Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 101 Old Man He Shows a Strange Oddity in the Thorn Quarter
Gossip less.But it is said that in the court, Mr. An Ji'an was selected as the No. 6 Juren, and he took the lead.At that moment, the unpacked scribes were sent to the outer curtain official who signed the contract, and marked the winning lottery.The official wrote his name and flag with pen and ink on a piece of paper that was about a foot long and an inch wide.There was also a scribe who was worthy of proclaiming his name, standing in the middle hall with his hands raised, and singing aloud: "No. 6 Anji, born in Zhenghuang Banner Hanjun Qi Jixiang." Started, went around to the eighteen house officials, and turned around to read it again.Then it was handed over to the outer curtain official who supervised the examination and filled out the list, and the clerk who was responsible for filling in the list signed and copied it on the list in characters as large as the mouth of a bowl.At this time, Lord Lou could only keep chanting happily: "There is a law of heaven! There is a law of heaven!" He learned from the pain at this time, remembering what the old man said in his dream that day, "His name has been written on the list of heaven." With these words, I feel more and more that there is no place in the dark place that is not ghosts and gods;

The book doesn't say anything about filling in the list in the field.However, those who announced the good news together outside the arena were all looking forward to the letter inside. They had heard the clues they bought signaled through the door through the door, and handed them out through the crack of the door. A newspaper came, opened it and looked, it was "No.6 An Ji".There is a newspaper inside, and it was Master An who went to announce the good news when he was a Jinshi. He got this name, and quickly wrote the son's name on the newspaper, and passed it on one by one along the way.In about an hour, I left Xizhimen early, passed the indigo factory, and came to Shuangfeng village in Xishan.This is not the case.

Besides, since Mr. An got the information announced on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, he thought that if one of the sons was not selected that day, he would be sad at home and looked at each other in blank dismay; he also had a few students he cared about, and hoped to be convinced that one of them would not be selected.It's just that I live far away from the city, and it's not easy to send people around to inquire about it. Even if I go to the city to wait for the letter, and think of my wife and daughter-in-law at home, I still have to wait.are in trouble.It just so happens that this group of teenagers have been like ants on a hot pot since they appeared on the stage. Now, where can they still sit at home?Since the list was released on the tenth day of the lunar new year, the first day would be reliable, so everyone discussed in advance a moderate place between the inner city and the west mountain, and found a big temple.That temple is exactly Zitong Temple, and there are several embellishments in the temple.There is also a grand event of "respecting calligraphy and paper" in that temple, and there are many tablets of good books, and it is a place where literati gather.

On that day, I also invited Mr. an to relax there for a day and make an "elegant collection of cakes", so I can wait for the list.

The young master told his father back, and Mr. An thought it was okay.On the day of Chongyang, he got up early and had something to eat, and then he changed into his usual clothes, gathered the chariots and horses, met the hall, and went back to the Ming Dynasty.Master An told him: "You just go, it's a good time for everyone to talk. If you get a letter at home, I will send it to you naturally. If you get a letter from there, you will come back immediately. If there is no letter in the two places, at your age, no matter how many Studying for two years and becoming famous two years later is not a blessing." The young master also understood that this was his father's painstaking effort to comfort him in consideration of his failure, so he only agreed with all his heart and did not give him any attention.

On the other hand, Mr. An just kept talking, but he heard a noisy voice outside the second door in his ears, so he turned around to ask, and saw Zhang Jinbao running in from the second door, Hua Zhong, Sui Yuan'er and his son were holding his arms around , he ran panting, followed by Jin Sheng and other family members.Mr. An didn't know what was going on, and saw that Zhang Jinbao couldn't wait to get to the window, so he shouted out of breath, "Master, my wife is happy! Master slave is in high school!" Mr. An decided that his son would fail in this subject, so he Yes, I don't want to have good news at this time.Hearing this, he couldn't wait for Zhang Jinbao to come to him, he stood up with an "Ah", ran into the yard, met Zhang Jinbao, and asked, "Which one is in the middle?" Zhang Jinbao was out of breath. Unable to speak, the master snatched the big newspaper from him, opened it, and saw that it read "Great report to your mansion, Mr. An, who is famous on the list, and won the No. 6 candidate in the Zhongshuntian Township Examination". The name of the person who announced the good news is also written below, which is called "Lianzhong Sanyuan".Master An looked at it, and said happily first: "Thank you heaven and earth! Unexpectedly, I, An Xuehai, would expect to be my son today!" Holding a report in his hand, he turned around and ran into the house.

At this moment, the wife had already driven out of the yard with her two daughters-in-law, and the wife still had a cigarette pouch in her hand.When the master saw his wife rushing out, he leaned in front of his wife and said, "Madam, look at this kid, it's fine if he wins, but how can he win so high! Ma'am, just read this report." The wife was so happy to accept it with both hands. , but his hands were touching a cigarette pouch, and the other handed it to the master forgot. Holding the cigarette pipe, pointing to the words on the newspaper, he read it to his wife long and short.It was Miss Zhang who saw it and said, "Hey! Why did the father-in-law happily pass a cigarette pouch to the mother-in-law?" Only this sentence made him turn his father-in-law and mother-in-law down!
Ms. He was an actress at the time, and when she heard it, she quickly gave him a hand, and said with a soft smile, "How can you be so happy that you don't even recognize your father-in-law and mother-in-law?" Miss Zhang felt that this sentence meant Twist it, hold back a laugh, turn your head to cover your mouth with a small handkerchief and laugh, and don't bother to pick up the cigarette pouch.Ms. He hurried up to take the cigarette pouch from her father-in-law, and repacked it for her mother-in-law; she didn't want him to twist it more than Ms. Zhang, and when it was lit, she handed it to her father-in-law as before.Master An said: "I won't pick it up!"

That's when he laughed.For a while, everyone was so happy that they couldn't even laugh.The master was still paying attention there, saying: "How come there were rarely one or two bannermen among the ten before, and this No. 6 is considered to be the first name to fill in the list." The wife and the two daughters-in-law listened, but their faces were full of joy, I couldn't help but agree.

At this moment, only Mr. an was missing.Do you know where he went?It turned out that ever since he heard the words "Uncle is in high school", he was stunned for a long time, standing alone in the corner of the room, his face was blue, his hands were cold, his heart was beating wildly, and he was crying there with two tears streaming down his face. !Do you know what he was crying about?People are so happy that they feel so sad when they take their hearts into it.When I asked him what he was sad about?He couldn't say it himself.What's more, Mr. An's life is different from others, his circumstances are different from others, his fame is different from others, and his temperament is different from others. Naturally, there should be tears at this time.

But he said that he was afraid that the tears on his face would make the two old people sad, so he asked Liu Tiao'er to twist a hot towel to wipe his face, and then went out to let his parents in to rest.Only then did Mr. An and Mrs. An feel that the sun was getting hotter.When everyone entered the room, they saw Jinsheng come in with two complete copies of the papers in his hand, and said: "Old and young master Cheng congratulated the master and wife, and don't be disturbed after saying it. I will see you again when the master is free. The slaves have already said that." It is." After speaking, he said again: "Master Zhang's family heard the letter and went home to change clothes. He will come in in about a while." When Master An heard this, he called, "Take out your hat and prepare it."

It turns out that although Mr. An is only a "Golden Horn King" with a seventh-rank title, he looks at this husband's crown with great solemnity.Usually, the wife manages it in person, but when it comes to the wife, she is very inseparable. Only the elder sister is allowed to serve and put on a hat once in a while. Besides, the little girls say that he is not allowed to clean his hands when he is busy, let alone the rest of the servants. said.When it comes to the eldest sister who waits on the master to wear a hat, the style is also the most exquisite.Pay attention to not picking up the top or the brim of the hat, just put the hat on the left hand, and prepare a small hat mirror in the right hand.First hand over the hat in your left hand, and ask the master to put it on by himself, and then free your left hand to hold the hat mirror in both hands, bend your legs, bend your waist, and turn the mirror backwards. Dodge, aimed at the master's face, waited for the master to put his hat on straight, and flicked his finger on the brim of the hat in front of him, and he stretched his waist and walked away The mirror backs down.This set of notes is his specialty.

Unexpectedly, that day was the time when the master asked to prepare the hat, but he was not in front of him.Do you think why the eldest sister is not here today?It turned out that since the year that Master An took the exam, he heard that the list would be published on the second day.Calculating that the uncle will be listed in the township examination tomorrow, there should be good news today, he doesn't care how far the venue is from Shuangfeng Village.He has been thinking about this matter since midnight, and he got up just after Yinzheng. He vaguely remembered that when the master was selected as a Jinshi, he would come to announce the good news at dawn, but he couldn't remember that the first day was the same day. , so he looked forward to dawn from midnight until dawn, but he didn't see a letter, so he became anxious and blushed.When he was serving his wife to comb her hair, the wife saw this and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

He had no choice but to say: "I have a headache, it's just because I'm dizzy, I think it's because I ate too much." My wife loves this girl the most on weekdays, she hurts like a child, she quickly reached out her hand to touch his head, and said: "Really Yes, it’s hot. You comb my hair, and go back to the lower room and lie down quietly, it’s not good to see.” Hearing this sentence, he felt a little unspeakable reluctance Then I thought about it: "If I really don't believe it, how can I beat the bored gourd today! It's better to follow my wife's advice and sleep with him for a day, which is quite old-fashioned." So I stuck in his room. But sitting and sitting restlessly, sleeping and sleeping restlessly.I had no choice, I only took a bed of dominoes, passed five levels one time to the left and the other time to the right.

He was feeling a little bored and didn't want to be at this moment. A little girl named Xi'er under his care ran over from a long way and called, "Elder Aunt! Elder Aunt!..." Without saying a word, he Then he said: "A girl's family is always in such a panic, loud and petty! What are you busy with?" The little girl pouted and dared not speak.Only then did he ask: "What are you doing here?" Then Xi'er said: "Grandpa Zhang just came in and said, Grandpa won!" After eating the flour noodles and sipping the oil, I brought a few more hairpins and sticks, changed a few more shirts and jackets, and came out again.When he came to the upper room, it happened to be the time when Master An asked him to take his hat.

(End of this chapter)