The husband's son-in-law

After lunch at noon, the snow fell more and more.

After Li Zhouzhou washed the pots and bowls, bone soup was simmering in the front stove, he quickly wiped his hands and went to the backyard, where he first picked up the cabbage from the field.The frozen cabbage cannot be put in a warm place immediately, otherwise the leaves of the cabbage will be bad.

Put the cabbages one by one in the firewood room, leaning against the corner of the wall, they cannot touch the firewood, so they should be dried first.

After harvesting the cabbage in the field, a thick layer of snow fell on the top of the pigsty and chicken pen. Li Zhouzhou took a broom and roughly cleaned it to prevent it from collapsing.

After finishing, go to the firewood room and pick up the cabbage that has been frozen so that the leaves are not very good. This is used to pickle the sauerkraut and knead the dough to ferment. It was getting dark, and Li Zhouzhou started cooking.

Gu Zhao was reading in the room, and when the light dimmed, he knew it was time to cook.He stretched himself, rubbed his hands, and originally said that he didn't need to burn the kang during the day, but the kang in the room was warm, and it was cold even sitting at the desk all afternoon.

It is the first time to spend winter in ancient times, not to say that you can resist it with your will.very cold.

Gu Zhao didn't dare to take it too seriously, it would be bad if he got sick.Whether it is ancient or modern, it is troublesome and costly to see a doctor, not to mention the level of medical care at this time, and a cold can kill one's life.

It takes about five hours a day to read books, extract and summarize, and try to do the questions.In the morning and evening when the light is not good, Gu Zhao recites and silently reads what he read yesterday.

It takes only half a month to really enter the learning state.When I was in the Gu family, Gu Zhao copied the book, and there were not a few lines. In the yard, Li Guihua would point at Sang and scold Huai, sometimes saying that the water was gone, and sometimes scolding Tiedan. not on.

After preparing for the wedding, even though Gu Zhao is married, he still needs to prepare a dowry.When the dowry was prepared, Li Guihua had a lot of excuses. If the price was too expensive, she would shirk it if she could;

The aunt and the second aunt came to help, and the family came in and out to sew quilts and make clothes. Li Guihua made tea and sat there eating melon seeds and chatting all afternoon.Nothing is quiet.

When Gu Zhao copied the book at the time, he only cared about the content and didn't read the meaning carefully.

After arriving at Li's house and living with Zhou Zhou, Gu Zhao's modern soul really has a home and becomes more at ease.

This is his home.

After working out and sitting all afternoon, Gu Zhao went to the kitchen, and the snow had stopped outside.Entering the kitchen, I saw Zhou Zhou rolling out pancakes.

"Are you eating pancakes today?"

When Li Zhouzhou heard Xianggong's voice, his eyes lit up, and he continued to work, saying: "The steamed cakes will be eaten with sauerkraut in a while. Xianggong, please sit in front of the stove and warm up quickly, don't get cold."

"Okay." Gu Zhao replied obediently, "Honey, this cake can be rolled bigger, folded in half, steamed and eaten with vegetables, so that one hand holds the cake and the other hand drinks the soup."

Otherwise, take the cakes and chopsticks and eat the dishes, and then drink the soup after eating. The bone soup cools quickly.

The cake in Li Zhouzhou's hand was rolled out a little thinner according to what Xianggong said, folded in half, not compacted, and placed on the steamer covered with sackcloth.The cake is crescent-shaped, and it saves space when placed.

"Master, this method is good." Li Zhouzhou praised.

Gu Zhao smiled shamelessly and begged for praise, "Is there any reward for that week?"

Don't wait for Zhou Zhou to answer.Gu Zhao leaned over, kissed his wife quickly, and then pretended to be obedient and said, "I'll take the reward myself, I'm going to burn firewood, and I won't make trouble for you."

Li Zhouzhou blushed, but fortunately there were only two people in the kitchen.

There is no way to get a husband.

The bone soup in the front stove had been simmering for more than half an hour, and it was already milky white. Li Zhouzhou put the iron pot on the back stove.

Then fish out a few cabbage clappers from the sauerkraut jar, squeeze out the water, and cut into cubes.

Gu Zhao sat in front of the stove and peeled the garlic, and handed it to his wife.Li Zhouzhou flattened it with the back of a knife and cut it into pieces. After a while, the pancakes were steamed, and a little bit of lard minced meat was fried with minced garlic and sauerkraut. It was fragrant and delicious.

...It would be even more fragrant if some chili was added.

There is no corn in this world, let alone pepper.Gu Zhao recalled the original body's memory, after more than ten years, the chili pepper did not appear, maybe it did, and the original body did not recognize it.

There is no sea ban in the Dali Dynasty, but the fishermen in the villages are fishing for fish. Are there any caravans that actually go out to sea?Six or seven years later, pirates came and attacked frequently. They fought for three years and even killed a prince. Finally, they were banned at sea.

Chili seems to have come from America.

"What are you thinking, sir? Staring at the pot, are you hungry? I'll make you a bowl of soup first."

Gu Zhao said: "I'm not hungry, I'll eat with dad later. I'll go back to the house first."

He remembered something.

Taking advantage of the fact that it hasn’t been long since I’ve traveled here, and the miscellaneous memories of modern history are still clear, I quickly write them down, such as corn seeds, peppers, etc., and write down what comes to mind.

When Gu Zhao returned to the house, the light was already dim, so he had to light an oil lamp and put it on the table. He originally wrote two lines, but finally drew a rough version of the world map from memory, mainly including the four oceans and seven continents. It must be impossible to remember.

As I drew and painted, the weather was marked.

Gu Zhao put down his pen when Zhou Zhou's voice came from outside the house, and he had already written two large sheets of paper.

"Here we come." Gu Zhao carried the oil lamp and put it on the table in the main room, and his father and Zhou Zhou were waiting for him to eat, "I forgot the time when I wrote it, father and Zhou Zhou don't wait for me next time, or it will be cold. "

Li Zhouzhou handed Xianggong a towel to wipe his hands, and said, "I just brought it here."

The family is not so polite.

Gu Zhao didn't say much after hearing that, wiped his hands and sat down to eat, took a pancake, and hissed it hot.Li Zhouzhou saw his husband like this, with a smile on his face and distressed, took the cake in his hand, broke it open, dug vegetables with a spoon and spread them on a layer, and handed them to him after they were finished.

"Be careful of the heat."

"Thank you, wife~" Gu Zhao's tone was flying.

Li Da is used to this squeamish son-in-law, he didn't go to see the young couple, he stretched out his hand and calmly grabbed the cake, and ate it with the chopsticks, now seeing how Zhou Zhou did it, it turned out that he could break it apart, so why not this cake round.

I didn't just eat it, I broke it apart and learned how to spread vegetables in the middle of the cake.Li Da took a bite, half of the cake was missing, and he was still able to hold a bowl of hot soup with his other hand.This is much more convenient.

"It's the Princess Xiang's wish to make cakes like this." Li Zhouzhou told his father.

Before Li Da said anything, he looked at his brother-in-law sticking to Zhou Zhou's arm, and said happily: "It's not very powerful, it's just a little bit of ordinary idea, the main reason for making it so delicious is weekly."

"It's my husband who is amazing."

"Zhou Zhou is the best~"

"..." Li Da ate the cake.Not really wanting to talk.

Anyway, I don’t know why the family atmosphere became like this.Li Da couldn't learn it either. In the past, Zhou Zhou and Zhou Zhou sat down to eat and didn't talk to each other. They just ate, but now——

Li Da didn't see it, but he felt that it would be nice to be more lively.

After eating, Li Zhouzhou went to wash the pots and bowls and boil hot water for washing.

Li Da stopped his brother-in-law Gu Zhao in the main room, and said, "I'll go to Shili Village tomorrow, and tell me what kind of stove you want to burn."

"Father, the road is difficult to walk in this snowy day, so don't worry or wait for the weather to clear up?"

Li Dayi shook his head when he heard his brother-in-law's words, "It's easy to walk on snowy roads. It's only been snowing for a few days. When the sun comes out, the sun will be better. Once the snow melts, the mud can't walk."

"Really, I didn't expect this place." Gu Zhao immediately flattered his father, "I still have life experience and know more than me. Wait a minute, I'll get the toilet paper."

What is the life experience of this.Li Da thought so in his heart, but the creases on his face relaxed.

Gu Zhao also succeeded.

Gu Zhao took the straw paper, explained it to his father through the oil lamp, and was good at gesturing with his hands.Li Zhouzhou came in with a prepared hot water basin, and gave it to dad first. Hearing what Xianggong said, he interjected: "Father, if it's ready, I'll match it with a clay pot."

Li Dan hummed, and began to wash his face. After washing, he took off his shoes and soaked his feet on the stool.

"What Zhou Zhou said is that it is best to match the size of the stove." Gu Zhao drew the pot on paper.

Li Da thinks what kind of stove goes with what kind of pot, what's so good about it?The masons have burned things for decades, and they can't understand it at a glance, but they just looked at Gu Zhaohua without saying anything.

Li Zhouzhou saw that his father and father were talking and getting along well, and his face was also happy. He went out to fetch hot water from the stove, and he and his father also had to wash up.

After each of them finished washing, they went back to the house and went to bed.

It was cold and hot, and there was a wife in the bed.Gu Zhao acted like a baby and clung to Zhou Zhou, grasping Zhou Zhou's hand and groping, there was a layer of calluses on it, and he was addicted to touching it.Li Zhouzhou originally thought that his callused hands were too ugly, but when he saw that his husband was stroking seriously, he didn't care about it, his waist softened and his expression relaxed.

The two chatted under the quilt, Li Zhouzhou was still tense when they first got married, and didn't talk too much about the work in the house, for fear that the husband-in-law was a scholar and would be annoyed by this.But later Li Zhouzhou discovered that Xianggong likes to listen to him, and he also loves to chat with him.

"...The chickens are too cold to lay eggs. We will slaughter one in the early years of the year. Our little pigs don't need to go to the town to buy meat. At that time, there will be more pigs slaughtered in the village, so we can buy them." When Li Zhouzhou said this, he remembered something. , Immediately got up and uncovered the quilt to go out.

Gu Zhao stopped, "What's the matter? Hurry up."

"I forgot to tell my father that I will go to Shili Village tomorrow and ask Zhu Xiucai, otherwise I will go together tomorrow and get some more things. I have a basket of eggs at home." Li Zhouzhou recalled what my husband said last time. A scholar is knowledgeable, his ideas are simple, if you ask someone about learning, why should they tell you?

You have to get something, and it has to be good.

"Or bring another chicken over there."

Gu Zhao hugged his family Zhou Zhou, but because of his small stature, he ended up nestling in his wife's arms. It's not bad, anyway, he just hugged and covered his wife with a quilt, and then said: "Don't worry. Last time I I heard from my father that Zhu Xiucai wants to take the exam after being admitted as a scholar, so I am afraid that he is studying in the prefecture and county, not at home."

Scholars have all passed the exam, so naturally they are unwilling to stop.

Last time Zhu Xiucai recommended two books that only prefectures can buy.

"After the new year, I will go to my master's place first, and then I will go to Zhu Xiucai's house after the new year." Gu Zhao said.Since there is a need for others, he must visit in person.

Li Zhouzhou listened to what his husband said, but he just wanted to ask his father to take some eggs and send some first. Zhu Xiucai is not at home. There are people in his family, so the things don’t need to be too expensive. Otherwise, if the other party doesn’t pick up, just say thank you Zhu Xiucai Give the name of the book.

So on the second day, before the rooster crowed, Li Zhouzhou got up.

I made breakfast for my father, but I didn't cook porridge with thin soup and little water. If I want to go on the road, I have to eat porcelain.The steamed pancakes yesterday were hot, with lard mixed with sliced ​​meat.He quickly picked up ten eggs and a few pieces of caramel, and that was it.

Here, Li Zhouzhou just got it done, it was bright, and Li Da also packed it up. After washing up, he ate three hot pancakes and drank half a cup of hot water. There was food in his stomach, and he was in good spirits. , carrying a bamboo basket, and saw that there was a basket of eggs in it.

"Whose home?"

"Father, it's Zhu Xiucai's family, thank you for giving the book a name last time."

Li Da said: "I gave meat last time."

"I thought Zhu Xiucai was good at learning, and my husband would like to ask in the future, so it's not good to talk empty." Li Zhouzhou explained.

Li Da nodded after listening, "That's the reason." He didn't ask any more questions, and went out with the basket on his back.

Li Zhouzhou sent his father out. He got up early today, but he didn't go back to sleep for a while. He just swept the snow in the yard into piles, boiled hot water, and cooked porridge. Drink hot.

In winter, I just go around the house, and the work is just so much work, and there is nothing to do after it is done.

The couple had a simple meal at noon and cleaned up.Gu Zhao sat on the kang according to Zhou Zhou, and put a pot of hot water soaked with red dates on the top of the kang, "Don't get out of bed to work, let's take a break."

"Sir, I'm not used to it." Li Zhouzhou couldn't help but think of it, how could he sit on the kang in broad daylight.

Gu Zhao didn't go to read, but came over with a pen and paper. Li Zhouzhou thought that his husband was going to study on the kang, so he gave up a little. Gu Zhao shook his head, put the melon seeds plate by his wife's hand, and said, "You eat melon seeds, I'll talk to you .”

"I don't understand, Mr. Li." Li Zhouzhou clutched the quilt restrainedly, he couldn't read.

Gu Zhao: "I'll tell you." Then he said pitifully: "People look down on me, can Zhou Zhou be my student, let me be a reviewer teacher to have fun."

When Mr. Xiang said that, Li Zhouzhou didn't feel inferior, so he hurriedly said, "Speak, Mr. Xiang, I will listen to it."

Couples live together to communicate.

From Gu Zhao’s point of view, Zhou Zhou of his family has all the skills, the growth of the crops, when to sow and when to weed, and the weather can be known tomorrow by looking at the clouds. Time efficient.

All are advantages.But Zhou Zhou doesn't think these are advantages, and feels inferior.This is not acceptable.

Gu Zhao loves to hear what Zhou Zhou said, and the two of them have learned a lot from each other.

The paper is laid out and now a dot is drawn on the paper.

"I'm here for the exam, classmate Zhou Zhou, what do you think this is?"

When Li Zhouzhou saw it, he immediately relaxed, and said, "Master, this is an ink dot."

"Student Zhou Zhou, don't rely on my good looks to make trouble in class, and call me Teacher Gu." Gu Zhao pretended to be dignified.

Li Zhouzhou pursed his lips and smiled, and shyly called Teacher Gu.He thought, Mr. Gu probably means Master.

Yuan used to be a magistrate all his life, and he had a map of local chronicles. Gu Zhao drew a small circle on the dot according to his memory, pointed to the dot and said, "This is Ningsong Town." Pointing to the circle again, he said : "This is Ninh Binh Prefecture."

Did Xianggong draw a little too small?He heard from Brother Xing that he needed to rent a mule cart to go to the prefecture and county. It would take a day to ride in a mule cart, and it would take another half an hour to take the mule cart to his uncle's house after entering the city gate.

But the paper is just a dot, a small circle.But Li Zhouzhou didn't say anything, he listened to his husband.

Gu Zhao could see that Zhou Zhou was puzzled, but because he trusted him, he didn't ask, so he drew many small triangles and wavy lines at the bottom of the point, representing mountains and rivers.

Today's class is not about geography.

A small circle was formed between the mountains and rivers.This is the place where Yuan worked as a county magistrate for more than ten years in his life.

"Student Zhou Zhou, look, these are mountains and rivers. Our Ningping Prefecture and this area are one south and one north. The crops there are mulberry, hemp, and rice. We don't grow yellow rice, but we also grow wheat. There are few, and the climate is not suitable."

When it comes to crops, Li Zhouzhou is relaxed and nervous, he understands this.

"Then are they eating, drinking, chewing enough?" Li Zhouzhou worried for the people over there.