The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

The weather was cold and the doors were closed. After Shen Ge entered the house, Mrs. Wu knew that he had come to the county today.

As the end of the year approached, Master Wu, who had always been dignified, was more relaxed. Seeing that Chen Ge, who was half-disciple and half-son, looked even more gentle, and hurriedly called him and Xun Feiguang to sit down.

Mrs. Wu and Senior Brother Wu were talking in the house. Seeing Shen Ge bringing a friend, they knew that his friend was very valuable. They greeted each other with tea, talked and laughed, and the atmosphere was very good.

Senior Brother Wu poured a cup of tea for Shen Ge, and said with concern: "I heard that you accidentally broke your leg a few days ago, how are you doing now?"

"It has been cured, and it is not a problem to go up the mountain and down the river."

Shen Ge was just playing lip service, not wanting Mrs. Wu's complexion to darken, and interrupt him, "Is it a trivial matter to hurt your legs? It's serious to take good care of them! What are you talking about going up the mountain and down the river, the water is so cold, but it's fun? If you fall short, you will have to suffer in the future, you are such an adult, how can you be so unstable?"

As soon as Mr. Wu said these words, several people present couldn't speak anymore, and the atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.

Shen Ge looked at Master Wu, the light in the room was not very good, but he was still old, his hair was gray, he looked like a little old man.Shen Ge couldn't help feeling sour, bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "Master, don't worry, I know."

"It's just a quick talk at the moment." Senior Brother Wu smiled to smooth things over, "Ge'er, you are not young, you have to be more prudent in the future."

Shen Ge obediently made the Master happy, "I am quite stable now, but I just escaped in front of the Master and Senior Brother."

Xun Feiguang glanced at him when he heard the words, Shen Ge was still in bed yesterday, and he was so wronged when he forcibly pulled him up from the bed, he almost didn't cry while hugging the quilt.

Sensing Xun Feiguang's gaze, Shen Ge took advantage of his master and senior brother not paying attention, smiled flatteringly at him, and signaled him with his eyes not to complain.

Senior Brother Wu and Shen Ge covered this topic in just a few sentences.

Xun Feiguang was here, Senior Brother Wu didn't want to neglect the guests, and he didn't know what to say, so he hurriedly pushed the fruit plate containing melon seeds and fructose in front of Xun Feiguang, and said, "Your Majesty Xun, don't be too polite, please have some refreshments. Talking about you, being famous is not as good as seeing you, seeing you today, you don’t need to say anything, and you know who you are.”

When Chen Ge introduced to Mr. Wu and Master Wu, he said that Xun Feiguang was living at home near Shenjia Village. The two knew that Xun Feiguang used to be an official, so they automatically called Xun Feiguang Mr. Xun.

Xun Feiguang didn't correct him, and the two knew that Xun Feiguang's status was unusual, so there was a little more respect in their warm words.After all, although the two are Shen Ge's elders, they have no official positions. It is inappropriate to call Xun Feiguang by his first name, and it is also inappropriate to call him other names. They simply call you Sir.

Xun Feiguang said: "When I was Yushu Lanzhi, it is better to see once than to hear a hundred times."

Brother Wu's name is Wu Yushi. He is 25 years old. He is tall and thin. Although he has a good temperament, his face is ordinary.

Sitting next to Xun Feiguang, Shen Ge grabbed a piece of candy, stuffed it into his mouth, puffed his cheeks, and looked at them with black and white eyes, "Senior Brother, you and Brother Xun should not praise each other, it's so annoying that I almost shiver. "

With Shen Ge's lively atmosphere, Senior Brother Wu laughed and cursed, "I can't stop you from eating."

With Shen Ge's interruption, the atmosphere in the room became more relaxed.All the people present are scholars, so it would be interesting to chat casually about the scholars.

Before lunch, Wu Qiu, who went shopping in the street, came back with Brother Wu's wife, Ran Suxuan, and a pair of children, and the two sides greeted each other again.

Wu Qiu said with a smile: "Brother, you will stay at home for one night today, brother Siyuan will come to eat at home tonight."

Xiao Siyuan is Wu Qiu's fiance and Shen Ge's friend.

"No, I'll go to his house later."

"Hey, then I'll go too." Wu Qiu answered immediately.

Master Wu glared at her when he heard the words, and stopped him: "You have a daughter, what does it look like to go to a foreign man's place all the time?"

Although there is a marriage contract, the defense of men and women is still there.Wu Qiu puffed up his cheeks in dissatisfaction, not daring to refute his father's words.

Ran Suxuan put down the child, and as a daughter-in-law, hurried into the kitchen to help her mother-in-law cook.

Brother Wu's sons and daughters came in and stood next to their father, looking at the leaders present in a daze.He got married late, in his early twenties, and he has a pair of children, the eldest is four years old, and the youngest is more than two years old. They are lively and lovely.

Shen Ge was beside him, seeing the cuteness of the two little people, he quietly teased them with candy, and lured Senior Brother Wu's eldest son into his arms.When Xun Feiguang saw it, he couldn't help laughing again.

Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang had a lively lunch at Master Wu's house.After the meal, Senior Brother Wu specially called Shen Ge to the study room, and gave him a stack of papers for him to go back to read, saying that even if he doesn't end next year, it would be good to read more papers.

Senior Brother Wu won the exam in the last session, but it is a pity that he lost his name to Sun Shan in Chunwei, and he has to take the exam again the next year.He went to the capital to study in the Imperial College after he won the exam that year, and Shen Ge hadn't seen him for many years, he didn't expect him to still miss him, and he couldn't help but be moved.

Shen Ge's face showed a little bit of everything he thought about. Seeing Shen Ge's appearance, Senior Brother Wu was afraid to pat him on the shoulder in a funny way, saying that one family does not need to talk about two families.

When Shen Ge left Mrs. Wu's house, she was still stuffed with a lot of things by Mrs. Wu, so heavy that he couldn't lift them, Xun Feiguang took them easily.

Ran Suxuan knew that the two families were close, but she didn't expect to be so close, she was really surprised.

Shiniang Wu looked at her expression, fearing that she would be suspicious, so she specially showed her the basket brought by Shen Ge.

Inside were frozen fresh venison, cured wild birds, fruits from the south, and two bolts of good silk.

Ran Suxuan's family background was almost the same as that of Senior Brother Wu's, so she couldn't help but secretly startled when she saw this, "Brother Shen, this is too expensive."

Mrs. Wu sighed, "Who can say otherwise? This child has always treated us honestly."

Shen Ge originally wanted to go to Xiao Siyuan's house in the afternoon, but he quietly changed his mind after finding out that Xun Feiguang was not very easy to chat with at Master Wu's house.

Xiao Siyuan's home is right here, so he won't run away anyway, and it will be the same when he comes next time.Brother Xun finally went down the mountain, Shen Ge hoped that he would have a good time.

Xun Feiguang and Shen Ge came out from Master Wu's house together, and went directly to the center of the county.

Seeing this, Xun Feiguang stopped and asked, "Isn't your friend near Master Wu's house?"

Shen Ge smiled and pulled his wrist to signal him to go forward, "Let's go again next time, he is busy with chores now, and I'm afraid he won't have time to entertain me. Brother Xun, how about we go to the market in the county town?" ?”

Xun Feiguang would accompany him today, and he had no objection when he saw that he was going to the market, so he raised his legs and followed.

Shaoxin received the news and came out to join them, not far or near behind.

Although Kunjiu County is a big county, it is not prosperous after all. There are only mediocre places to go shopping, and the things sold in the market are not as good as those in Xunfu. Going to this street is just a lively place to go.

Now that the New Year is approaching, the things on the market have increased greatly, and there are also many people visiting the market.Many people want to take advantage of the new year to tidy up the things they need for the New Year, and they don't care about money at this moment.

Shen Ge listened to the cries of hawkers, and the smoke and fire of the world rushed to his face. It was completely different from the dull taste of the new year in later generations, and he couldn't help but look at everything interesting.

Seeing his head turning around, Xun Feiguang asked him, "Is there anything I want to buy?"

"Yes," Shen Ge said enthusiastically, without looking at him, "I still have to pay New Year's greetings to my uncle, and I need to buy some necessities for the New Year, but we can go shopping and buy them when we go back."

Xun Feiguang walked around with him in a good temper, and after a while, Shen Ge bought a bunch of food and use, and Xun Feiguang helped him carry it.

Because he wanted to go back to Shenjiazhuang, Shen Ge didn't dare to go for a long time, so he went back home after a while.

He got up early in the morning, staggered in the carriage, and somehow fell asleep, and it was Xun Feiguang who woke him up when he arrived at the Xun Mansion.

After Shen Ge paid New Year's greetings to his master and wife, he packed up his things and paid New Year's greetings to his uncle.

The uncle is a close uncle, but Shen Ge really didn't get along with his uncle's mother, so the gifts he gave were naturally far less generous than those given to Master Wu's family.

A piece of meat, a pot of wine, and a pack of New Year cakes, this gift is considered complete.

The aunt was very happy to see him come, "Ge'er, why don't you go home after dinner tonight? You and your uncle may not have chatted together for a long time, but today we just happened to be lively and lively."

They are all in the same village, even though Shen Ge lived in Xunjiazhuang on the mountain, he still went down to the school every day in the past few days.

Shen Ge smiled: "Auntie, I'm going back to live on the mountain, it's inconvenient to see the road late."

"It's so inconvenient. If it's too late, you and Fengnian can squeeze together. If it's really not possible, let your elder brother light a torch and send you up the mountain. That's it. My uncle will cook. Tonight, our family is good." Good meal."

The aunt is still an elder after all, Shen Ge couldn't resist her, so he had to agree.

Shen Fengnian studied with Shen Ge in the school on weekdays, after all he was a little afraid of him, after staying with Shen Ge for a while, he quietly ran out to play.

Several of Shen Ge's cousins ​​followed his wife back home, Shen Hongfa was also working in the fields, and the aunt was the only one left at home.

Shen Ge felt uncomfortable staying alone in the living room, so he told his auntie that he would go back to his home first and come back at dinner.

Shen Ge hasn't lived at home for two or three months, but the house has been cleaned long ago, and everything is clean and tidy.

Shen Ge stayed at home for a while, tidied up his things, moved a chair and sat outside the door in a daze.

When Manzi went back to his home in the afternoon, Shen Ge saw him from a distance and waved to him.

Manzi hadn't seen Shen Ge for a few days, his eyes lit up when he saw him, and he ran over quickly and said, "Master."

"Have you let go of your New Year homework?"

"Everything is according to your instructions. I only wrote at noon."

"That's good." Shen Ge told him with a smile, "If you don't practice hands-on for a day, don't let it go."

"Ah."

"By the way, will your family continue to plant my field next year?" Shen Ge asked: "If you plant it, you can go home and tell your parents, and then plant it, and I will give you [-]% of the harvest."

Manzi knew that Shen Ge wanted to take care of his family, so he responded with a muffled voice.

Shen Ge is a scholar, and his name can exempt [-] acres of tax. The fields of several families in the village are under his name. Needless to say, Uncle Shen Hong made his fortune, Manzi's family also owns fields. Shen Ge really needs to take care of him a lot .

Shen Ge patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him: "Study hard, and I will go to the exam to be a scholar in the next year."

"I know." Manzi responded, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Master, when will you move back home?"

"Next year, Brother Xun is teaching me to write articles. It will be much more convenient to live with him."

Manzi hesitated to speak, Shen Ge noticed his expression, and asked: "What?"

"Nothing. Just ask."

Shen Ge was startled, and immediately said: "But someone is talking gossip?"

Manzi hesitated, then nodded lightly, "Someone said that you want to cling to Mr. Xun, marry him and become a young man."

Shen Ge was almost stunned by Manzi's words, and said dumbfounded: "What?! Do you want to be a kid?"

Swallowing a breath, Shen Gefang remembered that men and men can also get married these days, no wonder such rumors spread.

Shen Ge was dizzy with anger, and shouted: "Which wicked gossip spreads this?!"

Manzi said softly: "It's been rumored by the people of Naibie village. It's impossible to test the specifics, but it's been rumored for a while."

Those gossiping people didn't even have any malice, they felt that Shen Ge had the ability to climb up to such a noble person, and they were quite envious in their words.

Manzi had a fight with someone because of this matter, and the other party was suppressed and beaten, but the anger in Manzi's heart still persisted.

It was okay to say that Shen Ge was injured at first, but he still lived in the Xun Mansion after he recovered from his injury, and this rumor gradually became unstoppable.The country people are a bit of a troublemaker, not to mention that the two people in the rumors are both people of status, and those people are unwilling to let this talk go by no matter what.

Shen Ge took a deep breath and exhaled, calmly said: "The mouth is longer than others, I can't control what others say, I can do it in my own mind. Brother Xun and I are both teachers and friends, I can't be alienated by mere rumors to him."

Manzi looked at Shen Ge's appearance, but he couldn't help worrying in his heart. He was afraid that Master Xun was interested in him if Chen Ge didn't realize it.

Shen Ge's body has been recuperating for so long, and he has grown a little taller by taking advantage of this shareholder wind. He is tall and elegant, exuding an aura that country people can't match.

His appearance is a bit longer, not as feminine as before, but still very delicate, coupled with the gentle bookish look on his body, there are countless people who admire him.

It is precisely because of Shen Ge's good looks that the rumors spread very quickly. If Shen Ge is short, dark-skinned and nose-bridged, no one will think too much about it.

Because of this matter, Shen Ge went back to Xunjiazhuang with a feeling of anger in his heart. He didn't say anything, but his expression was a little bit brighter.

Seeing that he was not happy, Xun Feiguang asked insincerely, "Is there a quarrel with your uncle?"

"How can it be?"

Shen Ge is considered promising now, his aunt was uncharacteristically warm to him, and even put the stewed chicken in front of him during dinner.

Shen Ge couldn't talk about those gossips from the villagers, so he changed the subject, "Brother Xun, I want to pay homage to my parents tomorrow."

According to the customs here, every family has to bring sacrifices to worship their ancestors before the year. Shen Ge was originally young, so he usually followed his uncle to worship, and would not go elsewhere.

So many things happened this year, Shen Ge felt that he could handle it alone, so he wanted to go alone.

Xun Feiguang had no objection, "You go, I will order Luzhi to prepare sacrifices with you."

"I'll prepare it myself. I'll go home and make some sacrifices?" This kind of sacrifice is related to the ancestors of ghosts and gods. After all, it's not good to do it in someone else's house, no matter how close the relationship is.

"Okay. Come back early after the sacrifice."

On the second day, Shen Ge went back to his home to kill chickens and cook meat, and took paper money, joss sticks and other things to the mountain to worship his ancestors.

The ancestral grave of the Shen family is nearby, and Shen Ge's parents have two graves in it.

Shen Ge suffered from a serious illness in May, and almost lost his soul to the west. After waking up, he remembered the things in his previous life, but the memory of his childhood in this life was not very clear as if covered by a layer of veil.

Even though Shen Ge had memories of getting along with the Shen family's father, his feelings were diluted so much that he hadn't even gone up to the mountain to pay his respects after waking up for so long.

Carrying a basket and a knife, Shen Ge went up the mountain alone, cleared up the weeds and trees near the tomb of Shen's father and mother, took out joss sticks and lit them, and put down the offerings.

He whispered to Shen's father and Shen's mother what happened in the past year, and told them that he remembered his previous life, and asked them to bless them.

Shen Ge himself has memories of his previous life, he has a lot of faith in ghosts and gods, and he does worship solemnly.After the worship, he felt much more at ease.

After Shen Ge paid homage to his parents, he cleaned up the graves of the other ancestors of the Shen family and offered sacrifices one by one before slowly descending the mountain.

When he just recalled the memory of his previous life, he thought he was reborn, and he had no sense of belonging here. It was not until after living for so long that Shen Ge gradually felt a sense of reality.

Outsiders made up rumors and slandered his relationship with Xun Feiguang. Although Shen Ge was angry, he would not alienate Xun Feiguang because of it anyway.Not to mention, Xun Feiguang saved his life and brought him back to this world. Shen Ge always has a feeling that Xun Feiguang is the connection between him and this world.

Xun Feiguang saw that Shen Ge's complexion was not right, he asked Shaoxin to send someone to inquire without any result.

Shao Xin was very familiar with doing this kind of thing, and found out within a day.

"There are rumors in the village that Shen Ge'er is clinging to you, and I'm afraid she wants to marry you and become a child."

"Only this?"

"It should be this. Other than that, the village is very peaceful."

Xun Feiguang shook his head, not knowing what to say.

He naturally likes men, if not, from fifteen to twenty-nine, he would not have remained unmarried for a full 29 years.However, if it is said that he has thoughts for Shen Ge, he does have some points, but he is in love and only polite, far from being as ambiguous and intimate as rumored by the outside world.

"Kill this rumor from the source, and don't let Shen Ge'er hear it again, lest he have a bad year."

"Yes." Shao Xin agreed.

Sure enough, within a few days, news spread that a certain person broke his leg. It was said that he arranged for Mr. Shen Xiucai to be taught a lesson by the ancestor Tuomeng in the underworld, and he even broke his leg.

As soon as this happened, the wind in the village changed, and everyone said that Shen Xiucai was the Master Wenquxing who was going to be a Jinshi, and that there was no way he would marry.Those who spread gossip offended the gods by talking too much, so they were punished.

The appearance of the ancestors is a major event. Once this happened, the rituals in the entire Shenjia Village became a little more serious.

Shen Ge didn't get the news until several days later, after he heard about it, he quickly guessed what was going on, and couldn't help but frown.

Soon, the new year will come.

On the 29th day, Shen Ge was woken up by a loud noise, and walked out yawning in a daze, only to find that Xunjiazhuang changed from the usual quiet, and everyone greeted each other beamingly.

When Shen Ge came out, Xun Feiguang had already woken up. He practiced his fists unmoved before he came to talk to Chen Ge, "Are you awake?"

"Just woke up, Brother Xun, you are so early every day."

"Early to bed and early to rise." Xun Feiguang took the lead and walked forward, "Go and use breakfast first, and let's think about what to write for this year's couplet when we're done."

When Shen Ge heard that he was going to write a couplet, he immediately became energetic.

He has been helping the villagers of Shenjia Village write couplets for the past few days, and he has written them very smoothly.However, the couplets of the villagers are only about seeking wealth, seeking children, and the prosperity of the six animals. Naturally, Xunjiazhuang cannot use these.

Shen Ge said: "Then let's eat quickly. Brother Xun, have you come up with a pair yet?"

"Not yet."

After breakfast, Shen Ge enthusiastically dragged him to the quiet room. Writing couplets is not difficult, but it is not easy to say. It takes a lot of effort to write auspicious, wonderful and satisfying.

Halfway through Shen Ge's writing, Guanshi Xun came to report the Xun family's affairs to Xun Feiguang.

Shen Ge has been living here for a long time, and everyone in Xunjiazhuang regards him as their own. Seeing that the matter is not confidential, Xun Guanshi does not avoid him, and directly replies: "Master, the second room has brought the New Year's gift over, and it's time for you to return. There are also gifts from the palace."

"Just send it and take it." Xun Feiguang didn't care.

"In addition to the ceremony, the old lady also sent a letter." Xun Guanshi said and handed a sealed letter to Xun Feiguang, "The second room invites you to go back."

Shen Ge listened to him mentioning the second room and the old lady, and quietly pricked up his ears to listen.

Xun Feiguang saw that the pen in his hand stopped, and his mind was all on his side. He rubbed his head and silently urged him to concentrate, but he opened the letter and read it at a glance.

The letter was still from the old Huang Li, who first asked about his health, then urged him to go back, and then vaguely mentioned his marriage.Xun Feiguang glanced over and put down the letter bored.

Shen Ge waited for him to finish, and asked curiously: "Brother Xun, is your home in Kyoto?"

"Ah."

"What kind of people are there in your family? Don't you have to go home when you live alone here?"

"You want me to go home?"

"Of course not." Shen Ge shook his head like a rattle, looked at Xun Feiguang with wide eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm just a little curious why you don't go home to reunite with your relatives. Brother Xun doesn't want to say anything. I want to talk to you You celebrated the New Year together, but I didn't think about your intention to go home."

"There is nothing to say." Xun Feiguang looked a little indifferent, "My parents are both dead, and my grandfather was gone in the early years. I have no brothers and sisters who are not directly related, and they are not well, so I come here to live here."

"The old lady is?"

"My grandmother, she is my grandfather's stepmother, she only gave birth to my second uncle, and now they are my closest relatives."

It seems that the relationship is not very good, Shen Ge thought in his heart, he looked at Xun Feiguang with some sympathy, his relationship with his uncle's mother is not very good, so he is not considered close to his uncle's family, but also called sympathy.

Knowing the situation of Xun Feiguang's family, Shen Ge reciprocated and said: "My situation is similar to yours. My mother passed away when I was very young, and my father was not there when I was a teenager. I am the only one left in the family."

Xun Feiguang had investigated his situation a long time ago and knew everything about his life experience. He asked casually, "How is your mother's side? I've never heard you mention your uncle's family."

"My mother fled and came to Shenjia Village back then. I don't know if there are still people in my mother's family, but there should be none, otherwise no one would have come to us for so many years."

"Escape? I remember that there were no major disasters nearby more than ten years ago."

Shen Ge shook his head, "I don't know, I wasn't there then."

Xun Feiguang looked at his face and asked, "Do you want to know what's going on at your mother's house?"

Shen Ge, a country boy, can grow into this appearance, thanks to his beautiful mother.Even if Xun Feiguang had never met anyone before, he could still imagine how beautiful his mother was back then, and the family that raised such a beautiful daughter may not be an ordinary family, especially when it involved fleeing, who knows what hidden secrets there are.

Shen Ge shook his head calmly, "I don't want to. It's been so many years, and no one has come to look for him. Even if he can find someone, if he suddenly wants to recognize a foreign family, I'm afraid the other party will be embarrassed. Brother Xun, I know your ability, but this You don't have to ask me about it, just let it happen."

No matter what the secrets are, his mother escaped all those years ago, fearing that the past will not be so good.

Xun Feiguang glanced at him, but he didn't expect him to see it so thoroughly.