The next day Zhang Yue took a leave of absence from Taixue and took Guo Lin to his small house.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Yue knocked on the door and asked Guo Lin to wait for a moment. After Zhang Yue entered, he saw the tenant You Yue holding a book and reading.
"Brother You..."
As soon as You Yue saw Zhang Yue, he said, "Isn't this Brother Zhang? It's not Wangri yet, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "Brother You, don't worry, I'm not here to ask you for money today."
"That's good..." You Yue looked relieved after hearing this...
"Although I'm passing by today, I still tell you that the money will go up next month..."
Upon hearing this, You Yue said: "Brother Zhang, you are too hasty... At least for the sake of fellow scholars... be tolerant."
Zhang Yue sighed: "It's not easy for me either. Brother You, you've also seen this place near Tianshui Lane. My house is the only one that can be rented cheaply. I have some spare money recently and plan to renovate the house and build a new building." On the first floor, I still have seven or eight dollars a month."
"You didn't think this or that thing about the house was bad before, did you?"
You Yue's expression changed after hearing this.
When he came to Beijing, he didn't have much to worry about, and the rent of three dollars a month was already too much for him.
Moreover, in order to facilitate the Imperial College examination, he did not want to live in a crowded and noisy place or with traffickers and servants, which affected his mood in studying.
You Yue smiled and said: "Brother Zhang, although your house is shabby, it is better than renting a house. After all, it is for the sake of everyone being educated at the same time..."
Zhang Yue said: "You want me to help you? That's all. Look at the scholar outside. I'll let him live with you and share some money for you... Don't worry, he will also go to the Imperial College for the examination. The two of you will be together." It’s a good time to exchange knowledge without disturbing each other.”
You Yue heard that Guo Lin was also a scholar and Zhang Yue was willing to reduce his rent, so he agreed.
"I've met Brother Guo." You Yue was a little cold at first, but when he saw Zhang Yue's expression, he immediately greeted him with a smile and helped Guo Lin carry his luggage.
Guo Lin smiled and said, "Brother You is really polite."
"Where there."
You Yue saw that he had two rooms to himself, so he felt heartbroken when he was assigned to one room.
As for Guo Lin, he was very happy to see such a place to live.
"Junior brother helped me find such a good place to live. It's really hard for you."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "What does this mean? I still think this house is dilapidated, but fortunately it doesn't leak."
Guo Lin also smiled: "It's like when I lived in Wuxi, it leaked when it rained. I had to carry a basin to collect water. It's not bad. Senior brother, I've been here."
The two of them recalled this study experience at the same time.
As he spoke, Guo Lin opened his luggage, took out a piece of clothing from the package and said, "Your sister-in-law asked me to bring this to you. Yesterday, I compared your size and changed it overnight. Fortunately, I made it bigger and folded it again." Come on, in the final analysis, your sister-in-law is still careful. I think it can be put on, you give it a try, if it doesn’t work I will change it."
"Okay, I didn't expect that senior brother can do needlework."
Zhang Yue saw Guo Lin's expression darken, and realized that he thought of his master's wife, who had changed the length of their clothes.
After Zhang Yue put it on, it fit perfectly and said with a smile, "Senior brother, you really have skillful hands."
Guo Lin said: "Junior brother, just like it."
"And..." Guo Lin took another package of things from the package and put it in Zhang Yue's hand.
"This is?"
"This is just money and some scattered silver, which can be used for three months' rent." Guo Linyan said.
"Senior brother, I don't need it for the moment, so hold it first..."
"Take it!" Guo Lin insisted.
Guo Lin was afraid that Zhang Yue would be embarrassed, so he patted his waist bag and said: "There is money in the academy to encourage students to study, and I also serve as a bookkeeper from time to time. This time I came to Bianjing to stay behind and gave each of us Tai students five strings." I have a lot of money left over now.”
"My classmate's stay in a hotel in Beijing can be as large as seven or eight guan a month, and as little as two or three guan. It's very good that my junior brother has arranged such a place for me."
Zhang Yue looked at Guo Lin.
The three people who have had the greatest influence on him since time travel are three people.
One is the eldest brother. He taught himself to be generous to his friends, classmates, relatives and neighbors, and to always be grateful.
The second one is the second brother. Although he doesn’t teach in words, he also teaches by example. In order to achieve great things, you can throw as much as you need and be as ruthless as you need to be.
As for the third person, it is his senior brother who has the greatest influence on Zhang Yue.
Don’t take it if it’s not yours.
This is not to put on the airs and dignity of a senior brother, just like his idol Fan Zhongyan.
When Fan Zhongyan was studying in Nanjing Imperial College, it was still called Yingtian Academy.
Fan Zhongyan was very poor and could only eat porridge, so he cooked a pot of porridge the day before. After the porridge solidified overnight, he divided the porridge into four parts. Eat two portions in the morning and evening.
The son of Nanjing Liubei and his classmate Fan Zhongyan saw that he was pitiful and went back to report his father to Nanjing Liubei.
The left-behind man in Nanjing gave Fan Zhongyan a sumptuous meal, but Fan Zhongyan did not eat it. The son of the left-behind man in Nanjing asked him why.
Fan Zhongyan said that after eating a lot of fish and meat, how could he still drink porridge in the future?
Guiguzi has a saying, "If you are poor, you will see what you don't receive." This is what it means.
Zhang Yue stopped talking.
In May, the imperial examination was about to begin.
At this time, the epidemic in the capital gradually became serious.
The streets of Bianjing that used to be crowded with people are no longer bustling.
Officials with a reputation for benevolence were naturally anxious about such an epidemic. They ordered imperial doctors to go to the private sector for diagnosis and treatment, and also reduced or exempted officials' accommodation fees, but these were only a drop in the bucket.
In fact, it was not just the case in Bianjing, the situation in other areas was even more miserable. Officials from all walks of life reported constant natural disasters, people sold their wives, and died in ravines everywhere.
Officials ordered the prisoners to be released and ordered officials to try their best to provide relief to the local area, but the situation still did not improve.
However, under the great epidemic in the capital, there was an earthquake suddenly.
People in both the government and the public are in panic.
At that time, officials were superstitious about the theory of the connection between heaven and man, and all natural and man-made disasters were attributed to the failure of human affairs. Therefore, the officials concluded that the emperor must immediately establish a throne.
Amid the earthquake and epidemic, Zhang Yue also went out less frequently.
After the big earthquake, Bianjing has been experiencing constant aftershocks.
Moreover, Zhang Yue heard that the epidemic was very serious. Even Mei Yaochen, who commented on the Qingyu case, fell ill and died during the epidemic. Although the officials had been spreading money and medicine, the epidemic had not been alleviated.
Zhang Yueshen was reading in Yangzhengzhai and told the people in the Zhaishe that no one should leave the Zhaishe as much as possible.
The most important thing is to have everyone in the room drink boiled hot water and take frequent baths. Zhang Yue worked hard to do this, but there were always people who didn't understand.
During the pandemic, Zhang Yue's practice of closing Yangzheng Zhai was criticized. Most people did not have the habit of drinking hot water. In addition, they tried to eat cooked food instead of raw food, which also made some students dissatisfied.
In the face of accusations and doubts, Zhang Yue persuaded his classmates and mobilized those who really didn't want to study at Taipei to go home. Finally, he resolutely implemented his own set of epidemic prevention measures.
It is the understanding that can be understood in that sentence. What cannot be understood is understood in the execution.
If you dare to object, as the head of a fast and in charge of the rules of the fast, Zhang Yue will not talk to you easily.
Afterwards, the epidemic became more serious, and eventually someone in the Imperial College was also infected with the epidemic, and many Taixue students in various schools fell ill and died one after another.
Seeing this scene, people in Taixue were also panicked.
At this time, in Yangzheng Zhai, Zhang Yue didn't need to say that he was not allowed to go out, and even the windowsmen were consciously studying in the Zhaishe.
Zhang Yue also used Zhai's money to buy a lot of medicinal materials and put them in his Zhai for emergencies.
On weekdays, meals are brought to the studio, and reading is also done in the stove pavilion.
In order to relieve the depressed atmosphere of everyone, Zhang Yue also set up a pot throwing game to facilitate everyone's sexual exertion, and even turned a blind eye to the pot throwing game.
It can be said that there are advantages out of disadvantages.
In the past, when watching romantic movies, the male and female protagonists who did not know each other often developed feelings silently in a closed space.
But now in the closed Yangzhengzhai, the relationship between the classmates is closer than before.
In the past, although everyone lived in a house, each had his or her own life. But after this level, all the students have lived together for a while, and their relationship with each other has become even more harmonious. Those who used to dislike each other have also softened, or at least started to nod to each other.
This can be regarded as something lost and something gained again.
Zhang Yue also often chats with Huang Lu, who is in the same dormitory. He is the second classmate to become a friend after senior brother Guo.
Zhang Yue is relatively slow to make friends.
He is not utilitarian in making friends and doesn't care too much about the other person's identity, but it doesn't mean that everyone can catch his eye.
You have to be slow to make friends. You really don’t have to be too enthusiastic at the beginning. After you wait for a long time, you will be able to see what kind of person the other person is, whether they can get along with you, and whether the other person can treat you sincerely.
Time can test everything.
Huang Lusu looks calm and unconcerned on the outside, but his character is very generous and frank towards his friends. He is exactly the kind of friend Zhang Yue considers him to be.
In addition to Huang Lu, Fan Zuyu is also good, but he is a bit serious and takes the details too seriously.
I often get angry because of other people's inexplicable words.
But this does not mean that Fan Zuyu has bad character. He is quite upright. But being too serious will make people consciously keep a distance from him.
Sun Guo and Fan Zuyu were close to each other on weekdays.
As for Huang Haoyi...of course he is still very good to Zhang Yue.
This is the relationship between classmates in Zhaishe. The environment is like this. No matter you like it or you don't like it, everyone has to spend some time together here as classmates.
Those who can be like-minded will be one step closer, and those who can't will try their best to understand and be tolerant.
Many years later, when everyone looks back on this time, they will sincerely miss it.
As for the little estrangement and unhappiness at the beginning, what was it?
After a month of worry and fear, in June, the epidemic finally eased. In the end, no one in Zhang Yue's Yangzheng Zhai was infected with the epidemic.
Although no one died from the epidemic, Zhang Yue met several classmates who used to nod and greet each other. He greeted them well the day before, but was carried away the next day. He deeply felt that human life is like morning dew.
This is an era of one thousand years, and the average life span is only thirty-five years.
When they learned that more than thirty Taipei students had died due to the epidemic, everyone could not help but feel sad for a while.
