The reason why the Cheng family is weird is because of its layout.
The Liang family courtyard where Jiang Xingzong rented was a simple farmhouse. Its layout and layout were all very traditional, with the main house plus a side room, a side room, and a vegetable garden. The largest one was the one behind the house. A small vegetable garden.
But the Cheng family is different.
From the perspective of Shengchangquan Station, the Cheng family courtyard occupies a large area, almost twice the area of the Liang family. Moreover, the courtyard is surrounded by fences made of wheat straw, as if to guard against What are you wearing?
Of course, it would make sense if the host was more vigilant.
However, what puzzled Sheng Changquan the most was why the Cheng family courtyard was made into a "concentric square" structure similar to concentric circles, with the main house standing in the middle.
Outside the main house, the Cheng family actually built a high wooden wall!
Because Sheng Changquan had excellent eyesight, he could clearly see that the Cheng family's courtyard, which occupied a large area, had two layers of protection.
"Haha, is this yard inhabited or trapped?"
"Why is this arranged?"
"Don't you pay attention to feng shui at all?"
Sheng Changquan guessed with some dumbfounding.
After all, in this era, people are still very particular about these things.
"Eh? Changquan?"
While Sheng Changquan was wondering around here, a young man walked out of the Liang family yard next to him.
The young man has a slender figure and a delicate face, and there is a clearness and reality between his eyebrows, which makes it easy for people to fall in love with him.
And this person is Sheng Changquan's cousin - Jiang Xingzong.
"Cousin!"
Seeing the honest scholar in plain white Confucian clothes in front of him, Sheng Changquan couldn't help but shout happily.
Jiang Xingzong, the eldest son of Aunt Wei's family, was considered a very close person to Sheng Changquan.
"Changquan, why are you here?"
Seeing his cousin coming, Jiang Xingzong naturally had a smile on his face.
However, because Qiu Wei's test papers had just passed, he was quite surprised about Sheng Changquan's purpose, so he couldn't help but ask.
"Don't you need to take a good rest at home?"
Jiang Xingzong took the reins of Heifeng and walked back to the yard first. He tied him to a wooden stake inside and asked.
Speaking of which, this wooden pile does have an interesting story.
It is said that because this place is too far from Xiangshan Academy, Jiang Xingzong once found someone to buy a mule for transportation.
However, Jiang Xingzong suffered a big loss in that business. The mule he bought was really bad. Not only was it bad-tempered, it couldn't run much faster than a person walking. Therefore, after Sheng Changquan learned about this, he ignored it. His cousin stopped him and insisted on giving him a good horse.
When it comes to horses, Sheng Changquan is really a big dog owner.
After all, when he was on a study tour, he found many herds of wild horses in the north. Even if he couldn't take them all away, it was still easy to give them a good horse.
However, Jiang Xingzong is not someone who likes to take advantage. Because of Aunt Wei's words and deeds, he was unwilling to accept Sheng Changquan's kindness and accept the horse. In the end, the two tortured each other until they couldn't help it, but Minglan gave it to him. Got an idea.
Minglan asked Sheng Changquan to come forward and go to the market to buy a good donkey for his cousin to travel with. However, Jiang Xingzong had to pay for the donkey, and Sheng Changquan only came forward to get an internal price and find a good donkey. donkey.
After all, the many friends Sheng Changquan made were related to each other.
Moreover, even if Sheng Changquan did not come forward, relying solely on the Sheng family's face, this matter would not be a problem.
So, in the end, Sheng Changquan, who had no way to persuade Jiang Xingzong, had no choice but to ask someone to find connections and buy a good donkey for his cousin. And this wooden stake was driven down by Sheng Changquan out of anger at that time.
The purpose was to make Jiang Xingzong feel embarrassed every time he saw the wooden pile.
However, I don't know if Jiang Xingzong is embarrassed, but Sheng Changquan feels a little embarrassed every time he sees this wooden stake, feeling that it was really childish at the time.
Closer to home, Sheng Changquan was not very restrained in front of Jiang Xingzong, and even felt more free than in the Sheng family.
"hey-hey!"
"Cousin, I'm fine!"
Sheng Changquan was not polite. He walked into the courtyard and sat down on a stone bench. He said calmly: "I already had a rest yesterday."
"Besides, you also know my medical skills, how could I harm my body? Cousin, don't worry!"
"hehe!"
After Jiang Xingzong fed Heifeng a handful of fodder, he turned around and smiled: "Okay, you just have to know what's going on."
"Hey, cousin, what's going on over there?"
Sheng Changquan pouted towards the Cheng family courtyard and asked curiously, "I haven't seen the Cheng family before?"
"Why does their family feel a little weird?"
"there?"
Jiang Xingzong followed the direction and looked up at the next door, with a bit of helplessness on his face.
"Chang Quan, that's someone else's business. Why do you care so much about it?"
Jiang Xingzong has a relatively easy-going temperament, and he is not willing to pay too much attention to other people's affairs. At this time, he only wants to study so that he can honor his ancestors and let his parents and relatives live a good life.
"Huh? Haha, cousin, you are right!"
Sheng Changquan laughed, but did not go into details. After all, this was not the main purpose of his visit this time.
Speaking of which, Jiang Xingzong's status at this time was not bad at all. He already had the reputation of being a scholar. He had also signed up to participate in the last autumn exam, but unfortunately he failed in the rankings.
However, at that time, Sheng Changquan asked his father, Sheng Hong, to find someone to read Jiang Xingzong's paper and made an evaluation, saying that his article had gained considerable popularity. The failure at that time was more due to the failure to find the right subject. The examiner's temperament means that the article written is not to his liking.
Therefore, based on this alone, Jiang Xingzong was amazing. From then on, even Sheng Hong praised him, and in his words, he felt that Aunt Wei was amazing for giving birth to such a scholar.
It's a pity that Jiang Xingzong's grandfather died of illness two years ago, forcing him to observe mourning for three years.
This time in Qiu Wei, he was unable to attend.
Seeing Sheng Changquan's resentful look, Jiang Xingzong couldn't bear it, and finally told everything he knew.
"I heard from Uncle Liang that the courtyard over there belongs to the home of a military general named Cheng in Beijing. It seems that it was specially built by their old lady!"
"It is said that in order to express gratitude to old Mrs. Cheng, we deliberately built it to look like it once was so that it could be used as the ancestral home of the Cheng family and later be used as an ancestral hall."
"ah?"
Hearing this statement, Sheng Changquan couldn't help but be stunned.
"Can it still be done like this?"
"Ahem!"
Jiang Xingzong didn't understand either, but these days, he did see some meaning.
"Chang Quan, don't get it wrong!"
"In my opinion, it may not be what they say!"
"Huh? What do you say?"
Now that he has said this, Jiang Xingzong did not hide anything: "A few days ago, I saw that their carriage brought the master and servant over. I am afraid that they want to use this place as a family temple."
The family temple is a private temple used by wealthy families to worship gods. It is also a part-time prison for family members who have made mistakes. It can be regarded as a different kind of "prison".
"Oh? Is there such a thing?"
Sheng Changquan looked surprised at first, but then frowned.
"By the way, cousin, who is the master and servant? It won't affect you, right?"
"That won't happen!"
Jiang Xingzong shook his head: "They are just two little girls of seven or eight years old. The younger one is even more sickly and pitifully tight!"
"I'm afraid..."
Jiang Xingzong stopped talking.
Although Jiang Xingzong didn't say it out loud, Sheng Changquan had some guesses, fearing that there might be some scandalous infighting among wealthy families involved.
()
1 second to remember the vertex:.
