Because Yang Quan, a famous doctor in Guangling, advised Chen's mother Li to eat more hawthorns. Now in early July, some early-maturing wild hawthorns are ready to eat. Chen Caozhi took Ran Sheng to Germany and traveled to the mountains around the West Lake to collect several baskets of wild hawthorns.
Hawthorn fruits, these wild hawthorn fruits that are shaped like small pears are brightly colored, some are red, some are yellow, and are crystal clear and smooth like agates, which makes people reluctant to eat them.
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, ate more than ten hawthorns every day, but the hawthorns were a bit sour and her teeth couldn't bear them. Chen Caozhi asked his wife Zeng Yuhuan to slice the hawthorn fruits into slices, dry them in the sun, grind them into powder, and mix them with fine flour.
He mixed it with honey and made hawthorn pills, and asked the mother to take a few pills every day. She also insisted on taking the medicine prescribed by the old monk Zhi Mindu every day, but it seemed to have no effect, and the mother's health was not improving.
Chen Caozhi thought to himself: "My mother is old, and this kind of congenital heart disease cannot be cured. As long as the condition does not get worse, I will be lucky. The only thing I can do now is to make my mother happy. I hope my fourth uncle and third brother Chen
I wish I could bring you the good news about the naturalization of the noble family as soon as possible. My mother once said that my father also lamented that the Chen family of Qiantang was reduced to a poor family during his lifetime. If the good news about the naturalization comes, you know how happy my mother will be."
In a blink of an eye, it is the seventh day of July again. The seventh day of July is the Qiao Qiao Festival and the Girl's Day. However, the weather on this day was not good and there was a lot of haze. In the evening, there was lightning and thunder, and it started to rain heavily.
Xiaochan and Qingzhi were very disappointed. They were still looking forward to worshiping the Sun and the Weaver Girl for begging for luck. Longans, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds, tea, wine, fruits and other sacrifices were all prepared, but
How can you beg in the open in such heavy rain?
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the legend of Yue Lao had not yet spread, so in addition to giving girls intelligent minds and dexterous hands, Tiansun Weaver Girl also shouldered the responsibility of Yue Lao. She was in charge of human marriages and would give happy lives to the girls who worshiped her devoutly.
Due to marriage, the Heavenly Sun and the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are forever separated by the Milky Way, so make a great wish to bless the infatuated woman in the world.
After dinner, Xiaochan and Qingzhi took a fresh bath and sat in Chen's mother Li's bedroom to chat with their old mistress. Chen Caozhi, Zongzhi and Run'er also came over.
Run'er said: "Sister Xiaochan, when are you begging for skill? Run'er also wants to beg for skill."
Xiaochan listened to the sound of rain falling slowly and slowly outside the building, and she felt a little disinterested, and said: "It's a rainy day, and there is no moon or stars. How can I beg for luck? This year, it won't be a coincidence."
Qingzhi smiled and said: "Miss Run'er is so smart, do you still need to beg for tricks?"
Run'er said: "Run'er thinks Uncle Chou is the smartest. Run'er wants to ask Tiansun to let Run'er learn to paint, go and play the flute -"
Xiaochan was amused and said: "Why do you need to ask for help from Heaven to learn these things? Just ask Uncle Chou."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "Run'er wants to beg Tiansun, and then when he wakes up, he will know everything, which will save trouble."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, laughed and said: "There is no such cheap thing in the world. You have to study hard to do these things."
Run'er was offended by Uncle Chou's words and said coyly: "Well, Run'er can just learn from Uncle Chou, but what do sisters Xiaochan and Qingzhi ask from Tiansun?"
Before Xiaochan and Qingzhi could answer, the old maid Yinggu smiled and said, "They are looking for marriage, right?"
Xiaochan and Qingzhi blushed and denied it, saying that they only wanted to be clever and the knitting girls were skilled.
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, said: "The old woman is confused and has forgotten Xiaochan. How old is Qingzhi this year?"
Qingzhi replied: "I am twenty-one years old, and sister Xiaochan is one year older than me."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, said: "Ah, you are already twenty years old. It's time to become a wife and a mother. I will take care of you two. If there is a wealthy farmer with suitable children, I will marry you two."
Get married face to face."
Xiao Chan said anxiously: "Old mistress, Xiao Chan will serve you for the rest of her life, take care of Zongzhi and Run'er when they grow up, and will never leave the Chen family."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, suddenly thought of Xiaochan and Qingzhi, who were not considered to be from the Chen family in Xilou. The two of them were registered with the Ding family. To marry her, the Ding clan chief had to agree to sign the bond, so she said: "Change
Let Caozhi go and tell Youwei about it and see what the head of the Ding family wants. The daughter should get married."
Xiaochan was so anxious that she almost burst into tears, and Qingzhi also said that she would never leave the Chen family.
Chen Cao said: "You two sisters, don't worry. My mother doesn't insist on marrying you two off. You have to be willing."
Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, smiled and said, "That's right. Is this old woman willing to marry you off?"
Run'er said: "When you get married, there will be no sisters Xiaochan or Qingzhi. Run'er will be sad."
Xiaochan and Qingzhi both said: "If you don't want to marry, if you don't want to marry, just stay with Run'er."
Chen Caozhi said: "I think the heavy rain has stopped, the clouds have dispersed, and you can see the moon and stars."
But Chen Caozhi seemed to have missed the mark this time. The heavy rain kept falling and had the tendency to rain all night. The originally sultry weather became cooler. It was autumn.
After Chen Caozhi waited for his mother to go to bed, he went to the study on the third floor to read and practice calligraphy. What he studies most diligently now is "Jiao Shi Yi Lin" and Guo Xiang's "Zhuangzi Commentary", especially the "independent transformation" of metaphysics in "Zhuangzi Commentary"
"Ontology" is unique among the popular metaphysics of Wang Bi and He Yan. Guo Xiang opposes Wang Bi's ontology based on "nothing". The ontology of metaphysicians is not to discuss the existence of nature or the objective world, but to solve the problem of existence of nature or the objective world.
The problems of human life and spiritual life, the problem of ontology and the problem of spiritual realm are closely related. Guo Xiang's "Xuanming Realm" is a super-moral spiritual realm, from which we can understand why celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties did what they did.
There are many shocking actions that violate worldly morals—
Chen Caozhi had to study until late at night every day. Qingzhi took Zongzhi and Run'er to have a rest. Xiaochan was still with Chen Caozhi, making some needlework, and looking up at Chen Caozhi from time to time.
The young man Cao was concentrating on reading and practicing calligraphy under the lamp. He felt particularly peaceful and warm in his heart, and felt that it would be good to live like this for the rest of his life.
At the end of Haishi, Xiao Chan urged: "Xiao Langjun, it's time to rest." Suddenly he raised his eyebrows and eyes, as if listening, and said in surprise: "The rain has stopped." He quickly got up and looked on the corridor, suppressing his joy.
Crying: "The dark clouds have cleared and I can see the moon!"
Chen Caozhi stood up and said, "Sister Xiaochan, do you still want to worship Tiansun?"
Xiao Chan said: "It is still the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, so you can worship before the child is born."
Chen Cao said: "Okay, I'll help sister Xiaochan."
Chen Caozhi moved the three golden nanmu tables to the terrace on the third floor. Xiaochan placed the longan, red dates, hazelnuts, peanuts, melon seeds, tea, wine and fruits, which had been prepared, on the tables.
He came to the incense burner, lit the incense, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'll call Qingzhi, she doesn't want to miss the beggar."
Qingzhi came with sleepy eyes and said happily: "I can really see the moon. It's great. Sister Xiaochan is lucky."
Chen Caozhi stood aside with his hands folded, watching Xiaochan and Qingzhi respectfully worship Tiansun. Although the rain stopped, there were still clouds and haze in the sky on all sides, except for a large area of cloudless sky on the west side of the sky.
, I happened to see the crescent moon, as clear and translucent as if washed by rain, with a few faint stars dotted between the clouds.
Chen Caozhi couldn't help but think of Lu Weirui, and thought to himself: "I wonder what the weather is like over there in Wu County. Will Wei Rui wait until the clouds break and the moon rises?"
Xiaochan and Qingzhi had just finished their worship, when a cloud came over and covered the moon. They were very happy. They both said good luck, good luck, and whispered to each other, chuckling.
…
Famous doctor Yang Quan warned Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, not to catch a cold, but the elderly are weak and cannot prevent the cold. On the night of Chinese Valentine's Day, heavy rain continued and the weather turned cold. Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, caught a cold, coughed and had a low fever. After taking a few doses
After applying Xiaobuihu Decoction, the low-grade fever subsided, but the cough took half a month to get better.
The cold was gone, but his physical condition was obviously weakened again. He couldn't stop breathing from the first floor to the second floor. He took a nap as soon as he sat down. When he actually went to sleep, he couldn't sleep well. This made Chen Caozhi very worried, but he could ask for help.
All the famous doctors have been invited, and it is really unimaginable. He now moves to the outer room of his mother's big bedroom to sleep, with his mother and Aunt Ying in the back room. He has to get up several times every night to visit his mother. Sometimes her mother can't sleep.
Just say a few words to my mother——
The fifteenth day of July is the birthday of the Diguan Emperor. Chen's mother, Mrs. Li, must ask her son to go to the Du Zigong Tianshi Taoist Temple in Qiantang City to attend the birthday celebration of the Diguan Emperor. Chen Caozhi did not dare to disobey his mother's order, so he rushed there early in the morning and left in the evening of the same day.
When I came back in a hurry, I didn't even go to see my sister-in-law Ding Youwei.
It was already the end of July after Chen's mother, Li Shi, recovered from a cold-cold cough. Seeing his mother's weakness, Chen Caozhi knew that he could not go to Lu Weirui's appointment. It would take eight days at the fastest to go to Huating and back, so he wrote a letter,
Let Lai De and Ran Sheng take the painted "Flower Appreciation Picture" of Lu Weirui and Camellia "Auspicious Snow" to Huating. As for the red rope that Lu Weirui said she wanted Chen Caozhi to give to her, Chen Caozhi could not kiss it.
Of course, I won’t give it away.
Laide and Ran Sheng set out on the first day of August, but they had not returned until the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. Looking at the bright moon rising, Jing Nu was a little anxious and came to ask Chen Caozhi, Chen Cao's advice:
"The two of them must have gone to Wu County again. It is estimated that they will be back in one or two days."
Just as he was talking, there was a knocking sound at the gate of Wubao, and Ran Sheng's loud voice shouted: "Uncle Jing, open the door, Brother Laide and I are back."
Jing Nu was overjoyed and hurried to open the door. Ran Sheng came in and said, "The two of us have traveled one hundred and fifty miles today in order to rush home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. We are really tired."
Lai De and Ran Sheng couldn't wait to catch their breath and followed Chen Caozhi into the study. Lai De took out the package, returned the letter and paintings written by Chen Caozhi to Lu Weirui, and said, "Miss Lu is not in Huating." He took out another letter:
"This is the letter that Mrs. Lu asked Mr. Liu to deliver to Mr. Liu."
Ran Sheng said: "Xiao Langjun, Brother Laide and I rushed to Huating on the sixth day of the lunar month. The steward of Huating Villa said that Miss Lu was not in Huating, so the two of us rushed to Wu County and met Liu Langjun, but said that Mrs. Lu was not in Huating.
Madam Lu's brother is seriously ill, and Grand Administrator Lu has ignored official duties and is busy seeking medical treatment for his son all day long. This letter was given to Liu Langjun by Madam Lu a few days ago. The Lu family is quite busy now. I will discuss it with Brother Lai De.
, this letter and this painting were not sent in——"
After reading Lu Weirui's letter, Chen Caozhi frowned and said, "Laide, Xiaosheng, you did the right thing. Thank you for your hard work. Go and have a meal quickly."
After Ran Sheng came to De, Chen Caozhi sat alone in the study in silence——
Lu Na only has one son and one daughter, whom he treats as treasures. Lu Changsheng fell ill due to taking Wu Shi Powder and has always been thin and thin. This time the serious illness breaks out, it is more likely to be bad than good. The last time Dr. Yang talked about Lu Changsheng, he shook his head.
Lu Weirui lost his mother when he was young, and now his brother is also short-lived. Life in this world is so fragile, and family ties are short-lived. Thinking of his parents in two generations, Chen Caozhi deeply felt the deep affection and sentimentality of the Wei and Jin people. Everyone has their own arms when they are sad, and there is no way out.
Pity, no comfort——
…
On the fifth day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Chen Shang came back from Jiankang again and had a secret conversation with Chen Caozhi in his study.
Chen Shangdao: "Sixteenth Brother, I came back this time to invite you to Jiankang. You must go there."
Chen Caozhi asked: "Third brother, what do you say about becoming a scholar?"
Chen Shangdao: "The people who applied for naturalization this time are the Chen family of Qiantang, the Mei family of Runan, the Sun family of Langya, the Zheng family branch in Xingyang, the Liu family branch in Zhucheng, and the Lu family branch in Fanyang. There are six surnames in total. The great Situ Sima
Yu met with the patriarchs of the six surnames, and convened the ministers of the ancestral temple, Zuo Min, and the genealogy department Jia Lingshi to discuss and submit the report to the emperor. The emperor ordered the chief minister to convene the chief ministers of the various states for review. The opinions were divided evenly between those who were in favor and those who were opposed, and he could not make a decision for the time being.
, Opponents believe that the rules cannot be changed, otherwise what is the difference between scholars and common people? Where is the dignity of the gentry? Those in favor say that these six surnames were originally northern gentry, but they were reduced to poor families due to improper assessment after the southern migration. Among them, Runan Mei
The Sun family of Langya moved south. Because it was relatively late to cross the river, they had no place in the south of the Yangtze River and could not find official positions, so they became common people. The Chen family of Yingchuan, the Liu family of Zhucheng, and the Fan Yanglu family
The Zheng family in Xingyang and the Zheng family in Xingyang are all branches of the clan who moved south, while the direct descendants still stay in the north. Some of them have been reused by the Fu family and the Murong family. Therefore, these noble families who moved south should be praised and their status as a noble family should be restored as a sign of
As the imperial power moves southward, the Jiangzuo gentry are the authentic ones. This can win over the hearts of the northerners and there will be more followers - "
Chen Caozhi nodded and said: "The officials in the court are still wise and do not blindly adhere to the distinction between scholars and common people."
Chen Shangdao: "But the stubborn ones are still in the majority. If Huan Da Sima hadn't sent secretary Yuan Hong to see Da Situ Sima Yu, the naturalization matter would have ended without any problem. Huan Da Sima was very prestigious, so he suggested that Chen, Mei, and Zheng
The six surnames of Lu, Liu, and Sun respectively sent their most outstanding sons to Jiankang, where they were reviewed by Da Situ and the Dazhong of the Eighteen Prefectures in person to see if any of the children with the six surnames had outstanding talents and noble virtues, and then they were evaluated based on the results of the review.
The merits and demerits of the six clans will ultimately determine whether they are eligible to return to the civil service?"
Having said this, Chen Shang looked at Chen Caozhi earnestly and said: "Sixteenth brother, this is a perfect opportunity for you to make a name for yourself. Huan Da Sima's proposal should be due to Xi Canjun's plan. Xi Canjun values you very much."
Caizhi, I have long said that among the younger generation in Jiangzuo, there are only four of them: Xie Xuan, Wang Xianzhi, Gu Kaizhi, and Chen Caozhi. If my sixteenth brother arrives in Jiankang, it will be difficult for me, the Chen family of Qiantang, not to become a scholar."
