Ping An Biography

Zhang Ning went back by boat as before. When he disembarked from the boat at Dazhong Bridge, the sun had just set, and the surrounding light gradually dimmed. Lanterns were hung under the eaves of some buildings on the long street, such as restaurants and teahouses.The gates of the city are closed at Youshi, and Zhang Ning doesn't need to bother thinking about it unless he has an official document to leave the city now.

There are still many people on the street, and the hustle and bustle of the day has not yet come to an end.Everything made him feel real and in a trance, as if this life is a game, but now it seems that the operation interface of this game seems to be very unfriendly, and it is difficult to get started.

He was puzzled, how could he be here even though he was already dead, even if he tried to think about such a fantasy thing, he couldn't figure it out.What's even more puzzling is that I just regained my life, haven't figured out the situation, and found that I'm going to die again... It's a coincidence that I went to the hospital to deliver things today, if I didn't hear more information from Fang Ling, I guess I didn't even know how I died, so I walked around in a daze, red|strips came and red|strips went without taking a cloud.Now that I understand it, it probably won't help the matter. The only thing to be gratified is that I finally didn't become a fool: where can I go?Now at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the social order is relatively good and there are few refugees, and the countryside is under the tightly controlled Baojia system. He is not very optimistic about escaping this catastrophe.

The street was the outlet of the wind, and a sudden gust of cool wind made him feel very lonely and helpless.

Approaching Liren Street, when I was about to enter the alley where my home was located, I met an "acquaintance".This person lives in another alley next to him. His face is not very good. The left eye of the sharp-billed monkey is big and the right eye is small. He is also a student, but he has given up on continuing the imperial examination. unemployed.His name is Wang Zhen, and Zhang Ning suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a famous eunuch named Wang Zhen in the history of the Ming Dynasty, but he was not sure that this person was that eunuch, and even felt that the possibility was very low: generally eunuchs seem to Like changing names.

Wang Zhen raised his head and glanced at Zhang Ning, but Zhang Ning's expressionless face didn't mean to say hello at all, so Wang Zhen didn't take the initiative to answer, lest he would find it boring.He continued to squat down to tease the children in front of him, holding a bunch of candied radishes in his hand and said with a smile, "Call me dad, I'll eat it for you when I call."

Zhang Ning said in his heart: It's so boring.

Unexpectedly, Aunt Li, who lived next door to Zhang Ning, just came out of the alley. There was a good show, and the child was Aunt Li's son.Sure enough, after a while, Zhang Ning heard the voice of Aunt Li scolding behind him: "Hey, I want my son to go home and give birth to himself!"

Zhang Ning was not interested in meddling in their business, but the scolding words came to his ears clearly without plugging his ears, and he couldn't help thinking: the three aunts and six women in the market are really terrible, and they scolded such hurtful words face to face.The most important thing is that Wang Zhen has no children. There were rumors about him nearby that he was sterile.

Zhang Ning didn't see what Wang Zhen's face looked like, so he walked straight to his house.

When he reached the door, he was about to knock, but he opened it all at once, "Brother!" Zhang Xiaomei's voice came.Soon a pure and white oval face appeared in front of her eyes. She waited for Zhang Ning to come in and locked the door with her backhand, and she grabbed his sleeve with joy and walked back, pretending to be unhappy and poking her small mouth: " How did it take you so long to send something? Don’t think about women in that kind of place, tell you, they just want the money in your bag..."

"Little sister." Zhang Ning interrupted her, and stood still on the spot.Zhang Xiaomei looked at him in surprise: "What's the matter?" Zhang Ning looked at her seriously, and suddenly found that a strand of her ear hair had fallen off and was sticking to her cheek. While pretending to be relaxed, he said: "I will leave Nanjing early tomorrow morning, go out for a while, and I will tell my uncle and aunt when I see them later."

Zhang Xiaomei said anxiously: "Why is brother going out of the city suddenly, and how long will he be going?"

How long are you going?Zhang Ning was in a state of sadness, maybe forever... He left this family and fulfilled his last responsibility to his uncle's family and his younger sister. He knew that he had not brought them any benefits, but at least he didn't want to hurt them.As long as he left, those who engaged in conspiracy and tricks would definitely not embarrass his family. Firstly, he had no selfish grievances, and secondly, this matter itself was a conspiracy. Who would want to make a big mess out of it?But if you continue to stay at home, it will be hard to say whether an accident will accidentally injure innocent people.

"Don't ask, you still don't understand. I'll go out to do some errands, and I'll come back when I'm done," Zhang Ning said.

"elder brother……"

Zhang Ning suddenly felt sour and almost burst into tears. Fortunately, he quickly suppressed the feeling. He said, "It's really a pleasure to meet you. It's a kind of fate..."

The little girl looked at him with wide eyes in bewilderment.He realized that his emotions were still unstable, so he tried to calm down and said: "I'm not here, you have to be good. From now on, marry someone who treats you well and live a simple life. It's true to be ordinary..." Suddenly he felt heavy, Zhang Xiaomei suddenly threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.The first thing he felt was a soft thing sticking to the bottom of his heart, and his mind buzzed for a while, and then he was overwhelmed by the soft touch, the smell of fragrance, and the pure warmth. For a while, he seemed to fall into the In the hot spring, it is indescribably warm|soft from the outside to the inside.

He hesitated for a while and placed his hand on the girl's shoulder quietly, feeling the softness of the skin and the beauty of the bones through the clothes. The touch was like a stream of electricity, slowly flowing into his heart through his fingertips, and into his subconscious , was carefully hidden in the most private|secret corner of my heart.Little sister... At this moment, he seems to feel that the whole world is full of tenderness, full of flowers, no more bloody brutality, no more competition for interests, no more past grievances...

"Brother, don't you want me?"

The leaves "swish" and a gust of wind blew up. The cool autumn wind made Zhang Ning wake up a little bit. He naturally pushed away Zhang Xiaomei and took her hand: "Let's go back." The catkins were soft and the hands were slightly cool. Zhang Ning covered her with his big hands to warm her with his own body temperature, and he could feel some calluses in her palms, which was a testimony of hard work.

Walking along the wide eaves, Zhang Ning let go of the younger sister's hand quietly before the door of the main room.The little niece yelled: "Second father is back." Zhang Ning walked over and pinched her cheek, and muttered, "I was in a hurry when I came back, and I forgot to buy snacks for Xiaoxiao."

The sister-in-law Luo Yue'e, who was putting the dishes and chopsticks on the table, said seriously: "Don't spoil her, she's too spoiled." Auntie Zou came in with two dishes: "When your uncle and elder brother come back, we will have dinner. Are you gone?" Zhang Xiaomei kept looking at him, as if she was afraid that he would disappear from her eyes in the blink of an eye, Zhang Ning regretted that she didn't control her emotions and said too much just now, it seems that Emperor Ting Ding is not so easy to learn.

"By the way, Auntie." Zhang Ning called Zou, took out the ingot of silver from his cuff and put it on the table, "The customer surnamed Fang is very satisfied with the brocade design and insisted on placing a deposit. I will bring it back gone."

Zou said in surprise, "There are five taels! How did you get so much deposit?"

Zhang Ning said with a smile: "I wrote a poem for her, and the customer surnamed Fang insisted on paying ten times the original price for us to embroider the poem on the brocade. I couldn't refuse, so I agreed."

"Ten times?!" Zou had an expression of disbelief.

At this time, Zhang Shicai's laughter came from outside the door: "The ink in Erlang's belly is still there, and no one can steal it. Ink is money!" Zhang Jiujin and his son walked into the main room together, and the family became more and more popular.Zhang Jiujin still had a stern look and didn't have anything good to say, "I met a master who has no money and no land to spend."

"Wash your hands, and eat at the table." Zou ordered.

Zhang Ning stood on the threshold and said, "There is another thing. I first met Ma Maocai from Jiangning County at Wuding Bridge. Did I mention him at home before? I heard from him that the father of my classmate Yang Maocai passed away. , Many students from Shangyuan County School have gone to the Yang family in the countryside. I had an accident not long ago, and I only know about it now. I have to go there tomorrow morning, and it may take a while. Although I am no longer Students of the county school, but many of them have been classmates for many years, and they still have to contact and walk around if the friendship cannot be let go."

Zhang Jiujin nodded in agreement: "Anyway, you have to move around frequently to maintain the relationship. Everyone recognizes you, so don't be too hard on your face. I will ask your aunt to prepare some silver taels in the morning. How much is the family's funeral? There must be etiquette, isn't there a saying that 'students have the meaning of making money'?"

"Are you really going to attend the funeral?" Zhang Xiaomei couldn't help asking.

Zhang Ning smiled and said, "Of course it's true. Why would I lie about where I'm going?" But she was still skeptical after hearing that, mainly because what Zhang Ning said before was so strange.

While talking, the whole family sat down to eat according to the order of elder and younger. Mrs. Zou pointed to the money on the table and said, "Anyway, I have to wrap the money for you tomorrow morning. You should keep this ingot first, so that the children won't lose it." Zhang Ning also agreed. I picked it up without being polite: "Five taels is almost enough, and I don't need to trouble you to take it again tomorrow." Zou said: "You don't have to be polite if you want to use the money. It belongs to you brother and sister, and your uncle and I will help you take care of it." There are accounts for the income and expenditure of the shop, the annual land rent, and the daily expenses at home, and my family will not let you brothers and sisters suffer. If you don’t want to study for the imperial examination in the future, you will take over your accounts sooner or later.”

Zou's words are reasonable, as expected, even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, if they are not directly related, they are not a family.But the overall atmosphere tonight is very good, talking and laughing with each other.Zhang Ning feels that he is gradually integrating into this family, but unfortunately...