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    If Xingliu didn't like it, he would have to quarrel with him. If he went back to his natal home, he wouldn't see his wife for a few days.

    Wang Shuhua also has a headache, don't think that she has a house to nourish herself. Every day when her daughter-in-law comes to eat rice, the daughter-in-law also smiles at each other.Moisturize with two daughters.

    Wang Shuhua's mother and son blamed Gu Huaijin for everything, and they hated him.

    Without knowing it, Gu Huaijin went home happily with the land deed and Lu Zhaohuan.

    Gu Huaijin didn't argue with Lu Zhao in a flash of brain fever, it wasn't because she wanted to return the 50 acres of land, but because she really wanted to live a good life with this husband who was the first to treat him well when he first came to this world.

    Back home, Gu Huaijin asked Lu Yun and Lu Nian to pack their things. The tile-roofed house in the front yard was big with four rooms, enough for the three of them to live in. It was warm in winter and cool in summer, which was much better than the earthen house in the back.

    Lu Zhao's heart was sweet, Gu Huaijin had never talked so much in school before, and never thought that he and Gu Huaijin could get together.

    Gu Huaijin hugged the quilt too much, only to hear a "呲", and the fabric under the armpits was stretched.

    Gu Huaijin was stunned for a moment, twisted her arms embarrassedly, looked left and right, and asked, "Ah? Here, what should I do?"

    This is Lu Nian's new clothes, so I let myself wear them.

    Lu Zhao stepped forward to look at it and said, "It's okay, I'll take it off and sew it on for my little brother later, and I'll take you to the town tomorrow to buy some materials to make a robe."

    Scholars always wear broad robes, which symbolize their status as scholars. These clothes are cumbersome and pampered at home, even if they are peasants, their parents will not let them work when they are studying.

    Gu Huaijin felt that it was too inconvenient to wear the long gown she wore when she came here. It is better to wear this kind of narrow-sleeved clothes. She shook her head and said, "Tomorrow, I will cut some rough cloth and make it into a short jacket. This is a quick job."

    "Huh?" Lu Zhao paused when he heard the work, and realized later: "Didn't you say you're going to be a Jinshi?"

    Gu Huaijin wanted to take the imperial examination as a Jinshi, which was a bold and unrestrained speech when she was just a scholar. Since then, she said it almost every day and read it all the time, almost thinking that she was a Jinshi.

    Gu Huaijin, who was tidying up the bed, turned her head and said, "No exam."

    At this time, it was nearly dusk, and the setting sun hit Gu Huaijin's bent back through the broken window lattice, as if he had regained his life.

    Lu Zhao said regretfully, "You've all been admitted to be a scholar, how many people can't even pass the exam? And the place where you're going to come back today is enough for you to continue studying?"

    How many people fail the exam, most of them are not because they really have no talent but because they don’t even have the opportunity to study. Even the children who take the exam can’t support a peasant family with their backs. Gu Huaijin didn’t take the exam before because of the death of his parents.Afterwards, no one offered anything, and now there are 50 acres of land for the examination of talents, which can barely support it year after year.

    Gu Huaijin put down the things in his hands, approached a little closer, grabbed Lu Zhao's wrist, put the land deed into the hands of the person in front of him, and said, "What's the use of being enough to carry my burden of studying, I still have to support my family, what can I do to support my family?"

    Gu Huaijin really didn't want to take the exam. He was barely able to study in modern times, but in another era, some knowledge is different. It's better to let Lu Zhao study in the future, at least Lu Zhao is familiar with all the knowledge here.When looking through things just now, Gu Huaijin found a box of books. The book covers were clean and the pages were not wrinkled.Who will take it to see?

    Lu Zhao held the land deed in his hand, his heart seemed to be filled to the brim, to support a family?The man said he was raising a family.

    Gu Huaijin sent out the land deed and packed up her things. There were not many things, but it was already dark after packing up, and Wang Shuhua and her two daughters had already emptied most of the house in tears.

    The rest of the rice jars were too heavy to move, so only the rice was carried away, the jars of oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar in the kitchen were taken away, and the bed and water jars couldn’t be moved.

    The mother and son left with their burdens on their shoulders, but Wang Kun and Xingliu came to pick them up, but they didn't come to pick them up.

    Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao went in and swept the floor for a while, opened the window and moved their things in, formally moving in.

    Dinner is also very happy.

    Lu Zhao lit the fire, and Gu Huaijin put the noon mutton soup into some aniseed ingredients, green onion, ginger and garlic and boiled it, picked a few more handfuls of green vegetables from the vegetable garden and washed them, and used the piece of pork that he bought today to slice into fine slices with a knife.After kneading some noodles and rolling them into noodles, the simple hot pot soup is ready.

    Since there was no sesame paste, Gu Huaijin smashed some garlic paste onto the sesame oil and dipped it in.

    Lu Nian has never seen this kind of food before, just put it in the oil soup without adding oil, brush it, dip it in garlic, it will be so delicious, it is so delicious that it will fly.

    When the meal was served, the snacks given by Zhou Changtian today were placed on the plate.

    "Little sister, eat quickly, take whatever you want."

    Gu Huaijin put the dessert plate in front of Lu Yun's eyes and said, Lu Yun only had a few candied fruit in his purse, and he was reluctant to eat it. Usually, he just coaxed Lu Nian, and he gave Gu Huaijin one generously and was said to have stolen it.

    The little girl is also sweet at every age, and she also likes to eat dim sum.

    "Is it delicious?" Gu Huaijin asked after putting a piece of meat into Lu Zhao's bowl.

    Lu Zhaomeng nodded, and couldn't help asking: "How can you cook? It's so delicious?"

    No man in the village enters the kitchen, not to mention that Gu Huaijin doesn't even bother to go into the kitchen when he is studying. It stands to reason that there are not so many tricks to cook without touching the spring water.

    It was Lu Zhao's first time cooking and he could barely eat it.

    Gu Huaijin chewed this piece of vegetables, his eyes were shining brightly from the oil lamp, and said mysteriously, "Talent?"

    Lu Zhao was amused. Isn't this person's talent not reading but cooking?

    After eating, Lu Zhao got some water and sent Lu Yun and Lu Nian to take a shower and go to sleep.

    By the way, gave Lu Yun ten coins, and went to Mrs. Wen Qiliang's to buy some tofu tomorrow morning. There was nothing delicious and nutritious at home. The only one in the village sometimes went to buy a piece of tofu for tooth-making festivals. It was refreshing and delicious.

    Wen Qiliang is the teacher of Xita Village, and the only teacher of Shuichengzhai and Xipo Village in recent years. He was a Jinshi in Zhengyuan for three years at a young age, but he resigned from office and returned to his hometown to teach when his official career was in full swing.After teaching for three years and now only 27 years old, everyone regrets it, but Wen Qiliang enjoys it. Sometimes Wen Qiliang, a student who can't pay the tuition but has excellent grades, will forgive him in advance.

    But it didn't work. Those who couldn't afford to read still didn't read. In the past, reading was said to cost money, but if it didn't cost money, it would mean that one less labor force would be lost in one and a half fields, and one would still be a freelancer.

    So Wen Qiliang grinds tofu by himself when he is not a student. When he buys tofu, the tofu he makes is soft and smooth. It tastes different from the cold ones when he buys it in the town. When he started buying tofu, he always went to Master Wen.

    Now have changed to another house. The tile-roofed house is very big. There is a table, a bed, and a big cabinet. The things on the table have been cleaned up, but the bed is not as big as the previous house.A high pillow is not enough to lie down alone.

    Gu Huaijin washed the torn clothes, put on yesterday's robe, took off the pillow and put it in the closet when she went to bed.

    They were all married, so why put a high pillow on it, Gu Huaijin went to bed and lay down to wait for Lu Zhao, and while waiting, she thought about what to do with the fifty acres of land in her hand, whether to plant it or rent it?

    Gu Huaijin really doesn't have any experience in farming, even the original body's memory does not have any experience in farming. If Gu Huaijin has experience, it is cooking.Going out, holding cash or opening a small business stall is also good.

    Gu Huaijin is a chef in modern times.There is no problem with cooking. will ask the village head tomorrow if anyone looks at the leased land. fell asleep after thinking about it.

    Gu Huaijin was lying in a mess, and when Lu Zhao came back from the shower, there was no room for him.

    Lu Zhao, who stood beside the bed for a long time thinking about lying there, was woken up by Gu Huaijin who was sleepy and was pulled to the bed and covered with a quilt to sleep.

    There was no dream, Lu Zhao was hugged and slept very unsteadily, but Gu Huaijin smelled the fragrance of grass on Lu Zhao's body and slept soundly.

    The next day, Gu Huaijin woke up early, but Lu Zhao was still unable to wake up from his sleep.

    This opened the eyes of Lu Yun and Lu Nian, Lu Zhao had never gotten up so late before.

    Lu Yun bought tofu early in the morning and came back. Because of the large space, Lu Nian wanted to buy more chickens and ducks to raise, and also bought some meat ducks for Brother Gu to support himself.

    Yesterday, as soon as the paper marriage deed was taken out, half of the village was shocked, and Lu Nian directly called brother-in-law.

    Today, the backyard is surrounded by a large open space and covered with a shack.

    Lu Zhao didn't get up, it was Lu Yun who was pulling the bellows, Gu Huaijin fried tofu and vegetables, steamed a bowl of egg custard, and boiled a pot of porridge with wild vegetables and beans.

    Rice and millet are as precious as meat and oil. Usually during the busy farming and festivals, these three things are never served together. In summer, we dig more wild vegetables to dry and pick some beans to make porridge.

    As soon as the dishes were served, Gu Huaijin went into the room to wake Lu Zhao up, and when he entered the room, he saw that there was no one on the bed, and the bed was neatly folded.Look left and right to see Lu Zhao sitting by the window.

    With his back to Gu Huaijin and waving his arms up and down, Lu Zhao was mending the clothes that Gu Huaijin had torn yesterday, and the mending was done skillfully without crookedness.

    Lu Zhao didn't look weak at all, as if he could carry a knife but not an embroidery needle, but at this time he showed some ingenuity when quietly mending clothes.

    After mending the clothes, Lu Zhao turned around and saw Gu Huaijin looking at him, so he shook off the clothes in his hands for Gu Huaijin to look at, and asked, "How is it?"

    "Did you make this clothes for my little brother?" Gu Huaijin took the needle and put it in the sewing room, and asked while holding the clothes.

    Lu Zhao folded his clothes and said proudly, "Yes."

    Girls and boys have to be skilled in order to marry. Lu Zhao doesn't look virtuous, and no one would think that he can sew clothes.

    "It's amazing, it's amazing." Gu Huaijin clapped his hands.

    It's impossible to fix Lu Zhao directly. He is proud because he can sew clothes, but he feels embarrassed when Gu Huaijin praises him, so he went out after eating.

    At the dinner table, Lu Nian wondered why Gu Huaijin had gone in for so long and didn't call his brother out, thinking that the two people in the room had come out.

    Lu Nian held his rice bowl and said: "Brother, come and eat quickly, the ox cart at the entrance of the village will be late."

    At the entrance of the village, there will be an ox cart dedicated to pulling people and passengers. There will be waiting at the entrance of the village for four dollars a trip. If you go to the town, you must go early, and you have to go back and forth for such a long time before darkThose who drive home generally pay double if they dare to travel at night, so most people rush early rather than late.

    After eating, Lu Zhao and Gu Huaijin went to the town first. Lu Zhao planned to buy some cloth with yesterday's tael of silver in his pocket. The money was enough to buy a few bolts of cloth, even if he stayed at Xiu Niang's place to make three sets of finished clothes., can still buy some rice noodles, and cook millet porridge for Gu Huaijin when go home.

    On the way, Gu Huaijin and Lu Zhao expressed their intention to rent out the land, and they agreed to go to the village chief's house when they came back from town.

    When we got to the entrance of the village, the ox carts didn’t move, but a large group of people dressed in commoner clothes and bunts surrounded them, all of them were fat and strong, and they looked very fierce. Several people surrounded a man who was half a head shorter than themman.

    The man was not fierce, but had a gentle and jade-like appearance, with bright and sharp brows and eyes, and his thin lips lightly opened and directed several people. He was also wearing a dark blue bunt.

    Looking at the outfit, it was still the heads of a few burly men.

    After getting the order, several big men went to remove all the large and small cloth bags and boxes from the carriage, and each person carried one or carried one on his back.

    Gu Huaijin still wondered what these people were doing, until he saw the slingshots, spears, cloth bags and exposed nets, presumably they were going to the mountains.

    The back mountain of Xita Village is rich in mountains, water, and leather goods. It is said that the mountain spring on the mountain leads to Longquan. The sweet spring water is used to cook delicious food and to wash clothes without fading or decontamination. Animals on the mountainAfter drinking it, the fur becomes fat and smooth.

    I don't know if it's because the animals drank the water, the fur is soft and smooth, and there are almost a lot of hunters here every year.

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