It wasn't until Zhang Sanniang greeted Xu Zheng that Lin Wensi got out. He has studied for more than 20 years, participated in three scientific expeditions, and has not yet held an official position. Xu Zheng didn't understand poetry and books at all, and he relied on his son to offer a recipe for making white sugar, and he had to be awarded the Beijing official, which couldn't help but make Lin Wensi sigh.

Xu was leaving, Lin Wensi called Xu Ping to his side and asked him: "I heard that many nearby counties have sent people to the village to learn how to grow rice these days, how do you deal with it?" ”

Xu Ping replied respectfully: "If they want to learn, I will teach, there is nothing to hide from this kind of thing." However, it depends on them whether they can learn or not, some of the people sent to the village by the county are drinking and having fun every day, and they can't learn anything, so what can I do? ”

Lin Wensi nodded appreciatively: "You did the right thing, how much effort can you spend teaching people?" Whether they succeed or not, it is a good relationship that you have formed, and there are only benefits and no harms. Besides, Kaifeng Mansion is not as good as other places, and the officials here will be reused by the imperial court in the future, and it is also your entry level. ”

Xu Ping also thinks that this is the truth, the requirements of the county commanders in the counties under Kaifeng Prefecture are obviously much higher than those in other places, and after this term, it will not take many years for those who are lucky to enter the central government. I don't know what my future will look like, but it's always good to get to know more people.

Lin Wensi asked Xu Ping about his studies again, and said to him: "As early as next year, at the latest in the year after tomorrow, the imperial court will definitely open a department, you can't be sloppy." ”

Xu Ping hurriedly said yes. He was not arrogant enough to think that he could go to high school by taking the imperial examination once, but even if he didn't pass the first time, it was important to increase his knowledge. The first time I participated in the imperial examination, I was most impressed, and I could understand what strengths and weaknesses I had at once, which was very important for my future studies.

After saying this, Xu Pingcai asked Lin Wensi: "Teacher, a few days ago, Pang Yuzhi from Zhixiangyi County specially sent someone to the village and asked me to go to them to guide the opening of ditches and flat rice fields. I don't know what kind of person this is, do you want to go? If you meet a mean person, there is no benefit in doing it well, and if you are not careful, you may be punished, which is not a good errand. ”

Lin Wen thought for a while before he said: "I have heard of this person, he was a Cao in Kaifeng Mansion two years ago, although he has not dealt with him, but he is a very talented official, but he is a little harsh on his subordinates." You were invited by him, so he shouldn't treat you harshly, just go. I heard that several senior officials in the DPRK and China value his talents, and his future prospects are limitless, so it is always good to make friends at this time. ”

Xu Ping nodded yes. In fact, he didn't know this Pang Zhixian, this person was one of the rare people who left an impression in his memory of his previous life at this time, but those were not a good impression, so he hesitated. Pang Ji is mellow, and at this time he knew Xiangyi County, that is, Sui County in later generations. Xiangyi is near the Bianhe River, the ditches in the territory are vertical and horizontal, and there are waterlogging disasters almost every year, which is a place that is not easy to govern. Pang Ji also participated in the on-site meeting hosted by Zhang Junping last time, but he was mixed in a group of county magistrates and did not attract Xu Ping's attention. This time, Xu Ping was specially sent to the county to guide the opening of the canal, and Xu Ping remembered.

Xu Ping's history is said to be good, but it is only limited to the general trend of history in the textbook, and the specific year and historical figures are smeared. Pang Ji left him with the impression that Pang Taishi in Bao Gong's play, which was not a character to provoke casually. Fortunately, he knew in his heart that the history in the drama was unreliable, and it was all made up by the lower-class literati in order to satisfy the tastes of the people, and it would be great if he could get the names right. And the later the drama and commentary, the more far away it is from the historical facts. For example, the story of the Three Kingdoms appeared in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, which is relatively reliable. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, a large number of long commentaries basically had nothing to do with historical truth. Bao Gong Opera appeared in the Yuan Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the characters in it basically have nothing to do with their original historical appearance.

When Xu Ping came to this era, he naturally knew that he could not judge real historical figures by the impressions in the drama reviews. Not to mention anything else, in the famous "Quanmei Case" in Bao Gong's play, he understands very well that it is absolutely impossible to happen in the Song Dynasty, and the law and morality do not allow this kind of story to appear, let alone others.

So after receiving an invitation from Pang Ji, Xu Ping had to ask the people around him before he dared to make a decision.

After being busy for a while, he set up a feast in the living room to celebrate Xu Zhengshi's appointment as an official. This is to celebrate at home first, and then set up a few more tables to invite neighbors. Xu Zhengguan has been an official for some days, and the reason why he waited until today to celebrate is because he has seen the promotion of the imperial calendar today. In fact, this is a gift, and he doesn't go out to serve in specific ministries, and he has no hope of promotion in his life, so he just gets a good fortune.

There are no outsiders, Zhang Sanniang and Lin Suniang also join in the fun. The Xu family is from a businessman's family, and there is no woman who does not go to the banquet. Lin Wensi is not a student of Taoism, in fact, his thoughts are rebellious, and he doesn't care about this. Lin Suniang grew up to be a teenager, and she didn't even watch "The Female Commandment", so she was very free.

Lin Suniang's appearance is a little strange today, she walks carefully, as if her foot is injured. But looking at her face full of spring breeze, she didn't look injured.

Pouring the wine, Xu Zheng stood up with the wine glass, wanted to say a few thoughts, and held back for a long time before saying: "I never thought that my old man would also have the days of wearing green robes, the emperor is shengming, and the ancestors accumulate virtue!" ”

Back and forth, he said several times "the emperor is shengming, and the ancestors accumulate virtue", and there is no other word.

A group of relatives and friends just wanted to laugh when they heard it, but seeing Xu Zheng's serious face, it was not easy to stimulate him, so they had to endure it.

Finally, the excitement passed, and Xu Zhengcai said: "Let's have this toast!" ”

After drinking, Xu Zheng sat down, and Old Courtyard Duan toasted him first. Xu Zheng drank it, and talked nonsense for a long time while pulling Duan Lao Yard, starting from selling wine with a burden, to opening a small wine shop next door to the old courtyard, until he talked about opening Qingfeng Building, and finally sighed that his life was not easy.

The patience of the elderly is not comparable to that of young people, Rao is so, and Duan Lao's courtyard is also a little unbearable.

Following Lin Wensi and Li Yonghe to toast, Xu Zheng is still wordy, surviving for decades, and today it seems to be a new person.

Xu Ping shook his head when he heard it, he didn't expect an inconspicuous little official to stimulate his father like this, in this era, the official body is really more lovely than money.

This kind of mood Xu Ping is really incomprehensible, his evaluation of people in his previous life is varied, and the identity of a small civil servant is not enough to be envied. But I don't know that it is the result of increased social mobility, and in the era when people are restricted by geography, eating imperial food is naturally considered superior.

After the elders finished saluting, it was Xu Ping and Li Zhang's turn, but fortunately, Xu Zheng's excitement had passed at this time, and he was a little tired after talking for a long time, so he let go of the two of them, and didn't reminisce about the bittersweet at length.

After drinking this wine for more than half an hour, seeing that the sun was about to go down, he removed the feast and set up a few more tables in the courtyard before asking Baofu to invite the neighbors.

Xu Ping didn't want to join in the fun, so he rode a horse to send Li Yonghe and his family back.

Duan Lao Yard rode a little donkey alone, Li Yonghe led him, and Li Zhang and Xu Ping rode together. After moving, the Xu family was much closer to Li Yonghe's home, and it didn't take a lot of effort for Xu Ping to ride back.

Xu Ping, the neighbor around him, didn't know him, and he didn't bother to entangle with them, so he went around to the backyard.

When I entered the door, I found that Lin Suniang and Su Er Dou'er were three little girls gathered together in the backyard, chirping and not knowing what they were talking about. Seeing Xu Ping, the three of them closed their mouths together and looked at him with vigilant eyes, like thieves.

Xu Ping was curious and called Su'er: "What are you doing here?" ”

Su'er's little head shook violently: "Don't do anything!" Little official, go to the front, everyone is waiting for you to toast! ”

The more Su Er said this, the more suspicious Xu Ping became, so he didn't leave. Seeing Lin Suniang and Su'er putting their hands behind them, as if there was something he didn't want to see, he couldn't help but think curiously, and asked Lin Suniang: "Suniang, do you have any good things that I don't want to see?" Everyone is a family, what do you see? ”

Lin Suniang blushed and whispered, "How can I show you the girl's things?" You go to the front to help greet the guests, they are all neighbors, you also need to get to know them. ”

Hearing that it was a woman's thing, Xu Ping was embarrassed to insist. It will take two years to marry Lin Suniang, Xu Ping is not good and has no face, so he made up for the woman, and then said goodbye and left.

After walking a few steps, after all, he was curious, Xu Ping suddenly turned around and looked at the three girls, but saw Lin Suniang holding a pair of small bow shoes in her hand and gesturing to Dou'er.

Su Er saw Xu Ping turn his head and grimaced at him: "Peek at the girl's things, the official has no face!" ”

Lin Suniang next to her blushed and glared at Xu Ping fiercely.

Xu Ping didn't expect it to be just a pair of shoes, felt embarrassed, and left in a hurry.

Walking on the road, the more I thought about it, the more wrong it became, what were the little girls doing mysteriously in bow shoes? When I entered the back hall, I suddenly remembered that the pair of bow shoes were obviously smaller than the shoes I usually wear, and they had a special purpose, and then I remembered the demeanor of the three little girls, and finally understood that the three little girls were actually discussing the matter of foot binding. Such small bow shoes are obviously used to restrict feet, no wonder Lin Suniang looks so weird when she walks today, she actually learned to wrap her little feet!

There are different opinions about when Chinese women bind their feet in Xu Ping's previous life, but he didn't have to think about it when he came to this world, and it was at this time that foot binding began. Before the Song Dynasty, there was no custom of foot binding in China, and when it came to the Northern Song Dynasty, it became popular in the palace to bind feet, of course, this kind of foot binding was very different from that of later generations, but the feet were tied to be slender. The women of the big families in the capital like to learn the dress of the women in the palace the most, from hairstyles to clothing, and even some small jewelry, all of which are expensive to the palace. The same is true of foot binding, which has been spread from the palace, and there are some big families who follow suit, nothing more than the pursuit of novelty.

This has nothing to do with the taste of scholars, not to mention the psychopathology when small feet prevailed later, in fact, the scholars were opposed at first, but women did the same for the love of beauty. Women will do a lot of unreasonable things in order to become beautiful, just like foot binding in this era, Xu Ping can't say anything, in his previous life is even more outrageous, plastic surgery breast augmentation is much more terrible than foot binding in this era.

Small feet in the Song Dynasty were not popular, that is, Lin Suniang, these little girls loved beauty and tossed it, and they naturally stopped doing it after suffering hardships. The real Daxing was when the Jurchens entered the Central Plains, and the nobles of the Jin Dynasty strongly admired it, and it was only in the Yuan Dynasty that it began to become popular in the north and south of the country, becoming more and more perverted. The Ming Dynasty became a common social custom, entangled with the tastes of the decaying scholars, and became one of the vices of China.

Although he knew that the foot binding at this time was not the same as the small foot binding in the later life, Xu Ping still felt strange in his heart, this was a very perverted aesthetic in the memory of his previous life. It seems that when you have time, you should talk to Lin Su Niang, don't break her feet.