Chapter 17 Wang Xifeng's defeat
Clean and soft as a girl's black hair, dipped in the inkstone ink on the side of the window, the tip of the pen is hard and soft, and the characters are written vertically from right to left, upright, clear and beautiful, occasionally a mistake or crossed out with one fork. Those rows of words are from "Mencius":
Those who do not wait for their parents' orders or the matchmaker's words, those who drill into holes and follow each other, and those who follow each other through the wall will be despised by their parents and people.
Calligraphy is not easy to practice. There are so many characters "中" in "Preface to Lanting Collection" and there are many variations. It is rumored that Wang Xizhi practices calligraphy, raises goose to see it, and describes the shapes. The lake and pond water are washed black by brushes, and it becomes a great generation.
But I practice diligently and can always pass the calligraphy, Jia Cong thought.
Qingwen is suitable for grinding ink for him and studying at night with red sleeves. It seems that the young masters of wealthy families are treated like this. She would not agree to ask her to serve and bathe, and Jia Cong didn't think about this.
As always, she brought the rice back to eat. There was a tofu-skin bun, which was her favorite food, and there was also exquisite meat and fish. The food was much better than usual. Cong's attack had already spread throughout the house. She knew the ins and outs of these changes. Sanya's small braids, big red vest, bracelets with a wrist skin as tender as peeling onions, a sweat towel tied with a water snake's waist, and a pair of small buds on her chest were in bud, like an oil-paper umbrella in the rainy alley in Jiangnan, supporting the sky.
Qingwen still sat down to Wuzi, her eyes seemed to smile: "Are you guessing that the old lady would ask Grandma Lian to butler? I'll give you something, Aunt Zhao told everyone that Grandma Lian covers the sky with one hand, embezzle the money from the official school, and deduct monthly rules, like a gust of wind, everyone knows it, alas... you are also bold..."
"I'm going to be brave and starve to death." Jia Cong stopped chopsticks: "I guess she's sure to lose. People are doing it, God is watching, God is angry and resentful. Her strong-willed person is not ashamed to come out... Moreover, Laiwang and his wife cannot understand her cross-river and destroy the bridge. What's wrong with telling the old lady the truth? They can always ask the truth. Even if the old lady is not public and everyone speaks to the public, she is embarrassed. No matter what the housekeeper wants, he wants, right?"
Qingwen blinked and nodded. This person spoke and did things in a very organized manner. He was not like the devil king Bao Erye. I really don’t understand why Grandma Lian couldn’t stand him anymore? She insisted on making things difficult for him.
Jia Cong's appetite was wide open, and there was a little beauty sitting in front of him, who could serve him. This little beauty had the charm of Lin Daimei.
There are two women in Dream of Red Mansions who are similar to Daiyu: one is Qingwen and the other is Lingguan.
She didn't eat much, and the cage in Xifu also spoiled these decent girls, with delicate bodies like a daughter. Qingwen remembered something: "Master, the second master told you to study with your master. Can I follow me?"
"It seems not possible." Jia Cong shook his head and said, "The girl in the inner house has no precedent for leaving the house casually, unless she is a manager, a comprador's wife, and a mother-in-law."
You can't walk far when you go out, after all, you are wearing small feet.
Qingwen was so depressed that she stopped talking. She finished her meal by herself, her hands itched, and she was playing dominoes alone at the table.
Jia Cong was thinking about his own thoughts, so he didn't care about her. He was thinking that there was something wrong with Jia Zheng's recommendation. Qin Ye was a doctor in the Ministry of Industry and the fifth rank of Beijing official. Although he was under the fourth rank, he did not attend court meetings, but he was busy enough in the Ministry of Industry and Economics. How could he have time to teach him eight-legged essays? Could it be that Qin Ye was sick or unemployed?
Furthermore, Dream of Red Mansions is clearly written. Qin Ye was "short of money" and allowed his biological son Qin Zhong to join the Jia family. Will he agree? A fifth-ranked doctor, who is in charge of construction in the Ministry of Industry, is in charge of construction. Why can't he get any money? Is he too honest in his official position? Is he as rigid as Hai Rui?
Qin Keqing was the adopted daughter that Qin Ye brought from the Yangshengtang. At that time, Qin Ye had no children, and there was still a baby boy who brought with him. Later, the baby boy died young, Qin Keqing survived, and Qin Ye got a son again when he was old, and Qin Zhong had Qin Zhong. Qin Keqing's nickname was Ke'er, with his name Keqing, Qin Zhong, and his name was Jingqing.
There is another thing. He originally planned to participate in the Wanping County Examination this year, so of course he had some confidence in himself. Now it seems that the February County Examination has passed, so according to Jia Dairu's intention, he still needs to be tempered. Jia Cong was not disappointed, and he could not guarantee that the county exam would be foolproof. So let's learn for another year and fight again next year.
It's better to have more confidence.
The road to the imperial examination is very difficult to follow. One's own strength is the main cause, and it depends on luck, examiner and other factors. For example, Xu Guangqi of the Ming Dynasty was not weak, but was not as good as the examiner's appetite. He failed several times. Later, the article was dismissed and corrected the examiner's spleen and stomach, and then he achieved success.
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After dinner, he ran to the corridor in the yard. Qingwen was used to his strange behavior. He did not dare to take his clothes to the east wing without serving him to take his clothes. Jia Cong was refreshed and his relaxation after being tired made people feel comfortable. The green parrot under the corridor called: "Qingwen, the lights are off."
Qingwen stretched out her beige sleeves with her agile plain hands and pursed her mouth: "This bird can only learn from you, why not learn from me?"
Jia Cong looked at her and smiled at it: "It seems that it doesn't understand what this is, it doesn't have the concept of time, it screams randomly. Birds also recognize people, everything has spirituality, you are strong and irritable, like a piece of violent carbon, it doesn't recognize you, hahaha..."
Qingwen opened her round almond eyes and was about to refute her angrily, but the unhooked Sun Fu ran in and took a piece of it. Qingwen heard something "a newspaper published by the court."
Sun Fu replied: "I asked the second master for what I asked for, and said my master wanted to see it. The second master agreed. The younger one could also recognize a few words. The refugees from the three counties of Shuntian Prefecture explained it. This spring flood is really rare..."
"Okay, okay." Jia Cong looked through the newspaper and was very happy: "Our Zhili Province (Hebei), the middle belly is the Great Plain. Taishi Gong praised the "Records of the Grand Historian, Biography of Merchants" and I have some ways to control the river. Maybe I can see it for the Qin Langzhong then, but I have to inspect it myself..."
Qingwen didn't understand what they were saying, but his smile looked so warm.
Jia Cong said to her: "Qingwen, I will teach you how to learn calligraphy these days."
It is said that Zheng Xuan, a great scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was also proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, poetry, calligraphy and painting. It seems that Jia Cong also wanted to be artful and have a training game.
Qingwen frowned, thought for a while, and nodded. The girl was so, she had completely forgotten her previous unhappiness. She didn't hold grudges, and she could be straightforward.
Sun Fu said with admiration again: "Mr. Cong, the news came early in the morning. Grandma Lian was not in charge of the house. When she returned to the master's courtyard, we moved out and lived there. She couldn't take care of us. In addition, Lai Wang and his wife were driven out. They put out the seal money and their pockets were also bulging. This is really good will be rewarded with goodness and evil will be rewarded with evil."
Jia Cong smiled, as expected, as reasonable.
Sun Fu said again: "The three Luo Gaocai and the old lady asked Lai Da to pay 300 taels to help Grandma Lian with the money. At this moment, Mr. Cong's name has spread throughout the clan and the two mansions."
During the day, Sanchun, Bao, Dai and Chai all came over, and the eyes of Jia Cong looked even more different. The person who defeated Grandma Lian, could the scheming and method be simple?
In the early spring season, Jia Tanchun proposed to fly kites in the East Courtyard. Jia Xichun applauded repeatedly, and the others agreed, and Jia Cong agreed, "Others give you face, but you can't take it."
Love to play is a teenager's nature and cannot be suppressed. Mr. Lu Xun stepped on his younger brother's kite when he was a child. When he looked back many years later, he regretted it.
If you live a lifetime again, you should have less regrets, right?
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The kitten in the main room licked his little feet with his little tongue, then stretched out his little feet and wiped it on his face. The cat knew that he would wash his face, otherwise he would have no shame to see someone.
"Why? Brother Cong doesn't argue with you, don't mess with him, he will sue you when he is full?" Jia Lian crossed his legs: "The family is full and the eldest master's house is ours. The old lady and the eldest master all mean this. What do you think you are messing around?"
"You are still here to scold me? I've lost all my face. How can I meet people? It's fine if I don't persuade me, so why should you?" Wang Xifeng wiped her tears. The couple's early relationship was very good. In broad daylight, they would occasionally fight for three hundred rounds, "sending palace flowers, Jia Lian, to play Xifeng with them", that's exactly what it means.
Jia Lian objected to Jia Yucun's blackmail Shi Daizi, which showed that he was a little conscientious. However, Jia Lian was a typical new man who married in bed and an old man cried in the room. When he had You Erjie, he cursed Wang Xifeng to die. When he had Qiutong, he ignored You Erjie's miserable treatment and life and death.
I can only say that Jia Lian is a scumbag with a little conscience.
As a man, it doesn’t matter if he suffers a little, but he can’t suffer a woman who will last your life.
Ping'er sorted out the items in the room and deliberately pretended not to hear them.
As the saying goes, it is hard to wash away all the waters of the rivers and lakes. Wang Xifeng kicked the cat hard in anger. The cat said "meow" with tears in his eyes. He didn't understand why the mistress who cared for it was so fickle. When Wang Xifeng cried, she looked even more beautiful: "I regret it, can't it be enough? But I can't swallow this tone. Although I don't know your men's imperial examination, I don't believe that the concubine Jia Cong can be admitted to the scholar!"
"Okay, okay." Although Jia Lian had a good relationship with Wang Xifeng at this time and complained to Jia Cong, it was Wang Xifeng after all. Wouldn't it be quarrel to teach his younger brother? He could tell him a little bit about right and wrong. At this moment, seeing his beautiful wife, the rich young man became restless: "Ping'er, ask Feng'er to guard the gate."
"Ph!" Wang Xifeng's pretty face was blushing, and she was lying on the bed, feeling very embarrassed and embarrassed to pose.
Ping'er told Feng'er to guard the gate, prepare warm water when she comes back, wash the dirty things for them, or when Jia Lian is tired, she goes over and pushes her butt. What is a girl in the house? This is a girl in the house, and this is also fate.
Chapter completed!