The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

September 26th was another sunny day without rain.

Tomorrow is the school's holiday, and everyone is in a good mood.

Anyway, the annual exam is being held. If you have a headache, it is also a headache for the scholar. What does it have to do with children like them?

The closer it gets to the afternoon, the more anxious everyone is waiting for get out of class to end.

Jin Shenzhi saw that everyone had no intention of reading chess records, so he simply waved his hands and said, Everyone, go back. The people in the chess class cheered and ran out of the school roaring.

When they went out, they happened to pass by the door of the painting studio. The proud Qian Dayou pulled Chen Heng and winked at Xue Biao and Jiang Yuanbai.

This really made Jiang Yuanbai very angry, and he began to worry about why he chose to paint.

In the end, Chen Heng couldn't stand it anymore and pulled Qian Dayou back to the dormitory first.

This vacation is only three days long, and it is not convenient for Jiang Yuanbai to go home, but he has made an appointment with Qian Da and will stay at Qian's house temporarily during this period.

Chen Heng naturally didn't have to worry about this kind of thing, he just packed his things a little. After saying hello to Qian Dayou, he went home first with a few books he needed.

Coming out of the academy, he deliberately took a detour. I want to take advantage of the early time to go to Guazhou Ferry to have a look.

Master Jin finished class early and it was not yet evening. The skylight pours on Yangzhou City, and the houses facing the street are spread out in rows in the distance. At the end of the street, there is an arch bridge.

It may be that the sun is shining brightly, and there is a graceful woman standing on the bridge holding an umbrella and looking at the scenery.

Chen Heng noticed that many men would look cautiously sideways after passing by a woman.

They thought they were being careful, but they were clearly seen by Chen Heng in the distance.

However, these people just looked at it and walked away laughing.

A small boat was passing by the bridge hole with a pole, and the fishermen were singing late. Chen Heng came looking for the sound and waited until he reached the arch bridge.

The woman holding an umbrella and the singing fishing boat have all gone. Chen Heng was not surprised. Standing at the bridge, he actually enjoyed the tranquility.

Little bridges and flowing water, people's homes.

Ma Zhiyuan's poem, if you only read this line, it is still very relaxing.

Xiao Lang, Xiao Lang, give way, watch out for the mules. A passerby shouted.

Chen Heng turned slightly to avoid the mule carrying the goods. Its owner smiled kindly at the young man, then took the reins and continued walking under the bridge.

Go forward, go forward, go to the two corners, and you will not be far from Guazhou Ferry. Several officers and soldiers were moving the barricades away from the streets where they were originally located.

It seems that the food transportation is over? Chen Heng's mood improved and his steps became brisk. By the time he arrived at the pier, a passenger ship was already slowly docking.

Customers poured out of it and rushed to nearby shops like a tide. At the inn where Chen Heng had stayed once, there was an excited waiter standing at the door, soliciting customers in an even harder tone than usual.

God knows how much money they have lost because the government closed the ferry for so many days.

Chen Heng looked from a distance, sometimes looking at the sparkling water, and sometimes observing these travelers traveling from north to south.

Soon, he noticed two men sitting in the tea shop. They were dressed in brocade and looked very noble. There were two servants standing behind him. Normally, such a family should pay great attention to their appearance, but there are conspicuous stains and mud on the corners of their clothes and the soles of their shoes.

In addition, they looked tired and had thick dark circles under their eyes, as if they had traveled a long distance in one go before arriving in Yangzhou City.

Chen Heng found it very interesting, so he quietly moved to the seat next to them and occupied a tea seat for himself.

Waiter, bring me a pot of tea. After Chen Heng said this, he began to pay attention to the conversations of the people behind him.

Brother Li, where are we going next? The person who spoke first had a strong northern accent.

Let's go to my second uncle's house to sleep one night first and see if their house is suitable for people to live in. His companion took a sip of tea and said, If it doesn't work, we will rent a house in Yangzhou first.

Then when will we return to the capital?

Why are you so anxious? We have to wait until the spring flowers bloom. Just over there... I asked you to go back. Are you willing to go back? The man's voice was so low that Chen Heng couldn't hear clearly.

I have come to Yangzhou with you. If we want to go back, we must go back together.

That's right. Don't worry, my brother won't do anything wrong. Let's play in Yangzhou for a few months. When the situation there gets better, we can go back.

Needless to say, the conversation that followed was all about interesting places in Yangzhou.

After they left, Chen Heng sat on the tea shop for a long time. He soon noticed that among the passengers brought by the passenger ship, there were many people like just now. It's just that they blended in with more people and didn't look so conspicuous.

Just like the birds and animals that flee in all directions when floods or earthquakes occur. People have the idea of ​​seeking good fortune and avoiding evil in their consciousness. Does the appearance of such a person in Yangzhou indicate a worse situation?

Chen Heng didn't know this. He just drank all the tea in the pot, paid and left.

He wasn't worried at all. Anyway, everything he needed to do was done.

The innocence is about to collapse, there are so many tall people in Yangzhou city, they can always think of ways to overcome difficulties.

The only thing that worried him now was his wife's family, but now Uncle Lin knew about it, and he and Sister Lin wrote to his wife.

Thinking about it, it is impossible for the master to have a temper in Shanxi Village.

I just need to wait for the right time to reunite with my master in Yangzhou.

Leave behind the noise of the crowd, the sound of the surging water, and the boatman's chant. When the passenger ship disappeared on the blue waves, Chen Heng had also left the ferry.

He saw a jewelry shop on the road. He thought that his eldest sister's birthday would be in eight days, so he went in with a headache. After choosing from left to right, he finally fell in love with a beautiful necklace. The necklace is not expensive, but it is better than the exquisite workmanship.

The family is still too poor. Chen Heng smiled bitterly and said that when he has money in the future, he will buy something better for his eldest sister.

When she got home, Mrs. Gu was taking her second aunt to dry the dried meat. They had already hung up a large piece of the scaffolding that was not yet covered with flowers and plants.

Chen Heng said hello to them and ran to the eldest sister's room, only to find that the other party was not there yet.

When he turned to ask his mother again, he found out that his eldest sister and his second sister had gone to his uncle's tea shop to help.

There are no rules in the farmhouse about staying outside the door. As long as a person has hands and feet to eat at home, he must use his labor force, and men and women are the same.

There was nothing going on at the moment, so he simply went to take his two younger brothers to his room and began to study their homework. Chen Yin is still young and can wait a little longer, but Chen Qingyue cannot delay.

It's just that although there are many literati in Yangzhou, Chen Heng looked at several in a row, but he didn't find any that were particularly suitable. Not in a school, where there are so many students. Even the Master himself had to study and prepare for exams, and he just had to go around teaching students.

Fortunately, although Chen Qingyue is bold and naughty, he is still smart. When Chen Heng picked up the bamboo strips made by his grandfather, his second brother endorsed it immediately.

After finishing the homework, Chen Qingyue asked expectantly, Brother, I've finished memorizing it. Will you take me out to play today?

In the two months since Chen Qingyue came to Yangzhou, the furthest he had stayed was in front of his home.

But Chen Heng shook his head and threatened him: Be careful, the kidnapper will catch you.

After all, this place is not Shanxi Village. Chen Heng himself spends a lot of time in the academy and doesn't know much about the outside world. Occasionally I go out to eat with my classmates. Su Zhao has been busy lately, and he even goes to his second uncle's tea shop less.

Ah?! What is a kidnapper? Chen Yin took over from the side. He is the youngest and is very curious about everything. However, he doesn't get along with Chen Heng very often and his attitude is a bit reserved.

Chen Heng was not as harsh as Chen Qingyue to the young and talkative Chen Yin, and only explained things to him in a soft voice. After saying that, he took out two more candied haws and gave them to his brothers to share equally.

Brother, if you treat me to candied haws every day, you will be the best brother in the world. Chen Qingyue quickly flattered him, fearing that his eldest brother would forget his little wish.

How could Chen Heng fool him like this? He just picked up the bamboo stick symbolically. Chen Qingyue had already pulled Chen Yin and ran out of the door.

Listening to the laughter of his brothers fading away, Chen Heng just smiled and closed the door and started busy with his homework.

The days passed by like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye it came to the fifth day of October, and there was still no rain. Under the hot weather, more and more people are coming from the north, and the situation seems to be more serious and difficult than Wei Yinghong and Lin Ruhai thought.

They spread all kinds of disturbing rumors in Yangzhou City.

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