Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 23 0022 [Fishing guy]

"Rong is four years old, and he can make pears. My younger brother Yu Chang, I should be a prophet. The first is filial piety, the second is knowledge. Know certain numbers, know certain texts... Mother, I have finished memorizing."

After finishing the meal, Bai Qi began to recite the sentences he learned yesterday.

This kind of common allusion can be taught by Shen Yourong himself, and Zhu Ming and Zhu Guoxiang don't need to worry about it.

Shen Yourong asked: "Do you still remember what it means?"

Bai Qi thought carefully and said: "Kong Rong would give pears to his elder brother when he was four years old. He should respect his elders and love his brothers..."

Shen Yourong said happily: "Very good, mother will teach you the next few sentences today."

But Zhu Guoxiang was holding a manure bucket filled with dried chicken manure, and shouted at Zhu Ming, "Come and help!"

"What are you doing?" Zhu Ming asked.

Zhu Guoxiang said, "Go get some plant ash from the stove."

Zhu Ming asked suspiciously, "Dean Zhu, what are you going to do?"

"Corn sowing." Zhu Guoxiang said.

"We don't even have any land, where can we plant seeds?" Zhu Ming couldn't figure it out anyway.

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Planting in the yard... don't talk nonsense, go get plant ash!"

Zhu Ming found a wooden basin in the kitchen, used tongs to dig out the ashes from the stove, filled half of the basin, and slowly carried it back to the yard.

But Zhu Guoxiang had already gone to the eaves of the hut and was mixing something with a shovel.

"The ashes are here," Zhu Ming said.

"Put it there." Zhu Guoxiang continued to wave the shovel.

Chicken manure, silkworm excrement, straw, weeds, fallen leaves, and even some peat from nowhere.

The plant ash was quickly poured in, and the stirring continued.

Zhu Ming finally understood: "Is this composting?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "The spring corn planting season is coming soon. First pile up and ferment the nutrient soil, then knead the nutrient soil into mud balls, and insert the corn into the nutrient balls. The corn seedlings sown in this way will grow strong, and when we get them When we got to the land, we just transplanted the corn seedlings.”

"Is this the end?" Ju Ming pointed at the pile of soil.

"You also grew up in the countryside, why can't you do any farm work?" Zhu Guoxiang sneered.

Zhu Ming laughed and said, "When I was in the countryside, my grandparents didn't let me do any work. I was busy going up the mountain to catch birds and going down to the river to swim all day long."

When they were working, Mrs. Yan came to take a look. She could see that the father and son were composting, but she didn't know what the fertile soil was going to be used for.

Grandma Yan didn't ask any more questions, and let them mess around.

After finally finishing the work, I saw Zhu Guoxiang coming out with two fishing rods on his shoulders: "I'm so bored all day long, let's go and go fishing by the river!"

"Not interested." Zhu Ming is not a fisherman.

"Follow me." Zhu Guoxiang picked up his hoe to dig for earthworms.

Staying here is boring too. Zhu Ming took a fishing rod and asked curiously, "Where did you get the hook?"

Zhu Guoxiang said: "Look for the sewing needle Mrs. Shen wants, burn it red and bend it, it will be a fishhook."

Looking at the crude hook and the fishing line made of hemp rope, Zhu Ming complained, "I'll be damned if I can catch fish."

After digging some earthworms, the father and son went to the river together, and Zhu Ming led the horse away, just in time to let the skinny horse out to get some fresh air.

I met a few villagers on the way, and they all greeted them warmly. The father and son obviously got to know each other well in the village.

There is a passenger boat by the river, not for crossing the river, but a means of travel for the old white official's family.

This boat will go to the county seat regularly, and villagers can also pay to take it, but they cannot enter the cabin at will.

There are also two small fishing boats on the surface of the river. Facing the sun, they cast their nets with one net, splashing thousands of waves and shining with sparkling brilliance.

"Dean Zhu, why are you wandering around?" Zhu Ming shouted.

Zhu Guoxiang carefully checked the hydrological topography and replied casually: "Find a suitable fishing spot."

Zhu Ming didn't care about the fishing spots, he chose a place with less weeds, hung earthworms and threw them into the water, then lay down on the ground to sleep leisurely, and even pulled out a weed and bit it in his mouth.

The warm spring breeze blows gently, and the warm February sun shines on the face, which feels indescribably pleasant.

Before I knew it, I fell asleep soundly.

Waking up again, at an unknown time, Zhu Ming stretched and sat up, finally remembering that he was still fishing.

Pull the rod and see that the bait is gone.

This guy walked towards his father with a fishing rod on his shoulders, and asked with a smile, "Dean Zhu, how did you get it?"

Zhu Guoxiang said, "Caught a few."

"Let me see." Zhu Ming looked at the bucket.

There are seven bars in total, which is quite a lot, but unfortunately they are all small snack bars.

Zhu Ming joked: "Your fishing skills are not good, you haven't caught a single serious fish."

Zhu Guoxiang asked back: "Meal sticks are not serious?"

"This kind of fish is very stupid," Ju Ming said about his glorious history. "One time during the Chinese New Year, I bought a box of firecrackers, which are the kind of firecrackers that can be ignited. Passing by the stream near my grandfather's house, I saw a lot of food. The bar was swimming around, and suddenly I had a genius idea. I wrapped the tail of the cannon with mud, and threw it into the water when the open flame went out. When the cannon fell into the water, there would be white smoke and white bubbles. It's food, they all swam over to peck, bang...one wiped the cannon, blowing up more than a dozen meal sticks."

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless: "What a mess."

Ju Ming said triumphantly: "There is a trick to this. I tried it several times before I succeeded. First, the gun must be covered with mud, otherwise the gun will float on the water. Second, the mud should not be covered too much. If the gunpowder is covered, the explosion will happen immediately." It’s not very powerful. It was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and I used a few boxes of cannons to blow up more than a catty of food sticks and bring them back, which was cheaper than the fat orange at Grandpa’s house.”

When mentioning grandpa, the father and son were silent, they were both very homesick.

Especially Zhu Ming, who vowed to strive for world hegemony, actually wished he could go back to modern times, he had had enough of the ancient times where everything was lacking.

"coming!"

Zhu Guoxiang pulled the rod violently and quickly dragged the fish out of the water, but this time it was a big crucian carp four fingers wide.

Zhu Ming praised: "Okay, Dean Zhu, it's up to you to eat meat tonight."

The temptation to eat meat motivated Zhu Ming to start fishing with bait.

It's a pity that his temper is too jumpy, and he has no patience at all, let alone fishing crucian carp, he can't even catch meal sticks.

Zhu Guoxiang was speechless about this, and complained: "You have such a temper, you can calm down and read so many ancient books."

Ju Ming said: "That's different, it's where my hobbies lie."

After catching air several times in a row, Zhu Ming finally gave up and rolled up his trouser legs to catch crabs.

Suddenly a group of people came towards the river, the leader was wearing silk clothes, and they stepped on the passenger boat of the Bai family one after another.

Even though he didn't know each other, Ju Ming still greeted him with his hands together: "You're polite."

The man in silk was taken aback when he saw this, glanced at Zhu Ming's legs in the water, got into the cabin with a disdainful expression, and didn't even give a nod in return.

The passenger ship left the shore and drifted away.

Zhu Ming muttered, "Tch, what kind of jibba thing!"

Guessing that it was almost cooking time, the father and son went back with the fish.

There were four crucian carp, one small carp, and the rest were meal sticks, and a few crabs that Ju Ming touched.

Grandma Yan cheerfully took the fish to take care of, while Shen Yourong went to pick side dishes.

Zhu Ming followed behind Shen Yourong, described the silk-clothed man he met, and asked, "Who is that man? Very rude."

Shen Yourong said: "There is a mole at the corner of the eyebrow, it must be Bai Chongwen, the eldest son of the Bai family, he may have to go to the county seat by boat."

"How many sons does the old white member have?" Zhu Ming asked.

Shen Yourong said: "Old Bai Yuanwai had a wife who had a miscarriage in several pregnancies. Although Bai Dalang was born, his biological mother died of dystocia. Later, the old Bai Yuanwai gave birth to two sons and three daughters. Bai Erlang's name is Bai Chongwu. , Bai Sanlang's name is Bai Chongyan. Mrs. Xuxian's natal family is very powerful, and the old white member is not allowed to take concubines. I heard that when he was young, the old white member raised a concubine in the county, and I don't know if he has any children. "

"What are these three sons doing?" Zhu Ming asked again.

Shen Yourong said: "Bai Dalang stayed in the village to manage the land, tea hills and shops. Bai Erlang worked as a security officer in the county seat, and he was a serious official of the county government. Bai Sanlang was amazing. He was studying in the state city, and he was sent to the imperial court after passing the exam. Jing, almost got admitted to Jinshi."

Zhu Ming asked again: "I bowed to that Bai Dalang, but he didn't even look straight in the face, how many gentlemen of the Bai family are like this?"

Shen Yourong said in a low voice: "Bai Dalang has lost his mother since he was a child. He has a very weird temperament and has a bad relationship with his stepmother. Bai Erlang is very smooth and greets everyone with a smile. I heard that there is a nickname in the county called Smiling Tiger. Bai Saburo is a true scholar, he likes elegance, he is easy to make friends, and he treats people with great enthusiasm."

Like Fengya?

Easy to make friends?

Ju Ming was very happy, and he was easy to make friends, especially rich local tyrants.

(Thanks to Chengyan, Ji You and other brothers for their rewards and support!)
(End of this chapter)