The teacher of the original owner is unknown. We only know that his surname is Zhang and his given name is Chengyan. He is a Jiu Mengzi without any fame and immigrated from other places.
However, he wrote well and read a lot of books.
There are more than a dozen bookshelves in the room, and they are full of books. There are enough books to open a bookstore, and ten cars may not be able to pull them all.
After he ran out of money, he sold his calligraphy and paintings to make a living.
Back then, his fifth wife ran away. When she left, she cried and cursed at him, saying that he only knew how to get drunk all the time and didn't care about anything.
I can't make any money, so I can't live this life.
At that time, Gu Chen was in the village school and was bullied by the rich man's son. Several fat boys pushed him down and beat him. His nose and face were swollen every few days.
Gu Huai felt sorry for his younger brother, so he thought about finding another school for him.
But at that time, the family did not have that much money, so they sent the original owner to a better school.
So I thought of bringing him here to try my luck, but I just happened to encounter this scene.
Seeing that he was so unreliable and the room smelled of alcohol, Gu Huai was afraid that he would teach his younger brother a bad lesson, so he pulled the original man to leave the place, but was stopped.
"Your family's money is not enough to attend another school, right?"
Zhang Chengyan didn't need much. He had three meals a day, one of which had to be meat.
In addition to two large jars of turbid wine every month, just give me another five hundred cash.
Elsewhere, you need meat, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, food and two thousand dollars.
What he wants can be said to be the minimum.
Gu Huai was still hesitant and asked him if he could teach children well without any fame?
But he roared: "I just don't want to take the exam to get an official position in the Yuan Dynasty. Having no fame does not mean that I have no knowledge."
Gu Huai then thought of trying it for a month, if one month didn't work.
Even if he goes to borrow it, he still wants to put his younger brother into a good school.
Surprisingly, Zhang Chengyan is quite reliable. He never drinks when teaching the original master. He starts by holding a pen in hand.
When the original owner couldn't get up in the winter, he would personally come to arrest the original owner.
Other children, starting from enlightenment, have to go through several stages of education.
And the original owner, from beginning to end, had only one teacher.
For one-to-one teaching, the treatment is naturally good.
You can imagine that you are in class, sitting in the front row, and there are no other students.
The original owner had frostbite on his hands, and he was never unkind.
If it weren't for his sternness, the original owner would not have been able to get the first place in the provincial examination, nor would he have been able to get such a huge advantage.
After so many years, he is already sixty-eight years old.
But he was still holding the wine jar, drunk and dreaming. When Gu Chen came, he saw papers on the floor and the smell of wine all over the room.
"Sir, the students came to see you. Why are you so drunk again?"
Gu Chen stepped forward and took the wine bottle from his arms, only to find that it was empty.
The bottle left his hand, and the old man opened his eyes. He stared at the person in front of him for a long time before smiling.
"Guangxi, are you back?"
"Why have you become so dark and not as fair and fat as you were when you were a child?"
At that time, if he hadn't been extremely poor and the baby looked fair and cute, he wouldn't have wanted to teach students to read.
Fortunately, when this kid took the exam, he became a Han official.
It can be said that he has lived up to the oath he swore to his ancestors.
Gu Chen: "...Sir, why do men look so white and fat?"
This is the result of four years of training in Zhuanglang, and he is very satisfied.
Well, he looks like a macho man, and he should be more imposing in front of Lao Zhu.
"Okay, sit down." After asking him to sit down, Zhang Chengyan stood up and went to make tea for him: "I heard from your elder brother that you were demoted to Zhuanglang?"
"Are you going back to your hometown to visit relatives, or are you getting a promotion?"
Others don't stay in the officialdom, but because the only student is there.
Therefore, I will also care about it from time to time, just to know that the students are well.
"His Majesty asked the students to go home to worship their ancestors first, and then return to Beijing to take up a position. The students don't know the specific positions yet."
What's the use of knowing?
Can you refuse? Do you dare to refuse?
"Okay, okay." Zhang Chengyan smiled happily: "When I first saw you, I knew that you would be promising and you should serve the court well."
He is also old. If he were still young, he would also like to become an official.
It's a pity that I was born at the wrong time, so I had to spend my life scrawling.
Zhang Chengyan had no children and was getting older. Gu Chen thought of the kindness he had shown to his original owner, so he spent money to buy two people to take care of him and talk to him.
Unexpectedly, he was old, but he also loved to be romantic, so he asked if he could find a wife for him.
The best kind is the widow of a man who died in her thirties or forties.
The man smiled shyly: "I haven't tried it yet."
He is not a bad person. He never goes to a brothel. He just wants to marry a wife in a serious and legal way. Of course, he may not have the money to go.
Gu Chen had three black lines drawn on his forehead and said helplessly: "Sir, as you are getting older, you should exercise some restraint and pay attention to your body."
Are you really not afraid of dying on someone's belly?
Unexpectedly, the old man laughed: "This beauty died in flowers, and she is also a charming ghost. Her life is only a few decades, and she has tasted everything, so it is not a regret."
Gu Chen smiled and said, "Sir, five mistresses have escaped, and you still have hope for love?"
According to normal logic, shouldn't we have sealed our hearts long ago?
"In everything, you have to think on the bright side." Zhang Chengyan waved his hands and said with a smile: "My five wives are all different in their own ways and have their own tempers."
"Do you think if they didn't run away, would I have the opportunity to marry a different woman and experience the love, hatred and resentment in this world?"
"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other. Until the end, who knows whether it is a blessing or a curse."
"Guangxi, face life with a smile. When you get older, you will find that everything is just experience."
"In the end, it's just a handful of loess. Come on, smile."
As Zhang Chengyan spoke, he reached out and lifted up both sides of Gu Chen's face, forcing him to smile, making him dumbfounded.
This kid didn't like to smile when he came back this time, and he wasn't as well-behaved and sunny as before.
His intuition told him that he was not very happy with this official position.
After coming out of Zhang Chengyan's house, Gu Chen helplessly shook his head.
This Mr. Drunkard is actually a very wise old man.
He is not confused at all.
It wasn't until the day of ancestor worship that Gu Chen fully understood why ancient people regarded being an official as the greatest honor, because there was such a sense of honor.
First of all, let alone Shili firecrackers, there are still Wuli firecrackers.
Secondly, from the entrance of the village where the carriage stopped, the head of the Gu family ordered people to lay a red carpet all the way to the Gu Ancestral Hall. The red carpet here can be understood as a red carpet.
A well-known person in the village stood in the middle, waiting for Gu Chen to return to the village.
On both sides of Hong Luo, ordinary villagers stood, and students also stood on both sides, looking forward to it and casting admiring glances at Gu Chen who got off the car.
The bastard children who used to look down on his family and bullied the original owner were now all respectful and fawning.
Gu Chen arranged his clothes to make sure there were no wrinkles and no rudeness before handing them over.
"Hello, patriarch, uncles. I, the younger generation, have not returned to my hometown for many years to worship my ancestors. It is really unfilial. I am completely dependent on the patriarch and uncles."
In fact, when the original master took the exam, the family also provided support, but not much.
After all, Gu Chen was not the only one who needed help from the clan.
But the ancients were talking about families, so naturally they cannot be viewed from the perspective of modern small families.
Just like Jing Qing who assassinated Emperor Yongle, not only did his nine clans disappear.
The entire village was also slaughtered, not a single chicken or dog was left.
In other words.
If Gu Chen makes a mistake, these people will most likely die with him.
Perhaps, if another official in the Gu family is appointed in the future, it is very likely that his family will be dragged to death. This is why everyone thinks Zhu Biao is benevolent.
If one person makes a mistake, the Manchus will suffer.
And if Gu Chen wants to be alone and live well, he must not only ensure that he does not make mistakes, but also ensure that others in his family do not make mistakes.
"That's right. Erlang is an official and serves the people. Naturally, he understands that he has no time to return to his hometown and his ancestors. Filial piety is in his heart, not above incense."
"Yes, yes, Erlang has been studying since he was a child. He is the first Jinshi in our clan in the past fifty years. Erlang is the pride of our family."
"Yeah yeah."
"My ancestors have spirits in heaven. I'm afraid it's not too late to be happy."
"..."
Gu Chen was surrounded by men, vying to talk to him.
Looking at my sister-in-law and Su Wanying, they are also surrounded by the female relatives of the village. They are flattered by everyone's words.
He tried his best to reply with a smile and to be polite and measured.
After finally getting through the time for ancestor worship, Gu Chen felt his ears were a little calmer. At this time, the clan leader handed him a confession and asked him to read it.
"In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, when I was in Xinyou, my unworthy descendants came to worship me.
The time is Xinyou, the festival sequence is clear and bright, the sky is clear, the bells are beautiful, the wind is gentle, the water is green and the mountains are green, the years are full of panic, and the sun is auspicious.
…
I am sincere and frightened, so I would like to present the sacrificial medal to repay my kindness and filial piety to my relatives, and I will give you a good meal. "
