Du Mei heard the sound and walked over to see, only to see Zhong Yu take out a black ink ingot from a gorgeous embroidered bag and hold it in his hand, the ink is only a finger long in all directions, there are three bronzing seals on the front - Ziyu Pavilion, and on the reverse side is a pair of intertwined and lush pine tree patterns.

"This ......" Although Du Mei doesn't know the goods, he knows that he is not ordinary when he looks at it.

"This purple jade pavilion is a family of Huizhou ink-making, the ancestors have also entered the palace to make ink for the emperor, in addition to the soot and ejiao of sesame oil and pine oil, the ink of his family has also added sandalwood, pearl powder, jade shavings, bear bile, salvia, comfrey, garcinia cambogia and other precious Chinese medicinal materials, used to add color." Zhong Yu saw that Du Mei was curious, so he took the ink ingot, sat next to the answer, and spoke carefully.

"No wonder this ink has a strange fragrance." Du Mei put the ink ingot on the tip of his nose and sniffed lightly, the medicinal fragrance was accompanied by the ink fragrance, which was very good.

"Incense is secondary, do you know that this ink ingot mixed with medicinal herbs is a life-saving medicine?" Zhong Yu looked up at her.

Although Du Mei knew that those medicinal materials were extremely precious, it was unheard of for this ink ingot to save people, so she shook her head very sincerely.

"Many years ago, one winter, a favorite concubine of the Ziyu Pavilion family was helpless after giving birth, and she was helpless after being seen by many famous doctors, and she was almost dying after lingering on the sickbed for a long time. Later, I couldn't, I had to look for a doctor in the whole city, I happened to pass by Huizhou at that time, I was young and vigorous, so I ran to investigate the condition, and looked at the prescriptions prescribed by others, she was not a serious illness, but the deficiency was not replenished, and the taste of the decoction was big, she vomited before she drank it, so her body became worse and worse.

His family wrote a prescription for the doctor, using this kind of ink, I specifically asked, the housekeeper refused to reveal the secret recipe, only the taste of these medicines, I knew when I smelled it, the housekeeper saw that I reported the name of the medicine, so I invited the family to see.

His family's ink has been tempered thousands of times, and those medicinal materials have already been quenched and refined, so I had a whim, roasted the ink ingots in the fire, poured them with water, and got a bowl of medicine, the ink fragrance covered the smell of medicine, and she could drink it, so it took ten ink ingots to save her life. The family was very happy, not only paid ten times the consultation fee, but also gave this ink ingot. Zhong Yu recalled the past and told Du Mei about the origin of this treasure.

"Uncle is amazing!" Du Mei said with heartfelt admiration.

"That little concubine just wanted to be petted because of her illness, but she almost lost her life, I just bet that she was used to smelling the fragrance of ink, and she was more afraid of death, so it was easy to drink medicine." Zhong Yu shook his head and said modestly.

"This ink ingot is so precious, where can Komatsu ask for it." Du Mei knew the origin of the ink ingot, and he couldn't just accept it.

"If he really grabs this ink ingot, I am his uncle, and what he will give is not only this, of course, it is a complete set of four treasures of the study!" Zhong Yu glanced at Du Mei, looking underestimated.

Du Mei was helpless, it seemed that Zhong Yu had been prepared, and she couldn't dissuade her at all.

In winter, the weather is cold, and the villagers who have worked hard for more than half a year always have such and such waist and leg diseases, Zhong Yu was busy all morning, and at lunchtime, he rushed to Dujiagou.

There were a few uninvited guests in the second courtyard, the Du family lock couple and Du Zhong father and son who were at the door, the Fang family was close to Du Mei's family all the year round, although the Xu family did not invite them, but she still came early.

And Du Zhong came back last night, although he said that he was the steward of the villa invited by Du Mei, but in his heart, Du Mei's sister and brother are just the children of Erjin, he and Erjin are like brothers, and the brother is gone, he should come back to celebrate Juniper's birthday!

Fang's helped in the kitchen, Du Shu played with Juniper, Du Jiasuo and Du Zhong were talking in the courtyard, and when they saw Zhong Yu coming, they all stepped forward to greet him warmly.

The lunch was simple, fried a few vegetables, and the next pot of longevity noodles. A few people sat around, eating and chatting, Juniper can now talk and run, his energy is very strong, his mouth keeps talking, and his uncle and uncle call sweetly, which makes everyone very happy.

Cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, Juniper took a nap, everyone sat on the fire, drank tea and ate peanuts and chatted, a very leisurely afternoon, the little guy probably knew that today's day was important, and he was so excited that he only slept for half an hour and woke up.

In this way, the ceremony of catching the week begins.

Zhong Yu brought ink ingots, medical books, and sealed letters, Du Jiasuo was a carpenter, he made some small toys, wooden knives, wooden swords, and a small abacus for playing, Du Zhong took out a few kneading ducklings, chickens, hoes and sickles from a cloth pocket.

Juniper had just woken up, sat on the bed, and scattered in front of him half a circle of various objects, most of which he had never seen, and immediately crawled over excitedly, grabbed a duckling, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Oops, how did you eat it?" Xu couldn't laugh or cry.

"It's okay, it's okay, this duckling's body is made of flour mixed with pumpkin, and the mouth and claws are mixed with spinach root juice, Miao's was busy all day yesterday, and they were all steamed in the pot, and they can be eaten, eaten." Du Zhong hurriedly said.

As soon as Du Zhong's words were finished, Juniper took the duckling out of his mouth, and in addition to the shiny saliva on the duck's head, it was still good, he smiled at everyone slyly, and picked up the abacus to nibble.

"Are you a foodie, this is not delicious." Du Mei snatched the abacus from his mouth and nodded his forehead.

Juniper leaned back, he knew that Du Mei was playing with him, hugged her hand, and looked at her with aggrieved little eyes.

After Juniper's unique cognitive process, he finally chose three things, only to see him swinging around with a small wooden sword in one hand, and holding an ink ingot and a medical book in the other hand.

Everyone gathered around, and kept tempting him to change with other objects, but he was very firm, and once chosen, he would never change, and in a hurry, he used a small wooden sword to knock off all the things in their hands, which made everyone laugh.

"This kid is both civil and military!" Du Jiasuo couldn't help but say.

"Look at this posture, not only is it both civil and military, but it also has to inherit your uncle's mantle." Du Zhong touched Juniper's head and echoed. Although Juniper didn't choose him to do it, he was not disappointed at all, but happier.

"Well, if he is interested in learning in the future, I will do my best to teach him!" Zhong Yu put his hands behind his back, he was happier than others, and he was proud in his heart.

"Komatsu, thank you, uncle." Xu stepped forward and whispered.

"Thank you." The little man stood up and saluted in a proper manner, but he also looked like it, and it was even more lovely.

Zhong Yu really took the four treasures of the study from the carriage, in addition to the ink ingots of the Ziyu Pavilion, there are also the wolf hair of Huzhou, the inkstone of Duanzhou, and the rice paper of Huizhou, each of which is the best in the world.

"What are you doing? Children can't afford this. Seeing this, Xu hurriedly pushed back. Others probably don't know the value of these objects, and she is from a famous family, and she has never seen it, so she refuses to accept it.

"Sister, why bother to resign, Juniper will definitely have a bright future in the future! What did I get by giving him this? Zhong Yu put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the table and said sincerely.

"Since my uncle gave it sincerely, you can take it." Du Mei was afraid that they would be deadlocked, so he hurriedly persuaded him.

"Today is a happy day, his uncle is kind, don't refute his face." Fang's also helped to break the siege.

"Okay then." Xu Shi knew that he couldn't help it, he brought it all, where would he take it back.

After packing up their things, everyone sat down in the hall again to talk, talking about the harvest of the field, Zhong Yu occasionally interjected a question or two, about farming, he was a layman, but this did not prevent him from being interested in chatting with them. Du Gui chased Juniper around the house, eating peanuts next to Fang's for a while, and stealing his mouth from the kitchen for a while, and he was not idle for a moment.

Du Mei's family prepared a sumptuous dinner in the kitchen, a large bowl of braised pork belly with thick oil red sauce, a pot of sour soup with thick white sour soup, and a pot of spicy and fragrant dried stir-fried hare, at this time the vegetables in the field were frosted, crisp, sweet and refreshing, a big bowl of green and crispy green vegetables, a plate of brightly colored garlic scrambled eggs, and a plate of green and white celery fried tofu, of course, salted duck eggs and Songhua eggs are indispensable, full of two plates.

The fragrance of the food slowly spread, the winter day was dark early, when the food was served, the night gradually came up, the three children of the Lin family came to dinner, and when they saw the guests at home, they hurriedly saluted.

They didn't know that Juniper was born today, and when they were eating, they said a lot of auspicious words, and Xu was a bodhisattva-hearted person, taking care of them as his own children, and repeatedly beckoning them to eat more.

Du Mei poured some wine for Du Jiasuo and Du Zhong to drink, it was rare that Zhong Yu was happy, and he also asked for half a cup to accompany him, and the three men were also happy to eat and drink.

"Du Mei, the brothers of the Lin family came to our realm in the first year, this year, your whole family will go to the villa to spend time with us, and we should be reunited for the New Year in advance." After three rounds of drinking, Du Zhong asked.

When the three boys of the Lin family heard this, they all stopped their chopsticks and looked at Du Mei with blank eyes, they didn't speak, but there was a lot of expectation in their eyes.

"Mother, Uncle Zhong Yu, after the villa is repaired, you haven't been to see it, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, let's go live together for a day." Dume suggested.

"I'm alone anyway, it's the same everywhere." Zhong Yu said with a smile, this can be regarded as a promise.

"Ah Yu's words are inappropriate, since you recognize us as a family, you will be a family in the future, and you will have to spend the New Year with us, not only the small year will be spent with us in the mountain villa, but by the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, you will also come to Dujiagou, let's keep the New Year together!" Xu Shi heard the sourness in his words, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and corrected.

"What my sister said is that I am a family with you!" There was a sparkle in Zhong Yu's eyes.

"Since it's decided, I'll let the Miao family prepare." Du Zhong was very happy when he saw that they all agreed.

"Don't work too hard, they are quite busy in the fields on weekdays." Xu Shi was most distressed and hurriedly persuaded.

"It's okay, it's okay, they're looking forward to you day and night." Du Zhong smiled and took a bite of food.

The children went to the inner room to play after eating, Du Mei accompanied Zhong Yu to talk, the wind outside the house was cold, the house was burning a brazier, the warmth was melting, the aroma of wine combined with the aroma of vegetables, the fragrance was overflowing.

"Meizi, it's your fifteenth birthday the day after tomorrow." Du Zhong was thinking about the days and said suddenly.