On the 15th day of the fifth month of the fifth month of the Tiansheng year, it was a sunny day.
The city on the riverside is extremely hot.
Coupled with the fact that we are currently in a warm period of climate, the weather is getting hotter earlier.
The humidity and sultry heat made Jia Hui, who was already afraid of the heat, stay indoors all day to enjoy the cool air.
There's nothing you can do about it in the northwest, plus it's dry, so sweat usually evaporates as soon as it comes out, but it's still bearable.
It's different here in Jiangnan.
The humid air perfectly traps the sweat on the body, and it sticks with the clothes. It becomes sticky after standing outside for a while, and the clothes are soaked with sweat!
It was too hot during the day, so the birthday party was held at night.
Jia Hui, who really couldn't bear the heat, had no choice but to live in Lin Mansion and not go to the military camp.
It’s because of this bit of ice hidden by the Lin Mansion!
As for making ice with saltpeter, Jia Hui also tried it, but there was nothing left except a large basin of cold water.
It is possible to use well water to make ice cubes, but the cost goes up, it wastes manpower and saltpeter, and the ice produced is still less!
The most important thing is that since gunpowder was used in warfare, it directly affected the price of saltpeter and the stock of civilians.
He got the saltpeter from the gunpowder workshop in the army.
But it's still nice to get some ice cold drinks.
Suck!
Jia Hui took a sip of the cold herbal tea in the cup and held it in her mouth without moving. After a few breaths, she swallowed it into her stomach. It was so cold that she felt completely refreshed!
"Brother Hui, let's go play Touhu!" Daiyu, who had just finished her lessons for the day, walked into the small courtyard where Jia Hui was staying temporarily. The maids and women behind her stopped at the door carrying things used for Touhu.
As soon as she reached the door, Daiyu turned around quickly, covering her eyes, her face turned red.
Jia Hui was wearing only a pair of bloomers and was lying on an Arhat bed covered with a mat. She casually tied a ponytail down on the side wall. The most important thing was that she was not wearing a shirt!
Jia Hui casually pulled off the cotton and linen round-neck short robe hanging on the front apron, straightened up, and lazily put on his clothes.
"It's such a hot day, why are you playing pot throwing? Come on, Daiyu, let's have a sip of herbal tea first..." She spoke lazily, put on her belt lazily, put on her clogs lazily, and swayed. He walked to the table, picked up a tea cup, took out a small wooden tube from the copper basin, poured a cup of herbal tea and put it back on the table.
After hearing the faint sound of dressing and the clicking sound of clogs, Daiyu slowly turned around and looked at Jia Hui through her fingers.
After confirming that the eldest cousin was really dressed, he breathed a sigh of relief and put his hand down.
After thanking him, he also picked up the tea cup and took a sip. He shivered instantly, and his whole body suddenly became much clearer.
Daiyu's eyes lit up, and she learned Jia Hui's drinking method without any teacher, and drank a cup of tea like this.
Jia Hui looked lovingly at Daiyu, who was wiping her little mouth with a handkerchief.
The age difference is too big, and the relationship with Jia Min, who is called aunt-nephew and is actually brother and sister, makes Jia Hui regard Lin Daiyu more as a niece.
Looking at his niece, ah no, the little cousin looked so happy when she drank the ice-cold drink, and the original irritability caused by the hot weather was reduced a lot.
"Why don't you play hut with your sister? Could it be that my sister doesn't play well and my brother dislikes her?"
Daiyu sat on the stool and looked at Jia Hui with aggrieved expression.
To be honest, if her father hadn't been on duty at the Yamen in the front yard, her mother and grandmother were busy with the banquet in the evening, and even Brother Zhu was giving lectures to several other cousins, no one would pay attention to her, otherwise, she wouldn't Come here to find this cousin who choked and was speechless the first time they met!
"Actually, it's not impossible, it's just that my brother's methods are a bit..."
"Why did I think it was because of this? It turns out it's because of this! It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. How could my sister laugh at my brother!"
If you weren't covering your mouth and laughing, brother, I would believe you for now.
"Then...let's do it. Don't say that I'm bullying you because you're young. I'll just sit at the door, ten steps away!"
"It's a deal!"
For the first time, Daiyu saw this big man with disheveled hair so pleasing to her eyes. She turned around and quickly arranged for the maids and women to arrange the place. They didn't have many things, so they just measured the distance and put the copper pot in place.
Daiyu walked out quickly, and Jia Hui also got off the couch and walked out the door on his wooden clogs.
"ah!!"
As soon as Jia Hui opened the door curtain, he was hit back by a wave of heat, feeling as if he was about to melt.
He opened the door curtain again, endured the strong sun, and let Dai Yuti, who was also sweating from the heat, into the house, and then waved to the maids and women to bring everything into the house.
"We can't be outside anymore. If I get you hot again, your mother will definitely beat me to death! It's better to stay inside!"
Daiyu nodded, she was also hit by the heat wave just now.
Fortunately, this room was quite spacious. The ladies moved the tables and chairs away, cleared up an open space, and placed them on the right side of the room. Jia Hui and Daiyu were standing on the left side of the room.
Asking Daiyu to stand six or seven steps away from the pot, Jia Hui took ten steps back again.
"Don't say that my brother bullies you, come on, you throw first!" Jia Hui held an arrow specially designed for throwing pots, and pointed at Daiyu with his carved feather.
"I'll go first!" Daiyu tilted her chin, took out an arrow from her quiver, weighed it, with a serious look on her face, took a careful look, weighed her feet and jumped to shoot...
Poof!
The round wooden arrowhead hit the center of the mouth, spun twice in the air, and fell to the ground with a clatter.
laugh!
Daiyu immediately turned around and looked at Jia Hui with a frown.
Jia Hui looked at the wooden arrow on the ground with regret, shook his head, and had an expression of "Look what I did", as if he just realized Daiyu was looking at him.
"What do you think I did?"
"Brother Hui, you laughed!"
"You heard wrong."
"Just laughing!"
"I'm not smiling. If you don't believe it, ask them if they saw me laughing!"
"Hmph, just ask!"
Daiyu looked at her eldest maid Xue Yan with a proud look on her face.
"S-Slave... I don't know..." Xue Yan lowered her head in guilt.
Daiyu looked at Xue Yan in surprise, then turned to look at the others.
They also lowered their heads, not daring to look at Daiyu.
I don’t blame them for not helping Daiyu, it’s really because they didn’t dare to disturb the governor’s interest!
The wealth and life of the entire Lin family depended on the Governor's thoughts. If it disturbed the Governor's interest, he took his wife and the eldest daughter back to his parents' home in anger, leaving the master alone here.
It’s not like we don’t know how many thieves have come to our house in the past two years, so we can only feel sorry for the young lady.
"Hehehehe... look, did I laugh?" Jia Hui took out the folding fan from her waist, opened it, and wrote four words.
Arrogant and domineering
"Hmph, it doesn't count, it doesn't count! My sister was not prepared just now, and she didn't take advantage of the arrow she made. Let's try again!"
Daiyu twisted her body and said harshly.
"Okay, I'll give you another chance!" Jia Hui didn't care, just playing with the little girl and having fun.
Daiyu took out another arrow from her quiver, took a deep breath, held her breath, and aimed at the mouth of the pot again...
"ha!"
Daiyu stood on tiptoe again and threw up the arrow in her hand. The light wooden arrow was thrown up and fell...
"Oh, I won!" The young lady clapped her hands happily, and the maids and women around her uttered auspicious words as if they didn't want money.
"Guan'er, you're not bad. You must have played a lot, right?"
"That's...ah no no no, no, my sister just plays with her mother and grandmother on weekdays."
Daiyu struggled to explain.
"Well, if my sister doesn't want to say it, then just say it..."
Jia Hui said he understood and would not tell your mother that you often play hut.
Seeing her eldest cousin agreeing so quickly, Daiyu felt that she was going to be worse.
"Stop talking about this, come on, Brother Hui, it's your turn!"
Daiyu diligently took out an arrow from her quiver, and handed it to Jia Hui.
"Okay, let's see!"
He looked at the wooden arrow in his hand. It was made entirely of pine wood and seemed to be coated with pulp. He looked at the arrow carefully. Jia Hui was surprised to find that he recognized this set of arrows!
"Oh... eight years have passed in the blink of an eye!" Jia Hui sighed.
"Oh? What are you feeling about, brother? My sister is getting curious!" Seeing the nostalgia on Jia Hui's face, Daiyu couldn't bear the curiosity in her heart, so she came over and asked.
"Nothing, sister, do you know the origin of this set of throwing pots?" Jia Hui suddenly asked a question, which quickly aroused Daiyu's curiosity.
"Brother Hui, isn't this my mother's dowry?"
"Of course it's my aunt's dowry, but what about before?"
"Before? Brother Hui, did you do this?" Daiyu also heard from Jia Min about the glorious deeds of her cousin Jia Hui.
"Well, it's very close, but how do I have the skills to do this?
I traveled all over Beiping City until I found the best shop to make this thing, and spent dozens of taels of silver that I saved to make this. "
Jia Hui rubbed the word "Min" carved on the circular arrow.
"Back then, it was your mother who taught me step by step how to throw the pot. When I got older, she taught me step by step archery, but her archery skills were just poor..."
Jia Hui suddenly paused.
"By the way, Daiyu, do you want to learn archery?"
"Army? Why should I learn this?"
"What are you doing? As a son of a general, how can you not know how to shoot an arrow? If you want to learn, I will send someone to buy you a handy small soft bow tomorrow!"
"Children of a general? But my father is the censor. Besides, isn't the title long gone?"
Daiyu was a little confused.
"Well, the princes are gone, but normally speaking, if the emperor showed mercy and gave your grandfather another generation of princes, then in the next generation, when your father is demoted to a nobility, he should be an earl.
Let’s use another algorithm, excluding the generation inherited by your grandfather, your family’s title has been inherited for three generations, and your father is also a viscount. After all, he is a full-fledged noble general! "
In fact, the Lin family is not a marquis of this dynasty. He is actually a noble family that was canonized at the end of the previous dynasty.
At the end of the Liang Dynasty, the Lin family relied on many achievements such as suppressing private salt dealers, slaying the Jiangnan uprising army, and killing the White Lotus Sect. In this way, they obtained the title of Marquis and Shizhen Gusu.
Except for those specially stated, the nature of the nobles of the Liang Dynasty was actually hereditary.
As time went by, it was the end of the Liang Dynasty after Aizong increased taxes. At this time, the first generation of Marquis Lin had passed away, and the second generation of Marquis fell on the young grandfather Lin Ruhai.
As the only marquis in the south of the Yangtze River, Mrs. Lin was promoted by Aizong to guard Jinling.
Then Taizu sent troops from the south, later led by Ning Guo Gong Jia Yan, to fight all the way to Jinling City.
Old Taigong Lin, who was the garrison of Jinling at that time, after blocking two waves of offensives from the Qi army, Old Taigong Lin knew that Jinling's soldiers and horses alone would not be able to defend it, not to mention that the Qi army on the south road had successfully encircled Jinling and broke through. Unable to break through, the governor of Jiangning was simply tied up and Kaicheng surrendered.
With the great contribution of dedicating Jinling City, the Lin family's title was continued.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Lin family also successfully landed. As the first high-ranking nobles to surrender to Qi, the Lin family retained their wealth.
Soon, seven years passed!
Lin Ruhai's grandfather had meritorious service in the war and renewed the Lin family's title for the third generation of marquises.
Several decades later, Lin Ruhai's father ascended the throne. Due to the emperor's behavior in going to Jiangnan in his early years, the local noble families in Jiangnan became familiar with the emperor. Lin Ruhai's father was one of them. Later, , on the one hand, it is to feel comfortable being served, and on the other hand, it is also to win over the loyalty of Jiangnan nobles. With a stroke of his pen, the emperor granted another generation of titles to the southern nobles.
As a result, Lin Ruhai's father became a marquis.
Later, Prince Li rebelled. The Lin family, who was far away in the south, was implicated because they were taking care of affairs in the south of the Yangtze River for the Prince's Mansion. They lost the title and died in depression.
However, the emperor did not magnify the matter. He only seized the title and did not confiscate the family property. In addition, Lin Ruhai himself had passed the first-level examination and was a Jinshi. The Lin family completed the transition from martial arts to martial arts in an instant by chance. Wen's family transformation.
"So, I am really a general girl..." Daiyu always felt that something was wrong.
"She is really a general's daughter, so this matter has been settled. I will ask someone to buy you a good soft bow. When the time comes, I will teach you archery!"
Jia Hui smiled and touched the bun on Daiyu's head, causing Daiyu to dodge quickly.
"Having said so much, are you still going to vote? It's not because you're not good at it, but you want to stun me so you can fish in troubled waters, right?" Daiyu looked at Jia Hui with a look of "I've seen through you", feeling proud. said.
"Hey, little girl, you're so naughty, come on, get out of the way!"
Jia Hui leaned forward, reached out and grabbed Baobao's head again, grabbing her master aside.
Jia Hui took the wooden arrow and originally wanted to throw it directly, but in order to coax the child, he still made an exaggerated look, took a look, and then threw it.
"Youchu! It's in!" Seeing Jia Hui's arrow hit the mouth of the pot in the center, Daiyu couldn't help but cheered, but when she thought that the person next to her was her opponent, she quickly straightened her face and became serious.
"How, how? Am I good at my skills?" How could Jia Hui let the young lady in front of him go so easily, causing Dai Yu to roll her eyes at him.
"Don't be proud, I will definitely win!"
Daiyu puffed up her face, took out another arrow from her quiver, took aim at it for a long time, and then hesitantly threw it out.
when!
The arrow hit the spout of the pot, spinning and falling to the ground.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Jia Hui couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
"Hmph!" Daiyu didn't want to speak, so she gouged Jia Hui with her eye knife and turned her head away, refusing to speak.
"Come on, hand me the arrow quickly!"
Jia Hui poked Daiyu's bun, and Daiyu reluctantly pulled out an arrow and handed it to Jia Hui.
"Come on, look, brother, let me show you my hand!" Jia Hui didn't even take a look at it this time, as if he threw it casually. He only heard a thud, which was the sound of the arrow hitting the bottom of the pot.
"Hit even, haha!"
Jia Hui laughed and rubbed Daiyu's head, but Daiyu got away without saying a word and walked towards the door.
"Hey, hey, it's such a hot day, where do you want to go? Are you not going to play anymore?"
"I don't want to play anymore!" Daiyu turned around, gave a perfunctory salute, turned around and walked away.
"Tsk, tsk, compared to me, this little girl is too young!"
He casually pulled out another arrow from the quiver and shot again!
"Hey, three hits in a row! Scattered arrows!"
Sorry, I came back too late yesterday. After coding about two thousand words, I fell asleep on the keyboard. When I woke up, it was three o'clock in the morning...
(End of chapter)
