The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

When Shen Ge woke up the next day, the sun had already risen high, his head was swollen and painful, and his mouth was extremely dry.Shen Ge sat hugging the quilt for a long time, got up and went to the living room to find water to drink with his cloth shoes, and poured a large pot of cold tea to feel more comfortable.

Shen Ge, who had recovered, instantly smelled the residual alcohol smell on his body. After a night of fermentation, the smell was a bit strange.Shen Ge frowned in disgust, and planned to go to the kitchen to boil water for a bath.

Shen Ge walked into the kitchen only to find that Manzi had actually been there. There was warm pumpkin porridge in the pot, the porridge was thick and rice sticky, and I don't know how long it took to cook it. Everything melted together, which shows Manzi's intentions.

Shen Ge couldn't help but smile and took out the porridge and drank it, then turned around and boiled a large pot of water to take a bath.

It is now the middle of May, and the weather is gradually getting hotter. The clothes Shen Ge originally took were a bit thick, and they felt stuffy in them. After returning to the room, Shen Ge changed again.

Xun Feiguang went up the mountain to hunt early in the morning, and when he went down the mountain, he thought of the little scholar down the mountain, and walked to Shen Ge's house on the way.

Shen Ge's house is not in the center of the village, and the nearest Niu's house is tens of meters away.When Xun Feiguang came down from the mountain, he didn't see anyone all the way, and when he reached Shen Ge's house, he knocked on the door, but no one answered, but the door was unlocked.

Xun Feiguang opened the door in surprise and went in. There was no one in the living room, but someone was humming in the next room.

The tone of the song was a bit strange, it sounded very lively and pleasant, but it was not any kind of music that Xun Feiguang had ever heard.Xun Feiguang walked over subconsciously, but he didn't expect that Shen Ge was changing clothes in the room, and for a moment, Bai Shengsheng's body was completely reflected in his eyes.

Xun Feiguang was startled, he even forgot about the singing.

The young man in the room was a little thin, his thin and flexible waist was tucked into the waistband of his trousers, and he seemed dissatisfied with his grip.The upper body is still not fully dressed, and the shoulder blades protrude with the movement, showing smooth lines.

Xun Feiguang only glanced at it, then retracted his gaze after realizing something was wrong, and stood quietly outside the door with his back behind his back.

After Shen Ge quickly changed his clothes, he opened the door only to find Xun Feiguang outside. He was startled and very surprised, "Master Xun, why are you here?"

Xun Feiguang turned his gaze back, "I happened to be hunting nearby and came to see you. Why do you take a bath in the morning?"

"I had a few more glasses of wine yesterday and fell asleep." Shen Ge greeted Xun Feiguang into the living room, "Don't stand outside, come in and sit down, I'll make you a cup of tea."

Xun Feiguang walked into the living room, Shen Ge opened the living room door and went to the kitchen to make tea.When he first boiled the bath water, he boiled the tea by the way, and now the water is still boiling hot.

The tea is just wild tea from the mountains and forests, but Xun Feiguang didn't have any intention of disliking it. He took the cup and asked, quite a bit out of words, "How is the preparation of your academy?"

Shen Ge smiled and waved his hands, "Master Xun, don't talk about the academy, it's just a private school in the village. The school will start the day after tomorrow, and you can start classes right away."

"How many students are enrolled?"

"It hasn't been confirmed yet. The list should be released tomorrow night."

"Will anyone come?"

"It depends on the situation. If I can teach it, I will teach it all. If I can't teach it, it's the same to let the younger children come back next year."

Shen Ge is not worried about this at all. The students have no foundation, and the starting point is the same. The difference between teaching 50 people and teaching 150 people is not too big. At most, he works harder.

"So, there is no age limit for your students?"

"It doesn't count. I said that children aged seven to 12 will be accepted. If there are special circumstances, we will deal with it at our discretion." Seeing that Xun Feiguang drank half a cup of tea, Shen Ge hurriedly refilled it for him. "Generally speaking, children under the age of seven In the future, it will be difficult to manage, and children over 12 years old can be called the labor force of the family, so parents will not send them to school."

After Shen Ge decided to open a school, he had a brief understanding of the situation with his uncle, and he had a certain idea in mind.

"Speaking of which, a small place is no better than a county, and the division is not very detailed, just teach casually. This is the first private school in Shenjia Village, and I don't know what will happen in the future."

Xun Feiguang said: "In any case, this is a good start."

Shen Ge smiled at him, his eyes were very bright, and he seemed to have longing, "That's true, it's good for the villagers to learn a few more words."

The two chatted miscellaneously for a while, and drank all the pot of tea.Shen Ge found that Mr. Xun's majesty is majestic, and his inner knowledge is extremely profound, far from being comparable to his half-talented talent. For a while, Shen Ge admired Xun Feiguang even more.

After drinking tea, Xun Feiguang said goodbye, Shen Ge glanced at the sun outside, saw that the sun was about to rise directly above, and said: "Master Xun, why don't you just have lunch here? Boy, go cook it now."

"Next time, I have something else to do." Xun Feiguang refused, he stood up, his shoulders were wide and his legs were long, and Shen Ge was taller, not to mention his grand appearance, Shen Ge was almost completely covered by him.

Shen Ge sent people to the small path in front of the door, Xun Feiguang went forward separately and said: "I hunted some wild birds today, you can take them back and taste them later."

It was only then that Shen Ge discovered that there were several large gray-feathered birds placed next to the kitchen. The feet and wings of those birds were firmly tied up with ropes, and they fluttered a few times when they saw people approaching.

Shen Ge hurriedly refused, "How can I eat so much alone? Master Xun, why don't you take it back?"

There was a smile in Xun Feiguang's eyes, "You are allowed to send me beef, and I am not allowed to reciprocate?"

When it came to this point, Shen Ge couldn't refuse, "Then thank you, Mr. Xun."

Xun Feiguang waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to see him off anymore, and he left leisurely.

The few birds left by Xun Feiguang weighed more than two catties each. Shen Ge walked over and weighed them. With his body, it was absolutely impossible for him to kill the birds by himself, so he had to wait for the barbarians to come.

Shen Ge locked the bird in the shower room, hurriedly finished his lunch, and took out his books to study.School is about to start, and his new wife has to get ready.

The villagers felt a little awe of Shen Ge, a scholar, and no one came to him for school matters, and they all went to Shen Hongfa.

In the eyes of the villagers, Shen Hongfa is both the village head and Shen Ge's uncle, so he is the most suitable person to find.

Within two days, Shen Hongfa sent his son Shen Ankang to deliver all the Shu Xiuquan handed over by the villagers one after another.

Every family who sent Shuxiu sent a basket of things, almost all of which were pork wrapped in red paper. In addition, the baskets also contained coarse cloth, eggs, white rice, fruits and vegetables, etc. The ones delivered by each family are different, but they are all filled to the brim.

Shen Ge flipped through it and said in surprise, "Why are you sending so many things?"

Shen Ankang said: "The first ones all gave a basket, and the latter ones will follow in this way."

"That's too much, too much money?" Shen Ge thought for a while, "I'll accept the other things, brother, can you help me return the meat to everyone?"

"How does this happen?" Shen Ankang didn't agree with anything, his eldest son Shen Fengnian and second son Shen Runtu were both in the school, and there were two of his family's in these baskets.

Shen Ankang said a little excitedly: "This is all the wishes of the villagers. Besides, Shu Xiu should have meat. It's not winter, and there is no bacon to give away. If you give a whole gift of fresh meat, how can you return it?"

Shen Ge didn't expect that his cousin would strongly oppose his proposal, so he had to accept it, picked out a few baskets and handed them to Shen Ankang, "I can't eat so much here, brother, take a few baskets home to eat."

"No, no, this is a ritual. If we eat it, we will lose our life! You can eat Geer yourself, if you can't finish it, you can cook it. I will ask your sister-in-law to come over and help you."

Shen Ge asked him to take some baskets home but failed, so he had to say: "That's not necessary, you are busy."

Shen Ge received a total of 48 baskets, and the number of children who came to study was much less than he expected, and others may still be watching.

Shen Ge didn't care either, he was inexperienced teaching students for the first time, so a little less would be better, it would be better to take care of both.

Before school started, Shen Ge and Man Zi cured the 48 pieces of meat together.Shen Ge was afraid that the meat would be spoiled in hot weather, so he specially cut it into finger-thick slices, marinated it with chili powder, salt, wine and various spices for one night, carried it out the next day and hung it on a clothes rail to expose it to the sun, and took it back at night Put it in the seasoning again.

After four or five days like this, the meat has already been marinated to taste. Although it is not too dry in the sun, it is very beautiful. The fat part of the meat has turned a translucent color, and because the meat is cut very thin, it is still slightly curled.

At the same time, the school also opened.The schoolchildren don't know whether they have been instructed by their family members, or they have a natural sense of awe for the scholars in the village. One or two are very obedient and easy to teach.

Shen Ge doesn't need to worry about discipline at all, and he doesn't need to urge students to complete their homework. He almost only cares about lectures.

The villagers were also very excited. The children in the family were almost the same every day. Not only did they behave politely, but they also learned to write and do arithmetic.

More than three months passed in a flash, and the weather in August gradually became colder, and the evening wind became colder.

As September approaches, the rice in the fields has been harvested, and there are only some vegetables left in the fields. The farm work of the villagers has been reduced a lot. The most important work is to go up the mountain to collect firewood for the winter.

Shen Ge follows the modern holiday system, basically giving the children a day off every six days.

He was resting that day when Aunt Niu came to him.

Aunt Niu was so busy that her feet never touched the ground, Shen Ge stayed with Manzi every day, and let Manzi tell her anything, but she didn't see her very often.

Seeing Aunt Niu coming over beamingly, Shen Ge hurriedly greeted her, "Aunt Niu, can you have lunch yet?"

Aunt Niu said quickly, "I've already eaten, Mr. Xiucai, don't be too busy. I'm here this time to ask for your help."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Hey, isn't my boss, Niu Duzi, set up Zhang's house in the next village? The day after tomorrow is the right day, and my aunt would like to ask you to help us welcome a marriage, will it work?"

"Morning?"

Aunt Niu hurriedly waved her hands, "Don't dare to delay the children's study, you come over to have lunch after school, after lunch, shall we go to greet the relatives together?"

Aunt Niu's son Niu Ben is also in the school, and she knows Shen Ge's schedule very well.

Shen Ge looked at her earnest face, and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll rush over after school. Congratulations to Brother Niu Duzi for finding a good wife."

Aunt Niu was so happy that all the lines on her face stretched out, "Hey, thanks for your good words! There is also the matter of couplets. Auntie will ask Manzi to bring the red paper over tonight?"

Marriages in the village will ask Chen Ge to write couplets. Shen Ge has never refused. He smiled when he heard this: "Success, tell me how many couplets you want to write?"

"Write three pairs. One pair at the gate of my house, one pair at the gate of Niu Duzi's new house, and one pair at the in-law's house."

Shen Ge smiled: "I see, I will write it tonight and let Manzi take it back to you."

"Hey, then I'll go back first, and I'll prepare the red paper now."

Aunt Niu happily walked out of Shen Ge's house, walked up the field ridge and left.