"The roe deer is beaten with a stick and the fish is scooped out with a gourd, and the pheasant flies into the rice pot."
"Our white mountains and black waters are a treasure."
Autumn has just begun, and the entire Northeast is immersed in the joy of the upcoming harvest.
The corn cob is about a foot long, and the corns on it are golden and plump; the sorghum is heavy and red with its own ears; the soybeans have opened their "pods" between the corn cob and the sorghum...
Especially rice, it’s like piling up rice in the fields, clumps upon clumps, piles upon piles, covering the sky and the earth... The most fascinating thing in the world is the fragrance of grain...
"The cool breeze is blowing, the autumn moon is boundless, and my coquettish mood is like living like a year. Although I am not a jade tree facing the wind, unrestrained and suave, but I have my broad mind and strong arms! The cool breeze is blowing, and the autumn moon is boundless, but I feel like a year.
I miss you so much that every day seems like a year. Although I am not a man who has gone through all the sorrows and joys with you, I have a broad mind to share the joys and sorrows with you!"
Governor Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) is so beautiful that he looks like a child humming the most popular song of the 1930s, "The Autumn Hate of the Hakka". "The Autumn Hate of the Hakka" is an ancient Guangdong Nanyin song.
The song used to start with "The breeze has faith, the autumn moon is boundless, and I miss you so much, it seems like one day is like one year.", but it was later changed.
This song "Autumn Hatred of Hakka" was sung by Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) and quickly became popular, spreading throughout the Northeast and the entire Qing Dynasty.
The Viceroy of the Capital City, wearing a blue gown, looked up at the sky at an angle of thirty degrees. He first let out a long sigh, took a deep breath, and then roared out with a voice from his chest, "The cool breeze is blowing, the autumn moon is boundless,
Thanks to my feeling of being pampered, my days are like years. Although I am not as handsome as a tree in the wind, cool and suave, I have a broad mind and strong arms and wrists!"
Especially in the area of "stronger arms and wrists", there must be an upward and gentle nasal voice, and at the same time, an expression that is half-smiling but not smiling...
Anyone who considers himself to be a talented person will sing this song in style.
Mr. Li Guangdi's "Xianxian Thatched Cottage" is no longer idle, and has been broken down by officials.
"You are still too greedy. You can just make a small bet with the Governor. You also bet big in the gambling house, and some even gambled your wealth... Small gambling makes you happy, but big gambling hurts your body and makes you sad. With Xiao Jia
My lord, bet, aren't you lighting lanterns in the latrine and seeking death?"
Mr. Li Guangdi frowned so hard that he could hold his writing brush and accused the officials "righteously and sternly" of not participating in gambling.
It also introduced the laws of the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, gambling and visiting brothels were prohibited for officials.
The officials were a little stunned, and at the same time they didn't take it seriously. They bet that the rice yield per mu this year would not exceed one thousand catties. Wasn't this the first thing you, Mr. Li Guangdi, provoked with Mr. Governor?
Everyone has followed you and supported you by placing bets, so how come we have to bet on it ourselves now?
Officials with good intentions have already tested it. The worst and worst farmland has a rice yield of one thousand two hundred kilograms per mu this year... Unexpectedly, there is really a rice yield of more than "one thousand kilograms" per mu. This little Mr. Jia still...
It's really amazing.
It was about to be harvested, and the farmers could not close their mouths as they looked at the golden fields.
Not only because of the bumper harvest, but also because this year's grain will definitely sell for a good price.
When the crops were just beginning to ear and bloom, a grain store in the city called "Bao Dai Miao" came to visit. They did not hide their "official background" at all. This was the property of the governor's wives.
However, the transaction was quite fair. The purchase contract document stated that "the buyer's price is 20% higher than the current price." He also paid a deposit in advance, and it was all made of snow-flake silver.
It is said that the Xue family's winery is now brewing two kinds of magical wine, "Maotai" and "Wuliangye". The secret recipe comes from Xianshan. It tastes very good, but it consumes a little too much food.
Grain merchants from the south to the north took notice and signed such contracts with farmers of all sizes.
The altar was set up next to the governor's official field to worship the grain god and heaven and earth. The governor led the officials to finish the sacrifice, and then with a cry of "The sickle is on!", the farmers rushed into the governor's official field.
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Beside the altar were more than a dozen old country squires led by Nalan Xingde. Today they were here to be the "middlemen."
Nalan Xingde looked at the heavy rice fields and could only smile bitterly. He shouldn't have listened to the teacher's bet that Mr. Xiao Jia lost. It is said that Mr. Xiao Jia will win every time he bets. He is guarded by the God of Gamblers. It's really hard not to believe it.
Thirty thousand taels of silver, this is Nalan Xingde's "private money", and it is about to be gone.
The special large wooden boxes for threshing rice are lined up in rows, and they are all brand new.
I heard that in order to win money this time, the Governor specially built this "big wooden box" with his own hands, and even announced that after winning, he would hold a banquet for three days and set up a hundred tables to celebrate.
This is to win money but also slap someone in the face!
"The cool breeze is blowing, the autumn moon is boundless, and my coquettish mood is like passing the year like a year. Although I am not a beautiful tree facing the wind, cool and suave, but I have a broad mind and strong arms and wrists!..."
Mr. Xiao Jia was singing his classic "little song" loudly again, as arrogant as he wanted, and as annoying as he wanted.
"I've watched it all. Not a grain of rice is allowed to be lost. I want those blind bastards to convince themselves that they want to bet with me. Are you a kid? I have the help of the God of Wealth, the God of Gamblers.
Those who are here..."
He is already so arrogant that there is no limit to it!
When the rice came, Mr. Xiao Jia went up and touched around the "big wooden box" in person, nagging, "The God of Wealth and the God of Gamblers have all come, and they all congratulated me. I won a lot of money."
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But the officials around him all hoped that Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) would lose, and they all thought silently in their hearts, "Loose, lose to death, you little bastard!"
"The scale is on!"
Following Nalan Xingde's shout, the rice in the "big wooden box" was cleared out and weighed on the scale.
Even though they knew the chances of winning were slim, officials still waited silently, hoping for a "miracle" to happen.
"Nine hundred and ninety-eight pounds", "nine hundred and ninety-six pounds", "nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds", as Nalan Xingde reported the numbers, everyone was stunned.
Mr. Xiao Jia, who was extremely arrogant and domineering just now, was also stunned.
What's happening here?
They are all very close to "one thousand catties", but they are exactly less than one thousand catties. Mr. Xiao Jia loses, and we win?
With the re-confirmation of the "middle man" Nalan Xingde, it was indeed Mr. Xiao Jia who lost.
"How could it be? Where's my rice? Where did you go with my rice?"
Mr. Xiao Jia was obviously anxious. He grabbed a farmer who had just hit the field and shouted, "It seems that there is no gambling at all!"
After confirming the number of the weighing again, Baoyu (Ran Xiaoshi) sighed: "Oh! It's hard to get angry. If you lose, just lose. I really don't care about this little silver! Let's go. If you lose, I will treat you to a hundred banquets."
Open as usual!”
Now everyone thinks that the Governor's face is very cute, no matter what he does, he is cute!
