A misty rain painting the hometown

Gu Liang stared at the man for a while, knowing that the younger brother really didn't want to stay in the accountant, so he asked Gu Hai to follow.Gu Ji went to the kitchen to look at the seasoning first, and then went to the warehouse to get the basket and sickle.Outside the courtyard gate, he saw a large vegetable field on the left, so he rushed straight there.

Three pieces of young ginger, two handfuls of green onions with roots, five kohlrabi, went back to the kitchen, cut a piece of meat from the ancient sea, peeled, washed, mixed and chopped.

Fan Pozi came in with soybean juice to make tofu, but Gu Ji gave up the stove, took up the panel, and stopped the kitchen knife.Fan Pozi was busy up and down, and Gu Ji was not idle either.Behind the stove, he was picking up a wooden spoon and sticking out his tongue to taste various seasonings.Inside the door, Gu Hai frowned when he saw that his face was also full of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty tastes.Young master, is this the ingredient?

The bean juice was fragrant, and Fan Pozi scooped a large ladle of water from the jar and stirred the pot while pouring it.Seeing that the tofu nao was ready, Gu Ji filled four small bowls, scooped up the prepared ingredients and covered them, and put spoons on each, and then ordered Gu Hai to carry two bowls.He took a bowl by himself, then motioned to Mrs. Rice, and the two of them ate.

In the account room, Gu Haichi slid tofu nao, secretly thinking that his young master might be the reincarnation of the imperial chef, this tofu nao tastes really good.Gu Liang was eating, but he was a little surprised, it tasted better than the tofu bought on the street.

"Changed cook?"

Gu Hai shook his head, he didn't dare to tell the truth.Gu Liang handed out the empty bowl and found that Gu Ji was not in the accountant.

"Where's the young master?"

"Eat in the kitchen."

"Go and watch the person, don't let him run around."

In the kitchen, Mrs. Fan had already been sent away by him.Mince the meat and tofu, beat the required eggs and flour and knead into long strips, steam in the pot, stuff the rice, slice the cabbage and stir-fry the dried chili, add the leftover chicken soup at noon Cooked it again.

Smelling the delicious kitchen, Gu Hai was hungry, very hungry.Gu Ji took out long strips of round balls from the pot, sliced ​​them into two large plates, and filled three large bowls of rice, a pot of chicken soup, and a large plate of dry-stir-fried cabbage, put the soup spoon, chopsticks, and Gu Hai together to send It's the cashier.

"Eat while it's hot."

Gu Liang looked at Yuanzi, then poked it again.

"Who made this? Can it be eaten?"

Gu Hai opened his mouth, and the young master ate two small pieces in the kitchen.

"Guji made it, it's delicious."

Gu Ji picks up a slice to eat.Gu Hai also stretched out his chopsticks, and devoured the food so quickly that people were dumbfounded.

"You are not allowed to enter the kitchen in the future! You are the young master of the mansion. You didn't train me last time. I thought you would change it after seeing the ancient rhyme. This is what women do. You can do it, but you can't, brother! Don't touch these again. .”

The chest was slightly cold, and the idea of ​​a gentleman staying away from the kitchen robe was also popular in Shangming Kingdom, Gu Ji ate in silence.After biting off the ball, Gu Liang's face stagnated, but he didn't say anything.Although the food was delicious, the two masters didn't eat much.For the first time, Gu Hai was caught between the big and the young masters, and for a moment he didn't know how to persuade them.

Early in the morning, after packing some new items, the four of them returned to the ancient mansion. On the way, the eldest son closed his eyes to rest his mind, while the young master lifted the curtain to look out into the wild, and there was no exchange of words.

"Little brother grows up in the backyard and doesn't yet know the power of saliva. Brother tightens his grip a little bit, don't blame you."

Hearing this, Gu Ji turned to look at Gu Liang, he didn't blame his elder brother.For him, this cheap brother really lives in the backyard.He has to find a way to hold freedom with both hands, not to cause trouble inside, and not to cause trouble outside.

In the fields, people are digging the ground, hoes fall one after another, cocks crow and dogs bark at distant villages, geese call ducks to neighbors, goats bleat, and piglets hum in the pen.

Already in the suburbs of the county, Gu Ji's eyes lit up, and his face was filled with joy.In the carriage, Gu Haixian couldn't sit still, he jumped out of the carriage in front of the gate of the Gu Mansion, and he gasped for breath.

Gu Liang got out of the car first, he picked up Gu Ji, and led the people to stop in front of the gate of Gu Mansion.

"This place is incomparable with the ancient mansion of the capital. The family is a half-household and the enemy is gone. The father is stubborn, and the younger brother is only Guji. Years ago, I heard that the three of them traveled south. I felt sorry for myself. They It's very lively, but there seems to be no one here. Gu Ji, you are the son of this mansion, and you can do things that match your status. At this time and here, brother wants you to promise."

The hand hurt from being held, and he couldn't pull it out. The elder brother's face was gloomy, so Gu Ji had no choice but to follow him.

"Gu Ji promised his brother to help each other, and will never hold back his brother!"

"go in."

Gu Liang let go, first stepped up the steps in front of the door, Gu Ji also followed, and when they entered the door, the two went back to their residences.Gu Liang is in Yixin Academy, and he will be busy with the provincial examination for the past three years.

Mei Yuan, after lunch, Gu Ji shrank in the study, found three empty wooden boxes with locks, which were given by the mistress Fang Ru, and used to hold the body, took out the iron key, opened one, and put it in A stack of policy papers was just the right length, and after locking it, Gu Ji tossed the iron key, very happy.

Everyone in the ancient mansion said that the young master is obedient.The Meiyuan is like a bamboo courtyard, it does not disturb people, it is very quiet, as if it has been neglected.When Fang Ru thought about people, she sent Mingyue across the garden to have a look. It was just the young master learning how to read and count.

As usual, on a sunny day, Qingqiu went out to do some shopping and inquired about some things along the way.When he returned to the garden, he told the story of what he had seen and heard at the stone table, and the other five people gathered around to listen.

For a while, Gu Ji finished the homework for the six people, prepared refreshments, and then went to study alone, and no one disturbed him.

On this day, the partition wall was very noisy.Gu Ji put down his pen and went out of the study to ask Qingqiu.

On the left side of Meiyuan is a small tenant. In the past two years, for some reason, they have been changing frequently. The mansion has greeted them, but they are still restless. Gu Ji stopped asking, and simply cleaned the study.This was a sign of a major earthquake. Gu Ji was stunned for a long time, and when he came back to his senses, he went to find the county chronicles of Caoying County. After looking through them for a while, he gasped.

In the tenth year of Zhaowu, on the third day of the eighth month, the sky is covered with clouds, and the clouds are flying like fire.In the middle of the night, the stars fell to the east, and the eight cows were overturned. In Caoying, Jiangling, and Jiangkai counties, there were thousands of houses in the area, and no one survived. There was no sound of people within a hundred miles. At the cracks in the ground, heavy rain poured down and washed into rivers. Chenghe, with a radius of hundreds of years, is called the ghost domain.In the seventh year of Hong Bao, the emperor showed mercy and paid a lot of money to relocate, which has been effective in all dynasties. A hundred years later, the voice of people gradually rose, and the restoration was as good as before.

On the ninth day of August, in the evening, Gu Ji went out of his study and looked up at the sky.The sky is fine and cloudy, the clouds are shining brightly, the evening bird twirls into the forest, and the surroundings are nothing but normal.

It was night, Guji turned on the lamp, lay down under the table, stared at the cracks of the rows, for a long time, dug a deep hole nearly one foot wide with an iron dagger, and smelled it for a while, but there was no pungent smell of sulfur and yellow before the earthquake. Moving the lamp and looking closer, the bottom of the cave is actually a layer of vermilion wood boards.Gu Ji secretly said that you are scared to death, uncle.

This house actually occupies a shaded area, and the vermilion coffin boards are old and faded, there may be zongzi, this is an old profession.Gu Ji looked at the moon hanging outside the window, it was time, he had to put a few servants to sleep before he could do anything.

After closing the study room, not fastening it tightly, and holding the lamp, Gu Ji yawned and went back to the wing room, where the six people in the courtyard were chatting away.

"Sleep."

Gu Ji turned off the lights and did not sleep, his eyes were staring at the bright moon outside the window, his head was full of rice dumplings and the gold, silver and jewels in the coffin, he was short of money now, three taels of silver per month, less than 40 taels for the whole year, plus Meiyuan’s odd expenses, The remaining 20 taels of silver could not buy a jade bracelet.

There was a sudden bang, and the third watch arrived.Gu Ji got out of bed, took the fire plug and two candles, opened the door, looked at the living room under the black windows of the left and right hands, carefully stepped out, slipped to the front of the study, opened the door lightly, slipped in, and closed it again.

The iron dagger worked well, and within an hour, a square plank with an iron buckle was exposed.Was it the underground palace?This is rare.Digging the soil to a dark corner of the study, moved the bookshelf to block it, lifted the wooden board, raised the candle and moved it down, stepped on the stone steps, and went down step by step. After twenty or so steps, the right turn was a stone corridor with a height of one person, Guji He picked up his pace and walked for about a cup of tea. When he opened the door, he saw a deserted courtyard.His father who is obsessed with obscenity is actually a big fake!After being lost for a while, Gu Ji didn't dare to stay for a long time, so he hurried back to the study, locked the door, went back to the wing room, changed his clothes and pants quickly, and fell asleep on the bed.

When Qingqiu wakes up, Meiyuan is already noisy.It turned out that the young master's clothes were inexplicably washed.Caiyue and Caixia are blaming each other.After missing two hours of sleep, Gu Ji was still in good spirits. When he opened the door, he saw his father and elder brother sitting at the Meilin stone table.

"Father, brother?"

"come over."

"He also said that he was at a disadvantage, and he was a year earlier than your elder brother. Yao'er is also in a hurry to become an adult, so first choose the two house girls, and then book a marriage. If you are a father, you can have a grandson early."

His father and elder brother looked at him with meaningful expressions. Gu Ji thought for a while before he was sure of the source, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Brother, do you have a housemate?"

"A person who takes the imperial examination, how can he succeed in messing around?"

"Father, you can get engaged directly when Guji is older."

"It's good to be clean and self-contained, but young children are special. If you get engaged early, the family can feel at ease. On the ninth day of September, the three counties of Caoying, Jiangling, and Jiangkai will hold the Double Ninth Festival in Boling Mountain. Boys and girls Go. Your brother will take you there during the game, you must seize this opportunity."

Gu Ji agreed, and the two went off to their own business.Gu Ji hurriedly went into the study to prepare, and then used mao rice.At the time of Chen, the old master did not notice any abnormalities during the lecture.

After lunch, study.Gu Ji used wooden boxes to pack the soil, and the two boxes were transported out through the corridor once. In two days, they came and went about [-] times before cleaning up the study room and covering up the entrance.The foot is the door to freedom, he must not be easily noticed.

A beggar came to the North Street Daguiyuan.A news spread from the beggars' dens in the east, west, north and south of Caoying County.In the afternoon, there was a limited amount of chatter, Gu Ji got half a cold steamed bun, and together with other little beggars, surrounded the big beggar and listened to his gossip.

Because the last time I went to Zhuyang Zhuangzi and got a box of face-changing cream from my brother, Gu Ji bought several boxes of rouge powder as a passer-by, and the cream was mixed into bronze, light wheat, and waxy yellow.Within a month, Guji fixed the three identities of beggar, passerby A, and merchant B.

Meiyuan is as usual.Gu Ji came out of the study in the evening to check the homework of the six of them. The homework was a lot heavy, and Li Changji and Huang Bingbiao had no time to be alone. Seeing the young master entered the study and closed the door, the two old men were at ease with reading and arithmetic.