Chapter 95 If you want to grow into a big tree, don’t compete with the grass.
The next day, Zhang Yue and He Qi came to Wu Mansion at about the same time.
The two of them met the manager of the library, but they saw that the other person was already smiling.
“The two gentlemen are here.”
Zhang Yue and He Qi looked at each other, each bowed and said: "It's polite to take care of things."
The steward of the library opened the door and said: "You two are the distinguished guests of Da Langjun. We were a little neglectful before, but I really didn't greet you well enough."
Zhang Yue is a little strange.
But when He Qi heard this, he said, "As for the steward, we have taken the liberty of disturbing you here and caused you a lot of trouble. This is what we both feel sorry for."
The steward smiled and said, "He Qilang is really good at talking. Please come in!"
The two of them entered the house immediately.
But I saw something different in the library today. There was a charcoal pot using smokeless charcoal next to the desk where the two copied, and there was also a copper incense burner not far away.
"This is?"
He Qi couldn't help but be surprised, he didn't receive such treatment yesterday.
The steward smiled and said: "The Dalang Lord has given instructions to greet you two well. These are the things we use every day in the Wu Mansion."
The steward said and bowed before leaving and closing the door without leaving any trace of the two of them.
Zhang Yue didn’t think much about putting the book box on the desk, then went upstairs to get the books, put them on the desk, and continued yesterday’s copying.
He Qi walked around for a while and couldn't help but said: "This fragrance is from Hainan. A little bit of it is worth 10,000 yuan. This is the best fragrance!"
“Ten thousand dollars, so expensive!”
He Qi shook his head and said: "Don't be surprised. Although this agarwood incense is valuable, in the eyes of the Wu family, it is just ordinary. It is fitting for someone of such a family to use this incense. You have been seen making such a fuss,
It’s meant to be a joke.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yue laughed and said, "Thank you, Brother He, for the tip. Brother He is really awesome. I just think this fragrance smells really good, but I don't even know the name of the fragrance."
He Qiwei smiled and said: "That's natural. In this dynasty, from the official family to the ordinary officials, everyone loves fragrance. If you study and become an official in the future and cross this threshold, you will naturally know
That’s it. Understanding these knowledge is much easier than reading scriptures and writing articles.”
Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said, "That's it. Thank you Brother He for the pointer."
“Not worth mentioning.”
He Qi thought to himself that the Wu family suddenly improved their treatment of the two of them. I wonder if they value them?
While the two were talking, Zhang Yue heard a knock on the door and saw that He Qi had returned to his desk in the blink of an eye, sitting upright.
I saw two beautiful maids coming to the library each carrying tea bowls on tea trays.
He Qi and Zhang Yue did not dare to peep, and sat with their eyes and nose in mind.
“Thank you, little lady.”
Zhang Yue thanked the beautiful maid who was serving him tea. She smiled and said, "How can I be called a husband as a slave? Just call me Fuye."
Zhang Yue smiled and said to himself, this young lady is quite pretty.
After serving tea to Zhang Yue, the beautiful maid said: "The prince's ink is dry. If the prince doesn't mind the servant's clumsiness, let the servant add water to the prince to polish the ink!"
Speaking, he helped Zhang Yue polish his ink without waiting for Zhang Yue's consent.
Zhang Yue smelled the faint fragrance of the woman's body mixed with the fragrance of agarwood in the study at the tip of his nose. He couldn't help but feel a little dazed. After a while, he calmed down and picked up his pen to write again.
And another beautiful maid also helped He Qi add water to his ink.
In the meantime, the incense has been burned.
The beautiful maid beside Zhang Yue stood up to add incense, but saw that the other party first burned the special small pieces of charcoal thoroughly, then placed them in the incense burner, then filled the charcoal with fine incense ash, and then poked some holes in the incense ashes.
Another maid put porcelain, mica, money, silver leaves, and sand flakes on the incense ashes and put them on the fire, while the fragrant cakes were placed on the fire and baked under the charcoal under the ashes.
Soon the fragrance will evaporate lightly.
The two beautiful maids alternated left and right, extremely skillful, and their postures were beautiful. It can be said that they have been used to burning incense for a long time. Seeing this refreshing scene, Zhang Yue couldn't help but think to himself, rich people really know how to play. When I become rich in the future, how many kilograms of Jubi will I have to buy?
Come and use it as firewood.
Zhang Yue saw He Qi chatting with the woman beside him about burning incense. The other woman was very eloquent and spoke eloquently, showing her extraordinary knowledge. The two maids couldn't help but nodded frequently, and even the maid beside Zhang Yue was listening attentively.
Zhang Yue didn’t think too much and continued copying and writing.
What He Qi said just now makes sense. If you study and become an official and cross this threshold, you will naturally understand these things. Is the knowledge of burning incense more difficult than reading scriptures and writing articles?
The elk is moving to the left but its eyes are not blinking.
The beautiful maid next to Zhang Yue listened to He Qiyan's eloquent words and nodded frequently. Then she glanced at Zhang Yue and thought, this young man seemed a little dull.
At nearly noon, the steward of the library came and said, "The elder gentleman invites the two younger gentlemen to have a drink."
Eating alcohol during the day? Is this possible? In the county school, if students are caught eating alcohol during the day, they will be locked up.
Although he is not in the county school at the moment, Wu Anshi, who is also a student in the county school, is somewhat aware of the law and breaking the law.
Zhang Yue said: "I've already caused a lot of disturbances here, how dare you treat me as a gentleman with good intentions?"
When the steward heard this, he said: "Dalangjun has such good intentions, Sanlang can't deny it."
He Qi had already stood up and said: "That's right, Sanlang. Let's borrow Dalang Jun's precious land to copy books. Since Dalang Jun invites us to do so, we won't refuse."
At present, the steward invited the two of them to a courtyard.
But I saw winter plums planted all over the courtyard. It was the time when the plum blossoms were in bloom, and they were a riot of purple and red. It was really enchanting and beautiful.
Wu Anshi invited the two of them to set up a banquet in the open pavilion facing the courtyard, where they could enjoy the plum blossoms and eat wine at the same time.
Seeing that the table of wine and food was extremely rich, and obviously showing great respect, He Qi said happily: "Plum wine with wine! Dalang Jun is really a gentleman!"
Wu Anshi waved her hands and said with a smile: "My wife likes to appreciate plum blossoms, these are just her handiwork. Let's just borrow them for drinking."
Zhang Yue said: "Master Wu Dalang, I am not good at drinking. Can you drink less?"
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "Sanlang, it doesn't look like he has a limited drinking capacity, but it doesn't matter, Sanlang does what he wants."
Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you, Mr. Dalang."
Soon a maid came forward to serve the three of them with wine and food.
"I don't dare to do the work, I can do it myself." Zhang Yue declined.
Wu Anshi smiled and said: "Sanlang is not as calm as Qilang. That's all. Even if you can't do it, just let it go."
The two maids beside Zhang Yue leaned over and smiled before retreating.
But he saw the other maids picking up dishes on the table and placing them in bowls for two, like butterflies in flowers. Zhang Yue had already eaten the first few dishes anyway.
Zhang Yue was missing during the dinner, and He Qi toasted. Zhang Yue stopped drinking after a few drinks, but He Qi and Wu Anshi drank in harmony.
He Qi has a good drinking capacity, but he is also a bit drunk.
Wu Anshi said to He Qida: "Brother He is young and has been promoted to the state by the county school. I wonder if he has ever been married?"
He Qidao said: "Reporting to Dalangjun, I have never been married."
Wu Anshi smiled and said, "No, Brother He is almost twenty."
He Qidao: "My father and mother have very high expectations for me, and there was a time when I was not allowed to discuss marriage before I was born. Therefore, I have been studying hard at home without any distraction."
“I admire you, I admire you, but if Brother He is like this, doesn’t he feel lonely around you? Is there a pink beauty who can explain it?”
He Qi said seriously: "I have never had this thought. I only have books written by saints and sages in my heart. I don't dare to write a book before I finish it."
“What about Saburo?”
Zhang Yue put down his chopsticks and said: "Not really, but when I read the Analects of Confucius and read 'Beautiful eyes are looking forward to it, and a clever smile is beautiful, I always think it is gorgeous', I can't help but think about what a beautiful woman she is!"
He Qi and Wu An’s poems inevitably made everyone laugh.
“A fair lady, a gentleman loves to be a quarrel, it’s human nature.” Wu Anshi ended the topic with one sentence.
The two of them had a drink and then returned to the library to continue copying books.
Zhang Yue didn't drink much, so he was fine. Although He Qi drank a bowl of hangover soup, he was still listless.
After dark, Zhang Yue and He Qijie left.
In the Wu mansion, Wu Anshi, Shi Qiniang, and Fan were listening to the steward's report and drinking tea.
Then Fan said: "Sister Qi, it seems like you haven't tried this idea for a long time?"
Seventeenth sister didn’t say anything, Wu Anshi smiled and said: “I kind of understand what seventeenth sister means.”
“You should stop playing riddles.”
Seventeen Niang said to the steward: "Steward, I don't ask anything else. I only ask Zhang He how much each of them copied today, and how does it compare with yesterday?"
The steward said: "The Zhang family's copy is almost the same as yesterday's, but the He family's copy is only one-third."
Fan said: "Seventeen sisters, we have tested the virtuous and unvirtuous. Why do you ask them to copy the books?"
Wu An's poem said: "This is the truth what the Seventeenth Sister said. When she sees the red sleeves with fragrance, she will talk about it. After a few drinks, she will think that she has made friends with my Wu family. How can such a person be like this?"
Fan Shi said: "Is this the intention of Seventeenth Sister?"
The seventeenth mother said: "Sister-in-law, you can't see or hear the difference between a virtuous person and an unvirtuous person. If you can do things well, you are a virtuous person. If you can do things to the extreme, you are a little bit unvirtuous.
, it doesn’t matter.”
"A prime minister who can ensure peace and order for the country must be a virtuous prime minister. These two people came here in the name of copying books, and they didn't even do their job well. The other words are useless no matter how nice they sound."
The steward said: "Here are two pieces of paper, which I left behind while they were copying the books."
When everyone looked at it, they saw that the copied words were all scattered and scattered, with several words connected in one stroke. It was worse than cursive writing, and it was really hard to read.
The writing in another article is meticulous from beginning to end, and the font is extremely upright and generous, which is pleasing to the eye at a glance.
Mrs. Fan held up the piece of paper with nice and neat handwriting and said, "This must be written by the young man of the Zhang family."
The steward nodded and said, "The mistress has a keen eye."
Fan took another article and sighed: "This He Qi is not here to copy the book, it's just an excuse."
“It is the young man of the Zhang family whose handwriting is so beautiful that he couldn’t write it if he was extremely calm. He seems to want to grow into a big tree and not compete with the grass.”
“Seventeenth sister, what do you think?”
Seventeen Niang took this page and looked at it and said: "The calligraphy of Zhang Jialangjun was learned from Zhang Boyi, using seal script as regular script. If you practice hard and unremittingly, you will have some achievements in more than ten years."
“Seventeen sisters, this is too much.”
Seventeen Niang said: "Sister-in-law, just watch."