Yan Junqi woke up late in the morning without any surprise. Lu Xu was in high spirits and got up early.
When he got up, he first checked whether Yan Junqi was feeling unwell. Hearing that Yan Junqi's voice was a little hoarse, he gave Yan Junqi warm water to moisten his throat.
He wanted to see if Yan Junqi was injured, but Yan Junqi obviously didn't want him to lift the quilt.
If you don't want to look at it, don't look at it. It's cold in the morning, and he's afraid that Yan Junqi will freeze if he lifts the quilt suddenly.
"Then you sleep a little longer and I'll heat the house up a little. When you get up..."
"Um."
Yan Junqi didn't let him continue.
Lu Xu scratched his head, went to the woodshed to get firewood, added more to the stoves in the two rooms, then added more to the stove in the house, and pulled the stove closer to the bed.
He washed his hands, poured half a cup of warm water for Yan Junqi and put it on the bedside. He leaned over and kissed Yan Junqi, "I'm going to buy groceries. You can get up when I come back."
"Um."
Lu Xu rubbed his head, left gently, and closed the door.
Lu Xu carried the vegetable basket and went out, recalling whether Yan Junqi had been injured in any way last night.
"Why……"
If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have cared about the shamelessness and asked someone to borrow my erotica at home.
He and Yuan Manniang took it for granted, thinking that there would be no shortage of this stuff. But when they went out, they discovered that there was no place to sell it!
No serious bookstore would sell this! !
He, a passerby, wouldn’t know where to look for such an inappropriate place!
Lu Xu was blinded all the way and regretted it so much. If he had known better, he would have asked someone at home.
After a battle between heaven and man, he still carried the basket and went to Nancheng.
When he asked Fang Yazi about the layout of the capital earlier, he probably also heard about several famous Fengyue districts in the capital. Fang Yazi also recommended to him two places that scholars love to go to.
Lu Xu thought that Fengyue District also needed food, clothing, and medical treatment, so he went to find a medical center over there and ask.
He also deliberately went to a distant place and walked for a long time. He found a medical clinic that looked good and old and went in to inquire.
The doctor is worthy of being neighbors with Fengyue for a long time. Before Lu Xu could finish his words, the doctor was already familiar with the matter and started to educate him about it. He even praised him for being a good person and not hiding his illness.
Lu Xu: "..."
It is not certain whether there is a disease or not!
The doctor calmly prescribed the medicine, and Lu Xu quickly said: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, what about that, my sweetheart is a man, is the medicine... universal?"
The doctor was stunned for a moment, then calmly said: "I will correct it for you."
After taking the medicine, Lu Xu paid the money and asked, "Doctor, do you know where I can buy erotic pictures?"
The doctor became even more stunned, "You can't."
Lu Xu blushed.
The doctor did not laugh at him, but said calmly: "Don't buy any erotica, buy this."
Go on, get up and pull out this medical skill from the corner behind the counter.
Lu Xu opened it and found that it all talked about some health-preserving methods, which were quite serious, including what to eat throughout the year, what should not be eaten together with what should not be eaten together, how to prevent cold and keep warm, the diagnosis of common diseases in adults and children, etc., and... ...health exercises?
Lu Xu was confused.
If you look closely, it teaches people how to exercise after getting up in the morning. It is probably similar to Wu Qin Xi and Tai Chi.
He flipped through it again in embarrassment before he found some precautions he needed to know, which were listed in a long chapter.
Lu Xu looked at it for a while and found that he could understand it. He paid for it, packed the books and medicine and left.
When he walked quickly to the morning market, the morning market was still busy.
I wonder if it’s because the capital is too big and it’s more troublesome to get into the city. The peak time of the morning market is later than that of Guanyang. There weren’t many stalls when he passed by before, but now the whole street is full.
Lu Xu first took a walk around, checked the prices, ordered two loads of firewood and had someone take them home in a while, and then started buying vegetables.
Lu Zhou wanted to eat wontons, so he went to pick out a piece of meat and bought some vegetables.
The capital is worthy of being a capital. In winter, vegetable farmers also use fire pits and floor heating to build greenhouses and cultivate vegetables. It is only February, and Guanyang is still the season when they can only eat radishes and cabbages stored in the winter. There have been several morning markets in Beijing. Planting vegetables.
Lu Xu saw that the dishes were fresh and not too expensive, so he bought a handful of each.
Then there were meat and eggs. Lu Xu saw a chicken seller and bought a hen, asking the vendor to help butcher it and take it home to make soup.
Then he went to buy rice, flour, oil, salt and seasonings.
He carries the seasonings with him all the way, he just has to fill in the gaps.
Lu Xu took the opportunity to see what seasonings and spices were available in the capital that were not available in Guanyang, and unexpectedly discovered raisins.
It is said that it is something that wealthy people put in when making snacks and soups, as a substitute for sugar.
Lu Xu bought two kilograms and took them back as snacks for Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou. They would grab a handful to eat when they were tired from reading.
He went to pick out the dishes and cutlery, and asked an errand boy to help him pick them home.
In the morning market, there are people who run errands with carrying poles and other tasks. They give away a load of things and pay according to the distance.
The few things Lu Xu bought were not enough for a load. The other party asked him if he wanted to buy anything else. Lu Xu asked if there was an iron shop nearby. He wanted to buy an iron pot.
"Iron pot? You mean Guanyang pot."
Lu Xu: "..."
Unexpectedly, Guanyang Hot Pot has become so famous! !
The errand boy took Lu Xu to buy pot.
This is not a blacksmith shop, it specializes in pots, including iron pots, copper pots, clay pots, porcelain pots, and stone pots, with many styles.
Lu Xu bought a small iron pot for cooking, a medium casserole for stewing soup, and a large pot that was brought to the rented house at home, which is enough for cooking noodles and other things.
After buying all the things, Lu Xu led the errand boy and the firewood seller home and put the things in the yard.
Lu Zhou had already gotten up and came out of the kitchen when he heard the noise. He was heating hot water in the kitchen in case Lu Xu and Yan Junqi needed to wash up later.
After Lu Xu paid the money, he asked the firewood seller to deliver firewood to his home every morning.
A load of firewood in the capital is four times more expensive than in Guanyang, but the cold weather is inevitable, and it needs to be used for cooking, so you have to spend it.
Lu Zhou carried the things into the kitchen. Lu Xu ran to the door of the master bedroom and pushed open a small crack. Seeing that Jun Qi was still asleep, he closed the door gently and ran to cook.
Lu Zhou wanted to eat wontons, so he bought thin white flour, kneaded the dough, rolled out the dough, cut it into slices, and mixed the fillings.
Lu Zhou also knows how to make bags. The two brothers stood in front of the stove and soon made a bag full of chopping boards.
Fresh meat wontons, dried shrimp skin and kelp are added to the soup for freshness.
Lu Zhou hadn't seen fresh vegetables for a long time, and he was greedy for all the green vegetables.
While Lu Zhou was cooking wontons, Lu Xu quickly fried two more plates of vegetables and stewed the chicken.
I didn't have time to make the staple food, so I bought hot steamed buns on the way home.
After the meal was ready, Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to eat by the fire in the kitchen, while he brought a tray into the room for Yan Junqi to eat.
Lu Zhou asked: "Is Brother Junqi sick?"
Their family usually only eats in bed when they are sick, except for the eldest brother, who always wants to stay in bed when the weather is too cold and there is nothing to do.
Lu Xu: "No, I'm just a little uncomfortable."
Lu Zhou: "Oh, are we still going out today?"
Lu Xu: "It depends on the situation."
Lu Zhou: "Well, you can also do laundry today."
There's still a lot of housework left to do, so I don't have to go out.
Lu Xu touched his head and packed the food. Lu Zhou put down his chopsticks and opened the door for him.
Seeing that Yan Junqizhen was still asleep, Lu Zhou became even more worried.
"Brother, shall I ask a doctor?"
"No, cough, no need, I just went to bed late last night." Lu Xu added, "I packed my books late."
"Oh." Lu Zhou did not doubt that he was there and scolded Lu Xu: "I can help too."
Lu Xu: "Then after you finish eating, take all those damp books to the yard to dry."
Lu Zhou: "Okay."
Seeing that Yan Junqi was awake, Lu Xu sent Lu Zhou to eat quickly, brought the food to the bedside, and closed the door.
Yan Junqi listened to him telling lies and deceiving Lu Zhou... without making any comments!
Lu Xu: "Are you still sleepy?"
"I'm not sleepy anymore."
"Wash up after eating." Lu Xu was eager to give it a try, "I'll feed you."
Yan Junqi: "..."
The fresh meat wontons made by Lu Xu had thin and translucent skins, and the fillings were delicious and salty. Yan Junqi leaned on his bed and ate a large bowl, and also finished all the dishes brought by Lu Xu.
The remaining half of the steamed bun was wiped out by Lu Xu. Lu Xu swallowed the steamed bun and took out the book from his arms to get some ointment. "Let me take a look. If it's not hurt, don't apply it. I'll make some medicine for you to take internally later."
Yan Junqi: "..."
By the time they came out, Lu Zhou had already put away all the things Lu Xu bought and took out the quilts to be washed.
The outing plan they made yesterday failed to come to fruition. In the end, Lu Xu went to find someone to wash clothes and make chicken soup at home, while Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou went to the bookstore at the entrance of the alley to kill time.
Although he was unable to attend any party, Yan Junqi found a set of classic books annotated by great scholars from the previous dynasty in a bookstore. He happily spent a huge sum of money to buy them home and read them with Lu Zhou.
Seeing that they were happy, Lu Xu filled them with chicken soup, prepared refreshments, and lit the stove to keep them warm and read at home, while he went out to find a bookshelf.
He looked around the furniture store but couldn't find anything particularly suitable.
Either too small or too expensive.
Lu Xu simply bought two small ones and a pile of wood, moved them home and modified them himself.
Change the two big ones, one for Jun Qi and one for Lu Zhou.
In the next two days, Lu Xu accompanied Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou to several scholars' gatherings. At first, he was very interested, but after a few times he stopped going.
That group of scholars is so particular that it takes a long time to introduce the person at each opening ceremony. Basically, they all introduce their place of origin, who they studied under, which famous family they come from, what school they belong to, what poems and articles they have written, what reputation they have as geniuses, etc. .
Why can someone be literate at the age of three, compose poetry at the age of seven, and write a poem at the age of nine...
If there is no legend or great reputation in my hometown, I will be embarrassed to talk about it.
If you don't have these, you can fight for your father, fight for your grandfather, fight for your uncle, fight for your teacher, even if you fight for which college you studied in.
Of course, scholars will not speak as straightforwardly as Lu Xu summarized. People are very particular about what they say, and they can even recite the poems of a certain talented scholar.
The cold wind was howling, and Lu Xu sighed with emotion: What a good memory! He is so envious! The scumbag who couldn't memorize a text all morning is deeply jealous!
And he wasn't interested in everything they talked about.
He quite likes to hear gossip about government orders, some of which are closely related to his business. But these scholars have not yet become officials and do not know much about these things. They prefer to discuss literary schools.
This school, that school, this school, that school, which school has which representative figures, what works they have, what are their differences, and then they argue for a long time about how to interpret a certain sentence in a certain article.
Lu Xu: "..."
God, please spare my life!
Who is this talking about, and who is talking about that?
He stared there in a daze with big, dazed eyes. He felt that the windows of the teahouse where the party was held were not good, and the wind was blowing from all sides, making him feel chilled all over.
But such a cold wind couldn't stop him from dozing off.
Lu Xu couldn't stand it any longer, so he ran downstairs to chat with the bookboys and servants who had accompanied this group of eloquent scholars.
The content of their chats is probably: Where are you from? What are the specialties of your hometown? What is famous for?
If they are more mature, they will inquire about other people's connections and connections in Beijing for their master.
After listening to it a few times, Lu Xu was no longer interested.
Others were trying to find ways to do it, but they didn't have any. If they stuffed money randomly before the exam, they might get involved in some fraud, so they might as well take the exam honestly.
If he doesn't go, Yan Junqi won't go either.
Lu Xu: "No, take Lu Zhou with you. I see you guys are having a lot of fun."
Yan Junqi's status as Longxing Jieyuan is still very useful. Except for the private book parties organized by the dignitaries in Beijing, they can't get in. No matter whether they are high-end or low-end gatherings, no one will refuse Jieyuan's participation and will always attend. Someone will take the initiative to chat with him and discuss it.
Those genres, interpretations, annotations, etc. that Lu Xu was not particularly interested in, Yan Junqi was quite interested in.
Lu Xu: "No one talks to you about this at home, I just ask you to keep accounts."
Yan Junqi: "I'm very happy to help you keep accounts."
Lu Xu smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and his heart felt like honey, and he said: "Well, we finally arrived in the capital, and we can't come in vain. Let's go have fun, go have fun, you go to the party, I’ll also go shopping around to see if I can collect something that Guanyang doesn’t have.”
Only then did Yan Junqi respond.
Lu Xu handed them clothes, "Remember to find a place to sit out of the wind, and don't take off your coat if it's cold. I'll prepare delicious food for you tonight."
Yan Junqi and Lu Zhou couldn't help but laugh when they remembered that the last time Lu Xu was sitting by the window, he was so blown away that he huddled up and shivered.
The three of them went out together in the morning and had lunch outside at noon. In the evening, Lu Xu went home to cook and listened to a condensed version of Lu Zhou's summary of the day's experiences while eating.
Lu Xu encouraged him to write short articles about the interesting things he heard every day. If he didn't write articles, he could simply write a diary. In the future, he would sort out the interesting things when he went home and tell them to his younger brothers and sisters.
Yan Junqi sewed a few more notebooks, and Lu Xu found charcoal from a paint shop outside.
This is what others use to make sketches when they are drawing.
Lu Xu bought a large handful and modified it himself when he came back. He rolled it up with paper and imitated a pencil, and asked Yan Junqi to sew a small pocket on the notebook so that he could insert the pen into it and pull it out when in use.
"With this, I can jot down whatever I want, so I don't have to study ink."
Lu Xu was very satisfied. Every day he recorded in a small book which street had delicious food, which shop had good value for money, where it was purchased from, etc.
It was mid-March, and Yan Junqi wanted to concentrate on preparing for the exam and no longer go out.
Lu Xu then asked Lu Zhou to play by himself. The exam was getting closer and closer. Those who were still busy at the party were either really talented and did not want to learn anything, or they were particularly confident. The rest were either coming to Beijing to study or Ben is a scholar in Beijing.
They are generally younger and more energetic, and the topics they talk about are more bold. The content is not limited to academic knowledge. They often gossip about the scandals in the court, such as which civil servants have joined the generals again, who dozed off in court, and snored. The prince heard the news, who got into a fight again in the morning, who stayed overnight in a brothel and was caught by the censor who also stayed overnight, which family wanted to marry which family, but the other family looked down on them, and so on.
Lu Xu asked Lu Zhou to be careful, and he would listen to it as gossip and jokes every day.
On this day, Lu Zhou sat in the corner again with a small notebook, writing and drawing records in the small notebook while listening to others loudly criticizing yesterday morning's suggestion that the court sell officials to exchange money for treasury officials.
Suddenly, a strange boy approached him and asked curiously: "What are you remembering?"
Lu Zhou was stunned immediately while holding the dried meat in his mouth.
The young man, who was fourteen or fifteen years old and dressed in a rich brocade, looked at the half-painted eaves with great curiosity.
"So you weren't remembering what they said!"
The author has something to say:
Lu Xu: What can be discussed at a gathering of scholars? boring.
Lu Zhou: I heard that two ministers had a fight in the morning yesterday.
Lu Xu: Tell me carefully!
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