Chapter 171 The True Side of Scroll B

  This spring break is also of great significance to Feng Ziying.

This was the first time he felt the charm of this traditional festival after he came to this world. After resting for 20 days, the entire capital city was immersed in a kind of intoxicating prosperity, and he could not feel the seeming charm of this world at all. There are many unsatisfactory.

Even the small households with a little wealth in the city should try their best to use such a festival to resolve the toil and hardships of the past year, while the big households even put up lanterns and hang colorful decorations to fully enjoy the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty. happiness and peace.

  Similarly, Feng Ziying could also feel some hidden chill in the afterglow of the prosperity.

Beggars can also usher in their happiest time of the year during this big festival. Wherever they go, they can be greeted with smiling faces. The scattered copper coins are sent away, and naturally there is also a sound of blessing and peace.

   Behind this will still be that after a heavy snowfall one night, countless frozen corpses will be quietly carried out of the city from the ruined temple or under the bridge hole.

  Feng Ziying witnessed this situation with his own eyes one day, but he was powerless and helpless.

  The capital city has a population of one million, and there are thousands of beggars inside and outside the city, and there are hundreds of beggars in each workshop, and there were more than a few hundred beggars in the surrounding provinces in the previous year.

  Some of them are half-beggars, half-stealers and half-swindlers, some are half-beggars, half-blind, and others are real professional beggars.

Maybe he died of a sudden illness one day, maybe he was frozen to death on the side of the road one day, or he was lucky enough to be favored by a certain family and his identity was clear and he sold himself as a slave. These phenomena happen every day, every month, every year. When there are floods and droughts in Zhili, Shanxi, and Shandong, such situations will explode.

   This is a true portrayal of "the stinky wine and meat roads of Zhumen have frozen bones", but Feng Ziying deeply felt the deep sorrow and growing numbness of such things as a traveler, even to the point of being at ease.

"It snowed heavily last night. Last night, two or three people were taken away from Wansong Old Man's Pagoda on the east side of Zhuanta Hutong, and one was also taken away from the gate of Nengren Temple in the west. They were all older and couldn't make it through. ..." Ruixiang put his hands in his armholes, stomped his feet, exhaled whitely, and muttered: "Our Xianyifang is doing well. Look at the Jinchengfang Jiufeng Temple Street over there, and go up to the Chenghuang Temple. Twelve of them were carried away at night, which frightened people."

  Seeing Feng Ziying's sideways glance, Ruixiang immediately dared not say any more, but murmured in his heart, didn't you ask me about the situation outside under heavy snow these two days? I'm telling the truth, and you don't like to hear it, so what should I do?

   Fortunately, Yunshang came in from the courtyard gate, her pretty face was flushed from the cold, and she rubbed her hands and breathed, which made Feng Ziying feel a little distressed, "Where are you going? Don't you feel panicked by the cold?"

   "The slave girl went to see the wife, afraid that the wife will go out, and you will use the car again, afraid of bumping into it." Yun Chang said quickly.

   "Aren't there three cars?" Feng Ziying wondered.

There are not many people in Feng's house who use cars. My father often walks or rides a horse, so he doesn't like to ride a car. Only my mother and a few aunts use cars when they go out. Three cars are enough, but the house still plans to add another after a year. car as a spare.

   "The wheels of that car are broken, and they are still being repaired." Yun Shang stomped her feet, "Young Master, why don't you go inside? You can suffer from the cold, isn't it uncomfortable?"

"It's better to be cold, stay fresh! When will the car be repaired?" Feng Ziying also imitated Yunshang and stomped her feet. Today, some students from the academy are going to the city to play. Visit Baishizhuang and Zizhu Temple.

  Baishizhuang is located in the north of Baishi Bridge in the western suburbs. It is a famous scenic spot in the western suburbs. Thousands of willows hang down, surrounded by streams. There are dedicated yards for old locust trees, pine trees, peonies and peonies, and Yugang Pavilion overlooking the moon pool.

  Although it is not a good season to go to Baishizhuang, there are trees and water, and it is also very spacious, and it is not far from another scenic spot-Zizhu Temple, so I chose there.

The only people who had an appointment with Feng Ziying before were only a few people in the house. Except for Chen Qiyu who was not coming, the others, including Fu Zonglong, were all coming, plus Lian Guoshi, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and Wang Yingxiong, plus Zheng Chongjian, exactly nine Individuals, plus myself, there are ten people.

  Chen Qiyu didn't come because some students from Shanxi were preparing for a party, but Zheng Chongjian agreed to his side. Originally, Sun Chuanting planned to come with Zheng Chongjian, but because of Chen Qiyu, Zheng Chongjian took the initiative to persuade Sun Chuanting to go to Chen Qiyu's side.

   "It's probably still early, but my wife and concubine don't go out, so two cars are enough." Yun Shang is very concerned about these things, better than Ruixiang, and Ruixiang still has to learn in this respect.

  Looking at Ruixiang, Feng Ziying remembered the situation of Zuo Liangyu and Wang Pei'an that Duan Xigui told herself.

Wang Pei'an is really good, he can calm down and study, although he started a bit late, but he studies hard, according to Duan Xigui, the teacher who teaches is very optimistic about Wang Pei'an, thinking that if he continues to study like this, there is absolutely no problem in being a scholar. It's not hopeless, but that's seven or eight years later.

  But Zuo Liangyu is not good at reading. After knowing a hundred or so characters, she can't sit still. If Feng Ziying hadn't left it there before leaving, he probably would have slipped away long ago.

Even so, this guy is now fishing for three days and drying the net for two days. He is not serious. Fortunately, the people from the state government office, the inspection department, and the Shanshan Grain Gang are already familiar with him, so this guy is now The city of Linqingzhou is full of food.

  It seems that Zuo Liangyu still has to follow the old path according to historical inertia, which is even in Feng Ziying's expectation.

At the beginning, I felt that this guy couldn't calm down, the only hope was that he could read a few books and know a few words, don't be blind, even if you want to join the army, if you want to go up, you don't have a few hundred words How can you be a qualified general if you don't even understand the documents?

   All rely on staff? Then you have to wait until you have survived to a certain level to be eligible.

   Now that he only knows a hundred or ten characters, he can't sit still. It seems that he still has to type and write a letter, and he has to write a letter to himself. This way, he has to force him to know a few more characters.

  Feng Ziying waited until the third quarter of the sixth lunar month before these guys finally arrived.

But it’s hard for these guys. You have to get up early in the morning and go out, and you have to go hungry. cage cake.

   I have to say that Qingtan Academy is really shabby, and there are not many delicious dishes even during the festival, basically following the usual style.

   Seeing a group of people finally come to the door, Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Ziying still took it very seriously when he promised them to take a trip together. It was related to his promise, and it was also a very important gathering. In a sense, this should be an attempt and opportunity for a small loose group to unite people's hearts. .

Maybe many people in the academy don't realize it, like those in her dormitory, Wang Yingxiong and Zheng Chongjian, who are still studying in Dongyuan B dormitory, are too young to realize it, but Feng Ziying believes that practicing State affairs can definitely be figured out, but Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng may still be a little ignorant.

Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng are a little younger, but they have always been the leaders of Dongyuan Jiashe, so they should be more or less aware of this aspect, but they are far behind Feng Ziying, who has already started to implement his own ideas step by step. Strategic steps away.

However, Lian Guoshi is a kind person. He may know a thing or two about Feng Ziying's intentions, and he is indeed very supportive. This probably has a lot to do with his good impression of Feng Ziying, and he also believes that Feng Ziying's future will be unusual. This kind of behavior On the contrary, it was within his expectation.

Stepping into the outer courtyard of the Feng Mansion, older students such as Lian Guoshi, Fan Jingwen, and He Fengsheng can still remain calm. Zheng Chongjian, Xu Qixun, who are calm in nature, can also hold on, but people like Fu Zonglong, Wang Yingxiong, Song Shixiang, Fang You After a few people, I couldn't sit still, I couldn't help sighing with emotion, and naturally I was a little envious in my words.

"Come on, don't be emotional." Feng Ziying knew that this was inevitable. Seeing a few people dazzled, she couldn't help shaking her head: "This is nothing in our family, and uncle Fang, don't keep talking. In the future, you will After the Chinese style, you will be an official, and it will not be bad."

On the other hand, although Song Shixiang was envious, he could understand that he was from Shaanxi, and he knew the situation of the general here, so he gave Fang Youdu a contemptuous look, and said indifferently: "Uncle Fang, this is the uncle who ordered dozens of Tatars to follow his orders. In exchange for years of fighting, if you have the ability, you can also join the army, or you can only study hard as Ziying said, and you will stand out in the Qiu Wei Chun Wei competition. You really dare to take the exam before you are twenty years old. Brother Yu can be sure that all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital will be listed on the list to catch their son-in-law!"

"Let's not talk about Sanding Jia, as long as you can pass the Jinshi examination before the age of twenty, Brother Yu dares to say that Uncle Fang, you can't get out of the gate of the capital, and there will be countless matchmakers from Shan Zhang and the others." He Fengsheng also joked with a smile There is a degree.

  Fang Youdu's family is in Shexian County, South Zhili, so the matchmaker should be looking for his parents, but his parents are in his hometown, so to a large extent, it is more suitable to find other people such as teachers and teachers.

Most of the students of Qingtan Academy come from poor backgrounds, at most they are from small families, especially those like Fang Youdu should be the most common ones. It can only be said that they can afford food in their hometown so that they won’t go hungry. I don't belong to the extremely poor class, but when I come to a family like Feng Ziying's, I can only see what I can see.

  (end of this chapter)