Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"I'm so poor and crazy that I've never seen the world." Tang Cheng smiled self-deprecatingly when he received the flight ticket. But after this time travel, he went back and forth more and more, why did his heart beat faster and his hands trembled slightly while holding the three-pass flying ticket!

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal!A rich life is easy, but a poor life is hard. Although these words have been heard badly, they are really true.

After receiving the air ticket, Tang Cheng picked up another piece of paper inside the envelope, but it turned out to be a red invitation card. This kind of invitation card is obviously a standard invitation card, which is to copy out multiple copies at one time. There is only a signature on it but no title. It is about inviting the recipient to a banquet at Baohe Building at night.

Tang Cheng just saw that County Magistrate Zhang didn't intend to let him go to Baohe Building together at night, and he had too many things to do now, so he was naturally not interested in such entertainment. He was about to reach out and put the invitation aside. , suddenly remembered something, so he stretched out his hand and tugged at the rope. evag proofreading.

When the handyman came in, Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and handed over the invitation, "This is the invitation just sent by shopkeeper Wang. I'm too busy with some personal matters to go at night. If you have time, you might as well go. If you don't have time, forget it."

The handymen couldn't receive invitations like this, so naturally they couldn't get them.But if they have never eaten pork, they have always seen pigs running away. Although they have never been there, they know the way after hearing too much from the officials in the yamen. In addition to the delicious food and drink for the people who come to the invitation, the restaurant also has a gift when seeing off the guests as usual.

For people like County Magistrate Zhang, eating this kind of banquet may be a crime, and as for the "expression" worth three or four hundred renminbi, it is even more invisible, but for the lowest-level handymen in the county government , This is really a beautiful thing that can't be imagined. Their salary is low, and because of their low status, they don't get much money on weekdays. Although it sounds good that they are working in the county government, their daily life is similar to that of ordinary people in the city.

If ordinary people didn't ask for help, who would go to a big restaurant for dinner?Especially a restaurant with gorgeous decoration like Baohelou, it may not be possible to get a visit once in a few years. If you really want to go to the last time, it is really worth bragging in front of the neighbors, not to mention that it is a restaurant. When I leave, I can bring back a "heart" worth three or four hundred coins. Not to mention the real benefits, the matter itself is another respectable thing in the eyes of the family and neighbors.

The handyman took the invitation from Tang Cheng and put it away carefully, "Thank you, Tang Lu." Compared with the respect he had just shown in front of shopkeeper Wang, the handyman was still respectful when he spoke this time, but there was more in this respect. Be affectionate.

Tang Cheng felt the hidden intimacy, smiled and waved casually and said: "Since we are all working in this yamen, you and I are also colleagues, so you should be polite. By the way, I just happen to be a little It won't take long to go to the East Courtyard, if County Magistrate Zhang asks about it, please let me know."

The handyman naturally agreed when he heard the words, Tang Cheng nodded with a smile, and went out without talking to him.

It was a coincidence to say that he was in a hurry. As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Dongkua courtyard, he saw a group of five tolerances walking in from outside. Among them was Zhang Xiangwen wearing a brand-new tolerance uniform. At this time, he did not Seeing Tang Cheng in front of him, he was joking and joking with other officials.

Tang Cheng came here to look for Zhang Xiangwen, so he didn't go further into the courtyard, but stopped at the door and waited.

After a while, Zhang Xiangwen saw him, and the kid ran over immediately. Since he had just been on duty, he didn't clean up neatly enough. There was a sound of tinkling bells, and what was especially funny was that the waist knife would spank his butt with every step he ran. This scene made Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing out loud. As for the other tolerances, it was even worse. Needless to say.

Chapter 87 It's too weird

Zhang Xiangwen is thick-skinned, so he doesn't care about it. When he ran around Tang Cheng, he even tidied up the square hat, pulled the soap-colored work clothes, and then put on the red cloth belt with the waist knife, iron ruler, etc. After tightening it tightly, he posed a pose in a serious manner and said, "Brother, take a look at me, how do you like it?".

Not to mention, it seems that Zhang Xiangwen is really suitable for eating public affairs. Although he was in a mess just now, he is really energetic after such a tidying up, wearing a poor uniform. Tang Cheng looked him over carefully and smiled He nodded and said, "Well, yes, it looks mighty."

"That's it!" After Zhang Xiangwen patted his waist knife and froze, he introduced like the tolerances who approached: "Brothers, this is my elder brother Tang Cheng, who also officially joined the Yamen yesterday. Work as a recorder next to Zhang County Magistrate."

Although these errands don't have much contact with the civil servants and have never seen Tang Cheng, they are not unfamiliar with this name at all. After all, because Lin Cheng was replaced a few days ago, he didn't Don't spread the story of Tang Cheng's "hooking up" widows in the county government.

Most of these servants have not read many books, and they don’t usually like to communicate with civil servants. In addition, Lin Cheng’s previous propaganda and Tang Cheng’s current following Zhang County Magistrate, so those few servants, although because of For Zhang Xiangwen's sake, he said hello, but the expression on his face was slightly alienated.

Seeing that his colleagues were lukewarm towards Tang Cheng, Zhang Xiangwen couldn't hold back his face, "Hey, I said brothers, my eldest brother is one of us."

"One of my own? Mosquito, if you have something to say, just say it!".

"My elder brother just sent the marriage letter a few days ago, and the daughter-in-law is our Lord Zhao's niece! Is this really my own?" Zhang Xiangwen said in his mouth, and his feet deliberately went to Tang Cheng's side and gestured. : "How is it! Is it enough to be a good-looking talent?".

"Master Zhao? Mosquito, are you referring to our County Captain Zhao?" The one who asked was still the tolerance who had just spoken.

"Besides Master Hutou and Master Zhao?" With Zhang Xiangwen's introduction, the attitude of the four tolerances towards Tang Cheng suddenly changed. Although they didn't say much, their eyes and smiles were obvious. Just reveal the intimacy.

The attitudes of the tolerancers have changed obviously, and Tang Cheng can clearly feel that the affection for him from the tolerancers at this time is from the heart, not a perfunctory scruple of identity.This is of course because of Aiwujiwu. It seems that Zhao Huhu has really won the support of his subordinates.

Several people talked and laughed all the way into the yard. As soon as Tang Cheng walked into the spacious police room, he immediately smelled sweaty foot odor. Although the smell was very bad, his feet But he didn't stop, and entered the room with the servants.

"Okay! Sure enough, it's my own person, not like those sour guys in Xiyuan'er who pretend to be fake, hey! Brothers, let me introduce you to someone from my own family." The one who patted Tang Cheng on the shoulder and spoke was the one who answered the conversation twice just now. Ask Zhang Xiangwen's Ma Bantou, "This is Mosquito's brother-in-law, Tang Lushi, the niece and son-in-law of Mr. Hutou, is also working in the yamen, and he is with Zhang County Magistrate. All the brothers at home come to get to know each other. In the future, if there is anything that can be ventilated, if you can take care of it, hey, I say Lao Jin, just don't pick on your stinky feet."

There are 32 arrests in the Yunxi County Yamen, each of which is divided into eight people and led by four squad leaders. In daily life, two teams go out for inspections, and two teams sit in the yamen to deal with emergencies. This Wu surname tolerance is four One of the team leaders heard him yelling, and all the tolerance officers sitting around the room surrounded him. They first looked up and down curiously, and then came to see him. He is very affectionate.

Taking advantage of the ceremony here, Zhang Xiangwen ran to his place and took off the waist knife and other things, and replaced the soap boots on his feet with a pair of soft cloth shoes worn at home. After Tang Cheng finished his work here, Pulled him out.

"Hey, the smell inside is not good. It's hot. No one is sweaty after a tour of the streets. The first thing anyone comes back is to change the soap boots. That's okay. If we arrive When San Yaqian came back, strangers would faint when they came in for the first time, because of this, the knife and pen officials in the West Courtyard didn't like to come, and we couldn't see those sour dings who pretended to be fake When Zhang Xiangwen said this, he looked at Tang Cheng and said with a smile: "But brother, your performance is really good. So far, you are the only civil servant who doesn't sniff his nose and change his face when he enters the door. Hehe! Those tolerances treated you so well just now Intimacy, apart from Zhao Hutou's reason, is also because of this."

"If I had known about this earlier, why didn't you tell me in advance? If I frowned just now, it wouldn't look good on everyone's faces." Tang Cheng smiled and punched Zhang Xiangwen. , I really deserve a beating."

"Boss Wu won't let me go." Zhang Xiangwen grinned and said, "Besides, I also want to see how you react, brother? After all, I am also a tolerance. Besides, even if you really change your face, the tolerance will not be so different. After all You are the nephew and son-in-law of Lord Tiger Head."

"Okay, don't talk about it, I'm here to ask you to do something," Tang Cheng said, taking out Lan Cao'er's body deed and the Fangliang document that Li Yingwan's painting had pledged, and explained it together. Things to do.

"Just for this?"

"Lin Cheng is in charge of this matter in the county government office. If you go there, tell your family to handle it."

"You are my elder brother, isn't your home my home?" After hearing what Tang Cheng said about Zhang Xiangwen, he understood. He didn't talk too much nonsense at the moment, he laughed and ran to the west courtyard with his things.

As soon as Zhang Xiangwen left, Tang Cheng didn't stand alone in the yard, he simply turned around and entered the police room. Although he was a scholar, his education background in later generations made him not aware that scholars look down on warriors nowadays, so naturally he quickly fought with those officials It became a lively conversation.

After waiting for about two sticks of incense, Zhang Xiangwen, who came back from the West Courtyard, waved at the door.

The two arrived under the locust tree where they were standing just now in the courtyard. Zhang Xiangwen tsk-tsk while handing things over: "Brother, you are really cruel! Then what did Lin Cheng make of you? Poor thing, give me your hand!" I couldn't help dozing off when I was applying for household registration, but my eyes were bloodshot, and at first glance they looked like red-eyed rabbits."

After finishing his work, Tang Cheng was worried about what might happen to Magistrate Zhang, so he smiled and went back to his office without saying anything.

The county magistrate Zhang was fine all afternoon, so Tang Cheng naturally had a leisurely time. When the bell of San Yamen rang, he sent magistrate Zhang back to the backyard, and then walked straight to the outside of the yamen along the right path.

It happened that there was something delayed in the west courtyard. When Tang Cheng walked to the front office, he happened to see a group of knife and pen officials coming out of the west courtyard. As soon as he saw Tang Cheng, the original chatter and laughter disappeared without a trace in a short time.

The eyes of these people looking at Tang Cheng are very strange, and the meanings contained in them are also very complicated, but there is one thing in common, that is, the contempt at noon yesterday is missing, and there is a little more guard and fear. Obviously, what happened to Lin Cheng It spread, and the subsequent impact of this incident on the people around it began to ferment.

Tang Cheng glanced at this group of people, but he didn't stop on his feet. As long as he was following County Magistrate Zhang, the group of people who lived under Master Yao's hand would not be too close to him. That being the case, they were a little afraid That's good, so that you won't be sad in the days to come.

It was really evil to say that Tang Cheng had just walked a few steps without stopping when he heard someone shouting behind him. He turned his head and saw a group of businessmen walking out of the east courtyard.

Those knife and pen officials in Xiyuaner had worked with Tang Cheng before. After all, he was transferred here as a student helping the county school a few days ago. Good impression.

Following County Magistrate Zhang's suggestion that Tang Cheng replace Lin Cheng's position, the impressions of Tang Cheng by the bureaucrats changed sharply. It makes people uncomfortable, not to mention that his position is completely different from that of the knife and pen officials.In addition, it was Lin Cheng who was squeezed out by Tang Cheng. Although Lin Cheng was not very good, his father was a veteran in the county government for many years. Naturally leans toward his.

The combination of these factors led to the desertedness when Tang Cheng came here at noon yesterday. Except for Lao Liu, none of the knife and pen officials who had been working together not long ago came forward to say hello. After the little boy's words, many people laughed in agreement.

Seeing Tang Cheng turn around and leave without replying, the knife and pen officials thought that the matter was over like this. Since Master Yao is supporting him, even if this kid has the support of County Magistrate Zhang, he will not even think about entering the county government!

But the expected things did not change quickly. First, Tang Cheng officially entered the job suddenly. This sudden change made all the knives and writers baffled. There should be no problem, right?However, when the troublemaker really went to ask, he didn't ask anything other than Yao Qingguo's black face.

Then came the matter that the papers sent by Lin Cheng were returned. When the handyman returned the papers and explained the reasons given by Tang Cheng, the whole Xikua courtyard was shaken!Provocation, this is simply a naked provocation, haven't you seen that newcomer dare to do this?What did he think of himself?What do you think of these seniors?How about suppressing his arrogance this time, not to mention what will happen in the future, but how did he come out with this tone?

The newcomers dared to provoke the old man. This kind of anger with the same hatred covered up the curiosity about Tang Cheng's sudden appointment. At that moment, everyone spoke up one after another, encouraging Lin Cheng, who was already furious, to ask for an explanation.

Lin Cheng left without saying a word with the paper in his arms, and then came back full of anger, but instead of obediently staying up late to transcribe the text, he found Yao Qingguo angrily, at least he was the leader.

As a result, Lin Cheng didn't get the support he imagined. Instead, Yao Qingguo directly asked him to follow Tang Cheng's instructions. Even when Lin Cheng, who had a bad temper, complained, Yao Qingguo directly uttered such cruel words as "leave if you don't want to do it."

At this point, Lin Cheng, who was about to vomit blood, could only follow orders, and the officials were severely stimulated, and they were not stupid. After the stimulation, they all realized that Tang Chengyuan was not as simple as he imagined at the beginning. , and there must be an inside story behind this incident, but after learning the lessons of these two times, no one ran to touch Yao Qingguo's bad luck.

Afterwards, the matter further escalated, and Tang Cheng actually returned Lin Cheng's papers for the second time. So far, all the civil servants have fully understood that this Tang Cheng has clearly got into trouble with Lin Cheng.But this time is different from the first time, after the handyman returned the document, except for Lin Cheng's anger, all the civil servants wisely kept silent.

It's just that although the mouth is silent, the doubts in the heart are getting deeper and bigger. What happened?What is Tang Cheng's background that he dared to be so strong at the beginning of his employment?

It was the events that happened in the past two days and the deep doubts that made the officials completely change their inherent impression of Tang Cheng, "What if he treats himself like Lin Cheng?" When asking this question, All the swordsmen and writers actually became a little more jealous of Tang Cheng without knowing it.

The previous doubts were still unresolved, and at this time, seeing those Tolerances who had never met the clerks so affectionately towards Tang Cheng, all the clerks felt that their brains were not enough. It was weird. What happened in the past two days What happened to Tang Cheng was really weird.

All the knife and pen officials watched Tang Cheng walk out of the gate of the yamen talking and laughing with the tolerances, and exchanged glances while turning their heads. Unfortunately, everyone saw nothing but doubts in each other's eyes.

Chapter 88 Take advantage of the trend!

Tang Cheng returned to his residence after dispersing with the servants, and the first thing he saw when he entered the yard was Li Yingwan's carriage, and he quickened his pace a little.Pushing open the door of the second courtyard, besides Lancao'er, there were Tang and Zhang couples standing at the entrance of the main hall, "Father, mother, why are you in such a hurry, are you tired?".

"Not tired, not tired, but Cheng'er, you should pay attention to yourself." Seeing her son coming back, Tang Zhang's face was loving, "I heard from Lan girl that you are studying and working as an errand, and you will stay up late at night." In the middle of the second hour, what's the point of going on like this?" Tang Shuan was still short of words, nodding his head following Tang Zhang's words.

The three of them sat down in the flower hall. After Tang Zhang saw Lancao went to work in the kitchen, he took out the marriage letter from Li Yingwan's family from his bosom and put it on the table, "Leader, tell me."

Hearing this, Tang Shuan waved his hand, "Just say what you say."

"Isn't this your son?" As soon as Lancao left, Tang Zhang's face became more serious, but she also knew Tang Shuan's temper, so she didn't say anything after she said that, and leaned forward to look through the window. After looking outside the flower hall, he sat down and said, "Come on, today I went with your father to give you a couple's horoscope, and I've seen the day, Liu Xiangu said that you don't have any conflicts, and now I want to talk about the day of getting married."

"This day is fine, parents and you must be."

"This is your first marriage, so you have to calculate it carefully. Liu Xiangu gave two dates, one is the sixth day of the next month, and the other is the eighteenth day of August." After reporting two different dates, Tang Zhang looked After looking at Tang Shuan, he turned his head and said, "Speaking of which, you are not too young, so the sooner the better, but this matter is too late, your father will go to the city of Quzhou to serve as a corvee in seven days. If we let such a rush, we can only wait until August [-]."

"Do corvée? Or go to Zhoucheng? What's going on here?" Tang Cheng asked in surprise.

"This was arranged five days ago to go to the Han River embankment outside Xiuzhou City."

Hearing what Tang Zhang said, Tang Cheng also remembered that this matter was indeed mentioned in the documents he saw in the afternoon. It was a collection document directly issued by the state government. It was originally prepared to prevent the Han River from flooding this summer, but this The scope of this recruitment is not large, "Well, there is such a thing, how many people have been recruited in our village?".

"Sixteen", when Tang Zhang said this, he hesitated for a moment and then lowered his voice: "Success, have you offended Liu Lizheng recently?".

When Tang Cheng heard the number of people reported by Mrs. Tang and Zhang, the smile on his face was hard to maintain. The village where his family lived was not big, and he knew clearly that there were 69 young men in the village who could be recruited. Only sixteen people were drawn, that is to say, not one of the four people was drawn. Under such circumstances, Tang Shuan was actually drawn. The only explanation for this situation was that there was something wrong with Liu Lizheng. Such questions will also be asked.

"I didn't go back much, how could I offend him?" Tang Cheng moved the stool and sat closer to Tang Zhang, "Mother, what happened recently?".

"Recently, Liu Li is talking to our family..." Tang Zhang just said this, but was interrupted by Tang Shuan who was sitting on the side, "He hasn't taken care of our family less in the past six months? Turn over What are these right and wrong?".

Tang Shuan blocked Tang Zhang's talker first, rubbed his head with his hands like a firewood rake, looked at Tang Cheng seriously and said, "Cheng'er, don't listen to your mother, it's only natural for us peasants to farm and pay for food. , Liu Lizheng has taken care of us a lot in the past six months, so it's not a big deal if he is drawn this time. It's not easy for him to sit in the front seat. There are many people involved in the four villages and eight villages. We need to think more about his good son !”.

When Tang Shuan said this, seeing that Mrs. Tang and Zhang wanted to interrupt, he gave her another look and stared back, "Besides, Cheng'er, you just entered the yamen for a public meal, and now you should work hard. At that time, I didn’t dare to act like a moth like your mother! If you just got into the wind and rain when you were on the job, but you lost your face in the yamen, let’s not talk about the future, I’m afraid the current bowl of rice won’t last long.” .

Ever since his son entered the county school, the Tang and Zhang family has been proud in the village. In the past six months, because of Tang Cheng, Liu Lizheng has taken care of him, and he has gradually gotten used to the differences between his family and the villagers, so when this time When Tang Shuan was drawn out of the corvee, she felt very uncomfortable, and always wanted to come to the city to chat with her son, to see if this matter could be avoided.After all, it is not only a long way to go to the city to work as a corvee, but this kind of work is not only not paid for, but if it is not done well, it will have to pay for food.

Mrs. Tang and Zhang originally had such thoughts, so she wanted to answer the conversation just now, but after listening to Tang Shuan's last few words, the thought of complaining in her heart disappeared immediately. , if you mess around now and lose your errand, then... Thinking of this, Tang Zhang shuddered and regretted what he said just now, "Cheng'er, what your father said is right! , I’ll leave as soon as I leave my wife, anyway, I’ll be back in more than a month, you don’t care about this matter, just make sure you have a solid job first with peace of mind.”

After all, they have lived together for more than a year, how can Tang Cheng not understand the thinking of the Tang and Zhang couples?In fact, their thinking is the same as that of millions of farmers in China. Many times they would rather suffer a little loss than cause trouble, especially when the matter is related to their son's future.

When Tang Shuan spoke just now, Tang Cheng had already figured out the reason for Liu Lizheng's change in attitude. In fact, it couldn't be simpler. He must have known that he followed County Magistrate Zhang, but he didn't understand the current situation. In his opinion, County Magistrate Zhang would definitely lose in the dispute between Zhang and Yao. With this understanding, Liu Lizheng, who was given the nickname "Liu Sanneng", would naturally distance himself from him, County Magistrate Zhang's confidant. This is the fundamental reason why Tang Shuan was transferred out of the master this time.

The situation is changing, the state of the world is like this, let alone a person like Liu Lizheng who can produce sperm, after understanding the reason, Tang Cheng has a way to deal with it in his heart, but in order not to worry Tang and Zhang. What more to say, nodded in response.

Seeing Tang Cheng nod his head, Tang Zhang let out a sigh of relief. As long as his son can be stable, it doesn't matter if he suffers a little loss and suffers a little grievance when he is an old man?Putting this matter aside for the time being, Tang Zhang talked about another matter because of the situation, "Since the date is set on August [-]th, we have to add up the matter of getting married. Whether to do it in the city or in the village, your father and I want to hear your opinion."

"Isn't it just a wedding? It's different there. I'll listen to you."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang and Tang Shuan exchanged glances, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief, "You are working in the yamen now, so you should be more respectable in the city, but our family's background... alas, Also blame us for being old and useless, I have wronged you."

"Mother, what are you talking about? We'll do it in the village." Mrs. Tang and Zhang felt uncomfortable when she said this, but it was even more sad when Tang Cheng heard it. Such parents really can't say anything!In order to dilute the atmosphere so that the two elders would not be sad and blame themselves, Tang Cheng deliberately played tricks and said with a smile: "You have raised a son who entered the county school, and you still say that you are useless? Mom, don't dare to say this. The other parents in the village heard this and insisted that you were showing off!".

The Tang and Zhang couples are most proud of having a good son in the village. Tang Cheng’s deliberately bragging words just scratched their itch. Show a comfortable smile.

"If we don't have money, there's no need to swell our faces to make ourselves fat. The fun of getting married is to spend our own money for others to watch. We don't want to be such fools. It's better to live by ourselves than to spend that unjust money." Tang Cheng saw the two elders laughing Now, I was very happy in my heart, and struck while the iron was hot: "It really costs a lot of money to get married in the city, just for the banquet and so on. It's more affordable to do it in the village, and there are neighbors to help on the stove, please The money for the stove can be saved, as for other things such as borrowing tables and stools, there is no need to spend, as long as you have enough money for the big meat and vegetables, other things can be done without much expense.”

Mrs. Tang and Zhang nodded repeatedly while listening to what her son said, and when Tang Cheng finished speaking, she pushed Tang Shuan with a smile on her face, "You still said that your son can't live a life, look at how much you have planned." Be careful, it's a little worse than you think."

"You...what are you doing saying it's useless?".

It is rare for Tang Shuan, who is usually reticent, to have such a deflated expression. Seeing this, Mrs. Tang Zhang and Mrs. Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing. After laughing, Mrs. Tang nodded and said, "Well, Cheng'er, what you said is similar to what we think , I'm just afraid of Li Yingwan... she is after all... ".

"Don't worry, I'll tell you about it." Tang Cheng patted Tang and Zhang's hand to signal her not to worry. Then he remembered something again, and took out the flying ticket with three pennies in his arms. "By the way, don't worry about the expenses of getting married, I'm all here! This is three pennies, mother, you take it first."

"Sanguan!", Tang Zhang's hand that borrowed the flying ticket suddenly trembled, "Cheng'er, you have only been working for a few days? Why do you have so much money?".

"It's issued in the yamen, so you can take it at ease." Tang Cheng stuffed the flying ticket into Tang Zhang's hand, and said with a smile: "There are still four months until August [-]th. From now on, my monthly salary will be paid." I left two pennies of the money in the kitchen here, and the other six pennies were saved by my mother, plus I saved up the usual money from the yamen, and I had enough money to get married in four months."

Mrs. Tang and Zhang were holding the flying ticket worth three pennies, looking back and forth, and after weighing it for a while, she handed it to Tang Shuan, "Master, you keep this, Sanguan! I always feel flustered in my heart when I put my hand in my hand, I am more irritable, what if I drop it?".

"En", Tang Shuan took the flying money, carefully folded it in half, put it in his waist, patted it twice, and then raised his head to look at Tang Cheng, "Cheng'er, We will collect this money, and save it for you to marry a wife. If you use this kind of money from the yamen in the future, we will also collect it, but when it comes to the three-year-old salary, don’t give it to your mother. That’s right, except for the pocket money I keep on my body, I leave everything else to the kitchen.”

"What kind of food do you eat here? There are three or four bowls of food every day, and there is always meat. I have made an appointment with your mother. Three to six in the kitchen is a good number. Our family's foundation It’s thin, but this money can’t be saved, we can’t let our daughter-in-law look down on us before we get married.” Just like before, Tang Shuan didn’t allow Tang Cheng to intervene, “You don’t have to worry about the money for getting married. Don’t you still have seven acres of land? Selling two acres is enough, and now there are just me and your mother in the house, how much grain can I have for a year?”.

Just like selling a house to treat his son's illness, Tang Shuan would rather sell the land than let his son be underestimated by his unmarried daughter-in-law. Looking at Tang Shuan in front of him, Tang Cheng really didn't know what to say. Walking dozens of miles to the city, if you are not so hungry, you will not even be willing to buy a penny pancake, but if you are really generous, you can scare people to death!

After Tang Shuan finished speaking, there was no room for discussion at all, and he waved his hand scratching his hair, "That's the deal!".

Tang Cheng naturally wouldn't let Tang Shuan sell the land in his heart, but he didn't say anything now. After all, there are still four months left. When he has enough money, the land sale will naturally be put aside. son gone.

Tang Cheng didn't go to the study room that night. After eating, he talked with him. After speaking, Mrs. Tang and Zhang personally picked up all the books on his desk and took them away. Suffering like this every day is a good way to nourish yourself.”

Hearing these familiar words, Tang Cheng thought back to the time when he first came to the village school last year, Tang Zhang said the same words when he watched him stay up all night practicing calligraphy. The moist warmth is really impossible to describe in words.

This night, Tang Cheng had a rare solid sleep. Even after falling asleep, the smile on his lips still did not fade away.

When Tang Cheng woke up the next morning, he saw that Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Zhang got up early, and even his morning meal was made by Mrs. Tang and Mrs. Zhang himself.

After eating three bowls in one go, Tang Cheng, who had a full stomach, went to the county school. It has been two days since he officially joined the county government office. Although he kept a low profile in school, the news still spread. No, when he was walking on the middle school road, almost every passing student turned his head to stare at him, and there was envy in his eyes, but more of it was jealousy.

When I walked into the school building where my class was located, the changes were even greater. Apart from the same look in the eyes, some students either came up to talk with special enthusiasm, or simply ignored him. Big Brother's feeling is completely different, and Tang Cheng is not used to it.

When the morning class was in the second period, a handyman came to the door and said something to the teacher, and then the teacher turned around and said: "Tang Cheng, Supervisor Liu has something to ask you, go now ".

Tang Cheng left the school building under the attention of his classmates, and followed the handyman to Supervisor Liu's office. When he came, he was still guessing why the supervisor would suddenly look for him. It was Old Liu from the county government office and another old man with almost white hair.

"Tang Cheng is here!" When Liu Xuejian saw that Tang Cheng had arrived, he stood up and greeted him with a smile, "Come on, sit down, one of these two is Liu Lushi, so I don't think I need to introduce any more, and the other is the county magistrate. Lin Daohan, an old clerk in the yamen, and Lin Lushi".

"The surname is Lin?" Tang Cheng's heart moved when he heard the surname, and after carefully looking at Lin Daohan's appearance by bowing his hand to return the gift, he suddenly realized, "This person should be Lin Cheng's father. ".

After Liu Xuejian finished his introduction, he didn't stay any longer, and found a way to turn around and leave the office, and he specially closed the door behind him when he left.

Looking at the closed door, Lao Liu went straight to the point and said, "Tang Cheng, Lin Lushi is not only a senior, but also the father of Lin Cheng of the county government."

As soon as Lin Daohan waited for Lao Liu to finish speaking, he went forward and bowed his hands to salute: "The dog has no shape, is impetuous by nature, and does not practice his oral karma. There are many things that offend you with brevity. Please forgive me."

Since Tang Cheng had guessed Lin Daohan's identity just now, he knew that Lao Liu was here to talk about Lin Cheng's affairs, but he did not expect that Lin Daohan's posture could be so low. After all, he has the identity of a senior. In addition to being such an old man, such a bending down to make amends made Tang Cheng, who originally wanted to stretch, couldn't sit still anymore.

There is still Lao Liu standing next to him!The man Lin Daohan can keep his posture so low, if he Tang Cheng is arrogant again, once word spreads, he will really offend the knife and pen officials in the west courtyard of the county government, and his "rat-bellied chicken intestines, little boy" The commentary "People get their ambitions" must also be indispensable.

These words usually sound like nothing, and it seems that you don't need to pay too much attention to them, but once everyone's words make money, it will be fatal.Not to mention that disrespecting the elders is the most criticized rhetoric in any era.

"Didn't Lin Lushi slap me in the face?" Tang Cheng stood up and supported Lin Daohan, "You are a senior, I should greet you first."