golden scales

"Brother Wenquan, what worries you? Why don't you come and discuss it together." Huang Desu persuaded.

"I, Zhang En, can't hold my head up now. I really would rather die than live." Zhang En and Zhang Wenquan picked up clear water and poured it down his throat like drinking wine.He didn't wait for Huang Desu to ask, and said again: "I have to look at the faces of those snobs outside, and my husband is not strong at home. I, that... actually want to enter the palace and become a female official! I have already said that if she If you mention it again, I will divorce my wife! There will be no discussion!"

Huang Desu didn't know whether Zhang Yan knew about his daughter's going to be a female officer, but he remained silent for a long time before persuading him: "A married woman, even if she wants to go, the palace won't accept her."

"The old lady in the palace can't help being married." Zhang Yan said: "Although my Zhang family in Weinan is not considered a wealthy family, it is also a generation of scholars, three generations and two Jinshi! She wants to be an old lady, which makes me feel embarrassed Where to put it! The face of the ancestors is completely humiliated!"

Huang Desu recalled what his daughter said, and asked doubtfully, "I'm afraid the female officials in the Eastern Palace are not old maids who serve people?"

"What else can I do besides the old lady!" Zhang Yan said excitedly, even ignoring the gentleness.

Huang Desu didn't ask clearly before, but according to his daughter's opinion, this female officer is also on patrol outside to handle errands.It's not good to show your face, but now you are no longer the eldest lady of an official family, so how can you pay so much attention?Besides, aren't Daming's officials worth much?The sesame official is also an official.

"Zhang Shishu's words are wrong!" The door of the room was pushed open, and it was Miss Huang standing at the door with a kettle in her hand. Seeing her flushed face and slightly annoyed, she thought she heard it clearly.

"What kind of decent!" Huang Desu yelled at the case.

Ms. Huang turned to her father, looked at each other unwillingly to show weakness, then turned to Zhang Ren and Zhang Wenquan who were inexplicably astonished, and said: "The little girl is now an official of the ninth rank of the Ming Dynasty, so I dare not say a few words for the court, and invite the world Forgive me, Uncle." She bent her knees stiffly, saluted, strode in, and said: "The female officials of the Eastern Palace are also serving as ministers by government order. They have official positions and powers. How can they be old mothers?"

Zhang Li knew that the daughter of Huang's family was raised indulgently, but he didn't expect to be so aggressive, and he was suffocated for a while and couldn't answer.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said: Now that the fortunes of the country are in a downturn, there is no distinction between the north and the south, and people, regardless of age, are all responsible for serving the country! Your grandma wants to serve the country, and if she doesn't let her beauty wear away the boudoir, how can Uncle Zhang say, 'Old lady! 'It conceals this spirit! Everyone praises Hua Mulan and Liang Hongyu as heroines, but why are they just old mothers when they get home?" Ms. Huang said relentlessly.

Seeing that the girl was eloquent, she won without martial arts, and losing was even more shameful, so she stood up and cupped her hands at Huang Desu, saying: "It's Zhang who lost his composure, so I'll bother you some other time."

Huang Desu had no choice but to smile wryly, and sent Zhang Ren out.

Wang Yi was also outside the door, and he felt uncomfortable hearing Zhang Ren talking about an old lady.Especially seeing that the senior sister was also annoyed by anger, she wanted to go in and beat that Zhang Ren up.While Wang Yi was struggling to suppress his inner impulse, Senior Sister Huang rushed in first, and spoke so righteously that Zhang Ren couldn't even utter a word!

- What a joy!

Wang Yi applauded in his heart.He soon saw Zhang Yan running away, and he felt contemptuous in his heart: I just live in the opposite door, and I don't see people who look up and look down, and they bother me on another day... I think they bother me every day!It wasn't until he saw his teacher sent him out that Wang Yi restrained his presumptuous gaze and became a well-behaved child again.

Huang Desu sent Zhang Ren off, sighed, and seeing himself squatting on the steps naked, afraid that he would catch a cold, he said, "Aren't you going to wash and sleep?"

Wang Yi then ran to the kitchen to boil water and send it to Master and Mistress.

The next morning, Wang Yi woke up before dawn.Hearing that there was movement in the yard, he hurriedly got up and dressed to boil water for Master to wash his face.When I got to the kitchen, I saw that the senior sister was already inside, squatting in front of the stove with her head buried, her shoulders still shrugging.

"Senior Sister?" Wang Yi called.

Miss Huang's head was buried even lower, and she wiped it lightly. Then she raised her head and said with a forced smile, "Junior brother got up so early? I burned my eyes, look so stupid." Then, she wiped again, Turn away.

Wang Yi didn't expect that the senior sister who always smiled and acted vigorously would also have something sad. He didn't know how to comfort her, so she just said, "I'll boil the water."

"Yes." Miss Huang nodded and stopped talking.

Wang Yi didn't know what to do either. A pot of water was already sitting on the stove, and it sounded like it was about to boil.

Amidst the bubbling of water bubbles and the crackling of firewood, Wang Yi found that the senior sister's face was covered with a layer of orange red by the light of the fire, as beautiful as the sunset glow in the sky.

"Yo? Who is this person?" A woman entered the kitchen and was quite curious when she saw the stranger.

There were more voices outside, the neighbors who lived in the prison house got up.

Miss Huang got up and said with a smile: "This is my father's student, and today he is going to the county school to take a second-class diploma."

The woman responded, and muttered: "Master Huang is just lucky to have one so soon."

Wang Yi heard it strangely, but also felt a little harsh, and said quickly: "I was lucky to meet Mr. Huang..."

The woman seemed to snort softly, but was covered by the movement of her hands.

Miss Huang waited for the water to boil, picked up the kettle and left, and Wang Yi followed.Although he is young, he has seen a lot in the world.Immediately, I knew that in this small house, some people got along well, and some people didn't get along well.Thinking about the sincerity and sincerity of the people in the village, who put everything on their faces, they suddenly felt that life in the city was really hard.

"Senior Sister..." Wang Yi called out, and couldn't help asking, "Why did that woman say..."

Ms. Huang stopped on her feet, then walked up again, and said in a disapproving tone: "Oh, my father is a prisoner and was demoted to teach in the village school. As long as I can teach ten students to become a teacher, or one of them will become a leader Students plead for him, and he will be pardoned. Soon, you see, there is already one of you, hehe."

Wang Yi stopped, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Huang is such a good person, why is he a prisoner? Is it because the court doesn't distinguish loyalty and annihilation!"

Miss Huang was so frightened that her face paled, she turned around quickly and stopped Wang Yi's nonsense with her eyes, and said, "The imperial court is acting in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing wrong with it."

"But..." Wang Yi wanted to say more, but was stared at by Miss Huang, and he swallowed the rest of the words abruptly.

"But my father is not a bad person!" Ms. Huang said categorically. She wanted to explain it well, but when she got to her mouth, she felt that it was sophistry. Insulting the father's aloofness.

"Ahem." Huang Desu heard the two children talking outside the door, and got up with his clothes on.He walked to the door and waved to Wang Yi.

Wang Yi stepped forward and responded, "Sir."

Huang Desu took a breath, and said: "Wang Yi, as a teacher, he considers himself a loyal and filial person, but he committed a crime of injustice. The root cause is that he forgot the heart of the ancient sages, and went with the world, and even today's embarrassment. Now the Crown Prince To rectify the world, no matter how big or small, at your age, you will definitely be an official under his rule, and you must remember the lesson of being a teacher: the same flow must never be mixed with dirt, and the light must not be mixed with dust. Do you understand?"

"I remember." Wang Yi bowed to Huang Desu, not showing any disrespect just because he knew that Mr. was a prisoner.

"Read some books in the morning, and don't panic after the meeting." Huang Desu said.

"Yes, sir." Wang Yi replied.

Seeing Huang Desu turn around and go in, Wang Yi ran up to Miss Huang again, and said in a low voice, "Senior sister, how can you be regarded as outstanding? You are already an official, so it doesn't count?"

"About rank five or higher." Ms. Huang said disappointedly, "And it's only useful for students to intercede, not for relatives."

"Fifth grade..." Wang Yi made up his mind, what kind of concept is that?I am afraid it is not easier than teaching ten teachers.

He quickly went through those classmates in the school in his mind, and found sadly that it would take three or five years before they reached his level.Reading and literacy, one depends on talent, and the other depends on accumulation.I was born smart, and I learned to read and practice martial arts with my father since I was a child, even when I was wandering and fighting outside.You can only try the second class, let alone those students who have never seen Dalian since childhood? (To be continued.)