The sky was blue, and the golden ears of rice rose and fell like waves in gusts of wind.

The farmers in the fields are sweating and busy harvesting, but most of them don't even have the time to catch their breath and speak, without rapping a mountain song. Except for the occasional noisy bird, there was only the rustling of harvest.

Zhang Shou, who was standing on a ridge next to the official road, looked at the scene of the harvest happily, holding a handful of ears of rice in his hand, and looked at the few farmers around him with a smile.

"The harvest of the previous year was not as good as planting wheat, but last year it was already slightly surplus than in previous years, and this year, as long as the harvest is finished in a hurry, look at this situation, I am afraid that it can be more than sixty percent of the yield of the year before last. Who said that rice cannot be grown in the north? ”

Hearing that the surroundings were echoed, he thought of the scene when he found that the water system near the village was abundant and suitable for rice planting, even if his mother Wu hesitated and finally agreed to try and open a canal to reduce rent, these tenants were still reluctant, and he couldn't help but sigh.

If it weren't for this year's harvest, he would have opened a canal in the village, planted rice, experimented with cotton fields, and expanded silkworms, and persuaded people to take time to let the children follow him to memorize poems and read and write, but he was afraid that he would be scolded to death by these farmers in the village behind his back.

In these years, landlords can seize tenants, but tenants can also resist tenants! They were orphans and widows, he also tossed so much, and in the end he didn't poke the big basket, and the situation in the village has steadily improved, which is really lucky!

At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, wearing a hat, he glimpsed that on the thoroughfare a few steps away, a group of seven or eight brightly dressed horseback guards were slowly walking around a clear oil cart, showing such an unhurried leisure.

The curtain of the carriage was raised high by a slender hand, and although it was only swept from the side, he could still vaguely see that it was a young girl. Knowing that this year is no better than the next generation, he only glanced at it and retracted his gaze, and continued to discuss with a few farmers how to replant in the future with his back to the official road, who knew that he heard the conversation between the two people in the car in an instant.

"Miss, you should also know what the situation is in the house recently. The old man's war was unfavorable, the eldest young master and his soldiers and horses lost their news again, and many opponents in the court were sharpening their knives, and the second young master had to win over people in order to keep the business. Now he wants to marry Lu Shangshu of the Military Department, and that is also ......"

"Keep your family's business? When he used to fight cocks and walk dogs, how could he ever think about the word progressive? It's hard to say whether my father is a cheat or not, and my eldest brother just has no news for the time being, so he dares to beat my idea! ”

"I know that the eldest lady doesn't look down on the pampered son of Lu Shangshu's family, but is it difficult to believe in the so-called marriage contract that Mrs. Tai said? The master has always loved the eldest lady, how could he marry you to a person who grew up in the countryside and had an unknown background? What's more, Mrs. Tai took the marriage certificate, but she didn't show the text to the eldest lady and the second young master, and the truth is not yet known. ”

"The pig's head of the Lu family is not proficient, but he is skillful in messing with flowers and grass, every time he sees me, he shows a stupid look of salivation, I can't wait to kick him over and beat him violently! You still want to marry me...... Phew, the toad wants to eat swan meat! Besides, I didn't promise my grandmother to marry according to her marriage certificate, I just came to see! ”

After listening to the first half, Zhang Shou sighed secretly, thinking that such a noble-born eldest lady would be forced to marry, which was really hard, but when he heard the eldest lady's last fierce speech, he couldn't help but feel that she really didn't need sympathy.

However, these two people did not care about others hearing what they said, probably because they thought that in this countryside, no one understood these ministers' family affairs.

However, the next moment, he no longer had any room to sympathize with others. For he was amazed to find that the sound of the horse's hooves seemed to have stopped, and the man who spoke was actually making an analogy with them countrymen!

"Even if the marriage certificate is true, the master has not mentioned it for many years, and he may have regretted it in his heart. How noble the eldest lady used to be in the mansion, could it be that she would live in this countryside in the future, manage such a pile of rural mud legs outside, and then deal with a group of illiterate peasant women every day? ”

When Zhang Shouzheng was angry, the man pointed the finger at him directly.

"Miss, you see this young farmer, who grew up in the countryside and was illiterate, who didn't know anything about poetry and songs, and who came and went all day long were farmers and mountain people, and peddlers and pawns, and he would be satisfied with food and clothing in the future, and he would never be able to walk out of the fields for the rest of his life. And he is a farmer, his son is also a farmer, and his grandson is still a farmer. Growing up in such a peasant family, how can you not be mediocre? ”

Even if Zhang Shou is gentle on weekdays, he can't help it anymore at this time.

He said without looking back: "No wonder the former sages, plant a grain of millet in the spring and harvest ten thousand seeds in the autumn." There is no idle land in the four seas, and the farmers are starving to death. It turned out that there were too many people who didn't have back pain when they stood and talked. ”

The conversation behind him stopped abruptly, and he laughed and said, "The farmer doesn't have time to read any poems and songs, because if he doesn't work, he will starve to death." So I could only hoe the day in the afternoon, and the sweat dripped into the soil. But eating Chinese food, I don't know that every grain is hard, and when I point fingers and are domineering, I haven't heard of meat eaters, and I can't plan far? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a crisp laugh, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then took off his hat and turned around.

This time, he finally saw clearly that there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl sitting on his side of the carriage.

She was dressed in a brilliant embroidered red crepe shirt, black and shiny hair, and with the laughter, a golden step was shaking and trembling, and the butterflies made of gold leaf seemed to be frolicking in the golden flowers, chasing the shining pearl of the South China Sea at the hairpin.

A pair of red jade bracelets on her wrists lined her fair skin like congealed cream.

Complementing this gorgeous costume and ornament is her glamorous face.

Looking at each other, he saw that the girl suddenly stopped laughing, stared at him intently, and immediately smiled back generously. And after he smiled, the other party was very obviously stunned.

Zhu Ying really couldn't help but be in a daze. When she was in the capital, she went up to the deep palace and the mansion of the powerful, and even the Qinglou Chu Pavilion had been seen by women dressed as men, and she was used to playing horses and galloping on the streets, which can be regarded as reading countless people. She could guarantee that she would not be able to pick out a teenager of school age as outstanding as the country boy in front of her.

Obviously he was just an ordinary green cloth shirt, and a pair of black cloth shoes were even stained with mud, but his eyebrows were clear, handsome and elegant, and at first glance she felt that her demeanor was unparalleled!

And it's really eloquent, and in just a few words, he made the conceited Zhu Gongquan speechless! Unlike those flower peacocks in the capital that are a little handsome, they are indispensable, embroidered pillows and a bag of grass! Dad said back then that those who look down on farmers should not eat if they have the ability!

She came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Xiao Langjun, I couldn't help it just now, it was my Mr. Zhu who accidentally offended you." Fortunately, you just recited two poems of mercy and quoted a sentence of Cao Di's polemic, if you recite another poem of Shuo Rat Shuo Mouse, without eating my millet, he should find a crack in the ground to get into! ”

Zhang Shou knew that the girl in the carriage was from a wealthy mansion, and when he saw her talking to him, he clearly helped him, he didn't have to think about it, maybe because of those words, but more maybe because of his current face!

He had seen too much of this scene in the past three years, and he was used to it, so he smiled and did not say anything, but nodded slightly.

As Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing's staff with the same surname who stayed in Beijing to assist in cooking, he accompanied Zhu Ying to the countryside to the so-called fiancé's house today, Zhu Gongquan never thought that he would take a farmer's family as an analogy, but he was laughed at by others for not studying, as if he had been splashed with a basin of ice water for a while, plus Zhu Ying actually elbowed outward to help others, he was ashamed and angry for a while.

If it weren't for this eldest lady, he would have been able to secretly send someone to concoct this country boy who dared to speak against him, but Zhu Ying has been greedy for good colors since he was a child!

A child with pink makeup, a beautiful boy with a good demeanor, and an extraordinary handsome uncle...... But any such person, as long as his character is not bad, can get from her the kind treatment that others rarely enjoy.

Her mantra is, handsome gentleman, lady good. If after getting married, you wake up the next morning and see the appearance of the person next to you and feel disgusted, it is better not to marry!

As for what to do if you marry a beautiful man and get old in the future, her answer is also very simple - a real gentleman, gentle and elegant, can be consistent in appearance and conduct, even if the years go by, he is still a handsome uncle, a handsome uncle...... If you can't do it, then you don't deserve the word gentleman! Besides, women still know how to take care of themselves, why can't men treat their faces well?

Therefore, today I met such a beautiful boy in such a place, and this eldest lady will definitely remember it!