Be a master through ancient times

Time flies like a white horse, fleeting.

Chu Ci occasionally thought of the beginning of the standard essay for elementary school students, and he smiled knowingly, indeed, once a person is busy, it is indeed day and night, and he can't feel the passage of time.

It has been more than half a month since he proposed the construction of a cultural park in late July to mid-August today.The once deserted southern suburbs now look refreshing.

Brand-new courtyards rose from the ground, and the interior decorations were very exquisite. Whether it was rockery, strange rocks, or flowers and green bamboos, they were all bought by wealthy businessmen in the capital at a high price.

Since the common people in the capital heard that a garden that everyone could see was going to be built here, they couldn't help but became curious, and they came here to see it together, old and young.

The road was not very good at first, so people came every two or three days.Later, the people from the Ministry of Industry recruited some people to build the road, which made the road flat and wide, and the people who went there became more diligent.Groups of three or four called a donkey cart or a horse-drawn cart, and went leisurely.

After some old men who had nothing to do went, they just stood and looked at it and felt uncomfortable, so they went up to talk to the people who built the fortifications, and they couldn't help but help out together.

After these wealthy businessmen learned about it, their eyes rolled, and when they came to help next time, they prepared some thirst-quenching tea and the most common snacks.These people didn't expect to earn food for doing a favor, and they became more active in an instant.

Some people even told their neighbors after they went back, but the neighbors laughed at them a lot, saying that he was doing a white job and was being used by others.

The man said seriously: "This garden is called a cultural park. Do you know what a park is? It's a place where we ordinary people can go in and play at will! No matter how beautiful the back houses of big families are on weekdays, we have no luck to appreciate them. In the future, there will be something like this." You can stroll around in the garden, and this life is not wasted. Not to mention that the old men gave tea and snacks, even if they don’t give anything, I am willing to go up and help, and when I am old, I will tell our children and grandchildren, 'see No? It was built by your grandfather!', when the time comes, you should stand far away and don't come close!"

The neighbor was kept silent for a long time, and asked after a long time: "I said Liu Laosan, you are not usually so smart, how come you have been repairing the garden for a long time, and you can sharpen your tongue?"

Liu Laosan raised his head and laughed loudly, and said: "When we went today, we happened to meet Chu Siye from the Imperial College. I heard that he asked the emperor to build this garden. At that time, someone muttered a few words and he listened. , He just said those words just now, and the voices of those people were silenced, and everyone rushed to help."

"Chu Siye from the Imperial College? The old Yu who lives in our alley rings the bell in the Imperial College. I have also heard him talk about this Chu Siye a few times, saying that this Chu Siye is the most Good-natured, smiling all day long, without putting on airs at all. After he left, those little overlords in the Imperial College have changed their sex. You saw him today, is that really the case?" the neighbor asked curiously.

"Who said it wasn't? This Chu Siye also worked with us for a while, and told us several stories about Confucius. In the past, I, Liu Laosan, didn't like those scholars, but today I'm convinced! "

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After Chu Ci sweated from the Cultural Park, he rushed back to the Imperial College.Behind the Siye Hall, Chu Ci specially had several large warehouses cleaned out for rehearsal.

After more than half a month of rehearsal, these students are already very familiar with the script.Pick out a sentence at random, and they can tell which sentences are before and after.

At first, they still couldn't let it go, and they laughed so hard that they didn't say a few words.Later, they were scolded by Chu Ci and performed a part in person, which made them change their attitude and become more serious than before.

Later, they not only worked hard to study the script, and turned the original lackluster one or two pages into a dozen or twenty pages, but also worked hard to restore the persuasion, hoping to make their image closer to that period of history.

Of course Chu Ci is happy to see the results. People in this era are quite ambitious. Now that he has released the bait, he is not afraid that they will not take the bait.They were willing to delve into it, and Chu Ci, as a gentleman, naturally would not not support it.

He took Wen Ran and the others to the Library Pavilion of the Guozijian, read through the history of the Spring and Autumn Period day and night, found effective information, recorded it, and let the students refer to it.

As for those selected to participate in the competition, this period of time is equivalent to devil training.Endless test papers, endless essays, endless practice, all of them are like the scholar who met a female ghost in Lanruo Temple, his energy was exhausted, he fell on the bed as soon as he returned to his room, and did nothing .

If it weren't for the good food in the dining hall of the Imperial College, it would not be able to sustain it at all.

In such a busy day, the Mid-Autumn Festival comes quietly on August [-]th.

This day just caught up with the Great Dynasty, Chu Ci hurriedly got up with the full moon in the sky, and as soon as he opened the door, Kou Jing was already waiting outside.Kou Jing held a few pieces of crispy candy in her hand, grabbed Chu Ci's hand, and put them into his sleeve one by one.

"Didn't I say it? Next time, don't wake up so early. You put the candy in my room, and I will take it with me." Chu Ci was a little helpless, he was no longer a child.

Kou Jing looked at him with condemning eyes, Chu Ci turned his head unnaturally, well, he was wrong for forgetting the first time, but it doesn't mean he will forget in the future too!

Perhaps the meaning of Chu Ci was too obvious. Kou Jing was silent for a while and said: "It is not difficult for me to get up early. I will put it in with my own hands, and I will feel relieved. Otherwise, I will always miss you. Are you hungry in the court?"

Chu Ci's heart softened instantly, and he could only let him go.

This candy was found by Kou Jing.Because Guozijian was farther away from the imperial palace than the original Wenxingfang, so after Chu Ci got up in the morning, he didn't have time to eat breakfast slowly before going.Because I got up too early, the stalls along the way were not set up, so I had to go to court hungry.

After Chu Ci came back from hunger, Kou Jing couldn't stand it anymore. If this continues, I'm afraid it will hurt the spleen and stomach.So, during the next court, he prepared a few cakes and stuffed them into the secret pocket of Chu Ci's sleeve, letting him eat them when others were not paying attention.But Chu Ci felt that the pastry was shattered, and the sticky sticky stuff in his sleeves looked disgusting, so he didn't eat any.

Kou Jing couldn't help it. When she had no classes in the Imperial College and didn't have to go to Lieutenant General Li, she searched for pastries that were clean and not loose or sticky in pastry shops all over the capital. Ren's halva is more suitable.And the buddy said, this candy is usually enough for women to feel full after eating three or five yuan.

Kou Jing bought two catties on the spot, and asked the staff to cut them into small pieces two fingers wide, and then wrapped them piece by piece with oil paper cut into small sheets.That guy was a little helpless, but the price of this crispy candy is not cheap, he bought two catties in one go, why don't you be respectful?Of course, he would never admit it, he was a little afraid of this expressionless guest.

In fact, Kou Jing didn't pretend to be cold on purpose, he was just thinking, if an ordinary woman can be full for three to five yuan, how much should Cidi eat?After thinking hard for a long time, and observing Chu Ci's appetite, he finally decided to bring him six yuan at a time.

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Chu Ci and other sixth-rank officials stood outside the hall and listened carefully to the faint voices coming from inside.

He yawned, and using the cover of his wide sleeves, he peeled off a piece of halva and stuffed it into his mouth, then chewed a few times with his mouth quickly, and swallowed the candy.

Standing in front of him was Qin Tianjian's deputy Ye Hang. After he smelled the sweet smell, he stretched his hand back skillfully. After his hand was heavy, he slowly retracted and ate the candy under the cover of his sleeve. go in.

Chu Ci despised Ye Hang very much. He didn't expect that a big man in his early 1.8 meters would also like sweets. I really don't know why.While thinking about it, he took out another piece of candy, peeled it off and stuffed it into his mouth.

The same is true for other people, this is one of the benefits of standing outside the hall, unlike inside the hall, where there is a crowd of people, it is hard to say when they will be targeted and impeached by others.

Today is the holiday, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are also sensible, and they didn't talk about those bad things today, and they didn't fight like a black-eyed chicken as usual.Instead, everyone is blowing rainbow farts, wishing the emperor a happy holiday.

The emperor was also happy. Not only did he write a few poems with his own hands and send them to the senior officials in the court, but he also clapped his hands and asked the eunuchs to bring out some big plates with moon cakes in them, saying that he wanted to have fun with his courtiers.Then he said that in order not to disturb the reunion of the ministers with his family, there will be no banquets in the palace.After eating this moon cake, we will celebrate the festival together.

The courtiers were naturally moved to tears. After kneeling to thank the king, they held the mooncakes and ate them in small bites, wishing to show the emperor the expression of enjoyment at close range and without dead ends, so that the emperor could see how much they love to eat.

The expression outside the hall is much more natural, no matter how delicious it is, it is just a moon cake.Besides, it doesn't actually taste that delicious.

Chuci usually only eats egg yolks when eating mooncakes, but this one is filled with red bean paste. I wonder if there is too much oil in it, and it looks a bit greasy.Chu Ci was a little bit uninterested, but he dared not stop eating, so he could only bite and eat bit by bit.He secretly complained in his heart, it might as well be more realistic to hold a banquet.

However, he also understood in his heart that the emperor has no money.Not long ago, 5 taels was spent on road construction. Although there are wealthy businessmen joining in the Cultural Park, it is impossible for the imperial court to pay a penny. I heard that military expenditures in various places will also be allocated. The two princes are getting older. Started to prepare.These things gathered together, so that the Minister of the Household Department and the servants would stare at Chu Ci every time they saw him.

For example, if a banquet in the palace is to be held, at least a few thousand taels, how can this moon cake come?Just like this moon cake, I am afraid that all of them will not exceed 100 taels.After playing with that guy Chu Ying for a long time, Chu Ci also became more careful.

After eating the moon cakes, the court dispersed, and after the ministers knelt down to send them off, they were ready to go home for the festival.Before Chu Ci had walked a few steps, someone stopped him, saying that he was alone, and invited him to their house for the holiday.After Chu Ci declined, he was invited again, and within a short while, he turned down four or five people.

These are almost all the parents of the students, in addition to the parents, there is also Chu Ying.He said that his wife brought some big crabs back from her natal home and invited Chu Ci to eat them together.In the face of others, Chu Ci was polite, but in the face of Chu Ying, he directly refused.

"My foster brother is also alone in this capital city, how can I leave him alone to live happily? However, you can keep one or two of your crabs, and I will come to taste my sister-in-law's cooking skills some other day."

Chu Ying shook her head with a smile, this Chu Ci, when we first met, he looked like a glamorous person, the more familiar he was, the more he felt that people should not be judged by appearances.

Chu Ci bid farewell to his friends, jumped into the carriage, and prepared to go back to Guozijian to spend the festival with Kou Jing and Zhang Hu.Of the five soldiers that Kou Jing brought, three of them had comrades in other military camps, and they went to the military camp for the Mid-Autumn Festival.Xu Qiaonan was called to the General's Mansion for the holiday, which was his uncle's house.For some reason, he was a little shy of being alone, so he insisted on taking Qin Zhao to go with him. Qin Zhao had no choice but to go with him.The reason why he didn't invite Kou Jing was because he knew that Qianhu only wanted to live with his uncle.

When Chu Ci came back with a jug of wine and a roast duck, he was about to open the courtyard door when he heard Kou Jing's angry voice: "You go, I won't go there for the festival!"