"It's the Su family." As soon as the door opened, a gentle girl wearing a pink top and bottom green skirt, a light pink silk belt around her waist, and a double bun on her head stood in front of Chen Chen and asked softly:
"I wonder why this scholar came here?"
"This young lady is invited," Chen Erlang only glanced at her and hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The young man's surname is Chen. He is from Qingshen County. My father's name is Gongbi. I came to Meishan because of family matters. I came to your house to look for you. I don't know.
Are you..." He's not usually stupid, but for some reason, he couldn't get it right when he spoke today.
"You are Chen Shishu's son, right?" Fortunately, the girl was smart enough to understand what he meant. She smiled and said, "That's Chen Shishu, please come in. Chen Shishu is composing with my father in the backyard."
The girl's voice was as sweet and sweet as the warm breeze of the West Lake. It soothed Chen Erlang's fear and fear, but made his heart beat suddenly faster. He quickly calmed down, straightened his clothes, and followed the girl into the hospital.
There are two little boys standing by the pond in the courtyard, the older one is ** years old and the younger one is seven or eight years old. They are concentrating on fighting grass. People in the Song Dynasty are fond of gambling, both young and old. This grass fighting scene is divided into martial and literary fights.
Generally, boys play martial arts, and girls play literary combat. The simplest form of martial arts is to find the blades of grass you like when the grass is growing in spring, and then wrestle with each other. The tough one wins, and the broken one loses.
The elder sister of the two boys led the play, and naturally it was Wen Dou. Earlier, she took her younger sister to the garden facing the street, picked a lot of flowers and plants of various colors, raised them in a water basin, and played with the two younger brothers.
... It is required to report grass names to each other in the form of a duel. Whoever knows more grass types and has a higher level of fighting and persists to the end will win.
The elder sister mainly wanted to educate and have fun, and naturally she would not show off with her younger brother. So the two little boys went up to the cow.
One picked up a willow branch and said, "I have a Guanyin willow." The other picked up a pine branch and said, "I have a podocarpus." The other picked up another branch and said, "I have a bellgrass," and the other said
'I have a drum flower'. The other one said, 'I have a calendula flower', and the other one said nonchalantly: 'This is a hosta flower'...
When the elder sister led Chen Chen in, the eldest brother picked up one and said, "I have brother flowers."
"How can this be called a brother flower?" The younger brother was dumbfounded: "It's obviously Chunmei."
"Look at the plum blossoms, there are tops and bottoms. Just like us, we are born from the same mother, and I take precedence over you. Aren't we just brothers?" the eldest brother said plausibly.
"Such a brother flower, then I..." The younger brother searched in the pot, picked up one and put it on the stem and said: "This is a couple's flower."
The two spoke plausibly, causing the six or seven-year-old girl on the side to giggle and say: "According to what you said, when a flower blooms one big and one small, it is called 'my son's flower'. If two flowers bloom on their backs, they are called 'my son's flower'."
What about the enemy flower?"
The two brothers' faces turned red. The older one laughed and ran over to pinch his sister's mouth, so the two started chasing each other. When the younger sister saw the elder sister, she hurriedly ran over and said coquettishly: "Sister, look at the elder brother bullying me again."
"Stop making trouble, don't you see there are no guests?" The eldest sister smiled apologetically at Chen Chen and said, "Brother, you are laughing."
"No, no, my younger brother and sister are quick-thinking and innocent." Chen Chen stuttered a little: "The young man is very envious." His embarrassed look made the little sister laugh.
The eldest sister glared at her and asked her two younger brothers to lead the guests to sit in the living room, while she led her younger sister to the study to invite "Chen Shibo".
In the study room in the backyard, there is a portrait of Zhang Guolao, the Eight Immortals, hanging in the middle hall. The bookshelves and desks are full of books. Two men, both in their thirties, occupy one end of the desk and are busy writing.
Disease book.
The slightly older one is the owner of this place, Su Xun and Su Laoquan. When he was young, he was a smart and memorized person with a strong personality and disobedience to discipline. He hated the examination-oriented education of this era and liked to travel around.
But later, after I gave birth to my eldest son, I saw that my brother, my brother-in-law, and my two sisters-in-law had all passed the scientific examinations and were about to become officials and officials, but I was doing nothing and still had to rely on my family to support me...
Even mediocre people will be stimulated by love affairs, and naturally it will be even more unbearable for a person with superhuman talent and intelligence.
He regretted that he had wasted his time, spurred himself on, and began to study hard. He thanked the scoundrels he had always associated with, and studied as a gentleman, studying in isolation for eight years.
But hard work does not always lead to rewards. In the past eight years, Su Laoquan has failed twice. This has made him more taciturn and eccentric. In addition, he has eccentric thoughts and often makes shocking remarks. Naturally, he is different from those scholars who pay attention to moderation.
Can't get along.
Sitting opposite him was one of his few close friends. His surname was Chen Xiliang, Zigongbi. He was from Qingshen County. He had a slim build, a cold face, and eyes as clear as water. At first glance, he was an upright and firm man.
Chen Xiliang was not as young and playful as Su Xun. He was a strict self-discipline and studied hard since he was a child. However, fate played tricks and his path to the imperial examination was not smooth.
He studied hard until he was twenty-two years old, and then he went to take the exam when he felt that he was sure. Sure enough, he was successfully transferred to Beijing. Unexpectedly, on the eve of the spring of the next year, an obituary of his father's death called him back. He could only wait until later.
One session.
This dynasty did not hold imperial examinations regularly, but based on the court's needs for officials, sometimes every year, sometimes for several years. Since the current official family succeeded to the throne, the world has been overcrowded with officials, so the recent imperial examinations have been spaced out.
Four years.
So four years later, Chen Xiliang, who was already 26 years old, went to Beijing again. Who knew that from that time on, the examiners no longer focused on history and policy theory, but focused on 'antiphonal rhythm'. As a result, they were not good at it.
Chen Xiliang failed the exam.
On the way back to Shu, he met Su Xun, who was also not good at this and failed the exam. The two taciturn people happened to live in the same cabin and could live without saying a word all day long. But before they disembarked, they suddenly
They became close friends. In the following years, they often exchanged letters and studied together... the method of 'antiphonal rhythm'.
Therefore, Su Xun told her daughter that when playing with her two younger brothers, she should also include the connection of antiphonal rhythm. It was a painful experience.
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After studying hard for three years, Chen Xiliang was 29 years old and Su Laoquan was 34 years old. They were both at an age where they could not afford to lose. So as soon as spring began, Su Laoquan dragged Chen Xiliang to various places to participate in literary and poetry gatherings.
Improve the level of poetry through discussion.
Chen Xiliang was originally worried about the three children, but he thought that once they were released, it would take more than a year, and the three children would still have to be taken care of by his eldest brother, so he said many kind words to his brother and sister-in-law, and repeatedly told his son to be obedient. Then he told Su Xun
Embark on a study tour around the world.
Now that the two-month study tour is over, there are still three days before he has to register at the government office. Chen Xiliang plans to go home immediately after registration. He will stay at Su's house for the next few days and write a few exam papers with Su Xun...
...The Jieju test in the Song Dynasty is not like the one test for life in later generations, but it is only valid once. If you fail to pass the Jinshi exam, you will have to take the Jieji test again next time. Although it should not be a problem for these two people, in recent years
Sichuan's culture is getting more and more prosperous, how dare the two of them take it lightly.
As he was writing a composition, there was a knock on the door. Su Xun frowned, put down his pen and said in a deep voice: "Who?"
"Daddy, it's me."
"Banniang? Isn't it called disturbing?" When Su Xun heard that she was a sensible eldest daughter, her tone slowed down a lot: "What's the matter?"
"Chen Shishu's young master is here, saying that he has something urgent to do to see Shishu."
"My son," Chen Xiliang's heart thumped, he put down his pen and said, "Brother Laoquan, let me go out and take a look."
"Go quickly." Su Xun couldn't ask too much about other people's housework.
Chen Xiliang stood up and followed Ba Niang quickly to the living room in the front yard.
Chen Chen was speechless when he was asked by the Su brothers. When he saw his father coming, he quickly stood up and said, "Dad, it's not important..."
Chen Xiliang raised his hand to signal him not to say, "Follow me back to the room." This was not to hide the truth from the master, but because the competition was about to begin. If there was really something difficult, would the master help? If so, would he help?
, it will affect the test taking. If you don’t help, you will feel uneasy, so just don’t let the master know.
After returning to the guest room and closing the door, Chen Chen told his father what happened at home: "The messenger said that Saburo almost killed my aunt and is now locked up."
Chen Xiliang didn't believe it: "With Sanlang's gentle temperament, he has to save injured kittens and puppies. How could he hurt someone? And was it your aunt?"
"This..." Because Chen Chen also heard about it and was not sure, when asked, he was immediately speechless: "Anyway, the family is looking for dad everywhere. They said that if you don't go back, you will report to the official."
"Reporter..." Chen Xiliang lowered his face, simply packed up his clothes, put them into a bamboo bookcase, carried them on his back and said, "Let's go back!" After that, he went out and walked towards the courtyard gate.
Ba Niang was waiting in the courtyard. Seeing Chen Xiliang's attire, she was surprised and said, "Is Uncle Shi going to leave?"
"Niece Xian, there is an emergency at Uncle Yu's house and we must go back immediately," Chen Xiliang hugged her fists and said, "I don't have time to say goodbye to your father, so please convey my apology." After saying that, he walked out with a big step.
Ba Niang only had time to open her mouth when she saw him blow past like a gust of wind...
Chen Chen apologized to her: "I'm sorry, my father has this temper..."
"Since there is something urgent, Brother Shi, please follow me quickly." Banniang smiled and Fu Yifu said, "I hope everything goes well, Brother Shi."
"Thank you very much," Chen Chen bowed deeply, then hurriedly chased his father, almost hitting the screen wall.
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As usual, the characters in the book will be fine-tuned according to the needs of the story, but their original appearance will not be destroyed.
