I don't think I'll survive this year

February [-]nd is the day when the emperor plows in person. Such a mighty emperor's trip is naturally not as comfortable as Ji Huaizhi sneaking out of the palace. Surrounded by guards, the surrounding people have long been driven away. Crowded, moving forward at a very slow speed.

——I'm afraid even the tortoise is faster than this.

Unlike Ji Huaizhi's lack of interest, Ji Yaohua, who was out of the palace for the first time, was full of excitement, lifted the curtain to look out, and let out exclamations from time to time.

Ji Huai listened directly to her movement, with a helpless expression on his face: the guards next to her were tightly surrounded, and they were all heads at a glance, and she didn't know what she had to exclaim.

Yang Wentong led people to guard him. Seeing the car curtain dangling, he thought Ji Huaizhi was bored, and was about to go over to chat with him, but when he opened the curtain, he was confronted with a little bun face, which scared him With a shiver, he raised his hand and pushed the little guy lying on the car window into it.

As soon as he finished pressing, he regretted it. This little kid was protected by Ji Huaizhi as a baby all day long. After pressing him, he wouldn't make him cry, would he?

However, he obviously worried too much. After a while, the car curtain shook again, and the little girl poked out half of her head and greeted him with a smile.

Chen Changsi's iconic smile appeared on the face of a little girl, and Yang Wentong couldn't help feeling toothache. He pressed the twitching eyes and asked, "Why did you follow?"

Ji Yaohua still had that smile on his face, and replied: "Father brought me here."

- Isn't this nonsense!

Avoiding the important things and changing the subject, this girl will not learn from Chen Changsi.

After slandering such a sentence, Yang Wentong silently backed away a few steps: Can't afford to offend, can't he still hide?

……

Sacrifice, especially this kind of sacrifice that happens every year, every step has a fixed pattern, which is boring and cumbersome. After the Xiannongtan, even Ji Yaohua, who is full of excitement, has already looked tired, and has long since lost the enthusiasm to start. .

However, the child is full of energy after all, and after the sacrifice, when she reached the edge of the field, she regained her energy and followed Ji Huaizhi into the field excitedly, staring straight at the plow in Ji Huaizhi's hand, watching I really want to get my hands on it.

After all, this is a big ceremony, although Ji Huaizhi loved the child, he didn't let her mess around, according to the rules of previous years, he walked back and forth in the ground safely, and then returned to the Luanjia while everyone was kneeling to send him off.

Whether it's sacrifices or farming, it's really fast to talk about it. However, there is a distance from the palace to the Xiannongtan, and Luanyu travels very slowly. Just going back and forth is enough to kill a day.

Ji Huai thought about the situation in previous years: when he returned to the palace, he guessed it would be dark.

The thought of having to ride in the carriage for several hours made Ji Huaizhi feel exhausted. He leaned against the cushioned wall of the carriage, his face was full of tiredness.

On the contrary, Ji Yaohua seldom rode in a carriage, so he was very interested in the bumps on the carriage at this time, he jumped and jumped along with the strength of the carriage, and laughed "giggle".

Seeing her having so much fun, Ji Huai gained some energy, straightened his body slightly, and watched her tossing with a smile.

"Father, this is farming today?" Ji Yaohua himself enjoyed himself for a while, then stopped, moved to Ji Huaizhi's side, and said with a smile, "This is the first time I've seen Yaohua, it's really funny!"

Ji Huai shook his head straight, "... farming is not like this."

Although Ji Huaizhi has never seen people farming, but he is like this: the two people in the front are pulling the cattle, and the few people behind are holding the wooden plow, and he puts his hands on the handle of the plow and walks along the strength. The behavior... is obviously not what normal cultivated land should have.

He frowned and thought for a while, then turned his head and said to Ji Yaohua, "You ask the Taifu for a vacation some other day, and the emperor will take you out to see how he farms the land."

——He didn't want to give the child the wrong impression.

Ji Yaohua didn't think too much about it, but when he heard that he could go out of the palace again, he was even more excited immediately, and repeated voices in his mouth should be yes.

……

Right now is the season of spring plowing, so not long after returning to the palace that day, Ji Huaizhi and Ji Yaohua slipped out together, followed by Zhang Shu and Yang Xianxing who happened to bump into them.

Ji Huaizhi and Zhang Shu said they wanted to see the farming scene, but they didn't specify the specific place, so Zhang Shu made his own proposal and took them to a small town called "Qingshi" in the eastern suburbs. A well-known wealthy and stable place in the suburbs.If not, he would not have dared to take people there. After all, poor villages are the most prone to accidents. Any mistake in this group of people would be a major event. He would never dare to take people to dangerous places.

The situation in the outskirts of Qingshi Town is indeed good: although the clothes of the farmers in the field are not refined, they are all well-dressed; although there is some sweat on their foreheads, their faces are very ruddy, and their eyes are full of expectation. With a vitality.

"Father...Daddy, why don't they use cattle?" Ji Yaohua, who was dressed as a boy, looked at the people working in the field and couldn't help asking.

Ji Huai shook his head with a straight smile, and looked at Zhang Shu in front of him again.

Zhang Shu nodded knowingly, and explained in a low voice to Ji Yaohua: "Master, this cow costs more than ten taels of silver, and the annual expenditure of an ordinary farmer's family is only that much, so this cow is also a big one." Expenses. It is also possible for more than a dozen families to raise a few heads together."

Ji Yaohua was obviously very shocked, and he didn't know what he thought of. After answering, he silently stopped talking, and his interest was not as high as when he came here.

A few people strolled on the ridge of the field, looking sideways at the scene of working in the four fields.Little did they know that they were sizing up others, and they were also watching them secretly. In this wilderness, it was rare for a few handsome and handsome people to appear, and they all earned enough attention.

However, this group of people were all used to being stared at by the stars, so they didn't feel much about these sneaky glances, and walked forward on their own.

After walking for a while, Ji Yaohua suddenly whispered "Huh?"

Ji Huai followed her gaze, and saw a gray-haired woman in front of her walking slowly in the field pushing a wooden plow, her speed was much slower than the people around her.

Ji Yaohua raised his head with pleading eyes, obviously wanting to help a group.

Ji Huai looked down at her and asked, "Can you use that plow?" Ji Yaohua naturally shook his head.

He looked at Zhang Shu and Yang Xianxing again, the older and younger shook their heads in embarrassment.

Ji Huai sighed: "Since that's the case, don't make trouble... Besides, you helped her this time, what about tomorrow? The day after tomorrow?... You can't come every day."

Ji Yaohua lowered his head in frustration, Ji Huai raised his hand and patted her on the head, but he still led the people towards the old woman.

Before the few people arrived, a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face rushed over first, "Aunt Qi, do you use this plow well?"

Although the man was right next to the old woman, his question was almost like shouting, which made Ji Huaizhi and his group pause for a moment.

The old woman didn't respond. When the man came to him, she slowly raised her head to look at him, and looked carefully, as if she was identifying someone.Half a day later, wrinkled faces suddenly appeared in a smile, and he greeted, "It's Si'er?" Then, pointing to the stone on the side of the road, he continued, "Sit down first, my aunt will be done in a while, and I'm here today." Go to my aunt's house for dinner."

She didn't care about the man's answer, stepped forward and shouted several times, and then the old woman suddenly realized: "It's easy! It's easy! The old woman has never used such a good wooden plow in her life! You Ah, more patience than your father!"

Ji Huai kept some distance between the two of them, but he couldn't stop them from yelling.Hearing their conversation clearly, his eyes could not help but fall on the plow in the old woman's hands——

It seems to be a little different, but what is the specific difference... Ji Huaizhi can't say.

He squinted his eyes, and his eyes fell on the simple and honest man.

[Cao Si "Skillful Craftsman" Wisdom: 27 Martial Arts: 15 Ambition: 6 Loyalty: 83]

"Skilled craftsman"?

Talent!

Ji Huai looked straight at Cao Si with some eagerness in his eyes.

——Big brother, consider working in the Ministry of Industry?

Ji Yaohua just watched helplessly, just now she gave her father a serious lesson, and immediately raised a warm smile, and hurried forward, "This fourth brother."

This group of people is quite eye-catching in the field. Cao Si has noticed them a long time ago. However, they are dressed like noblemen, and they are different from these people in the field at first glance, so no one is willing to post them to make fun of themselves. .

However, it's not easy to ignore this person who took the initiative to come over at this moment. He tugged at his clothes a little nervously, and replied nervously: "This... nobleman, I don't know what you can do?"

Ji Huai said with a straight smile: "I don't dare to be a 'noble man'. My surname is Huai, and my first name is straight. If the fourth brother doesn't mind, it's okay to call him a 'little brother'... The younger brother's family first came to Qingshi Town and wanted to taste the flavor of this place. Brother, can you tell one or two?"

It's only ten miles from here to the capital, but come to this small dilapidated town to find "flavor"?

Cao Si looked at them suspiciously again, hesitated for a while, compared to the other side of the town, and said: "Just go in here and go straight. There is a 'Liu's Restaurant' on the south side of the road. I heard that the master chef My ancestors were the imperial cooks, if you want to go there, it should be appropriate."

After thanking Cao Si, Ji Huaizhi repeatedly invited him to go with the old woman, but Cao Si refused and had to follow.

Sitting in Liu's restaurant, Cao Si was still a little dazed, he is not a person who likes to take advantage of others, besides, this pedestrian looked very suspicious, why did he follow him here?

Thinking about it, he looked at Ji Huaizhi with a strange look in his eyes - this person is so good-looking, could it be a goblin?

Thinking about those rumors in the countryside, fear grew in Cao Si's heart. Even though the weather was still cold, his forehead felt a little sweaty.

Ji Huaizhi didn't notice Cao Si's rich inner drama, he still smiled gently and said: "Brother Si, the wooden plow I saw in Mrs. Qi's hand earlier seems to be different from other places?"

Cao Si was apprehensive, and he was even more excited when he heard Ji Huaizhi speak up. He nodded and explained: "Aunt Qi is getting old, and she struggled to push the wooden plow. I changed it for her. Although it is slower, it can save some time strength."

Ji Huaizhi praised: "This wooden plow has been in use for thousands of years, and it has been changed from generation to generation. It is really extraordinary that the four brothers have come up with such ingenuity."

Cao Si hurriedly waved his hands, his honest face was flushed, and he stammered, "What a coincidence... My family's ancestors have been carpenters for three generations. I learned from my father since I was a child... I have seen it for a long time, and I am familiar with it. , It is not difficult to change."

The two of them exchanged a few words back and forth, and the food they ordered slowly came out, and the table was full, Ji Huai saw him talking, his eyes could not help turning to the table, and he simply stopped chatting with him , smiled and said: "Let's eat first."

After all, he signaled Aunt Qi to move the chopsticks first, the private room upstairs was very quiet, Cao Si was too embarrassed to shout here, and explained to her for a long time before Aunt Qi suddenly understood and moved the chopsticks.

Talking about things at the dinner table can be described as an ancient tradition. Ji Huaizhi planned to inherit this tradition, but seeing Cao Si's gobbling momentum, he felt ashamed, and said that he had to finish eating if there was anything to do.

The author has something to say: Cao Si (crying while eating): After I finish eating, should the goblin eat me?

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