Liu Huai and He Sanlang entered He Da’s door and saw the dog head sitting under the grape trellis reading. He stepped forward and handed him a bag of cherries and said, “This child will definitely have a future prospect in the future. Take a bag of cherries here and wash and eat it. Let’s play with it.”

He Da heard the voice and hurried out of the room and said, "Tixia is here, why are you still bringing things?"

Liu Huai said: "I have lived for nearly thirty years. The first time someone celebrates my birthday for me, I naturally have to come earlier. There are still a few colleagues in the army. When I walked across a river not far from here, I saw that there were quite a few fish in the small pond next to me, so I wanted to catch a few fish."

He Dadao: "Why do you have to spend any effort? There are fish sold in the village next to you every day, and the price is extremely cheap."

He Sanlang said: "Brother He, don't worry about them. Recently, the army is doing daily training and is a little frustrated. Those are just having fun."

While talking, He Da asked Liu Huai and He Sanlang to sit under the grape trellis and said, "It's hot, so it's better to sit outside. Two months ago, I had to spare a free time to put all the stone slabs here, which was very clean. I'll get a bucket of water from the well and splash it, and it's cooler."

As he was talking, the dog head washed the cherries aside and took them over and said to several people: "I have washed them, eat some. I have tasted them, it's very sweet."

Liu Huai smiled and said, "You can take it to eat it by yourself. The fruit is sweet, just a small one, with a huge hard core inside, I don't have the patience."

He Da's wife came out of it, took a teapot from her hand and placed it on the small table, and said, "There are the best tea inside. I heard that there is no meaning in Mingqian tea, but I don't know what it means, it's good."

After saying that, he went back to the room and took a few tea cups and a can, which he placed on the table. He said, "This can is sugar. Add some to the tea when drinking it. It is sweet and the sugar can nourish the body."

He Sanlang smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, the tea before the Ming Dynasty is the most tender tea. It is sweet when you drink it. It is sweet. If you add sugar in it, it will have no taste and waste your natural resources. Add sugar to the tea, which is the kind of tea that is the most unpleasant. If you don't need such good tea, you can collect the sugar and let us drink tea."

He Da’s wife didn’t know whether it was right or not, and said, “Let me leave it here, please see if you add it.”

The dog head brought hot water over, and He Sanlang poured water to wash the teapot and tea cup, and praised: "My sister-in-law's family is so particular. These are all porcelains produced in Rujiao, and the price is quite high. Many families in the village have this tea set."

He Da’s wife stood aside and didn’t speak, and she was very happy. She bought these tea utensils just to make the guests decent, and she finally used them today.

Since I met at Fancheng Shopping Mall during the Chinese New Year, when He Da entered the town to save money and sell goods, he often went to see Liu Huai and slowly got closer. Liu Huai was nearly thirty years old and was alone. Sometimes he went to the village with He Sanlang to see He Da and his wife. A few days ago, He Da's wife became interested in finding a wife for Liu Huai, but she had no idea.

He Sanlang washed the tea set, poured water into the pot, washed the tea before pouring the water into the pot. He could soak it open and poured tea for everyone.

He Da’s wife picked up the teacup and took a sip and said, “Oh, this tea is indeed a bit sweet. Brother Third, why are you so particular about making tea? I have never seen it before. Is it only so good to make tea like this?”

He Sanlang said: "That may not be the case. The key is that my sister-in-law's tea is better. The rules for making tea were learned from the Yingtian Affairs Office. I heard that it was passed down by the officials. Now if you drink tea in the army, it will be inappropriate if you don't do this."

In a few years, Xinyang Jun's tea finally produced steadily and had excellent quality. Especially before the Ming Dynasty, green tea was well-made and famous, and even became a tribute tea this year. With the blessing of the palace, the status of green tea was immediately different from before, and Jingxi Road began to become popular. Another point is that green tea is originally loose tea, and transportation is inconvenient, and the flavor will change over time. Scarcity is precious, and the more it is like this, it is loved by wealthy families.

The method of making fermented tea was passed down to Jingnan. The tea mountains around Dongting Lake were made in large quantities and transported to the north along the railway, and sold to the northern nomadic peoples through tea horse trade, which won their favorites. Drinking green tea locally and taking out tea bricks, Xiangzhou became an important tea distribution center.

Seeing that it was getting late, He Da’s wife tied her apron and went to the shed on the other side to prepare for cooking. He everyone was very clean, and even the cooking place was spotless and the meat and vegetables were washed clean. He Da’s wife was orderly and cut into various shapes.

He is considered a top-class household in the village, and only a few of He Sanlang and others are richer than his family. The land management is different from other places. The gap between the rich and the poor is not big. He Da's life is very comfortable without levieding servants by households. However, the taxes are still collected by households. In addition to the same land tax, the houses they live in and large fixed assets such as agricultural tools at home, the tax paid by the upper-class households is still higher than that of middle- and lower-class households.

Not long after much time, a few colleagues from Liu Huai's army came in and strung several big fish with willow branches in their hands.

He Da hurriedly got up and greeted him, "The food at home has been prepared, why both of you guys need to put in this effort?"

Zhou Su smiled and said, "There is nothing to do with you. I saw a few big fish in the water, so I just thought it was fun."

He took a big fish, and his wife came over quickly and said to Zhou Su and the others: "There is a copper basin over there and there is soap next to it. You can wash it quickly."

While speaking, he went to fetch water, prepare soap, and towels for washing his hands. The basin for washing his face is made by wealthy people. After the enamel basin comes out, many people call it copper basin. One is to follow the habit, and the other is a little vanity, and he can use similar objects.

Several people sat down and chatted while drinking tea.

Zhou Su said: "A few days ago, I ordered each army to recruit soldiers and prepare for training. According to the differences in each person's performance in the army, they were divided into first, second and third-class soldiers. It was seen that the wheat was about to be harvested in a few days, so why did you make such a big deal?"

Liu Huai said: "The news I received was that there was a barbarian leader named Nong Zhigao in Yongzhou south who raised an army to rebellion and plundered the prefectures and counties. I heard that this month he had captured Yongzhou City and massacred the people, and all the magistrates were killed. There were no large troops in the south, and the nearest one was us. If the court wanted to dispatch troops from other roads to suppress the thieves, we might let us go, so prepare early."

Zhou Su said: "How many barbarians still have to mobilize troops thousands of miles away? There are many barbarians who cause rebellion, why should they pay so much attention to this time?"

Liu Huai said: "There are many barbarians who have caused chaos, but they are rarely slaughtered and robbed the city of Dazhou. Nong Zhigao, who is unknown, doesn't know how big a mess will happen. If it really makes a big fuss, we may be transferred to suppress the thieves. It's always right to prepare for it."

Zhou Su said: "There are tens of thousands of soldiers in the Yingtianwushi Reading Army. After a few years of training, they will be able to get together and kill them. But it depends on the meaning of the army. It is just a training department and a defense training team will not be like fighting."

Liu Huai said: "Brother, the place where the barbarians cause chaos is in Guangnan! There is a lot of miasma everywhere. Now is the time when miasma begins to evade, so we cannot go! If we want to advance to quell the chaos, we can only wait until after the autumn, so we will prepare early."

When talking about miasma, several people heated up discussing what it was. Most of the Xiang army was from the north. I heard that there were many miasma in the south, but I have been to Xiangzhou for a few years, and it is also in the south, so I have not seen any miasma.

When He Da’s wife saw everyone, she brought a few cold dishes and said, “You can eat first, drink a few glasses of wine. The other dishes are fried, just put them in the pot, very quickly. There is also a pot of meat cooked there and I will serve you later.”

He pointed to a plate of chicken and said, "This is what I learned from the city people. After the chicken is cooked, let it cool down, chop it into large pieces, add the sauce, how about you try it?"

Liu Huai picked up a piece of chicken in his mouth and nodded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, sister-in-law, go and do your business!"

He Da boiled the wine and filled it with everyone. While drinking, he ate food, and talked about the latest novelty.

Liu Huai is an orphan. This feeling of family makes him feel particularly friendly and eats very easily.

After talking, the topic slowly turned to the chaos in Lingnan. As a soldier, of course he wanted to make achievements. In particular, most of the officers in the Yingtianwuxiang army were fake officers and were even more eager to make military achievements and be able to become formal soldiers.

At this time, the area at the junction of Jinghu, Guangnan and Chuanxia was dominated by barbarians, and Han people were rarely seen. Every few years there were barbarian chaos, which was no longer surprising. Especially Yang Qi, the commander of the local wing army, made contributions to the suppression of barbarian chaos on Jinghu Road, and the few people did not take Nong Zhigao seriously at all.
Chapter completed!