Chapter 83: Study hard to eat bran

The moon is like a hook, the night is quiet, the lonely light is a little bit of oil, the pen is constantly rushing; the ink is lightly rolled, the wrist is slowly closed, and the two figures and walls are left, accompanying each other in the heart.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan slept for two hours after dinner, and got up in the middle of the night to study and practice calligraphy. Both of them knew that happiness was not given by others, and they had to pursue it themselves. While they were young, they were sensible and learned more than other children, so they could use it in the future. Especially Zhang Xiaobao, who also had to take the imperial examination and had an official position, which was convenient for speaking and doing things.

The two of them planned to sleep for five and a half hours a day, after dinner, from about eighteen to twenty-two, get up and learn for two hours, until two o'clock, and then sleep until six o'clock. After dinner, they will exercise in the form of games, take a shower and sleep for another half an hour, and after lunch, there is no important thing for an hour, and the day will be like this, and special arrangements will be made when encountering special things.

Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan have both specially trained sleep methods. There are two types: one is to quickly enter deep sleep, which can speed up the body's recovery. The other is to have half-sleep and half-awake, no movement or feeling threatened, just fall asleep, otherwise you will wake up immediately and react subconsciously.

The two of them are still learning the Analects of Confucius, but they have actually memorized it a long time ago, but when Zhang's father taught it, it was learned from other things. He took out a sentence and carried a certain allusion. He did not have the identity of a juren. In addition to Zhang's father not understanding the rules of taking exams, it also shows how difficult the imperial examination was at this time.

Pomegranate slept early and lay in the outer room. She had a lot of things during the day and didn't have this treatment. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were added to her. There were two people in the outer room who were patrolling at night, so there were no need to worry about not being able to react when encountering things.

"Zhou Xihu's uncle is coming soon. County Magistrate Cheng actually made such a bad move. If someone from the yamen told us in the evening, he would have thought that County Magistrate Cheng would be delicious and delicious to serve those people, so that they could not pay attention to others."

After writing for more than half an hour, Wang Juan stopped first, rubbed her wrist, and picked the oil lamp again. With two crackling sounds, the light shone a little more.

"Well, those people are all scattered officials and have no real power. There is no need to worry about County Magistrate Cheng offending people. Moreover, as long as County Magistrate Cheng doesn't let them know who arranged it, they can only hate the villagers there. When they go back, it is impossible to take revenge. The lives of the villagers are not worth the money, and their future is important.

If a lamp is too dark, add it and replace it with a candle. If you make so much money, you will not spend it. If you have broken your eyes, where can you cure it? Come on, take three candles and light them all."

Zhang Xiaobao followed and analyzed for a while, feeling his eyes were sore, and he invited the people watching the night outside to send candles. When the two girls sitting there chatting and eating snacks heard the movement inside, they did not dare to neglect them. They sent the candles as ordered, not three, but one bundle, and it would be easy to change.

When the candle is a little, the brightness in the room will immediately be different. Zhang Xiaobao was satisfied. "It's okay, by the way, is my father reading at night? I also send some candles to my father. If I don't want it, take my oil lamp over. If I make money, my family will suffer. Why bother to make money?"

The two girls didn't say anything, took the oil lamp and went out, one of them continued to guard the other, and the other went out, looking at the night sky outside, and shivered. Fortunately, there was a torch in the yard swaying in the wind, which was not so dark, which gave me courage and walked towards the other yard.

As soon as she walked to a dark corner, she found that there seemed to be a shadow shaking there. She was so scared that she almost threw the lamp on her hand to the ground. Seeing the shadow shaking and then stopped moving, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. She remembered that this was the person arranged in the village, and she completely let go of her heart.

She had just arrived a month ago, and the family of five fled here. The drop of water was not lost during the spring plowing, and they all signed a death contract. Today was her first time watching the night. I heard that she was not familiar with her. She was naturally afraid at night. At this time, she felt the arrangement of Zhuangzi. She smiled happily on her originally pale face, and felt that this was the feeling of home. She helped each other and worked hard to do things, without bothering about other things.

But she didn't know that when she first selected people, the village had put a lot of effort into it. So many families had only chosen two families and had to report to the government.

"It seems that the drought has been settled. I feel relieved. It is so cloudy during the day that there is no rain. When will our family's food and chickens and ducks be delivered there? The journey is long and we have to walk for a long time."

Wang Juan dipped his pen and ink, and asked Zhang Xiaobao when he was about to start writing.

"In two months, when the locust plague over there is a sign, we will set off. When they are in a hurry to kill the locusts, they can also bring the newly hatched cherries together, and eat locusts, sell eggs, and exchange for other things."

"Will bring the chicken back?" Wang Juan asked again.

Zhang Xiaobao nodded affirmatively and said, "Of course we have to bring it back. We lay the laying hens and hope to give the farmer more income. We will rush back all the way from there without having to feed extra food. Locusts can fly. I guess we can also take some of it here, in the name of eliminating harm to the people, and Dayi stands on our side."

Wang Juan, who was about to write, heard this and put down his pen and stared at Zhang Xiaobao. "Are you stupid? What a great thing? When there is a locust plague, these people all bowed down. It wasn't the one named Yao who took all the responsibility and started to exterminate insects."

"Your statement is correct. Historical sayings are that he has eliminated locusts in time. In fact, it is nothing more than that he has not allowed the locusts to spread on a large scale. Both places have suffered a lot of losses. Li Longji wanted to destroy locusts, but he was unwilling to take responsibility for violating the responsibility of heaven. Neither the officials nor the people wanted to destroy them.

In this way, you can't be in the name of righteousness all the way back, and you have to think of a way... If you have it, you will eat it on the way back. Then you can exchange eggs with the people around you for other things other than food. You will say that these chickens are specially used to deliver eggs to everyone during disasters. Tell me about the one named Yao and ask me to come down. There are so many chickens and ducks, and they are so powerful. This is called Phoenix Enthusiasm."

Zhang Xiaobao finally found the entry point, picked up the pen and continued writing, Wang Juan also smiled, "You will lie, what kind of emperor's grace is so great, the locusts are even more powerful, should you destroy it? Your word is not controlled, why don't you tie a sandbag?"

"Not tied up, I don't want to leave any sequelae. Xihu's uncle may arrive tomorrow, so learn."

Zhang Xiaobao yawned, picked up the hand towel in the basin next to him, wiped his face, became more energetic, and continued to write.

"Is this thing eaten by people? There is not even a bowl of soup, bah!" In the small village in the mountains, County Magistrate Cheng and his group were finally able to eat. The people in the village brought the rice dumplings one after another.

To be precise, it is the rice, thick bran, and some wild vegetables that are steamed together. After taking a bite, the mouth feels awkward. If you want to swallow it directly, you find that your throat is almost cut. As long as you bite hard, you will be full of scum and you will be covered with cold water. Starting from the neck, the line is hot.

In addition to this thing that can be considered as a food-integrated thing, there is also a side dish, mother-in-law, that is, dandelions, and a wild vegetable called bitter butterfly. It is made with some large grains of black salt, which is bitter and prickly.

After taking a few bites, one of them couldn't stand it anymore. He spit out two thick crumbs and complained loudly.

"Stop vomiting, eat it, it's better than being hungry. I haven't heard from the villagers that this thing is the best they usually eat? If you vomit, you'll be hungry. Don't expect to eat ours. You will get up tomorrow morning to work for the village. If you're hungry, you won't have the energy to see if you can't do your work, and you will give you something to eat at noon."

Another official heard the man complaining and felt that the things in front of him were even more unpalatable, so he had to interrupt the man, pick up a bite of side dishes, open his mouth and stuff it in, chew it hard, and then bite the rice ball, mix the two things together desperately, pick up the water and pour it down, and breathe a lot.

"Eat them all, it's okay. The stomach feels much more comfortable. I have to work for two days. After the magistrate Cheng sent someone to bring the money and bring some other food, I will survive. Both ministers and ministers eat delicious food. Could it be that I don't know the sufferings of the people?"

When everyone heard him, they turned their heads and looked. Sure enough, the Minister of Works and the Minister of Rites both ate the same thing, and Si Cang joined the army as well. His nephew heard that he was not an ordinary playboy here, and he has not been picky now, so he should eat it himself.

Everyone gritted their teeth and started eating. The two ministers ate delicious food. The rice dumplings were also rusty, bran and wild vegetables. The side dishes in front of them were also like that. If you don’t look carefully, you really can’t tell what’s different from other things. But if you break them apart and take a good look, you will know what’s different.

The rice dumplings they ate were shredded pork in the middle. The wild vegetables were oiled and the bran was finely ground. The rice was steamed first before kneading. The salt used in the side dish was different. It looked dark, and it was fried meat sauce.

"Well, it's really not easy for the people. They usually eat this food. We should be thrifty and eat coarse grains occasionally. What do you think, the two adults think?"

Zhou Yu used his tongue to make two pieces of shredded meat, chewed it in his mouth, and said to others.

"It's right." The Minister of Works and the Minister of Rites spoke at the same time. They really know that it's not easy for the people now. They insisted on eating the things that were added with ingredients. If the unfilled ones are not added, you will know where the people usually eat meat and can use oil?

The other officials couldn't even speak, so they could only nod over there, agreeing with this statement. After eating, they had to go to bed early and start working tomorrow, helping the people in the village to carry water and irrigate the land. The reward is for the meals these two days.

"Sir, maybe I think the food is bad, tomorrow will be good. I'll ask them to make some soup tomorrow and make two more dishes." Qin Cunzheng stood beside him and served him, and said at this time, with apologizing on his face.
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