I farmed in ancient times

After sleeping until dawn, when Jueming got up again, Cen Daonian and Cen Chao'an had already woken up.

Thinking of how Cassia Ming was sick and bumpy all the way, Cen Daonian didn't call for anyone.

Hurrying to the yard, there were toothbrushes and a face towel on the wooden table under the ginkgo, and Caesar took them to the well, where he found a box of tooth powder.

After washing with clean water, Cassia felt somewhat refreshed.

Today is cloudy, and the sky seems to be brewing rain at any time.

Cen Daonian took Cassia Ming to eat breakfast outside the alley, and then walked around to a wide street.

It is wide because it is compared with the ancient roads, and compared with the modern roads, it is a bit inferior here. The advantage is that the streets are all blue bricks and glazed tiles. From a distance, there are few people building three-story buildings.

Cen Daonian led his two sons, stopped in front of a dilapidated gate, pointed to the gate and said, "This is the old house from before."

Cen Chaoan broke free from his father's hand and took a few steps forward, his face was full of joy: "I remember this place!"

Cassia blinked and wisely did not answer.

Looking up, the mansion is all built on the basis of mortise and tenon joints, and the pillars and colorful beams are covered by heavy dust.This house has not been lived in for at least five or six years, and it is still so well preserved.

The three of them didn't stay at the door for long, the black-faced young man went to knock on the door, and soon the door opened from the inside, and an old man came up to greet him, saluted respectfully, and said: "I have seen the Shangshu."

"You don't need to be too polite." Cen Daonian stepped over the threshold, gave him a little support, and the old man straightened up, his wrinkled face turned into a flower with a smile, "The two young yamen have grown up so much!"

Cen Daonian nodded, "Steward Zheng, from now on, Jue Ming will take over the affairs of the family."

Steward Zheng said yes, and Caesar followed Father Cen into the mansion.

Like most buildings, the entrance is a screen wall, the patterns on which are carved from stone, such as Qionglou Yuyu, arched bridge and black boat, a hundred birds competing for beauty, and thousands of flowers are beautiful and exquisite.

A wisteria covered most of the screen wall, Cen Daonian walked into the house, and Jue Ming took a few steps to keep up.

The construction of the house is quite satisfactory, passing through the flower hall for receiving guests, bypassing the promenade and the arched door, there is also a small courtyard inside the house, which is where the main house is located.

Right now, several people were cleaning inside, and when they saw someone coming, they all stopped their work and saluted.

"Today, the main room can be cleaned up, and the East Kitchen can start the fire." Cen Daonian turned to Zhe Ming and said, "You are busy with the affairs of the house these few days, and then go to play with Li Xiurong when you settle down... You tell him that you are back ?"

"Not yet." Jueming said.

When I came back, I was in a hurry, and after thinking about it for a few days, I didn't write to Li Xiurong.Caesar sighed, and now he was seriously doubting whether Mrs. Cen wanted to find someone to help him tidy up the big house when he asked him to go back to the capital at this time.

Old Cen's official position seems to be great, Jueming foolishly thought: I'm a dead body and resurrected, and I hugged Old Cen's big thick legs by the way.

After roughly turning around the Shangshu Mansion, Jue Ming rolled up his sleeves and asked Steward Zheng about the current situation in the mansion.

Now the Shangshu Mansion has five servants with Butler Zheng, and those four are in charge of weeding and cleaning, and they are bought temporarily.

The mansion in the mansion was short, so Jue Ming took a small notebook to write down a few words, and asked about the house that was in urgent need of repairs. He got up early the next morning, took gold and went out after breakfast.

Most of the houses in Shangshu Mansion can still be lived in, but the appearance may be a bit shabby. After all, no one cares about it after so many years of wind and sun.

What is most lacking now are handymen and cooks.

Taking advantage of the beginning of the market, Jue Ming found a broker in the capital and found four young men who seemed to be doing their job.Jueming found two laundry women, maids who could do needlework and mending, together with the cook, and brought seven of them back at one go.

Shang Shu's mansion was empty, there was nothing there, Jue Ming took a young man out, walked along the street, bought bedding, tables and chairs, and some high-end and low-end tea sets.

It has been a week since all the messy weeds in Shangshu's mansion have been cleared up, and the tree branches and fences have been trimmed neatly.Father Cen seems to be very busy this week, and he can only see him when he is having dinner.

The afternoon sun was shining brightly, and the two doors of the flower hall were wide open. Cassia was slumped on a recliner in the shade, covering her face with a small book, thinking about where to find a reliable mason to repair the house.

The cicadas were chattering outside, and the air was stuffy and hot.No one came to disturb, and the afternoon was quiet and long.

As Jueming thought about it, his eyes under the book closed unconsciously.

"Officer."

Someone is shouting in the ear.

Caesar opened the book in a daze, squinted his eyes to adjust to the harsh light, and asked, "Huh? What's the matter?"

"This is a post from County Magistrate Shen." The young man held up a post with both hands and handed it to Cassia.

Jue Ming took it and opened it to look. It was Shen Yan who invited him to see Osmanthus fragrans for tea.

What's so good about sweet-scented osmanthus?Cassia closed the post, lacking in interest.

During dinner at night, Cen Daonian mentioned Shen Yan and asked Caesar: "Did You Sijian invite you to go outing?"

Cassia: "?"

Cen Daonian: "The former county magistrate of Shen is now promoted to the right secretary."

Cassia: "Oh—" It turned out to be County Magistrate Shen.

"He mentioned this matter yesterday." Cen Daonian said: "Go if you want, you have worked hard these past few days, and this is just a chance for you to take a rest."

Want to go for a walk... no, you don't want to.Caesar rubbed the back of his right head, and he hesitated to agree.

Originally wanted to take Chao An with him, since Chao An returned to Father Cen's clutches, he has not been idle all day, his schedule is full, and he will not be able to spare time to play with his brother tomorrow.

Resisting from looking at Chao'an's pitiful eyes, Jueming had to go to the appointment by himself.

Shen Yanding's place is outside the city, outside the moat, there is a flower garden, spring, summer, autumn and winter, there are seasonal flowers, it is a popular place for many students to recite poems, taste tea and appreciate paintings.

Jueming found out the exact location of the flower garden without any effort, but it was difficult to go out.Let's take a carriage... My wife, I don't have a horse to ride a horse, and I can't ride it. I can only walk on two legs.

Fortunately, Caesar was used to going up mountains and down rivers when he was in Damo Township, so he walked for half an hour, and arrived at Huayuan at the agreed time.

There was a little boy guarding the gate of the garden, Jue Ming handed over the post from Shen Yan, and the little boy let him in.

After entering, Caesar walked blindly along the gravel path for a long time, and still followed the fragrance to touch the Osmanthus Garden.

There was a handsome young man standing at the door, Jue Ming took a look, it was indeed Shen Yan, he had been waiting at the gate of Osmanthus Garden for a long time.

Cassia trotted forward shyly, cupped his hands and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

Shen Yan closed the folding fan, the two exchanged a few words of greeting, Shen Yan led Cassia Ming into the Osmanthus Garden.

"The sweet-scented osmanthus introduced in this garden is different from ordinary sweet-scented osmanthus. It blooms much earlier and lasts longer." Shen Yan introduced while walking.

Cassia took a deep breath, the strong fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus was tangy, and under the green branches and leaves, there were tiny yellow flowers.

People can't help but think of the sweet-scented osmanthus candy that Chaoan ate.

Jueming sighed: "This sweet-scented osmanthus flower can be made into sweet-scented osmanthus cake and sweet-scented osmanthus candy. It would be a pity if you can't eat it just by looking at it."

"There are sweet-scented osmanthus cakes in the gazebo, and Shen Mo is eating them." Shen Yan said, "You came so late, maybe he has already eaten all the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes."

——There is really sweet-scented osmanthus cake!

Jueming stood on tiptoe and looked around, but couldn't see which direction the pavilion was in, and Shen Yan looked a little embarrassed, it was also his first time here, the osmanthus flowers in the osmanthus garden had been planted for a long time, and there were many tall osmanthus trees, covering the distant The scene is completely covered.

There is no signage to guide the way.

After two laps in the Osmanthus Garden, Shen Yan still hadn't found the way to the gazebo, so Jue Ming couldn't help raising his head, glanced at the osmanthus tree, wondering if the osmanthus branches could support his weight.

Picking out the thickest sweet-scented osmanthus tree, Caesar rubbed his hands together and climbed up the tree using hands and feet.

Shen Yan put away his fan, and said worriedly: "Be careful, if you knock, I can't explain to Cen Shangshu, but today I made a guarantee that I can send you back with all your hair, Cen Shangshu That’s why he’s willing to let people go.”

"Ah?" Jueming didn't have time to turn his head to answer, and finally climbed to the place where the branch branched, reached out to hook the branch, and flipped up deftly. A taller tree..."

There was a loud noise in the distance.

Jueming looked around, followed the source of the sound, and saw something was going on in the yard next door, and the laughter and applause went straight to the sky.

Jutan Garden.

A group of youths in full bloom each held five arrows in their hands, aiming at the quiver placed twenty paces away, and threw one after another.

One of the young men in red held an arrow in one hand, squinted his eyes and aimed at the quiver, and the arrows in his hand fell into the quiver one after another, winning applause from all the halls.

Li Xiurong curled his lips and thought to himself: It's really boring. At this time, the chrysanthemums are still full of flower bones, so what's so interesting about it.

After Li Xiurong threw the arrow, surrounded by several people, he went back to the gazebo and drank two sips of tea. After strolling around the Jutan Garden twice, he suddenly found a small wooden door behind the rockery.

Li Xiurong stepped forward and pushed it, and the wooden door opened as soon as he pushed it. He looked back and saw that the group of people were having fun, so he slipped through.

The other end of the wooden door is also a yard. Li Xiurong smelled it, and the sweet-scented osmanthus smelled fragrant. It turned out that the sweet-scented osmanthus smelled in Jutan Garden came from this yard.

Pulling a small cluster of sweet-scented osmanthus from a branch, Li Xiurong held it in his hand and walked on the lawn to find his way while smelling it.

In the distance, it seemed that someone was talking.

Li Xiurong turned half of his body, and sure enough, he saw a gravel road. Beside the gravel road, there was a man in a moss-colored gown, who looked familiar.

Li Xiurong took a few steps forward, and before he could approach, he heard the man exclaim and call out a familiar name.

"Cassia!"

Li Xiurong paused, holding the sweet-scented osmanthus branch in disbelief.

Under a tall sweet-scented osmanthus tree, a white shadow falls on the blue gown, the two colors are mixed together, and it clings to the dark green grass.

Jueming was lying on Shen Yan's body, the pain didn't hurt at all, but he was a little stunned when he fell. After realizing it, he immediately raised his arms, his whole face was so red that he could bleed, and said shyly: "Hold, Feel sorry!"

Cassia Ming's magnified face was close at hand, Shen Yan's heart beat like a drum, and his breathing unconsciously became heavy.

Li Xiurong: "!!!"

—what are they doing? !

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Li Xiurong's mind, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in his hand was crushed unknowingly.

Shen Yan's eyes contained unknown emotions, he stared at Cassia motionlessly, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, and shouted in a deep voice: "Casia——"

"Ah? Ah, I'll get up right away, I'm so sorry!" Jue Ming straightened up with his arms propped up while speaking, Shen Yan turned his head away, and when he got up, Shen Yan stretched out his hand, waiting for Jue Ming to pull him.

For some reason, Li Xiurong felt a surge of hot blood rushing straight to his forehead, snapped off a branch of osmanthus that was as thick as a thumb, and jumped out from one side, holding the osmanthus branch on his hips and shouting: "Cen Jueming!"