My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 44
Not to mention that the men are excited, the old people watching the fun are also envious, especially in such an era of scarcity, even if there is a better pair of boots at home, it is for the strong laborers.

Although the style of the old Beijing cloth shoes is a little simpler, the old people are not blind and know that they are good things. The rich can only wear them during the festivals. Even when they are young, they can only see them from a distance. share.

As for cloth shoes, even in the Three Kingdoms period, it has a history of nearly a thousand years. It is rumored that there were embroidered shoes in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States.

In 660 BC, Duke Xian of Jin became the king of the country and tried his best to expand the territory. He annexed ten small countries in one fell swoop, and began to rule as a king.

In order to let the people of the whole country always remember his martial arts skills, he ordered that all women in the palace must be embroidered with ten kinds of flower and fruit patterns, such as pomegranate flowers, peach blossoms, bergamot, grapes, etc.

At the same time, it is also ordered that civilian women across the country must use this embroidered "Shiguo Shoes" as their wedding shoes when they get married, so that generations will not forget Jin Xiangong's illustrious achievements.At that time, embroidered women's shoes with this pattern were called "Jin State Shoes".

Therefore, they are not unfamiliar with the cloth shoes, and in their opinion, the old Beijing cloth shoes are just not embroidered with patterns, and the others are not much different.

As for the so-called black uppers, don't forget that black in the Qin and Han Dynasties was a rich color.

Hearing the voices of the first-class people, Wei Chen was quite surprised.

You must know that just now, they were still thinking about the stab-proof clothing they purchased themselves. Now they have rebelled against the revolution for a pair of shoes. It can be seen how attractive it is for them to have a pair of shoes.

Wei Chen sighed funny and looked at Hao Zhao and the others.

Hao Zhao and the other teenagers laughed when they saw Wei Chen's gesture, then ran into the yard, hiding behind the fence and rustling, not knowing what they were doing.

Seeing this, Cai Yan knew her husband's intentions, so she skipped the next announcement about the first few people.

"The next group, reward Hao Zhao and other [-] brave youths who successfully intercepted the enemy's sneak attack in the rear. The rewards are as follows: each with an eight-faced Han sword, a set of anti-stab suits, a pair of Melaleuca-soled shoes, and a iron hat. Five bags of top and milled rice are distributed by themselves.”

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound of neat footsteps behind the door.

I saw the teenagers headed by Hao Zhao, wearing black iron hats, stab-proof clothing, and new cloth shoes, with an exquisite Han sword hanging from their waists. It is also decorated with copper ornaments, which is extraordinary at first glance.

The fourteen teenagers moved in a uniform manner, matched with uniform attire, and stood in a line behind Wei Chen with their heads held high. Thick, I feel that the teeth and flowers are smiling a few times.

The parents, grandparents, and grandparents of several children couldn't sit still. Hao Dadao saw his son Hao Zhao's valiant appearance. Is it still my son?
Gouzi's mother was so excited that she burst into tears. Her family was an orphan and a widowed mother. After her husband died, she pointed to Gouzi to live. Seeing that Gouzi was not too young, she could marry a wife at the age of fourteen or five. Birth and inheritance.

But she knew that the family conditions meant that Gouzi would not be able to marry any good wife. Even if he could barely find one who was willing to marry Gouzi, he would be either blind or lame, but that was better than nothing.

Seeing that my baby son has changed so much, the dog's mother is really a little afraid to recognize it. Just my son's appearance, this heroic and extraordinary standing posture, just need to go to the gate of the county town, the girls from ten miles and eight townships You can't even step on the threshold of your own home!
It's not just her who thinks this way, the family brothers and sisters of the other teenagers also do the same. The few pretty girls in the village even set their sights on Hao Zhao and the dog from time to time. There is no way, who makes them the most handsome? .

Of course, the more handsome people were ahead of them, but the villagers were very self-aware of Wei Chen, and they were already satisfied to be a maid like Hao Niang and Xiao E.

"I'll be darling, this is too, too..." The man behind the head couldn't sit still.

The other men also swallowed their saliva, all of them coveted, even the Daniel group who came to join in the fun.

How can a man not like it when he wears such a set of equipment.

Especially those men who wore stab-proof suits and knew that stab-proof suits were powerful. If Wei Teng was not there, they would have rushed over and took off their younger brother's stab-proof suits and put them on themselves.

In the crowd, the most envied people are the younger brothers, Banjin and Baliang. These two brothers were a little bit crooked by Hao Laoliu.

In the village on weekdays, he is also a stealing and slippery generation. Now that his friends of the same age are wearing such good clothes and shoes, how can they not envy, how can they not taste it, but they can't do anything about it. , can only look at each other, looking lonely.

Wei Zhen saw this scene of all beings in his eyes, and said with a smile: "This is what they deserve, what they do is rewarded. As long as you make contributions in the future, there will be no shortage of similar rewards."

Hearing him say that, the villagers were all about to move.

As if to corroborate Wei Yan's words, Cai Yan said: "This time the reward is not only for those who have made great contributions to defending the enemy last night. I will then announce that you should listen carefully, so as not to miss your own name."

When the first-class people heard it, they thought that it was their turn, and quickly shut up the women who were chattering.

However, Cai Yan smiled slightly, and said with a bit of wickedness: "The following rewards are the five activists who have performed best in the construction of brick kilns." Of course, the word activist was proposed by Wei Ting.

When the first-class people heard that it was not them, they were startled for a while, and then they cried out in disappointment.

But they didn't dare to make trouble. Cai Yan is Wei Zhen's wife, equivalent to their mistress. The reward is given by others. They can give it to whoever they want first. They can't say anything. It's looking forward to it.

When I heard that there was another activist, the villagers were all dumbfounded.

Cai Yan read: "Five activists, namely Muzheng Hao Dadao, Hao Sanzhu, Hao... Each will be rewarded with three feet of brocade, a pair of melaleuca shoes, and a bag of polished rice."

Hao Sanzhu, who was standing beside Aunt Manhua, was stunned, "Me too?"

Aunt Manhua said with surprise and joy, "Young Master and Madam can't make a mistake, you went to fetch water and soil before dawn, and everyone in the village saw it. I said why you suddenly So positive, it turns out that I had expected such a good thing today."

Hao Sanzhu scratched his head in embarrassment. The reason why he was so active in those days was to eat a big hot steamed bun, because only people who went to work had steamed buns to eat. To say that he can think of today is really overestimated. he is.

Seeing that even Hao Sanzhu has been rewarded, the villagers are more convinced of what Wei Chen said just now, as long as they make a little contribution, or do things more actively on weekdays, they will definitely have a share in the future.

It's just pity for the men who weighed their heads and looked forward to it for a long time, and finally it was their turn.

But at this moment, Wei Chen suddenly got up and said: "Okay, today's merits and deeds are here, the big guys should go hunting in the mountains, and those who need to gather wild vegetables will go to collect wild vegetables, and the brick kiln will continue. Get busy, if you guys can live in a big brick house this winter, I'll point to you."

"what?"

"Gone?"

The first-class people looked disappointed.

Wei Chen smiled slightly, looked at them, and said lightly, "Weitou and Daniel stay for a while, and the others will go to work first."

Xiangtou and Daniel looked at each other and nodded obediently.

Although the other men were very disappointed, they still went to work obediently. Wei Chen left the head alone, presumably to discuss the reward for them. I just hope that I can also give them a pair of thousand-layer shoes. It looks true. Rare.

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There is naturally a reason why Wei Chen left the two alone.

Because the rewards to be given to them are too lethal, the people in Haojia Village are fine, but there are several people from other villages brought by Daniel in the crowd.Wei Teng had no choice but to push them back first.

Walking into the yard, Cai Yan and Hao Niang went for a stroll in the village.

Wei Chen sat cross-legged on the futon and looked at the two men in front of him.

Even though he has a ferocious face and a tall body, he still doesn't dare to breathe heavily in the face of a son from an aristocratic family like Wei Chen.

Wei Chen neatly tidied up the hem of his clothes, looked up at the head, and said, "I have prepared the rewards for you, don't look sad, those who don't know think you have suffered a great grievance. Woolen cloth."

He nodded instinctively, then reacted, and grinned overjoyedly, "I knew the son would not forget us."

Wei Chen gave him an angry look, saying he was honest and honest, but he didn't suffer at all.

Wei Zhen looked at Daniel again, frowned and said, "I heard from Uncle Dao, you intend to let your wife live in the village and want to do things with me?"

Daniel bent down and stammered through the whole story before saying: "Xiaohua is a capable person, not only can he cook a good meal, but he can't beat even a few men, A-Niang means to let her Follow the madam to be a servant girl."

Wei Chen nodded slightly and said, "Since Aunt Manhua said it, I would naturally welcome it, but Xiaohua is here, and you can't be a husband and wife living in different places, right?"

"Young master, what do you mean?" Daniel raised his head cautiously, not daring to look directly into Wei Chen's eyes.

Wei Chen smiled indifferently, picked up a letter like an invitation from the low table beside him, and said, "This is the letter that Madam promised you, if you take him to Xie's, someone will naturally do justice for Xiaohua. "

Daniel took it respectfully, but he didn't expect that Madam still remembered what she promised him, the same young lady from a noble family, why is the Wei family so good?

He was looking forward to it, Wei Teng would let him and Xiaohua come to Haojiacun to live together, and seeing Haojiacun's life getting better and better these few days, he couldn't be more envious. More intentional.

But Wei Chen suddenly stopped talking in the middle of what he said, which made him feel up and down.

In fact, Wei Tsang did have the intention to recruit him, but Wei Tsang definitely couldn't bring it up on his own initiative. It was up to the Daniel to defect, so that he would cherish it, and would not be arrogant. In the studio, eating a cut grows a wisdom.

Wei Tseng felt that this kind of thing could be done as soon as it came to an end. As long as the Daniel had the heart, he would come to do it with him sooner or later.

"Head." Wei Chen said again: "You also go to the Wei family and tell my father the truth about Hujiabao. If he asks me what plan I have, you can say that in mid-August, the dog will bite the dog, and the salt lake will benefit greatly. , you can draw it."

With just a few words, he nodded his head to indicate that he had written it down.

Wei Zhen gave a satisfied 'um' and said, "When you come back, I should give you a lot of rewards, and there are surprises."

"Thank you, Young Master." He shook his head and clasped his fists in an excited salute, waiting for Wei Chen's words.

Wei Chen waved his hand, "Go."

After Xiangtou and Daniel left, Wei Chen hesitated whether to go back first, or at least call Uncle Fang to say sorry.

But he didn't want to make any excuses yet, An Ning led a group of small friends to probe their brains at the gate of the courtyard, looking like they wanted to come in and didn't dare to come in.Several children pushed each other to let their companions advance, but no one dared to come in first.

Seeing this, Wei Teng shouted amusingly, "A-Ning, what's wrong with you?"

Xiao Aning was recommended by his friends, so he could only walk up to Wei Chen obediently, and said hesitantly, "Brother Wei, can you also find something for us to do well? If you want to contribute to the village, you can do it well. Reward shoes."

Wei Chen was startled when he heard the words, looking at the dirty feet of the children, he felt a little distressed for a while, he just thought that the children were used to running around barefoot in summer, because he was like this when he was a child.

But he never thought that the reason why the children were barefoot was more likely because they had no shoes to wear.Looking at the expectant eyes of the children, how could Wei Teng be ruthless and reject them.

After thinking for a while, he said with a smile: "Well, I will also give you a task. If anyone can complete it, I will reward him with a new pair of shoes, and they are shoes with patterns. Do you have the confidence to complete the task?"

"Yes!" the children cheered.

Wei Chen smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you a simple task. From now on, you will learn to write with your sister every day, and you will know five of them a day. Within a month, whoever can write a hundred different Chinese characters will be rewarded. He has a new pair of shoes."

"Writing?"

"What is writing?"

The children were all dumbfounded, and there was only one person present looking at Wei Zhen with grief and indignation, and that was An Ning who had already started to read.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu[-], how about another task, please. It's very difficult to learn to write. Aning doesn't want to learn to write."

Wei Zhen would not be accustomed to her, so he pretended to be serious and said: "There is no way. If you don't learn well, others will put on new shoes before you, and then you will only be envious."

(End of this chapter)