Fei Rulan took her son, Xiyue and nanny to visit her mother, Lou.
The official seal carved by the Ministry of Rites is given to the secretary Haosheng for safekeeping.
As for the official uniform, let the guards take it back to the inner house. The guards only dared to enter the main room, so they packed it in a rattan box and placed it neatly on the table.
Zhao Zhenfang and Fei Rumei returned together, chattering non-stop. Although the female teachers in the school always taught girls to be quiet and dignified, eight out of ten students studying in girls' schools became more and more...
Lively.
"Sister, sister!"
Fei Rumei ran into the courtyard and shouted, but no one answered.
A maid came out of the kitchen: "Miss Rumei, my wife has gone back to her parents' house. She said she would be back before evening and asked me to cook the food first."
"Oh, go and do your work," Fei Rumei walked into the main room, tossed her schoolbag, and muttered, "I finally came here, but my sister went to my house instead."
Zhao Zhenfang went back to her room and put away her schoolbag, poured two glasses of water, and handed one to Fei Rumei: "The annual leave is tomorrow. Miaotong invites you to go to her house to play. Are you going?"
"Go, there's nothing to do if you stay at home." Fei Rumei said with a smile.
Seeing a rattan box on the table, Fei Rumei put down the cup and went over to open the box. She was surprised and said: "Ah, is this an official hat? The wings of the hat are so long."
Public uniforms are only worn by officials when they are on duty. Ordinary people have never seen them before. Fei Yinghuan would not show off his official uniforms when he went home.
Zhao Zhenfang dissuaded her and said, "This is my second brother's thing. Don't touch it."
Fei Rumei said: "This is the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty. My brother-in-law is a rebel. He will not wear such a thing."
"That's true." Zhao Zhenfang nodded.
Fei Rumei raised her official hat, put it on her head and said, "Do I look like an official?"
Zhao Zhenfang couldn't help laughing: "Your head is too small."
Fei Rumei took out the suit of clothes again, put them on randomly, raised her hand to support the unsteady official hat, pretended to be a lustful and corrupt official, picked Zhao Zhenfang's chin with her fingers and said: "This little lady is handsome, today
How about going back with me to enjoy your happiness?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhao Zhenfang was so amused that she burst into laughter. She suddenly snatched the hat, put it on her head and said, "You are so bold and unruly, please take off my clothes!"
When Fei Rulan wore the official uniform, the sleeves and hem were too long. It could be used as a costume. She followed the example of an actor and fluttered her sleeves, then began to show off her figure, twisting and moving forward.
"oops!"
Fei Rumei stepped on the hem of her clothes with her toes and was thrown forward violently.
Feeling the light at the door go dark, Fei Rumei looked up, quickly got up and said, "Brother-in-law is back."
Zhao Zhenfang quickly took off her official hat and quickly put it into the box. Fei Rumei also quickly took off her official uniform.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "Wear it to play if you like, just don't wear it outside."
Fei Rumei explained: "We just find it strange."
"I'll put it on my second brother." Zhao Zhenfang was afraid that Zhao Han would be angry, so she picked up the official hat and put it on Zhao Han's head.
Fei Rumei also said: "I dress my brother-in-law."
Zhao Han didn't refuse, he just stood there with a smile and let the two little girls toss him around.
Before she had put on her official uniform, Fei Rulan had already returned from a visit. When she saw Zhao Han's appearance, her eyes suddenly lit up: "My husband is really dressed up in this way."
Zhao Han put his official hat on the table without taking off his official uniform, and said: "Find someone to sew a set of uniforms for military attachés. I want them to be of the second grade."
Fei Rulan didn't ask why and immediately responded: "Okay, I'll go find a tailor tomorrow."
After all, he has accepted the recruitment, and he will inevitably have to deal with officials in the future. Regular clothes are the daily clothes of officials, and they are usually made by oneself. Zhao Han should have a lion embroidered on his chest.
While the couple was talking, the two little girls had already run away to tease Gu'er, who was about to turn one year old.
They put the children on the carpet and lured them with toys made of bamboo and wood.
Gun'er, however, sat there stupidly, staring at them blankly, with no intention of crawling over to get the toy.
He is not very lively, and he usually eats a lot, and is as fat as a meat ball. Sometimes Zhao Han wonders, will his eldest son become a fat man in the future?
The wet nurse kept saying: "Children should eat more to have a big appetite. They look fat now, but they will lose weight when they grow taller when they are one or two years old."
"Zhang'er, Zhang'er, come here quickly!" Zhao Zhenfang shook the rattle.
Gun'er was attracted by the sound of the drums, and was stunned for a while, and suddenly crawled forward. But after only climbing two steps, he suddenly lay down and rolled over. Moreover, because he was too fat, he only rolled once and was too tired to move.
Fei Rumei pouted and said, "Guns are not fun at all."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang'er suddenly crawled out of the carpet, hugged the legs of the bench and pushed hard, and actually pushed a stool forward.
It seems that the rattle is too small and boring, and the stool is his toy.
Zhao Han and Fei Rulan sat nearby, not talking, just smiling and watching their son play.
The next day is a holiday.
Zhao Zhenfang and Fei Rumei, escorted by two servants, went to a classmate's house to play.
This female classmate’s surname is Liu and her maiden name is Miaotong. I heard that her eyes were open when she was born, and her eyes are very beautiful.
The house of Liu Miaotong's family is very large. As long as he is willing to hand over the land, Zhao Han will not confiscate other properties of the gentry. However, there are fewer servants. There are not as many slaves as before, and there are no thousands of acres of land.
With a low income, wealthy families really don’t dare to hire too many servants.
The garden is directly a garden, and an artificial lake has also been dug.
"Let me take you to play on the swing." Liu Miaotong said with a smile.
Fei Rumei said: "My house used to have a swing."
Zhao Zhenfang ran with them, looking at the garden scenery from time to time, and suddenly saw a young man writing something by the lake.
Zhao Zhenfang asked: "Who is that?"
"My cousin is a nerd," Liu Miaotong said. "My uncle asked him to observe politics so that he could serve as an official for Mr. Zhao in the future. He insisted on learning those European and Western numbers. Numbers that look like earthworms make me upset when I look at them. He
It’s like getting a treasure.”
The three girls went to play on the swings, but the boy was completely immersed in mathematics.
This young man's name was Xiao Shixuan, a native of Fenghuanggang Village in Taihe County. One-third of his family was killed by the rebel traitor Sailu Bu. His family ran very fast and fled with several hundred taels of silver.
All property is gone, so I can only stay with my relatives.
Xiao Shixuan's father, Xiao Shigong, has taken refuge with Zhao Han for more than a year and currently serves as the director of the Anfu County Criminal Chamber.
As for Xiao Shixuan himself, he was only seventeen years old and had no interest in the imperial examination. Ever since he came into contact with mathematics, he had been living at his uncle's house, corroborating ancient Chinese mathematics with Western mathematics.
He felt that it was troublesome to write algebraic symbols such as A, B, and C when doing problems, so he made a string of symbols using cursive script as a prototype.
Then he lost control and used those symbols to make random equations. He studied a lot of things in half a year.
This guy discovered the Vedic theorem. Although it was a hundred years later than the West, he did infer it by himself. After that, he derived a series of related laws based on this theorem.
Xiao Shixuan was completely trapped. His father asked him to go to the Yamen to observe the government, but he refused to go. Zhao Han set the rules. Scholars who are willing to be officials can go to internships in certain departments. They bring their own dry food and do not get paid. They help
The internship period is at least half a year. If the job is done well, a chief officer and two assistant officers of the department can sign jointly and become a reserve staff member. Once there is a vacancy, they will be selected from among these reserve staff members.
In Xiao Shixuan's opinion, how can being an official be as interesting as studying mathematics?
The three girls first used the swing, then played shuttlecock for a while, and walked slowly towards the lake.
"Cousin." Liu Miaotong shouted.
"Yeah." Xiao Shixuan only responded without bothering to raise his head.
Liu Miaotong simply sat down and asked with a smile: "What formula did you research today?"
Xiao Shixuan felt that his cousin was very annoying. He looked up and found two strange girls. Although they were both beautiful, he felt no fluctuation in his heart.
Women will only influence his study of mathematics!
He was supposed to get married last year, but his fiancée was humiliated and committed suicide, and he has never thought about marriage again.
Zhao Zhenfang glanced at the manuscript paper on the stone table and asked curiously: "What are these symbols?"
Xiao Shixuan wanted to send these women away quickly, so he explained casually: "A, B, C, and D are algebraic symbols. I randomly determined them myself and can write them out in one stroke."
"That's convenient," Zhao Zhenfang asked again, "Why don't you have many numbers in your equation? Who came up with the math problem?"
"I wrote it randomly myself," Xiao Shixuan was a little surprised, "You also know equations?"
Zhao Zhenfang smiled and said: "My brother taught me."
The two began to discuss mathematics. Xiao Shixuan was very disappointed because Zhao Zhenfang's level was too low, just like a king facing bronze and silver, and they couldn't talk together at all.
Xiao Shixuan didn't want to talk any more and asked directly: "What is your mathematical attainments like?"
"My brother is very good at mathematics," Zhao Zhenfang said.
Xiao Shixuan was eager to find like-minded people and quickly asked: "Where does your brother live? I must go and visit him one day."
Zhao Zhenfang said: "Let's go today. My brother will definitely be happy. By the way, bring your manuscripts with you."
"Okay, let's go now," Xiao Shizhong stood up immediately, "I still have some manuscripts in my room, you can get them when I get back."
After saying that, he ignored the three girls and disappeared after a trot.
Fei Rumei pointed at her brain and asked: "Miaotong, is there something... wrong with your cousin here?"
Liu Miaotong smiled and said: "He has been very idle since he was a child, learning all kinds of messy things. Others are trying hard to be a scholar. After he was admitted to the Tongsheng Examination, he has been reading those idle books."
Fei Rumei said to Zhao Zhenfang: "This person won't talk nonsense. Will he offend my brother-in-law?"
"No, my brother definitely respects him." Zhao Zhenfang said firmly.
Not long after, Xiao Shixuan ran over with a mathematics manuscript in his arms. He did not regard himself as an outsider at all, and said happily: "Let's go quickly. Does your brother live far away?"
Zhao Zhenfang smiled and said: "It's not far."
Everyone went all the way to Fucheng, and when they arrived outside the General Military Mansion, Xiao Shixuan felt something was wrong.
"Your home...is that the right place?" Xiao Shixuan said confusedly.
"Please, Mr. Xiao." Zhao Zhenfang was very proud, thinking that she had recruited a talent for her brother.