I collect cultural relics in the human world

Chapter 203 Calendar ()

"Is this done?" Qin Jian looked at the suddenly bulging Eight Immortals table and couldn't help but feel a little hasty, but He Si was very confident. With an embarrassed look on his left eyebrow, he sighed almost inaudibly and said, "It's a pity."

"What's wrong?" Qin Jian, who had been watching everyone's actions, asked quickly.

"The season is wrong," He Si waved her hand, "Actually, what I'm best at is peach blossom stuffing, but it's already cold winter. The peach blossoms in the last season have long since faded, and the next season will take three to five months. I can't rely on it. It’s hard to make chrysanthemum wine.”

"The Double Ninth Festival has passed, and chrysanthemums may be hard to find."

He Si glanced at Qin Jian. This person knew astronomy and geography, but he was always like a fool in terms of common sense in life. She took out her mobile phone and opened the shopping website, entered the golden silk emperor chrysanthemum, then put it under Qin Jian's eyes and said : "Aren't chrysanthemums available all year round? If you place an order today, it will be delivered tomorrow. The time is just right. Look, this one also has wolfberry. I think you can add some to the wine."

After saying that, He Si started to place the order. After waiting for a while, Qin Jian didn't speak. She thought he was worried about her, so she added: "Don't worry, wolfberry and chrysanthemum wine has been around since ancient times. Although I have never made it before, Tao Yuanming also It is said that wine can cure all kinds of diseases and chrysanthemum can cure aging. I think it tastes good."

"I know, it is also recorded in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" that the seeds are sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and enter the liver and kidney meridians," Qin Jian said, emphasizing the pronunciation after that, "it can also nourish the kidneys, strengthen the essence, and nourish the liver." "

"Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens ejaculation, that's good..." He Si had already placed the order and was choosing an address. She agreed absentmindedly. Suddenly she felt something was wrong. She looked up at Qin Jian's half-smiling expression and recalled what she had said. His tongue was tied, "I read the introduction here and said it can prolong your life. Indeed... it is indeed very suitable for you."

"I don't need to prolong my life anymore." Qin Jian looked at He Si without blinking, with a serious expression and full of bad intentions.

"Isn't it okay if I need it?" He Si avoided her eyes and pretended not to understand, but after she finished speaking, the words suddenly had other meanings.

If the information they had received before was correct, then the Qin Mirror was an ancient object that had been in this world for thousands of years, and had even escaped the confinement of the mirror itself, making it immortal. But He Si is just a mortal. Even though she can see through the illusion, she cannot escape the cycle of birth, old age, illness and death. Death is her fate.

Now they work together to solve the case and solve the problem along the way. Both of them have the best years, but the ruthlessness of time will still catch up with He Si. Of course, Qin Jian can age with her in appearance, but in the end, even if He Si is free from illness and disaster, and lives a hundred years without worries, after a hundred years, they will eventually have to face eternal separation - farewell.

The two of them made a tacit agreement and stopped talking.

"I suddenly remembered something," Qin Jian said after a long silence, "It's not that we can't make peach blossom stuffed wine."

"Do you know where there are peach blossoms? Peach blossoms blooming in this season?" He Si said in a surprised tone, and the sadness that had just appeared in her heart immediately dissipated. She had no doubt that there were many magical corners in the world that she had never heard of before. What's more, it was Qin Jian who said this now. In her heart, he was almost omnipotent. He Si's eyes were shining, as if he had already seen it. The mountains and plains are pink.

"I don't know where the peach blossom garden is, but I can create one for A Si."

"What do you mean?" He Si looked at Qin Jian's leisurely look, as if he was joking, and she had an idea in a blink of an eye, "Is it a cultural relic?"

"Correct."

Qin Jian answered concisely, but He Si's heart was in turmoil. These experiences made her curious about these mysterious antiquities and the inheritance behind them. She eagerly wanted to clear the clouds: "What is it?" Qin Jian didn't know. Ken immediately let her have her wish, took a step back and said, "Asi, you might as well take a guess."

"I can't guess..." After blurting out, He Si realized that her tone seemed to be coquettish, and recalled that she had visited a peach blossom-themed calligraphy and painting exhibition when she was studying pattern studies. She cleared her throat and said, "I think it is most likely that Are they antiques related to peach blossoms, calligraphy and paintings? "

After she finished speaking, she immediately looked at Qin Jian, who didn't answer and just shook his head.

He Si also felt that it was too far-fetched for a calligraphy and painting to make peach blossoms bloom. She tapped her head with her index finger to reorganize her thoughts and asked tentatively: "Is it embroidery? In ancient times, women would also have peach blossom patterns on their brocade clothes, right? It's because The hard work of the embroiderer or the reflection of the woman's life from the boudoir to the husband and the child, so it has the ability to make flowers bloom? Or... is it a peach blossom fan, the breeze that blows can make peach blossoms bloom? "

He Si racked her brains, but could not give the correct answer. Seeing that her patience was about to run out, Qin Jian spoke in time: "There are indeed many cultural relics related to peach blossoms, including calligraphy, painting, embroidery, and utensils. They are all ancient. There is a white-covered red glass vase with peach and bat patterns. When water is poured into it, the extremely elegant peach blossom fragrance will emit. I remember that there is also an ivory peach fruit plate stored in the Cultural Protection Bureau, which was given to Chongqing by Emperor Qianlong. A gift for the Empress Dowager’s sixtieth birthday, it can keep the peaches inside it forever, and it is considered a magical artifact. However, the ancient artifact we are going to use this time has nothing to do with peach blossoms or flat peaches.”

"Ah, what is that?" He Si was listening with interest, but Qin Jian changed the subject at this moment, which made her heart itch even more, and immediately warned, "Don't let me guess again."

"Okay," Qin Jian said with a helpless smile, "Ah Si said that we can't make peach blossom wine now because the season is wrong. When will the peach blossoms bloom?"

"It's Jingzhe," He Si said as she began to search for information related to Jingzhe. "There are three signs of Jingzhe. The first sign is when peaches begin to bloom, the second sign is when orioles start to sing, and the third sign is when eagles turn into doves. Is this thing you're talking about related to Jingzhe?"

"What I'm talking about can just bring time back to the moment of Jingzhe and allow the peach blossoms to bloom."

"What is that? It can actually change time." He Si thought of the time-traveling spaceship in science fiction novels, and the confusion in her eyes disappeared, and she was full of interest.

"It doesn't change the time, it just changes the solar terms..."

"I know!" This time, He Si interrupted Qin Jian before he could finish his words, "Is it the twenty-four solar terms column?"

"Asi is indeed a student of ancient architecture. She can always search for clues in the direction of the building. Although it is not accurate, the idea is the same. The ancient relics this time are related to the origin of the twenty-four solar terms."

"The origin of the 24 solar terms? Is it... agricultural civilization?"

"Yes, it is our calendar that originated from agriculture." Seeing He Si's interest, Qin Jian said very carefully, "In order to get a better harvest, farmers' farming work must comply with the time. The ancients observed phenological phenomena and solar movements. To record the changes of seasons, we first used Tugui's actual sundial to determine the winter solstice and summer solstice, and the spring and autumn equinoxes. Later, we further observed the celestial phenomena through increasingly sophisticated instruments and improved the algorithm deduction. In the Han Dynasty, we formulated the "Taichu Calendar" and officially established the calendar. The introduction of the twenty-four solar terms into the calendar clarified the astronomical positions of the twenty-four solar terms.”

"What we are going to use is the "Taichu Calendar"?" He Si thought for a while and then changed her words, "Isn't it an instrument for observing astronomical phenomena and recording calendars?"

"By the way," under He Si's expectant gaze, Qin Jian finally nodded, "It's a Han Dynasty lacquer plate."