A turmoil at home finally subsided in Chen's father's low apology.

During the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, although the social status of women was generally low due to Confucianism, as the early stage of China's feudal society, people's attitudes towards women were still very tolerant.

Especially in poor ordinary families, the Hanshu Food and Goods Chronicle records: "A husband who does not plow, or suffers from hunger, and a woman who does not weave, or suffers from the cold", shows that women in the Han Dynasty were also the main labor force of that era.

Therefore, Chen's father apologized to Chen's mother, which is not nonsense.

Seeing Chen's father's nervous appearance, thinking of his usual kindness to herself, Chen's mother couldn't help but feel soft in her heart, plus she has always been virtuous, since her husband is so submissive, she will not hold on to it too much.

Standing up straight, Chen's mother said: "Jun is the head of the family, and it is the fault of the concubine to interfere with the decision of the king, but the land is the foundation of the family's survival, how can it be easily sold?" ”

When Father Chen saw Chen's mother's face, he knew that she had forgiven herself, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, nodded and said, "What Xiaojun said is very true, I will never mention the sale of land in the future." ”

As a man, although Chen Xu secretly despised this kind of behavior at home, this person was an uncle who loved him after all, and his contempt did not dare to show it on his face.

Now that the most important thing has been solved, Chen Xu suddenly felt hungry, and his face became even paler.

Chen's mother was careful, and when she saw Chen Xu, whose face was like gold paper, she hurriedly asked Chen Xu to go to bed to rest first, and then ordered Chen Hu to kill the chicken.

Chen Xu didn't know that in order to treat him, the rooster that Chen Hu's family reported had been sold, and only an old hen remained. Now that the old hen has been killed, Chen Hu's family is really destitute except for a few acres of land.

Hearing that he was going to kill the chicken, Chen Xu's stomach screamed uncontrollably, but the memory of this body was fused, and he knew the importance of an old hen to an ordinary people's family, so he stopped it at the moment.

"It's just a chicken, don't stop it, it's important to take care of your body, and when you come out in the future, just buy a few hundred old hens for your uncle."

Father Chen completely relaxed at this time, with a straight face, he looked quite serious, and began to pretend to be generous in front of Chen Xu, showing the majesty of his elders.

But his words are ridiculous, as if in his eyes, buying a few hundred chickens is worth it.

"Poof."

Chen's mother couldn't help laughing, gave Chen's father a blank look, and immediately went out to help kill the chickens.

The waiting time was so long, this body lay in bed for a month, and these days it could only live on liquid food every day, and when it woke up to relax, it suddenly felt hungry.

After killing the chicken, Chen Hu was kicked out of the kitchen by Chen's mother, and asked him to come in to chat with Chen's father and Chen Xu, leaving Chen's mother alone in the kitchen to cook.

Chen's mother thinks that 'a gentleman should cook far away', although she is a peasant woman, but she hopes that her son can have a good life, so she does not want Chen Hu to help cook in the kitchen.

Although there is not so much attention in ordinary families, there are still many families who are reluctant to let their men cook, especially those who have high expectations for their children and grandchildren.

In fact, 'gentleman cooks' refers to a mentality that is unwilling to kill, paying attention to the gentleman's benevolence and righteousness, and needs to stay away from the kitchen where chickens and ducks are slaughtered.

But where do ordinary people know so much? In their eyes, the meaning of this sentence is: if you want to be a gentleman, you can't go to the kitchen to cook. As for letting Chen Hu kill chickens is equivalent to 'cooking', Chen's mother doesn't know it.

After a short time, a pot of stewed chicken was served, and although the diet of the Han Dynasty was much improved compared to the Zhou Dynasty, the preparation method of meals was still very simple for ordinary families.

Chen Xu knelt in front of the desk, feeling quite unaccustomed, in his previous life, he was very surprised by the ancient kneeling etiquette, but following the local customs, coupled with the instinct of this body, kneeling down is not too difficult to accept.

The chicken is boiled in water, with a pinch of salt, and a large bowl of hot corn looks quite rough in the mouth.

Chen Xu looked at Chen's father, Chen's mother, and Chen Hu, all of whom only cared about eating the corn in the bowl, but ignored the chicken on the table. Only Chen Hu occasionally sneaked a few sneaky glances at the chicken on the case, and then swallowed his saliva.

Some of the small actions of this reckless man naturally couldn't escape Chen Xu's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel funny about Chen Hu's cuteness.

Putting down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, Chen Xu Zhengse said: "Four people are in the same case, there is meat on the case, and I am the only one to eat it, how can I swallow it?" If uncle, aunt, and Ah Hu don't eat, Xu will never move. ”

At that moment, Chen Xu knelt proudly in front of the desk and stopped talking.

The original Chen Xu was very righteous, but whenever someone asked for him, as long as he could, Chen Xu would definitely do his best to help.

A few days ago, his mother passed away, and Chen Xu fell into a coma due to excessive sadness, which allowed Chen Xu's dove in later generations to occupy the magpie's nest.

Therefore, Chen Xu has an excellent reputation in the countryside, and many people are willing to associate with him.

Fused with the memory of this body, Chen Xu in later generations seems to have experienced another eighteen years in this era, and has been greatly affected both in words and in mind.

Seeing that Chen Xu was kneeling and sitting still, Chen's mother hurriedly persuaded him: "Da Lang, you have just recovered from a serious illness, this chicken was originally for you to replenish your body, we have no disasters and diseases, how can we eat?" ”

Chen's father also persuaded him, but only Chen Hu looked at the chicken on the case.

Chen Xu didn't answer, just knelt down and didn't say anything.

Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Chen's mother sighed and said, "Hey, you also know Dalang's temper, if we don't eat, he will never eat alone, let's eat together." ”

The hostess of the family spoke, Chen Hu was naturally not polite, smiled and sandwiched a piece of chicken, put it in Chen's father's bowl, and then sandwiched another piece for Chen's mother.

Seeing this scene, Chen Xu was not surprised, although Chen Hu was greedy, sometimes during the New Year, and even cheekily robbed children's things, but he was very filial.

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After eating, after resting for a while, Chen Xu felt that his body was full of strength, and his heart was amazed. It's incredible to be able to recover to this level with just one meal after a month in bed.

Then Chen Xu took Chen Hu to the county seat, he wanted to see if he could find some lucrative jobs to improve his family's life.

From the memory of this body, I know that Chen Xu's family has received too much favor from Chen's father, and this favor is so much that Chen Xu can't repay it, and he just wants to earn some money to improve this impoverished family.

Puyang is located in Yanzhou, the capital of Dong County, where there are well-dressed dignitaries and nobles, as well as poorly clothed ordinary people, and the traffic and horses on the road are endless, showing a sickly prosperity.

The children of the scholar clan wore high crowns on their heads, hung swords at their waists, and walked between dragons and tigers.

Occasionally, you can see a few celebrities wearing scarves and holding lupine fans, and people who pass by will look at them with respect.

Lupine scarf is not Zhuge Liang's patent. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, many people dressed up like this, which also represented a trend.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man with a majestic face and extraordinary bearing appeared, and passers-by gave way one after another, looking at this man with reverent faces.

Chen Xu learned from his memory that this person was the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, he was upright, sympathetic to the people, and his extraordinary background, so he was deeply loved by the people and scholars of Dongjun.

However, although Qiao Mao is the Taishou of Dongjun, he is constrained everywhere.

The Zhang family in Puyang is a relative of Zhang Gong, one of the ten permanent servants, and is extremely powerful and has always been a disaster in the township.

Even many county officials are under the Zhang family, and every time the Zhang family does something illegal, there are officials to help them cover up.

Although Qiao Mao has the intention to kill the thief, he has no power to return to the sky, which makes his official position as the Taishou of Dongjun somewhat unworthy of the name.

The battle between the upper class is still too far away for Chen Xu now, and now he just wants to find a job.

However, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there were a lot of displaced people, and it was common for large families to recruit tenants and raise domestic slaves.

Chen Xu and Chen Hu walked around the market for a long time, but except for a few shops recruiting bookkeepers, they did not find any other jobs.

But Chen Xu, who was a college student in later generations, didn't know the characters of the Han Dynasty, and wanted to be a bookkeeper, but he couldn't.

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Xu had no choice but to take Chen Hu out of the city and rush home.

As for making money, we can only talk about it later.

Chen Xu has never had such a strong desire to learn. He knows very well that in this troubled era, if he can't read and write, no matter how high his martial arts are, he can only be a reckless man who charges into battle

"Ah Hu, I want to read and learn words, but I don't know if there is a way?"

It is now the fifth year of Guanghe, although Chen Xu is not very familiar with the era name of the Han Dynasty, but as an otaku who often plays the game of the Three Kingdoms in later generations, he also knows that the fifth year of Guanghe is not far from the troubled times, and the era of the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Han Dynasty, the division of the heroes, and the rise of heroes is coming.

Although he has thousands of years of knowledge far beyond this era, Chen Xu in this world is just a cloth cloth, and he doesn't even know a few big characters.

In this era of great power of the scholar clan and the powerful, with his background, it is tantamount to a fool's dream to want to rise up and divide one side.

Chen Xu only hopes to find a master and mix an official position under his account, so that the Chen family can be sheltered in the troubled times.

Scratching the back of his head, Chen Hu looked embarrassed. For ordinary people, wanting to read and learn words is really like a mirror, which is very unreal.

"Big brother, we don't have books at home, and we can't afford to hire a gentleman, so it's really difficult to read and learn words."

Chen Xu couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, the books of this era are very precious, and only some big families have a collection of books.

Ordinary people can't read and can't become officials, but the scholars and the powerful have produced many talents, and over time, the contrast between the strong and the weak classes has become more and more obvious.

Chen Xu patted Chen Hu on the shoulder, and suddenly said arrogantly: "It's okay, if I have a chance in the future, I will definitely collect a lot of books, so that every child in our family can read and learn words." ”