After the New Year, Mrs. Yu prepared new clothes for each of Zhang Shi, Zhang Yue and Zhang Qiu.
Zhang Yue is a new robe. The armpits on both sides of the robe are not sewn, so it can be worn over a robe.
In the past, this kind of jacket was worn by people of low status, but in the Song Dynasty, all men and women of some status wore a jacket outside their clothes. Now Zhang Yue also has one. We are finally people of high status.
It is said that this kind of jacket is open in front and does not need to be fastened with belts or buttons, so it is called "unsystematic jacket".
After the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, Jinzi took the blame. If you don't control Jin, you don't control Jin.
Zhang Shi looked at Zhang Yue in his trousers and couldn't help but said with satisfaction: "Third brother looks more like an official now. Madam, the turban you chose is really good-looking. When I meet Zhou Xuezheng, he will I must think that Third Brother is a very talented person."
Mrs. Yu was very happy to hear her husband's praise.
Zhang Shi added: "Have you gone to Jianyang to find a place to stay?"
Zhang Yue said: "We have already found a place. The chief of my Jingsheng Zhai has a lot of contacts with a bookseller in Jianyang. This time we go to Jianyang, we just happened to stay at his place."
Zhang Shi said: "What's wrong with this? I'm disturbing others rashly. My father-in-law happens to live in Jianyang. My third brother went to Jianyang and stopped by to have a look and rest there."
Zhang Yue glanced at Mrs. Yu, but when she saw that she didn't answer, he said: "Brother, no need. I am in a hurry to go to Jianyang, so I made a special trip to Kaoting to visit. I'm afraid it will be too delayed. Please allow me to go to my sister-in-law's house later. Just a visit.”
Yu didn’t say anything.
Zhang Shize said: "It's not like I want you to go to Kaoting. Madam, doesn't Lao Taishan have a three-bedroom house in the city? There is no one living there on weekdays. It's just the servants who take care of it. It happened that the third brother went to give him a room. Stay."
Just as Yu was about to say something, Zhang Yue already said: "Sister-in-law, I can handle the matter of going to the state school to find a correct way."
Sister-in-law nodded and said, "Sanlang, I'll go pack your luggage."
After saying that, my sister-in-law went upstairs.
Zhang Yue whispered to Zhang Shi: "Brother, our family has already troubled my sister-in-law and her family too much, so we don't dare to cause any more trouble."
"What do you know? I wasted all my efforts." Zhang Shi was a little annoyed.
“Brother, what does this mean?”
Zhang Shi said: "My father-in-law has many friends in Jianyang. Before you go to see Zhou Xuezheng, you should go to his house to meet him. Wouldn't he ask someone to help you? As long as there is a capable person to help you. To put it bluntly, not only are we going to Nanjing Imperial College, we can even go to Bianjing."
"Let's not talk about the trouble, our Zhang family has become prosperous, won't we help him in the future? My father-in-law is a careful person, and he will definitely help you with this. So does your sister-in-law, and this will be necessary
She spoke but stopped talking, and you even helped Xi'er enter the clan school. This woman is prone to forgetting gratitude and holding grudges, so you should be careful when you come to my wife's house in the future."
Zhang Yue thought that if he could be of help, Mr. Yu would have spoken out long ago.
Zhang Yue said: "Brother, my sister-in-law is a good sister-in-law. You must not blame her. Otherwise, she will lose her heart!"
“I can spare this.”
Zhang Yue was about to go back to the north room to rest, when he saw Yu opening the door and coming out of the south room.
“Sister-in-law!”
Yu nodded and said: "Third brother, there are some things that I couldn't say because your brother was here just now. Now I can tell you everything. My father and brother have been dissatisfied with Shilang for a long time. If they hadn't looked at Xi'er's side,
I'm afraid it will be long ago..."
"I'll tell you the truth, ever since your brother came to this house, spent a lot of money, and had to support your brother and Xi'er's education, I have been using the dowry money to support the family. Last time your second brother escaped from marriage, Zhao Yasi moved out.
In our family, the remaining dowry was also taken away. I borrowed 80 yuan from my father and brother under some pretense."
"Now that the eighty guan of money has not been repaid, how can I tell my father and brother about this? I also want to save face in my parents' family."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that it would be too shameful for his brother to use the dowry money to supplement the family income. No wonder his father-in-law and his elder brother-in-law had objections. Moreover, a lot of these expenses were spent on himself and his second brother.
Now that I go to Jianyang and find someone else, isn't it better to scold me?
Zhang Yue said: "Sister-in-law, I was not the one who spent the family money indiscriminately in the past..."
Yu said: "I'm not scolding you for your past mistakes. Now you can study and make progress, and you have also raised money to reopen the shop. I'm so happy. Your brother is a waste of money, but he is kind to me and Xi'er.
All the money the shop has made in the past six months or so has been in my hands."
"It's just that I can't return this money to my father without the consent of you two brothers."
Zhang Yue said: "I was raised by my brother and sister-in-law. Not to mention these eighty pieces, I have no idea how my sister-in-law handles the family's money."
The next day.
Zhang Yue immediately packed up his luggage and entered the county school.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin together handed the three historical policies to Hu Xuezheng for review.
Hu Xuezheng smiled when he saw Zhang Yue's article and said: "It's well written, it's remarkable. I didn't want to give you advice, but I wanted you to figure it out for yourself. I didn't expect it to be so well written. To be honest, wasn't it?"
Have you asked Mr. Boyi to read it first?"
Zhang Yue's expression froze and he said: "Learn to be wise..."
Hu Xuezheng smiled and said: "Mr. Boyi is a famous Confucian in the world. He came to correct your article. I am not happy yet."
Zhang Yue smiled in his heart and said, "Thank you Xuezheng."
After finishing speaking, Hu Xuezheng read Guo Lin's article and said, "Where is your historical policy? Did you ask your father to change it?"
Guo Lin hesitated and said: "Yes, sir."
Hu Xuezheng looked at it and said, “It’s considered good.”
Hu Xuezheng immediately said: "But the three historical policies are just a formality. Just be careful what you say when you see Xuexuezheng in the state. After hearing this, the state will recommend a Jinshi, a Zhuke, and a Jingsheng to go to Bian
If you go to the Imperial College in Nanjing, two Jinshi, two in various subjects, and one economics student go to the Imperial College in Nanjing, you two will have a great chance."
"But if you are not selected, the state school will most likely recruit you to stay in the state school. You must not agree to this. If you return to the county, the county society will exempt you from five years of fasting and money. In a few years
You can also get grain from the farm."
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin are called together.
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin walked out of Hu Xuezheng's apartment, feeling in an unusual mood.
Guo Lindao: "When I heard about Zhou Xue, I liked to go to various county schools to rob people. No wonder Xue Zheng changed the exemption from three years of fasting to five years."
Zhang Yue said: "Don't you sigh? In the past, people hated each other and dogs hated the poverty. Now it has become something you fight for."
Guo Lin said with a smile: "I will definitely not go to Zhouli. If I go to Zhouli, it will be difficult to go back to Wuxi to see my parents."
“You are willing to go to Bianjing and the Imperial College in Nanjing, why can’t you go to Zhouxue?”
Guo Lin sighed: "After all, it is easier to go to the Imperial College. If you study for a few years and pass the spring exam, your parents will not have to work hard at such an old age. But if you really go to the Imperial College, you will have to leave your parents."
After many years, I still can’t bear to part with it.”
Zhang Yue consoled him: "Don't be like this. The prison students can come back to visit their relatives, but our home is too far away from Bianjing and Nanjing."
The night before setting off for Jianyang, both of them tossed and turned in their thoughts and did not sleep well.
Such a mood is full of expectations and longing for the future, a bit uneasy, and longing for my family back home. Such different emotions mixed together make people's hearts fluctuate for a while.
On this day, Zhang Yue, Guo Lin and He Qi said goodbye to Hu Xuezheng and went to Jianyang Prefecture to study.
The three of them first tried to walk along the stream, then through the mountains, and finally to the water's edge. After trekking for a day, they finally arrived in Jianyang.
Three objects of Jianzhou are Jianben, Jianzhan and Jiancha.
Among them, Jianben is located in Jianyang.
Zhang Yue, Guo Lin, and He Qi were in Chonghuali this time, and they certainly felt like scholars worshiping saints. And Zhang Yue stayed at a bookseller's house in Chonghuali.
When the three of them arrived here, they saw that every room in the book area was full of books, and there were more than a hundred bookstores with official titles within a radius. When they walked here, they could smell the fragrance of ink everywhere, and they could see E Guan Bodai's books everywhere.
student.
Zhang Yue and the others walked into a bookstore on the corner of the street. The bookseller's surname was Yu, who had dealt with Zhang Yue before, and he invited the three of them to sit down and drink tea.
Zhang Yue felt the noisy atmosphere outside the book store while chatting with the bookseller named Yu.
At this time, I saw the curtain on the side move, as if someone was peeping from behind.
The bookseller surnamed Yu smiled when he saw this and said: "This must be my niece. She has no parents since she was a child, so she has been fostered here. Yun Ruo came out to meet the guests."
“This…” Guo Lin felt something was wrong at first.
The bookseller surnamed Yu laughed and said: "We girls from merchant families don't have so many rules."
As he spoke, the curtain was lifted, and a woman in her twenties and eighties came out. She was wearing a skirt, and her appearance was about sixty-seven. For some reason, she looked a bit pitiful. Such grace made her look better.
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“These three are all talented people in Pucheng County. They came to see Xuezheng in the state. Now they are staying in our home. Come and see them.”
Fang Yingying saluted and said, "My family has seen three talented people."
Zhang Yue and Guo Lin both stood up and saluted, while He Qize's movements were a little slow.
The woman then raised her head and looked at Zhang Yue, Guo Lin, and He Qi. Zhang Yue was wearing new clothes, and he was tall and handsome, while Guo Lin was wearing a cloth robe. Although it had been washed clean, there were patches in inconspicuous places.
As for He Qi, he was also extraordinary, but his eyes were a bit sharp, which made people dare not look at him.
Yu Bookseller said: "I have some important matters at the counter. Yun Ruo, please go talk to the two guests first. I'll go and come back."
Speaking, Yu Shushang strode away.
Zhang Yue, Guo Lin and Yu Yunruo looked at each other and felt very embarrassed, while He Qi was just drinking tea by himself.
The three of them were chatting about each other. At this time, Yu Yunruo looked at Zhang Yue and said, "Zhang Sanlang, since you are a prostitute, what do your two brothers do for a living?"
Zhang Yue felt a little restrained and answered truthfully: "The eldest brother is running a restaurant, and the second brother is studying in Beijing. We haven't heard from him for a long time."
Yu Yunruo asked: "Why can't we get through the phone? Is there any difficulty for my second brother?"
Zhang Yue said: "I don't know about that."
Yu Yunruo smiled and said: "Bianjing is a thousand miles away from Pucheng. How can I write letters back and forth without traveling on business? I think there must be some reason for this. Mr. Sanlang, don't worry, the boat will go straight to the bridge."
Zhang Yue smiled bitterly. There was something wrong. It was clearly because he didn't want to send it.
However, Zhang Yue still said: "Thank you very much, Mrs. Yu, for your kindness."
ps: Thank you~~Love!~~The book friend has become the eighth ally of this book.
