Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Originally, there was a better way, let Mr. and Mrs. Zhong go and take care of it.The problem is, that is Jian Mingyu's home. Although the two families are about to become relatives by marriage, but the two elders go to their future in-laws every day, what will it be like?

If you really do this, within a few days, gossip will be all over the village.Those who didn't know thought that the Zhong family had taken over the Jian family.Although everyone felt that this idea was a bit unbelievable, there was nothing else to explain this absurd approach in the eyes of others.This is just the normal thinking of most people. If someone is suspicious, the trouble will only be even greater.

After all, Jian Mingchen is still too young, and his fire-making skills still need to be improved. Compared with Jian Mingyu, who placed a similar amount of firewood, he couldn't support it until the next addition of firewood. However, he didn't know the situation in the cellar, so he couldn't improve in time. In this way, nearly half of the mushrooms can survive, which is already extremely difficult.

Zhong Qingran had to sigh, his luck was as good as ever.He was already prepared to lose this stump, but he never expected to have this windfall.

Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu have very different attitudes towards the same matter, because they have different expectations for this matter, which is understandable.

Zhong Qingran stepped forward to inspect it carefully, and couldn't help but feel very grateful in his heart.Those intact Hericium erinaceus and Ganoderma lucidum were all wilted, and their growth was even worse. Presumably, if they returned a little later, even the remaining ones would follow in the footsteps of their companions.

Originally, Zhong Qingran thought that even if these Hericium erinaceus grew normally and did not freeze to death, they would miss the best harvesting period and only get a batch of inferior products with extremely poor quality.Unexpectedly, Jian Mingchen's small mistake has achieved the best result.

Now that Jian Mingyu has returned, with him taking care of him, there is no need to worry. There will be situations where the room temperature is not enough. Except for a small number of severe frostbite, the rest should be salvageable.

This also has an advantage. These batches of mushrooms that have survived tenaciously will have strong cold resistance. Using them as mother plants can pass high-quality genes to the next generation, which is conducive to selective breeding. Hook the corners of your mouth.

As soon as Jian Mingyu got home, the first thing he did was to open the vent on the top of the cellar, and after making sure that there was no danger to anyone inside, he stepped down into the cellar. How could he have been given such a big "surprise"!He didn't care about other things, so he hurriedly checked the fire chamber, and he knew the reason at a glance.He never thought of scolding Ming Chen, but it was a pity to lose such a large sum of money.

When Zhong Qingran came over, the temperature in the cellar was already sufficient. After inspection, he helped Jian Mingyu to clean out all the dead mushrooms.Although this mushroom cultivation room is only a few dozen square meters, it takes a lot of work to clean it up.Who told them to adopt three-dimensional planting, with three layers?

It is an eternal truth that only if you pay, you will gain.

Seeing that it was getting late, Zhong Qingran finished the work at hand and said to Jian Mingyu: "Let's go to the old house for dinner."

"Isn't that good?" Jian Mingyu hesitated.

"It's okay, others won't gossip because of this, at most they will whisper behind their backs. We just came back, isn't it normal for the family to clean up the dust for us?"

"Okay, then you go back first, I'll change clothes, and I'll find you in a while." Jian Mingyu was about to turn around, when he remembered something, he asked, "Will you be notified tomorrow morning?"

"I don't know about this either, so I should tell you. Don't worry, just go to the old house and ask."

Zhong Qingran raised his head and looked around, the smoke was billowing from the kitchen, obviously it was almost mealtime, and the school was not finished at this time, it can be seen that the students in the Great Zhou Dynasty worked hard enough, compared with modern times, it can be said that it was even worse.

To be able to endure loneliness and study hard for ten years in a cold window, just to be named in the gold list for one day, isn't this what all the students are pursuing?With supreme glory waiting ahead, what is it to suffer a little bit?What's more, for the children of the peasant family, this is a good thing they can't wait for.

Those with better moral character can still spare some time after studying to help the family with what they can do. Those who are a little bit selfish can concentrate on their studies and use this as an excuse to avoid work.Going to the fields is hard work. You don't have to work, and you can have a good future. Why not do it?

While thinking this way, Zhong Qingran walked towards the house.

Since he didn't have time to boil hot water for a bath, Zhong Qingran casually changed into an outer shirt and went out to wait for Jian Mingyu.

Both Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu are not temperamental people. As soon as Zhong Qingran locked the door, when he looked up, he saw Jian Mingyu walking towards him.After meeting, the two walked side by side, talking and laughing along the way, feeling that the time passed very quickly, and after a while, they turned to the entrance of the alley where the old house was located.

"Third brother, hold me." Zhong Qing took two cousins ​​to play at the door. Although Zhong Qing was small, his eyes were sharp. In front of him, he opened his hands and begged for a hug.

"Yo, Qingcheng is heavy, what delicious food do you eat? The third brother can hardly hold him anymore. If he continues to eat like this, he will turn into a piglet by tomorrow." Zhong Qingran scratched Zhong Qingcheng's little nose, jokingly Said.

Zhong Qingcheng frowned after hearing this, and tried to put on a distressed look, which made Zhong Qingran very happy.

After a commotion, several people were about to enter the yard when they saw some students at home coming back.

"Brother." Seeing Jian Mingyu who hadn't seen him for many days, Jian Mingchen immediately ran forward with a yell, his eyes full of joy.

Zhong Qinghan, who followed closely behind, didn't give in, and with a swoop, he hugged Zhong Qingran's thigh.If Zhong Qingran hadn't had the foresight to stabilize his body in time, he might have stumbled.Seeing this, Zhong Qinghan smiled flatteringly. I haven't seen him for more than two months. He was a little too excited and didn't grasp his strength well.

How could Zhong Qingran care about such an innocuous matter? He was also very happy to see his fifth younger brother whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He simply bent down, put his hands on Qinghan's armpits, and hugged him around several times. Yelling in excitement, Zhong Qingcheng was also eager to try.

Helpless, Zhong Qingran is not yet an adult, neither strength nor endurance is enough to support him to maintain this movement for a long time.After putting Zhong Qinghan down, he had more energy than he wanted, so he could only show his hands to Zhong Qingcheng, promising to play Feifei with him next time.

Children are easy to coax, Zhong Qingcheng was quickly distracted, yelling loudly for delicious food, he dragged Zhong Qingran to the main room.

Zhong Qingyang couldn't help looking at Zhong Qingran and Jian Mingyu, seeing that both of them were fine, he took a step to follow.

The Zhong family has no rules of not talking when eating or sleeping. At the banquet, Zhong Qingran vividly narrated his encounters along the way, the ups and downs, twists and turns, which surprised everyone present, and shouted "Old man!" God bless.

The family banquet came to an end amidst such laughter and laughter.

The next day, Zhong Qingran went to find Zhong Qingzhu with a big bag of food.This guy doesn't have much interest in other things, he only cares about food, so what he likes is better than giving him food.

"You just came back yesterday, I don't want to disturb you, so I met with you, tell me quickly, how is Qingshu's side? Also, is Shangjing City really as good as the storytellers described?" ?" Zhong Qingzhu narrowed his eyes, and leaned closer to him eagerly, his little eyes full of curiosity made Zhong Qingran take a small step back involuntarily.

"Qingshu's story is a long one..." Zhong Qingran told the story in detail, Zhong Qingzhu was filled with righteous indignation, wishing to go up and scratch the ruthless person who did it.It's really hateful, is there such a bully?It's true that they don't talk about family affection at all. It's not as kind as the peasant family.

Cursing and cursing, there was no sound.Zhong Qingran looked over, and Zhong Qingzhu's face was sullen, with anger that had not subsided, and deep fear of the unknown future that had just arisen.

Zhong Qingran understood, he remembered that he was not much better than Jian Mingyu, if his family ignored him and let Zhong Qingzhu marry a wife in Hewan Village for the rest of his life, then everything would be easy to talk about, if he was also taken away, his future life would be unknown to go.However, as far as Zhong Qingran thought about it, he should be better than Zhong Qingshu no matter what, at least he hadn't heard that there was something wrong with Zhong Qingzhu's background, and he wouldn't be a stepmother who would see him as a thorn in his flesh.Unwelcome at best.

However, this is just Zhong Qingran's guess, and no one can predict which direction things will develop in the future.Zhong Qingshu's situation was so bad, he could only hope that Zhong Qingzhu would not be so unlucky.

Without waiting for Zhong Qingran to come forward to comfort him, Zhong Qingzhu recovered his strength. He is an optimist, so how embarrassing is he to scare himself?This state lasted for a while at most, and when the emotion passed, he didn't care about it again.

Zhong Qingzhu is not like this when he treats good brothers. Zhong Qingran and Zhong Qingshu's likes and taboos, he remembers clearly in his heart, and he will help them if he can. Even if he can't help, he will do his best.This is also the reason why Zhong Qingran, Zhong Qingshuneng and Zhong Qingzhu are indispensable good brothers.It is to ask a person who is heartless to others, how many people are willing to make friends with?

Relationships need to be maintained. It is best to get an equal or excess return after giving. No matter how bad it is, people must feel that the other party treats him as a friend. Otherwise, as time goes on, no matter how deep the relationship is, it will be broken. wasted away.This is by no means alarmist. Even the most unrequited fatherly love and motherly love in the world is not endless. If they don't cherish it, they will eventually regret it.

"Qing Ran, what do you think I should do? If I'm so incapable of writing, Qing Shu can't even help me at all." Zhong Qingzhu patted the back of his head in frustration, with frowning and tangled eyebrows It's almost tied.

Zhong Qingran: "..."

This matter really stumped him, and Zhong Qingran could only speak empty words to comfort him, "There is no need to rush this matter, you should think about it slowly. Besides, even if you start working hard now, it will take five years to pass the exam every time." It’s still early, when you get an official position, you don’t know how many years you will have to struggle before you can climb to a high position, and by then, the day lily will probably be cold.”

Zhong Qingzhu was taken aback by what he said, but Qingran made a good point, saying that distant water cannot save a nearby fire, and now he has not even seen a shadow of water, so if he wanted to put out a fire, it would be beyond his control.But so what, if you don't work hard on anything, who knows what the result will be?

However, thinking about it this way, Zhong Qingzhu is very self-aware, and he can't read books. If he can win in everything like this, it will be a rare thing like a pie in the sky.As far as the book is concerned, he has long since given up.But as he himself said, the road to civil and military affairs is impossible, and no matter what else he does, it seems that it will not help Zhong Qingshu's current situation.

Zhong Qingzhu scratched his head, his eyes were confused, why is it so difficult to be a human being?

"Okay, don't think about it, take care of what is in front of you first, pay more attention to it, maybe one day, you will find a path that suits you." Zhong Qingran patted him on the shoulder, pretending to be an elder, and comforted him earnestly road.

"Fuck you, how old are you, just putting on such a serious and adult face makes me feel uncomfortable." Zhong Qingzhu listened to Zhong Qingran's words, but Zhong Qingran's weirdness enlivened the atmosphere, but also He became less serious, which made Zhong Qingzhu lose all his thoughts of realizing it.

"This matter will last for a long time, let's just ignore it. Come and have a look, these are candied pastries from Shangjing. I have eaten them and they taste very good. Come and try them too." Zhong Qingran opened the big bag on the table, and there were These are snacks that last a long time.

As soon as Zhong Qingzhu heard about the food, Zhong Qingzhu became excited, and all the troubles just now were forgotten. Looking at all the delicious food, his mouth salivated rapidly, squinting his eyes, and shouted cheerfully: "Osmanthus crisp, Plum Blossom Cake, Sugar-Steamed Chestnut Cake...these are my favorites. It’s better to be kind to me, and think of my brothers when I travel far away.”

Zhong Qingran couldn't help cursing after hearing this: As long as it's delicious, which one isn't your favorite?

Zhong Qingzhu didn't care about this, he flipped through it, looked at everyone's heart water, reluctantly picked up the sweet-scented osmanthus ice cream that suits his eyes the most, and bit it down, the faint sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance, accompanied by the cool taste of mint, bloomed on the tip of his tongue for a long time Lingering, accompanied by excellent taste, people will have endless aftertaste.

"Not bad, not bad. It is indeed a famous snack in Beijing. The taste is just right." Zhong Qingzhu was full of praise. Osmanthus sorbet of this level is hard to find in Pingyang County. It's a pity that the food is good, but the price is a bit disappointing. Staggering, a small box costs several hundred cash, how can ordinary people afford it?Even Zhong Qingzhu, who doesn't have to worry about his family and can spend one or two taels of silver with all his heart, only occasionally buys such a small box when he is really hungry. Not necessarily willing to taste it once.

Thinking of his own wealth, he is well-known in Hewan Village, but compared with the people in front of him, he is insignificant and completely inferior. Zhong Qingzhu has no idea, he just thinks, I'm afraid, Hewan In the village, it is difficult to find a kid who is richer than Qingran.

With the delicacy in front of him, he couldn't stop his mouth. Zhong Qingzhu ate until he couldn't put it in his stomach anymore, so he leaned lazily against the head of the bed with his stomach full, squinted his eyes, and hummed comfortably.

Zhong Qingran is more restrained, not because he has a high resistance to delicious food, but because he doesn't have much feeling for pastry, filling his stomach when hungry, or using it as a pastime, let him pounce on it like a hungry wolf, Apparently they're not all that attractive.If the dishes were made by Jian Mingyu, he wouldn't be so leisurely, tasting them bite by bite.

After resting for a while, Zhong Qingzhu got up, groped on the kang cabinet, and found something: "Take it, don't dislike it, I can't buy good things with this little wealth."

Zhong Qingran looked at the sandalwood bead string in his hand, with a faint smile in his eyes: "What nonsense, who would despise your brother? I heard that the price of sandalwood is not cheap, have you spent a lot on it?"

Zhong Qingzhu grinned and said with a naive smile: "It didn't cost much, just a few taels of silver."

"It's not bad. How many companies in the village would be willing to buy it? Don't even think about giving it away." Zhong Qingran put it on and tried it on. It's a bit big, yes, it should be made according to the size of an adult, but it can be adjusted by yourself , picking off a few beads can perfectly solve this problem.

"As long as you like it."

Zhong Qingran was speechless for a moment, he was not very interested in jewelry, since it was a gift from a friend, he would wear it more in the future.

"It will be your auspicious wedding day in a few days. I think you are quite free. Have you finished all the things you should do?" A hint of interest flashed in Zhong Qingzhu's eyes.

"My grandparents are in charge of this matter, even if I want to help, they won't let me." Zhong Qingran spread his hands, with helplessness in his eyes.

"Just be content, Qingshu and I want it but can't get it." Zhong Qingzhu's tone was very flat, as if he was talking about eating and drinking water.Not to mention Zhong Qingshu, even Zhong Qingzhu has long since given up on his family, and will no longer yearn for family affection like he did when he was a child.

Zhong Qingran understood in his heart, and he didn't linger on this topic. After chatting for a while, he got up and said, "I'll go to the shrimp pond, do you want to go?"

"Go, why don't you go, just to tell you about the situation of the shrimp pond." Zhong Qingzhu quickly put on his robe, hat, scarf and gloves, fully armed, followed Zhong Qingran, and walked towards the shrimp pond.

It's the twelfth lunar month now, and it can be said that it's freezing outside, and Zhong Qingran, like Zhong Qingzhu, was wrapped tightly.There are not many pedestrians on the road, and the villagers will not stay outside in cold weather.

There was snow on the ground, it creaked and creaked when stepped on it, Zhong Qingran actually listened with great interest, it seemed that he was too bored to even comment on this matter.

"Qingran, shall we still run the school you mentioned?" Zhong Qingzhu took a step closer and walked side by side with Zhong Qingran.

"Do it, it's too late this year, let's wait until the spring of next year." Thinking of this, Zhong Qingran thought about it, "You and I are the same, we can't do well in learning, teaching children to read and explain some simple things is no problem, a little deeper , I’m afraid you won’t be able to do it. Have you ever thought about learning a skill that can be mastered, so as to scare the students?”

"What can I learn?" Zhong Qingzhu was a little at a loss. He definitely couldn't do Jingshiziji. As for the others, he really didn't know.There is nothing else in ethnology except to teach the knowledge needed for the imperial examination.This is also normal. Ethnology is different from family studies. Ethnology is aimed at the people of Hewan Village. Most of them are from families that are not very rich. How can there be any spare money for them to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?

Family education is very different. Those who can afford family education all have profound backgrounds.It is not an exaggeration to call the family school a small academy. The students who study in it are all young masters and ladies. Money is very expensive, so naturally you don't have to worry about money.

"I can draw, and you can choose one, horseback riding and archery, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, magic, whatever." Zhong Qingran listed everything he could think of.

"Do you want me to be a teacher and a student at the same time?" Zhong Qingzhu was amused by what he said, which is really rare.Those who open private schools or work as teachers in academies may pay homage to their teachers, but they will not let the teachers sit in class to teach them. Maintain the usual majesty of Mr.

"Why not?" Zhong Qingran didn't care about this at all, he and Zhong Qingzhu didn't want to go into official careers, so there was no need to be so particular about it.

"Well, even if it's okay to do this, where can we find a suitable teacher? Besides, I don't know which aspect of my talent I have. It's impossible to ask a teacher to come and teach everything for a while, and then fire them. This will completely ruin my reputation." Zhong Qingzhu's reputation in Hewan Village is a bit bad, there is no other reason, it is purely that they are a small group of three, they are all idle, and there is nothing that can be used to show off .

"Horseback archery, let's ignore it for the time being. I can teach you piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. I can teach you painting. You have learned books yourself. Whether you are interested or not, you know in your heart that you can also play chess. It's just that you haven't learned it specifically and are not proficient. Qin , this one is a bit troublesome, if you don’t like the other ones, then think about it. As for spells, I know a little bit, so I can teach you some basic knowledge.” Zhong Qingran ruled out everything, and Zhong Qingzhu was taken aback when he heard it.

Zhong Qingzhu thought for a while and said, "Then I will choose chess."

This option was somewhat beyond Zhong Qingran's expectations. Zhong Qingzhu was not a deep-minded person, and his daily life was considered simple. It didn't feel like he could go far on the way of Go.Zhong Qingran didn't get entangled in this point, and quickly turned the corner. He was in a dead end. Go masters don't necessarily have to be resourceful. Like Zhong Qingzhu, a player who doesn't have many distracting thoughts, as long as he puts his heart into it, maybe Learn faster than the average person.

"You can do whatever you want, don't give up halfway if you choose. I have to spare time to paint almost every day, so don't be bored." Zhong Qingran vaccinated him in advance so that he wouldn't be able to persist for a few days.

"You underestimate me. I'm a man of my word. How could I do such a shameful thing?" Zhong Qingzhu said confidently, as if he would definitely do it.

Zhong Qingran smiled, he hadn't even started learning yet, so he stopped hitting him, and echoed: "Well, you are amazing. I also believe that you can do it, and you won't break your promise and get fat."

Zhong Qingzhu rubbed his nose with an embarrassing look on his face. He has grown up so much, he has never done anything for a long time, and even he himself is not sure whether he can stick to it to the end, so he boasted rashly. , wouldn't it be very embarrassing?Words spoken are like water poured out, no matter how much annoyance you have, you can't take it back, and he can only go one way to the end.

While the two were chatting, the shrimp pond arrived.

Because I want to raise red crayfish for two seasons, some changes have been made to the heat preservation measures in the shrimp pond this year. The temperature in the shrimp pond has increased, and the red crayfish is still growing slowly.

Zhong Qingran felt very satisfied after watching it. If this trend continues, it will be safe to raise shrimp for two seasons.

After more than a year of consumption, in places where red crawfish is popular, the easy-to-catch red crayfish should be almost caught, and the price of red crayfish will rise further.Although this income only accounted for a very small part of Zhong Qingran's total income, he did not take it seriously.The shrimp pond is an important source of income for Zhong Qingzhu and Zhong Qingshu, so the more they earn, the better.

Zhong Qingran was wearing thick clothes, but he still couldn't stop the cold wind from rushing in. After a while, most of the heat on his body was gone.He didn't dare to stay outside for too long, so he walked around the shrimp pond before preparing to go home.

Zhong Qingzhu's body is a bit chubby, but he is more resistant to cold than Zhong Qingran, but no one would like to stay in the cold wind, right?He also staggered to keep up.

As soon as he got home, Zhong Qingran found out that there were guests at home.

"Qingran, are you back? Come here quickly, your fifth uncle will go back to his hometown to attend your wedding ceremony, and spend the New Year here by the way." Mr. Zhong waved to Zhong Qingran with a smile on his face.

Zhong Qingran went up to greet his fifth uncle and aunt, and then sat quietly listening to the elders.

"Are you studying at Cangshan Academy?" Mr. Zhong was even more delighted. The reputation of this academy was very good. It had been spread to Pingyang County many years ago, and even he had heard of it several times.

"Ah."

"Isn't it difficult to get into this academy?" Mr. Zhong knew that as far as his youngest son's grades were concerned, it would be difficult for him to get in by himself without connections.

"I helped the mentor of the academy, so he accepted me as a disciple. I was able to enter Cangshan Academy, thanks to the mentor." Zhong Zhengxin looked very happy, obviously very proud of being able to worship under this gentleman.

"How are you there?" Mr. Zhong looked at the radiant young son in front of him, knowing that the day would not be bad, he couldn't help asking.

"Well, it's okay." Zhong Zhengxin is very satisfied with his current life. He has mentors to guide him, and he has a lot of precious books to read. He has made rapid progress in his studies, but the expenses are a bit high. Judging from his current expenses, It may exceed the rent obtained by renting out the field.But these are trivial matters, and he can think of other ways to solve them.

"Then you should cherish this hard-won opportunity and establish a good relationship with your teacher. Don't do anything out of the ordinary just because you have helped him." Mr. Zhong was full of relief. Each has its own way out, and it's better than nothing else to worry about them as a father.After a few days, after Qingran gets married, he can sit back and relax.

"My son understands, and he must obey his father's teachings." Zhong Zhengxin put away the smile on his face, and responded solemnly.

"Father." Zhong Qingzhao was one year younger than Zhong Qingcheng, and he started to run and sway, which made Zhong Qingran amused.