A misty rain painting the hometown

There were guests at home, and they were still wearing official uniforms. Wang Qin called Gu Ji to stop and told him to go home immediately to prepare meals.Gu Ji fetched water and went back to the kitchen, washed his hands and feet, and put on his shoes before returning to the house.

"My dear grandson, pay homage to the official."

Old Coulee sat on the table, very excited.Gu Ji has seen the county magistrate's uniform, and knows the official positions of the two.

"Gu Ji met the county magistrate and magistrate!"

Hong Shengshi and Zhishu stared blankly at the man for a while, and then went to look at Li Zhenggushuang.Recalling what the two yamen servants said, fortunately, both he and the Zhishu have issued an order prohibiting talking about Guji's color.And Gu Zhongcun is mostly old Gu Li's opponent, and currently this son is not troubled by the matter of male sex.

"The life of a beggar is also a way of seeing and learning. Children can be taught. Gu Shuang should recommend people to study and read in private schools. God's painstaking efforts are not in vain."

Hong Shengshi looked at Gu Shuang and said.

"That's exactly what I mean, I'm only worried that there is no one in Guli..."

"There is a private school in the village, and Gu Ji can also study at home. The old master should treat dutiful sons leniently."

"What the county magistrate said is absolutely true."

"Grandpa, the county magistrate is chatting slowly, and Guji is going to prepare meals."

"There are fresh meat and mushrooms in the basket."

Funake lifted the basket and Guji behind him.The yamen servant went back to the mansion to describe the food in detail, and then heard that the two seemed to be suffering from anorexia again.He has always been greedy for food, so before he came, he paid for the ingredients out of his own pocket.

Gu Ji took the basket and went into the kitchen. He had slaughtered a whole tender chicken and duck, about three catties of mushrooms, and five catties of fresh pork.Guji went to the vegetable field to pick a tender pumpkin and several vegetables.For half an hour, two stoves and three pots made eight dishes and one soup, and a bowl of steamed crispy meat and soft glutinous rice. I ate lunch from noon to Weishizhong, and half a pot of soup did not leave a drop.

Guji cleared the table and the kitchen.The four of them talked about Shen Shizhong again, and the three of them got up to say goodbye, and the basket was full of vegetables and melons again, Zhou Cheng looked dissatisfied and muttered.

"Next time I have to bring a food box."

Hong Shengshi kicked his calf.

"I'm full, talking nonsense. Little Guji, don't worry too much, don't worry too much!"

Gu Ji lowered his head and smiled for a moment, then raised his head and said.

"OK."

Zhou Cheng's eyes shine.

"It's better..."

"The young emperors each distributed five taels of cash to the folks with long lives. The empress dowager's [-]th birthday is approaching."

Hong Shengshi interrupted the boat and lied about the purpose of the trip, and Lao Guli clasped his fists and went out of the house.

"Cao Min is 90 years old and Gu Li wishes the Queen Mother a thousand years. Good luck and good health!"

"Good."

Hong Shengshi took the vegetable basket.

"Little Guji has a heart. Old Guli, I'm back in the office, take care!"

After the two officials left the village, Gu Shuang went straight to the private school to talk to the old master Wang Lian about Gu Ji's entry into the private school.Mrs. Wang was willing to be recommended by the county magistrate, so he came to the door in person and talked with Old Guli for half a day. After lunch, Old Guli offered Shuxiu and Guji respected teacher tea.

Guji only attends lectures at the school for one hour a day.The rest are taking care of old Guli, and the old people in the village are so angry that they don't talk about people anymore.On the sixth day of August, the 100th birthday of the Empress Dowager was celebrated all over the world.In Shangming Kingdom, students from various colleges competed to perform arts to celebrate their birthdays, and the winner of the competition won [-] taels of silver, which was the case for all six arts.

There has been a dispute between Tengchong College and Fengwu College for hundreds of years.On the royal birthday, the top students in the competition are either flying or phoenixes.Old Master Wang is talking about this high-spirited matter with the students in detail.Gu Ji closed the book and slipped out of the private school quietly.

At the head of the village, old Gu Li was chatting with people near Cao Chaizi, and he would not see Gu Ji for half an hour, so he simply leaned on crutches to find something to pass the time.

It's getting colder in September, looking out from the threshold, the opposite mountain is green and black, the mountain is not high, and the chassis is big.

"It's Nanshan. It's useless to grow as much grass and miscellaneous trees as possible. The grassy slopes at the foot of the mountain can be reclaimed to cultivate land. It costs money to buy from the government, and you have to pay rent for planting. The land is thin and the water is far away. It can't be done."

Old Gu Li spent a tael of silver to buy two thick cloth clothes for Gu Jitian, and now he is going to cut his beard.After a while, let Gu Ji try it on.

The good-looking grandson looks good in whatever he wears, but only 20 taels of silver are left, and old Coulee is worried. He has lost his diet in the past two days, and his spirit has become a little depressed.

Gu Ji saw that his grandfather was too tired, so he went to ask a doctor, but only drinking medicine didn't help.When the old people in the village heard that Old Coulee was ill, they talked about him again.Seeing Gu Ji busy in and out, grabbing and brewing medicine, Gu Shuang also hinted to him a few times, telling him not to waste money.Old Coulee has been using it for more than half a year, so it's a good deal.Unexpectedly, every three or five days, the county doctor was invited again, more than one tael of silver at a time. Old Guli felt sorry for the silver, so he went to Gu Shuang. Talked back to Guji.

"Old Coulee is getting old, mentally declining, and some illnesses are normal. You don't have to worry about it, not to mention that people have died since ancient times. Old Coulee is a good man, and he will be rewarded. He should have given up his grandson after getting your grandson."

"Grandpa is still in good health, and he will surely live to be a hundred years old. Zuo is just money, and Gu Ji will repay it if he can borrow it. The county magistrate, magistrate, old master, and Li Zheng will help Gu Ji."

Old Master Wang doesn't know how to persuade people.After lunch, I just shook my head with Old Coulee, sighed and left.

"Grandpa doesn't have to worry about money, he can only be with Guji when he is healthy. Grandpa can live to be a hundred years old, so don't leave your good grandson behind."

At night, holding old Gu Li's withered hand, Gu Ji said in a low voice.Hearing this, Lao Guli burst into tears, and his heart became more and more tormented.

At the beginning of October, I spent another ten taels of silver to invite a doctor.Guji poured out the old Guli 20 taels of silver and let him see.Old Gu Liquan thought that Gu Ji had borrowed money from someone, and he felt that he was dragging down his good grandson, and his life was even more hopeless.For several days, the energy and spirit were almost scattered.

Gu Shuang came to see someone again, the two doctors beside the table were shaking their heads and sighing, the man was dying of old age, dying, how can he prescribe a prescription?Old Gu Li also just woke up, he looked at the two doctors, his eyes widened, he sat up with more difficulty, gasped, and said to Gu Shuang.

"My dear Sun Shicheng, old Guli's coffin should have been paid for these medicines long ago. I enjoyed it again at the end of the day, and it was worth it to wrap myself in a broken mat after I left. Lizheng must not let the whole village embarrass Guji."

Gu Shuang turned pale, the old man saw that the county doctor was here, and he was playing tricks on him.Reluctantly, the villagers asked the villagers to borrow some money to help Gu Ji with his funeral affairs.

"Uncle Gu Li, don't say anything depressing in this cold day. Gu Shuang is also 60 years old, and his heart is made of flesh. Those who see people in trouble don't stretch out their hands."

Old Guli was relieved, nodded and said.

"Then Lao Gushuang will be happy."

After Gu Shuang left, Gu Ji came in from outside the house.At the head of the bed, he was holding old Coulee's thin firewood hand.

"Grandpa don't need to worry, filial piety is still common sense in human ethics. Gu Ji knows what he has done, and he will not let grandpa's future affairs be shabby. Grandpa lives a few more years to be serious."

I have dreamed about my good grandma several times at night. Old Guli knows that his time has come, but when he wakes up, his right hand is always held in Nuan Nuan's little hand.Having a son is nothing more than that, and old Gu Li is extremely reluctant to give up, but he has to give up.

In recent days, old Coulee has been talking about eating and drinking, but he can't swallow anymore.Gu Ji went to the village market to buy shrouds and coffins.This time the two senior officials had told him to prepare for the funeral before leaving.

Hearing that Old Coulee's coffin had been exchanged for medicine money, the villagers waited to see Old Coulee's jokes.Old Coulee announced that the good grandson Guji he picked up would give him retirement, but if he had no money, he would be shrouded in a broken mat. Many people were waiting for Guji to come to their door and beg his father to tell his grandma to borrow money for the funeral of Old Coulee. thing.Guji noticed something, and only took care of old Guli.On October [-]th, there was a light snowfall.Old Guli couldn't recognize anyone anymore, only Guji, Guji mumbled for a whole day.

The next morning, it was rainy and snowy again.In the morning, Old Coulee lay in Guji's arms and died.Gu Ji hired a carriage, and invited 20 people and seven mages from the township market to help with the funeral.Gu Shuang and Wang Qin heard the news and came to help with chores and cooking.

After staying for seven days and performing rituals for seven days, Gu Ji put on full filial piety and sent his grandfather, old Gu Li, to be buried next to his grandmother's grave with a spiritual tablet.

Sending away a group of people who helped with work with money, Gu Ji dressed in filial piety and greeted the villagers under the old tree that had sprouted at the head of the village.Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then some people responded, but many people had embarrassment on their faces.

For the funeral of old Gu Li, Gu Ji owed two favors: one is to do odd jobs for Gu Shuang, and the other is to cook Wang Qin.During the hot filial piety, Gu Ji lived in secluded homes, burned his head seven times, cleaned the front and back of the house, replaced the bedding and pillows with new ones, and started a life of filial piety living alone in the countryside.

When Gu Ji left Meiyuan, he brought 80 taels of banknotes with him, now including the 20 taels left by Lao Guli, there are only 30 taels left in total.

The snow in the north is still violent.After several days in a row, the ice was like a sword or a knife, hanging upside down from the edge of the eaves, but it never melted away. Gu Ji only knocked off the hanging above the doors.

After the first seven passes, the old Guli's house deed and land deed have been transferred to Guji's name, and the villagers and clansmen have not said a word.Gu Ji's funeral for Old Guli cannot be regarded as decent, because a seven-day ceremony was added, and the funeral was already held according to the landlord's family's burial of the old man, only the banquet was not held.Even so, at least 50 taels of silver were spent. No one knew where the money came from, and no one dared to ask.The old man in the village is even more jealous.

When the funeral was held, Gu Shuang had the illusion that Gu Ji had made a special trip to give old Gu Li his retirement, and knew that he had underestimated this beggar earlier.Now Gu Ji is a native of Guzhong Village, and even a descendant of the clan. His filial piety has been publicized by more than a dozen doctors in the county and villages, and he has become a treasure in the village.

In Rexiao, Wang Qin does all the procurement.Gu Ji drew up the list, put it in the money bag, and lifted it over the back wall.Wang Qin put his purchases on the stone wall outside the fence, and Gu Ji took them by himself.

A few plum blossoms slant on the back wall, and the plum blossoms are in bloom, with a faint fragrance.Gu Ji painted a tree of plum blossoms to commemorate the heart of Meiyuan.Practice calligraphy on New Year's Eve and read "Shang Ming Yi Zhi".On the morning of the first day of the new year, Gu Ji made six glutinous rice balls to eat, went to the grave in the morning and studied in the afternoon.Yuan Xiao read the book in the middle of the night.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Wang Qin sent a message on behalf of Old Master Wang that Gu Ji went to Jianan County to take part in the childbirth examination on the ninth day of February.The county magistrate, Li Zheng, and old master Wang are very keen on his imperial examination to become an official, but Gu Ji knows that what his father and elder brother said is not unreasonable, so he has to be on guard.It has been more than half a year since I entered Guzhong Village, because of old Guli, his beauty is hidden in the mountains.Taking part in the test now, he is only playing for fun, not too involved.

On the second day of February, go to the grave, and the hundred days of filial piety are over.Gu Ji went to the private school, handed over Shu Xiu, and listened to Mr. Wang's comments.Old Master Wang also explained in detail the precautions for the examination paper.On the eighth day of the eighth day, Gu Shuang personally drove the carriage and sent 35 test takers from the private school to Jianan County for reference. The youngest was only eight years old, and the oldest was Guji, who was 15 years old.