The wooden boat flows on the Fengxi with clear water quality, the hills and plains on both sides, the grass and trees are flourishing, the houses and farmlands are scattered, the farmers in the villages on the shore pick up dung to irrigate the garden, the women draw the wells and clothes, the chickens and dogs bark, and the children laugh, which is a summer pastoral scenery in the south of the Yangtze River.

The stone field where Zeng Yu's family lives is also a village, and he didn't feel that these scenes were rare to see in it before, but today he is on a boat and watching the scenery from one stream to another, and the feeling is different, and he has not left his hometown, he is a little homesick, especially his great-mother Zhou, although her son Zeng Yu got Lu Hanlin's recommendation, but she is still worried about her son going all the way to Yuanzhou for the retest, of course, she will not show her worries now, and she can't let her son worry-

Niuniu is the fastest, she has grown so big This is the first time she has gone far away, the little girl is lying on the canopy window with her ass and pointing to the shore scenery, and she chirps Zeng Yu:

"Brother, what is the name of this mountain?"

"Brother, what kind of village is this?"

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When the wooden boat passed by Chongshan Township, Niuniu asked again: "Brother, what kind of mountain is this?" ”

Zeng Yu replied: "That's Boshan, and opposite Boshan is Heshan." ”

Niuniu turned her head to look at Zeng Yu, with a look of admiration: "Brother, you are so powerful, you know everything." ”

Great-mother Zhou heard that the mountain was Boshan, so she said to Zeng Yu: "There is a Nengren Temple in Boshan, the incense is very prosperous, my mother has always wanted to come to the temple to make incense, but unfortunately it was burned down by fire a few years ago." ”

Xia Rongpi, who was sitting on the side, answered: "Yes, it is called a burn clean, except for half of the Garan Hall, the rest are all ashes, and the monks are scattered." ”

Xiao Xi Sixi listened to Xia Rongpi talk about the Jia Basket Hall of Nengren Temple, and his heart was a little raised, peeking at the face of the young master Zeng Yu, the young master's face was as usual, and he seemed to have forgotten the events of the night before, Sixi was relieved, and said in his heart: "Well, the young master has regained his strength, this is really good!" ”

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Fengxi flows through a place called Monk Ferry in the west of Chongshan Township, after counting out the border of Yongfeng County, the front is Shangrao County, Shangrao County is the seat of the state and the government, the gateway of Zhejiang and Fujian, it can be regarded as one of the few prosperous towns in the whole Jiangxi Province, in the afternoon, the ship of the paper merchant Xia Rongpi is moored at the wharf of the Sanjiangkou, here is the mouth of the confluence of Lingxi and Fengxi into the Xinjiang River, and there are many boats to and fro.

After lunch on the boat, Zeng Yu took his mother to the north bank of the Xinjiang River, and came to lead Niuniu off the boat, Xia Rongpi helped to carry the clothes, books and other luggage ashore, and then said to Zeng Yuzuo: "Zeng Gongzi, let's not go over, I wish Zeng Gongzi a smooth journey and make up for the high school examination." ”

Zeng Yu thanked this enthusiastic paper merchant, and when he wanted to help his mother ride a donkey, his great-mother Zhou said: "After a day on the boat, I am a little dizzy, but it is more practical to walk." ”

Sixi let the black donkey carry the book, Zeng Yu accompanied his mother and little sister to the western suburbs of the city of Zhujia slowly walked, the afternoon sun is very sunny, from the Sanjiang Wharf to Zhujia has six or seven miles of road, there are no trees on the side of the road to shade, Zeng Yu opened the umbrella to his mother to shade the sun, great-mother Zhou said: "Mother is not so delicate, the umbrella on a sunny day makes people laugh, the official man only drank the road Zhang Gai." ”

Zeng Yu smiled and asked: "Does my mother hope that her son will become a big official one day, and he will be majestic and majestic?" ”

Wishing for a son to become a Chan and becoming an official should be the expectation of most parents for their sons, but great-mother Zhou said: "Your uncle left a message on his deathbed not to let you be an official, saying that Guixi's Xia Xianggong died so miserably, and it is not easy to be an official. ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "My son listens to his mother and doesn't become an official." ”

Seeing her son's refreshing answer, great-mother Zhou couldn't help laughing, and said: "Our mother and son are talking stupid things, which makes people laugh and lose their big teeth when they hear it, as if this official is supposed to be what we want, and if we don't want to be it, it is not appropriate - but as a mother, as long as my son is safe, free of illness and disaster, marries a wife and has children, and lives happily all his life, I don't have to ask for any fame." ”

Zeng Yuzhi said that his mother still didn't want him to go to Yuanzhou to take the make-up exam, and said: "Mother, with my son's talent, it is not difficult to take a show exam, what my son lacks is a little luck, but luck is changing, and my son feels that he is starting to turn lucky, otherwise how can he cure Lu Hanlin's grandson's illness so coincidentally and easily get Lu Hanlin's recommendation?" So the son wants to go to Yuanzhou to try it, because with the fame of Xiucai, there are really a lot of benefits, exemption from forced labor is one of them, if you want to see the county respect, you can only write a letter without kneeling, and the township fathers and elders are respectful when they meet Xiucai, and it is much easier to live a life on an errand - the mother hopes that her son will be safe and happy for a lifetime, but if the son is not even Xiucai, no identity and no status, then he can bully his son if he meets a person with a little wealth, and he is aggrieved everywhere, where can he talk about peace and happiness. ”

Things in the world are really so coincidental, Zeng Yu's voice just fell, and suddenly he heard someone shouting behind him: "Isn't the one with the umbrella in front of Zeng Yu!" ”

Zeng Yu didn't need to look back to know that it was his sister-in-law Xie Zidan's youngest brother Xie Zidan who spoke, and they met at the ferry port at the south gate of the county the day before yesterday, Xie Zidan was ridiculing him in every way, he endured it at that time, the reason why he had to do everything possible to fight for the opportunity to take the make-up exam, Xie Zidan and Jiang Yuanrui's stimulation of him was also one of the reasons, the show is a hurdle, and only after crossing this hurdle can you imagine a better life-

"Young master, young master, it's the sixth son of the Xie family."

Sixi was a little flustered, he secretly ran out to follow Zeng Yu's mother and son, without the consent of the head of the family Zeng Zhen in advance, and he also knew that the Xie family returned to his parents' house yesterday to move troops to teach Zeng Yu a lesson, and he thought that there was nothing wrong with leaving Yongfeng County, but he would have expected to meet Xie Zidan, the sixth elder of the Xie family, outside the city!

There is a Zhu Gong Temple near the left side of the road, I don't know which Zhu Gong is sacrificed, anyway, it is not Zhu Xi, Zeng Yu has rested in this ancestral hall, he said to his mother: "Mother, you and Niuniu go to this ancestral hall to rest and cool off, the sun is too sunny, I will say a few words to Xie Zidan." He knew that Xie Zidan would definitely not be able to spit out any good words in his mouth, so he wanted his mother to avoid it first.

Great-mother Zhou looked behind and saw a group of people hurrying over, and hurriedly told Zeng Yudao: "Yu'er, don't quarrel with the Xie family, we can bear it." ”

Zeng Yu said: "My son knows, my mother hurried to the ancestral hall to rest, and Niuniu also went in." ”

Niuniu listened to A-Niang and her brother's tone was a little wrong, and when she saw a group of people coming, she also became nervous, and pulled her mother's sleeve to the Zhu Gong Ancestral Hall.

Xiao Xi Sixi also wanted to go into the ancestral hall to avoid it, but he felt that the young master was lonely to stay here alone, and when he was hesitating, he heard the young master say: "Sixi, don't panic, I'm afraid of what they do." ”

"Sure enough, it's Zeng Jiuli, haha

Xie Zidan's tone is simply happy, it's not that he has met an old acquaintance in a foreign country, but he has someone who can be teased and teased, last time he mocked Zeng Yu at the South Gate Ferry, but this time he was willing to let it go easily, and this time he took advantage of it-

Zeng Yu turned around, and saw two baskets parked under the Luohan pine on the side of the road, one after the other, followed by four or five servants, Xie Zidan was sitting in the front basket, and Jiang Yuanrui was Jiang Yuanrui.

Zeng Yu frowned and thought to himself: "Why did you meet these two people again, is it really a narrow road?" Mother and Niuniu are here, they can still endure it, and arched their hands: "Brother Jiang, Brother Xie, where are you going?" ”

Jiang Yuanrui, a newcomer to school, looked arrogant, and he didn't plan to get up and return the salute when he sat in the basket, so he just nodded his head and just shook the folding fan.

Xie Zidan quickly got out of the basket, walked up to Zeng Yu but turned his face blank, and sneered: "I want to ask you where are you going?" ”

Zeng Yu said as calmly as possible: "I have separated from my eldest brother and left Ishida to make a living alone. ”

Xie Zidan said angrily: "My second sister went home yesterday and said that you were clamoring to divide the family and property, and insulted the eldest brother and sister-in-law, you have a concubine and a child, a cheap thing, dare to plot to rob your brother and sister-in-law's family property, tell your old lady to come out and hide——"

Before Xie Zidan finished speaking, a gust of wind suddenly arose in front of him, and then he was slapped heavily on the left cheek, and with a "buzz" in his left ear, the whole person immediately fell to the right-

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