Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Fortunately, shopkeeper Han received the news that Zhong Qingran and the others were coming to Pingyang County to celebrate the Lantern Festival in advance, so he sent someone to buy it yesterday morning.

It didn't matter when he was poor before, but now that the Zhong family doesn't lack money for food, Zhong Qingran naturally doesn't want to wrong himself.He hadn't thought about eating delicacies from mountains and seas, but he was not sensitive to being a vegetarian all day long.

After discovering this situation, shopkeeper Han asked people to go to the market for a stroll in the morning. Unfortunately, there were many people who thought the same as him. In the end, the store clerk only bought back half a pair of pig offal and a small piece of pork. The leftovers from cooking yesterday were enough fresh meat for Zhong's family to eat for a day or two.As for shopkeeper Han's serving of meat and vegetables, the Zhong family certainly won't try it.It's just eating less fresh meat for a few meals, and it's not like there's no other meat to eat.

Knowing this, Jian Mingyu went into the carriage and took a look around, and found several packs of snacks, including two packs of jerky, unfortunately, they were all snacks, most of them were used to accompany wine when drinking, but not for dinner.

Hearing movement in the room, Jian Mingyu got up and saw that Zhong Qingran had woken up, so he went into the kitchen and lowered the dumplings that had been frozen into ice cubes into the tumbling boiling water.

"Mingyu, if you don't go back tomorrow, your studies will be delayed tomorrow morning." Zhong Qingran held the bowl with one hand and the chopsticks with the other, eating vigorously, taking advantage of the time when a dumpling was eaten, he talked about this matter .Ethnology class starts on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and I'm afraid it won't be able to catch up tomorrow morning.They didn't expect heavy snow to block the road before, so they didn't think to tell Jian Mingchen's husband. After returning, Jian Mingchen might have to be told.

"It should be fine. The elder brother and the fifth younger brother both know that we have come to Pingyang County. Seeing that none of our family has returned, they should explain the situation to the husband for Mingchen." Jian Mingyu said so, but he still couldn't help worrying.The Great Zhou Dynasty respects the teacher, and if he is absent at the beginning of school, it will easily leave a bad impression on the husband.

After hearing Jian Mingyu's words, Zhong Qingran felt relieved.This time was an accident. If it was for such a small matter, he would not be used to students. Such a gentleman is not broad-minded enough and has limited achievements, so it will not cause much hindrance to Jian Mingchen.Besides, it doesn't matter what his status is, even if the gentlemen in the ethnology are lofty and don't come forward to curry favor, as long as they have a bit of insight, they will not oppose the Zhong family and give Jian Mingchen little shoes to wear.

The Great Zhou Dynasty had a rich variety of food. In addition to deep-sea fisheries and a small number of land products, modern ones can also be eaten here, and the condiments are relatively complete. The dishes provided by restaurants and restaurants taste good, but The dishes are a little different.

Zhong Qingran enjoyed his meal at noon.Stir-fried fat sausages have an excellent taste and are uniquely chewy. When you enter the mouth, it is spicy and spicy at first, and then the taste of the fat sausage itself blooms in the mouth, which makes people have a long aftertaste.Ordinarily, such fat intestines are not suitable for the elderly, but Mr. and Mrs. Zhong have no such worries. The two old people have very good teeth. Even if they are not as good as the young people, they just chew for a while.It is also a blessing to be able to enjoy all kinds of delicacies when you are old.

The rest of the dishes tasted good too, but compared with the stir-fried fat intestines, they paled a bit.This can be seen from the first empty plate of Fat Sausage.The difference between meals made by the same person can only be said to be determined by the ingredients themselves.Just like vegetarian and meat food, most people will stick their chopsticks to the latter.

After the meal, Zhong Qingran had nothing to do, remembering that he had met Huang Jiaoyu yesterday, it seemed like a waste of resources if he didn't strike while the iron was hot, so he decided to pay a visit.Doesn't the expansion of contacts lie in the relationship between people?They were not acquainted with each other at all, and if they did not communicate for a long time, Huang Jiaoyu's affection for Zhong Qingran would probably be lost in the long river of time.

It's just that it seems unreasonable to visit without serious business, after all, the two were strangers before yesterday, and Zhong Qingran was not so ignorant.Having to think of a reason, Zhong Qingran wandered back and forth by the brazier.

Jian Mingyu stared closely at Zhong Qingran's actions, fearing that he would be too focused and accidentally knock over the brazier.

Time passed bit by bit, and after an unknown number of laps, Zhong Qingran's eyes lit up, and he thought of a way to kill two birds with one stone, which could not only deepen the relationship with Huang Jiaoyu, but also bring benefits to his family. Say hello.

Looking at the sky, it was already half an hour later, Zhong Qingran calmed down his eagerness, and said to Jian Mingyu: "Mingyu, I'm going to visit Huang Jiaoyu tomorrow, what gift do you think would be better to bring?"

"I heard that literati like classics, calligraphy and paintings. Last night he admired your paintings very much. How about you make a painting yourself?" Jian Mingyu pondered for a moment, and then said, "Everyone has different preferences. Huang Jiaoyu may like Paintings, this thing may not be what he likes. However, if you come to the door for the first time, you don't need to deliberately match what he likes, you are definitely right to send paintings."

Zhong Qingran deeply agreed.

He has to expand his network now, and he can't always fight alone, which is too risky, otherwise, why should everyone manage various relationships?

The Zhong family's foundation is too weak, and the people Mr. Zhong made friends with through Qinghefang are either shopkeepers or small and medium merchants, but he has never seen any real rich merchants.It is impossible for him to rely on Mr. Zhong for the rest of his life, the family has to be supported by him and Mingyu.Zhong Qingran never thought of trapping Jian Mingyu in the back house. No one knows Jian Mingyu's abilities better than him. If he really wanted to do this, it would be a waste of money.

In fact, in Zhong Qingran's opinion, the best place for Jian Mingyu to show his talents is in the army, but he never mentioned it out of his own selfishness.Zhong Qingran is confident that even if Jian Mingyu becomes famous in the army, he will not be divorced from him just because of this. What he is worried about is that swords have no eyes and lucky beads are good, but who can guarantee that they will be safe?

Another point is that the two have been separated for a long time, and they may not see each other for a year. This day is not what he wants.Of course, there is no solution, but it is impossible for him to join the army, life in the border area is too hard, how can Mr. and Mrs. Zhong bear this crime.Therefore, if Jian Mingyu didn't mention it himself, Zhong Qingran wouldn't take the initiative to talk about it.

"You're right." Zhong Qingran agreed with Jian Mingyu's proposal, but still called shopkeeper Han over and asked about the taboos of Huang Jiaoyu's family.It is not reasonable to just give gifts to Huang Jiaoyu for the first time, and it is obviously not acceptable to give gifts indiscriminately.

Shopkeeper Han didn't pay special attention to Huang Jiaoyu, but as the shopkeeper of Qinghefang, he had contact with a lot of people and was well-informed. He didn't know much about Huang Jiaoyu's family, but he was not completely ignorant.This was enough, Zhong Qingran didn't need to know too much, as long as there was no mistake in gift giving.

After dismissing shopkeeper Han, the two got busy, Jian Mingyu was in charge of preparing the ceremony, and Zhong Qingran was immersed in painting.

Ever since the Fu Yunzhu was integrated into his soul, Zhong Qingran's memory has become very good.He lingered in the image of Huang Jiaoyu in his mind for a moment, and then picked up a brush to paint.Xu Shi had a manuscript in his belly, and if Zhong Qingran had a divine help in writing, the whole portrait could be said to be completed in one go.

Portraits of real people could not be done arbitrarily in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Zhong Qingran dared to do this because he was sure that Huang Jiaoyu had no taboo on this. He couldn't think of what to paint for a while, so he followed his feeling and directly chose this plan.

Zhong Qingran was immersed in the world of painting, and the noise caused by Jian Mingyu pushing the door did not bother him.Even so, Jian Mingyu tried his best to keep his movements light and stood a little far away to watch.

Zhong Qingran was painting at this time, and Jian Mingyu immediately recognized the person in the painting as Huang Jiaoyu. Just the image outlined with lines made Huang Jiaoyu stand out on the paper. Not low.

As the only bystander, Jian Mingyu witnessed the birth of Huang Jiaoyu's portrait.

This painting is somewhat different from the painting of plum blossoms last night, it is not so realistic, Huang Jiaoyu's image has also been slightly beautified, but it is still a good painting.

After a while, Zhong Qingran finished his pen, saw Jian Mingyu who was standing on the side looking down, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

Jian Mingyu was speechless for a while, he was glad that he was transformed into a child, do you want to praise him?Then satisfy him, Jian Mingyu couldn't tell what was good, so he had to say all the compliments he could think of.Jian Mingyu didn't say anything against his will, he really thought so, he just said a little more.

Zhong Qingran is not a real child, he will not be carried away by Jian Mingyu's many compliments.His obvious behavior of asking for praise is just to enjoy the good feeling of being sincerely praised by his partner.

"Mingyu, you will come with me tomorrow."

"it is good."

Huang Jiaoyu's family, study room.

"Master, this is the greeting card just received by the concierge."

"Who is it that you want to send it yourself?" Huang Jiaoyu buried his head in the book without raising his head.

"It's a respectful man."

Huang Jiaoyu was a little dazed, with a suspicious expression on his face, and reconfirmed: "Who are you talking about?"

"Respecting the township boy Zhong Qingran."

Hearing the familiar name, Huang Jiaoyu finally realized, could it be the boy from yesterday?He knew about the fact that someone in Hewan Village was awarded a knighthood a few years ago, but he just thought that it had nothing to do with him, so he didn't pay attention. He never thought that he would meet him during the Lantern Festival. What a coincidence.

Huang Jiaoyu put down the book in his hand, took a look at the post, it was just an ordinary greeting post, from which he couldn't tell the intention of Zhong Qingran's visit this time.

"You go and get ready. Well, by the way, let someone inform the madam and the old madam, maybe they will welcome you tomorrow."

After seeing the housekeeper retreat, Huang Jiaoyu pondered for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what the Jingxiang man was doing this time.Since Zhong Qingran has no intention of studying, he has nothing to do with him. As for currying favor with him, that is pure nonsense.

Even if he is an empty shell, he can be disdainful behind his back, but he still has to be respectful on his face?Isn't the title of title a good-looking display?With a noble title, one's status is inherently superior to others, and it is considered light to despise and collide face-to-face, and to enter the yamen and be punished by the yamen.

Since he couldn't figure it out, Huang Jiaoyu didn't get entangled in this matter, and he would know everything when he met tomorrow.