Volume B, Chapter 65: Entering the Jia Mansion three times (First update, please give me your monthly ticket!)
It was already the fifth day of the first lunar month when Feng Ziying visited Jia's house.
Before the third day of the first lunar month, people usually travel among relatives, so Feng Ziying naturally stayed at home, enjoying the rare warmth of family.
The earth dragon was burning hot, and I was lying on the bed with nothing to do. Yun Shang made tea and brought it to me. I leaned on the pillow, read a book, and thought about things. It was a really pleasant day.
Snow was falling heavily outside the window, and after one night, the entire roof and yard were completely white.
Pushing open the window, a chill came in, and Feng Ziying shivered. The freshness that hit his face made him feel much more energetic. There were a few traces of snow on the bare branches of the jujube tree outside the window. The stone jar was probably frozen, and the whole
Logically speaking, the yard should be covered with snow, but Yun Shang got up early and swept the snow clean.
Watching porn on a snowy night and dreaming about Gaotang on a rainy day are two of the greatest joys in life.
**Feng Ziying won't watch it for the time being. If my mother discovers it, she may have to point the finger at Yun Shang again.
In fact, looking at Yunshang is equivalent to looking at a more intuitive **, but this girl doesn't have any consciousness at all.
Feng Ziying felt a little distressed when she thought of Yun Shang getting up early in the morning to sweep the snow. There were still too few people in the yard, which was not popular. Moreover, it was unreasonable for Yun Shang to do all these menial and tiring tasks by herself.
Feng Ziying did not realize that she seemed to be judging things more and more based on the people of this era.
In a small courtyard like this, after he left, Yun Shang was left alone to take care of the food and drink, as well as the monthly money. He spent every day working as a female celebrity in the house and cleaning the yard. It was so leisurely and comfortable that now he actually found it distasteful.
There are not enough people.
"Sir, the car is ready." When Ruixiang came in, Yun Shang was waiting for Feng Ziying to dress, "I know, let them wait."
"If the young master finishes reading, I'm afraid we will need one or two more people in this room." Yun Shang carefully squatted on the ground and tidied the corners of Feng Ziying's cotton robe.
After getting used to it at Qingtan Academy, Feng Ziying now prefers simple and elegant cotton robes and jackets, with at most a lambskin waistcoat. If she really wants something like fox fur and mink, she probably won't want to stay at Qingtan Academy.
Went down.
"Huh?" Feng Ziying was puzzled. She asked Yun Shang if she wanted to add a worker earlier, but Yun Shang still refused to ask for one, but now she took the initiative to ask for someone.
Feng Ziying said "hmm", and Yun Shang immediately understood what it meant, and quickly explained: "The slave girl means to add someone to the young master's house, not to the courtyard."
Adding people to the courtyard and adding people to the house are two different concepts.
The addition of people to the courtyard is for servants to do chores, while the addition of people to the house is for people to work closely with Feng Ziying.
Just like what Yun Shang is doing now, folding quilts and making beds, washing and tidying up, dressing up, making tea and polishing ink, including working the night shift in the outhouse at night, having to wait on him whenever he is hungry or thirsty at night.
Sometimes Yun Shang is really too busy by herself. Like today, Feng Ziying stayed in bed for a while, folding the quilt, washing and tidying up for Feng Ziying, dressing and changing her shoes, and she also had to bring the food box and set it up for Feng Ziying.
A person is indeed very busy.
This is the case in this big family. The boys in the inner courtyard are not allowed to enter, only the maids and women can enter and exit.
The Feng family was not that particular. Feng Ziying would call Ruixiang in from time to time. If there were more children in the future, Ruixiang would not be able to enter the inner courtyard.
Moreover, now that Feng Ziying's status is different and her age is much older, she has to pay attention to many things. Look at how many maids and boys there are around Mr. Bao. There is only one Mr. Keng, which is obviously inappropriate.
Fortunately, Feng Ziying is mainly in the academy now, otherwise Duan would have hired someone to replace Feng Ziying.
However, Feng Ziying thought that if her mother added more people to her house, she would have to learn a lesson and never assign a beautiful girl like Yun Shang to bring disaster to the country and the people. She would definitely find some crooked melons and cracked jujubes.
Only then can she feel at ease.
"Is it necessary? Are you alone not enough?" Feng Ziying laughed, "Why aren't you afraid that if you add someone else, my mother will kick you out?"
"Madam really dislikes Yun Shang. It doesn't matter whether she has someone with her or not." Yun Shang pursed her lips and couldn't help but said with a smile on her face, "But Madam has become much nicer to Yun Shang during this time."
Feng Ziying shook her head. It was just for her own sake. Did Yun Shang really think that her mother had changed her gender?
Before she got married or turned sixteen, Yun Shang would probably always be a pain in her mother's heart.
However, he would not dampen Yun Shang's enthusiasm. He would not come back much anyway, so his mother would feel more at ease.
It's not that far from Fengcheng Hutong to Rongning Street. They are all on the Xianyifang side. It was also because the snow was a bit heavy that we took a car. Otherwise, according to Feng Ziying's temperament, she would have walked there.
Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu both sent messages. Jia Zheng's message was sent to his father, but it was to himself.
With a good family relationship, it was normal to move around like this, so Feng Ziying also greeted Jia Lian first, saying that she needed to see Jia Zheng first, and then talk to Jia Lian.
Jia Zheng met Feng Ziying in Ronxi Hall, which shows the formality of this meeting.
Seeing the young man walking in accompanied by his son outside the door, Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel a little lost.
Although Feng Ziying may not be as handsome as Baoyu in terms of appearance, but this seven-foot man emphasizes high-spirited and energetic momentum, so why bother talking about face and appearance?
The older man of the Feng family was only two years older than Baoyu, but he looked as if he was four or five years older. In terms of how he treated people and his reputation outside, he was more than ten years older. Thinking of this, Jia Zheng felt more and more right in his heart.
This meeting was somewhat anticipated.
Seeing Feng Ziying so solemnly has two meanings.
Years ago, Jia Zheng went to visit his brother-in-law again. This time he went with his wife. Of course, they had separate conversations during the meeting.
Wang Ziteng is very busy right now, as you can tell just by the dozens of carriages lined up outside his residence, so Jia Zheng also knows that if it weren't for this kinship, he, an outsider from the Ministry of Industry, would not even be able to get in.
Can't.
But Wang Ziteng dedicated an hour to talk to Jia Zheng and talked a lot.
There are only two topics at the center, one is about Baoyu's study and the other is about her marriage. But in the final analysis, they are all related to one person, that is, the young man who is walking in.
Even without Wang Ziteng's introduction, Jia Zheng was aware of this grand gathering of lectures and discussions held by scholars from the north and south at Qingtan Academy.
Zhu Guozhen and Miao Changqi, two great scholars, together with Tang Binyin, a bachelor of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, Qi Yongtai, Guan Yingzhen, Wang Yongguang and others, were all the real top scholars of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was Jia Zheng himself.
I feel ashamed that I am not a serious scholar, after all, he has never even obtained the status of a serious scholar, but I still have great admiration for such great scholars.
Feng Ziying was also in the limelight at this event. Not only did she debate with Miao Changqi, but she also became a major figure in the event - she actually acted as the referee of the political competition.
Ordinary people don't understand the mystery of this. They all think that the debaters should be the most popular. But for people like Wang Ziteng, it is even more extraordinary to be able to actually sit on the arbitration seat.
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Look who is sitting side by side with Feng Ziying?
I won’t talk about Qi Yongtai and Wang Yongguang, they are incomparable, but what about the other two?
Han Jing and Yang Sichang!
Han Jing was Tang Binyin's favorite disciple, and Tang Binyin's handwriting of books and edicts amazed even the Supreme Emperor. Although he is now in the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, such talents will be re-employed sooner or later, and Han Jing is even more praised.
Tang Binyin Xu is a genius and a real strong contender for the Three Tripods in the Chunwei Palace Examination of Xia Ke.
Not to mention Yang Sichang, the head of the three great talents in the capital, both in terms of literary talent and understanding and judgment of government affairs, he was first-class, and he also aimed at the position of the top three in Chunwei of Xia Ke.
Feng Ziying can be ranked alongside them. If we think about the legendary debate between Yang Sichang and Feng Ziying in the Dahuguo Temple in the capital, people cannot help but seriously consider this Feng family man.
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If Jia Zheng had previously treated this matter with a cold-eyed attitude, even though his brother-in-law had specifically talked to him, he still didn't take Feng Ziying into his sight. After all, over the years, the Feng family, including Feng Tang,
He and Feng Ziying had already been deeply ingrained in his impression, and it was too difficult to break.
But now he had to weigh it carefully.
Why can the Feng family's elder son go to Qingtan Academy? Why can he study hard in the Imperial College, which is regarded as very unfavorable by everyone?
It is said that as early as when Feng Ziying was in Datong, the Feng family specially hired private school teachers to give lectures for him, and later he was able to study in the Imperial College and even Qingtan Academy.
To study at Qingtan Academy, you need a letter of recommendation from a famous scholar, and letters of recommendation from famous scholars are not something you can get just casually.
If someone wants to give you a letter of recommendation, they will definitely have to take a test. If you don’t have the slightest knowledge of classics and meanings, no one will be able to give you a letter of recommendation. Otherwise, if you fail the preliminary exam and the monthly exam, you will just come back disappointed.
That is a direct slap in the face of the recommender.
It is not that this kind of thing has never happened in Qingtan Academy. Although it is very rare, no celebrity or scholar would risk his face like this.
If Qiao Yingjia hadn't taken a fancy to Feng Ziying's talent in current policy theory, and thought about the fact that since Lin Ruhai promised to be his son-in-law, he would not get married unless he passed the Jinshi examination, he would have concluded that Feng Ziying at least had some background in classics.
, it is impossible for Qiao Yingjia to write this letter of recommendation.
The Feng family is not a scholarly family, let alone a heirloom of poetry and calligraphy. Feng Ziying is a real martial artist, but she can break this mold. Moreover, she is only two years older than Jia Baoyu. Baoyu's intellectual aptitude is also well-known in the family.
, so under such circumstances, Jia Zheng could not help but have some thoughts.