Half an hour later, the ship sailed into the Yangtze River, and in Fanning's cabin, Cheng Ze quickly showed his talent in a certain aspect.

He has a very set of sencha, in addition to ordering tea in the Song Dynasty, sencha is also a hobby of literati and scholars, and the skill of sencha is slightly weaker, and more attention is paid to water quality and heat.

"Although the scenery of Beigu Mountain is general, it has a spring that is very clear and sweet, located in the back mountain, called Pearl Spring, and I specially poured a gourd spring water when I left."

Cheng Ze took his water hyacinth, filled the sencha pot to eight points, broke a piece of tea cake and put it in the tea bowl, and first brewed the tea cake, and then sencha.

"The heat is very important, the water can not be completely boiled, it can be bubbling, the key is that the charcoal fire below can not be too strong, let it be fried in the water for a longer time, so that the tea fragrance can be fully leached."

While making sencha and chatting with the three of them, Su Liang smiled and asked, "Has Brother Cheng been outside all this time?" ”

"Almost! After the list opened, I went to Jiangning, then to Changzhou, and finally came to Jingkou County, no way, I stayed at home and went on a blind date all day, I escaped. ”

Speaking of blind dates, everyone has a common topic, Su Liang told him about Li Dashou's blind date, and said that he was escorted by his mother to go on a blind date, Cheng Ze stroked his palms and laughed, "It seems that we are both fallen people at the end of the world!" ”

Fanning shook his head and smiled: "What do you do to say that the blind date is so terrible?" Maybe there is really a little lady with the right eyes, in case you miss it, wouldn't it be too late to regret it? ”

At this time, the tea was almost fried, and Cheng Ze poured a full cup of tea for Fan Ning and Su Liang, and the cabin was suddenly filled with the fragrance of tea.

Cheng Ze smiled: "It seems that Brother Fan Xian is not exclusive to blind dates!" ”

Su Liang said with disdain on the side: "This guy doesn't have a backache when he stands and talks, he doesn't have a blind date at all, of course he says such cool things." ”

Cheng Ze was surprised, "Brother Fan Xian is the first place in the Pingjiang Mansion Boy's Examination, but no one has come to propose marriage?" ”

Fan Ning shook his head, "I don't know if anyone has proposed marriage, anyway, I haven't been on a blind date, maybe because my family is relatively remote, and my family is poor, others may not look down on it." ”

"Pretend! Just keep pretending! I didn't hear anything. ”

The contempt on Su Liang's face had been magnified countless times, "If you pretend to be any longer, you will become a nine-tailed fox!" ”

Cheng Ze's little eyes were rolling around, I don't know what he was thinking?

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Cheng Ze's home is in Chengzhuang, thirty miles north of Jiangdu County, and the mansion is a manor-style mansion covering an area of 100 acres, and hundreds of acres of land around it are his property.

Only then did Fan Ning know that Cheng Ze's great-grandfather was also a hero who followed Zhao Kuangyin to fight the world, and later released the military power with a glass of wine, and the Cheng family received a lot of rewards, so he gave up the military power and returned to his hometown to enjoy the blessings and became one of the top landlords in Yangzhou.

The Cheng family manor is only a few miles from the canal, and a small river connects the manor to the canal.

Fanning's passenger ship docked slowly at Cheng's dock.

Not far away is the Cheng family manor surrounded by high walls, white walls and black tiles, quite elegant, but the gate is very imposing, a vermilion gate, above is a huge double-horned door, below is more than a dozen steps, on both sides stand a mighty lion door beast, full of up to a zhang.

"Wow!"

Su Liang exclaimed: "Cheng Ze, your family is the number one wealthy family in Yangzhou!" ”

"No! Less! ”

Cheng Ze shook his head again and again, "Our family is not even in the top ten, mainly because my great-grandfather was named the county prince, so he was allowed to build this kind of gate, but now it can't be done, hey!" It's a pity that the title of the Great Song Dynasty can't be passed on to future generations, otherwise I would at least be a county duke. ”

At this time, the door of the mansion was wide open, and a middle-aged man rushed over with more than a dozen Zhuang Ding angrily, scolding from afar: "Stinky boy, you still know to come back, see how I clean you up!" ”

Cheng Ze was taken aback, "It's bad, my father is here, he will definitely not spare me!" ”

He had no way out, so he had to bite the bullet and meet him, "Daddy, I'll come back and come back, but even if I am killed, I won't marry that lazy woman of the Yang family!" ”

"Bastard! How do you speak? ”

Cheng Ze's father is called Cheng Enmao, a famous landowner in Yangzhou, he is tall and fat, much more imposing than his son, but he also has small eyes and a small nose, Cheng Ze looks very much like his father.

Cheng Yuanwai has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is Cheng Ze, and the younger son was born to a concubine and is only eight years old.

Like parents all over the world, Cheng Yuanwai pinned great hopes on his son, and this time he spent a lot of money to let his son be admitted to the juren, consolidating his son's social status.

The next step is to marry the Yang family, so that the Cheng family's family business can be stabilized in the next generation.

However, the son refused to appreciate the affection and refused to marry the daughter of the Yang family, which made Cheng Yuanwai extremely annoyed.

At this time, he saw several teenagers walking down the big boat, he was stunned for a moment, held back the anger in his heart, and asked, "Who are they?" ”

"It's a friend I met as a kid."

"Humph! Is it your fox friend again? ”

"Daddy, don't talk nonsense."

Cheng Ze was afraid that Fan Ning and them would hear him, so he stepped forward and whispered: "They are all from Pingjiang Mansion and went to Beijing to take the exam. ”

Cheng Yuan was stunned, the people of Pingjiang Mansion? How could the son know the people of Pingjiang Mansion.

Cheng Ze nodded, he glanced back at Fan Ning, and said: "The boy in the light blue scholar's uniform is the first place in this year's children's examination, called Fan Ning, and he is a famous prodigy in Pingjiang Mansion. ”

Of course, Cheng Yuanwai knew that the boy's test, even in Yangzhou, was highly valued, and he was actually the first place in the boy's test, he suddenly changed his mentality, and happily praised his son: "This time you have grown up and know how to make useful friends." ”

"Of course, your son is also a lifter!"

"Fart, if I hadn't spent three thousand yuan, would you be on the list?"

scolded his son twice, Cheng Yuanwai immediately greeted him with a smile, "Welcome three young talents from Pingjiang Mansion to come to the village as guests, Ze'er, quickly help Daddy call your friends to the village to rest!" ”

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Although Cheng Ze's manor looks quite imposing, compared with Wujiang's Zhu Mansion, it is still too inferior, and it is not a grade at all.

If Wujiang Zhu Mansion is everyone's best girl, then the Cheng family can only be regarded as a small jasper, the kind of ingenuity of one stone and one wood, one bridge and one pavilion, the Cheng family can't see it, Fan Ning feels that the Cheng family is just an enlarged version of his Jiang Wan family, or lacks a kind of heritage.

The house was much larger, and the hospitality was also very warm, and the four boatmen were also taken to the house to eat and drink well.

The three of them lived in a courtyard to entertain VIPs, and there were several maids to serve, but Fanning and they did not plan to stay for a long time, they stayed for a day tonight, and went to Slender West Lake and Shugang tomorrow to play around, and then set off for the north the day after tomorrow.

"Da Shou, it's not a good way for you to practice calligraphy like this, you have to learn to combine work and rest."

Fan Ning saw that Li Dashou began to write as soon as he settled down, and he finally couldn't help but persuade Li Dashou, "You can't just write, you have to learn to think, and diligence and thinking can make you progress faster." ”

"Senior brother, just let me write it! My understanding is too poor, and I can only rely on diligence. ”

In other aspects, Li Dashou will listen to Fan Ning's words, but in terms of practicing calligraphy, he is stronger than an ox, and he doesn't listen to anyone.

Fanning had no choice but to follow him.

He found Su Liang and said with a smile: "Xiao Su, let's go out for a walk and feel the idyllic scenery here." ”

"Good! I put on a dress. ”

Su Liang put on a robe and followed Fan Ning to the outside of the mansion.

The two of them went out of the house and walked east along the river, next to which was a country road, on both sides of which were covered with large and stout poplar trees, which rattled in the autumn wind, and the fallen leaves were swept up by the autumn wind and flew into the distance.

On the left side of the trail is a large field where the rice has been harvested, and the fields are bare stubble.

The warm sunlight shining through the trees gave them a particularly comfortable and quiet feeling.

Fan Yang raised his head to feel the breeze, and after a while, he opened his eyes and smiled at Su Liang: "Have you noticed that after crossing the Yangtze River, the air becomes dry, and there is no moist feeling like the south of the Yangtze River." ”

"Hmm!" Su Liang agreed casually, looking a little absent-minded.

Fan Ning glanced at him strangely, only to see Su Liang looking ahead intently.

Fanning followed his gaze and saw three young girls picking wildflowers by the river below the slope.

"Oh! Pleasing to the eye, no wonder you're so fascinated by it. ”

Su Liang's face flushed, "Nonsense, I'm just a little curious." ”

At this time, three girls also spotted them, and the three of them immediately blushed, and one of them ran up the slope in front of him with his skirt.

Three maidens, two dressed as handmaidens, wearing short clothes and wide trousers, and the other with a slightly taller figure should be the master, with pearl and jade appearance, white and greasy skin, a pretty face as pink as white jade, long eyebrows, and a small nose.

With shy eyes, she quietly glanced at Su Liang and ran towards Cheng Fuzhong.

"Su Liang, do you want to catch up?"

Fan Ning saw that Su Liang's gaze was hooked by the girl, so he couldn't help but joke: "Isn't she very much in line with your taste, don't you like a slightly plump little lady?" ”

Su Liang hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched.

"Why don't you have any Sven at all, I found out that you came out and showed your true form, what does it mean to be plump, are you a scholar or a flower thief? Why can't you say it's round and beautiful? ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the girl who walked into the Cheng Mansion again, and said in a low voice: "She seems to be the daughter of the Cheng family." ”