When the pears are green

Chapter 130 Meeting Chen Yuan

"Qingye, do you still remember King Wen in 'The Story of King Wu's Conquest of King Zhou'?" Song Li asked Jiang Qingye who was chewing a steamed bun. Jiang Qingye nodded, and he hurriedly swallowed the bun in his mouth and looked at Song Li with anticipation.

Song Li glanced at Jiang Qingzhou, who was also looking at her expectantly, and continued, "King Wen Jichang's third son was King Wu Jifa, and the fourth son was the dream interpreter Duke Zhou. It is rumored that King Wu witnessed King Zhou's "human sacrifice" process, which left a great psychological trauma. Later, he inherited King Wen's last wish to attack Shang, which put him under great mental pressure. In addition, many of King Wu's generals, relatives and friends died in the war. King Wu was haunted by nightmares every night and woke up from them. Duke Zhou interpreted his dreams every night, and he comforted King Wu by saying that dreams are the opposite."

"So that's how it is. If my sister-in-law were a man, she might be able to pass the imperial examination and become the top scorer." Jiang Qingye admired Song Li very much. He felt that Song Li always knew everything.

Song Li smiled and waved her hands after hearing this. She told Jiang Qingye: "Qingye, I can't pass the exam to become the top scholar. I just listened to Qingzhou reading me a few miscellaneous books. The talent of the top scholar cannot be read out by reading a few sage books. You are still limited to Heihe Town. When you go to the county town, the prefectural city or even the capital in the future, and see more people and things, you will understand that there are people better than you in this world. "

Jiang Qingye lowered his head and said nothing. He used to think of himself as the smartest student in the library. Song Li taught him a lot and he also read some books himself, so he basically knew everything that Master Li taught.

Hearing Song Li say this today, Jiang Qingye thought of the frog that Song Li once talked about, who was sitting in a well and looking at the sky. He thought that he was actually that frog, who regarded Rongxing Bookstore as the sky at the mouth of the well, but he didn't know that the sky was actually bigger, but he just hadn't seen it.

"Xiao Li is right. There are always people who are better than you." Jiang Qingzhou said with a smile. He picked up some dishes for Song Li and Jiang Qingye respectively and told them to eat quickly or the food would get cold.

In the afternoon, Song Li asked Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye to go to Jiang's place. She wanted the two brothers to ask for some small branches of elm trees and then try to make some Y-shaped slingshots.

Song Li saved the fish intestines. She cleaned them and put them in the sun to dry. She wanted to use them to make bowstrings. When she met Chen Yuan, she wanted to ask him if he knew how to make bowstrings.

Speaking of Chen Yuan, Song Li thought of the sweet and sour garlic she made. She hurried into the kitchen, took off the lid of the ceramic jar containing the sweet and sour garlic, then picked up a garlic with chopsticks, broke off a clove with her washed hands and put it into her mouth.

Because there was no sugar, it naturally had a bit of the spiciness of the garlic. Song Li frowned and quickly tore off a piece of steamed bread and ate it.

"It's OK, it's OK, although it's not as delicious as before, but it's a rare thing after all." Song Li said to herself. She took out the small pottery jar she had prepared earlier and put the pickled garlic in it. The pottery jar was not big and could only hold about twenty garlic heads.

Song Li put the pottery jar into the basket to prevent herself from forgetting. The clothes were not finished yet, so Song Li took the clothes and the sewing basket to the yard. She waited for Jiang Qingzhou to come back while mending the clothes.

Jiang Qingzhou and Jiang Qingye didn't return home until Song Li finished mending the clothes and fed the chickens again. Song Li opened the gate for them and asked, "Why did you take so long to come back? I wanted to go find you."

Jiang Qingzhou asked Jiang Qingye to put the branches on the Eight Immortals Table in the main hall first, and then he whispered the whole story to Song Li.

It turned out that Zhang Peng and Zhang Jixiang had returned from their wheat harvesting. This time, they followed the people from the same village and walked westward until they reached the mountainous area before returning.

"Mountainous area?" Song Li looked towards the west thoughtfully. She thought that Zhang Peng and his group should have walked at least two or three hundred miles to the west.

Jiang Qingzhou pulled Song Li into the yard. He picked up the shirt in the sewing basket and said to Song Li, "Yes, my uncle said they went to the mountainous area and came back after helping with the work there. Qingye and I wasted time because we heard about their experiences on the road. My uncle also said that he wanted to arrange Ruyi's marriage soon. Ruyi is already fifteen years old. If he doesn't arrange it, my uncle will have to work as a laborer. Xiaoli, I'll try on this dress. You come with me to see what doesn't fit."

Song Li followed Jiang Qingzhou to the east room. Jiang Qingzhou took off his clothes and tried to put on the shirt, but he couldn't put his arms in. It turned out that not only were the sleeves short, but the shoulders were also narrow.

"Take it off quickly. You can wear it as pajamas in winter. It's getting too small now. I'll alter it and let Qingye wear it." Song Li smiled and urged Jiang Qingzhou to take off his shirt. Although it was May, she was afraid that Jiang Qingzhou would catch a cold if he was shirtless.

Jiang Qingzhou took off his shirt with a smile, then hugged Song Li and fell on the bed.

Song Li struggled to sit up. Jiang Qingzhou made a gesture to Song Li to keep quiet, indicating that Jiang Qingye was still studying those branches in the main room.

Song Li patted Jiang Qingzhou gently, she covered Jiang Qingzhou with the sheet, then hugged Jiang Qingzhou and asked: "Qingzhou, I want to buy a gift for Xiaoyue, what do you think I should buy?"

"Let's buy some cloth and let her make a few clothes for herself." Jiang Qingzhou suggested to Song Li.

Song Li also felt that the cloth was quite suitable. After all, Wu Mingde's family was much better off than the Song family, and Song Yue should indeed have a few pieces of clothes that she could wear to meet the Wu family formally.

The two of them lay there and talked for a long time, and only came out of the east room when the sun was about to set.

After the roosters crowed several times, Jiang Qingzhou and Song Li got up before the sky in the east turned pale. They first prepared breakfast, and then put the sprouts into their backpacks after the meal.

Jiang Qingzhou had already told Jiang Qingye everything he needed to say the night before, and after the two of them packed up their things, they left the house directly.

Since Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou had not set up their stall for nearly twenty days, business today was pretty good. Two full baskets of mung bean sprouts were almost sold out by the time the sun rose above the treetops.

"Detective Chen, please wait a moment." Song Li, who had finally gotten some free time, quickly called out to Chen Yuan who was standing opposite the stall.

Chen Yuan saw that it was Song Li who called him, so he hurried over. He smiled and asked Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou: "What have you two been busy with recently? I haven't seen you for a long time."

Jiang Qingzhou smiled and told him all the things he had been busy with recently. Seeing that Jiang Qingzhou did not mention Ruyi's matter, Song Li nudged Jiang Qingzhou with her elbow.

Jiang Qingzhou glanced at Song Li with understanding, and asked Chen Yuan with a smile: "Constable Chen, Ruyi just celebrated her 15th birthday a few days ago, and my aunt is busy arranging a marriage for her recently. But after what happened to the Zhao family last time, she doesn't dare to believe what others say easily, so she wants to find someone she knows to introduce a reliable one. Does Constable Chen know a man with good character?"

Chen Yuan thought Jiang Qingzhou understood him, but he didn't expect Jiang Qingzhou to say such a thing.

"The Zhao family's affairs are not over yet. Mr. Liu will not give up if he can't find Zhao Xuan. The eldest brother Zhao who lives in Zhao Xuan's house will most likely pay off Zhao Xuan's debts." Chen Yuan, who was in a depressed mood, told Jiang Qingzhou what he knew about the Zhao family's situation.

After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he wanted to say goodbye, but he saw Song Li suddenly stretched out his arm and shouted loudly: "Ruyi, here!"