Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 106
September 26 was another sunny day without rain.

Tomorrow is the school's holiday, and everyone is in a good mood.

Anyway, the year-old exam is being held, and the headache is also a headache for Mr. Xiucai. What does it have to do with these children.

The closer the time is to the afternoon, the more eager everyone is to wait for the end of get out of class.

Jin Shenzhi saw that everyone was not in the mood to play chess, so he simply waved his hand, "Go back." The people in the chess class cheered for a while, and ran out of the school roaring.

They just passed by the door of the painting class when they went out, and the triumphant Qian Dayou pulled Chen Heng, and winked at Xue Biao and Jiang Yuanbai.

This really made Jiang Yuanbai so angry that he began to worry about why he chose to paint.

In the end, Chen Heng couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled Qian Dayou back to his dormitory first.

The vacation this time is only three days, it is not convenient for Jiang Yuanbai to go home, but he has already made an appointment with Qian Da, and he will stay at Qian's house temporarily during this time.

Naturally, Chen Heng didn't have to worry about this kind of thing, he just packed his things a little.After saying hello to Qian Dayou, he went home with a few books to use.

Coming out of the academy, he deliberately took a detour.I want to take advantage of the early time to go to Guazhou Ferry to take a look.

Teacher Jin finished class early, and it was not evening yet.The sky was pouring down on Yangzhou City, and the houses facing the street were spread out in rows. At the end of the street, there was an arch bridge.

Perhaps the sun was high, and there was a graceful woman standing on the bridge with an umbrella to watch the scenery.

Chen Heng noticed that many men would cautiously glance sideways after passing by the woman's side.

They thought they were very careful, but they were clearly seen by Chen Heng from a distance.

But these people just looked at it like this, then laughed and walked away.

A small boat skimmed across the bridge hole, the fishermen sang late, Chen Heng came looking for the sound, and waited for him to reach the arch bridge.

The woman holding the umbrella and the singing fishing boat are gone.Chen Heng was not surprised either. Standing on the bridge, he actually enjoyed the tranquility.

"Little bridge and flowing water."

If you only read this line of Ma Zhiyuan's poem, it will be very relaxing.

"Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang, give way, be careful of mules." A passer-by shouted.

Chen Heng turned his body slightly to avoid the mules carrying the load.Its owner smiled kindly at the young man, then took the rein and continued to walk down the bridge.

Go forward, go further, take two corners, and you will not be far from Guazhou Ferry.Several officers and soldiers are moving away the roadblocks on the street where there were originally roadblocks.

Looks like the rations are over?Chen Heng's mood improved, and his pace became brisk.When he arrived at the pier, a passenger ship was slowly docking.

The customers pouring out from inside flocked to the nearby shops like a tide.At the inn where Chen Heng once stayed, there was an excited waiter standing at the door, beckoning customers with a more diligent voice than before.

God knows how much money they have lost since the government has sealed the ferry for so many days.

Chen Heng watched from a distance, looking at the sparkling water surface for a while, and observing these travelers coming and going from south to north.

Soon, he noticed two men sitting in the tea shop. They were dressed in brocade and looked very expensive.Behind him stood two servants.Ordinarily, such a family should pay great attention to manners, but the corners of the clothes and the soles of the shoes are covered with conspicuous stains and mud.

In addition, they looked tired and had thick dark circles under their eyes, as if they had driven a long distance in one breath before arriving in Yangzhou City.

Chen Heng thought it was very interesting, so he quietly found the seat next to them and occupied a tea seat by himself.

"Xiaoer, let's make a pot of tea." After Chen Heng said that, he began to pay attention to the conversations of the people behind him.

"Brother Li, where are we going next?" The person who spoke first had a strong northern accent.

"Go to my second uncle's house to sleep for one night first, and see if their house is not convenient for people to live in." His companion took a sip of tea, "If it doesn't work, we will rent a house in Yangzhou first."

"Then when shall we return to the capital?"

"What's the hurry, I have to play until the spring is warm and the flowers bloom. Just over there... I told you to come back, are you willing to come back?" The man's voice was so low that Chen Heng couldn't hear clearly.

"I have come to Yangzhou with you, and if I want to go back, I must go back together."

"That's right, don't worry, brother will not harm you. Let's play in Yangzhou for a month or so, and we will go back when the situation there is better."

There is no need to repeat the subsequent conversations, they are all discussing the fun places in Yangzhou.

After they left, Chen Heng sat on the tea shop for a long time.He soon noticed that among the passengers brought by the passenger ship, there were not a few people like the one just now.It's just that they are mixed in more people, and they don't look so conspicuous.

Just like the birds and beasts fleeing around when floods and earthquakes come.People have the idea of ​​seeking good luck and avoiding bad luck in their consciousness, and the appearance of such a person in Yangzhou indicates a worse situation?
Chen Heng didn't know about this, he just drank up the tea in the pot, then paid and left.

He wasn't worried, anyway, he had already done what he was supposed to do.

The innocence is going to collapse, there are so many tall people in Yangzhou city, they can always think of a way to tide over the difficulties together.

The only thing that worries him right now is his wife's family, but now Uncle Lin has known about it, and he and Sister Lin have written a letter to his teacher's wife.

Thinking about it, it is impossible for the master to insist on using his temper in Shanxi Village.

Just wait for the right time to reunite with Master in Yangzhou.

Leave behind the noise of the crowd, the sound of turbulent water, and the chant of the boatman.When the passenger ship disappeared on the blue waves, Chen Heng had already left the ferry.

He saw a jewelry shop on the road, and he thought that the elder sister's birthday would be eight days later, so he went in with a headache, and after choosing left and right, he finally settled on a beautiful necklace.The necklace is not expensive, but the workmanship is exquisite.

The family is still too poor, Chen Heng smiled bitterly, and when he has money in the future, he will buy better ones for his eldest sister.

When they got home, Mrs. Gu was pulling the second aunt to dry the dried meat, and they had already hung a large piece of the trellis that was not yet full of flowers and plants.

After Chen Heng greeted them, he ran to the eldest sister's room, only to find that the other party was not there yet.

Then he turned his head and asked his mother, only then did he know that the eldest sister and the second sister went to help the second uncle's tea shop together.

There is no such thing as a rule in the farmhouse.As long as a person has hands and feet and eats the food at home, he must give full play to his labor force, both men and women are the same.

Right now there is nothing wrong with the left and right, so he simply went to grab the two younger brothers to his room and began to test their homework.Chen Yin was still young, so he could wait any longer, but Chen Qingyue couldn't delay.

It's just that although there are many literati in Yangzhou, Chen Heng has seen several in a row, but he didn't like any one that was particularly suitable.It's not that there are so many students in the school.Even the master himself has to study and prepare for the exam, and he teaches students to just goof around by the way.

Fortunately, although Chen Qingyue was bold and mischievous, he was still smart.When Chen Heng picked up the bamboo strips woven by his grandfather, the second younger brother immediately endorsed the words.

After finishing the homework, Chen Qingyue asked expectantly, "Brother, I finished memorizing it. Will you take me out to play today?"

Chen Qingyue has been in Yangzhou for the past two months, and the farthest he has traveled is around the door of his house.

Chen Heng shook his head, threatening him: "Be careful that the kidnapper will catch you."

After all, this place is not Shanxi Village. Chen Heng himself usually stays in the academy, so he doesn't know much about the outside world.When I go out occasionally, I follow my classmates to improve the food.Suzhao has a lot of things to do recently, and he doesn't even go to his second uncle's tea shop much.

"Ah?! What is a kidnapper?" Chen Yin took the conversation from the side.He is the youngest, and he is very curious about everything, but he rarely gets along with Chen Heng on weekdays, and his attitude is a bit reserved.

Chen Heng was not as strict as Chen Qingyue to Chen Yin, who was young and seldom talked, he only explained to him softly.After finishing speaking, he took out two candied haws and gave them to the younger brothers to share equally.

"Big brother, you want to treat me to candied haws every day, you are the best big brother in the world." Chen Qingyue hurriedly flattered him, fearing that his big brother would forget his little wish.

How could Chen Heng fool him like this and only pick up the bamboo stick symbolically.Chen Qingyue had already pulled Chen Yin and ran out the door.

Hearing the laughter of his younger brothers go away, Chen Heng just closed the door with a smile and started busy with his homework.

The days passed like a white horse, and it came to the fifth day of October in a blink of an eye, and there was still no rain.With the hot weather, more and more people came from the north, and the situation seemed to be more serious and difficult than Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai thought.

They spread all kinds of disturbing rumors in the city of Yangzhou.

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(End of this chapter)