The Bookish Scholar of the Red Mansion

On September 15th, Jieyuan Cui Youdao and Yayuan Du Yunjing took the other eighteen newly promoted candidates back to the academy to thank their masters.

Jia Yucun and the others were naturally very happy. While ordering people to prepare a banquet, they called the children and scholars in the academy to the lecture hall to witness the scenery of the people.

The masters have good intentions and hope that everyone can follow the example of Cui Youdao, Du Yunjing and others and continue to move forward bravely, but this has caused hardship to the children.

This year's autumn is much hotter than in previous years.

Everyone was crowded together in a dark place, and soon began to sweat on their foreheads. Qian Dayou's figure was already on the fatter side, and now the color of his chest began to change.

It's really evil. Jiang Yuanbai whispered to the classmates on both sides, They all say that the autumn air is crisp and refreshing. The Mid-Autumn Festival has passed, but why is the weather still as hot as June?

Xue Biao stood beside Chen Heng, shaking the fan carefully in his hand and comforting him, It should be cool when the autumn rain comes.

Jiang Yuanbai nodded and said with a smile: I got up early today and saw the morning glow when I went out. I don't know, it will rain in the next two days. Brother Heng, do you think so or not?

Chen Heng, who is also a farmer, didn't know how to reply for a moment. He only showed a slightly forced smile and said: I also hope it will rain as soon as possible.

Qian Dayou was dizzy from the heat. Hearing the word rain, he couldn't help but ask Jiang Yuanbai, Can you still read the sky?

You young men in the city don't understand, Jiang Yuanbai said proudly, Go and ask the farmers in the fields, who doesn't know that the morning glow does not leave the house and the sunset glow travels thousands of miles?

It's already night, how can we travel thousands of miles? Qian Dayou was stunned and continued to ask.

Jiang Yuanbai was speechless for a moment and quickly looked at Chen Heng, hoping that the other party would come to the rescue.

Chen Heng had no intention of paying attention to their discussion. His eyes seemed to be staring at the masters in front of him who were bowing and saluting. In fact, he didn't know where his thoughts were wandering.

After finally waiting for Jia Yucun to announce that the children could retreat, Qian Dayou walked out of the lecture hall first, pointed to the sunny sky, and asked Jiang Yuanbai who came after him: Is this the rain you said?

Everyone laughed and laughed for a while before returning to the dormitory surrounded by each other.

Brother Heng. As soon as Xue Biao sat down in his seat, he tapped Chen Heng's shoulder with his fan and nuzzled at Jiang Yuanbai.

Chen Heng, who had been absent from work, remembered today's important event. He slapped his forehead, stood up and walked towards Jiang Yuanbai and Qian Dayou.

Brother Qian, Brother Jiang. Chen Heng took out the six taels of silver that Xue Biao had prepared from his arms, This is your monthly silver.

Now Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai are employed by the newspaper shop. They will send the articles selected by the literary agency to the newspaper shop every month. The six taels of silver are the remuneration that Chen Heng agreed to give them.

This is not the first time for the two of them to take money, so it will be easy to be modest. One person took the three taels, Jiang Yuanbai still smiled and cupped his hands: Thank you Chen Dongjia and Xue Dongjia.

Three taels of silver can't stop your mouth. Xue Biao chuckled and pointed at Jiang Yuanbai.

Chen Heng thought for a moment, then suddenly sat next to Jiang Yuanbai and asked, Are you going to use this money to buy things for your sisters?

Jiang Yuanbai mentioned it before, but he didn't expect Brother Heng to even remember such a thing. He nodded and said cheerfully: Yes, I took a fancy to several things on the street a few days ago.

Brother Jiang, you might as well save your money and wait. Chen Heng advised, The New Year's Eve is not far away. If you keep the money, you can ask what your family is short of and buy enough for yourself.

Okay, it's up to you. Jiang Yuanbai didn't refuse such a trivial matter and directly followed his classmates' suggestions.

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After class that day, Chen Heng did not sleep in the academy. Taking advantage of the slightly cooler weather in the evening, we hurried home.

Except for the two brothers Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin who had not returned yet, everyone else was sitting in the courtyard chatting. When the eldest grandson came back, grandma asked if he had eaten.

Chen Heng gave a brief reply and moved a stool to sit next to his family, listening to them continue chatting.

The house is now almost tidied up, and a shed has been erected in the yard. Under the cool night, the Chen family seemed to have returned to the peaceful time of Shanxi Village.

Fortunately, I listened to Heng'er and didn't agree to let you stay in the village. Mrs. Zhou continued what she had just finished saying, It's so hot this autumn. If I have to let you go to the ground alone, who knows what will happen. Sample.

Chen Gaishan groaned and said with some dissatisfaction: No matter how hot it is, you have to work in the fields. You can't let the mature crops die in the sun.

It's okay, Grandpa, aren't there the clan leaders and the others? Chen Heng hurriedly came out to smooth things over, With them here this year, they will definitely not delay your crops.

Chen Heng had already made arrangements for the Chen family's thirteen acres of land. When their family moved in July, Chen Qi entrusted the autumn harvest to the clan leader.

In addition to the taxes to be paid to the county, the remaining grain is taken by the clan leader to be sold in the county. The silver earned was divided into one layer to pay the helpers. The clan leader took another half of the money himself, and the remaining money was sent to Chen Gaishan.

The farmers were very clear about the harvest in the fields, and they were entrusted to the same village and the same clan. Chen Gaishan was not worried about losing his money, but said with regret: Next year, I have to go back and take a look. Those lands of mine.”

Everyone felt helpless towards this stubborn old man. It's simply a matter of next year, so there's no need to have a headache now. Everyone turned to the missed Mid-Autumn Festival Lantern Festival.

This year, due to the provincial examination, there was no big event in Yangzhou City. The two sisters Chen Qing regretted that on their first Mid-Autumn Festival in Yangzhou, they missed the grand scene described by their younger brother.

While everyone was talking, Chen Qi and Chen Huaijin pushed open the door and came in sweating profusely, carrying two bags of things each.

Why did you take so long to come back now? Gu and Li hurriedly stepped forward to greet their man. Gu's eyes kept falling on Chen Qi's shoulders and asked curiously, What are you buying here?

Don't look at it, it's all rice. Chen Qi put down the things and persuaded Mrs. Gu while wiping his sweat.

Okay, why did you buy so much rice? Gu was completely confused.

Heng'er asked us to buy it. Chen Huaijin answered for his brother.

The family then focused their attention on the child. Since the child bought a house for the family in Yangzhou, Chen Heng also gained some influence in the family.

Seeing everyone looking at him, Chen Heng grinned and said, I heard from the newspaper that the price of rice will rise this year, and I'm worried that my family won't have enough to eat.

Nonsense, how can the price of rice go up? Chen Gaishan rarely scolded Chen Heng, and he was about to continue to teach his precious grandson tips on buying rice. He suddenly opened his mouth and looked at his wife, I...

Seeing that he was speechless, Mrs. Zhou said anxiously, What do you want to say? Just say it.

Chen Gaishan waved his hand but said nothing. He just got up silently and helped his sons move the rice.

The family didn't understand the situation and saw that it was getting late, so they each called the juniors to go back to the house and sleep.

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In the evening, after Chen Gaishan and Mr. Zhou lay in bed, he said what he had been holding back in the courtyard.

Do you still remember the drought that Huaijin encountered when the first child was born?

When Zhou heard this, she frowned and turned away angrily, Okay, why are you talking about this?

Look at you. Chen Gaishan pushed her and explained to his wife, I'm not talking to you.

What are you talking about? My poor grandson? Ms. Zhou was turned around and said angrily, I don't want to recall those days when I couldn't even buy a vegetable leaf with money. (Note 1)

At that time, you and your sons went to the county relief shop to carry rice and came back. I don't know how worried my daughter-in-law and I were at home.

I'm really afraid that you might run into someone who is robbed on the road. I'll wait for you to come back. You have to be careful when cooking rice. When you go to bed at night, you have to guard the door with a knife.

Think about days like this as much as you like, but I don't want to think about them anymore.

Don't worry, I just think it's extremely hot in autumn this year. Chen Gaishan shook his head and asked doubtfully, Do you think this weather is similar to our time?

Zhou's eyes suddenly widened, and her eyes under the night were full of fear.

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In the dead of night, Chen Heng locked the doors and windows in his house and took out a small wooden box from under the bed.

The box was made by Chen Qi, and the lock on it was bought by Chen Heng himself. He only kept one key and kept it close to him. Putting the box on the table and opening it, Chen Heng removed all the storybooks on the top and took out a booklet from the bottom.

The contents in the booklet were all plots from the book that he could recall over the years. Naturally, Chen Heng did not dare to use fonts to record, so he used pinyin abbreviations that came after the founding of the People's Republic of China in his previous life.

Chen Heng turned to one of the pages, compared it with the pinyin abbreviation, and silently read the meaning of this line in his mind: The first time Grandma Liu went to Jia's house to beg for money and food, she should have been around when Sister Lin was ten or eleven years old.

He couldn't remember exactly when Grandma Liu went there, but he only remembered that Grandma Liu's family was a farmer on a farm. It happened that there was a natural disaster and drought that year, and there was no harvest in the fields. His family could not survive, so he went there shamelessly. The Jia family asked for some life-saving things.

Recalling this incident at the time, Chen Heng immediately found a notebook to write it down because it was related to a natural disaster.

Note 1: The source of this remark comes from Si Qi. When she went to ask for egg custard, Sister-in-law Liu from the kitchen of Daguanyuan complained that the eggs were too expensive. She said: Don't talk about this, there will be even no grass roots left in one year. There are still days.”

I didn’t make this drought up.

Today's Carvin is really Carvin, and it always feels like it's almost meaningless. I'm going to write the second chapter first, and we'll revise it together later. I'm sorry, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long.