I go to the ancient imperial examinations

Chapter 68
Zhan Feiyu ignored the expectant gaze of Boss Zhan, and followed the village Zheng and the old patriarch into the main room. Except for the old man who was sitting on the right side of the large square table, Mrs. Zhan and the second son of Zhan were sitting on the bench below him. .

Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Yao were probably warned by Mrs. Zhan in advance, and the two stood by the door.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Ma Shi smiled attentively, "I've boiled the tea, so I'll bring it here."

"Okay, let's say it's important." The old patriarch didn't lack for a sip of tea, he waved his hands and sat down, "The boss and the third should also sit down."

The village Zheng looked at Zhan's family, who had different expressions, and explained his intentions straight to the point: "The story of the shocking horse in Nanjie has been turned over, and the boss has also been removed from the clan. I have also reported to the yamen. It's not our Zhan family."

Under the dim light of the candle, Boss Zhan sitting on the square stool lowered his head silently, and a large darkness enveloped him, and he couldn't see the expression on his face, but everyone in the room could feel the pain of Boss Zhan.

Since ancient times, only the wicked will be exterminated from the clan. Without the protection of the clan, they are floating without roots, and they cannot enter the ancestral graves when they die. They can only find a wasteland and bury them as lonely ghosts. Incense offerings by descendants of the clan.

Zhan Feiyu's jet-black eyes were cold and silent. If he knew this earlier, why bother!
But looking at the lost Boss Zhan, thinking of his love for him over the past few years, Zhan Feiyu turned his head away, and the corners of his eyes were sore.

The third Zhan and Mrs Ma looked at each other and felt a little uncomfortable. Although the eldest brother was taciturn, he had always protected his younger brothers and sisters since he was a child, and took up the burden of the family early on.

With this elimination, the three brothers became two.

Zhan's second son has not recovered yet, his face is morbidly pale, full of guilt and self-blame.

On the other hand, Xiao Yao pouted in disdain, not acknowledging Boss Zhan's great kindness at all.

Silence spreads in the house...

"Boss, pack up your things, and go to live in Majia Village tomorrow." Old man Zhan choked, still a little reluctant to part with his eldest son, but seeing the sick second child, he finally tacitly agreed that Boss Zhan was excommunicated.

Boss Zhan's eyes were red, and when he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse, "Father, I see."

With a helpless sigh, the old man Zhan picked up the dry cigarette on the table and smoked it. The old and decadent face in the smoke was like a withered bark, and it was full of heavy sorrow that could not be resolved. There is no one to do the work in the ground.

"I'm not in a hurry to leave." As soon as the village Zheng's voice fell, he looked at Boss Zhan who suddenly raised his head. It is really a poor person who must have something to hate.

But seeing him, a man in his thirties, holding back his grief, the villager Zheng couldn't bear to continue: "It's not just our Zhan clan in the village, there are also many people with other surnames, the boss will move to the wooden house of the old Orion at the end of the village first. on."

Unexpectedly, he could stay in the village. The excited boss Zhan wiped his face and suppressed the gushing tears. It was not until this moment that he realized how difficult it was to replace the second child to be excommunicated.

Others didn't expect that the village and the clan would open up to each other. Ma's family had sent someone a message to go back to her mother's house before, but they thought that Boss Zhan would still stay.

"Doesn't that mean that the clan has not been eliminated?" A sharp and piercing voice sounded, and Xiao Yao's face was sullen with dissatisfaction.

After such a riot, the backbone of the second room would be punctured by someone, and the result was like this, it would be better to let the head of the family remove the clan, anyway, it is no different!

Village Zheng and the old patriarch sneered, and the patriarch's grandson standing in the corner was even more surprised, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

"The second child, shut up!" Old man Zhan slapped the table and shouted angrily. This troublemaker is going to throw away the old face of the Zhan family!
The third Zhan stared fiercely at the embarrassed little Yao Shi, and couldn't help roaring, "What's wrong with your elder brother staying in the village? Get out of the old Zhan's house if you're not happy! I didn't make a fuss about remarrying..."

"Third child!" Madam Zhan looked at the young son who was not stingy, and he should be worried about his second brother if he was not happy.

Zhan Lao San didn't want to quarrel with his mother, but he couldn't hold back, and scolded his neck, "Second brother is not a good person!"

Village Zheng and the old patriarch knew very well, and the entire Zhan family was also the third eldest and cared for brotherhood.

"Although you don't move out, the punishment for the removal of the clan remains the same. The boss is not a member of the Zhan family. In the future, if you split up the family, you won't have the boss's share of the land, house, and money. Of course, you must be reluctant to give up this son and make up for it in private. , the village clan will not care." The old patriarch said slowly.

"That won't work, we've already eliminated the clan, how can we share the money!" Ma's family exploded, lest Boss Zhan divide the family's money.

With a stupid woman like Ma as a villain, Xiao Yao didn't open her mouth, but her face was sullen, obviously disagreeing.

"Okay, it's up to your old Zhan family to divide the money or not." The old patriarch was too lazy to talk to the two sisters-in-law.

The old patriarch said coldly: "Similarly, you are not allowed to ask the boss to help with the work of the Zhan family. Since the clan has been eliminated, you must follow through. Whether it is the Zeng family or the villagers, the clan rules can be You mustn't be fooling around!"

The old patriarch looked at Mrs. Zhan with sharp eyes, which was obviously aimed at her.Boss Zhan is no longer her son, so don't expect him to work as a cow or a horse, otherwise the clan will be like a child's play, and who will care about clan rules in the future.

"Boss, everything has been said, do you understand?" the old patriarch asked.

Boss Zhan nodded hurriedly, as long as he could stay in the village.

Hearing this, the Zhan family's faces were ugly, but they didn't dare to speak in the face of the majestic old patriarch.

Zhan Feiyu has been silent since entering the door. Although she was adopted out, these are her elders after all.But even if her father was removed from the family in place of the second uncle, they were still not satisfied.

The sarcastic coldness flashed through his eyes, and Zhan Feiyu suddenly said, "Grandpa, my father has to eat even if he stays in the village. Uncle Maotang has moved to the county, why don't I let my father take care of the family farm."

This was originally a negotiated matter, but Muzheng didn't expect Zhan Feiyu to bring it up first, so he took over with a smile, "Alright, Zutian really needs someone to take care of it."

"Boss, in the future, the clan will be handed over to you, and the clan will give you some rations. As for the two taels of silver, it will be the rent of the three houses of the Li family. After all, you are not divorced!"

The village gave Li and Zhan Feiyu three houses, which were different from the wooden house given to Boss Zhan, which were three brick houses, and many people in the village were jealous.

Before Mao Cai took care of the clan's farm, in addition to giving some food, he would also make an extra [-] taels of silver.

Now the family farm is handed over to the boss of Zhan, and the money is used as rent, which not only leaves the villagers speechless, but also prevents the Zhan family from coveting the two taels of silver.

Hearing this, Xiao Yaoshi's eyes blushed with jealousy, and her slender face twisted in resentment.

According to the old patriarch, the eldest brother was removed from the clan, and in the end, only the dead girl, sister-in-law and Xiaoyu, was cheap!No one does the farm work at home!
Old man Zhan and old lady Zhan looked equally ugly. Although the old patriarch did not allow Boss Zhan to help the family, they were the parents of the boss. With the character of Boss Zhan, as long as they spoke, the boss would definitely come to work secretly.

But now the road is blocked!
Boss Zhan can’t do the ten acres of clan fields alone. The clan has to send people to help when harvesting in spring. In his spare time, Boss Zhan also goes to the fields to weed and fertilize the fields. Even if he wants to, he doesn’t have time to help the old man. The Zhan family is working.

The key is that the [-] taels of silver that were supplemented were returned to Mrs. Zhan, and Mrs. Zhan bit the inside of her cheek with her teeth, so she endured and did not say a word, but her wrinkled old face looked even more mean and sinister.

Everything that needs to be said has been said, the sky is already dark, and the old patriarch and Muramasa also got up and left.

Boss Zhan sent people to the gate of the hospital and planned to continue sending them.

Cunzheng paused and patted Boss Zhan on the shoulder, "Go back, you should understand who treats you well by this time."

"I know." Boss Zhan couldn't help but look at Zhan Feiyu, this is his daughter, the daughter who can call his father sweetly, and when she can't walk steadily, she knows to go to the field to bring him water to drink.

But at this moment, looking at Zhan Feiyu's cold jade-like face under the night, he can no longer see the smile he used to smile. Boss Zhan was speechless and panicked. He lost his daughter, no matter what. The daughter-in-law is lost.

……

The affairs of the Zeng family are like the wind blowing across the water, and the ripples gradually subsided. The villagers gossip with the east and west families for a short while. Zhan Feiyu still gets up before dawn to read, and only rests in the middle of the month.

The winter solstice is approaching, and these Mongolian children from Shanwazi have been in school for almost three months. The "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Characters" can be recited fluently, and the characters of Dou Da have gradually become neat.

Looking at Meng Tong playing in the yard, Master Lin, who was standing at the window, said warmly: "When the negative pole arrives, the yang qi begins. There are five days left for the Wenhui, are you ready?"

"I asked my senior brother. Although the Wenhui includes qin, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine, and tea, it is mainly about poetry. I have prepared ten poems. Head, with a confident look of pride.

Master Lin, who turned around, laughed angrily at her cheeky appearance, "Not only does the Wenhui have students from the county school, but Zhao Jiaoyu will also come here, and there are two mentors who are also from juren."

Therefore, let alone Zhan Feiyu's fluent poems, even Lin Confucius's poems won't stand out at the literary conference. They are not numerous but excellent.

Zhan Feiyu nodded instructed, looked at the worried Master Lin, and suddenly laughed.

With his hands behind him, Zhan Feiyu stretched out his chest and took square steps, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "The article is born in nature, and it is obtained by a clever hand. It is absolutely flawless, so it needs to be done by man."

Master Lin was stunned in shock, and repeated in a murmur, "The article is born by nature, and it is obtained by chance. What a good sentence!"

Looking at the incomparably excited Master Lin, Zhan Feiyu touched his nose with a guilty conscience, "Master, calm down, I didn't write this, I heard it."

Ignoring Zhan Feiyu, Master Lin quickly walked to the desk, picked up the pen and quickly wrote, "This article is born in heaven..."

Master, is this crazy?Zhan Feiyu silently pressed back all the Tang poetry and Song poetry in his mind, and if he came back to a quatrain, the Master would probably not be able to wake up.

Uncle Dong rang the bronze bell, Zhan Feiyu glanced at Master Lin who was still reading, and tiptoed out of the study.

In the lecture hall, Shan Wazi and a few crazy children were arranging their clothes in a hurry. Master Lin paid attention to manners, but if the clothes were not neat, the ruler would serve them!
Zhan Dalang stood up and looked at Zhu Peng angrily, "Who knocked over my inkstone?"

"Maybe you didn't put it away yourself." Zhu Peng sneered, leaning lazily against the table behind him, "It's just a few pieces of paper that have been destroyed. We all know you are poor!"

The sound of laughter suddenly sounded, and Zhu Peng's dog legs even leaned forward and backward with laughter.

"No wonder you eat like a starving ghost."

"That's not because there is roast pork at noon."

"Zhan Dalang, you are out now. They are all classmates. When you eat tomorrow, I will pick out all the meat for you to eat. You are all hungry and thin." Zhu Peng shook his head exaggeratedly, as if true I feel sorry for the hungry and thin Zhan Dalang.

"Master Zhu, don't you always throw meat for your dog at home?" As soon as he said this, the roof was almost overturned with laughter.

His face flushed with anger, Zhan Dalang clenched his fists tightly with both hands, and seemed to be smashing all those people who mocked him fiercely.

Since Boss Zhan was expelled from his clan, Erfang lost a good reputation in the village, Saburo lost his playmate, and Dalang Zhan was excluded and isolated in the private school.

Zhu Peng, the dandy young master, insulted Zhan Dalang even more severely. Who let his father get involved with his eldest brother, Zhu Peng didn't like Zhu Kun, but he didn't dare to take revenge, and finally turned his anger on Zhan Dalang.

"Master is going to recite "Mencius" in a while." Zhan Feiyu said slowly.

"God bless me not to draw me..." Zhu Peng screamed, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Zhan Dalang. He glanced at his red and swollen left hand, and he really couldn't be destroyed by Jiechi any more.

The others also started looking for books—turning the books—endorsing them as if they were facing the enemy. Suddenly, the sound of reading was heard everywhere, which surprised Master Lin who came out of the study, and then laughed with satisfaction.

After three o'clock in Youshi, the private school returned to peace, and Zhan Feiyu would still stay alone, "Master, I didn't write that poem."

Master Lin glanced at the stupid Zhan Feiyu, and said faintly, "I know it for the teacher, but you can't write it for ten years."

Being despised, Zhan Feiyu puffed up his cheeks and smiled insidiously, "Master, I only read the first four sentences, you don't want to know about the latter?"

After finishing the assignments handed in today and placing them on the right side of the desk, Master Lin said without raising his head: "Xiaoyu, you seem to have forgotten who is the master and who is the student? Would you like to give you a few more questions for the teacher? Train your poetic talents well."

"I don't want it, Master, you can't be so cruel!" Zhan Feiyu cried out, her gentle and elegant Master disappeared!
Master Lin looked at him with a threatening look and gave up his seat.

Zhan Feiyu picked up the pen and quickly wrote: "The article is born in nature, and it is obtained by accident... Kui will not write it again after a thousand years, who will be with it for thousands of years."

The speed of writing is so fast, I am afraid that if it is a little slower, Master Lin will really let her write ten or eight poems.

When the sun sets, the class ends today.

Looking at Zhan Feiyu, who was planning to go back, Master Lin said, "Since ancient times, literati have been disrespectful, and this time there will be many people at the literati meeting who will target you. Fortunately, you are young, those people will not go too far, so as not to fall into the wrong place. Notorious for bullying the small."

Seeing Zhan Feiyu's appearance as if he was facing a great enemy, Master Lin patted Zhan's head with a smile, "Don't worry too much, think about it carefully these few days, and just write a poem."

If Master Lin made changes for her, it would definitely be seen, and he was afraid that people with intentions would spread it randomly. Obviously, just making changes would turn into a knife, and the name of cheating would fall on Zhan Feiyu.

"I remember the Master." Zhan Feiyu agreed obediently. In fact, she felt that after the poem "Wo Chun" was written, even if someone targeted her at the literary conference, she would not let herself write a poem, but there is no need to say this guess. , let the Master add to his worries.

The last ray of light faded, and Zhan Feiyu walked back to the village in the dark.

After she moved out naturally, Zhan Feiyu wouldn't let Da Huang pick her up. Mrs. Li closed the courtyard door every day at home, but the idle scoundrels in the village were still eyeing her.

Although I don't dare to do anything, it is easy to attract rumors and rumors. It is safer to leave rhubarb at home.

Inside the room, Mrs. Li knew that Zhan Feiyu was back when he saw Da Huang who was lying on the ground wagging his tail and ran outside, so he walked out quickly, "Little fish, you're back."

"Mother." Zhan Feiyu grinned and glanced at the right side. Outside the original bamboo fence, there was a wall more than two meters long, and there were many stones scattered around.

"Your father is here during the day." Li's expression was cold.

She was disappointed with Boss Zhan, but when he wanted to help, Mrs. Li did not refuse. Compared with a bamboo fence, a stone-built fence was definitely safer.

It's just that Boss Zhan has to take care of the family farm, go to the mountains to find rocks, and build a fence after moving back. It is estimated that it will be New Year's Eve when he is done.

"Mother, don't stop me. It's better for my father to work here than to go back to the old house." Zhan Feiyu walked into the house, holding Li's arm intimately.

Looking at Dalang's attitude towards him in the private school, you can see how much those people in the old house resented him, even if he didn't cut a thousand cuts, it was almost the same.

But Zhan Feiyu likes to see those people hate him, but he can't get rid of his aggrieved appearance. After a calculation, he finally shoots himself in the foot.

Comparing the mother and daughter's chatty and laughing dinner, in the wooden house, Boss Zhan nibbled on the hard crumb pancakes with vegetable soup.

The old man Zhan is a cook, and the old man Zhan has also learned it before, but the farm work in the fields needs the old man to do it, and the old man finally let the third son of Zhan learn to cook.Fortunately, Mr. Zhan will cook dinner, and he will not be hungry if he moves out.

On the other side, the old Zhan family.

The quarrel in the main room came out again, and there was a quarrel almost every day. Zhan Dalang picked up the notebook and read it, so he was not so irritable.

"Second brother, do you feel your conscience and say that you picked up the money from the bank?" Ma stalked his neck and looked at the second Zhan and Xiao Yao sarcastically, "This is clearly given by Zhu Dashao, why should the eldest brother be taken by him? Apart from the clan, second brother, you have money, go out and ask if there is such a good thing in the world!"

Zhan Lao San didn't stop Ma Shi, who wouldn't be tempted by 150 taels of silver!It is absolutely impossible for the second brother to swallow it all by himself.

"Three brothers and sisters, there are too many people picking up silver in the world. This silver is picked up by my boss. He told me when he came back!"

The second room has a bad reputation now, and this money is just a consolation, let Xiao Yao take out the money and put a kitchen knife around her neck!

"Have you had enough of the quarrel? Do you want me to call your old lady over and ask her how she taught her daughter!" Mrs. Zhan sternly looked at the quarrelling little Yao and Ma, "I don't want to. When it's over, I'll ask the second and third to write a divorce letter, and you both go back to my parents' house!"

The scolded Xiao Yao and Ma glared at each other, and did not dare to speak again, but seeing their unconvinced faces, it was obvious that they would not let it go.

"Mother." Third Zhan looked at Mrs. Zhan, who had a mean and stern face. "Tomorrow, let my brother go to Baofeng Bank with me. I will give you [-] wen in the bank. Why don't you take it back and put it at home."

If there is a fee for putting the silver in the bank, you will have to pay the bank a storage fee of 100 cash for [-] taels a year.

The old man Zhan, who smoked dry cigarettes, nodded in agreement, "The third one is right, take out the money first. This money is temporarily handed over to your mother for safekeeping. There is a lot of money in the house."

Hearing this, no one else said a word. Without Boss Zhan, the harvest in the field would be less than half. Mr. Li is diligent. .

Although the third Zhan went to the wharf, others were lazy, and the number of goods was less, not half of what the second Zhan earned.

Coupled with the fact that Zhan's second son can't do heavy work, the family spends more and earns less, and the days can be imagined.

……

Early the next morning, Zhan Feiyu went out at the same time, but saw Boss Zhan who had already picked a stone and walked over. It was frost and cold in the morning, but Boss Zhan's forehead was hot and sweaty.

Boss Zhan hurriedly put down the flat basket with stones, and said cautiously, "Little fish."

Each of the two flat baskets contained three stones, weighing at least 100 kilograms. They were picked from Pianzi Mountain in the north, and they probably went to the mountain to pry the stones before dawn.

Seeing that Zhan Feiyu didn't speak, the light in Boss Zhan's eyes went out, and he endured the discomfort and said, "Then go to the private school and be careful on the road."

Zhan Feiyu left silently, hoping that his father would keep a distance from the people in the old house, so that his mother would forgive him.

"Xiaoyu, wait for me." As soon as Zhan Feiyu walked out of the village, he heard a shout from behind him. When he looked back, he saw Shan Wazi with a cake in his mouth and ran over in a hurry.

"Why are you so early?" Zhan Feiyu asked with a smile, which was more than half an hour earlier than usual.

Shan Wazi took a bite of the cake as if venting his anger, and swallowed it in three or two bites. Then he said angrily: "It's not that Zhan Dalang, he ran to my house and knocked on the door before dawn, and asked me to take leave from the master for him."

Shan Wazi's whole family was woken up and couldn't sleep. Shan Wazi simply went out and was able to be with Xiaoyu.

Looking at Shan Wazi, who was annoyed but envied very much, Zhan Feiyu laughed, "If you dare to play truant, I will tell the master and let the master come to your house and talk to your aunt in person."

As if being hit by a critical blow, Shan Wazi stared blankly at Zhan Feiyu, who was smiling like a flower, and suddenly raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, Xiaoyu just laughed so terribly!
"Don't be stupid, let's go, even if you don't take the imperial examination, when you can read and write, I'll teach you math, and you can go to the county to be a cashier in the future." Zhan Feiyu patted Shan Wazi on the shoulder.

The multiplication formula table and the chart accounting method are more than enough to be an accountant.

Once you study hard, time flies very fast.

After lunch, there was a break of two sticks of incense sticks. Zhan Feiyu thought about writing a poem on the theme of plum blossoms. There was too much noise in the private school. After not telling Master Lin, he went to the bamboo forest in the south.

"Yongmei"

The horizontal branches are out of the corner, and the west wind is severe.

Lengxiang accompanies Huang Rui, and finds old friends on the snow.

Zhan Feiyu quickly went through Ping Zhe in his mind again, how should he revise it?Without the master's axe, he can only be self-reliant.

Suddenly, there were footsteps in the bamboo forest, and Zhan Feiyu was in a trance, until a dark shadow blocked the light.

Ho!Zhan Feiyu, who raised his head suddenly, was startled, his body instinctively leaned back, and the back of his head hit the bamboo behind him with a thud.

"It's scary and scary!" Zhan Feiyu rubbed the back of his head and looked at Yin Wuyan with a sad expression, "If I'm fooled, a generation of prodigies will wither away... This is the loss of the Daqing Dynasty!"

"The child prodigy who is not right?" The cold voice was flat and smooth, but Yin Wuyan's tone definitely showed contempt.

Zhan Feiyu was at a loss for words, smiled cheekily, looked up at Yin Wuyan, "Big brother, are you looking for me? Is the tea poisonous?"

If it was Zhan Feiyu, even if she stole the tea, she couldn't find a doctor to check.

"It's the secret medicine, Li Renzui." Yin Wuyan glanced at Zhan Feiyu, who had a happy face. It seemed that it was good for people to be counseled, at least he could escape the catastrophe.

(End of this chapter)