Chapter 378 rumor

As the saying goes, if there is one, there will be two, and the relationship between the two sides will naturally become closer. When Shi Yan deliberately tries to please a person, so far there has been no unsuccessful.

Soon Mr. Mei called Shi Yan his year-old friend, and he would come home from time to time with a bag of snacks that children love to chat with Shi Yan.

The snacks for the two children, whether delicate or fresh, are not something ordinary people can come up with at first sight. Shi Yan never asks about it, and Mr. Mei gives it to him and let the child continue.

And he often cooks two side dishes and puts a pot of wine in the kitchen. The two of them sit together for a day, talking about the world without any purpose. Wherever he wants to talk, he yearns for the scenery of the desert one second, and the next second he talks about the South China Sea. The fish and shrimp on the side are delicious.

The day is not pleasant.

After a long time, not only the Miao family regarded Lao Mei as a learned old man who loved to eat, had a poor family, and had no children by his side, they took great care of him. Even the people in the nearby alleys found this old gentleman who often came and went in and out of the Miao family. Although he was a scholar, he was very easy-going and respected him a little more.

The old gentleman is also interesting. Anyone who wants to write a letter to a child who goes out can write it with a pen. The content of the letter is straightforward. !” He wrote on it unabated.

Whoever wants to post a couplet for a wedding or a wedding, the old gentleman can immediately set up the table and chairs to start writing. Without the host’s advice, he could even write the eulogy together.

After going back and forth, the neighbors in the alley also respected him very much. This one gave two handfuls of watery green vegetables, and the other gave a basket of fresh eggs as a thank you. After a walk in the alley, he can always return with a full reward.

At this time, Yan was noncommittal, just watching with a smile on the side, with the intention of letting it develop.

Seeing that the old man had a smile on his face all day, his temper was getting brighter day by day, and seeing that his spirit was much better, he secretly snickered: “Enjoy, sooner or later you will be reluctant to leave because you are greedy for these human fireworks. of.

Once a person is entangled too much, there is no reason to retreat. ”

It can be said that all of this was brought about by him.

Yang Hegao observed in secret for many days, and felt that he understood, but it seemed that he didn’t understand anything. There was a feeling of fog in the clouds. He turned around and found an opportunity to ask Shi Yan, “Sir, what’s going on?”

What’s going on? Shi Yan snorted and patted Yang Hegao’s shoulder: “Old Mei comes from a noble background, and he has hardly suffered any hardships in his life. Speaking of hardships, it is probably the hardest thing to do when lighting a lamp and boiling oil to study.

But for a simple and clear-minded person like Mr. Mei, reading is about his lifelong pursuit, and it cannot be said that it is hard or not.

Even when he was on a study tour back then, he was accompanied by his entourage along the way. Every time he went to a place, he was received by local acquaintances, and the Mei family protected him very well.

However, when he traveled to study, it was in the years when the current dynasty collapsed. There was chaos everywhere, and he saw many human tragedies happen in front of him, but he was powerless.

Such a person who is devoted to learning, struggling to pursue inner peace and fail. What do you say he wants to see the most? ”

In fact, Yang Hegao didn’t quite understand what a lifelong pursuit of a person like Mr. Mei was, because his life experience and Mr. Mei were two completely different extremes. But he thinks some truths are the same.

“No matter what kind of temperament Mei has and what kind of experience he has, he is a good person. As long as he is a good person, he hopes to see the neighborhood harmonious, the people can eat their stomachs, and they earn money every day. With a smile.”

This is his answer and a true reflection of his heart.

Shi Yan patted Yang Hegao’s shoulder with satisfaction: “Yes, I have grown. You are right, it is nothing more than the peace of the country and the people, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

Although Meixi Garden is quiet, it is too quiet. In fact, what the old man yearns for most is the fireworks in front of him. Watch it, and you can’t leave it for a while! ”

In general, Yang Hegao was instantly happy, showing his big white teeth with a smile: “It’s good to be inseparable!”

If you can’t leave it, when your own Ayun and Xiaobao Kaimeng are at their age, seeing that the two children are unable to do well in school, they will not be able to bear it according to the old man’s temperament.

What can I do if I can’t bear it?

Naturally, it is an export correction.

Correcting this kind of thing, there are two, and many times, if you say that he is not his disciple, others will believe it!

So when Mr. Mei didn’t know anything and was still immersed in the world of fireworks, the two of them had already made a clear plan for his future.

Of course, this will only happen in the future. Right now, the top priority for Shi Yan is that Mr. Zhou finally came out of his long period of filial piety to catch up with this township examination.

Years later, he went to the examination room again. After ten years of sharpening his sword, Mr. Zhou was full of hope for himself, and at the same time, he was a little nervous.

When I didn’t have friends before, I was nervous, took a sip of wine, took a nap, and carried it over by myself, so I wouldn’t be nervous when things came to an end.

Now sometimes Mr. Zhou doesn’t feel wronged by Yan’s confidant. He directly brings the recently written manuscript to the Miao family. When he came, he happened to meet Mr. Mei face-to-face. It was not the first time that the two met because of Shi Yan , are quite familiar people, you are welcome.

When Mr. Mei learned about the purpose of Mr. Zhou’s visit, he immediately talked about a lot of things to pay attention to in the township examination, which was very helpful to Mr. Zhou who was in the first township examination.

Mr. Zhou is a decent gentleman, but he has been with Shi Yan for a long time, and it is inevitable that he has a bit of a free and easy air. No matter how Mr. Mei calls himself a “village villager”, how he understands these things, he never goes to the bottom of it. , People said it, he listened, what he said made sense, he sincerely thanked him, it was as simple as that.

Therefore, Mr. Mei was a little more satisfied with Mr. Zhou, not only his knowledge, but also his character and personality.

The old gentleman said to Shi Yan in private, “Jinxiu should be my Mei’s family, so he can do his studies with peace of mind. It’s not suitable for him to mess with the situation in the courtroom, and he will delay a good seedling of studies for nothing.”

Splendid is the character of Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou’s name is Sihong, which is taken from Sun Guangxian’s “Huanxisha, the wind and the citrus and grapefruit fragrance”, “Watching Zhenghong fly away, thinking goes with the flowing water.” It is very affectionately called splendid.

Shi Yan said, “Brother Zhou has great ambitions, and his temperament may not be suitable for fighting for power in the court, but if someone above is willing to help him, and he can do some practical things in the local area that will benefit the country and the people, it is feasible. ”

It is rare for a noble person, and not everyone has the luck to meet a noble person who admires him and is willing to help him.

When Shi Yan said it unintentionally, and Lao Mei listened unintentionally, no one continued the topic. Whether they took it to heart or not, only they themselves knew.

These can only be seen in the future, and now the priority is to send Mr. Zhou into the examination room.

There are no elders in Mr. Zhou’s family, and his relationship with the clan is also very rigid. In such a major event as participating in the township examination, the clan wants to intervene, but Mr. Zhou is unwilling. Therefore, Shi Yan had agreed with the other party early that he would personally send Mr. Zhou to the Tribute Academy.

On the way, Shi Yan also teased: “If Brother Zhou is in high school, the next time I want to send you to the Tribute Academy, I’m afraid that I will travel thousands of miles to the capital! You send me twice, but I have to send you twice to feel at ease! ”

The next time is not to go to Beijing to participate in the test! It was as if Mr. Zhou would definitely go to high school this time, but Mr. Zhou didn’t realize it. Several people passing by the two looked towards this side with the eyes of two ignorant idiots.

Especially others thought that the person who can speak madly will be the popular candidate for this year’s township examination. Who knows, he is not young, he is very good, and he does not account for anything. Pre-tension syndrome, take the test a few more times, and it will naturally be fine!”

The two of them heard these words clearly, and Shi Yan couldn’t help but smile: “Brother Zhou has not been in Jianghu for a long time, and Jianghu has forgotten your existence.”

At that time, he also became famous at a young age. He single-handedly made a **** path, and he was an existence that people looked up to. As a result, he kept a low profile at home for nine years and kept a low profile for a long time, and the younger generation did not know his existence.

Seeing that it was Mr. Zhou’s turn to search and enter the tribute courtyard, Shi Yan handed him the test basket in his hand and patted his shoulder: “I won’t say more, you don’t need to worry about things outside, just do your best.”

In the end, he said that he was taking care of the outside affairs, and he was at home for less than a day, and was supervising Yang Hegao to pickle sauerkraut when he heard Liu Bo say: “He Da and Mrs. Yang came to visit and said that they have something important to call you. , I saw that the two of them looked bad, go and have a look.”

Mrs. Yang Liu, the mother of Yang Hegao, has never received help from Shi Yan in the past six months. First, she set up a breakfast stall outside, got up in the middle of the night, wrapped the wontons, boiled the bone soup, and pushed it before dawn. Take the cart to the street to sell.

Perhaps the mother and son have talents in this regard. Liu’s breakfast stall has good taste and sufficient quantity. The business is unexpectedly booming. After saving enough money in the first two months, they rented a small shop, which was only renovated last month. Now Hired an honest and responsible aunt, the two sold buns in the morning, wontons at noon, and fried a few side dishes in the evening, and the days went on.

I often hear Yang Hegao complaining to Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu in an extremely ostentatious tone: “Hey, how old am I, my mother keeps talking about saving money to marry me a daughter-in-law! It’s so annoying!”

It can be seen that although the days are hard, Liu’s own heart is at ease. Shi Yan occasionally takes a detour to take a look, and it is enough to know that she is happy.

For the sake of fame, Liu Shi is very self-conscious as a widow. He never comes here on weekdays, does anything delicious, or makes time for the two children to make clothes and shoes, all of which let Yang Hegao directly bring it here. Although Shi Yan said that she would not have to worry too much, Liu Shi himself was very reluctant to implicate Shi Yan.

Therefore, Yang Hegao and Shi Yan were a little surprised to hear that she and He Da came together.

Yang Hegao was worried that her mother had something to do, and insisted on following Shi Yan to the front. As a result, when they met, Liu Shi didn’t say a word, and knelt down directly to Shi Yan.

It was hard to ask Yang Hegao to help him up, Liu Shi’s face was filled with guilt and humiliation, and he opened his mouth several times, but he didn’t know where to start. Like a huge blow.

It stands to reason that Liu Shi is a person who can hide things in her heart, but now that it is like this, it can only be said that this matter has touched her inverse scale.

What is the reverse scale of the Keliu family?

The first one was naturally his son Yang Hegao, and the second one was that he couldn’t listen to others mentioning what happened in those few years.

In this way, Shi Yan roughly understood the meaning of Liu’s trip, and looked at He Da, wondering if it had anything to do with He Da.

He Da’s fist became hard, but he still glanced at Yang Hegao first, and then at Shi Yan.

Yang Hegao’s breath stagnated for a while, and he immediately realized that this matter was related to his mother. He immediately turned pale, but his expression was calm: “Brother He, please speak directly, don’t have any scruples, I will know sooner or later.”

The rough man speaks loudly, and when he is excited, he speaks as if he can lift the roof, and he can’t be wronged to Shi Yan.

“Boss, let’s not talk about anything else, just look at He Gao’s face, Mrs. Yang is doing business on the street alone, and it is not easy for a woman to come forward to make a living. Knowing that it is He Gao’s mother, can we not Do you need to take care of the business? Besides, Mrs. Yang’s craftsmanship is a must, the taste of her stall is nothing to say!

The brothers in the security bureau had a good meal, and naturally there were more exchanges. Once I bought a bag of steamed buns and went home. I bumped into Mr. Zhou on the way and recommended him to try Mrs. Yang’s craftsmanship. Sure enough, Mr. Zhou also liked the taste there and went there more often.

But to be honest, many of the little brothers in the **** bureau treat He Gao as their own brother, and Mrs. Yang is their elder aunt, so what kind of dirty thoughts can you have? cocoa…”

What He Dana said made him angry. He didn’t know how to say it next. After all, it was an insult to Mrs. Yang, but this kind of thing really has to be said on the bright side, otherwise it will affect the presence of the present. relationship between several people.

So He Da gritted his teeth and said, “A little brother in the security bureau asked a matchmaker to find a good marriage. When the six ceremonies had already arrived, the matchmaker suddenly came to the door and said that the little brother and…”

He Da looked at Liu Shi with difficulty, and said bitterly: “I don’t know where the dirty words came from, saying that our guards have that kind of relationship with Mrs. Yang, and we have to withdraw from our relatives. We don’t recognize it. , the brothers have long since changed their ways. This is a slander against the brothers, and it is also a slander against Mrs. Yang!

But the marriage has become a problem, and we have to find a way to find the person who spread the rumors.

I don’t know where the **** came from. Seeing the beauty of my wife’s life, I want to take advantage of it for nothing, but my wife is setting up a stall at the door of our security bureau. Can they succeed? So the **** was so angry that he made up so many rumors, which is really hateful! ”

And even more disgusting, He Dabao said in front of Liu Shi and Yang Hegao that according to the rumors, Liu Shi was the bane found by the gangsters of the security bureau.

Be happy with them at night, in exchange for doing business at the gate of the security guard during the day. Even the **** bureau also used the beautiful Liu family to hook up with businessmen, so as to solicit business for the **** bureau.

But there is no way to explain these words. The more they explain, the more people think they are guilty. What’s more, if this kind of thing happened, it doesn’t matter to men. Even the little brother who was married said it, but the family thinks that He grabbed some great handle, raised the price, and wanted his family to give more dowry. If the family really broke off the engagement, he would still look at them highly, but for the sake of money, it was really not a good match, and it would be better if they were married.

But this matter is too harmful to a woman, especially a widow with a child.

When I heard those words, He Da was not disgusted to death, and a group of people were ruined by one word. In the end, they had to endure it, pretending that nothing happened.

Shi Yan can think of all these without mentioning it. He has experienced a lot and how dark human nature is. Shi Yan knows better than anyone how terrible people’s jealousy is. It’s not that Shi Yan has never seen it before.

Yang Hegao’s face was pale, enduring anger, knelt in front of Liu’s, held her hands that were already bleeding, and stretched them open, he just wanted to shed tears when he was distressed.

“Mother, there is me, He Gao is here, He Gao is always here, let’s move, let’s move to a place that no one knows, or go to the countryside to rent a few acres of land to grow crops, God will give us mother and son. A way to live, eh?”

Liu Shi didn’t have a single tear in her eyes, she touched her son’s head, indicating that she was fine.

It was Shi Yan who looked at him: “This time, it’s the little woman who is implicated, or not. If you want to apologize, we’ll talk about it later. Today, the little woman is looking for Brother He because she wants to tell you something else.”

Shi Yan said before contacting He Da, and he had a rough idea of ​​what Liu Shi was going to say next.

Sure enough, I heard Liu Shi said: “Those people not only harmed the reputation of those kind-hearted children in the **** bureau, but also affected the reputation of Mr. Zhou.

The little woman heard He Gao say that Mr. Zhou is a talented person, and it is very likely that he will take part in the township examination this time. If such a reputation appears at that time, it will ruin Mr. Zhou’s life.

Even if the little woman was killed by a head-on hit, it wouldn’t change this fact, so please ask the gentleman to mediate something. ”

Liu’s worries are not superfluous. How important a good reputation is to a scholar like Mr. Zhou who has climbed up from the bottom step by step is completely unimaginable for those who have not experienced the hardships involved.

First of all, if you are fortunate enough to be appreciated by Shangguan in the high school in the rural examination, or recommend the excellent academies in Beijing, or give him advice, help him to go to Beijing to take the test, or value his talent and accept him as an apprentice, it will change his life. event.

What’s more, he was valued by the examiner and directly protected the media for him. Since then, he had the Yue family who supported him, and the conveniences were countless.

Even if there are none of these benefits, a fatherless and motherless grandfather is only twenty-eight or nine years old this year. He has neither wives, concubines nor children at home. He is still single until now because of filial piety to his elders. The most filial person, although he will be less help from the Zhou brothers after marrying him, but this is equivalent to half a door-to-door son-in-law! Naturally, he is close to the Yue family, and it is not wrong to say that he is half a son. Does the city value his wealthy households?

But all of this is premised. First of all, Mr. Zhou wants to be in high school, and secondly, his reputation must not be flawed.

No matter who it is, before I want to have a deep relationship with him, I will try to get to know him first. If it is revealed that he is not clear with a woman who is as good as a man, it will be a big blow. For details, you can look at the previous six. Uncle.

He has been highly respected for a lifetime, and his reputation collapsed in just a moment in that yard. Not only a blow to him personally, but also to his family. It can be seen that it is great.

Seeing that Mrs. Liu had explained the most difficult part to herself, He Da took a long breath, endured the anger in his heart, and said to Shi Yan, “Boss, put it aside for now, it’s more important for Mr. Zhou’s side, we have to Mr. Zhou settled the matter before leaving the tribute hospital.”

There are nine days in total for the township exam, and today is the third day.

Shi Yan tapped lightly on the table with his index finger, and in the rhythm of the da da da, said softly, “Help me do a few things.”