During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info asked where the restaurant was, and the shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village.

Du Mu's "Qingming" can be said to describe the scenery of the Qingming season vividly.

But in today's Qingming, the last years of the Ming Dynasty, the climate of the Xiaoice River period, you can't see the misty drizzle, and you can't see where the restaurant is.

Ling Yun and his party, under the scorching sun, after several days of running, finally set foot on the boundary of Dengzhou, Shandong, and occasionally a few Shandong big men walked by on the official road, just looked at Ling Yun and his party with curious eyes.

In these years, the life of the common people in the world was already miserable, except for those high-ranking officials and nobles, wealthy gentry, and merchants, wearing silk and satin, riding high-headed horses, and ordinary people's coarse cloth clothes were all patched with puddings.

However, suddenly, Ling Yun and his party of nine people, all dressed gorgeously, and their crotch horses were even better war horses, which naturally attracted everyone's attention.

At noon, there was no restaurant, but there was a small tea shop next to the official road.

Ling Yun gradually slowed down the war horse, and after everyone caught up, Ling Yun asked Zhang Gui, "Brother Luo, how far is this place from your hometown?" ”

Zhang Gui looked at the official road, pondered for a moment, and said: "My lord, this place is still more than thirty miles away from the student's home, if you hurry up, it is estimated that it will not take an hour to arrive." ”

After listening to Zhang Gui's words, Ling Yun nodded and said, "Hmm! At this time, the sun is winning, and people can not stand the horses, so we will rest for a while in the small tea shop, eat some tea, and wait for a little cooler before leaving. ”

Zhang Gui hugged his fist at Ling Yun and said, "Everything is up to the arrangement of adults!" ”

As soon as Ling Yun and the others came to the tea shop, they had just turned over the saddle and dismounted, and Dr. Tea stepped forward, smiling only to see his eyebrows and eyes, and said: "A few masters, please come inside, the villain has good horse food and tea and snacks here......"

Several people smiled slightly, handed the reins in their hands to Dr. Tea, and strode into the small tea shop.

When the shopkeeper saw the guests coming, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "How many masters, what kind of tea do you want to drink?" What kind of snacks to eat? ”

Ling Yun found a table and sat down and said, "The tea should be in the dragon well before the rain, the snacks should be picked up, and the horses should be fed some good forage, and the silver money will not be less than a penny." ”

"Okay! Wait a minute, sir......"

Fill their stomachs in the small tea shop and feed the horses, until the sun sets, and the group comes to Zhang Gui's hometown.

Standing at the entrance of the village, Ling Yun looked around, only to see that there were about 100 households in the small village, the thatched houses were already dilapidated, the thatch on the roof had long been rotten and blackened, and it was covered with moss, and there was a wooden sign at the entrance of the village, which read: Zhangjia Village.

At this moment, Zhang Gui can be said to be like an arrow, the closer to the door, the more he feels that his steps are heavy, after a farewell of three years, the village in front of him is still so familiar, seeing things and thinking about people, as if the familiar figure appeared in front of his eyes.

Although he had been on the boat for a few days, he had just come ashore and rushed to his home, but at this time, Zhang Gui did not have a trace of fatigue, and walked towards the village with his head and chest high, completely forgetting that there were Ling Yun and others behind him.

At dusk, the small village has risen smoke, under the big locust tree, a small fenced courtyard, although the courtyard is not big, but the cleaning is very clean, the two thatched houses are also dilapidated.

Wisps of smoke from the windows of the hut came from the windows of the house, and the sound of a daughter coughing could be heard from inside.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

The thick smoke of the cooking choked the people in the room and coughed repeatedly.

Zhang Gui walked to the window, looked through the window, and saw a woman in her twenties, wearing a coarse cloth dress, her black hair tied up by a wooden hairpin, holding a pot lid in one hand and a spoon in the other, stirring back and forth in the pot.

Zhang Gui wanted to open his mouth to shout, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back again, but the corners of his eyes gradually moistened, and even Ling Yun and the others walked into the courtyard without noticing.

There was not much time, the woman who was cooking extinguished the firewood in the stove, and when she was about to take the bowl, she was suddenly startled, and looked at Zhang Gui quietly and was stunned on the spot, even the spoon in her hand fell to the ground without noticing.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and they couldn't hide the excitement and joy in their hearts, and the tears continued to flow down their cheeks, although the two never said a word, but it was like a thousand words.

Even the people who stood on the sidelines and watched, they were all sad to watch, and among these people, only the white lotus cried the saddest, although the white lotus martial arts are strong, but women are made of water, the scene in front of them is similar to the original meeting between himself and Ling Yun in the capital.

After a long time, the woman lifted her dress, hurriedly ran out of the house, and threw herself into Zhang Gui's arms and cried: "Lang...... Lang Jun ......"

Zhang Gui was a little embarrassed and said, "Lady...... In this imperial examination, the husband failed to make the list......"

The woman didn't blame a trace, but showed a happy smile and said: "Lang Jun has been separated for three years, and when I saw Lang Jun return safely, the concubine is already very happy!" ”

Speaking of this, the woman raised her head slightly and looked at Zhang Gui and said, "Lang Jun hurry up and go back to the house with the slave family, and the slave family will cook for Lang Jun......

Zhang Gui was about to follow the woman back to the house, when he suddenly remembered that Ling Yun and the others were still in the courtyard.

Zhang Gui stopped his body at this time, and introduced Ling Yun and others to his mother-in-law.

Ling Yun looked at the woman carefully, and saw that the woman's skin was slightly blackened due to the long-term scorching sun, but her facial features were delicate, and she could be regarded as ten beauties.

Ling Yun hurriedly saluted the woman and said, "In Xia Lingyun, I have seen my sister-in-law. ”

Zhang Gui didn't tell his wife about Lingyun's official position, and Zhang Gui's wife thought that Lingyun was Zhang Gui's classmate and friend, so she didn't have too much restraint, and bowed to Lingyun and said, "The slave family greets uncle!" ”

Zhang Gui hurriedly beckoned everyone: "Please come to the house, don't dislike the humble house, please ......"

"Brother Luo, please ......"

Entering the house, Ling Yun glanced around, only to see that there was no extra furniture in the house, only a stove, a broken bed, and a rice jar, and a broken wooden table in the middle of the room.

Zhang Gui and his wife were also a little embarrassed when they saw Ling Yun looking at their home.

However, the embarrassed expressions of the two were captured by Ling Yun, in order to alleviate the embarrassment of the two, Ling Yun quipped: "By the way, sister-in-law is cooking something delicious in the pot, it just so happens that my stomach is also hungry......"

Before the words fell, Zhang Gui's lady hurriedly said: "Uncle, what is boiling in the pot is some wild vegetable soup, how can my uncle eat something like that if he is from a noble background (look at the dress), uncle will sit with Lang Jun for a while, and the slave family will go to Zhang Yuanwai's house to borrow some white noodles for his uncle to make noodles to eat." ”

Ling Yun hurriedly stopped: "Sister-in-law, you don't have to be like this, I can eat what you can eat, you don't have to be so polite." ”

Seeing Ling Yun so insistent, Zhang Gui's lady didn't want to say anything, so she scooped a bowl of wild vegetable soup for Ling Yun in the pot on the stove, and brought it to the table with some embarrassment.

Under the gaze of everyone, Ling Yun picked up the wild vegetable soup on the table, only to see that in the somewhat green soup boiled in the bowl, there were a few wild vegetable leaves floating bustlingly, mixed with a little bran, without a trace of oil and water, it looked like it was difficult to swallow.

However, Ling Yun didn't think much about it, put the bowl to his mouth, took a sip of soup, and almost spit it out. If it weren't for the large number of people, I'm afraid Ling Yun would really be like this.

Enduring the discomfort, Ling Yun swallowed the vegetable soup, only to feel bitter in his mouth, there was a strong smell of herbs, and the rough bran made his throat a little painful. (Excludes stray dogs)

Ling Yun finished eating a bowl of wild vegetable soup, which took half an hour, and he always felt that it was more difficult than climbing a snowy mountain and crossing a meadow.

And everyone never thought that Ling Yun would finish a bowl of wild vegetable soup, and thought that Ling Yun was just a whim!

At this moment, I saw that the corners of Ling Yun's eyes began to moisten, and he pondered quietly for a long time before putting the bowl in his hand on the table and asking, "If you want to eat like this, how many people in the world will eat again?" ”

Before everyone could speak, the White Lotus stepped forward and said, "Lang Jun, I don't dare to say more, I'm afraid that in the Ming Dynasty, thirty percent of the population is eating the same thing." ”

"What? Thirty percent? ”

"That's right! Sancheng"

Ling Yun sighed and said, "Alas! If the people continue like this for a long time, or even if they suffer more, I am afraid that the world will be full of thieves and thieves, which is not a blessing for the people! ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone outside the door: "Hey! Mrs. Zhang, is it a guest today or what's the matter? There are so many horses tied to the door! ”

Ling Yun heard the voice of the comer, and when he looked out the door, he saw a fat man in his thirties, dressed in a satin robe, followed by four followers swaying in.

The fat man walked into the house, dangling his hands behind his back, looking around, and looking at everyone: "Yo! Isn't this Zhang Dacai? Now that you're back, you're already a high school jinshi? Are you an official? ”

Zhang Gui smiled slightly and hugged his fists and said, "Zhang Yuanwai made fun of it!" This time, Zhang fell off the list again! ”

Zhang Yuanwai stretched his neck and said, "Oh! In this way, you are not an official! If that's the case, then forget it! Last year's drought was severe, and this year's grain has not yet been harvested, your lady borrowed me a total of five buckets of bran, but borrowing bran is to repay the grain, and now the profit is rolling, you have to pay back a total of two stones of grain, one tael of silver per stone of grain, if you pay back the silver, that is two taels of silver, take the money! ”

After speaking, Zhang Yuanwai stretched out his hand and began to collect debts from Zhang Gui.

Zhang Gui's lady was just about to argue, but Ling Yun stepped forward and said, "Your algorithm is really fair!" ”

Zhang Yuanwai smiled and said: "That's right, I borrowed it for the sake of the neighbors, otherwise, she would have starved to death a few times!" ”

Who knew that Long Tianyang, who had been standing on the sidelines and watching for a long time, stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Yuanwai's collar and said, "You dead fat pig, believe it or not, grandpa beat you into a meatloaf?" ”

Zhang Yuanwai raised his hand and pointed his finger at Long Tianyang's hand and said, "See!" Dare to grab the master's clothes, this is bought for ten taels of silver, can you afford to pay for it? Grab it, accompany the silver for a tael! ”

Ling Yun reached into his arms, took out a certain ten taels of silver and said, "Grab one tael, how much does it cost to punch you?" ”

Zhang Yuanwai thought that Ling Yun was angry with him, so he said without thinking: "One hundred taels of punches!" (Mainly to scare Ling Yun, that's why the lion opened his mouth!) ）

After listening to this, Ling Yun nodded and said, "One hundred taels for one punch, um!" It's not expensive, Long Tianyang, don't fight a lot, three punches, only be disabled, don't die! ”

"Yes! Hee-hee"

"Gaba Gaba ......"

Long Tianyang agreed, then rubbed his fists, and the joints of his fists made a sound, and gradually approached Zhang Yuanwai.

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