Tang Zheng woke up quietly and found that the pillow towel was wet with a large piece, and he dreamed of his lovely children and wife last night. The son and daughter are still asking their father what are you coming back, and the wife is also whispering in her ear to take care of herself, remember to eat on time, eat more food and drink less alcohol when socializing, and drink a glass of milk to nourish her stomach before drinking. Tang Zheng tried hard not to let himself think about this, and every time he thought about it, his heart throbbed. Tang Zheng hurriedly got up, he didn't dare to let himself lie on the bed anymore, he was afraid that he would fall into endless memories.

After washing, Tang Zheng came to the yard and saw Cheng Ying and Grandpa busy directing the servants to clean up the empty courtyard next to them, Tang Zheng stepped forward to greet Grandpa Cheng and said, "Grandpa, what are you doing?" Why clean up the yard? Grandpa Cheng smiled and said to Tang Zheng: "I plan to clean up this yard for you to live in, in the past, you were a guest living in the guest room, but now since you are a family, of course you must have your own yard, and you can also deal with some of your own things in the future." "Grandpa doesn't need to be so troublesome, it's the same when you live there." Grandpa Cheng waved his hand at Tang Zheng and signaled him not to say any more, and then went to command everyone to clean up the yard. Tang Zheng looked at it and found that he couldn't help much, so he planned to take Cheng Ying to continue to go out to have a look, it was too late yesterday and there were many things that he didn't see clearly. Tang Zheng said to Grandpa Cheng, and Grandpa Cheng waved his hand to signal them to go out by themselves and not to disturb him.

Out of the door, Cheng Ying jumped in front, "Big brother hasn't come out with me to play for a long time, Brother Zheng, let's pick pine nuts in the back mountain together." Tang Zheng nodded with a smile and walked towards the back mountain under the leadership of Cheng Ying. After a while, the two of them came to the halfway point of the back mountain, and from a high place, the entire mountain village was in full view. Geographically speaking, the location of the mountain village is not bad, the two small mountains extending from the mountain are like a pair of hands hugging the whole village in their arms, and a small river is like a jade belt wrapped around the waist of the mountain village, separating the residential area and the fields. People can only enter and exit the village through the bridge over the river, and the whole village can live in a dozen square kilometers, which is about the same size as a town in later generations, but now it is sparsely populated and many places are deserted. Cheng Ying took Tang Zheng around the mountain, without going deeper, and heard that there were tigers and leopards in it, and some large carnivorous beast.

Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying had been wandering around the mountain for most of the day, and they didn't come down until noon, and Tang Zheng took Cheng Ying to the field to take a look. At first, Cheng Ying was leading the way, and later Cheng Ying only had to follow Tang Zheng. After a busy day, Tang Zheng basically figured out the situation in the village, so he took Cheng Ying to his home.

"Boy, what's the catch of going out today?" Grandpa Cheng saw that Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying were back, so he joked to Tang Zheng. "It's okay, grandpa, I went around with Yingying today, and I basically know the situation in the village." "Oh, what do you know about these?" Grandpa Cheng asked curiously. "Now the kid is also a member of the village, of course he must understand the situation in his own village." "Well, that's the same, okay, you're tired after going out for a day, go wash up first and wait for a while before you eat." Grandpa Cheng said. Then Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying went back to their rooms to take a bath, and they also went out to sweat all day, and their clothes were uncomfortable sticking to their bodies. For the clothes of this era, Tang Zheng is not daring to compliment. Not to mention the trouble of dressing, it is uncomfortable to stick to your body when you sweat. Tang Zheng really wants the cotton clothes of the future, but unfortunately he doesn't know where the cotton is at this time, even if there is cotton, Tang Zheng can't make cotton cloth.

After taking a shower, Tang Zheng felt much more comfortable, and Grandpa Cheng had already asked people to prepare dinner, just waiting for him and Cheng Ying. Cheng Pu won't be back tonight, so it's just the three of them for dinner. Looking at the boiled vegetables on the table, Tang Zheng had no appetite at all. But for the sake of his stomach, Tang Zheng still pulled two nights of white rice. Tang Zheng, who put down the bowl, asked Grandpa Cheng, "By the way, is there a blacksmith in Grandpa's village?" "Why do you ask this? There's one in the blacksmith village, just to the west, and if you're going to build something, let Yingying take you there, she'll know. "Well, okay grandpa, I'll take a look later." "You haven't said anything you're looking for a blacksmith." "Grandpa, I have some things that I want to find a blacksmith to build, but I just asked someone to go and tell him that I'm afraid he won't understand, so I'm going to go and see it myself." "Well, I'll let Yingying take you there, the old Tietou's family lives in the blacksmith shop. By the way, now that you are almost in good health, do you want your eldest brother to find an errand for you in the county office? Grandpa Cheng asked Tang Zheng. Grandpa, forget it for now, I have some things that I haven't handled well. I'll wait until that's over. "Well, well, that's up to you. I'll let me know when you're free. "Yes, yes, grandpa." Tang Zheng took Cheng Ying, who had finished dinner, and walked to the blacksmith shop together. When they arrived, Lao Tietou's family was eating, and Lao Tietou saw Cheng Ying coming with Tang Zheng and hurriedly greeted the two of them for dinner. After Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying repeatedly said that they had eaten, Lao Tietou picked up his rice bowl again and began to eat. Now the whole village knows that Tang Zheng was rescued by Cheng Pu, and I heard that Tang Zheng was injured in the head and forgot what happened before. They also expressed sympathy for his suffering, and the day after Tang Zheng woke up, the people in the village came to visit him, and today he heard that Tang Zheng's household registration was going to be left in the village, and everyone did not object. also expressed their readiness to help Tang Zheng reclaim some wasteland. This is the people of this era, although they are ignorant and backward, but they are simple and kind.

Lao Tietou asked Tang Zheng about his intentions, and Tang Zheng also told Lao Tietou about the iron pot he wanted to build, but Lao Tietou didn't listen or understand. It wasn't until Tang Zheng drew the shape of the iron pot on the ground that the old iron head understood what Tang Zheng wanted to build. The old iron head shook his head and said to Tang Zheng: "Tang Gongzi, it's not that I don't help you, but this thing has never been seen before, and I can't build it." "How do you usually build things?" The iron pot is so simple, as long as you look at it, you should be able to create it. Next, the old iron head said to Tang Zheng how they usually strike iron, and he is not afraid of Tang Zheng stealing teachers, after all, Tang Zheng looks like a person who has read books, and he shouldn't be able to do such a thing as stealing teachers. It turns out that the current blacksmiths build things with a hammer, and after listening to these, Tang Zheng can understand what is going on. He said to the old iron head: "I call him a pot, it is used to cook rice and vegetables, we can first make a model out of clay and then pour molten iron into it, and then when it cools down, we knock off the model and slowly modify it." When the old iron head heard it, he immediately understood what Tang Zheng said, yes, why do you have to beat it out, can't we make a model with clay and water it with molten iron, as long as the molten iron is formed, don't you modify it? Just do it, and when the old iron head got up and was about to start working, Tang Zheng persuaded him, "It's not too early now, it's better to do it tomorrow, anyway, this is not a matter of a day or two." After hearing this, the old iron head thought about it. Then he sat down and continued to discuss other details with Tang Zheng. Tang Zheng also told Lao Tietou some common sense about striking iron that he knew, and Lao Tietou was suddenly shocked, and he must worship Tang Zheng as a teacher, so frightened that Tang Zheng pulled Cheng Ying and fled, it was terrible, it was too scary. Tang Zheng and Cheng Ying ran a long way before stopping, and Tang Zheng said to Cheng Ying with palpitations. "Hehe, Brother Zheng, you can still strike iron." Cheng Ying said to Tang Zheng. "Where do I go back to iron, I just know some basic common sense, forget it, I won't go to the old iron head for the past two days. Let's go, let's go home. ”

As soon as he entered the gate, Tang Zheng saw that Grandpa Cheng was still sitting in the yard, Tang Zheng stepped forward and found a chair in front of Grandpa Cheng and sat down, and Cheng Ying was also about to sit down when he was sent back to the room to sleep. Tang Zheng and Grandpa Cheng chatted for a long time in the yard, talking about some things when he was young, and then they talked about Cheng Ying and Cheng Pu's parents without knowing the topic. From Grandpa Cheng's conversation, Tang Zheng learned that Grandpa Cheng's father died when he was young, and his wife also left him when he was middle-aged, and when he was old, his son and daughter-in-law also passed away. Tang Zheng didn't know how to comfort him, but when he thought of his wife, children and parents, Tang Zheng's heart also ached. Grandpa Cheng looked at Tang Zheng who was distracted, and thought that he was sad about his own business, so he said: "When people are old, they just talk a lot. Okay, it's all in the past, you go down and rest first, I'll sit for a while. "Yes, the past is over, no matter how much I miss them, I can't go back, and now it's time for me to think about my next path. Tang Zheng saluted Grandpa Cheng and turned around and walked towards his room.