I farmed in ancient times

After returning home, Jue Ming didn't get sick, on the contrary, Li Xiurong got seriously ill after running and sweating in the rain.

Li Di invited a doctor from the palace to give Li Xiurong a diagnosis and treatment. Li Xiurong knew about it, so he would not let this opportunity go, so he grabbed Cassia and came over to let the doctor have a look.

The doctor only said that Jueming was in good health and there was nothing wrong with it. On the contrary, Li Xiurong had contracted a cold these days, so he had to pay attention to rest and not see the wind again.

Li Xiurong could only lie on the bed, covered with a thick quilt, staring at Cassia sitting in the room drinking tea.

Cassia Ming was so stared at that he put down his cup and asked, "Is there anything you want to eat?"

Li Xiurong shook his head, feeling dizzy and aching, he had no taste in his mouth, his throat still hurt, and he didn't want to eat anything.

It was still raining outside, and the rain was still heavy. Li Xiurong looked at the window, then at Cassia Ming, and glared at Wu Yuan. Wu Yuan said, "The carriage is ready."

Li Xiurong was relieved now, and patted the edge of the bed at Cassia Ming.

Jue Ming sat by the bed, and Li Xiurong said, "Is the nursing home ready?"

His voice was a little hoarse, Wu Yuan took Qiuli ointment, Li Xiurong leaned on the bed, and said weakly: "I can't lift my arms."

Wu Yuan made a gesture to feed, Li Xiurong stared back, then said softly, "Hey, I'm so exhausted..."

——Is the cold so serious?

Caesar reached out and touched Li Xiurong's head, his forehead was a little hot, which was a symptom of a low-grade fever.

"Let me feed you." Jueming stretched out his hand to Wu Yuan, Wu Yuan handed the Qiuli ointment to Jueming, and Li Xiurong leaned on the bed contentedly, being fed mouthful by Jueming.

Li Xiurong happily sipped and ate, this autumn pear cream seemed to be sweeter than usual!

Seeing that it was getting late, he had already been here for more than an hour. After feeding Li Xiurong, Caesar got up and said goodbye. Li Xiurong watched Cassia being sent away by Wu Yuan helplessly, and leaned on the bed listlessly, like a dreamless of salted fish.

Wu Yuan, who had finished sending people back, clearly noticed that the atmosphere in the room had changed.

Afraid of being kidnapped again, Jueming had to bring six or seven nurses with him when he went out. As a result, the mansion was seriously short of manpower. Under the recommendation of Wu Yuan and Peng Lang, Jueming added a batch of nurses one after another. .

Mid-Autumn Festival on August [-]th, it is rare that the day is cleared.

Cassia prepared pomegranates, autumn pears, fresh jujubes, oranges, and ringos early, and placed them in the gazebo in the garden.

At dinner time, Jueming and the cook cooked a few dishes with the plump autumn crabs with crab paste, and added a few other things to make a big table.

In the evening, when the family of three enjoyed the moon, sipped tea and ate crabs in the garden, Jueming suddenly said, "I want to go to the south."

Cen Daonian was silent for a moment, and said: "When spring comes, when the peach blossoms bloom, the ice in the river will melt, so we can walk by water."

Taking a boat is the quickest and most convenient means of transportation, Jueming nodded, saying hello to Father Cen in advance tonight.

Cen Chao'an tugged at his brother's sleeves and asked him why he was going to the south, and Jueming vaguely said that he was going to visit the Shiwen grain shop in other places.

As soon as August [-]th passed, the temperature became colder day by day. Before the first snow fell, the Shangshu Mansion bought enough charcoal and firewood for the winter, and also prepared thick cotton clothes.

With the arrival of the first snow, the news that Wang Erhu had passed the state examination also came. As the Minister of Rites, Cen Daonian was the first to get the news and then told his two sons.

Several people are sincerely happy for him, and Jue Ming also decides not to leave until he sees Erhu in spring.

With the arrival of winter, the types of green vegetables on the market have become monotonous. Fortunately, there are many greenhouses near Kyoto. Although the off-season vegetables are expensive, it is not impossible to buy them.

On the morning of New Year's Eve, Jueming got up early and went to the kitchen to help the cook knead the dough.

Today they have to pay for all the people in the house to eat. With Cassia kneading the dough, their work will be much easier.

Butler Zheng commanded other people in the mansion to patrol the fire prevention, hang lanterns, and post door god paintings. The whole Shangshu Mansion was bustling with joy.

It snowed heavily all day, and in the evening, a father and son came to the house.

It was Shen Yan invited by Father Cen.

There were only the two of them in the Shen family, and Father Cen thought it would be lively if there were so many people. Besides, when Shen Yan was the county magistrate in Yang County, he helped the villagers a lot without asking for anything in return. This kindness was enough for Father Cen to treat Shen Yan With admiration.

After each dish was ready, it was quickly served on the table. After a large plate of corners was served, the door of the flower hall was closed, and five people sat in the room pushing cups and changing dishes. The atmosphere in the room was very lively, with a charcoal stove behind them. , warm and harmonious.

After the meal, the cups, plates and bowls were put away, dried fruit and preserved meat, hot tea and cakes were prepared in the hall, the adults talked around the stove, and the children huddled together to play with the novelties in their hands.

Jueming held a book recording the folk customs of various places in the Song Dynasty, reading it with great interest.

At Zishizheng, the sound of Xiangguo Temple's bell ringing could be heard from a distance, and the outside world suddenly became noisy, with the sound of firecrackers, fireworks, silk and bamboo orchestras, mixed with bursts of noise coming from all directions.

Cassia Ming got tired of reading, so he went to the yard with two brats to play with cannons. Shen Mo was timid, and only grabbed Cassia Ming's hand and called his little brother, not daring to go forward to light the fire.

As for Cen Chaoan, his courage grew with age, he took a few sticks of incense, stuck the fireworks on the snowdrift, lit them, and quickly hid under the eaves, covering his ears and looking at the sky.

Jue Ming covered Shen Mo's ears, looked at the fireworks constantly blooming in the sky, and couldn't help sighing: Another year has passed.

I have been in the Song Dynasty for four years.

After the cannon was fired, the two children yawned one after the other. Jueming took them to the backyard to sleep, covered them with quilts, and quietly closed the door to come out.

Cen Daonian: "Are they all asleep?"

Jue Ming nodded, "I've already fallen asleep."

The three of them stayed there until dawn, before Jue Ming went back to his room to sleep.

Before leaving, Shen Mo was still a little bit reluctant to part with his little brother and Cen Chaoan, and wanted to play with them.

Shen Yan promised to bring Shen Mo back in the future, and then Shen Mo calmed down.

On the way back, Shen Yan asked: "Do you like Brother Cen Jueming?"

Shen Mo nodded heavily: "I like it! Brother Cen is very gentle! Shen Mo likes it very much!"

Shen Yan patted his son's head, "It's the same as Dad's vision."

On the second day of the first lunar month, people came to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings one after another. Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Shangshu Mansion was not idle, which is enough to show how popular Cen Daonian was before he was dismissed from office.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Xiurong came over early in the morning after lunch, carrying a small wooden figure, hurriedly walked through the main hall to look for Cassia Ming, "Casia Ming! Look! This wooden figure really looks like you! I'll see it when I pass by." Buy it right away!"

Wu Yuan, who was following Li Xiurong, couldn't bear to expose him. The wooden figure was obviously carved by the oil lamp at home every night during Chinese New Year.

It's okay to hide it from those stunned boys, Wu Yuan has been with Li Xiurong for so many years, and he found out after only one night of guarding.

Jueming had just emerged from the flower hall when he was pulled out by Li Xiurong. The wooden figure was stuffed in his hand. Li Xiurong said: "It's so boring to stay in the room. Let's go, I'll take you to watch the lion dance and the dry boat rowing." Performance!"

Saying that, he greeted Cen Daonian with a salute, and dragged Cassia Ming out.

"Hey! Wait! I'll take a cloak!" Jue Ming broke free from Li Xiurong's grasp, and went to the room to get the cloak hanging on the shelf.

Li Xiurong waited patiently outside the door, waited for Caesar Ming to release the wooden man and put on his cloak before leading him outside.

Unexpectedly, before the gate was out, there was a group of people making noise at the gate.

Jue Ming frowned, and Peng Lang, who was guarding the door, saw that it was Jue Ming, and hurriedly said in a low voice: "Mr. Cen, the people outside the door said they were relatives of the Shangshu Mansion, but they didn't have any tokens or greeting cards in their hands. I sent someone Go to report, they don't want to wait a little longer."

The leader of a big man saw Jue Ming come out, looked carefully, and shouted in surprise, "Isn't this Jue Ming? The second uncle hasn't seen you for several years, and you look really handsome now."

As he said that, he was about to squeeze into the gate with a few big men, and Jue Ming took a step back, "I don't remember that I have a second uncle."

"How can you talk to the elders!" The man stopped, and after cursing vulgarly, he insisted on rushing over.

Peng Lang stretched out his hand to stop him, and the man fell to the ground, yelling, "Hey, yo."

Jueming looked at him coldly, and on the first day back to Shangshu Mansion, Cen Daonian said, if there are those relatives who don't have eyesight to make trouble, just treat it as air.

This is so much hatred and resentment that Cen Daonian let out such cruel words.

The man lingered on the ground for a while, yelling loudly, Cen's mansion was bullying others, not thinking about brotherhood and so on.

The wife he brought with him fell to the side of the road, sobbing, saying that Cen Daonian had a bad conscience.

However, the people who passed by Shangshu's mansion were either rich or noble, and when they saw that they were slandering Cen Daonian, they all smiled and shook their heads, and no one stopped to watch the excitement.

What kind of person is Cen Daonian?He has a breeze in his sleeves, he is upright, and he says what he says.

It was useless to play the bitterness card, the man got up from the ground, dragged his wife and began to curse again, the vocabulary was vulgar, and he spat while cursing.

It was the first time for Jueming to see such a shameless hooligan.

The boy who went to report went back and forth, saw Jueming at the door, crossed his hands, and said, "Shangshu Cen ordered, just throw him out, if it doesn't work, he will beat him. Once can't be beaten twice, until he beats him." I dare not come to the door again."

Along with him, there were a dozen guards in the courtyard, plus the guards at the gate, there were a total of 20 people.

It's not like playing with 20 people playing a few ordinary people who are powerless.

The man who claimed to be the second uncle of Jue Ming knew that if the trouble continued, he would only get beaten, so he left with his brother and wife cursing.

Li Xiurong also had to take Cassia Ming to the streets.

Afterwards, that group of people came to make trouble several times, but they were all turned away by the Shangshu Mansion. If they made trouble, they would be kicked out of the street.

Later, they gave up the idea of ​​recognizing their relatives and publicized Cen Daonian's injustice in the capital. After being beaten secretly by Jueming's men, they went home despondently.

As for why Cen Daonian didn't recognize his relatives, Jueming didn't ask, but he made a rough guess based on the few words they said when they cursed.

They were the ones who killed Cen Daonian's wife, no wonder Father Cen was so indifferent to them.