Shi De was still reaching out to catch the falling egg, but unexpectedly, the egg fell into someone else's hands. He only cared about the front, guarding against Zhixin, but not behind him. He thought: In the territory of this Ruyin country, except for Sima Mo, the king of Ruyin, I am the Shi family, who is so bold and dares to snatch my eggs? He turned his head and glared. But as soon as he looked at people, he suddenly lost his temper.

"Mother!" As soon as Zhixin saw Liu, she almost cried when she thought of the grievance just now.

"Hurry up and go back with me to Yan'er's house." Liu's voice was hurried.

"Go to Brother Yan's house, what's wrong with Brother Yan?" Zhixin was startled, seeing her mother's anxious appearance, and thinking that Brother Yan didn't come to the appointment today, for fear that something would happen to Shu Yan.

"What can Yan'er do! It was this morning that Gonggong Xie suddenly became seriously ill, and it was estimated that it would only be an hour or two, Yan'er had been accompanying Gonggong Xie, but in a hurry, he found that there was no longevity clothes, and he couldn't buy them in front of him, so he had to send someone to ask me to do it. I don't think I'm too late to be alone for such an urgent matter, and you have learned how to needle and thread well, so I hurried to find you, and now hurry back with me. ”

Mother's words let Zhixin know that she had misunderstood Shu Yan. She regretted in her heart, she really shouldn't have misunderstood Brother Yan, and threw all the resentment against Shu Yan in her heart just now.

Back at Shu's house, as soon as Zhixin entered the door, she saw Shu Yan's crying red eyes, and she was a little distressed. A moment ago, she hated Shu Yan to the root of her teeth. Now she didn't have time to comfort Shu Yan, so she hurriedly followed her mother to make a shroud.

When Shi De came home, he saw that his father was wearing a blue satin regular robe, and had just returned from outside, so he greeted him: "Ah Weng has returned." ”

"Well, I just came back from Jingshi." Shi Hui was happy, "What did you do?" ”

"Ah Weng, you forgot, today's Shangsi Festival, of course, is going out of the city to go out."

"I almost forgot that today is the Shangsi Festival. Alas, as I get older, I am busy with official affairs, and I have less interest in playing. Dear, is there anything new in this year's Shangsi Festival? ”

"Ah Weng, you haven't reached the age of confusion yet, you are the pillar of the court tomorrow, how can you say that you are old?"

Although he knows that his son is patting his own sycophants, everyone loves to listen to this sycophant, "Hahaha, don't be clever and colorful, tell me, is it fun to have the Shangsi Festival today?" ”

Shi De briefly told his father about the process of playing on the Shangsi Festival today. Finally, he talked about picking up Zhixin's eggs: "Ah Weng, I picked up a drifting egg thrown by a woman by the Ru River. ”

"Oh, is it? This song of water and water is the traditional custom of the Shangsi Festival, but this song of water is the music between the prince and the grandson, and this song of water is about fate, I don't know which woman you have such a fate? ”

"It's none other than Han Zhixin."

"Han Zhixin? Who is Han Zhixin? ”

Shu Yan and Zhixin have a special place in Shi De's heart, but his father Shi Hui has never taken it seriously.

"Ah Weng, have you forgotten about the Shu family and the Han family in Shujiazhuang? - Water Turbine! Shi De reminded.

Shi De's face turned cold: "Who should I be, it turned out to be her family." Hmph, what if you picked up her balls? Although that girl is very beautiful, but she is a poor woman, how can she be worthy of you, Shishu does not intermarry, this is something that cannot be violated, not to mention intermarriage, even if a wealthy family has a relationship with a poor family, it will make people laugh. Hehe, ridiculous. ”

"I didn't say what! I'm just telling you what's new today! Shi De lowered his head and muttered quietly.

Mrs. Wang changed the topic and smiled at Shi De: "De'er, you have been promoted again, and now you are appointed as a free rider." ”

"Really?" Shi De hurriedly congratulated his father, "Congratulations, Aweng. ”

Shi Hui waved his hand to him and took a sip of warm tea: "Now, since the implementation of the Jiupin Official Law, the right of Zhongzheng is not small, not to mention that all new recruits must be controlled by Zhongzheng, even this current official, every three years, Zhongzheng will also evaluate it, and the evaluation results will directly affect this person's career." ”

"Ah Weng, what is the result of your tasting this time?"

"This time, I upgraded the first grade of the genuine product, from the original four grades to the current three grades."

"My father is an official, and this result is inevitable."

"Hmph, what is the way of officials, that's just a rhetoric, what can those poor people do if they are officials? Where do we wealthy scholars need anything to be officials, it is not because these central officials are all members of our noble clan, taking care of each other and jointly safeguarding the interests of our noble class. Don't talk about it from afar, let's just say that our family, our central officials in Ruyin are not counted, even the central officials in Yuzhou are our world friends, how can you not think about me? As soon as the Huang Ji of Zhongzheng Pindi was sent to Situ Mansion, the letter of appointment of the free rider squire came down. ”

"Father, what kind of official is this free rider?"

"This free-rider squire is a close minister of the emperor's side, the grade is not too high, and there are not many people, and the title of my general Yangwei is about the same, but as a free-riding waiter, he can always be by the emperor's side, and he is a celebrity beside the emperor. Naturally, I am not short of this kind of money, but there are many advantages to serving in the DPRK. For example, a Shangshu Ling Lu is only a thousand stones, but his status is much higher than that of a Taishou of two thousand stones. The most important thing is that if you hold a post in the DPRK and the Central Committee, you will have the qualifications of a central official in the future. ”

"Since he is a close minister of the emperor, then from now on, my father can't come back casually?"

"Yes, when you reach the age of eighteen, I will send you to Luoyang Taixue, and then I will take you and your grandmother to Luoyang to live."

Shi De heard that he could go to Jingshi, and his face was full of excitement: "Go to live in Jingshi?" Yes, yes! He had long heard that Luoyang, the capital of Beijing, was a first-class prosperous place in the world, full of fat powder, and full of kings and grandsons.

His mother, Mrs. Wang, sneered, "What's so good about Jingshi? There are princes and nobles everywhere, and there are countless wealthy sons, can you show your Shi family when the time comes? How good is it that in this Ruyin, if you want the wind to get the wind, and you want the rain to get the rain? Besides, I can't give up here. ”

Although Mrs. Wang was happy that her husband had been promoted, she did not want to leave Ruyin, because she was afraid that when she arrived in the flowery world of Jingshi, her son would not be tempted and would not do his job.

Shi Hui shook his head and said, "Eh, Madame's words are wrong! The son of a wealthy family should let him see the outside world, how can he be trapped in this small city of Ruyin for a lifetime? Also, the servants in our ancestral house are still here, and I have sent a competent person to take care of them here, and everything is as usual, and when we are homesick, we can come back to live at any time. ”

Just now, the servants were very happy when they heard that they were going to move to Luoyang, thinking that they could follow their master to Luoyang in the future, but they didn't expect that Shi Hui wanted them to stay here, and this time they were all wilted, only Ah Miao didn't care at all, she stood next to Shi De, very calm.

Putting aside this discussion in advance, Shi Hui suddenly remembered another thing and asked his wife, "How is our water mill by the Ru River built?" ”

Mrs. Wang replied: "Oh, today's festival, in the morning, I said that I was going to play by the Ru River, I thought about the water pile, so let him take a look at how the water mill was built, no, you just entered the house with your front foot, and he just came back, I haven't had time to ask him yet." ”

When Shi heard this, he was blinded. He was only interested in playing today, but he forgot what his mother told him. He hesitated: "Oh, uh, that water mill, it's being built, it's being built—there's a grange head there to supervise, it's not wrong." ”

This is obviously vague, isn't this nonsense, of course it is being built, of course it is being supervised.

Shi Hui is displeased: "You don't have to trust others in everything, including the head of the grange, you should control everything yourself." You have also grown up slowly, our family has such a big family business, how can you be confused like you? Let me ask you, do you know how much wood, how much stone, how much labor, and how much cost are needed to build this water mill? ”

How much wood? How many stones? How much labor? How much does it cost? What a joke, who ever thought about these things! Shi De thought to himself.

Seeing Shi De standing with his head down, his father asked again: "Do you know how much money you can earn every year after the water mill is built?" ”

Shi De cared about these things, he lowered his head and muttered: "It doesn't matter how much money it makes, my family is not short of money anyway." ”

Shi Hui was angry when he heard it. It is expected that the son does not know these economic things, and it is normal, after all, Shi De is no better than Shu Yan, and he is a pampered son. What made him angry was that Shi De actually said such a thing.

"Go and call Mr. Zhu." Shi Hui shouted.

"I'll call." Without waiting for the others to agree, Ah Miao answered first.

Originally, Shi Hui wanted to invite Mr. Zhu, but naturally there were servants who gave Hui to invite, and Ah Miao didn't need to go. But Ah Miao knew that Shi Hui was going to ask Mr. Zhu about his son's studies. She thought that if Mr. Zhu told the truth, the little boy would not study well on weekdays, and he would inevitably be scolded, and she was afraid that Shi would be scolded, so she went to inform Mr. Zhu in advance and tried to say a few good words for Shi.

Mr. Zhu, please arrive. Shi Hui opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Zhu, how has De'er been reading lately?" ”

Shi is smart and smart, but reading is always a fool, and Mr. Zhu is very dissatisfied with this. If he can't teach good students, not only is it difficult for the head of the family to explain, but it also damages his reputation as a teacher. Therefore, he was looking for an opportunity to report the matter to Shi Huiyu, so that his father could strictly supervise and supervise Shi De. However, today can be regarded as waiting for this opportunity, but with Ah Miao's intercession in advance, Mr. Zhu couldn't stand Ah Miao's pleading, so he had to cover up a little.

"General Hui, recently, the little boy has been more diligent in his studies than before, and he has passed three classics in the Five Classics, and he is currently reading "Spring and Autumn"."

"Oh, that's good, let's recite a "Spring and Autumn" first."

Yes? Want to come for real? How's that? Mr. Zhu thought in his heart, and said back tactfully: "I'm afraid not, "Shangshu" and "Spring and Autumn" have just been learned, and they are not familiar with it yet, please ask the general to change a scripture to take the test." ”

Shi Hui's face sank: "Oh? In this case, then memorize a copy of the Book of Changes. ”

"The Book of Changes is obscure, hollow, and useless."

"Then memorize a famous article of the Book of Rites."

"The Book of Rites is complicated and lengthy, please change another one."

Shi Hui's face became more and more ugly: "Hmph, this is not beneficial, that is not good, there is no way to pass the four classics in the five classics, or you can have one article in the "Book of Songs" and "Daya". ”

"General, I'm afraid it's still not appropriate, this "Daya" is all a song of merit and virtue, a song of temple sacrifices, how can you be interested in these things, at an age like Xiao Gongzi? I think it's better to have a "Analects", or a random article in "The Wind of the Fifteen Kingdoms", what do you think of the first "Guan Ju"? ”

Shi Huiteng stood up suddenly, his expression that had been sneering came to an abrupt end, and he threw the tea bowl on the ground with a "snap", and shouted to the master and apprentice: "Your master and servant, master and apprentice are together to lie to me, when I don't know?" You have read books for so many years, and you don't know anything about the other four classics, but you can only know "The Analects" and "The Style of the Fifteen Kingdoms". This "Analects" is only more than 10,000 words, and even a child in the general horn can memorize it; And "The Wind of the Fifteen Kingdoms" is mostly male love and female love, and women in the boudoir can recite it, besides, what use can these lewd clichés be for your self-cultivation and governance in the future? You, you, what book did you say you read? And you, Mr. Zhu, have taught such an apprentice, don't you feel ashamed of being a teacher? ”