marquis of jingan

Chapter 108 The New Year's Eve Firecrackers
It doesn't matter whether he has entered the officialdom or not, but the relationship with old man Lu must be good. Leaving aside Mr. Lu's "life-saving grace", as long as the relationship between the two is good enough, even if Shen Yi can't get a Jinshi in the future, maybe he won't. Can rely on the identity of Juren to fill the official position.

After unpacking the paper package Shen Yi sent over, Master Lu took out the inkstone from inside, put it in his hand and looked at it, then looked up at Shen Yi, and asked, "The inkstone from Moyanzhai?"

Shen Yi was stunned.

Can this be seen?
He has seen this inkstone, and there is no such thing as a trademark on it. I don't know how the little old man saw it.

Shen Yi could only nod helplessly: "Yes, the students spent a long time picking there today."

"Where did the money come from?"

Master Lu looked at Shen Yi and asked, "I remember, the inkstones and inks in this house are not cheap, at least they cost more than 20 taels of silver."

20 taels of silver, calculated according to purchasing power, is equivalent to more than 1 to more than 2 yuan in later generations. This amount of money is a very huge number for a student.

"My father works in Jiankang. On weekdays, he will send money back to our brothers to spend. The students save some for themselves. As the end of the new year is approaching, I want to buy some good things for my husband."

"Take it and return it."

Master Lu's face was calm: "Your thoughts have been recorded for the teacher, but this thing is too expensive, and the teacher cannot accept it."

He stretched out his hand and scratched his head.

At this time, Shen's brain turned, and after a while, he bowed his head and cupped his hands to Mr. Lu: "After the teacher accepted me as an apprentice, the disciple has not given you a training. Now that the end of the year is approaching, this Fang Yan will be regarded as a disciple. Repair your bundle."

Shuxiu is the ceremony of appreciating teachers, which can also be understood as tuition fees.

After hearing Shen Yi's words, Master Lu looked at the inkstone in front of him, then at Shen Yi in front of him, and sighed slightly: "Son, the cost of Jiankang is much higher than that of Jiang. You bought this, do you still have money to go to Jiangdu?"

"There are teachers."

Shen Yi smiled at Lu Anshi: "The teacher should understand me. This student is quite calm, and he can't be completely unprepared for anything. Besides, my father is in Jiankang. No matter what, the student will not be without money. .”

"That's all."

Master Lu stood up from his seat, and took out a wooden box from a corner next to the bookshelf. After opening the wooden box, he found a few gold leaves from inside, then turned his head and handed it to Shen Yi. He smiled and said: "Your inkstone, I will accept it as a teacher, and you will also accept these leaves as a teacher. I will be a teacher and wish you a title on the gold list."

Shen Yi was silent for a moment, took the golden leaves with both hands, and bowed deeply to Master Lu: "Thank you, teacher."

If it is said that in the past, Shen Yi still had a more or less "utilitarian heart" towards Lu Anshi, then from this moment on, Shen Yi was truly impressed by Master Lu's character, and sincerely regarded him as his teacher .

Not only a teacher in scientific examination and knowledge, but also a teacher on the road of life.

"Okay kid, there are still two or three days before the New Year's Eve."

Master Lu reached out and patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said, "You should go back to Jiangdu right now. In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, and it will be dark in a while."

Shen Yi bowed his head respectfully, turned around and said goodbye.

After leaving Mrs. Lu's study, Shen Yi saw Miss Lu again in the courtyard of the Lu family. Shen Qilang stepped forward and bowed his hands: "Junior Sister Lu."

Miss Lu looked at Shen Yi and was a little curious: "Isn't the academy gone to sleep? Why is senior brother here?"

"Come and see the head of the mountain."

Ms. Lu looked at Shen Yi and pouted her lips: "How about returning to the mountain? My father told me that he has already accepted you as a student."

Shen Yi raised his head and smiled: "I will only be qualified to be a student of Master Lu when I have the honor of being a student."

Said, Shen Yi waved to Miss Lu.

"Junior sister, I wish you a happy new year."

It was probably the first time she heard this kind of greeting, Miss Lu was stunned for a moment, then slightly bowed to return the salute, and also smiled at Shen Yi.

"Brother, happy new year."

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This Spring Festival, Shen Yi spent at Shen Ling's home.

In fact, in recent years, Shen Yi spent every Spring Festival at Shen Ling's house.

Father Shen Zhang works in the Jiankang Prince's Mansion, and the Spring Festival is the busiest time every year, so it is impossible to come back to Jiangdu.

As for Uncle Shen Hui, because the distance is too far, it usually takes two or three or even three or four years to return to Jiangdu. The last time Shen Yi saw Uncle was three years ago.

This year, Uncle Shen Hui and his eldest son still haven't come back. In the Shen family, only Shen Ling and his wife, and brothers Shen Yi and Shen Heng are celebrating the New Year together.

Because of the small number of people, this year is not very lively.

But this year, Shen Yi passed the county examination and the government examination one after another, which brought new hope to the Shen family. Therefore, this not-so-busy year was very happy. , very happy to drink.

At midnight, the only sober Shen Heng went to set off firecrackers, and this New Year's Eve was considered to be over.

In the middle of the night, the sound of crackling firecrackers woke up Shen Yi, who had already fallen asleep. Shen Qilang put on thick clothes, sat up from the bed, and then came to the door of Shen's house, quietly listening to the continuous sound of firecrackers outside .

At this time, Shen Heng had just returned from setting off firecrackers outside, and seeing his elder brother standing in a daze at the door, he stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and said to Shen Yi: "Brother, are you drunk, why did you wake up so quickly?"

Shen Yi was still in a daze. Listening to the sound of firecrackers outside, he murmured: "Yes, there are already firecrackers at this time..."

It turns out that Shen Yi's memory, of course, has the memory of setting off firecrackers every year. Shen Yi also knows this, but because these memories are too "natural", Shen Yi has never noticed what it means.

With firecrackers, it means that gunpowder has already appeared, not only for military use, but even for "civilian use"!

"Brother what happened to you?"

Standing next to Shen Yi, Shen Heng said with a smile: "Of course there have been firecrackers for a long time. Don't we set them off every year since we were young?"

"Yes, every year."

Shen Qilang let out a long breath and looked at the sky outside.

He took another deep breath and smelled a not-so-pungent smell of gunpowder.

After being silent for a long time, he turned his head to look at Shen Heng, then patted Shen Heng on the shoulder, and forced a smile: "Okay, it's all right, go in and sleep."

Shen Heng responded, stretched out his hand to support Shen Yi's shoulder, and said, "Brother, did you drink too much?"

"I am fine."

With Shen Heng's support, Shen Yi returned to the bed.

After covering the quilt again and lying down, he opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling, feeling completely sleepless.

Because for him, the difficulty of this era has suddenly increased a lot.

After staring blankly at the ceiling for a long time, Shen Yi closed his eyes and tried his best to fall asleep.

"Forget it, even if this thing doesn't exist in this world, I might not be able to use it."

"The most important thing at the moment is the exam, the exam for fame, and other things..."

Shen Qilang murmured in his heart.

"Don't think about it for now."

Ever since, Hongde's five-year New Year's Eve passed in Shen Qilang's thoughts.

The time went from five years in Hongde to six years in Hongde.

This year, Emperor Hongde of Dachen officially turned 16 years old...

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