Chapter 1 The Second Year of Zhenzhen
The lake is wide and ripe, and the world is full.
This is a proverb, saying that as long as the rice in Huguang is ripe, then the grain in the world can be rich, but this ripe is the "ripeness" of the harvest, if it is the "ripeness" of the poor harvest, it should be another matter, 6 Haoshan stood under the big banyan tree on the side of the road, looked at the wilting rice in the field, and couldn't help but curse in his heart: Damn thief God, don't you think there are enough people starving to death?
It is now the beginning of June, it is the critical period of rice filling, grain filling is a very important growth process of rice, the whole process takes about half a month, the quality of the grain filling directly affects the harvest or not, according to the growth habit of rice, this time a lot of water is needed to cultivate, but there is no water in the field at all, there are traces of cracks in some places, this day has been more than three months without rain, the people in the field can only rely on the shoulder to carry the burden to irrigate, just to reduce the loss as much as possible.
The wrinkles on the faces of the people are as many as the cracks in the field, so deep, the face is sad, the family's food and drink expenses, the taxes of the government landlords, and the borrowed profits, all point to this field to cut more grain to deal with it, but the drought and lack of water in the fields, experienced farmers know that this grout is not good, even if the rice bears fruit, many of them are empty dregs, and the reduction of yield and poor harvest is inevitable, can you not worry?
In fact, not only the people in the fields were sad, but they were also sad when they stood under the banyan tree.6 Haoshan was so sad.
When a person suddenly travels from the familiar modern to the ancient, especially when he still travels to an era of many disasters and difficulties, it is difficult to laugh at any of them, 6 Haoshan woke up, and now he has arrived in the second year of Zhenzhen, which is known as the darkest years of the Ming Empire.
Unwilling, 6 Haoshan punched on the banyan tree, thinking about the previous life, he was a top craftsman, although it was a fake process, some things were made into antiques and sold to those rich people, tyrants and windfalls, only twenty-two years old, that craft has reached the level of fake and real Cheng dΓΉ, that is, the general appraiser can not distinguish, on weekdays to drive a famous car, live in a mansion, play with tender models, go in and out of high-end clubs, life is extremely moist, but now, 6 Haoshan has just a wry smile, I don't know what went wrong, As soon as I woke up, I slept in a shabby bed, and an old man with gray hair was feeding himself fish soup.
After inquiry, I learned that this is a small mountain village called Huatian Village in Qiyang County, Yongzhou Prefecture, Huguang, and the old man who saved himself has the same surname as himself, both with the surname 6, is a farmer who makes a living and a half-hanged barefoot Langzhong, who is in a coma with a high fever when digging herbs in the mountains, and finds someone to carry him back for treatment, after nearly a month of careful care, he pulled himself back from the ghost gate, and he has to raise a high fever for so long, 6 Haoshan feels that the level of medical skills is a reason, and the other is that the nutrition can not keep up, and he drinks gruel and wild vegetables every day, At first, I was not used to it, and I vomited while eating, so that my condition worsened.
No way, in this troubled world, not starving to death is already the blessing of the ancestors, I heard that there are still cannibalism in some places, 6 Haoshan got goosebumps when he heard it.
After talking and learning that the two have the same surname, the 6 old man took special care of 6 Haoshan, and got along with each other with feelings, after the illness, the homeless 6 Haoshan recognized the 6 old man as a godfather, and it was not appropriate to accept a stranger into the village, but fortunately, it is now the end of the Ming Dynasty, the political situation is turbulent, and there are many displaced people, and the 6 old man is not surprised to use medicine after farming, and the popularity is not bad.
A gust of evening wind blew, rolling up the dead grass and fallen leaves on the ground, swirling and dancing, even the dust on the dirt road was sprinkled in the afterglow of the sunset, the dilapidated stone bridge, the dilapidated house, giving people a very depressed feeling, blowing this breeze in the hot summer, it should be cool, but for some reason, 6 Haoshan felt an inexplicable irritability.
Daming is terminally ill, the building will overturn, under the nest, how can there be eggs, this small Huatian Village is still a paradise for the time being, but 6 Haoshan knows that the political situation will only get worse and worse, it won't be long before Li Zicheng will enter the capital and force Zhenzhen to die on the crooked neck tree in the coal mountain, and then Wu Sangui led the Qing soldiers into the customs, and finally the volunteers, Qing soldiers, local forces and Nanming and so on poured into each other, then it was the real troubled times, to avoid the first day of the new year, not to avoid the fifteenth, do not want to be cannon fodder, now you have to plan a way out.
By the way, you have to bring 6 old men with you, and say that it is also a life-saving benefactor, it seems that it is good to go to the island, you can avoid taking trouble, but as soon as this idea came out, 6 Haoshan hesitated a little, at this time the largest island is Liuqiu, that is, the treasure island of later generations, at this time, it is still very barren, and it is a bit of a self-inflicted hardship to go to that place to farm, by the way, I heard that there are many pirates, and the land is not very peaceful, trouble.
"Shan'er, why did you come here, you are just sick, be careful not to catch a cold." Just as 6 Haoshan was thinking, an old man walked over a little staggered and asked with concern.
6 Haoshan turned his head and immediately responded: "Godfather, why are you here." β
The person who came was the life-saving benefactor and godfather of 6 Haoshan, 6 old man, whose real name is Daqing, who was close to the sixtieth birthday, his head and beard were all white, because he would see a doctor, and his temper was easy-going, everyone affectionately called him 6 doctors.
"You kid, your body is not well yet, say that you just don't listen, dinner is ready, go home and eat."
6 Haoshan answered, followed behind the 6 old man, and went home together, the remnant sun was like blood, and the two of them were followed by two slender and lonely figures.
The so-called home, in fact, is three thatched huts outside the stake to surround a small yard, the yard usually cools some 6 old man digging yams, 6 old man originally had a mother-in-law, back to his mother's house to visit relatives when he encountered a mob, since then he has disappeared, ran several times to report to the official, to later the official with a stick to drive him out, in the end can only be stopped, there are three acres of thin field at home, the yield of the ancient field is low, but also only enough to make a living, as for the half-hung medical skills, practice medicine for decades and did not win the title of a famous doctor, do cattle and horses for decades, That is, the scene of these three thatched huts and three acres of thin fields.
"Come, Shan'er, eat more." After serving the porridge, the 6 old man pushed the thick bowl in front of 6 Haoshan and said with a look of pity.
6 Haoshan sighed in his heart, this is the end of the Ming Dynasty, the fields are lost every year, but the taxes of the government are getting heavier and heavier, Rao is the land of fishing and rice, the life of the people in Huguang is so hard, the life of the people in other places with little grain can be imagined, saying that eating people may really have something to do, many people can't open the pot, this bowl of gruel mixed with wild vegetables, has been hard-won, 6 Haoshan saw that there were a lot of rice grains in his bowl, and 6 The old man's bowl was so rare that he could see the figure, and his heart was ambiguous, and he hurriedly pushed out his bowl: "Godfather, let's change to eat." β
No matter how broken the hut is, it is also a place to stay; No matter how thin the vegetable porridge is, it is also a matter of concern, and in this troubled world, I still encounter such a true temperament, that is, the sincere service of the 6 old man, 6 Haoshan will not live on the streets, and the heart will be compared to the heart, 6 Haoshan is full of gratitude to the 6 old man.
"You kid, let you eat, you can eat, your body is just right, eat a little more, and if you don't eat, the old man will be angry." 6 The old man pretended to be angry and snatched the bowl of thin back in front of him, and hurriedly took a few bites as he spoke, so that he had eaten this bowl of thin by himself, and 6 Haoshan was too late to change it.
6 Haoshan had to sit down and began to drink porridge, although the bowl of porridge was much better than that of the old man 6, but as soon as he ate it in his mouth, he couldn't help frowning again, there were many wild vegetables in the bowl, no oil and no salt, and there was a very heavy green and astringent taste when he ate it, and it felt like a cow eating grass, but he was not used to eating it for nearly a month.6 Haoshan was not used to it, and he felt cramps and wanted to vomit when he ate it, but he still swallowed it forbearantly.
Only by filling your stomach can you survive.
In the previous life, there was no meat and no joy, but now it is good, and the meal is wild vegetable gruel, 6 Haoshan once wondered if it was karma, and the previous life ate all the meat in this life.
Seeing 6 Haoshan frowning, 6 The old man felt guilty, as if it was his fault that his godson ate so badly, suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Shan'er, wait a minute, look at my memory, I almost forgot." β
After a while, I saw 6 old men take out a plate of fried tofu like a trick, yes, it was tofu, as soon as he smelled the fragrance of tofu, 6 Haoshan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked: "Godfather, where did this come from?" β
6 The old man's old face smiled slightly, showed a simple smile, and said happily: "It was given by Tofu Chen in the east of the village, saying that you gave him an inscription, and you didn't charge a pen fee, this is sent by his daughter Damei fried good, come, eat quickly." β
Yesterday 6 Haoshan went out to wander around, on a whim for tofu Chen wrote a few words, the previous life is a master of counterfeiting, the words of various dynasties are quite studied, but also practiced a good word, at that time for the needs of counterfeiting, I did not expect that now it really comes in handy, for tofu Chen to write "Chen Ji Tofu" when the words are written dragon flying phoenix dance, won a cheer, good intentions have good reward, tofu Chen took the initiative to send a plate of tofu, which made 6 Haoshan a little overjoyed.
"Well, fragrant, really fragrant." 6 Haoshan just ate a piece, and immediately said happily: "Godfather, you can eat it too." β
As soon as he entered his mouth, his mouth was full of bean fragrance, and he put a lot of sesame oil and enough salt, 6 Haoshan only felt that this was the most delicious tofu he had ever tasted.
"Lao Chen is too kind, he put so much oil and salt, tsk, it's delicious." 6 The old man also said with his eyes shining.
In these years, oil and salt are luxuries, especially salt, monopolized by the imperial court and officials and businessmen, and the salt is more expensive than meat, which is also the reason why the 6 old man's vegetable porridge has no oil and no salt, with this small dish of tofu, the vegetable porridge is a lot sweeter, the two of you push me to let it, and in the end it was 6 Haoshan who ate most of it, and the 6 old man was reluctant to eat it again after only eating two pieces.
After eating and cleaning up, 6 Haoshan suddenly said: "Godfather, I'll go around the county tomorrow to see if I can find an errand and earn some money to help make up for the family." β
A disease is bedridden for nearly half a month, after eating such a long idle meal, seeing that the 6 old man is over half a hundred years old and still goes out early and returns late every day, and he is tall and tall but gnawing at the old, that is, the 6 old man does not say, 6 Haoshan can't sit still, and offers to find a job, in the end, he also has a hand in the real skills, but unfortunately Huatian Village is just a small mountain village, which is not useful, 6 Haoshan decided to try his luck in Qiyang County.
First, I am embarrassed to eat idle dinner, and secondly, for 6 Haoshan, who has no meat and is not happy, I am really afraid of eating vegetable porridge, if there is a roasted whole sheep now, 6 Haoshan dares to say that he can eat it all by himself.
"Are you in good shape?" 6 The old man asked with some concern.
"I've been raising it for so long, it's been good a long time ago." After 6 Haoshan finished speaking, he stretched his body in front of the 6 old man, and jumped a few times to show that his body was fine.
6 The old man Xin Wei said: "It's good to take care of your body, well, go, look at your fine skin and tender meat, you must not have done rough work, you can write well, even the old Mr. Zhao in the village is full of praise, it should not be difficult to find an errand, oh, by the way, listen to Tofu Chen said that he will go to the county tomorrow to buy beans, he has an ox cart, you go with him, from here to the county is more than 30 miles, such a hot day, your body is just right, don't get sunburned." β
"Okay, then I'll talk to Uncle Chen." 6 Haoshan nodded when he heard this, but he did not refuse the kindness of the 6 old man, now that the weather is so hot, it is a beautiful thing to have a hitchhiker.
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