Zhang Yueshen spent his first New Year in Bianjing.
The students in Taixue went home to celebrate the New Year. Only those who had nowhere to go stayed in Taixue during the New Year.
However, both Ouyang Xiu and Chen Xiang invited Zhang Yue to their homes for the festival.
The more Zhang listened, he felt happy and troubled at the same time.
This is a happy worry. Ouyang Xiu and Chen Xiang obviously treat themselves as their own nephews with their sincere invitations, but whose house should they go to celebrate the festival?
Zhang Yue thought about it and decided to go to Ouyang Xiu for lunch in the morning, find a reason to leave before dinner, and then have New Year's Eve dinner at Chen Xiang's house.
On New Year’s Eve, Zhang Yue and Liu Zuo said goodbye to Xiang Qi and Huang Haoyi.
Huang Haoyi's elder brother Huang Haoqian was celebrating the New Year at home, and Liu Zuo also went home. As for Xiang Qi, he thought he was accompanied by Zhang Yue, but he stayed alone in the studio.
Zhang Yue brought gifts to Ouyang Xiu's mansion.
Ouyang Fa saw Zhang Yue carrying a bunch of things in small bags, and he pretended to blame him: "Sanlang, I have already said that I would treat this place as my home, so why buy these things? I won't do this next time."
Zhang Yuezuo smiled sheepishly.
Sometimes you don’t need to say too many words, a “sorry” expression is worth a thousand words.
Ouyang Fa immediately took Zhang Yue to visit Ouyang Xiu and his female relatives.
It is a good idea to invite the family members to celebrate the New Year, so you can meet the female relatives.
Zhang Yue went to the hall to meet Ouyang Xiu and his wife Xue. Xue was Xue Kui’s fourth daughter.
Xue Kui was also a wise man. Fan Zhen, Pang Ji, and Fan Zhongyan had all been recommended by him.
Xue Kui had appreciated Ouyang Xiu's talent very early and wanted to marry his daughter to him. However, after Ouyang Xiu became a Jinshi, another minister, Xu Yan, got the first chance to marry his daughter. This made Xue Kui very upset.
However, Ouyang Xiu's first wife, Xu, unfortunately died of illness. This time, Xue Kui did not miss Ouyang Xiu and married his fourth daughter to Ouyang Xiu.
As for Xue Kui’s other son-in-law, it was Wang Gongchen who had robbed Ouyang Xiu of being the first scholar.
Ouyang Xiu was very talented in literature at that time and was recognized as the number one scholar, so he made a red robe to wear when he was the number one scholar. At that time, Wang Gongchen and Ouyang Xiu were studying in the Guangwen Library. They saw that Ouyang Xiu's robe was very good, so he borrowed it.
After passing through, he went around telling everyone: "I won the top prize!"
Later on, Ouyang's ranking in the palace examination plummeted, but Wang Gongchen became the number one scholar.
Wang Gongchen acquired Xue Kui's third daughter, but she died of illness soon after, so Xue Kui quickly married his fifth daughter to Wang Gongchen.
So Ouyang Xiu took the opportunity to write a poem to ridicule Wang Gongchen, saying, "The old son-in-law is the new son-in-law, and the eldest uncle is the younger uncle."
Zhang Yue went to the hall to pay homage to Mrs.
Hearing this, Ouyang Xiu glanced at Zhang Yue meaningfully, but there were no words on his face.
Ouyang Faze said: "Mother, this is natural. When Zeng Zigu met Sanlang that day, he praised him very much. I remember that Zigu had three younger sisters waiting to be taken to his boudoir."
Xue Kui smiled and glanced at Ouyang Xiu but did not express his position.
Ouyang Fa was very enthusiastic and said to Zhang Yue: "The Zeng family is a scholarly family, and it is also a poor family. A woman from such a background must be able to run a family and not be domineering. As the saying goes, marry a virtuous woman, and a woman from the Zeng family is
A good match. Daddy, Zigu is your most proud student..."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, I am also climbing the wall, waiting with eyes wide open. As for Brother Fa, do you want me to take the initiative?
Ouyang Xiu smiled slightly and said: "I heard that the seventh mother of the Zeng family will be nineteen after the Chinese New Year. She is much older than Sanlang."
“It doesn’t matter if you are older, whether it’s good fortune, wealth and longevity, it’s…”
Just when Ouyang Fa wanted to continue talking, he was kicked in the leg. Ouyang Fa knew that it was his wife Wu who kicked him, so he immediately stopped talking and said, "That's right, San Lang might as well wait a little longer."
Xue said with a smile: "Sanlang is so talented and good-looking, why worry about not being able to match a good woman? I don't know which girl in Bianjing City is so lucky."
Zhang Yue was busy and said with sincerity and fear: "The old lady is so complimentary."
Xue said with a smile: "I never praise others easily. One sentence is the truth."
Mrs. Wu smiled and said: "My daughter-in-law can testify that among the younger generations of our family, my mother has never praised anyone like this."
Zhang Yue was very happy in his heart and said hurriedly: "I'm scared, but I don't know what to say, so I have to thank the old lady."
Xue smiled kindly and said: "If you are clumsy in speech, your heart will be clear. It's very good, very good."
Soon after Zhang Yue left first, Mr.
Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: "Xiu already understands that if Xiu has a daughter, he will definitely marry Sanlang early."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Although Ouyang Xiu said it as a joke, Wu laughed, but she had some concerns in her heart.
Nowadays, it’s hard to find young men who are talented, good-looking, and good-looking.
Since the Wu family was from such a well-established family, they did not like to wait for the young husband to become a Jinshi before coming to ask for a hand in marriage. This was like those merchants who wanted to seize a son-in-law, and he had lost his status.
Speaking of which, she married Ouyang Fa, but found that Ouyang Fa was talented, but he did not pay attention to his career. He only knew about studying epigraphy and playing with ancient artifacts, so that he repeatedly failed in the imperial examination.
As for Shi Qi... among their sisters, Fifteen Niang and Shi Qi Niang are the most spirited.
It’s just that Fifteen Niang is in the open, and Shi Qi is in secret. After Fifteen Niang Gao married Wen Yanbo’s son, everything was harmonious, which made her tense heart feel relieved. Now she is thinking about Shi Qi’s marriage.
How, but later I learned that my father might have fallen in love with Zhang Yueshi.
Although Mrs. Wu thinks that this young man has good looks, he comes from a poor family after all. She feels that he is much worse than the husbands of other women in the Wu family. But now it seems that this young man should not be underestimated.
She and Qi Niang grew up together. Although they love each other as sisters, no matter how good the sisters are, they still have a sense of superiority and inferiority. If Zhang Yue wins the Jinshi in the future, Ouyang Fa will still not be ranked first. In this way... I won't
It's at the bottom.
Wu glanced at Zhang Yue, maybe after seventeen days she will be the best married among the sisters?
Zhang Yue found an excuse to leave after lunch. After all, Ouyang Xiu's family still had female relatives, so it was inconvenient to stay overnight.
Zhang Yue immediately went to Chen Xiang's home.
Zhang Yue also prepared a copy of Chen Xiang's gift and put it in his studio. Now he went to Taixue to pick it up and then went to the other party's home.
Seeing a mule cart parked in front of the alley, Zhang Yue guessed who would meet Chen Xiang at this time, but it must be someone very close to him.
The old servant opened the door for Zhang Yue. When Zhang Yue entered, he saw Chen Xiang sitting and chatting with a man in the hall.
Zhang Yue saw this and was about to move away, but at this moment Chen Xiang stopped Zhang Yue and said: "Sanlang..."
It was difficult for Zhang Yue to leave, so he had to go to the hall and salute Chen Xiangyang: "Sanlang has met Mr.
Zhang Yue faced Chen Xiang but ignored the man.
That’s right, this man is Zhang Dun.
Unexpectedly, he also came to see Chen Xiang today.
Ps: My thoughts are stuck today. I will update 5,000 words tomorrow and pay off the debt in one go.