Counting from the time King Qian established his capital in Lin'an, people in Hangzhou have been celebrating the New Year for at least hundreds of years. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing every household does when they open their doors is to set off firecrackers, commonly known as door-opening cannons, and then put red paper on the door with a letter.
'Good luck opening the door,
Then worship the heaven and the earth, the family hall, the stove director, and the statues of the ancestors, and then the family members will perform New Year greetings according to their seniority. The younger generation will kowtow to the elders, and the elders will naturally give red envelopes. This is just the beginning. After everything is done, men and women will do the same.
The two teams went out to pay New Year greetings.
Wang Xingye took his sons to pay New Year's greetings to his bosses and colleagues, and I took my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to pay New Year's greetings to the official family members I know well... Don't underestimate the communication between officials and wives. There are many things that are difficult to say and deal with in officialdom.
The matter was settled while the officials and wives drank tea, listened to the opera, chatted and spanked.
After changing his clothes for going out, Wang Xian came to Lin Qing'er's door and waited for her to come out. After a while, he saw Yu She raised the curtain, and Sister Lin in a light pink dress appeared in front of him. Although it was just a faint pink, look at it
In Wang Xian's eyes, it was so amazing. When he reacted, his eyes suddenly became hot.
It turns out that Sister Lin finally got rid of the white clothes she had worn for three years. What does this mean? Wang Xian got excited just thinking about it.
Lin Qing'er gave him a beautiful eye roll, "Don't be in a daze, my parents are still waiting in front."
"Oh." Wang Xian came to his senses and quickly caught up with him. Baba asked, "When will we get married?"
"..." Lin Qing'er almost fell down. She no longer looked like a lady, but she had the courage to say shyly: "I listen to you."
"That's a good relationship." Wang Xian's machismo was instantly satisfied, but he was discouraged immediately and said, "But it doesn't count even if I say it..." Father and Mother Wang are not parents with no sense of existence.
"Then there's nothing we can do." Lin Qing'er looked gloating and pulled Yu De, who looked helpless, to take a quick step forward.
The two of them came out quite early, so Wang Gui and Hou Shi were so embarrassed that they made their father very anxious: "These two things, they insist on letting us be stuck in the house with New Year greetings."
"That's not true." Wang Xian smiled and comforted his father. The two of them were still figures in Pujiang County, but they were at the bottom of the officialdom in Hangzhou. How could anyone rush to give them New Year greetings early?
"That's hard to say." Dad said firmly, "I also have quite a few subordinates."
"I have to pay my New Year greetings to the master first, right?" I said, not wanting to give my father face.
"You are angry with me during the Chinese New Year, and you will be angry with me all year long." Ever since my father came home from the salt farm, he has been extremely kind to my mother. Although it was scolding, it was almost like being coquettish, and he was so disgusting that he didn't care about his juniors...
While Wang Gui and his wife were still dilly-dallying, the father placed a silk-covered notebook neatly on the table in the hall. There were only two characters on the silk-covered surface. This was to leave names for visitors when the owner was not at home.
Used to prove that people are coming to pay homage to the New Year.
At this time, the names of four guests have been written in the first four columns of the register. The first is Mr. Shou Bailing, who lives in Baisuifang Lane; the second is Mr. Yu, a wealthy man, who lives in Yuanbao Street; and the third is Gui.
Mr. Wuji lives in the Grand Master Archway; the fourth one is Mr. Fu Zhaolin, who lives in the Wufu Building... This is filled in by the owner himself to seek good luck. It is not just Lao Wang who does this, but it is the custom of Hangzhou City to seek luck during the New Year.
Fortunately, although the visitor made it up, Hangzhou does have its place names to accompany it.
When Wang Gui and his wife came out with their children in their arms, the whole family quickly set off in two carriages.
It was actually too early to leave home, so my father said to Wang Xian in the carriage: "I'm going to pay New Year's greetings to the master. It's useless for you to follow me. Just go directly to Mr. Tixue, don't be late and miss people."
"Okay." Wang Xian thought about it, got off the car at Donglangxia Hutong, and walked to Xu Tixue's official residence.
He thought he had arrived early, but when he entered the alley, he discovered that there were already more than a dozen scholars gathered around the gate of Tixuefu, but none of them got in.
Wang Xian was hesitating whether to step forward or not when he heard a surprised voice: "Isn't this Wang Lingshi who said, 'When spring comes, people are like jade in the world?'"
Wang Xianxun looked around and saw a scholar with a pleasant face, waving at him vigorously and saying: "Brother Wang, I am Zhou Yi, do you remember?"
"It turns out it's Brother Bu Nan." Wang Xian smiled and said, "Of course I remember." In fact, he had forgotten about this person for a long time, but because his name was so unique, he was reminded of it as soon as he mentioned it.
"Everyone, let me introduce to you. This is Wang Zhongde, the elegant official of Fuyang, who you have always wanted to meet." Zhou Yi pulled Wang Xian's arm excitedly. His sincerity was not fake at all, he was just Tai Er... But this is usually the case for nerds, Wang
Xian didn't care about him either.
"Wow, he is Wang Xian." Sure enough, as a result of his shouting, Wang Xian was strongly watched by the scholars, and all kinds of weird flattery words came to him: "Even if you can't enter the gate of Tixue, you can see the Ming Dynasty."
The second talented man, this trip is worth it." "Besides that poem, what other new works does Wang Lingshi have? Read it out quickly for everyone to appreciate."
The words of the scholars revealed the sense of superiority that domestic dogs feel when watching wild dogs, which made Wang Xian feel uncomfortable. Zhou Yi also noticed something was wrong and said apologetically to Wang Xian: "These guys are like this, which makes Shi Bie feel bad."
go."
Wang Xian smiled and said: "I am heartless. By the way, Brother Zhou, why don't you go in?"
"Brother Wang, look," Zhou Yi pointed at the door and said, "It is clearly written on the door of the old master - idlers are not allowed to enter, and wise people are not allowed to enter. Why do you think we have the nerve to go in?" Although the scholars think highly of themselves, none of them think highly of themselves.
Dare to call yourself a wise man in front of Ti Xue.
Wang Xian looked at it but strode inside. Seeing this, all the scholars laughed and said, "Wang Lingshi considers himself a wise man."
"Haha," Wang Xian smiled sarcastically and said, "Everyone, please come in. This is to remind me to go in. I dare not disobey."
"How?" the scholars asked in confusion.
"Look, idlers are not allowed to enter, and virtuous people are allowed to enter." Wang Xian pointed to the line and said: "Aren't you letting people named Xian in? Is there any reason why Wang Xian is not allowed to do so?" After saying this, he walked in.
No one stopped him.
The others wanted to follow them inside, but were stopped by the doorman: "Are you also called Xian?"
"Don't scream..." The scholars shook their heads.
"Then match this couplet. Only those who can match the second couplet can go in and drink the first cup of wine in the family." The disciple smiled and said: "You are all talented people from the south of the Yangtze River. I believe it will not be a problem for you."
The scholars had no choice but to rack their brains and think outside the door.
Hearing that Wang Xian was coming, Xu Tixue happily invited him into the living room. After greetings, Xu Tixue smiled and said: "It has only been a year and you have become an official of the imperial court. Do you still have the desire to learn?"
"Students have already signed up for this year's scientific examination." Wang Xian said respectfully: "Being a scholar is a student's long-cherished wish." He said with a wry smile: "Students don't expect to be on the list, but they want to enter the subject.
Play once to fulfill your long-cherished wish." After saying that, he stared at Xu Tixue closely to see if the other party would react to his dirty talk.
"Haha, that's not right. Since you have to take the exam, you have to be determined to win..." Xu Tixue did not object to him calling himself a student and smiled: "You have to be confident.
Wang Xian's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he seemed to be reacting badly, but he said with a bitter look on his face: "Students study too late, I'm afraid they are not strong enough."
"Don't be afraid of studying late. Su Laoquan studied much later than you. How can he still become everyone?" Xu Tixue took a deep look at him and said meaningfully: "There is a saying that 'those who know are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as others'." If you are so dedicated to learning, you will surely succeed."
"The students have been taught." Wang Xian stood up and saluted deeply.
"You don't have to be polite when celebrating the New Year," Xu Tixue said with a smile, "By the way, there is a couplet on the door. Does Zhongde have a second couplet?"
"Students are not very talented and have little knowledge. It is better not to make people laugh when they make nonsense." Wang Xian said modestly. After three days of separation, everyone looked at each other with admiration. Wang Xian had been studying hard in his spare time this year. Although he was only studying the eight-part essay, the eight-part essay was as good as If you do well, you can do whatever you want - poems if you want, poems if you want, poems if you want, just a mark from a whip, a slap from the palm and blood. Although he is only a half-dabbler now, he still doesn't care about a pair. Down.
"Just come here." Xu Tixue twisted his beard and said with a smile.
"You're showing off your ugliness." Wang Xian said respectfully: "Thieves don't come, Taoists come."
"Idle people are not allowed to enter, virtuous people are not allowed to enter, thieves are not allowed to come, Taoist people are coming..." Xu Tixue pondered for a moment: "Idle people are against thieves, and virtuous people are against Taoists. It's a good match." After a pause, he said meaningfully: "But in the future, I will chant If the poem is right, you still need to pay more attention to the wording. You should carefully understand it when you go back, and you will definitely benefit."
"Student, please be taught." Wang Xian saluted again.
"Go." Xu Tixue nodded with a smile and said, "Go back and concentrate on studying. I wish you will get what you want."
"Thank you, Master." Wang Xian bowed deeply and resigned.
At the door, all the scholars had already made various couplets to each other. When they saw Wang Xian coming out, they laughed loudly and said, "The wise man has come out."
"I'll leave first, everyone, please continue." Wang Xian smiled at Zhou Yi and left Tixuefu.
After he came out, he was not in the mood to say New Year greetings anymore, so he went home and locked himself in the study, carefully recalling every move and word of Xu Tixue. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that there was a deep meaning in Xu Tixue's words. I told myself the test questions and words...
That meaningless sentence, "Those who kill people are not as good as those who are good, and those who are good are not as good as those who are happy" are actually the sixth sentence of "The Analects of Confucius Yong Ye". And the four words "xian", "robber", "xian" and "dao" are , I am afraid that the words of the eight-part essay should be embedded in it. It should be that Xu Tixue was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he gave him double insurance.
Of course, it is also possible that he is too preoccupied and is just trying to be smart... Maybe when the test questions come out, he will find that this is not the case at all, but it is just one more eight-legged essay, even if he guesses wrong. Nothing to lose.
After a while of excitement, Wang Xiancai felt thirsty and asked for tea. After calling several times but no one answered, he remembered that all the servants at home had gone home for the holidays, and Sister Lin and Yu She followed my mother out to pay New Year greetings. He had no choice but to get up and want to find water by himself, but saw Xiao Baicai coming in with a teapot and lowering his head.