Chapter 256 I know but I can’t tell you
Shen Zhiyan looked at it for a while, put the book back, walked around to the second row, picked up an inkstone, and went to pay.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Thank you for the favor, three hundred coins."
Shen Zhiyan gave the money.
The shopkeeper took the money and said with a smile, "Sir, are you not going to pack the book you were just reading? I saw that you were reading it for quite a while, so you must be liking it, right?"
"I didn't bring enough money today. Come back in two days."
"well."
Shen Zhiyan left the study and patted Duanwu: "Let's go."
Duanwu was completely confused and had to follow him.
The two walked forward and passed by an old man in his early fifties wearing a long robe.
The old man took two steps and then froze. He turned around and said in surprise: "That is..."
But when he wanted to look for it, the figure had disappeared.
"Xue Zheng, you're here!" The shopkeeper of Mofanglai came out and said to the old man.
The old man was the principal of the county school, Fang Xuezheng.
The shopkeeper saw Fang Xuezheng frowning and asked, "What's wrong with Xuezheng?"
"No... I just seemed to see someone I know... No, I wouldn't say he's an acquaintance, but I know who he is."
Fang Xuezhen walked towards Mo Fanglai as he spoke.
Mo Fanglai was his study, and because he was a scholar, Mo Fanglai was very famous.
Fang Xuezheng sat down in the private room, and the shopkeeper personally served him tea: "Who is that?"
"He is a great scholar. I met him before when I went to the capital to study. I think I saw him just now."
"What kind of person is that?"
"He is a legend. He won the first place in the imperial examination at the age of 17 and taught at the Imperial College for more than ten years. I was fortunate enough to listen to his lectures before. Later I heard that he left his post and lived in seclusion somewhere. Now he is only thirty years old."
The shopkeeper gasped: "There are many students in the county school who are already thirty years old, but they are still just scholars."
Fang Xuezheng smiled bitterly: "This is the difference between people."
The shopkeeper suddenly thought of something: "Hiss, is he wearing white clothes? A very handsome young man?"
Fang Xuezheng was startled: "Yes."
The shopkeeper was surprised and said, "Just now a young man in white came to our study and read a book in front of the bookshelf. Then he bought an inkstone and left."
"What book is he reading?"
"Little one will get it right away."
The shopkeeper left the private room and soon brought back a book on classics and said, "This is a book by a great scholar from the Song Dynasty."
Fang Xuezheng was surprised and said, "Could it really be Mr. Shen? It is said that he likes Mr. Song's books the most."
Thinking about it, Fang Xuezhen was a little excited. To be honest, he admired Shen Zhiyan very much. It should be said that there was no scholar who did not admire him.
When he went to the capital to take the imperial examination, he had the honor of taking Shen Zhiyan's class at the Imperial College. I didn't have close contact with it at that time, I could only see it from a distance a few times.
Fang Xuezheng sighed: "It would be great if we could meet now."
The shopkeeper said, "It's not easy. He has been reading this book. When he was checking out, I asked him if he wanted to buy it. He said he didn't have enough money today and would come back next time."
Fang Xuezheng's eyes lit up: "Really?"
"Of course. I just hope he doesn't buy it from somewhere else tomorrow."
Fang Xuezhen listened and became a little worried.
…
Shen Zhiyan returned to the town.
The gatekeeper said, "Master, Madam Ye has been here."
The corners of Shen Zhiyan’s lips curled up slightly.
Duanwu said, "It must be new bait. Did Madam Ye leave any new bait?"
"Not really."
Shen Zhiyan had already walked into the door and was about to go back to his room, but Shen Manman rushed out, angrily asking, "Where is Daddy?"
“Let’s go around the county.”
As he said this, he went into the room and closed the door.
Shen Manman was angry and turned back to find Duanwu: “What is Dad doing in the county?”
"Just strolling around!"
Duanwu scratched his head. Based on his understanding of the master, the master was going to...
Well, even if he knows, he can’t tell it.
Shen Zhiyan changed his clothes and went fishing since it was still early.
Unexpectedly, he was very lucky today and caught a small croaker in just one hour.
It is better to share happiness with others than to enjoy it alone!
He handed the fish basket to Duanwu skillfully: "Send it over."
Duanwu ran out excitedly carrying the fish basket.
…
Ye Caiping had just returned from the furniture workshop and saw Duanwu driving a horse-drawn carriage towards her from afar.
When he saw her, he stopped and said with a smile, "Madam Ye, here."
Ye Caiping took the fish basket with a stiff face, and Duanwu waved goodbye without taking away a cloud.
Ye Caiping speechlessly took the small croaker out of the fish basket. The small croaker could even flick its tail, which was quite cute...
After thinking about it, she threw the small quarry directly into the space, and then, it croaked!
Forget it, I can keep it fresh even if I use up some space!
Once you gather all its fellow sufferers together in one pot, you can start stewing them!
Ye Caiping was smiling, but then the smile on her face froze.
Why didn’t I think of saving it before? Her mother even asked her why she didn’t stew the fish!
This time she happened to come to deliver fish during the Dragon Boat Festival, what about next time?
Someone has to guard the door for her! By the way, buy a servant to guard the door!
Speaking of this, she has wanted to buy it for a long time.
When the Hu La Tang workshop was running smoothly, she was going to buy it, but her eldest brother wanted to build a house and moved in. After my eldest brother and his family moved out, he was sent to jail again.
Next up is the furniture workshop, but I haven’t had the time to think about it.
Now that I remember it, I must do it!
Thinking of this, Ye Caiping went home happily.
In the main room, dinner is ready.
The whole family sat together to eat.
Old Mrs. Ye seemed a little worried. Ye Caiping poked her and said, "We were almost done eating, and mother only took two bites."
Old Mrs. Ye gave her an unpleasant look; she was still thinking about the cat.
He sighed, "I'm a little tired and don't have much appetite."
"Then just work less, and don't go into the kitchen anymore." Ye Caiping said, "I'll go to the county to buy two servants tomorrow."
"Servants?" Ye Jin'er and her sister and Old Man Ye all exclaimed.
Xiaoyan almost dropped her chopsticks and whispered, "Auntie... is there something Xiaoyan didn't do well?"
"No." Ye Caiping said, "You did a good job. There is just too much work at home. Feeding the animals and cleaning the barn."
"Besides that, you have to cut grass for the pigs, wash clothes, cook, chop wood and clean the yard."
"It was fine before, but recently, the carriage has returned and we've got a few more dogs, so things are getting more and more complicated."
Xiaoyan said anxiously: "What's the big deal? I'm very quick! And my great-grandmother usually does it with me. I can do it. If you don't believe me, ask my great-grandmother."
Ye Caiping said with a smile: "Then take a break."
Xiaoyan's eyes were red, and Jin'er and Huan'er were also listless, looking at Xiaoyan with reluctance in their eyes.
Ye Caiping was startled when she saw this, and realized that Xiaoyan had misunderstood:
"Why are you crying? I'm just buying a few servants. I'm not going to sack you. How about you assign them to work?"
Xiaoyan looked up blankly: "Really?"
"Yeah." Ye Caiping looked at her lovingly, "Then everyone will be more relaxed. Besides, the main gate is quite far away, and we can't let you sit in the outer courtyard to guard the gate all the time. We should buy a few people who can work and guard the gate."
Old Mrs. Ye and Old Man Ye also thought it made sense.
But when I heard about buying someone, it still felt unreal.
Old Lady Ye said, "We can actually employ servants in our family. I wonder how many lifetimes of blessings we have cultivated."
In her opinion, Xiaoyan is not a servant, but one of her own, so Xiaoyan does not count.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "How could you forget, mother? When this house was built, I told you that I would buy a few servants to let you enjoy your life!"
Old Mrs. Ye immediately smiled.
Ye Jin'er asked, "Then how many should we buy?"
Ye Caiping pondered for a while and said, "Let's buy three or four first. This house is not too big, but it's not too small either. Let's buy a few and live in the back house first."
"Next year, we'll expand the house, build a row of rooms at the back, and hire more people."
Old Man Ye nodded: "Yes, if you want to expand, you have to wait until next year. You just moved into this house at the beginning of the year, don't move too much."
…
At noon the next day, Shen Zhiyan went to Moxianglai in the county again.
He had just picked up yesterday's book when Fang Xuezheng came over in a casual and excited mood, and then said with a look of surprise:
"This person...isn't Shen Daru?"
Shen Zhiyan turned around: "You are..."
Fang Xuezheng saw that he was not wrong, so he tried to suppress his excitement and said with a folded hand: "My student Fang Wenhai is the 38th Jinshi of the 10th Jian'an."
"Sir, you must not know me, but when I went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, you were already a doctor of Chinese studies at the Imperial Academy. I even attended your class at that time! I didn't expect to meet you here, so I took the liberty to come forward and say hello."
Shen Zhiyan nodded: "I'm thoughtful."
Fang Xuezheng saw that the other party was cold and indifferent, and he was so nervous that he kept rubbing his hands. When he saw that he was holding the book, he suddenly had an idea:
"Do you like this book, sir?"
"Um."
"Students like it, too. This Mr. Song..."
The two began to talk about books. As they chatted, Fang Xuezhen invited them to a private room and served them his treasured famous tea, using an antique jade cup that he himself was reluctant to even touch.
After communicating for more than an hour, Fang Xuezhen felt that he had learned a lot.
Fang Xuezheng sighed: "It's a pity that the teacher is no longer teaching."
Shen Zhiyan: "To be honest, I have a closed disciple now."
Fang Xuezheng was so envious: "I wonder who that disciple is?"
"I don't want to say."
"Oh, I am being rude. It is really enviable to be taught by the teacher. It would be great if the students of our county school could also receive guidance from the teacher."
"OK."
"What?" Fang Xuezheng was just testing the waters, but unexpectedly, Shen Zhiyan agreed. He asked excitedly, "Mr. Shen is really willing to come to our county school for guidance?"
"One morning is still no problem."
"Okay, okay!" Fang Xuezhen didn't know how to describe his feelings.
Being able to invite Shen Zhiyan to teach a class in his county school, when the news spread, his colleagues would look up to him and be envious and jealous!
He felt like he was about to take off, what should he do?
Shen Zhiyan said, “We’ll discuss when to start the class later.”
"Okay, okay, I wonder where Mr. Shen lives?"
Shen Zhiyan wrote an address to him and stood up: "It's getting late, Shen will say goodbye now."
After Shen Zhiyan left, Fang Xuezhen eagerly chased after him with a bunch of things in his hands and stuffed them into Duanwu's hands.
The shopkeeper behind the counter looked at the arrogant Xue Zheng and almost covered his eyes like a dog.
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PS: Xue Zheng is the principal. The county school set here is a government-run school, equivalent to a modern public school. This book is fictional and assumes that the academician has an official rank. Because the official rank of teachers in ancient times was generally relatively low, the academician of the county school is assumed to be of the seventh rank.
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