That is to say, after the equalization system, ordinary people have enough land in their hands, even if they use extensive farming methods, the harvested grain is far from being eaten, and they can still sell it to make money. In the case of a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, it is easy to be satisfied with food and clothing, so there is a lack of active surnames for intensive farming, even if they know that Zuo Shaoyang's farming methods are more advanced than theirs, but because it is relatively troublesome, no one is willing to learn.

Zuo Shaoyang was very depressed, and there was a feeling that his hot face was sticking to his cold ass.

In the evening of this day, after the patient left, Zuo Gui's father called Zuo Shaoyang to come to the tea shop to drink tea. It's been a long time since they've come to Qingxiang Tea Shop.

Zuo Shaoyang gave the tea shop as part of the bride price of the concubine to the Sang family, and Sang Wazi's high paraplegia made him unable to leave the bed for the rest of his life. There are only three people in the store: Daddy Sang, Sang Xiaomei and Huang Qin.

Since tens of thousands of people migrated to Hezhou and tens of thousands of military households who had been disarmed and returned to their fields cultivated in Hezhou, the population of Hezhou has suddenly increased several times. The number of people drinking tea in the tea shop has also increased.

Zuo Gui's father and Zuo Shaoyang walked into the fragrant tea shop, and saw Huang Qin carrying a kettle to refill the water for the tea guests. I saw that her original pomegranate red skirt was replaced by light gray, and a white linen ribbon was tied around her waist.

It stands to reason that her mother-in-law died, and she had to follow her husband to wear a heavy filial piety, but when she opened the door to do business, if she wore a filial piety robe all day long, no one would come to the door, so she just tied a linen ribbon around her waist as a filial piety robe.

Zuo Shaoyang looked at her face, only to see that her expression was indifferent, her eyes were blank, revealing a heart-wrenching emptiness, and a little pity couldn't help but rise in her heart.

Huang Qin saw them, still expressionless, and said in a low voice, "The two of you are here, please take a seat." The voice was hoarse and dry.

Father Zuo nodded and paced into the lobby of the tea shop. Although it was already evening, half of the tables and chairs in the lobby were full, and the tea guests were chatting and shouting. Father Sang was still in charge of the counter, and when he saw this, he hurriedly greeted him: "Master Zuo is here?" It's been a long time since I've seen you two come to the tea shop, so I'll have to drink a pot today. - Little sister! Zuo Gongzi, they are here! ”

Sang Xiaomei was boiling water in the kitchen when she heard the sound and came out of the curtain. Sang Xiaomei was also wearing a dark blue skirt with a white linen ribbon tied around her waist. She looked at Zuo Shaoyang, her eyes were full of joy, and she said in a low voice: "The young master is here!" ”

Since the Zuo family and the Sang family signed a contract to accept concubines and designate Nasang Xiaomei as a concubine, Sang Xiaomei changed her name to Zuo Shaoyang as the young master. Because the concubine and the slave maid are the same in the feudal rank, they call her the same as Bai Zhihan. Of course, Miao Peilan has always called Zuo Shaoyang is brother.

Zuo Shaoyang smiled and nodded, stretched out his hand, and affectionately wiped off a little finger of charcoal ash on her tender cheeks: "Look at you, like a flower-faced cat." ”

Sang Xiaomei hurriedly wiped her cheeks with her sleeve, and said with a shy smile: "I burned the fire just now, but the firewood didn't dry thoroughly, and it made a room full of smoke, and it took me a long time before the fire got up, and I didn't pay attention to it." - Anything else? ”

"It's gone, it's as clean as snow-white tender tofu!"

Sang Xiaomei was ashamed, listening to Zuo Shaoyang's words contained love for her appearance, she was secretly happy in her heart, but seeing Zuo Guimu's face, she was obviously unwilling to listen to her son say something about her children's love in public, so she hurriedly restrained her smile and asked, "Master, young master, go sit in the private room in the back?" ”

Father Zuo Gui saw that Sang Xiaomei was pointing in the direction not the backyard where they used to go to the medicine cabinet before, but the direction of Father Sang's bedroom before, which seemed to have been renovated and hung with a beautiful curtain. He smiled and said, "I haven't come for a while, have you changed?" And private rooms? ”

Father Sang laughed and said: "Yes, it was my little sister's idea, after her mother died, I didn't have to live in such a spacious place alone, the baby was paralyzed, and I didn't have to move, so they vacated a house for me to live in, and I moved upstairs, so that the bottom would be vacant." Our original room was changed into several private rooms, all of which are facing the river, which can not only see the scenery, but also blow the river breeze cool in summer, and close the windows in winter, but also keep warm. Hey. ”

"Oh, that's pretty good. Check it out! ”

Zuo Gui led the way to the door of the private room, Sang Xiaomei took two steps first, lifted the curtain, Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang stepped in, there was a long corridor inside, and there was a single room by the river, and the door was hung with white cloth curtains. The laughter of the tea guests could be heard inside.

Zuo Gui turned around and found a private room where no one went in, only to see that this private room was very exquisitely arranged, with calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and the tea sets inside were much more exquisite than the outside. Liked: "It's pretty good." ”

The robe was about to sit down, and Huang Qin came in: "Master Zuo, Master Zuo, I wish the old man to invite you to the backyard to talk." ”

Zuo Gui smiled: "How did he know that we were coming." Go and see what he has to say. ”

Huang Qin stood by the door, lifted the curtain and bowed down to let them out.

Zuo Shaoyang deliberately walked at the back, and when he passed by Huang Qin, Zuo Shaoyang said in a low voice: "Are you in a better mood?" ”

Huang Qin didn't answer, as if she hadn't heard.

Zuo Shaoyang said in a low voice: "You used to love to talk and laugh, why are you so silent now?" Life is already very boring, and you have to feel sorry for yourself, isn't it too wronged to yourself? ”

Huang Qin still lowered her head and didn't respond.

"I'd like to talk to you somewhere, okay?"

Huang Qin shook her head slightly, still expressionless.

Zuo Shaoyang sighed: "You hate me? ”

Huang Qin finally raised her eyes to look at him, but she still didn't answer, but the eyes were very unfamiliar, very empty, and seemed to have no life.

Huang Qin fell in love with Bai Zhihan, who was dressed as a man, after getting drunk at Zuo Shaoyang's house, she violated women's ethics and had sex with her sweetheart, which was a kind of happiness of stepping on a tightrope, and after knowing that Bai Zhihan was actually a woman, her heart had been greatly traumatized, and she thought that the child in her belly was Zuo Shaoyang's, she had a good impression of Zuo Shaoyang, but she was burdened with Sang Xiaomei's emotional debt, for the sake of the child, she wanted to fly away with Zuo Shaoyang, but she didn't expect Zuo Shaoyang to expose the truth of the matter and let her know, In fact, she was still pregnant with her own husband's, and her husband was also cheating with another woman (wishful thinking), and as a result, they got together by mistake, and then they were pushed down by her husband in a hurry, and fell from the bell tower, causing a miscarriage and the child was gone. The husband also broke his neck and was paralyzed in bed. This series of blows made Huang Qin's whole person collapse and become silent.

She doesn't hate Zuo Shaoyang or Bai Zhihan, she only hates herself, hates God for playing tricks on people, making her childless, and it can be said that she has no husband.

Seeing her like this, Zuo Shaoyang felt very sad, he regretted it a little, if he knew that things would be like this, he shouldn't have revealed the truth so straightforwardly, and he should have used a more tactful way.

I am not good at psychotherapy, and I don't know how to get Huang Qin out of the psychological shadow. I could only sigh, walk out with my head down, and come to the backyard.

The backyard has been renovated with the addition of a wooden frame, which is used to add windows to block the wind when it is cold in winter, which can greatly reduce the intrusion of damp evil on the medicine cabinet. It's just autumn and it's still hot, so the windows haven't been installed yet. It's still open, and it's more breathable and refreshing than the private room.

The backyard is a special seat for the medicine cabinet, and there is still only a bamboo table and a few bamboo chairs.

The medicine cabinet sat in the old position facing the Shijing River, lying down very comfortably, only two of the five or six old guys who supported the boat together back then, and the rest, including the lustful Zhu shopkeeper of Jinyu Restaurant, had already starved to death in the famine. The backyard was a little chilly.

However, it has been many months since the incident, and Zhu Medicine Cabinet has long been accustomed to this coldness. was talking and laughing and talking to two old guys. Seeing Zuo Gui coming in, he hurriedly got up and greeted: "Oh Zuo Langzhong, how long has it been here, I haven't seen you come to drink tea, what's the matter, the tea shop has been replaced by a little sister as a daughter-in-law, the tea shop is not your family, so I don't care?" ”

Zuo Langzhong laughed dryly: "It's a side room, not a daughter-in-law, don't talk nonsense." ”

Zhu Yaojie was stunned for a moment, and laughed loudly: "Okay, you are Zuo Langzhong, it is really interesting, for fear that people will misunderstand that your family already has a daughter-in-law, and will no longer send your daughter to your house?" Hahaha. Sit! Sit down! ”

Zuo Langzhong took his robe and sat down. He turned around and said, "Shopkeeper Sang, bring me a bowl of eagle's beak covering." ”

Zhu Yaojie laughed again: "I said Zuo Langzhong, now those who drink tea in this tea shop generally don't use bowls, but use tea cups, with saucers and lids, which are not hot, and can keep at least one meal, and the tea is still warm and comfortable." Lo and behold, this is it! The medicine cabinet pointed to the gaiwan tea cup in front of him and said.

Zuo Gui took a closer look before and after: "Yo, it's true, this tea cup is exquisite, and it's not hot to hold, it's good!" - Shopkeeper Sang, bring us two of these too. ”

Father Sang hurriedly agreed, turned his head and said, "Baby daughter-in-law, give Master Zuo and Master Zuo two iron mouths to cover their heads!" Put it on our books! ”

Zuo Gui waved his hand: "No, we can still afford the tea money." Open the door to do business, this and don't want money and that and don't want money, then don't do business. ”

Zhu Medicine Cabinet nodded and said, "This is reasonable!" Sang Laohan, don't you rush in front of the Zuo family anymore, our lives are still saved by the Zuo family, not to mention, the Xiaolang Zhong family is now thousands of acres of land alone, and people can't afford to pay you for tea? ”

Zuo Langzhong hurriedly said: "I wish the old shopkeeper a joke, the old man doesn't dare to be so big, compared to your Hengchang Pharmacy, what is my family's background?" ”

"Hahaha" Zhu medicine cabinet laughed a little proudly, "Okay, let's not praise each other here, Sang Laohan, hurry up and serve tea." ”

Sang Xiaomei personally brought two cups of tea to Zuo Gui's father and Zuo Shaoyang. Then he stepped aside and waited.

Zhu Medicine Cabinet experienced a famine and a life and death, but the surname became more cheerful, and he looked at Zuo Shaoyang and said: "I heard that the land that you, a scholar, cultivates by yourself, and bears much more ears of rice than other people's fields?" And the grains are full, isn't it? ”

"Yes, I originally wanted you and Shopkeeper Yu to help promote this intensive farming technology, but unfortunately, people now don't seem to care about how much production per mu is, but how much land is planted."

(To be continued)