Farming and teaching across different worlds

Then he and Shi Jingchen had to prepare for the banquet in the palace at night.

On New Year's Eve, all their officials above the fifth rank in Beijing will go to the palace for a banquet.Shi Jingchen was not far from the capital because Jinhaiwei was not far from the capital, and he had reported to the Ministry of War when he returned to Beijing, so he was indispensable for this palace banquet.

The two of them drove towards the palace gate in a carriage, and when they arrived, they separated, and all kinds of people who found their own yamen came to stand beside them.

The palace banquet was very boring. Ji Xiuran sat in the back row. Although he was not conspicuous, people came to him from time to time. Because he presided over the New Deal before, many people saw his importance in front of the emperor.

So he took the initiative to come over to make friends, but fortunately, they were all colleagues of the same level or lower level, and he was able to deal with them with ease. He had a few drinks with these people, and then dismissed them casually.Sitting there bored looking around at the performance of these people.

Looking at Shi Jingchen who was sitting among the generals from a distance, pushing a cup and raising a cup, seeing that he could handle it completely, he smiled lightly, then picked up the fruit in hand and took a casual bite.

When the palace banquet ended, it was already Xu time, and some ministers were already drunk.

Because Ji Xiuran knew his drinking capacity, he didn't drink much from the beginning, and he is still sober now.

On the contrary, it was Shi Jingchen who was a little confused because of the non-stop toasting of those overly enthusiastic generals.

Ji Xiuran saw that he drank a little too much, so he walked over and took the initiative to support him.A general next to him saw Ji Xiuran, and said clearly: "You are the one from Lao Shi's family, right? I'm relieved to hand him over to you, so I'll take my leave first."

Ji Xiuran smiled gently and bid farewell to the general.Only then did he forcefully support Shi Jingchen to walk out.

After there was no one around, Shi Jingchen gave a low chuckle, stood up straight, and completely lost the drunkenness just now.

Ji Xiuran gave him a sideways look with a smile, and said, "Third Brother is really not drunk." Just now he wondered how could it be so easy to get drunk with Shi Jingchen's drinking capacity, it was really an act.

Shi Jingchen gave a deep laugh, and replied: "Although I'm not drunk, I've drunk a little too much. If I'm not smart enough to pretend to be drunk, I'll really get drunk by these drunken lunatics." He likes to drink alcohol the most, if he doesn't pretend, he will definitely get drunk today, and then with Ji Xiuran's small body, the two of them will never even think about going home today.

When the two returned home, everyone was waiting for them in the hall except Jia Bao, who couldn't stay up all night.

When Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen entered the main hall, they saw Ji's father sitting on the seat dozing off little by little.

Mother Ji also yawned a little sleepy.Dahong and Lu Xiangyuan were more energetic.

Seeing such a scene, Ji Xiuran couldn't help but said: "Father and Mother, just go to bed when you are sleepy, don't wait for us."

Seeing them coming back, Ji's mother cheered up, and said indifferently: "I don't want to wait for you, isn't this a night watch?"

Father Ji also stopped dozing off at this moment, rubbed his face, and said in agreement: "Your mother is right, we are here to watch the night, not waiting for you."

Ji Xiuran also stopped arguing with them, and said: "Since this is the case, then this is almost enough, you all go to rest."

Only then did Ji's father and Ji's mother nodded, and got up and walked towards their own yard.Dahong and his wife also bowed to Ji Xiuran, took their leave and left.

Ji Xiuran and Shi Jingchen also returned to their yard, ready to wash and rest.There are still a lot of things to do tomorrow, they need to rest and refresh themselves.

But this New Year's Eve was not destined to be a peaceful night. Not long after they fell asleep, they heard a sound of kicking in the yard.

Then they heard someone announcing outside their door, because Shi Jingchen was used to living in the military camp these years, he slept more alertly, and this person woke up as soon as he called.

He got up, put on his clothes and went out, but Ji Xiuran also woke up in a daze because he got up.

He didn't hear what the person outside the door said vaguely, but after a while, Shi Jingchen came back, put on his clothes hastily, and went out.

Only then did Ji Xiuran fully wake up, sat up, and asked anxiously, "Third Brother, what happened? Where are you going?"

Shi Jingchen paused, walked to the bed, and said comfortingly, "I have something to go back to the camp. It's not a big deal. Don't worry. I don't know the details. I'll talk to you when I get back." After speaking, she lightly kissed his forehead, then got up and hurried out.

Ji Xiuran wanted to ask one more question, but he didn't have a chance to speak. Seeing him leaving in such a hurry, Ji Xiuran frowned slightly worried.

After thinking about it for the last time, I didn't have any clues. Looking at the dark sky outside, it seemed that it was still early, and there was no other way to think of it at this time, so I lay down again full of thoughts.

With something on his mind, he didn't fall asleep in a daze, and when the sky was slightly bright, he got up a little bit unable to lie down.

Ji Xiuran was dressed neatly, sat behind the desk in the study, frowned and pondered for a while, and then invited Youfu to ask: "Who came last night?"

Blessed bowed, and replied: "Master, it's brother Liu Zhuang." Liu Zhuang and others also followed Shi Jingchen back to the capital for the New Year. It should be that someone found them yesterday and asked them to come and find someone. The characters of these people are different. They understood very well that they wouldn't disturb Shi Jingchen if it wasn't a major event. It seems that something major happened in the camp.

After hearing this, Ji Xiuran unconsciously tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a while, and then asked again: "Did you say anything?"

Youfu thought about it seriously, and replied: "It seems that there is a fleet coming back, and Master Shi will go to the camp to preside over it."

Hearing his words, Ji Xiuran frowned. He thought about where to start talking about the return of the fleet, but he couldn't figure it out. But he also knew that it was not dangerous, so he let go of most of his thoughts.

Only then can I have the mind to do other things, and I will say a few words about blessings by the way.

Originally scheduled to visit a few friends today, but Shi Jingchen was not around, and he lost those thoughts, so he asked Youfu to deliver a letter explaining the situation, and apologized.

Sitting at home, receiving a few waves of visiting guests, and then returning to the study, reading a book absent-mindedly to pass the time.

Ji's father and Ji's mother hadn't seen Shi Jingchen before, so they asked a few questions, but Ji Xiuran found an excuse to cover it up.

At this moment, they all saw that Ji Xiuran was worried, so they stopped disturbing him and let him be alone for a while.

But Jiabao didn't see his father, and he couldn't stay with him, so he felt a little depressed.

Father Ji saw that his precious grandson was in a bad mood, so he comforted him distressedly: "Your father may be busy with business, Jia Bao is good, can you play with grandpa?"

Jia Bao listened, nodded in a sensible way, then walked to Father Ji, stretched out his hand to hold his big hand, and said in a crisp voice: "Don't worry about grandson, as long as grandson is accompanied by grandpa."

Father Ji saw how well-behaved he was, so he smiled happily and said, "Our Bao'er is just so well-behaved, grandpa will play with you, and grandpa will accompany you whenever Bao'er wants to play."

Ji Xiuran felt even more bored staying alone in the study, and was about to come out to relax when he heard Jiabao's characteristic crisp laughter.

When he went out, he saw Father Ji had found a paper kite from nowhere, and he was running around in the yard with Jia Bao, trying to put the paper kite away.

Seeing such a scene, Ji Xiuran shook his head helplessly. In this cold and windy winter, the grandpa and grandson also... have leisure time.

But despite the dislike in his heart, standing there, watching them all smiling, relaxed and joyful, without any worries, Ji Xiuran's mood also relaxed, and the faint boredom in his heart dissipated, unconsciously slightly bent the corners of his mouth.

At this moment, Jia Bao turned his head and just smiled nicely at Ji Xiuran who was standing not far away, and happily called: "Daddy, come and release the paper kites with us."

Ji Xiuran walked forward with a light smile, and jokingly said, "Daddy only saw Grandpa releasing paper kites, but he didn't see you."

Jia Bao retorted dissatisfiedly: "We put it together, and we made this kite together, and the boy also put a lot of effort into it."

Ji Xiuran raised his eyebrows with great interest, and asked in surprise: "Really? It turns out that Jiabao knows how to make paper kites. Daddy misunderstood, and Daddy apologized."

When Jia Bao heard Ji Xiuran's words, he showed a somewhat smug smile, then imitated the appearance of an adult, nodded generously, and said: "Those who don't know are innocent, my child forgives Daddy, come and play with us." After that, he stepped forward and held Ji Xiuran's hand, trying to take him to the place where the paper kites were placed.

Ji Xiuran laughed amusedly by his mannerisms, then tapped his forehead with his hand, and said, "Naughty." Then he followed Jiabao's strength and walked forward.

Father Ji watched their father and son's movements cheerfully, and when they saw them approaching, he handed over the paper kite in his hand to Ji Xiuran, smiled and beat his waist, mocking himself: "I'm old!" I'm old, I can't keep up after just a few steps, I'd rather let you young people do the physical work of releasing the paper kite."

After hearing this, Ji Xiuran reproached with some displeasure: "Father, you are still very young and tough, you can live a long life, but you are not old at all."

Ji's father responded with a smile: "Xiu Ran says what he says, if father does farm work, maybe he can dig a few more acres of land, but this paper kite can't be obtained, you go and play with Jiabao, Jiabao Bao is looking forward to getting close to you all day long."

Ji Xiuran heard him mention Jiabao, and then turned to