Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

The Master said: "Boy, why don't you learn from your husband's poetry? Poetry can be prospered, viewed, grouped, and complained. Those who are near serve the father, and those who are far away serve the king. In the name of knowing birds, beasts, plants and trees...".

At the beginning of time travel, Tang Que did not expect that even before he went to the county this morning, he did not expect that he would step into the school again, and he would step into such a school similar to the small village of later generations.

Although such a thing is unimaginable, Tang Que has no more choices. He knows that under the current situation, he must go through such a process of recovery before he can truly adapt to this new social environment.He needs to practice calligraphy in regular script here, he needs to learn to recognize and write all commonly used traditional characters proficiently here, and he also needs to relearn and systematically recite the Five Classics stipulated by the Tang Dynasty. His learning achievements over the past 20 years can be truly released and reflected.

The poetry of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty of poetry, in this country of poetry, in this country where poetry is used as the standard for the selection of materials by the court, in this country where poetry is used to measure literati talent, Tang Que did not suffer from setbacks in the county He lost his confidence, and he was always confident that he would live a good life in the future, but the starting point of this good life was in this simple village school in front of him.

"Knowledge changes destiny! It's a bit vulgar, but it's true," Tang Que whispered to himself, looked at the free school shrouded in the twilight again, and walked home.

When Tang Que walked away from Yixue, it was already dusk, and he walked along the yellow mud path in the village to the dilapidated house where his family lived.

Turning a small bend, Tang Li saw two prematurely decayed figures in front of the courtyard looking out from a distance. In the thick twilight, these two figures were unavoidable in the early spring night wind. cringe.

Tang Que stopped walking almost at the same time when he saw these two figures, and the four words "Yimen hope to return" suddenly appeared in his heart. In the 20 years of later generations, he had learned this word early. But never felt it.It is also because of this that this perfect expression of family affection has become the deepest regret and longing in his heart, but he never thought that something that future generations could not wait for would appear so suddenly in the world 300 years ago. before.

Tang Que stood in the shadow of this house for a long time, just quietly looking at the warm and harmonious scene in the distance, until he faintly heard voices from the road behind him, and then he took a step forward Walking, the legs that have been running back and forth for dozens of miles in a day no longer feel tired, Tang Que walked faster and faster against the two figures with the wind blowing under his feet.

"Father, Mother", compared with the appellation out of gratitude last night, Tang Que's appellation this time is not so forced and jerky.

Seeing his son who was still lying on the bed a month ago and still alive and well after walking for a day, Tang Zhang's eyes were full of love and joy, and he was patting the dust off his body with an old handkerchief in his hand, babbling Non-stop: "The sun is setting, and I thought you should come back. I'm tired from walking. Mother has already rolled out noodles for you. You can cook when you go in."

As for Tang's father, although he looked at his son lovingly with his hands in his sleeves, he didn't say anything. It wasn't until after Mrs. Tang and Zhang finished speaking that he said a few words: "Below, go in and be down."

In order to save kerosene, only one piece of kerosene was used in the oil lamp in the house. It was a broken house to borrow, and there was not much attention in the countryside. The big stove was built in the main room. Tang Zhang added fire to boil water. After getting his son a pottery basin of water to wash his face, he started to light the fire and prepared noodles, while asking Tang Que about his trip to the city.

After washing his hands and face with hot water, Tang Que casually pulled a small scorpion made of old tree roots and sat down. Naturally, he didn't say anything about going to the county town to find a job, but he just talked about what he saw in the city. , Tang and Zhang also listened with relish, laughing out loud from time to time.

The house in front of me is dilapidated and poor, and there is no comparison with the four-bedroom, two-living double professor building in later generations, but the laughter and family affection flowing in this poor house made Tang Que extremely intoxicated, and this feeling was in the I can't feel it in the cold professor building anyway.

Tangzhang's is indeed a good tea and rice. The thickness of the noodles is moderate, and the chewy ones are very chewy. With a spoonful of sour soup below, it is indeed a delicious farm meal.Tang Que was indeed hungry, he took a few mouthfuls of the bowl and went down halfway, saying "delicious" vaguely while eating.

Seeing her son eating happily, Tang Zhang's face was full of wrinkles when she smiled. She took out two thick black pottery bowls to fill the meal, and then took out a bowl-sized steamed rice bowl from the small straw basket hanging on the stove. Mo: "Your eldest sister and brother-in-law have come to see you today, and they brought this steamed bun, look how white it is!".

Eating steamed buns with rolled noodles poured in sour soup water, tastes very good. When Tang Que was eating, he suddenly noticed that not only did Tang and Zhang have no steamed buns in their hands, but also the bowl was filled with clear soup and little water. root noodles.

After Tang Que noticed this scene, his face blushed suddenly under the dim light. In later generations, he was used to taking care of his busy parents in life, and he showed it when he was inattentive.

Putting down the bowl and steamed buns in his hands, Tang Que took out two steamed buns from the grass basket and stuffed them into the hands of Tang and Zhang without any explanation.

"Eat dry when you are busy, eat thin when you are free, and you will go to bed soon, don't spoil the good things." Tang Zhang took the steamed buns handed over by the man, and walked to the stove and said: "Your body is just right, eat well. It must be managed carefully, and these will be reserved for you to fill in slowly."

When Tang Que saw that the two old men were reluctant to eat even a steamed bun, and then looked at Tang's father's rough hands that looked like firewood rakes, his heart was full of mixed feelings, which were indescribable.After reaching out to take the steamed bun from Mrs. Tang Zhang's hand, he couldn't help but put it in the bowls of the two of them. After soaking the steamed bun, even if he wanted to put it away, he couldn't put it away.

Tang Que's sudden behavior made Tang and Zhang feel both distressed and happy. He was distressed that the two good noodle steamed buns could not be kept after dipping in the soup, and he was happy for his son's filial piety. "Hey... look at this...".

"Hurry up and eat, or you'll be soaked up if you wait any longer," Tang Que said, then sat back to the little man and started to eat.

After Tang Que finished his meal and put down the bowl, he said in a low voice, "Father, I'll go to work with you tomorrow." The first thing the family lacks right now is food. At any rate, we must first ensure that there will be a good harvest of wheat this season, otherwise In the second half of the year, autumn and winter, there will be no food to eat.As for the matter of Shangcunxue, it can only be temporarily slowed down.Compared with this, the food shortage that persists until the summer harvest is even more worrying.

Seeing that Tang Que had less than a month's rest after a serious illness and was about to go uphill to plant the land, Tang Zhang was about to persuade him to raise it again, when he heard footsteps outside, and then saw a well-dressed woman push the door and leave Come in.

"Gao... Lady of the Gao family..." Tang Zhang, who put down the bowl and greeted the door, obviously didn't expect this woman to come to his house, so he spoke a little uncomfortable, "You...why are you here so idle?" , although Mrs. Tang and Zhang asked, but her body blocking the door of the main room did not move at all, obviously she did not want the woman to enter the room.

Seeing the strange scene in front of him, Tang Que turned sideways and looked out through the crack of the door, and saw that the woman standing in the courtyard was no more than 30 years old, wearing a clean-faced six-pleated skirt, probably because of the wind and cold. Because of this, a mud scarf collar of the same color was added on the shoulders. The customs of the time were different from the wide and fat clothes in the late Tang Dynasty. Today's women's skirts still follow the customs of the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi, and narrow clothes with small sleeves are popular. This woman's body Her figure was already graceful, but this waist-length skirt even more clearly outlined her sultry figure.

Chapter 5 Kuff's Poison Widow

With the help of the moonlight and the vague light, it can be seen that the woman is combing the most popular Leyou bun in the palace during the Gaozu Dynasty, and a plum-shaped golden step hairpin is inserted on it. Swaying, occasionally making a slight ding-ding sound.The thrush under Le You's bun is in the shape of a slanting moon, but the forehead has never been covered with forehead yellow, but a bright red diamond-shaped flower is placed on the center of the forehead, and the cheeks are slightly powdered, so that it looks more and more perfect Da Hongchun's lip-pointing style is alluring.This kind of clothing and makeup makes the woman standing under the faint moonlight have a natural and seductive charm.But the most eye-catching thing is the pair of half-moon shoes that are exposed between her steps. At her age, the use of red brocade as the upper is enough to attract attention, not to mention that there are still a pair of shoes embroidered on the upper. A mandarin duck with a green neck and red feathers playing in the water.

The woman thought she had seen Tang and Zhang's actions a lot, so she didn't take it seriously, she beckoned lightly and said, "Sister-in-law Tang, take a step to speak." With a movement of Tang Zhang's body, Tang Que behind him was moved. showed up.

Because Tang Que had never seen such fine half-moon shoes for playing in the water, Tang Que couldn't help staring at them for a while.

The woman is a well-known vicious widow for tens of miles to the left, because of her romantic nature, she has long been used to being stared at by others when she walks there, but she still feels a little hot when she is stared at her feet by a half-sized man like Tang Que, especially Is it this middle-aged man or the handsome young man rare in the village, "Ah Cheng is cured?" While the woman shrank her feet under her skirt, those slender red phoenix eyes flickered towards Tang Que. Check it out.

"Thanks to the lady, it's all so neat," Tang Zhang replied with a smile on his face, but his eyes were full of guard, and he moved slightly to block the woman's sight while speaking, "It's so late, I don't know what to do What is the purpose of the lady coming here?"

"My house is really old, and I've been thinking about building a new house recently. I'm here to ask Mrs. Tang to help you. You have good tea and rice, and you just happen to be a general stove. One day's work Two meals, plus [-] Wen wages." The woman tilted her head slightly as she spoke, just in time to meet Tang Que's eyes, Tang Que's eyes also shrank when she stopped her feet, and stood up again. The good woman pursed her lips and smiled lightly, "How is it? If Sister-in-Law Tang agrees, I will go to work early tomorrow morning."

For two meals a day, you have to pay fifteen or sixty cents. If you calculate it in this way, the whole day's wages will be 65 or six cents, which is indeed not a small amount.The Tang family is in a difficult time, what else does the Tang and Zhang family not agree to?But to Tang Que's surprise, Tang Zhang rejected the woman without hesitation. Of course, the excuse he made was that his son was recovering from a serious illness and needed to be taken care of by others.

"Oh! If Sister-in-Law Tang really can't live without it, then that's fine." Tang Que couldn't see the woman's expression when she spoke because Tang Zhang's body was in the middle, but he could hear the indescribable strands in her voice. Cover up the loneliness.

After the woman finished speaking, she turned around and walked away with a paper lantern, but Tang Zhang, who had always been warm to others, not only did not send it off, but also did not ask Tang Que to help make the lantern to send the woman off at night.

It is really not easy to see such a well-dressed and elegant woman in such a small mountain village. Tang Que waited until Tang Zhang closed the door before looking away, "Mother, although fifty cents a day's salary is an average Prices, but other places don’t care about food, if you count the two meals, it is actually equivalent to 66 seven yuan a day, which is indeed a lot, why didn’t you agree?”.

"It's not for you!" Tang Zhang looked at Tang Que again, "Success, mother can tell you, you have to stay away from her when you meet her in the future."

Seeing the puzzled look on Tang Que's face, Tang Zhang was afraid that his son would not know how powerful he was, so he deliberately told the woman's background in detail.

It turned out that this woman's surname was Li, and she was a well-known handsome person in a radius of tens of miles, but compared with her appearance, the woman was more famous for her reputation as "Kefu".She was originally from the old West Street in Yunxi City. She made her first marriage at the age of 15, but the man died of illness before she got through the door.As a result, some people have already said that she is Kefu, and the family members are worried that this matter will spread too much, and they don't mind that she found another family for her in Lin County when she was still in her filial piety. As a result, the two parties were engaged for less than two months. The man died of panic after falling from the boat on the way when he first went out with his uncle to study economics and earn a living.As a result, the reputation of the woman Kefu is completely confirmed.

From then on, the people in Yunxi City shook their heads when they heard the matchmaker talk about Mrs. Li on Old West Street, and refused to get married no matter how much dowry her family promised.Four years have passed in a flash, after the woman completely died of the idea of ​​getting married, a rural old man in this village who had a new wife refused to believe in evil, and he was greedy for the woman's beauty and sent someone to propose a marriage. At this time, the Li family didn't care What's the matter, I immediately agreed.

Mrs. Li did enter the door this time, but it was a pity that she entered the door with her front foot, and the country old fortune suddenly fell dizzy and fell to the ground on the banquet table with her back foot, which only bluffed all the guests.After two months of such strong support, Lao Cai finally couldn't stand up to meet Hades.It happened that this Lao Cai had only three daughters but did not give birth to a son. In addition, the woman's family had powerful relatives who worked in the county government, so for no reason, he got the fortune that Lao Cai had accumulated for a lifetime.

Another four years later, the woman who was in love for some reason suddenly announced that she would sit on the ground to recruit a husband. After the news came out, there was a lot of commotion in the radius of a hundred miles. Finally, a poor bachelor with a strong body like a tendon in the mountains was selected. Looking at his tendons all over his body, many people thought that he might be able to withstand it this time, but it turned out that just three days before the marriage, the strong man was hit by a rolling stone falling from the roadside mountain when he was going to the county town. Stoned to death.This place has large mountains and dense forests, and things like this falling from the mountains out of thin air will not happen once in 100 years.But such a rare thing in a hundred years happened to find the man that the woman took a fancy to.That is to say, after this incident, the woman had the title of Black Widow, and this title was constantly spread along with the different ways of death of the four men, so that almost everyone in Yunxi knew that there was such a woman. The rumor that a beautiful woman with a fierce aura is exclusively for men, the more it spreads, the more evil it becomes, and later it became that as long as an unmarried man gets close to a black widow, he will be killed, and anyone with an unmarried man in the family will also see her. She hid far away, for fear of being contaminated with evil spirits.

However, this woman is also a tough one. Not only did she manage the property left by Lao Cai in a prosperous manner, but she also went against her original self-pity. The more she gets close to her, the more she gets the chance to tease her, and the more the woman talks about her behind her back, the more she wants to tease the man of that family. Just because of this, there are countless quarrels in the village throughout the year.It was also because Mrs. Tang and Zhang were not good at telling stories, that's why the woman restrained herself tonight, but only cast a glance at Tang Que.

After listening to Mrs. Tang and Zhang, Tang Que understood the reason for her categorical refusal just now. He naturally didn't believe what Ke Fuzhi said. While feeling that the world was too coincidental, he also felt that the woman was pitiful.But Tang Que didn't say these words, the three of them chatted about this topic for a while, and then went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next morning, when it was dawn, Tang Que vaguely heard the sound of getting up next door. Looking at the hazy sky outside the small black window, Tang Que turned over and got up with a long sigh.

Chapter 6 How Much Sweat and How Much Food to Eat

When Tang Que got dressed and came to the main room which doubles as a stove, Mrs. Tang and Zhang had already started to light the fire. "Where's Dad?" Tang Que asked as he buttoned the buttons on his clothes.

Mrs. Tang and Zhang, who was lowering his head to light the fire, did not speak, and turned his head to the outside of the door.

Tang Que went out of the room and saw his father standing solemnly in the middle of the courtyard with his hands raised up, not knowing what he was doing, but when he got closer, he found a thin strand of hair sticking to his raised finger.

Tang Que was very curious, "Father, what are you doing?".

"Today is the vernal equinox, I'm taking advantage of the wind, let's look at the clouds again." Seeing that Tang Que was puzzled, he deliberately slowed down his speech, "Cheng, remember, on the vernal equinox, the wind comes from the direction of Kun. The year is full of coldness, and the harvest of beans is generally good in this kind of year. If the wind comes from the Dui side, the crops will be more sick. If it comes from the Li side, it will be more droughty, and if the earthquake is more frosty, it will also hurt crops from the dry side. Frost damages the crops, and then the price of grain will be expensive, and if it comes from Kanfang, it is guaranteed that there will be a cold spring."

Tang Que knew that this was teaching him agricultural knowledge. Although he didn't know where the gossip was at all, he took care to write down these words first. As the father and son spoke, the sky gradually brightened, and a ball of air appeared in the air. The blue cloud, "Sure enough, it's still Qingyun, it's the same as the day of Lichun. It seems that we are right to plant less beans and more wheat this year."

"Qingyun Yimai, right? This is a good thing, you should be happy."

"Qingyun Yimai is true, but in such a year, the price of wheat is low. Even though there is more grain, there is not much left. Hey...".

When Tang Que heard this, the first thing that came to mind in his mind was the text he had learned in middle school that day "Too much to charge by three or five buckets". Naturally, the price of a good harvest of wheat would be low, but poor families had to pay taxes and pay food because they had a lot of money to spend. , and couldn't stay when the price of wheat was high, so he became what his father is now. Although he is sad in a bad year, he may not be happy in a good year.

Naturally, Tang Que didn't want to sell the grain that he worked so hard to grow at a low price, and then spend money to buy food when it was more expensive. Selling it at a low price and buying it at a high price is simply a bottomless pit of vicious circle, but if he wants to change this In this case, there must be quick money on hand to support the life of the whole family when the price of wheat is low.After a long circle, it came back to Tang Que's biggest problem now, which was lack of money.

Tang Que couldn't talk deeply about this issue until he thought of a solution. He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said with a smile: "A good year is better than a bad year. Let's eat first, and we have to go uphill after eating."

The meal in the morning was also simple, Tang Que didn't eat steamed buns anymore, but mixed elm money with batter like his elders did. In later generations, elm money is a rare thing, and if you want to eat a bite in the city, you really have to spend a lot of money.But this season is almost a must-have food for poor families in spring. Although this item is fresh and tender, it will not taste as good without oil and salt. In order to prevent the elders from worrying, Tang Que could only swallow it as if nothing had happened. bowl.This also stimulated his desire to make money.

The vernal equinox coincided with the time when the wheat seedlings had just grown to an inch long, and it was the time for hoeing. Weeding more than ten acres of sloping land was not an easy job, so the three members of Tang Que's family, including Tang Zhang's, brought their farm tools together. slope.

With Tang Cheng's body as a foundation, Tang Que was quick to learn these most basic farm tasks. Even if there were some unfamiliar places, Tang Zhang only thought that his hands were born after he had been ill for too long, and instead repeatedly advised him to rest. .

Tired, Tang Que is really tired, since he grew up in a high-spirited family in the city, he has suffered so much?He had just hoeed two rows when he felt a stiff pain in his waist.

Tang Que raised his head and breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that the elders who were also bent over were already far in front of him. Under the rising sun, the elders were bent like bows, especially when the morning wind lifted Tang Zhang's gray hair. Tang Que looked very eye-catching. She was only 39 years old this year, but she was as old as 61. The scene in front of her really stimulated Tang Que, and she couldn't tell what she was feeling in her heart. I felt a puff of gas rushing upwards in my stomach.

Tang Que spat out the rushing spirit viciously, and at the same time tightened the handle of the hoe in his hand, then bent down and dug fiercely, seeing his vicious expression, it seemed that he had a grudge against Slope.

After Tang Que bent down this time, until Mrs. Tang Zhang called him, he never raised his head again, and just kept yelling at the slope.First there was a tearing sore on my waist, then it was painful, and then I felt a little numb.After a while, the whole reincarnation reappeared again, and his hands, which had not been used for more than half a year, could not withstand such violent tossing. First, the skin was broken, and then bloodshots continued to ooze out.

At this time, the tenacity in Tang Que's bones fully broke out. Now he is not only competing with the weeds in the field, but also competing with himself.Yi Ren didn't care about the burning pain in his waist and hands, the hoe under his hand didn't fall at all, and slowly caught up with the falling progress little by little.

Hearing Mrs. Tang and Zhang yelling to stop and rest, Tang Que relaxed the handle of the hoe in his hand. When he was about to lift his waist up, he felt as if a big millstone had fallen on his waist. It hurt when he moved, because the hair was so hard just now. He hurt his back, and now he couldn't stand upright for a while.

Seeing Mrs. Tang and Zhang who had just sat down and was about to walk towards him with a worried face, Tang Que gritted his teeth and made a smile, leaning on the handle of a hoe with both hands and standing like this, "Mother, I'm fine, you are too." Have a good rest."

After resting, he went on to work again, not to mention his waist, the blood oozing from Tang Que's hands never stopped, so he also imitated the common method of farmers to grab a handful of thin dirt from the ground and sprinkle it on.When doing this kind of work, the time passed extremely slowly. Every minute and every second was as difficult as dragging and refusing to go. Tang Que insisted on relying on the tenacity in his temper until he finally got through. By the time of the big strike in the middle of the day, his legs were full of lead and his face was pale.

"Success, why are you being so hard on yourself? What if you break your body?" Seeing her son's appearance, Tang and Zhang burst into tears of distress. When she was working in the morning, she wanted to come over several times, but she was rejected by the head of the family. I was stopped, and now I feel distressed, and I can't help complaining to the man.

"You go home and prepare meals after you have a rest." Old Tang, who has never spoken much, turned a blind eye to his wife's complaints, "Cheng, Dad knows that you are suffering in the morning, but we are the ones who suffer, and those who suffer can't bear the hardship, so how can we survive the day?" ?It doesn’t matter if you are ruthless today, first get your body through and make it firmer, and you will get used to it later. The discomfort is only in the past few days, and you will get used to it later. Although this method is poisonous, it is slower than cutting flesh with a blunt knife Slow afterburner makes it crisp."

"Mom, I'm fine. Daddy's right." Seeing Tang Que's face was grim but still smiling, Tang Zhang felt relieved, and then one of the husband and wife went home and prepared to cook, while the other asked for help. When I went to the river to look at the paddy fields, I followed the field ridges down the slope.

After Tang Que watched their backs disappear, he bent down and walked to the weedy field on the side of the slope. When he lay down on the ground, he clearly heard a burst of fried beans coming from the lumbar spine behind him. Be crisp.

"Yo... Yo..." Gasping for cold air, Tang Que suddenly lay down on the ground. Tang Que felt that this body was no longer his own. There was even a fine white sweat on his forehead.

When Xie came to Tangzhang to deliver the meal, Tang Que was very hungry, but he didn't have any appetite in his mouth. He barely drank two bowls of mushy soup, but he didn't eat a mouthful of steamed buns.

In the afternoon, he continued to work. In the morning, he was the one who fought against Slope, and in the afternoon, it was Slope who fought against him. Tang Que didn't even know how he survived until the sun went down.

Back home under the rising moon, he reluctantly washed his hands and face. Tang Que fell on the bed without taking off his clothes. At this time, the musty smell in the house could not be felt. Waiting for Tang Zhang to cook the porridge When I asked him to go out, I saw my son had already fallen asleep on the bed.

Chapter 7 How Much Sweat and How Much Food to Eat

Rural people from poor families, no matter how much they love their sons, there must be someone to do the work in the field. What's more, at Tang Que's age, he should have been a strong laborer in the family, so even if he was exhausted the next morning, Tang Que's body was exhausted. Que still got up and went to the ground with the two elders.

The days of farming were very tiring and boring, and time passed very slowly. After two or three months of intensive farm work, Tang Que's face and arms were a little dark, and the muscles under the legs of his trousers rolled up high. It has become much firmer, and the calluses on the hands have also formed a thin layer. At the same time, the waist that has been unable to straighten up for the first few days is now straight and loose, which is different from the looseness of sitting in the office for a long time in later generations. There seems to be a breath of air in the body.

Not only that, these three months of intense physical labor also brought another benefit to Tang Que. His insomnia, which was once very serious in later life, was cured without any medicine. Think about it. You are so tired that you can fall asleep after touching the pillow after going to bed, so what's the point of insomnia?After getting rid of this problem, the faint trace of decadence and erratic in Tang Que's eyes completely disappeared.

Now when Tang Que occasionally thinks about the nihilism of future generations, he really feels as if he has passed away from another world. Thinking about it with today's experience, he feels a little sorry for the future generations. What is the meaning of life?In fact, this question is not philosophical or mysterious at all. It is about down-to-earth farming and real life. For today's hard work, tomorrow's good harvest is meaning.As for the medium-term plan, the meaning is to completely change the poverty of the whole family, move out of the current dilapidated house, and the family will eat well and wear well.As for further goals in life, it was a bit vague for Tang Que, but generally speaking, it was not bad for him and his family to live a decent life.

Looking at these short, medium and long-term plans, where is there a little nothing left?The piles of piles are all real, and they are also wishes and responsibilities that Tang Que needs to work hard to realize.

Use labor to transform the soul, touch the soul by laboring its flesh and blood, and the great mission of heaven must first starve its skin and impoverish its body!Anyway, after these three months of working hard and living a life of saving food, Tang Que's person is rougher than before, but the spirit in his bones has been tempered by the fire. Without the typical frivolity and impetuosity of the young people of later generations, the whole person is reassuring and reliable. After this temperament is perfectly integrated with the inner temperament cultivated by his elite education for more than ten years, although he still wears old clothes clothes, but Tang Que didn't look like a peasant boy at all, so many villagers who saw Tang Que were amazed. Although these villagers couldn't explain the temperament, they all said it The boys of the Tang family looked more and more like the big gentlemen in Yunxi City now.

It was also during the interval of work that Tang Que took advantage of the opportunity to ask about the situation in the village school. The Tang Dynasty began to establish a complete education system since the time of Emperor Gaozu. Cheng Yongli, even the school system at all levels has been fully established.The official educational institution has Guozijian in the center, and there are two Chongwen and Hongwen halls in the palace, which are dedicated to enrolling the children of princes and princes for reading.In the local area, besides Taoism of each way, prefectures and counties also have prefecture and county schools, all of which are called official schools, in which students can learn Confucian classics, calligraphy, arithmetic, and law.As for the examination, it is also selected layer by layer. Those with the highest grades in the county school will enter the state school, and then they will be selected to enter the Dao school after passing the exam. There will also be an exam in the Tao school every year, and those who are excellent in character and learning will be selected as the tribute students of the Dao and recommended to the Ministry of Rites in Chang'an for a year. Once a grand ceremony of ethics and talent, seeking fame and fame.

As for the village school that Tang Que was concerned about, it did not belong to the official school system. Most of the teachers in the school were old teachers who had returned from the prefecture and county schools, and they mainly took in poor children from nearby villages.As for their supplementary income, they do not eat imperial food, but a part of the public land allocated by the nearby villages to support them. In this way, the children of poor families are exempted from the annual expenditure of Shuxiu. Although there is still this name, it is mostly just meaning , The student's family really can't afford expensive things.Because of the strong charitable nature of this village school, it is also known as Yi School.It's somewhat similar to Yizhuang, where unowned corpses are buried.

As for the management in the free school is far less formal than that in the government school, the students here want to know a little bit more, and they can do simple accounts. No one expects to get a reputation from here.Therefore, the whole teaching order seems to be scattered. When the farming is busy, most of the students will go home to help with work, and the gentlemen just let it go.

"This one fits my situation very well," Tang Que thought to himself after listening to the introduction.In his current situation, it is not a big problem for other students to understand the most difficult scriptures. Instead, what he urgently needs to learn is the most basic things, such as practicing calligraphy, converting simplified and traditional characters, etc. Wait, and this kind of learning process can be completed in private at home, so there is no need to spend time painting red and shaking your head and chanting sutras in the school.

After secretly remembering these things, Tang Que spent more time wandering around the village school when he was on and off work, but now that the problems at home were still unsolved, it was inconvenient for him to make such a request.

After three months of solid work, the four grasses on the slopes have been hoeed, and the farm work has been idle for a while. The farmers are taking advantage of this time to rest their bodies and get busy for the coming wheat. Prepare for the double grab.

After three months of non-stop hard work, Tang Que was really not used to being idle for a while, no matter how hard he stayed at home today, he simply put on a half arm made of linen, "Mom, I'm going out Let's get some fresh air."

"Aunt Li, it's all over now, you are still busy."

"Hey, what a big fish, it's still peach petals. Brother Zhang is so lucky! I can drink two cups tonight."

Tang Que went out, casually greeted the villagers he met, and walked towards the village school.After wandering around these days, when he has nothing to do, he likes to go to the village school to relax.

Arriving near the village school, Tang Que saw a piece of paper stuck on the earthen wall near the main entrance without wandering around. He went up to check it out and found that it was a notice from an accounting office, which stated that he needed to hire a gentleman who could do the accounting. , in addition to taking care of three meals a day, there is another salary of 120 Wen.

At this time, the big craftsman who built the house and was in charge of the tamping board on the suspension line was paid only 120 yuan a day. The price of 150 yuan is really a high salary at present, not to mention that the master’s family still manages three meals a day. If the food is a little better [-] essays a day is almost the same. Tang Que was wondering why no one had posted such a good condition. He didn't understand until he saw the four characters "Gaomen Li Shi" signed.

Since the accountant is a poisonous widow, it is not surprising at all. His reputation as a Kefu has long since developed into a Keman, and now even peasants who cannot read a word dare not deal with her, let alone These literate and taboo readers?

Tang Que didn't believe in the saying that men were restrained, and now that he was short of money, he thought it would be no problem to settle the accounts by himself, so he took off the notice, turned around and walked to Gao Li's village.

"It's easy to live in a quadrangle, and a courteous woman is a courteous lady", this is a common saying on the lips of Tang people.Gao Li's house is a four-house at the west end of the village, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water on one side. It is the golden chair and jade belt in Fengshui. The neighbors near her have all moved away slowly, and the small manor that guards this place alone seems extraordinarily quiet.

Seeing Tang Que coming from the stone bridge, the Zhuang Han gathered under the big willow tree outside the Zhuangzi to enjoy the shade looked at him curiously. None of these Zhuang Han came from the same village, and they were all poor men from the deep mountains in the west. I don't care too much when I'm full.

Tang Que didn't intend to say anything, he smiled at the Zhuang Han and went straight to the concierge.

Chapter 8 Back to the Tang Dynasty to apply for a job

"What? You're here to apply for the accountant?" The dozing porter looked him up and down with a strange face, and then reluctantly reported it inside.

Tang Que naturally knew what the concierge meant. The half-arm he wore on his upper body was a collarless, double-breasted short coat. Although it was cool in summer, it was regarded as impolite clothing by the people at that time. Ordinary people were fine with it. As a scholar, the accountant is indeed a bit unsightly in this outfit. With the linen trousers on the upper body and the seven-ear straw sandals on the feet, this attire really does not look like an accountant. No wonder the porter has a strange expression.

Not long after, the concierge came out accompanied by a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl, "Sister Lan, he is the one who is applying for the accountant job."

Sister Lan wears a double bun on her hair, which represents her unmarried body. She is indeed a virgin with tight eyebrows, but since then, the faint aura in her eyes is hard to understand. Seeing her come out, she has nothing to do The farm guests who were watching the excitement outside the concierge immediately became agitated, and at that moment someone yelled with embarrassment: "Sister Lan, when you asked me to help out yesterday afternoon, you agreed to treat me to dinner." Steamed bun, does this really count?”.

This Zhuang man talked about steamed buns, but his eyes were fixed on Sister Lan's high breasts, not only him, but almost all other Zhuang men were like this, Tang Que was not untouched Chu'er, of course I know that the "steamed bun" in this man's mouth is referring to something else, but if you take a closer look, the girl in front of you is really pretty, and her whole body is very plump, no wonder it attracts the dealers Get angry.

"Hey, Pang San, if you want to eat steamed buns, hurry home. I heard that your little sister-in-law just got married, and she is fresh and hot just out of the cage." The wolf-like gazes of the men who are afraid of mountains, they don't suffer at all when they scold each other, and there is a smile on their faces. Not to mention, the dealers really eat this trick, especially that Pang San Well, being scolded by Sister Lan is not only not annoying, but it seems to be very beneficial.

When she scolded everyone, everyone laughed. Sister Lan covered her mouth with a sweat towel while laughing, and at the same time, she looked at Tang Que's whole body. He was quite satisfied with his elegant manner, raised his hands holding the sweaty scarf and said: "Follow me".

Now it is May and June, the weather is hot, and the green skirt on Sister Lan's body is very thin, although it will not disappear completely, but it shows his plump figure when it is attached to the body, especially when the back is facing Tang Que's high buttocks were already plump, but now when he walked around, his buttocks swelled slightly, which was truly seductive.

Tang Que followed Sister Lan and watched such a scene, but he suddenly thought of a colleague in the company in the future. That female colleague was a young woman. It is a pair of fat buttocks and the shape is perfect, which makes people think.In the summer, wearing a tight-fitting standard one-step skirt is even more attractive, making all the male colleagues in the company willing to go out with him, and even willing to walk two steps behind, the picture is to see the waves Slight hip waves.

At that time Tang Que had a goldfish by his side, so he was not like other people.It was also like this, and in addition to his delicate appearance at that time, it was very deceiving, so the young woman got closer to him instead.Later, after the goldfish left for France, Tang Que, who was depressed and turned into nihilism, coaxed a young woman into bed after drinking. It was this night that Tang Que understood a very important thing. It's a woman, but the difference between a woman and a woman is still too great. The so-called saying that all women are the same after lights out is pure nonsense.

The heavy farm work in the past three months made Tang Que seldom think about the things of the future generations, but today, because of Sister Lan, Tang Que brought back a dusty past.

It seems that people really didn't talk about it, maybe it was because Tang Kuo stared at his high buttocks too clearly, Sister Lan suddenly tripped when she was stepping over the threshold of the second moon gate , looking about to fall.