The official road of the farmer

August is the hottest season, the dawn is early, just after Yinshi, the sun has not yet risen, but the light is already sufficient, as if it is daytime.

Early this morning, Ye Junshu quietly got up and dressed before dawn. After getting dressed, he looked back at the twins and Xiaoshan.

The five babies and the six babies were sound asleep, and each cheek had a beautiful blush, as if they felt hot, and the thin quilt was kicked aside, revealing their bulging bellies.

Ye Junshu leaned over, covered the thin quilt on his stomach, and then walked out of the room lightly.

While washing up, Geer Lu also came out rubbing his eyes.

Seeing Ye Junshu walk over, he called softly, "Good morning, brother."

"Morning." Ye Junshu put the washing utensils back in place, and said to Brother Lu, "Why did you get up so early? Why don't you sleep a little longer?"

"Pancakes for eldest brother to eat on the way." Lu Geer said obediently.

"No, big brother is fine." Ye Junshu said softly, "Go back and rest."

Brother Lu shook his head and refused to listen, "Don't worry about it, brother, I won't be able to sleep anyway! You go and prepare the things you want to take to the county seat." Brother Lu said, and went to get his toiletries.

Ye Junshu was helpless, what did he have to prepare for?He put all the things he should bring into the pannier last night, and he only needs to bring the money and put it on the pannier.

Seeing that Brother Lu couldn't understand, Ye Junshu simply ignored it and went to the kitchen.

Brother Lu is a careful person, he wants to take over the kitchen work and do it himself all day long.In the past, Ye Junshu directly suppressed them, or sent him some light jobs, but two months ago, Brother Lu insisted on cooking with him because he was crying and fussing.

Brother Lu hasn't dropped a golden doudou since the time he cried the most not long ago when he came here two years ago, and now he looks at Ye Junshu with aggrieved tears, which makes him feel bad.

Ye Junshu almost agreed to Lu Ge'er's request on the spot, and the remaining rationality prevented him from nodding, but the principle retreated again and again, and Ye Junshu finally let Lu Ge'er take charge of the cooking, but chopping vegetables was more dangerous or other important tasks. He does it, and it must be done in his presence.

After these two months of observation, Lu Ge'er was still stable and orderly, so Ye Junshu felt relieved and left the three meals to Lu Ge'er, but he would do the heavy work.

In fact, the main reason is that Brother Lu cooks much better food than him...Ye Junshu faced the bleak fact that his cooking skills for many years were not as good as that of a beginner, and his expression was sad.

Brother Lu doesn't know about his elder brother's mental activities. In his heart, his elder brother is a man of indomitable spirit. He will take a scientific examination in the future. How can he spend all day in the kitchen doing his work?

Looking around, which man has entered the kitchen?His eldest brother is no worse than anyone else, so he can't be wronged.

After he seriously brushed his teeth and washed his face, when he walked into the kitchen, Ye Junshu was already kneading dough.

Brother Lu went over to help, and the two brothers had a tacit understanding, and soon hot pancakes were freshly baked.

Ye Junshu packed five hot cakes, put them in the back basket, and said to Brother Lu: "Then the eldest brother will go first, stay at home, don't be naughty, and watch the younger brother not let them go to the riverside and high places."

"Understood. Brother, pay attention to safety too." Brother Lu responded, and then sent Ye Junshu out.

Just as Ye Junshu walked out of the house, he raised his hand and rubbed Brother Lu's head, "Hey, go back."

Lu Geer nodded and stood on the threshold.

Ye Junshu had no choice but to leave quickly without looking back.

The cattle uncle in the village would drive an ox cart from the village to the county every two days to carry passengers back and forth to earn some money for the carriage.And today is the day when Niu Bo entered the county.

In order to avoid the scorching heat, basically go in the morning when the sun is not hot yet, and come back in the evening when the sun is about to set.

When Ye Junshu arrived at the meeting point at the entrance of the village, several people were already there, chatting away while standing beside the crude frame made of wooden boards.

A strong big black cow stood docilely aside, flicking its long tail leisurely from time to time.

Ye Junshu walked over quickly and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm late, I kept you uncles and brothers waiting for so long."

"Hi! It's still early, not too late." A middle-aged man with a straightforward personality replied.

"Yeah, boy Zhou, you are not the latest one, there are still people who didn't come!" Another middle-aged brother also said.

Ye Junshu felt relieved now, he thought he was a junior who made so many elders wait!fine.

Uncle Niu was wearing a straw hat, standing beside the big black cow, smoothing the big black cow's hair.Ye Junshu went over to say hello to him, and then asked, "Have you all eaten? There are freshly made pancakes here, boy, do you want to try some?"

"No, no, we ate it all." The middle-aged brother waved his hand, "Boy Zhou, you can eat by yourself, so as not to starve."

Ye Junshu asked around and said that he had eaten, so he smiled and said, "That boy is not impolite." At this time, Jie is easy to be hungry, and he is already hungry when he is growing up.

So he took out a pancake and ate it bite by bite.

A few uncles were bored, watching Ye Junshu eating pancakes, couldn't help laughing and said: "Hey, it's different after studying, he looks like a brother when he eats food, unlike those brats at home who can't eat a meal. Like a starving ghost."

"Hey! Look at what you said, this boy Zhou is called gentle! Scholars eat like this, do you think everyone will talk like you?"

The young brother who had been silent on the side couldn't help but pursed his lips and laughed.

Eating anything can become the focus, Ye Junshu's face became hot, and he felt embarrassed, but the pancake was half-eaten, and it was hard to put it back.

Fortunately, the last two people who were waiting rushed over, and they were all there. Ye Junshu took half of the cake back, waited for everyone to get into the car, and then sat in it, staggering all the way to the county town.

Fengcheng County is an ordinary county under the Yongzhou rule. It is ordinary, has no outstanding political achievements, has not produced any big figures, and is not an important transportation hub. After three years, it has not changed much.

The city wall of the county town is made of dusty loess mixed with crushed stones, the height of two adults put together. There are no officers and soldiers guarding the dilapidated city gate.

This is not an important frontier fortress, and there is basically no supervision and inspection. Only when it is light in the morning and dark in the evening, will the guards of the county government come to open and close the door.

The ox cart drove into the city gate, turned left along the flat road familiarly, and finally stopped under a big willow tree.

Several people got out of the car one after another.

"Gather here at Youshi, and you won't have to wait after the hour." Uncle Niu reminded.

"Understood." The uncles said indifferently, each gave Uncle Niu a penny, and left together.

Ye Junshu also gave the money, "Thank you, Uncle Niu."

Uncle Niu took the money and showed his yellow teeth, "Boy Zhou, are you not used to sitting?"

Ye Junshu smiled wryly, "Ah, I'm not used to sitting." He hadn't ridden in a bullock cart for many years, and after sitting for more than an hour, he was jolted all the way, and felt that his butt was not his own anymore.

"It's okay, you'll get used to it if you sit a lot."

Ye Junshu smiled and nodded, trying to control the urge to rub his buttocks, "Then I'll go first."

"Go."

He said goodbye to Uncle Niu, walked slowly for a while, and finally recovered.

It's just that his stomach was growling with hunger, and he ate half of the pancakes before he came, but he didn't have the nerve to eat them all the time. Ye Junshu took out all the pancakes, found a cool place to sit and ate them all, and then he felt alive. come over.

It was only now that Ye Junshu was interested in seeing the situation in the county.

There are not many pedestrians on the street, except that today is not a big day for going to the market, and because the weather is too hot, people don't want to come out under such a big sun if it is not necessary.

Even though Ye Junshu tried to walk in the shade, he was sweating in no time.

There were not many people, and the business of the shops lined up on both sides was naturally not very good. Ye Junshu walked around and found no one recruiting workers. Looking inside, the waiters in the shop were all listless.

Ye Junshu pondered, is it possible that he should do business in person?But the weather is so hot, the flow of people is not big, no matter what business you do, it will not be much better!

Unless his business is very attractive.

Food is the most important thing for the people, why not start a small food business?

But even if they are pure ancients, the culinary skills of these brothers are many times better than his, and they are full of tricks, which are comparable to the cuisines of the modern world.

He can only take advantage of novelty... Ye Junshu secretly regrets that he has not practiced cooking hard, and has not memorized a few recipes, otherwise he would really be able to try it.

The road was impassable, and it was not easy to find a job. Ye Junshu thought about it, but still couldn't figure out what he should do.

He wiped his sweat and stood casually under the eaves to cool off, feeling his throat was dry, as if it was going to burn.

Ye Junshu glanced left and right, planning to find a place to drink and rest for a while.

Looking at it, Ye Junshu noticed a store with a very different style on the front left. In this uniform storefront, it just revealed a bit of leisure and elegance, full of bookishness.

This is the only bookstore in the county.

Ye Junshu remembered that he used to come here often when he was studying, and bought all the pens, ink, papers and inkstones at home in this store. Although the shopkeeper in the store was not very good-tempered, when he used to come to the store with his classmates to read books, he would put them on display. A stinky face of being unwelcome, but not forcing them out.

Scholars in the county all come to this bookstore, and they can only come here. After all, this is the only bookstore with a relatively complete range in the entire county.The poorer scholars stayed in the store for a few more days with the distasteful eyes of the shopkeeper, and they got used to it after training their face...

I don't know if there has been a change of shopkeeper.

Ye Junshu looked quite nostalgic, and was about to go over to have a look.

Suddenly, a young scholar in white clothes was pushed out by the shopkeeper.

"Go, go, stop making trouble, I don't accept your junk in this shop!" The one who swept out the door with the scholar was a book.

The scholar picked up the book very preciously, hugged it in his arms, and retorted angrily: "Why is it a junk thing? You can insult me, but this book must not be insulted!"

"It's just such a thing?" The boss sneered, "A story that doesn't make any sense, and a plot that has no novelty at all. Selling this kind of book will lower the style of my bookstore!"

"You, you, you!" The book was so angry that it raised eyebrows and raised eyes, "You are too much! This book is not as bad as you say! You blind guy! You don't know how to appreciate it at all! Just wait! One day, This young master is famous, and I... I will let you not be able to climb up!" At that time, I beg him not to step into this bookstore!

"Yo ho! The shopkeeper is waiting for the day you become famous, don't wait for the shopkeeper to step into the loess, I haven't waited for your good news!" The shopkeeper raised his mouth, gave a strange smile, and patted his sleeve , turned back to the bookshop with hands behind his back.

The scholar stared at his breath, ah ah ah ah ah, he was so angry!

Wait!Master Ben will definitely become famous!

The scholar put his hands on his hips and stared at the door of the book shop with a face full of resentment. In his mind, he was already fantasizing about a few years later when he became famous, and the shopkeeper fell at his feet and cried bitterly, confessing his lack of vision.

Suddenly, he was tapped lightly on the shoulder.

The exciting plot that was going on was interrupted, and the scholar turned his head and asked harshly, "Who is it?"

He didn't see anything with his horizontal sight. He looked down and saw a boy who was a whole head shorter than him was looking at him with a smile on his face.

The scholar took a few glances, and the more he looked, the more familiar he looked, and he said uncertainly, "Zi...Zi Zhou?"

Ye Junshu raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly, "Long time no see!"

"Zizhou! Haha! Good boy, it's really you!" The scholar laughed loudly, and couldn't help reaching out to hug and hug, pat his shoulder and pat his shoulder.

"It's me!" Ye Junshu also laughed.

"Ha! I'm so happy! Zizhou, brother misses you so much!" The scholar blushed with excitement.

Ye Junshu smiled and said nothing, allowing the other party to vent their high emotions.

After finally calming down, he put his hand on Ye Junshu's shoulder, embraced him affectionately, and walked forward, "Let's find a place to catch up on the past, it's too hot here! Brother, please go and cool off."

"OK……"