Embracing the ancient times with roses

Lixiu and Lixiu stood at the bow of the boat in a poetic way, admiring the clear pond in the rain. On an official ship next to them, on the window of the cabin, stood two men, one of whom had just recited ancient poems to the children to Lixiu At that time, the scholar who commented, and several of their friends came to Qingtang by boat from Chenzhou this time. They thought they were romantic and elegant, and they couldn't help being interested in Lixiu's poems, so they wanted to see who they were To be able to make such a good work, I asked people to investigate beside the boat, and the report I got was that a brother made it impromptu for some children.

Several people came over to see what kind of brother he was, but the curtains on the boat were covered, and they couldn't see anything. They couldn't help feeling sorry, so they went back to drink and write poems, and the other two waited there.

I didn't expect the weather to be rainy, and when the two of them were feeling sorry, they didn't expect that person to come out with an umbrella, and at the same time, there was another person behind him. From the way the two interacted, they knew they were partners, so they couldn't help it Sigh, what a match made in heaven, especially the man's demeanor, at first sight he must not be a person from an ordinary family, how should I put it, that is, the kind that no one dares to regard him as a transparent person.

And that guy, no matter how he dresses or looks, he is very casual, unlike the little guys who are around now, he doesn't have any makeup or pretentiousness, and he is comfortable without looking at his appearance. . . . . .

Where Lixiu and his wife didn't know that he and Da Zhuang were being watched like this, they stood at the bow of the boat for a while and then went back to the cabin. After eating some grilled fish, they discussed with a few people that they should go back if they had nothing to do. They also saw the lotus anyway. , I also accidentally saw the clear pond in the drizzle, which is very good.

As for the two people on the opposite side, seeing the painting boat slowly going away, they glanced at each other and said, "Brother Zijun, let's go for a drink."

The other person smiled and said: "Okay, brother Qingyang, please." So the two turned around and went into the cabin, and went drinking. When they were in Qingtang, these two people had seen them.

Li Xiu and his wife didn't know about these things at all, they went back to the mansion happily, and then played with the children in the mansion without going anywhere, just waiting for the announcement.

When it was time to release the results, Da Zhuang got up early this morning, and went to the entrance of the Imperial Examination Institute with Chu Er, and waited there, wanting to know how the children's grades were. They were earlier than them, so they didn't push forward and waited in the carriage.

When the time was up, the gate of the Imperial Examination Institute was opened, and a servant came out, pasted the big red paper on the wall, and then took out a gong and knocked it, which meant to be quiet, and everyone immediately shut up and waited. The yamen servant passed on the word, and he heard the yamen servant say: "Shangyu, in the year 320 of the Tianyao Dynasty, a total of 430 and five children from Qingcheng Prefecture took the scientific examination, and 150 of them were successful..." Balabala began to read name.

The name started to be read backwards, and Da Zhuang’s heart was still in suspense. When he finally read No.3, his nervous hands were sweating. Thinking over his head that his youngest son had won the case, it was not bad, but that was No. 1, so he hurried home and reported the letter.

When he arrived home, just in time for the government office to report the letter, he immediately rewarded the office officer with silver without saying a word, and then asked his servants to start setting off firecrackers. Hearing the order, he immediately started to fire the cannon, and it crackled for a long time.

Look at our little friend Tong Rui standing there. Today he and Tong Xiaobao both changed into red long gowns. They said that the long gowns passed their knees. This was specially ordered by Lixiu, and they didn’t dare to do too much Long, afraid that the two of them would fall when they ran.

The two children stood in the lobby, and Li Xiu looked relieved. The two children in his family are really good, which made him face as a father. Da Zhuang was so happy that he immediately sent a letter to Chu Batian and Yin Bai to know , In addition, I also rewarded the servants. The big guy happily congratulated the two young masters for getting the middle school exam. The only thing that was not happy was that Chu Jun met the kid, because this time his second brother was better than his elder brother, and he couldn't bear it. I can't help thinking, the second brother is still better than the eldest brother, should I comfort the eldest brother?

Thinking of this, he quietly walked to Tong Xiaobao's side, handed him a piece of candy and said, "Brother here."

Tong Xiaobao was reflecting on his younger brother who failed the test this time, when he saw the little friend Chu Junyu come to him and handed him the candy in his hand: "Eat it, brother, I didn't pass the second brother this time. Shi Yuer cheers for brother."

When Tong Xiaobao saw such an obedient younger brother, he couldn't help laughing, patted his head and said, "Yu'er is good, brother will work hard in the future, let Yu'er be disappointed this time."

Chu Junyu didn't know the specific meaning of Tong Xiaobao's words, but said: "The eldest brother is very good, and the second brother is also very good. Although he sometimes quarrels with Yu'er, when someone bullies Yu'er, the second brother will be the first to help , Yu'er doesn't hate Second Brother either."

Lixiu was listening to the two children talking there, with a smile on his face, this is his child, sensible, although sometimes there will be a little friction, but the specifics are good, especially Tong Xiaobao is now dressed as a scholar , the temperament of the whole person has also changed a lot. It is no longer as lively as when he was a child, but more and more calm. I don't know who the child's temper is with. Maybe he is like his biological father? I don't know this Is the child's biological father there? If you have time, should you inquire about it? Or if you can't see your child alive, what a pity it might be!I am a father, if my child is lost, I think his life will be worse than death!

Li Xiu was thinking wildly over there, and Da Zhuang was busy there. After the person who just announced the good news left, Da Zhuang thought that nothing happened, and their family didn't live in Fucheng. It's closed, who would have thought that the magistrate came over with a congratulatory gift, and he had seen Chao Qian before, and he had been to the mansion not long ago.So Da Zhuang didn't dare to neglect, after all, the two children will go to the imperial examination to pursue official careers in the future.

Chao Qian was very polite. No matter what he said, although the younger brother of the King of Chu was not knighted, he was the younger brother of the King of Chu. If you don’t look at their family, you have to look at the King of Chu, so it is very polite. During the conversation between the two, Chao Qian also said euphemistically that he was promoted this time thanks to the method of their brother Xiu, otherwise he would not have been promoted. He was also present during the exam.

Da Zhuang listened to it, and it turned out that the two children were able to win thanks to Chao Qian. Is this to repay the favor?So he immediately called the two children: "Come on, hurry up and salute Mr. Fu Yin, thank you for his support."

As soon as the two children heard this, they immediately walked over and gave a junior salute to Chao Qian, "Thank you, sir, please be respected by the students."

Chao Qian immediately stood up and gave a little support and said, "Hurry up and forgive me, forgive me."

Don't underestimate Tong Rui, he is very clever. He stood up immediately, and then immediately ordered his servants, "Hurry up to Shun Xin Lou to order a table of the best food and drink. Uncle Chao is going to have dinner at the mansion today, and hurry up and bring my uncle The jar of good wine that was brought last time is also brought up, let my father accompany Uncle Chao to have a drink or two."

Chao Qian looked at Tong Rui's young age, he was very agile and decent, so he nodded and said: "The future of the second son is limitless."

When Da Zhuang heard that Chao Qian praised his child, he was happy, but on the surface he pretended to be modest and said: "My lord, it's absurd. This child has an active temper. Please don't laugh at me, my lord."

Chao Qian stroked his short beard there, and said, "It's okay, I don't think the two young masters will be in the pool in the future, especially the second young master."

Da Zhuang is slandering in his heart, so it’s up to you to say, my son is of course not a dragon and phoenix, just because the auspiciousness came from the sky when he was born, is this something that ordinary people can do, but because he is a little older than before, his temper is getting worse Calmly, he said: "The two children hope that adults will support them more in the future." After finishing speaking, he took a box that Li Xiu asked someone to bring over, and handed it to Chao Qian as a gift to thank Chao Qian.

Chao Qian didn't postpone it either, so he asked someone to take him in, and then called the two children, and took some tests on the children's poems. The two brothers answered very well. Chao Qian especially liked Tong Rui. What he said can be reproduced very accurately, and his memory is very good.

As for the older one, he was mature at a young age, modest and stable. Chao Qian also liked this child very much, so he asked with a smile, "Tong Yao, how old are you this year?"

Tong Xiaobao clasped his fists and said, "My lord, Tong Yao is ten years old this year."

"Is there an engagement?"

"Returning to my lord, Tong Yao is too young to be engaged."

When Da Zhuang heard it, did he want Tong Xiaobao to protect the media?He hastily stopped him and said, "Master Chao, to tell you the truth, the child is too young for the sake of the child's ability to take the imperial examination, so we cannot be engaged to him. Fu Lang, don't worry."

When Chao Qian heard this, he blocked his words, and he was not a matchmaker, so he stopped talking. Just in time for the wine and food at Shun Xin Lou, he had a meal with Da Zhuang and the two children. , After eating until after noon, the host and guest had a good time, and then we took our leave.

Seeing that Chao moved away and Da Zhuang was sleepy with the two children, he took them back to the inner courtyard, and when he entered the inner courtyard, he saw Li Xiu packing up his things, Da Zhuang walked over and asked, "Why did you start packing? "

Li Xiu turned around and smiled, "We have to go home, the pig farm at home has started to sell pigs, we have to go back and take a look, besides, the carving skills of the people around me still need to be improved, I am worried Such a good agate was ruined by them. Now the men in the village are not at home, running business everywhere, I am really worried about the crops in our field."

When Da Zhuang heard it, "Well, I wanted to take you for a stroll. In recent years, you have been watching over the handicraft workshop and jewelry shop at home. I was afraid that you would be tired. Otherwise, we would hire a few people. Give us a hand?"

When Li Xiu heard this, he shook his head: "I'm not tired, and besides, you won't be that petty official anymore, and I feel relieved that you and Qin Hongchang's family will look after the farm work and farm on the farm. It's autumn, isn't your trading house getting busy soon? Those merchants from Beirong are coming soon, we have to prepare enough goods early, and wait for them to send us money."

Da Zhuang looked at Li Xiu and couldn't help but said: "You should be tired again, the children are pestering you all day long, and you still have to do things in the shop, if it's only a few days, I'll ask Qin He to help you ?”

Lixiu was indeed quite tired, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about it when we go back. The children will come to the government school for classes next month. I don't worry. Why don't our family move here?"

Da Zhuang shook his head and said: "No, our business is in Tianfeng Town. If we leave, the business over there will be too busy. Why don't we ask Big Brother to think of a way for us."

Li Xiu shook his head and said: "No, we have our own business, we need to find someone by ourselves, so don't bother big brother, after we go back, we can discuss with the clan elders and see if we can transfer back some of the businessmen who have been away all the year round. , give them some time to rest, we are all so tired, and they are not much better than us."

Da Zhuang nodded after hearing this: "Let's do it like this."

So early the next morning, Da Zhuang's family drove two cars back to Tianfeng Town as they did when they came.

There was nothing to say along the way, and the whole family went back to Tongjia Village directly. After arriving in the village, because it was midnight, they quietly entered the village and returned home without disturbing anyone. As soon as the people heard that the young masters had passed the examination as a scholar, that's okay, and they all came to salute the scholar.

The two children hurriedly said: "Get up quickly, there is no need to salute." Then they rewarded the servants, and they couldn't close their mouths happily.

Da Zhuang didn't let his servants write, "Hurry up and set the meal. After eating, wash up and go to sleep. It's a day's journey."

The cook was very fast, and he cooked a few dishes in a short while and brought them up. After eating and drinking enough for Da Zhuang's family, they washed up and went to sleep, especially Li Xiu. Since Chu Junyu was born, his health was not very good. And it's very easy to get tired, and Da Zhuang always feels distressed. This time, he has already decided that no matter what Li Xiu says, he will not let him take care of the things in the shop in the future, just stay at home and take care of it. He was very afraid that he would go there at a young age, just like the elder brother of Mr. Wang in the village, who fell ill after giving birth and went there within a few years.

The more Da Zhuang thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he hugged Li Xiu all the time at night, listening to his heartbeat and feeling his pulse, so he felt relieved a lot.

Early the next morning, after the family had breakfast, Da Zhuang asked someone to open the door and light firecrackers at the door of his house, announcing to everyone that there were two talented people in their family, and he would also invite all the young and old in the village to come over for meat and drink, and at the same time Pass a message to Chujiabao and tell them.The family came back and came to drink.Then organize people to kill pigs.When everything was ready, the people from the Chu Family Fort arrived.

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