The ground in Jiangxi was not peaceful, but Tang Yin was in a good mood, as if King Ning would not send anyone to cause trouble for him.
The next morning, Tang Yin gave two classes to several children. Near noon, he took Zhu Hao out for a "walk on the street". It was nominally to participate in a cultural meeting, and he took Zhu Hao with him to broaden his horizons and accumulate knowledge, but he never thought of letting the same students
Yuan Rulin, who was about to take the county examination, followed.
Zhu Hao really wanted to say, didn't Yuan Zonggao ask you to support his grandson? You didn't even take his grandson out of the palace. You are really not afraid of being beaten!
Because it was an errand assigned by the palace, Lu Song brought two guards in civilian clothes to follow and protect him. They didn't get too close, as if they didn't want to disturb Zhu Hao while he was studying with Tang Yin.
"Mr. Lu, I see that you are in high spirits recently. Is there any happy event approaching?" Zhu Hao joked with a smile while walking on the road.
Looking ahead at a group of literati gathering under the ancient locust tree in front of the Confucian Temple, Zhu Hao thought Tang Yin was going to take him in, but Tang Yin turned around and walked to the side street.
this person……
It's really unpredictable.
"Did you hear what someone said? You are a child, why do you ask so many questions?" Tang Yin did not want to talk to Zhu Hao about men and women.
Zhu Hao turned back and glanced at Lu Song, who was not far away. At this time, Lu Song was talking to the two guards around him and didn't pay attention to the situation here at all.
Zhu Haodao: "Actually, I support Mr. Lu's ability to settle down and establish a career here. It's better than going back to Jiangnan... to continue to be alone and helpless, okay? Even if there are many friends there, it can't fundamentally change your life. It's better to
Staying in Anlu is at least a career with a bright future."
"hehe."
Even though Tang Yin now relies more and more on Zhu Hao's strategies, it does not mean that he will accept Zhu Hao's plan for his life.
"There are a lot of people there, why don't we get involved? Recently, it seems that scholars in the city have begun to gather together..."
Zhu Hao pointed to the location of the wine shop on one side. Before lunch, the wine shop was occupied by literati who had taken a break when winter came.
These days, studying can change your destiny, but in the end, only a few can successfully change your future. Thousands of troops can cross the single-plank bridge of the imperial examination without falling. Anyway, they just squeeze their heads forward and cannot squeeze in... After three
Keep up the good work year after year, keep learning and take exams.
But not every family can provide enough food rations to support a weak scholar who does nothing all day long and cannot create any value to take the exam. The final result must be...
Most scholars have to work in farming to support their families while studying and pursuing their dreams.
Therefore, the work and rest of a scholar is basically the same as that of a farmer. They work at sunrise and rest at sundown, taking a little time to review their lessons. Most people will wait until after the autumn harvest and there is not much to do at home before leaving all the clutter behind.
Most scholars before passing the examination cannot escape these cruel rules.
Having enough to eat is a top priority.
This is also the reason why the number of scholars in the city gradually increases after autumn.
Tang Yin said: "No, their knowledge is not good at first glance. With your level, you shouldn't hang out with mediocre people. Not to mention lowering your grade, even your knowledge will decline after being around for a long time. You have to join a higher level.
party..."
Zhu Hao blinked: "For example? Juren?"
Tang Yin said angrily: "If you want to attend the gathering of the Jurenjian in the city, it will be difficult to do so. It would be good if you can attend the gathering of the students. Let's go over there and see..."
It is better to say that Tang Yin is looking for a chance to go out for a walk. Zhu Hao can tell. Tang Yin clearly knows that with Zhu Hao's current age and knowledge, no adult is willing to talk to Zhu Hao.
Sit down and discuss the truth seriously.
It's not the first time that Tang Yin brought Zhu Hao out.
Those adults in the past found that every time they discussed knowledge with Zhu Hao, they would be overwhelmed by his knowledge, and they did not like to talk to the young and old.
Since he knew that he was not popular among Confucian scholars and Tang Yin did not like to join in the fun, why did he ask for trouble?
It would be better to let Yuan Rulin stay in class to memorize books for a while and write one more essay on the Four Books than to go out for a walk. As for Zhu Hao... Tang Yin felt that letting Zhu Hao go out for a walk would be better than sleeping in class.
There’s no one to discuss knowledge with you, so why don’t you have me? In class, I always have to consider the feelings of other children, so I can’t say too much to you.
"Mr. Lu, why don't we find a place to sit down and drink tea? Or go find Dongzhu Su. Wasn't he in Anlu recently? When he saw us, he had to spend money to treat us to a good meal..."
Zhu Hao had a sly look on his face as if he wanted to take advantage of others.
Tang Yin said: "Are you missing a meal? If you want to eat well, I can treat you as a teacher."
This calls itself...
Zhu Hao suddenly remembered that it had been a long time since Tang Yin had the audacity to call himself "his teacher" in front of him. At first, Tang Yin was very confident and felt that he could be his husband. However, after a series of events, Tang Yin realized that the two of them were still the same as each other.
When it comes to friendship among peers, we simply no longer think of ourselves as teachers.
Why are you acting so uncharacteristically today?
"Okay, sir, why don't you invite me to a bar? I've always wanted to learn to drink." Zhu Hao chatted casually.
Tang Yin said with a straight face: "Wine in a cup is not a good thing. You would be better off not learning. If there was no such thing as wine... how could a teacher end up like this?"
Tang Yin expressed his emotion without any reason.
Zhu Hao pondered.
Your Tang Yin's wandering in the second half of his life is all due to your dissoluteness in the first half of his life. It doesn't matter whether you have alcohol or not. Don't rely on dead things if something goes wrong, okay?
It can be thought that Tang Yin may have realized that he is like a duckweed because of the blind date recently, and coupled with the sense of crisis he instilled in him, he may not be able to find his direction for a while... It is also possible!
Will this old boy give up on himself again?
…
…
Tang Yin actually invited Zhu Hao to dinner.
I didn’t specifically choose a wine shop, just a roadside stall.
It seemed that this was not the first time Tang Yin had visited. He sat down and ordered the food to be served. The old shopkeeper, who was about fifty years old, with wrinkles all over his face and hands, brought a small pot of wine while laughing.
"This restaurant is good. The rice wine is fragrant and has a long aftertaste. It is not watered down. Several of the specialty side dishes are even salty. They taste delicious and the shopkeeper is also very polite."
Tang Yin kept praising him.
Zhu Hao looked far away and saw Lu Song and two guards sitting down at a nearby tea stall.
Just when Zhu Hao was thinking about calling Lu Song and others over to eat together, he saw Tang Yin looking at the straw shed set up behind the roadside stall.
There is a woman inside, wearing an apron. Although her back is to the door, she can't see clearly and her age cannot be noticed, but from the back... this woman who works has a well-proportioned figure, with bulging front and back...
Zhu Hao suddenly understood why Tang Yin would bring him to a place like this. His feelings are not about the wine, but about the person?
Thinking back to Lu Song's narrow smile yesterday, could it be that he was laughing at Tang Yin for being interested in a woman at a roadside stall, but he was too embarrassed to tell it in front of his juniors, just for fun?
"Mr. Lu, who is that?" Zhu Hao asked.
Tang Yin suddenly withdrew his gaze and glared at Zhu Hao fiercely: "Don't think nonsense."
Zhu Hao shrugged, with an innocent look on his face, as if to say, I just asked who it was. You are so harsh. It seems that you have bad intentions first, so you feel that others are targeting and making fun of you, right?
Tang Yin also seemed to realize that he had overreacted and sighed: "I am the shopkeeper's father's only daughter. She was once married. Unfortunately, her husband died less than half a year after the marriage. She was bullied by the tribe and had no place to survive. I came back to help my father run this place."
A small shop...it’s hard for my father to have only one daughter."
Zhu Hao almost didn't understand. Tang Yin's sigh of "bitterness" was referring to the roadside stall owner or the woman who looked like she had a great figure.
Just talking.
The woman turned around and took the dishes out, and Zhu Hao finally saw the woman's face clearly.
Oval face, delicate appearance, not too young, with a trace of crow's feet already in the corners of his eyes, he is probably almost thirty. If it comes to marriage, most men would look down on it... But for a widower like Tang Yin who is in his forties and has no mother-in-law.
, it is simply something that can be met but cannot be sought.
Zhu Hao asked: "Mr. Lu went out on a blind date the day before yesterday, couldn't he be with her?"
Tang Yin had a look of shame and anger on his face: "You kid, why don't you come out to eat with your head and teeth?"
Because he was angry, Tang Yin suddenly brought out the Gusu dialect and cursed people so fast that Zhu Hao almost didn't understand.
"Is that what it is?"
Zhu Hao had an eager look in his eyes, eager for knowledge.
Tang Yin finally had no choice but to show his cards: "No... Yuan Changshi introduced me to her, she is a local wealthy woman who has not yet left the government. She looks a bit ordinary, but she is better than her youth... But I am an old scholar and I have nothing to seek for fame, so why bother?"
How about delaying a girl’s life?”
Zhu Hao nodded.
He understood.
As expected, Tang Yin may not be able to divorce, but he is still a civil servant. For an official family, it is impossible for a young girl to marry an old guy like him who has been married twice before.
But if you are a wealthy family with no social status, especially a merchant family... Tang Yin is still a hot commodity.
Who made Tang Yinzheng work as a tutor in the palace, which meant he had an iron rice bowl and fame?
Zhu Hao asked: "Has Yuan Changshi told that family your true identity?"
"That's not true..."
Tang Yin's answer was straightforward.
Zhu Hao smiled.
If Yuan Zonggao exposes it, maybe she won't want to marry him. The problem is that Tang Yin is famous and almost everyone knows about his troubles. Let's not forget the bad things he did in Nanchang, including pretending to be crazy, running around naked, and then being chased by King Ning.
, just because he was once held accountable by the court for making a scandal, most people would not dare to mess with such a person who had been in officialdom, or even in a high-level officialdom.
But if it is a woman from a small family whose husband has died, who is as beautiful as a flower and has no chance to remarry in her late thirties...
No matter how you look at it, he looks like a perfect match for Tang Yin.
"well!"
Tang Yin shook his head and sighed again.
There seems to be an indescribable emotion in his eyes, as if he has some reveries about people far away.