Not long after descending the mountain, Chen Wen and Sun Yu finally came to the west entrance of the village.

The village is built on the hillside, with thatched huts and adobe houses scattered in a mess, and it is obvious that there is a village road from west to east. Sun Yu's home is in the east of the village, so he has to pass through the village.

In the small village, the smoke is everywhere, the farmer with the hoe and the man with the shoulder are hurrying to the direction of home. In the meantime, a group of bare-bottomed bear children took short legs and ran wildly through the crowd, while behind them were the children's voices of "It's time to eat, if you don't go home, be careful that your mother will beat your ass".

This year's year is good, and the foot of this Dalan Mountain is also peaceful. Eat early, save the money for lamp oil, and live thriftily, and life will definitely be better.

"Wow, it's the scholar surnamed Sun, he's so handsome."

"You dead girl Sichun, I'll tell my mother when I go back, so I can marry you off as soon as possible."

"Cut, you still talk about me? You've just seen it straight, and it's only taken a few times for you to hear it. ”

The quarrel between the two small village girls around faintly penetrated Chen Wen's ears.

There is really no shortage of in any era, think about the little girls and aunts who scream when they see handsome guys in modern times, it seems that the ancients were still too reserved.

"Do you see the man behind him? That's high. ”

Hearing this, Chen Wen unconsciously pricked up his ears.

"Probably a new henchman."

“………………”

I'm not convinced!

It's just that the big girls and little daughters-in-law around are still discussing the Sun scholar. In this backward era when the concept of "rich and handsome" has not been effectively popularized, Chen Wen has no way to change his only advantage over Sun Yu, or the general advantage of human beings in the 21st century over human beings in the 17th century - height and weight, from quantitative change to qualitative change.

In this case, Chen Wen had to follow behind Sun Yu, who was still expressionless, and played the new role of "follower" with peace of mind.

The actors all started from passer-by A, and endured it.

At the Sun family in the east of the village, a little woman in coarse linen clothes was busy clumsily in front of the stove.

Sun Yu pushed open the gate of the small courtyard and walked in with the donkey, while Chen Wen followed last.

"Xianggong is back." When the little woman saw Sun Yu coming home, she quickly wiped her hands and ran over to pick up the reins of the donkey in Sun Yu's hand.

"Lady, I'll do it myself." Sun Yu shook his head, took it upon himself to lead the donkey to the barn, and added some hay to the trough.

When the little woman saw this, she immediately turned around and took the duster, and when she came back from the feather duster, she noticed that there was an extra person in the courtyard.

"This is Uncle Chen, right?"

It seems that they knew they were coming.

But is my reality so low?

"Little brother Chen Wen, I've seen my sister-in-law." Chen Wen was courteous.

The little woman immediately said a blessing, stopped talking to Chen Wen, and hurried over to help Sun Yu dust the soil.

It is impolite to stare at other people's wives in any era, but this does not prevent Chen Wen from observing with his spare eyes.

But I saw that the little woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes, but she was well cut, and her ten fingers were not like housework for a long time. There was a smear of black ash on the left and right cheeks, which was barely symmetrical, probably rubbed up from the sleeves, but in this way he made himself look like a little cat. But if you look closely, this little woman is tender, gentle, beautiful, white-toothed, red-lipped, and bright-eyed, and she is a good couple with Sun Yu.

I saw that Sun Yu raised his hand and twisted his sleeves to help his wife wipe the ashes off his face. Although his face is still expressionless, his eyes are full of tenderness.

This is paralyzed, is it popular to abuse single dogs in the Ming Dynasty?

At this time, a super ** thought suddenly appeared in Chen Wen's mind - you finished wiping it with your sleeves, and your daughter-in-law didn't have to wash your clothes? Increasing the amount of labor is not the work of the wise.

"Okay, Xianggong, Uncle Chen is still there." By this time, the little woman's face was flushed with shame, and she was almost dripping blood.

This is really not the era of the 21st century when you can show affection without any scruples.

Seeing this, Chen Wen immediately looked up at the sky at four or five o'clock in July, and he didn't know who he said loudly to: "Today's moon, well, it's really round." ”

At this moment, he suddenly understood Sun Yu a little. No wonder this guy hasn't given me a good face along the way, people's wives are on the side, grinding with no hands, adding fragrance to red sleeves or something, what kind of thing is such a light bulb for himself.

Wang Yi really doesn't know how to do things.

At this time, it seemed that he heard the movement outside, and a half-sized man of eleven or twelve rushed out of the house. "Brother is back."

It turned out that there was another light bulb hidden, so I was at ease.

Sun Yu frowned and said, "It's not too young, and you're still so frizzy, have you done your homework today?" ”

The half-grown boy suddenly became embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "It's still a little bit close." ”

Hearing this, Sun Yu shouted: "Go back and do a good job, you can't eat if you can't finish it!" ”

"Oh." The half-grown boy immediately turned around and walked back in frustration.

It turns out that this is the legendary eldest brother like a father.

At this moment, a mushy smell came from the kitchen, and the little woman's face changed abruptly, and she immediately ran back to the kitchen in a hurry, but she still had the feather duster in her hand......

After dusting the soil with his hands, Sun Yu turned around and said to Chen Wen: "Brother Chen, the next family is small, and I have to trouble you to live in the same room with your brother these days, I'm really sorry." ”

The small courtyard faces south from the north, and if you look clockwise, there is a large house directly to the north, which serves as a master bedroom, living room and study. On the east side are the kitchen, firewood house and barn; To the southwest is the toilet, and due west is the house that the half-sized son returned to just now, and it is also the room that Sun Yu arranged for Chen Wen.

"Brother Sun is polite, I like to be lively." What about the two light bulbs, which are glowing and hot, can they not be lively?

Hearing this, Sun Yu led Chen Wen into the room, where Sun Yu's younger brother was writing on the table in front of the West House.

"This is my brother Sun Ming." Sun Yu turned around and introduced Chen Wen to his younger brother: "This is Mr. Chen." ”

After the two sides met the courtesy, Sun Ming went back to continue his homework, while Sun Yu led Chen Wen to the side, indicating that this was Chen Wen's residence.

Chen Wen thought about it, then took out five taels of silver from his arms and said, "This is the living expenses below, and I hope that Brother Sun will accept it with a smile." ”

But Sun Yu pushed back the silver, still pointing to the cloth bag on the donkey's back with an expressionless face, and said, "Brother Chen can stay in peace, and there is no need to worry about the rest." That's the one that the constitution gave you, and you don't have to give me this, well, living expenses. ”

That's a lot to think about.

What is this, guardian?

Then should I timidly call you "Senior Brother Ruobai".

Seeing that he couldn't give in, Chen Wen had no choice but to say: "Then Brother Lao Sun will thank the vice constitution on my behalf." ”

"Brother Chen is polite, it should be like this."

At this time, there was a sudden sound outside, "The meal is ready." Voice.

I saw Sun Ming quickly finish writing the last few words, got up and said to Sun Yu: "Brother, I have finished my homework." ”

"Hmm." Sun Yu glanced at Chen Wen and said, "Go to eat first, and check in the evening." ”

A large table was set up in the middle hall of the north house, and Sun Yu's wife put the meals on the table in turn, and then returned to the kitchen.

In the final analysis, this is a feudal society after all, and the two sides cannot be called a good family, and it is a last resort to meet, and it is definitely not possible to eat at the same table. Of course, in the late Ming Dynasty, there were no exceptions, for example, Hedongjun of Qian Qianyi's family was not very subject to such constraints, and Qian Muzhai himself has always been dependent on her.

There were three dishes and a soup on the table, stir-fried potatoes and vegetables, stir-fried shredded pork, scrambled eggs with leeks and a small pot of green vegetables and tofu soup, and the one that was burned before was the fried vegetables with potatoes.

The food smelled very good, which reminded Chen Wen of the meal he had with Wang Yi and Wang Jiang the night before. However, there were no white lotus roots, red lings and other objects that he had seen through the open window of the kitchen earlier.

By the way, those things should be a tribute tonight.

Actually, there is also a boiled chicken in the kitchen. According to the tradition of Jinhua Mansion, on the day of Qixi Festival, each family must kill a chicken, which means that the Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet this night, if there is no rooster to report, they can never be separated.

The implication is very beautiful, but the fate of the chicken is much more bitter. Because today it has other tasks than its life, and at night it has other tasks, so that it will not be put on the table until tomorrow.

In this era, there is no refrigerator, so what can I do if it breaks?

"Brother Chen, why don't you move your chopsticks?"

"Oh." After Chen Wen reacted, he got up and filled a bowl of soup. Southerners drink soup first and then eat, he still understands this.

Although the ingredients are only green vegetables and tofu, the taste of the soup is very delicious, especially in this era, there is no monosodium glutamate, so it is even more rare.

After taking a sip, Chen Wen immediately complimented: "This soup tastes great, Brother Sun's blessing is really envious of others." When the younger brother gets married in the future, he must let the younger brother and sister come and learn this craft with his sister-in-law. ”

When these words came into his ears, Sun Yu's gaze softened a lot. "Brother Chen is polite, it's just a small skill of carving insects."

If you can't pat your ass, then pat your daughter-in-law, do you dare to pop up the word "no" in your mouth?

Little fresh meat children's shoes, too young, too simple Tucson is broken.

Chen Wen, who felt that he had won a game, took chopsticks to fry shredded meat again, but just put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, his face changed suddenly.

This dish is too salty, and it will kill the baby.

So, Chen Wen immediately filled another bowl of soup and drank it all.

Doesn't it mean that salt and iron were monopolized in ancient times, and the price of salt was very expensive? This little daughter-in-law is too ruined to put salt like this.

However, Sun Yu, who was also sandwiched with shredded meat, still ate very happily, and there was a faint tenderness in his eyes.

Could it be that he has a taste problem other than facial paralysis?

This kid is so pathetic.

Soon, Chen Wen found another ally, which strengthened his idea

But seeing that Sun Yu's younger brother immediately spit into the bowl after taking a bite. However, his little action ended there. I saw Sun Yu glaring at him with a cold face, and the poor little guy immediately swallowed the shredded meat again, and quickly took two bites of rice before he didn't end up like Chen Wen.

Children have experience.

Then, Sun Yu hurriedly leaned into Chen Wen's ear and whispered: "Neizi is not good at cooking, and I still hope that Brother Chen Haihan," in his voice, he was quite guilty.

What else can I say about this, Chen Wen immediately replied in a low voice: "Brother Sun is too worried, he is a northerner, and his mouth is heavy, this taste is just right." ”

This answer was obviously not enough to deceive Sun Yu, so he immediately got up and saluted.

Seeing this, Chen Wen had no choice but to get up and return the salute.

It's a lot of exercise to eat with the ancients.

I don't know if it was because of the previous dish, or because the new dish didn't put salt at all, Chen Wen took another bite of scrambled eggs with leeks but didn't taste it at all. If you count the fried vegetables with potatoes and mush, only rice and soup can be eaten on this table.

This little daughter-in-law probably poured all the salt that should be put in the scrambled eggs with leeks into the fried shredded pork.

Fortunately, thanks to the tradition of women in that feudal society, Chen Wen made a hodgepodge of salty fried shredded pork and scrambled eggs with leeks that had no taste at all, and finally neutralized the taste.

And that Sun Yu was even more powerful, he came up and ate slowly, and after Chen Wen and his younger brother finished eating, he actually wiped out all the remaining dishes. Looking at the way he looks, it seems that this is not the first time he has done this, and he seems to be full of experience.

After eating, Sun Yu's wife came back again, but there were still some tears on her little face, and she didn't dare to look at people with her head down. When she saw that the basin was dry, she was even more likely to cry again.

At this time, I only heard Sun Yu say softly: "There is progress today, and Brother Chen also praised you for making delicious soup." Let's clean it up, I have to worship the seventh sister at night. ”

"Yes, Xianggong." The little daughter-in-law, who was full of crying, immediately began to clean up the table, and her hand speed was amazing.

After nightfall, the little daughter-in-law of the Sun family put a small table in the courtyard, set up the previously prepared Qiaoguo, lotus pod, white lotus, red lings and other tributes, and also put a small box containing spiders on the table, and began to worship the seventh sister.

In the house, Sun Yu was bowing down to a portrait of a ghost with a hideous face, a golden body and a green face, holding a red pen in his right hand, and his right foot standing on top of Daao's head in the sea, and in front of the case was the boiled chicken that Chen Wen hadn't noticed before.

According to the order of the eldest and youngest, after Sun Yu's worship, he is his younger brother. After Sun Ming finished worshipping, Sun Yu saw that Chen Wen was still motionless as if he was looking at the Western scenery, and asked with a frown: "Isn't Brother Chen also a scholar?" Doesn't Tianjin Wei worship Kuixing? ”

Kuixing? What is that?

Chen Wen didn't know that the seventh day of the seventh month of July was the Qiqiao Festival and the birthday of Kuixing. Kui Xing is the god who dominates Wenyun in Taoism. Kuixing's belief flourished in the Song Dynasty, a dynasty where everything was inferior and only high in reading, and since then it has endured for a long time and has become the most worshiped god in feudal society outside of Emperor Wenchang. On this day, the woman will worship the seventh sister, and the scholars in the family will worship Kuixing.

However, in his time, after years of materialist education, exams were either based on cheating or by ability. Even if someone wants to worship, they mostly go to worship Guan Gong, after all, he has a lot of things to do in his old man's house, and those who can do it work harder. Later, it seems that some people began to worship Fan Jin, and respected him as a god, but it was not popular.

Between the lightning and flint, several thoughts popped up in Chen Wen's mind, and finally replied: "I didn't plan to take the imperial examination, so I didn't bow down." ”

This answer seemed to be quite qualified, so Sun Yu didn't say anything more.

After worshipping Kuixing, Sun Yu began to check his brother's homework. Seeing this, Chen Wen went back to his room to rest under the pretext of being tired.

It's not that he hasn't been to school, how much quality can that kid do he do before eating, it's strange if he doesn't get rolled, isn't it an eyesore to be there. Besides, if Sun Yu asks himself how to write if he has the wrong tendon, won't there be only a mess left?

As expected, before Chen Wen could enter the house, Beiwu's reprimand began. However, the final result Chen Wen did not know, because by the time the kid came back in a huff, he was already asleep.