Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

Gao Li's words with a slight smile were like the cold wind in early winter, causing Lancao to shiver all over her body. She glanced at Tang Que and then withdrew it, and the resentment that had just dissipated on her face disappeared got deeper.

Chapter No.16 The rabbit is in a hurry to bite

"I don't care about those who are of good or low status, as long as they have a good heart and know how to be filial." I don't blame Tang Que for being careless. I have never experienced this kind of oblique struggle between women in my previous experience. "But As far as the Cowherd and Weaver Girl are concerned, they live better than mere mortals like us.”

"Oh, what you said is weird."

"Madam, think about it. It's not like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can't get together once a year. Isn't there an annual Magpie Bridge meeting? They live forever in the sky. Although they only come once a year, it means they will never be separated. Think about us Ordinary people, even if they can find someone they like, how many days can they stay together? People will die one day. Thinking about it this way, the Queen Mother originally wanted to punish them, but in the end she fulfilled them, even if they can only see each other once a year So what? Once the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win the countless people in the world! As long as there is true love, one meeting is more intoxicating than the ten years of daily companionship between lovers."

Following Tang Que's eloquence, Lan Cao'er's eyes fell on him again, she was really infatuated, and the smile on Gao Li's face was hard to keep.

But before she opened her mouth to speak, she heard a sudden sound of hurried footsteps from the second door outside, and then saw the porter Wang Laosan running around the screen wall to the study in a panic.

"Wang Laosan, you are so courageous, who will allow you to enter the second gate?".

"Husband... ma'am, please forgive me. It's really an emergency at Tang's accountant's family. I rushed to report..."

"What?" Hearing this, Tang Que, who was sitting loosely, suddenly tightened his body, "Quickly tell me, what happened to my house?".

At this time, Wang Laosan didn't talk nonsense, "I just came back from the river, and it seems that your father and the village owner Chen's family had a fight in the paddy field."

"What does it look like, is it really?" Tang Que asked, and the man got up and started to walk out.

"I... I haven't met your father either. I just heard from the people watching that the Tang family and the Chen family were fighting, and they said hurry up to find Tang Cheng. I guess it's you."

"Third brother, thank you very much!" Tang Que ran out quickly before he finished speaking, and Lan Cao'er's anxious voice came from behind, "Tang Cheng, be careful."

Tang Que hurriedly ran, while secretly scolding himself for being too careless, just when Wang Laosan said that his family was fighting with the Chen family in the paddy field by the river, he already knew the reason in his heart.

The reason lies in that mu of paddy fields. In the mountainous area of ​​"seven mountains, two waters and one field" like Shannan Dongdao, the number of paddy fields is very small. It can produce rice.In this mountainous area where wheat is the main crop, if anyone has an acre of rice-producing paddy fields on the river beach, it will make people jealous.Even when a daughter-in-law in the mountains is married, the most proud sentence of the natal family boasting that the girl is married is "whether it is good or not, and it is always a family that can eat rice."

This is why Tang Zhang would rather sell himself than sell that acre of paddy field. With this acre of paddy field, even if the family is in such a dilapidated state, he can still speak in front of the matchmaker, "We can do it anyway. Counting the seven or eight villages up and down the Shuanglong River for people who eat rice, there are only four such families.”

Both sides of the Shuanglong River, which originates from Dajian Mountain in Jinzhou, are high peaks and cliffs. It is only when it reaches the upper reaches of the village that the water becomes gentler. From this, a fat and oily riverbank paddy field has been formed, with a total of only more than [-] mu. , belonged to four families, of which Liu Lizheng and Gao Li's each had five acres to form an integer, and the other two acres belonged to the Tang family and the village owner's Chen family.

The acre of paddy field of the Tang family leans against Liu Lizheng on the one hand, and neighbors the Chen family on the other. As early as when Tang Cheng was seriously ill, both Liu Lizheng and the Chen family wanted to buy this acre of paddy field, but they were all rejected by Tang Que's family. They would rather sell houses, cattle, slope land, or even people than paddy fields. It is easy to sell such paddy fields but difficult to buy them!This is something that no money can buy.

The so-called common man is not guilty, but pregnant is guilty.In this village, the paddy field that produces rice in people's minds is that wall. According to the situation that the Tang family has two generations of male males, it is really difficult to keep this paddy field. Thoughts, it was just that I was so tired later, and I was busy with schoolwork and doing accounts to make money during this period, so I forgot about this, I didn't expect that something really happened today.

Tang Que wore a pair of seven-ear straw sandals, that is, straw sandals, which became loose after wearing for a long time, and it was very inconvenient to run quickly. No, the shoe on the left foot fell off again.

"Damn you!" Tang Que was at the moment when he was smoking in a hurry, but he was still in the mood to pick up his shoes and put them on again, so he simply kicked off the straw sandal on his right foot, and walked towards the river with his bare feet like a gust of wind. run away.

From a distance, he could see the ridge of his paddy field surrounded by people in darkness. After Tang Que saw this, his heart relaxed a little. No big deal.

Tang Que didn't care about the road at this time, he jumped off the paddy field by the side of the road and ran all the way. When he took a look through the crowd with his body covered in mud, the scene in front of him turned his impatience into nothingness. anger.

The acre of paddy field below my family has turned into a muddy pond, and the crushed rice is scattered here and there. On the west corner of the paddy field, Tang Zhang, who is covered in mud, climbs on top of the fainted man and beats him to death. Protect, beside him, a 50-[-]-year-old woman who is also covered in mud and water is grabbing Tang Zhang's hair and trying to pull her up, and beside her are two strong young men aged [-] or [-]. The leg and the arm are helping.

Across the two of Tang and Zhang, standing on the other side was the man in charge of the Chen family. He was supported by the youngest third son with a bruised face, and kept kicking Old Tang under Tang and Zhang.On the field ridge on one side of the corner, several old people from the village were talking and persuading a fight, but no one went to the field to really do it.

After Tang Que glanced at the situation in the paddy field, it was really hard to express the feeling in his heart, but in later life, he had "frolicked" for a while at least, and knew that it was nothing to rush forward in such a situation, so he gritted his teeth immediately. The chattering teeth retreated again.

At this time, there were very few people studying in the countryside. It would be a fart to be reasonable when encountering such a field-related matter. Rural people are more realistic than anyone else. They recognize that there are many people and the clan is powerful.In the final analysis, one sentence is to recognize the fist.Because of this, there are often fights between the two clans in the countryside.Of course, it’s not unreasonable, but if the previous explanation doesn’t make sense, we will start the fight, and then talk about it after the fight, so that we can guarantee that the explanation will be accurate.

However, not every family in the countryside is a big clan, there are always small households with small families and surnames. Be a low-key person, be honest and have a good relationship with others at the same time; As for the other way, there is a bad person in the family, the kind of stupid person who dares to fight with others, but can really play with his life. With a fierce reputation, he can protect his family.If neither of these two items is involved, there will be times when you will suffer from anger.

The Tang family is an old surname in the village. When Tang Cheng's grandfather was in his generation, there were as many as seven brothers, all of whom had big arms and round waists.At that time, the Tang family was well-known in several nearby villages, and no one dared to mess with it. This mu of paddy field was set up at that time.It's a pity that in the next generation, there are not many males, and the brother Qifang only leaves Tang Cheng and his father as a male root.Fortunately, the prestige of the older generation was still there at that time. In addition, the old Tang family had many daughters married off, and there were many sons, daughters and in-laws. It was a big help anyway, and it was by virtue of this that Tang Cheng's family was kept stable for nearly 20 years.

At that time, the average life expectancy of a man was only 46 years old. As time went by, the older generation of the Tang family died, and the children and in-laws gradually faded away.The power that can be borrowed from the clan is getting smaller and smaller. This is all due to the low-key behavior of the Tang and Zhang couples. It's so enviable.

Some people in the crowd saw Tang Que, and were about to dodge sideways to let him pass, but in the blink of an eye, they saw him slinking away and shrinking back. After being stunned, they couldn't help cursing that the Tang family was a coward. Looking at the one-sided situation in front of them, Thinking about the prestige of the older generation of the Tang family, it is inevitable to have a lot of feelings.

But before he could finish his emotion, he saw Tang Que, who had retreated just now, rushed out from behind the crowd in the northwest corner, indeed he was running fast, and he still held a long-handled iron shovel in his hand.

Chapter No.17 The rabbit bites when it is in a hurry

The villagers who were watching the bustle were only paying attention to the front. At this time, seeing the boy from the Tang family rushing out aggressively with a long shovel in hand, the crowd exclaimed "Yeah" in unison.

The three sons of the Chen family, and now the whole family is fighting together to fight more and less. It is definitely useless to fight head-on. As for reporting to the official?Just kidding!So from the moment he saw the situation clearly, he made up his mind to attack.

Before the onlookers could finish exclaiming, Tang Que rushed over. Without further ado, he raised his long shovel and slammed it on the legs of the two sons of the Chen family who were helping the old lady pull Mrs. Tang and Zhang. "Ah!" Two screams sounded over the exclamation of the onlookers, and the two sons of the Chen family, who had been rambunctious just now, fell into the water immediately.

After Tang Que succeeded in the surprise attack, he kicked the Chen family's mother-in-law heavily into the field, and then held up a long shovel to force the Chen family and his young son on the other side.

Today, the Chen and Tang families turned up the old account of moving the boundary stone because of the conflict of watering the field. No matter how good-tempered Old Tang is, he can't stand the bullying of the Chen family like this, let alone this field is the only remaining property of his family.

Rabbits really bite people when they are anxious, let alone individuals, that's how fights start.Chen Dangjia, who has three sons at home, really didn't expect that the good-tempered old Tang would do anything and dare to do it at the beginning.So at the beginning of the fight, I suffered a lot, my face was bruised and purple, and the color was very ugly.It wasn't until his sons rushed over after hearing the news that the situation turned one-sided.At this point, there is no need to fight again, but the Chen family shouldn't have started to spend more time on this, wanting to take advantage of this attack to simply subdue the Tang family, and then take the opportunity to buy this mu of paddy field forcibly when the situation is cleaned up. .Anyway, this family is single and weak, and I am afraid that he will not be able to make it to the sky.Besides, the three sons of his old Chen's family have gradually grown up, and taking this opportunity to make a name for themselves in the village, let those who don't open their eyes see that the old Chen's family is not easy to mess with.

Since his son came, Mr. Chen has firmly gained the upper hand. Tang Que's sudden attack and the reversal of the situation is beyond Mr. Chen's expectation. .

After all, the third boy of the Chen family was young and quick-witted, so he dodged and dodged. As a result, the shovel hit Mr. Chen's leg. Like the other two sons, he rolled and screamed in the paddy field without saying a word.

The youngest son of the Chen family knew that an unarmed man would not be able to handle a man with a long shovel, so he rushed to the side to copy the guy after dodging, but when he ran back with the shovel, he couldn't do anything again.

That kid from the Tang family had such a vicious mind, and after he won the upper hand in the surprise attack, he didn't even look at his parents. He just stood beside his father with a long shovel in his hand. The mouth of the shovel was facing his father's head.

"Be honest with me," Tang Que kicked Chen's dishonest hand away, and looked at Chen Xiaosan coldly while holding the shovel handle.

Although Chen Xiaosan's eyes were burning, he didn't dare to do anything. It wasn't until he saw Tang and Zhang that his eyes lit up, "If you want to threaten me, you have your own mother and me."

As soon as he took a step, the iron shovel in Tang Que's hand slid down, and the mouth of the shovel was pressed against Mr. Chen's neck, "Want to trade your life for your life? Come on!" Tang Que didn't follow Chen Xiaosan like that. As manic as a bull in heat, he is cold, with cold eyes, cold expression, and even colder voice.

In the later generations, Tang Que had been around for a while at least, and he had observed and even participated in a few battles himself, so he was really experienced.He knew that under such circumstances, the most important thing to do with less and more is arrogance, the arrogance of crazily risking your life, no matter whether you are really capable of going ruthless or not, at least let others believe that you are already Be ready to risk your life to do it, or the end will be even worse.The more you are not afraid of being beaten, the less you will be beaten, and the more you are afraid of your life, you can save your life.

Similarly, in such an occasion, shouting and jumping can't scare people, on the contrary, the colder and quieter the more scary.So from the moment he rushed out thinking about the shovel just now, he was faithfully acting on these experiences.

From beating someone with a shovel to pressing the mouth of the shovel on Mr. Chen's neck without hesitation, Tang Que has perfectly achieved the effect he wanted when he spoke now. Now that he doesn't talk about Chen Xiaosan, he even wakes up. The Tang and Zhang family who came here believed that her son had murderous intentions, and she kept persuading Tang Que while wailing, she was such a son, what would happen if she really killed someone.

Tang Que was really ruthless too. Seeing that Old Tang was already motionless, he not only didn't ask a question, he didn't even look at it. He just pretended he didn't hear Tang Zhang's words, and just used cold wolf-like eyes Staring at Chen Xiaosan, there was even a mocking sneer at the corner of his mouth, as if mocking Chen Xiaosan's timidity.

It was just fighting with bare hands before, and the villagers could look at it with ease, but now that the situation has evolved to this point, it will be fatal.In the Taiping years, if there is a murder case, the Tang family doesn't say anything, even their neighbors who are witnesses don't want to live in peace. Not only labor, but also money.

The villagers in front were all shocked by the sudden change of the situation. As the iron shovel in Tang Que's hand slipped down, the surrounding villagers also gasped, and then Tang Que said like a wolf that he would die. Changing lives, the villagers who reacted were blown up.The faces of the few people who were trying to persuade the fight changed.

"Tang Cheng, you are the only son of the old Tang family, don't mess around."

"Tang Cheng, if you have something to say, please keep your hands steady..."

This side kept persuading, and there were people rushing to remind Liu Lizheng, who had not arrived after a long time.

No matter how much the people around him tried to persuade him, Tang Que didn't reply and didn't let go, he just stared at Chen Xiaosan.The mother-in-law of the Chen family, who was still domineering and savage just now, wailed loudly with a tick of water, but she got together with Tang and Zhang who were also crying.

Crying, persuading, and shouting, the whole scene was extremely noisy, in stark contrast to Tang Que's cold silence.

Liu Lizheng, who hadn't arrived earlier, came back quickly. The middle-aged man in his early forties frowned when he saw such a scene. After a while, he stared suddenly and said, "Chen Xiaosan, You have grown up, what are you trying to do with the shovel! Put it down."

Not to mention that everyone in the village knows that Liu Lizheng has a good relationship with the county yamen, and his identity also represents the government. Even Chen Xiaosan, who was dissatisfied, wanted to say something, but after Liu Lizheng yelled again, he could only throw it away unwillingly. Shovel in hand.

After yelling at Chen Xiaosan, Liu Lizheng's face turned into a smile, and he said to Tang Que with a pleasant face, "Nephew of the Tang family, you can talk about anything from one village to the next, you...".

Under the surprised eyes of the villagers, Tang Que, who couldn't listen to anything just now, threw the shovel and retreated to his parents before Liu Lizheng finished speaking, "Isn't this just waiting for Uncle Liu to explain it?"

Before Liu Lizheng came, everything was a private fight. Once Liu Lizheng, who was in charge of managing the [-]-mile radius, arrived, it meant that the government would intervene. At this time, even if the Chen family gritted their teeth, they would never dare to do anything in front of so many people.

Tang Que's unexpected move not only surprised the villagers, but also made Liu Lizheng's eyes shrink.

This kid from the Tang family is not a good stubble!

At this point in the matter, it was impossible to fight, and it was time to enter the mediation process led by Liu Lizheng. The villagers who watched the excitement helped send the injured people on both sides home and then dispersed.

Old Tang had injuries on his face and body, but none of them were serious. After all, the Chen family didn't have the guts to kill anyone. When Tang Que went there, he passed out from the beating and holding his breath, so there was no movement.Woke up shortly after carrying it home.

Seeing that Old Tang woke up, Liu Lizheng, who came with him, let out a long breath, and his face immediately changed, "Tang Shuaner, your good son, who is so bold as to kill someone, does he still see the law of the king... ..." As soon as he said this, Tang Zhang, who had never shed tears beside him, burst into tears again.

Seeing this, Tang Que took a step forward to stand between Liu Lizheng and the two elders, "This is all my business, it has nothing to do with my parents, and besides, my father doesn't have the energy to talk now, what can Uncle Liu teach you? Let's go to the back room and say," as he spoke, he was already holding Liu Li by the hand and walking towards his own room.

Chapter 18 Tang Shuan gave birth to a capable son

"Although it is said that the Chen family's affairs are too unreasonable today, I am indeed young and reckless." Tang Que did not give up his seat after entering the room, and said directly, "I also thought about it on the way back. Whether it's because of today's release of water or the removal of the boundary stone by the Chen family, the root of the matter is still in that acre of paddy field. My father is now anxiously waiting for money for soup and medicine, and the family has no property, so he is thinking about selling this acre of paddy field After much deliberation, I think it is most suitable to sell to Uncle Liu, I wonder if Uncle Liu can help my family save this emergency?".

"The Chen family was wrong first, you are young and reckless, listen to what you say." Liu Li, who was thinking in his heart, was sinking like water, but when Tang Que said that he would sell the paddy field to him, his dark face His face changed after all.Why did he come to the Tang family to buy paddy fields a while ago, and why did he arrive so late just now? Isn’t it all for the paddy fields!

Although he, Liu Lizheng, has a different status now, he is a farmer who grew up in the village after all, and his attitude and thinking towards paddy fields are no different from those of other villagers. What he likes to think about on weekdays is to get all the ten acres of paddy fields into his own hands. Pass it on to his descendants, if he can fulfill this wish, Liu Lizheng's life will be worth it.

People who have never farmed land will never know the temptation of land to farmers, especially in the agricultural society of the Tang Dynasty, and land like paddy fields. It’s a villain who has made trouble…”

"I'm clearly asking Uncle Liu for your help, so why did I get involved here?" Tang Que's experience determined that he would not have any land complex. In fact, he had thought of selling the paddy field long before he knew about it. On the one hand, it is true that there is no plan to cause trouble for it; on the other hand, because of the scarcity of local paddy fields, its value is greatly overestimated. The price of one mu of paddy fields can buy five acres of sloping land. Not counting the difference in production types such as rice and noodles, but in terms of grain output alone, the output of five acres of sloping land is three and a half times that of one mu of paddy fields. Slopes are cost-effective, especially in the current situation of my own home.

Of course, he chose this point in time to say that this matter was not purely for the sake of food. If today's matter is to be concluded satisfactorily, he must urge Liu Lizheng to contribute.One mu of paddy field can be exchanged for the effect of killing two birds with one stone, so why not do it?

Seeing that Liu Li was hesitating and not speaking, Tang Que thought for a while before he figured out what he was thinking about, and he didn't wait for him to go around, "If Uncle Liu doesn't trust me, I'll ask the village school teacher Yan Xueyu to come over and die immediately. Deed document?".

The so-called dead contract is a one-time sale, and it will be a sales contract that cannot be redeemed even if you have money in the future.This is what Liu Lizheng was waiting for. As soon as Tang Que finished speaking, the hesitation on his face naturally dissipated, "If my nephew said that, your Uncle Liu really couldn't help you, but this paddy field is different from ordinary people after all. Tianchan, where is your father..."

"My father is injured like this. As an only son, he should take on the responsibility of family affairs. Besides, I turned fifteen years ago the year before last, and the contract I made now counts even in the yamen."

As soon as this matter was finalized, the atmosphere between the two became very harmonious. Liu Lizheng had an indescribable smile on his brow and eyes, and his words were kind, as if he was Tang Que's real uncle.

"There are a few things like this in the village every year about water release and field property fights. As long as there are no dead people, it's nothing. Don't take it to heart today." Liu Lizheng looked disapproving. It’s not easy to be innocent. Although it was the Chen family who started the trouble, I saw it just now. Although your father was injured, he was mainly angry when he fainted. On the contrary, the Chen family suffered more and more serious injuries. After all, they use fists and kicks, but you use a shovel. Well, there are four males in the Chen family, except for Chen Laosan, whose legs are all swollen as if blown up. They don’t fight anywhere else. Looking at your legs, everyone says that you are in a hurry, but in my opinion, you have already calculated it, right? It doesn’t look like it’s time to start double-grabbing, even normal people have to I'm so busy, how much loss does it have to lose three of the four strong laborers of the Chen family?"

Regarding what Liu Lizheng said, Tang Que just smiled but didn't say much, what should he say?It's not appropriate to say anything. "How do you count the rice in the paddy field? Uncle Liu, you have also seen it. This year's harvest is definitely in vain. Seeing that the paddy field should belong to you, Uncle Liu, you can't bear to let my family go empty this last season." Right? Another thing is what to do in the future. After this incident, my Tang family and his Chen family have settled a big feud. His family has three strong calves, and my family has only one seedling. Wait for the Chen family to What if there is trouble again after the injury is healed? You must have a charter for Uncle Liu."

"He dares? Well, my nephew, don't talk to Uncle Liu. As far as you are performing in today's play, the Chen family will have to weigh it even if they want to pick things up. What do you think? .Why did you fight today? Didn’t Chen Mipi just want to plot the paddy field of your house, and now that the paddy field is gone, he would come here to provoke you, a bastard like you, just to get angry?" Liu Lizheng was tired of talking while standing , without waiting for Tang Que to let him sit down by the bed, "As for the loss of that mu of paddy fields, don't look for the Chen family either, this is just adding fuel to the flames! Of course, your family is in a bad situation now, so don't worry about it." I can't be wronged. Hey, for the sake of the stability of the village, I will pay for the old uncle if I suffer a little. Who made me be this unlucky Lizheng!".

Shaking his head and sighing, Liu Lizheng licked his lips and said, "This is the way to do it. This year, your family will halve the rent of my [-]-acre sloping land, and only charge [-]%. That's okay."

Tang Que looked at Liu Li acting there with a smile, and waited until the end of the performance before he said leisurely: "It's okay for the people in the countryside to fight privately, but the Chen family dared to move the boundary stone between the fields without permission! The felony clearly recorded in the "Law". Uncle Liu, am I not mistaken?" In any agricultural society, land is the most important means of production, which is related to people's livelihood and social stability, so every dynasty is related to land. The laws are extremely strict.It is indeed a felony to move the boundary stone of the field like the Chen family did.

"Of course, since you, Uncle Liu, are handling this matter, my family won't make any more troubles just because of your face, Uncle Liu, so whether or not the Chen family will be charged with this crime is entirely up to you, Uncle Liu! Holding this piece, I think the Chen family won’t be so distressed about the paddy fields anymore! That’s one mu of land, how much rice does it produce a year?”.

The reason why Liu Lizheng, an old cunning man, agreed to compensate for the losses was that the Chen family's one-acre paddy field was plotting. Of course, he also knew that the Chen family was reluctant, so he prepared both soft and hard tactics. On the side of the family, he said that the Tang family had brought soup and medicine as compensation, but he forced it back; as for the hard way of threatening felonies, Tang Que had already exposed it.

Liu Lizheng has taken advantage of the village for many years, most of which are due to the peasants' ignorance of the law, and they often get cheap and sell them well, but today this trick has hit a wall.

"Why did Tang Shuan give birth to such a capable son like you!", the words have reached this point, and it would be boring to cover up any more. Liu Lizheng stood up and waved his hands imposingly: "Forget it!" The ball is gone, I don’t want the two and a half minutes, your family’s rent will be wiped out this year. For no other reason, just treat it as me visiting the injured Brother Tang.”

Tang Que originally thought that it would be good to lower the rent by another 400%, but he didn't expect that Liu Lizheng's courage was not small, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. His Liu family didn't talk about paddy fields and a incense and candle shop in the city. There are more than [-] mu of slope land alone, so I really don't care about his family's rent.

But it's one thing if people don't care, but Tang Que couldn't help but appreciate it, "Then thank you Uncle Liu, and when your wish comes true, you must prepare a generous gift to congratulate you."

"What kind of congratulatory gift? It's not that the wool came from the sheep. I spent my own food to give you the face of Tang's parents. You kid should not be cheap and act like a good boy. If you leave, you will have to talk about it with the Chen family." Liu Lizheng walked out with a smile , as soon as the door curtain was lifted, she saw Mrs. Tang Zhang standing at the door holding a man with a bruised face, "Brother Tang, this is...".

Chapter 19 Tang Shuan gave birth to a capable son

Seeing that Tang Shuan did not speak, Liu Lizheng knew that he must have heard about the sale of paddy fields, and his face was a little bit awkward, but after all, he is a well-known scene person with a radius of tens of miles, and the embarrassment disappeared in an instant, "Tang Brother, you and I grew up rolling mud by the Shuanglong River together. For so many years, I have always felt that you are not as good as me. It is only now that I know that your brother is much better than me. You gave birth to a good son! Just you This son, not to mention being the first to establish a family, is also very promising in the future. Compared with this, what else is it? What a blessing, what a blessing!" After patting Tang Shuan on the shoulder, Liu Lizheng went out with a sigh went.

When he reached the door, Liu Lizheng turned his head and said, "Brother Tang, you can rest easy and recover from your wounds. I will take care of the Chen family and make sure they don't dare to come to your door to cause trouble again."

As soon as he left, there was only a family of three left in the house, and the three of them didn't speak for a while.

It was Tang Que who broke the silence first, "Father, mother, that place...".

"If the land is sold, it will be sold. The annual rent of [-] acres of slope land is worth an acre of slope land. It is equivalent to my son, you exchanged [-] mu of paddy field for [-] acres of slope land. Your father is not confused. Is this account worth it?" I can figure it out. Not to mention that you still used this acre of paddy field for today’s big event, and also made friends with Liu Lizheng.” When Tang Shuan opened his mouth, the tears that had been stretched in his eyes immediately rolled down , even with Tang and Zhang around him, "What is the land, as long as people become tools, they can be set up sooner or later. You are not angry at selling paddy fields. Dad is happy. I am glad that my son has finally grown up and can support this land." The door is closed. As long as you can see this, even if you send the paddy field away, dad will be happy, happy!".

Tang Shuan was crying while speaking, he heard everything that was said clearly, he was so happy.He has lived a cautious life all his life, and he is recognized as a good old man wherever he goes. Even he himself knows that many people in the village laugh at his useless life. What is he trying to live like a useless person? The only single seedling of the Tutang family will be promising in the future, and today he has seen it with his own eyes. Compared with his son who has grown up and established a family, what is that acre of paddy fields worth?What's more, after today's incident, Tang Shuan himself understood that the paddy field was the root cause of the disaster, and his family's current situation really made it impossible to keep it.

It has been more than four months since Tang Que traveled here, and Tang Shuan has never said so many words, and the words are so revealing.More often he is a typical image of ancient farmers in Tang Que's eyes. There are two biggest characteristics. First, he is short in speech, and even reticent when he speaks; It was only after seeing him that Tang Que really understood why the literary works read by later generations like to compare farmers to old scalpers.

Tang Shuan was frugal, but by the standards of future generations, he was simply stingy, so stingy that he refused to eat even a single steamed bun, and cooking a thick meal at home during the slack season would make his face dark for a whole day.But when such a stingy person encounters his son, he not only sells the house and land without hesitation, but even cares about the most precious paddy fields just to see his son grow up.

This contrast is huge, and Tang Que felt a kind of warm family affection that can shock the soul from this huge contrast, and this is exactly what he can't ask for in later life.Although Tang Shuan was very poor, he had no great abilities, and even said he was a bit useless, but he was indeed the greatest father in the world, and this alone was enough to win all Tang Que's respect.

In the past, Tang Que also summed up all the gains since time travel, but until this moment, he really understood that his greatest gain is not being able to personally experience this great dynasty and prosperity, nor is it the perception of life after suffering, but this poor man. It is the humblest yet greatest pair of parents who want a home that doesn't even have their own house.

As for whether it is Tang Cheng or Tang Que, that's important!Anyway, he is Tang Cheng now, and Tang Cheng is Tang Que, and they are the only sons of Tang Shuan and Tang Zhang.

After what happened today, Tang Que inadvertently, without even realizing it, solved a deep knot in his heart.

"Our family has six acres of sloping land, and we don't have to pay the land rent this year. This is a great thing. We should be happy and not cry!" To comfort Tang and Zhang, later, in order to adjust the atmosphere, he deliberately said loudly: "Mother, beat a few more eggs at noon, let's spread egg oil pancakes to eat."

While wiping away tears, Mrs. Tang and Zhang replied loudly, "Ban! I'll go get the eggs right away, so that you two can have a full meal."

This is an earthen house that has been abandoned for three or four years, but because of the bubbling family affection, this dilapidated house is far warmer and warmer than the double professor building in later generations.

The house is surrounded by four walls. Only when the house is full of emotions, is it called "home"!

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That afternoon Tang Cheng didn't go to Gaoli's Zhuangzi, except for going to Liu Lizheng's house to deal with the land deed in the evening, he stayed at home the rest of the time.

Talking with Tang Shuan, helping Tang and Zhang to light a fire, reading "Selected Works of Zhaoming", and practicing calligraphy, he spent the afternoon and evening very fulfilling and happy.This is a kind of flat, lasting but heart-warming happiness that he has never experienced in the family of later generations.In short, Tang Cheng felt very happy in such an atmosphere. Occasionally, in a flash, he would think of a saying that has been widely circulated in later generations-happiness can actually be very simple.

However, from the moment he woke up the next morning, Tang Chengcheng started his busy life again, reciting classics on the road, helping with the accounts at Gao Li's Zhuangzi in the morning, and going home for dinner at noon.

However, after eating at noon today, he did not take a nap as usual, but went directly to Gao Li's Village. After taking over this errand, he has lost a lot of time. This is the first time he went to the village According to the academic journal, during the two inspections and the whole afternoon yesterday, Mrs. Gao Li did not say anything, but the more this happened, the more embarrassing Tang Cheng became. "High salary".

When Tang Cheng arrived at Gaoli's Zhuangzi, the concierge Wang Laosan was taking a nap, and it was strange to see him come in, "Why did you come so early at noon today?" Tang Cheng's time for this errand was not too short, Wang Laosan knew He has a habit of taking a lunch break.

Because of yesterday's incident, Tang Cheng was very grateful to Wang Laosan, "Yes, the accounts in the morning were a little messy, so I just took advantage of Mrs. Li's lunch break. Third brother, thank you for yesterday's incident!".