The three of them came back not too late, and the family simply ate something and rested separately. Lin Taohua thought that he would go to the county seat tomorrow morning to get some silver and come back, so he rolled up his sleeves and spread out the mushroom snow fungus picked back in the afternoon to dry, and poured out the chestnuts to remove the shells.

After Zhou Ming finished eating, he went to Zhou Yuan's room to flip through the book, thinking that he would take a look at it when he coaxed Lin Taohua to sleep at night, but when he returned to the room, he found that the little woman who was supposed to rest was rolling up her sleeves and squeezing the burr chestnuts.

"Prick your hands carefully." Zhou Ming put the book under his arm, grabbed Lin Taohua's hand, and looked at it very carefully.

Lin Taohua glanced at the book he was holding, his little face was like a master, and he said in an old-fashioned manner: "Industry is good at diligence and play, you play around during the day, and now the lights are dim and you come to read again, isn't it fooling your lady?" ”

Zhou Ming smiled, scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "Your world history and customs are different from my Jinguo, and the sentences in this book are similar." ”

When Lin Taohua heard this, she reached out and took the book he was holding, and flipped through it curiously, and then her face collapsed.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Ming took the book she handed over and asked strangely.

Lin Taohua was about to cry, and once she crossed her, she became illiterate.

"I don't know."

"Hahaha, my husband thinks that the lady is a learned female gentleman, but she is illiterate?"

Lin Taohua was annoyed, and directly grabbed a chestnut and threw it at Zhou Ming, and said angrily: "Who do you say is illiterate!" ”

Zhou Ming hurriedly dodged, grabbed her hand and coaxed: "Talking nonsense for the husband, the lady is angry." ”

Lin Taohua saw that he obviously didn't believe that he was literate, so he stood up suddenly, looked around left and right and didn't see the pen and ink, and said angrily: "Where is your pen and paper?" Miss Ben will let you see if I can read or not. ”

Zhou Ming also stood up, took out the paper and pen from the small wooden box next to the bookcase, spread it neatly on the table, bowed down and said: "Mrs. Ming really deserves to be punished, and I am willing to study ink for Mrs. Ming." ”

Lin Taohua snorted, picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, and the pen left a pair of wild grass on the paper with a not very good texture.

Zhou Ming saw that she moved her pen smoothly and freely, and her posture was very pleasing to the eye, knowing that Lin Taohua was indeed literate, didn't she know my Jinguo's words? When she stopped writing, she walked over to take a closer look.

Although Lin Taohua writes wild and uninhibited cursive, the whole is still a hidden wind and bones in the show, and the writer must be a woman at first glance.

Zhou Ming can see from the font structure that it is not scribbled, but whether he looks at it together or separately, he feels that this character is very unfamiliar.

"What did you write?"

Lin Taohua likes piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, and her parents love her, as long as she likes it, she will find a teacher for her everywhere, from calligraphy and painting to guqin dance, she has been practicing since childhood, not how good it is, but she can definitely get it. Hearing Zhou Ming's question, she raised her little face and was quite proud.

"Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon. I am born to be useful, and my daughter will come back when I am gone. ”

"Good poetry! Hehe, it seems that Mrs. Mobao is outstanding, but the text is different from my Jinguo text, and I underestimate Mrs. for my husband, and I ask Mrs. for forgiveness. ”

Lin Taohua said with a smile: "It's not that the original text is different, it's just that what I learned is simplified simplified characters, which is different from the traditional characters that Brother Ming learned." As he spoke, he rewrote the verse in a small line.

Zhou Ming picked it up and saw that it was somewhat similar in shape to the words he knew, but the strokes were a little less.

"Brother Ming, can you teach me literacy from tomorrow?" Since there was no reason to hold on to simplified Chinese characters in ancient times, Lin Taohua decided to learn traditional Chinese characters from Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming smiled: "Okay." Peach Blossom also taught me to know these simplified characters. ”

"Hmm." Lin Taohua was very happy that Zhou Ming was willing to learn something she was familiar with, and always felt that this was a little secret unique to their husband and wife.

Zhou Ming put away the pen and ink, and carefully put away the words written by Lin Taohua, and then fetched water for her to wash and sleep, as for the chestnuts that were not made, she could only wait until tomorrow morning.

The oil lamp was turned off, the room was darkened, and the hazy moonlight shone into the room through the window lattice, adding a little ambiguity to the quiet space.

A few days ago, the two of them were also in the same bed, but Lin Taohua was frightened by locusts, and both of them didn't have time to think nonsense.

Lin Taohua slept on the inside, only feeling that her heart was beating extremely fast, and she didn't dare to move in the quilt. Zhou Ming was also very embarrassed, bursts of girlish fragrance wafted in, making his body hot, and he could only move outward quietly.

"Brother Ming, I can't sleep." Lin Taohua's voice came out angrily.

Zhou Ming frowned, "What are you doing with your head shrunk in the quilt?" Isn't it boring? ”

Lin Taohua didn't speak.

Zhou Ming was helpless, got up and lit the oil lamp, took the book he found tonight, and said, "Can I read to you?" ”

Lin Taohualu's big eyes on the outside of the quilt blinked, and the chick nodded like a peck of rice.

Zhou Ming smiled and touched her hair, leaned against the side of the bed and read it gently.

Lin Taohua's eyes widened, but she didn't expect Zhou Ming to take a script, and he was still talking about two or three things about the scholar and the rich lady.

"Brother Ming, are you here to tell me a bedtime story?" Lin Taohua really couldn't hold back and interrupted him.

Zhou Ming chuckled: "Otherwise? ”

"Hehe, it's a bit like the West Chamber. You read it, and I'll tell you tomorrow. Lin Taohua said playfully.

"Okay."

In the low and pleasant sound of the story, Lin Taohua quietly fell asleep. Zhou Ming put down the scroll in his hand, gently touched her hair, and finally leaned over and quietly kissed her forehead, then turned off the oil lamp and forced himself to fall asleep.

In the early morning, before dawn, the roosters in the village began to report. Lin Taohua was woken up, only to feel that her whole body was warm and extremely comfortable, twisted her body slightly, and suddenly froze.

How did I get into Brother Ming'er's arms? Lin Taohua looked at Zhou Ming's close face and didn't dare to move at all, turned her head slightly, and saw at a glance that her quilt was ruthlessly thrown inside, and her whole body was completely nested in Zhou Ming's arms, and the warm male body occupied all her sense of smell. Lin Taohua suddenly felt unusually shy, and her cheeks were flushed.

"Peach Blossom, are you awake?" Zhou Ming said sleepily, raised his hand and rubbed Lin Taohua's head.

Lin Taohua's frightened rabbit quickly rolled out of his arms, and wrapped himself tightly after scooping up the quilt that had been left out in the cold all night.

Zhou Ming reacted to what was going on, the corners of his mouth hooked, held back the laughter in his throat, and got up and dressed silently.

"I'll go boil some hot water first, and you can sleep a little longer." He left the room quietly to prevent Lin Taohua from suffocating himself to death.

There was no sound in the room, Lin Taohua pulled the quilt down, looked at the door and secretly swore that she must not roll around honestly tonight, it is too embarrassing!

After washing, Zhou Ming's face was calm, and he was busy dealing with the chestnuts left by Lin Taohua, and did not mention the little mistake in the morning. Lin Taohua breathed a sigh of relief, so she calmed down to carve dim sum molds, stir-fry soybean flour, and clean and soak the snow fungus she got yesterday to prepare for boiling. Zhou Ming was arranged by Lin Taohua to cook chestnuts and take chestnut meat, and after they were busy, the beauty of the morning was left behind.

"Peach blossoms, chestnuts are mashed, do you want to add sugar?" Zhou Ming showed the chestnut puree in the pot to Lin Taohua.

Lin Taohua glanced at it, and only felt that this guy had done a good job and gave him a thumbs up.

When the filling mold is ready, Lin Taohua sprinkles the soybean flour evenly in the mold, picks up pieces of chestnut mud into a ball and puts it into the carving mold, presses it hard, and when it is opened again, several pieces of chestnut cake with beautiful shape are ready.

"Brother Ming, the first champion cake is given to you, may I be named the champion of high school on the gold list!" Lin Taohua held a piece of pastry with a Xidenke pattern and sent it to Zhou Ming.

"Champion cake? What is your name? Zhou Ming took it and looked at it, and asked with a smile.

Lin Taohua smiled: "Definitely." I heard that there was a scholar in Qifeng Kingdom across the sea, but his family was poor, and when he participated in the Spring Festival, his family couldn't get enough dry food for him to go on the road. His lady made a peculiar snack for him with a hungry and delicious fruit in the mountains, hoping that Xianggong would achieve good results all the way. This scholar thanked his wife for her love, tasted it every day, and won the first place in the exam. After the emperor learned of this allusion, he gave the name of the champion cake. ”

Zhou Ming smiled: "You're not afraid that the people of Qi Fengguo will run away and say that you are making things up." ”

Lin Taohua said disapprerovingly: "It's rare to communicate once in a few years across the sea, who knows if it's true or not." Besides, if you say too much of this falsehood, it will come true. ”

Zhou Ming smiled and echoed: "The lady is reasonable. ”