Wang Yingzi wore a light-colored narrow-sleeved turban, her hair was styled into three small buns for an unmarried housemaid, and she wore a beaded flower headscarf. Shang Danran also liked to wear this hairstyle when she was a girl. Shang Danran knew Wang Ying
Zi is the same age as Zhang Yuan and is already nineteen years old this year. Apart from delaying their marriage due to observance of filial piety, few gentry girls are still unmarried by the age of nineteen. According to common sense, Wang Yingzi should be like an older virgin.
He was unruly and full of resentment, but Shang Danran could not see this at all from Wang Yingzi's expression. Wang Yingzi raised her eyebrows and smiled, saying: "The baby born by Sister Shang is so cute."
When he was about to leave Shanyin without knowing his return date, he suddenly saw Wang Yingzi. Shang Danran was surprised, and suddenly felt guilty in his heart. He apologized to Wang Yingzi for himself and Zhang Lang. There had been rumors about Wang Yingzi in Shanyin and Kuaiji for a long time.
It was because Zhang Yuan refused to marry. The county magistrate Hou was half a day late in arranging matchmaking with Zhang Yuan for Wang Yingzi, and the marriage between the brothers and sisters was missed. At first, people were talking about it in one city and two counties, but later they gradually became indifferent.
Nowadays, few people mention it, but Wang Yingzi is still unmarried. Sometimes Shang Danran even thinks that if Zhang Yuan wants to take Wang Yingzi as his concubine, then she will accept it. Anyway, Zhang Yuan also has Wang Wei and Mu Zhen.
True, but how could Wang Yingzi be a concubine because of her status? Moreover, it was against the laws of the Ming Dynasty to take a girl from an official's family as a concubine——
"What a coincidence. Where are you going, Miss Wang?" Shang Danran asked.
The black-topped boat came closer, and Wang Yingzi said: "I waited here specially to see Sister Shang off. I wish Sister Shang a good journey. It will be rare for Sister Shang to come back after she leaves." Wang Yingzi was so frank,
I won't pretend it was a chance encounter.
Shang Danran didn't know what to say, so he just said, "Thank you very much. Are you okay, Miss Yingzi?"
Wang Yingzi said: "Fortunately, I will go to my father's place in Yuanzhou in two days."
Shang Danran said: "Then mother and son also wish Miss Yingzi a safe journey." As he said this, he held his son's little hand in his arms and made a bow to make the atmosphere more relaxed. Xiao Hongjian smiled "gekily" again.
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Wang Yingzi said: "Sister Shang's child really loves to laugh and laughs non-stop. This little nose and mouth really look like Senior Brother Jiezi."
Shang Danran looked down at Xiao Hongjian in his arms and said with a smile, "Everyone who knows his father says so."
While he was talking, the boat with white awnings and tiles with Siming tiles had slowly moved away. Zhang Yaofang's boat with Sanming tiles started to leave Bashiqiao. Of course, the boat with Siming tiles had to follow. The two women stared across the water. They waved goodbye and talked to Danran.
He said sincerely: "Miss Yingzi, please take care of yourself."
Wang Yingzi nodded and said, "Well, everyone, take care. Sister Shang, have a safe trip."
The two ships passed each other, and the Simingwa white-canopied ship had a deeper draft. As it passed by, waves surged and pushed the black-canopied ship outwards——
"Yingzi, why are you torturing yourself like this? Aren't you happy to see Mr. Shang taking his son to Beijing to reunite with Zhang Yuan?" Wang Jingshu, the sister who was also on the awning boat, spoke up at this time.
Wang Yingzi looked at the two white boats going away, feeling more reluctant and heartbroken than last year when she watched Zhang Yuan go to Beijing to take the exam. Last year, she felt that Zhang Yuan could come back, and now Shang Danran also went to Beijing, just like a tree
The tree was removed with its roots and soil, and it was difficult for her to see Zhang Yuan again. Her tears finally fell. She didn't dare to ask for lifelong companionship, but she couldn't even meet him once!
When Wang Jingshu saw her sister shed tears, she immediately regretted what she had just said and said hurriedly: "Yingzi, stop crying, stop crying. It's my sister's fault, and I shouldn't say anything to you."
"It's my fault." Wang Yingzi couldn't hold back her tears: "I made my mother and sister worry about me——"
"Stop talking about this." Wang Jingshu wiped Yingzi's tears with a silk handkerchief and consoled her: "There is really no way to do this. In fact, it is all the fault of Zhang Jiezi, and our father is also confused. Dad should have got engaged in Zhang Yuan in the first place.
He will not be allowed to come to the door later——"
Wang Yingzi couldn't help laughing and said: "How can this be? After all, there is a teacher-student relationship, and dad likes senior brother Jiezi very much."
Wang Jingshu saw her sister smiling and continued: "Then Zhang Jiezi should honestly not provoke you."
Wang Yingzi said: "He doesn't provoke me, but I want to provoke him. This is a matter between two people, not just Brother Jiezi."
Wang Jingshu complained: "You are still protecting him. He is a noble and idle official in the capital. He has never thought about your situation."
Wang Yingzi said: "Senior brother is not idle. Sister, haven't you seen his palace examination Wan Yan Ting Ce? Senior brother is a person with great ambitions. I like to see senior brother's complacency. I hope he will succeed step by step. Besides, my situation
What’s wrong, I’m fine.”
Wang Jingshu shook her head and smiled: "That's all, I won't tell you anymore. We will leave for Yuanzhou in a few days. Let's see what dad says. In the past, dad allowed you to date Zhang Jiezi. I thought he had some clever tricks up his sleeve.
Where’s the trick now?”
Wang Yingzi didn't say anything, but picked up a piece of poetry paper. The ink on it was still wet. It was a poem he had just written, addressed to Brother Jiezi. The poem said:
"The calyx of the withered flower has lost its fragrant clusters, and we are the same at the end of the world. The wild geese depart from the sad night moon, and the papaya poem weeps in the east wind. The lingering dream is across the west river, and the fallen sound is difficult to cross the water. The scenery touches my mind and I think deeply, when can we join hands?
Sigh Piaopeng."
Wang Yingzi folded the poem paper into a small paper boat, reached out of the bamboo window, and put the paper boat into the water. Boats often passed by the Bashi Bridge, and the water rippled. The paper boat with the rhymed poems suddenly turned upside down.
, you can see the three words "Papaya Poetry" on the bottom of the boat. "The Book of Songs? Wei Feng? Papaya" says, "You give me a papaya, and you will be rewarded with Qiongju. If you are a bandit, you will always think it is good."
Wang Yingzi looked down at the running water, thinking about the scene between Brother Jiezi and her at the wooden platform facing the water in the Kuaiji Mountain retreat. She couldn't help but smile again. Some things seemed to last a lifetime -
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At the end of April, after Xiao Hongjian had a full moon party, Wang Wei and Zhang Ruoxi left Shanyin and returned to Nanjing. At that time, the good news of Zhang Yuan's high school champion had spread all over the Yangtze River, and people could be heard everywhere talking about Zhang Yuan, the top student in the new subject.
Two cheating cases were also spread. Everyone said that it was difficult for Zhang Yuan to become the number one scholar. Not only did he have to learn well, but he also had to be wary of open and covert attacks. The Songjiang bully Dong Qichang was completely ruined this time, which was very satisfying——
Idle people also liked to talk about Zhang Yuan's love affair with a famous prostitute in Jinling, most of which were embellished and jealous, just like those erotic novels published by Lutian Pavilion. Wang listened with a smile, and kept it in his mind to tell Zhang Yuan about it later to make him laugh.
After the ship arrived in Jiaxing, Wang Wei and Zhang Ruoxi went their separate ways. Zhang Ruoxi returned to Qingpu and Wang Wei went to Nanjing. Zhang Ruoxi promised Wang Wei to go to Beijing in the spring of next year to organize Shengmei Trading Company, allowing Wang Wei to reunite with Zhang Yuan.
It was already June 15th when Wang Wei returned to the Shengmei Store on Fuqian Street in Nanjing. He asked Xue Tong to go to the old courtyard to inform sisters Li Xueyi and invite them to meet here.
She avoids taboos and generally does not set foot in the old courtyard. If she wants to go to Beijing next year, she is also planning to sell the Orchid Pavilion. However, she doesn’t know what to do with the hundreds of pots of orchids. It seems impossible to bring them to Beijing. Not to mention the long distance and difficulty in transporting them.
It’s hard to feed these delicate orchids even when the ground is cold——
It was raining lightly in the evening. Sisters Li Xueyi and Li Keer came in a sedan. When they saw Wang Wei, Li Keer couldn't help but said with joy: "Weigu, Mr. Zhang Zongzi wrote to me. He remembers me. It's just that he
He has chosen Shu Jishi and cannot leave the capital for the time being. He wants me to wait for him."
Wang Wei cooked tea to entertain Sister Li Xueyi and asked, "Kuer, have you replied to the letter?"
"I'm back." Li Kou'er said: "I replied to the letter at the beginning of the month. My eldest son, my husband, will probably not receive it until the end of the month."
Li Xueyi frowned slightly and said: "It takes three years for a sage to be elected as an official. Kerr is already fifteen years old. How can we wait for three years? Now there are many people coming to come up with gold combs. I have taken over for Kerr."
I’ve declined many times, and it’s hard to declare that Kerr is no longer married. After all, it’s just a verbal agreement. If it doesn’t work out—”
"No." Li Kou'er said in a tearful voice, "My eldest son, my husband, is not that kind of person."
Wang Wei asked: "Did Kerr write these things in the letter?"
Li Xueyi said: "Kuo'er didn't write it, but I did. I ask my eldest son, my husband, to come up with some solutions in advance."
Wang Wei said: "Let's see how our eldest son and husband respond first. Kerr can stay with me during this period to avoid being harassed."
Li Keer said happily: "Great, thank you Wei Gu."
Li Xueyi said to Wang Wei in private: "My mother is greedy for money and threatens anyone who wants to take Kouer as a concubine. She must pay no less than three thousand taels of silver. I'm afraid this will not be easy to handle."
Wang Wei also frowned and said, "If it's just a few hundred taels of silver, I can help first. I don't dare to make the decision with three thousand taels."
Li Xueyi said: "Now there is a wealthy businessman from Yangzhou who is willing to give 600 taels of silver to comb the kerchief. My mother is very moved. If I hadn't persuaded her, the kerchief would have been incomplete."
Wang Wei said: "Leave Kerr with me for now. If your mother wants to make trouble, ask her to come to me."
The next day, Aunt Li came to Shengmei Commercial Co., Ltd. to ask Wang Wei for her daughter. Wang Wei was very eloquent and could argue, so he persuaded Aunt Li to go back, saying that in three months, if there was no one in Beijing,
After hearing the news, Li Keer was sent back to the Xiangzhen Hall of the old hospital. In this way, Li Keer temporarily lived with Wang Wei and helped Wang Wei manage his accounts every day. Wang Wei taught her how to make Longmen accounts and said that the Shengmei Company also had Zhang Zongzi's shares in it.
, Li Keer should help take care of it, Wang Wei can be said to teach by words and deeds——
On the afternoon of July 20th, Liu Gaoya, the Dongchang prison manager of the Nanjing inner-city garrison office, went to Shengmei Commercial House to visit Wang Wei again and said that he had received a letter from Zhang Xiuzhan yesterday, asking him to help Li Kouer escape.
He asked Wang Wei to take him to the capital and explain that this was a plot by his eldest brother Zhang Dai——
Wang Wei was surprised and said: "Thank you Master Liu, but why didn't I receive the letter from Mr. Jie?"
Liu Gaoya smiled and said: "Of course, the letter sent to the official gate must be faster. There is one more thing I want to congratulate Miss Wang. Zhang Xiuzuan has been elected as a lecturer in the East Palace and is now the teacher of the emperor's eldest grandson. Our Eunuch Xing all said that Zhang Xiuzhan
He is the youngest number one scholar in the Ming Dynasty and the youngest official in the royal family. His future is limitless." As he said that, he handed over Li Keer's personal deed case in the Jiaofang Division to Wang Wei, but it turned out that Liu Gaoya was receiving Zhang Yuan's
Immediately after writing the letter, I went to the Jiaofang Department of the Ancestral Temple Department to complete the denaturalization procedures for Li Kouer. There is someone in the office who can take care of things.
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Zhang Yuan, who was far away in the capital, encountered his first real crisis in his life on the second day of August, the day after Dan Ran arrived in Beijing.
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