On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the government was sealed, and it was not until the tenth day of the first month of the second year that the seal was opened, and Tongzi Academy and Luming Academy were also on holiday, and Liu Yonghui didn't have time to eat breakfast early in the morning, so he came to Liu Yongan.

When he came, Wang Jing had just finished playing the five-bird play, watching Bao Ge'er and Liu Yongan build a snowman.

"The two of us, take Liubai and Double Happiness again, let's go hunting on the side of Sanfeng Mountain, we are all saying that no one dares to pass there in broad daylight, and there are packs of wolves." He whispered to Liu Yongan.

As soon as Bao Ge'er heard that it was hunting, he shouted, "My sister and I are going too." ”

Liu Yonghui is a little embarrassed, Brother Bao is fine, even if he can't hunt anything with a little bit of light skill, it's no problem to escape, Wang Jingke is different, such a delicate little girl, it's not easy to deal with cold and frozen.

Wang Jing smiled and shook her head, "I'm not going, it's too cold." ”

She has been busy with mushroom cultivation a few days ago, and the socks she promised to make for Liu Yongan have not been made yet, and it is about to be the New Year, she wants to take advantage of these days to do it well, and the matter of planting mushrooms should be explored slowly.

Liu Yongan glanced at her and followed Liu Yonghui and the others together.

Zhang knew that his son had gone hunting, so he shook his head, "It's all your father's fault, if you want to let him practice martial arts, now he has run away like a wild horse." ”

"People say that it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, people are knowledgeable, and the practice of the world is an article, and more contact with the outside world can better apply what you have learned." Wang Jing comforted her.

Zhang's just said a few sentences, and he didn't really have an opinion on his son, so he put aside the topic, "Everyone else is resting, only your father, and he won't rest for the New Year." ”

"The prefect's yamen is not far from our house, what does it matter if he rests, he can come back at night anyway. If my mother is bored at home, let's go out for a walk. ”

Zhang shook his head with a smile, "It's a cold day, how can anyone go around outside, and want to turn around in spring." You go to play with the little girls by yourself, and I'll go talk to your second aunt. ”

Liu Yonghui's house is just a cup of tea away from the fourth room, Wang Jing ordered someone to follow and sent Zhang out of the gate. As for herself, she continued to tinker with those mushrooms.

Wang Jing first instructed the cuckoo to take some white porcelain teacups and wash them, boil them in boiling water, and put them in the room where the poison had been eliminated.

Then he took some chaff, bran, oak sawdust powder, cotton husks, and cane sugar, mixed them with lime water, put them in a white porcelain teacup, covered them, and steamed them in a clean new steamer for four or five hours.

In this process, Wang Jing took out the wild shiitake mushrooms that she went to Dingyuan to pick last time, and selected the ones with a straight shape, thick meat, short and thick handles, and no insect pests, and then used a knife to cut the mushroom meat at the junction of the cap and the fungus stalk into small pieces, and put them into a cup of boiling water, and the next step was to warm the room.

The most suitable temperature for the growth of mycelium is 212 degrees, that is, it is a little cold to wear a single coat, and a thin coat needs to be added.

Before she was done, Zhang's mother-in-law had already come over and called her for lunch.

At noon, the kitchen made chestnut roast chicken, fried sparrows, steamed pumpkin, boiled sweet potatoes, stewed pigeon soup, steamed white rice.

Zhang only ate a fried sparrow, a sweet potato, a cup of pigeon soup, and a few chestnuts. At this time, she needs to eat small and frequent meals, and the nutrition can keep up.

Wang Jing gnawed the remaining three sparrows, ate all the chestnut roast chicken, ate the pigeons in the soup, and ate a full bowl with steamed pumpkin mixed with rice. Now is the time for her to grow her body, and even after eating so much, she still feels hungry in the middle of the night.

Zhang sat there and watched Wang Jing eat, "When I was as old as you, your grandmother liked steamed rape rice, sweet potato rice, and radish rice, I could eat three or four bowls at a meal, and the rice bowl was bigger than our current soup bowl, and I could eat six or seven buns at a meal, and I had to drink two bowls of porridge." "By implication, you don't eat as much now as I did then.

The two were gossiping, and a little girl said: "The uncle and the second master are back, and they are still bringing a monster!" ”

"What a youkai?" Wang Jing asked.

"Yellow hair, curly hair, blue eyes, high nose, very white skin, and clothes are not the same as ours...... "Could it be the monster they hunted?" ”

Is it a foreigner? Wang Jing was also curious.

"Mother, there is a guest at home, I will help you to entertain the guest." She said.

Zhang knew that she was a little curious after listening to the little girl's description, so she didn't break it, and only explained: "It may be a foreigner mentioned by your grandfather, don't make a fuss." ”

This time it was Wang Jing's turn to be surprised.

I didn't expect my grandfather to have such extraordinary insight, "Where did my grandfather know about it?" ”

"Naturally, I heard from others, your father said that foreigners come by boat from Quanzhou, and the court also seals officials for them."

Could it be that there are ports and wharves in Quanzhou now? She originally wanted to ask, but considering that it was estimated that the Zhang family didn't know, she had to give up.

While talking, the two had already arrived in the outer courtyard.

Liu Yongan was drinking tea with the foreigner, and faintly heard laughter coming.

Seeing Wang Jing helping Zhang over, Liu Yongan introduced him in official words: "Mother, sister." ”

The man stood up with a smile on his face, "Hello ma'am, hello girl, I'm Michael." ”

He also speaks official dialect, and his pronunciation is very standard.

Liu Yongan is eighteen this year, and his height is in the upper middle range in Haozhou, but the foreigner in front of him is half a head taller than Liu Yongan.

"Our boat broke down, and we were going to go to Dadu by land, but unfortunately we met wolves in your land and got separated from our companions, but fortunately we met Ling Gongzi, thank you for saving your life." Michael said.

Zhang waved his hand, "It's not worth mentioning when you meet it along the way." He asked Liu Yongan again, "You haven't eaten yet, have you?" ”

Liu Yongan nodded. He has now been nourished and does not like to eat outside.

Zhang ordered someone to cook in the kitchen, and then helped Wang Jing back to the inner house.

Liu Yongan accompanied Mai Ke to lunch, gave him some coils, and sent him out of Haozhou.

When he came back, Wang Jing was sitting in the west room of Daohuaxiang doing needlework, and she chose white Songjiang Sansuo cloth to make socks for Liu Yongan.

Picking up the scissors, she suddenly remembered that she didn't know how big his feet were.

I was about to call the little girl to take his old socks and compare them, but I didn't want to look up and see him standing at the door.

"You're just in time, go and measure how long your feet are, so I can pay off my debts." She beckoned to him, "Pull a soft ruler from the sewing basket and hand it to him."

Liu Yongan took the ruler and sat down on the chair, took out a few crystal clear small bottles and handed them to Wang Jing, "The foreigner gave it to you to play." ”

Wang Jing grabbed one and put it in the palm of her hand, and the cool feeling passed through her skin to the palm of her hand.

It turned out that in the Great Zhou of this period, there were already foreigners who brought glass bottles, and if there was glass, it would be more convenient for her to grow mushrooms.

"What about the Gentle?" She asked.

"Gone." Liu Yongan said, "You still want a bottle like this?" ”

Wang Jing nodded.

"It's okay, I'm resting now, if I don't talk to my mother, let's go out and see if there's anything for sale outside." Liu Yongan said.

"I guess there isn't one in Haozhou."

Liu Yongan smiled: "Haozhou doesn't have it, we can go to Stone Town." ”

"Really?" Wang Jing became excited.

"You wait for my good news." As he spoke, he went out with a ruler. (To be continued.) )