The Heart of the Red Chamber

When the yamen is sealed, it will be almost New Year's Eve. At Wang Ren's age, except that he is required to appear on the stage when worshiping the ancestors, the rest of the time, it is nothing more than saying a few nice words to the elders to make his private house become full.

After a thousand relatives had paid homage to him for several years, there were more than a dozen collars in Wang Ren's private property, and there were almost a hundred taels of gold and silver locks, all of which were of good quality. Some male elders always like to send some pens, ink, paper and inkstones, and even the Four and Five Classics, which enriches Wang Ren's small room.

After all the relatives have been there, it will be the teacher's turn next. Wang Ren's teacher is Chen Jingrong. The words came to the door.

"Master Ren is here!" Chen Zhong, the housekeeper of the Chen family, saw Wang Ren, with a smile on his face. Wang Ren always liked Chen Jingrong. Chen Jingrong had no offspring, and Chen Jingyi had two sons and a daughter in this life. The two sons were also released, and they were not in the capital for leisure. Therefore, Wang Ren, who was accepted by Chen Jingrong as a disciple, was no longer considered a person by the servants of the Chen family.

"Uncle Zhong, is the master in the residence?" Wang Ren asked.

Chen Zhong said with a smile: "Master Ren, the second master was still talking about you yesterday, and now the second master is in the room, this servant will take Master Ren there!"

"Then trouble Uncle Zhong!" Wang Ren said quickly.

"Young Master Ren is an evil slave! Young Master Ren, please!" Chen Zhong led Wang Ren all the way forward, and soon arrived at the room.

"Second Master, Master Ren is here!" Chen Zhong said outside the door.

"It's Ren'er, come in! Chen Zhong, go make tea!" Chen Jingrong's clear voice sounded.

Wang Ren tidied up his appearance a bit, then walked into the room, and kowtowed to Chen Jingrong: "Student Wang Ren has seen Mr., Mr. is well!"

Chen Jingrong was wearing a homely jade-colored brocade robe, his hair was only tied up with a green jade hairpin, and he did not wear a crown. He looked at Wang Ren: "Okay, you boy, get up!"

Wang Ren got up very quickly, and said with a playful smile: "Sir, the students came to pay you New Year's greetings, why don't you give us New Year's money!"

Chen Jingrong knocked Wang Ren on the head casually, and scolded with a smile: "You narrow-minded brat, what do you expect for New Year's greetings to Mr. Wang so late? It's a good idea!" No, just say so, or He ordered someone to take the purse that he had prepared a long time ago, and stuffed it into Wang Ren's hand.

Wang Ren took the purse and said with a smile: "As soon as the students are free, they come to pay New Year's greetings to the master. It's too late! Besides, the husband is an elder, so the so-called teacher for one day is a father for the rest of his life. Giving students lucky money is just right. It means love!"

Chen Jingrong was amused by Wang Ren. He was almost a loner all his life. Although Chen Jingyi had two sons and a daughter, when he was at home, he was more than respectful and not close enough to his second uncle. I wanted one of my adoptive elder brother's children to retire in retirement, but as a result, my two nephews rarely saw him, and they often retreated. He never cared about the so-called reputation of restraining his wife and children, but others would not care less, even his own nephew My son is also scared away, what can I do!

Now that there is a student like Wang Ren, he is not afraid of him at all, but rather close to him. His heart is not hardened, so he is naturally more tolerant towards this student, and he has added seven or eight points of sincerity. He was treated as his own nephew, not just a student.

At this time, Chen Zhong brought his maid over to bring tea, and he was very pleased to see Chen Jingrong's expression happy. He was an old servant of the Chen family, ten years older than Chen Jingyi, and he almost watched Chen Jingrong grow up. Chen Jingrong was young. When he was hit hard, even his close relatives had doubts about him. At that time, his wife even urged the master to separate from the second master, so as not to burden the eldest family. Fortunately, the master and the second master have a deep brotherhood and never listened to his wife's wishes. Well, the matter of family separation is nothing to worry about, but the second master is such a smart person, why doesn't he know it well, it's just that he can't say much about it.Although the second master said that he was still unrestrained and composed on the surface, in fact, only his family members knew about his inner sufferings.Now that Wang Ren can coax the second master into a smile, if Wang Ren is not also the only son of the Wang family, Chen Zhong would have to ask Chen Jingrong to accept Wang Ren as his heir.

Chen Zhong waited until the maids put down the teacups and snacks, and withdrew without saying much. After going out, he ordered the kitchen to add some dishes that Wang Ren liked to eat today, and then left happily.

"Unexpectedly, you kid made Chen Zhong like you!" Chen Jingrong naturally laughed when he heard what Chen Zhong said outside.

"Uncle Zhong loves the students because of the teacher's sake!" Wang Ren said with a smile.

Chen Jingrong smiled, changed the subject and said, "Try this tea, how is it different from usual?"

Wang Ren was quite depressed. What's the matter? He had never done much research on tea. In his previous life, he drank Longjing, Biluochun, Maojian, Dahongpao and other famous teas, but he didn't notice any difference. I have spent my whole life studying ancient Chinese, but I still have to study the tea ceremony?However, since Chen Jingrong said it, he had to try it, so he picked up the teacup and took a sip, but there was still no difference, and he couldn't help but grimaced, and said: "Mr. is really embarrassing the student. The student is only now No matter how old you are, the family is not very elegant, how can you taste the difference!"

Chen Jingrong laughed: "Ren'er, you are honest. If it were someone else, I'm afraid even if it was to please me, you would have to talk about good water and tea, but you couldn't tell why. It's really ridiculous!"

Wang Ren put down his teacup, and said with a smile: "Then sir, in order not to make the students laugh at me in the future, just give me some pointers!"

Chen Jingrong picked up the teacup, took a sip, his face showed a bit of intoxication, after pondering it for a while, he said: "This tea is actually nothing unusual, it is nothing more than high-quality purple bamboo shoots, but this water is In winter, the snow water collected from the white plum blossoms, this kind of rootless water, can make the tea taste extremely frivolous. For people like us, the tea is naturally not bad, but the water has to be quite In order to pay attention to some, the most common ones are naturally spring water and rainwater, and the most special ones are dew water, snow water, bamboo heart water in bamboo joints..."

Wang Ren was a little depressed when he heard that, it doesn't matter if it rains or something. The reason why there are clouds and rain in the sky today is nothing more than water vapor combined with some dust to condense. This so-called spring water is different from the mineral water that later generations drink. Presumably there is no difference. It is not a common trouble to collect other dew and snow water. It is really troublesome to spend a lot of effort for a cup of tea that you don’t know whether you can drink or not. However, these words But I can't tell Chen Jingrong, he just showed interest and said: "If you are free, sir, you can talk to the students slowly when you are free, and the students will also be arty when they come back, and ask the servants at home to collect more good water. When the time comes, please taste it, sir!"

Chen Jingrong nodded: "A child can be taught. Turn around, I will also taste your filial piety, sir! However, it is useless to just flatter me, sir. I haven't seen you for a few days, and I don't know how warm you are at home. Now If you have time, I want to test you well!"

Wang Ren nodded and said: "Didn't the master say that if you don't read for a day, you will look disgusting. How dare students relax. If students don't care about their studies, what face would they have to come here to pay New Year's greetings to sir!"

"It's useless to talk about it. If you don't study well, sir, he doesn't care what the Chinese New Year is, and he will definitely beat you!" Chen Jingrong said with a serious face on purpose.

Wang Ren was quite confident: "Sir, just take the exam!"

Chen Jingrong was having a question and answer with Wang Ren, and when things were getting better, Chen Zhong's voice came from outside again: "Second Master, Mr. Li is here, and he said he wants to give you a New Year's greeting, Second Master!"

Chen Jingrong frowned slightly, but still waved his hand and said, "Let him in!"