I am old in the Han Dynasty

"Pfft!" Xie Lang sprayed all the soup in his mouth on himself.

Xiao Qi hurriedly stood up, stretched out her small hand and patted his back, "Third Master, be careful. You are an adult, why do you still eat like me when you eat?"

Xie Lang stopped breathing suddenly and almost choked, "Xiao Qi, sit down for me."

"How is the third master?" the child looked at him and asked.

Let the child continue to talk and shoot, and he will not be able to think about it.

"If you don't eat the dumpling soup, it will be cold." Xie Lang pointed at his bowl, "Look at you, Brother Monkey, don't steal it. I'll go inside and change my clothes."

Xiaoqi nodded and waved his little hand, "Go quickly."

Xie Lang rubbed his head, but actually wanted to slap him even more, this kid, he really owed him in his previous life.

After changing into clean clothes, Xie Lang threw the dirty clothes into the basin and asked, "Xiaoqi, when will you grow up?"

"I've grown up." Xiao Qi tilted her head and looked at him and said.

Xie Lang pointed at the clothes, "Can you wash my clothes?"

The child looked along his fingers, as if it was not enough, "I haven't grown up yet."

"Then when will you grow up?" Xie Lang picked up the bowl and asked.

The child thought about it seriously, "Tomorrow."

Xie Lang was delighted, he really dared to say it.

"Help me wash my clothes tomorrow." Xie Lang said.

The child nodded without thinking, "Okay."

"Xiao Qi, do you want to have a mother like Xiao Niu and Xiao Zhuang?" Xie Lang looked at him and asked.

Xiao Qi didn't understand, "Why do you have a mother?"

"Others have them, don't you want them?"

Xiao Qi shook her head, "They don't have a third master."

"The third master is better than your mother?" Xie Lang's eyes were full of smiles.

The child nodded vigorously, "The third master is the best."

"I'll kill another rooster tomorrow to make dumpling soup for you?" Xie Lang said.

Xiao Qi quickly shook her head, "I can't kill any more. Chickens want to eat bugs."

"Then I'll listen to Xiaoqi." The weather is hot, the animals don't want to move, and the people don't want to move.It wasn't Liu Che who came over today, so Xie Lang soaked some bean curd sticks, made some cold dishes, cooked some porridge in the yard, drank the porridge and ate cold dishes.

"Uncle Saburo, are you at home?"

Xie Guang's voice came from outside, Xie Lang quickly looked around, the watermelon rinds were all in the pigsty, "At home. Come in."

"Uncle Saburo, look what this is."

Xie Lang raised his eyes and asked in surprise, "Watermelon? Where did you get it?"

"You really know?" Xie Guang trotted over.

Xie Lang nodded, and said to Xiao Qi, "Eat quickly." Don't talk too much.

The child quickly lowered his head, wondering why Xie Guang had watermelons.Isn't the watermelon only his third master has?

"Young Master Wang just said today, where did you find it?" Xie Lang asked hastily.

Xie Guang: "The heavy snow in the twelfth lunar month almost collapsed Xie Jianming's house, do you remember? My father thought my house was also dangerous, so he asked me and my uncle to go up the mountain with him to find wood for the house. If next spring You don’t need to serve in the military, just like your family, you will first build two side houses to live in, and then build the main house in autumn.”

"Then you found this on the mountain?" Xie Lang said for him.

Xie Guang nodded, "I found it by the spring of the mother who buried the tiger."

Xie Lang suddenly remembered that it must have grown from the seeds of the watermelon that he led Monkey up the mountain last year, "Open it and let me see if it's red inside."

"How to open it?" Xie Guang turned his head to look, "I'm going to get the knife."

There was still a watermelon in Xie Lang's cupboard, so he didn't dare to let him in, so he quickly said: "Don't bother." He raised his hand and punched the top of the watermelon.

With a bang, Xie Guang stopped.The watermelon split open, Xie Guang said in surprise, "Is it really red?"

"You can eat the red ones. Keep the black seeds carefully. Plant a few at your door or behind your house next spring, and it will be enough for you to eat for a whole summer."

Xie Guang: "Uncle Sanlang don't want it?"

"Prince Wang comes here every few days, I don't lack these foods." Xie Lang saw that he was about to break them open, "Take it home and feed it to your parents."

Xie Guang looked at Xiaoqi, "Do you want to eat?"

"I don't want to eat it." It's not as big as his third master's watermelon, and it doesn't look as sweet as his third master's watermelon. The child shook his head decisively, "I want broth."

When Xie Lang was packing up the chicken at the door, Xie Guang saw it, saw that there was meat and noodles in his bowl, and mistakenly thought that Xie Lang used chicken soup to cook the noodles, "Then you eat it. Uncle Sanlang really doesn't want it?"

"If you give it to me, I can't eat it either." Xie Lang glanced at his bowl, then turned to the watermelon, "This thing will go rancid at night. If it's rancid, you can't eat it."

Xie Guang: "Diarrhea?"

Xie Lang nodded.

Xie Guang quickly asked, "Why don't you cut it?"

"It should last for two or three days." Xie Lang said, "Is there a lot? It's white inside and you can't eat it."

Xie Guang shook his head, "Six or seven. I didn't count carefully."

"Then two or three of your family will be fine after eating in three days." Xie Lang said.

Xie Guang breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll go back and tell my parents, so they don't know they've cut it all up." Then he went home with the watermelon in his arms.

Xie Lang turned to Xiao Qi, and said in a low voice, "In the future, people in the village will find watermelon and ask Xiao Qi if he has eaten it. Xiao Qi said that he had eaten it at Grandpa Zhongqing's house. You can't say that our family has it."

"Why?" Xiao Qi said, "Uncle Xie Guang has it." Subconsciously, he doesn't want his family.

Xie Lang glanced outside, but no one still lowered his voice and said, "Your aunt doesn't have it, my aunt doesn't, and Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma's are useless. If they knew we had it, would they come to our house to eat?"

The child quickly said, "I won't tell, Third Master."

Xie Lang patted his head, he was such a good boy, "Let's eat your broth."

"Xie Guang, where did you find this melon?"

Xie Lang's eyebrows twitched, and he quickly got up and closed the door.Then I heard Xie Guang say, "It's on the mountain. How do you know it's a melon?"

"I heard what you said to Uncle Sanlang just now."

Xie Lang's heart trembled, and he couldn't help thanking him for being so thoughtful, "Did you hear what your aunt said? If your second aunt knew, she didn't go to Xie Guang, but came to us directly."

The child frowned, "I hate her, Third Master."

"I hate her too. You will meet many hated people in the future, but you have to talk to her, what will you do?" Xie Lang asked.

Xiao Qi said without thinking, "I won't talk to him."

"It has to be said." Xie Lang said.

Xiao Qi shook her head, "What should the third master do?"

"Smiling on the face, scolding him in the heart." Xie Lang said, "For example, when I called your second aunt, I said, Qian Xiaohua, but I was thinking, shrew. I said, have you eaten yet? In my heart, I said, She eats almost as much dirt. Are you happy?"

The child thought about it carefully, opened his eyes wide and nodded vigorously, "Third Master is so smart."

"Otherwise, why would you be your third master?" Xie Lang laughed, "There is one thing you have to remember, don't say what's on your mind."

Xiaoqi: "I remember."

"Eat." Xie Lang picked some meat for him and put it in his bowl.

The child grabbed the spoon and scooped a big mouthful into his mouth.

After dinner, Xie Lang cleaned up the kitchen and the yard, took the bamboo mat and led the child to the side of the road, where he could enjoy the shade while the child slept.Seeing that Xie Guang and his parents were also there, Xie Lang asked casually, "Qian Xiaohua asked for melons, you didn't give them, did you?"

"No." Qin Hong said, "I told her that all she wants is watermelon seeds. If not, go look for them on the mountain."

Xie Lang was curious, "Do you want watermelon seeds too?"

Qin Hong nodded, "I also said that I don't want it for nothing. I shouldn't have given it to her."

"I would ignore her." Xie Lang said.

Qin Hong smiled and said, "She's afraid of you, not me. By the way, why did the prince come and leave today? I heard that there are two more people looking for them. What's the matter?"

"It's something serious. I asked Zhongqing, but Zhongqing said I didn't understand. I didn't ask." Xie Lang said, "I heard that all the officials were called to the palace. I don't know which nobleman had an accident. .”

Xie Bowen hurriedly asked, "Isn't it Your Majesty?"

"No." Xiao Qi said suddenly.

Xie Lang was startled, "How do you know?" He stared at him.

"Then, that person said no." After Xiao Qi finished speaking, he quickly covered his mouth.

Xie Bowen turned to Xie Lang, "You actually know?"

"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you'll know when you get to the city." Xie Lang said, "I'll tell you about things that haven't been decided yet, and you will implicate the prince."

When the word "involved" came out, Xie Bowen didn't dare to ask.

The next day, Xie Bowen and his entourage went to the city and learned that the emperor was going to court normally and nothing happened in the palace. They thought Xie Lang didn't know and they were thinking too much.

On the morning of July [-]th, Xie Bowen sold bean curd sticks and was about to go to the north gate. Seeing that everyone in the city was heading towards Caishikou, he couldn't help but grab someone and ask, "What happened?"

"The queen is deposed."

Xie Bowen's expression changed drastically, "Who?"

"Queen." The speaker shook her off, "Those who rebelled with the queen will be beheaded today, don't you know?"

Xie Bowen subconsciously said: "I don't know." He regained his senses and followed the crowd to the vegetable market entrance.However, he knew it too late. When he arrived with the cart, Caishikou was already surrounded by three floors inside and three floors outside, and nothing could get through.

Until the prisoner's body was taken away, Xie Bowen couldn't see what the prisoner looked like, only knowing that there were men and women.

When Xie Bowen went to silkworm breeding, he went to look for Xie Lang.

Xie Lang was thinking whether to eat or not to eat at noon.

Hearing Xie Bowen call him, Xie Lang said to himself, good things eat chicken, bad things eat cold dishes.As soon as I got to the door, I asked, "What happened?"

"The queen is deposed."

Xie Lang subconsciously asked, "Which queen?"

"Which one else? It's Dou Taizhu's daughter. It's wrong to be a good queen, what kind of witchcraft is used. I really don't know what she thinks. Originally, the emperor thought she couldn't bear a son, so let's do it now." Xie Bowen said, sighed.

"How do you know that the emperor thinks she can't bear a son?"

"Everyone says that. Isn't it?" Xie Bowen asked, "Impossible. The emperor is already 27. When the first emperor was his age, King Linjiang was almost ten years old. He is not in a hurry?"

Liu Che was in a hurry, far from being so anxious that his son hadn't even seen him yet, and he didn't know which wife could give birth to a prince, so he abolished the queen to make room for the son's mother.

Xie Lang thought that due to the fact that the Chen family was Liu Che's cousin, Liu Che would treat her coldly. After two years of Wei Qing's meritorious service, Wei Zifu gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor, and Liu Che followed his father's example and made room for the crown prince's mother... ...It seems that he still doesn't know Liu Che well enough.

"Sanlang, what are you thinking?" Xie Bowen pushed him.

Xie Lang came to his senses, "I'm worried about Zhongqing and his elder brother. I hurriedly called them back the day before yesterday to discuss the abolition of the empress. I don't know if Zhongqing and his elder brother said anything that shouldn't be said."

"Probably not. The eldest son Wang and the second son seem to be smart people." But who can say for sure about the Tian family.Xie Bowen couldn't help worrying when he said it, "Are you going to the city tomorrow?"

Xie Lang shook his head, "Let's go in a few days. Everyone in the city must be in danger these days, worried about being involved."

"So serious?" Xie Bowen couldn't help asking.

Xie Lang nodded, "When the emperor got angry, he buried millions of dead bodies. Have you heard of it?"

Xie Bowen had never heard of it, but he vaguely knew what it meant, "Then don't go. It just so happens that it's so hot, you could pass out if you're not careful."

"Yeah. I'll go and have a look at the end of the month." Xie Lang said, "If they don't come over." After a pause, "You go to the city to deliver things in the past few days and then come back, don't hang around in the city."

Xie Bowen nodded, "I see. Tell your elder brother and second brother later."

"Then you go home quickly." Seeing that he was covered in sweat, Xie Lang said, "Drink more cold boiled water. I heard from Meng Da that people sweat too much, and they will get dizzy if they don't drink water in time."

"Understood." Xie Bowen replied, and led the donkey home.

Xiao Qi dragged Xie Lang into the room with all her strength.

"What's wrong?" Xie Lang asked curiously.

Xiao Qi looked up at him, "What happened to Grandpa Meng Da?"

"Your grandpa Meng Da is fine. Don't worry. Anyone may be in trouble, and neither he nor Grandpa Zhongqing will be in trouble." One died, and the other lived longer than anyone else. Thinking of this, Xie Lang felt that worrying about Liu Che was better than worrying about himself How long can I live, "What do you want to eat?"

"Ah?" The court affairs suddenly turned to eating and drinking, and the child didn't react and was stunned.

Xie Lang pointed to the high hanging sun, "It's time to cook."

"The third master is not worried about Grandpa Meng Da?"

Xie Lang: "He's fine. What's he doing?"

Makes sense.

Xiaoqi immediately said, "I want to eat fish."

"Then let's eat fish." Xie Lang pointed to the cool place to the west, "Go there and wait. It's hot inside."

The child ran over immediately, "Master, you come too."

"I know." Xie Lang went to the Jiangshan map to catch two breams, washed them clean, cut the back of the fish open with a knife, and brought them outside to steam in a pottery urn.

Xiao Qi is growing up, and now he learns martial arts with him every morning, and needs calcium and protein supplements, Xie Lang is worried that he won't eat fish after eating steamed buns, so he doesn't even warm up the steamed buns.

After killing two breams, one big and one small, Xie Lang sat on the bench to rest for a long time before getting up to stew sea bass for brother Hou, Huzi and little wolf.

After feeding the three of them, Xie Lang went out to cut some sweet potato vines to feed the pigs, cows and donkeys, he was too sleepy to keep his eyes open.

The room was too hot to sleep, so Xie Lang spread a bamboo mat at the door of the west side room, and leaned against the wall to sleep.

Every time at this time Xie Lang couldn't help but rejoice that he was in a silkworm farm near the mountain.If he was in the city, it would be hotter at night than during the day, and he would have to take out a piece of ice to relieve the heat at the risk of being discovered.Otherwise, if you don't die from the heat, you will also die from sleeplessness because of lack of sleep at night.

There is no such worry in silkworm rearing.Close to the mountains, far away from the city, the houses are low, the surroundings are open, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and it is dawn at night in the dog days.

When it rains, you have to cover yourself with a quilt to sleep.It is simply more comfortable than the air conditioner in the previous life.

"Third Master, I'm hot." The child rubbed his eyes, looked up and saw that the person beside him was Xie Lang, and burrowed into Xie Lang's arms.

Xie Lang was speechless and thought it was funny, "You're hot and still so close to me? I'll fetch a basin of water, let's take a bath when it's hot, okay? It won't be hot after taking a bath."

The kid nodded.

Xie Lang put him on the mat, brought back two buckets of water, the child was already snoring.

After pouring the water into the tub, Xie Lang took out the big cattail fan, sat down beside the child, propped his chin with one hand, and played the fan slowly with the other.

Boom!

The child shivered for a moment, then opened his eyes suddenly, "Master!"

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Xie Lang hurriedly hugged him, "The weather has changed, let's go back to the house." Putting the child on the floor of the living room, Xie Lang went outside to lead the oxen and the donkey, and pack up the clothes.

After he cleaned up the yard, the raindrops as big as beans were already pattering down.

The wind was blowing and the weather turned cold, Xie Lang immediately felt refreshed, dragged Xiaoqi to lie on the floor, and fell asleep until [-]:[-] when the rain stopped and the clouds cleared up.

The rain was too heavy, and he couldn't walk on the road the next day, so Xie Lang didn't have to worry about whether to go to the city to see Wei Qing.

In the evening, take a torch and take Xiao Qi to find Cicada who has not yet broken ground.

Catch it back and put it in the bucket, open the bucket the next day, and find out that the shell has been peeled off, and the body is still white and tender, Xie Lang rinses it with water, and fry it in the oil pan.

Xiao Qi didn't dare to eat it, Xie Lang ate one, and handed one to Hou Ge, Hu Zi and Xiao Lang, one person and three animals ate with relish, Xiao Qi grabbed one, closed his eyes and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Is it delicious?" Xie Lang asked with a smile.

The child opened his eyes, surprised and delighted, unable to believe it, "It smells so good. Third Master."

"Your third master doesn't smell good, but this one." Xie Lang put one into his mouth, "Continue tonight?"

The child nodded repeatedly.

The team that caught cicadas at night grew stronger.

Xie Lang didn't grab a big pot like the night before, he grabbed about twenty of them, and the next day he skewered them into two skewers and ate them.

Five days later, Xie Lang took Xiaoqi to the city before Wei Qing came.

After sitting at Wei's house for a while, he made sure that Wei Qing was fine and that Liu Che hadn't killed anyone. He left six watermelons for Wei Qing, and took Xiao Qi back.

After returning to the village, it hadn't rained for 20 days, and the bean sprouts were so thirsty that Xie Lang realized that the weather was not right.

Locust plagues are always accompanied by drought.In other words, continuous drought can easily induce locust plagues.Xie Lang didn't dare to kill his family's chickens and ducks, and took Xie Bowen and Xie Guang to the mountains to look for wild ducks and pheasants.

Xie Lang cut off the wings of wild ducks and pheasants, and tied them to the tree at the door.

Seeing Xie Lang's actions, the villagers invariably made baskets out of wheat straw and bamboo to hold the locusts.

Xie Lang didn't prepare these, he prepared three water jars.

On August [-]th, in the morning, Xie Lang got up and heard a buzzing sound, and mistook it for mosquitoes. After eating and drinking enough, he took the animals out. Is it a locust?"

Xie Bowen ran over quickly, took a closer look, his face was pale, "The locusts are coming! The locusts are coming! Xie Guang, hurry up, net me."

Xie Lang turned around and ran home, holding a water tank in one hand and a net bag on his arm.

Xiao Qi hurriedly followed, "Master, wait for me."

Xie Lang paused, "Xiaoqi, take the bamboo pole."

Xiao Qi picked up the bamboo pole on the ground, "Third Master, here it is."

Xie Lang went to the ground and gave Xiao Qi a net bag, picked up the bamboo pole, and shouted at the people who ran out of the house, "Don't catch the locusts first. Let the chickens and ducks eat the locusts."

"That's right, the chickens and ducks should be hungry." After Xie Lang reminded them, everyone quickly woke up the chickens and ducks that were still deeply asleep.

Chickens and ducks that had slept all night opened their eyes and saw another bug in front of them, and opened their mouths to peck.

The locusts in the field had been eaten up by chickens and ducks long ago. The locusts that came from nowhere fell and did not rise again. About half an hour later, the number of locusts was much less.

The chickens and ducks were paralyzed on the ground, and the villagers took a rest and began to catch locusts with nets.Others grabbed it and put it in a basket, Xie Lang grabbed it and put it in a water tank.

When Xie Guang saw it, he couldn't help asking, "Uncle Sanlang, what are you doing in there?"

"I have salt water in it." Xie Lang said, "I was worried that I wouldn't need it, but I didn't expect it to be used." After a pause, "I really hope I don't need it."

Xie Guang: "Can salt water drown locusts?"

"It should be." Xie Lang said.

Xie Guang was curious: "You don't know? Then what are you doing in it?"

"Marinated and deep-fried, it tastes better than cicada monkeys." Xie Lang couldn't help swallowing and licked the corner of his mouth. The deep-fried locusts in later generations are as high as 300 yuan a catty, which is simply sky-high. "Don't you Give it all to me. Grab two or three tanks, and I don’t have to cook for Brother Monkey these days.”