Wear It with Space - Chapter 30

Shen Ling first fell asleep in the study, and when he woke up, he heard A Chou’s laughter. When he came out, he saw that by the stone table under the prickly ash tree, A Chou was helped by Lanzhu to learn to walk, and Zhuo’er held a snack in front of him to lure him forward.

Lan Zhu was the first to see him come out and smiled: “You are awake, but we bother you?”

Shen Ling shook his head and smiled: “No. I slept deeply before, but I didn’t hear anything.” After speaking, he called Ah Chou.

He often stayed in the study and did not spend much time with this son. After leaving home for so many days this time, he thought that his son would deny him. Unexpectedly, Ah Chou heard his voice, raised his head and smiled at him, then opened his hands for him to hold.

It happened that Huang heard the movement coming out of the hall, and when he saw this situation he smiled and said: “We Ahou people are small but have a heart. Atang comes here from time to time, but he never let people hold him. You leave. For so many days at home, he actually recognizes you and even lets you hug you.”

Shen Ling hugged A Chou in his arms and found that his son was not afraid of him at all. He stretched out his right hand to reach for the bamboo hairpin on his head. Lan Zhu hurriedly stopped her son, but A Chou was not afraid of her, and continued to reach out with perseverance.

Zheng Tang is here in the midst of the excitement. Shen Ling handed A Chou to Lan Zhu and let Zheng Tang into the study. Zheng Tang congratulated him first, and then said his intentions. It turned out that the book of questions that Shen Ling wrote before the college exam sold better than the previous one. Zheng Tang is here to give him money. Like the previous time, what he took out of his arms was still a silver ticket, but it was a two hundred taels.

Zheng Tang made a lot of money through the problem collection these two times. It was when he was in the mood to give the silver to Shen Ling, and he asked him if he could publish another problem collection. Shen Ling thought for a while, Zheng Ming never shy away from other students every time he puts out questions for the students taking the exam, as long as he writes a few articles according to the questions, so that he can agree.

Seeing that he had agreed to this matter, Zheng Tang mentioned the previous sentence that he wanted him to choose some articles, which was the same as the question set.

Shen Ling also agreed, remembering that the field he had purchased and Zhuangzi still lacked a manager, so he asked Zheng Tang if he could have a good candidate.

Zheng Tang said to go back and inquire, and would reply to him within three to five days.

After sending Zheng Tang away, Shen Ling went to the bank and exchanged the two hundred taels of silver. When he came back, he took out half of it and gave it to Lan Zhu to keep it, and half of it into the space.

At night, Shen Ling went back to the bedroom to sleep, and found that A Chou had been taken away by the Huang family. He wondered, “What does mother do to take Ah Chou to sleep in the hall?”

Lan Zhu blushed and dared not look at him, and whispered: “Mother said, A Chou is one year old. It’s time to add a younger brother or younger sister to him.”

Shen Ling was taken aback for a moment, and immediately understood what Lan Zhu was saying. He couldn’t help but cough lightly, is he finally going to catch the duck on the shelf?

Of course, Shen Ling had not experienced such things as a woman. But as a man, he was really the first time. Before Lanzhu was pregnant, he could use this as an excuse to escape. Later he was busy taking exams, Lan Zhu was busy taking care of Ah Chou, and both of them did not mention the matter in a tacit understanding.

Now that he has been selected as a talented person, he can slow down his reading. Ah Chou has grown to a week. If he doesn’t do anything, I’m afraid Lan Zhu will think he has a problem.

So now he is facing a situation where he doesn’t want to be on the shelves but also on the shelves.

Taking advantage of the time to wash before going to bed, Shen Ling carefully recalled Zheng Feng’s memory in this regard, and then took a good look at certain behaviors of Song Changsheng at that time. After doing this homework, he had a general idea in his mind.

After the husband and wife lay on the bed together after washing, Shen Ling hugged Lan Zhu in his arms. Lan Zhu wore a water blue bellyband today with a few orchids embroidered on it. Because of the hot weather, I only wore a shirt made of plain yarn outside. The plain yarn is cool and light-transmitting, and Shen Ling only needs to look down to see how many orchids are embroidered on his belly.

Counting carefully, there are as many as twelve.

Over there, Lan Zhu didn’t know he was counting orchids, thinking that he was trying to beat his son’s rations, and blushed: “You can’t drink. You drink, what will your son drink tomorrow.”

These words made Shen Ling embarrassed, and he didn’t bother to explain it, and didn’t make any preparations beforehand, and went straight to the topic.

Even though Lan Zhu had given birth to a son, he was still delicate and tender. As soon as he moved here, Lan Zhu cried. Shen Ling couldn’t hear this kind of voice, and immediately stopped.

Afterwards, Shen Ling lay on the bed and thought, this kind of thing is not too difficult as long as he puts aside his inner thoughts and obeys instinct. Just like when I was writing an article, I was always hand-crafted at first, but it got better later.

After Shen Ling rested for a few days, Zheng Tang recommended him a forty-year-old tribe who knew the field. This tribe is called Zheng Tie. He has been in charge of others before, and he is the most honest. Shen Ling took him to Zhuangzi, explained the land under his name and the tenants one by one, and loaded two loads of fruits and vegetables from the land, and hired someone to pick it up to Zheng Ming’s house.

It was June, and Zheng Ming couldn’t stand the heat and gave the students a long holiday for a month. That evening, I was enjoying the coolness in the patio. I heard that the servant underneath said that Shen Ling had sent two loads of fruits and vegetables. Zheng Ming just nodded and said he knew it.

After a while, the servant reported again that Shen Ling personally transported a cart of ice cubes.

Zheng Ming immediately ordered people to be invited in.

When Shen Ling entered the patio, Zheng Ming had already sliced ​​the melons he had sent, and was telling the people below to come in with ice cubes.

Shen Ling knew that his carriage of ice had been delivered to Zheng Ming’s heart. He didn’t show it off specially, but just said something about the article.

Zheng Ming asked, and Shen Ling said that he hired someone to get the ice from the river last winter and stored it in the ice cellar on Zhuangzi for more than half a year. Hearing that the husband was not heat-resistant, he pulled half of it.

Zheng Ming asked Liang Xuezheng about keeping him here, and Shen Ling told the truth.

The teachers and students said some more gossip, and Shen Ling resigned.

After the sweltering heat, Shen Ling continued to study with Zheng Ming to prepare for the future rural exam. In the past, Shen Ling thought it was good to be a talent, but now that he has done a lot of stereotypes, and there are famous teachers like Zheng Ming, he feels that he can continue to take the test like this.

In the early autumn, several hundred stones of grain were newly harvested in Zhuangzi, and Shen Ling selected two stones and sent them to Zheng Ming’s house, as well as some fruits and vegetables.

I don’t know if it was because of his frequent gifts to Zheng Ming’s house. Zheng Ming specially left him on this day and said to him: “I’m going to the provincial capital to visit an old friend in the next few days. I want to take you with Zheng Qiao. Zheng Qiao has agreed to it, and it’s up to your family’s inconvenience.”

Shen Ling said immediately: “It is a good thing to be able to go out with your husband and learn more, and there is no inconvenience for students.”

Seeing his consent, Zheng Ming told him to go back to pack up and set off three days later.

Shen Ling returned home and told Huang and Lan Zhu the news. Huang and Lan Zhu were very happy. They felt that their husband would only take them two when they went out. He must be the most important to them.

On the night before departure, Huang and Lan Zhu began to pack his luggage. Shen Ling was watching, picking out some unnecessary clothes one by one, and finally packed out a very simple baggage. There were only a few clothes, two pairs of shoes and socks, and a few books.

Zheng Ming and Zheng Qiao didn’t bring many things, but Zheng Ming brought a long companion in his thirties. The Changsui often went out with Zheng Ming and took care of everything well.

The four of them traveled by land in the carriage first, and then abandoned the car and took a boat. It was the first time that Shen Ling took a boat in this world. Fortunately, this body was not seasick, so he was quite used to it. But Zheng Qiao, who came together, was a little seasick, and stayed in bed for the two days he was on the boat.

Although Zheng Qiao was young, he was taught very well by his family. During the two days he was lying in bed, Shen Ling was by his side to take care of him. Every time he troubled Shen Ling, he would say excuses and try not to trouble others as much as possible.

Two days later, the boat they rented came to the river bank. Zheng Ming and Zheng Qiao were more energetic. They sat on the sedan chair that was hired by the long-term employee. After walking for about half an hour, they arrived at a house with a very large area.

Zheng Ming took them to the door. Those concierges all recognized Zheng Ming, and asked An to say: “Master has previously ordered, please go to the study room and sit for a while.”

Shen Ling followed, first walked past the gatehouse and a patio planted with plum blossoms, then walked through an alley, zigzags and twists for a while, and arrived at the three big flower halls. There are two sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the front of the flower hall, and a lotus pond in the back.

A few people just sat down on the nanmu chairs in the hall, and a middle-aged scribe in their forties walked in with two young men.

Shen Ling saw that the young man who was following the middle-aged scribe was the same one he had seen in the bookstore before, but he didn’t seem to recognize him when he looked at him, so he didn’t say anything.

The middle-aged scribe held Zheng Ming for a long time, before Fang asked about Shen Ling and Zheng Qiao.

Zheng Ming replied that they were two incompetent students. He took them out to meet the world, and then let them both meet up. Only then did Shen Ling know that the middle-aged scholar, whose surname was Cui, was from a well-known local scholarly family, who had a dozen scholars.

After Shen Ling, Zheng Qiao and Master Cui met the ceremony, they all got a jade pendant as the meeting ceremony.

Master Cui said a few words with Zheng Ming and asked his two sons to take Shen Ling and Zheng Qiao to the garden. The Cui’s garden occupies a large area, and a few people walk in it, talking and laughing, but don’t be funny.

Unknowingly, a few people walked to a place facing east, and Shen Ling wanted to see the Cui family’s book collection, so he wanted to take a look inside. Two brothers, Cui Xunwen and Cui Xunzhang, look at me and I look at you, with embarrassed expressions on their faces.

Shen Ling thought they didn’t want to be the master or didn’t want outsiders to enter, so he said nothing. A few people continued to walk forward, and after a short walk, a woman’s voice came from behind. For some reason, Shen Ling suddenly thought that the young man he had seen in the bookstore that day was probably she who was there just now.

Zheng Ming took the two of them to live in Cui’s house for more than half a month, and did not say goodbye until the two osmanthus trees in the study bloomed. On the way back, Shen Ling accidentally mentioned the woman who was disguised as a man in the bookstore.

Zheng Ming smiled and said: “That is Cui Ping’s jewel in the palm of his hand. He has been studying with his two older brothers since he was five years old. Cui Ping often said that if his daughter is a man, I am afraid that they will have one more Jinshi in the future. What a pity. !”