Be a master through ancient times

"The meal is ready, let's eat!" someone called out.

Old man Li looked at Chu Ci and invited, "Chu Siye, thank you for coming to help us repair the house today. If you don't mind, come in and have something to eat together."

"Being respectful is worse than obeying orders." Chu Ci smiled and agreed, and then called down the few people who went up to work for a while.

"Oh, it's finally time to eat, my stomach has been screaming eight hundred times!" Zhu Mingyue muttered while washing his hands.

"Come on, didn't you just eat some snacks?" Zhu Feng patted his stomach.

Zhu Mingyue slapped his hand and retorted: "What do you know, after eating and working for so long, the food in my stomach has long since disappeared."

The two talked while walking to the dining hall.As soon as I entered, I was dumbfounded.There are two pots of vegetables on the table, one pot is green vegetables, and the other pot is also green vegetables.The rice in the rice bowl was also very watery, and the yellow corn only sank a little at the bottom.

"Let's just eat this? How do we eat this?" Zhu Mingyue couldn't help crying because of the great gap in his heart.

"What else do you want to eat?" Chu Ci asked with a sullen face, his roar was almost poking someone's lungs.Even he didn't like it when he heard it, let alone those people who eat "this" every day.

Zhu Ming became more silent, with grievances exuding all over his body.These dishes are boiled like water, and there is no oily star, so they look unpalatable.

Old man Li looked at them, then nodded to the woman who was in charge of cooking.The woman brought a bowl of meat from the kitchen and set it on the table.

Everyone looked at this bowl of meat and couldn't help swallowing.But none of the children were vying for it.

Zhu Mingyue and several other people slandered: "It's not true to hide the meat when there is meat to eat."

Chu Ci saw something, this meat...

"This meat was selected from the dishes you sent the day before yesterday. You shouldn't be entertaining you with your food. But these little brothers have been tired for so long, so it's impossible to eat only green vegetables." Old man Li chuckled, With a kind and open face, he didn't seem to feel embarrassed.

"The one from the day before yesterday? Can you still eat it?" Wu Guang muttered, but he was still reasonable, only the people around him heard it, and no one else heard it.

A little girl served a bowl of porridge for each of them, and all of them scooped out the part with a lot of corn at the bottom, which made the porridge look much thicker.

Chu Ci took chopsticks and put a piece into the meat bowl for each of the six of them, and naturally also took a piece for himself.

"Old man, share the rest with you, we each have it. They were supposed to work, how can we get used to them eating so well."

Chu Ci picked up the bowl and took a bite of the meat.Maybe it's because it's a meat dish, and it's hung in the well every day, so it hasn't deteriorated even in this hot weather.

He took another bite of vegetables. The boiled vegetables are naturally not very delicious, but they are relatively tender and taste good.

When his chopsticks were reaching for the other basin, old man Li suddenly stopped him and said, "Chu Siye, this basin is the same as that one, and I just divided them into two basins because I wanted you to keep them clean. We have eaten this pot."

Chu Ci didn't believe it, so he insisted on taking a bite out of it with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and found that the dish had a bitter taste, and the leaves tasted very old, not like the vegetables grown at home, but like wild vegetables.

Chu Ci also ate wild vegetables at home. His mother and sister-in-law picked the most tender ones and put them in water to blanch the bitterness, and then mixed them with sesame oil and other seasonings. It was also a delicious side dish.Even the wild vegetable steamed stuffed buns he ate at the very beginning were made using an exclusive method, not like this one.

"Why are you still standing there? Eat, don't eat now, I don't have any snacks at noon." Chu Ci began to eat in big mouthfuls.The others also held their bowls, frowning and eating slowly.

Wen Ran brought up a vegetable and wanted to put it in his mouth, but he took a closer look. Wasn't this vegetable he stepped on just now?There was still a little bit attached to the broken stem, which he recognized.

Wen Ran felt nauseous for a while, the things under his feet actually appeared in his bowl?He put the bowl away and rushed out.

"Don't pay attention to him, you eat yours."

Chu Ci cleaned up the contents of the bowl, leaving not a single grain of rice.After eating, he pleaded guilty, and then went to the backyard to find Wen Ran.

Wen Ran was standing there vomiting heart-rendingly, vomited out sour water.He had never suffered such a crime since he was a child.

Wen Ran was born in a family of Zhongming Ding Shi, and the elders in the family are also fond of fine food and delicious food. Every meal served is the best part, not to mention, it has to be arranged in various beautiful shapes. Can chopsticks.

This caused Wen Ran to be picky eaters. When he was in the Imperial College, he could barely eat after picking and choosing. After Chu Ci reformed the canteen, he couldn't even eat a bite.In the past few days, if he hadn't been really hungry, he would have eaten something.He wanted to eat a piece of the dim sum that was just placed on the table, but he didn't eat any of it when he saw that scum was falling from it.

"Is it better?" Chu Ci went over and patted him on the back.

The corners of Wen Ran's eyes were red, probably from crying.Seeing Chu Ci approaching, he was a little embarrassed, snorted and turned away.

"Wen Ran, which school did you come from?" Chu Ci hadn't had time to look through the student files.

"Why, do you want to visit my house too?" Wen Ran frowned immediately, he turned around abruptly, glared at Chu Ci bitterly, thinking that Chu Ci wanted to file a criminal complaint.

"Why, are you also afraid of home visits?" Chu Ci imitated his tone and joked.

"Of course I'm not afraid! My father's name is Wen Hai, and my grandfather's name is Wen Bing. If you have the guts, come to the door!" Wen Ran snorted, betting that Chuci was about to tremble.His grandfather was the Taifu, one of the three lords, and his father was the third-rank Guanglu Siqing, who was better than the sixth-rank Siye in any way!

Chu Ci's focus was not on the same line as him. He laughed secretly in his heart. The names of this family, from Two Points of Water, Three Points of Water to Four Points of Water, are really in the same line.After Wen Ran gave birth to a child, shouldn't it be called five o'clock water?

"Hey, do you dare to come to my house?" Wen Ran also forgot the pain at this moment, all she wanted to do was to see Chu Ci's face pale with fright.

"Why don't you dare? I've been to the inner courtyard of the palace. Is your house more solemn than that?"

"Hmph, I won't play tricks with you!" Sensitively aware of the trap in his words, Wen Ran said angrily.

Chu Ci's mind was spinning rapidly, Wen Bing sounded familiar, who is Wen Bing?Mrs. Wen, one of the three princes!

Although he was shocked in his heart, he didn't show any timidity on his face. "Since you are the grandson of Mrs. Wen, why don't you study at home and come to the Imperial College to learn?"

Embarrassment flashed across Wen Ran's face: "It's none of your business!"

"Why is it none of my business? You are my student, and it is very important to understand the student's family background."

"Then do you dare to go to my house to find out on your rest day?"

"The day after tomorrow is the day after tomorrow, right? There is no need for a day after tomorrow. I will go back with you the day after tomorrow and make a home visit by the way."

A trace of contempt flashed in Wen Ran's eyes. What excuses are you looking for? Aren't you afraid that if you come to the door alone, you won't even be able to get in?

Chu Ci seemed to see what he was thinking and just smiled.

……

In the afternoon, the work of repairing the house continued.Chu Ci still wandered around in the large courtyard, and sometimes joined the group of women.If it wasn't for his tender face and sweet mouth, calling others one by one, he would probably be treated as a disciple.

The other five members of the six-person group had eaten at noon, and had snacks before, and now they can still hold on. There is only Wen Ran, who is so hungry that his face is pale, and he has to work again. His thin and small body seems to be about to collapse at any time like.

When he and Zhao Qing came over with grass mud again, Zhu Feng stopped Zhao Qing and asked him to help deliver the things, while he carried the bucket and went to the backyard with Wen Ran.

"Wen Ran, go to the side and rest for a while, I will do it alone. But don't go to the front yard, if he sees it, he will definitely say you." Zhu Feng and him have known each other since childhood, and their mothers are even distant relatives.Although Wen Ran never liked playing with him, Zhu Feng couldn't bear to see him like this.

Wen Ran listened, nodded to thank him, then threw the churning stick, and sat down on a big bluestone in the backyard, with a sullen face and said nothing.

"Googoo..." Wen Ran's stomach growled, and he immediately looked back to see if Zhu Feng had heard it. Seeing that Zhu Feng was still immersed in stirring, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He moved down from the big bluestone, walked a little further, and sat down clutching his stomach.

There are also a few small vegetable plots in the backyard, with some long vegetables growing in them, Wen Ran can identify them by the smell, they should be the onions he hates.

He was about to leave when a small voice suddenly sounded beside him: "Brother, are you hungry?"

He looked back, isn't this the little girl with big eyes?when was she here?Because of the little guilt in his heart, Wen Ran paid her a rare attention.

"I'm not hungry, what are you doing here?"

"Dig earthworms for the chickens to eat." The little girl lifted the small basket beside her, which was covered with a layer of soil, and there were still things wriggling inside.

"Take it away, take it away!" Wen Ran waved casually, and then hurriedly waved her hand, signaling her to stay away.

The little girl took a few steps back with the basket in her hand, and said empathetically, "Brother is afraid of earthworms. I was also afraid of earthworms. I won't be afraid after digging a few more times."

Wen Ran sneered, and fell silent after laughing.He raised his head and was about to say something when he saw that the little girl had disappeared.

This place is shady and cool, with a gust of wind blowing, Wen Ran, who has been tired for most of the day, is a little drowsy.While half asleep and half awake, he suddenly saw someone squatting in front of him, which shocked him a lot.

"What are you doing?!" It was the little girl again.

The little girl was a little surprised. She said, "I brought something to eat for my brother. It was given to us by my aunt in the morning. I wrapped it in a handkerchief, and it was very clean. I also washed my hands, using soap locusts." She opened the handkerchief in her hand, and a piece of glutinous rice cake appeared in front of Wen Ran's eyes, it was white, fragrant and sweet.

Wen Ran's stomach throbbed again. Seeing that there was no one around but a little girl he didn't know, he picked up a little with his slender fingers and put it in his mouth. The taste of happiness immediately filled his taste buds, and Wen Ran's speed changed. Hurry up, eat up all this pastry in a short while.

The little girl felt a little regretful looking at the empty handkerchief, but she was still very happy.

"Have you eaten yet?" Wen Ran remembered to ask her after filling her stomach.

"No, there is only one piece for each person, and I wanted to keep it."

"...Why are you feeding me?"

"Because my brother is very beautiful." The innocent words of the four or five-year-old girl made Wen Ran unable to get angry, although he usually hated people talking about his appearance the most.

"Thank you, I will give you a big bag when I go back." Wen Ran promised her.

The little girl pursed her lips and smiled.

……

"Chu Siye, I really don't know how to thank you all. You students have helped us repair these houses, so you won't have to worry about it when it rains next time."

Old man Li held Chu Ci's hand tightly, with a grateful expression on his face.

After Chu Ci repeatedly said that he was fine, he asked Aunt Hua to send a message if he had something to do, and then took the students back to the Imperial College.

"Look at them, haha, today is the day." When the students saw the disheveled people, they all pointed at them and laughed, and then they were frightened back by Jiang Xian's sharp eyes.

They walked all the way to the school, and the people on the road were not talking about them, but they were talking about "the head teacher said", "which course do you like", or "I don't know who can teach riding and archery" and so on. .

The homeroom teacher and the others probably knew that Chu Siye had mentioned it in the morning meeting today, but what did the latter mean?Why does it feel like the Imperial College has changed after a day of work?