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Text One Hundred and Thirty Three: Happy Holidays

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    After eating, it was announced outside that Zhuangtou was coming, so Wenwan went out.  The two beauties were left there, looking around and looking around, feeling very strange.

    After being surprised, I felt bored. The maid next to me looked at it and brought the chess book over, and the two of them played chess.  After a while, Wen Wan came back.

    "Wen Wan, come on, let's play two games." Before Zhenzhen could reach sixty steps, he was forced to a rout by Mei'er.  Wen Wan stepped forward and the two exchanged words. Of course, Mei'er lost.

    "I really can't tell. We have known each other for a few months, but I don't know how good your chess skills are. But after playing chess with you for these few months, my chess skills have improved a lot. I will have to play with you again in the future.  Let¡¯s learn from each other.¡± Meier praised with a smile.  Wenwan was indeed not what she originally imagined.  After getting to know her these days, although she is often joking and gentle, I really have to admire her.  If it were her, she would never be able to do that.

    Wen Wan smiled and went to the inner room to get a book. The people next to her went to get a rocking chair and a wicker chair.  Wen Wan lay on the rocking chair, picked up a book and started reading. The two of them also sat on their chairs, picked up a book, and imitated Wen Wan in reading there.

    "Miss, have some tea." Two cups of tea were brought.

    "Wen Wan, there are three realms of reading, do you know which three realms they are?" Meier felt a little boring and couldn't help but ask when she saw Wen Wan's complacent look.

    "Swallow, gnaw, taste. Swallowing means swallowing alive; gnawing means chewing, digesting, and forcibly absorbing; tasting means burning incense and bathing, like drinking to wake up. I am still in the second realm of gnawing."

    "Haha, I thought you had reached the level of pin! Seeing you like this, I feel like a hermit. It scared me. It's not interesting. There is no drawing board. I want to draw." Zhenzhen couldn't bear to read the book.  I went to the box, took the embroidery and continued to embroider.

    "Wen Wan, what color do you like?" I really planned to embroider a purse for Wen Wan, but knowing that Wen Wan is not constrained by flowers, I finally decided to embroider peonies, which is noble and generous.  The ones given to Mei'er are of course plum blossoms.

    "It's much cooler here than at home. It's too hot to even use ice cubes at home, but it's really cool here." At noon, the three of them were sitting in the yard chatting.  We chatted for more than half an hour.

    "The princess said. She is going to take a nap." Wen Wan yawned and went into the house to sleep.  The other two looked at Wen Wan and didn't feel like the protagonist at all, and were speechless.

    "Miss, tell me. This princess has gone too far. She invited you here, how can she treat you like this, miss?" Lu Yan was strongly dissatisfied with Wen Wan.  Last time I wanted to ask her for help, but later it turned out that I should complain to the mistress.  As a result, they all received a beating.

    "She is just that kind of person. She put down the tent. There are indeed many more mosquitoes here than at home. I will light the incense later." After that, she also went to bed.

    "Miss, tell me, it's really fun for the princess to be like this. She doesn't have the consciousness of being a master at all." Mei'er's maid Ping'er said with a smile.

    "This shows that she really treats us as friends. Otherwise, we have to be polite back and forth. How long can we be polite? We have to live here for another month. If we are always polite, how can we live in it."  , let Ping'er finish driving away the mosquitoes in the tent, had a chat, and went to bed.

    When the sun went down in the evening, Wen Wan took them out and let them see a few things.  Naturally, all the girls were wearing gauze hats.  Others can't see anything.

    "I know, those are grass seedlings, but. What is this?" Zhenzhen pointed to the field, and then to the thing with green leaves next to it, and asked curiously.

    "These are potato seedlings. They are the ones you ate last time. These are the seeds specially bought by the princess, and we are starting to plant them now. The ones you ate last time cannot be grown as seeds. That's why they are made into food." Xia Ying was beside him.  explained with a smile.

    "Ah, this is not a Western thing. How can it be grown here? Can it be grown? Will it not grow?" Meier asked very strangely.

    "Of course it is possible. As long as they are planted well, there will be no problem. Both of these two kinds of grain can produce more than 1,000 kilograms per acre. If they are planted, those ordinary people will not be afraid when they encounter drought years. They can save  There are so many people." Xia Yu said proudly.

    Meier looked at Wen Wan in disbelief, she really didn¡¯t know.  It turns out that the rumors in the capital are very different from those that are true.  If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.  As the saying goes, you can¡¯t judge people by their appearance. You must get along with them for a long time before you can truly understand a person.

    ??Smiling gently, she doesn¡¯t have such great moral integrity.  I just think that the cost is not high anyway, so let them do it!  Otherwise, if she doesn't agree, the teacher will definitely not let her go, and her ears will be tortured every day.  As the saying goes, you can¡¯t think or recite it, otherwise it will appear immediately.  Look, you can see it in the blink of an eyeShe killed her teacher.

    "Girl, I heard Mr. Zhuang say this morning that you were coming over. I thought he was joking with me, but I didn't expect that you actually came over. You even brought two friends over." Song Luoyang came over wearing coarse clothes.  , also carrying a hoe in his hand, and a basket on the other end of the hoe. He probably put something in the basket, it looked heavy.  It came from the foot of the mountain.

    "Hello, Mr. Song." Xia Ying looked at the two women's confused looks and called with a smile.

    "Hello, Uncle Shi." The two of them were surprised. This dark and thin man turned out to be Song Luoyang, a world-famous scholar.  This is too scary, he is no different from an old farmer.

    "Haha, go back. You're here. We have dinner tonight. Have you brought wine? We're going to have some drinks tonight." Wen Wan looked at the teacher like a naughty boy and glanced at Xia Xia with a smile.  film.  Xia Ying asked a guard to pick up Song Luoyang's belongings.

    "Sir, what's in your basket?" Mei'er asked in surprise as she looked at the basket, which turned out to be an animal, full of blood.

    "This is the little roe deer, I got it. There are very good dishes to go with the wine tonight, and you will also be in luck." Song Luoyang did not show any pretense and gave the basket to the guard next to him.

    Wen Wan looked at this living treasure teacher. In the countryside, he was with Zhuangtou every day. This time, he was no different from an old farmer.  He stays in the countryside every day and won't go back even if he is asked to go back.

    "Wenwan, in addition to potatoes, there seem to be sweet potatoes, right?" Meier asked strangely.  Song Luoyang happily led the two girls.  Tell them which one is the sweet potato seedling and which one is the potato seedling.  The two of them identified each other very carefully.

    That night, we had a very sumptuous dinner.  Of course, Song Luoyang is indispensable for wine.  Wen Wan had a drink with his teacher.  The two girls did not dare to drink.

    Mei'er was a little more courageous and asked with a smile, "Mr. Song, Wen Wan is good at drinking. Did you learn from you? Wen Wan, you like drinking so much, do you want to learn from your husband? You plan to be a real hermit."  Is it also fun to have a drink or two in the flower garden every day?¡±

    Song Luoyang laughed and said: "Although this girl drinks some wine, her drinking capacity is very poor. She can only drink a small glass at most, otherwise she will be drunk. Also, she is not a good learner. This girl's drinking is completely hers  I like it, but it¡¯s not because of me, the teacher.¡±

    Wen Wan smiled after hearing this and said nothing to refute.  Neither girl said anything.  If you are in town.  This is obviously against the rules.  But this is the countryside, and there are many maids and women around.  In addition, Song Luoyang was a famous person in the world and his reputation was outstanding, so he did not provoke the two girls' servants to say anything.

    Finished meal.  Song Luoyang was ready to leave.

    Meier felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so she asked tentatively.  "Mr. Song. I heard that your piano skills are as good as divine music. I wonder if we have such a good ear?"

    Song Luoyang was in a good mood and played a song as requested.  Mei'er's eyes brightened when she saw that he had agreed. As soon as the song was finished, she wanted to become Song Luoyang's teacher.  Unfortunately, Song Luoyang refused.  Meier is not depressed, she is still very happy.

    ¡®There are several houses, several acres of fields, and a basin as a pond.  Taking Weng as a presumption is that strength is greater than shoulders, and a room is greater than a fight.  The cloth is warm and the plow is full.  Breathing out of his chest.  Planted with birch trees in front of the house, green bamboo in the back, and a dark window in the front to the north.  Close it in spring and winter to avoid wind and rain, and shade it in summer and autumn to shield it from the coolness of the burning music and steaming heat.  Life is like this, you should make it the most of your life, so as not to waste this life in vain." After Song Luoyang finished talking about the piano, he was not in a hurry to leave. He held a small teapot in one hand and leaned on the rocking chair while talking, looking extremely comfortable.

    The three people next to me all listened with great interest.

    "Wen Wan, let's roast the sweet potatoes for lunch today, okay?" After Mei'er finished speaking, she really agreed.  Wen Wan nodded.

    At noon, Wen Wanrang brought the sweet potatoes and let them go into the kitchen.  A fire can't be started even after a long time.  The people next to me taught me step by step, and it finally got popular, but the fire was too high, and it was cooked and raw at the same time.  After working on it for a long time, several people's stomachs growled.

    In the end, I had no choice but to get someone to bring some food over to eat.

    ¡°I don¡¯t believe that I can¡¯t bake sweet potatoes well?¡± Meier became more stubborn and smiled gently as she asked a farmer¡¯s girl to come up and teach her.  After tossing all night, I finally roasted the sweet potatoes, cut them open, and the golden meat filled my mouth with fragrance.

    The two of them are very enthusiastic about the activity of roasting sweet potatoes.

    It was a cloudy day. She smiled softly and wrote a few strokes: "The princess asked you if you want to go fishing. There is a small river not far from here. Can you go fishing?"

    There is a small river next to Zhuangzi, and there are many fish in the river.  After hearing this, the two of them were naturally very happy and immediatelyIt should be opened and let people clean it up.  Everything is ready here.

    The blue sky, the green crops, and the lush mountains and forests.  The real green willows are flowing, and it is an idyllic scenery.  Several girls came to the river with fishing gear, put down their stools, and started to work on the fishing gear.  Wen Wan had already finished it. She held the rain rod in her left hand and slowly threw the fishing line into the water with her right hand. Then she sat back on the stool and looked at the fish float quietly.

    The two foreigners and the two girls looked at Wen Wan's posture and stopped talking.  I made some calculations in my heart, this girl's posture is really like a hermit.  But I quickly threw away this idea and wanted to see who could catch the first fish today.

    "Wen Wan, it's been a long time, why haven't a fish taken the bait yet?" Zhenzhen had just finished speaking.

    Wenwan stood up with a "swish", and violently lifted the pole upwards. A half-foot-long green crucian carp jumped into the air, followed the fishing line and was thrown to the grass, still jumping.  Xia Yu hurriedly took the wooden bucket filled with water and took down the fish.

    Xia Yu took the bait, threw the fishing rod back into the river Wenwan, and continued leisurely.  After a while, the fish bobber moved again, and it turned out to be a grass carp weighing 70 to 80 pounds.  Wen Wan feels that she is very lucky today.

    "Wen Wan, do fishes still recognize people? Why did they fall for your hook instead of ours?" She was really complaining.  As soon as he finished speaking, Meier suddenly stood up.  He lifted the rain pole and swung it, and a silver-white silver carp weighing half a kilogram jumped in the grass.

    "No, I won't say anything. You all caught it, but I didn't." Zhenzhen suddenly felt a sense of crisis.  All three of them looked at the fishing pole intently.

    "Miss, yes, yes." Before Zhenzhen could say anything, Lu Yan beside him shouted excitedly.  The two of them looked back and saw that the float moved twice, but when she shouted so loudly, the water surface shook violently and then stopped.  Zhenzhen reluctantly raised the pole and took a look. Sure enough, the earthworms were gone.  The rain hook is empty.

    "You have to be patient when fishing. When the fish first takes the bait, you must hold your breath and don't speak loudly. Otherwise, the fish will run away." Meier whispered beside her.

    "Oh." Zhenzhen didn't blame Lu Yan. He was a little frustrated, but he quickly regained his fighting spirit.

    In one morning, Wen Wan caught the most fish.  This is normal. She often fishes and has experience.  Meier is second.  In the end, Zhenzhen also caught two fish.

    "Do you want to take them all back?" Zhenzhen asked as he looked about to go home.  Wen Wan shook her head and asked the maid to put all the fry in the barrel back into the river.

    "This is a fisherman's rule. Small fish must be released. In this way, there will be fish to catch in the future. Resources must be recycled." Xia Ying explained with a smile.

    "Today we eat boiled fish fillets. Braised fish, steamed fish, and of course there are some other dishes to go with it." The two of them ate the fish they caught and said they were very satisfied.

    Since then, the two little women have been looking forward to the cloudy days every day, so that they can go fishing with Wen Wan.  The two of them felt that they were sitting there by the river, facing the blue river water, with the mountain farm behind them.  Indescribable poetry and comfort.  The fish you catch can also be made into food.  Wen Wan's ears were numb after hearing this, but she had no choice but to take them there in the evening to have a good time.

    "Princess, there is a letter from Prince Chun." Wen Wan was a little surprised. There should be nothing wrong with this meeting.  What are you doing to deliver the letter?  After reading the letter, Wen Wan pondered for a while before entering the house.  Didn't come out until very late.

    "Wen Wan" Mei'er wanted to enter Wen Wan's house, but was stopped by Xia Ying.  She said that Wenwan was dealing with something and it was not convenient for her to go in.  Meier said sarcastically.

    The letter was proposed by King Chun and King Zhou, and it was still the matter that was politely rejected last time.  Now the business of Mingyue Villa is very good, and I want to build more houses on the village.  Because it has the effect of escaping summer heat and warming up winter, Mingyue Villa's business has been particularly good during summer vacation and cold winter in the past two years.  This year's business is as good as in previous years, or even better.  Many people have booked rooms in advance.  The previously planned house in Zhuangzi was not enough to live in, so King Zhou told King Chun that he wanted to build two more houses.

    Wen Wan refused before because she considered that building an additional house without authorization would destroy the beauty of the original overall building.  Therefore, this proposal was rejected very firmly.  Every building inside has been planned. If you add a house rashly now, it will destroy the entire pattern and leave flaws.  .

    ¡°But it would be a pity if the business is lost like this.  So she made a change and built more straw huts on the left and right sides of the river and on the mountains.  Living in a straw hut in the summer is actually cooler when living in it, and it is strictly treated so that there are no mosquitoes, venomous snakes, etc.  Those are the things that men of letters like even more.  Even people who practice martial arts like it very much.  Because it's cooler up there.  Soon, more than three hundred such thatched huts were built in Mingyue Villa, large and small. The people living in the mountains looked like mountain laypeople.  Once launched, it was very popular.  Even that dandy kid ran away?Requires a fresh dose of energy.

    There are still conditions for residence. If those literati can write poems and compose poems and pass the review and be ranked among the top five, the first place can be exempted from all expenses during this period.  The next four people don¡¯t need to pay for accommodation.  The following days were very lively.

    The other side is unrestricted.  First come, first served. If you don't have a house later, there's nothing you can do about it.  Others who haven't made a decision can't get it done no matter how much money they spend.  If you want to go beyond the rules and go to the other side, that is absolutely not allowed.  No amount of money is allowed.

    Soon, a large number of literati gathered here.  Even Su Xiang and Academician Hai rushed to join in the fun and stayed there for two days.  After coming back, he said with admiration that living in the mountains, the mountains are small, the wind is light and the clouds are light, the scenery is pleasant, and the heart is relaxed and happy.  It really has a different taste!

    With these two great writers, the reputation of Mingyue Villa has reached an unprecedented height.  The wealth is coming even more.

    "Wen Wan, I didn't expect that your life here would be so leisurely. I have decided to come here every summer in the future." Zhenzhen said happily.

    During this period, the three of them got up every morning to climb mountains, did some activities after breakfast, and then read, practiced calligraphy, embroidery, painting, fishing, and cooked their own meals when the mood struck.  The two women have lost a lot of weight in the past month, but they look healthier.

    But, as the saying goes, the happier the days are, the happier and more leisurely the days are.  It goes by faster.

    "It's already the eighth day of August. In seven days, it will be the fifteenth day. It's time to go back." The two of them were very reluctant to live here.  Happy and comfortable.  If I go back, I will be restrained again.  I really couldn¡¯t bear to leave, but I had to go back even if I couldn¡¯t bear to leave.

    "Aren't you going to pick mushrooms? They already have news that there are mushrooms in the nearest place. If you are willing, you can go pick mushrooms tomorrow. It won't be too late for us to go back on the tenth day of the lunar month. What do you think?" Wen  Wan asked the two girls for their opinions.  Of course the two agreed.

    "Wen Wan. How far is it? I really can't walk, I really can't. I need to take a break." Meier sat down on the stone next to her, losing all manners.  He took his sleeve and wiped the sweat from his forehead.  The maid who followed her was also sweating.

    "Yes, Wen Wan, how far is it still? I'm really tired and can't walk anymore." Zhenzhen said with a heavy breath.  It's been an hour since I walked, and my legs are slightly cramped. If I don't get there again, I'll have to be carried up.  Hey, I¡¯m really not that tired.  Not just to pick some mushrooms.  What a torment.

    "It's about a quarter of an hour's walk and we'll be there." A peasant woman looked at the two charming ladies wiping their sweat, but their boss didn't blush or breath.  He shook his head secretly in his heart.

    Wen Wan also shook her head, "Ms. Cousin. Miss Hua, the princess said that your body is too weak. You need to exercise more in the future. Otherwise, you will become extremely weak. From now on, you will have to take medicine. The taste of Chinese medicine is really unpleasant.  Bear."

    Wen Wan has endured it for more than three years and has to continue to endure it.  She really didn't want to drink and wanted to drink it whenever she got the chance, but Xia Ying was like a ghost.  Everything else can be discussed, but for that medicine, I have to watch her drink it every day.  She really felt so pitiful.  If you can't speak, you can't speak, and it doesn't matter much.  I'm not living well now.

    Zhenzhen and Meier both know that Wenwan drinks it every day to cure her mute disease.  They all lowered their heads and said nothing. It was not appropriate to talk too much about this topic.  This can be regarded as Wenwan's only regret.  Well, if I hadn't been sent to the countryside when I was a child, this wouldn't have happened.

    The group of people walked for about an hour (the two ladies were really slow).  As soon as they arrived at the destination, before the peasant woman could speak, Zhenzhen shouted in surprise, "Look there, there are mushrooms there. Quick, give me the basket, I want to pick mushrooms."

    When I saw the mushrooms, all the fatigue disappeared.  The first thing that caught their eyes was a colorful mushroom, and the two of them suddenly became dazzling.  Meier stepped forward with long strides, wanting to pick.  One of the two peasant women who came with them walked up to them and said, "Miss, these colorful and beautiful mushrooms are poisonous and cannot be picked. If you eat them, you will die."

    Meier was stunned. Such a beautiful mushroom was inedible.  The woman nodded firmly and said, "Miss, I don't dare to lie to you. Those with particularly bright colors are inedible. Only the ones like this are edible." Pointing to a flower next to it, it looked very beautiful.  Mushrooms that are not foreign are edible.

    Zhenzhen and Meier are not people who argue arrogantly even though they don¡¯t know anything. When they heard what the peasant woman said so clearly, they both humbly accepted it.  Each person holds a basket and slowly picks it under the explanation of the people around him.

    Meier looked at Wen Wan walking through the jungle, with only Xia Ying beside her, and asked in confusion, "Does Wen Wan know all this?""

    The peasant woman next to her smiled and said, "There is nothing here that the princess doesn't know. Mushrooms, spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots, and many wild vegetables. The princess not only allows us to come to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, but also allows us to pick these mushrooms to eat at home, and also allows us to take them out."  Sell ??to make money to support the family.¡±

    Meier looked at her admiration and admiration when she talked about Wen Wan, and asked casually, "Do you admire Wen Wan?"

    The peasant woman smiled and said, "I don't know what Miss means by this. But the princess is indeed a great benefactor to everyone in our village, just like a living Bodhisattva. Before the princess bought our village, our villages used to be  Since the princess came, our life has become more and more prosperous. Everyone mentions the princess as a living Buddha. We offer incense to the Buddha every day to bless the princess.  Be healthy, live a long life, and be our boss forever.¡±

    After hearing this, Meier looked at Wenwan.  Wenwan was picking a red rivet mushroom at this time.  Feeling something, she looked back and saw Meier looking at her and smiling at her.  Keep lowering your head and go picking mushrooms.  Meier smiled inwardly and continued without stopping.

    "Tell me, Xia Ying, can we grow this mushroom at home? If so, it will be a huge income?" If artificial cultivation can be successful, indeed, it will be a big income in winter.  The price of mushrooms is not low, and greenhouse vegetables are no longer popular in the capital.  Profits have plummeted in the past two years.  It's time to change your mind.

    Xia Ying laughed after hearing this and said, "Leave it to the old man to solve this problem. There is such a piece of land there. It should be cultivated successfully."

    When we went back, Wen Wan saw that they couldn¡¯t walk anymore.  Two peasant women were asked to carry them on their backs, but the two charming ladies were unwilling to do so.  When we finally got home, it was dark.  Wen Wan saw that their feet were all red, so she took some plaster and put it on them.  I also soaked my feet in the evening.

    What we eat at night is, of course, mushrooms.  The two of them sighed as they ate the mushrooms on the dinner table.  Mei'er said, "I used to think about it. It was noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat dropped from the weeds on the soil. Who would have thought that every grain of food on the plate was hard work. I just thought about it, without any real feelings. Now it seems that it is indeed hard work."  Eating mushrooms once can break my legs. I won¡¯t be picky about food anymore.¡±

    ¡° I really felt the hard work of a mushroom and nodded.

    In view of the condition of their legs, the return time was postponed for two days.  I didn't go back until twelve.  When they left Zhuangzi, the two of them were still reluctant to leave.

    Wen Wan looked at it and smiled and said, "The princess said, if you are really reluctant, just come back next year. It's not like there is no chance. Let's go."

    The two of them thought about it and realized that there was little hope of coming back next year.  But it is not a pity to have such a period without elders and without the constraints of rules.  It is very rare to have such a month-long vacation.  I put down the car curtain and went back.

    As soon as we returned to the capital, Wen Wan had just entered the house.  When King Chun got the news, Wen Wan entered the door with his front foot, and he came to the door with his back foot to find Wen Wan.  It is said that this year's student enrollment rate is very low.  That¡¯s half less than last semester.  The same goes for other schools.

    Wen Wan smiled, everyone was following suit at that time.  Now that the wind has passed, and the learning tasks are so arduous, naturally many people have given up.  In the future, I will have to change my study course to a more relaxed and enjoyable course.  Afterwards, he said with a smile that they, the first batch of students in Happy Academy, will return to school this semester.  In other words, no more special things.

    When King Chun heard this, he nodded and said, as long as you have a charter.  But I still asked if I should lower the price.  Wen Wan shook her head and said she couldn't lower the price or lower the grade.  Those who remain are those with qualifications, financial resources and background, which is more beneficial to the academy.  Those matrons of wealthy families are willing to spend any amount of money they have for the sake of their daughters.  What's more, it's only about a hundred dollars a month.  After one year, it is not enough for them to buy a piece of jewelry.

    I have been so busy these days that I have no time to take a breath.  Therefore, I apologize for the irregular updates.  (To be continued)
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