[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Xia Anran dressed up solemnly and offered incense to his father, kowtowed his head, and then changed into the heavy Jinshi uniform.

According to regulations, Jinshi must wear a special dress when they return to their hometown. This is a favor bestowed by the royal family, and it is also a means of motivating local people to study and make progress.

In fact, when Xia Anran passed the palace examination, the good news had already reached Gusu, and when he returned home, there would be an official post to pass the information to the Gusu county government, so that the county magistrate could prepare.

In ancient times, there were two ways to change one's destiny, studying or joining the army.

The latter is life-threatening. If it is not for the fact that they are talented in martial arts, or the poor people are forced to have no choice, almost no one will take the initiative to join the army. The former will consume a lot of money in the family. There is no way to support the money spent by one person in the family for the scientific examination.The latter has to work hard all the way, the lucky ones survive to protect the family, and the unlucky ones become loess.

Xia Anran was an exception. Lin Ruhai had a large collection of books at home, and he was the only apprentice, so he was allowed to read them by himself. Later, he was lucky in the rural examination, and he took the examination in Yangzhou.In the spring, it took Lin Jue and Lin Daiyu to go to Beijing again, saving a lot of travel expenses and accommodation expenses.

The Lin family didn't care about this little money, so Xia Anran wrote some known recipes to enrich the Lin family's dining table for the Lin family's cook, which was considered reciprocal.

After all, coming and going, there must be coming and going, and unilateral giving will definitely make a relationship deteriorate in the end. The relationship is the most stable state.

Xia Anran, who changed into a relaxed dress, first arranged for Shen Qi to live in the guest room in the east room, and then he told Xia's mother in detail about the matter of the spring. There was no big wave in his spring, and it was not like in the storybook. Xin Wanxian, but Xia Mu listened with great interest, especially asked him to repeat several times what happened when he was bestowed with characters today, and asked him to write them down to show himself which two characters they were.

When Xia Anran wrote the two words given by today to Xia's mother, Xia's mother sighed softly, but there was a smile on her face.

Xia Anran didn't know why, so she saw Xia's mother smiling and said, "When your father named you, he wrote four full sheets of paper. If he can live to this day, when you are weak, he will definitely scratch his head and write a new name." Too many words."

Xia Anran was taken aback.

Xia's mother shook her head slightly, her eyes wandered over Xia Anran's facial features carefully, "Anran, I am just like your father, in fact, I only hope that you are safe and sound, don't worry about it, don't need to be famous, don't need to be grand, as long as you are safe and sound. It will be fine for a lifetime.”

Xia Anran's hand holding the pen clenched tightly.

The name in this world is exactly the same as the name in reality.

At first, he felt that his name was chosen a bit randomly... Now that he heard Mother Xia say this, all kinds of feelings suddenly surged in his heart.

Mother Xia's eyes were clear and gentle, she looked at him quietly as if she was waiting for him to make a promise.

However, Xia Anran couldn't give this promise.

He held Mother Xia's hand.

Mother Xia's hands once had sores and chilblains because of washing clothes in winter. Once born, it would be difficult to cure them for a lifetime. If one is not careful in these years, it will recur. Therefore, Mother Xia's hands are no longer as smooth as he first remembered. soft.

Xia Anran smiled and said, "Mom, I know."

He smiled and repeated, as if convincing Xia's mother, but also convincing himself, "Mom, don't worry. An Ran knows."

Xia's mother didn't say anything in the end, she just touched his face lovingly, and teased, "When Mom saw you, she wanted to say the same thing as other mothers who saw a wanderer returning from a long journey, why did you lose weight? ?”

She pinched her son's cheeks, "It's just An Ran, you, are you fat?"

Xia Anran was speechless for a moment, fat...it is indeed fat. During the few days when he came to Gusu from Yangzhou, he was driven by Shen Qi to eat a lot when he was on the boat. The boatman is also a good cook and is very good at cooking. Fresh fish, especially fish soup is the best.

Xia Anran was able to resist at the beginning, but Shen Qi ate more and more. He waited for the last day, and instead of one bowl of rice, he was taken to three bowls.

Cough, I don't need to memorize these few days, I eat and sleep every day, and I want to eat when I wake up, so I am fat?

Xia Anran felt that Shen Qi was to blame for this.

Speaking of Shen Qi, he thought about it, but he still didn't tell Xia's mother the identity of Shen Qi, but asked, "Mom, do we still have kimchi?"

Since he left home, Xia's mother has made the kimchi at home by herself. Xia's mother's cooking skills are average, but she has no difficulty in making kimchi, which is not very technical. She immediately took Xia Anran to the house for storage. Suddenly, Xia Anran took a look and saw that Xia's mother had made six jars of kimchi. Knowing that her son didn't want her to eat more kimchi, Xia's mother explained, "After you left, your elder brother Liu likes to eat kimchi, so Mom made more. , give him a share, his father also likes to eat this, and it is consumed very quickly."

Xia Anran was taken aback when he heard the words, showing a hint of surprise, the date of production was written on the jar with a seal, Xia Anran picked the earliest jar to see if he could eat it, it was a coincidence that this jar was exactly Xia Anran's. The earliest jar at home.

He chatted with Mother Xia while walking to the kitchen, "Speaking of Big Brother Liu, it seems that I didn't see him today? But the bodyguards have gone?"

Xia Anran's big brother Liu was originally a policeman in Gusu, but later when he wanted to marry a wife, he considered that being a policeman was a cheap job, and seeing that Xia Anran had easily passed the child's test, he thought about it. I had a little thought about reading, so I resigned from the post of policeman because of my relationship.

After all, he has worked in Gusu for many years, he is kind and friendly, has a wide network of contacts, and he does have some skills, so he simply opened a bodyguard agency to protect short-range bodyguards for a living.

Life is going well, and I already had a fat son two years ago.

"That's right, he thought you would be able to arrive yesterday, so he procrastinated until yesterday when he had to leave." Mother Xia smiled and shook her head, "I don't think so, but I missed it."

"Then I really have to blame Big Brother Liu when I see you later." Xia Anran laughed when he heard this, but his subordinates didn't stop. The taste of years ago.

In fact, except for the year when he first came here, he made kimchi because he couldn’t eat the vegetables and was afraid that they would be spoiled. In the next few years, his family only made kimchi when the fruits and vegetables were abundant. At this time, the price was cheap and the temperature was low. just.

He is a little mean.

Shen Qi didn't mean to reveal his identity, and pretended that the two had only met each other once, so what kind of expression would he have when he saw this kimchi, which was married to each other?

In fact, it should be braised pork, but the braised pork is too late.

He lit a fire and steamed the rice. Mother Xia stood beside him and helped him. Seeing that he had put so much rice, she was startled, "Anran...why did you put so much rice?"

Xia Anran smiled at her, blinked her eyes, and Xia's mother showed a look of surprise, a little puzzled and a little surprised, "That Mr. Shen?"

Seeing Xia Anran nod her head, she whispered, "Oh, this is really... such a coincidence?"

Probably, it's really not a coincidence, Xia Anran smiled without saying a word, narrowing her eyes slightly.

Shen Qi had old injuries on his body.

It shouldn't be the injury I received recently, but I guess the injury was not serious at that time.

Xia Anran discovered it by accident. When he walked around, his lower body was a little flimsy. At first he thought that he was deliberately pretending to be a martial artist, but then he smelled a faint smell of medicinal herbs. There was no smell of blood, but there was a smell of medicinal herbs.

Shen Qi used to be Jinshang's private strength, and he appeared in the last provincial examination, maybe he was ordered by Jinshang, but this time he went to the post in a public capacity, there must have been a problem, in order to keep him, Jinshang had to The accident that put his identity on the bright side.

He will go to southern Fujian with him to take up his post. Does it have anything to do with this accident?

Xia Anran didn't plan to get to the bottom of it, but was just a little worried.

The seasonings at home were ready, Xia Anran opened her own box and took the hot sauce, while telling Xia's mother not to eat too much of this, be careful of abdominal pain, while scanning the kitchen to see if there is anything delicious to stir-fry, suddenly her eyes rolled , ran to the yard, and saw that the eyes of the chickens in the house were all shining.

The chickens in the house don't know Xia Anran except the big rooster who takes the lead and the old hen who is brooding. It has been more than five months since he left, and after another year, all the young roosters have been eaten by Xia's mother, leaving only some tender hens And the newly hatched chicks this year, the newly hatched ones are only three months old, and they are not yet old enough to eat.

The big rooster remembered him, but he showed a little vigilance, but he didn't show any attacking attitude. The little chick was just being silly, and he didn't have any vigilance at all. When he saw someone coming, he thought it was Mother Xia coming to feed him, so he ran over .

there is nothing to eat...

Xia Anran felt a little regretful.

He thought about it, and asked if the house next door still raised chickens, and after getting a positive answer from Xia Mu, he had an idea, so he knocked on Shen Qi's door.

Shen Qi also changed into casual clothes when he came out. Seeing Xia Anran, he was a little puzzled. He thought that Xia Anran would have to catch up with Xia's mother during this time, but he didn't expect to see a man wearing a big bib (Xia Anran: This is an apron!) Xia Anran, and then he was dragged to the next door.

"Uncle!" Xia Anran skillfully knocked on the door a few times and then pushed the door in. People in the village don't lock the door during the day.The uncle next door ran out of the house as soon as he heard his voice. This uncle was the one who asked Xiaoxia to touch the eggs. But time flies, the naughty little uncle at that time has now a little grandson Uncle Sun.

He responded, seeing Xia Anran's extremely happy expression, he patted his shoulder several times with his big hand, and then was about to invite them into the house for a meal, but Xia Anran refused.

Xia Anran came this time to avenge her shame—ah no, she came here to borrow a chicken.

It's normal for folks in the village to borrow chickens, ducks, and goose eggs for urgent matters. When they are more affluent, they will just repay the ones that are about the same size. At that time, Mother Xia will come to pay them back.

The neighbor's uncle rolled his eyes, looked at Xia Anran who was wearing a big bib, and the tall and well-dressed Shen Qi behind him, and rubbed his nose mischievously, "Hey, there is still something to do at the stove, little Anran, if you If you want a chicken, go catch it yourself."

——Yes, the excuse is exactly the same as a few years ago, but this is what Xia Anran wanted, and with a big wave of his hand, he pulled Shen Qi straight to the chicken coop.

Shen Qi's expression was a bit weird, he was dragged abruptly to the door of the chicken coop, the chicken coop was open during the day, Xia Anran glanced over, and at a glance he saw a particularly energetic little rooster, he pointed The little rooster that was pecking at food said to Shen Qi, "Brother Shen, please, it's that one!"

"Let's make spicy chicken for lunch!"

"It's delicious!"

"You have to have a cock of this age."

"Brother Shen is bothering you!"

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