Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 273 Colleagues
"Hehe, but the food ordered by the second brother doesn't suit Qiu'er's appetite?" Yang Chunming looked at the steaming food on the table, then at Chunqiu, who was lying listlessly by the table, and moved the chopsticks in his hand pass it on.

Chunqiu reached out to take the chopsticks, stood up from the table with her arms in a daze, pointed at the food on the table with her fingers holding the chopsticks, and said shaking her head, "The color is full and pure, this is a rare delicacy."

"Hehe, eat quickly." Yang Chunming was amused by Chunqiu's mischievous appearance, and after laughing, he hurriedly urged the other party to eat quickly.

Holding the chopsticks in his hand, Chunqiu scanned the table back and forth, he couldn't make up his mind for a moment, what Chunqiu said just now was not a joke, but the dishes Yang Chunming ordered looked very appetizing, Chunqiu bit his lips lightly, and the food in his hand Pointing with chopsticks is just not knowing where to start.

"Second brother, this dish..." Chunqiu had no choice but to raise his head to ask his second brother for advice, but Yang Chunming interrupted him before he finished speaking.

Ok?Chunqiu was a little confused, so before she could react, she saw her second brother got up and walked towards the door with a smile on his face.

Ugh?Chunqiu was surprised and hurriedly looked back.

Because of the distance, Chunqiu couldn't hear exactly what they were discussing, but seeing the expressions on the faces of several people wanting to talk about Zhenghuan, Chunqiu lowered his head, put his hands on the table, and stared at the food in front of him in a daze.

"Hehe, Qiu'er is in a hurry?"

A familiar voice came into his ears, Chunqiu raised his head, and Yang Chunming, who was talking not far away before, had already walked beside Chunqiu.

Chunqiu smiled and shook his head, "It's okay, second brother, who are they?" Saying this, Chunqiu glanced at the positions of the previous people, and as expected, those people had already left.

Yang Chunming stretched out his hand, picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks and put it into Chunqiu's bowl, and said in a low voice, "They are all colleagues in the Imperial Academy, eat the vegetables quickly, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

After hearing this, Chunqiu let out an "oh", picked up the braised pork in the bowl and put it in his mouth, and said vague words while eating, "Well, they don't look as good-looking as the second brother."

After hearing this, Yang Chunming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, took another chopsticks of vegetables and put them into the Spring and Autumn bowl, knocked on the side of the bowl, and said, "Eat quickly."

Chunqiu rolled his eyes, and sneered at his second brother's behavior, since she was allowed to eat, then she would not be polite, hmph, Chunqiu shrugged his nose, and started to eat bitterly.

After eating, he drank two more cups of tea, and Chunqiu let out a sigh of satisfaction, um, his stomach is bulging, and he is not too happy after eating and drinking.

Unlike Chunqiu who ate quickly, Yang Chunming ate slowly with the bowl and chopsticks, obviously not in a hurry.

Yang Chunming put the food in his mouth and took another mouthful of food. He didn't speak until the food in his mouth was swallowed, "Okay, where are we going this afternoon?"

Obviously, what Yang Chunming said was to Chunqiu.

Chunqiu thought for a while, then raised her voice and replied, "Why don't we go home?" She really didn't want to see it, and if she went out at this time, it was so hot outside that she might as well go home.

After listening to Chunqiu's words, Yang Chunming's reaction was flat, as if he had expected it long ago.

"By the way, Qiu'er, the second elder brother has something to go out in the afternoon, and he may come back later, remember to be careful when you are at home alone."

"Eh? Where is Second Brother going?" Chunqiu asked.

Yang Chunming explained in a low voice, "Well, my colleagues in Hanlin have something to do here, so my second brother will go and have a look this afternoon."

It turned out to be a business matter, Chunqiu nodded, "I know, don't worry, second brother, I will stay at home honestly"

"Hehe, Qiu'er is so good." Yang Chunming smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed Chunqiu's little head again.

……

Before going home, Yang Chunming took Chunqiu to buy the knot that he hadn’t seen in the morning. The knot is very similar to the keychain gadgets of later generations, except that the ancient knots were all made by hand with colorful threads. The patterns are not as rich as those of later generations. Chunqiu chose a few small animal-shaped knots in the pavement, and planned to go back and tie them on the purse.

After Yang Chunming sent Chunqiu back to the small courtyard, he went directly to the colleague he had mentioned.

Chunqiu was the only one left in the small courtyard, and she was afraid to say it, after all, Chunqiu was almost a leftover woman with age in her heart, but she was a bit lonely after all.

But before leaving, Yang Chunming was afraid that Chunqiu would be bored at home by himself, so he specially told Chunqiu that there were a few book travel books on the last shelf in his study, if she was bored, she could go to the study and take them out to read.

Up to now, Chunqiu can only go to the study to study.

Her second brother's study room is not considered a confidential place, the door is not locked, Chunqiu pushed open the door, and walked in with dignity.

"Wow, second brother has so many books here." Chunqiu was stunned by the scene in front of him.

In the huge room, the bookshelves occupy about half of the space, and each shelf is filled with densely packed books, giving Chunqiu the most intuitive feeling that she seems to have entered a library.

Resisting the urge to turn around and run, Chunqiu closed the door, walked to the bookshelf lightly, and searched carefully according to the vague position given to her by her second brother.

"Tao Te Ching", "Yongle Canon", "Journey to the Western Regions"... Chunqiu looked through one after another, but couldn't find the few travel notes her second brother talked about. Putting down the "Poetry" in his hand, Chunqiu straightened up , looked helplessly at the surrounding bookshelves, the bookshelves could be as tall as two people in Spring and Autumn, especially the front was filled with books, which blocked all the light coming in, Chunqiu felt very warm outside, but came in for a short while Feeling a little cold, I rubbed my arms vigorously, feeling that the warmth will gradually rise, and Chunqiu plunged into the great cause of looking for books again.

When Chunqiu came out, he was holding books that were as generous as two hands.

There are not only the travel notes that Yang Chunming said before, but also the classical medical books found in the Spring and Autumn Period. In [-], it was hailed as the earliest clinical encyclopedia by later generations. I did not expect that she could find it in the study of the second brother.

However, looking at the pages of this book, Chunqiu also understands that the "Thousand Gold Prescriptions" in front of him is just a copy and not an authentic copy. Sure enough, the Imperial Academy is worthy of being called an ancient library. The various books collected in it are absolutely unknown. If you take out a copy and return it to later generations, it will definitely sell for a sky-high price. Unfortunately, so many orphan copies were destroyed in a fire during the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the Qing Dynasty.

Alas, after a few hundred years of emotion, Chunqiu moved the book back to the house, hugging his beloved "Prescriptions of Thousand Gold", Chunqiu sat on the stool and studied excitedly...

(End of this chapter)