Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 271 Two people
The place where Zhou Huaiyan lives is a small courtyard with one entrance and two exits. There is also a small garden in the backyard, although there are very few flowers and trees in it.

Because of the coming of Spring and Autumn, Zhou Huaiyan deliberately cleaned out a room next to him. The accessories and fabrics in the room are all the colors that little girls like Spring and Autumn. He also copied the hangings of the furnishings in the room from Chunqiu's room in Linfang, so when Chunqiu came in, if she didn't know that her second brother Yang Chunming was by her side, she would have thought that she had gone home.

Chunqiu opened his mouth wide in surprise, the room in front of him is exactly the same as the one at home, including the bedding on the bed, before Chunqiu specially tied a sachet on the top of the bed for fun, unexpectedly, there is also here.

Chunqiu threw the bundle in his hand directly on the table, then ran excitedly to the bed, shouting as he ran, "Second Brother, Second Brother, do you even have a sachet here?" "It smells so good, it's exactly the same as the one at home" and the taste is also the same. Chunqiu looked at Yang Chunming with a smile, although she restrained herself again and again, the slightly raised corners of her mouth betrayed her good mood.

For Chunqiu, all that Yang Chunming did was a great help to her. You must know that Chunqiu is a bit obsessed with the bed, and when he goes to a strange place suddenly, he always suffers from insomnia for two days because of the bed problem. Yesterday was like that. Although Mrs. Guan was well prepared, Chunqiu still didn't sleep well at night, which directly caused her to be depressed and depressed all morning.

"As long as you like it, hehe, this is what my mother mentioned in the letter. Fortunately, the letter was delivered in time. If it is two days late, I'm afraid it will be too late to prepare." Yang Chunming went to the table and sat down, reached out to pick up the I picked up a teapot and got myself a cup of white water to moisten my throat.

When Chunqiu heard Yang Chunming's words, the corners of his mouth widened unconsciously, "Of course I like it, I like it very much." Chunqiu turned his back to Yang Chunming, looked at everything in front of him with joy, and kept hinting in his heart that he was today. Finally got a good night's sleep.

Although Zhou Huaiyan has a rest tomorrow, when he came back from Hanlin, he also took a lot of manuscripts and prepared to study them carefully. You must know that the collection of books in Hanlin can be described as tens of thousands. The only thing is that Yang Chunming has never seen it. Yang Chunming is also a book lover, and he usually likes to read books, so in his daily life, after completing his book repair tasks, he is constantly copying classics, in order to satisfy his knowledge. Reserve, although he himself is busy every day without rest, but in the past three years, he has only read one-third of the books in Hanlin, and as for the books transcribed in volumes, less than one-tenth, but One can imagine how rich the Hanlin's collection of books is.

Yang Chunming planned to take advantage of today to finish his work for the next two days, so that he could spend more time with his sister in this huge capital city.Thinking like this, Yang Chunming couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and said, "Qiu'er, second brother go to the study first, let's discuss where to go tomorrow at night."

Chunqiu turned her head and looked at her second brother's impatient actions. She was worried that she had missed the other party's business, so she hurriedly replied, "Well, I see. Second brother, you can go to work quickly. I can do it myself here."

"Okay, let's talk later," Zhou Huaiyan said to Chunqiu, then turned and left the room.

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Zhou Huaiyan's study is next door to Chunqiu, and Zhou Huaiyan just turned a corner after going out and arrived there.

Pushing open the door, what came into view was the rows of books and allusions, densely packed on the bookshelves of the entire study.

Zhou Huaiyan glanced across the bookshelf in front of him, and finally stopped at the half-filled bookshelf on the left.

Walking over to pick up the books that he put in a corner, Zhou Huaiyan turned back to the desk, pulled the chair away, and sat down by himself.

On the desk there are still rice papers that have not been put away, and they are neatly pressed together by the paperweight. On the left side of the rice paper is an inkstone, and there is still ink smelling like ink in it. Chunming stretched out his hand slightly, and he was able to get it.

Holding the book in his hand, Zhou Huaiyan leaned back on the chair and read it with relish. If he came across a poem he liked, he would pick up the writing brush on the side, dip some ink in it and write it on rice paper for preservation. The sun fell on his eyes. On the beautiful hand, there is a halo in Yingying...

The hall officials of the Imperial Academy are called Hanlin Bachelors, and there are two Bachelors of Attendance, two Bachelors of Attendance, two each of Attendants, and numerous editors. (When the ancient number one scholar entered the Hanlin Academy, it was compiled by the sixth rank, Tanhua, and the second place was also edited by the seventh rank)

Her second brother had been in Hanlin for three years, and he said that Potian was just a small editor who edited books for the royal family. In this capital, where any brick is an official, a mere seventh-rank official is really not enough. Although this It is possible for a small official of the seventh rank to become a prime minister of the first rank. Of course, the process is very difficult. After all, there are countless editors and editors in the Imperial Academy.

As I said before, the Hanlin where her second brother Yang Chunming works is a Qingtang yamen, where there are many things to do with less oil and water, and the monthly salary is just a little more than five taels. 180 taels.

Since it was so difficult, her second brother naturally couldn't afford to hire servants. Therefore, during the three years in the capital, no matter what, her second brother did it himself.

Even the house they are staying in now was bought by her mother. Back then, her mother wanted to buy two servant girls to take care of her second brother's daily life, but her second brother refused with various excuses. Her mother had no choice but to give it to her. Her second brother left a lot of money, and she only hoped that Yang Chunming would not treat her badly.

Although Chunqiu didn't see where her second brother spent all the money, but when she finished cleaning the house and came to the kitchen, looking at the chicken, duck and fish in front of her, she suddenly realized that her second brother should be living in this capital. good.

Chunqiu didn't ask Yang Chunming what to eat for dinner, seeing so many ingredients, Chunqiu randomly picked out two fresh fish, and decided to feed her second brother's brain tonight.

Boiled a pot of fish head soup, made another pot of fish balls, fried a piece of green vegetables and lean meat, and I felt that dinner was almost complete in Spring and Autumn.

"Koukoukou, second brother, it's time to eat." Chunqiu knocked on the door, and after finishing his purpose, he left before her second brother opened the door. Anyway, her second brother will come out after finishing talking.

Chunqiu sat at the dining table, watched Yang Chunming enter the door, and quickly handed over the white rice on the side, "Second brother, sit down and eat."

Yang Chunming reached out to take it, looked at the food in front of him, and said with a smile, "Thanks to Erqiuer, it seems that the second brother will have a good meal tonight."

"That's..." Chunqiu proudly raised her head, the food she cooked was beyond words.

(End of this chapter)