Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 76

Cui Jie is not ordinary, but also very confident.

Her background is indeed rich, her education, family upbringing, her own talents, etc. are all good.

Moreover, her analysis of Li Qinzai was objectively rigorous, but it was a pity that she stayed in the closed Zhuangzi for a long time and could not get other information. She had no idea that Li Qinzai had undergone earth-shaking changes today.

It wasn't just him who changed, but also a son.

A young lady from an aristocratic family, and a personal servant girl, the two really honestly went to catch fish by the river.

The progress of catching fish was not smooth, neither of them had done it before and had no experience, and they didn't catch a single one until it got dark.

Cui Jie looked frustrated, and Congshuang was crying, and the two sisters helped each other back.

Keeping bending over to catch fish by the river for a long time, the two had sore backs. When they returned to their simple hut, Cui Jie and Congshuang were sore.

Cui Jie held back her tears, she had never experienced such pain since she was a child, but she couldn't cry, she had to be strong in front of Congshuang.

"The people of the Li family really don't have a good thing!" Cui Jie thought bitterly.

She felt more and more that her decision to escape from marriage was extremely correct, and she escaped from a huge pit of fire.

Early the next morning, Cui Jie withdrew three coins from the little 20-odd coins she had saved, gritted her teeth and endured the pain in her heart, and gave them to a farmer in the village, asking him to help catch fish.

Naturally, it was no problem for the farmer to catch fish, and he caught five fish in less than half an hour.

The compensation task Li Qinzai explained was completed, but Cui Jie also lost the three coins that she had saved with great difficulty.

It's all hard-earned money!
Miss Shijia's psychological quality is still very strong and optimistic.

Thinking about it from another angle, if the person sent by the Li family is that dude when the autumn harvest starts this time, wouldn't she fall into his clutches at this moment?If it falls into his hands, I don't know how much damage and torture it will suffer.

The person sent by the Li family now, I'm not sure which grandson of Mr. Li, seems to be a good person, but it was her fault, and she was only asked to pay five fish, which can be said to be very kind.

I hope that after the autumn harvest, the members of the Li family will return to Chang'an quickly, and Cui Jie and Congshuang will not reveal their identities.

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The day of the autumn harvest has finally arrived.

According to the customs of the Tang Dynasty, the landlord's family must preside over the ceremony of opening the sickle during the autumn harvest.

The so-called "opening the sickle", as the name suggests, means that after a large number of bigwigs respecting heaven, earth, ghosts and gods, the host family will go down to the field with a sickle to symbolically cut a stubble of crops, which means that the landlord has personally worked.

After cutting the first crop, the whole ceremony is considered complete, and then the farmers go to the fields to harvest.

As boring as it sounds, it's... more boring to do.

Before dawn, Li Qinzai was woken up by Manager Song from the other hospital. Li Qinzai was so angry that he got out of bed.

Qiao'er was also yawning non-stop, rubbing her sleepy eyes.

After feeding big fish and big meat every day, Qiao'er seems to be getting fatter, with a little round and cute baby temperament, and looks more and more cute.

Li Qinzai looked at Qiao'er with pouty cheeks, and felt much better when he woke up.

I couldn't help stretching out my hands to pinch his fleshy cheeks, tsk, the pink is tender, full of elasticity, and feels very good.

Qiao'er looked at him puzzled, not understanding why his father suddenly pinched his face.

"There's something on your face." Li Qinzai laughed.

Qiao'er touched her face subconsciously: "What's the matter?"

"Kind of cute...haha!"

The earthy and greasy compliments didn't work for Qiao'er, he didn't understand at all.

"Father, did you pinch off the cuteness?" Qiao'er said, still wiping her face with her small hands.

"You can't pinch it off, the more you pinch it, the cuter it becomes."

Qiao'er was in a hurry: "Then what should I do? What is 'cute'? Why can't I pinch it off?"

"It doesn't matter, just let it stay on your face, the longer the better, when you grow up, have experienced things, and are no longer innocent, the 'cuteness' will slowly disappear."

Qiao'er gave a half-comprehension sound.

It seems that "cute" is not a bad thing...

Guanshi Song rushed into the yard in a hurry, and seeing Li Qinzai still calm, Guanshi Song stomped his feet and said, "Fifth Shaolang, the auspicious time is coming, if you don't dress up, it will be too late!"

Li Qinzai was taken aback for a moment: "Auspicious time? Is today the sickle or marriage?"

"Of course there is an auspicious time to open the sickle!"

Song Guanshi beckoned, and several servant girls quickly stepped forward to change Li Qinzai's clothes.

He took off the hosta hairpin on his head and the jade belt around his waist, took off his silk clothes, his foot clothes and expensive moccasin boots, and then changed him into a heavy coir raincoat, bamboo hat, wooden clogs, and even painted a few on his face. A red oil paint.

Li Qinzai was made very passive by the maids, especially when he painted his face with oil paint. I don't know what the custom is.

"Fifth Shaolang, don't move, let them draw well, it must be drawn when opening the scythe, it can drive away evil spirits and pray for blessings, it is very auspicious." Song Guanshi persuaded.

Li Qinzai's mood suddenly settled down: "Oh, it's all right, just greet me in the face."

Qiao'er looked at Li Qinzai's face curiously, the red paint on his face somehow touched his smile, and he couldn't stop giggling.

Li Qinzai also laughed and made faces at him.

After dressing up, Li Qinzai walked out of the courtyard surrounded by steward Song and his servants.

The incense table was set up outside the other courtyard, and various offerings were placed on the incense table. Many farmers gathered in the open space, including old and young, women and children.

Standing in front of the crowd with a greasy face, Li Qinzai was suddenly a little shy. It would be embarrassing if the farmers made fun of his ghostly appearance.

However, the farmers did not smile. On the contrary, everyone was very serious, with tense faces. Seeing the oil paint on Li Qinzai's face, their expressions became more dignified, with a holy radiance like a pilgrimage.

There were two people standing next to Li Qinzai, one was a rickety old man with a cane, and according to Steward Song's whispered introduction, this seemed to be the longest-lived person in the village, and also a highly respected old man in the village.

Another one was wearing a Taoist robe, with a few oil paints painted on his face, and his hair was loose. He stood alone and muttered, not knowing whether he was reciting lines or chanting incantations.

According to Guanshi Song, this is an invited expert, who is probably in charge of dancing to the gods and communicating with God, exorcising evil spirits and praying for blessings, so as to have a good harvest this year.

The auspicious time has come, and the ceremony begins.

Sure enough, the jumping god jumped up, swaying like a disco, shaking his head non-stop, chanting words, dancing while chanting, and circling around Li Qinzai from time to time.

Li Qinzai was terrified.

He felt that he had become a sacrifice, and after the ceremony, he would be steamed and boiled by God and eaten.

Under the command of Tiao Dashen, the farmers bowed and kowtowed to the incense table.

In addition to various offerings, there is also a tablet on the incense table, which is written with the name of the god of agriculture, Houji.

Hou Ji's real name is Ji Qi, and he is the ancestor of the emperors of the Zhou Dynasty in ancient times.

From then on, later generations respected Houji as the "God of Agriculture".

That's right, the god of agriculture is Houji, not Shennong. Shennong took medicine, and Houji taught people how to grow food.

Knock on the blackboard, knowledge point.

The grand and solemn autumn harvest opening ceremony is naturally indispensable for the God of Saturn to make a trip to cast a blessing on the world.

As for whether this great jumping god is pretending to be crazy or is really in contact with the God of Saturn, it is really impossible to test...

The cumbersome ceremony took all morning and ended almost noon.

Yuemo, the great dancer, was tired from dancing. He sat down on the side with sweat profusely, gasping for breath, like a tired young man returning to the booth after dancing in a bar, which made Li Qinzai really want someone to give him a drink Rinse your mouth with a bottle of Ace of Spades, Mr. Li will pay for all the consumption today.

Next, it was time for Li Qinzai to play.

Fortunately, Li Qinzai didn't need to dance to the master, what he had to do was very simple.

Song Guanshi held a sickle tied with red silk to Li Qinzai. Li Qinzai led the laborers in the village to the edge of the field, rolled up his sleeves and went to the ground, bending over and using the sickle to cut the first crop of wheat.

The sickle was very sharp, and when a crop of wheat was cut, the surrounding farmers burst into earth-shattering cheers.

Song Guanshi laughed and said: "The master's family, Wu Shaolang, has opened the scythe. All the neighbors, hurry up and go to the fields. This year's harvest will be abundant, the grain will be plentiful, and the people and animals will prosper!"

Everyone shouted in unison: "The five grains will be plentiful, and the people and animals will prosper!"

Finally, the farmers left the fields one after another and began to harvest crops in full swing.

Li Qinzai turned his head to look at Guanshi Song: "What should I do next?"

Song Guanshi said with a smile: "Five young men can do as they please, if you are interested in participating in the autumn harvest, you can also, I will give you a piece of land..."

Li Qinzai snorted: "Don't be kidding, do I seem to be such a hardworking, brave and hard-working person? Quickly find me a place to lie down, I've cut a crop, and I'm exhausted!"

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The autumn harvest is a big event, and the ceremony is also very grand.

Both men, women and children in Ganjingzhuang participated in the ceremony, including immigrants Cui Jie and Congshuang.

The two mingled in the crowd, watching the nobleman from the Li family preside over the autumn harvest ceremony, everything was normal at first, and Cui Jie also watched the whole ceremony from beginning to end in novelty.

Until the end, Song Guanshi suddenly said loudly: "Five Shaolang has opened his sickle."

Cui Jie and Congshuang were stunned for a moment.

Cui Jie had conducted a detailed investigation of the British Duke Li's family when she was in Qingzhou, and she knew who the "Five Young Masters" of the Li family represented.

Cong Shuang was shocked, her petite body trembling uncontrollably.

"It's over, girl, the servant's death is coming!" Congshuang desperately grabbed the twin buns on top of her head.

(End of this chapter)