After sending all the students away, the Qin family's mansion was much quieter for a while. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but for Qin Hanzhen, life is still the same, and there is no difference.

When the Wang family drove to pick up Wang Fulin, they brought the New Year's gift from his family to the Qin family by the way. Because of Wang Fuzhong's relationship, the Wang family gives gifts to the Qin family every New Year's Day, and they are the heaviest of Mr. Qin's protégés. Although there was a funeral for the Qin family this year, the Wang family still sent a generous New Year's gift, including things that Wang Fuzhong specially ordered someone to bring back from the capital, so the Qin family did not dare to ignore it. Uncle Hu and Mama Hu personally came forward to count and reported to Mr. Qin and his wife.

At this time, the three ancestors and grandchildren of the Qin family were all nested in the warm pavilion of the main house. There is no need to teach students, Mr. Qin is also happy to enjoy leisure, so he nests next to his wife and talks. Granddaughter Qin Hanzhen sat behind the kang table and learned to identify the grains. This is the content of the "Three Character Classic". Mr. Qin was worried that his granddaughter would only endorse books, but not recognize grains, so he specially took the real thing to show her.

Qin Hanzhen held a locally produced three-layer white porcelain nine-seed box, and identified the agricultural specimens inside. Three-nine-twenty-seven, this set of boxes has twenty-seven grids, and each box has a kind of agricultural product.

The five cereal plants, rice, millet, millet, wheat and mushroom, are all sun-dried specimens and placed in the top layer of the box. She knew rice and wheat, but the other three were unfamiliar, and there were different varieties of each crop. Of course, the box does not include all the varieties of these five grains, but only includes the types of crops that are commonly found in the area around Mizhi. With these specimens present, and his grandfather telling him about the characteristics of these kinds of food, as well as the common foods made from them, Qin Hanzhen remembered this knowledge without much effort.

Of course, specimens are not only plant specimens, but also processed semi-finished products, such as various indica rice, japonica rice, and many beans, etc., all of which are placed in the second layer of the box, which is much more troublesome to identify. However, for Qin Hanzhen, who was born in a modern society with a big explosion of information, this is not a difficult matter. She was interested in the few agricultural products in the bottom box.

The box was not full, but it was filled with peppercorns, chili peppers, and several other crops she didn't recognize. According to Niu, those crops are dogwood and cumin. Qin Hanzhen didn't know what dogwood was, but listening to Niu's words, it should be a spicy condiment, and it is also a medicinal material, which is generally more common in the south. In the northwest, there are still more peppercorns, peppers and cumin.

Qin Hanzhen sniffed cumin, and thought to himself, isn't this cumin? It seems that if you want to eat barbecue in the future, you won't have to worry about running out of condiments. But which kind of Qin pepper is it?

Regarding Qin Hanzhen's question, Niu Shi only pointed to the small grid of bright red dried chili peppers: "That's it, this is Qin pepper produced in Fengxiang Mansion (now Baoji), and it is the best way to make spicy peppers on weekdays." It's just that the price is not cheap, and we can't buy it all the time. Your grandfather doesn't allow me to eat this now, so he even wiped it off, saying that he would wait until I was completely healed, which is really infuriating! But he won't let me eat any spicy ingredients, but on a cold day, if I don't eat some spicy food, how can I keep out the cold?"

Mr. Qin just looked at his wife with a smile and didn't speak. Anyway, he has already spoken, and no one in the whole family will dare to disobey the order, even the Niu family himself, in fact, is just taking the opportunity to be coquettish, and he knows the severity in his heart.

Qin Hanzhen stared at the few dried chili peppers, and didn't pay much attention to his grandparents' flirting again. She vaguely remembered that chili peppers were introduced to our country during the Ming Dynasty, and the age was relatively late, at first it was used as an ornamental plant, and now Fengxiang Mansion has begun to plant chili peppers and use them for food, it should not be early. However, the prevalence of eating chili peppers in Sichuan should be a matter of the Qing Dynasty. Some time ago, she heard the county government handle the case and mentioned "Shaanxi Metropolitan Command Envoy", which is an obvious Ming Dynasty term. Looking at the clothes of the people around you, it was not during the Qing Dynasty, is it the late Ming Dynasty now?

Thinking of this, Qin Hanzhen couldn't help but wrinkle his face and became distressed. I hope that the era in which she lives is not too close to the war, otherwise life will be sad.

However, then again. Although she didn't know what era she was in now, because of Mizhi's proximity to Yulin City, she had heard people around her mention that there had been no big war for twenty or thirty years, or that a big family in the county had bought Beirong's horses in the mutual market. She really didn't remember which dynasty and which generation Beirong was a foreign enemy, and she wondered whether she should come to an empty dynasty, right? Alas, it was not a way to go on like this, and when she learned a text about history, she would ask her grandfather about it, and she had to find out what era she was in.

Qin Hanzhen sighed secretly, looked up and saw that Grandmother Niu had stopped being coquettish, so he hugged her neck and said coquettishly: "Grandmother, since you love to eat this spicy ...... Belch...... Qin pepper, why don't we grow some ourselves? In this way, you don't have to buy it outside, you can eat it, and you can eat as much as you like. ”

Niu Shi was happy and slapped his thigh: "Good idea! Why haven't I thought about it before? However, Fengxiang Mansion can grow Qin pepper, can we also grow rice fat?"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "What is the difference between our land here and Fengxiang Mansion? If you are worried that you can't plant it, buy some seeds and give it a try." If you don't succeed, you can continue to buy spot, but what if it happens? In addition to Qin pepper, Sichuan pepper or something, we can also try to plant it. ”

Niu laughed, and glanced at Mr. Qin proudly: "Sure enough, it's my good granddaughter, and I know how to favor my grandmother." ”

Old Mr. Qin was extremely helpless and didn't stop it. At this time, where to buy Qin pepper seeds? Even if you can really get them back, plant them in the ground, and wait until they grow up, blossom and bear fruit, and the old wife will have already healed, and there is no need to avoid eating them anymore. Hengzhu loves to eat these spicy foods on weekdays, and she can plant them if she wants, and it doesn't cost a lot of money.

He even helped come up with an idea: "After the spring of next year, send someone to Fengxiang to ask if you can get seeds." It is better to find one or two farmers who know how to serve Qin Jiao and bring them back together, it will be more secure. Relying on our tenants to explore on their own, I don't know how many years it will take you to eat your own Qin pepper. ”

Niu listened to it and was even happier. Qin Hanzhen secretly snickered, in fact, his grandfather was still very conniving with his grandmother.

The three grandparents were talking happily, and Uncle Tiger and Mama Tiger came over. Mama Hu handed a list of New Year's gifts to Niu: "Master, Mrs., this is the New Year's gift from the Wang family this year, and the local products are similar to those of previous years, but there are more things that were not available in the past." ”

"Oh?" Niu took the list and glanced at it, "What's there?"

Hu Bo said: "A load of high-quality polished rice, a load of high-quality japonica rice, half a car of pickled pigs, wind chicken, half a car of dried vegetables, and two jars of good Fen wine, two jars of wine, these are all old examples, similar to previous years, should be the county Wang family on behalf of the agency." In addition, there are things that Wang Hanlin sent back from the capital, there is a box of high-grade lake pens, a box of refined Hui ink, a treasure inkstone, two knives of rice paper, two new books of the palace system, and then there is this thing. ”

He took out a small round box from his bosom, and saw that it was wooden and had a smooth surface. He opened the lid of the box, revealing a strangely shaped object inside, which appeared to be a folded circle with a yellow metal border and several large red silk ropes attached.

Qin Han really tilted his head to look at the object, guessing what it was, Old Mr. Qin had already changed color slightly: "How could it be this thing?

Niu Shi hurriedly asked, "What is this?"

Mr. Qin took the object from Uncle Hu's hand, pinched the circular frame with his hand and twisted it gently, and the folded circles immediately expanded into two, and there was an arc-shaped metal fitting connected in the middle.

Before he could say what it was, Qin Hanzhen had already recognized it.

These are glasses, but they are ancient glasses, and they are not framed on the ears, but are clamped to the bridge of the nose with metal fittings and fastened behind the ears with a silk rope.

Qin Hanzhen was already stunned, did he already have glass glasses at this time?

Uncle Hu said to Niu: "Mrs., this is a crystal mirror, the old adults in Beijing, their eyes can't see clearly, so they put this on, no matter how small the words are, they can see clearly." This thing is extremely precious, and only high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing have it. ”

Niu couldn't help but be amazed, and hurriedly took the glasses from her husband's hand, and looked left and right: "How did you wear this? Isn't Wang Fuzhong a Hanlin? Where did this thing come from?"

Old Mr. Qin was silent.

At this time, Zhang's mother came to report and said: "Master, wife, the concierge sent a message from the lower gatehouse, saying that someone was looking for Uncle Hu, saying that it was an old man from the capital. ”

Uncle Hu was surprised: "My old friend, where do I have any old people? But ...... from the capital" He suddenly paused and looked at Mr. Qin.

Old Mr. Qin pondered for a moment, and then said, "You go and take a look." "Didn't say much else.

Uncle Hu bowed silently and retreated. Mama Hu looked at her husband's back with some concern, looked back at Mr. Qin, and was silent.

Niu Shi looked at the two of them, and suddenly smiled: "Don't care who is here, let's take a look at these glasses." Sister Sang, do you look good? How do you wear this?"

When Qin Hanzhen accompanied Niu's "study" on the wearing of nasal glasses, Uncle Hu came to the gatehouse of the lower courtyard, where his old man was waiting.

He walked into the porter, and when he looked around, he saw a man sitting on a bench with his back to the door, dressed in ayara, and next to him stood a tall man who was clearly dressed in the uniform of a large family's servant. Uncle Tiger only glanced at the latter, then moved his gaze back to the former, only to feel that this person's back was very unfamiliar, but when the other party heard the footsteps and turned his head to look over, he couldn't help but be stunned.

This person...... It seems familiar.

When the man saw Uncle Hu, a smile of surprise appeared on his face: "Mohu! It's been a long time, you...... Are you okay?"

Uncle Tiger looked at him in disbelief: "You are ...... "How could it be him?" The four little guys who waited together in front of the master at the beginning, the one who won the master's trust the most was the golden elephant, but he was three points inferior to the other party in everything.

Back then, the Hou Mansion suffered, and several brothers were sold and scattered. When the Hou Mansion was re-established, he and the Golden Elephant both went back. However, when the lord turned against the prince, the golden elephant chose to betray the old master, and changed to the prince for the sake of glory and wealth, only himself, and did not hesitate to leave everything behind, and followed the lord to the northwest border city. He thought that he would never see the golden elephant again, his former brother, in his life.

Thirty years later, at this moment, why is the other party here?