Chapter 19: Two Flowers in the Snow
In the coming day, there will be snow. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The people of Xia Cheng are clearing the snow, and the paths that extend in the snow converge on the streets of Sucheng, and the people who live in Sucheng need to clear the snow near their residences, which is both morality and law, and there have been responsible people on the road to check one by one. In addition to this, they also have to clean some public places, which is not lawfully compulsory, but there is an endless stream of sweepers, and not everyone is qualified to do so.
There are already all kinds of footprints on the snow, and there are already words like goose feathers and heavy snow in Awacheng, and naturally there are a few more maple leaves on the snow.
A white goose stands on one leg in the snow, with its orange-yellow beak stuck under its wings, isolated in the cold wind and not cold, and blends in with the white earth.
The other goose shook its fat body and walked towards the other party's hay in the distance, where the sun was warm and it seemed to stand without a caster.
More geese quacked, and it was hard to decide whether to stand in the snow or lie on their stomachs in the haystack.
Jian Chen pushed open the door, took a breath of cool air that made his lungs tingle a little, and looked at the group of geese and geese.
Yesterday's words made Xia Cheng stand in advance like those two maverick geese, in addition to those seemingly meaningless explanations, the most important point is that all the clan leaders know one thing: Ji Xia, the leader of Xia City, is clearly on the side of supporting the clan alliance, and it is very clear that he does not oppose Su Yue becoming the leader of the clan alliance.
This was the first city to make a clear statement other than Su Yue and other initiators of the alliance, which naturally caused some shocks.
Against the clan alliance, there are two scenarios.
opposition to the coalition itself; Or an alliance that opposes one's own clan that is not dominant.
The starting point is different, but Chen Jian's words yesterday have turned these two clans with different starting points into temporary enemies, and of course, he has also gained a lot of temporary friends in advance.
Chen Jian didn't want to stand in line so early, but the sudden appearance of that comet disrupted his plan, and at this time, standing in line was like a charcoal in the snow for Su Yue, and he needed the support and recognition of the rest of the clan too much. I wanted to be a good person with the mud, but at this time I have cut off this choice.
After looking at the door for a long time, the group of geese on the snow has been divided into two parts, half of them are independent of one palm, and the other are lying on the grass, not far away but neighing at each other, the snow road swept by people is like a moat, insurmountable.
sighed, and said that after all, he thought about this matter too simply, and he was too anxious, if he gave himself more than ten years of time, even if he couldn't be a chess player behind the chessboard, he wouldn't be the fastest pawn to cross the river.
The aftermath of the sigh made the people of Xiacheng, who were still clearing the snow, turn around, and smiles on their faces.
"What are you laughing at?"
"Laughing at the snow, Ji Xia, didn't you say that the snow is the quilt of wheat, there are so many new fields opened today, it is a good year after all."
After the snowplow finished speaking, he whispered to the footprints on the snow, "There are many people who come here early in the morning to look for Ji Xia. I probably didn't listen to you, but I wanted to ask about yesterday's things about the sun, moon and stars. When picking peaches last year, Ji Xia said that sweet peaches don't need to be said to be good, and people will spontaneously pick the road under the peach tree; Even if the sour peach is good, the blades of grass below can't leave human footprints. This group of people all know that you are Sweet Peach, right? ā
The peach and plum are self-explanatory, and they always sound proud, so the people of Xia Cheng are also happy because of this pride, and boil the hot sugar water early, only saying that Jian Chen is still asleep and has not gotten up, so let those people wait in the house.
After yesterday's heated debate, many people gathered around Jian Chen to discuss what they wanted to know, and Jian Chen's voice was a little hoarse. In the evening, a feast was prepared, and these people were entertained with the copper pot and steamed wine of Xia Cheng, and many of them were hangover and did not wake up.
Jian Chen didn't think that these people would be so studious, but he was afraid that many people would come to test Xia Cheng's attitude. Until yesterday, Xia Cheng had been hiding his attitude, except for his lectures without a political attitude to gain the favor of everyone, and he did not say a word about who he swore to support and who to oppose. Yesterday, such a hand suddenly came, which caught many clans off guard.
"How long have they been here?"
"They came early in the morning, and they told you to sleep a little longer, and they asked us a few words. We wanted to wake you up, but they said no, and we were polite and drinking water inside. ā
Blown by the cold wind, Jian Chen grabbed the snow and wiped his face, and said to everyone: "You guys continue to sweep, it's good to smile like just now, this snow is coming at the right time, next year will be a bumper harvest year, that is, if it is spring when we go back to the summer city, it will be a little muddy." ā
was about to go back to the house to put on a piece of skin, but there was a sweet hello in his ears, the voice was particularly brittle in the cold wind, and the originally weak as water had some jingles like ice and jade at this time.
Yuemei, dressed in a fur, stood in the snow, wearing a cloak with emerald green feathers on her back, rubbing her hands together very coldly, constantly stomping her feet to shake off the snow under her feet, her cheeks were frozen a little red, jumping back and forth like a frightened rabbit, constantly breathing towards the palms of her hands.
"Ji Xia got up late, is this going to the Academy Palace to give a lecture? A lot of people are waiting, and I'm waiting, I've learned a lot these days, but Ji Xia still hasn't told me why the fire went out that day? ā
She said happily, not necessarily wondering why the fire went out, but that fire was the first time she and Jian Chen met, and it had a different meaning in the girl's heart.
As he spoke, he jumped over the snowdrift and came to Chen Jianjian's side, seeing that Jian Chen's hands were still flowing after rubbing the snow just now, he subconsciously wanted to take out the cloth for him.
Jian Chen wiped his body casually and said, "I won't go to the School Palace today, there is a heavy snowfall, and I have to clean it there." ā
Yuemei didn't care whether to go to the school palace or not, and said with a smile: "That's just right, I heard that when the snow fell, the persimmons on both sides of the river had not yet landed, and they hung on the branches one by one, and the snow tomatoes, with the wine of Xia Cheng, did not need meat and deer breast, and you could drink while sitting on the bow of the boat." Today's wind is strong, you can drop the sails of the boat, ask Su Yue to borrow some slaves to pull fiber, walk slower, the river is choppy in your ears, and the snow is covered behind you, it is very beautiful to think about, let's go and see? ā
Jian Chen shook his head and said, "I still don't go." Some people are waiting for me to talk about something. ā
Yuemei was a little unhappy in her heart, and muttered: "It started to snow last night, and I thought about the beautiful scenery after the snow, the green feather cloak, the light white footprints, and the yellow persimmon red fruit...... When Ji Xia saw the snow, what did she think? ā
"Uh...... I wonder if the wheat in my field will be a good harvest next year, how many slaves will freeze to death, and whether the grassland tribes will not be able to survive the winter and take risks to go to Yangguan to plunder......"
Yuemei, who was expecting Chen Jian to say the strange but very charming snow scene beautiful sentences before, was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to take.
Chen Jian didn't know what to say for a while, and suddenly felt that compared with the fresh Yuemei, he had become the kind of vulgar person who burned the piano and boiled the crane.
In the depressing cold field, Jian Chen looked at the snow and busy people around him, and somehow thought of a classic reunion and conversation in a book in his previous life, and suddenly realized his own numbness when these beauties were on his side, and the regret he once thought in that book.
After a long time, he sighed and said euphemistically: "Mei, when I see snow, the first thing I think of is that next year's wheat harvest will be abundant; When the hunter sees the snow, he thinks of the best day to catch the trap; When you see the snow, you think of the beauty of the yellow persimmon red fruit. The same eyes, but see different worlds, just like the sun, moon and stars that we argued about yesterday. ā
Yuemei didn't seem to understand, and nodded blankly: "That's good, the world you see is the same, so there are a lot of interesting things." You can tell me your world, and I can tell you my world, just like the drama in your summer city, it's interesting to be different. ā
Jian Chen didn't say anything more, some things seemed to be incomprehensible for the time being, and nodded casually: "Maybe." Then I'll go in first. ā
He bowed his head slightly at Yuemei and turned to leave, until Jian Chen entered the room, and Yuemei, who was standing in the snow, whispered to herself: "Could it be ...... Does the red fish see the world the same as you? ā
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Hongyu is not Chen Jian, there are no two identical leaves in the world, and naturally there is no one who can really have the same heart, not to mention that it has already snowed in Xia City, and Hongyu will definitely not think of next year's wheat harvest at this moment.
The sun in Xia Cheng is more than half an hour later than that of Zhisu City, the sky is still a little dark, most of the men are still sleeping soundly because they are too tired to clear the snow yesterday, and the women get up early to clean up the housework, and the rows of new houses outside the city gradually have mistresses, and the concept of home is no longer the whole clan, but a certain house based on the common life of men and women.
The women, wearing galoshes full of thatched leaves, drove away the cats who had squatted near the wooden box of Tao Weng and watched the mice all night, scooped out the beans from the half-gourd, carefully picked up the beans that fell on the ground, took out the small scales made by the children in the school and supported two catties of beans, and wanted to go to the tofu factory to exchange for soybean milk and tofu.
Before leaving, he looked at the head of a mouse that had been bitten by a cat and was only half left, put down the clay pot full of beans, and carried a small ladder to take a small piece of dried fish from the beam of the house and threw it to the cat as a reward.
When he went out, he carefully closed the door, for fear that the cold wind would disturb the man who was still sleeping, so he changed back to tofu, boiled corn porridge, ate a few bites, pulled out the charcoal and ridged it around the clay pot, walked to the kang head and said to the man who was still sleeping: "Hongyu let us go to learn spinning and raising silkworms, I have to go first." You get up and eat in a while, go and talk to Lisi, find a few people to fry the beans, and feed the cattle that have been given to us. ā
The man replied indiscriminately, and the woman thought about it and grabbed a handful of salt and said, "Feed some more salt, I see that the cow licked the pickle urn yesterday, and it has been put away for you." Don't eat the jerky in the house first, and take it with you when you go up the mountain to cut wood, and when the time comes, other people's families will eat meat, and we will eat cakes, and we will lose people. ā
Before leaving, the woman skillfully took the grease on the stove and wiped it on her lips, as if she had just eaten meat, and forgot to wipe her mouth, and said in her heart that although her men did not have many slaves in the war, they were also practical and capable, and they worked hard for a few years, no worse than those who had more slaves in the war.
There were already people on the snowy road that had already been cleared, greeting each other, and entering the big house built by the people of one mile according to the arrangement of one mile, and many of the spinning wheels in it had already creaked, and as soon as they entered, they heard the cry of a woman, and the sound of the red fish scolding.
"You say you, if you like that young man, don't marry. Ah, seeing that your man has made war exploits and has a land slave, he married him, but he dislikes that he broke his leg and secretly hooked up with the young man. The rich family of the east family goes to eat, and the young family of the west family goes to sleep, how can there be such a good thing? People don't want you anymore, just say no! After getting married, I was a lot lazy, and I asked you to learn to weave but you didn't learn, and now there is only a little land left for you, but you want to learn to weave again? That young man is with you, just because you don't have to make offerings when you eat, and now the two of you are together, one has just grown up and has no land, and the other has not learned to weave and spin, don't say that if you have children in the future, you don't have children, what do you two eat? ā
The woman cried loudly: "Sister Hongyu, I also know that I am wrong, now that I have a child in my belly and the clan is gone, what should I do?" I didn't trigger the laws and rules, Ji Xia didn't say not to let this, and I didn't engrave it on the clay tablet, where did I think so much? Please also tell him, I won't do this again in the future, how can I say that he is also a person with your surname Ji, and you are a woman of Ji Xia, he will always listen to your words...... This kid is really his, you also know that we have an early snow, and the young man and I just want to do it, we can't ...... in the snow."
The women who were watching from the side patted their foreheads, and said in their hearts that this woman is really stupid, talking about the child in front of Sister Hongyu, isn't it showing off that you can give birth or raise?
Hongyu's heart was slightly sour, a few days ago, he only thought he had it, weaving the child's swaddling clothes, but he didn't want to be just a few days late, after all, there was still none.
Holding back the unhappiness in his heart, he sighed: "I can't control this matter, and I don't want to take care of it." Spinning and weaving, always starving to death, even if the child is not raised in the city, people will take it back, nothing more than to go to the fang market to buy a female slave to feed. Don't cry, it's useless to cry. Don't say that yours makes me disgusting, I don't want to care about it, it's just a soft tube in my heart, and in the future, the women in the city will learn from you, what will this be? No matter what, you're going to starve to death, and you don't want to get a loaf of bread from me. ā
After hearing this, the woman cried even more and shouted, "If I wanted to sleep with whoever I wanted to sleep with when the clan was still there, and Ji Xia separated the clan, would she let us starve to death?" ā
Hongyu slapped the wooden board and shouted: "When the clan is still there, you still eat grass, or is it the same sentence, the east family eats when they are rich, and the west family sleeps when they are handsome, and all the good things are yours?" Where's the word? If you cry again, get out! ā
After scolding a few times, the woman sobbed and went to the side, sat in front of the spinning wheel, Hongyu shook his head, and said to the women: "This is a lesson, I don't care who you like to sleep with, but I don't care if you eat other people's food, and you are too lazy to spin and weave but sleep with others, this is not right." Ji Xia didn't engrave this on the pottery tablet, but you also watched the play played by Shi Fang, isn't this the world like this? I have done my best for you, and I have won half of the land for you, and I have no land without working myself, what is the difference between me and domesticated pigs and sheep? ā
The cry in the distance faded, and the red fish pointed to the spinning lane: "I will learn to spin thread today, and then I will teach you how to raise silkworms tomorrow." You are all trustworthy people in Xiacheng, and I might as well tell you that this method of raising silkworms was found by me when I went to the wine shop in Echeng a few days ago, and I found a way to ask for it, and I secretly got some silkworm seeds. Ji Xia said that silkworm seeds soaked in white artemisia water can avoid being bitten by insects and ants, and the people of Echeng said, but still can't exchange silkworm seeds, he is not good to ask for a man directly, I will find a way to get it back. ā
"There are not many silkworm seeds, and like beekeeping, you need to learn clearly before you can distribute them, and you also know the value of silk, and the market is open for harvest. Bowstrings, clothes, silk silks, and military uniforms are all needed, and if they are well done, they are comparable to five or seven acres of land, and their waists at home are also harder. ā
Women all know that silk is expensive, this big cake is very round, and they are secretly happy, not necessarily as Hongyu said, they must have the ability to be independent, at least they can eat more meat when eating, so as not to get some grease before going out.
When the spinning wheel was squeaking, a woman trusted by Hongyu quietly approached Hongyu and said in a low voice: "That woman is still sobbing, it is really pitiful, do you want to talk to Yuqian'er sister, let her help her, and give some grain and wheat?" ā
Hongyu glared and said, "No, if she is thrown out because of her old age, I will help." What do you help with this now? I said that it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, I don't have the sad heart to see this pitiful, and I also cry when I see it, sour like vinegar, it's not interesting. ā
The man knew the character of the red fish, and since he said so, there must be no way to change it, listening to the sobbing in the distance, it was quite pitiful, but there was nothing to be done.
After a while, the woman whispered again: "Sister Hongyu, if Ji Xia thinks that you are old and decrepit in the future, what will you do?" ā
Red Fish didn't even think about it: "If you really kill him because of this." ā
The woman stuck out her tongue in fright, and as if she was joking, she laughed a few more words.
Hongyu didn't know how to think of the woman's words, and said that on his lips, but he was not willing to do it in his heart, and he didn't know if all this would happen, and then he thought that it was snowing now, and he didn't know if the skin he carried with the boat last time had arrived? Is it cold or not in Awacheng? How's going on with the Alliance? Do you know that you got silkworm seeds, Yu Qian'er and took people to those mountain and forest tribes to collect skins and teach them to hunt?
sighed, the twine in his hand was broken again, and he lowered his head and twisted the thread, but he couldn't catch it.
"Sister Redfish will also break the line? It must be because Ji Xia is unstable, right? ā
"My man, why don't you want to? It's been nearly two months since I left, and I sleep cold at night, don't you want to? ā
replied with a smile, twisted the thread, and only thought that the low sobbing in the distance did not exist, and only thought in his heart, what was Jian Chen doing? (To be continued.) )