Heroes of the Sons and Daughters

Chapter 105 The road full of spring breeze, exploring flowers and the first bottle of fine wine to reward the teacher (3)
But he said that the old man was sitting on the kang in the west study room, prying one leg, holding a small cigarette pouch in his mouth, and taking the fire chain from his waist, before he wanted to light a fire and eat cigarettes.As soon as the curtain was lifted, a thin old man came in, wearing old clothes.He looked at Gou Gou'er, and then said: "It's okay to sit together, what's your surname?" Master An replied: "My surname is An. Forgive me for staying at home. I don't come to the officialdom easily, and all the friends present don't know each other very well. Where did you come from? What can I learn from the house?" Only then did he realize that it was Mr. An, he quickly dropped the cigarette pouch, asked for Ann, and said, "So it is the old man!" He was so panicked that Mr. An bowed and pulled it up and said: " I have never met him before, how do I perform this ceremony, what are these titles? May I ask what is the address outside?" Then he said: "Bi Tie Shi's surname is He, and his name is Xi Sheng. I dare not go back to the old man, and outsiders call Bi Tie Shi the boss of Xi He. Our lord sent us here, calling out the great joy of the old man, saying that the old man in the house has been hit by Tanhua."

Hearing his strange words, Mr. An was suspicious and believed, so he hurriedly asked: "Who is the official of your hall?" Then he said: "The coat is according to Mr. Banwu. Today is the class of hearing in the hall. We My lord called me to the right door, and told me personally: "I just saw the first ten papers on the case, and saw the uncle's paper. It was originally set to be No. 8. Thanks to the master's grace, the ranking will be promoted to the third." , I ordered Tanhua. I sent Bitie Shih Pegasus to deliver this good news to the old man. He also said that because the old man is our adult's teacher, Bitie Shih had worked hard, and Bitie Shih had caught a horse and came. 'Just now, the style of writing is clumsy, and I didn't see the old man. If the old man sees our lord, he would ask for a few words of kindness." Saying this, he greeted me again.

The joy in Mr. An's heart at this moment is beyond a dream, and he still cares about these details!Looking at the age of the old man Xihe, he was only in his twenties, it is not easy to call him "big brother", and he has no relationship with him. , I’m really tired! I’ll go to pay my respects in person some other day, and let my kid come to the door first to get tired.” Saying this, let him drink tea and eat cigarettes.The uncle Xihe sat for a while, then got up to leave, and said: "I have to rush to the house to sell the errands."

Mr. An sent him to the gate, saw him get on the horse, whipped him, and flew away, so he came in with a smile.

At this time, Mrs. An, sisters Jin and Yu, as well as uncles, wives and Mrs. Zhang had already received letters. When they saw each other, the whole family was overjoyed and overjoyed.At this moment, the good news of the clay gold has already arrived.Needless to say, this congratulation was more lively than when the young master was elected.

Master An said: "Everyone, be quiet, I've only been in a dream for half a day!"

As he said that, he calmed down and said: "This belief is definitely not absurd. I have to believe it, but I dare not be confident. I actually want to go to the city for a walk at this time. For one thing, when I see Yuge, I will ask you to understand it." How did it happen? Second, after such an unexpected favor, he naturally has a lot of doubts. I should explain it face-to-face, so as not to send someone to tell the story.” Mrs. An heard this and said hurriedly "The master thinks very well." As he spoke, he asked people to prepare chariots, horses and clothes.Just as they were busy up and down, inside and outside, at this moment, the people sent by the young master also arrived.Master an then asked, but still couldn't elaborate, so he put on his clothes and drove all the chariots and horses into the city.The family has its own wife and two young mistresses who take care of it.Press do not mention.

But it is said that Mr. An came to the house from the manor, and the young master saw that he could not go back to the garden to pay respects to his parents, so that his father came far away, so he hurried out and knelt down to greet his parents.Needless to say, the joy of father and son meeting each other at this time.For a while, Mr. Zhang also came out to greet each other and congratulate each other.

When Mr. An came in, he didn't have time to chat, so he sat down and asked the young master why he got a higher tripod armor.The young master recounted the details of how he introduced and met Uncle Wu today, so that the master could understand.Because I also told the young master all the plots of getting up early today to divination "Yi", how to divination Jin hexagrams, and it happened that Uncle Wu sent the letter to the garden with Uncle Xihe.Yin said: "It has always been said that 'the sacred heart is the heart of heaven', but the two poems of the predecessors, 'recite the "Poetry" to hear the state affairs, and talk about the "Yi" to see the heart of heaven", are really famous sayings from the scriptures. It is me The title of the poem I gave you that day is probably an omen." As he spoke, he waited for the in-laws to talk about the long absence, not wanting the in-laws to be like a master, who had been there for his son-in-law.

Now let his father and son, Weng and his son-in-law have dinner.After Mr. An's son was born, all relatives and friends in the city went to the manor to congratulate him, such as Wu, Wu, Mo and other disciples.There is also that Lou Mengzhai, since Master He became a general family member, when he saw Master An, he admired him so much that he often came to see him and learn from him.Mr. An is "educated without discrimination", but the influence of him has changed him a lot.Na Ukzhai was originally a student of Mr. An, and now he is the master of the young master, so he performed the gift of giving first.They each go their own way, the young master respects him as his teacher, but he still respects Mr. An as his teacher, which is a common practice in this discipline.Master an took advantage of this to wander into the city and paid homage to them one by one.It's time for the uncle Xihe to talk again. He was so tired that he hurried to the manor the next day to ask for the post. Two days later, he sent eight boxes of pastries from the yamen. talk.

But he said that Mr. An had paid homage to the guests in the city for several days, and arranged and instructed the young master's affairs one by one, so he told him to wait until all the entertainments were over before returning to the manor, and set an auspicious day for him to return home, and the young master got an idea for a while .Mr. An went back to Shuangfeng Village first, and discussed the matter of his son's return in his spare time.

One day, the old couple and their daughter-in-law were discussing family affairs when they saw their uncle and wife and Mrs. Zhang coming over.The uncle and wife sat down and said: "My aunt, I have something to discuss with my aunt, but it is about Zhang's family. My father-in-law is afraid of hitting your nails and refuses to talk about it; as for my mother-in-law, he said he saw her mouth Hulu, he also said that he couldn't understand what you said, so he told me to watch us and say we are good, and he also said that it must be done for him. I discussed the previous one with our aunt. Huizi, my aunt can't hold on to your old ideas. I'm so narrow here. You don't allow me to make a big car with me, and it's useless if you invite the sage of Confucius. This matter has to be done It was done for others."

As for Mr. An, he behaved benevolently, acted righteously, and disregarded the principles of Zhou, so he had to be called a mellow Confucian; but when it came to his three generations, it was really hard to work with him.I don't know why this uncle and wife saw through the principle of restraint in personality at a glance. As soon as the uncle and wife opened their mouths, Mr. Shui Xin's serious face couldn't be straightened out.Also taking into account the current situation of this master, he is just relaxing in body and mind, happy in spirit, and after hearing what his uncle and wife have said, he said with a smile: "Those who discuss with each other, discuss whether it is possible or not, and discuss each other's actions. You haven't said anything now, it's useless to say that it's useless to invite the sage Confucius, but what else can you discuss?" The uncle and wife said: "I don't care about that, you just say whether it should be." Master An said: "It's amazing! You asked me to read an article, and I had to have a title first; now that most of the article has been written, I haven't pointed out the title yet, but where do I start?" The uncle and wife said again: " My aunt often said, how can a disciple of Confucius know two things when he hears one thing, and who can know ten things? My aunt is so knowledgeable, do you still think I have said these words? Can't you hear something like four, five or six?" Master An said: "Ah! If the Analects of Confucius wants to teach this way, it is also my master's bad luck."

Mrs. an said: "You guys are pissing people off! Did you make it clear in which year? Wait for me to tell." Yin said: "The meaning of Zhang's family is that because Yuge won the prize, we want to make fun for him It's lively." After saying a word, Master An said with a straight face: "If you intend to sing an opera to celebrate, you can't do it, but you dare not obey orders." The uncle and wife said: "No, don't be so foolish! When I tell my aunt, what Zhang's family said is that their son-in-law from another province won the first prize, and they all want to be invited to parade in the street to praise the official; even in our city, I have caught up with it, and the old people still enjoy this fun. My aunt wants to come We caught up too. When we talked about your passing the exam, our family didn’t invite you——I’ll say it first, so as not to make an example when you come back. Now Zhang’s family is thinking about waiting for the day when the son-in-law comes back, and send them away Someone picked him up from afar, gave him a new deacon, planted golden flowers on him, covered him with red, and took him home. One is a lively scene, and another, a child won a prize, It also makes him happy. Does my aunt say that I can't do it?"

At this moment, not only Mrs. an and Jinyu sisters looked at the master to celebrate, but even the eldest sister was willing to listen to what the master had to say.After hearing this, the master laughed dumbly and said, "I just wonder what kind of difficult topic it is. So why do you have to resign so much for this! This is also why you don't study. Listen to me, the bonus doesn't consume your heart. With the gift of the imperial court, on the day of going to the Qionglin Banquet, every new Jinshi must receive it; but only the second place, Tanhua, and Chuanlu must be worn to make this grand ceremony. As for the deacons, at the beginning of the country, officials all There are cases of deacons, but I only dug out the "Hui Dian", which is clearly stated. Now that Yuge has ordered Tanhua, he should have the ceremonial guards he uses. This matter is really asking Confucius, Confucius There's no reason not to allow it. Is there anything you can't do?"

Mrs. An was also happy to see that the master rarely had such a submissive thing, so she chatted: "Really, since there are examples, why are there still individual systems in other provinces, and the officials in Beijing don't allow him?" What about the envoy?" Master An said: "It is impossible, but it must not be allowed. You don't know the past, how can you understand the present? This is to know the principle of 'adapting measures to local conditions and adapting measures to current conditions'. I use bows and horses to win The world has never known what it means to be comfortable. At the beginning of the country, many officials rode horses, but few sat in sedan chairs. The children of the aristocratic families all rode horses, and some rode camels to the Yamen. Gradually, they forgot the basics and paid attention to Riding in a car; gradually entering the bottom line, he pays attention to running a fast car; gradually he can't keep a car, he pays attention to hiring a donkey cart; gradually he can't even hire a donkey cart. Wow! What's more, I have to go to the snuff shop to pack cigarettes all the way, and go to the teahouse to drink a bowl of tea. This requires a deacon. How about I wait for someone to do it for him according to what was published in the "Congress Code", and buy it without extravagance or frugality?" Mrs. Zhang listened to this sentence for a long time, and she seemed to agree with this sentence, so she joined her uncle and wife Said: "What am I talking about with you? The master of the family depends on the matter, you tell him that it is reasonable, and he will not agree, right?" The uncle and wife said: "After talking for a long time, if you dare, the sage Confucius Here it is." Everyone laughed.

(End of this chapter)