Yan Shaoqing is fifteen years old this year, Yan Shaoting is fourteen years old, although Yan Shaoqing is older, but because his mother Cao is Yan Shifan's concubine, he can only be regarded as the eldest son, and Yan Shaoting's mother Liu is the daughter of Anyuan Marquis Liu Ke, Yan Shifan's original wife Xiong died of illness and married the main room, Liu's mother's family is powerful, and Yan Shaoting's status in the Yan family is naturally not comparable to his half-brother Yan Shaoqing, from the gesture of the two of them to his uncle Yan Shaofang, Yan Shaoqing is a brother, but he took half a step back, Instead, let his younger brother Yan Shaoting be in front, which seems to be humble, but Yan Shaoqing's unwillingness cannot be completely concealed-

Yan Shifang said to his two nephews: "This Zeng Sheng, who is excellent in learning and good character, was hired by your father to accompany the two of you, and you are also a teacher and a friend, you two must not regard him as a servant and disrespectful, you must call him a gentleman, do you hear?" ”

Yan Shaoqing and Yan Shaoting said in unison: "I heard it." "They also saluted Mr. Zeng Yuzeng.

Zeng Yu returned the courtesy, while looking at Yan Shifan's two sons, Yan Shaoqing saw it last time, he was thin and thin, and his expression was not very hearty, Yan Shaoting was the first time he saw it, with a round face, slightly fat, and a little arrogant, compared with Yan Shaoqing, this Yan Shaoting is more like Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifang said to Zeng Yu: "Zeng Sheng, my Yan clan is located in Yuqing Hall, just in the east of the village, which is the ancestral hall of my Yan family, are you willing to live in the wing of Yuqing Tang or live in Ruizhutang, you want to be spacious and comfortable and no one disturbs that is Yuqingtang, Ruizhutang is a little noisy." ”

Others may not care, but Zeng Yu was deeply influenced by his uncle, Mr. Shaolong, and was a little taboo about living in a place like the ancestral hall with a heavy yin qi. "People who can't live at home in front of the temple and behind the ancestral hall are just generalized, and the specific situation has to be analyzed after looking at the house on the spot.

Yan Shifang said: "Okay, I'll ask someone to take you over there to have a look." ”

Yan Shaoqing, who was standing on the side, said: "Second uncle, my nephew is willing to take Mr. Zeng to Yuqing Hall to see the residence." ”

Yan Shaoting pursed his lips imperceptibly, as if he was a little disdainful of what his brother Yan Shaoqing had done.

Zeng Yu followed Yan Shaoqing out of Ruizhutang, and walked along the slender stone road to the east of the village, Zeng Yu saw that this thin young man wanted to talk to him but wanted to speak, so he said gently: "Master Yan, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Yan Shaoqing shook his head again, walked a few steps, and then said, "Thank you, Mr. Zeng, for coming to read for me." ”

Zeng Yu smiled: "I'm also making a living." ”

Yan Shaoqing was silent again, and asked after a while: "Does Mr. Zeng have a half-brother?" Seeing the look of surprise on Zeng Yu's face, he hurriedly explained: "I heard my father talk about it by accident. ”

Zeng Yu knew that Yan Shifan would check his details, and it would be idle to enter Yan's Mansion as a companion, and said: "I have a brother who works as a doctor in Yongfeng County Nursing Home. ”

Yan Shaoqing asked: "Is Mr. Zeng and Brother Ling on good terms?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Of course, it is not as close as siblings, and there is a huge age difference, 20 years older than me, it is inevitable that there will be estrangement, but how to say that it is also my own family, and I will still help when I encounter difficulties." ”

Yan Shaoqing was silent, and when he was about to arrive at Yuqing Hall, he suddenly said: "Mr. Zeng is a good person, let me admire." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and said: "The eldest prince has won the award, I have nothing to admire, I just try to make myself and my family live a better life." ”

Yan Shaoqing said "um", pointed to the ancestral hall under the cover of the ancient camphor and said, "Mr. Zeng, this is Yuqing Hall." ”

There is a plaque in front of the gate of Yuqing Hall that says "Fang Bo Family", the hall is three into five open rooms, quite grandiose, there is a wall, there is a protective wall, the bucket arch is like an elephant trunk sticking out, the heavy eaves rest on the top of the mountain, the eaves are carved exquisitely.

Yan Shaoqing led Zeng Yu to enter from the side door, this passage does not pass through the sacrificial hall and the enjoyment hall, Zeng Yu is a foreign surname, can not enter these two places, there are ancestral halls specially guarded, behind the enjoyment hall is Yan clan science, and Yuqing Hall is actually separated, a lobby, there are four wings on both sides, there is a floor upstairs, Yan Shaoqing said that it was his grandfather's library before he came out.

Zeng Yu walked around Yuqingtang and Yan Clan, and decided to live in the northernmost wing on the east side, Yan Shaoqing instructed the servants who took care of the clan to quickly clean up the house, and let people prepare to cover the quilt and daily utensils, Zeng Yu's books and clothes were also moved over, and they were quickly arranged, at this time it was already sunset, Yan Shifang sent someone to invite Zeng Yu to go to Ruizhutang for dinner-

Yan Shifang's diet is light, with more vegetarian dishes and less meat dishes, not as poor and luxurious as Yan Shifan, which is also in line with Zeng Yu's taste.

After eating in Ruizhutang, Zeng Yu returned to the Yan clan alone to study.

Jieqiao Village is not as big as Ishida, more than 100 families are all surnamed Yan, either studying or farming, no business or engaged in acrobatics, Zeng Yu gave Yan Shifan's two sons to read with the news has already spread, walking on the stone road in the village, from time to time someone greeted him and asked for tea, the folk customs are simple -

Back to the Yan clan to learn that the sky was completely dark, the old man Yan Dai, who guarded the clan study, lit the lamp for Zeng Yu and couldn't go around, and wanted to talk about the ancient world, Zeng Yu talked to the old man for a while, the old man chattered, nothing more than how Yan Song was auspicious when he was born, how he was a prodigy when he was a teenager, etc., Zeng Yu casually agreed, gossiped for a while, and the old man went back to the opposite side room to rest-

Zeng Yu read the book for a while, and when he was grinding ink and writing, he felt that the surroundings were extremely quiet, and he could hear the gentle sound of the water in Jiexi not far away, and couldn't help but think: "What are Lu Miaoxiang and Yingzi doing at this time, how to get rid of this deep loneliness?" I thought again: "The day after tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, my mother is still used to living in Shangrao, well, with Sister Ruolan here, it would be better to have a relative walking around." ”

After practicing the eight-section brocade guidance technique, Zeng Yu undressed and fell asleep, slept until dawn, got up and practiced the "Serving the Inner Vitality Method", and heard Yan Laohan talking to the ancestral hall, and the broom "rustling" swept the fallen leaves.

Zeng Yu went out of the room and said to Yan Dai Laohan, and went to wash by the Jiexi outside the clan school, at this time the sun had not yet gone up the mountain, the sky was deep and high without staining the dust, the grass stems by the stream were dewed, and the leaves fell without wind, and from here you could see the gorgeous maple forest two miles away, like a heavy color painting, attracting Zeng Yu to appreciate -

Walk by the stream, unconsciously walked to the maple bay, the murmuring stream drilled into the forest quietly, the autumn wind is sassy, the fiery red and golden maple leaves flutter down, the woodland has been paved with a layer of red and yellow mixed deciduous felt, walk on it, "squeak and quack" straight sound, from time to time there are birds and finches startled, chirping and flying -

Zeng Yu saw the Yan family temple in the maple forest, just by the stream, the temple door was closed, and there was a thick layer of fallen leaves in front of the door, it seemed that this family temple was a little deserted, and the Yan family ancestral hall in Yuqingtang replaced the function of this temple.

Suddenly, I heard the yellow warbler chirping on the bank of the stream, and it was not the sound of birds, but the light laughter of the girl "Gege", Zeng Yu stood on the side of the Yan family temple and looked at the stream, only to see a light-colored girl in a light dress holding a big broom, and the fallen leaves kept sweeping into the stream, and those maple leaves flowed with the water-

"Mother, come and see, is this a falling flower that is intentionally ruthless."

It was the girl who said this, I haven't seen her for three months, this girl's face has lost a lot, but her body seems to have smoked a little, she is quite graceful, she is full of laughter, and her spirit is excellent, and she suddenly looked up and saw the young scholar a few feet away from the other bank, she was first surprised, and the broom in her hand fell to the ground, and then she was surprised: "Ah, Zeng Shusheng, why are you, why are you here?" He turned his head and called: "Mother, mother, come on, Zeng Shusheng from Guangxin Mansion is here." ”