Red Mansion Reader

Chapter 54 Xue Biao Learns to Draw
That night, Xue Biao lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep either side or side.Jiang Yuanbai was lying between him and Xin Suzhao, seeing this rich young master's rare behavior, he couldn't help asking why.

Xue Biao half stood up, suddenly turned to his classmates, and said in a deep voice: "I'm going to learn how to draw."

Two friends who were also in the chess class immediately bounced off the bed.Qian Dayou panicked and said, "What's the reason? Could it be that Zhong has lost his mind and gone crazy? When you see Brother Jiang painting on weekdays, you always make fun of him."

Chen Heng was also full of confusion. He didn't intend to dissuade him, but was just curious about the reason why Xue Biao changed his mind.

"It didn't happen all of a sudden. I used to get along with you all the time, watching you fight with each other and urging each other's studies. At that time, I wished I could pick up a paintbrush and draw all of you."

Xue Biao lay back on the bed again, folded his hands behind the pillow, "I went to see my sister today, and happened to meet Brother Heng's sister who came with me."

Jiang Yuanbai was the closest, so he couldn't help but smirked and said, "But Brother Heng's younger sister is too beautiful, which made you want to draw."

"Not to be criticized." Xue Biao gave him a glare, and then explained to Chen Heng, "Don't blame Brother Heng, if you really want to talk about good looks. It's not that I am a partial brother. In ten or twenty years, you can go to the world to see who else can look better than my sister."

"Why is that?" someone asked.

"Hengdi's younger sister has an extraordinary temperament. If you compare my sister to the bright moon, then Hengdi's younger sister is like a cloud of mist on the mountain and lake. It is ethereal, like a fairy playing the flute sideways, leaping into the forest with a white deer."

Xue Biao shook his head, as if his praise was not enough, and said: "Master Xu used to say that the first person who studies painting is to think about the word. I didn't understand it before, but now that I think about it, I suddenly understand what Master Xu meant.

Only when you encounter the scenery that makes you want to splash ink, that is the time when a person starts to learn painting.At other times, don't think too much, just enjoy the paintings quietly. "

Jiang Yuanbai clapped his hands with a smile, and quickly found an excuse for the slip of the tongue just now, "After talking so much, I think of a word: closed moon shame flower, do you think it is right?"

Xue Biao shook his head with a smile, and he didn't know whether it was because of Jiang Yuanbai's quick wit or because of his lack of words.

After hearing so much, Chen Heng also understood Xue Biao's feelings, and supported him: "If you really want to learn, you have to work hard."

"I know, I will put my heart into it." Xue Biao spoke very seriously for the first time, "I want to be able to draw the scenery I have seen on paper. After ten or a hundred years, if future generations see it and understand my mood at that time, I will..."

After waiting for a long time, everyone realized that Xue Biao was poor at speaking, and they all laughed to encourage him.

"Brother Heng, don't go to learn painting." Qian Dayou suddenly turned his head and told Chen Heng.

Chen Heng rolled his eyes, even if he wanted to learn, he didn't have the strength.If you want to find a job that is more labor-intensive and expensive than reading, the name of painting must be among them.

It was Jiang Yuanbai who was so dazed, who dared to plunge into the painting path without any scruples.Chen Heng felt that he would never have this chance in his life.

"No, no." Chen Heng waved his hand and reminded, "Don't forget, the exam will be in three days."

From the time they started school in May to now near the end of July, exactly three months.That is to say, people like Xue Biao who don't bother with their studies or money, and who have this kind of leisure and elegance to turn chess into painting.

Everyone screamed, they didn't dare to hesitate and quickly turned over and went to sleep, so as not to delay tomorrow's review.

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On July 25th, the academy's exams officially began.

The first day is mainly about the Four Books and Five Classics, which is more difficult than the government examination.The second day is the test of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", both Chen Heng are very good at it.His short board lies in the later "Dayong Law".

Fortunately, the exam questions this time are not too difficult, probably because some students entered later.The title is just a short matter of the parents, it is about: a couple, have children, the wife died, the children are still young, how much is the dowry.

A dowry is a dowry, and Chen Heng suffered a lot on this issue.At that time, he took it for granted that it was arranged by his husband, but was scolded by Mei Xuezheng.

After going back and reading the book for a few days, I realized that if the lady passed away unexpectedly in the Yong Dynasty, if there was no clear arrangement.If there are children under the knee, the children will inherit.If not, it will be taken back by the natal family.

There is another place where the test may be wrong. In the previous dynasty, the daughters of ordinary families did not have the right to inherit.After Dayong established the dynasty, officials believed that it was against human relations, and said: After a daughter gets married, shouldn't she have to support her parents?

Naturally, Chen Heng would not make the same mistake again.It was written in a neat and orderly manner: people from the mother's family will take care of it, and when the children grow up, they will be handed over to them to share equally.

After answering this question, Chen Heng let out a long breath.I can't help but think of an example in the book: like Xue Pan married Xia Jingui, Aunt Xue embraced the dream of being desperate.You must know that the Xia family has only one old mother, her father died, and she has no brothers or sisters, and her family is rich.

To put it bluntly, as long as the old lady of the Xia family is boiled to death, all the wealth of the Xia family will be in Xue Pan's hands.

As for the situation of Lin Daiyu in the book, it is completely different.Didn't the Jia family still have two uncles? Even if they died, there would still be Baoyu and other natal family members who would take care of them. (Note 1)

After finishing the "Great Yong Law", the five-day exam will come to an end.After finishing the history test of each dynasty on the last day, everyone relaxed their minds.

When Chen Heng walked out of the examination room, many students were already standing in the courtyard to exchange questions.After the exams are over, why worry about this.Chen Heng didn't join them, but just passed them with his hands behind his back.

However, within three months, the trees in the courtyard had gone up a section, and the fine afternoon sunlight shone through the dense branches and leaves. As usual, Chen Heng in a green shirt walked through the light spots, leaving all those trivial voices behind.

Back in the dormitory, there were not many people inside.Chen Heng simply packed up his salute first, and they will have [-] days off after the exam results are announced tomorrow.

Because in August, there is the most important festival besides the New Year.

Mid-Autumn Festival.

After three months away from home, Chen Heng finally had the chance to go home.He didn't have much luggage to bring back, but he had to think about how to buy gifts for his family.

Grandpa and dad's things can be put away first.Grandma and mother can choose some practical ones. The two sisters have grown up, so it is best to buy some rouge and gouache.For Double Happiness, let's reward him with a set of hand-copied books.

The more Chen Heng thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands.

Oh, by the way, and his useless second uncle.I have to ask if they have a Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.If not, he would have a hard time thinking about how to get back.

　Note 1: A book friend passing by said before, why marry Daiyu?I wanted to answer it at the time, so I decided to leave it in the book and answer it.In ancient times, after a woman died, the dowry was to be brought back to her natal family, unless there was no one in her natal family.

　　Among other things, Jia's family is full of people.Otherwise, how could there be rumors that the Lin family paid most of the money for the Grand View Garden.

　　Aunt Xue's calculations are really ugly.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)