Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

After a boring lunch, Shen Chenai got up again and took the two children for a stroll around, and then when the sun began to go west, she took the children's little hands back to the butcher's shop.

Luo Ding has already rushed back at this time, and with him came back a new order from Wuwei Army. This time, the order is signed for one year, and the number of fat pigs required per month has doubled from before. For this single business, if Luo Ding is done well, he can earn more than 500 taels of silver.

Luo Ding, who won the order, was very happy. He and Shen Chenai began to calculate the total number of pigs raised this year, and the figure he got was more than five times that of last year.

Even so, Luo Ding was still worried that there would not be enough pork, and their bacon factory already had the largest sales volume.

According to the estimated number of slaughter just obtained, Luo Ding began to calculate the amount of pasture to be reserved on his pasture. Shen Chenai watched him cracking the abacus over there, and for some reason remembered that he had lunch at noon The words I heard at the restaurant when I was there.

So Shen Chenai hesitated for a moment, and still said to Luo Ding: "When I took the child out today, I heard someone mention that the rain this year is not good, is it so?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding stopped fiddling with the abacus beads, glanced at Shen Chenai and replied, "Even you have heard about this matter, it seems that the situation here in Wuwei is indeed a bit serious."

Shen Chenai's heart skipped a beat when she heard the words, and hurriedly asked: "So what I heard is true?"

Luo Ding nodded when he heard the words and replied: "It is said that the entire Liangzhou, Binzhou and Youzhou areas have not seen a few drops of rain since last autumn. The situation in Liangzhou is still good, at least more or less. It has rained and snowed a few times, I heard that there has not been a drop of rain or snow in Youzhou for half a year, if this situation continues to wash away after the beginning of spring, it will not be very good."

Luo Ding's words reminded Shen Chenai of the famous droughts in history that he had learned about, and the one that impressed him the most was the Great Famine in Jinyu during the Guangxu period.

The Great Famine of Shanxi and Yu, also known as the Famine of Dingwu, occurred between 1876 and 1879 AD on the land of Shenzhou and Zhou. There was a large-scale drought on the land of Shenzhou for four consecutive years. Most of the land in Shenzhou was involved in it. The record is that "the red land stretches for more than a thousand miles, and there are as many as five or six million hungry people, and the earth's strange disasters have never been seen in ancient times."

The only photos of bookkeeping in Ding Wu Qi Huang in memory were found again, Shen Chen Ai searched for those photos, those ragged, skinny refugees in memory made Shen Chen Ai feel cold even if he didn't come.

Luo Ding, who was at the side, shivered when he saw Shen Chenai's inexplicable, worried about his body, seeing Shen Chenai's ugly face, Luo Ding asked with great concern: "Are you okay?"

Shen Chenai turned her head to look at Luo Ding when she heard the words and asked, "Most of the people on our side depend on the weather for food. What if a drought really comes?"

After hearing the words, Luo Ding realized that this was what he was worried about, so he could only pat him on the back and comfort him and said, "The lack of rain in a year is nothing in Liangzhou. Every family in Liangzhou has water storage. The rain in spring and summer, and the snow in autumn and winter will be collected in a way to prepare for emergencies. The reason why we don’t have a water cellar here in Fengcheng is because it is close to the Yellow River and has plenty of water, so we don’t need those things.”

After hearing this, Shen Chenai thought for a while and replied: "If there is no rain or snow all the time, how are you going to resist the drought?"

Luo Ding frowned and said: "The situation you mentioned has never happened before, but if you are really worried, after returning to Fengcheng, I will find a few old people to ask. ask."

Shen Chenai suppressed his worries when he heard the words. In his heart, he had been praying all the time, and he would rather the uneasiness this time was due to his oversensitive nerves.

Luo Ding and Shen Chenai stayed in Wuwei for three days. On the morning of the fourth day, the couple took their children out of the city in a carriage, and they planned to go home today.

Coincidentally, when they were leaving the city, they happened to meet Yue Chong riding into the city on horseback. The two groups exchanged a few words outside the city gate, and then separated and went on their own way.

Yue Chong led the horse and walked slowly on the street. The guy behind him was very puzzled when he saw this, and asked his companion in a low voice: "What's wrong with Master Jiu these days? If I could come to Wuwei earlier, I would light the lamps and cook oil every day to finish the work at hand, and then rush over all night in a hurry, and now I have finally entered the city, why is he not in a hurry?"

He thought his voice was quite low, but he couldn't hide it from Yue Chong's clever ears.The boy had just finished speaking when Yue Chong, who was walking in front of him, slapped him on the head and said, "What do you know, kid? I rode around all night, and now I look haggard and disheveled." , how can Ah Jian see this appearance, of course I have to go back to the other courtyard to sort it out first."

The boy who was beaten covered his head and stared dumbfounded at his radiant boss. He really didn't understand how haggard and disorganized he was.

Yue Jiu, who walked all the way to the other courtyard, hurriedly changed into new clothes. Yue Jiu left everyone else at the other courtyard, and he came to the Chen Yue Inn with only the servant he often called. side.

At this time, the Chenyue Inn was already full of students and passers-by, and even the Datong bunk had no more beds.So when I saw a customer coming, although it was the waiter who came up to greet me, his words had been changed to: "Guest officer, the shop is full. If you want to be top-notch, we still have a place in the lobby. Stay in the shop." If so, I'm really sorry."

At this time, the servant who had been following Yue Chong hurriedly came up and said, "Our master's surname is Yue, and he has asked someone to rent a small courtyard for you a few days ago. Live in, you just lead us there."

The waiter in the shop immediately knew who they were after hearing the words, so he nodded and bowed his head and replied: "It turns out that the guests from Changshuiyuan have arrived. Guest officials, please follow the young one to this way."

Hearing this, Yue Chong walked over with the waiter, and when he arrived at the gate of Changshui Courtyard, he happened to catch up with everyone in Xu Jian's courtyard and held a tea party in the small courtyard.

Now all the rooms in Guanlan Court are full. Among the students who arrived one after another, one was known by Xu Jian, and the other two came from Wuyang City.

Although I'm not very familiar with these two, they are both scholars and about the same age. After the introduction and several conversations, the sense of alienation that was new to them gradually disappeared.

The sky was just right today, and the two seniors who lived in the main room, for some reason, got excited and found out the rest of the juniors, saying that they wanted to drink tea for their thesis.

For students like them, tea-tasting papers are a normal thing, but this time the seniors' interest came too suddenly, which made the students less prepared for a while.

There is no need to prepare anything for the thesis. Students like them need books and pens and ink when they go there. What makes the students embarrassed is tasting tea. It can be seen from the fact that they rented a small courtyard together. The family conditions of the few of them are not very rich, so when they go out, it is good to be able to bring some necessities. Who is in the mood to go out with tea.

Seeing the faces of the juniors looking at each other, the two seniors who proposed also found that something was wrong, but it was hard to take back what they had said. Fortunately, one of the two of them often walked around, so he immediately said something. Knowing where the problem lies, he naturally said to the old man who was serving in the yard: "Uncle Xu, please go to the front and order some pots of good tea and pastries for us, and the money will be charged to my account first." .”

The old man named Uncle Xu walked out after hearing the words, and soon brought someone in with the things they wanted.So a small tea party started like this.

When Yue Chong and the others came over, it happened to be everyone's turn to comment on Xu Jian's poems. Yue Chong heard Xu Jian's clear chanting in Guanlan Yuan outside, and he felt that his body had become much lighter.

Just after Xu Jian finished reciting a poem, he heard a burst of enthusiastic applause from outside. Everyone looked around and saw Yue Chong standing at the gate of the small courtyard, applauding Xu Jian non-stop.

Seeing this, everyone in the yard got up one after another, and the senior who took the lead in holding the poetry meeting said to Yue Chong with some doubts: "Liao Wenxian in Xiafeng City, dare to ask this brother's name?"

Hearing this, Yue Chong clasped his fists and replied to them: "A certain person is also from Fengcheng, my surname is Yue, and the single name is one Chong."

Yue Jiuyan of Fengcheng! ! !This person's name, Liao Wenxian, has already been heard by everyone, so although he was stunned for a moment after hearing Yue Chong's answer, he immediately reacted and replied: "It turns out that it is Yue Jiuye, what a disrespect. Just now I heard Yue Jiuye applauding Xu Xiandi's poem, Jiuye appreciated the artistic conception of Xiandi's poem and words just now, it is really good, I didn't expect Yue Jiuye to be a refined person."

Yue Chong smiled and replied, "I don't know anything about poetry, poetry, or Fu. It's just that when Xiao Jian recited it just now, the voice was so nice that I couldn't help but clapped my palms."

The other students in Xiaojian's courtyard looked at each other after hearing the words, and then turned to look at the person Yue Jiu called Xiaojian.