Scholar and old attack

"A Yuan, happy new year."

The next morning, Xu Shuizhou got up early to congratulate Jiang Jingyuan. From today, A Yuan is one year older, which is great.

Jiang Jingyuan opened his eyes and suddenly wanted to tease him, sighed, "Yeah, I'm one year older."

Xu Shuizhou shook his head hastily, "You're only one year older, how can you say you're old? Nineteen is a young boy, if the old people in the village hear about it, they will definitely beat you up."

Jiang Jingyuan touched his head, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, "Fool, I'm just joking, you still take it seriously."

Xu Shuizhou's cheeks were swollen with anger, like a cat with blown fur, staring at Jiang Jingyuan with both eyes, wanting to give him two paws.

But he couldn't bear it in his heart, thinking of ways to toss and toss Jiang Jingyuan.

Two eyes rolled around, shifted their eyes to Jiang Jingyuan's delicate and white feet, smiled, rushed over, and scratched the soles of the feet.

Jiang Jingyuan: "..."

Jiang Jingyuan's face was expressionless, he let Xu Shuizhou scratch the soles of his feet without feeling anything.

"It's strange, why don't you laugh." Xu Shuizhou scratched for a while, seeing that Jiang Jingyuan wasn't laughing, he felt a little bored, so he stopped.

Jiang Jingyuan just smiled and didn't talk much. When Xu Shuizhou got dressed and went out to fetch water, the smile on his face faded away, and he hugged his feet and let out a low laugh.

It's getting harder and harder for the daughter-in-law to cheat, so what should I do?

After breakfast, Xu Shuizhou took out a sickle and said to Jiang Jingyuan, "Yuan, you just read and practice calligraphy at home, and I will go to the field to cut the rice."

Jiang Jingyuan put down the book in his hand, and frowned slightly, "Is the rice in the field ripe?"

"Well, I went to the field two days ago to see it. I already knew it. I was just busy with your birthday and didn't have time." Xu Shuizhou found out the sickle and other tools, and he was about to go out.

Jiang Jingyuan looked at the scorching sun outside the window, feeling a little bit reluctant for Xu Shuizhou to work under the scorching sun, "Can't you hire someone to do it?"

"In the past two days, every household in the village has been busy harvesting rice. Where is there anyone? I will do it first. I will invite someone later when they have finished harvesting." Xu Shuizhou pushed a large wooden barrel, with a sickle in his waist, and went out. .

After finishing his books, Jiang Jingyuan hurriedly changed himself into rough clothes and trousers, and even changed his shoes into straw sandals. He found a sickle and followed him to the edge of the field.

"A Yuan, why are you here?" Xu Shuizhou was hooking his waist, cutting rice at the edge of the field, and he cut a large area in just such a long time. When he looked up, he saw a familiar figure.

Xu Shuizhou's exclamation also attracted the eyes of the people around him, and everyone looked at Jiang Jingyuan with puzzled eyes.

"I'll help you with the work. The [-] mu of land depends on when you cut it." Jiang Jingyuan tied up his trouser legs to reveal his snow-white calf while speaking.

Xu Shuizhou stopped repeatedly, "A Yuan, go back quickly, the field is not so fun, there are leeches even if you are tired."

Jiang Jingyuan turned a deaf ear and continued to tie up his trouser legs.

"Jing Yuan, go home quickly, this is not what you scholars should do." The villagers next to him also began to persuade.

"Jing Yuan, listen to your husband quickly, look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, how can you do such a job."

Jiang Jingyuan looked at these well-meaning villagers with black lines all over his head, "Jing Yuan, thank you uncles for your reminders, but as a man, Jing Yuan has no reason to let Fu Lang work here, but he is at home leisurely."

After Jiang Jingyuan finished speaking, he didn't care how stunned everyone was, and went straight to the ground, imitating the movements of others to cut rice, and started working.

At first, he was not used to it. After all, he had never done such a job before. His feet were stepping on the mud, and his center of gravity was a little unstable. Working with his waist hooked was also extremely uncomfortable.

Jiang Jingyuan just frowned, got used to it, and started to work quickly.

Short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, and the faster you work, the less pain you will suffer.

Xu Shuizhou walked to Jiang Jingyuan's side, and said distressedly, "Ah Yuan, why do you have to suffer such hardships, it would be nice to read at home."

Jiang Jingyuan cut off a handful of rice and put it in Xu Shuizhou's big wooden barrel, and said with a smile, "I can't just watch you suffer alone, you and I are one husband and wife, we must suffer together, and we must be tired together."

"A Yuan..." Xu Shuizhou was so moved that he didn't know what to say, he was supposed to do these rough jobs.

"Okay, I'm a man, I'm not as delicate as you think, let's hurry up before the sun comes out." Jiang Jingyuan looked at the sky, feeling a little worried.

Summer is always hot, working in the sun, I don't know if I will suffer from heat stroke.

Xu Shuizhou was about to hook down, but saw something wriggling on Jiang Jingyuan's snow-white calf, and said tremblingly, "Ah... Yuan, a leech has crawled on your leg."

"Go back quickly." Xu Shuizhou's tone was a little choked up, and his eyes and heart were full of distress.

Jiang Jingyuan glanced at his calf, slapped it off with his hand, threw it on the field sill, and said with a smile, "Look, I'm not afraid, it's fine."

Turning around, Jiang Jingyuan breathed heavily, controlled his slightly trembling hands, and continued to cut the rice, as if nothing happened.

Xu Shuizhou took a deep breath, held the sickle vigorously, bent down to speed up his work, and worked more by himself, and Ah Yuan would not be so tired.

At first, the villagers thought that Jiang Jingyuan was just talking, or just doing a show. After all, a scholar, even if the millet rotted in the field, he would not be used to do this kind of work.

Unexpectedly, an hour later, Jiang Jingyuan was still cutting rice with his waist hooked, and he had already cut two acres of land behind him, which is admirable.

There are also many brothers who look enviously at Xu Shuizhou marrying such a good husband. Although their husbands also work in the fields, they are really inferior to Jiang Jingyuan.

Thinking that they were waiting to see the jokes after Xu Shuizhou married Jiang Jingyuan, it turned out that his mother-in-law was well educated and courteous, so she didn't make things difficult at all, and the husband also loved him very much.

It's also why the gap between brothers is so big.

I feel so angry just thinking about it.

At noon, Jiang Jingyuan managed to mow three and a half mu of land, but Xu Shuizhou had mowed six mu, which was half more than Jiang Jingyuan's.

Jiang Jingyuan's back was completely soaked at this time, and the sweat dripped down his forehead and cheeks onto the field, and his white and jade-like skin seemed to be a little tanned by the sun at this moment.

Tightly pursing his dry and peeling lips, his eyes looked a little loose, he opened his mouth and said to Xu Shuizhou, "Ah Zhou, it's noon, go home and have lunch."

Jiang Jingyuan straightened up, only to feel that his spine was in pain all the way to his waist, and there was a feeling that it was about to break.

Looking at the paddy fields that are still far away, I feel dizzy.

Xu Shuizhou got up and licked his thirsty lips. Originally, he wanted to work hard until the evening, but thinking that Jiang Jingyuan couldn't be hungry, he nodded and agreed.

"Shuizhou, why don't you do it?"

In the paddy field next to Jiang Jingyuan's house, a brother saw Xu Shuizhou and Jiang Jingyuan coming out of the field and asked.

"I'm coming home for lunch." Xu Shuizhou licked his lips, his mouth was bitter, and said nonchalantly.

Xu Shuizhou didn't care, but this brother was surprised, and laughed, "Your family still eats lunch."

Xu Shuizhou was dumbfounded, forgetting that people in the village only eat two meals a day.

However, Xu Shuizhou didn't speak, but he couldn't help this brother who was able to make up his mind. Jiang Jingyuan was a scholar, and he had a workshop and a bookstore in the town. He earned so much money, it didn't seem too much to eat lunch.

Jiang Jingyuan washed his feet and came over wearing those prickly sandals. He glanced at the rice in the brother's field and asked, "Is your family finished harvesting?"

The brother glanced at the family members who were tidying up again, nodded and said, "The harvesting is over, and we still have to thresh in the afternoon."

"Then you go back and ask if the person who is free can help my family cut rice in the afternoon, take care of the lunch, and give another [-] Wen." Jiang Jingyuan put his hand on Xu Shuizhou's weak back, slightly supporting him.

He could see that Xu Shuizhou was holding on, and he really couldn't bear to work hard in the afternoon.

"Okay, let me ask." My brother's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly went back to his lord and asked.

His parents looked at the sky, then at Jiang Jingyuan, and finally nodded in agreement.

The lunch was made by Chen Xiuxiu and He Yuzhu. Seeing the two tired and paralyzed children, the two mothers couldn't bear it. "Why bother to go to the field by yourself, and spend money to hire someone after the other family is done."

"It's okay mother, you know I'm used to being tired. If I don't work for a day, I feel uneasy." Xu Shuizhou didn't care, but when he thought of Jiang Jingyuan, who was as tired and paralyzed as himself, he began to blame himself.

"It's just that A Yuan wants to suffer with me."

Jiang Jingyuan buried his head in his meal, and didn't agree with Xu Shuizhou's words, "I can't sit at home and read every day with my body, and I get sick easily. If I go out to work for a while, it's like exercising. How can I say I'm tired."

Xu Shuizhou took two mouthfuls of rice and muttered, "It's obviously for me."

After lunch, Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou walked to the field with two food boxes. The five members of the brother's family in the next-door field were working in full swing in Jiang Jingyuan's field.

"Come over and eat before you go."

Jiang Jingyuan also knew that most of the farmers did not eat at noon, but with such high-intensity labor, if they did not eat enough, they would easily be exhausted and exhausted.

Everyone put down the tools in their hands, washed their hands and feet, and came to the shore. Jiang Jingyuan opened the food box and put out the food. It was not too rich, five dishes and one soup.

Seeing the dishes full of meat being taken out by Jiang Jingyuan, everyone swallowed in unison. Does Xiucai's family eat so well?

"The time is short, and I didn't do too much, three uncles, please don't be disgusted."

Chen Xiuxiu didn't know that Jiang Jingyuan had invited someone, and he didn't cook much for lunch, so he cooked something else after returning home. Fortunately, the family left a lot of steamed buns and ingredients yesterday, so they could barely make do with it.

This is called haste?

I can catch up with the banquet.

Everyone was not polite to Jiang Jingyuan, picked up the bowl and started to eat wildly. They were hungry after working all morning. Now they will see meat, so how can they bear it.

The advantage of having a full meal is that people work harder in the afternoon. Anyway, by the afternoon, the [-] acres of land have been completely harvested.

Jiang Jingyuan didn't go to the field in the afternoon. He was standing at the edge of the field and beating handfuls of rice into a large wooden basin, causing the grains on the ears of rice to fall. support.

When Jiang Jingyuan was too tired to raise his hands, an unexpected person came to Tian Kan.

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I saw Qin Chujiu walking towards Jiang Jingyuan in a hurry. Jiang Jingyuan stopped his sore arm and moved it for a while. When Qin Chujiu came to him, he looked at him with a pair of confused eyes.

The two old men who were helping Jiang Jingyuan looked at Qin Chujiu in official clothes and thought of Jiang Jingyuan's rectification of Jiang Dazhuang, so they hurriedly dropped the rice in their hands and hid far away.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Jingyuan couldn't help but smile wryly.

"Jiang Xianggong." Qin Chujiu stepped forward and greeted with a smile.

Jiang Jingyuan nodded slightly, and asked, "What's the matter with brother Jiu looking for younger brother?"

"This time is to announce the good news to Jiang Xianggong. After the busy farming season, it will be time for the common people to serve in corvee." Qin Chujiu may have just finished walking, and he was still panting slightly in the middle of the sentence, and the sweat on his forehead followed along the way. flow.

Jiang Jingyuan was even more at a loss. What is the good news of this corvée service? Everyone in the world knows the hardships of corvée service. There were not a few people, and the common people complained a lot, and their expressions changed when they talked about corvée.

Although I have fame and fame so I don’t have to do corvee, but relatives in the whole village are going to go, so gloating about misfortunes is a bit of a villain, and even come to the door to announce the good news. If the two old men who were next to me just walked away and heard This will probably lead to outrage.

Qin Chujiu breathed evenly, and then he said slowly, "In the past, the county government was in charge of the general situation of the corvee, but this time it is different. The governor visited our Wutong County last time, and he was quite fancy about our Wutong County. , This time we propose to let young talents from Wutong County come out to preside over the corvee, one is for training, and the other is that the Governor may have the intention of accepting disciples."

"As soon as the county magistrate received the news, he asked me to inform Jiang Xianggong. Jiang Xianggong is so smart, he must be able to stand out from the crowd."

After Qin Chujiu finished speaking, his eyes were full of envy. Scholars are really different. When people sit at home, opportunities will come naturally.

After a little thought, Jiang Jingyuan realized that this was County Magistrate Zhang hinting at him to seize this opportunity.

It seems that Gu Renhuai and Wang Linjie really wanted to recruit disciples to be able to dispatch scholars to preside over the corvee, but they didn't know whether it was Gu Renhuai's intention or Wang Linjie's intention this time.

Thinking about it again, there are no particularly outstanding young talents in Wutong County, maybe it doesn't mean that, and I don't know.

Jiang Jingyuan thought about the soreness and swelling in his body, and shook his head, not thinking about the thoughts of these big men anymore.

"Okay, Brother Jiu, please help me with the message, please go to the humble house to rest for a while, and go back to accompany Brother Jiu after Jing Yuan clears up the things here."

In the sweltering summer, even in the evening, it is not cool, but it is still slightly better than the heat in the afternoon. Now is a good time to rush to harvest.

Hearing what Jiang Jingyuan said, Qin Chujiu suddenly came to his senses. Jiang Jingyuan was still working in the fields, but he was stunned.

Why does the dignified scholar need to go to the fields to do such rough work, and Jiang Jingyuan's family is not so poor that there is no rice to cook, and there is still a property in the county, and some money can be settled...

Seeing Qin Chujiu in a daze, Jiang Jingyuan probably guessed what he was thinking at the moment, but he didn't care.

The dignified scholars were all working in the field, and Qin Chujiu was too embarrassed to stand on the ridge of the field, let alone go back to Jiang's house to sit and wait.

Immediately, he also rolled up his trouser legs, rolled up his sleeves and followed Jiang Jingyuan to the work of threshing rice ears.

When Xu Shuizhou came back with a load of rice, he happened to see this scene, and thoughtfully said to Jiang Jingyuan, "Ah Yuan, why don't you go home, as long as I'm here."

Jiang Jingyuan didn't stop what he was doing, and continued to slap vigorously, "There's only a little left, let's finish it all at once, so as not to be tired tomorrow."

After a pause, he took out a piece of silk cloth from his arms to wipe Xu Shuizhou's sweat, and said distressedly, "Besides, besides, I can't bear to see you tired alone."

"I'm fine." Xu Shuizhou reached out to catch the silk cloth in Jiang Jingyuan's hand, wanting to wipe it himself.

Jiang Jingyuan dodged it skillfully, "Don't move, you and I have rice awns on our hands, if it falls on our faces, it will be very uncomfortable."

Xu Shuizhou didn't dare to think how uncomfortable the pain of being scratched by the Daomang thorn on his arm would be if it fell on his face, so he stopped moving around and stood obediently.

Jiang Jingyuan pinched the other end of the handkerchief, and carefully wiped off the sweat on Xu Shuizhou's forehead.

The scorching hot summer also brought two scorching hot beating hearts.

Standing aside, Qin Chujiu was a little embarrassed. He always felt that his position seemed to be a bit of an eyesore. He knew that he would bring his daughter-in-law with him when he went out today.

After wiping off Xu Shuizhou's sweat, Jiang Jingyuan didn't stop and continued to pick up the high pile of rice behind him and beat the ears of rice, and by the way, he also called back the old man who had just run away.

When the two old men saw Qin Chujiu, their bodies were filled with embarrassment. Later, seeing that Qin Chujiu was not as vicious as he punished Jiang Chengzhu that day, they were slightly relieved.

I'm afraid that this official will pull out the whip from his waist to beat people if he is in a bad mood.

Jiang Jingyuan shook his head slightly, the common people are indeed the most ignorant group of people.

The two mothers in the family were not idle, helping to sift out the miscellaneous leaves from the rice that Xu Shuizhou picked up, and spread a rough mat on the open space in the courtyard to dry.

It wasn't until the sun went down and Jiang Jingyuan paid the helper that he dragged his exhausted body home with Xu Shuizhou and Qin Chujiu, who were almost exhausted.

When Xu Shuizhou came back from picking the rice, he had already reported to the two mothers that Qin Chujiu had come to help, and the two mothers were already busy in the kitchen.

When a guest comes to the door, although it is not a big person, but adhering to the principle that a visit is a guest, no matter what, you must treat it with good wine and food.

There are two pots in the Jiang family's kitchen, one for cooking and the other for boiling water. Now Jiang Jingyuan and Xu Shuizhou can bring hot water for a comfortable bath as soon as they get home.

Jiang Jingyuan found a set of loose clothes and handed them to Qin Chujiu, "I'm going to trouble brother Jiu today."

Qin Chujiu was also polite, took the clothes and said with a big smile, "If it wasn't for Mr. Jiang, how could there be Qin Chujiu today? Someone promised that day that as long as Mr. Jiang helped Chu Jiu solve the matter, he would give Jiang It's just a little physical work, it's nothing."

As Qin Chujiu said that, he took a bucket of hot water that had been adjusted, and hid in a very remote place to take a shower.

Jiang Jingyuan pushed away the room where Xu Shuizhou was taking a bath, and carried a bucket to help him add water to the wooden bucket. When the door opened, Xu Shuizhou shrank back into the bucket in fright.

Seeing Jiang Jingyuan's figure, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"I forgot to knock on the door." Jiang Jingyuan rubbed his nose embarrassedly, maybe he was really tired today, that's why he made a mistake.

Xu Shuizhou's head exposed outside the bucket didn't know whether it was blushed by the hot water mist, or she was simply ashamed. A pair of blurred eyes combined with a flushed little face stared straight at Jiang Jingyuan, making the whole room dyed. On the crimson.

Jiang Jingyuan's Adam's apple moved slightly, and he went forward to add water with a warm bucket. The candlelight was too dim to see the elegance under the water, and he asked hoarsely, "Have you rinsed it before putting it in the wooden bucket?"

Xu Shuizhou blinked, his long eyelashes brushed across Jiang Jingyuan's heart, and raised a finger to point to a pool of water stains in the corner of the wall.

Jiang Jingyuan saw Xu Shuizhou's reddish arm from the hot water, his eyes darkened, his expression was a little serious, and he took a box full of aloe vera gel from another corner of the room.

Carefully applied aloe vera gel on Xu Shuizhou's arm, frowning, "Do you feel better?"

Xu Shuizhou let go of his uneasiness. Seeing Jiang Jingyuan's bad expression just now, he thought he was doing something wrong.

In the next second, I saw Jiang Jingyuan gently applying aloe vera on his arm, and his empty heart seemed to be filled to the brim with something.

Leaning against the edge of the bucket, feeling the coldness on his arms, he shook his head and whispered, "It doesn't hurt anymore, it doesn't hurt at all."

Jiang Jingyuan lowered his eyes and nodded his nose, "Silly, I know the pain is still soaking in the water, but I don't know how to say it, don't do it stupidly next time, the family is not short of money, just hire someone to do it. "

"Ah Yuan also worked all day today." Xu Shuizhou said, turning Jiang Jingyuan's hand over and taking a closer look.

I saw that the palm of the hand, which was as white as jade, was already covered with scars, not to mention more calluses, and there were many holes scratched and cracked by rice leaves.

Xu Shuizhou gasped in distress, snatched the aloe vera gel from Jiang Jingyuan's hand and helped him apply it on the wound in his hand, "I don't know who is stupid, it's all like this and still worrying about me."

Looking at Xu Shuizhou who was buried in cleaning his wound and chattering, Jiang Jingyuan not only didn't feel noisy, but felt an unprecedented tranquility in his heart.

The fatigue on his body seemed to disappear, and even the pain in the wound subsided a lot.

"I'm a man. There's no one who sees his husband tired alone. A man is supposed to protect her husband from the wind and rain." Jiang Jingyuan doesn't think that being a scholar is so noble, and he can do it with peace of mind. an idler.

Xu Shuizhou was stunned when he heard Jiang Jingyuan's words, and he murmured after a long time, "But A Yuan, my brother is also a man. Although his status is not high, the fact that he is a man in essence has not changed. Many people still regard my brother as a man. For livestock, you have treated me very well."

So good that if I don't do something, I always feel like I'm going to lose you.

"In my eyes, there is no distinction between no one, no matter whether you are a man or a woman, since I recognize you, you will be my husband for the rest of your life, the person I want to be on top of. "

Jiang Jingyuan held Xu Shuizhou's hand tightly, speaking with certainty and firmness.

"Don't be afraid, Ah Zhou, have you ever thought that you are actually excellent, and while you feel that you are not good enough for me, I also feel that I am not good enough for you. What about you?"

"How could it be?" Xu Shuizhou exclaimed, A Yuan is a perfect person no matter how he looks at it.

The corner of Jiang Jingyuan's mouth was bitter. He didn't take the exam for the fame of a scholar, and he couldn't do any housework. If Xu Shuizhou and Chen Xiuxiu didn't stand in front of him through time travel, he would be like a useless person.

Therefore, Jiang Jingyuan will also worry about gains and losses, and also feel insecure, so he wants to change himself and try not to be a useless person who achieves nothing.

"No, A Yuan is not a useless person. A Yuan can earn money, do housework, read and write, and is gentle with people..."

Xu Shuizhou talked a lot about Jiang Jingyuan.

Jiang Jingyuan smiled without saying a word, and patted Xu Shuizhou's head, "Okay, come out to eat after washing, I'll go out first."

As soon as he walked out of the room, Jiang Jingyuan saw a familiar person kneeling in the yard, his eyes looked deeper under the candlelight.

I don't know what day it is today, all ghosts and monsters are running towards me.

The author has something to say: ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah I ran around today and was busy with family affairs and it was too late when I came back and I barely wrote [-]. , Today, I took my friends to open a code room, and I had to write out everything I said. Now my eyelids are fighting, and I don’t know if there are any typos...