The whole city knows we are locked

Another busy day.

Yan Chuyin took the lead and worked diligently, so the people below naturally did not dare to relax.

These days, the work efficiency in the yamen is much better than before.Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xin Lehou asked people to light candles, but he was still busy.The petty officials felt very bitter in their hearts, and they didn't dare to show dissatisfaction on their faces.The weather is so cold, even though there is a brazier in the house, they still feel cold, and their toes seem to be frozen.Alas, not everyone can afford fluffy socks like Xin Lehou!

At this time, Xin Lehou's attendant came in from the outside and whispered a few words in the ear of the young master.

Xin Lehou suddenly stood up.

The petty officials were always paying attention to the movements on Lord Hou's side, and their eyes all drifted over.Seeing a smile on Xin Lehou's face, he first looked at the sky outside, and then said: "I didn't notice it for a while, but I was so busy at this time... Okay, let's stop here today. Everyone tidy up, Let's get on with it tomorrow."

A hint of surprise flashed in the eyes of the petty officials, and all of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.I can finally rest!

Ask Xin Lehou to write poems and fus, he is really not good at it, and it is impossible to be good at it in this life.But in other things, he has a natural spirituality.Yan Chuyin said: "Thank you for your hard work. Shuangshou, go to a nearby restaurant and order a table, hurry up, and don't make everyone wait too long. But no alcohol is allowed, let's drink more mutton soup this season. Warm the cold and keep healthy. Everyone eats and drinks, and go home after eating and drinking enough."

When the petty officials heard the words, the little resentment in their hearts that they didn't dare to speak to others immediately dissipated.Xinlehou called the noodles, I dare not say anything else, but the meat is enough and the taste is good.And it's cool to say it.

"The Marquis has other things to do, so I won't eat with everyone. Let Mr. Lou sit at the table today." Yan Chuyin said with a smile.He finished the work at hand, tidied up the table, and ran away without looking back.

Yan Chuyin ran out of the room briskly, ran across the yamen compound excitedly, couldn't help speeding up a little, rushed to the gate, and saw a familiar figure.Yan Chuyin shouted loudly: "Shen Yu!"

The twilight is all in one.Shen Yu has been standing on the leeward side, probably for a while.

Yan Chuyin rushed in front of Shen Yu, looked him up and down, and said distressedly: "I've lost weight! It's only been a few days since I disappeared, and I've lost a lot of weight. Are you not busy these days? I have to ask my cook to take care of it for you." Make it up."

Shen Yu now wants to prepare for the next year's Chunwei, and there is no need to go to Taixue Yingmao.What Prime Minister Shen meant was to ask Shen Yu to go for a walk with a friend of his who had already retired, to see more about the lives of real people.

It's almost the Chinese New Year now, and every household is busy with the New Year. They don't need to tend the land, so it's rare to have some leisure time in a year.When visiting folks at this time, you can chat more with the villagers, hear about their harvests throughout the year, listen to their plans for their families, and hear about their hardships and longings.

Shen Yu has always been filial, since the Prime Minister had made an arrangement, he followed it.

These days, Shen Yu followed that elder to visit the countryside on the outskirts of the capital.An old man and a young man were wearing the most ordinary clothes without any entourage. They didn't look like an official and the son of the prime minister's family, but rather like a pair of ordinary grandparents in a common people's family.Of course, this grandson is more handsome than ordinary people!

Under the pretext of looking for relatives, they sat in a donkey cart and stopped and walked around.Every time they went to a village, they lived in the homes of fellow villagers.They eat whatever the villagers eat.Before leaving, I will give some copper coins to the fellow.It is enough to use copper coins, and the villagers are in a good mood to make such a fortune a year ago.

Speaking of it, Shen Yu also had a hard life when he was young, but now he is not used to eating and drinking like ordinary people.The prime minister's life is very simple, and the money spent on food and clothing is always very small.But no matter how little it costs, the white rice porridge from the prime minister's house is all made of white rice.The steamed buns from the prime minister's house are also made of white flour.Although the dishes and soup in the prime minister's house are not much, there is oil and salt.

This is much better than ordinary people's homes!

No wonder Yan Chuyin felt that Shen Yu had lost weight, Shen Yu had indeed lost weight.But Shen Yu naturally wouldn't tell the truth about what he had eaten these days, fearing that Yan Chuyin would feel even more distressed, so he just smiled and said, "Have you lost weight? Hey, driving is indeed a hard job. You can't ask the old man to sit in the front of the car against the cold wind." Come on? So I can drive the car."

Shen Yu also said that driving is actually quite fun, and said that the old donkey seemed stable, but it was actually a glutton.This season, there are no weeds growing on the roadside.Occasionally, the old donkey can't wait to dig out the roots of the grass and eat it.He also said that a fellow villager took a fancy to the old donkey and thought it was a jackass, and wanted to borrow it to breed with his family's.However, this is obviously a female donkey.The fellow felt unbelievable, and said that he was mistaken.

Let Shen Yu say these things, three points of interesting are said to be seven points.Yan Chuyin was delighted to hear it.

The two started chatting as soon as they met, without even thinking about finding a warm place first.When Yan Chuyin came out of the room, her hands were warm at first, but after the wind blew for a while, her fingertips became a little cold.He couldn't help but put his hand to his mouth and let out a sigh of relief.Seeing this, Shen Yu took Yan Chuyin's hand directly, and found that it was indeed a bit cold, so she took it into her arms.Yan Chuyin stared blankly at Shen Yu, when suddenly her fingertips touched something warm.

Not only warm, but even a little hot.

"I specially brought you roasted sweet potatoes." Shen Yu said with a smile.He entered the capital this morning. After he got home, he washed up and took a long nap. When he woke up, it was afternoon.Using the method I learned from my fellow villagers, I baked some sweet potatoes, wrapped them in parchment paper, and went to the yamen to look for Yan Chuyin, standing in the lee and waiting for him to leave his post.

Shen Yu was wearing a coat outside, the clothes were already bulky, even with two pieces of sweet potatoes stuffed in his arms, it didn't make much sense.

"Where's your carriage? Let's go and eat in the carriage." Shen Yu said.

When the two were looking for a carriage, there were a few small officials poking their heads at the gate of the yamen.One of them said firmly: "I'm sure, it should be that Xie Yuan from the Shen family... That's right... When he was taking the Tongsheng Examination, the Gongyuan asked us to second him, and I was in the infield." , I recognize Xie Yuan's face!"

"Thank you Xie Yuan! May everything go well for Xie Yuan and his life will be safe." Another small official bowed to the sky.If Xie Yuan hadn't come to find Xin Lehou suddenly, I'm afraid they would have to spend the whole night with Master Xiaohou tonight.

"I hope that Shen Jieyuan can come on time every day and wait for Xinlehou to leave his post." Everyone said with a smile.

The petty officials watched the two young men go away with good wishes in their hearts.

Baked sweet potatoes are really good!Where did Yan Chuyin eat such rough food before? The outside of the sweet potato was covered with a layer of scorched skin, and the skin was still stained with dust.But because it was brought by Shen Yu, he followed Shen Yu's example and broke the sweet potato from the middle, and a scent came out.Yan Chuyin was already a bit hungry when she was so busy, but now she smelled the aroma, she took a big bite without hesitation, and said excitedly, "It's delicious! It's so delicious!"

Shen Yu handed over the piece in his hand: "I brought two pieces today. If you like to eat, I will bake a few more pieces for you next time."

The compartment is filled with the aroma of sweet potatoes, making it less cold this winter.

Shen Yu slowly talked about what he had seen and heard these days.

He and the elder pretended to be a pair of grandparents, the elder was just an ordinary squire; as for him, he was a scholar who passed the childhood examination.In the countryside, anyone who has studied for a few years and can read a few words will be highly regarded by everyone, let alone a child!Shen Yu had met several families, and knew that there were scholars in the village who came to borrow them. They brought eggs and white noodles to the door, and begged Shen Yu to help their children and grandchildren to name them.

Seeing that scholars are so valued, Shen Yu took the opportunity to give a "speech".

"It's what you suggested before—to write an enlightenment book and ask the scholars in the county school to go to the countryside to preach. Isn't the enlightenment book just compiled? When the county school officially goes to the countryside to preach, it will be next spring. I will help you I explored the way." Shen Yu took out a booklet from his sleeve, "It records my thoughts along the way."

Preaching this matter and writing a good enlightenment book is only the first step. How to truly instill the content of the book into the minds of the people and truly achieve the purpose of enlightening wisdom requires great wisdom!It will definitely not work for scholars to follow the scriptures.Even a person like Shen Yu has gone through some wrong roads when preaching.In his opinion, there are many things that seem to be common sense, which should be known to everyone without further explanation, but there are always people who don't understand... Shen Yu said: "You should read this book first, and if you find it useful, you can read it later when……"

The booklet recorded some of Shen Yu's detours, his reflections, and various methods that he thought of to better carry out the preaching.The handwriting is deep and shallow, which is written by him every day.

"It's useful! Of course it's useful! Good stuff!" Yan Chuyin had already read two pages, "I'll print it later and distribute it together with the enlightenment book. Hey, if all the scholars in the world are like you, then everything will be fine."

Shen Yu felt that Yan Chuyin's evaluation was too high.

Is he that good?Can you set an example for scholars in the world?

However, he will definitely work hard in the direction Yan Chuyin expects.

Don't disappoint Yan Chuyin's evaluation!

Shen Yu smiled and asked, "How about you, you've been busy with dealing with refugees, are you doing well? When I first entered the city, I heard a lot of praises for you. They said that Xin Lehou was reliable, swift and resolute, and really cared for the people... ..."

"I haven't done enough. Sigh!" Yan Chuyin couldn't help but think of those victims again, people like Bai Rourou, many of them were already dead.When he thought about it, he felt uncomfortable and uncomfortable.Thinking of Bai Rourou, a flash of light suddenly flashed in Yan Chuyin's mind, met Shen Yu's gaze and said, "E'an County, Dongde Province..."

"It's my mother's place of origin. What's the matter?" Shen Yu asked.

Just say where I heard this place name, it turned out to be Shen Yu's place!Yan Chuyin said: "Now that you know your aunt's origin, do you want to look for it... Maybe you can find some old friends or something? Of course, I didn't ask you to take care of those old friends. They didn't take care of your mother back then and sold her. Why do we need to take care of them now. What I mean is, you can find out the origin of your aunt, and you can write a biography for your aunt in the future..."

At that time, death is like life.After finding out the origin of Shen Yu's mother-in-law, knowing how her family passed it down, how her surname was passed down from generation to generation, it would be considered filial piety to formally build a grave for her later.

Yan Chuyin remembered very clearly that Shen Yu had always regretted the early death of her biological mother.

Then do something for her!