While Zhang Yue was talking to Yang, he saw Zhang Yu and Lao Duguan walking out of the back hall.
Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Brother Yue is here. What a rare visitor."
Zhang Yue smiled perfunctorily and said, "I've met my uncle."
Zhang Yu has been an official for many years and has experienced the ways of the world, so he can see how sincere Zhang Yue's uncle is.
Zhang Yu sat down and said, "I heard that you got third place in the test this time, very good, very good. Although it is not as good as our brother Dun, Kaifeng Fuyuan, you still got the answer anyway."
Zhang Yue listened to his heart, and this was not to ridicule himself for not being as good as Zhang Dun.
But the Kaifeng Prefecture Interpretation Test is not comparable. Are you sure it would be interesting to rank first or third?
Zhang Yue said: "What I learned from my uncle's experience is that he must have had a high rank in the examination. I wonder where my uncle's rank was?"
Zhang Yu laughed and said, "I'm old, so I don't remember it for a while."
"I admire my uncle's relief and indifference, and he doesn't care about everything. I really admire my nephew."
Zhang Yugan laughed twice, but when he saw Yang looking at the two of them, he immediately changed his words and said: "Brother Yue, since you are just asking for excuses and you have said such a good marriage, my uncle is really happy for you."
Yang asked the old governor: "Are you here?"
The old man said: "The bride was just playing leaf cards with some ladies. When she heard that Brother Yue was coming, she pushed the cards and waited in the pavilion."
Yang said to Zhang Yue with a smile on her face, "Let's meet your sister-in-law."
"yes."
Zhang Yue stood up immediately after hearing this, and soon a woman in her twenties entered the room.
This woman was wearing a bright red gown, but her dress was very dignified and elegant. Her appearance was not outstanding, but she had the appearance of wealth.
Zhang Yue looked at the other person's appearance and thought that Mr. Yang had really chosen a good wife for his second brother.
How do wealthy families choose their daughters-in-law? They are also found from wealthy families.
At first glance, I knew that I grew up since I was a child, and her eyes were pure.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but compare her with Qi Niang. One of them was rich and the other was noble. The other's eyes were very humble, while the Qi Niang's eyes were arrogant.
Zhang first bowed to Zhang Yu and Yang, and then to Zhang Yue.
“I met my sister-in-law.”
“I met my uncle.”
After seeing the ceremony, the two of them took their seats. Yang asked first, "Have you received a letter from Brother Dun?"
Zhang said with a smile: "Brother Dun's letters home are not always sent to Mother Cui first, right?"
Yang smiled and said, "I forgot about it for a moment."
Zhang Yue sighed that this sister-in-law is sensible.
Yang asked again: "Have all the houses on Tianshui Lane been tidied up?"
"Everything is ready. The three main rooms have been cleaned. The wife bought the household utensils based on those of a Fujian official who came to Beijing. There is also a study room where Xi'er studies. The writing is based on the best selection in the capital. The west study room
One room is reserved for the future gentleman, and the east wing is for my uncle. The east wing is not only spacious, but also has a conservatory next to it, so it will be warm in winter."
Zhang Yue lamented that Mr. Zhang was so attentive and thoughtful that he even knew that he was afraid of the cold. Although he would not live there, he still thanked her.
Yang said: "You have worked hard these days."
“The mother trusts her daughter-in-law to take care of the house, and the daughter-in-law should do her best.”
Zhang Yu on the side looked cheerfully, since the Yang family had been taking care of the family affairs before, and since there was Zhang family, he was happy to take over as the shopkeeper.
But Zhang Yu did not forget his pride and said to Zhang Yue: "Brother Yue, have you seen that there are many things about the housekeeper? Your future wife must be able to share the burden for the family like your sister-in-law."
ah?
You're teaching me...what to do, lady?
You don’t have to do this when you praise your daughter-in-law to her face.
Zhang Yue had ten thousand complaints in his heart.
Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "The wife of the Wu family is from the prime minister's family. She is a lady among all the ladies. I will ask her for advice on how to run a family in the future."
After speaking, Zhang smiled apologetically at Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue once again lamented Zhang's virtuousness. Now he finally understood what it means to have a virtuous woman in front of every successful man.
Zhang Dun married such a woman, no wonder the powerful official became more and more powerful.
Zhang Yu secretly laughed, the prime minister's family background is good, but such a girl is also difficult to control, can Zhang Yue control her?
After that, Zhang Yue left and declined the Zhang family’s meal.
Zhang Yue went to see Guo Lin after saying goodbye. More than 20 people were admitted to Nanjian this time.
Guo Lin now lives in Zhang Yue's hut. The former scholar surnamed You often stayed out all night after he failed the exam. He heard that he was dragged into gambling. Most of the time, only Guo Lin lived in the hut.
This time Zhang Yue brought a jug of good wine and bought roast meat on the street, and brought it to Guo Lin's house.
Zhang Yue felt that he had many identities. He was a prospective son-in-law to the Wu family, a student to Chen Xiang, and a nephew to Ouyang Xiu. Only when he was in front of Guo Lin, Zhang Yue finally found the person he was before.
The two of them can be said to have no scruples when talking, and they can say whatever they want.
Zhang Yue poured the wine, but saw that Guo Lin was a little unhappy and asked, "What's wrong?"
Guo Lindao: "I don't know whether to say it or not. I used to have a few good classmates when I was in Nanjian. This time I passed the exam, but they failed."
“Now there are cases of cheating in the imperial examination. They say everywhere that I have cheated. I have a close relationship with the examiners...and now they don’t have any contact with me.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yue laughed and said, "What else can I say? Senior brother, this is a good thing. It is better to see these people clearly sooner rather than later. These friends are better off."
“They are making up stories everywhere now and slandering them among classmates. I’m a little bit...” Guo Lin let out a long sigh as he said this.
Zhang Yue patted Guo Lin on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I tell you to ignore him."
“In the past, Han Shan asked Shi De and said: The world slanders me, bullies me, insults me, laughs at me, despises me, despises me, hates me, and deceives me. How should I deal with it?”
"Shi Deyun: Just tolerate him, let him, let him, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, ignore him, wait for a few more years and you can see him."
Guo Lin nodded and said, "Junior brother, that's right."
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "However, what Han Shan and Shi De said is the truth of Buddhism, but we Confucian scholars cannot say that. Senior brother, you have to endure it, but it depends on how you endure it."
“I believe in this sentence. People must work hard at all times, let others slander and bully others, gain benefits everywhere, and gain virtue everywhere.”
“If you don’t work hard, others’ slander and bullying will eventually become your inner demon, and you will eventually be exhausted.”
Guo Lin nodded suddenly.
Zhang Yue saw that Guo Lin had listened and continued: "In life, you will always suffer from all kinds of slander and bullying. You retaliate with tooth for tooth. It only makes you happy for a while and it also involves energy. But if you don't retaliate, you will suffer from the anger in your heart all day long. One day
Become a demon."
"It's better to work hard and stop hanging out with these people. When you look down on them, the humiliation and humiliation you suffered at the beginning will become your virtue."
“Senior brother, this is something I have thought about for a long time before I understand. Now I will give it to you, and you will gain something.”
Guo Lin nodded and said: "Junior brother, you are really different from before. If you use these words to persuade me, why don't you persuade yourself that the person you want to win in your heart is your second brother?"
Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Senior brother knows me."
Guo Lindao: "I understand, junior brother has been really suffering these years."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I don't think so, it's just a matter of practicing and refining one's mind."
The two brothers drank wine all night, talked about many things when they were young, and finally got drunk together.
At the end of September, Zhang Shi and his family finally arrived in Bianjing.