Chang Jin originally thought it would take some verbal talk to convince Xiaoxiao to let her go out for a walk with her, but she didn't know that her sister had no objection at all.

Or in her eyes, the elder brother is like a father, and everything his brother said is correct.

Shepherd's purse, yellow flower seedlings... These wild vegetables that are regarded as green plants in modern Earth are just things that the villagers fill their stomachs.

Chang Jin now doesn’t bother to think about the magic pen, but instead wants to urgently solve the problem of eating in front of him.

When he saw the semi-dry ditch not far away, he felt aroused. Judging from the soil, the mud in the ditch was quite shallow, and there should be a lot of loaches hidden.

In his previous life, he once went to a small mountain village called Liujiagou for tourism. When he was bored, he learned to dig loaches from local villagers. Now it is just in handy.

"Little sister, we have dinner, so I'll dig some loaches and go home to eat." After saying that, Chang Jin took off his shoes and socks excitedly.

"Brother, what are you doing? Come up quickly. The loach is so dirty and cannot be eaten." Xiaoxiao shouted anxiously on the shore.

"Can't you eat?" Chang Jin was confused first, and then remembered. It seemed that he had read in a book he had done before. On Earth, few people ate loaches before the Song Dynasty, and most of them regarded it as a medicinal material. It was not until a year of severe drought that people really couldn't find food, so they started to catch loaches.

I never thought that the people here knew this too, no wonder they didn’t see any signs of turning in the ditch.

"Little sister, don't worry, you will know when the loach is caught and I'll make it. It's delicious... Believe me, that's right." Chang Jin could only persuade.

After all, he has traces of modern people. He has completely forgotten his identity as a scholar at this moment. A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, so this sentence has long been left behind.

"That's not OK. Didn't you often say that scholars don't do these gentle and sweeping things? How can they do such rough work?!" Xiaoxiao still shook her head.

"Scholars, you are so kind and can be ruined?!" Chang Jin was so angry that he laughed at this sentence and almost cursed that he was "who said the lies?"

When he said the words, he realized that "I" had said before. He could only answer embarrassedly: "Now I have changed, don't worry about so many things, catching loaches is important!"

The resources of loaches in this ditch are quite rich. In just two minutes, Chang Jin dug one. Unfortunately, he was too stupid and he accidentally let the thing get into the mud again.

Slowly, Chang Jin finally regained his experience. Loaches were thrown on the shore from time to time, and they were very fat and had a big thumb.

At the beginning, Xiaoxiao kept calling her brother to go ashore, but in the end she became very entertained and completely forgot about digging wild vegetables. She began to pick them up on the shore.

Half an hour, the basket was filled with lively loaches.

Only then did Chang Jin go ashore panting. His body was too weak and he had just done some physical work and was too tired to do it.

After cleaning the mud on his legs, Chang Jin helped his younger sister to carry the bamboo basket to rush home.

As expected, Xiaoxiao had great doubts about the things that loaches could eat and refused to cook them. In order to let her cooperate, Chang Jin could only lie to her that there were records in the book and that they could eat, which made Xiaoxiao believe it.

The loach was boiled, and although only some salt and wild vegetables were added, the brother and sister ate it with relish.

I thought that two people couldn't finish drinking a big pot of loach soup, but they didn't know how to get rid of the loach soup. They only had some bones left to feed the skinny dog.

This was the first time Chang Jin had a full meal when he was reborn in this world.

Before we knew it, Chang Jin had traveled to this world for nearly a month.

These days, almost every afternoon, he would lead his sister to dig loaches to the ditch outside the village to eat. The village could not hide the matter, and someone soon learned about it.

It can fill your stomach, no one cares whether the loach is dirty.

Then villagers continued to join in, especially those half-aged boys, who were soaking in mud almost every day.

Fortunately, there are many ditches near Changjia Bay, and loaches can be dug in a while. Chang Jin can almost always return with a full load every time.

With enough food, his body gradually became stronger. Not only did he, but even his little sister's face became more rosy, with a little more girlish charm.

When he was in college, Chang Jin signed up to participate in the school's martial arts club. There was a friend in it said to be a lay disciple of the Wudang Sect, who often performed Wudang swordsmanship in school entertainment activities. Chang Jin was so hot that he also learned the basic routines according to others, and practiced them for three years. At that time, he was very interested. In order to learn this set of swordsmanship well, he tried to force his friends to borrow his treasured handwritten copy "Tai Chi Thirteen Swords" to read.

Later, after graduation, I was busy with work and left my kung fu.

The body is the capital of the revolution. No matter what plans you have in the future, having a good body is a serious matter.

Now in order to strengthen the body, Chang Jin picked up this Wudang sword technique again. As for the sword in his hand, Chang Jin's previous life spent hundreds of cents of silver to show off.

When the Great Yan Dynasty was first established, someone once mentioned that Confucian scholars should "be able to maintain peace in literature and protect the country by martial arts." Therefore, studying on a sword is also a symbol of Confucian scholars. Unfortunately, most of them have no power to tie up their chickens, and the swords they wear are just decorations.

The same was true for Chang Jin's predecessor. From my memory, I learned that "I" spent so much money to buy this sword, and it hurt a lot.

He initially practiced this sword technique to strengthen his body. Now that he has practiced for more than a month, he has gradually realized that he has really developed some achievements. His whole body has more than doubled his strength than before. When he dances the sword, it makes a sound, and it has a bit of momentum.

Of course, during this period, Chang Jin still studied and wrote constantly every day and did not leave his knowledge behind.

When he is poor, he thinks of change. These days, he is constantly thinking about his future prospects. He once thought about doing business, but this thought flashed through and finally sighed.

In this world, merchants have almost no status, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and merchants are at the end and are called "untouchables".

Besides, I have no capital, so after thinking about it, I can only continue to study.

Even if Confucianism declined, studying and getting fame and fortune is still the only way out for poor people. This is why parents still insist on studying for themselves during their lifetime.

But the most important thing at the moment is to get some money and redeem your own land.

Because he was treated, my sister pawned out a few acres of good land in her family. If she could not redeem it, in a few days, the brother and sister would drink the northwest wind.

What kind of livelihood can scholars do? Teach for wealthy families, or run a private school by themselves... This is a good note. It's just that Chang Jin has not yet passed the scholar's fame, but he is just a child. He has no fame in the outside world, and even if he wants to teach, no one is willing to ask him to teach.

In the end, he could only laugh at himself, and he was a scholar who was useless. For the time being, he went to the county town to find a book copying business. With his predecessor's good handwriting, he believed that he could earn some money.

Thinking of this, Chang Jin immediately told the little sister about this.

Xiaoxiao did not object after hearing this. In her opinion, copying books is what scholars should do. Like my brother who did the same thing, he could temporarily fill his stomach, but it was a disgrace to be a scholar. She also saw the changes that happened to Chang Jin these days, but she didn't think much about it. She just thought that his brother had learned his knowledge of studying.

The county town is only forty or fifty miles away from Changjiawan, and this distance is nothing in ancient times. It takes only a few miles to get out of the village to Qingshan Town. There is a ferry not far away, and a river temple is set up on the dike farther away.

When he saw the Heshen Temple, Chang Jin thought of the temple inside to pray to the Goddess Guo. If it weren't for her, his family wouldn't have fallen into this place. He originally thought that the other party was just pretending to be a god. After learning about it these days, he realized that Goddess Guo was not as simple as he imagined. He should know some magic tricks that harm people, otherwise he would not be in charge of the Heshen Temple.

"Hmph, just by hearing what the Goddess Guo did, I know that this River God Temple is a lewd sacrifice. If I take power in the future, I must destroy it."

Seeing that the River Temple was in full bloom and people came to worship him in a constant stream, Chang Jin couldn't help but snorted coldly and turned his head to stop looking.

He had learned that evil sacrifices and lewd sacrifices were very prosperous in the Dayan Dynasty. The biggest sacrifices were also to waste the people and cause money. The temple prayers and gentry presided over often used this to make money, causing the people to be poor.

After a rough calculation, you can tell that each household needs to pay 50 cents. There are hundreds of households on both sides of the Baishui River. Each time you can collect dozens of taels of silver for sacrifices two or three times a year, and you can collect hundreds of taels of silver. The three animals used for sacrifices are just a few taels of silver, and the rest will naturally be divided by the organizers.

Not only can I figure this out, I believe others understand it too. Unfortunately, in this era of Taoism, everyone just dared not speak out, for fear of being blamed by the gods.

Now there is only patience. In the face of not gaining enough strength, Chang Jin had to patience.

He took a boat to cross the river, but after getting ashore, he did not stop and ran all the way toward the Tongshi County.

Although the Great Yan Dynasty is now in chaos, the Tongqu County is located remotely and there are no wars nearby. Therefore, several soldiers guarding the city gate did not inspect the pedestrians, and Chang Jin easily walked into the city.

This is the first time Chang Jin has entered an ancient city. He has traveled with a group in his previous life and visited some ancient cities. However, those modern sculptures in the city are too obvious, and it is difficult to compare with the scene in front of him.

He walked along the street, with memory guidance, and easily found the Mingyang Academy where he studied.

This is a five-entry courtyard. The first one is to worship saints and great scholars of all dynasties. Students of Mingyang Academy must first worship the ancient saints and great scholars of the dynasties.

As soon as Chang Jin stepped into the hall, he felt his head slamming. He hurriedly looked up at the clay statues in front of him. Among the saints, there were several ancestors and great scholars standing next to him.

The statues were a little dull, but Chang Jin sensed a majestic breath that rushed towards him, causing the magic pen in his mind to pound. The originally lonely red aura showed signs of shaking.

What's going on? Chang Jin was stunned for a moment.

In my mind, the red air gradually began to shake, as if it was about to leave Chang Jin and fly into the statues in front of me.

He could feel something was wrong, but he just gritted his teeth and persevered. After a moment, he found that the air in the hall became increasingly sticky, rolling in with huge pressure, making people feel worshipped.
Chapter completed!