Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 5 Jiaodong ([-])

One month later

Autumn equinox
Xu Township
Niuling Village

"It can be counted as coming back."

Wang Taihao, who returned to Xu Township, was full of emotions. After staying in Jimo for a few days, he rushed back to Xu Township non-stop, just to see Wang Laojiao sooner.

The bumps along the way made him suffer a lot, and he only sighed that his hometown Liaodong was better.

While feeling emotional, he saw many farmers in the field carrying hoes and oxen and planting seeds. He couldn't help asking the groom in doubt, "Why are there still sowing seeds in autumn? Aren't you afraid that the seedlings will freeze to death?"

"Boss, you have lived in Liaodong since you were young. The climate there is cold. You only plant grain once a year in spring and then harvest it in autumn. But the climate in the Central Plains is much warmer. The wheat planted in spring can be harvested in summer and can be harvested in autumn. Plant it again, and you can reap it in winter." The groom who traveled all over the country obviously knew a lot about this aspect.

"It seems that instead of reclaiming wasteland in Liaodong, it is better to come to the Central Plains." After hearing the groom's answer, Wang Taihao thought so, and he planned to expand the fields of Wangjiazhuang in the Central Plains.

Hissing——

Snapped!
At this time, the carriage stopped suddenly, no matter how much the groom whipped, the black horse refused to move on.

"what happened?"

"Boss, this horse seems to have sprained its leg, and it will be unable to run for a while. Do you think we should rest in this village for a few days, so that this horse can raise its legs?"

"It can only be so."

In desperation, Wang Taihao dismounted and walked, with the groom behind him leading the black horse with its injured leg towards the village.

The farmers in the field looked curiously at Wang Taihao, who was wearing brocade clothes and walking on the ridge of the field.

"Everyone, dare to ask what is this place, and where is this place?" Wang Taihao was not polite, and directly stood among the crowd and shouted.

However, none of the farmers paid any attention to him, which made him a little embarrassed.

A little girl who was playing on the ridge of the field wanted to get close to Wang Taihao, but was held back by a village woman next to her and reprimanded.

"Boss, the common people are afraid of officials. In the eyes of these peasants, even if you are not an official, you are still a young gentleman of a rich family in the fancy dress you are wearing. They will naturally be afraid of you." The groom beside Wang Taihao reminded road.

"This..." Hearing these words, Wang Taihao was very helpless, and could only shout to the farmers again: "Everyone, I am a merchant who came to Xu Township to do business. I am not an official, but a horse in a carriage. Leg, I want to find you Lizheng, rest in your village for a few days, and leave after the horse heals its leg injury."

After finishing speaking, seeing that there was still no response from the farmers, he took out a money bag and added, "Whoever can take me to Lizheng, the money belongs to him."

Until now, the farmers raised their heads to look at Wang Taihao, all showing hesitation.

After a long silence, a farmer finally stood up and asked Wang Taihao, "May I ask where Shaojun is from?"

"People from Liaodong." Wang Taihao answered truthfully.

"People from Liaodong?" The farmer obviously doesn't know where Liaodong is. He has never been out of Xuxiang, and the farthest place he has been is only Xuxiang County. It belongs to a big man. As for how big the big man is, I don’t know. In his opinion, the Liaodong in this outlander’s population is probably a county next door. Now facing a stranger’s request to enter the village, although his stomach is full of He was afraid of foreigners, but because of the temptation of the money bag, he still suppressed his doubts and respectfully said to Wang Taihao: "Young Master, please come with me, and I will take you to find Li Zheng."

"Thank you." Wang Taihao cupped his hands in salute.

After a while, Wang Taihao came to Lizheng's house in this village and knocked on the door.

squeak-

"Li Ergou, are you full..."

The door of the house was opened, and a white-haired old man stood at the door. When he saw the farmer, he was about to reprimand him for disturbing his rest, but when he saw the young man in brocade clothes beside the farmer, and a groom pulling a carriage behind the young man, he reacted immediately He came over and said respectfully to the young man in Jinyi: "I wonder what's the matter with this young gentleman?"

After confirming that the old man in front of him was indeed Li Zheng, Wang Taihao threw the money bag to the farmer who led the way, and then told Li Zheng that he wanted to rest in the village for a few days.

Hearing that there was a reward, Lizheng warmly received Wang Taihao and the groom, and arranged for his son to take care of the injured black horse, his granddaughter to serve tea and water, and his daughter-in-law to light a fire and cook.

"Let's go out first." Wang Taihao decided to go out and take a look at the rural society in the Central Plains before the food at Lizheng's home was cooked.

"The old man will lead the way for you, young master." Li Zheng was very enthusiastic, maybe it was his nature, or maybe he just wanted to earn some reward.

"Then Laurie will be right for you." Wang Taihao bowed his hands and thanked him, but he didn't see many men on the dirt road in the village. After walking around a few times, he still didn't see many men, so he couldn't help but wonder: "This Are there no men in the village?"

"Shaojun doesn't know something. Now it's the time of the autumn equinox and autumn planting. Men are all planting seeds in the fields. Some families lack men, and even bring women to help. I think I saw it when Shaojun entered the village." Li Zheng replied with a smile.

"Oh." Wang Taihao remembered that he had indeed seen many farmers in the fields before.

Along the way, from time to time, Wang Taihao could see a few village women sitting at the door basking in the sun while knitting fleece, and he became suspicious again: "There are so many women weaving fleece, is there any merchant who ordered the clothes from your village?"

"Hehe." Lizheng stroked his beard with a chuckle, and then explained: "After the autumnal equinox, the beginning of winter will soon be ushered in. We need to make clothes in advance to keep warm."

Lizheng's words made Wang Taihao feel very novel. In Liaodong, it is cold almost all year round, so they wear thick fleeces at all times. Only when meeting guests will they change into relatively gorgeous but thin clothes, so there is no saying to prepare warm clothes in advance.

"Grandpa, the food is ready."

At this time, Li Zheng's granddaughter with two ponytails found the crowd and shouted loudly.

"Young Master, follow me back to the house for dinner."

"Alright."

After returning to the house, the smell of the whole room came, Wang Taihao said with a smile to Li Zheng: "But I never thought that I can enjoy delicious food in this rural place."

"Haha, Young Master, you are being polite. It's just a little rough food, which can barely fill your stomach. I hope that Young Master will not blame you." Li Zheng was very satisfied, and a strand of white beard would be twisted into a ball by him.

After greeting each other, Wang Taihao took his seat first, followed by Li Zheng, and finally the groom.

"It's so delicious!" Wang Taihao picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth, and ate it, but when he looked up, he saw that Li was eating only those vegetarian dishes. He thought that the other party was being polite to him, so he pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "Li Exactly, why don’t you eat this chicken?”

"I don't want to eat it if I have to, it's just that it happened to be the day of the society a few days ago, and it's still the last day of the day of the society. The old man can't eat meat."

"There is also a social day in autumn?"

"Isn't Shaojun a native of Jiaodong?"

"I am from Liaodong."

"No wonder, we have She Day even in autumn. Seven days before the She Day, we need to fast and not eat meat. This is a custom passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors."

"This...then I won't be polite."

Hearing Lizheng's explanation, Wang Taihao was no longer polite, and started to eat the meat.

(End of this chapter)