On a muddy country road, a horse-drawn carriage came from far and near.

Ye Qiong sat in the carriage, and because there was no one on the road, she reached out and lifted the curtain.

The cool breeze blows the air, the sweetness of the grass and trees in the air and the fishy smell of the earth, because it has rained, and you can see unknown wildflowers scattered by the rain on both sides of the road, everything looks new and lovely.

Ye Qiong's face unconsciously smiled, the warbler and cuckoo around him were also eager to try, Ye Jin, who was following the carriage, couldn't help but leave the team, and when he came back, he didn't know what wild fruit he didn't know in his arms, and handed it to Ye Qiong flatteringly and said: "Little sister, I picked a wild fruit for you, I have tasted it, it is very sweet, why don't you taste it too?" ”

Ye Qiong didn't doubt it and took a bite of the wild fruit, only to feel that her mouth was full of unspeakable astringency, and she rinsed her mouth several times before she eased it, and when she wanted to catch Ye Jin to ask for the crime, Ye Jin had already ridden away on horseback, leaving only laughter from afar.

The cuckoo glanced at the wild fruit and said with a smile: "This is a wild persimmon, it is still not ripe, the girl was deceived by the eldest young master." ”

Ye Qiong's eyes widened, a carload of people rarely saw Ye Qiong deflated, and they couldn't help but laugh, Ye Qiong also laughed after being surprised, and her mood was rare and happy.

The carriage went all the way and finally stopped in front of the Ye family's grange. In addition to the Ye family's tribe who lived in the grange, there were some relatives of the Ye family's side branch.

Ye Qiong sent someone to deliver a letter to his great-uncle Ye Renliang before he set off, and now his great-uncle had already sent his eldest granddaughter-in-law Pang Shi and others at the gate of the grange to prepare to greet them. As soon as the Ye family's carriage stopped, Pang Zi took the initiative to help Ye Qiong down, and took Ye Qiong's hand to look at it.

If it was in the circle of noblewomen in Beijing, such a gaze could be regarded as overstepping and presumptuous, but Pang Zi's eyes were clean and warm, and Ye Qiong could directly feel the kindness she exuded, so he took Pang Zi's hand and let her look at it with a smile.

Pang Zi stroked his heart with satisfaction and exclaimed: "No wonder I always hear them say that the second girl in the third room of the concubine is such a fairy character, and I only know that what I said is true when I see it today!" ”

Ye Qiong smiled and didn't speak, Ye Jin looked like he was honored, Pang Zi praised Ye Jin again, pressed back a few children who were following behind him and looked at Ye Qiong and his party curiously, and led Ye Qiong to meet Ye Renliang.

A large family sat in the spacious courtyard, and when they saw Ye Qiong and Ye Jin coming in, they stretched out their heads. Ye Jin and Ye Qiong saluted Ye Renliang, and Ye Renliang pointed at Ye Qiong with a smile while lighting a dry cigarette and said, "This is the female doll who was accepted as an apprentice by Mr. Zou in the third room of the Yan Branch. If you want to read, remember to ask for more advice and look up to her! ”

Great-uncle Ye Renliang has many heirs, and Ye Qiong doesn't know a few people in a big courtyard, only knows the husband of Pang Shi and Ye Renliang's eldest grandson Ye Lutian, who he just met, and Ye Zhiyou, who has a good score in clan studies, and the rest can't see each other a few times during the New Year's holidays, so he just nodded slightly.

The countryside is vast and sparsely populated, and Pang Zi, who was in charge of entertaining Ye Qiong and his party, generously divided a whole small courtyard for Ye Qiong and Ye Jin to live in, Ye Jin lived in the outer courtyard, and Ye Qiong lived in the inner courtyard. Pang did things properly, afraid that Ye Qiong and Ye Jin would not be used to eating in the countryside, there was even a separate small kitchen in the yard, and the kang and charcoal basin were also burned early, and even the quilt was newly bought, and it was scalded with an iron made of charcoal fire because there was too much rain.

Ye Qiong ironed in her heart, and found Pang Zi in private and said: "We have been bothering you when we came to the grange, thank you aunt for taking care of us so well." ”

Pang didn't ask for anything in return for doing this, but it was just a respect for Ye Qiong, the most outstanding girl in the family, and when he heard Ye Qiong's praise, his heart was as sweet as honey, and he hurriedly said: "Where is it bothering, you just have to get used to it." ”

Although Pang Zi smiled enthusiastically, Ye Qiong could still hear the alienation in his words.

If it was really close, how could Pang treat Ye Qiong and Ye Jin like two Buddha statues?

Ye Qiong sighed slightly in her heart, changed her look of yearning and curiosity, and said, "I came to talk to my cousin, there is still one more thing to ask for......

Pang Zi's heart chuckled, and the smile on his face was reluctant, but it was hard to refuse, so he could only say: "Sister Qiong, you can tell me what is the matter first, I will definitely help you do it!" ”

The implication is that Pang Zi can't do anything, so naturally he won't help Ye Qiong with this.

Ye Qiong laughed and said, "What's the big deal?" My brother and I came this time to experience farming, and I'm okay, my brother wants to study and make arts. If you are really lucky enough to be an official in the future, but you don't even divide the grains, it won't be a joke, and how can you be a parent official who benefits one party? ”

Pang Zi nodded very approvingly when he heard this, and the smile on his face became sincere again: "This is a trivial matter and a serious matter, don't worry, but just take more people to the field, it's just a delicate girl like you......"

Pang Zi's eyes were on Ye Qiong's skirt embroidered with gold and silver.

Ye Qiong said: "I'll just stand on the ridge and watch from afar, if you want me to go down to the field, I'm afraid that I will delay your business." ”

Ponzi nodded.

The delicate women who can be self-aware and don't make trouble for them turn out to be as difficult to serve as the Ye family of other side branches said, and they are obviously very easy-going.

Pang Zi put aside his prejudices and unconsciously became more cordial to Ye Qiong in his heart.

Ye Qiong was keenly aware of this closeness, and her heart was a little relieved.

The matter of ethnography can be said later. These clansmen of the Ye family's side branch have been prejudiced against the Ye family's branch for a long time, and if the prejudice is not removed, she is afraid that she will not be able to say her suggestion to rebuild the family science.

It's okay, but the first step has been taken.

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Today is a rare sunny day this month.

When the old farmers who have accumulated years can watch some days, Ye Renliang called the family up early in the morning, and did not forget to point out to Ye Jin, who followed: "The morning glow does not go out, and the sunset travels thousands of miles." I showed you the sunset last night, and today is a sunny day! ”

Ye Jin smiled and wrote it down.

Now that the fields have been planted with rapeseed, they are preparing to plant winter wheat and various beans and potatoes.

Ponzi tied his long hair high with a turban and dressed up very neatly. She knew that Ye Qiong was here to increase her knowledge, so she took the five grains to show Ye Qiong: "Look, this is millet, that is, yellow rice, which can be used to make cakes and make wine, if you want to taste it, we will cook a bowl of yellow rice porridge for you in the morning." This is wheat, which is divided into wheat and barley......"

Ye Qiong listened carefully, asked a few more questions from time to time, and the two laughed, and Pang Zi felt more indescribable satisfaction in his heart.

Look, what about Mr. Zou's closed disciples, they also have to eat and drink Lazar is no different from them, and they can't even distinguish between grains!

After a while, the sun climbed up to the middle of the sky, and Ye Jin, who was on the ground with a few people from the Ye family's side branch, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and Ye Zhiyou on the side kept an eye on Ye Jin's condition, and hurriedly said: "Brother Jin, let's go up first, be careful of the heat!" ”

Ye Jin was unwilling, and Ye Qiong, who was standing on the ridge, shouted with a smile: "Everyone come up and have a sip of tea, and there is no hurry at this time." ”

Ye Renliang, who was also in the field, looked at the sky, and greeted the group with a smile to go up the ridge.

The tea used to boil the recipe that Ye Qiong bought from several restaurants in Beijing, and it was originally intended to be used in Qiluo Building to entertain guests, but I didn't expect to use it first.

The tea is not expensive, and the common ingredients such as barley, jasmine, and honeysuckle are used, which quenches your thirst because Ye Qiong's recipe is appropriate. Ye Qiong personally used an arm rope to roll up her long sleeves and pour tea for the clansmen on the ground.

The sun was just right, and Ye Qiong only had a turban tied on her head like Pang Zi, dressed plainly and simply, with beads of sweat on her forehead.

Several clansmen were originally embarrassed, thinking that the two sisters and brothers of the Ye family's third room were here to make trouble, but now they have changed a lot.

Ye Qiong was in full swing when she shared the water in the tea, but she heard a voice behind her ear asking her from afar: "Little senior sister, can I also ask for a cup of tea?" ”

Ye Qiong looked back and saw that it was Zhang Jingzhi.

Zhang Jingzhi was wearing a half-worn cyan robe, and there were even half-dried mud blocks hanging from the corners of the robe. He sat on a small mule, followed only by a half-sized scholar, but a bit of Lao Tzu's leisurely elegance of riding a bull.

I can't see that he is a child of a family at all.

Ye Qiong was very surprised, and first poured two cups of tea for Zhang Jingzhi and the little scholar, and saw Zhang Jingzhi pouring tea with a bang, before asking, "Why are you here, I remember that Han Gong's Grange is not here?" ”

Zhang Jingzhi drank the tea, his originally chapped lips were rosy because of the moisturization of the tea, and he looked even more beautiful, he smiled and said: "It's not our master yet, I am annoyed and drove me to the countryside to let me experience farming." I drove this little mule around, and I ran into you. ”

Pang Zi over there had already seen Zhang Jingzhi, and seeing that he was good-looking, he hurriedly pulled Ye Qiong aside and asked, "Which one is this?" ”

Ye Qiong hesitated for a moment, but still said truthfully: "This is Zhang Jingzhi, the prince of South Korea, a nominal disciple under my master's name, and nominally my junior brother. He is easy-going, and my aunt just needs to treat him as my junior brother. ”

Ponzi was taken aback.

Korean Gongshizi, that is a character they will never meet in their lives.

Pang Shi still went to quietly ask Ye Renliang, Ye Renliang squinted his eyes, and saw Ye Qiong and Zhang Jingzhi, one standing on the ridge and the other sitting on a mule, not at all like the daughters of the official family and the children of the family, but he laughed twice, and instructed Pang Zi: "Just treat it as Sister Qiong'er's junior brother." You see that he specially changed his clothes and brought only one person, it seems that he doesn't want people to know his identity. ”

Pang nodded in agreement, still not daring to be careless, and hurriedly returned to Zhuangzi to prepare to entertain Zhang Jingzhi.

Over there, Ye Qiong also realized that it was not good for him and Zhang Jingyi to stand on the ridge together, and out of consideration that he was also the master's family, he asked, "Do you want to go to Zhuangzi as a guest?" ”

When Zhang Jingyi heard this, he grinned and said, "That's great!" You don't know how many days I've slept on the back of a mule. ”

Ye Qiong was startled, and when she saw Zhang Jingzhi smiling brightly, she couldn't help but turn sideways and cover her face.

Master, what kind of pit did you make Zhang Jingzhi look like, so that Zhang Jingzhi could be so happy when he heard that he was a guest at the Ye family!

Zhang Jingzhi couldn't help but urge her when he heard Ye Qiong's invitation, Ye Qiong rolled her eyes in her heart, and led the person back to the grange, while Ye Jin stayed behind to continue to learn farming with the Ye family.

When the two of them reached the gate of the grange, they saw two more carriages parked there.

Zhang Jingzhi probed his brain very curiously, but Ye Qiong had already cooled his face.

Sure enough, the two people who walked down from the carriage had Ye Qiong's familiar faces, which were Ye Mei and Ye Qin in the second room.

Ye Mei took the lead in greeting Ye Qiong: "Cousin Qiong, Qin'er and I also came to the Grange to play." When Ye Mei spoke, her eyes unconsciously glanced at Zhang Jingzhi beside Ye Qiong.

Ye Qiong sneered in her heart.

I haven't mentioned the matter of ethnology, don't you just want to see what the second uncle will do?

Now that the fox has come out of its hole, I wonder what kind of tail it will show?