Rebirth Night Expedition Far River

Even though the mountain in the south has an unattractive name—Niuwang Mountain, the village where Wenjiang is located has a very elegant name—Qingxi Village.

In the original owner's memory, he doesn't know much about this world, but he already knows a lot of important information. For example, this is an overhead era that has little to do with China's 5000-year history. It has been passed down for four generations, and now sitting on the dragon chair is Emperor Yongzhao. He is a good emperor who is diligent and caring for the people. The people’s exorbitant taxes are not heavy. , scholars are still valued, because there have been no wars for many years, civil servants are even more valued by the emperor, and the foundation of the aristocratic family in the Dajing Dynasty has long since disappeared, because the founding emperor of the Dajing Dynasty was an uprising, and the aristocratic family was exhausted back then. oppression, so after ascending the throne and proclaiming the emperor, the aristocratic families entrenched in various places were the first to be pulled out, and the foundation of the emerging nobles is still shallow, and they have not even seen the traces of those high-ranking lords back then. In one generation, the imperial court even promoted many officials with imperial examination backgrounds. In this way, it gave a little hope to countless poor scholars all over the world.

But these are irrelevant to Wen Jiang, because he is not prepared to experience the sour journey of the imperial examination in this time and space.

Looking back at Qingxi Village, there is Niuwang Mountain in the south, and a river flows around the village in the north. This river is called Qingxi River. After passing through Qingxi Village, it goes eastward, and after joining the famous Cangjiang River in the Dajing Dynasty, it rushes into the sea.The Cangjiang River is like the Yangtze River now, dividing the north and south of the Dajing Dynasty.

The layout of Qingxi Village is high in the north and low in the south. The people living in the north are closer to the Qingxi River, but the terrain is higher. The grandfather’s house in Wenjiang is there. If you want to go to the Qingxi River, you have to walk in front of Cong’s house. Around the back, there are two other families. Not far from the door of one of them is an acacia tree, with long acacia hanging from the top of the tree. Wen Jiang remembers hearing from his mother that there is such a tree in his hometown. When his mother was a child, she always used acacia locusts instead of the current shampoo. This is the real pure natural plant essence, and the various brands under this banner in later generations are incomparable with this one.

From Cong's house to the south, the terrain gradually becomes lower. After passing a few houses, there is a large area of ​​fields, where all the yellow rice is planted. This name is similar to that in the Western Han Dynasty. Now it is In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, as far as Wen Jiang knows the types of vegetables, he doesn't know much about radishes, celery and leeks, and some others.After walking for a while, it is a relatively dense residential area. Grandpa Wenjiang’s house is here, and there are about a dozen families living near the roadside, and then there is an orchard with a few longan (longan). It is far away, except for the fields, there are some barren grasslands near the river beach.

Going north like this, it got farther and farther away, and the people living in it were scattered, each house was tens of meters apart, and walking all the way to Yu's house near the foot of the mountain.

Speaking of which, Qingxi Village can already be regarded as relatively good among the tens of thousands of villages in the Dajing Dynasty. Although there are also a few rogues who have settled in the village and occasionally gossip with each other, Lizheng is more upright. He is also quite prestigious in the village.

There are more than [-] households in Qingxi Village. The Wen family and the Cong family are both large households and local residents of Qingxi Village, accounting for about two-thirds. Many of the others came from the famine during the war or famine.

The patriarch of the Wen family is already an old man this year. In ancient China, the average life expectancy was around fifty or sixty, and it was even shorter in times of war. The patriarch of the Wen family can live to this age, it can be said that he has seen a lot Guang, has great wisdom.

The patriarch of the Cong family is also over half a hundred years old, and it is said that the ancestors of the Cong family were also high officials in the imperial court. By the way, Wen Jiang's grandmother, Mrs. Chen, was also born as an official lady. He was framed by others and dismissed from office. Unexpectedly, on the way back to his hometown, he encountered a bandit. Chen was led by the nanny to escape. He stumbled and endured a lot of hardships and went to Cangtong Town. The nanny fell ill and was rescued by Grandpa Cong. Before his death, Grandpa Cong promised her that he would take care of her daughter, that is, Grandma Cong, for the rest of her life. Not long after the nanny died, Grandpa Cong married Grandma Cong despite the opposition of his family. Because of this, he was also estranged from the Cong family.It can be seen from this that the Cong family has a bit of self-reliance on their status, so they value face very much, and their attitude of not wanting to compete with ordinary people is just in line with Li Zheng's wishes. Pretending to understand, there is a group of harmony on the surface, and Qingxi Village is more united than other villages.

Finally back home, Wen Jiang stood in the yard up and down, looked around many times, couldn't help but sigh in his heart, although the life of the villagers in Qingxi Village can be regarded as ordinary, there are still many people struggling on the poverty line People, such as the Yu family, don't have much land. Although there are three men, they can work easily and earn a living by hunting. But everyone says that the half-grown man eats the poor. There is one in this family. There are two and a half adult men, and Wen Jiang has been raising his body. Recently, there have been a lot of things at home. The savings before have been used up. Now the house is really bare. Looking at this house again, it is full of dirt It is made of adobe, but it has been in disrepair for a long time. Most of the outer mud skin has fallen off, and there are some holes in the roof. When it rains, it rains heavily outside and light rain inside.

There is a stone mill in the yard, and there are no chickens or ducks at home. It is estimated that several men do not have the patience to raise them, let alone the inside of the house. There are only a few pieces of old furniture, which look neat, only missing arms. less legs.

Wen Jiang sighed several times, he could only comfort himself in his heart, he will work hard in the future to make this family better and better.

Yu Tong had already gone in, turned around and saw his younger brother standing outside with his hair up in a daze, he couldn't help asking strangely: "Xiao Qi, what are you looking at?" Seeing Wen Jiang keep looking up, he understood: "Oh, it's time to put the roof down. Keep it up, otherwise when it rains, it will rain again in the house haha."

Only then did Wen Jiang come to his senses, and he also entered the house, went to the kitchen first, and said while looking for a cloth that could be wiped: "Well, I will make it with you when the time comes, we will work hard this year, and try to fix it for our family. New house." It's a must! ! !

Yu Tong grinned: "En En, I listen to Xiao Qi." Xiao Qi really changed after waking up this time, alas, although I'm afraid that my brother's wish may not be fulfilled this year, but he won't do it right now. Hitting his younger brother makes him feel hopeful and he will feel better, but he will work harder to hunt and try to exchange for more silver taels. I don’t know when Dad’s eyes will heal. This family will depend on himself in the future. You must take good care of Dad and Xiao Qi.

Wen Jiang, who was unscrewing the rag to wipe the table, shivered suddenly. At that moment, he seemed to feel that the aura in the room had changed. When he looked back, he saw Yu Tong standing in the middle of the room with a smirk, and the corner of his mouth twitched. : "Brother, take me to the mountain for a while later."

While tidying up the house, he checked the grain at home. There were still a few catties of japonica rice that he bought specially for him before, and there were two pheasants that Yu Tong had just hunted today in the kitchen. He was the only one at home these days, thinking Father and younger brother are both absent-minded when hunting.Now that Wen Jiang has woken up, Yu Tong's mental head has returned, but when he heard that Wen Jiang was going to go to the mountains with him, his head shook like a drum: "No, no, Xiaoqi can't go."

"Why can't I go?" Wen Jiang was dissatisfied, and Yu Tong's eyes mixed with regret and annoyance immediately understood that Yu Tong still remembered that Yu Jianye hurt his eyes because of him, so he couldn't help letting go With the work in hand, he comforted: "Brother, my uncle will definitely be fine, so don't blame yourself anymore. We will make the house better and better. When my uncle is in a better mood, the injury will heal faster." See Yu Tong He nodded dejectedly, and said, "I'll just go around the outside and not go deeper, okay?"

Yu Tong thought about it for a long time, but Wen Jiang kept staring at him intently, so he agreed.

Wen Jiang immediately smiled and said, "Okay, then let's clean up the house quickly."

"Hey! Good!" Yu Tong also put aside those bad emotions and followed Wen Jiang to listen to his instructions, and began to clean the house.