The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Shen Ge's classmates soon drove over in two donkey carts, led by Lu Haoying and Xiao Siyuan.

Lu Haoying is the oldest among his classmates. He is in his thirties this year. The eldest son is already young. On weekdays, he is the most considerate and thoughtful, and he has the most authority among his classmates.

Xiao Siyuan has the best relationship with Shen Ge, the two have been studying together since they were young, Xiao Siyuan is lively and funny, and Shen Ge, who is a bit taciturn, originally talked to him the most.

"Brother Lu, Brother Yuan, Brother Qian, Brother Li, Brother Zhou." Shen Ge saluted and greeted each of them.

Everyone returned their salutes one by one, and Lu Haoying asked worriedly: "Brother Shen, is your health better now? Brother, I heard that your illness is very serious, and everyone was shocked."

"Brother Lao Zhu, remember that I was a little seriously ill a few days ago, but now I'm much better. The doctor said that as long as I take care of it, I won't suffer from it again in the future."

"That's good." Lu Haoying breathed a sigh of relief, "You are young, but don't suffer from physical damage."

Xiao Siyuan also breathed a sigh of relief, he looked Shen Ge up and down, and said: "Brother Shen's face is still a little pale now, but his complexion is not bad, he must have gradually improved."

"Yes, this time I was able to turn the bad luck into good luck, thanks to meeting a nobleman. Now I have asked the doctor to prescribe medicine for treatment. If there is no accident, I should be able to recover in two or three years." Shen Ge greeted several people at the door After a while, I remembered to greet my classmates to come in for tea, so I hurriedly greeted them again.

The water Shen Ge just boiled has boiled, and the firewood underneath has not been burned out yet, and the boiling water in the pot is gurgling and steaming.Shen Ge turned off the fire and poured boiling water into the teapot filled with tea leaves.

Several of his classmates were sitting in the living room, Xiao Siyuan saw Shen Ge coming in with a teapot, looked around and said: "Your place is nice and quiet, I will stay here for a while when I am studying, I must remember it well. "

The classmate surnamed Qian laughed: "Brother Xiao still wants to come over to study, so it can be seen that he has really improved."

Xiao Siyuan frowned, "Hey, how can I not improve? Mingqiu Township Examination, my father-in-law waited until I won the exam before marrying Qiu'er sister to me. If I don't improve, Qiu'er sister will become someone else's family?"

The classmate surnamed Qian joked: "I said why brother Xiao is working so hard now. It turns out that he wants a wife."

Everyone laughed when they heard what he said, and Shen Ge poured tea for everyone while laughing.

Lu Haoying pointed at the table with her index finger to indicate that the tea is enough, and said with a smile: "Master Wu just wants you to grow up, and I'm already small, how can Miss Qiu'er marry someone else?"

The classmate surnamed Zhou waved his hand, and said narrowly: "That's not what I said. Brother Xiao is now looking forward to hugging a beautiful woman as soon as possible after being selected. Or at Miss Qiu'er's age, you can wait for two years. You can wait for three years, and you can wait for four years, so why should Brother Xiao be left alone to wait in an empty room?"

The classmate surnamed Zhou winked at Xiao Siyuan while talking, and everyone laughed again.

Xiao Siyuan stood up and begged for forgiveness, "Brothers, don't make fun of me again."

Lu Haoying said: "To start a family and start a business, a family always has to be successful. Brother Xiao's plan is not bad. Brother Shen, you two are about the same age, do you have any news?"

Before Shen Ge could answer, the classmate surnamed Qian rushed to ask: "Brother Lu wants to be a matchmaker for Brother Shen?"

Lu Haoying pondered: "If brother Shen is interested, I have a wife and sister..."

"Brother Lu!" Shen Ge hastily interrupted him, "I don't have much money now, so it's really hard to marry a wife and have children. Let's talk about it in a few years."

Shen Ge hastily cut off the conversation, and Lu Haoying couldn't help but smile when she saw his anxious appearance: "That's right, why does a man have no wife? Brother Shen is still young, and his articles are not bad, so he will have a destiny in the future."

Shen Ge bowed his hands and thanked him.

Xiao Siyuan took the teapot and said: "Stop talking about this, let's drink tea."

We are all scholars, so it's really not good to keep talking about these things. A few people just chatted casually and changed the topic.

"The Heji study in the county has entered another batch of books. I heard that there is a collection of the Guibang in the autumn. I don't know if it is true or not?"

Xiao Siyuan continued casually: "Go and see if it's true or not. I'm acquainted with the shopkeeper of He Ji's study, so I'll ask when I go back."

Shen Ge secretly sighed in his heart, no matter what dynasty or generation, as long as the exams, there will be information leaked out.Suddenly Xiao Siyuan turned the topic to him and asked: "Brother Shen, if there is a collection, may I ask someone to bring you a copy?"

Shen Ge smiled wryly, "I'm afraid it won't be used for the time being. Originally, my younger brother had to give it a try anyway, but this year's illness has been cold in recent years... For next year's autumn, my younger brother is really powerless."

Body is one aspect, and knowledge accumulation is also another aspect. Shen Ge remembered the past, but his knowledge always seemed to be separated by a layer. In addition, he was not very good at studying in his previous life. Qiu Wei really has no confidence.

Lu Haoying felt a little sorry for him, but she still comforted him with gentle words, "Brother Shen, you are still young, just press it down, it will be the same when you end up in Qiu Wei next time."

The classmate surnamed Li also said: "Brother Shen is ill this time, it can be seen that the fortune has not arrived, next time Qiu Wei will win the laurel crown, brother Shen don't need to be too anxious."

"Brother Li said, Brother Shen, don't worry too much. How can you lose your horse? How can you know that it is not a blessing? Your body is the most important thing. It has been getting colder and colder in recent years. Several people fell down in the last autumn. A few will fall." Xiao Siyuan said with a bit of embarrassment, he will end next year, and he doesn't know if he can stand it.

Lu Haoying sighed, "Everyone should prepare the skins as soon as possible, I don't think it will be much warmer next year."

Everyone was a little melancholy when they talked about Qiu Wei. Among the six people here, except for Shen Ge and Xiao Siyuan, everyone else had passed the exam at least once, and they didn't know when they would be able to pass the exam.

Autumn is just around the corner, and several of Shen Ge's classmates didn't have any intention of having lunch, and went back home early.

Before leaving, several people asked Shen Ge to take good care of his health and go to the county to find them when he was free.Shen Ge agreed one by one, and each gave a small can of venison chili sauce as a gift, saying that it was the sauce to accompany the meal.

After the classmates left, Shen Ge sorted out the presents they brought, a little surprised at how many things they brought.

Two packs of tea leaves, two packs of sugar, five pieces of ink, three knives of paper, two knives of meat and one jar of wine, the total here is at least one or two taels of silver.

Shen Ge was moved in his heart, he put these things away carefully, only to find that there was a booklet in it when he received it, Shen Ge flipped through it, it was a story book.

The storybook was Xiao Siyuan's style at first glance, probably because he was afraid that he would be too boring during his convalescence, so Shen Ge smiled, picked it up and flipped through it.

The pamphlet tells some market stories, the writing style is average and the stories are clichéd, but I can't stand Shen Ge, it's a bit boring, and I think it's interesting after reading it for a while.

Seeing this booklet, Shen Ge was a little inspired. He planned to find some time to go to the study in the county to see if the other party accepted the manuscript.If he doesn't accept it, he can help to publish and sell it on behalf of others. Although his writing style is not very exquisite, he can barely be called well-informed.

Thinking of this, Shen Ge wanted to sigh again. After he woke up, the money had been spending outside. Although he still had some savings, but he didn't have any money, Shen Ge always felt a little flustered.

Lu always had to come out step by step, Shen Ge collected his mind, put the things away, went to the kitchen to wash and cut the pork.

It is early summer now, and the weather is starting to heat up. These meats are not easy to preserve. They must be cut and fried as soon as possible, and they will be used as condiments when cooking in the future.

After frying the meat, Shen Ge made lunch by the way.He had been awake for so long, and this was the first time he ate pork at home. For a while, Shen Ge felt a little complicated.

In the afternoon, Shen Ge took another look at the chili seeds. The quick seeds had broken through the cracks. Seeing that they were about to germinate, Chen Ge had to level the ground and prepare for sowing.

The Shen family's field was rented out, but the land for growing vegetables was still reserved.The vegetable field is quite large, there are five vegetable beds of different sizes, on which Shen Ge planted some eggplants, beans, and pumpkins.There are still a few piles of leeks in the field next to the ditch, which were planted by Shen Ge's mother. They have been harvested for so many years, and the leeks have grown one crop after another, and they have never been pulled out.

Shen Ge has been ill for a while, the vegetables in the vegetable field are neglected, they don't grow very well, they are crooked, most of the leaves are yellow, and there are few fruits.

Shen Ge picked a handful of beans and a few eggplants of different shapes and sizes, and picked a handful of leeks, planning to put some meat dregs and peppers to stir-fry mixed vegetables with rice at night.

Beans and eggplants bear little or no fruit, and there are always some. Pumpkins are not enough. The vines are all over the vegetable garden. They look lush, but in fact they bear nothing. They just bloom every time, wasting the land.

Shen Ge chopped down the pumpkin vines with a hatchet, dug out the roots, and put them on the side of the road to expose them to the sun.He doesn't have the strength to go up the mountain to cut firewood now, and it would be good to burn the pumpkin vines after drying.

From time to time, some villagers passed by and asked, "Mr. Xiucai, your pumpkin grows so well, do you want it?"

"It looks good, but it doesn't bear fruit. I plan to pull it out and plant something else."

"Now it's the season to plant, can you survive?"

"I can live, the things I want to grow are not afraid of heat." Shen Ge smiled.

Most of the villagers who came and went stopped to say hello to Shen Ge. Many people saw Shen Ge digging the soil and offered to help, but he politely refused.His body is too weak now, it is good for his body to move more.

The chili seeds haven't germinated yet, Shen Ge took a look, and it will probably take two days, but now you can loosen the soil and apply some base fertilizer.

Shen Ge can't accept manure. What he uses as base fertilizer is ash. Mix the ash with rice washing water, sprinkle it on the vegetable bed, and sprinkle a thin layer of soil on it. When planting peppers, sprinkle the peppers directly on the thin soil Go on, just pour some water at the end.

Shen Ge has been busy all afternoon, sweating all over his body, but he feels relieved after being exhausted, unlike the days before when he couldn't get up to do anything.

When he got home, the first thing Shen Ge did was to boil water for a bath.

Manzi came over as usual after work. After he finished picking water for Chen Ge, he looked at the pepper seeds Shen Ge put in the kitchen, and looked at Chen Ge suspiciously: "What kind of seeds are these? They look a bit like eggplants. "