Chapter 16
Shen San only felt that his brain was messing up, "Is it feasible?" "He has not read those Confucian classics for many years", "His son is about to end", "But if he is inferior for the rest of his life, he is really unhappy in his heart"......
He didn't know what to answer, but said, "I'll go back and think about it." ”
He has no bottom in his heart, first, he knows that the way of the imperial examination is difficult, and he is a little timid. The second is that if you put down your affairs and go to the imperial examination, if you lose the imperial examination, you will be empty-handed. But the ambition picked out by the old man kept jumping in his chest, this man, with money, but he didn't get fame to match it, he only promised outside, and he didn't have self-respect and respect, Shen San felt that he had brains and means, but he was inferior to those stupid donkeys, and he was not without fire in his heart. But the county has already opened, and Shen San will not be able to pull away for a while, so he has to wait for the county to be busy before he can think about the feasibility of this matter.
Shen San has been busy for a long time, and the eighteenth generation of his ancestors sent it up for review, looking for a way to apply for the business license, and broke his leg in a miscellaneous manner, and I don't know how much the seven-seven-eighty-eight dotting fee was sent. Unexpectedly, when the real estate certificate of the shop was proven, the petty official actually told him that the lord had been a little tight recently......
Shen San's heart was angry, and he also hated the insatiable official, or something, but in fact, he was just a small official who was responsible for stamping and distribution, this little official was the most faceless and skinless, and the cyst was full of secrets, he didn't know how much money he sent in, but he was still insatiable. I was annoyed in my heart, but I still had to smile and give a hundred taels of silver.
Those paperwork certificates are finally in his hands, and Shen Sanzhao's team can be considered to be able to work, the shop originally sold rouge gouache, a red makeup, it is really far from the pattern of the bookstore, and the shops in this county are different from the town, the county is the front shop and the back shop, and there is also a yard in the back, but it is smaller. Usually at the back is a workshop and a dwelling.
But for Shen San, he didn't need it, so he just had to leave one room as a library and one or two rooms for the guys in the store to live in. The houses on the east side were demolished and the courtyard was enlarged, leaving only the row on the west side.
Shen San still handed over the carpentry work to Shen Er, the county town is too far away, this construction and decoration will take two months, Shen Er's family is all female dependents, and he must not be too far away from home, Shen San handed over all the tools that need to be played to him, and it is also a business to take care of his brothers.
Knowing that he was going to open the bookstore to the county seat again, the old man Shen smoked dry cigarettes and went to the old man in the village to play cards, so he said. Mrs. Shen clasped her hands together, smiled and shouted to the Bodhisattva to bless, and immediately offered incense and burned a few sticks of incense.
The Huang family and the Hua family don't know what it's like, among the three brothers, the third is thriving day by day, and the gap will get bigger and bigger. It's not that I'm unhappy, this close relative who has a good career can help his family, but he also has to think about how he should go up.
Huang's flush clan chattered, the two of them were doing needlework, the two children were playing on the side, and Xia Solstice was taking care of it. Huang said: "This Zhenbang, it's really a capable person, and he has opened his shop in the county." ”
"It's not, in our family, Zhenbang's brain is the most flexible, which is like our family Zhenwu, Muyu head, not open. "Hua is sewing pants for Shen Er, Shen Er is doing woodwork, the crotch is always easy to break, and he doesn't need to wear anything good, so he doesn't feel distressed about old clothes and old pants.
Huang thought that Shen Da's brain was not much better, and he was a little envious, how could the shrewd calculations of the head of the family grow to the third child, her two sons, the eldest son is the same as his father, but the second son is still more active, but there is a bit of his uncle's true biography, if there is one who can be like his uncle, she can wake up with a smile in her dreams. "Zhenbang is getting better and better, and I don't know if our two families will be able to catch up in the future, if the gap between these relatives is too big, the relationship will be too easy to break in the future. "Huang is a man who understands.
Hua's needlework paused, how could this sister-in-law still worry about how to maintain such a relative, but she didn't even have a son, and she didn't know what to do in the future, so she was secretly a little sad. Huang didn't notice it, and lowered his head and thought: "...... I will also climb the Xingzhi Xing Xing Excellence, and learn from their uncle, if I can get their uncle to carry it, it would be the best......" Hua Shi listened to her talk about her two sons, and was also a little silent, thinking a little hard, she also had a son anyway. Huang looked up and saw her bowing her head and was silent, shocked to realize that she seemed to have poked someone's wound, and was silent.
After being silent for a long time, Hua asked, "Xingzhi is also thirteen years old, what are the plans of Second Sister A?"
The Huang family is second in her mother's family, and the head of the family has been shouting Ah Er Ah Er. (PS: According to daily life, when the younger siblings below are called sisters-in-law, they are generally called Sister A to show their cordiality.) But when you mention your sister-in-law to others, in order to distinguish it, you have to tell others "what my sister-in-law is". ）
Huang replied with a smile: "I want to give him a look first, I'm afraid that the good girl will be snatched away by others." But I thought about finding him an errand first, he had read books, worked as a bookkeeper or something, it should be okay. At the end of the year, if the owner is good, he will also wrap a big red envelope, which is a stable, risk-free and high-income job in the eyes of the countrymen. Shen Xingzhi stopped studying last year, some time ago he was busy with farming and helping the family work, but now that he is busy with farming, the Huang family has also thought about it, and he can't let such a big man be idle at home.
Hua Shi said casually: "Oh, where else do you want to find this, Xingzhi's third uncle hasn't opened another bookstore, and his own family is much more at ease than others." Huang also listened, just thinking that she was a woman and didn't know what was good and what was bad, Xingzhi was so capable of his third uncle, if he took care of it, it would be good. At night, the Huang family pinched Shen Da and asked Shen Da to talk to Shen San, Shen Da originally wanted to let Xingzhi take over his class, but the Huang family felt that there was nothing to do to guard this village, so it was better to follow his third uncle out to study, and it would be good to go back to the town to open a shop in the future.
Shen Da couldn't resist her, so he found a free time and told Shen San about it, Shen San also hurt his nephew, and asked: "Why don't you let Brother Zhi continue to study, our family is not short of money or anything, if there are a few more readers, it would be good to top the door." ”
Shen Da: "Brother Zhi is not that material, last year he said that he didn't want to go to private school, and he couldn't force him." He is so big, and he should be allowed to come out and see the world. His aunt wants him to be an accountant or make a living in the future, so let him learn the Tao with you first. ”
Shen San sighed, he was only thirteen years old, but he knew that reading in this world was the simplest and simplest thing, if he entered the big dye vat, he would be three and nine streams, all kinds of worries, not to mention looking up to people's faces, it would be good that his dignity was not trampled on. Brother Zhi is honest and honest, not a businessman, always listens to his mother's words, and is not an assertive person, if he can take a small fame, the number of teachings is good, but it's a pity that the heart is not here.
"It's okay, Brother Zhi is young and not old enough. My county has recruited a sophisticated shopkeeper, Brother Zhi can learn from him, and if there is a good place to go in the future, I will help him pay attention to it. Brother Zhi is not a good businessman, he is too honest, I am afraid that he will suffer, so it is better to find a stable business. ”
Shen Da also thought the same way, "Brother Zhi will please Nai, Nai don't care about Nai's sister-in-law, I believe Nai, Zhenbang, Nai is the smartest person in our family, and it won't hurt him, if he does anything inappropriate outside, Nai will teach him a lesson, don't be soft." ”
Shen San patted his brother on the shoulder.
Shen Xingzhi is only thirteen years old, it is the age of many thoughts, and he also has a heart, his mother asked him to follow the third uncle, he readily agreed, the third uncle is a role model for the people around him, he has also thought that he has a great achievement like the third uncle since he was a child.
Shen San led him to the bookstore in the county, which was being renovated at this time, Shen San asked him to take care of the shop, take a hand to help, and also prevent one of them from committing adultery, and he slept in the back room at night, and Jiang He was with him, Jiang He also practiced with Shen San for many years, and he also had a unique side, keeping Jiang He with him, Shen San was also relieved.
When the bookstore in the county is stabilized, Shen San does not need to go to the county every day to supervise, but only needs to go to see the progress every few days, and when he is free, Shen San finds out the four books and five classics that he learned when he was a child and goes to Mr. Fan.
Mr. Fan sat on the top and took out a scroll, asking Shen San to do,
Shen San sat on a small wooden table and chair, his son was next door, also reading the Four Books and Five Classics, Shen San sighed, took out pen and ink, and polished while reading the question.
Shen Xinghuai only felt novelty, looked at it twice, and Mr. Fan's eyes were sharp: "What's the matter? I didn't see your father reading and writing?" Shen Xinghuai lowered his head and continued to endorse.
Shen San relied on his memory for many years to finish writing these questions, and he felt that it should be acceptable, so he handed them in. Mr. Fan finished approving it, but he didn't return it, and looked at it, Shen San looked at him with blank eyes, Mr. Fan sneered twice, turned around and took down a thousand-character text from the shelf, and threw it away with the volume: "I see that you have to start learning from here." Shen San took the scroll and the same book, and at a glance, it was actually an enlightened "Thousand Character Text", and when he opened the scroll, Mr. Fan circled out the typos one by one with a cinnabar pen, and the red and bright colors were undisguised ridicule.
Shen Xinghuai couldn't help laughing.
Shen San felt embarrassed in front of his son, corrected the words on the paper, and then looked at the annotations on the side. Isn't the saddest thing in the world that my son is already reading "University" and I'm still reading "A Thousand Words"? Shen San has the previous foundation, and is sincere and willing to learn, naturally quickly caught up, Shen San felt the age, and felt that he had to work harder, his son was still young, he was not in a hurry, and he couldn't stay up, so he grinded Mr. Fan all day to give him lessons, Shen Xinghuai still had free time every day, Shen San did not leave some spare time for himself, quite a diligent of hanging beams.
Jiang didn't know that her husband suddenly wanted a scientific examination, but this was a good thing, he wanted to be motivated by himself, how could she not support it. Thinking about how to make up for him every day, now the father and son have the same schedule and rest, get up early every day to practice calligraphy and study, have breakfast and then go to class together.
Xiao Mi Niang has also reached the age of enlightenment, Mr. Fan loves her, treats her much better than the father and son, and the girl does not need to be reliable, Mr. Fan does not teach the children of Shilao to precept women, only holds her on her knees, tells some three-character scriptures or historical stories, she is also smart, often makes sense, and can use her strange little ideas to stump Mr. Fan.
She saw that Aya had also come to class, and looked over this side curiously, Shen San occasionally looked up and saw Xiao Mi Niang looking at him, and smiling at him, Shen San couldn't hold back, the corners of his mouth turned up, and the father and daughter were so "dark".
At this time, Mr. Fan would not scold Xiao Miniang, it must have been Shen San who was scolded or a glance flew over. Shen San did not go out, and the Jiang family did not want to disturb her husband, so she dismissed many guests.
After the renovation of the bookstore in the county is completed, Shen Er now has a few apprentices, and he is much faster in furniture and everything, and several large carts will pull away all the bookcases, tables and chairs.
Shen San must go to the county to keep an eye on it, licking his face and begging Mr. Fan for the subscript, wanting to make a plaque.
Mr. Fan was sarcastic, and scolded him from "half-hearted" and "unfocused" to "It's terrible to be uneducated", spread out the paper, and said: "This name is really too ugly, without elegance, I'm afraid it is too mediocre in the county, and change it." Shen San: "Three flavors of study?"
"Cheesy!"
“...... I can't think of it. ”
Mr. Fan knew this as soon as he put his pen up, paused, waved his pen, and wrote: Spring Fangxie.
随意春芳歇，王孙自可留。
Shen San walked away happily with the words.