After the Songshan meeting was over, Zhang Xiu was not in a hurry to go back. Instead, he found a farmer to live in a random village around Luoyang. Finally come out and relax for a while.
The village is located near the Luo River, with a pleasant environment and a strong feeling of a small bridge and flowing water. For some reason, Zhang Xiu likes this kind of environment very much now. The common people no longer do long-term work for the gentry, but go out early and return home late to work on their own farmland, with a satisfied smile on their faces.
At a glance, in the country fields, golden millet grains are floating in the wind, and the wind blows the millet waves, rippling like waves on the river.
"Inscriptions on the Spring and Autumn Annals" records: "As far as the west is established by gold, rice is the essence of Yang." Millet was also called millet in later generations, and it was commonly known as millet in farmers.
Zhang Xiu's farm family is named Chen, and he is an honest farmer. Chen, who is already in his sixties this year, is full of energy, holding a sickle, and harvesting grains with his wife and three sons. Zhang Xiu wore the coarse cloth vest of Lao Chen's son and worked with Lao Chen to harvest the grains. The grains made a sharp sound of "crush" under the harvesting of the sickle.
"Hey~ I didn't expect a rich man like you to have these two skills!" Lao Chen cut half of the morning's corn, and the family sat around to rest under a big tree. The more Lao Chen looked at Zhang Xiu, the more he liked it, "Facing the loess back Chaotian's suffering is not something that ordinary rich men can endure."
Zhang Xiu took a sip of water and said with a smile: "If you want to be able to eat, you have to suffer. The truth in the book is easy to come by. Only by personal experience can you know that it is not only bitter, but also a different kind of fun." "
Lao Chen's son laughed: "It's your first time to experience it, so you will naturally find it fresh and interesting. If you have been here for many years, you will not have much fun. But it is different for us. The land is the life of farmers. We have to take good care of it and watch the crops. When it is grown and harvested, I feel at ease and happy to look at it.”
Zhang Xiu nodded and looked at Old Chen: "Old Chen, I heard that Emperor Jing divided the fields according to head. I think there are six people in your family, so you should have six acres of land!"
Speaking of the land, Lao Chen's face was filled with a happy smile: "It's six acres. I never dreamed in my life that I would have six acres of land in my hands. In addition to the royal grain that must be handed over every year, There is still some leftover food, so I can exchange it for something at the market."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiu also laughed.
At this time, Lao Chen's daughter-in-law walked over with a basket in her arm, followed by a beautiful woman wearing a moon-white thick skirt. The two walked side by side. The woman in the moon-white thick skirt attracted everyone's attention. The money comes, like a fairy on earth. She is none other than Sun Shangxiang, who came all the way from Soochow.
After Sun Shangxiang's carriage left Wuguan Road, he received Zhang Xiu's order to change the route and come here.
Just arrived.
Originally, Sun Shangxiang thought that Zhang Xiu was trying to cheat on her, so he deliberately placed her in this remote village. When she got off the carriage, she learned that the dignified Emperor Jingguo had actually gone to the fields with the farmers to cut grain.
After receiving this news, Sun Shangxiang stood there blankly.
Finally, she decided to follow Lao Chen's daughter-in-law to the edge of the field to see if Zhang Xiu was really working.
When she saw the people under the tree from a distance, Sun Shangxiang glanced at Zhang Xiu. Although it was the first time they met, Zhang Xiu felt like he stood out among them. She recognized him at a glance and was shocked at the same time. .
Zhang Xiu was wearing a coarse cloth gown and a straw hat, exactly like a farmer.
"Dad! Young Master!" Lao Chen's daughter-in-law put down the basket and said with a smile, "The food is ready. Let's eat first." Then she looked back at Sun Shangxiang, then at Zhang Xiu and said, "Sir, this lady said Came to find you."
Zhang Xiu glanced at the astonished Sun Shangxiang, pointed to the grass next to him, "Come, come and sit. I asked you to rest first, why are you here in such a hurry."
Sun Shangxiang saw that this family didn't know Zhang Xiu's identity, so he didn't reveal it. He lifted up his skirt and sat next to Zhang Xiu and said, "I wanted to see if a person of your noble status would really work in the fields."
Zhang Xiu smiled and said nothing.
Lao Chen's daughter-in-law unfolded the cloth covering the basket and spread it on the ground, took out a coarse bowl, scooped out porridge from the clay pot, and took out a pot of black-faced soft buns. Old Chen's daughter-in-law first handed a bowl to Old Chen, then to Zhang Xiu and Sun Shangxiang, and finally to her own man.
Sun Shangxiang frowned as he looked at the black-faced bun in his hand.
"Have you never seen the black-faced steamed buns from the north?" He said, taking a bite of the black mask. "Most people in the north rely on it to survive. Give it a try."
Sun Shangxiang didn't show any pretense. He tried to take a bite, but the taste was very bad.
But she still ate it carefully and slowly.
Zhang Xiu looked at her and smiled, then slurped down the porridge and finished the black mask. He stood up and said, "You rest here first, and I will come with you after helping Lao Chen finish cutting this acre of grain."
Lao Chen and Lao Chen's two sons have already gotten up.
Picking up the sickle, he walked towards the unfinished millet field.
Lao Chen's daughter-in-law put away the dishes, smiled at Sun Shangxiang, and left with the basket in her arms.
Sitting on the stem under the tree, looking at the sun and the fields, Zhang Xiu's vigorous figure was sweating profusely in the grains, making a sharp sound when she cut, and suddenly she felt a sense of happiness.
The eyes gradually turned into the gentle eyes of a wife looking at her husband.
I thought to myself, if there were a few acres of fertile land, where men farmed and women weaved, and they spent time together, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing in the world? Why fight and kill for the sake of the world?
While I was thinking wildly, one acre of millet had been harvested.
Zhang Xiu wiped his sweat with the hem of his coarse cloth vest and walked over. The hot sun shone on his face, and the sweat reflected sporadic light. His strong figure exuded a domineering male aura.
Sun Shangxiang stared blankly in confusion.
Zhang Xiu came over and looked at her with a smile: "What are you looking at?"
"No...it's nothing," Sun Shangxiang's cheeks blushed slightly, but he said boldly, "Before I met the emperor, I only heard from my brother that you are a hero of the world, and I also heard from people outside that you are a cold-blooded murderer. "
"Now that you have seen me, what do you think I look like?" Zhang Xiu asked with interest.
Sun Shangxiang looked at Zhang Xiu with a smile: "Like a kind brother."
Zhang Xiu laughed.
Putting down the sickle, Zhang Xiu led her towards the mountain road nearby. The trees in the mountain forest are lush and green, and the occasional cool breeze blows through, making you feel refreshed and cool. When he arrived at the nearby spring, Zhang Xiu took off his shirt, revealing his strong and bulging muscles, soaked the towel, and wiped off the sweat on his body.
Sun Shangxiang's face turned slightly red, but she didn't avoid it because he was her man.
After washing off the sweat from his body, Zhang Xiu held Sun Shangxiang's hand and walked in the cool and pleasant mountain forest. Sun Shangxiang was a little uncomfortable at first. After all, it was the first time they met. She didn't expect Zhang Xiu to be so bold. But gradually, she fell in love with holding his hand and walking leisurely like this.
"Have you heard of field battles?" Zhang Xiu looked at the grass under the shadow of a circular boulder in front of him, and a bad idea came to his mind.
"What kind of field battle?" Sun Shangxiang asked without knowing why.
"You'll know later." Zhang Xiu smiled mischievously, "Come with me."
Sun Shangxiang suddenly had a bad feeling.
