Wang Xiaolie put his hands behind his back and slowly looked for earwigs and cockroaches under the parasol tree at home. There were not many people eating these in this era, and they were almost everywhere at this time.

Life is difficult. No one eats fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs, and they flood in many places. In his previous life, Wang Xiaolie remembers that there was a severe drought in his hometown one year, and water was released from the canal to irrigate the fields. After a few days, the water in the canal became less.

There were crabs everywhere. I had nothing to do and spent more than an hour picking up a snakeskin bag of crabs. After I picked them up, I didn’t know what the use of these things was, so I threw them all away.

In this era, there is still very little oil in rural areas. Although Wang Xiaolie works hard to promote soybean oil, sesame oil is still eaten in many places. Not to mention the low output of sesame oil, it is not suitable for cooking. Many families cannot eat more than a few drops of oil a year.

.In addition, because they eat less meat, most people don’t have much oil or water in their stomachs. Without oil in their stomachs, fish, turtles, shrimps, crabs, frogs, etc., including earworms, crickets, and worms, are not very delicious to eat.

Wang Qingxiu was in the yard, commanding the soldiers to prepare a banquet. It was a rare occasion for his brother to go home, so of course he had to prepare something sumptuous. Chicken, duck, fish, whatever food Wang Qingxiu could think of, he had to prepare some. But Wang Xiaolian was weird, so he

Just like a child, he likes to eat things like cockroaches and cockroaches.

The people were brought by Wang Xiaolie. There were soldiers doing chores, a few chefs cooking, and others preparing drinks, all in good order.

To hire people at home, the people hired must belong to a guild and be supervised by the government, which is very inconvenient. As time goes by, big families are too lazy to hire people. Even the big families can only hire two or three people to do chores at most. Unlike before,

There are many children and servants in the house, as well as drunken prostitutes, singing prostitutes, and even cooks, all kinds of things.

Wang Qingxiu is young and has never lived in a wealthy family since he was a child. He has not hired anyone. He only has a few soldiers of Wang Xiaolie who often go home to do chores, which is quite relaxing. If there are important things at home, such as chefs, they will naturally have them.

It can be used by those who are hunting for Wangxiao.

The sun was still high in the sky, the moon in the east had already peeked out, and the food and wine were ready. Wang Qingxiu called Wang Xiaolie to eat together.

Wang Xiaolie ordered the chef to fry the cockroaches he had just picked up, and sat down at the table. He picked up a bottle of wine and said: "This is the mulberry wine brewed by Xuanfu Division. It has been chilled in ice. It is very delicious."

It tastes delicious. Sister, give it a try."

After saying that, he poured Wang Qingxiu a glass and poured himself another glass.

The wine glass was a newly made glass, and the scarlet wine was poured into it, glowing with a strange color.

Wang Qingxiu took a sip of wine, put down the glass, and said to Wang Xiaolie: "Is Dalang so busy now? It's been a few days since he came back from Hedong, and he hasn't gone home. I see people who are officials and have feasts every day, I don't know how many

Comfortable!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "It is indeed busy. There are only two siblings in our family. We moved from Xiangyang to Luoyang, and there were many people helping us. My sister was busy for many days. There are many things in Xuanfu Division, and we moved from Xiangyang to Luoyang.

Come here, how can you not be busy? Others are other people's official duties, what is there to say? And under my rule, no official has a feast every day. Other officials may not be so busy, so they will not be so busy.

idle."

Wang Qingxiu said: "After being under Dalang's rule, which official has an uncomfortable life? Dalang, you have become a big official now. Let the people below do the work. Don't be too tired. There are officials in the government, not

Just to share the worries of the officer?"

Wang Xiaolie smiled and said: "Sister, there is no one with the same official position as me who delegates more power than me and lets his subordinates do the work. The reason why they are idle is because they don't care about many things. The government doesn't care about most things.

Aren’t you free now?”

Wang Qingxiu said: "Why don't you be like others? There are so many things in the world, how can you care about everything?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "I'm not in charge of everything. Living in this world, it would be boring if someone had to take care of everything! What kind of things do I have to take care of more than other officials?

It’s just too complicated, and there’s no need for my sister to know.”

"Alas -" Wang Qingxiu sighed and looked at the red sun in the western sky. After a while, she said: "Is it really worth it for you to be so busy that you can't live your own life like you are now? I think other people are officials, but

not like this."

"Is it worth it?" Wang Xiaolie could not help but be stunned after hearing Wang Qingxiu's words. Wang Xiaolie had not thought about the question of whether it was worth it.

It is said that officials are busy and have many things to deal with, and there are few people like Wang Xiaolie now. But compared with other officials, Wang Xiaolie really does not have too many things to do. It is because everything under his rule is started from scratch, and everything is done.

Must pay attention.

Wang Xiaolie's character is not one who loves to take power and never let go. If he can let it go to the officials below, Wang Xiaolie will not hesitate to let it go and will not take everything into his own hands. The problem is, now

If Wang Xiaolie lets go of the matter, the people below will have no idea what to do.

Is it worth being so busy? Wang Qingxiu asked, and Wang Xiaolie had to think about it carefully.

After a while, Wang Xiaolie nodded: "It's worth it. If I can make the world a better place if I'm busy, it's worth it. If one day I'm too busy, the world won't get better."

, you should be free by then.”

Wang Qingxiu said: "You think it's worth it, what else can I say? However, you are not young anymore, it's time to think about your own affairs. Since you have fallen in love with Miss Lin, let's get married this year. Then.

In a month or two, I will marry into the Zhang family, and in winter you marry Miss Lin."

After Wang Xiaolie heard this, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Yes, in this era, I am not young anymore and it is time to get married. Just thinking about this matter, why do I feel a little uneasy?

Compared with other dynasties, the phenomenon of late marriage and late childbearing in the Song Dynasty was relatively common. Generally speaking, men over 20 years old and under 30 years old were not considered late marriages. Women under 20 years old were not considered late marriages. In the society of the Song Dynasty,

Generally speaking, the average age of marriage for women is about nineteen years old. For example, Li Qingzhao married Zhao Mingcheng at the age of nineteen, which was not a late marriage at the time.

In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, some people said that "the earliest age for a wife's husband is twenty years old." If the family is poor and wants to marry a good family and a good wife, the age will only be delayed even later. For example, Lu You

I once wrote a letter, "My son is thirty, my daughter is twenty, and I haven't dared to talk about marriage yet." Please donate an official position and get the money to marry your children.

This situation is different from the Han and Tang Dynasties before the Song Dynasty, and it is also different from the Ming and Qing Dynasties after the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the marriage of men and women was calculated based on Wang Xiaolie's age in his previous life, and it was not late marriage and late childbearing. And the higher the social status, the higher the age.

, the better the economic situation, the more common it is to marry later and have children later.

Wang Xiaolie was twenty-three and Lin Xi was nineteen, which is the normal age for marriage. Moreover, in recent years, the world has been in chaos, and late marriage and late childbearing are even more common.

Wang Qingxiu urged Wang Xiaolie to get married quickly because Wang Xiaolie's status was different and he needed to leave a good successor as soon as possible. For example, the emperors of the Song Dynasty got married much earlier than ordinary scholar-bureaucrats. If his father was still alive

When he was alive, Wang Xiaolie was just a junior member of the family. At this age, Wang Qingxiu would not rush for marriage. It was even common for Wang Xiaolie to wait for a few more years and to have to be a Jinshi before talking about marriage. Just like Fu Bi.

, when he was almost thirty years old and became a Jinshi, he married Yan Shu's daughter.
Chapter completed!