Wuhu Mingyue

Another place in the middle of the night on September 311, [-] A.D., the mansion of the lord of Mengcheng, Fu Yu’s dormitory

Fu Min was still reviewing various documents in the middle of the night, and Fu Chong was also serving him wholeheartedly, refusing to leave.

Fu Chong likes to accompany his grandfather quietly like this. Although his grandfather is very strict with him, for some reason, compared with his father's ignorance of him, his grandfather's strictness makes Fu Chong feel more cordial, because Fu Chong can be true I feel that the kind of strictness my grandfather treats me is completely out of love for me.

How can this kind of connection and tacit understanding between grandparents and grandchildren be compared with other feelings?

Fu Yu did not deliberately drive Fu Chong away, not only secretly promised Fu Chong to accompany him by his side, but even agreed that Fu Chong would sleep in his own house. This kind of love and love for his grandchildren did not cause his son to roll his eyes. , making his eldest grandson Fu Yong uneasy.

The relationship between the Fu family is actually quite complicated. Who made Fu Xuan have no heirs?

Fu Yan also had no choice but to regard Fu Chang's eldest son as the eldest grandson, but I don't know why, although Fu Yong thought that Fu Yong was sensible and well-behaved, but in his heart he was more inclined to the reckless fool beside him. It really looks like when I was young!

Especially now that Fu Jing inadvertently sees Fu Chong's appearance of being drowsy but still rubbing ink for himself, and he loves his grandson even more in his heart.

Fu Chong was also really sleepy, but when he was with his grandfather like this, watching his grandfather reviewing the copybooks, he would feel an indescribable peace of mind and comfort in his heart, as if he just stayed quietly in his Grandpa's side, just fine...

Fu Yan finally finished reviewing the last document in his hand, and then gently took the mouse whisker brush in his hand (in Wang Xizhi's "Bi Jing", both Zhang Zhi and Zhong Yao used the mouse whisker brush, because of this pen, the pen is strong and powerful. Feng Mang) rested on the pen holder, stretched slowly, and took a breath.

Seeing that his grandfather had put down his pen, Fu Chong jokingly said, "Grandfather, this pen seems to be a bit different?"

Seeing that his grandson told him about these things he was proud of, Fu Yu immediately explained in a good mood: "This is the mouse whisker pen that I only got in the past few days!"

"Mouse whiskers? Mouse beards? Oh, no, should it be weasel beards?"

Seeing that Fu Chong was interested, Fu Yu also showed off with a childlike innocence: "That's not the case, there is no weasel in this brush, but the beards of some black mice and the hair of Jiangnan flying squirrels. It’s still the hair on the tail of the chinchilla. According to tens of thousands of rats, it may not be possible to make one! And the material used for this pipe is a lot worse..." ("Pi Ya" by Lu Dian in the Southern Song Dynasty Cloud: The chinchilla is dark and dark, and if you take the hair from its tail, you can make a pen. The so-called rat with a chestnut tail is also known in the world. It can be seen that Li Shizhen's records are flawed)

After hearing this, Fu Chong sighed greatly, this pen is so labor-intensive?so rare? (Wang Xizhi's "Bi Jing" also said that rat whiskers may not be good, and they are very rare. That's the meaning. The so-called rat whiskers in ancient times should generally refer to rat whiskers and chestnut tail pens.)

Seeing Fu Chong's astonishment, Fu Yu couldn't help sighing: "It's also a time of famine, and there are many rats. I got such a pen after exterminating rats. Hey..."

"Hey, I didn't expect that these mice not only did not stop in winter, but became more and more rampant!" ; The "Beihulu" of the section of the road in the Tang Dynasty said: the rat whiskers come from Junzhou, which shows that there are extremely strict regulations on the choice of rat whiskers)

"Snakes hibernate in winter, but mice don't hibernate. Winter is when everything dies, so they will naturally look for food sources more frantically. Chonger, have you ever seen a mouse eat a snake? And it's still a live snake!" (Ouyang Xiu also said in "Returning to the Field": After Cai Xiang wrote the preface of "Jigulu" for him, he used mouse whiskers and chestnut pen holders, copper whiskers pen holders, Dalong tea, Huishan spring and other things as embellishers. Those are all It was a rare item at that time. Today, the mouse whisker pen is also a museum item. It is extremely rare, which also shows the difficulty and preciousness of its production.)

"Grandfather is a mouse. In winter, it will look for the snake's lair and eat the snake while the snake is hibernating?!"

"Yes, this is why there are often many snakes gathered in snake lairs, and it is also to prevent rats in winter!" It is clear that the mouse-whisker brush has nothing to do with the weasel. For example, Su Dongpo's "Shuxubi" poem, the record of the mouse-whisker brush in the "Wu Chan Zhi" in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Dacheng's "Chinese Art Grand View. Calligraphy" are all proof!)

Hearing that the rat infestation was so serious, Fu Chong's heart became heavy, and he couldn't help feeling a little dazed...

"Chong'er, this time Princess Mingyue asked you to meet Guo Mo of Huai County. You did a great job. Guo Mo praised you in his letter to me, and even your father admired you!"

Fu Chong was also very happy when he heard his grandfather praise him so bluntly, but he didn't expect that Fu Yu suddenly changed the subject and said: "Guo Mo is cunning by nature, but he is still a righteous man. You are pure in nature, but also a little reckless and impulsive. , one is one, it suits Guo Mo's temper! Hahaha!"

Hearing this, no matter how thick-skinned Fu Chong was, he turned red. He thought that his grandfather was praising him in a wild way, but who knew that he was exposing his old background in a different way...

Seeing Fu Chong's embarrassment, Fu Yu laughed even louder: "Hehehe, why? Blame my grandfather for being too straightforward? Hahaha!"

Hearing Fu Yu smile so heartily, Fu Chong felt even more ashamed, obviously he was never impulsive...

However, being able to communicate with his beloved grandfather like this, joking around and enjoying the feeling of grandparent and grandchildren, Fu Chong's heart is still warm.

"Chong'er, the princess knows how to employ people. The Fu clan is already under the princess's name. In the future, Fu Yong will inherit the family business. You have to follow the princess closely and set up another family!"

Fu Yu's sudden words seemed to have torn apart the last sustenance in Fu Chong's heart. He was so frightened that he knelt down in front of Fu Chong, looked at his grandfather in disbelief, and begged eagerly: "Grandfather, you Are you going to drive away your grandson?"

Seeing Fu Chong like this, Fu Yu also felt sad for a while, but he is already old, if he does not do a good job of division of labor within the family, it will be detrimental to the entire family. Spread out, don't tie them all together, this is also a way to preserve the blood of the family, and of course it is also to reduce the struggle within the family...