The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Wei Shiyi went to Zhou Yun's place after so much mental preparation, but when he got there, instead of feeling nervous, he felt extremely relaxed.It was only at this moment that Wei Shiyi realized that this might have something to do with Zhou Yun discussing things with him in a serious manner and not showing those different attitudes.

Zhou Yun was so serious that Wei Shiyi couldn't get those thoughts in his mind.

Next, Wei Shiyi went to Zhou Yun's place several times, each time to learn about the progress of Wang Anshi and Shenzong's side, and didn't stop until Zhou Yun entered the palace.

After those few times, Wei Shiyi's uneasiness towards Zhou Yun also disappeared. After all, the matter of life and death in the future is more important than the trivial personal feelings. So it didn't take long for him and Zhou Yun to get along again. restored to its previous state.

If he hadn't remembered his previous entanglements, Wei Shiyi would almost have thought that those were all his imaginations and imaginations.

But since this is the case, Wei Shiyi didn't think about that matter anymore, and decided to let nature take its course. His main thoughts were all on Wang Anshi's reform. If it succeeds, then the Song Dynasty may be able to prosper, but if it is not successful, the Song Dynasty will disappear in a few decades.

Wei Shiyi vaguely remembered that Wang Anshi's reform was planned and implemented not long after Wang Anshi returned to Beijing. He didn't expect it to come so fast, which made him a little dazed when he first heard it, and it took a while to calm down.

After talking with Zhou Yun several times, Wei Shiyi learned that Shenzong had called Wang Anshi into the palace for several secret talks, the main discussion was how to solve the current crisis in the Song Dynasty.

Song Shenzong is an aspiring emperor. He knows that the Song Dynasty is currently suffering from external and internal troubles. The Song Dynasty was only established for a few hundred years. Although every dynasty has a process from prosperity to decline, the Song Dynasty should be the most prosperous at this time. The era of the old age has faintly begun to decline. As the emperor, how can he not be in a hurry.

At this time, Song Shenzong already had some doubts about the way of governing the country left by his ancestors. The young Song Shenzong "knew the ancestors' ambitions, Ji, Lingwu, and counted the defeated soldiers." "The shame of snow for many generations", Shenzong "has a great ambition to do something, and wants to ask about the crimes in the two regions of the Northwest". He was originally an ambitious young man. Wang Anshi's reform theory did not appear in a day. It was mentioned at the time of Renzong that it was ignored and denied before, but now Shenzong wanted to reform, and Wang Anshi was here again, so the two hit it off and planned to implement it.

It is not easy to change the law established by the ancestors, so Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi have to plan for a long time before it can be implemented. What Wei Shiyi heard from Zhou Yun is their current progress. He heard that Shenzong plans to form a new ruling team and work hard. Support Wang Anshi's reform, but the process will take a long time, and they have to continue to prepare.

It's just that Zhou Yun is in good health now and started to work in the palace. Wei Shiyi also has his own business to do, so he can't know the progress of Wang Anshi's negotiation with Shenzong in time, but fortunately Wei Shiyi also has his own judgment method at this time.

Wang Anshi's current position is Hanlin Bachelor and Minister. If the reform is implemented, Wang Anshi's position must be mentioned again. As long as he pays attention to Mr. Wang's position all the time, then he can know what step they have made.

At the same time, as long as the reform is implemented, those legal systems will definitely start among the people, so he can know it quickly.

Thinking of these, Wei Shiyi felt a little less anxious.

But he didn't relax completely. He went to Wang Anshi more and more often, sometimes to discuss the innovation of weapons, and sometimes to talk about the current reform of the Imperial Medical Bureau. In short, under his intentional or unintentional actions, he and Wang Anshi got even closer.

However, although Shenzong and Wang Anshi have already started to discuss, the reform cannot start immediately, so Wei Shiyi has been waiting, but he didn't expect that he would wait until March and April next year, when he got the news.

Before that, Wei Shiyi also had something new to do, which was Chinese New Year.But in Song Dynasty it is not called Spring Festival, but New Year's Day.

He arrived in the early spring of this year, and now it has already entered winter. In order to see when Wang Anshi's political reform will take place, he looked at the day and found that the Chinese New Year will be over in a month or so, and time flies so fast.

But thinking about it, they saw Maple Leaf a long time ago, went out for an autumn outing, and then Zhou Yun was injured and recuperated, and he passed away after more than a month. Finally, they were busy with the reform of the academy, and then the assessment. These things followed one after another. When they were busy Time flies by the fastest, and each of these things takes a lot of time. In the end, it's just the Chinese New Year.

So Wei Shiyi calmed down to buy new year's goods and prepare for the new year.

At the same time, after the new year is over, the academy will reopen. In order to obtain the medical qualification certificate, Wei Shiyi has to re-enroll, and then it should wait until the reform.

The Chinese New Year is a big event, and the whole country celebrates it together. No matter how anxious Shenzong and Mr. Wang are, they will not act before the Chinese New Year, but will wait until the next year. After learning this from Zhou Yun, Wei Shiyi stopped worrying.

Chinese New Year, there are some differences between ancient Chinese New Year and modern Chinese New Year, but most of them are the same, such as purchasing new year goods, decorating the home, visiting relatives, visiting elders and so on.

Before the new year, Uncle Li and Sanjie Li called Wei Shiyi to visit, and Uncle Li and Wei Shiyi gave him the money they deserved in the restaurant, and Sanjie Li did the same.

The restaurant got about 500 taels. It has not been a year since he came to Dasong, and it has not been a year since he gave advice to the restaurant, so the silver he got was not as much as the 5000 taels in Wei Shiyi's plan.

But to Wei Shiyi's surprise, the clothing store's share has reached 800 taels. You must know that the clothing store has only been open for about three months, and it is still a small private clothing store. The profit is 300 taels, plus Li Sanjie's, that is 600 taels.

Sure enough, no matter what era it is, women can't afford to spend money.

With this money, Wei Shiyi can buy new year's goods, gift packages and red envelopes, etc., when there are still more than ten days before the new year, he wrapped two big red envelopes for Xiaosi and Lin Jinyuan, and then closed the hospital. The museum is preparing for the New Year.

Although Li Sanshu's family encountered a lot of things this year, it was smooth in the end, because they suffered a lot, and they also understood that the most important thing for a family to be happy and healthy together, so they, like Wei Shiyi, lived in The doors were closed more than ten days ago, and they began to seriously prepare for the New Year. The second and second chefs of the same restaurant also received a lot of red envelopes.

Preparing New Year’s goods, this is easy to say but not so easy to do. In modern times, with the development of technology, people are getting richer and richer. They can eat whatever they want, and they don’t have to wait for what they want to wear. It’s not like when I was a child. In that way, in order to wait a long time for a new dress and a delicious meal, the anticipation is not so strong. When I grow up, I suddenly look back and find that the taste of the new year is not the same as before, and the New Year is not like the New Year. up.

The same is true for Wei Shiyi, so he is really a bit undecided if he wants to fully prepare for the New Year.But he was not completely helpless. Before closing the clinic, he went to Li Sanshu and the others to ask what he needed to prepare for the New Year in Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, Wei Shiyi's body is still young, and in the past, his parents and seniors prepared it for the New Year, so he would not be laughed at when he asked these questions, and he got a very detailed explanation from Uncle Li.

First of all, there are a lot of new year goods to be prepared for the Song Dynasty, such as wax medicine, new clothes, new calendar, various door gods, peach charms, Zhong Kui, spring stickers and so on.

'Wax medicine' is a variety of medicinal materials made on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which can be used to soak 'Tusu wine' during the Chinese New Year. The medicinal materials used include rhubarb, orange stem, windproof, Atractylodes macrocephala and other medicinal materials, but 'Tusu wine' is somewhat different. Since ancient times, the elders have been the ones to drink alcohol, while the youngest ones have been the ones to drink Tusu wine.

As the name suggests, "new clothes" means to wear new clothes. Just like in modern times, in the Song Dynasty, no matter rich or poor, people will put on new clothes on the day of the new year.The 'door gods', 'peach charms', 'Zhong Kui' and 'spring stickers' are all objects that decorate the gates during the New Year, similar to modern New Year pictures, but more complicated than New Year pictures.

In addition to these, there are also "Lian Hua" and "Fan Sheng". The house needs to be dressed up for the New Year, and the people also need to be dressed up. In addition to new clothes, the accessories worn are also particular.

'Swiss of flowers' is to cut silk and colored paper into the shape of flowers, and insert them on the head during the Chinese New Year. 'Bansheng' is similar to wisp flowers, but it is not a flower, but other shapes, such as butterflies, moths, swallows, roosters and other animal shapes, which are also inserted on the head during the New Year.

However, the materials used to process 'Fansheng' are also different. In addition to silk and paper, there are also other materials, such as 'Golden Hazel Flower' and 'Silver Hazel Flower'. Silver wisps' used has been worn.

There are many other things, Wei Shiyi only hears that his head hurts, and he can hardly write them down with a pen. During the Chinese New Year, there are New Year’s gifts. It is thought that there was already a saying of packaging in ancient times.Not only that, even if you drink, you have to use a special wine vessel to hold the wine. The wine vessel, like the dish box, is painted with red paint, which looks extremely festive.

You have to dress up, and you have to eat, but these are based on personal preferences, but there is another discovery that makes Wei Shiyi feel novel, that is, during the Chinese New Year, these melons and fruits have to be placed according to certain regulations , For example, put persimmons, oranges, and cypress branches on a plate, then break off the cypress branches first, and break off the persimmons and oranges again, which is called "cypress orange", which means "baishiji".

Sure enough, Chinese people are good at using homonyms no matter what era they are in, but this is too much trouble, but if you want to turn it around, it's quite interesting.

In general, the things that need to be prepared for the New Year are similar to those in modern times, only the details and some customs are different.After writing these down, Wei Shiyi began to prepare.

The first thing he prepared was his and Wei Shihuan's new clothes. Since it took the longest time to make the clothes, he first handed over the size and style of the two to the clothing store, and he could pick them up on the day when they were finished. , while sewing clothes, he can use this time to prepare other things, and no time is wasted.

After explaining the clothes, Wei Shiyi took Xiao Shihuan to the street to buy new year's goods. In the past few months, Xiao Shihuan followed Lin Jinyuan to familiarize himself with medicinal materials. Occasionally, Lin Jinyuan would test her, so that Wei Shihuan could prepare After answering, Lin Jinyuan also taught her to recognize some characters and learned a little of the three-character scriptures, which was regarded as enlightenment.

Wei Shihuan is very busy these days, and Wei Shiyi is also busy these days, the two brothers and sisters spend very little time together, so Wei Shiyi can stay with Wei Shihuan vigorously these days, and Wei Shihuan can also be vigorous Pulling Wei Suyi.

Wei Shiyi buys what Wei Shihuan likes, buys her favorite colors for spring stickers, and buys a lot of dried fruit snacks for her, so Wei Shihuan must have a good year.

The holiday was early, so Wei Shiyi had more time to purchase, but although there was more time, it was only about ten days in total. In these ten days, all those things had to be prepared, and the time was relatively tight.Wei Shiyi decided to buy all the things, except that the original father and mother passed away and did not buy some things, and bought everything else.

Even though he and Wei Shihuan were the only ones in the family, he was determined to have a good year.

On the first day, he bought things like stickers and cloth that can be stored for a long time; on the second day, he bought melons and fruits; on the third day, he bought supplies for sacrifices; The brazier with red lacquer, such as the New Year gift box, started to decorate the house on the fifth day. The Wei family is quite big. Wei Shiyi and Wei Shihuan worked hard to survive, and it took three days to finish the decoration. It's a gift.

Of course, this has something to do with the fact that Wei Shiyi and Wei Shihuan didn't work all the time, and that Wei Shiyi didn't fake other people's hands and did it by himself. The Chinese New Year is to be happy, so Wei Shiyi and Wei Shihuan stayed together. Prepare while playing.

The same is true for shopping. In a day, they only spend one-third of their time doing things seriously, and two-thirds of their time are playing or resting.

After roughly packing up, on the evening of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, Wei Shiyi began to cook some food. He started to cook some soup that needed to be boiled. The soup is no better than stir-fried or steamed vegetables. The taste will be mellow when boiled over a slow fire. Wei’s kitchen There were two pots in the pot, and Wei Shiyi made them all.

There is another interesting thing when preparing to eat. The Song Dynasty officially forbids eating beef, but the taste of beef is very good, so many people buy beef for the New Year. Wei Shiyi also bought some beef brisket, which is stewing in one of the pots.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and Wei Shiyi and Wei Shihuan woke up earlier that day, mainly because Wei Shiyi was busy and Wei Shihuan was not busy.There is a reunion dinner at the end of the year. Although there are only two people in Wei Shiyi's family, they still have a reunion dinner.

Wei Shiyi started to work early in the morning, frying, steaming and cooking took turns. After working for a long time, he cooked a large table of dishes. Then Wei Shiyi asked Wei Shihuan to stay at home. But before Wei Shiyi went over to call, Uncle Li and Sanniang Li came, and Sanjie Li also walked in with a chubby baby in her arms.

"Brother Shi, we will have a reunion dinner with you at noon today, and come to our place to have a reunion dinner in the evening." Uncle Li smiled happily at Wei Shiyi and Wei Shi when he stepped into the door.

Wei Shiyi was taken aback for a moment, then he laughed and said, "Okay!" Then he turned around and called Wei Shihuan, "Come out Shihuan, Third Uncle and the others are here."

Uncle Li touched Wei Shihuan's head and entered the door.

At this time, the New Year's money hadn't come out yet, and Wei Shiyi couldn't remember the exact source of the New Year's money, but he knew that the New Year's money hadn't come out yet when he saw that there was no such custom around Song Dynasty, but he still gave Wei Shihuan a dozen copper coins in accordance with modern customs , Let her have a little money to buy snacks.

At noon on New Year's Eve, Wei Shiyi and the others ate at home, and went to Li's house in the evening.In the evening, Wei Shiyi took Wei Shihuan to Bianliang for a stroll. At this time, there were red lanterns hanging everywhere in Bianliang, and there were also river lanterns in the river, making everything festive.The red color was reflected on the faces of Wei Shiyi and Wei Shihuan, and there was also a lot of joy.

But the purpose of Wei Shiyi carrying Wei Shihuan out was not just to enjoy the scenery and eat, but to take her to watch the fireworks.Yes, fireworks have appeared in this era, gunpowder has been invented, and fireworks will be set off in the palace during the Chinese New Year.

Although the fireworks of this era are not as good-looking as modern fireworks, they are still very eye-catching.

Holding Wei Shihuan in his arms, Wei Shiyi stood on a tall building. Not long after he stood up, he saw fireworks in full bloom in the palace. Red, white, and yellow flames rose in the air, illuminating a large area of ​​the sky, beautiful magnificent.

"Brother, brother, look at it carefully." Wei Shihuan laughed and slapped his little hands.

The fireworks are not set off only in this one night, but for several nights in a row. In the previous nights, Wei Shiyi also came with Wei Shihuan in his arms, but every time Wei Shihuan admired the beauty of the fireworks.

Wei Shiyi gave Wei Shihuan a kiss, and said with a smile: "Then brother will bring you to see it tomorrow night!"

At this moment, a cold young man passed by not far away. Hearing these words, he turned his head and saw the young man he was thinking of standing upstairs, hugging a little girl with a doting expression on his face. , the coldness in the young man's eyes faded a little.

"Okay!" Wei Shihuan held Wei Shiyi in his small arms and kissed him, "Then let's see again tomorrow night."

Usually Wei Shihuan wouldn't ask Wei Shiyi for anything, she just made such a request, and Wei Shiyi naturally agreed.

At this moment, Wei Shiyi suddenly felt that there was another person beside him, and his body was touched, but he thought it was the pedestrian watching the fireworks beside him, so he didn't care, but the next moment, he heard the "pedestrian" beside him speak spoke.

"Are you going to watch the fireworks tomorrow night?" The voice was as light as ever.

Wei Shiyi was startled, he probably couldn't hear the voice in such a noisy environment, but for some reason, he heard the voice and the content of the words clearly at once.

He turned his head abruptly, and saw Zhou Yun standing beside him. Zhou Yun was not wearing blue and black clothes today, or he was wearing a dark red robe for the festival. The robe is a more popular style at the moment. The clothes were designed by Li Ji Tailor Store at that time. The clothes are more close-fitting. In order to show his figure, he also designed a palm-wide girdle. Zhou Yun wears it on his body. His figure is already very good, but now he looks tall and tall.

Zhou Yun's appearance is rather cold, and the blue and black clothes on weekdays make him difficult to get close to, but today's dark red robes did not make him feel any closer. Maybe it was a professional relationship, but he felt a sense of intimacy. Evil spirit.

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Others wearing red is charming and coquettish, but how come it becomes evil when it comes to Zhou Yun.

Before Wei Shiyi could reply, Zhou Yun asked again, "Are you going to watch the fireworks tomorrow night?"

Wei Shiyi immediately came back to his senses, his face suddenly turned red, "Yes."

He is considered an adult, and it seems a bit unpleasant to play and watch fireworks like a child.

Zhou Yun nodded lightly. If Wei Shiyi had good eyesight, he would find a smile flashing across his eyes very quickly.

"Then how will you arrange the daytime tomorrow?" Zhou Yun asked.

"Ah?" Wei Shiyi didn't expect Zhou Yun to ask this, so he said honestly: "Tomorrow and daytime, I went to relatives and friends, and I plan to take Shihuan to the mountains outside the city to play in the afternoon, that's about it."

Da Song is New Year's greetings on the first day of the first lunar month. Basically, you can visit relatives and friends when you go up, and you can arrange freely in the afternoon.

Zhou Yun lowered his eyes, and asked in a seemingly indifferent tone but could not refuse: "Can you take me with you?"

Wei Shiyi: "?"

"I have been alone since I was a child. I used to be in the palace, and someone accompanied me to celebrate the New Year. Since the official became the throne, I have been the only one in the family. Whether it is New Year's Day or not has nothing to do with me." After a pause, He went on to say: "Looking at how lively they are, I also want to try to see the excitement."

Wei Shiyi swallowed.

"You are my only friend, can I play with you?"

Zhou Yun said that it was up to him, what else could Wei Shiyi do, he could only agree, but he was very puzzled and asked Zhou Yun if he didn't need to go to New Year's greetings?Song Dynasty officials have seven days off, so they are not worried that Zhou Yun will not have time.

Zhou Yun then replied that in the past, the only people he paid New Year greetings to were government officials, and the meeting would end after the big court meeting. Because there were not many colleagues who got close to Zhou Yun, so Zhou Yun had no one to pay New Year greetings to.

It was so pathetic to hear.

Wei Shiyi still has Uncle Li, Mr. Wang, Assistant Teacher Wang, Assistant Teacher Lin, Lin Tiju, and the others to pay New Year's greetings. Zheng Shuangcheng and other classmates, his seniors, and the servants in the store give him New Year's greetings, while Zhou Yun is actually a loner. .

Impulsive in his mind, Wei Shiyi also ignored the strange mood of the previous period, and quickly agreed, "Okay, I will come to you tomorrow afternoon!"

The young man had a sincere expression, and his bright black eyes became brighter against the background of the fireworks. Looking at such a young man, Zhou Yun nodded slowly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"See you tomorrow then."

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