Zhang Yuan walked out of the cabin with an iron lamp. When he shone in a distance, it was dark and flowing. The boats of all sizes of the river bank of the Bukou River were quiet as if they were sleeping. Only the restaurants on the shore had sparse lights. Zhang Yuan was anxious and was about to call Mu Jingyan to run over the stream there to check, but he heard Mu Zhenzhen's voice not far away and said happily: "Young master, I'm back."

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, held the iron lamp and walked to the bow of the near-shore boat. He looked at a graceful figure and walked over briskly, saying, "Just two pieces of clothes, why did you wash for so long? I thought you fell into the water."

"There are also two of my maid's own clothes...

"Mu Zhenzhen felt the care of the young master, and was happy. She walked lightly across the pedal with the bamboo basket, jumped onto the bow of the boat, and the wind brought up extinguished the iron lamp. Zhang Yuan got used to this light. As soon as the light went out, his eyes turned black, and his empty right hand subconsciously stretched forward. It was the blind man who was exploring the way. This is the posture. Zhang Yuan's eyes were blind for several months, and this movement was very skillful. Mu Zhenzhen's eyes were fast and fast. Seeing that the young master was confused, his hand went straight to her xiong's unit. If he dodged, he was afraid that the young master would stagger and fall. He quickly shrank with one hand, his palm was raised, protecting him in front of the xiong. The young master's palm was supported with her palm, just like a master who tried his best to fight the palm. This depraved girl's originally rough palm also seemed soft because she had soaked for a long time. Zhang Yuan retracted her hand and smiled and said, "It's really wind to walk~

You can see how dark you are washing clothes?"

Mu Zhenzhen covered her shame by covering up her face and replied, "There is still a starlight. Anyway, I don't need to read the words when washing clothes. You don't have to see so clearly that the young master. The maid will pick up the fire." He put down the bamboo basket, took the iron lamp from the young master, and walked to the stern tent cabin, where there was a dark fire kept in the stove.

Mu Zhenzhen lit the light and walked to the front cabin with one hand. Seeing that the young master had already returned to the cabin, he put the iron lamp back into the cabin, laying the bedding for the young master, and smiled and turned back to dry clothes. When she came back, she went to blow out the light and sat in the inner shop. Momo was drooping her drooping and still a little wet, so she gently rubbed it with a scarf and wiping it. Then the young master on the side asked, "Zhenzhen, have you even gone to the stream to take a shower?"

Mu Zhenzhen's face turned red and she said "yes".

Zhang Yuan said: "From the future, just wash in the cabin. Xiaowu and I will go out for a while. Before the weather gets hot, you run to the stream to take a bath in the middle of the night, catch a cold and get sick, or what should you do?"

Mu Zhenzhen whispered: "I understand, I won't dare to do it next time."

The weather was a bit abnormal, it was so cold last winter, but now it is the early March of Muchun, and the night was a bit stuffy like early summer.

On the morning of the second day of March, Zhang Yuan went to Qin Liangyu's red-headed camphor boat to say goodbye to Qin's sisters and sisters, Qin Liangyu,

He said in surprise: "Mr. Zhang will leave now?"

Zhang Yuan said: "Leave immediately. If you don't leave, you will not be able to get my brother-in-law's birthday party."

Qin Liangyu said: "The little fu dare not bother me anymore. Xiao Fu also prepared a birthday gift for Mr. Zhang's brother-in-law. Mr. Zhang must not refuse."

Zhang Yuan knew that he could not refuse and said, "thank you, thank you, but I have a comment first. The wife's gift cannot exceed the gift I gave to my brother-in-law, so I will lose face."

Qin Liangyu knew that Zhang Yuan was unwilling to accept generous gifts, so he had to ask: "What gift did Mr. Zhang give to brother-in-law Ling?"

Zhang Yuan said: "It's just six taels of silver and several pieces of silk cloth."

Qin Liangyu said: "That little fu also prepares a small gift like this, and there are some earthly rituals, nothing more than fruits, bamboo shoots, and bees.

"He said again: "I'll leave today, I don't know when I will see Mr. Zhang again!"

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Working for the country, we will be together in different ways, and we will always have a day to meet each other. Take care of each other, my wife."

Zhang Yuan returned to the white-sailed boat, and several local soldiers brought the gifts over the boat. The boatman unloaded the lantern and rowed on the oars...

The white-sailed boat slowly left the shore, and dozens of stone pillar soldiers from Qin Liangyu fell down on the shore. Qin Liangyu said in a clear voice: "Goodbye to Mr. Zhang, I wish Mr. Zhang a good trip. I will be on the golden list."

Zhang Yuan knelt down and returned the gift. When he stood up, the white-sailed boat had turned north and could not see Qin Liangyu and others on the shore. He saw boats coming and going, noisy, and the busy day of the canal began again. Zhang Yuan stood on the bow of the boat with his hands on his back. The sun was rising, and the spring breeze blew his face. After working hard for a few days, his body and mind finally relaxed. The ten days he had been staying in Hangzhou were quite rewarding. It was like a game of Go. His own layout was exquisite and he had hidden means. The chess is open. But now he still has to proceed step by step. The imperial examination is the way he must go. Well, Eunuch Zhong also gave him 1,000 taels of silver. This is a huge sum of money. How should he use these silver to make money again?

"Young Master Jie Zi"

Lu Dayou walked to the bow of the boat and stood beside Zhang Yuan, looking relaxed and happy, saying, "According to this itinerary, you will be able to arrive in Qingpu before dark on the fifth day of the lunar month. When the villain left home, the young lady told the villain to take care of the young master Jie Zi to arrive safely. Along the way, the young master Jie Zi was taken care of by noble people everywhere, so why should the villain take care of him? He could only lead a way."

Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "Manager Lu is my brother-in-law's family. Thank you for your hard work this time, Manager Lu has also done his best."

Lu Dayou said: "What's the hard work? It's hard for Mr. Jie Zi and he still study on the boat. This time, the young grandma would be so happy to see Mr. Jie Zi. The young master is a mountain yin teacher to test the case."

Zhang Yuan said: "I will soon see my sister, brother-in-law and two little nephews. I am very happy. By the way, Manager Lu, is the cotton silk shop in my brother-in-law still prosperous?"

Lu Dayou said: "I will not hide it from Young Master Jie Zi. Although Young Master Lu Tao is the eldest son of the master, he has never been favored. The master only loves his youngest son Lu Yangfang, and the shops are run by the second young master. The villain follows the eldest young master, so the villain does not know much about the business of Lu's cotton silk shops.

Zhang Yuan's heart sank slightly. He didn't think that before, but now when Lu Da said that, it seemed that his sister would not live a good life after marrying the Lu family. Her brother-in-law Lu Tao was not favored by her father. Her sister Ruoxi naturally felt cold. This time she went there to see what was going on a boat. In addition to reading and practicing calligraphy, Zhang Yuan taught Mu Zhenzhen to recognize words. This fallen girl was very serious. In more than ten days, she would recite the figurines and recognize the words on it. Zhang Yuan wrote the words that appeared in "The Memorial of the Front and Back" on paper alone. She could recognize them. Zhang Yuan praised: "Zhenzhen is very willing to learn. If I learn for a few more months, I will be better than Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu is lazy and unwilling to take care of it."

Wu Ling thought to himself: "Young Master was lazy before. I didn't learn from you yet, so I didn't care about studying. But the young master suddenly became diligent after last summer and became a different person." He said: "Young Master has never taught me so carefully. He is very patient in teaching Sister Zhenzhen.

"After saying that, he laughed and went out of the cabin door to help the boatman row the boat. Wuling is not stupid. He sees it all.

Mu Zhenzhen blushed, but Zhang Yuan remained calm and said, "This person is lazy and can find reasons. I have learned how to start a teacher before and after. Then I will start teaching you "The Former Red Cliff Fu".

Zhang originally didn't plan to teach this fallen girl to read carefully. On that day, he taught her to recite "The Memorial of the Master" on a whim. Unexpectedly, Mu Zhenzhen was willing to learn and was quite smart. So I continued to teach her, not teaching the Thousand Characters or the Three Character Classics, but I taught her to recite the ancient text of figurines. As long as I recite dozens of texts, I knew almost all the characters I should know, and I could also have a certain reading ability. As long as I was willing to learn, it was so simple to learn the text and read the word "broken text" along the way. When Lu Dayou showed the kenhe card, he would immediately release it. Two miles from Hangzhou to Jiaxing waterway, there were four or five tax cards along the way.

There are more than inns, and there are only one banknote guarded by eunuchs in Hangzhou, and the rest are tax stations set up in local si. Each county sets up a cashier on the water and land routes that merchants must pass through. Zhang Yuan found that those large merchant ships with font sizes often pass without obstacles, and those who are stopped collecting taxes are small merchants and vendors. The poorer the poorer the richer the richer the ones. Although the Zhang Yuan has a siege card, it is only used as a pass. It did not go to the water post to eat and drink. It left Hangzhou early on the morning of the second day of the lunar month, and the boat arrived in Jiaxing in the afternoon of the third day of the lunar month. The Grand Canal of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal turned north to Suzhou. If you want to go to the west of Qingpu, Songjiang Prefecture, you have to leave the boat and travel on the land.

Zhang Yuan gave the boat worker five cents of silver and asked them to wait for him in Jiaxing for ten days. He must rush back to Jiaxing within ten days. The Shaoxing Mansion Examination will not be waiting for anyone on the ninth day of next month.

Of course, the suitcase containing 1,000 taels of silver had to be taken on the road. Zhang Yuan and his five members rested in Jiaxing for a night. The next morning, he asked the Jiaxing Inn. Zhang Yuan took the carriage, and all the gifts were on the carriage. The others walked. On the afternoon of the fifth day of the lunar month, they arrived at Cixi and asked the post station groom to drive back. The five members hired a boat from Cixi, drove from Cixi to Xuedian Lake, and then went to Dahuangpu through Xuedian Lake, and went down the river. The boat was quite fast. Sure enough, before dark, Zhang Yuan's sister Zhang Ruoxi was restless for two days. In theory, his younger brother Zhang Yuan should have arrived in Qingpu for the past few days, but today it is the fifth day of the lunar month.

Without Zhang Yuan coming, Zhang Ruoxi was worried that her younger brother would get sick or have any other accidents on the way, so she begged her husband Lu Tao to send more family members to welcome him. Lu Tao told his father Lu Zhaokun that Lu Zhaokun was worried that his rich servant defected from Songjiang Dong's pursuit and scolded Lu Tao. Lu Tao was cowardly and retreated sadly. Zhang Ruoxi was angry. In the afternoon of Shen, she brought two maids and took two children to the entrance of Dahuangpu Waterway in the south of the city to see if she could receive her younger brother Zhang Yuan. If she could not receive the words, she could ask for some information from the passenger ship from Hangzhou and Jiaxing.

The sunset shone and the city walls were mottled. Zhang Ruoxi's two kids were six years old and four years old. On the other side, they held their mother's hand and stood on the high shore of the port. Looking at the boats passing through the river, the two kids asked together: "Mom, which boat is Jie Zi's uncle on?"

Zhang Ruoxi was about to coax another child when he suddenly heard a maid beside him saying: "Isn't that Uncle Lu? Uncle Lu is back."

Zhang Ruoxi looked closely and found that it was Lu Dayou, but why was he the only one?
Chapter completed!