The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

They drank a cup of tea in Yipinlou, and the group got up and left.

Li Wen asked someone to go home to inform him, and then he took the two young children into Zhao Xiangyi's carriage, followed by guards on horseback, and they went to Zhuangzi outside the city.There were three more children in the carriage, and Li Wen sat beside Zhao Xiangyi, naturally it was not good to be too close to the man, lest the children see it as bad.

Two people sat so close that they could touch each other with their arms outstretched.

When the hand on his side was held by the man, Li Wen raised his eyes to look at the expressionless man, smiled a little, and grabbed the man's hand with his backhand.

Facing the boy's eyes, Zhao Xiangyi's eyes flashed a warm smile, and he gently rubbed the back of the boy's hand with the pulp of his thumb. The boy's hand was soft and slippery, a small one. It was a pair of literati's hands, completely different from those of generals who held knives and guns.

In a place where several children could not see, two people held hands together.

"Chenchen, what books do you usually like to read?"

"Why didn't you eat the candied haws?

"Why don't you speak?"

The three children have just met and are still in the familiarization stage. Li Haopeng is the one who talks the most, constantly looking for topics and trying to chat with new friends.

Mr. Zhao Xiaogong was born in a general family, but his temperament is too quiet, he doesn't look like a child raised by the general family at all, he is thin and small, and he doesn't talk much.When other people talked to him, he only occasionally raised his eyes to look at the person talking to him, and did not answer, so in the end, Li Haopeng had no choice but to give up talking to his new friends, and went back to his old friend to whisper. The two children were whispering up.

"Chenchen, come over here and give me a hug." Li Wen saw the child sitting there quietly. He knew from Zhao Xiangyi that the child was in poor health. Knowing how to communicate with others, he reached out to the child and asked the child to come to him.

Zhao Ruichen hesitated for a moment, and walked over.

Li Wen hugged him in his arms, lowered his head and touched the child's face with his lips, he asked, "Is there anything wrong with Chenchen?" He knew that the child was not in good health, so he was worried that he would not tell him what was wrong. them.

The child shook his head, not feeling uncomfortable.

On the road behind, Li Wen held the child and did not let go, talking to the child in a low voice, although the child did not answer him, but looked at him, he knew that the child was listening to him seriously.

Children with a quiet temperament are also the most sensitive in mind, and they need to spend more time with him to grow up.This brother Zhao Xiangyi doesn't look like a big brother who will accompany his younger brother. The boy is raised in the inner courtyard, and in the hands of a woman, it is inevitable that he will be raised like a little girl. In fact, boys should be more outgoing, and they will be more outgoing when they go out in the future. Make friends, always hide at home alone will inevitably feel a little lonely 0

"In the future, you can send Chenchen to my house to play more, and have company with Xiaobao Yangyang and the others." Li Wen turned his head and whispered to Zhao Xiangyi.

"Hmm." Zhao Xiangyi looked at the younger brother who was hugged by the young man, and met the child's eyes looking up at him.

The chariots and horses left the city gate and arrived at Zhuangzi not long after.

Getting off the carriage, Li Wen saw that the mountains not far away were all white, and said with a smile, "The last time I came here, the other side of the mountain was still red, but now it's all white." Time has really passed. Hurry up, it feels like they haven't been here for a long time, and the color of the whole world has changed.

Zhao Xiangyi nodded, remembering that the last time they came to Zhuangzi was early autumn.

"Eldest young master, young young master."

"Master Li is here too, and these two young masters?" The butler on the Zhuangzi knew that the young master was here,

He rushed out from the inside in a hurry, and when he saw Master Li coming along with him, he hurriedly invited people inside.

Entering the house, I felt a burst of warmth. I saw a fireplace on the wall with a strong flame burning inside. No wonder they felt so warm when they walked into the house.Li Wen turned his head to look at the man behind him, and asked, "Did you even ask someone to set up a fireplace here?"

"Well, it's warm." Ever since he saw such a stove at the boy's house and felt that it was warmer than burning charcoal in the house, Zhao Xiangyi took the blueprint back and asked the craftsmen raised by the mansion to work in several courtyards of the mansion. They all turned on such a stove.

Ever since such a stove was turned on in the house, even his little brother, who has always been in poor health, has not been sick again in this cold winter. His mother even went to the temple to worship the gods several times.

A few days ago, thinking of coming to Zhuangzi to play, Zhao Xiangyi asked the craftsmen to open a fireplace in Zhuangzi's house, and they could stay here for a few days before returning to the city.

Li Wen walked around the room, sat down on the chair, said, said, "I saw on the way we came

It's snowing outside, shall we go out and play later?Don't you have a carpenter in your house? I'll draw a little thing later, and you let the craftsman make it for the boys to play with. "

There's so much snow outside, it's a waste to leave it alone, and it's boring to stay in the house all day, why don't you take a few little ones outside to play.The place in the city is small, not as big as Zhuangzi's here. There is a large piece of land outside, just enough for a few kids to play outside.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi asked people to get the Four Treasures of the Study, and called the carpenter from Zhuangzi to come over.

"Oh, yes, I even brought gifts for you and Chenchen, and I forgot if I didn't mention it." Li Wen prepared a New Year's gift for Zhao Xiangyi and Zhao Xiaodi, two down vests, two down pants, and There are many gloves, hats and scarves. "This set is from Chenchen. This set is for you. You can try it later. Chenchen is a little smaller than Xiaobao's, and the size is according to Xiaobao's clothes." The size was reduced by an inch."

Li Wen visually measured Zhao Xiangyi's height and size. He still knows a little about his man's height and size. The big one is made according to Zhao Xiangyi's height and size. The thin one is warmer than your cotton coat. And this one is worn on the hands, just like the ones we wear on our hands. 0”

They go out with hats, gloves and scarves all the same.

Li Haopeng lifted up the hem of his clothes, pulled out a down vest in the middle, and said, "I have this too, A Niang made it for me."

Zhao Xiangyi looked at the young man, met the look of the man looking at him, Li asked, "..."

"I didn't do it, I can't even hold a needle," Li asked affirmed.

A look of "disappointment" flashed across Zhao Xiangyi's face.

Li asked the black face.

There are also several sets of Zhuangmengge gift boxes, which are gifts for Mrs. Zhao and the wives and ladies of General Zhao’s house. Li Wen asked someone to bring them over and gave them to Zhao Xiangyi, "Here is a set for you. Damn it, you can figure out the rest, it's all for women."

Needless to say, the business of Zhuangmeng Pavilion is getting better and better, especially at this time of the end of the year, all the officials' wives and ladies in the capital will come out to meet guests, and they must dress up, so this leads to The supply of things in Zhuangmeng Pavilion is in short supply.Now the wives and ladies in the capital are all proud of buying the things from Zhuangmengge, and they have to dress up well when they go out, and put on delicate makeup on their faces to add a lot of color.

Zhao Xiangyi didn't understand these things. He took the things and handed them to the people below, and then gave them to his mother when he returned to the city.

The Four Treasures of the Study were brought over, and Li Wen asked someone to put it on a small table. He drew a miniature version of the car, which could accommodate two children in it, but there was no need for wheels underneath, and it was replaced by two wooden boards. , can be put in the snow to play.

It happened that the carpenter also arrived, and he communicated with the craftsmen who came. The carpenter said that such a simple thing would be ready soon without much effort.

Li Wen nodded and said with a smile, "That's very good, I'll trouble the master, and send it here when it's done. The master carpenter took the blueprint and went out.

"There are several deer raised in Zhuangzi, and I have someone kill one, and I will roast it in the backyard later." There are several deer raised in Zhuangzi, just as they came here today, Zhao Xiangyi asked someone to kill one, and it can be roasted later. eat.

Thinking of the fact that the first time the two had sex was because they ate venison and drank wine, Li Wen once suspected that he was drunk at the time. Zhao Xiangyi was definitely not drunk, but this man took the opportunity to wipe him clean. Even he didn't believe that there was no premeditation!

It's not that Li Wen regretted having sex with Zhao Xiangyi, he must have liked each other a little bit in his heart, that's why he had sex with Zhao Xiangyi again and again, and the other party must have premeditated.At the thought of venison, the images in his mind became a little uncontrollable.

"Ahem, are Yunfei and the others coming?"

"You want them to come?" Zhao Xiangyi asked.

Li Wen nodded and said, "Be more lively."

"Okay, I'll have someone call them over." Zhao Xiangyi asked the guards around him to go to the camp and call Xie Yunfei over.

They had a simple meal at noon, and the car made by the carpenter was also sent over.

"Brother." Li Xiaobao circled around the small car sent by the carpenter, looked at his own brother, with a face of "I think

Play".

Even Zhao Ruichen, who has a quiet temperament, showed curiosity in his eyes when he saw this thing he had never seen before.

"Wait a minute, I'll change my brother Chen's clothes first, and you all go outside to play for a while."

The small car was originally prepared for a few children to play with, so Li Wen naturally wouldn't let the children go out to play.He beckoned Zhao Ruichen to come over, and put on the down vest and pants for the child. The child was a little shy, with his head lowered, and two blushes on his face.

"We are all boys, so don't be embarrassed." Li Wen took off his outer coat, put on a down vest and down pants, then put the outer coat back on, and put on a hat, scarf and gloves for the child. The chubby one is extremely cute. I don't know if Zhao Xiangyi looked so good-looking when he was young. His eyes wandered back and forth on the two Zhao brothers.

"..." Zhao Xiangyi.

Being looked at by San Shuang with yearning eyes, Li Wen couldn't help feeling amused again, "Just go out and play for a while, you can't play for too long." Although the sun is out today, the weather is still very cold, so playing outside for a while It will work, but it won't work if you play for a long time.

"Xiaopeng, you have to take good care of your two younger brothers, and give way to the younger brothers."

"Brother, don't tell me, I will."

Just at this moment, Xie Yunfei and Zhang Mingyu also arrived. Li Wen grabbed two strong men to pull the cart for the children. The three children happily ran outside. With adults watching, he was not worried about the little ones. up.

Li Wen directed the rest of the people to set up a grill for barbecue in the yard. A whole deer was grilled on the grill. Roasting a deer is a labor-intensive job, and a special person must be installed to watch it, and it needs to be turned around from time to time.

Besides roasted venison, Li Wen wanted to do something different this time.

He asked people to cut the mutton into small pieces and skewered them with bamboo sticks.The spices at the hot pot restaurant are all prepared, and all kinds of spices have been ground into powder. It won't take much time for people to ride back to get the spices. He asked people to go to the city to get the spices.

"What is this for?" Xie Yunfei asked curiously when he saw what Li Liuyuan was making.

"You'll know in a while." Li Wen chuckled, keeping his secrets.

The spice powder was brought over, and their meat skewers were skewered one by one. The charcoal is burning well, and the skewers can be started.

"Come on, come on, barbecue." Li Wen grabbed two handfuls of mutton skewers and put them on the rack to grill, and shouted.

Xie Yunfei pointed to the mutton skewers that Li Liuyuan was grilling, the corner of his mouth twitched, and asked, "Roast mutton?" Isn't it just roast mutton?what is the difference?

"Hmm, you'll know in a while." Li Wen gave Military Master Xie a proud little chin, and you'll know if it's delicious after I bake it.Zhao Xiangyi asked someone else to roast it, but Li Wen refused, saying, "I'll show you how to cook these things first." He pointed to the various spices in the bowl next to him. These roasted meats only know how to add a little salt The ancients did not understand the fun of skewers in modern times.

How can skewers be without spices?

Magnetic--

The mutton was put on the fire to roast, and the oil dripped down, and the fire suddenly sprang up. Li Wen called to Xie Yunfei, "Sprinkle some water, sprinkle some water, not too much." , he knew what to do.

When the meat is almost roasted, sprinkle spices on it, put salt, and sprinkle a little cumin powder, the taste is simply amazing.

"It smells so good!"

A group of soldiers surrounded them, their noses were moving, and they smelled the fragrance vigorously, it was really delicious

"Hey, didn't I, didn't I lie to you?" Li Wen took the grilled meat skewers to the plate and left two skewers, one for himself, one for Zhao Xiangyi, and the rest for Xie Yunfei and the others. Going to divide.Seeing a few little ones playing outside for a while, Li Wen asked others to take his place, explained to them how to store the spices, and then went outside to call for help.

As soon as he came out, he saw two children sitting in a small cart, and Zhang Mingyu and the others were pulling the cart.