Xu Jing couldn't figure out why Liang Xueyu would seek him out. He smiled and looked at Liang Xueyu, "Just tell me, I can't figure it out."

Liang Xueyu asked: "Do you know the Mushen Temple Day in our living area?"

Xu Jing looked through his memory, Taoism enshrines the three gods of heaven, earth, and water, also called the three officials, and the heavenly official is one of them.On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the old calendar, it is said that the heavenly officials descended to bless them, and it is called the Shangyuan Festival.Every year on the Lantern Festival, people in the Renyuan living area will bathe in the statue, perform Nuo dance, and invite relatives and friends to receive blessings from the heavenly official.

Before the catastrophe of the last days, this area paid more attention to the temple fair of welcoming the gods. There are grand festivals and ceremonies every year. At the peak, many tourists will come to watch.The temple fairs in this area have a history of thousands of years and are very famous.

After the disaster, the Temple Day has been silent for a long time. I don’t know when, the previous customs have been dug out again. This series of Temple Day activities are even more grand, lively and pious than before.

Xu Jing said: "I know, is there anything I need to do that day?"

"I don't know if you need to do anything in the living area, but occasionally art students from outside would come to watch the Temple Day held in the past." Liang Xueyu leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair, "Those art students Most of them used to live in the house I am renting from you now, but this year I received a letter, and they will come to see you, let me tell you in advance."

Xu Jing replied: "Understood."

Liang Xueyu glanced at Xu Jing, "What's the use of knowing? Let me tell you this, they still want to live in the original house, which is the house I rented to you."

Xu Jing finally understood what he was thinking, so he shook his head a little forcefully, "It used to be the past, but now you have rented the house to me, so I'm afraid it's inconvenient for outsiders to live in."

"Hey, I'm the kind of person who buys and sells by force? I just want to say, it's up to you whether you want to accept it or not. Let me tell you, those art students are rich people, and the rent they pay is not low. , According to the past, they can pay two yuan of rent per day. If you think about it, in ten days or eight days, your rent for two months will come out."

Seeing that Xu Jing still had a displeased look on his face, Liang Xueyu sighed and continued to persuade: "You will have a lot of money to spend in the future, so hurry up if you have some income. They don't just pay the rent when they come to live, they If you eat at your place, you have to pay for the meal. Even if you don’t know how to cook, they still have to pay for the utensils they rent for cooking.”

Xu Jing was embarrassed, "It's really inconvenient for me, let's forget it this time."

Liang Xueyu received a letter from an old customer and received a gift. He thought it was just a trivial matter, but he didn't want Xu Jing to be so difficult. What shameful place?"

No matter what he wants to say, Xu Jing just refuses to agree. There are many ways to make money. If people live in, he and Qi Yunzhi will feel uncomfortable, and their secrets may be exposed. Xu Jing can still tell which is more important. clear.

Xu Jing is really not short of money now, if he really wants to change some money, he can take the risk of buying a few ginseng in the Overwatch, and quietly go to a farther place to sell it, and a large amount of income will be credited to his account.

Seeing that Xu Jing refused to give in, Liang Xueyu blew his beard and stared, "I don't want any money-making methods that come to my door, and I don't know what to say about you!"

Xu Jing smiled, didn't care about his expression, and nodded as usual, "Like Yu Gong, then I'll go back first."

Liang Xue didn't even bother to tell him stupid things, so he raised his hand and waved to signal him to get out of here.

After Xu Jing went out, he planned to find a few people in the living area to help dig the ditch.The field has not been officially opened yet, and many people are doing chores at home instead of doing farm work, and one or two are relatively free.

At this time, it is easier to hire someone from the same living area to dig the ditches for a small amount of money.

Xu Jing's first reaction was to think of Liang Guotao, but after thinking about it, the Liang family was only a little relative, closer to others, but it was not appropriate to hire him to help.Don't mention what he thinks in his heart, even others may have gossip.

Turning a corner, Xu Jing walked to Liang Liangzi's house.He got to know Liang Liangzi quite well, and even had more contact with his family, so he talked more casually than with others.

Liang Liangzi's father, Liang Daohou, was a hearty and enthusiastic man. After patiently listening to Xu Jing's words, he immediately agreed: "Success, digging a small ditch is very fast. Don't worry, leave it to me."

Xu Jing smiled and said: "You are an expert in this field, and it is up to you to dig the ditches."

Liang Daohou stood up on the spot, patted his sleeves, stretched his waist, "I'm so lazy after the New Year's break, I'll go dig a ditch for you right now. Liangzi!" He called Liang Liangzi, "Take the hoe, let's work together Go dig ditches for Xiaohe's house."

Liang Liangzi was picking vegetables in the kitchen, preparing to assist his mother in entertaining friends, when he heard this, he hurriedly responded, "Hey!"

Xu Jing smiled, "Then I will trouble you, I will ask Uncle Dezheng if he is free."

Liang Dezheng is Liang Aiguang's father, and Xu Jing is also acquainted with their family.

Liang Daohou didn't stop him, and said with a smile: "Just ask, I chatted with him two days ago, and he said he was too busy, so it might work."

Xu Jing went to Liang Aiguang's house, and things went well. Liang Dezheng also agreed on the spot, pressing his son to pick up the hoe and going to work with Xu Jing in the fields.

Xu Jing made a simple plan in the field, and listened to the opinions of Liang Daohou and Liang Dezheng, marked the field with branches, and started digging ditches.Originally, he just wanted to dig a zigzag-shaped deep ditch to raise fish, but Liang Daohou and the others reminded him to pay attention to the problem of oxygen. The ditch should not be dug too deep.

Therefore, Xu Jing, who originally only wanted to raise some fish, finally planned a back-shaped ditch of nearly half an mu of land.

After digging all afternoon, Xu Jing looked at the short section that had been dug out. He was deeply exhausted and decided to find foreign aid.

In the evening, Xu Jing entertained his two little friends and their father with good wine and good meat. During the meal, drinking and talking, he asked the two of you to find some more people to help dig the trench. Live for eighty cents.

Liang Daohou agreed readily, reassuring Xu Jing that he would find a few more people, and it would definitely be done tomorrow.

Xu Jing knew that he had a lot of friends, and Renyuan was very good in the living area. With his words, the matter was half secure.Sure enough, the next day, Liang Daohou brought three men to the door, and together with Liang Dezheng went to Xu Jing's field to help him dig ditches.

Digging ditches is really labor-intensive work. On this day, Liang Daohou didn't let Xu Jing and the others go to the field, just a few men dug for a whole day.

Xu Jing didn't insist on going to the fields, but turned around and went to Youtongji to buy a few catties of meat and a few bottles of wine, as well as roasted chicken and fat goose.

Renyuan's living area is so big, and you usually help me with the work. Most of the time, there is no money to collect, but it is more common to take care of meals.It was rare for this group of men to receive such generous hospitality after going through so many things, and they were full of praise for Xu Jing for a while.

Liang Daohou privately mentioned Xu Jing, and said worriedly: "You can just buy meat and vegetables and a bottle of wine. It's not that you don't pay for it. How can you cook so many meals and make them so rich? It's too expensive."

Xu Jing smiled, "Uncles and uncles are willing to come and help dig the canal because of your face. No matter what I do, I can't make it difficult for you. I will lose your face. Don't worry, I have money."

After Liang Daohou heard this, he patted Xu Jing's shoulder with his big palm and exclaimed, "What a boy!"

Xu Jing smiled, this is the case in a small living area, and it is easy to do things with a good reputation.He treats people well now, and people will know that he is generous when they think about it in the future.During the busy farming season, it would be much easier for him to ask someone to come over to help, and he didn't have to go to the door one by one.

Sure enough, after eating the meat and wine, the group of men worked even harder. They helped Xu Jing complete the project in one and a half days, and even piled up the excavated soil neatly on the other side of the project. Xu Jing didn't have to worry about it at all.

After doing this, Xu Jing put down a big stone in his heart.Seeing that these men were doing their jobs neatly, he simply asked them to help turn over the fields and tidy up the fields without bothering the two masters.

The weather has turned warm, he has to breed, and prepares to sow angelica in spring.After the group of men finished their farm work, Xu Jing sealed a red envelope by himself, giving him enough wages.The men make an appointment to come back when Xu Jing needs help next time.

Xu Jing was busy, Qi Yunzhi silently followed behind him, like his shadow, always helping him when he needed it most.

That night, Xu Jing and Qi Yunzhi, who had been exhausted all day, took a bath and had a meal early, and were ready to go to bed.

Xu Jing keenly noticed that Qi Yunzhi was not in the right mood, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother Qi, what's the matter?"

After a while, Qi Yunzhi said: "I can dig ditches, I don't need to hire someone."

Xu Jing smiled, moved closer to him, and whispered: "Of course I know Brother Qi, you can, but digging ditches is so hard, so hire someone if you can. I don't want you to be so tired." Smiling, Xu Jing said again : "Brother Qi, are you unhappy because of this?"

Qi Yunzhi heard the smile in his words, stretched out his hand to embrace him, and pressed him into his arms, not letting him continue talking.

Xu Jing was busy here, and had long forgotten Liang Xueyu's words. It was not until the Shangyuan Festival was approaching that a group of eighteen or nineteen-year-old youths came over early in the morning, and Xu Jing remembered that there was such a thing.

A group of young people chattered at the door of Xu Jing's house. Seeing him coming back, the leader introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, Xiaohe, we are sophomores at the Academy of Fine Arts of Qixiu University. Can you come in and talk?"

Xu Jing knew what they wanted to say, so he blocked the words, "I'm sorry, brothers and sisters, it's not convenient for me to rent a house nearby. You can find another house. If you are not familiar with it, you can ask Yugong to introduce it to you. "

"Hey, little brother, don't be so cold, let's go in and have a cup of hot tea first." One of the bright girls smiled, "It was so cold that my feet were numb early in the morning."

Xu Jing had no choice but to call them in for tea.

There are six art students coming to the Academy of Fine Arts, exactly three men and three women. They have the unique temperament of art students, plus they are good-looking, talk and laugh, and are not annoying.

The young man who spoke first introduced himself, "My name is Zhao Nan. We are here today, and I really want to ask you to rent a room for us." Seeing that Xu Jing seemed to have something to say, he quickly pressed it with his hands, "Listen to us first. We A group of people come here and don’t want to live separately, there are so many families in the Renyuan living area, you are the only one who can live in them all.”

"Not necessarily. You are not very familiar with our living area. In the past two years, many people have built new houses. You can ask, and it will not be a problem to accept you."

"You also said it's a new house, whose new house is willing to let us live first?" Zhao Nan smiled helplessly, "We just thought that you are more familiar with your place, and living here is more peaceful and comfortable, and you don't have to talk to so many people. We get along, so I came here to ask. Don’t you have three rooms here? You live in one room, and rent the other two rooms to us. We have one room for boys and one room for girls. Don’t worry, we only live here , take care of your own food, and never bother you much."

When he said this, Xu Jing was still not happy, "I'm sorry, it's really inconvenient for me to be here."

Zhao Nan looked at the expression on his face, saw that his expression was determined, and he didn't seem to have room for change, so he shrugged and sighed: "Okay, let's look elsewhere, so I won't bother you."

When leaving, Zhao Nan took out a box from the backpack on his back and handed it to Xu Jing with both hands, "I heard from Yu Gong that the house has been rented to you, and we prepared some small gifts for you before we came. Although we can't Rent your room, but make friends."

Xu Jing wanted to refuse, but Zhao Nan forced the heavy box into his hand, "It's specially prepared for you, it's not practical for others."

Xu Jing couldn't resist him, so he had to accept it.

A group of young people in their prime of life held umbrellas, walked along the green field ridges, and left with a smile under the drizzle.

Xu Jing opened the box they sent and found a set of tableware inside, including cups, bowls, plates and chopsticks. It seemed to be tableware for two people or three people.The whole tableware is glazed with green glaze, and there are patterns of bamboo branches on the side, which is very beautiful.

Looking at the tableware, Xu Jing felt guilty for a while, wondering if it was too unkind?

The art students had already left, Xu Jing left their affairs behind and continued to do farm work.No, in the evening, a group of people were waiting for him at the door again.

Before Xu Jing could speak, Zhao Nan said first, "We walked all day today, but we couldn't rent a house. Xiaohe, please take us in, or we will have to sleep in the wilderness."

Xu Jing looked at them with black and white eyes, paused for a few seconds, nodded silently, and opened the door to let them in.

The art students smiled, "Xiaohe, thank you, you are so kind."

The people have already moved in, but Xu Jing has no choice but to pull out a new quilt and let them make the bed.

When Xu Jing moved in last year, he bought a lot of things at Aunt Shuanghua's house, but it was still not enough to supply so many people, so Xu Jing had to explain and went to Aunt Shuanghua's house to temporarily buy some bedding.

It was completely dark when I came back, Xu Jing lit candles to cook, and asked a few people by the way: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Someone swallowed, Zhao Nan said with a smile: "Let's solve it by ourselves, or it won't bother you too much."

Xu Jing said: "It's already very troublesome, and I don't care about one or two more, let's eat together."

Zhao Nan and the others responded with a smile, and came over to help light the fire and pick vegetables.

Xu Jing didn't make any special dishes, but he usually prepared a lot, and he had meat and vegetables at home.Put the original marinated meat in the pot, stir-fry a large plate, add leek scrambled eggs, garlic cabbage and a minced pork sauerkraut, and a fairly sumptuous dinner comes out.

The art students washed the pots and dishes, and they were amazed when they ate Xu Jing's meal, "Xiaohe, your craftsmanship is really good, you can't lose to the chef."

Xu Jing shook his head, "It's because you are hungry, and the ingredients are fresh, you will feel that tonight's meal is extra delicious, and you will not be able to eat a few more meals."

"How come, your craft, even if I eat it many times, I will still find it delicious."

Xu Jing didn't care about the flattery, and said: "It's getting late, everyone, hurry up and finish your meal, take a bath and go to bed early."

"Oh, okay okay."

Xu Jing didn't care about them, and after eating in the same bowl with Qi Yunzhi, he went to take a bath and went to bed.

When the art students saw that Xu Jing had eaten four bowls of rice in a row, they all secretly thought that people should not be judged by appearances. This little boy looks thin and small, but he can really eat.The candles were dim, and they didn't see anything wrong.

On the Shangyuan Festival, the village head Liang Chengxian has notified from door to door, and every family must participate.The old residents of the Renyuan living area still need to pay people and money to prepare for Mushen Temple Day, but this is all voluntary behavior, and the living area does not force it.

Xu Jing was a teenager, and was alone here without father or mother. Liang Chengxian didn't ask him too much, but told him that he would prepare a dish on the afternoon of Shangyuan Festival, and take it to the Dayang Valley Field to have dinner with everyone. Congratulations congratulations.

On the temple day, there is a dinner in the afternoon, and in the evening and evening, a torch is held to welcome the gods to receive blessings, and there is a Nuo dance in the middle.

Xu Jing was so busy these days that he didn't have the time to prepare for the Temple Day, so he prepared a hard dish according to the rules, put it on a big plate, and took it to the sun-drying field on the afternoon of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

When Xu Jing arrived, the sun-drying field was already very lively. Every family moved their tables and chairs to the sun-drying field. Countless people were busy at the tables, men, women, and children were seriously preparing for the temple day.

Before Xu Jing got closer, he smelled a burst of fragrance.On this special day, no one in the Renyuan living area was stingy, and they all prepared the best dishes within their capabilities.

Someone saw Xu Jing and warmly greeted him, "Come and sit down, we are ready for a feast."

Xu Jing put the dishes on the table, and the women in charge of arranging the dishes moved away, smiled at Xu Jing, and gave him a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

These bowls and chopsticks also come from various households. In order to ensure hygiene, the bowls and chopsticks are all ironed in advance.When Xu Jing got it, the bowl and chopsticks were still warm.

Xu Jing raised his eyes and saw that the art students were also there, but instead of having a feast at the table, they set up easels and drew seriously, all with serious expressions on their faces.

Following Xu Jing's line of sight, the woman who hosted the banquet next to him couldn't help but smile and said, "This group of students come to paint almost every temple day, don't worry about them, let's eat first, and leave food for them."

Xu Jing nodded.

A man came over carrying a large vat of rice wine. In this festive season, no matter men, women or children, they would drink a little wine to celebrate.Those rice wines are all homemade, not intoxicating, so you don't have to worry about what will happen if you drink too much.

With the sound of firecrackers, someone beat gongs and drums at the head of the table, and the lively music was accompanied by people's wishes, and the banquet officially began.

Xu Jing turned his head to look around, and suddenly someone patted him on the shoulder. When he looked back, he saw Liang Liangzi squeezed through the crowd, smiling brightly and sitting beside him.

Everyone was busy with farm work these days, and Xu Jing hadn't seen them for several days, so he couldn't help smiling and waving at them.

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