There were only mats on the kang, because a few children had been playing on it before, so there was no mattress. Mother Chen dug out a clean mattress from the box at the top of the kang, and then motioned for Xi Nian to get on the bed.

"Take off your shoes, sit on the kang, and take off your cloak, otherwise you will be hot and sweaty after a while."

Chen's mother moved very quickly. It was the first time that Xi Nianzhi was treated like this without asking his opinion. Although he was embarrassed, it was very strange. In addition, he felt a puff of heat from the kang bed. , He was really reluctant to go on, so he took off his shoes and the outer cloak as he said, but he didn't sit on the kang head as he said, but knelt on it.

Sure enough, the hot air from below made him warm all over, without the previous chill.

When Xi Nianxiu drank the second bowl of soy milk brought by Brother Mu, he also kept an eye on his younger brother's situation.

Seeing that he was kneeling and sitting comfortably on it for a year, his eyes flashed, and after gulping down the remaining soy milk, he walked towards the kang bed, touched the warm kang and asked, "Muqing, what is this thing?" ?”

"Brother Hanzhang, this is a kang bed, also called a fire kang. The center of this kang is empty, and if you burn firewood inside, this kang bed can keep warm all the time. Whether you sit on it or sleep on it in winter, you won't lose heat." It's cold." Statement walked over and explained.

Chen's mother: "Yes, let me tell you, since I have this kang bed, my aunt, my legs, and the rheumatism I left when I was young, it doesn't hurt much now, and those ages in our village When he grows up, the old man whose joints are so painful that he can't move in winter can still work in the fields after sleeping on this kang bed."

"This kang bed is so good." Xi Nianxiu was surprised, but Xi Nianzhi next to him heard Chen Mu's words, and a thought flashed in his mind.

"It's almost noon. You young people are chatting here. Madam, let me make lunch for you." Mother Chen looked up at the sunshine outside the door and said.

Xi Nianzhi and the others originally planned to leave after giving the gift, but the current situation definitely made it impossible for them to leave, so he stayed for lunch without saying a word, "I will trouble you at noon today."

"No trouble, no trouble. There are only some small country dishes at home, which are not as refined as the food you eat in the city. Just don't dislike it." Mother Chen waved her hand quickly.

Seeing Mother Chen's modesty, Xi Nianzhi said angrily, "No, ma'am, your craftsmanship is very good, and ordinary people can't catch up with you. I still think about the chicken soup you made last time after I left for a long time."

Hearing the praise of her craftsmanship, Chen's mother couldn't help being proud, "Hahaha, it's good if you like it, but the chicken soup can't be eaten today, and the chicken soup needs to be stewed for a long time to taste, but today you are lucky, ma'am I'm making a new dish, and I'll make sure you enjoy it later."

"Then Hanzhang will just sit and wait for Madam's handicrafts." Xi Nianxiu couldn't help but said, remembering the soy milk he drank earlier.

"Mom, I'll help you." Today, the three of them and the third brother and their children are at home. The father, the eldest brother and the second brother went to the county town, and the two sisters-in-law returned to their mother's house with the youngest two children, so I asked Chen's mother to make lunch , Brother Mu wanted to help her light the fire.

"No, you stay here with your third brother to accompany the guests, and they will be fine if they make a contribution to the fire." In the countryside, there is no saying that the guests at home do not come out and hide. Brothers and girls must also come forward to receive them, this is the etiquette of country people.

.......

Chen's mother left to cook lunch in the kitchen, and several children in the family were restrained by her to help light the fire in the kitchen.

There are only four people left in the main room, they sit around the kang table on the kang bed, and there are four bowls of soy milk on the kang table, which was brought by Muge later, the four of them hold the bowls and drink sweet soy milk from time to time .

The sweetness in his mouth and the warmth under his body made Xi Nianzhi unknowingly stretch his brows, and his whole body relaxed a lot, and he gradually became a cross-legged sitting posture after imitating Mu Geer next to him.

Sure enough, sitting cross-legged is more comfortable than kneeling, Xi Nianzhi secretly sighed comfortably, fortunately this is in the countryside, not entering the city, otherwise if other people see him like this, they will definitely say that he has broken the rules.

Thinking about how those people who entered the city treated his brother, Xi Nianzhi sneered secretly. Speaking of which, he was the dream of the young masters in the capital, but he was the young master who the family heads and mothers disliked, because he did not like Abiding by the rules, he always likes to run around with people, and he is too gorgeous, so he doesn't look suitable to be a clan lord.

But his identity is there again, thinking of the rewards given to him by the current emperor before, and the envious and jealous eyes of those people, immediately made him much happier.

If you can't get married, don't marry, he has a fief and a title, plus Lu Guogong's mansion, no one can bully him.

Of course, as long as the above position is not the psychopath.

Thinking of this, Xi Nianzhi touched the kang bed under his body, thinking that many people in the north had froze to death due to the heavy snow this winter, and the sick and weak body of the current emperor was even more serious because of this incident. If people can sleep on kang beds, there will definitely be no people who will freeze to death in winter.

Thinking of these, countless thoughts flashed through Xi Nianzhi's mind.

Xi Nianxiu looked at him as a carefree person, but he was from the Marquis Mansion after all, and he knew what his brother was thinking when he saw his expression and eyes.

The two looked at each other, and Xi Nianxiu understood his brother's thoughts and plans, and he nodded secretly to Xi Nianzhi.

After Xi Nianzhi drank the last sip of soy milk in the bowl, he suddenly said to Mu Geer: "Mu Geer, let's go to your room, we can't understand what these two big men are saying, why don't we go to your room. I have the most popular show pictures in the capital for you."

From the last time Xi Nian came here, he could see that Mu Geer liked embroidery, and he was indeed aware of the popular show pictures in the capital.

What he said was exactly what Brother Mu wanted. He was sitting with a strange man, but Brother Mu was a little cautious, "Okay, I happen to have a kang in my room."

After Mu Geer took Xi Nianzhi to the back room, the two men looked at each other and smiled. With Mu Geer and Xi Nianzhi present, the two men were actually very reserved.

Xi Nianxiu is out of his own younger brother, and other brothers are troublesome to him. Of course, although he is not too annoying to Brother Mu, he is still a little cautious.

As for the statement, it means that I have a good impression of Xi Nianzhi in my heart, so I still can't let go when facing it.

Although I have been telling 003 that I want to marry this fairy boy back home to be the lord, but I am still a little nervous when I really see him.

His mentality is the same as that of meeting a crush, and he won't be able to adjust for a while.

Xi Nianxiu: "Brother Mu Qing, I have a question and I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

"But it's okay to ask." Statement took a sip from his teacup.

Xi Nianxiu asked a question that he had always been puzzled by. In fact, this question was not only for him, but also for many students outside: "I heard about Brother Mu Qing in the county town before, and everyone said that Brother Mu Qing was very knowledgeable. You won Jieyuan among all the students in Northwest China, but why didn’t you continue the imperial examination later? With your talent, if you continue the imperial examination, maybe you will be the number one scholar.”

"Hehe, my family and teachers have asked me this question before." Chen said with a smile.

Xi Nianxiu did not speak, but continued to listen.

"Actually, ordinary poor students like us have studied hard for ten years. There are no more than two reasons. One is to honor the ancestors to win honor for the family and let the family live a better life, and the other is to serve the country and serve the present."

"Brother Hanzhang has also seen my family's situation. When I was studying, it was with the strength of the whole family or even the strength of the whole family that I got the name of Juren. But I don't have great ambitions. I hope my family and clan can live a good life.”

"Our Chen family is not a big family. Many people in the family are so poor that they can't even afford winter quilts. If I continue to take the exam, it doesn't matter if I get the number one scholar. Being the number one scholar is a moment of glory for the ancestors." , apart from bringing a good honor to the clan, I have nothing else, maybe you will think that I am too short-sighted and don't have a big picture."

"However, there are so many champions in the imperial court, but which one doesn't start with a local official from a small place, even if it is a champion with all-round talent, it will start with a sixth-rank county magistrate in the end, unless he has a big family behind him who can support him." Find a way to become a Beijing official, and a poor student like me, with no money and no background, will have to survive for many years if he wants to succeed, and even if he wants to serve the present, it is not the only way to be an official With benevolence and righteousness in mind, even a commoner will win glory for the country."

"But now that I have a reputation for raising people, I still have a little face in this Yunzhou City. I can find a way to make my family and people live a good life. In the future, as long as I don't cooperate with the enemy and treason or die, I can slowly develop myself. For the Chen family, when the children of the next generation grow up, they will study and take the imperial examination, so there will be no worries."

Xi Nianxiu understood the meaning of the statement, and he also understood the reason for it. He admired it very much. He felt that the statement was actually for the clan and the Chen family, so the imperial examination was terminated.

"Brother Mu Qing, Hanzhang understands, and I admire your mind very much." Who would give up his future for the sake of his tribe, especially a talented person like Brother Mu Qing.

Chen Chen smiled, "Where, in fact, one thousand to ten thousand is because Mu Qing has no big ambitions."

"Then I don't know what plans Brother Mu Qing has in the future?" Xi Nianxiu always felt that Brother Mu Qing was not as ambitious as he said.

Statement: "My future plan? I plan to set up an academy. If I can, I hope it will be full of peaches and plums."

Xi Nianxiu:......Peaches and plums are everywhere!

This is also called not having big ambitions. If this is called not having big ambitions, then there is another kind of ambition.

"Brother Mu Qing also said that he has no big ambitions, but Hanzhang admires this ambition from the bottom of his heart."

Chen Chen shook his head and laughed: "Hahaha, you also said that this is just an ambition, but no one can say what will happen in reality now."

Xi Nianxiu said with a look of disapproval: "Oh, Brother Mu Qing is too modest, you will definitely succeed."

Statement: "That's as good as brother Zhang's auspicious words."

Xi Nianxiu said again: "Brother Mu Qing, do I have another question to ask?"

Statement: "But it's okay to talk."

"I heard from my brother that when you rescued him last time, you used a particularly sharp weapon. I wonder if brother Mu Qing can tell you what kind of weapon it is?"

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