Cui Xiuning's hometown is now called Sijia Village Community.

There are not only four households in the four village communities, but the people in the village have four surnames: Fan, Cui, Zhang, and Liu.

There are more than 100 households in Sijia Village, including 6 or 700 men, women and children, all of whom are managed by Bao Chang Die'er.

The people of the four villages are also concentrated in a centralized manner, surrounded by village walls and with village gates.

When Li Luo arrived, the village soldiers guarding the village gate knelt down and told Li Luo that the chief of the Bao took the six armor chiefs to Yewang Mountain to hunt and would come back tomorrow.

Li Luo was suddenly in trouble. The chief and the captain are all out hunting, who will receive him?

There are no post stations for dozens of miles around here. If you go to the county seat to live in a hotel, you have to walk an extra twenty or thirty miles, but... It's getting dark.

Now that the world is restless and the ground is unfamiliar, it is not a good thing to rush in the dark. Along the way, I have met road bandits more than once, but I just don't dare to do it.

It's okay to go to other villages, but Li Luo knows that Xiao Gonghua wants to stay in his hometown tonight.

Cui Xiuning said: "It's better to go into the village to spend the night in the farmhouse, it's the same." ”

Li Luo knew that this was the only way, so he asked the village soldiers about the situation in the village.

The village soldier knelt respectfully and replied, which let Li Luo know that there were dozens of families in the village with the surname Cui!

Don't think about it, there must be Cui Xiuning's ancestor.

Li Luo couldn't help but feel a little ridiculous.

More than 700 years later, the descendants have traveled through a long time to see their ancestors dozens of generations ago...

Cui Xiuning also looked complicated and eccentric.

What is this called?

"Then find a family surnamed Cui, whoever has a big house, the official will live in whomever house." Li Luo ordered the village soldier.

The village soldiers didn't dare to slack off, even if he didn't know anything else, he also saw that Li Luo was a big official, so he hurriedly invited Li Luo and others into the village.

When the villagers saw a group of "Mongols" in fresh clothes and angry horses, they immediately hid in fear and hid in fear and peeked at the window.

After walking two miles in the village, the village soldiers led Li Luo to a dilapidated mansion.

Although the house looks dilapidated, it is large in size and made of bricks, which is several grades higher than the surrounding mud-walled and thatched courtyards.

It can be seen that it was a rich and noble family back then, but now it is obviously declining.

Li Luo looked up, and sure enough, he saw four big characters engraved on the stone lintel above: Jinshi and Di.

It turned out that there was also a jinshi.

"Big official, this is a century-old mansion, although it is dilapidated, but fortunately it is big enough, please ask the big official to be wronged." The village soldier said very worriedly, for fear that Li Luo would be angry.

"It's okay, the official will go down." Li Luodao.

The village soldier stepped forward and knocked on the decaying gate with a stick, shouting: "Cui Sisan! There are big officials coming to the door, come out quickly to greet them! ”

When Li Luo heard the name "Cui Sisan", he couldn't help but feel very tired, and secretly scolded Meng Yuan for being shameless.

The Meng Yuan did not allow Han civilians to take big names, and could only replace them with numbers.

Either it is a ranking, such as Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Er, and Zhu Chongba's names come from this.

Either based on the age of the parents at the time of birth, such as Zhang Shicheng, formerly known as Zhang Sijiu. Because when his parents gave birth to him, they were forty-nine years old.

The great names of the heroes at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were either re-taken later, or they were "forbidden" to be taken during the decline of the Yuan Dynasty's rule.

Of course, there are many people who come to whitewash this. What a rumor, the Black Yuan Dynasty.

For example, they used the names of a large number of cultural people such as Guan Hanqing and Ma Zhiyuan to prove that this was a rumor.

The problem is, the great writer Guan Hanqing was the imperial physician of the Yuan Dynasty, and Ma Zhiyuan was also an official, and they were not from ordinary people, how could they talk about it?

pointed out that the historical materials of the Yuan Dynasty prohibiting Han civilians from taking big names are far more than one, are they all wild histories made up nonsense?

If you open your eyes and speak nonsense, you must not ask your heart.

The door slowly opened, and a thin young man in his early twenties walked out and looked up at Li Luo and the others.

"Cui Sisan! What are you doing here, come and see the officials! The village soldier said a little anxiously, afraid that he would annoy Li Luo and be unlucky.

Although the name of this young man surnamed Cui is ugly, he has a thoughtful appearance and a calm bearing, which is very different from ordinary small farmers. It's just that he has a yellow face and thin muscles, and he looks very down.

Cui Sisan knelt down unhurriedly, and his voice was not slow: "Grass people Cui Sisan, meet the big officials." ”

Cui Xiuning saw Cui Sisan kneeling in the dust, and suddenly became uneasy, this person may be her ancestor.

The epitaph of the ancestor of the high-ranking official in the Ming Dynasty is very clear, pointing out that he moved here when his eighth ancestor was pointed out, and his eighth ancestor was also admitted to the Jin Dynasty Jinshi.

Isn't the stone carving on the lintel of this mansion exactly the four characters of "Jinshi and the first"? In this village, there are no other Jinshi houses.

Li Luo also thought of this, and hurriedly said, "Get up!" This official passed by this place, but there was no chief armor to receive him, and he wanted to borrow a night at your house. ”

He didn't ask the other party if he agreed, but directly said that he wanted to borrow it, and his tone was not at all unquestionable.

Cui Sisan stood up and patted the dirt, arched his hand and said, "That's really blooming, officials, please come in." His tone was very light, and he didn't feel the look of "fluffy and shining" at all.

Li Luo and his entourage went in, only to find that it was actually a three-entry mansion. It seems that the official position of his ancestors was not low. It's just that it's overgrown with weeds, and everywhere is showing a dilapidated twilight, no wonder it's not occupied by the chief armor master.

"Squeak", the second door was pushed open, and a young man who was about a weak crown came out, "Big brother......"

Cui Sisan said: "Four or five, this is a court official, you want to spend the night at my house, come and see you." ”

Li Luo waved his hand, "Excuse me." Cui Sisan, how many people do you have in your family? ”

Cui Sisan said lightly: "Now there are only two of my brothers." ”

Such a big mansion is dilapidated, and there are only two people living in it, which can't help but make Li Luo think of "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

Cui Siwu, who is only twenty years old, is not as calm as his brother, and he is obviously a little anxious at this time.

So many people are staying in their own homes, and there are rooms in them, but how can this food be good? How can the two brothers afford to entertain them?

Li Luo ordered the horses to be locked in the backyard that had become a hundred herb garden, and where the grass was very lush, there was no need to feed them.

When Li Luo was invited into the only decent living room, Cui Sisan said without humility or arrogance: "Good instructors know that there are only a few buckets of brown rice and a few vegetables in the cold house now, and there is no good wine and meat to entertain, and the grass people are really ashamed." ”

He said that he was ashamed, but his tone was not ashamed at all.

Li Luo looked around Xiao Ran's living room and said with a smile: "It's okay, brown rice and greens, it's not bad to eat occasionally." ”

So easy to talk to? The Cui brothers couldn't help but be a little surprised. Isn't it supposed to be angry, and then whip a few lashes and walk away? Then they will save food.

Li Luo was so good at serving, but it made the Cui brothers feel bitter. How much precious food is wasted on so many people to eat one meal?

Bitter also!

However, since this dog official is so unsophisticated, they also have to bleed.

"That's... Officials, please wait, my brother will prepare the meal. Cui Sisan said with a wry smile.

When Li Yuan saw the situation of the Cui brothers, he couldn't help but secretly say: Just yesterday, wasn't he so embarrassed? It's not even as good as them. At least the two brothers can rely on each other.

The Cui brothers went down to prepare the meal, and Li Luo stood up, walked to the bookshelf in the corner of the living room, and flipped through the master's book.

There are subsets of scriptures and histories, poems and words, and more "miscellaneous books" on agriculture, water conservancy, military affairs, law, arithmetic, geography, etc.

It seems that the Cui brothers have learned quite a lot of things, and they are not ordinary Confucian scholars.

Judging from the degree of wear and tear of these miscellaneous books, they are also often read by the Cui brothers.

Cui Xiuning couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw these many books, his ancestors were really unusual, he was down-and-out like this, and he still had such a collection of books.

At this time, in the vegetable field in the west corner of the backyard, the Cui brothers were complaining about Li Luo.

Xiao Cui picked up a radish with a little distress, and said, "This Tartar dog official is really a bastard. The people are so difficult, and they have to let the people take food rations for them in the people's houses, and they are not the sons of man. ”

Da Cui sighed and said: "The people don't fight with the officials, let alone the Tartar officials?" Today, this should be a Han official, and he is quite kind, which is already good. Second brother, don't annoy them and cause trouble. ”

Xiao Cui pulled up another radish as if digging out his heart and liver, "My Cui family was known as the five surnames and seven wangs back then, how Xuan He is noble." Now not only is he depressed to the point of not having enough to eat, but he is also bullied by the Tartars, which is really insulting to his ancestors. ”

Da Cui picked out a bad green vegetable and put it in the vegetable basket, "When the Tartars reopen the imperial examination, you and my brother will have hope." ”

Xiao Cui snorted coldly and said, "Will Kublai Khan reopen the imperial examination?" He's a liar, and it's better to believe in him than to believe in a ghost! Besides, I am not unfamiliar with the imperial examinations of the Hu people, and I feel ashamed of their fame. ”

Da Cui said: "Be quiet, don't let the Tartar officials hear." It is a shame to take the imperial examination of Tartar, but if we don't take the examination, there will be no way out, and we may starve to death one day. After taking the imperial examination and becoming an official, maybe he can do something good for the people. ”

Xiao Cui sneered: "Then we have to wait until the Yuan Court reopens the imperial examination." I don't think there's any hope, maybe when the old captive dies, it will be possible for real gold to ascend the throne. ”

Da Cui smiled bitterly: "Only by living can there be hope." None of our brothers have married wives and had children, so we can't cut off the incense. Who let the Han people be unlucky and taught the Mengtars to sit in the world? ”

Xiao Cui sat down, "Big brother, when they finish this meal, we won't have much rations." Look at so many majestic guards, they are all edible goods. ”

Da Cui was stunned for a while, and suddenly said: "Let's serve well at night, maybe as soon as the dog official is happy, he will reward us with some money." ”

Xiao Cui smiled, "Big brother, your thoughts... Pretty good. ”

Half an hour later, the Cui brothers' meal was served. Li Luo looked at it, in addition to a big pot of brown rice, there was a big pot of radishes and a big pot of green vegetables.

It's really... Innocent.

"Big official, the humble house has poured everything out, only these crude things, please Haihan." Cui Sisan arched his hand to "make amends".

Li Luo smiled politely: "It's hard to be virtuous, please use it together!" You're welcome. ”

You're welcome?

Big and small Choi is a little confused.

Whose house is this?

ps: The Cui brothers came up for everyone to play, don't forget to vote for me, the water is too cold... Friends who have a book list, give me a book list

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