308 Denied
It's spring again, and the rainy weather is very unpleasant to the aristocracy, but in the eyes of the farmers, every drop of rain is precious. Spring ploughing began again, the patriarch and the second uncle personally supervised, he wore a hat in the drizzle, wore a straw canopy, and watched the men and women bend down to plant rice, his expression was very satisfied.
For farmers, land is the most important livelihood, and they must be taken care of at all times. And now Greystone Village is already recognized as a rich village in the surrounding area. The lord collected very little tax, and also made a very special kind of soil fertilizer, which could increase the crops, and now every household in the village had surplus grain, and no one was willing to eat rice bran anymore, so they all sold it to other villages at a low price. Although food and clothing have been solved now, no one will dislike having more food, the more the better, and it is better to eat more white rice every day, and you can't eat it all.
Chen Xiansong stood on the balcony, the sky was dark, because of the rain, his vision was not large, but he could vaguely see the farmers at the foot of the mountain were busy. The shadowy figures, as well as the shouts one after another, this is the classical pastoral life that Chen Xiansong has seen in documentaries before. If it was still in the 23rd century, he would definitely have a literary and artistic illness, and he would have recorded this scene in the form of ink painting, but now...... He felt that it would be disrespectful to these farmers to paint the scene in front of him with his previous mentality. The farmer regards spring ploughing as his life, and he just treats it as an art of moaning without disease, which is something that cannot be compared.
The road leading from Greystone Village to Black Rock City was repaired once by Udir, but it was still a dirt road in nature. The continuous rain had made the road extremely muddy, and it was no longer convenient for horse-drawn carriages to travel on it. Chen Xiansong plans to wait for the weather to clear and turn this road into Shicun Road, even if it costs a little more, it doesn't matter.
These rainy weather are extremely unsuitable for going out, except for the farmers who stay outside and fight for their future rations. Everyone else was hiding in the house. The tavern at the foot of the mountain is also a great place to go. Almost all the mercenaries were crowded inside, which made Catherine too busy to touch the ground, and she had no choice but to drag Huilian and Alice over to help, and finally there were not enough people, and Lucy and Annie of the little dragon girl were also borrowed.
There's a dragon clan in the tavern, and even if the rude men get drunk, they don't dare to make trouble.
As the most leisurely person in the family, Chen Xiansong stood on the balcony for a while. Then he went back to the study and sat down to read quietly, there were more and more manuscripts in the study, but he was too busy to have much time to read, it had to be said that it was a waste. It didn't take long for the bored little guy to come. She slipped under her desk and left half an hour later, licking her pink lips.
Wait until she's gone. Chen Xiansong can finally read with peace of mind. But today it seems that he is destined not to be idle, and before he can watch it for long, Balf came up and said that Chen Guangde was asking to see him below.
Uncle, what is he here for? Chen Xiansong was a little strange, but he was still dressed neatly. Descended to the living room on the first floor. Chen Guangde and Chen Zhenming had been sitting and waiting for a while, and after Chen Xiansong went down, Chen Guangde stood up and the two sides sat down. After saying some polite words, Chen Guangde touched his son's head and said: "Brother-in-law, Zhenming is my only son, I have already brought a few gentlemen to accompany him and teach him his homework, but I recently found that the things they teach are not suitable for Zhenming to study, and then I heard that my brother-in-law accepted two ordinary people as students, but is there such a thing?" ”
Chen Xiansong nodded.
"Can that teach me a lesson?" Chen Guangde stood up and shook it gently. He has been investigating Chen Xiansong's affairs recently, and the more things he investigates, the more frightened he becomes. The ability of his brother-in-law is really beyond his expectations, not to mention all kinds of knowledge reconstructions, just two Sun God Servants can make people feel incredible. And some time ago, he also recruited a 'dragon clan' to act as a guard.
Such a brother-in-law is simply a harder backer, and he is now afraid whenever he thinks back to the first time he came to Graystone Village and had a conflict with Chen Xiansong. Naturally, there is a secretly misleading relationship between the uncle and the sixth uncle, but the reason is that he himself is too arrogant, which almost makes the relationship between the two parties ossified. Fortunately, my brother-in-law is kind and didn't take this matter too seriously.
He admires his brother-in-law very much now, but he only disagrees with one thing, that is, he is too good to those lowly farmers. But this is his brother-in-law's territory, what he likes to do is his business, Chen Guangde knows that he has no right to ask, but his brother-in-law actually accepted the children of two serfs as students, which makes him feel very uncomfortable.
As the saying goes, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, even if you want to accept students, you should also accept the children of your relatives and friends as apprentices, how can you let outsiders take advantage. After knowing this, he immediately got some ritual items needed for apprenticeship, so he didn't hurry to take Chen Zhenming to study.
Chen Xiansong glanced at Chen Zhenming, he had a great sense of the good and evil of others, and at this time he could feel that Chen Zhenming had a strong hatred for himself...... Such a person, if he is accepted as a student, he may be bitten back in the future, Chen Xiansong does not feel that he is a saint and can influence the enemy, and he doesn't want to be Mr. Dongguo, a fool.
He immediately shook his head and said, "I'm just a shallow learner, so I teach people to read, and I can't do more." Zhenming follows me, and I will only delay the time, uncle, you should ask another Gao Ming. ”
Chen Guangde's face changed slightly, he thought that since Chen Xiansong could accept the children of two serfs as students, then he took the initiative to plead, and it should be a sure thing for him to accept Chen Zhenming, but he didn't expect that he was actually rejected, and it was implicitly refused.
Feeling that he was slapped in the face, Chen Guangde pressed the anger in his heart and said: "Brother-in-law, if you still hold a grudge against me for offending you before, I can apologize to you, what do you need me to do, please leave me alone, I will try my best to satisfy you." ”
Chen Xiansong knew that Chen Guangde was angry, but he still shook his head and said: "Uncle, this matter has nothing to do with the previous things, I taught those two children, I just simply taught them to learn words and counting methods, and I won't teach anything else, because it's not for their good, but for their harm." ”
If a person who is not a deep thinker of the soul forces to think about something that he has not been exposed to before, or has experienced, it will cause a sharp cracking pain in the head. And Chen Xiansong is from the 23rd century, 'cranky' is already an instinct of his, if he teaches Chen Zhenming seriously, it will really make this child miserable, so now he has handed over the responsibility of teaching students to Sith, also to prevent this.
The most important thing is that Chen Xiansong doesn't want to raise a white-eyed wolf.
"Brother-in-law, count me begging you, okay?" Chen Guangde stood up and shook again.
Chen Xiansong was silent for a while, and then shook his head at the end.
Chen Guangde was full of anger, but he didn't dare to come out. Chen Xiansong is holding the business of Yanlu in his hands, if he turns his face at this time, and the other party recycles Yanlu again, Chen Guangde doesn't want to become the patriarch, and it is already good if he is not expelled from the house. He held back his anger, stood up and said, "Brother-in-law, please think more about this matter. ”
Then he left with Chen Zhenming, and he didn't say hello.
As they left, Chen Xiansong felt that Chen Zhenming's hatred for him was even heavier. He was originally hesitant to accept Chen Zhenming as a student, but now he finally made up his mind that not only would he not accept any of the Chen family's children as a student in the future, but also would never have anything to do with the Chen family in the future if it was not necessary. Just one thing was rejected once, and the father and son who had such hatred, he couldn't afford to provoke him, couldn't he hide?
After the evening, the women in the family came back, Huilian was busy with fragrant sweat, and when she was about to take a bath, she was called into the study by Chen Xiansong. It's cloudy, it's already dark, and it's approaching night, and only a green square crystal in the study is emitting a faint light.
Chen Xiansong sat on the edge of the bed in the study, and Huilian was startled when she saw his action, surprised and delighted. She thought to herself, could it be that her husband was thinking about those now...... Thing? Is it better to push it half-way, or is it better to just follow it? Now I have the smell of sweat on my body, what if my husband doesn't like it?
She was both expectant and nervous. It's just that he didn't expect it, but Chen Xiansong said: "Uncle came here not long ago. ”
The girl's joy seemed to be poured down by a basin of ice water, she glanced at Chen Xiansong with resentment, and said, "What is the eldest brother doing here?" Didn't you make enough money from the out-of-season vegetables last time, and you want to come to your husband to take advantage of it? ”
For what Aurora Kingdom will say, 'Marry the daughter of the Gang and pour out the water of the Devil'. Some clues can be seen from Huilian's morning. When a daughter gets married, she may still miss her mother's family at first, but after a long time, she will focus on her husband. In the past, a few months ago, Huilian would probably help Chen Guangde fight for more benefits, but now, she feels that it is not good to always let her eldest brother take advantage.
"Not really." Chen Xiansong shook his head, then told what had happened, and then asked, "Huilian, I plan to reduce my dealings with the Chen family in the future. I have to talk to you about this matter first, if you don't agree with this approach, you can also give your opinion, after all, the Chen family is where you grew up, and you will definitely have feelings. ”
"Husband doesn't have to take care of me." Huilian smiled lightly: "Since I married here, I am your person." After saying that, she lowered her head, a little shy. Lonely men and widows, in this environment, Hui Lian, a conservative Aurora woman, can say this, which is already very bold.
Seeing that she was shy and cute, Chen Xiansong couldn't help but take her hand and sit on his lap with her.
Huilian's heart was beating fast, and she couldn't move. At this time, Bai Min walked in and said, "Xiao Song, rest today, don't be too indulgent." ”
Looking at Bai Min's iceberg face, Huilian resented. (To be continued......)