm afraid of ......," Tan Jun sighed.

"Afraid of what?"

"It's nothing, maybe I'm thinking too much."

"It's just that Yin'er and Li Zheng will have to meet a year apart, maybe it will take longer, how can this be good." Mrs. Tan said hurriedly.

"Isn't it better, the two of them have never been separated, and if they can still be together after more than a year, I don't have to worry too much." Tan Jun said with a smile.

"You! You are always reasonable, and you don't feel sorry for your daughter at all. Mrs. Tan said angrily, but she also knew that he was right.

……

In the middle of the night, tossing and turning for a long time, Tan Yin sat up, and Honeysuckle was still asleep. Dressed lightly, I came to the courtyard of the inn, the moon was shrouded, and the surroundings were quiet, becoming more and more lonely.

Today, my father said so much about Zhou Tanhua, which means something. The father is a square person, far-sighted, and has deep feelings for his mother, and his mother has only one daughter, and has always apologized to his father, and has also proposed to take a concubine for his father, but his father resolutely disagrees, saying that it is fate to have a son or not a child.

The mother has a cheerful personality, is beautiful and generous, and never thinks too much. Born rich and noble, pampered by his parents when he was at home, married to a good man when he grew up, loving husband and wife, and having a smooth life, who is not envious of ten miles and eight towns.

Thinking of his relationship with Li Zheng, Li Zheng is naturally of good character, otherwise his father would not praise him, let him become his proud disciple, and he is also deeply in love with himself, but his mother does not approve of him, and his father has reservations because of this, so he can't help but sigh.

Tan Jun and his entourage walked with Zhao Xu and Gu Zijun, two scholars, Tan Jun admired the two of them, and privately told Mrs. Tan and Tan Yin that the two were talented and virtuous. Along the way, it was naturally a tour of the mountains and rivers, and after walking for another three days, they arrived at Hangzhou, a paradise on earth, and several people agreed to get together again and dispersed by themselves.