Zhou Ang's face was calm at first.

To tell the truth, he was also a little surprised when he learned that he could see Lu Duan "without responsibility" for only five taels of silver, you must know that although it has been more than 20 years, his political life has in fact basically ended, and it is impossible to pose the slightest threat to Xu Xiang today, but after all, he is still a very important political task that every Taishou must do after taking office.

However, five taels of silver, and it was done.

When he thought about it, after learning that his current "ticket" was only worth this price, the former prime minister would laugh a few times, and that laughter should be full of desolation and even pathos.

This is the emotion that should appear in the former prime minister after more than 20 years of political denigration and personal captivity, which is expected and understandable.

But gradually, Zhou Ang's face couldn't calm down.

Because from the laughter and smile of Mr. Lu Duan and Lu Zhengshan, he didn't see the slightest desolation, sadness, helplessness, and emotion...... And so on any emotions that should have been imagined before.

Even...... Even if there is even a little ambition after discovering the opportunity, there is no one.

He just seemed to think it was funny.

So I couldn't stop laughing.

His smile is hearty and clean.

Zhou Ang looked at him with some surprise.

After a while, the laughter stopped, his face was a little red with laughter, but he still couldn't help shaking his head, with a smile, and said to Zhou Ang: "Don't blame Zhou Sheng, the old man is rude." ”

Zhou Ang smiled and asked, "Why is Mr. laughing?"

Lu Duan waved his hand and said with a smile: "There are a lot of ridiculous things, is Zhou Sheng interested?"

Zhou Ang laughed when he heard this, "The left and right are also idle, if Mr. is willing to give advice, the end of the school naturally wants to hear more." Anyway, five taels of silver have already been spent. ”

Lu Duan laughed heartily a few times when he heard this, and then said: "More than 20 years have passed, Xu Xiangju has been in phase for 31 years, since Zhou Sheng loves to read history, then let me ask you, there are 30 years of emperors in the world, but can there be 30 years of prime ministers?"

Zhou Ang thought about it, was stunned for a moment, and said, "I'm afraid it's ...... This is the only example?"

Lu Duan nodded and said, "I'm afraid that everyone has already sensed that Xu Xiang has been in power for a short time." Is this a laugh to me?"

Zhou Ang thought about it again, nodded, and said, "It's worth it." ”

However, at this time, Lu Duan's smile gradually retracted, and after a while, he actually sighed and said, "It's a good thing that Zhou Sheng loves to read history, but he still reads too little. The matter ...... It's not ridiculous. ”

Zhou Ang was stunned.

opened his mouth a few times, and the question Zhou Ang finally asked was, "I heard that Xu Xiang was in the prime of spring and autumn, his martial arts background, his health is excellent, and he is afraid that he is still ...... in his sixties."

Xu Liang waved his hand, interrupting Zhou Ang's words, and for a while he looked a little depressed, and said, "Don't talk about this." If you are a deprecating person, and you are an ignorant scholar, how can you talk about the number of days?"

Zhou Ang was surprised again.

At this time, Lu Duan had already asked with a straight face: "Why does Zhou Sheng want to read history?"

This is a bit of a school test.

When Zhou Ang hurriedly withdrew all kinds of thoughts caused by Lu Duan's "abnormality" just now, gathered his spirit, thought about it, and replied seriously: "Reading history can be wise. ”

Lu Duan slowly bowed his head, "This is a good word." Anything else?"

Zhou Ang replied again: "Reading history can know the rise and fall. ”

"Anything else?"

"Uh......" Zhou Ang was embarrassed for a moment, and said slowly: "Reading history can know the present." ”

"Oh?", Lu Duan's eyes were surprised, "What is the reason for this?"

Zhou Ang said seriously: "Any ancient history is contemporary history. ”

Lu Duan stood for a moment and fell silent.

After a long time, he said slowly: "Good! Zhou Sheng can be said to know history!"

............

Ten minutes later, Zhou Ang was personally led by Lu Duan to a cross-courtyard in Lu Mansion.

There is no library, Lu Duan's books are stored in the five main halls across the courtyard, push open the door and enter, except for a bookcase and two chairs at the door, the inside is full of bookshelves.

There is only an old servant in the courtyard who is responsible for cleaning and taking care of it, but judging by the wear and tear of the bookcases and chairs in the room, there should be people here who often come to read.

Zhou Ang guessed that it might be his two sons, or his grandson or something.

After taking Zhou Ang in, Lu Duan pointed roughly and said, "A few columns of bookshelves over there, all of them are history books you want to read, you can take them away and read them, remember to keep them properly, and remember to send them back after reading them." If you want to see it here, you can. He pointed to the nearest bookshelf, which was not a book, but seemed to be some manuscripts, and said: "Here are all clumsy works, reading experience, especially reading history, there are also quite a few, Zhou Sheng wants to read it, remember to put it back as it is after reading it." These manuscripts at the bottom have not yet been written, they are all loose talks, and Zhou Sheng can use them at will. ”

Zhou Ang hurriedly saluted and thanked him again.

This era also attaches great importance to culture, but this part of history is not to say that no one studies and no one loves it, the main thing is that it doesn't seem to be very popular, and important classics are not easy to obtain, at least in Lingzhou, where the county is governed, so like Lu Duan's family, who has so many books and so many history books, is really a university scholar, at least he can afford to be a big bibliophile.

People are willing to open up their private collections of books, and even their own manuscripts can be read at will, which is really a great kindness, and naturally deserves a serious thanks.

Lu Duan smiled and waved his hand, and said: "These books are placed here, but I am reluctant to burn them. Zhou Sheng is willing to study, but in terms of old age, he feels quite happy. If you want to see here, if you want to eat or drink, you can go to the old servants in this courtyard and ask for it. Although my family is poor, it is not enough to afford even some food and drink. ”

Zhou Ang was a little stunned.

Is this what it means to keep yourself living and studying?

After thinking about it, he hurriedly said: "Thank you Mr. for your kindness first, it's just ...... The boy wanted to study hard here, but he had no choice but to have another job outside, and he could only devote part of his time to reading every day, which disappointed the gentleman. ”

"Oh? Zhou Sheng looks young, is he already out of office?"

"The boy's family is poor, so he asked someone to go to Lingzhou County to find an errand, which is exactly this year's thing. To be a small official, just to hold pen and ink for others, is not a master. ”

"Hmm. ”

Lu Duan twisted his beard, and suddenly had a solemn look on his face, and said, "In this way, Zhou Sheng is not a person who only knows how to read. The old man dares to ask, what is the price of rice in today's market?"

Zhou Ang was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "The best rice ranges from about 50 wen to 58 wen a bucket, and the rice has been harvested recently, and the price of rice has dropped slightly, and it is also around fifty wen." ”

Lu Duan frowned when he heard this, and said after a while: "It's a little taller." ”

After a while, he asked: "This year's wind and rain are quite harmonious, and the people should not be hungry, what is the price of pork?"

That's it......

Recently, with Zhou Ang's entry, the Zhou family has a stable source of income, and Zhou Cai's family is finally willing to eat three meals a day, and they eat rice for breakfast and dinner, but it is said that only when she and Zhou Zihe are at noon, they will still eat some grains from time to time, and as for meat, they are still reluctant to buy it.

Therefore, the last time the Zhou family ate meat, it should be Zhou Ang who went to buy a piece of meat half a month ago and went home, but now that his earning ability has improved, he doesn't care so much about how much pork is a catty.

After thinking about it, Zhou Ang probably remembered it and said: "Thirty-eight wen a catty, fat and thin." ”

Lu Duan was silent for a moment when he heard this, nodded, did not speak, and did not know what he was thinking, with a solemn expression.

After a while, he came back to his senses, but he pulled the topic back and said, "If Zhou Sheng is inconvenient to stay and study, it is not good to bribe him here every time......

Speaking of this, he paused, suddenly turned around, beckoned, and said, "Zhou Sheng comes with me." ”

So Zhou Ang followed him out of this cross-courtyard, along a hand-copying verandah, as if he was going to the back house, but stopped when he walked to a flower garden, Lu Duan pointed to the wall, and said: "Go over the wall from here, there is an alley behind it, Zhou Sheng will come to borrow and return books in the future, you can turn in from here, so you don't have to spend money and bribe." It not only saves the other party's fault, but also gets your convenience. ”

Zhou Ang looked at the tall wall with some surprise, there were indeed many traces of climbing on it, and even if he looked closely, there seemed to be a high stool hidden in the flower garden under the wall, which was also for the convenience of climbing over the wall.

"This ...... It's ......"

Lu Duan said with a smile: "When the children in the family are young and greedy for fun, they want to go out to play, and when they go out from the main gate, they always have to be stared at, so they thought of this way, and when they go out from here, they can avoid the eyes and ears of outsiders." It's just that in recent years, it's no longer needed. ”

Zhou Ang suddenly thanked him again.

It's not just about opening up your private collection to you, but also about how you can sneak into someone's house so that you can read it without spending money or risk.

Therefore, Zhou Ang's thanks were much more sincere than the previous two times.

Of course, in fact, if he wants to sneak in to read a book, it is not so troublesome at all, and he can even walk through the front door openly, and he will not be discovered by the people watching at the door.

It only takes a little bit of immature illusion to make those people lose sight of their existence.

It's just that out of respect for Mr. Lu Duan and Lu Zhengshan himself, and also out of respect for the thing of borrowing books itself, Zhou Angcai would rather give up those means, spend money to buy roads, and come in seriously to visit.

Seeing Zhou Ang's sincere attitude, Lu Duan smiled warmly and said, "Okay, since you already know, let's go back and find the book! If you take anything away, you don't have to sue me, just remember to return it, don't damage it or lose it. If you have any confusion while reading, you can always come to me. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled and said humorously: "You can't spend your five taels of silver in vain." ”

Zhou Ang smiled and bowed down again to thank him.

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