Chapter 199: At this moment, silence is better than sound
Zhang E was furious and ordered his servant Fu'er: "Hurry back and call more people and bring sticks. Hurry!" Fu'er left in a flash, and his maid Lianxia also hurried back to Xi Zhang to report to the eldest master.
Report.
Zhang E said to Zhang Yuan: "The boys I beat yesterday must have found the wrong door and came to you. They came just in time. This time I have to break all their tui." []
The distance from the small building in the back garden to the bamboo fence gate in the front yard was about 20 feet. Zhang Yuan heard the roar of gongs and drums in the front yard, as well as firecrackers and three-eyed guns. He did not hear any beating or scolding, so he asked
Da Shitou: "What happened? What did that group of people say?"
Big Stone said: "Don't say anything, just smash our bamboo fence door as soon as you come."
Zhang Yuan and Zhang E walked around the side of the back garden to the tile-roofed house where the servants lived and rushed to the front yard. There was no one at the well, and they all ran to the front yard. Mu Zhenzhen rushed over, radiant, and said loudly: "Young Master
, hit, hit, three heads of crime.”
In such a twists and turns, why did the door slam become a sign of good news? It goes without saying that Zhang Yuan was delighted. The county examination, the government examination, and Xiao Sanyuan were really not easy. He asked: "Why did you smash the door?"
Mu Zhenzhen said happily: "It is said that the door and courtyard are being changed. There are stonemasons and carpenters following behind. They have cleaned up the bamboo fence gate and built a wall gate."
Zhang E burst out laughing: "So, it surprised me and Jiezi."
Zhang Yuan laughed and said: "How can this group of craftsmen be so overbearing? How can anyone force someone to build a wall or door like this?" He quickly walked to the front yard and saw a large group of people beaming with joy. One of them had been here many times.
The trumpeters were playing hard, and six or seven craftsmen quickly removed the bamboo fence. The horizontal boards, bamboo strips, gilt tin nails, fine flower strips, and other materials for building walls and doors were already piled aside. With quick hands and feet,
It’s shocking——
Then there is a big flag erected in front of the door. There is a word on the flag, which reads: "Good news, the young master of your mansion Zhang Shengbayuan, the admiral of Shaoxing and the Prince of Xuezheng, was chosen as the Jiayin Kedao Examination in the 42nd year of Wanli."
First place, consecutive wins in the provincial examination."
Zhang E said happily: "Jiezi is really the first, Xiao Sanyuan, Miaoji, the three of us brothers can go to Nanjing Imperial College together, haha."
Zhang's mother Lu and Zhang Ruoxi, as well as Lu Chun and Lu Jie, came out. At this time, the craftsmen came over to kowtow to Zhang's mother, Lu and Zhang Yuan, saying that they would not get any money for building the wall and gate today, and they would always be the patrons of the Zhang family. Zhang Yuan
When a family builds a house or buys furniture, these craftsmen must have priority, and other craftsmen are not allowed to compete for it. This is also an established rule——
Zhang's mother, Mrs. Lu, smiled brightly and said, "The big stone just now said it was hitting the door. It really shocked me. I don't know where the trouble started."
Those craftsmen complimented: "Grandma, this is a great event. Master Zhang is the head of the three-yuan case. He will definitely take the provincial examination and will be able to test consecutive victories. It is necessary to change the family, otherwise how can he show the magnificence of his family."
Lu Chun and Lu Jie said happily: "The trumpeter is really here, great, great, we must play longer this time."
Neng Zhu, Feng Hu and others rushed over with a dozen of Xi Zhang's servants holding sticks. They saw craftsmen building walls and gates, and drummers were playing. Neng Zhu, Feng Hu and others were at a loss and shouted loudly.
: "Third Young Master, Third Young Master——"
Zhang E laughed and walked over and said: "It's okay, I am the first scholar in Jiezi High School. This is the person who came to announce the good news."
Neng Zhu and others abandoned their sticks and congratulated Zhang Yuan one after another. While they were making a fuss, they heard someone shouting: "The great master is here, the great master is here."
When Zhang Yuan saw that his great uncle Zhang Rulin was here, he quickly stepped forward and crossed his hands to salute and welcomed his great uncle to sit in the main hall. Zhang's mother, Lu Shi, and Zhang Ruoxi also came to pay their respects to Zhang Rulin. Zhang Rulin said with a smile: "Ruiyang has a son like this.
It is gratifying that Zhang Yuan can change his family at the age of seventeen. This is the virtue of my ancestors of the Zhang family. Tomorrow I will go to the ancestral hall to worship my ancestors and announce the good news." He then ordered: "Zhang Yuan, hurry up and customize the student's robe and Confucian scarf.
We will wear ribbons for shoes, make silver flowers, and buy red cloth. After worshiping our ancestors tomorrow, we will let the catering troupe perform a one-day play in front of this door to make it a happy celebration."
On this day, congratulations came like a revolving lantern, and people came to visit until the end of the night. Zhang Yuan was still just a scholar, and there were people who came to ask to sell themselves into slavery, and even brought a daughter as big as Tu Ting.
As a maidservant in the Zhang family, Zhang Yuan refused all these things. After hearing the beating of two drums, he thought that no one would come to the door again, but he saw a simple-looking man coming with a heavy baggage on his back. He knelt at the foot of the steps and asked
Zhang Yuan knelt down and kowtowed, insisting on staying in Zhang Yuan's family as a slave. Zhang Yuan refused to take him in. The man knelt down and could not get up, and shouted: "Master, the little man is here to bless you. Take the little man in, the little man is here to bless you."
Ah, Laifu——"
Zhang Yuan had been busy all day. When he saw this man, he became impatient and said to himself: "I don't know who Laifu is. I don't care whether you are Laifu or not. These are just people who follow the trend. If I take them into my house,
, I will use my power to bully others and cause trouble in the future, then I will be no different from the Songjiang Dong family." Let Mu Jingyan catch this guy who calls himself Laifu.
Laifu begged and begged, calling himself "Laifu" and begging Zhang Yuan to take him in. With a "bang", the door was closed, and Laifu was so miserable——
The craftsmen in front of the house worked all night long, and in the early morning of the next day, April 24, the wall door in front of the house was completed. The four wall doors were made of wood as bones, cut bamboo and woven vertically, with horizontal boards in the middle and thin
The flower strips and rows of gilt tin nails are very gorgeous. They are really different from the bamboo fence doors of yesterday. The two brothers, big stones and small stones, stood outside the wall door and looked left and right. They were overjoyed. They felt that such a door was so beautiful.
That’s called grandeur, and the boy who answered the door was also grand——
On this day, Zhang Yuan went to Zhang's ancestral hall early in the morning to worship his ancestors. Adult men from Dong Zhang and Xi Zhang came to participate. Dong Zhang had not produced a scholar for thirty years, so of course he had to pay homage to his ancestors and express his gratitude to Dong Zhang and Xi Zhang.
Zhang Tongqi Lianzhi, Zhang Rulin presided over the ancestor worship ceremony, praised Zhang Yuan, and asked the young people of the clan to follow Zhang Yuan as a role model, be eager to learn and make progress, and become famous in the imperial examination.
In the afternoon, the opera "The Story of Huansha" was performed in front of the house of Zhang Yuan, a singer in the dining class. Zhang Yuan had no time to watch it, so he took Shi Shuang and Wu Ling to Wang Siren's mansion in Kuaiji. Shi Shuang carried two jars of soybean wine and Wu Ling.
Holding a sheep, this is called sheep wine. Sheep wine is used in the engagement ceremony and teacher thank you ceremony. Although Teacher Wang is not in Kuaiji, the most important reward for entering the school is to thank the teacher, so Zhang Yuan came to thank Teacher Wang's family first.
Wang Binglin welcomed Zhang Yuan into the hall and sat down. Zhang Yuan was even ranked three in elementary and middle school. Wang Binglin also felt that he was proud of himself. Zhang Yuan was the proud disciple of his father Wang Siren.
Zhang Yuandao: "The teacher has gone to the capital. I want to kowtow to my wife to express my gratitude. Is it appropriate?"
Wang Binglin said: "Okay, I'll go talk." After entering the inner courtyard, he came out soon and said: "Jiaci is here."
Zhang Yuan quickly stood up and bowed, and saw Mrs. Wang, accompanied by Wang Yingzi, sitting in the hall. Zhang Yuan knelt down and bowed. Mrs. Wang quickly asked her son Wang Binglin to help Zhang Yuan up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is young.
Fang Shiqi, I am going to study in Pan. It is really joyful. Your teacher must still be on his way to Beijing now. If he knows that you have won the Taoist examination, he will be very happy." Instruct Wang Binglin to entertain Zhang Yuan well and leave Zhang Yuan.
Yuan had dinner and then got up and went back to the inner courtyard. Wang Yingzi kept looking at Zhang Yuan and looked back frequently when she left the hall. Mrs. Wang held her daughter's hand and wouldn't let go——
Wang Binglin ordered the chef to kill the sheep, cook the sheep, cut open the fish, and cook fresh vegetables. He sat across from Zhang Yuan and drank wine. He was in a high mood today. Wang Binglin drank too much. By the time Zhang Yuan resigned at the beginning of Xu Shi, Wang Binglin was already drunk.
But we can't send each other off.
Zhang Yuan and Shi Shuang left Wang Siren's mansion in Wuling. They wanted to see the weather before it was too late. They wanted to go to the north of the city to visit Shang Zhoude and Shang Danran, because tomorrow Wang Tixue will meet with the newly admitted students and there will be
Traveling to Pan, I'm afraid I won't have time to go to Kuaiji to meet Shang Zhoude——
"Senior Brother Jiezi."
Wang Yingzi's voice came from the wall door. Zhang Yuan turned around and saw a long figure reflected out first, with the shadow in front and Wang Yingzi behind. Wang Yingzi did not change her disguise as a man, but was just her original girlfriend.
He was dressed in uniform, followed by a little maid, and walked a few steps to the left side of the wall. In the darkness, he said, "Senior Brother Jiezi, let me say a few words to you."
Zhang Yuan said "hmm", walked over and bowed, waiting for Wang Yingzi to speak. Wang Yingzi was silent for a long time. It was the beginning of Xu hour, and it was far from the time when the missing moon rose into the sky. The sky was not dark yet.
It was completely dark, and the stars were dim and difficult to distinguish. The dim light in the wall door shone out, gradually getting farther and farther away, as if running water seeped into the surface of the earth——
Wang Yingzi remained silent, and Zhang Yuan was not in a hurry to ask her what happened. He just stood silently with her in the darkness.
Wu Ling quietly tugged on Shi Shuang's sleeve, and the two of them walked away. Shi Shuang whispered: "Xiao Wu, what's wrong with Miss Wang? She has something to do with Master Jiezi but she doesn't say anything."
Wu Ling suddenly felt blessed and said in his heart: "Silence is better than sound at this time." As soon as this sentence came out, Wu Ling was secretly proud, thinking that he was worthy of being a scholar in Xiao Sanyuan, and the ancient poem was so apt.
Shi Shuang didn't understand what Wu Ling said, so he said "oh" and didn't ask any more questions.
Over there, Wang Yingzi finally spoke: "Congratulations to Senior Brother Xiao Sanyuan."
Zhang Yuan looked at Wang Yingzi's soft and blurry face under the night sky and said, "Thanks to my junior sister for recommending many classics on the Spring and Autumn Period to me. The Five Classics and Eight Parts are the most difficult to test."
Wang Yingzi was silent for a while and asked, "Senior brother, is he going to Nanjing to study at the Imperial College soon?"
Zhang Yuandao said: "I have to send my sister back to Qingpu first. I am still not sure when I will go to the Imperial College in Nanjing. I just heard from senior brother Binglin that the Imperial College regulations are strict. There are prohibitions on eating, dressing and dressing. Violators will be severely punished. I was a little scared.
Dare to go."
Wang Yingzi laughed softly and said: "My brother's words are a bit exaggerated. He was talking about the Imperial College a hundred years ago. It was strict back then, but it must be different now."
The two of them talked about the books they had read recently. Wang Yingzi said: "I recently read Xu Wenchang's drama "Four-Voice Ape", and there are two plays in it: "Female Mulan joins the army in place of her father" and "The number one scholar resigns from the phoenix and wins the phoenix."
, the play looked lively and interesting, but it was actually impossible to do. That day I saw my senior brother inspecting the dragon gate from a distance——" At this point, he gave a "chi" smile.
Zhang Yuan was a little embarrassed and said, "Junior sister, did you come so early that day?"
Wang Yingzi couldn't help laughing and said: "We have to see what happens. After seeing this, I have completely given up on the idea of a female champion. I can only hope that my senior brother will continue to win all the way."
Zhang Yuan smiled and suddenly heard Wang Yingzi ask: "Listen, what's the sound?" He made a gesture of listening.
Zhang Yuan listened attentively. There were the wooden fish chants of monks from Xinghua Temple, the drunken noises of the neighbors, and the sound of the night wind blowing through the treetops. No matter how calm he was, he could still hear the sound of boats on the Fu River a mile away.
, I wonder what sound Wang Yingzi heard?
————————————————————
Today, my computer broke down. First, my laptop broke down. It shut down shortly after I turned it on. I planned to use my old desktop computer to code words first. Unexpectedly, the desktop computer was still usable last month, but today it doesn’t recognize the keyboard and cannot be turned on.
I scratched my head with worry and called the computer store to repair it. After reinstalling the laptop, it became usable, but the hardware temperature was measured to be very high, nearly 100 degrees. It was said that there was a problem with the heat dissipation, and I had to send it to a repair center for repair tomorrow.
Xiaodaoma has automatically shut down three times during these 3,000 words. Fortunately, it was saved while writing and no words were lost.ro!.