The ancient farming life of liberal arts scum

Xianju Building is a century-old building in Daoning Mansion. The original Linji Liquor Shop has stood in the past until now. Now Xianju Building has lasted for eight generations, and it has been used for more than 190 years to become the famous building in Daoning today.

Although Shen Ge is a poor scholar, he has also heard of the name of Xianju Tower.

Xianju Building is built along the river, with one end facing the mountain and the other end facing the water. Apart from delicious food and wine, beautiful scenery is also a major feature of it.

Shen Ge followed Xun Feiguang upstairs, and a handsome shop waiter led the way and took them to the box.

"The two guest officials serve tea first, and the younger one will bring the dishes." The waiter in the shop poured tea for Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang, bowed and left.

After a while, a shop waiter came over with a tray of side dishes and quickly served Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang.

"This service is okay." Shen Ge watched in amazement as this highly qualified waiter exited the stage.He has been born and raised here for eighteen years, and most of the shopkeepers he met were casual. This is the first time he has seen such a warm and thoughtful restaurant.

"Service? The language of your previous life?"

"Yes, we call...well...the kind of people who provide convenience to others are service personnel." Shen Ge smiled at him, "This is probably a sociological term, I know Brother Xun, you will ask what is next Society, to be honest, I didn't study hard in my previous life, and I couldn't explain it clearly for a while."

Xun Feiguang pushed the side dish towards him and laughed at him, "I don't ask. You can taste the dish to see if it still tastes good.

Shen Ge sandwiched a piece of food similar to sweet and sour pork tenderloin. The meat was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, wrapped in a thin layer of seasoning. Once bitten down, it gradually smelled like meat, not to mention how satisfying it is.Chen Ge took a bite, and his eyes lit up.

"Brother Xun, don't patronize me, don't you want to eat by yourself?" Shen Ge didn't wait for his response, and nimbly put a few pieces of vegetables on his plate, "Try it quickly, it won't be crispy in a while."

Xun Feiguang raised his chopsticks to eat the food that Shen Ge gave him.

Xun Feiguang ordered the dishes when ordering the restaurant, and the kitchen was already prepared, even if it was made fresh, it was very fast.

Shen Ge had just finished a few mouthfuls of side dishes and drank some tea when the three shop waiters came over with trays to deliver the dishes.

There are a total of six dishes on the table, three meat, two vegetables and one soup, all of which are delicious in color, fragrance and taste.

Shen Ge took Xun Feiguang's bowl to scoop up a bowl of soup for him first, and then scooped it up for himself. Before the soup was finished, the waiter said respectfully: "Guest officer, there is a distinguished guest outside the door asking to see you."

"Which one?" The gentle smile on Xun Feiguang's face seemed to be wiped away immediately.

"Tan Shu Huai General Tan."

Xun Feiguang's eyes were sharp, he was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Please come in."

The door of the box almost opened from the outside, and a tall and middle-aged man came in with one person. The two greeted Xun Feiguang, "General Xun."

Xun Feiguang nodded, and Tan Shuhuai smiled brightly: "I thought I looked like you before, but I told Xiaohuai that he still didn't believe it. See, I really guessed it?"

The gentle and handsome man behind Tan Shuhuai also laughed, "No wonder I don't believe it, it's really a coincidence."

"It's fate."

Tan Shuhuai took the initiative to pull the man behind him to sit down, and introduced to Shen Ge very quickly, "Hey, Mrs. Xun, this is my wife Chi Huai."

The corner of Shen Ge's mouth twitched, and he quickly replied: "I am not Brother Xun's wife."

"Oh? I guessed wrong? When will the two get married? Soon?" Tan Shuhuai said with a cannonball, looked at Xun Feiguang, and said with a smile: "General Xun, don't forget me, my old subordinate, when you get married. You and Xiaohuai have to ask for a glass of wine."

Shen Ge couldn't believe that such a winless man was a general, and he also looked at Xun Feiguang.Xun Feiguang patted the back of his hand and asked Tan Shuhuai, "Why are you free to go out for a drink today?"

"Isn't this the Mid-Autumn Festival? Bring my wife to try the new dishes of Xianjulou."

Qin Shuhuai was very straightforward, and took the initiative to pour wine for the few people present, "I knew that you were in Daoning Mansion, General, and I specially transferred here. I also wanted to take time to visit you. I didn't want us to meet here. Hahaha , General, for this rare fate, I would like to offer you a toast."

Tan Shuhuai picked up the wine glass while talking, Xun Feiguang touched him and finished drinking.

Tan Shuhuai said again: "It's not my fault that my old Tan wants to be transferred. General, you don't know that you are not here. The new grandson is greedy for life and afraid of death, and always looks down on us. Now there is no war and no military achievements. Everyone has been dissatisfied for a long time, so they all found a relationship to transfer out."

Before Xun Feiguang asked, Tan Shuhuai said everything like beans in a bamboo tube.

"Your new peak—Cai An?"

Tan Shuhuai drank a glass of wine sullenly, and said: "Could it be that grandson, his mind is smaller than the tip of a needle, and he loves to drink soldiers' blood. If it's not that His Majesty doesn't use soldiers much, he hasn't checked yet. If we really check, how many heads would he lose? "

Shen Ge didn't expect him to speak so frankly, and caught off guard the inside story.

Tan Shuhuai thought that Shen Ge was Xun Feiguang's man, so he didn't avoid him, and said with a deep heart: "General, if you come to the north, I will give up this good head and go with you, but if you are not here, my old Tan is really good." I don’t want to go to that muddy water.”

"To be honest, the north side is dead right now. The barbarians outside have been subdued long ago, and the intrigue inside is fierce. Anyone who has any skills should go out to avoid getting caught in this whole body."

"Is the north so peaceful now?"

"No, it was so cold last year, and it snowed in mid-August. The barbarians still stayed outside the pass obediently, and did not invade at all. Now everyone is saying, you have subdued the barbarians. In 30 years, give them the courage to give water tanks , they may not dare to invade."

Xun Feiguang turned cold, and said: "Stupid. Where did you say that?"

Tan Shuhuai was taken aback, "I, I haven't checked it carefully."

Chi Huai next to him lowered his voice and said, "These words came out in the second year Cai An served as the general in the north, and then it became more and more serious. Everyone was quite dissatisfied with Cai An who came to pick peaches. The lower officials don't know now."

As Tan Shuhuai's staff member, Chi Huai has a small position in the army, and Xun Feiguang also knows him, so he takes a look at him.

These two people are no longer in the north, so it is normal to not know.

Tan Shuhuai said again: "General, when will you come back? If you come back, I will play the striker for you. It will make me feel so uncomfortable to be here."

"I have resigned, don't call me a general."

Tan Shuhuai was taken aback, then immediately said: "You are my general for one day, and you will be my general for life. How can you change your name?"

Tan Shuhuai's sincerity was very obvious, Xun Feiguang didn't answer his words, "It's not easy to meet, let's have a light meal together."

Qin Shuhuai and his wife would never refuse Xun Feiguang's proposal, so Tan Shuhuai went to the door and asked the soldiers guarding the door to call the waiter over, and added five or six more dishes.

Shen Ge, a young scholar who hadn't even passed the exam, couldn't answer their words, so he sat in his seat and listened all the time.

Chi Huai was very thoughtful and kind, and talked to Shen Ge often during meals, while Tan Shuhuai was more carefree and spoke very frankly.

Shen Ge drank with them, a little depressed in his heart, the original world of two people was messed up like this, Xun Feiguang was not in a good mood.

Xun Feiguang noticed that Shen Ge's mood was not too high, so he took Shen Ge back early after the banquet.

They were in a carriage, and when they got into the carriage, Mrs. Tan Shuhuai was still outside to see them off.

The curtain of the car was lowered, Shen Ge looked at the silent Xun Feiguang sitting beside him, and didn't know what to say.

Shen Ge thought for a while, and finally said: "Brother Xun, do you feel uncomfortable after drinking too much wine, may I rub your head for you?"

Xun Feiguang didn't refuse, Shen Ge knelt in the carriage and rubbed his temples.Xun Feiguang helped his waist to prevent Shen Ge from bumping into the wall of the carriage when the carriage was shaking.

Luzhi was surprised to see the two of them going out happily, but the atmosphere was a little dull when they came back.She didn't want to ask more questions, but thoughtfully served the hangover soup.

Shen Ge urged Xun Feiguang to sleep for a while, and after he returned to his room, he went to the kitchen by himself.

When the people in the kitchen saw Shen Ge, they came out in shock, "If Mr. Shen has any orders, just let someone say it, why do you come here in person?"

"No problem, I'll come over and make some pastries for dinner." Shen Ge approached the kitchen, "Is it still possible to buy milk or goat's milk?"

"Yes, yes, I will ask someone to buy it now, whether to buy milk or goat's milk?"

"Is milk buffalo milk?"

"Exactly." The person in charge of the kitchen wished he could help the ancestor out, "Do you have any orders? Why don't you sit down for a while and we'll boil the milk and bring it to you?"

"No, are there red beans, eggs and sugar in the kitchen?"

"There are all of them." The person in charge found out one by one for Shen Ge, "Hey, Mr. Shen, you should go back and rest. I will send someone over to you if you want anything. It hurts."

Shen Ge waved his hand, "I used to cook at home, so you don't have to worry about me. I'll cook something for Brother Xun, that's my wish."

The person in charge persuaded him not to stay, so he had to stay and light the fire.

Shen Ge boiled the red beans first, he wanted to cook some red bean paste.

Cooking red beans is very simple, first boil the red beans with sugar, then boil the oil and sugar on low heat, then mix the boiled red beans with sugar and oil finely, and press the beans into a sandy shape.

Shen Ge wants to use red bean paste to match the double skin milk that will be waiting for a while. The beans are not completely pressed into bean paste, but some graininess is left.

When Chen Ge was cooking red beans, the servant quickly bought back a bucket of buffalo milk.

Shuangpi Nai is the only recipe that Shen Ge knows. He has a good eye this time, so the kitchen manager didn't see it, but sent him out.

The main cooking process of double skin milk is just steaming, and Shen Ge can do it by himself.

Shen Ge steamed the milk to remove the skin, then took it out and let it cool, gently uncovered the skin and poured out the milk.After the poured milk is mixed with the egg white, it is poured into a bowl with milk skin and steamed.

Shen Ge specially disposed of the egg yolk so that no one would see the clue.

Shuangpi Nai Chen Ge made a total of five bowls, Xun Feiguang, him, Luzhi, Shaoxin and Manzi were all here.

It was late at night when the double skin milk was ready, Xun Feiguang knew that he was in the kitchen, so he didn't care, and let him toss.

Shen Ge specially carried two bowls of Shuangpi Nai on a tray to find Xun Feiguang, and his servants delivered the rest to everyone in Shaoxin.

Xun Feiguang originally thought that Shen Ge could make moon cakes, but when he saw this trembling and exquisite bowl of milk soup, he couldn't help but curl his lips, "I don't see that Shen Ge'er has such skills."

"I have a lot of crafts, Brother Xun will gradually know." Shen Ge put the tray on the table and asked him to have a taste, "In my previous life, there were often women who said that they were in a bad mood, and eating a bowl of sweets would make them feel sick. Much better, Brother Xun, try it."

Xun Feiguang picked up a bowl with a smile, "Am I in a bad mood?"

"The key point is the last sentence." Shen Ge said solemnly, "No matter what your mood is, after eating this bowl of double skin milk that I finally made, you will feel better."

"Okay." Xun Feiguang agreed.

Shen Singer's skills really exceeded Xun Feiguang's expectations. This bowl of double-skin milk is rich and smooth, and it is sweet and tender with red bean paste.

"Not bad, the craftsmanship is not inferior to Xianju Building."

Shen Ge picked up another bowl, ate the long-lost double-skin milk, and murmured, "It's not that my craftsmanship is good, it's just that I took advantage of the recipe. Thanks to the person who created this double-skin milk, if not, we would still Didn't know milk could do that."

People in the world don't drink much milk, everyone thinks milk is fishy, ​​and it's not decent to drink it, at most they mix it in when making snacks.

These days, children drink most of their milk. Poor families drink their own mother's milk, and rich families have their own wet nurses to supply them.

Xun Feiguang asked: "Are there many people who eat milk in future generations?"

"Of course." Shen Ge introduced him with his fingers: "Fried milk, fried milk, steamed double-skin milk, drinking milk tea, making cream... I know these, and there are many more I don't know."

"In later generations, there are not only milk, but also many other foods. There are countless ways to eat almost every kind of food."

Shen Ge was a member of Foodie Nation in his previous life, so he had a good understanding of food.

Xun Feiguang rarely admired: "It's really a good era."

"It's all thanks to countless seniors." Chen Ge smiled, and suddenly pointed to the roof, "Everything was good in my previous life, but the sky above my head was not so blue, and many times I couldn't even see the stars. It's far worse than it is now. landscape."

As soon as Xun Feiguang heard it, he knew that he wanted to enjoy the moon, so he didn't say much. The two asked the cook to deliver the meal, ate some hastily, and went out to the yard to enjoy the moon.

The weather is a bit cold now, but the scenery is still very good. First came the stars, and then the big and round moon slowly climbed up. The two watched the moon side by side silently, and moved out chess to watch the moon and play chess.

Shen Ge was a scumbag in his previous life, not very good at the advanced art of Go. Although he is better in this life, he is still far from Xun Feiguang's level, at most he can only bully Shaoxin.

One advantage of playing chess with Xun Feiguang is that he is never in a hurry and always has a leisurely time.He doesn't care about Chen Ge's breath and the next breath, and he doesn't rush the next breath.Although Shen Ge has always been the loser, when playing chess with Xun Feiguang, he has tried his best to fight for every possible point, so he played very devotedly.

For the next few days, Xun Feiguang took Shen Ge to play around, eating delicious food and seeing the beautiful scenery, Shen Ge almost forgot that he was here to test Juren.

During the period, Tan Shuhuai sent famous invitations and gifts several times. Shen Ge knew a little bit about it, but Xun Feiguang didn't pay much attention to it, so Shen Ge also pretended not to know.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and when Shen Ge was enjoying himself, Guibang was about to be released.

You can wait for this list at home, or in restaurants and teahouses. As long as you win, someone will come to announce the good news and receive the reward.

Shen Ge left all his classmates behind for almost a month. Now that his classmates invite him, he can't refuse no matter what. Looking at Xun Feiguang's expression, Xun Feiguang said: "Go if you want, I will wait for you at home."

Shen Ge was tangled in his heart. At such an important moment, he couldn't bear to let his brother Xun not be by his side.He asked, "Brother Xun, do you want to go with me?"

"If I go, it will be difficult for your classmates to talk together."

"How about you sit in the box upstairs? I'll go find you after I finish talking with my classmates."

Xun Feiguang didn't want to go at first, but he couldn't stand Shen Gemo, so he finally agreed.

Shen Ge also felt that it was very unkind to leave his brother Xun alone in the upstairs box, and really wanted Xun Feiguang to accompany him, so he decided to finish talking with his classmates earlier and go to find him as soon as possible.

Shen Ge calculated very well, if there was good news, he would share the exciting good news with him, and if the news was not good, he could also ask Brother Xun to hug him for comfort.

Shen Ge and Xun Feiguang went to the teahouse first, and after they talked for a while in the box, his classmates arrived one after another.

Shen Ge looked at Xun Feiguang reluctantly and said, "Brother Xun, I'll go and say hello to them first, and I'll be up later."

"Don't worry, talk to your classmate for a while."

"Hey, I'm not in a hurry. Brother Xun, will you wait for me here?"

Seeing his anticipation and reluctance on his face, Xun Feiguang paused for a moment, then tapped him on the head, "What nonsense, can I still slip out of the window and go home?"

Shen Ge smirked, suddenly stretched out his arms to hug Xun Feiguang, turned around and went down with hands and feet blushing.

The smile in Xun Feiguang's eyes followed his back, and after a few moments, the door of the box that had just been closed was knocked lightly a few times.

"Come in." Xun Feiguang's voice was calm.

The door was pushed lightly, outside was Tan Shuhuai, the garrison general of Daoning Mansion, and his wife Chi Huai.

The two knelt on one knee, bowed their hands and saluted, "General!"

Xun Feiguang said slowly, "I am no longer your general, so I don't need to salute."

Qin Shuhuai and Chi Huai didn't answer, Xun Feiguang said: "Get up." They stood up.

"The two of you, husband and wife, were specially transferred here from the north, isn't it just because of Cai An?"

Tan Shuhuai smiled wryly, "As your old department, we are being pushed hard by people every step of the way. If we don't get out of the mud sooner, I'm afraid the two of us will be liquidated."

Xun Feiguang said coldly, "You should know that I don't intend to go back and work hard."

"General! If I say that the north is about to move, according to Cai An's temperament and ability, I am afraid that I will not be able to protect the people of one side, will you let it go?"

Xun Feiguang closed his eyes and opened them again.Bai Liyi has already turned into a businessman, collected countless information in the north, and his subordinate Qing Lingwei has also been trained, how could he not know?

Shen Ge didn't know at all that Xun Feiguang was already talking with another group of people, so he blushed and was teased by a group of classmates.

"Brother Shen, are you nervous?"

"Hey, is being a groom as stressful as it is now?"

"Go, go, are you guys not nervous? It's just that you don't show it on the surface. Don't make fun of our brother Shen."

"It's because we're nervous that Fang jokes about relaxing."

The smirk on Shen Ge's face was still uncontrollable, he just hugged brother Xun from his house again, brother Xun is worthy of being a person who comes out to punch every day, his body is strong.

Xiao Siyuan pulled him to sit beside him, poured him a cup of tea and whispered in his ear: "Your Master Xun is up there?"

Shen Ge nodded slightly, his eyes were slightly bent with joy, and his extremely delicate face was full of spring, which was particularly attractive.

Xiao Siyuan took a breath, suppressed the unhappiness in his heart, and asked: "Why didn't you invite him to come down together, at such an important moment, he should be with you."

Shen Ge smiled at him, and said in a low voice: "Brother Xun said that it will be difficult for us to talk when he comes down, so he waited for me up there, he is more careful."

Seeing his sweet appearance, Xiao Siyuan felt sick to his stomach, and didn't want to talk to him.

There are a lot of people in the teahouse, most of them are scholars who came to take the exam.This group of people obviously had their hearts on the line, but they still talked and laughed happily, trying their best to appear calm, but the frequent eyes that looked outside made the group not indifferent.

Dr. Tea walked around the crowd, and from time to time, he would order some small dishes such as beans for everyone to drink tea.Everyone was nervous today, and the rewards were given out happily. Dr. Cha kept smiling.

Shen Ge came over to take the exam anyway, and it was impossible to say that he was not nervous. Seeing that the atmosphere in the teahouse was getting hotter, he clenched his sleeves tightly.

Manzi had already gone to show Shen Ge the list together with Shaoxin's subordinates. Shen Ge didn't want him to go. Although his current status is Shen Ge's book boy, Shen Ge has always regarded him as a younger brother and a disciple, and he was reluctant to let him go. Do this shit.

But the Manzi didn't care, he was born with a sense of calmness that "a prince and a general are kind", he is not afraid of the nobles, and he is not humble when he is in the lower class.Xun Feiguang once commented on him, if given the time, he would definitely soar into the sky.

Before the Manzi came back, someone came to announce the good news soon.

The man shouted from a distance: "Master Zhao Shushu of Qianhe County, he has won the Juren!"

As soon as these words came out, like water falling into hot oil, the pot exploded in an instant.

All eyes in the teahouse focused on one person. The middle-aged scholar in green shirt stood up with an unconcealed expression of excitement on his face. He coughed, took out a red envelope from his sleeve pocket and handed it to the person who announced the good news. name?"

"Congratulations, master, congratulations, master, 42nd place!"

Daoning Mansion is not considered a big mansion, and the Guibang takes the top 42 of all the candidates as the candidates. Although the result of [-] is not very good, it is not bad.

"Okay, okay, thank you very much." The man said hello a few times, and the people around him also congratulated.

Many people looked envious, expectant and nervous.

After a while, someone came to announce the good news again, and there was a commotion in the teahouse.

Shen Ge and a group of classmates waited anxiously, but it didn't take long before someone came over and shouted, "Kunjiu County..."

This time, everyone at Shen Ge's table raised their hearts.

The man went on to say: "Master Lu Haoying, you have won the Juren!"

"Congratulations Brother Lu!" Shen Ge immediately stood up and cupped his hands at him.

Lu Haoying was also very happy on his face, but he tried his best to suppress that joy, trying his best to appear indifferent.

The man came closer, "Congratulations, sir, the 37th!"

Lu Haoying hurriedly gave a big red seal.

Someone still came to report in the chaos, and shouted at the door.

"Master Xiao Siyuan from Kunjiu County has won the Juren!"

"Master Shen Ge from Kunjiu County, he won the Juren!"