The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

On the second day of the first lunar month, there are still so many colorful sheds in Yunyanhui. Ladies gather around to catch flowers and small animals. The most popular ones are flower bears, and pink flower pigs are also good.

With Zhisheng and the others helping, it was much easier for Yunyan to return. She sat on the ponytail in the corner with her hands in her hands, and chatted with Zhisheng.

"How's the book going?" Yunyan asked him back.

In the past few years, they followed Yun Yanhui and made some money. At Yun Yanhui's suggestion, Zhisheng started studying.At the beginning, I didn't go to a full-time academy, but if you have any questions, you can ask those scholars who live in the temple, and many of them will still answer enthusiastically.

Four years ago, Daxiangguo Temple also opened an academy, which was of a welfare nature. Zhisheng went to study, and then officially returned to vulgarity to study hard, preparing for the imperial examination to become an official in the future.

However, Zhisheng has a very good mentality. Few people can pass the exam these days. What's more, he chose the Jinshi department. Fifty fewer Jinshi, how difficult it is to pass the exam.However, compared to the two elder brothers who are full of expectations and worry about gains and losses, Zhisheng's mentality is much better. It is not bad for him to be a teacher in a restaurant in the future, and he will not starve to death in business.

At this moment, Zhisheng said: "I also read some questions, and I plan to ask the old gentleman for advice after the festival."

"Come on, I can't help you with this. I get a headache after reading the Four Books and Five Classics." Yun Yan gestured back.

The two chatted for a while, and then they saw a person sneaking into the colorful shed, causing the ladies to avoid to the sides.The man didn't know it, he walked to the booth in two steps, turned his legs over, and squatted in front of Yun Yanhui.

"Brother Yan!"

This man was taller than Yun Yanhui, and Yun Yanhui happened to be sitting in the corner, he squatted in front of him, feeling a little oppressed.

"Hey, what's it called? I'll give you the annual money." Yun Yan leaned back lazily and said.

"Uncle, Happy New Year." The man called out with a smile, and it was Yun Yanhui's nephew Zheng Ling.

This kid is about to become crowned this year. It took a few years to finish the picture of Yunyan returning to the Daxiangguo Temple Food Festival, which also caused a certain sensation in the painting circle-speaking of the Daxiangguo Temple Food Festival. Over the years of development, it has also become a major feature of Kaifeng, famous all over the world, and visitors from other places compete to participate.

Now Zheng Ping is working on Kesi. It is a big project, but it will be a blockbuster when it is completed.After Zheng Ping got together with Fu Yunfeng, she gradually got over the pain of the past, and when she was in a good mood, her body recovered and she was able to continue Kesi.

But now she doesn't have to rely on her Kesi to support her family, so this painting of Kesi is entirely to support the careers of her son and grandnephew, and to achieve her own art.

On Zheng Xun's side, I don't know if his thoughts have changed because of Zheng Ling's small achievements. In short, Zheng Ling's family is temporarily hanging out at Honglu Temple. He has 20 days off in a month, and the remaining ten days are for a job. I just came back, and in my spare time I was either painting or playing.

Yun Yan was very happy to hear that, she took out a bunch of copper coins strung with red thread from her bosom, a total of [-] coins, and handed them to Zheng Ling.

Zheng Ling happily accepted it.

This New Year's money is almost equal to the modern New Year's money, but the rules are different.In some modern places, people who are not married can receive red envelopes, but those who are married should give them to others, and in some places, they cannot receive red envelopes even when they are adults.Some are generally hundreds or thousands, while others only give packages of small amounts.

As for Bianjing, you can accept them all, but send them according to the age of the other party.For example, if the other party is ten years old, ten copper coins will be given out, which is why it is called "with the year" money, and it will be given out according to age.

There are exceptions, like Yun Yanhui, who don't give the real age, but give a hundred copper coins, in fact, wishing Zheng Ling a long life to live to a hundred years old.

Zheng Ling also came back from a trip to pay New Year's greetings, so he came here to sit and sit when he passed by.

There are actually many ways to pay New Year’s greetings nowadays, and it is popular to send "greeting cards". After all, it is snowy and slippery in winter, and it is very troublesome to travel from family to family.You can also send your children away, just like Zheng Ling, go out to pay New Year's greetings.

Yun Yan went back to make an appointment with him for a few days and he was not busy there, so he came to stay at home for two days.

The Zheng family turned a blind eye to Zheng Ling's association with this place. If he wanted to sleep there, as long as it wasn't too frequent, he wouldn't say much, but he didn't interfere, and he didn't help prepare gifts or anything.

Zheng Ling still made two rounds here, without spending any money or making a move, and then walked away resentfully.

……

After Zheng Ling left, one afternoon, as Yun Yan expected, all these flowers and animals were gone, so he packed up and went home.He first sent the three Zhisheng brothers to their yard, and then went back by himself.

Shuangyi was cooking, and she felt ruthless, knowing that she could only go out to play after making a good dish, so she vowed to make a big dish in the afternoon, and she was packing the fish, saying it was steamed fish larvae.

Yunyan stood back at the kitchen door, leaning against the doorframe to see that Shuangyi was watching the fire, while Zheng Ping gestured to him, "They are all such big fish."

Yun Yan looked back, "Hey, it's not as big as a palm, did you pick it up at the fish market?"

Shuangyi looked pained, "I really can't deal with the big fish..."

Mingming wielded a sword like an arm and a finger, but he was at a loss when facing the carp, so in the end he had to choose a smaller fish so that he could control it.Therefore, steamed carp becomes steamed fish.

After Xiao Bao also got close, he put his chin on Yun Yanhui's shoulder from behind, "Brother, let's go to Master's place together tomorrow."

Yun Yan was panicked, "Your chin is a bit sharp."

Zheng Ping heard it and said, "Why is your chin so sharp? Eat more meat tonight!"

Xiao Bao turned his face to the side, and put his cheek on it, "No way, mother, Brother Yan is afraid of pain, it's just that his jaw bone is stuck."

Yun Yan rolled her eyes back, "Alright, alright, mother, then you prepare some gifts for me tomorrow, and I will go to pay New Year's greetings to Zen Master."

Knowing that he is Xiaobao's master and treats him like a master like a father, Zheng Ping couldn't help but nod her head hastily, "I prepared it early, and I even gave Zen Master a scripture cover."

Not long after, when it was time to eat, everyone came to the table. Zheng Ping brought out the dishes she had made first, and then they all waited for Shuangyi's big dish of steamed fish.

Shuangyi brought up the soup basin with both hands, and placed it in the middle of the dining table. The soup basin had a lid to keep it warm.

Fu Yunfeng showed an encouraging smile, "It's the first time I have eaten Yi Niang's cooking, so I can eat more."

Everyone else looked weird. Before Fu Yunfeng met Zheng Ping, Shuangyi was banned from cooking because her cooking was too disastrous.Of course, after a few years, maybe there will be some progress?

Shuangyi lifted the cover embarrassingly, "It doesn't seem to be doing well."

As soon as the lid was lifted, there was a burst of fishy smell, which lifted everyone's spirits and smiled.Then the lid was completely lifted, revealing the milky white fish soup, and fish larvae floating in the soup, some of them were still turning their bellies...

Everyone: "???"

Yun Yan took a deep breath back.

Xiaobao pointed at the fish in disbelief, "Sister, why do they float!"

Shuangyi: "Yes, maybe there is too much soup?"

Zheng Ping murmured: "I have been learning to cook since I was five years old, and I have never seen such a weird situation."

Then everyone looked at Fu Yunfeng in unison.

Fu Yunfeng: "..."

He just said to eat more, and now he wants to die very much, Wan Zun said: "It still smells very fragrant, maybe it tastes good, let's try it..."

Who wants to be with you and us.

Xiaobao quickly said: "You can't eat this indiscriminately. Who knows what harm it will do to your body. Uncle Fu, be careful that 20 years of skill will be ruined in one go."

Fu Yunfeng: "..."

Yun Yan replied in amazement, "To be honest, this dish deserves a new name. Steamed fish larvae is not enough to describe it. I think it should be called 'Bianhe Floating Corpse'. Look at these fish, they are full of The breath of death."

The cooked fish, floating on the surface of the soup, is also terrible.The image of the name made everyone nod involuntarily.

Shuangyi held her head in frustration, "I said I wouldn't do it anymore, and I don't know which step went wrong."

No one would dare to eat such a bowl of fish soup even if it smelled fragrant.In the end, Zheng Ping had no choice but to comfort Shuangyi, that it would be better to learn from the white case, making pasta and pastry should be better.

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The next day, that is, the third day of the first lunar month, Yun Yanhui and Xiao Bao went to find out about New Year's greetings with New Year gifts.

Knowing that the atmosphere of the New Year is not so strong here, he is closing the door to thank guests for copying scriptures.

Seeing that it was his disciples who came, he asked them to sit down and ordered tea.

Yun Yanhui actually found it a bit strange, because he had revealed to Qiao Ranbai that he would come later to pay New Year's greetings in the early years, and now Xiaobao has been practicing with Qingran, but sent back the news that he would come today.He didn't say anything in front of Zheng Ping at the time, but he actually had doubts in his heart.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with them, he got to the point, touched his teacup and pondered for a moment and said, "In the first day of junior high school, the abbot had a long talk with all the elders, and what he said meant...he wanted to leave the hospital."

Yun Yan raised her eyebrows back, "Abbot is planning to retire?"

Of course, the position of abbot is not for life, and there is a day when he will retire, but it is not called retirement, but discharge from the hospital.After leaving office, he can be called a retired monk, and he is still respected by the whole temple, and the treatment is still very high.

Thinking about it this way, the abbot is also getting older, and he has indeed revealed that he has too many chores in recent years, and he even wants to sit in meditation quietly, and now he really proposes to leave the hospital, which is not unexpected.

Xiao Ran nodded, and said again: "The abbot wants me to take over."

"It's not surprising, we're from the same department." Even though the abbot and Qingran didn't have such a good relationship before, what Yunyan did back in the past few years tied them together.The abbot trusted Yun Yanhui, Yun Yanhui helped him generate income, and at the same time Yun Yanhui was half of his disciples.And knowing that his character is also excellent, no one in Hesi will be dissatisfied with choosing him.

Knowing but feeling a little disappointed, "I originally wanted to recite scriptures and practice meditation, but then I remembered that if I want to change the status quo, maybe I have the chance to become an abbot..."

Yun Yan returned to silence, now that monks have become secular, it is clear that it is not so easy to improve the moral quality of monks.However, it is always good to have ideals.

After a long while, Yunyan replied: "You asked me if I support it, I definitely support it. A monk who doesn't want to be an abbot is not a good monk..." He saw that his expression was not right in the middle of speaking, coughed, and hurriedly Changed his words, "Looking at the temple now, only you can take on this important task."

"Amitabha." Qingran said a word about Buddha.

Yunyan heard back that this was probably agreed, and it is estimated that after the festival, everyone will reach a consensus, and the abbot will officially announce it.

……

After leaving the clearing monastery, Yun Yanhui suddenly sat down on the snow.

Xiao Bao looked at him in astonishment, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Yun Yan scratched her head back, "Wake up, do you really think your master is here to ask me for advice? I'm afraid that after I take office, I will rectify the atmosphere in the monastery, and beat me in advance not to inform or help the monks!"