Xue Weihai was depressed in his heart, and when he heard Song Kai scolding Nie Ling, he felt that it was inappropriate, no matter what, Nie Lingling was a woman.

However, Xue Weihai naturally didn't expect that Nie Ling, who had lived in the Turks since he was a child, was much thicker than a Tang woman, and when he heard Song Kai scolding himself, Nie Lingdang picked up the feather duster on the counter and waved it towards Song Kai.

"Don't do it! The gentleman doesn't move his hands! Song Kai hurriedly dodged, and Xue Weihai also retreated in a panic.

"My aunt and grandmother are women, not gentlemen!" Nie Ling said in his mouth, and smashed Song Kai twice with a feather duster in his hand, "If you dare to scold me again, I will cut off your head!" ”

Song Kai had no choice but to give in, and made up his mind that when he learned martial arts in the future, he would definitely press the woman Nie Lingdang to the ground and slap her buttocks.

Xue Weihai's eyes widened, he didn't know where this was the who came from, he pulled Song Kai up and said, "Song Lang, let's go see the tea." ”

"That's right, Xue Lao, let's go, good men don't fight with women, good people don't fight with dogs," Song Kai and Xue Weihai hurriedly left.

"And, you're the dog!" Nie Lingdang learned Song Kai's spoken language, put down the feather duster, and excitedly wrote down the banquet money just now in the account book.

Money, what a good thing!

Outside the store, Xue Weihai patted off the chicken feathers on his shoulder and muttered: "Song Kai, where did you recruit the shopkeeper, so fierce." ”

"I ...... Hey, don't mention it, I'm doing my own thing, I can't live, you see, he gave me this little pocket money, and told me to save it," Song Kai shook the money bag depressedly, and it was full of copper coins.

"Hahahaha," Zhou Ce burst out laughing, "It turns out that Xue Gong and Song Lang also have helpless times. ”

The three of them walked towards the docks in the city as they spoke.

Suzhou has developed river transportation, large and small rivers are staggered, and the wharves in the city are naturally very busy.

Zhou Ce beckoned to a Wupeng boat not far away.

The boat rocked and approached, Xue Weihai stepped up first, and Song Kai and Zhou Ce also jumped up.

There were two men in Tsing Yi on the boat, and they didn't speak, one sat at the bow of the boat to steer, and the other sat at the stern of the boat.

Song Kai glanced at the two boat men, and was a little puzzled, these two people were not as dark as ordinary boat men.

However, since it has been arranged a long time ago, there is no need to doubt the identity of the other party, according to Song Kai's guess, these two people are more like the guards of Xue Weihai and Zhou Ce.

Song Kai was even more suspicious of Xue Weihai's identity, this old man was obviously not an ordinary person, but if he wanted to say that he was a big official, he was too idle every day.

The hull of the boat swayed, along the main road of the river, and soon turned into a long river, not far from the long river, the checkpoint, out of the checkpoint is outside the city.

The thick earthen city walls, with the mottled marks of time, stretch far away.

This was the first time Song Kai had gone out of the city since his rebirth, and he sat on the side of the ship, staring at the surrounding scenery intently.

The boat swayed out of the city, followed the moat, and turned onto a magnificent river, the banks of which were grassy and wooded, lush green, and in the distance, you could see villages and rice fields, with a bit of magnificence and desolation.

After another moment, there was laughter from the shore, accompanied by the sound of "bang-bang" smashing clothes.

Song Kai turned his head and saw a group of women standing on the bluestone slab by the river washing their sackcloth, their faces were yellow, and their clothes were even more ragged, even if they were a little far away, Song Kai could still see that their hair was a little knotted.

The men laughed, and two women looked toward the boat.

Song Kai's heart hurt suddenly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Quickly wiped away his tears and breathed heavily.

Although Song Kai has been in this world for more than a week, he has always observed and lived with the attitude of a gamer and an outsider. He opened an inn, not to make money, he wrote poetry, not to be famous, he wanted to marry Liu Yuchan, not for love, he liked the current life and enjoyed the comfort of the present, but when he really went out of the city and saw these simple farmers, Song Kai understood the cruelty and truth of life in a trance.

Here, it is the real world, and Song Kai is a member of this world through and through.

When he was just reborn, even if he was hungry and his chest was attached to his back, Song Kai didn't feel bitter, he just thought it was fun, he could make a lot of money between his hands, he could recite a poem casually, and he won a round of applause.

However, he has no way to change the world, to change the lives of the poor in this world.

Outside the city, it is the life of most people, and the life of most people is miserable. They are ignorant, they have never read a book, they don't know what freedom is and what life is, and they live in poverty like an old cow all their lives under the oppression of life.

Let out a long sigh.

Reaching out and rubbing his cheeks, Song Kai smiled bitterly, laughing at himself in his heart: I didn't expect you to have a compassionate heart, it's ridiculous.

In fact, this is not much compassion, as a young man in the 21st century, although life is embarrassing, but at least full of food and clothing, when suddenly see the cruel side of life, it is inevitable that it will be distressed and uncomfortable.

Thinking about things in a mess, Song Kai shook his head, and simply closed his eyes, just smelling the unpolluted river breeze.

"Recently, there has been an increase in banditry."

"I heard that there was heavy rain on the side of the Yellow River, and the Yellow River estuary burst its embankment."

"Hey, our rice here in the south of the Yangtze River is rich, but it's a pity that those merchants raised the market price, and the imperial court couldn't take out too much gold and silver to buy grain for disaster relief."

"Xue Lao Mo should be too worried."

"When you're old, you just want to finish the last thing, and then you go into hiding completely."

"Huh...... This year, the rice is growing well. ”

"It's true, it's just that the taxes are too heavy, and it seems that Yang Jian is hoarding grain."

"How about that?"

"He is suspicious by nature, although he has a strategy, but he lacks courage and is not an atmosphere, and he is still in Chang'an for the focus today."

"Xue Gong Mingjian."

“……”

Song Kai leaned on the shed, listening to the intermittent conversation between Xue Weihai and Zhou Ce, and couldn't quite understand the smell of the river breeze......

In about an hour, the river was getting stronger, and after a while the canopy was swaying into the lake.

It's Taihu Lake.

At this time, the area of Taihu Lake is much larger than that of later generations, the lake is green and green, like a fairyland on earth, there are fishermen on the lake surface to cast nets, and a little phosphorescence in the sun is swaying on the surface of the lake.

Song Kai couldn't help but stand up, the beautiful scenery was like this, which was shocking and heartbreaking.

Xue Weihai also walked out, pointed not far away, and said, "Look, there is a manor there, which is where tea is sold." ”

Song Kai looked from a distance, and sure enough, among the trees and bushes, he could see several simple wooden sheds.

I can vaguely see the figure busy.

About later generations know West Lake Longjing tea, in fact, the taste of tea produced around Taihu Lake is more pure than Longjing, a lot of Taihu Lake tea is also sold as Longjing tea, as for Taihu Lake Cuizhu tea, the name is not very big.

Seeing the tea garden on the mountain, Song opened his mind, the tea produced here is slightly fried green, and the taste is absolutely good.

The canopy boat shook for a while, and then came to a simple wooden pile, a man in green clothes tied the boat, Song Kai and the five people got off the boat, and walked along the path to the woods together.

"It's Xue Gong here."

"Gong Xue hasn't been here for a while."

Two middle-aged people passing by greeted Xue Weihai, and it was obvious that he was a frequent visitor here.

Song Kai looked around at the paradise, separated by a simple fence with mulberry trees, and in the distance were tea gardens, among other trees.

There were about a dozen people in the manor, both men and women, and two children playing around.

Xue Weihai walked straight inside, and not far away was a simple greenhouse, and behind the shed, there were several houses.

Before he could reach the door of the house, an old man bowed down and greeted him.

"Old Xue, you're here," the man was quite respectful to Xue Weihai.

Xue Weihai nodded, "I want to buy some tea, but I don't know if it's the season." ”

The old man's back was a little hunched, but his face was very kind, "It's the right time, come in and sit." ”

Song Kai and Zhou Ce walked in, but the two men in Tsing Yi stayed at the door.

"This little friend knows a little bit about tea-making technology, so I brought him here to have a look," Xue Weihai was not polite, and directly named him.

Song Kai nodded, arched his hand towards the old man, and said, "Uncle, I want to take a look at the tea garden here first, as well as the process of making tea, is it convenient?" ”

The old man squinted, looked at Song Kai, and said, "Naturally, it's okay, it's just that, this Langjun, you have to understand that the best craftsmanship is actually to keep the original flavor." ”

Obviously, the old man didn't believe that Song Kai could know how to make tea, and in his opinion, any cumbersome process would only damage the charm of the taste of tea.

Xue Weihai just smiled and didn't speak.

Song Kai chuckled and said: "The old man is high-minded, but sometimes a little creativity and processing can't help but get rid of the chaff." ”

The old man shook his head, "I'll have someone take you to see it." ”

As he spoke, the old man got up, went to the door, and called, "Young lady! Qingniang, come over here. ”

Soon, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl in a green cloth skirt ran over.

"Grandpa Ge, what's the matter," the girl looks like a water spirit, probably because she has lived in this kind of tea garden mulberry forest for a long time, and the whole person looks spotless.

"You go and take this gentleman around the tea garden," the old man sat down again.

Song Kai said hello to Xue Weihai and Old Man Ge, and then arrived at the door.

"Lang Jun, go this way," Qing Niang lowered her head, pointed to the path behind the house, then lowered her hands and bowed down, obviously letting Song Kai walk in front.

Old man Ge personally poured a cup of tea, "Gong Xue, who is this Langjun?" ”

Ge Shou is naturally strange, looking at the relationship between Song Kai and Xue Weihai just now, the two of them are like equals, and there are not many people in Suzhou City who are so young and can talk to Xue Weihai as equals.

Xue Weihai just smiled, waved his hand, and said: "It's a little friend I recently met, he is very interesting, he has some talent in his chest, but he doesn't like it, and he doesn't have a good reputation, hehe, he has an appetite for the old man." ”

Ge Shou was slightly surprised, but few people were praised by Xue Weihai like this.

Xue Weihai didn't talk about Song Kai, but asked about the recent situation of the tea garden.