Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"What rope buckle?" Yun Huaqing looked up at Ding Tian.

"It's just to tie the rope, do you know how?" Ding Tian asked him again: "It's just to wrap the rope around and tie a knot."

"I'm a scholar, how can I do that?" Yun Huaqing curled his lips: "I don't even go to the kitchen at home."

Because the gentleman is far away from the kitchen.

Jin Buhuan looked at Ding Tian with a hint of a smile in his eyes, because he knew that Ding Tian was a cook and a farmer.

Ding Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked Yun Huaqing, "Then can you tie a knot?"

"I'm not a female family member, but I still need to learn how to make a net?" Yun Huaqing still didn't forget his identity as a scholar at this time, and he didn't

who is.

"It's okay, it's just chatting." Jin Buhuan said: "It's getting late, let someone take you back, bask in the sun outside, and at night, take a bath... Don't get the dressing change area wet, let them clean it for you." You scald your feet with hot water, alas, don’t think about it..."

Jin Buhuan comforted Yun Huaqing, and then sent him back, while Ding Tian hurried to find Du Zhifu: "There is a new discovery!"

He told the matter to Du Zhifu, and Du Zhifu was really happy: "Yes, yes, this case is full of doubts.

The government wants to suppress the case, and after this autumn harvest, the case will be sent back for retrial! "

Now after the autumn harvest, all kinds of things have to be busy, and the prefect Du will not ask questions at this time, but he suppresses it and doesn't report it, that's fine.

Ding Tian bared his teeth: "Master Fu Zun is wise!"

Seeing that August 500th is coming, and the weather is getting colder, Ding Tian began to distribute gifts. Wang Zuo gave him [-] yuan mooncakes, five kinds of fillings, none of which were missing, and another [-] mooncakes were given to him alone , which contains ten kinds of fillings.

Ding Tian joyfully began to give gifts. Of course, there were also people who gave him gifts, such as the Lin family.

Although the Lin family and Ding Tian are just "reciprocating courtesy", it is undeniable that Ding Tian buys everything at the Lin's cloth shop at a discount, and it is a [-]% discount. Most of the caravans travel between the three prefectures, and last time Ding Mo came here thanks to the blessing of his caravan.

Everyone came to give presents, and Ding Tian had to return gifts: "What did you give?"

"Young Master Tian, ​​the Lin family sent ten bolts of flowered cloth, ten bolts of fine cotton cloth, two jars of old white dried meat, ten meat cranes, four fat rabbits, and two baskets of dried mushrooms. Maybe they know you like to eat them? Two mooncakes, no snacks, but if you say you have a snack shop, I won’t give you any." Ma Liujia showed Ding Tian the list of gifts.

"Okay, I get it now."

Not only the Lin family, but even Cui Jiu had a gift. Now he is doing business with Ding Tian, ​​with the help of Zhao Laosi. The two of them are running the business very prosperously, especially when it comes to festivals.

The business is good, and the dividends will be more. Now Cui Jiu is also very clean and tidy, and Zhao Laosi closed the shop with Zhao Laosi, and brought gifts over at night.

Not many, but sincerely, I know that Ding Tian likes to eat delicacies and wild game. Wild game is like rabbit and pheasant, but there are many delicacies. There are two hericium mushrooms. It's easy to find, and it is usually sold at a high price, even in the list of tributes, there is this thing.

Baskets of mushrooms and hazelnuts are given to Ding Tian, ​​so that he can fry them in winter.

And the prison guards, most of the gifts they gave were homemade moon cakes, which were three flat and four not round, but Ding Tian liked it, and what he valued was this kindness.

And Ding Tian was also generous, as expected, each person shared two taels of silver, two catties of pork, and a big fat goose.

Another person in the government office gave a tael of silver, a chicken, as a holiday gift, Ding Tian brought the chicken back home, and immediately came a dish of stewed chicken with mushrooms!

The little rooster back then, served with wild mushrooms from the mountains, the taste is absolutely amazing!

When eating in the evening, Ding Tian showed off his good relationship with Wang Zuoxian: "They all gave me presents!"

"Well, I'll deliver it to you too, and I'll deliver it tomorrow." Wang Zuo ate the mushrooms: "It tastes pretty good."

"Really?" Ding Tian said: "I specially added more peppers, it tastes super delicious..."

Wang Zuo kept his word, and the next day, Wang Fugui dragged two carriages over: "The gift for you, the ceremony for our prince, don't forget it!"

The boss made a list, and Ding Tian looked at the names of the first few gifts and was speechless: "I can't return such an expensive gift."

rise! "

Courtesy is reciprocal, if someone gives you a gift of two taels of silver, you should at least return one or half of it, right?

If you return one or two, you probably won't have the next reciprocity.

Ding Tian looked at the list, and the first gift was: an imperial red sandalwood ornament, an imperial sapphire ornament, four sets of the four treasures of the imperial study, and a set of imperial four seasons vases.

The first four items are all made by the imperial government, and they cannot be bought in Beijing with money.

What's more, it's in this borderland.

A pair of white jade hairpins for men, a pair of silver head hairpins, also for men, two white jade pendants, two sapphire jade pendants, and two emerald jade pendants.

There are twenty small gold seeds and fifty small silver seeds, each of which weighs one tael and is shaped like a melon seed. These are called "golden melon seeds"

, "Silver melon seeds".

It is used by rich families to give gifts and rewards to each other, but it is not for the servants, but for the younger generation

Otherwise, it wouldn't be deliberately made into melon seeds.

The brand-new copper coin fifty hanging, the golden look makes people like it.

Then there are four bolts of silk and satin each, twenty pieces of lamb skins, ten pieces of fox skins, and twenty pieces of rabbit skins.

Further down, one hundred catties of white rice, one hundred catties of white flour, one meat pig, ten meat sheep, one beef cattle, twenty geese, and fourteen chickens

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He has everything to eat, drink and dress, even a hundred catties of cotton, which are used to make cotton clothes for him, and those furs are used to make him fur clothes.Wang Fugui reminded him: "Remember, it doesn't have to be so precious to return the gift to the prince, but it must make the prince feel that you put your heart into it."

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During the Dragon Boat Festival, I still know how to send some gifts to the prince. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, so why did I forget it?

Ding Tian must be reminded of this matter.

Ding Tian snorted: "If you sell me, you won't be able to give it to me..."

"Why do you have such an elm head?" Wang Fugui said, "Who asked you to talk about the value? You can't buy these things even if you have money! Look at this white jade pendant, which is the same as this white jade hairpin. Many people want to buy the stuff of Lao Fengxiang, which is famous in Beijing, but Lao Fengxiang still doesn’t sell it!”

Ding Tian took a breath towards the jade pendant: "Sure enough!"

Don't mention how beautiful the fog is, it's a good thing at first glance.

Ding Tian is worried, what can he give Wang Zuo?

In the end, let's make up our minds about eating well.

I made beef sauce with the sent beef, as well as seasoning cubes that can be stored because of the cold weather, instant noodles... Tired and sweaty, I took a shower the next day and carried the finished things , went to the post station... and before he got close, he found that there were many people queuing up at the gate of the post station, with cart after cart of gifts.

That is a spectacle!

It's a pity that the soldiers at the door said: "His Royal Highness King Ning doesn't see anyone and doesn't accept any gifts. Everyone, please go back!"

The words were repeated every once in a while, but no one left, they were all waiting there, just as the wind was in their ears.Ding Tian consciously walked close to the wall, walked to the side door, and was surprised to find that there were people at the side door too!

It's a very ordinary carriage, but... "I went wrong, no guests are accepted here, go to the gate."

"Oh, thank you!" The man probably made a mistake, and drove the carriage to the main entrance.

After he left, Ding Tian came over from behind the tree: "I said, Sange Bai, how are you doing? The ones who trick people into giving gifts go to the main entrance? I think they're all going out of the city."

"It's enough that it's clean here, don't care about the outsiders!" Bai San'er didn't care about those who gave gifts, but rather Ding Tian: "Did you bring gifts?"

Ding Tian pointed to the carriage he had driven over: "What do you think?"

Looking at the bottles, cans, and paper bags on the car, Bai San'er was happy: "Then go in quickly. The prince has not been in a good temper for the past two days.

How much you make the prince happy. "

"Who provoked him again?" Ding Tian felt that there were a lot of factors that could make Wang Zuo unhappy, but there were too few reasons that could make him happy.

"You'll know as soon as you go in." As a guard, Bai San'er can tell Ding Tian these things, it's already cum, but he is also kind, it's really scary for the prince to get angry.

Ding Tian went in?

How is that possible!

He is not stupid!

In the yard, he yelled loudly: "I brought you a gift, come and pick it up? These things are exhausting me."

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the yamen has a three-day holiday. Except for the necessary left-behind personnel, everyone else can go home for the festival.

Even if they were left behind, the yamen would give an extra tael of silver. The meals for these three days were all from the kitchen of the back yamen.

So Ding Tian had three days off, but he originally wanted to go shopping and buy something, but...it took him a day to prepare a gift for Wang Zuo, and it was delivered to his door, what a prince's life.

"What gift did you give me?" Wang Zuo really came out.

But behind him was a man, middle-aged, male, with a shrewd look, his eyes rolled dishonestly, he looked like a very cunning guy, and he was also wearing a silk robe with a hem More than three inches off the ground... This is the dress of a servant.

Not a housekeeper, but also a manager.

"I see that the weather is getting colder. I made seasoning cubes, beef sauce, and instant noodles for you; and some autumn vegetables from my vegetable garden. By the way, you have to prepare a wooden box now. When it freezes, sprinkle seeds on it In the house, in case there is no food to eat in winter..." Ding Tian chattered with Wang Zuo, and they got to know each other very well.

"Let me see, I also make beef sauce here, why is it not as tasty as yours? Did you save a hand?" Wang Zuo didn't show politeness to him, he unpacked the gift box himself, took out a jar of beef sauce, Open the lid and smell it: "That's the smell!"

"How did I do it? Didn't your chef watch it all the time? And he didn't watch it just once, he watched it three or five times, and he hasn't learned it yet... That's his problem." Ding Tian almost rolled his eyes: "What to eat for lunch?"

"Beef? The newly sold beef cattle on the grassland are very tender." Wang Zuo covered the beef sauce and said, "Send them all to the small kitchen."

"Yes!" Wang Fugui greeted the staff: "Hurry up, send it to the small kitchen, don't send it to the wrong place."

The big kitchen is where they eat, and the small kitchen is a place for the prince to eat, and the cook there is the most loyal since he served Wang Zuo since he was a child.

It was the one who had been silent all this time, and no one paid attention to him for a long time. He didn't feel ashamed and panicked, but opened his mouth in a condescending tone: "Who are you? Come to give our prince a gift? Just sent these?"

In his eyes, these are the things that a countryman should have as a gift, how can he give it to the prince?

"Who is this?" Ding Tian looked at Wang Zuo.

"A person who doesn't know the so-called, let's go to the study room. I have newly made yogurt with the pulp you mentioned in it, and the taste is not bad." Wang Zuo walked to the study room, and Ding Tian followed quickly. Pay attention to that person.

However, when Wang Zuo left, he shook his hands behind his back. Wang Fugui immediately greeted the two of them, and stopped that person after Ding Tian and Wang Zuo left.

That person was still clamoring: "Little Fuguier, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Wang Fugui no longer had a playful smile in front of Ding Tian, ​​but was cold and frightening: "Drag out, shut up, and beat him to death!"