I am old in the Han Dynasty

Dongfang Shuo's expression froze, and he subconsciously hid behind Liu Che.

Liu Che expressed contempt for him, "It's just a domesticated tiger."

"That's also a tiger, not a mouse." Dongfang Shuo muttered softly.

Xie Lang said with a smile: "The world often compares women to tigresses. Mr. women are not afraid, but are you afraid of a little tiger who has just turned two years old?"

"Women have a cute side, but tigers are scary." Dongfang Shuo said.

Xie Lang smiled and turned to Liu Che, "Your Majesty is going to Shanglin Garden?"

Liu Che nodded slightly, "Let's go."

When they arrived at Shanglin Garden, Wei Qing and Xie Lang met the officials who collected dried sweet potatoes and went to the silkworm farm.Passing by Dongfang Shuo, Xie Lang deliberately paused.Without allowing Xie Lang to speak, Dongfang Shuo said in a hurry, "Third Young Master, Your Majesty's business is urgent, Your Majesty's business is urgent."

Xie Lang laughed, "I have something to report to His Majesty." Looking at Liu Che who was standing in front of him, "Cotton got the end of October."

"It's okay to be late. I want to be fine." Liu Che looked at Xie Lang and said.

Xie Lang smiled and said, "It's for sure." Then he turned to Dongfang Shuo, "Sir, are you sure you won't go?"

"Third Young Master, please forgive me." Dongfang Shuo wanted to kneel down for him.

Wei Qing couldn't help but tug on Xie Lang's arm, "Let's go."

Xie Lang rode a donkey out of Shanglin Garden, glanced back, "You must be too timid."

"His reaction is normal." Wei Qing said.

Xie Lang turned to him.

Wei Qing: "Your Majesty and I are not afraid, because we know you well. At that time, tigers were not as big as they are now, and they could swallow people's heads when they opened their mouths."

"A tiger dares to hurt people, I can't raise it." Xie Lang said.

Wei Qing laughed and said, "That's why Dongfang Shuo is afraid of tigers. Just like some people are afraid of dogs, some people are afraid of cats, and some people are afraid of mice."

"It's possible. Let's not talk about him. They all know?" Xie Lang glanced back.

Wei Qing nodded, "They are all smart people." After a pause, "Even if I don't know, I won't call me by my first name."

Xie Lang felt relieved.

Last time Wei Qing took people to pull sweet potatoes, only Xie Lang's place was there, and they finished pulling in one trip.This time, the whole village's sweet potatoes and cotton had to be visited so many times, Xie Lang was really worried that their bald mouths would be exposed.

At that time, if he didn't want to move to the city, he had to move to Liu Che's Shanglin Garden or Ganquan Palace.Because only these two places can raise golden monkeys, white tigers and black wolves.

Wei Qing knew what Xie Lang was worried about, and when he was about to reach the silkworm farm, Wei Qing reminded everyone again to call him Prince Wang or Zhongqing.

The officials and guards who came with Wei Qing were worried that he would slip up, so they all put on a serious face.

Seeing their business-like appearance, the villagers dared not open their mouths even if they tried to get close to them.As a result, in mid-October, when the cotton was taken away, no one knew that Wei Qing's surname was Wei, not Wang.

On the day when the locusts attacked, Xie Lang once told Wei Qing that if there are too many eggs, they will be turned into eggs.

Xie Lang's family has more than 20 chickens and more than 30 ducks, half of which are hens and ducks.Xie Lang's family of five couldn't finish the eggs they laid, so they had to be sold in the city.

But this year there are a lot of chickens and ducks, and eggs in the city are very cheap.Xie Lang ate duck eggs instead, and saved the eggs for bien eggs.

Xie Lang probably knows how to turn an egg, he helped his grandfather do it when he was a child.But he hadn't actually operated it, wasting hundreds of eggs before Xie Lang made it.

Brother Hou and Huzi tried it, and they couldn't die if they couldn't eat them, so Xie Lang made all the more than 200 eggs at home into turned eggs.Duck eggs make salted duck eggs.After Xie Lang moved all the duck eggs and Biandan to the west side room, a small mountain was piled up, not to mention how spectacular it was.

Xie Lang then pointed to the pile of jars filled with eggs and asked Xiao Qi, "These eggs are enough for us to eat till this time next year, are you happy?"

Children are happy to see their teeth but not their eyes.

"But now our family can collect nearly [-] eggs a day, and our family of five can only eat about ten eggs, which means that there are more than ten eggs left every day. Your third master and I have to go to the city to sell them in three to five days. Once." Xie Lang pointed to the bare vines in the courtyard, "It's so cold, what should the third master do if he doesn't want to go to the city?"

Without hesitation, the child said, "Then we won't sell it."

"If you don't sell it, it will be ruined." Xie Lang said.

The child was in trouble, "What should I do then?"

"The chickens and ducks were killed." Xie Lang said, "Keep five hens and five ducks. Laying ten eggs a day is just enough for us to eat."

The child looked up at him, "Aren't you going to sell it?"

"I heard that there will be snow for a few days. Do you want your third master to brave the severe cold to sell eggs?" Xie Lang said, "Your grandfather Meng Da bought our dried sweet potatoes and gave our family a lot of money. There is no shortage of money now."

The money from selling sweet potatoes is nothing shameful, so Xie Lang went to the city to buy a jar, and put all the copper coins in the jar.A small altar was full, and it was placed on the table in the living room at this time.

Xiaoqi only knows that copper coins can buy things. Seeing so much money, the child was very happy for many days.

Seeing that the child's expression was loose, Xie Lang continued, "If I don't kill the chickens and ducks, I will buy them from the villagers. I also need to give them money."

"Then kill it." The child weighed it, "We need to keep five hens and ducks." He pointed out ten fingers to remind Xie Lang.

Xie Lang smiled and said: "Of course. Has your third master ever lied to you?"

"The third master never lies." The child said without thinking.

Xie Lang nodded, "Yes. So I killed all the male ducks today. Your third master doesn't need to clean up the ducks in the next three days, so he can lead you to play in the mountains."

After the child heard it, he was happy, "I will help the third master."

"Then let's go boil the water." Xie Lang led the child to the stove to boil an iron pot of hot water, and then went to slaughter the duck.

Seven ducks were placed in a large meat basin, and with boiling hot water, it could be said to be a whole basin.

The weather at the end of October is cold, but it is not so cold that people can shrink into the house.What's more, for the common people, no matter how cold it is, they have to do things.Naturally, there were many people around the drying room at the entrance of Xie Zhongwu.

Seeing Xie Lang kill so many ducks at once, these people thought he was crazy.

Xie Lang had already thought of a reason.Hearing Feng Ying ask, "Did you kill all the ducks?" Xie Lang took advantage of the situation and said, "I'm worried that there will be a plague in spring next year."

"plague?"

Plague is more terrifying than locust plague.

When locusts cross the border, not a single blade of grass grows, and people have nothing to eat.Once the plague comes out, people and animals don't have to eat.

Feng Ying couldn't help getting closer, "Who did you listen to?"

"I guessed, but I can't be sure." Xie Lang said.

Feng Ying: "Is there any basis? You can't guess randomly."

"Extreme things must be reversed. The drought is so dry that the bean sprouts are dying, and the locusts are coming. Now every household raises dozens of chickens and ducks, and the excrement is everywhere. It is cold in winter, and it is fine to freeze the excrement. Spring is warm, and people are prone to illness. , the livestock will definitely get sick too. It doesn’t take much, if there is one in the family, the plague will come out.”

"Uncle Saburo, is what you said true?"

Xie Lang was startled, turned his head to look, "Chun'e?" Then looked at his father's cousin, "Cousin, when did you arrive?"

"Just arrived. Your aunt said that it hasn't snowed since the beginning of winter. I'm worried that it will snow in a few days and I won't be able to walk on the road. Let me come to see you." The man in his 40s came over, "What you just said is really you Guess, or did your friends tell you?"

Seeing that he was still holding a piece of mutton in his hand, Xie Lang presumably came to thank me for giving him cotton seeds and sweet potato seedlings, "I guess. But this kind of thing is not the best. If there is, then all these will have to be burned." Bury it. It’s better to kill it now. It also saves me from going to the city to buy pork.”

"What about us? My family doesn't have Brother Monkey, Hu Zi, or Little Wolf. Saburo, will we sell it to you?" Feng Ying said.

Xie Lang immediately wanted to roll his eyes, "How much is a catty in the city, how much will I give you, can you sell it? And you have to clean it up for me."

"Sell!" Feng Ying said, "I'll go find your uncle right now."

Xie Lang smiled and said, "Go."

Feng Ying turned around and headed south.

Xie Chun'e saw that he was smiling very strangely, "Uncle Sanlang, is there something wrong with Aunt Feng Ying's chickens and ducks?"

"My aunt has to scold her." After the words fell, Yao Guizhi's voice came over.

The general idea is that chickens and ducks are cheap now, a chicken is not worth five cents, and chickens and ducks grow up eating the locusts in the ground, so what if it is all given to Xie Lang.Is she short of the few pennies?

Xie Lang suppressed a smile and told Xiao Qi, "Go get two benches." Then he explained to Xie Chun'e and his cousin, "The tiger is in the house, you don't go in first."

"Uncle Saburo, leave them alone."

Xie Lang frowned tightly, wanting to see who was speaking so rudely. When he looked up, he saw Qian Xiaohua walking over, cursed softly, and pointed at Xie Chun'e, "Who is she? Want to ask me what should I do? Don't tell me I don't know." , I know and I won’t tell you.”

Qian Xiaohua choked, "You, you are the head of the village."

"I'm the head of the village, and the plague hasn't come yet. Why do you want me?" Xie Lang stared at me and asked, "When you elected me as the head of the village, you promised yourself that you wouldn't bother me with small things. You can solve big things yourself. When will The plague is coming, when will you come to me again?"

Qian Xiaohua pointed at him, "You, you—"

"What are you? Saburo is right! Don't bother him if you have nothing to do."

Qian Xiaohua turned her head suddenly, "You cut in when I'm talking——Wang, Mr. Wang, why are you here? It's such a cold day."

"I don't know if I don't come, you usually talk to Sanlang like this." Liu Che frowned, "Sanlang, follow me tomorrow."

"I can't, I can't." Yao Guizhi ran over, "Qian Xiaohua, what should I do?"

Qian Xiaohua hurried to Xie Zhongwu's side.

Yao Guizhi walked up to Liu Che, "Don't be angry, my lord, there is only one ignorant person in our village. Just pretend to be her farting." Liu Che was not allowed to speak, so he called Xiao Qi, "Take your grandpa Meng Da to the house. Take a break here. Chun'e, big brother, go to my house." Turning to Xie Chun'e and Xie Jianye's cousin.

The two of them didn't move, they glanced at the things in their hands.

Yao Guizhi took it off and handed it to Liu Che's guard, "Let's go."

The two subconsciously looked at Xie Lang.

Xie Lang smiled, "Go. I'll go there after dinner."

The two of them headed south.

Liu Che didn't go in, but stood at the door and looked at Xie Lang, "How long will it take?"

"Half an hour." Xie Lang said truthfully.

Liu Che frowned slightly.

Xie Lang didn't hear the sound, turned around and saw his expression was not good, and his heart shivered, "Is something wrong?"

Liu Che nodded heavily.

Xie Lang's eyebrows twitched, the matter was not simple, "Chaozhong?" I haven't heard from the villagers who go to the city every day recently.Could it be?Counting the days, it's time for Wei Qing to make a contribution, "North?"

Liu Che nodded again, walked up to him, and didn't think the duck was smelly or the cesspit was smelly, so he squatted down and asked, "What do you think of Zhongqing?"

"You already have the answer in your heart, don't you?" Xie Lang said, "Or do you still have other choices?"

Liu Che shook his head slightly.

"Then believe in yourself once. Zhongqing will not let you down."

Liu Che: "Do you know anything?"

"Zhongqing is careful and bold." Xie Lang said, "You know better than me that you are careful. If you are bold, just say one thing. How old was he when he ran away from his father's house?"

Liu Che recalled carefully, "When I met Zifu, he was only in his teens. At that time, he was already living with his mother. When he was at his father's house, he was as old as Xiao Qi."

"You have been by your side for many years, and you have taught him a lot. Can you be called wise and brave now?" Xie Lang asked back.

Liu Che said without hesitation: "Of course!"

"That's why I said you already have the answer in your heart." Xie Lang said, "Recently I made something delicious and asked Xiao Qi to bring you two. Don't eat too much of that thing. This sentence is true."

Liu Che stood up, and when he turned around, he suddenly thought, "Duck for lunch?"

"Duck meat needs to be stewed for a long time. Eat this if you are not very hungry." Xie Lang said.

Liu Che: "Just eat this." Then he shouted into the room, "Xie Xiaoqi!"

"What are you doing?"

Liu Che followed the sound, "What are you doing?"

"I'm cleaning Brother Monkey's room. Brother Monkey is too sloppy." The child came out with a broom, "Sloppier than a pig."

Seeing that he was not as tall as a broom, Liu Che couldn't help laughing, "Why are you sloppy? Tell me."

"You can tell by looking at it." Xiao Qi turned around and pulled out a dung basket from the house, "The fruit that the third master gave it, it gnawed everywhere."

Liu Che walked over and saw that the ground was full of peels and cores, and there was almost no pulp on the peels, which was cleaner than people chewing on them. "You brother monkey ate all of them?"

"Yes." Xie Lang usually cleans the room for the three of them.Just now Xie Lang asked Xiao Qi to move stools, Xiao Qi moved two to the door and saw Liu Che coming, then went back to the house to move stools for Liu Che.Seeing that his friend's room was so dirty that he couldn't see anyone, Yao Guizhi dragged Xie Chun'e and Xie Lang's cousin away again. The child thought there was a stool outside, so he took a broom to clean his friend's room.

Seeing Liu Che going inside, the child quickly stopped him, "You can't go in."

"Let me take a look." Liu Che glanced inside, saw a couch with bedding on it, and said in surprise, "The three sleep on the couch?"

The child nodded, "Yes."

Liu Che pursed his lips. He should have been speechless, but he couldn't help laughing, "Your third master treats the three of you as human beings?"

"No." The child said.

Eat cooked food and sleep on couch.When he came over in summer once, he saw Xie Lang bathing three of them with a basin.What is not a person?Liu Che wanted to ask, but seeing the child just sweeping the floor, he said, "I'll ask your third master."

"You go." Xiaoqi waved his little hand, "I'll sweep it, and I'll go too."

Liu Che raised his foot and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered the purpose of the yard, "Your third master said that he made something delicious recently and asked you to bring it to me to taste. Where is that thing?"

"What's delicious?" The child asked with all his strength to pick up a shovel that was much taller than him.

Seeing that it was too difficult for him, Liu Che went over to help him get the stolen goods into the dung basket, and then ordered the guards to take them out and dump them, "What does your family have to eat?"

Xiaoqi washed his hands, wiped with a face towel and said, "My family eats a lot."

"Xie Xiaoqi!"

Xiao Qi was startled, "What's the matter?"

"It's okay." Liu Che said, "I must have asked you to help him scoop water." He pointed at the two guards, "Go and have a look. Xiaoqi, let's go get something delicious."