If You Can’t Be a Son-in-law, You Have To Be Sanctified

   Chapter 2 Maid Qingyue, no one is desperate

   "Zhishen" was written by Ji Yuanzhi in the early days, and it is also the most controversial work of Ji Yuanzhi.

  Because the content of Zhishen is rough, it is not promoting Confucianism and Taoism, but talking about gods, ghosts and demons.

   In the book, the great Confucian Ji Yuanzhi used a bizarre fable of ghosts and ghosts to tell the world that you must not be afraid of ghosts, gods and demons!

   This is contrary to the spirit of ghosts and gods in contemporary Confucianism and Taoism.

"Da Fu Confucianism and Taoism, pay attention to righteousness like a rainbow, gods and ghosts are easy to change! Many great Confucians once wrote poems to ridicule worshipers of ghosts and gods, such as the sentence 'Gods are angry with gods and love their teachers, and send gods and thousands of horses back to green mountains'. In the early days of the great Confucian Ji Yuan When he wrote such a book "Zhishen", everyone suspected him, but he didn't explain it, but he rarely mentioned the gods and ghosts later."

  Lu Jing read carefully. At first, he felt that the many bizarre and mysterious things in "Zhishen" were quite curious, but when he looked at it, he had a clear understanding.

   "In each of Zhishen's stories, there are good people and bad people, as well as good ghosts and evil gods... Since Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism all need to respect human nature, naturally they should also respect the nature of ghosts and gods, so as not to be miserable by demons, ghosts and gods."

   "This is to teach the world to protect themselves, not to think that gods and ghosts are superior to others."

  Lu Jing has learned a lot after reading a fable about the neighbor's house eating a dead house and being killed by an evil ghost.

"However, although the three branches of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism in this world treat gods, ghosts and demons differently, none of them deny the existence of ghosts and gods... Confucianism, Taoism, and Confucianism have all written books about gods and ghosts. Does it mean that there is a real world in this world? Are there any demons?"

  Lu Jing couldn't help but doubt: "This world is different from the world in my previous life, at least, this Lu residence has warriors who can easily move at least a ton of heavy stone lions at the door.

  The imperial examination, the scholar wants to take the exam, he also needs to practice martial arts, and he needs to be proficient in riding, archery, sword... This is not unusual. "

"It's just a pity that the original third young master of the Lu family has rarely had the opportunity to leave the house since he was a child. He can't even go in and out of the library of the Lu house. The memory he left for me is also very vague. Only by thinking about it can I integrate some memories. ."

  Lu Jing was in deep thought when a soft voice suddenly came from behind him.

   "Master Jing..."

   "It's Qingyue here." Lu Jing's thoughts were interrupted, but he was not angry.

   In less than a few breaths, a dark wooden food box was placed on the stone table in front of Lu Jing.

   "Master Jing, although reading is important, lunch is just as important. I waited for you for a long time, but I didn't see you coming back, so I had to carry this food box to look for you everywhere."

   A girl complained trivially.

  The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old. She was wrapped in light blue plain clothes, with a wooden hairpin on her head.

  Especially the pair of willow leaves added a touch of tenderness.

   "I first went under the old locust tree that you used to go to the most, and you were not there, and then I found this place, and the hot food was cold again."

  Qing Yue is Lu Jing's maid.

   To be precise, she was the only maid in Lu Jing's room.

  Since Lu Jing was eight years old, Qing Yue, who was one year older than him, has been by his side.

   At that time, they were all still young, and Lu Jing's mother was still there. On weekdays, Qingyue would play with Lu Jing and do some trivial things at most.

   Later, when her mother died and Qingyue grew older, she became the most qualified maid.

   His own hut is not big, and it is well-organized by Qingyue, and even the food on the table is made by Qingyue.

   Originally, it was a noble family like the Jiuhu Lu family, and each courtyard had a dining room.

   It's just that the pantry may be "too busy", and the quality of the food delivered by my mother is hard to say.

   Either it was too cold, it was overnight, or the portion of the meal was too small.

   Then, Qingyue took the initiative to take care of tasks like cooking. Lu Jing and Qingyue have been here for the past few years.

   "I went shopping this morning and found that the price of cabbage has risen again, so I bought some cabbage and came back, but I didn't ask for some vinegar from Master Liu in the pantry, so I could only cook it with some salt."

   "This meat was sent by Miss Qiang, and it's very tender...Miss Qiang is really kind. She is also under the care of others in the Lu Mansion, but she has given us food many times..."

  Qing Yue took out the two dishes and warm rice from the food box, while gently talking about these trivial matters to Lu Jing.

   Lu Jing smiled and listened to Qingyue's nagging, and took the bowls and chopsticks that Qingyue handed over.

   To a certain extent, Qingyue's existence prevented Lu Jing from being defeated by things like "suddenly crossing into an unfamiliar world".

   Moreover, Lu Jing could see that Qing Yue really regarded Lu Jing as a relative who depended on each other.

   Even though she was a lowly maid, she still cared about Lu Jing from the bottom of her heart.

   "Qing Yue, your craftsmanship is getting better and better."

  Lu Jing slowly finished the meal in front of him and praised Qing Yue sincerely.

   Qingyue blushed slightly, knowing that it was her young master who was encouraging her.

   She knew that the food she made was "not bad" compared to the food in the pantry.

   And in such an era, cooking is a technical activity. In this era, technical activities are generally dedicated to the service of "dignitaries and dignitaries".

  The main attribute of most people's meals is to fill their stomachs, not to satisfy their own tastes.

   In such a situation, no one wants to hand over the technology for their livelihood to unrelated people.

   So Qingyue could only explore by herself.

   In addition, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, there are no spices in the pantry, and even oil and salt have to be carefully calculated, how can the food be delicious?

"It's getting colder and colder these days." Qingyue knew that her young master was "deceiving" her and felt embarrassed, so she took the initiative to change the subject: "As the saying goes, the autumn wind is the most penetrating, and the young master has to change into autumn clothes when he goes out tomorrow, otherwise In case of wind chill, this winter will be even more difficult.”

   Speaking of autumn clothes, Qingyue bit her lip: "By the way, Manager Liu sent someone to deliver a letter this morning, asking me to pick up the autumn clothes. I don't know what the autumn clothes are made of this time..."

   "In previous years, Young Master Jing's autumn clothes, not to mention the brocade clothes of other young ladies and young masters, are much worse than the children of the house stewards. I hope this time they can be thicker."

Lu Jing took the initiative to help Qingyue put the dishes, tableware and chopsticks into the food box, and still smiled: "The material is fine, if the material is too thin, it happened that last year's autumn clothes were too small, put the old autumn clothes on the inner clothes, and then put them on. The new clothes are just right, and it is still very hot at noon now, and it is easy to sweat when wearing too much."

   Qingyue turned her head to the side, seeing the calm smile on Lu Jing's face, she felt more and more that the young master had become a lot warmer in the past three months.

   "In the past, when the young master encountered this kind of thing, he would grit his teeth and grieve at himself, but now he is much more mature."

  Qingyue thought of this, she couldn't help feeling very distressed for Lu Jing.

   "Maybe the young master is accepting his fate? After studying poetry and books for eight or nine years, he has never been able to participate in the boyhood test because he has never learned horsemanship or swordsmanship.

   Later... I had to become the son-in-law of Nanfu, and missed the scientific examination all my life. "

   "It's better now, but Nanfu has gone back on its word again... Young master can't even be a rich man for a lifetime."

  Qing Yue lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes.

   She only thought that Young Master Lu Jing was kind-hearted, diligent and diligent in his studies, brilliant in his writing, and a son of a big family.

   Now the future is dark, I am afraid that I will not be able to jump out of the mud in front of me for the rest of my life...

   "Qingyue, you go back first and bring me a lamp. Let's have dinner later today, when I come back."

  Lu Jing's voice interrupted Qing Yue's thoughts.

  Qing Yue mentioned the food box and turned around quickly, not wanting Lu Jing to see the tears in her eyes.

   "Don't worry." Lu Jing's voice suddenly came from behind: "The car must have a way to the front of the mountain."

   "There is no end to man."

  Lu Jing spoke softly.

  Qingyue heard Lu Jing's voice, her footsteps paused, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears, and turned back to Lu Jing with a gentle smile.

   "I know, Master."

   (end of this chapter)