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Shen Jiahe felt dizzy when he woke up.

He sat up, rubbed his temples for a while, and got out of bed after feeling much better.

Open the window, look up, the sun has risen high.

He secretly wondered why he slept so late today, he always wakes up naturally when the sun comes out on weekdays.

Maybe it was because I read too late last night.

Raising his hand to touch the forehead that was knocked on last night, there was still some pain, so he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

After washing my face with cold water, I woke up completely.

Started preparing breakfast.

Wash the rice first, put the cleaned rice into the pot, then add water, and start to heat up.

Yesterday, she helped Aunt Xu write a letter to her son who was an apprentice in a pawn shop in Xunyang, and Aunt Xu gave him a handful of pig beans as a reward.

He peeled the bean shells while burning the fire, and washed them with clean water after peeling. After the water in the pot was boiled, he poured the bean beans in. The green beans and white rice were mixed together, which was quite beautiful.

He added another handful of firewood to the stove, ignited the small stove next to him, and got up to cook.

After the vegetables are fried and the porridge is cooked, the aroma of rice mixed with beans is very attractive.

A bowl of porridge and a side dish, he sat in the morning light and enjoyed it alone, feeling very good.

While washing the dishes, he heard someone calling outside: "Jiahe, have you cleaned up? We're leaving!"

Shen Jiahe hurriedly raised his voice and replied: "It will be ready soon, just wait for me a moment!"

The man said: "Okay, try to hurry up, otherwise it will be noon when you reach the town!"

Shen Jiahe wiped his hands and said, "Got it!"

He hurried to the bedroom, put on a veiled hat, and the soap gauze hanging down to his neck completely covered his face, then walked quickly into the study room, picked up a bundle, which contained calligraphy and paintings that had already been packed, Then he walked out quickly, locked the door, left the yard, and put on another lock, and then he smiled and greeted the people at the gate of the yard: "Brother Shao, Aunt Xu, Sister Yue'e, I'm sorry to ask you to wait for me alone , I accidentally got up late today."

Sitting on the front of the donkey cart, Shao Yuan said with a smile, "Didn't you see that the sky gets up earlier than the chicken? Why are you getting up late today?"

While getting into the car, Shen Jiahe said: "Last night, I was reading late, so I slept deeply, and I slept through the hour without paying attention."

Aunt Xu reached out to take his burden, and said, "You said you didn't take the exam for fame, so why study hard?"

Du Yue'e gave him a seat and said, "Mom, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, Jiahe is a man of great learning, reading is like eating to him, are you hungry if you don't eat for a day? "

"But I learned a few words from others, and I can show you what I can do," Aunt Xu said with a smile, "I've already taught my old lady a lesson."

Shao Yuan laughed, seeing that Shen Jiahe had already sat down, he flicked his whip, and said, "Everything is done, let's go."

The sky is high and the air is crisp, and the autumn colors are boundless. As far as the eye can see, it is a beautiful scenery that is pleasing to the eye.

Shao Yuan and Du Yue'e sang to each other, it was a folk song known to all ages, and people on the road started to sing along.

Although Shen Jiahe couldn't sing, she whispered a few words to join in the fun.

There is a market every five days in Baitou Town, and Shen Jiahe will bring his own calligraphy and paintings to sell in every market.

He doesn't expect to make any money from this, it's a job, but it's just used to pass the time, so the price he set is also cheap, ten yuan for a piece of writing, and fifteen yuan for a painting, but even so, the people who come to buy it are not Not many, people are more willing to spend a few pennies more to buy fakes of famous masterpieces and hang them at home.But he didn't care, even if only one piece was sold in a day, he was still happy.

All the way to the market happily, Shen Jiahe went to the old place to set up a stall, Aunt Xu and Du Yue'e went shopping together, and Shao Principle went to use a donkey cart to help people pull goods to earn some small money.

Shen Jiahe spread out a long piece of blue and white cloth on the ground, and spread a few more satisfactory calligraphy and paintings on the cloth, pressed the four corners with small stones, and kept the rest of the calligraphy and paintings in the bag.

After finishing these, he sat down in front of the stall and read with relish with a book of "Food Classics" in his hand without hawking.

Unexpectedly, before reading a page, someone came to ask: "How much is this painting?"

Shen Jiahe closed the book, and glanced at the person in front of him through the soap gauze. He was a young gentleman with the appearance of a scholar. He took another look at the painting the scholar pointed to, which was the sketch of spring, and said, "If you like it, my lord, Shiwen You can take it."

Hearing this, the scholar was surprised and said: "This painting is exquisite in painting skills and extraordinary in brush and ink. Even ten taels is worth it. Why do you only want ten coins? It's an insult to this good painting."

Shen Jiahe said with a smile: "The quality of a painting does not depend on how much it is worth."

The scholar choked, and said, "I want this painting."

Shen Jiahe rolled up the scroll, tied it with hemp rope, and handed it to the scholar.

The scholar took the painting, took out an ingot of silver from his purse and threw it to Shen Jiahe, saying: "You are willing to sell at a low price, but I am not willing to buy at a low price." After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

Shen Jiahe looked down at the silver in his hand, it was as huge as fifty taels!When he looked up again, the scholar had disappeared, and he couldn't return the money even if he wanted to.No way, he had no choice but to put the silver in his arms, secretly thinking strangely.

What's even more strange is that his small stall, which was not visited by people in the past, suddenly became prosperous today. A total of more than a dozen calligraphy and paintings were sold out before noon.While closing the stall, he wondered, did he get lucky today?

But in this way, he would have nothing to do in the afternoon.Shao Yuan usually didn't finish his work until Youshi, and if he wanted to hitch a ride, he would have to wait until Youshi.

No matter, let's fill our stomach first.If you make money today, you have to eat a good meal to reward yourself.

Shen Jiahe went to a nearby restaurant, picked a corner location, ordered two dishes he liked, and ate slowly.

The taste of the dishes is not as delicious as the ones made by myself, but since it costs money, it can't be wasted, so I have to bite the bullet and eat it.

While eating, he suddenly heard someone nearby commenting: "You see, that man is so strange, he still wears a veiled hat while eating."

Another person said: "Such furtiveness, dare not show the real face to others, there must be something strange in it."

"Could it be the wanted criminal that the government is arresting?"

"possible."

It seemed that the meal could only be wasted.

Shen Jiahe took out the silver and put it on the table, called Xiao Er to pay the bill, got up and left.

The two people who were talking about him got up almost at the same time, stood in front of him and said, "I haven't finished my meal yet, why are you in a hurry to leave?"

Shen Jiahe took a step back and said, "The food doesn't suit my taste, I don't want to eat it. It's delicious, why are you two blocking people's way?"

But the two men pressed forward, one of them showed a long knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "My two brothers think you are acting suspiciously, please take off your veil and show your true colors, if there is a misunderstanding, we two Make an apology to Young Master."

Shen Jiahe said: "I'm ugly by nature, I wear a veiled hat just not to frighten others, not some wanted criminal that you two suspect."

One of them sneered and said, "Of course the wanted criminal refuses to admit that he is a wanted criminal. I advise you to quickly take off your hat, and don't force my brother to use force."

Shen Jiahe was full of helplessness, and was about to take off his veil to prove his innocence, when he suddenly heard two screams in succession, one covering his face and the other kneeling down, roaring viciously: "Who is sneaking up on me?! If you have the guts, get out and fight me alone!" Fighting alone, what kind of hero is a sneak attack from behind!"

Seeing this, Shen Jiahe hurriedly avoided them and left quickly, and went straight out of the inn, feeling strange and grateful at the same time.

As soon as I arrived on the street, I unexpectedly met Aunt Xu and Du Yuee, mother and daughter.

"Jiahe?" Du Yue'e Nahan said, "Why did you come here? Who is watching your calligraphy and painting booth?"

"Talk while walking." Shen Jiahe was eager to leave this place of right and wrong, walked forward, and said with a smile: "Business is booming today, calligraphy and paintings are all sold out, so I closed the stall early."

"Really?" Du Yue'e said pleasantly, "This is an unprecedented good thing. I said earlier, you can write well and draw well, and you will always meet people who appreciate it."

Shen Jiahe smiled and said, "I accept your good words."

Du Yue'e said: "Then what are you going to do this afternoon?"

Shen Jiahe shook his head and said, "I'm also worried."

Du Yue'e showed a little shyness, and said: "My mother and I are going to Yuelao Temple to offer incense, do you want to go with us?"

Shen Jiahe smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

Du Yue'e is twenty-six this year, but because of her ugly appearance, she has not yet married.

She worries about herself, and her parents worry even more.

It's just because Du Yue'e has a younger brother who is now an apprentice in a pawn shop in Xunyang. He is eighteen this year and has already passed the marriageable age. Never married.

Aunt Xu was really worried about marrying Du Yue'e. She asked all the unmarried youths, old bachelors, and widowers in ten miles and eight villages, but none of them got what they wanted.

Now, Du Yue'e's marriage has become a serious concern for the whole Baitou village. The villagers are all helping Zhang Luo, hoping to marry this old girl earlier.

Yuelao Temple is always full of incense and people.

Du Yuee first offered incense, bowed down sincerely, and then asked for a lottery.

The old man who unwrapped the stick held the bamboo stick and read: "Eternal age will never part, and eternity will be reunited. May there be lovers in the world, and they will all be married. This is a stick. Its meaning is self-evident, and there is no need to untie it."

Du Yuee beamed with joy, and said: "Then can I get married within this year?"

The old man stroked his goatee and said inscrutably, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed."

Du Yuee curled her lips, happily gave the money, and said, "Jiahe, do you want to draw a lot?"

Shen Jiahe shook his head and said, "No need."

But Du Yue'e had already stuffed the lottery into his hand, and said: "Everyone is here, you just draw a lottery."

Helpless, Shen Jiahe had no choice but to shake the stick and pull out a bamboo stick.

Du Yue'e picked up the bamboo stick and handed it to the old man who unwrapped it, saying, "How about this stick?"

The old man said: "Start up but look back, there is no one to forgive the hatred. Pick up all the cold branches and refuse to live, the lonely sandbar is cold. This is a middle and low lottery..."

"There's no need to explain." Shen Jiahe put the signed money in front of him and interrupted him, "Sister Yue'e, let's go."

Du Yue'e nodded dully, and pulled her mother away together.

After wandering around for a long time, finally arrived at Youshi, and went to the appointed place, Shao Yuan was already waiting for them.

Shao Yuan smiled and said, "Jiahe, how is business today?"

Shen Jiahe smiled and said, "It's unexpectedly good, all the calligraphy and paintings are sold out."

"Really?" Shao Yuan said pleasantly, "That's really great, but you sell it so cheaply, even if you sell it all, you won't make much money."

Shen Jiahe smiled without saying a word, just handed him a paper bag, and said, "Didn't you say that your mother had a bad cough two days ago? This is bird's nest. I stewed it with rock sugar and pears when I went home. It nourishes the lungs and yin." , the effect of reducing phlegm and relieving cough.”

Shao Yuan was startled, and said, "This..."

Shen Jiahe stuffed the paper bag into his hand and said, "If you are polite to me, I will be angry."

Shao Yuan laughed, put the paper bag into his arms, and said, "Thank you."

Shen Jiahe said with a smile: "Let's hurry up, or it will be dark when we get home."

A few people got into the car and headed towards the direction of Shen Lu in the setting sun.

When he got home, Shen Jiahe simply had dinner and boiled water for a bath.

He poured the hot water into the bathtub, adjusted the temperature, and then took off his clothes and sat in.

The tired body was wrapped in hot water, which was very comfortable.But he felt dizzy after soaking for a while, so he scrubbed and came out, put on clean underwear and went to bed, and leaned against the bedside to read the "Food Classic".

For some reason, in the past two years, Shen Jiahe especially likes to read books related to cooking such as "Shan Jia Qing Gong", "Diao Ding Ji", "Food Treasures", "Yi Ya's Last Will", and occasionally He tried to do the method written in the book. Although it was difficult to swallow eight or nine out of ten, he worked tirelessly and found it very interesting.

He was sleepy after reading, so he lay down and covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep in the dim light without bothering to turn on the lamp.

Dimly, he felt that someone blocked the light, and that person leaned against his side, whispering something to him.He couldn't hear it clearly, but he felt that the voice was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

His consciousness became more and more drowsy, and he gradually sank into the boundless darkness. He couldn't see, hear, or feel. He was vaguely afraid of something in his heart, and he struggled to wake up, but he couldn't wake up anyway.

On the second day, Shen Jiahe got up late again, with a severe headache.

Recalling the dream of last night, anxiety surged in my heart.

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, got up and took a shower.

He still didn't feel well until after breakfast, and he realized later that he might have caught a cold.

Shouldn't have showered last night.

Take medicine when you are sick.

He went to Dr. Sun's to grab the medicine, came back to fry it, squeezed his nose and poured down a bowl of black medicine soup, then went to bed and lay down, sweating all over, and he didn't feel lighter until dusk.

After a simple dinner, Shen Jiahe had nothing to do, so he sat on the threshold, staring at the jujube tree in the courtyard in a daze.

When passing by here this spring, he was surprised to find that the jujube tree that was burnt to ashes by the fire had silently grown a new tree, which was as thick as a big arm, more than two feet high, with luxuriant branches.

He suddenly wanted to stay here and live, and wanted to taste the sweetness of the dates when they were ripe.

So he stayed, invited craftsmen, and built a house that was almost exactly the same as he remembered.

He also planted a vine under the western wall, and in summer it produced a bunch of grapes, but before he could pick one and taste it, the passing birds pecked it off.The jujube trees are also bearing fruit, and the red jujubes are hung all over the tree, making people happy just looking at them.He only tasted one, and it was crispy and sweet, until it reached his heart.He beat a lot of dates and sent some to every family in the village.He never ate a single date, the remaining dates were overripe and fell to the ground, and when it rained, they rotted into the soil.He always feels that these dates should be shared with Niannian, and he can't keep them to himself.

His Nian Nian is 14 years old this year, and he is a handsome young man.

He...has probably forgotten him completely?

Shen Jiahe looked up at the broken moon in the sky, sighed softly, got up and entered the room, and closed the door behind his back.