The five prestigious gentlemen accepted apprentices together, which seemed peaceful and quiet to their own people, but in fact, the major academies in Dayong were paying close attention.By the time Shu Yichi arrived, Mu Yunkai and He Xizhen returned home one after another to report the good news, and other people's letters of good news were also sent home one after another, and the major academies were also boiling.Countless students who were skeptical of their letters rushed to tell each other, and some of them thought that their knowledge was not bad, and they had already spontaneously gone to Mr. to help write a letter of recommendation.Of course, this letter of recommendation is not written by anyone who comes to find it, most of the people in the major colleges who are responsible for writing the letter of recommendation are the disciples of one of the five gentlemen, before writing the letter of recommendation, they themselves have already given the students who have come to the assessment to have been assessed, and those who have passed the assessment will write this letter of recommendation that is equivalent to half a foot into the highest university.But there is no doubt that these people passed the assessment and successfully apprenticed, which gave the later students a reassurance.Shangqinzhou, Yandu, Hefu.He Xizhen, who had just returned home, had already been treated no less than the stars holding the moon.Father and Mother He looked at their handsome son who was standing in front of him, and said a few good words.In the afternoon, I learned that He Xi of the He family had worshipped five gentlemen as teachers, and there were countless people who came to visit He Mansion.All of them are families with students at home.The purpose of coming to visit was to congratulate, and after the congratulations, the words were to turn around and ask how He Xi really passed the assessment of the five gentlemen.Who doesn't want their children to be the same as He Xizhen.As long as you can worship those five gentlemen as teachers, you can already be regarded as a glorious ancestor.For this, everyone in the He family really doesn't know.Seeing off the endless visitors, the second uncle of the He family also looked at the eldest nephew, "Xi Zhen, your cousin also went to his husband to write a letter of recommendation, and his own family can't say it?"
”Facing the eager eyes of a group of relatives and friends, He Xizhen still shook his head firmly, "Second uncle, this is a rule set by gentlemen, and the details of this assessment must not be revealed."
The nephew can only say to his cousin that as long as the character is good, the assessment of the gentlemen is not harsh at all.Just like this time, there were only one of us in a batch of ten people. ”The second uncle of the He family pondered the four words of good character, and only felt that it was too general for a while, but when he saw He Xizhen's expression, I really couldn't say any more, so I had to suppress the idea of continuing to ask.The same scene also appeared in the homes of Shu Yichi and Mu Yunkai.Dayong admires people, but there are only a few people who can be admired by Dayong and others.Now that a few people have gathered together and publicly stated that they want to accept apprentices, and now that there is definite news of accepting apprentices, isn't it that people are rushing to accept apprentices.There are only five gentlemen, but there are countless students in Dayong, who doesn't want to be one of the five gentlemen's apprentices.sent away a wave of relatives who came to ask for advice and passed the assessment method, Shu Yichi had secretly regretted going home in person to report the good news.Mu Yunkai also had such an idea.Yuezhou, Zhuoting County, Zhongjia Village.Zhongjia Village is an ordinary small village, but as the first beneficiary village of Dayong fertilizer, and then there is a way to plant cotton, the people of Zhongjia Village do not say that their families have become rich, but they can also maintain food and clothing, and the family can also leave some surplus wealth.With surplus wealth, the people naturally want to be able to send their children to private schools.If you have the talent to study, it is naturally good, and if you can't participate in the imperial examination in the future, you can get fame and glory to your ancestors, and if you don't have good talent, you can also know a few words, which will always be useful.In Zhongjia Village, if you talk about who has the most talent for reading, the first recommendation is Zhong Qichen of Zhong's second family.Zhong Qichen's original name was not Zhong Qichen, but Zhong Erzhu.Because when he was studying in a private school, he was discovered by the gentleman in the private school that he was talented in studying, so his private school teacher changed his name and asked him to try to go to Yuezhou Academy.He was twelve years old.At this age, it is a little early to be admitted to Yuezhou Academy, in fact, even Mr.
Private School feels mysterious about whether Zhong Qichen can be relied on, but Zhong Qichen himself is a very confident child.He was determined that he could be admitted, and his name was really among the admitted students of Yuezhou Academy that year.Not to mention going to Yuezhou Academy, now I am going to the capital with a letter of recommendation to participate in the assessment of Lu Qinfeng's gentlemen.The private school gentleman, who thinks he has a good eye, is almost looking forward to the good news coming.Don't look at him this year, he is fifty-six this year, but if one of those five gentlemen can let him apprentice, he will definitely worship without saying a word.But my knowledge is mediocre, and it's impossible to think about it.But if the students I have taught can worship those five gentlemen as teachers, it will also be a great honor.On this day, Zhongjia Village is still a calm Zhongjia Village.Zhong Lao's family has not been separated, and now it is still a big family living in a somewhat dilapidated but very clean yard.Now is the time to plant cotton, as soon as the sky is bright, Zhong Lao Er took his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law to the field to see the emergence of the planted cotton seeds, leaving his wife Li and his youngest daughter Zhong Xiaohe at home to prepare the family's breakfast, and the only child in the family, Zhong Miaomiao, was still lying on the bed and sleeping.Until a fast horse disturbed the tranquility of Zhongjia Village.Most of the people in the village have lived in the village for generations, and there is not much place to send letters, so when they saw that the man on the horse was wearing a dress with four big characters embroidered on the back, he just thought that he had embroidered such a big word on the clothes, as if he was afraid that others would not see it.Aunt Liu had just finished talking like this, when she saw the man pull the reins, stop directly in front of her, and then dismount again.The beans she was peeling in her hand rolled to the bottom of her feet, and she watched the young man stop in front of her."
This eldest lady, dare to ask Zhong Lao's second family how to go, by the way, he has a son named Zhong Qichen."
Aunt Liu came back to her senses and asked carefully, "Why is the young man asking this?"
”The young man replied good-naturedly: "Zhong Qichen sent a letter and a package to his father, and I came to deliver the letter and package." ”He said and pointed to the large package hanging from the horse.Aunt Liu believed it, got up and patted the dust on her body, "I heard Zhong Lao Er say that his son went to Shangjing, could it be that this letter was sent from Shangjing City?"
”"That's right, the mailing address is indeed Shangjingcheng."
Aunt Liu read obediently, "I know Zhong Laoer's family, I'll take you over." ”The other party hurriedly thanked him.On the way to Zhong Laoer's house, the villagers who had already left work one after another saw Aunt Liu leading a young man with a tall horse over, and asked curiously."
This young man is here to deliver a letter to the child in Qichen, from the capital, and I am leading him to Zhong Laoer's house."
One of them replied: "I just saw that Zhong Lao Er and his eldest son and daughter-in-law are still in the field, but Aunt Li and Xiaohe's girl should be at home." ”"That's fine, you can't let people run all the way and pounce on them so much."
The young man who followed behind wanted to refute the previous sentence, he just received a letter from the Dayong Express in the town, and was sent here to deliver letters and things.But seeing the uncles and aunts who were in good spirits around them, they still didn't say anything.Here, Aunt Liu has not yet taken someone to Zhong Laoer's house, and on the other side, it has almost spread throughout the village, and Zhong Qichen, who was the first in their village to rely on Yuezhou Academy, went to Kyoto some time ago, sent letters and things to his home.Some people who were not busy at home immediately followed under the pretext of visiting the door.It was sent from Kyoto, and they didn't even go to Kyoto, even Heng.The one sent from Kyoto is sure to be a good thing, and it's okay to be greedy.Here, Aunt Liu just rang the courtyard of Zhong Lao's house, and the people who came to the door followed behind.Li had just come out of the kitchen, and he hadn't even had time to wipe the water on his hands."
Coming, coming," he said, trotting open the door.Seeing Aunt Liu standing outside, "Who did I think, this door is not closed, sister-in-law Liu, you can just come over and push the door in, why do you still learn to knock on the door with crepe." ”Aunt Liu turned sideways and let the young man behind her birth, "This time I didn't come to talk to you, I came to lead the way for this young man, and your son sent you something from Kyoto." ”Li Shi was stunned for a moment, and reacted and hurriedly opened the door again, "Come inside, please." ”"This lady, I'm in charge of delivering letters, you don't have to be so polite."
The other party reached out and took out a pen and a notebook from the side pocket of the horse's belly, "You just need to sign your name on this receipt form." ”Li: "Then I can't write, wait a minute, I'll call Xiaohe over." ”Zhong Xiaohe was combing the hair of her little niece who had already gotten up in the house, and was pulled out by her mother who came in just halfway through the combing, and she was still holding a comb with a few teeth in her hand, so she ran out and asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
”"Your second brother sent something from Kyoto, and he has to sign his name on a piece of paper, haven't you learned a few words from your second brother, it's time to use it."
When Zhong Xiaohe heard this, she didn't need her mother to pull it, and her feet were a few degrees faster.When she arrived at the door, she took the pen and paper handed by the other party, and she looked at the signatory written in a box on the top, "Is it signed here?"
”"Yes, just write your own name."
Zhong Xiaohe, who was about to write the name of his second brother, was busy with his pen and wrote Zhong Xiaohe's three big characters in a dignified manner."
That's it."
After checking the name, the other party put the pen and paper away, and then took down a large package on horseback, and took out a letter from his arms, "This letter and the package were sent together, please take it." ”The package was not light, and it was a little laborious for Li and Zhong Xiaohe to carry it together, and they were busy thanking people.The other party said that there was no need to write, so he rode away in a hurry, looking at the two packages left on the horse, presumably there were still people to send.As soon as he left, several aunts and aunts who came over after him surrounded him."
Sister-in-law Li," the woman who spoke was the woman who lived next to Zhong Lao's house, and the two families were also close to each other, "Let us see what your second brother sent over, we have lived for so many decades, and we haven't seen anything in Kyoto once, this time it's over, okay?"
”The few people who followed behind nodded.Li: "She didn't want these people to follow her to see what was in the package, but she still had some faint pride and joy in her heart.Her son sent things from as far away as Kyoto, and she was the only one in the village.Thinking of this, she flipped the package in her hand, "I'm also curious about what Qichen's child has sent, so let's take a look." ”A group of people gathered around a wooden table in the courtyard.Lee carefully opened the package.Someone couldn't help but touch the wrapping skin, "The fabric used in this wrap can be used to make clothes, and the things in it must not be bad." ”The package was opened, and on top of it were several brand new books.The dark blue cover, you can still smell the faint fragrance of ink when you get closer.The price of books in these years is not cheap, and Li's face changed, "Why did this kid send books over, they are so expensive, and I don't know how many taels of silver are left on him." ”Having said that, she carefully picked up the book and set it aside before continuing the package below.As soon as the package was opened this time, a lot of things suddenly came out.Everyone hurriedly leaned over to look, and they were all stunned.Several small and delicate rouge gouache boxes, wooden combs with engraved patterns, I don't know if they have been wrapped with rouge boxes for a long time, and there are faint fragrances, as well as several pieces of various colored soaps, and a few friends on the other side wrapped in soft cloths.Zhong Xiaohe carefully uncovered a layer of soft cloth, and several glass bottles that were shining in the sun suddenly came into everyone's eyes.Zhong Xiaohe saw the words on the glass bottle, "This is wine." ”Everyone: "Everyone present also knows that they have bought one or two glass cups and glass hairpins at home with good conditions, but it is the first time they have seen wine in glass bottles.Someone saw the pattern engraved on one of the rouge boxes, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Could it be that this is all Hexiangzhai's rouge gouache, my God!"
”Seeing that the others looked at each other with a puzzled face, she wiped her face and suppressed the sour breath in her heart, "I have a little sister who married to the town last year, and when she returned to her parents' house for the New Year, she showed me the rouge she used, which is exactly the same as this, I didn't know how to read at the time, but I will never admit it wrong, my little sister said, such a small box of rouge, get a tael of silver." ”Everyone gasped when they heard this.They counted six rouge gouache boxes in the package alone, which was six taels of silver.Zhong Qichen, that kid really dared to buy it.This rouge gouache is so expensive, not to mention this comb soap or something, plus the wine in a glass bottle.Everyone estimated in their hearts how much money it would cost, and their hearts trembled.Li will also be a little confused.If he remembered correctly, when Qichen's child went out, she also gave twenty taels of silver, not to mention how much she spent on the way to Kyoto, even if she didn't spend a penny, twenty taels of silver couldn't buy so many things!"
Wait, I'll see there's another package down there."
Li Shi was reminded by this shout, and rewrapped the contents of the package above, and then looked at the package below.This package was bigger and smoother than the one she had just put in her hand, and she could almost guess what was inside.But thinking of the frighteningly expensive rouge gouache just now, she was a little afraid to open this package.What can make Qichen send it all the way, even if it is clothes, can it be ordinary clothes?"
Sister-in-law Li, open it and show us!"
Seeing that she didn't move, the others couldn't help but be anxious.Li gritted his teeth, opened the package, and put it on the top, which was a pink delicate skirt.With her hair combed halfway, Zhong Miaomiao, who had just come over when she saw that the yard was lively, lit up.The Li family had already picked it up, and it was exactly what Zhong Miaomiao's physique was wearing.The fabric is a rare good material just by touching it in your hand, not to mention the delicate embroidery patterns on it, and the flowers, birds, insects and fish are lifelike.There was another inhalation from the crowd."
This dress just looks expensive!"
Everyone nodded approvingly."
One more piece."
Under the pink skirt, there is a big red one, which makes the little guy's eyes light up again."
This is from Uncle Miao?"
Li looked at his little granddaughter with sparkling eyes and nodded with a smile."
Miao Miao's favorite little uncle!""
One, two, three, four, five."
There are five more pieces below, and looking at the color and pattern of the clothes, you can see that this is one for everyone in the family.Not to mention that there are two large pieces of cloth at the bottom.Onlookers: "Their unified idea is: Why isn't Qichen's child his own!"
Li will be not only happy but also panicked.Almost all the clothes in the family are made by her, so she can naturally distinguish the good and bad fabrics, and the fabrics of these clothes can be seen and touched to know that none of them are cheap, let alone the embroidery, and you can't find one so good within a hundred miles.Twenty taels of silver, I'm afraid I can only buy a cloth.Where did that kid get so much silver?