When Ding Youwei learned that Xiaolang Chen Caozhi had arrived, his heart was pounding with fright. He thought something had happened to Zongzhi and Run'er or Agu, so he hurried out to meet Xiaolang, and saw Xiaolang's smile was faint.
His expression was as gentle as usual, and although he didn't answer the question, his panicked heart had already calmed down.
Chen Caozhi told his sister-in-law that he intended to go to Wu County for a study tour. Ding Youwei was slightly surprised: "Sister-in-law thought you would go there in March next year. I wanted to help you with some packing, but now you were caught off guard.
I have prepared a box of pens, inks, paper and inkstones - well, there is a recommendation from Mr. Zakikawa, right? That's great. My sister-in-law has nothing to say to me. I just hope that Xiaolang will do well in his studies and take care of himself when he is out. It's cold in the middle of autumn now.
, you can’t stay up too late.”
Ding Youwei's tone was stubborn but gentle. At this moment, she regarded Chen Caozhi as the thin boy who needed her care when she was in Chenjiawu. The boy at that time was not much older than Zongzhi now.
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "I remember, my mother told me the same thing. Okay, sister-in-law, I'm leaving now. Liu Shangzhi, a fellow countryman, is still waiting for me at the intersection. I will come to visit my sister-in-law when I come back years ago.
Sister-in-law, you should also take care of yourself and work hard to eat more."
Chen Caozhi said goodbye to his sister-in-law and left Ding's villa. He met Ding Chunqiu. Ding Chunqiu suddenly did not pay attention to the restraint that a nobleman should have. He saluted and asked, "Why are you here?"
Chen Caozhi calmly returned the courtesy and said: "I want to go to Wu County to study, so I came here to say goodbye to my sister-in-law." After saying that, he got in the car and left.
Ding Chunqiu also had the idea of going to Wu County to study, but he couldn't bear to ask Chen Caozhi to go with him. He also felt that he had just taken the initiative to salute Chen Caozhi, but Chen Caozhi didn't show any flattery, which was really disrespectful to the nobles.
With his face, the disciple "hummed" towards the oxcart that was driving away, and turned back to talk to his father, Ding Yi, about studying.
Chen Caozhi and Liu Shangzhi met up, and the two ox carts traveled northwest along the post road. In the evening, they arrived at Yuhang, north of Qiantang, and stayed in a hotel for the night. Liu Shangzhi asked for two guest rooms, and two servants shared one room.
Since then, I have been sleeping with a maid named Gillian. She is about eighteen or nineteen years old. She is quite pretty. Because she has been favored by Liu Shangzhi, she is a bit arrogant.
Tui, who also speaks very charmingly, spent half of the trip riding on a bullock cart, often calling out in a sweet voice: "You are a worthy young man——"
Liu Shangzhi strode over to ask her what was going on, but he had to fiddle a few times and then set off again. He really couldn't figure out who was serving whom. However, Liu Shangzhi had a cheerful look on his face and was obviously very happy. He also said to Chen Cao: "
Brother Zizhong, don’t you also have two beautiful maids? Why don’t you bring one out to serve you?”
Ran Sheng was twelve years old and had first learned about the difference between men and women. He had a boyish disgust towards the relationship between men and women. He couldn't stand the greasy smell of Liu Shangzhi's maid, so he frowned and said: "Our young man is not like you - hum
!”
Liu Shangzhi's diamond-shaped eyes widened, and he laughed angrily: "Hey, your servant is so rude, what's wrong with me!"
Ran Sheng said: "I mean you are not as good as our young man."
Chen Caozhi understood young Ran Sheng's thoughts very well and said with a smile: "Xiao Sheng, please don't be rude to Liu Langjun."
Liu Shangzhi was not bad-tempered, he shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't compare to your young husband. I admit this, otherwise I wouldn't only rank ninth grade. But Ran Sheng, you said it to my face like this, it's too much."
Come on, you are using your power to bully others!"
When Liu Shangzhui said this, Ran Sheng became shy and jumped to the other side of the oxcart without meeting Liu Shangzhui.
Liu Shangzhi laughed "haha" and asked Chen Caozhi: "Zizhong, is Ran Sheng really only twelve years old? I think he is almost as tall as me. If this happens in a few years, wouldn't he be eight feet tall?"
Huge man!" He then said, "Zizhong, how about you sell Ran Sheng to me? It will be really majestic to carry such an eight-foot big man when you go out in the future."
Ran Sheng shouted from the other side of the bullock cart: "Not for sale!"
Chen Caozhi smiled and said: "I can't sell it. Xiao Sheng is just a tenant of my Chen family, and he doesn't record his family status. He can leave at any time -"
Ran Sheng shouted again: "Don't leave!"
Liu Shangzhi laughed and said: "Interesting! Interesting!"
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The autumn rain was pouring down at night. Chen Caozhi was copying books under the oil lamp in the inn. What he copied was Huangfu Mi's "The Biography of Gao Shi" borrowed from Chuyang Taoist Temple. This time he went to Wu County to study, and Chen Caozhi collected books from Ge Hong.
It borrowed three volumes of "The Biography of Gao Shi", ten volumes of "Xin Shu" by Jia Yi, two volumes of "On Morality" by He Yan, one volume of "Dazhuang Lun" by Ruan Ji, and four kinds of Qin music by Ji Kang - "Chang Qing", "Duan"
"Qing Dynasty", "Long Side", "Short Side", the famous song "Guangling San" that Chen Caozhi was looking for was not found in Ge Hong's collection——
Chen Caozhi wanted to read many books, but Huang Fumi's "The Biography of Gao Shi" was not his priority. The reason why he wanted to read and copy it was to plan for his grandfather Chen Yuan, his father Chen Su, his brother Chen Qingzhi, and his sister-in-law to write biographies.
Ding Youwei said that if the Chen family of Qiantang wanted to join the gentry, in addition to Chen Caozhi himself, he had to make a great name, and his grandfather also had to have a good reputation for three generations. How to write this biography is very particular, because the official position
Being humble, it is meaningless to state official status, and we must find another way. Huangfu Mi's "The Biography of Gao Shi" inspired Chen Caozhi. Huangfu Mi's selection criteria for Gao Shi in the past dynasties were very strict. Even Boyi and Shu Qi were not selected. He
Only those who have always lived in seclusion and never served as officials were selected to be included in his "Biography of Gao Shi". As the saying goes, "The body will not surrender to the princes, and the reputation will not be wasted in the end."——
Since Chen Cao's father and brother had low official positions for three generations, why not write them as noble and noble scholars who disdain officialdom? Leisure and anecdotes can be made up in a small way, and this is not the case in celebrity biographies!
Just writing a biography for his father and brother alone, no one is willing to read it, but it is easy to be laughed at. Chen Caozhi has not yet figured out a solution to this problem. He can only take it one step at a time. The path of the Qiantang Chen family to the gentry is really
There are thorns at every step, and the road is long and blocked.
Ran Sheng was reading a volume of "The Analects of Confucius" handwritten by Run'er. The academic assignment given by Run'er to Ran Sheng was - after returning from Wu County, he must understand all the words in the "Analects of Confucius" and is not required to memorize it.
But you have to be able to read.
In Chenjiawu, besides Chen Cao, Ran Sheng was most in awe of his master, Run'er, so he didn't dare to slack off when he was away from home.
Laide didn't want to learn to read at all, so he was carving something with a small knife. This knife was given to him by Ran Sheng, and Laide loved it like a treasure.
Liu Shangzhi must have felt embarrassed to have his maid lying down so early, so he came to Chen Caozhi to sit and talk. Seeing Chen Caozhi's unique style, flowing and clear regular script, he praised: "Good calligraphy, no wonder Chu Wen
I am humble enough to bow down——"
Chen Cao said: "Brother Shangzhi, sit down for a while and wait for me to finish copying this "Biography of Four Hao"."
Liu Shangzhui sat quietly and watched Chen Caozhi copying the book. After a while, he heard a gentle tapping sound on the wall. Liu Shangzhui knew what the sound was and ignored it.
After a while, the tapping sound on the partition wall started again and got a little heavier.
Ran Sheng raised his head and glared at Liu Shangzhi, who was a little embarrassed.
Except for the rotation of his right wrist and the flow of the pen tip, Chen Caozhi hardly moved his body, his posture was straight and graceful, his hands kept copying, and he said slowly: "Brother Shangzhi, please go back to your room, don't keep the beautiful lady waiting for too long."
Liu Shangzhi's face turned red and he said, "Don't pay attention to her. I want to talk to Zichong Ye."
After Chen Caozhi finished copying the "Four Hao Biography", he personally washed the Jianhao pen refined by Jiankang Baima Workshop given to him by his sister-in-law with clean water, put it in his bun to dry, and put away the scroll and handwritten papers in an orderly manner.
, then he knelt down and pressed his knees, making a posture of having a long conversation.
The tapping sound on the partition wall started again. Ran Sheng jumped up and punched the wall. With a "bang" sound, sawdust and sawdust rustled down, and the tapping sound suddenly disappeared.
Liu Shangzhi was ashamed and annoyed. He felt that he was being taken care of by a maid, and he was really humiliated. He said angrily: "This cheap maid really doesn't know the depth of things. She harassed me several times to have a long talk with Zizhong. I'm going to give her a lecture."
Come and talk with Zi Chong at Zuye again."
Chen Caozhi smiled and said, "Don't come back after the training. See you tomorrow morning."
Liu Shangzhi felt embarrassed and went away, continuing to sit and saying: "I'm afraid Zizhong doesn't know, but this time we and I will be classmates with Chu Wenbin. Chu Wenbin went to Dr. Xu to study metaphysics at the beginning of the year. I heard that
Because this time Quan Changshi rated him as the sixth grade, the same grade as Zizhong, he felt very humiliated, hehe, I'm just afraid-"
At this moment, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "It's bad, it's on fire, it's on fire -"
The four people in the room immediately smelled smoke and felt the fire approaching the window lattice.
Liu Shangzhi was so shocked that he didn't even have time to put on his clogs and ran out.
While Chen Cao got on his clogs calmly, he ordered Ran Sheng and Lai De to move the bookcase out. When he walked into the courtyard, he saw Liu Shangzhi coming out with his beautiful disheveled maid Gillian in his arms.
The fire only broke out in the thatched cottage outside the courtyard wall, and it was quickly put out.
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