With a gust of cold wind rushing through the crack in the door, Liu Hun's small body appeared outside the door, and he respectfully entered the door and saluted: "Father-in-law, I have paid you a New Year's greeting." ”

I immediately greeted him excitedly, "It's rare for you to have this heart, I'm very touched." All the way, hard work, come, sit down by the fire, warm up. ”

Liu Hun said again: "The child can have today, it is all thanks to his father, I came to pay New Year's greetings to my father today, just to do a little bit of my best, in exchange for my father's smile, I am satisfied." ”

I nodded and beckoned him to sit down again.

After sitting down, Liu Hun looked back and beckoned the tribesmen to come in and present gifts. "Father-in-law," he said, "not long after you left, we hunted a few white foxes in the far north, and Uncle Gao tanned the fox skins using the secret method you left behind. I picked up the best of them and sewed this fox fur for my father-in-law, hoping that my father would like it. ”

Arctic fox? Ah, it's the Siberian Blue Fox. I happily picked up the fox fur and looked at it, and sure enough, it was a very soft fur, long white fox fur, and the tips of the fur were slightly blue. From a distance, it is a white fox, and up close, it is white and blue. When you blow the fur gently, the fur suddenly forms a small circular whirlpool.

"It's really good," I said, "The next time you see a fox like this, you should find a way to catch it, so that in the future we can breed white foxes in large quantities and sell their furs." ”

Liu Hun was surprised and said: "Can foxes also be farmed, what if it wants to eat livestock?" ”

I nodded and said, "Why can't we raise it, as long as we put each of them in a different wire cage, we can raise it, and during the breeding season, we can put a pair of males and females in each cage and let them mate, so that we will have a large supply of furs, and we don't have to work so hard to hunt it." With the farming experience of your tribe, you can be rich from this. Moreover, the living women and children can do it, and the men can concentrate on fighting and gaining pasture and meritorious deeds. ”

Liu Hun immediately couldn't sit still, "Spring is just coming, and you can still hunt foxes, I immediately notify the tribe and let them all go out to hunt foxes." ”

I waved my hand to stop him, "Don't worry, you come from afar, after eating before leaving, let your subordinates go back to report first, you play here for a few days." ”

Liu Hun sat down again: "Great, then I'll play with Uncle Guan for a few more days." ”

Alas, what a child, I shook my head and sighed.

"Come, this is your Uncle Jian Yongjian, thanks to him for taking care of the family after I left, I thanked him for my father first." I introduced Liu Hun to Jian Yong.

At this time, the noise outside the door woke up Tian Chou Guan Ning, and when they walked into the living room and saw Liu Hun, after a tedious salute between the two sides, Liu Hun suddenly remembered something: "Father-in-law, I forgot the letters and gifts sent by Izumo City, you wait for me for a while, and I will go and beckon them in." ”

After a while, Liu Hun brought people in and presented three gift boxes. Guan Ning and Tian Chou both had a share, and when they opened the gifts, I opened the letter and read it.

In my heart, I told about the situation of our farewell to Izumo City, and by the way, I mentioned my plans after the beginning of spring. Looking at the familiar characters mentioned in the letter, I felt a warmth in my heart.

Raising my head, I said to Jian Yong: "Xianhe, I'm sorry, I lost my temper for a while when someone came to visit, and Jian was slow." ”

Liu Hun immediately obediently presented a fox fur scarf and said, "I am in a hurry to leave, and I don't have time to prepare a gift, so I will thank my uncle for taking care of my father's family." ”

Jian Yong replied embarrassedly: "Such a heavy gift, it is deserved." ”

I smiled and said, "The child has a heart, don't let it down, Xianhe will accept it." ”

At this time, Guan Ning excitedly presented the gift he received: "Lord, you see, they printed my book. ”

I took it and took a look, and sure enough, the titles of the university, the Analects, etc., were printed on the copperplate paper cover, and the six words "Beihai Guanning Note School" were printed under the title. I immediately rushed to Guan Ning and said: "You'an, educate all the people, from now on, congratulations." Guan Ning couldn't close his mouth and nodded again and again.

Liu Hun accosted him and said: "We shipped 103 sets of these books, Uncle Gao said, 100 sets for Uncle Guan to give away, and the other three sets for Su and Zhang merchants to make samples, how to sell these books, they still need to set a price." ”

Guan Ning held the book and said happily: "You don't need money, give it away, give it away." ”

My sage, you really have a swollen head from a bee sting, you don't want money, printing craftsmen, paper doesn't want money?

I immediately objected to him: "You'an, it is a good thing to print books to educate the people, if books are given away in vain, how can the printing craftsmen make a living, how can books and paper be brought on credit, and how can merchants pay for transportation. I think You'an is still concentrating on compiling books, so let Gao Tanglong worry about these things. ”

Guan Ning nodded and said, "It's up to the lord." ”

I turned to Tian Chou and asked, "Zitai, what gift did you receive?" Why upset? ”

Tian Chou held up the gift and said, "I don't know what to do with such a strange thing. ”

I took a closer look, it turned out to be a set of wild survival bags, and immediately explained to Tian Chou: "Zitai, it seems that the gift giver has bothered a lot, you like to travel, this is a set of items for living in the wild, clairvoyance (telescope) you have seen, this is an alcohol stove, using alcohol as a raw material for cooking in the wild, this is a sleeping bag, this is a cushion, and the compass ......"

I explained the purpose to him one by one, and Tian Chou was also overjoyed: "I really know me." He kept saying.

Under the gaze of everyone, I also opened my gift. The gift box is divided into three layers, the first layer is three new dipping pens, several bottles of new ink, and an inkwell (inkstone). I pondered for a while, picked it up and handed it to Guan Ning: "You'an, you sort out the books every day, the writing speed with the brush is too slow, and it is not easy to write, so this set of pen and ink will be given to you, I hope you will write a famous article that will be passed down through the ages." ”

Guan Ning listened, unceremoniously took the pen and ink, and thanked him with a salute.

I unveiled the second layer, a set of Go pieces, made of silver and black manganese steel, with a frosted front of the brass chessboard, engraved with 19 vertical and horizontal lines. The nine points on the chessboard, except for the Tian Yuan position, which is inlaid with a red agate, the rest of the points are inlaid with silver to form the star position.

According to historical records, the 19 vertical and horizontal chess lines first appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the oldest chess game in China, "Sun Ce Zhao Lu Fan Yi Chess Game", was unfolded on the chessboard of the 19 vertical and horizontal roads, but at this time, the mainstream chess path is still 16 vertical and horizontal, and this new style of chessboard is now only used by a few people.

Turning over the chessboard, the back is smooth and connoisseurship, engraved with the famous historian and writer Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the article "Yi Zhi". However, I was attracted by a few words underground, these words are one size larger than the words of the article "Yi Zhi", one line can not be written, and two lines are walked, and the inscription on it reads: "Master craftsman of the Han Dynasty, Sima of the Ministry of National Industry of Izumo in Western Liaoning, lifelong veteran, lifelong lecturer of Izumo Academy, viscount Zheng Hun Zheng Wengong supervised."

I couldn't help laughing, raised my hand and handed the chessboard to Tian Chou to watch, turned around and asked Liu Hun again: "This Zheng Hun, do you still like to carve names everywhere now?" ”

Liu Hun replied: "I like it more, he now has engraved his name on the city gate, saying that this city gate is supervised by him." ”

I laughed and asked, "Is Gao Tanglong still chasing him?" ”

Everyone fell, and Liu Hun replied: "I'm still chasing him, but it's not so frequent." It used to be once every three or five days, but now it is once every ten days. I heard that Uncle Gao Tang now practices long-distance running every day, and it was his father who told him that life lies in sports. When Uncle Zheng heard about it, he was terrified, and now he asked his disciples to wake him up every day to practice long-distance running, and the two of them ran around the east of the city and the west of the city. Occasionally, when the two of them ran into the middle of the city and met, neither of them paid any attention to the other."

The crowd burst into laughter again, Jian Yong didn't know what was going on, and after we explained to him what Zheng Hun had done, he also started laughing.

The first day of the new year begins with our laughter. It was the first time I had a smile in two months. I know that this is Izumo Castle after knowing my situation, and specially sent Liu Hun to comfort me, and my heart felt warm.