Liu Huai and He Saburo entered the door of He Da, saw the dog head sitting under the grape trellis reading a book, stepped forward and handed him a bag of cherries, and said, "This child works so hard, he will definitely have a future in the future." Here's a bag of cherries, take it to wash and eat, and play while playing. ”

When He Da heard the voice, he hurriedly came out of the house and said, "Tihar is here, why do you still bring things." ”

Liu Huai said: "I have lived for nearly 30 years, and it is the first time that someone has celebrated my birthday, so I naturally have to come earlier." There are also a few colleagues in the army, and when they walked through a river not far from here, they saw that there were not many fish in the small pond next to them, and they wanted to catch a few fish. ”

He Dadao: "Why bother with all that effort? There is a fish seller in the nearby village, and the price is very cheap. ”

He Sanlang said: "Brother He, don't care about them, the army has been practicing every day recently, and they are a little depressed, so they are just looking for some fun." ”

While talking, He Da asked Liu Huai and He Sanlang to sit under the grape trellis, and said, "It's hot, it's better to sit outside." For the first two months, I had to lay out all the stone slabs in this place, and it was very clean. After a while, the bucket of water from the well came out and splashed it, and it was cooler. ”

As he was talking, the dog head washed the cherries on the side, brought them over and said to a few people: "I have washed them, eat some." I've tasted it, and it's extremely sweet. ”

Liu Huai smiled: "You take it to the side and eat it." This fruit is sweet, it's just a small one, and it's a big hardcore inside, and I'm not patient. ”

He Da's wife came out of it, took a teapot in her hand and put it on the small table, and said: "There is good tea in it, I heard people say, what is Ming Qian tea, I don't know what it means, it's good." ”

After saying that, he went back to the room and took a few teacups and a jar, and put them on the table. He added, "There is sugar in this jar, and when you drink it, add some to the tea." It is sweet, and the sugar also nourishes the body. ”

He Sanlang said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the tea before the Ming Dynasty is the tea picked before the Qingming Festival, it is the most delicate, and it is sweet in the mouth, which is originally sweet." Such a good tea, if sugar is added to it, it will have no taste and ruin the heavens. Sugar is added to the tea, and it is only added to the kind of tea that is not good, so that good tea is not used. Put away the sugar, and we'll have tea. ”

He Da's wife didn't know if it was right or not, and said, "It's okay to put it here, you can see if you can add it or not." ”

The dog head brought hot water over, He Sanlang poured water and washed the teapot and teacup, and praised: "Sister-in-law's family is very particular, these are all porcelain from Rujiao, and the price is very expensive." There are many families in the village, but there are not many people who have this tea set. ”

He Da's wife stood aside and didn't speak, beautiful in her heart. I bought these tea utensils just to make the guests decent, and I finally used them today.

Since I met in Fancheng Shopping Mall during the Chinese New Year, when He Dajin was saving money to sell goods in the town, he often went to see Liu Huai and slowly got closer. Liu Huai is nearly thirty years old, married unmarried, alone, and sometimes goes to the village with He Sanlang to see He Da and his wife. A few days ago, He Da's wife had a mind to find a daughter-in-law for Liu Huai, but she didn't have a clue yet.

He Sanlang washed the tea set, poured water into the pot again, washed the tea, and then poured water into the pot. Brew it and pour tea for everyone.

He Da's wife picked up the teacup, took a sip and said, "Oh, this tea is really a little sweet." Third brother, why do you pay so much attention to making tea? I've never seen it. Is it the only way to make tea like this, will it taste so good? ”

He Saburo said: "That's not necessarily the case, the key is my sister-in-law's tea." The rules of making tea were learned from the Yamen of the Yingtian Affairs, and I heard that they were handed down by the officials. Now that tea is drunk in the army, it would be inappropriate not to do so. ”

After a few years, Xinyang Jun's tea finally produced stably and was of high quality. In particular, the green tea before the Ming Dynasty was well-made and famous, and this year it even became a tribute tea. With the blessing of the palace, the status of green tea was immediately different from before, and Jingxi Road became popular. Another point is that green tea is loose tea, which is inconvenient to transport, and the flavor will change over time. Rare things are expensive, and the more this is the case, the more they are loved by the rich and noble.

The method of making fermented tea spread to Jingnan, and the tea mountains around Dongting Lake were made in large quantities, transported to the north along the railway, and sold to the northern nomads through the tea and horse trade, and won their love. Drinking green tea locally and selling tea bricks to others, Xiangzhou has become an important tea distribution center.

Seeing that it was not early, He Da's wife put on an apron and went to the shed on the other side to prepare for cooking. He Da's family was very tidy, even the cooking place was spotless, the meat and vegetables were clean, and He's wife was orderly and finely cut into various shapes.

He is a high-class family in the village, and only He Saburo and a few others are richer than his family. The camp is different from other places, the gap between the rich and the poor is not large, and the people do not pay errands according to households, etc., and He Da's life is extremely comfortable. However, the tax is still collected on a household-by-household basis, except for the same land endowment, the house where they live, and the large fixed assets such as farm tools at home, the tax paid by the upper class households is still higher than that of the middle and lower class households.

Not long after, a few of Liu Huaijun's colleagues came in and skewered a few big fish with wicker in their hands.

He Da hurriedly got up, greeted him and said, "The dishes at home have already been prepared, why bother with this effort?" ”

Zhou Su smiled: "It's okay left and right, when I see a few big fish in the water, I just play around." ”

He Da took the fish, and his wife hurriedly came over and said to Zhou Su: "There is a copper basin over there, and there is soap next to it, you can wash it quickly." ”

As he spoke, he went over to fetch water, prepare soap, and prepare a towel to wipe his hands. The basin for washing the face is made of copper for the rich and noble, and after the enamel basin comes out, many people call it a copper basin. One is to follow the habit, and the other is a little vanity, and he can use similar utensils.

A few people sat down, sipping tea and chatting casually.

Zhou Su said: "A few days ago, I ordered all armies to recruit soldiers and prepare for drills. They are also divided into first, second, and third classes according to their performance in the army. Seeing that the wheat harvest is going to be harvested in a few days, why is it so big? ”

Liu Huai said: "The news I got was because there was a barbarian leader in Yongzhou in the south, Nong Zhigao, who raised an army and attacked the prefecture and county. I heard that this month the city of Yongzhou was breached, the people were slaughtered, and everyone below Zhizhou was killed. There are no large armies in the south, and the closest is us. If the imperial court wants to send troops from other ways to suppress thieves, it may let us go, so we should prepare early. ”

Zhou Su said: "A few barbarians, and they have to transfer troops thousands of miles away?" There are many barbarians who make trouble, why do you attach so much importance to this promotion? ”

Liu Huai said: "There are a lot of barbarians who have made a lot of trouble, but it is very rare to break through the Dazhou city and slaughter the city. Nong Zhigao, I don't know what the characters are, I don't know how much trouble it will make. If it really gets bigger, we are likely to be transferred to suppress the thieves, and it is always right to prepare in advance. ”

Zhou Su said: "Tens of thousands of people in the camp and field affairs have been trained for a few years, and the whole army will rise up and kill the past." It can be seen that the meaning in the army is just to organize and train troops and move defense training, and it will not be like the meaning of war. ”

Liu Huai said: "Brother, the place where the barbarians are making trouble is in Guangnan!" There is a miasma everywhere, which is not trivial, and now is the time when the miasma begins to steam, and I can't go! If we want to enter the army to quell the chaos, we can only wait until after autumn, and we can only make preparations in advance. ”

When it came to miasma, several people had a heated discussion about what it was. Most of the Xiang army are northerners, I heard that there are many miasma in the south, but I have been in Xiangzhou for a few years, and this is also the south, and I have not seen the miasma.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, He's wife brought a few cold dishes and said, "You eat first and drink a few glasses of wine." The other dishes are all fried, just put them in the pot, extremely fast. There's also a pot of meat cooked over there, and I'll serve it to you later. ”

Pointing to a plate of chicken, he said: "This is what I learned from the people in the city, after the chicken is cooked, let it cool, chop it into large pieces, add sauce to mix, how about you taste it?" ”

Liu Huai put a piece of chicken in his mouth and nodded again and again: "Okay, okay, sister-in-law is busy!" ”

He Da scalded the wine, poured it full for everyone, and ate food while drinking, talking about the latest novelties.

Liu Huai is an orphan, and this feeling of home makes him feel very kind and delicious.

After gossiping, the topic slowly turned to the chaos in Lingnan. When you become a soldier, of course, you want to make a contribution. In particular, most of the officers in the camp and field affairs army are fake regents, and they are even more eager to have military merits and be able to become regular soldiers.

The area at the junction of Jinghu, Quang Nam and Sichuan Gorge was still dominated by barbarians at this time, and Han people were extremely rare. Every few years there is chaos, and everyone has long seen it. In particular, Yang Jin, the commander of the local Xiang Army, made meritorious contributions to the suppression of barbarians on Jinghu Road, and several people did not treat Nong Zhigao as a bad thing at all.

These van troops have never been on the battlefield, and even the forbidden army has little contact, and from the beginning of the teaching, they used guns. They have no idea how powerful they are. Psychologically, I feel that it is not as good as the forbidden army, but it has enough psychological advantages against the barbarians who are in trouble.