Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Looking at the money in her hand, Xiaolan clutched her purse tightly: "I don't know how much I'm worth..."

She is a sin slave bought by Tian Shao, so she must have spent a lot of money. Before, my mother said that her worth was only eight taels of silver, but my mother's was ten taels. The two mothers have saved ten taels, but they have not been able to save ten taels. two silver.

But she once inquired secretly that when the old man and his wife bought their mother and daughter, they only spent a total of three taels of silver...

Now she has this money in her hands... Just two little gold nudes can buy two mothers... It's a pity that the mother is

Gone.

"I don't know how much, but let's save it." Ma Xiaohua put the money away: "I will give the money to my mother in a while, and my mother said, if possible, let me redeem myself and become a good citizen so that I can find a good family in the future. After getting married, even if my elder brother is from a good family, he can also marry a woman from a good family to my family, and then my family will no longer be a slave family."

"That's a good relationship..." Lan Lan wiped away her tears.

"It's just that I think it's good to be at home?" Ma Xiaohua said: "Young Master Tian doesn't beat or scold, and also feeds us and keeps us warm. The monthly money is a little less, but the rewards are more. This lot, It's enough for my brother to marry a wife..."

In fact, they don't spend any money. They have food and drink at home, and new clothes to wear. The monthly money is almost purely saved. Occasionally, father will buy mother a flower, which looks good on mother.

There are also candied haws, jerky and other snacks bought for my brothers and sisters...

"You don't understand." Lan Lan stroked Ma Xiaohua's smooth and long black hair: "Being a servant, after all, you can't control your fate. If you become a lover, at least no one dares to beat and scold at will, or don't know what to do. At that time, you will die..."

She is a loser.

Ding Tian didn't know that his two little maids had other ideas, so he started busy loading the car after handing out the red envelopes.

So much to take home.

He originally wanted to bring meat, but was persuaded by Ma Liuge: "It's the same if you buy it when you get to the place, bring more meat that is not available in the county.

thing. "

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ding Tian nodded: "Bring some things that are not available in the county..."

When Ding Tian finished packing, he packed up all the things in the four-horse cart, and Cui Jiu sent him a batch of food boxes. Each food box contained four kinds of snacks, which were rare in the county. The kind that might be.

"Take it back as a gift, it's much better than the ones in the county." Cui Jiu told him, "And this thing won't break even after a month in this weather."

Isn't it? It's so cold outside, it's lower than minus [-] degrees in the refrigerator freezer.

"Okay!" Ding Tian accepted more than 50 snack boxes.

"These snacks can be eaten hot and taste even better."

It seems that Cui Jiu has researched it a long time ago. Oden and dim sum that can be heated in winter are more popular.As a result, Wang Zuo gave him two carriages in addition to the four large carriages. One carriage was pulling a big wild boar, and the other carriage pulled two large baskets of black frozen pears. Red dates, a small basket of raisins, a basket of black dates, and a basket of walnuts.

These things are better than any other silks and satins. If it was really silks and satins given to Ding Tian's carriage, Ding Tian would really...not be happy.

However, when he left, it became a six-horse carriage, plus the one he was riding in, a total of seven carriages, seven coachmen, and twenty healthy servants, which Wang Zuo allocated for him. With a bow and arrow on his back, and a hunting knife on his waist, in fact, something that is no different from a big knife, for his protection.

Counting him, 28 people, Ding Tian felt a headache seeing so many people: "So many people go to my place, where do they live?

"

"Young Master Tian, ​​we will come back when we get there, so we don't need to bother you..." The leader of the team was a seasoned car owner, and he said with a smile, "And we have to come back for the New Year."

"Okay..." Ding Tian looked at the gate...it was the gate of Wang Zuo's Governor's Mansion.

As a result, there were quite a few people standing guard at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, but none of them was the one he wanted to see.

"Let's go..." It was dawn, and if he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would not be able to make it to the next station.

Now that he is an official, he can bring people to live in the station.

A group of people, it's really... the car is rumbling, the horse is Xiaoxiao, and the pedestrians have bows and arrows at their waists.

Except that there was no one to see him off, Ding Tian actually didn't lack anything, but in his heart, he always felt that something was missing, and he turned back several times along the way.

It was only the last time, when he was out of the city gate, that he patted himself on the head: "What are you thinking..."

In the carriage, the decoration was very soft and warm. He Tang swayed in the carriage and fell asleep, and then went to the resting place.They didn't spend the night at the first post station, but went to a big car shop for the night. Ding Tian had been here before, and the big car shop was still the same, but there was a difference between being taken care of and not being taken care of. The store cleaned the single room prepared by Ding Tian, ​​and changed the bedding they brought.

The people in the big car shop looked at Ding Tian, ​​who was an official... I didn't know how many officials he was, but he could tell that he had returned home, so he entertained him very hospitablely, and Ding Tian was not polite: "Grab mutton, mutton soup, Stir-fried haggis, steamed buns with Lianghe noodles, serve them quickly, and there is hot water for us to wash our faces and soak our feet."

Then he threw ten taels of silver to the owner of the big car shop: "Don't give me any more sheep bones? Otherwise, if you take the ten taels of silver, I'll have someone smash your shop down for you."

"Yes, yes!" The boss nodded and bowed the same as before: "Don't worry, the big fat sheep that arrived yesterday will kill two

Only! "

Ding Tian gave the money happily, and they killed the sheep quickly. For 28 people, eating two sheep and other dishes was enough.

After eating, he washed his face, soaked his feet, and went to the hot kang, which had already heated up the room, and lay in bed, but Ding Tian was thinking of another person, he was not at home, would he be able to eat?With so many people serving him, he probably doesn't know what to eat for a long time, hum!

In the end, he fell asleep angrily, with his mouth pursed in his dream, as if he had been wronged.

And what about Wang Zuo?

Not as happy as Ding Tian imagined.

He is in the study, seriously dealing with official documents. The end of the year is approaching, and he actually has a lot of things to do. In addition, he still has a major task to do, so he has to deal with all the official documents urgently.

Wang Fugui didn't dare to approach the desk when he entered the study, it was a forbidden place, so he opened his mouth after a long distance: "My lord, it's time for dinner

"

"Don't eat, I have no appetite." Wang Zuo wrote vigorously without raising his head.

"My lord, you ate a bowl of porridge and a few small dishes for breakfast. It's been a day now, and the snacks are useless, and you haven't had a few sips of tea. Can you go on like this?" Wang Fugui persuaded earnestly: "Anyway, eat at night click it!"

"What to eat?" Wang Zuo asked without thinking.

"Eat ramen, beef ramen! Stewed beef, and side dishes." Wang Fugui immediately said, "How about stewed goose with rice and sauerkraut? Or a braised fish?"

In fact, these dishes are all Ding Tian's favorite, not Wang Zuo's favorite. What does Wang Zuo like to eat?As a prince who grew up with gold and jade, there is really nothing he likes to eat.

Delicacies from mountains and seas have been eaten since childhood, black bear Zhang, white deer lips, which one has not been eaten?Are you tired of eating?

"Braised goose with sauerkraut? That guy loves it!" Wang Zuo curled his lips: "Just eat this, and a bowl of rice."

"Okay!" As long as the prince can eat, who cares what he eats?Even dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder, he can also find them.

After a while, a large plate of sauerkraut stewed goose, served with sugar garlic, chilli eggplant, a plate of vinegar pepper cabbage, and a plate of scrambled eggs with leeks.

Seeing the green vegetables, Wang Zuo moved his chopsticks and took two bites: "It's not as delicious as Ding Tian's cooking."

"Hmm..." Wang Fugui is coaxing him now, but to be honest, it tastes much better than Ding Tian's.

The eggs scrambled by the chef are always tender and tender. Ding Tian's scrambled eggs are afraid that they will not be cooked, so he scrambles old every time...

Without Ding Tian to accompany the meal, His Royal Highness King Ning regained his style and ate much less. Wang Fugui saw that this was not good!

So a ruthless move was made.

He brought a plate of fresh watermelon!

"Where did this come from?" Wang Zuo's eyes widened as expected.

Eating watermelon in winter, even in the capital, few people can do it. If there is watermelon in the palace, it is estimated that the emperor may be impeached by the censor.

The green vegetables provided by Wentangjian in winter are quite substantial, and there are only a few who can freely eat green vegetables, the emperor, the queen, the empress dowager, and the crown prince.

There are at most two handfuls per person left, which is about two dishes.Not to mention this kind of watermelon that only appears in summer.

I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be wasted in cultivating them.

"It's in the dim sum box that Ding Si prison sent when he left... There are only two of them in total." Wang Fugui said, "I thought it was dim sum at first, but after I opened it, I found out that there were straws inside. Put the watermelon..."

When he opened it, he was shocked too!

It is not an exaggeration to say that this thing is a golden watermelon.

If they were in Beijing, they would be eligible to be sent to the palace.

"He sent it?" Wang Zuo looked at it for a long time: "Where did he come from... he planted it at home?"

"Why don't you go and have a look?" Wang Fugui urged him, "Maybe it's really... planted?"

He wanted the lord to go out for a walk and sit in the study all day, but that's not possible.

"Go and see!" Wang Zuo couldn't sit still.

When Wang Zuo went to Ding Tian's house, it was as if he had entered his own territory. Ma Liu's family and Lan Lan, a little girl, did not dare to stop him.

He went directly to the corner room of Ding Tian's house.

After entering the door, after passing the lush green onions, coriander, spinach, rapeseed and other green vegetables, you can see the watermelon placed by the window and hatched in a straw nest.

Not too big, a little smaller than summer watermelons, but it is indeed a watermelon.

Ancient people did not understand artificial pollination, but Ding Tian did!

In the urban-rural fringe area, many people sell greenhouses and wholesale green vegetables. The most expensive thing in winter is watermelon, which can sell for hundreds of dollars in winter.

So he knew some ways to grow watermelons in winter, but he didn't know if it would work. Before he left, he opened one, and when he saw that the insides were red, he gave Wang Zuo two as an annual gift for him. , whether those two can be popular or not depends on luck

It turned out that his luck was very good, and the inner flesh was pink.

"He actually...?" Wang Zuo touched the watermelon, his eyes straightened.

"My lord, Young Master Tian said, I will send you one every ten days..." There were only eight in total, and two were given to Wang Zuo first, and Wang Fugui cut one.

One will be given away every ten days, a total of [-] days, nearly two months. At that time, Ding Tian will come back, and he will be able to eat the watermelon cultivated in the last winter with him.

"Did he...haven't eaten?" Wang Zuo was in a very complicated mood.

"Eat, open one, we share equally, Tian Shao said to see if it is ripe..." Ma Liujia's head bowed and replied: "Let Haosheng take care of the rest, don't pick them off in advance, for fear of spoiling ...."

Wang Zuo stayed in this green corner room for a long time before he flicked his sleeves and left, leaving behind a group of people who dared to breathe.

Wang Fugui didn't know what the prince meant, but eating watermelon was definitely better than nothing!

Wang Zuo went back into the study: "Tell the three of them to come here, I have something to order."

"Yes!" Wang Fugui had just stepped over the threshold with his front foot, but before he lifted his back foot, he turned around to look for someone.

Needless to say, it must be those three staff members.