Leisurely time always flies quickly, especially for Luo Yun, who doesn't have to do anything. Although the wheat harvest was early this year, the fields were not all idle. Just like the rice that Luo Yun cares about, it is this season that is busy. However, Luo Yun can't do it if he wants to do this kind of work, the midsummer has passed, and the season has entered July. Luo Yun suddenly found that the daughters-in-law and girls of every household who were not common were busy, and Aunt Mei was invited by various families every day and didn't know what to do.

Luo Yun looked through the yellow calendar very seriously, only to know that he had forgotten what an important festival. On the sixth day of June last month, he didn't know that the Clothes Festival could be said to be passable, but this time he didn't even remember the Qixi Festival, so he really became a mess every day.

July 7th, Qixi Festival. Because of the two constellations of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the Milky Way, or the two legendary model couples. In order to commemorate or hope that they can have such loyal love, people beg for all kinds of real-life happiness. So, there is a series of rituals at this time of year. Of course, it is a sacrifice, but it is only because people's activities are accompanied by prayers and begs to the heavenly couple.

Luo Yun didn't know if there was a legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl in the Tang Dynasty, but from the story, the Cowherd farmed, and the Weaver Girl raised silkworms and silk, and weaved silk and satin. The way of life of this typical civilian peasant family is exactly the same as that of today's Tang Dynasty, as for whether it was the same before the Tang Dynasty, I'm sorry, Luoyun's history is not good. However, judging from what I saw in the village in the past two days, the people of the Tang Dynasty were more like the two gods begging for all kinds of things, not only to later generations to regard the Qixi Festival as a festival that only young men and women care about on Valentine's Day.

middle-aged people "beg for blessing" and "beg for longevity"; "beggars" who marry and start a family; Of course, what is more important is the "begging" of women, as well as the "begging for beauty and begging for love" shared by young men and women of appropriate age. Of course, the first few kinds of begging are to prepare rich offerings such as melons and fruits, cakes, and vegetables at home, and worship the Cowherd and Vega in front of the stars at night. The women's "begging" is much more complicated, and before the night of July 7, the women of each family. This woman ranges from seven or eight-year-old girls to married young women in their twenties, all of whom are busy practicing and preparing for this 'skillful'. Although the opening of women in the Tang Dynasty was not the door under feudal etiquette, the marriage of the two was all based on the matchmaker's mouth, and the cave room was tragic to see the true face. After all, a woman has a good reputation that is easier for her husband's family to like and accept, and this good reputation, as far as Luo Yun knows, the 'begging' ceremony on July 7 accounts for a large part.

Therefore, rather than saying that Tanabata is 'Valentine's Day', it is better to say that this day is 'Daughter's Day'. At least Luo Yun felt that the male protagonist of the story, the 'Cowherd', was almost ignored in the sacrificial activities. And his fairy wife was worshipped by thousands of maidens, vying to emulate and learn. Especially when Luo Yun knew that the women of various families had to make all kinds of small knitted fabrics and delicacies by themselves, he kept sighing how his family Cheng Mu was not a girl, which could make him a little light. After Luo Yun patted Mu'er on the shoulder and sighed, he only got Cheng Mu a roll of his eyes.

Although Aunt Mei is a killer in raising silkworms, she is definitely one of the few in the village when it comes to handmade female red. So as soon as it entered July, the women who had frequently come to Luoyun's house to ask Aunt Mei for advice were suddenly gone, and Aunt Mei was directly invited away. And Luo Yun, the three men who were thrown at home, understood the benefits of Aunt Mei more deeply. I had no choice but to support myself, and I stayed in the hunter's hut in the back mountain almost all day. Count the days with your hands, there are only three days left before the Chinese Valentine's Day, and the days of eating barbecue every day can finally come to an end. But looking at the two little guys holding the bones and gnawing so happily, it is estimated that this day has not been enough.

Since the 'meat ban' was lifted for the two little tigers last month, under the nourishment of a few days of meat, the size of the two little tigers has quickly surpassed that of kittens and puppies, and is developing into big dogs and wild wolves. Of course, the relative hunting ability is also growing steadily, and the two pheasants roasted today are the credit of Zhenyue. And the little ...... Grows faster than Zhenyue, but does significantly less than Zhenyue, basically the same level as Luo Yun: just eat and catch, and have nothing to come up with, such as: I'm hiding, you bring the rabbit over, I'll slap it and so on. This was all what Luo Yun told Cheng Mu after observing the hunting of the two tigers. In this regard, Cheng Mu once again expressed the view that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black.

On the way home at night, I saw Luo Yun's third uncle Li Zhencai watching his son play on the big tree stump at the entrance of the village, with a smile on his face. Since returning from the city last month, Li Zhencai has been happy. Quyuan plough sold more than 100 units under his busy work, and this was still before other carpenters learned it. After other carpenters' workshops have begun to imitate and sell, he has already returned to the mountains with the money he earned, and he does not need to be watching the small business in the future. He also got a lot of money after the profits, and when he came back, he bought a lot of things for his daughter-in-law and children, which made his wife, who had always been worried that he had made a deal and didn't care about his family.

But most of the money Li Zhencai did not move, and directly handed over to the second brother Tian Wei to repair the water pool in the village, which also made his father, who had always been worried about him, both relieved and happy. Originally, he wanted to go out to do business and make money just so that his family could live a better life, but he didn't expect everyone to oppose it so much. Well, now that his eldest nephew Luo Yun not only supported him but also made a good idea to make money, he also helped him convince his father and brother, and everyone really changed their faces after this transaction. His eldest nephew was right, his father and brother were not worried that he would be changed to a business and become a lowly family, and his wife was not worried that he would never return. Then he will be a big proprietor and hide behind people's backs to make ideas; I'm afraid that he will run away, so he will work in a nearby village and county, as long as he has the ability, he can make a lot of money.

This time, he listened to Luo Yun's return to help repair the pool, and the second brother only knew the benefits of farming. Luo Yun discussed with him about farming, and plans to open a restaurant in the future. At the moment, everything is still in preparation, and the capital must be saved little by little, and if you don't do it, you have to be able to make a lot of money. For example, in the village outside, guarding the official road, there is only a small stall with one shed, two tables, and a few straw mats, that is, there is no capital. After saving enough money, I opened a big restaurant directly, and I am afraid that no one will eat and stay on the official road in and out of Chang'an City?

Li Zhencai kept thinking in his heart, looked up at the mountain, and saw Luo Yun and the three of them walking slowly, and the two tigers were running back and forth. The two little guys have grown so big that they can't hide it from the people who live in the mountains, but most of them choose to stay away, and there is no one who comes to trouble Luo Yun. Even when the patriarch saw it, he just watched it from a distance and told him not to hurt anyone. Of course, this also has to do with the fact that no one in the village has been reported to have been injured by a tiger or a poultry has been bitten to death.

Here, Li Zhencai stood up and clearly looked like he was waiting for Luo Yun and the others, and Luo Yun and the three of them also hurried a few steps over.

"It's so late, why don't the third uncle go home for dinner, why do you take Chengfu (Li Zhencai's son) to play here? This...... Is it waiting for Luoyun in Zhucheng? Why is there such a hurry? Luo Yun smiled and pinched Li Chengfu's little face, and picked it up by Uncle Wu, the little guy is just eight years old this year, and the third uncle got married late, although he has a twelve-year-old eldest daughter, but this son is much younger than several brothers. Although Luo Yun usually spoils Li Chengfu as a brother, I don't know if the so-called generation gap exists in this era, anyway, Xiao Chengfu prefers to play with other children in the village.

Li Zhencai crooked his body and let the little tiger Zhenyue, and Cheng Wu picked up Li Chengfu to make him feel a lot more relieved. He has also been in the mountains and has seen the horror of tigers, and the tiger skin of the fourth child was exchanged for Li Huan's father's life. However, it is precisely because he knows that Li Zhencai understands that his eldest nephew is not an ordinary person, and he can train two tigers to be as obedient as a hunting dog, which is not what his ability is. "I also have nothing to do, your third aunt took your Ying sister to the second brother's house" said and glanced at the three of them, and smiled, "Your Aunt Mei should also be there, alas, even the Shangyuan Festival is not so lively." ”

Luo Yun smiled and didn't answer, but he knew in his heart that if it was okay, the third uncle wouldn't deliberately wait for him to come down the mountain. Since coming back last month, these uncles have become accustomed to running to his house, and his cousins have come to his house when they have nothing to do.

Sure enough, I only heard Li Zhencai continue: "It's their woman's business whether this begging is coincidental or not, but it was your second uncle who asked me to tell you, don't run into the mountains tomorrow." My father thinks it is necessary to talk about the second half of the year, so your second uncle has already informed the families today to come to your meeting tomorrow morning. Discuss things, I'm afraid that you will go out again tomorrow morning, so I'm here to wait for you to come back. ”

Meeting? Luo Yun thought about it for a while, and he didn't know if it was for the purpose of repairing the pool, but obviously this was the same as Zhengdan's clan meeting, and he had to participate. After thinking about it, he nodded and agreed: "There is Uncle Lao, I will make tea tomorrow and wait at home." After a slight pause: "It's all this time, is it possible that the third aunt doesn't care about the third uncle?" Even if the third uncle doesn't care, he won't let Chengfu go hungry."

"Haha, you kid even makes fun of your third uncle. I've already eaten, let's go home, I think Sister Sumei forgot about the three of you, haha" Li Zhencai took his son from Uncle Wu, saw that it was getting dark, followed Luo Yun and the three of them for a while, took the opportunity to tell Luo Yun about his plans, and when he arrived at the intersection, he parted ways and went home.

Early the next morning, Luo Yun was extra diligent in sprinkling and sweeping the hall, and set up the tables and chairs with Cheng Mu. Then he boiled water on the small tandoor in the yard, washed the wild tea leaves he had picked to dry, and prepared to make tea. The wild tea on the mountain is not a famous product, it will be very astringent when boiled directly, and the farmers in the mountains do not have so many spices, and Luo Yun is reluctant to drink the tea soup that is boiled. However, it was later found that the dried leaves would have a much less astringency when cooked. Luo Yun picked a lot of leaves, and there was a round dustpan, which was spread in the yard to dry. The sun-dried leaves are better preserved, but the taste has not changed much better, a little bitter, but drinking tea soup is to relieve the heat and eat, and it is right to drink medicine.

When Luo Yun turned over the "Tao Te Ching" in his hand, he added a cup of tea to the small pot, and looked up at the house. Luo Yun's two grandfathers are entering the courtyard surrounded by the patriarch, the third uncle, the fourth uncle, and the cousins Li Huan, Li Chenglin, and Li Kun. Luo Yun closed the book and got up to go out with Uncle Wu and Mu'er to greet him. Luo Yun carried the two grandfathers to the main seat of the hall one by one and sat down, Cheng Mu served tea to everyone, and returned to the position to sit down. Second Uncle Li Zhensheng glanced around, coughed lightly, and this small-scale family meeting began.

Li Zhensheng took a sip of the cup, and glanced at Luo Yun with a leisurely expression on the edge of the cup. When I talked to my father last night, I found out that since the New Year, everything that happened in the village revolved around his nephew, just like the things in the village revolved around his eldest brother before. Putting aside these distractions, the matter to be discussed today is related to the future development of Lijia Village, but we have to advance the meeting held in Zhengdan in previous years to this time. Putting down the teacup, he cleared his throat a little and said, "Let's talk about a major event in the clan in the second half of the year." Well, everyone here is also personally involved, and I will repeat the specific matters again, and everyone will see if there is anything missing that needs to be added. ”

He lowered his head and sorted out his thoughts slightly, looked at everyone and said, "The pool to be repaired in the former valley pass...... The name given by Luo Yun is 'Yunshan Reservoir'. The cost of the first phase has been paid by everyone, and I estimate that it is almost enough. The fields are still busy at this time, and I have told the families to dig the ditches for irrigation while the fields are idle. Carpenter Zhang also went to ask two days ago, and now he has made six hanging towers, as long as the location is set and installed, it can be used. I plan to wait for the rice in the paddy fields to be harvested before starting work, and if the government has a period of hard labor, it will be time to come down, and then I will arrange manpower according to the situation. The people who worked outside had sent a message asking them to come back at that time, and this reservoir was the first major event in the village, and no one could delay it. ”

As soon as the patriarch said this slightly majestic word, everyone nodded. The second grandfather looked at the children and grandchildren present, stroked his beard with satisfaction, and took his son's words: "Everyone has been busy with this matter for several months, and they all understand the benefits of this matter. I'm afraid that there are some short-sighted people in the clan who can't help work, so you brothers take advantage of the fact that they haven't started work yet, and their legs and feet are diligent, and each family runs. Explain the benefits of this to everyone, people are not lazy, and it is not difficult to be diligent. ”

Luo Yun secretly sighed in his heart, these words are wise words, these elders have lived in the mountains all their lives and have not lived as fools, these principles of dealing with people are clear.

"Six hanging towers are enough, and there are not so many big animals. Zhensheng, when the time comes, the real division of labor will be done carefully. The craftsman didn't say that he would repair the small pond first, and let whoever the pond was close to the field to repair it, so as to ensure that they were willing to contribute. After the second grandfather said this, he saw the second uncle nodding with a teachable face.

"Don't worry, Dad, I understand." Turning his head to look around at everyone: "I already probed the three of them when the craftsman left last time. Among the three, Gao Zhe's wife died early, there was only one son, and there was no land in the family, and the father and son were both in the county to make a living. Because Gao Zhe has some skills, his life is not bad, but he has not continued the string. When he left, I asked a little question, and he meant that as long as we could take care of his father and son's food and shelter, and give him some wages, he was willing to wait for us to start working and help in the village. Although there are many workers in our village, he has no experience in these large earthworks, so I think it is necessary to invite him. Seeing that everyone did not object, Li Zhensheng nodded, "I will count Gao Zhe's food, accommodation and salary into the general item, since everyone has no opinion, then I will talk to him about this matter the next time I enter the city." ”

Seeing the second brother pick up the cup and drink tea, Luo Yun's fourth uncle Li Zhenan glanced at the cat who was concentrating on teasing the cat...... No, it's Luo Yun who teases the little tiger. patted the handrail and said: "There is nothing to say about the repair of the reservoir, when the second brother calls for the start of work, the brothers just go up with their arms and do it." It's Luo Yun, you bought so many chickens a while ago and sent them to various families to raise, what's the matter, this is starting to prepare food for your little tiger? ”

Luo Yunqiang resisted the urge to roll his eyes at his fourth uncle, it was quite difficult to explain this matter, and turned his head to look at Uncle Wu and Mu'er...... Why is there no one in his family who can be a spokesman except Aunt Mei, but unfortunately Aunt Mei was called away again, and she can't participate in this kind of meeting at home. raised his head and looked at the people who were looking at him, and when he saw the smiling appearance of the third uncle, his heart moved, and his third uncle was really smiling more and more since he came back last month. It's not like before, whenever I see him, I always frown and look sad. Thinking about himself, the third uncle also knew, so Luo Yun gave the third uncle a look for help.

Li Zhencai couldn't help but smile when he saw Luo Yun's pretended grievance. Of course he knew about this, and it was also a step to 'accumulate capital' that Luo Yun told him, and there were now more than 20 chickens in his yard. He also got a shed to raise chickens, of course, not all of these twenty or so were sent by Luo Yun, Luo Yun didn't have that much money.

"Hehe, Luo Yun told me about this. Speaking of which, it is also a long-term plan, and I want to make the lives of each family better. Li Zhencai took over the topic, attracted everyone's attention from Luo Yun, and sighed in his heart, he finally really spoke in this clan, and continued: "This thing is actually very simple to say, Luo Yun can buy so many chickens, but if you put them together, you can't afford to raise them even if you have no place." But if it is distributed to each family, each family will only have a few more chickens. Presumably, Luo Yun made it clear when he sent the chickens out, no matter how many eggs these chickens laid in each family and how many chicks they hatched, he only needed to give him the same number of chickens and two more eggs in the coming year. Hehe, presumably because of this, everyone is willing to ask for these**. As long as you raise them carefully, how can you earn some eggs and chickens in this year's time. With Luo Yun's belongings, he is not bad for these chickens, but in this way, each family can really benefit from it. Li Zhencai said that he was thirsty, picked up the cup and drank it all. On the side, Cheng Mu hurriedly carried a pot to add water to him.

When the third grandfather heard this, he narrowed his old eyes, which were not dizzy, and looked at Li Zhencai and then at Luo Yun with a little meaning: "That...... What about a year from now? ”

Luo Yun met the gaze of the third grandfather, and felt that people had really become foxes when they got old, and the third uncle had said so much that people could figure it out, and the third grandfather's question was the key to it. This time, Li Zhencai was not good at continuing to speak, turned his head to avoid the inquiring eyes of his father and brother and looked at Luo Yun, and his eyes signaled: Say it or not, how to say it, it depends on you, my eldest nephew.