In Suzhou in May, the warm breeze hits, and the flowers in the small garden have already bloomed. In June, the garden began to bear fruit, cucumbers, eggplants, beans, winter melons, and Li Shizhen, who was the imperial physician of the Tai Hospital at the time, clearly recorded maize in his "Compendium of Materia Medica", which had not yet been published, was known as the crop of jade sorghum, that is, corn.

The most active of these vegetables is the pumpkin of North America, which should be introduced to China at the same time as corn, but it is interesting that as early as more than 100 years ago in the Yuan Dynasty, the agronomist Wang Zhen recorded in his book "Book of Agriculture": a kind of yin gourd in Zhejiang, which should be planted in the shade. The autumn ripe color is as yellow as gold, the skin is slightly thicker, it can be hidden until spring, and the food is like new.

The pumpkin seedlings will spread to the top of the wall, and then grow along the courtyard wall to the outside, and bloom large yellow flowers. Cucumbers also climb vines and tend to bloom and bear fruit on the window lattice, which is obscured by the fruit.

Under the eaves, the tender and tender whisker vines are pale green, as if they are weak and break at the touch of a button, which makes people worry for them, and it is these seemingly weak whisker vines, while trying to climb the window lattice to grow high, while hanging emerald green cucumbers, each cucumber is still on the top of the small yellow flowers that have not fallen.

In June, the small garden is at its most lively, with butterflies, dragonflies, praying mantises, grasshoppers and a variety of insects. The corn tassels have just sprouted, and each color is different, just like a woman's sewing kit is opened, revealing that the thread is red and green, dark and light, and the dry looks unusually clean.

The green and purple eggplant is fat and fat, and it looks too clean, and I don't know why it is so clean, as if it has just been watered by rain, and it seems to have been smeared with oil, anyway, it is clean and I can't put it down.

The lively garden does not have any noble flowers, which shows the owner's taste and laziness, since he came, these flowers have never been watered, let by the wind and sun, but whether it is flowers or vegetables, but the more and more colorful, the more vigorous the bloom, the small garden is dressed up to show off vitality.

The rouge beans, golden lotus leaves, and horse snake vegetables are all blooming like fire, especially the horse snake vegetables, which are so bright and dazzling.

When Shen Kan returned to the small garden from outside, he saw the four people sitting under the shed talking and laughing.

The young man sitting in the innermost part is named Jiang Bin, the character is complete, nineteen years old this year, the son of the current political envoy of Suzhou, because of Mu Zhou Xuezheng, the county school specially transferred, and Shen Kan almost at the same time, has been here for more than half a year.

This person is generous and righteous, and he also has the habit of being a son-in-law. Sitting on his left is called Li Xiao, the word Shuye, eighteen years old this year; The name on the right is Lu Zizhen, the word Yuzhi, who just turned seventeen years old this year, and both of them were admitted in the additional examination.

The guy with his back is twenty years old this year, his name is Wang Qiu, the word is Qingshi, and he is the cousin of Mr. Qianzhai. Shen Kan hates him very much, relying on being Mr.'s cousin, he always wants to suppress him in everything, and loves to take advantage of him.

All four of them were older than Shen Kan, so Shen Kan had to call them brothers.

Jiang Bin is going to have a party today, this is not Wang Qiu came when he heard the news, the old rule is that everyone pays a tael of silver, he is clamoring to contribute a part, but he has no money, he still has a mouth on his shoulder, but he loves to talk nonsense when he is slightly drunk, not only is he addicted to alcohol, but he is more lustful.

Shen Kan came back from beating the Wu family, and last year Mrs. Pei built a new house in her hometown, but Mrs. Wu did not go back, and still let Wu Song study under Mr. Qianzhai.

Last month, Mr. Qianzhai resigned, and the people in the village couldn't keep it, so Mrs. Wu asked Shen Kan to buy a house in Suzhou City.

Shen Kan is very low-key, and he hasn't mentioned anything about having a fiancée for half a year.

At this time, Lu Zizhen asked: "You went out early in the morning, I heard that you took leave and went back to Shenjia Village?" Why?"

"My teacher is no longer teaching, so I went back to see him off." Shen Kan said as he sat down.

Wang Qiu said with a smile: "Your disciple treats his teacher with kindness, unlike some disciples who still resent Mr. Harsh." I have a joke, which is also Mr. Guan's long-term homesickness, and some disciples were in tears when they parted, but they made a poem behind their backs. ”

"What poem?" Li Xiao asked.

Wang Qiu grinned and read: "It is a cage-free bird, so you have to be attached." When will I leave, I will go to the Qinglou. When one of them heard this, he cried out that you are not good, and when I make a good song, he said, "The evil things in the world are gone, but the husband dies and comes out; If we want to be happy in the end, we will not be able to enter until we die. ”

Shen Kan frowned, quite unhappy in his heart. Jiang Bin, who is not a local, asked, "What do you mean by 'pinching'?"

Wang Qiu smiled: "Those who can't get in, old also."

This pinching is the dialect slang of the Wuzhong region, these areas call the father the old official, the gourd gourd is old and can't be pinched, and the pinching is used to describe the father's nickname, so the disciple's meaning is to say that the gentleman will change one after he goes, and the death is inexhaustible, it is better for the old official to die, and he will not invite the gentleman, so that he can be happy and comfortable.

Everyone smiled, Wang Qiu looked at Shen Kan and didn't smile, and said, "Brother Shen is in the autumn of pride, why are you frowning?" Presumably I went back today to see the peerless beauty, and I was seduced by her, so I got lovesick, right?"

Shen Kan was taken aback, Wang Qiu knew about his engagement, and he deliberately said so, and immediately guessed his intentions.

Lu Zizhen said: "Brother Shen is young and old, how can you see any beauty!" Brother Wang, don't be suspicious. ”

Wang Qiu smiled: "Naturally, I won't be nosy. But today, thanks to the kindness of your friends, I want to bother Brother Shen to pay twenty taels of silver, call a cruise ship, and invite a stunning beauty to accompany us to Tiger Hill, would you like to go to Tiger Hill, old five?"

Shen Kan hated him and was speechless at the moment. Several others knew that Shen Kan was not short of money in his hands, and coupled with the young man's temperament, they all agreed: "Make it, make it!" That wonderful girl tattooed twelve taels of silver a day and a night, let's just ask her to accompany the wine, about six taels is enough, I'm afraid that the Shen family's family rules will not allow it. ”

Wang Qiu said: "Don't be afraid! The Shen family will not be held accountable for their eyes in front of me. I was joking just now, but we only have a total of five taels of silver, what should we do about the cruise banquet? At least six taels are needed, and I can't pull six people? Brother Li, you go and pull. ”

Li Xiao hurriedly said: "Your topic is too difficult, the little brother only cares about his own one or two silvers, and the rest is not ****."

The county school has always inherited the rules of the Song Dynasty Academy, very strict, Zhou Xuezheng came to intensify his efforts, continued to use students to supervise students, and formulated rules and regulations, he called himself the master of the cave.

If it's going out to play, then people are naturally willing to come, but this is a prostitute frolicking, so few dare to come. What's more, for a couple of silver, ordinary students are naturally too expensive, and only Shen, Jiang, Li, and Lu are all rich sons, and their parents don't care much about them, and the college often turns a blind eye.

There are many people who are afraid of miscellaneous mouths, Jiang Bin said that it is better to add one or two more for one person, and four people have a total of eight taels of silver, but it is still not enough.

Shen Kan took the opportunity to say: "It's not that the little brother is disappointed, it's just because I've always been impatient to play, and besides, I'm drinking with prostitutes, once I am known by the family and the courtyard, it is not beautiful, and I really dare not obey the order."

I saw several of them shouting in unison: "It's a big deal!" No, no, no. (To be continued.) )