Clam Pearl

The next day, Gu Zhao got up early, tidied up a bit and went to the temporary account room. Unexpectedly, Yuanxiu was a hardworking person, and the beads on the abacus had already rang together.I don't know where to count, but the door is sealed.

"I just said, there are hardworking people here, so why get up so early." Gu Maobing looked over there, turned to leave.

Gu Zhao was about to call him, but when he didn't want to, he saw his two elder brothers, one of them was wearing a court robe, and someone had moved a bench, and they were sitting under the porch over there with a stove in their hands, waiting to be called.

This matter is messy, nonsense!

Gu Zhao hurried over, and the wooden clogs that he hadn't replaced in time left a series of crisp sounds on the green stone path.There is also a string behind them, some are holding boots, some are holding a stool, some are holding a stove, a foot stove, and some are holding robes.

"Hey, slow down, it's early in the morning, we can fly, look at you without socks, bare feet will commit another crime tomorrow!" Gu Yan remarked.

In fact, Gu Yan and the others are messing around, a king is a king, no matter what Yuanxiu is, he is also the seed of the emperor, Gu Zhao is a junior of Yuanxiu, even if he covers it up, he doesn't care, but he doesn't know, he This is the normal attitude of the old brothers.

Gu Zhaoren ran over, and understood in his heart, he was full of inappropriate complaints, and he insisted on swallowing, which was a bit embarrassing.This person, the farther away he is from the emperor, the more awe he feels in his heart. Gu Laoer pays attention to this very much.

Think about it, along the way, the sky belongs to Ah Run, the land belongs to Ah Run, and the people belong to Ah Run. After walking for several months, I still haven’t found the palm of Ah Run’s hand. , but he was also a little proud in his heart. Because of that, it's... that's up to him, right?

"What time is it! Thanks to me, I feel at ease. Your Highness is serving you, yes! You are later than us! I thought it would be okay for us to be late, but take a look, the door is closed over there!" Gu Shan complained, stretched out his hand and grabbed a pair of new socks, rubbed them in his hands, and put them on the stove to carry them on his back.

How stupid Gu Yan is now, he has never been able to see this, but he is very responsible, telling people to serve Gu Zhao quickly and replace him with thick ones.

"Did you eat well? Anyway, it's too late. When I plead guilty later, I will say that you are unwell and that you are not acclimatized. You should simply ask for leave..."

Gu Shan quickly stopped the old brother's bad idea: "Hey! Hey! What big brother said, I said that he is lazy now, and you are used to it. If you are not so used to it, you are harming him! I wonder Well, why is Lao Qi like this? But I don’t think you gave him this lazy bone, yesterday I blamed myself..."

Just as they were making noise, a white-faced and round-faced eunuch came out from the other end, in his early thirties, shrewd and shrewd all over his body, this eunuch stuck out with his hands in his sleeves.That's right, it's Dian'er. The weather this year is like this. There is a thin layer of snow on the ground early in the morning, and it's all on the other side of the river that falls happily.

He couldn't walk well without bumping, and the eunuch didn't dare to take it all the way, so he saluted sincerely and said: "Greetings to the three elders, it's cold today, and it's snowing again. , why not go inside the house!"

Gu Shan greeted him and took out the prepared bag from his sleeve and handed it over, "Elder-in-law has worked hard. It's so cold that it's not easy to go on a business trip, but Your Highness has something to say?"

Gu Yan and Gu Zhao looked at each other, they were not used to such handwriting.I met them in Beijing, the two brothers met occasionally, and huddled together to sneer, but I didn't want to see them in my own family today, how fresh it is.

Where does this father-in-law dare to accept, and the attitude of rejection is like a bag of arsenic.See where you backed down, Gu Zhao glared behind me, and the eunuch took it back and put it in his sleeve tremblingly.

Gu Yan followed his gaze and looked back, Gu Zhao hurriedly raised his face to look at Tian'er: "Oh, the weather is cloudy, maybe we have to go down, father-in-law is working hard."

"No hard work, no hard work! No hard work!" The father-in-law took the bag and said with an extremely good attitude: "Your Highness has risen at the last moment, and the door has been sealed at the other end, and no one can get in. Sun (Sun Xi) said greatly, His Highness left a message saying that the father-in-laws have not been reunited for many years, if they sit together as a family again, the right way is to have a good reunion, and he will not disturb, there is a difference." After saying that, When the eunuch left, he didn't dare to stand up, as if he was running for his life.

After the door was closed again, Gu Shan turned back with a smile and said: "A few years ago, Li Muzhai and I went to His Highness Sishui's side to wait for the call, and we just gave this number to get a good look." He compared five fingers: " Hey, a handful of three goldfish is fresh today, His Royal Highness King Yan is really good..."

A group of slaves stepped forward to pull down their big robes, jade belts, and boots on the porch, and changed into homely robes, Gu Shan was rambling.

"A small goldfish is on our side, so to speak, it needs a hundred acres of fertile land. Now the land is worthless, and there is no one to plant it. This is still northern Xinjiang. No wonder your majesty is anxious, and our ministers are also anxious. Oh, there are all kinds of land. Lack of people...Speaking of which, when we were young...I remember...Brother! Then one acre of good land would cost seventeen or eight hundred, right?"

Gu Yan tugged at his big sleeves, thought for a long time and shook his head, "I don't remember, how do I remember this? I just remember... When I bought a new grave for my family, your sister-in-law had a set of jewelry inlaid with butterfly treasures, and she gave it to her. I dare not accept it, but insist on not selling our land..."

Gu Shan suddenly felt embarrassed, he was a little mean, the husband and wife were narrow-minded, Pei's hiding the dowry at that time, it was the couple's little selfishness.So he said: "There is nothing good in the old temple, and there are no good people in front of them, and this generation is even more blind! People can destroy everything, but their hearts can't be broken..."

Gu Yan is so stupid, there are three bends in his stomach.

On the contrary, Gu Zhao squinted to see some eyebrows, lowered his head and smiled, changed into thick-soled boots, and walked out following the pace of the two older brothers.

Originally, this garden could be entered from the side, but it was a pity that there were distinguished guests, so the gate was sealed, and one could only walk around from the gate to the main gate of the Hou Mansion.

The northern border is well managed by Gu Shan, at least there are good houses near his home, and the streets are full of top-notch blue bricks and glazed tiles.

Gossiping all the way into Dehou's mansion, Gu Shan didn't take the two brothers to the main house, but went around the courtyard wall and got into the family's warm sedan chair with them. A group of people carried them for a long time, and went around to the back street, faintly whispering. Suddenly there was a sound of a boy reading aloud, and the brothers got out of the sedan chair. When they came out, Gu Maobing also followed Gu Shan's eldest son, Maodao. Holding the sedan chair, he ran along.

"This is our family's family education. Tong Xianxie, who wrote "Three Styles of Jingli", was invited. Mr. Xie Gu taught it here. I went to Longshan to invite him after seven or eight trips. "

Gu Laoer's family has always paid attention to these things, such as great scholars, famous scholars, and masters.

Gu Maobing came to the door, but didn't go in. He just sat down under the peach tree at the gate and said, "I'm not going. It's boring to see the prosperity of other people's children and grandchildren."

This person's words are so boring, and Gu Maodao is also very boring. Also, his fourth uncle's family is only a few people now, and the fourth and seventh householders in the family are thin.I don't know what the old man is thinking, isn't this poking a lung tube!

"Forget it, my brother won't go, my brother will stay here with me." Gu Maodao smiled and didn't care, but he didn't sit on the ground, he asked someone to carry a stool.

Gu Zhao looked back, and it took him a long time to smile and walk to the homeschool with his brothers.

Gu Shan introduced earlier: "...Mr. Ergu just had bad luck. He came from a poor family. Seven, he is related to your family, you are older than him, his teacher is your uncle's disciple and grandson, and your grandma's family is a great Confucianist of the Legal School, a pioneer of the Law School..."

Gu Zhao just laughed: "I don't know about this... Don't mention it when I go in later, what does his family have to do with ours?" That's because I really don't know.

Gu Yan was immediately happy: "That's it, it has nothing to do with our family, don't mention it!"

Gu Shan's face was full of regret!He looked at him with hatred for iron and steel: "You, don't walk on a good road, and you don't know what to do all day long? Look at Mr. Ergu, he was quite famous in the past, saying When I got up, I was enlightened when I was young, I was knowledgeable when I was young, I was filial when I was young, and I have a high-quality character. Now that the world is in peace, it is still valuable to study! Is it true that you don’t want to go on the road, do you have to climb a tree?"

"Tell us this, we two savages, don't understand!" Gu Yan couldn't get used to it, and interrupted indifferently.

Gu Zhao suddenly became beautiful, and walked over to support his brother, the showoff behind him, who loves so and so.Still studying?how old are you?

Gu Shan stomped his feet, and then laughed and cursed for a long time: "The big ones don't look like big ones, and the small ones don't look respectful, it's shameful, just get used to it! It's not that I'm thinking about you..."

Gu Yan turned his face and glared at him, and Gu Shan turned his head: "Oh, why don't you clean up here, look at the ground, the student slipped and fell in a while! Someone, hurry up and clean up..."

Isn't it right?These two people have been huddling together for the past two days. Didn't Boss Gu look down on Gu Shan a few days ago?Now there are quite a few embarrassing fetuses!The boss can't hide things, Gu Zhao squinted at them: "Are the two brothers getting close these few days?"

Gu Shan hurriedly said: "That is, a brother of the same blood!"

"That's right, that's right!" Gu Yan hurriedly pointed to these rows of houses: "This house is good. It faces south. It's a copy of Jingshan Academy, right?"

Yo, this is the experience, Gu Shan hurried forward and took them to continue the tour.

"It was built just like the one over there. You can see that it is a thatched roof with seven layers of scorpion grass on it, and thick boards on the bottom. It is much warmer than our side!"

Three or five rows of houses, a small courtyard of half an acre, with peaches and plums planted in the front and back of the house, the style of the houses are all wooden with thatched roofs, the ground is a bit higher, covered with double-city planks, and the wooden floors are wiped clean , the door leaves are push-pull style.

From a distance, the students are kneeling and studying, with a long table in front of them, and a small pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table. The students are all dressed in simple and elegant green cotton gowns.

This rule also belongs to Jingshan.

Gu Zhao was a little embarrassed, and complained about his second brother: "Brother, I'm so boring. If I said I came to see the younger generation, I'd better prepare some gifts for the meeting. I don't know whose family this unarmed man belongs to."

"You don't care whose family he belongs to. He has many relatives. Your second brother is thinking too much. He just wished he could be a little closer. If he was smart, he would catch him and raise him..."

Gu Shan couldn't see them making sarcastic remarks: "I raised mine! You lived yours! Are you brave enough to say it? Look at how many people are in our family now? You go out and find out! In any family, there are hundreds of relatives from five generations living in the house. Together, that’s a small family! How many people are left in our family now? Are there many people at the old temple and at the old house? We don’t like to associate with them. Look at yourself, your eyebrows and beard are white Whoops, you turned around and left, Maode, how many helpers are there around Maochang and the others? Let’s fight upwards, without even a head and a face!”

Gu Yan fell silent. He is the hereditary Duke of Ping, so what is the need for a war of words?After another ten or a hundred generations of the family, he will also be the Duke of the State, the orthodox bloodline of the six-star protector of the emperor. Gu Zhao does not have such glory. Seeing that the face is alive, the above can't give more positions.He can control the next generation, the next generation, who knows what will happen next?Just like with the old temple, the first five generations were all born in the same mother's womb, what about now?It is better than the enemy!

The flowers here were created by him, Gu Zhao, and Gu Maobing. In the end, it only enriched his family. The Gu family is like this now, and it can't be sealed anymore. Indeed it is gone.

Gu Shan looked like this because he was thinking about the whole family of scholars, but it was not wrong, it is always right to read wisely.

Feeling ashamed, Gu Yan had no choice but to point to the general trend of the yard to praise, and dryly say something nice.

Gu Zhao knew what he was thinking, so he just stood there laughing, and he did his best to take care of this. He has no descendants, and he doesn't want them, so he doesn't have the clan consciousness of these two people.

He took a few steps, took off his boots and entered the couch of the school room. There were seven or eight rows of padded shoes from big to small neatly arranged under the couch, all of which were covered with black flannelette. , new and old, some patched, some scruffy children, black gleams on the insoles.

Taking a glance, Gu Zhao smiled.

Inside the house, the sound of reading books makes people feel happy. Looking sideways from the window, this is a kindergarten class, all four or five-year-old milk dolls, and an old gentleman is carrying enlightenment books, one by one. Bupa's little head shook his head and looked very unhappy.

What is out of place is that there are piles of women and servants sitting on the porch with their cloaks in their arms, stoves in their hands, and food boxes under the door. Does that become Jingshan Academy?

No matter how much he doesn't like Gu's second child, Gu Zhao rarely sees these children, are they all from his family?But it is really possible, how many little tadpoles need to struggle in this pile, pile of piles.

The gentleman in that room also saw Gu Zhao, but he didn't move, and he was still teaching there. I think this is the rule here, no matter who you are, you can't disturb the students in class.

Gu Yan and Gu Shan got on the couch, stepped on the straw mats and looked at the door for a while. After a while, an old gentleman came over and greeted them quietly to the tea house on the other side.

Entering the tea house, the three of them started talking loudly.

Gu Zhao looked at this gentleman up and down. He was five or sixty years old, with a face full of hardships in life and a beard full of bitter stories.

This is Mr. Yugu.

The other party was a gentleman, so they saluted respectfully. The other party hurriedly said that they didn't dare, they clasped their fists in front of their chests to return the salute, but they didn't bow their heads.

Sure enough, it is the valley.

Gu Zhao saw that he was a celebrity, so he was a little lofty, shaking off his whole body with the demeanor of a mountain in his stomach, not to mention, the master of Jinshan could show it off.Whether it is walking or walking, they all walk in the cool and unrestrained style of high mountains and rivers, which is more valuable than Jin Shanzhu's wretched demeanor that demands money and tough face.

"It's a coincidence that the She Wengs have come here. The cook has made a good food supplement. Why don't you try it?"

Gu Zhao rubbed his stomach and said, "No matter what, I got up early and got a bowl of Qi-enhancing food, and I didn't even lose a single rice, so bring some more."

Mr. Ergu smiled and nodded to an old servant serving at the door.The old servant turned around and went away. After a while, he brought a small stove into the room, took charcoal and led it to add some warmth to the room.

This is not enough, Gu Zhao is afraid of the cold, as soon as he sat down, he felt a chill running down his spine, he hadn't knelt down for many years!His temper was more patient, and he didn't move, but his brother couldn't stand it. Soon, someone brought two furnaces of charcoal fire, one with the emblem of Guzhao County Government, one from Gu Shan, and the other by the gate. Gu Maobing robbed and roasted at the gate of the courtyard.

Two large pots of charcoal keep the room warm and comfortable. Looking out along the door of the room, there is a peach tree covered with half-leaf snow and half a small yard.A gust of cold wind blows, and the residual snow flies away, which is also a good sight in winter.

After a while, a college student brought a middle school student into the room spraying a small table with both hands, and an elder put one in front of him.

Gu Zhao smelled the aroma and looked, but there were four dishes and a bowl of hot soup.

The food is all placed in black porcelain vessels. The soup is hot rice soup. There are four plates, one plate of radish sticks, one plate of vegetable leaves, one plate of pickled broad beans, all of which are pickled in cold salad, and the remaining plate is There are three white flour cakes.

Seeing that his elder brother took a sip of the rice soup to appetize, Gu Zhao also picked it up and took a sip. He felt very uncomfortable, so he sighed, picked up the noodle cake and tore it open to eat, only to see the hot, steaming candy heart.

"This is good, I haven't eaten it for many years." Gu Zhao praised.

"It's rough food, so it's fine there? These kids get up too early, but our family is fine. There are always things that don't go well with the relatives, so they treat the supplementary food as a main meal, and there will be more solid things when they come and go. Those little bastards One can eat, even if it is a cousin, it is still a relative, whoever it is, it is also our family's, isn't it, where to read it when you are hungry? No, discuss it with your sister-in-law, and our family will learn from it In a month, there are fifty guan of supplementary food like this, and this is still using the prospects of a villager..."

Hearing this, Mr. Ergu laughed: "The words of She Weng are over. They have two full meals of supplementary food in the morning and evening, and they still have to eat at home. It seems that the days of gods are like this. A certain young man Yes, my mother went to Fu from spring shuttle to winter, and the remaining half of the clothes were handed over to Shu Xiu, and there was a full meal a day, it was the harvest festival..." As he was talking, he suddenly remembered something , then said to Gu Yan.

"Old Duke, students have something to entrust to them."

Gu Yan smiled and said, "Go ahead, sir."

Mr. Gu Gu was a little shy, thinking that this person had a strong temper, and he came to the Hou's family to study with a stomach full of beauty, and there was a reason for that.

"It's nothing, just say it, sir."

Now the Gu family, apart from the royal affairs, there are very few things that can't be done in this big country, so Gu Yan told him to just say it.

"So, let's just say that when I was young, my family was poor and I came from a poor family, so I didn't have many close friends under my studies..." Mr. Ergu rambled, picked up the earthen pot, took water, and put it on the small stove cooking.

The water vapor in the room was slowly rising, and Mr. Ergu's unhurried voice came.

It's the same for those who study law. There is more character in their temperament, even if they say something touching, they will come out of their mouths in a straightforward manner without wind or waves.

"...From home to Jingshan Academy, the official road of five hundred miles takes ten days. When I return home in March, when I leave home, my mother makes fifteen steamed pancakes with fifty coins and a piece of coarse cloth. She calculated that it would be enough for me to eat until I went to school, but she didn't know that at that time, a certain person was growing up, and fifteen steamed pancakes were finished in less than seven or eight days, so she had no choice but to buy and eat along the way."

In the previous dynasty, cloth and silk could be counted as money, and a piece of rough cloth was about a hundred and ten dollars.

"...When I came to the school, I spent all my money on my body. Only a piece of rough cloth was handed over to the school as food money. The school only took care of one meal a day, and I couldn't get enough to eat. Fortunately, the seniors in the school at that time had a lot of respect for a certain party. Take care, without them, I would have starved to death a long time ago, so I wouldn’t have starved to death. I’m afraid I can still only be a farmer. Where is there such a good life to study?

When I was young for six years in the book club, Xuehai ate and lived with his seniors, but he didn’t want to... In the past and present, there have been two wars in 50 years, one lost Brother Liao, and the other lost Brother Feng. The old man has a wide range of people and knows The noble people in the world will help the students to ask casually, looking for my two elder brothers. The students are 57 this year. It’s no big deal to throw this old bone in northern Xinjiang. I just want to see my childhood friend before I die. That’s fine. But my wish is to die without regret. "

Gu Yan was overjoyed immediately. Seeing that Mr. Ergu was going to salute again, he hurriedly helped him up and said, "What's the matter? Don't dare to be too polite, sir. You are a preacher and teacher. I'm a rough person, so let's get over it. It's over! Get up quickly, and write down the name and ancestral home in a while. What did I think it was? It turned out to be this! It couldn't be a trivial matter. Coincidentally, my boy is in charge of some trivial matters in Zhiyuan, that is, You are a scholar, did you pass the official examination back then?"

Mr. Er Gu hurriedly said: "Yes, there are, they were rated on the same day, I was second class, brother Liao was third class, brother Feng was first class back then, sir gave the number."

Gu Yan patted his legs and said: "That's it, there must be a registration book, we will go to Beijing's house in the next day, and we will look for it with my husband, and we will be done with a raise of your hand. Look at you, this big gift is a small gift, Don't dare to do this! You are a friendly person, and that's what I value!"

Mr. Ergu suddenly laughed, and said a little ashamedly: "I don't dare to expire my old man, but... But it's not. Although there are some old friendships to talk about, but there are also selfish things. Back then... my daughter and Brother Feng's youngest son were married. Dear... now..." He was a little anxious: "now the little girl is 22..."

Whoops, this is really a big deal, everyone felt a little sympathetic, and was persuading, suddenly there was a sound of stingy paper from outside the house, and when I looked up, it was a little boy, half-covered and half-exposed, with a big head propped up , this child is four or five years old, with a milky smell all over his body, big eyes gurgling, pouting, thinking that he stood there for a long time, no one paid attention to him, so he was a little anxious, the elder didn't call He, he can only scratch the paper door to make some noise.

"Ouch! Ouch!" Gu Shan laughed suddenly, bursting out from his body with a holy love, the usual philistines are gone, fame and fortune have turned into clouds, everything outside of him has faded away, and he doesn't pretend anymore , I stopped holding it, and the whole person became extremely childish.

He stood up, ran to the door, bent down, picked up the little doll, kissed him a few times, and said: "Oh! My broken earthen pot, why are you so ugly, so stupid, ouch, Oops! It’s my turn, your grandmother is not here, it’s my turn... Oops, lost weight..."

While chattering, he carried the little baby into the house, and without kneeling down, he wrapped his legs cross-legged in his bosom, raised his two hands and said: "Greetings to Mr., Grandpa, Mrs. Seven Greetings, Grandpa!"

The little boy struggled a few times, stood up, held up a pair of fat paws, and performed a fairly upright etiquette, rolled into a ball, first worshiped the husband, then the eldest grandpa, and the seventh grandpa.This child is beautiful and delicate, with white skin and a shrewd body.

Gu Yan looked at Rare and asked, "Whose ugly child are you?"

The little guy was taken aback, he was young and didn't know whose family he belonged to, so he turned to look at his great-grandpa.

Gu Shan hugged him and said, "You haven't seen him before. He had a stomach ache a few days ago and avoided people at home. This is the grandson of Maodao's family. He is too ugly and stupid, very...not clever... …Don’t dare to have a big name, call it a crock.”

Nowadays, there are particulars, and I dare not say it is too good. The better the Jinsun, the less you can praise it, and you can only say it the other way around, just like Gu Zhao's family called him "Panzi" or "Pen Geer" for nine years.

Gu Zhao is used to this.

People's hearts are all biased, just like the old man was biased towards Gu Zhao back then, Gu Shan was very rare about this broken earthen jar in his house, so rare, so when the child came, he started to show off.

"Based on how happy the two of you are at home, you've seen such crooked children before. Look at this, have you seen such good earlobes? Five..."

He opened the veil to show them the spinners, and then used his thick hands to tie the child's hair. This job seems to be done often, and he looks very skilled.

While tidying up, he chattered to Gu Zhao: "Lao Qi, it's not that the second brother said you, who cares about you in this life? Let's not mention the upper three realms and the lower three realms, hey! What are we trying to figure out? Meat! With the gold mountains and silver seas of your county government, do you have this in your family?"

He raised his own earthen jar, poked his head under the little guy's buttocks and smelled it: "It smells so good!"

Wa Gu giggled, covering his little butt to hide.

Gu Shan couldn't see anything anymore, he could only see his own lump of meat. He smelled it up and down, touched his back with his hand, and opened it to check the thickness of his clothes.

"Your mother is so cruel, you are only so old, don't come tomorrow, it's cold today."

Crock still giggled: "I want to come! I definitely want to come. There are no children in the house. They are all here. There are all children here!"

"You have the nerve to call me a child, you little...silly child!"

Gu Zhao chuckled: "I'm only too old, and I haven't played enough, and besides... I can't stand this!"

Gu Yan curled his lips: "Hey! That's because you don't have it. If you have it, you will know the benefits. It's not so good..."

Gu Shan nodded, and stretched out his hand to take off the white cloth socks on the crock's feet. No matter how old the child was this year, he just kissed the child's feet several times, biting each toe.After biting, he raised his head and asked Gu Zhao: "This is a good thing, do you want to bite?"

Gu Zhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and rolled his eyes: "You don't think it's embarrassing!"