In the afternoon, Ding Chunqiu invited Chen Caozhi to visit Ding's villa, although it was out of goodwill, but it was also inevitable to show off and boast, Chen Caozhi did not care, responded with a smile, and took Ran Sheng and De to visit together.

Ding's villa occupies the mountains and rivers, there are 15,000 acres of fertile land, and the five-mile-long Xiaohang River is also owned by the Ding family, outsiders can pass by boat, but they are not allowed to fish in this section of the river, in addition to the Ding clan, there are 20 shade households, 200 tenants, there are 60 people who practice martial arts all the year round, as well as pawns, occupy food and clothing, etc., Chenjiawu is really incomparable with the tenants, and the scale of Ding's villa is small among the Jiangdong clans, like the Huiji Kong family, the Yixing Zhou family, the Wujun Lu family, the Jinling Gu family, these wealthy giants, There are several villa manors, each manor is covering an area of tens of thousands of acres, hundreds of tenants and servants, the four surnames of the history will be "snobbish inclined to the state, the accumulation of wealth in the office, the child servants into the army, closed doors for the city, cattle and sheep cover the plains, the fields and ponds are thousands of miles." It can be seen that the economy of the scholar manor was strong at that time.

Ding Chunqiu does not know rice, does not distinguish mulberry hemp, there is a manor to accompany him, like a tour guide all the way to explain, here is planted rice, there is wheat, millet, Xiaohang River side of the hillside planted with peach, plum, apricot, plum, loquat and other fruit trees, there are textile, wine, pottery and other handicrafts in the manor, it can be said that outside the manor is upside down, the manor can still be self-sufficient, this is the country in the country!

Chen Caozhi nodded silently, the Gaomen clan is so strong, no wonder the Eastern Jin Dynasty court wants money and no money, no one wants people, all this is already deep-rooted, it is not easy to change, the weakness of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is not even able to reverse Huan Wen and Xie An, is it really only a big fire from Sun En forty years later?

Visiting Ding's villa, it is already twilight, the slanting sun is shining, the Hangzhou water flows eastward, and the cold air suppressed by the winter sun during the day begins to erode and shroud, and the cold forest and grass are declining, and the prosperous villa is also desolate.

On the way back, Laide whispered to Chen Cao: "Xiao Langjun, we will have such a big manor in the future." ”

Ran Sheng said: "It's better to be bigger than this." ”

Chen Caozhi smiled, and said in his heart: "Born in this world, if you want to make a difference, you have to integrate first, the big manor seems to really have, the economy of the Shi manor still has its progressive role in today's world, it can attract a large number of displaced people to enter the manor to cultivate and become tenants, so as to avoid them becoming robbers or slaves, and the big manor can organize a large number of tenants and tribes to operate on the mountain waterfront, which is more dynamic than the homesteaders, and the homesteaders pay heavy taxes, and often collapse after a natural disaster, and the economy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Sanwu areas is developed, It cannot be said that it is not the merit of the manor system. He smiled and asked, "How about owning the entire Mingsheng Lake and the surrounding fields?" ”

Laide and Ran Sheng were stunned: "Wow, that's too big, it will take several days to walk once, tired." ”

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Chen Caozhi returned to his sister-in-law Ding Youwei's small courtyard, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he smelled the sweet fragrance of Poria cocos and lotus seeds, and asked, "Is the Poria cocos lotus seed soup stewed?" ”

A Xiuxi downstairs said diligently: "The lady has just drunk a bowl, and at first she was worried that she would vomit again, and she was happy to be fine, but she only said that she didn't need to eat dinner, and she was afraid that she would vomit with the medicine soup after dinner." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "Then how to do it, you always have to eat some." So I went upstairs to see my sister-in-law Ding Youwei.

Ding Youwei said: "The recipe is really good, after I drank the Poria lotus seed soup, I felt that my stomach was a little warmer, much more comfortable than in the morning, but I still didn't dare to eat dinner." ”

Chen Caozhi: "Let the kitchen cook a bowl of white rice porridge, white rice porridge is better than bean porridge, and bean porridge is sometimes easy to regurgitate." ”

Ah Xiu went, and when he was in charge of the lamp, he came with a sturdy servant woman carrying a large lacquer box, which contained Chen Caozhi's dinner, Ding Youwei's white rice porridge and a few side dishes.

Ah Xiu and Yuyan served Ding Youwei and Chen Caozhi for dinner, and then went to the servant's dining hall to eat, and they took turns to go there, and they had to leave someone to serve here.

Ding Youwei instructed: "Ah Xiu, Yuyan, you two go to eat together, I am much more comfortable now, I don't need you to serve for the time being, go quickly, lest the food be cold." ”

After the two maids left, Ding Youwei asked Chen Caozhi to follow her to the study, turned on the silver lamp, added some sawdust in the bronze stove, and handed it to Xiaolang to warm his hands.

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law is warm by herself, I am young, strong in blood and blood, not afraid of the cold, sister-in-law didn't see that Xiao Sheng, the New Year is only thirteen years old, taller than me, as strong as an ox, on a snowy day I only wear two single clothes, let him put on a winter coat, and shout that the heat is tight, it is really incomparable." ”

Ding You smiled and said: "It's too rare for a person like Ran Sheng to be as strong, he is a northerner, the northerner is taller, but you are also very tall." ”

After gossiping for a while, Ding Youwei asked, ", tell your sister-in-law now, what did you suddenly remember when you said the interesting story of Zongzhi and Run'er before?" ”

Chen Caozhi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It was a sudden thought, very important, in May last year, I told my sister-in-law that I would strive to make the Qian Tang Chen family promoted to a scholar family, and my sister-in-law did not instruct me to ask someone to write a biography for the three generations of the Chen family, avoid the important and light, mention the official valve less, only remember its leisure and elegant things, to be strange, to be vulgar, to be brilliant, in short, to let the fame of the three generations of the Qian Tang Chen family spread, right?" ”

Ding Youwei said: "Well, but this should be something that you will do after you have officially set the product and have the six-grade exemption, and you must not be too ambitious." ”

Chen Caozhi nodded and said: "What my sister-in-law said is true, but I think that even if I have a waiver and a certain prestige, but I am alone for my father and brother, no one wants to watch it, but it is easy to be laughed at." ”

Ding You frowned slightly and said, "It's very worrying. Then he smiled and asked, "Have you thought of a good way?" ”

Chen Caozhi smiled: "Sister-in-law, I want to write a notebook novel similar to the former Han Liu Xiang's "The Legend of the World", Huantan's "New Treatise" said, "If he is a novelist, he will combine the remnants of the small language, and take the arguments in the near future, so as to make a short book and govern the family, there are considerable words." I just want to write such a short book of self-governance, not involving the avenue of politicizing the people, recording the anecdotes of the famous scholars and sages from the Later Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, focusing on the small side, writing the characters with style and charm, so as to be Xuanyuan and cold, high and simple, of course, the anecdotes of the three generations of my Qian Tang and Chen families are also recorded, and the anecdotes of the founder of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and my ancestor Changwen Gong naturally need to be mentioned. ”

Ding Youwei pondered for a long time, and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, sister-in-law believes that Xiaolang can write this book well." Then he asked, "Have you ever thought of the title of the book?" ”

Chen Caozhi said: "I haven't thought about it yet, please ask my sister-in-law to give me a name." ”

Ding Youwei thought for a while and said: "At this time, it is the season of ice and snow, and this book is called "A Volume of Ice and Snow Literature"? ”

Chen Caozhi was overjoyed: "A Volume of Ice and Snow Text, great! I'll write a story for my sister-in-law to see, it's the story of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, a story I've known for a long time. Immediately sharpened the ink and picked up the pen, and slowly wrote:

"Wang Rong was seven years old, tried to swim with all the children, saw the plum trees on the side of the road and had many sons, fell branches and wanted to break, and the children raced to take it, but Rong did not move. When asked, they replied, 'A tree that is on the side of the road and has many seeds, it will be bitter.' Taste it, and believe it. ”

Ding Youwei looked at it and said with a smile: "Wonderful, a few words, a full demeanor, but this requires a lot of knowledge." ”

Chen Caozhi: "I'm not in a hurry, I can write for three or five years, and I can circulate while writing, anyway, it's a small story." ”

Ah Xiu and Yuyan had already come back at this time, and after listening to Ding Youwei's explanation of this little story, Yuyan said: "Our sect's little Langjun is also so smart, let alone Run'er's little lady." ”

Ding You smiled and said: "Tomorrow Zongzhi and Run'er, you two don't praise them too much, children are easy to be complacent." ”

Chen Caozhi said: "It's okay if you don't praise too outrageously, children should praise more, so that they will learn more energetically and think smarter." ”

Ding Youwei smiled, hesitated for a moment, and said, ", sister-in-law has something to ask you-"

Chen Caozhi said: "Sister-in-law, please ask." ”

Ding Youwei asked Ah Xiu and Yuyan to wait in the side room first, she had something important to ask Xiaolang.

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