Chapter 159 The third volume of B-character enters the Jia Mansion (First update, please vote for me!)
It was already the fifth day of the first lunar month when Feng Ziying visited Jia's house.
Before the third day of the first lunar month, people usually travel among relatives, so Feng Ziying naturally stayed at home, enjoying the rare warmth of family.
Dilong was burning hot. He was lying on the bed with nothing to do. Yun Shang made tea and brought it to him. He leaned on the pillow, read a book and thought about things. It was a really pleasant day.
The snow was falling heavily outside the window, and after one night, the entire roof and yard were completely white.
Opening the window, a chill came in, and Feng Ziying shivered. The freshness that hit his face immediately made him feel more energetic. There were a few smears of snow on the bare branches of the jujube tree outside the window. The stone jar was probably frozen, and the whole Logically speaking, the yard should be covered with snow, but Yun Shang got up early and swept the snow clean.
Reading banned books on a snowy night and dreaming about Gaotang on a rainy day are two of the greatest pleasures in life. You must be honest and don't deceive.
Feng Ziying will not read the banned book for the time being. If my mother discovers it, she may have to point the finger at Yun Shang again.
In fact, reading Yunshang is equivalent to reading a more intuitive banned book, but this girl has no consciousness at all.
Thinking of Yun Shang getting up early in the morning to sweep the snow, Feng Ziying felt a little distressed. There were still too few people in the yard and it was not popular. Moreover, it was unreasonable for Yun Shang to do all these menial and tiring tasks by herself.
Feng Ziying did not realize that she seemed to be judging things more and more by the people of this era.
In a small courtyard like this, after he left, Yun Shang was left alone to take care of food and drink, as well as monthly money. Every day, he worked as a female celebrity in the house and cleaned the yard. It was so leisurely and comfortable that now he actually found it distasteful. There are not enough people.
"Sir, the car is ready." When Ruixiang came in, Yun Shang was waiting for Feng Ziying to dress, "I know, let them wait."
"If the young master finishes reading, I'm afraid we will need one or two more people in this room." Yun Shang carefully squatted on the ground and tidied the corners of Feng Ziying's cotton robe.
Having gotten used to it at Qingtan Academy, Feng Ziying now prefers simple and elegant cotton robes and jackets, with at most a lambskin waistcoat. If she really wants something like fox fur and mink, she probably won’t want to stay at Qingtan Academy. Went down.
"Huh?" Feng Ziying was puzzled. She asked Yun Shang if she wanted to add a worker before, but Yun Shang still refused, but now she took the initiative to ask for someone.
Feng Ziying said "hmm", and Yun Shang immediately understood what it meant, and quickly explained: "The slave girl means to add people to the young master's house, not to the courtyard."
The addition of people to the courtyard and the addition of people to the house are two different concepts.
The addition of people to the courtyard is for servants to do odd jobs, while the addition of people to the house is for people to work closely with Feng Ziying.
Just like what Yun Shang is doing now, folding quilts and making beds, washing and tidying up, dressing up, making tea and grinding ink, including working the night shift in the outhouse at night, and having to wait on him whenever he is hungry or thirsty at night.
Sometimes Yun Shang is really too busy by herself. Like today, Feng Ziying stayed in bed for a while, folding the quilt, washing and tidying up for Feng Ziying, dressing and changing shoes, and she also had to bring the food box and set it up for Feng Ziying. One does have one's hands full.
This is the case in this big family. Boys in the inner courtyard are not allowed to come in for leisure, and only maids and women can come in and out.
The Feng family was not that particular. Feng Ziying would call Ruixiang in from time to time. If there were more children in the future, Ruixiang would not be able to enter the inner courtyard.
Furthermore, Feng Ziying's identity is different now, and she is much older, so she has to pay attention to many things. Look how many maids and boys are around Master Bao? There is only one Uncle Keng, which is obviously inappropriate.
Fortunately, Feng Ziying is mainly in the academy now, otherwise Duan would have hired someone to replace Feng Ziying.
However, Feng Ziying thought that if her mother added more people to her house, she would have to learn a lesson and never assign a beautiful girl like Yun Shang to bring disaster to the country and the people. She would definitely find some crooked melons and cracked jujubes. Only then can she feel at ease.
"Is it necessary? You alone are not enough?" Feng Ziying laughed, "Why are you not afraid that if you add someone else, my mother will kick you out?"
"My wife really can't stand Yun Shang, it doesn't matter whether she has someone else or not." Yun Shang pursed her lips and couldn't help but said with a smile on her face: "But my wife has become much nicer to Yun Shang during this time."
Feng Ziying shook her head. It was just for her own sake. Did Yun Shang really think that her mother had changed her gender?
Before she got married or turned sixteen, Yun Shang would probably always be a pain in her mother's heart.
However, he will not dampen Yun Shang's enthusiasm. He will not come back much anyway, and his mother will feel more at ease.
Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu both sent messages. Jia Zheng’s message was sent to his father, but it was to himself.
Since she has a good family, it is normal to move around like this, so Feng Ziying also greeted Jia Lian first, saying that she needed to see Jia Zheng first, and then talk to Jia Lian.
Jia Zheng met Feng Ziying at Rongxi Hall, which shows the formality of the meeting.
Jia Zheng couldn't help but feel a little distracted when he saw the young man walking in with his son and his son outside the door.
Although Feng Ziying may not be as handsome as Baoyu in terms of appearance, this seven-foot man is all about high-spirited and energetic momentum, so why bother talking about face and appearance?
The older man of the Feng family was only two years older than Baoyu, but he looked as if he was four or five years older. In terms of how he treated people and his reputation outside, he was more than ten years older. Thinking of this, Jia Zheng felt more and more right in his heart. This meeting was somewhat anticipated.
Meeting Feng Ziying so solemnly has two meanings.
Years ago, Jia Zheng went to visit his brother-in-law again. This time he went with his wife. Of course, they met separately.
Wang Ziteng is very busy right now, as he can tell just by the dozens of carriages lined up outside his residence, so Jia Zheng also knows that if it weren't for this kinship, he, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry, would not even be able to get in. Can't.
But Wang Ziteng dedicated an hour to talk to Jia Zheng and talked a lot.
There are only two topics at the center, one is Baoyu's study, and the other is about spring and marriage, but in the final analysis they are all related to one person, that is, the young man who is walking in.
Even without Wang Ziteng’s introduction, Jia Zheng was aware of this grand gathering of lectures and discussions held by scholars from the north and south at Qingtan Academy.
Zhu Guozhen and Miao Changqi, the two great scholars, plus Tang Binyin, a bachelor of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, Qi Yongtai, Guan Yingzhen, Wang Yongguang and others, they are all the real top scholars of the Zhou Dynasty, and it is Jia Zheng himself. I feel ashamed that I am not a serious scholar, after all, he has never even obtained the status of a serious scholar, but I still have great admiration for such great scholars.
Feng Ziying was also in the limelight at this event. Not only did she debate with Miao Changqi, but she also became a major figure in the event—she actually acted as the referee of the political debate competition.
Ordinary people don't understand the mystery of this. They all think that the debaters should be the most popular. But for people like Wang Ziteng, it is even more extraordinary to be able to actually sit on the arbitration seat. .
Look who is sitting side by side with Feng Ziying?
I won’t talk about Qi Yongtai and Wang Yongguang, they are incomparable, but what about the other two?
Han Jing and Yang Sichang!
Han Jing was Tang Binyin's favorite disciple, and Tang Binyin's handwriting of books and edicts amazed even the Supreme Emperor. Although he is now in the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, such talents will be re-employed sooner or later, and Han Jing is even more praised. Tang Binyin Xu is a genius and a real strong contender for the Three Tripods in the Chunwei Palace Examination of Xia Ke.
Not to mention Yang Sichang, the head of the three great talents in the capital, both in terms of literary talent and understanding of government and current affairs, he was first-rate, and he also aimed at the position of the top three in Chunwei of Xia Ke.
Feng Ziying can be ranked alongside them, and then think of the legendary debate between Yang Sichang and Feng Ziying in the Dahuguo Temple in the capital, and they have no distinction between spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums. This makes people seriously consider this Feng family man. .
If Jia Zheng had treated this matter with a cold-eyed attitude before, even though his brother-in-law had specifically talked to him, he still didn't take Feng Ziying into his sight. After all, the Feng family, including Feng Tang, had been He and Feng Ziying have long been ingrained in his impression, and it is too difficult to break.
But now he had to weigh it carefully.
Why can Dalang of the Feng family go to Qingtan Academy? Why can he study hard in the Imperial College, which is so miserable in the eyes of everyone?
It is said that as early as when Feng Ziying was in Datong, the Feng family specially invited private tutors to give lectures for him, and later he was able to study at the Imperial College and even at Qingtan Academy.
To study at Qingtan Academy, one must have a letter of recommendation from a famous scholar, and letters of recommendation from famous scholars cannot be obtained casually.
If someone wants to give you a letter of recommendation, they will definitely have to take a test. If you don’t have the slightest knowledge of classics and meanings, no one will be able to give you a letter of recommendation. Otherwise, if you fail the preliminary exam and the monthly exam, you will just come back disappointed. That is a direct slap in the face of the recommender.
It is not that this kind of thing has never happened in Qingtan Academy. Although it is very rare, no celebrity or scholar would risk his face like this.
If Qiao Yingjia hadn't taken a fancy to Feng Ziying's talent in current policy theory, and if he thought about the fact that Lin Ruhai had promised him to be his son-in-law, he would not get married unless he passed the Jinshi examination, he would have concluded that Feng Ziying at least had some background in classics. , it is impossible for Qiao Yingjia to write this letter of recommendation.
The Feng family is not a scholarly family, let alone a heirloom of poetry and calligraphy. Feng Ziying is a real martial artist, but Feng Ziying can break this mold. Moreover, she is only two years older than Jia Baoyu. Baoyu's intellectual aptitude is also well-known in the family. , so under such circumstances, Jia Zheng couldn't help but have some thoughts.
It’s difficult to increase the number of monthly tickets. Brothers, please give me two more!
(End of this chapter)