Chapter 45
Mr. Zhou took his family to find the widow, and caused a commotion in the town. In the end, he bought Mr. Zhou to the little widow's house, sold the gold and silver jewelry, and searched the little widow's savings. I got eight hundred taels.
One thousand taels of silver was owed, and there was still a shortfall of two hundred taels. The family couldn't make up the two hundred and two weeks for the house, so they finally found the second house.
They began to call Zhou Lao Er, but Zhou Lao Er felt ashamed of what Zhou Lao San did, so he didn't go. Who would have thought that Zhou Lao Zi would lead his family to the door of their new house.
"Second brother, I know you have always had resentment towards me, but now this matter is related to the life of your third brother, you can't just leave him alone!" Mr. Zhou has been haggard these days.
Zhou's mother also stood behind Mr. Zhou, looking at Zhou's second son, she seemed to want to say something, but finally squirmed her lips a few times, but she still couldn't say it.
"Father, what can I do if the third brother does such a dirty thing by himself?" Zhou Laoer looked at the fatherly way that Zhou Laozi was worried about Zhou Laosan, and felt very ironic.
"We already have 800 taels of silver in our hands, you can take out another 200 taels, and you can save your third brother's life with only 200 taels!" "Why should
I save him? Shouldn't you be taught a lesson, you forgot that he was thinking about selling my daughter?" Zhou Laoer said angrily.
"You..." Mr. Zhou pointed at Zhou Lao Er angrily, speechless.
At this time, Zhou Yi stuck out his head from the back of Zhou's second child: "Grandpa, the third uncle did something wrong and should have been punished. If we don't leave a lesson this time, what should he do if he commits a crime again? Such as killing a son, grandpa, don’t you think this is very reasonable?”
In the end, Shangfang did not get any money from the second room. As for Zhou Lao Er's resolute refusal, it was because Zhou Yi had vaccinated him in advance.
After returning home, Zhou's mother made a fuss about selling the land to save people. Unfortunately, this proposal was opposed by everyone in the Zhou family. How will the whole family live after the land is sold?
They took 800 taels of silver to beg the owner of the restaurant, and they didn't know whether it was because they were moved by Zhou's mother and Mr. Zhou's kind father and mother, or because they were kind-hearted, so they took 800 taels of silver and let the yamen beat Zhou. The third and twenty bosses put him back.
Being pushed to the position of shopkeeper, Zhou Laosan's family naturally couldn't live in the town, so they returned to Zhou's yard. Because Zhou Laosan was raising a widow outside, Zhao Chun'er quarreled with him out of nowhere, and the rest of the Zhou family People are also dissatisfied with the fact that Zhou Laosan has money to support the young widow, but the family lied about having no money. Zhou's mother said that Zhao Chun'er would not care about men.
For a period of time, Zhou's house was full of turmoil, which added a lot of talk and jokes to the villagers of Xiawan Village after dinner.
The most important thing is that the Zhou family has no other income except the 30 acres of land, and the family's old bottom has been emptied again, so naturally they can no longer afford Zhou Laosi and Da Lang to study in the academy.
Zhou Lao Si is fine, he thinks that as long as he can read books, he will be fine, but Da Lang refuses to follow him, and insists on arguing to continue going to the academy, but without money, his troubles are useless.
Zhou Yi didn't care about these things. He was promoted to Class A and began to study the Five Classics. In the imperial examination, it is not necessary to master all the Five Classics. When studying the Five Classics, students must choose one of the Five Classics as the main scripture.
Zhou Yi was also troubled by this choice.
Since the opening of the imperial examination in the Dayue Dynasty, many people have selected the three classics of "Poetry", "Book" and "Yi", while the number of people who have taken "Spring and Autumn" and "Li" as the main scriptures is much less. The reason is nothing more than the latter two classics. There are many meanings, and the topics change each other, which increases the difficulty of the examiners. Therefore, the first three courses are hot, and the last two courses are cold.
But this does not mean that choosing the first three classics is definitely easier to pass the exam than the latter two. Compared with the Four Books, the study of the Five Classics was more regional or specific in the Dai Viet Dynasty.
For example, some families have studied "Li" for generations, and "Li" has become a family inheritance, so their disciples naturally have a unique advantage when choosing the Book of Rites as the scripture. On the other hand, many people choose the first three scriptures, so The competition is naturally great, so there is no obvious difference in the winning rate.
In addition to your own efforts to choose this scripture, a good teacher is very important.
There are more people studying the Book of Changes in Nanyuan Fucheng, and the masters of Bailu Academy also mainly study the Book of Changes. The students in the children's class naturally followed the Master, and most of them also chose the Book of Changes.
Zhou Yi felt that Shangshu was more attractive to him, but if there was no master who specialized in Shangshu in the nursery, then he would undoubtedly cause trouble for himself by choosing Shangshu.
After several struggles, he still gave up his plan to study Shangshu. From the very beginning, his purpose was very clear. He did not study for self-cultivation, not for the real learning of sages, but only for the imperial examination to become an official. If this is the case, then he has no need It affects the difficulty of blogging for which scripture is more attractive.
After figuring this out, Zhou Yi immediately felt much more at ease.
And the one who taught Zhou Yi's Book of Changes was Ma Shaoqian, who had impressed him deeply from the moment he was promoted.
Ma Shaoqian looked at Zhou Yi and said, "I thought you wouldn't choose the Book of Changes, but I didn't expect..."
Zhou Yi smiled: "The Five Classics are so profound, it's a student's luck to choose one to study."
Ma Shaoqian rubbed the top of his chin Zhou Yi heaved a sigh of relief
after getting the approval of Master Xijing, and then devoted himself to the study. Although he chose one of them as the classic, it does not mean that the other four There is no need to study the classics. In fact, in the scientific examination questions, many examiners like to mix and match the questions, but the emphasis is different. Therefore, although the other classics do not need to be as specialized as this classic, comprehensive reading and comprehension is indispensable. of.
Time always flies by when you devote yourself to something, and it's August before you know it.
In the days full of sweet-scented osmanthus, the child in Wang Yan's stomach is finally coming out. Wang Yanhuai's baby was fed well and the work was not heavy. It was born not long after the start. The midwife hugged the newborn baby to announce the congratulations to Zhou Er Er: "Congratulations, Master Zhou, you are a young master."
Elder Zhou took over the child, he already had Zhou Yi, and the second child Zhou didn't have much preference for whether the child was a boy or a girl, but now seeing his newborn son, he was still very pleasantly surprised, it is right to have more sons Yes, we can also support each other with Zhou Yi in the future. Zhou Yi also looked at the side, wrinkled, really ugly, Zhou Er Er looked at the frowning eyebrows of the eldest son and knew what he was thinking: "It's like this when children are born, when you were born , who is thinner than your younger brother, and looks great now!" Is that so? Zhou Yi was very skeptical. Although he came from the era of information explosion, as an unmarried young man, he really didn't know anything about children. The red monkey opened its mouth and cried loudly. Zhou Er quickly put him next to Wang Yan. His little nose moved a few times, like a puppy. It seemed that he had heard a familiar smell. The little monkey sipped Pursing her lips to stop crying, Zhou Yi looked at it and thought this wrinkled little thing was cute. When the bad idea came up, Zhou Yi lifted his younger brother's swaddling clothes and took a look, tsk, how small! ! ! Xi Tianlin'er, Zhou Lao Er was very happy, the third baptism ceremony was held grandly, and he was afraid that Zhou Yi would be offended, so he specially explained: "Liu Lang, you were born in poor conditions, and the third baptism ceremony is not a big deal. I can do it, but in Dad's heart, you are always the most important, and I will give you the bulk of the family business in the future." Zhou Yi smiled, he naturally didn't care about these things. Therefore, the partiality of parents is really innate. In the days to come, Zhou Laoer and Wang Yan proved that they were partial to Zhou Yi with countless facts. Almost all the people in Xiawan Village came, no matter what these people came to eat and drink, Zhou Laoer was always smiling. Both Wang Hu and Wang Yuan helped in the workshop, and this time Sun Dahua and Wang Ling also came. Sun Dahua teased the infant child, and said with a sigh: "little sister, it is said that bitterness comes first, sweetness comes first. I didn't quite believe it at first, but looking at you, I knew it was right. Look at you! You have suffered so much, but now you are living your life, which is the first in ten miles and eight towns! Even pulling us out."
"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, you and my brother are so kind to me, and his father and I don't know how to repay it!" "How can we repay it?
Now A Yuan and his father are working in your workshop, The wind does not blow and the rain does not protect, and there are so many wages every month, compared with the days when I was worried, ouch, I really burned incense." Sun Dahua made a gesture of worshiping the Bodhisattva.
Wang Yan was amused by Sun Dahua's actions. Suddenly thought of something, and said: "A Yuan is also sixteen, it's time to see his wife."
Speaking of this, Sun Dahua looked worried: "Who says no, I also met a lot of people, and now I live at home. It's okay, he earns so much a month in your workshop, there are quite a few girls who are interested, but every time I ask him about this brat, he always says he doesn't like it, I'm really pissed off..." Just as he was talking, Da Ya came in with a pot of hot water.
Looking at the slim girl who had already come out, Sun Dahua said to Wang Yan with a smile: "You still talk about me, and you don't even look at your own girl, she looks so good-looking, so you never thought about what kind of family you are looking for? When the big girl
heard this, she blushed immediately, "Auntie!" She turned around and went out.
The big girl came out from the back room, ran into Wang Yuan in a panic, "Cousin..." Wang Yuan was quite at a loss, scratched his head, and yelled.
Da Ya's blushing face was about to bleed now, and she hurriedly ran past Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan turned around and looked at Da Ya's back, unable to look back for a long time.
Zhou Yi, who watched this scene from a distance, rang the alarm. What kind of development route is this? Could it be that these two people are in love with each other? This is not acceptable, they are close relatives, how can close relatives get married!
Zhou Yi walked up to Wang Yuan and decided to give him a try: "Cousin, what are you looking at?
" Zhou Yi was asking, and suddenly panicked, his face flushed red: "No, I... I mean, I just met my cousin."
Come on, he doesn't need to ask anymore just like this young lover.
With something in mind, Zhou Yi went to Da Ya anxiously, "Sister, I just heard that my cousin is going to see a girl. What kind of woman do you think is suitable for him?" "He...he is going to get married?
" Da Ya's face suddenly turned pale when she heard the words, and she stopped talking after asking such a question in a daze.
This is a teapot with a tea lid, and they are attracted to each other.
Da Ya has been very kind to Zhou Yi since she was a child. Zhou Yi once swore in his heart that to make Da Ya happy, Wang Yuan was originally a good candidate for marriage. He is in good health and has a simple and honest personality. , is still a fear of guilt, Wang Yuan is afraid that he has inherited a bit, and Da Ya will definitely not be bullied when she is married to him, anywhere is good, but his mother has a special status, this is a close relative!
Dayue is becoming more and more popular, and many cousins are married. But for Zhou Yi who has accepted that close relatives cannot get married, letting Da Ya and Wang Yuan together really ruins his three views. The most important thing is close relatives. Marriage gave birth to deformed children and the probability of child death is very high.
Just like this, Zhou Yi can't let Da Ya and Wang Hu be together.
Zhou Yi kept this matter in his heart, and just waited for the development of the matter. If the eldest uncle and aunt gave Wang Yuan a good family, and Wang Yuan once got married, the elder sister stopped thinking about it, and this matter would naturally pass like this.
After the three baptisms, Zhou Er Er gave the little monkey a name and asked Zhou Yi to refer to it. Zhou Yi thought for a while and said, "Call it Zhou Jia, Jia Xing Jia Xing." Zhou Er Er thought it was
very good when he heard it, so Balang's That's how the name was decided, Zhou Jia.
At this time, Sun Dahua and Wang Ling were still at Zhou Yi's house. At night, their family got together, and Sun Dahua told Wang Yuan who they were visiting.
"This time the girl is really good. I went to see her. She is capable and good-looking. A Yuan, stop messing with my old lady. This time, you have to go back and take a look at whatever you say." "I don't.
" Wang Yuanweng was very angry and refused very simply.
"You don't want this, and you're not satisfied with that, what do you want?" Sun Dahua had a violent temper, and he was about to strike.
It was Wang Hu who stopped her, "A Yuan, do you have a girl you like? Tell me if you like a girl. If it wasn't because of my initiative, your mother might have run away with others! Man, look! If you get on it, you have to make a decisive move," Wang Hu said carelessly.
"What the hell are you talking about, you're just grinning in front of the kids!!" Sun Dahua pinched Wang Hu hard, and he grinned in pain.
Wang Yuan was silent.
The couple saw his behavior like this: "You really have a rare girl?" Sun Dahua asked in surprise, she didn't expect her son who was like a lump of wood to be really enlightened.
"En!" Wang Yuan replied awkwardly.
"Who?" Wang Hu and Sun Dahua asked together.
"Cousin..." Wang Hu said embarrassingly in a very low voice.
"Speak up, why are you acting like a bitch!" Wang Hu said dissatisfied.
"Cousin, I said I like my cousin!!"
"Who? You mean... big girl? Zhen'er?" Sun Dahua asked uncertainly. Big girl's full name is Zhou Zhen.
"En." Wang Yuan turned around.
"Oh, I didn't expect it. It's really dark under the lights. I've been looking for a daughter-in-law for so long, and the best one is right in front of me. Oh, my brain, just wait, I'll tell my sister Go." Sun Dahua has a ups and downs personality, as soon as he slapped his thigh, he immediately went to find Wang Yan and Zhou Laoer.
All of this happened in one night, Zhou Yi who was reading in the study naturally didn't know, when he knew what he had to guard against, Wang Yuan punctured it in such a straight-forward manner, he was so angry that he vomited blood. The next morning, Wang Yan and Sun Dahua looked at Daya and Wang Yuan, smiling at each other from time to time, showing a tacit understanding, and Zhou Yi suddenly had a bad premonition. Sure enough, not long after Sun Dahua and Wang Ling left, Wang Yan called Da Ya into his room, and Da Ya came out shyly after a while.
Zhou Yi's heart sank, and he entered Wang Yan's room. Wang Yan was changing Zhou Jia's diaper. Zhou Yi walked up to her and asked with a depressed mood, "Mother, are you going to find a husband's house for eldest sister?" Wang Yan looked at her in surprise
. Zhou Yi: "How did you know?"
"I guessed it."
"Yeah, your eldest sister is getting older, it's time to find someone else, and the person is your cousin A Yuan, how is it, isn't it good!" Wang Yan was delighted Said, like Sun Dahua, she didn't think of it at first. After Sun Dahua said this last night, she suddenly realized that she almost missed such a good son-in-law as A Yuan. She knows best what the big brother and sister-in-law are like, and they are relatives. After the big girl is married, she will definitely not suffer. In addition, she also watched the child A Yuan grow up. This marriage can be regarded as falling into the nest of blessings.
"I asked your eldest sister just now, and she is also willing. Your uncle and I plan to find a date to make a marriage." Wang Yan and Zhou's second son are used to asking Zhou Yi to refer to all the big and small things in the family. , so Wang Yan also directly told Zhou Yi about this matter.
Zhou Yi was in a hurry: "Why so fast!"
"Why so fast!" Wang Yan gave Zhou Yi an angry look, "I don't know that you are a child, your cousin A Yuan is already sixteen years old, and your elder sister is fifteen years old. It's just right to get engaged now and get married next year!"
"But I don't want to part with my eldest sister, and I want to keep her at home for a few more years." Zhou Yi was not happy.
"Just talk nonsense, how can a girl's blooming season stand up to delays, look at your brother, I'll go get a diaper." Wang Yan didn't take Zhou Yi's child's words to heart, and left the room.
Zhou Yi looked at the little monkey with closed eyes and spitting bubbles in annoyance. After the baby was born, it was like eating the wind. Now it has flesh on its body and its skin has turned white. It is no longer the ugly look it used to be. Zhou Yi poked Zhou Jia's tender face, and said to himself: "What should I do?"
Zhou Yi left Wang Yan's room with a lot of worries, saw Da Ya and San Ya cleaning the house, Zhou Yi left. Go over and grab Da Ya: "Sister, come here, I have something to tell you."
"What's the matter, can't we just say it here?" Da Ya was puzzled.
"Come with me." Zhou Yi pulled Da Ya out. Sanya watched the two of them being intimate from behind, bit her lip, and increased the strength of her hands a little.
Zhou Yi led the eldest girl to his study room, his study room was the quietest place in the whole house, and only Wang Yan would come in to clean it on weekdays, and the girls were ordered not to approach by Zhou Yier.
"Liulang, why did you bring me here?" Da Ya was puzzled.
Zhou Yi took a breath, looked at Da Ya and said, "Sister, did mother tell you that you married cousin Wang Yuan?
" He lowered his head and asked in a low voice.
"Big sister, what if I disagree with your marriage with your cousin?"
"Why?" The big girl raised her head in surprise, not caring about her shyness.
"Don't ask me why, if I don't agree, will you still marry cousin Wang Yuan?" Zhou Yi looked at Da Ya firmly.
"But... but both parents agree!" Da Ya was very confused, "Liulang, don't you like Cousin Yuan, he is very nice!!" Da Ya anxiously defended Wang Yuan.
"What about yourself, do you agree?"
"Well... I... I am willing." Da Ya stirred her hands and mustered up the courage to say this.
"Then what if I have to disagree?"
"Then...then forget it." Da Ya said with a teary voice: "You are my younger brother, and you are so smart. It must be for my own good. I... I will listen to you." "
Sister." Zhou Yi stepped forward to hold the hand of Da Ya, and smiled: "Don't cry, I lied to you, Cousin Wang Yuan is such a good person, how could I disagree! I just can't bear you, When I think of my white and tender sister marrying into someone else's family, I feel bad!"
"Really?" Da Ya looked at Zhou Yi in astonishment.
Zhou Yi nodded firmly: "Really."
Only then did Da Ya smile through her tears, and she touched Liu Lang's head with her hand: "Don't scare me like
this in the future." In the era of parents' order and matchmaker's words, it is common to marry blindly. It is not easy to meet a good person who you like. Since the elder sister likes it, let her go.
There are so many cousins who are married, and they live very well. Such unlucky things may not necessarily be the turn of Da Ya and Wang Yuan. Even if it is really the turn of the unlucky, let's figure out a solution when the time comes.
The marriage between Da Ya and Wang Yuan was settled immediately by the two sides of the Zhou family and the Wang family. Soon Najib got engaged, and Zhou Yi soon doubted whether it was the inefficient Da Yue court.
After getting married, it would be even more awkward for Da Ya and Wang Yuan to meet each other. The shyness and timidity between the young lovers made Zhou Yi get goosebumps.
Wang Yuan looked tall and careless, but in fact he was very careful. From time to time, he went to the county to buy some powder and flowers for Da Ya, and sometimes gave him hairpins, bracelets and other jewelry. The appearance of the two, the romantic play is not inferior to the literary youth, and the relationship between the two quickly heats up.
It was at this time that Zhou Yi didn't like Wang Yuan very much. The guy who robbed his sister must have been making up his mind early in the morning!