Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

On the second day, Shen Chenai lay on the heated kang with a sore back and back, desperately refusing to get up. In the end, that child from Anping came to class with books, and Shen Chenai hurriedly got up from the kang.

In the days that followed, the whole of Liangzhou was looking forward to a spring rain just like Shen Chenai, and God seemed to have heard the prayers of the people. One day in late March, this event made the whole of Liangzhou look forward to it again. The long-awaited spring rain finally started to fall.

Shen Chenai didn't know what was going on in other places, but the rain in Fengcheng was pretty good.Although it was light rain, it continued to fall for a whole day. After this precious spring rain, the land on Fengcheng's side finally ushered in the opportunity to sow seeds.

The opportunity for spring plowing is rare, and there is no room for delay. All the people who plan food in the land are well aware of this. Therefore, after this precious spring rain, the people with land almost rushed out to seize the very rare farming time. .

This spring rain was like a rallying call. After it passed, the farmers who had been idle for a winter, carrying the seeds and fertilizers they had prepared long ago, carrying hoes and shovels, swarmed into the fields.

Luo Ding followed Shen Chenai's suggestion, and rented a lot of saline-alkali land from other villagers, all of which were planted with drought-resistant and hardy alfalfa.

Three or four days later, the villagers who got up early and worked late at night had already plowed most of the fields. In view of the very late spring rain this year, most experienced farmers were worried about this year's rain.So when planting crops, most of them gave up the high-yielding corn this year and chose to plant oats and millet, which are more drought-tolerant.

The yield of these two plants is at least one-third lower than that of corn, but the most native crops in Liangzhou, their ability to resist drought and water retention is much higher than that of foreign corn. Under the circumstances, of course, these two crops are more likely to survive.

And the autumn harvest afterwards also proved that the choice of these old farmers was correct.

No matter what everyone thinks, this field has finally been planted, and what happens in the future really depends on God's favor.

Shen Chenxi went to the field for a few laps during the farming season, and found that he couldn't help at all. He could neither choose seeds nor shovel the ground. Even if he wanted to help push a plow cart, he was sent away. The old scalper pulling the plow in front disliked walking slowly.So after a few laps in the field, Shen Chenai was politely invited out of the field.

Shen Chenai, who was disgusted by others, had to go back home by herself. After checking Anping and Yuegui's homework, the little boss of Jixianzhai, Shen Chenai's good friend Xu Jian and Xu Juren suddenly paid a visit.

When a friend came to visit, of course Shen Chenai wanted to sweep the couch to welcome him. After inviting the friend into the room, Shen Chenai brought tea to Xu Jian and asked him jokingly: "What's wrong with that Yue Jiuye from your family today? Is it? Are you willing to let you out alone?"

Hearing this, Xu Jian put the teacup in her hand on the table, reached out and took out a bright red invitation card from her bosom, and handed it to Shen Chenai with both hands.

Shen Chenai was taken aback by Xu Jian's actions, took the invitation and opened it, and found that it was actually an invitation for the engagement banquet of Yue Chong and Xu Jian.

Seeing this, Shen Chenai was very surprised and asked Xu Jian: "This time, you have thought clearly that once this contract is finalized, your future will also be decided."

Today's Shen Chenai is no longer that stupefied kid who doesn't know anything about the facts. At least she already knows that in the Daqian Dynasty, although brotherhood contracts were allowed, the court did not advocate this matter. .

So once the brotherhood contract is concluded, although no one will say anything on the surface, and the fame you deserve is still on you, but when the imperial court appoints officials, it will indeed treat those officials who have formed the brotherhood agreement 'Looking at it differently', unless you are really from a family, ordinary people can't move, otherwise the default unspoken rule in the officialdom is that most of the positions assigned to those who have made a brotherhood contract are those who are not high-ranking and have rights. The small Qingshui yamen.

A poor student like Xu Jian has no background at all. If he has a brother contract on his back, then unless he is lucky in this life, he doesn't have to think about his future.

Xu Jian is a smart person, of course he understands what his friend is worried about, so he picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and replied to Shen Chenai very calmly: "My friend, don't worry about me .I know what I'm doing. Although Yue Chong doesn't have much contact with his friends, you must have experienced his temper. Such a person, when in front of me, he just pretends to be stupid. , tried every means to make me happy, I really don't want to let him down with such a friendship."

After hearing the words, Shen Chenai thought for a while and said: "Yue Jiuye's friendship with you is worth a thousand dollars. Even us onlookers will warm our hearts when we see it. But being touched and loving are two different things. What is in your heart? How it feels, you must think about it yourself."

Xu Jian smiled lightly when she heard this, stroked her chest and replied to Shen Chenai: "Of course I can clearly distinguish between gratitude and admiration. The heart in my chest has already told me why it is become turbulent."

Shen Chenai was almost blinded by the light radiating from Xu Jian's body. After realizing it, she shook her head again and again, sighing that people in love can't be offended. Looking at his friends, now the whole person is bathed in pink. in love.

Now that he himself has already made an agreement, it is hard for Shen Chenai to say anything more. As the best friend, he sent his blessings, and then said to Xu Jian teasingly: "What you said just now, It's a pity to say it to me. If Master Jiu heard it, I guess he would be able to talk behind his ears happily."

Xu Jian, who thought that he would save face, would be blushed by his own teasing, but after hearing his teasing, he actually replied to himself in a serious manner: "You can't let him know, otherwise I won't be able to see him. Stupid in front of me."

Shen Chenai was speechless after hearing his answer, and once again lamented the magic of love, which made her always good-natured friend learn to use 36 tricks.

The engagement banquet between Xu Jian and Yue Chong was not too grand, although Yue Chong really wanted to take this opportunity to announce it to the world and let everyone know that Xiao Jian belonged to him.

But now in Fengcheng, apart from the rain that fell at the beginning of spring, there has not been a drop of rain for more than half a month. Although most of the crops that have been planted have sprouted due to the low water, experienced Crop veterans know the tricks, and the foundation for this year's drought has already been laid.

Regarding this point, most people from top to bottom in Fengcheng have already figured it out. In order to stockpile rations, the price of food in Fengcheng has increased by [-]% compared to last month. Just a little bit less, the price of grain this month can be double that of the same period last year.

Even so, Fengcheng is still extremely strong in grain now. Those cargo ships that transported grain often didn't even stop, and some grain merchants had already started to turn their heads and try to climb up.

The higher prices have already affected the lives of the common people. Although Fengcheng has many places to live besides food, compared with the previous prosperity, the current Fengcheng has begun to show signs of depression. up.

The restaurants and restaurants, which are most sensitive to the economy, have seen their business become quite deserted nowadays. The high prices make the common people have to keep their wallets tight and spend money carefully counting copper coins.

Under such a background, Xu Jian really didn't want to be extravagant. The whole city was in depression, so they shouldn't jump out at such a time to poke the lungs of the victim.So they only sent out 60 invitations for their engagement banquet, and all the invitations were their relatives and friends.

Although their family's engagement banquet was held in a low-key manner, the Yue family is a prestigious family in Fengcheng after all, so although the banquet was not big, it should have a lot of ostentation. In order to make relatives and friends on both sides feel at ease, Yue Chong He and Xu Jian specially held separate banquets in the gardens on both sides.

The guests invited by the Yue family were all invited to the east by the housekeeper, while most of the guests invited by Xu Jian went to the west.Although Yue Chong always came over from time to time during the banquet, the atmosphere among the guests was still very good.

Luo Ding and Shen Chenai came here together this time. During the dinner, Shen Chenai looked at Xu Jian who was sitting on the main seat receiving blessings from relatives and friends, and suddenly felt a sense of envy in her heart.

No changes in Shen Chenai could escape Luo Ding's eyes, and Luo Ding could see his emotions at this time naturally.So Luo Ding lowered his head and said to Shen Chenai in a low voice: "When we made the contract, because of your special situation, I held the wedding directly. If you really envy them, then let's find a chance to make the contract The wedding banquet will make up for it."

Shen Chenai shook her head quickly when she heard the words, joking, there was only a make-up wedding banquet, but she had never heard of anyone making a make-up engagement banquet.If this gets out, people will laugh out loud.

Besides, both he and Luo Ding are not people who pay too much attention to ordinary people. Whether they can live a good life is a common matter for the two of them, and it has nothing to do with whether or not they hold an engagement banquet.

He has been here for such a long time, except for some twists and turns in the first period of time, the rest of the time has been quite smooth, so let it be like this, if there is nothing wrong, it is better not to mess around.