[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

Shangzhi six years, spring.

Discouraged, I threw half of the rags in my hand on the rack, and fell headfirst on the loom.It’s too difficult, and I don’t know how to use it at all, but this thing cost more than half of my savings, so it’s a pity to throw it away. It’s a pity that I have to pay someone to carry it to the pawn shop, plus the depreciation rate. big.

It is too unrealistic for me to rely solely on embroidery and laundry to make money.

Caiyun Kingdom also has a household registration system, and the enforcement of the system has become stricter due to the passage of time. Since I lost my position in the All-Commerce Federation, I can only run around by holding the Blue Gate sign.In this small village, I was allowed to settle down in the village only by relying on righteous education, and I obediently got my household registration.The location is remote, the government did not grant land according to the rules, and the tax collection was on time. As an immigrant without land, I could only make a living elsewhere.

I don't want to do long-term jobs for others. Although the income from doing odd jobs in the county is good, I still want to find a more stable livelihood.When I have a long-term plan, I can save some money for retirement.

I straightened up, patted my cheek, and continued my struggle with the damned loom.

"Mr. Zhang!" One of the children I was studying with, a little dog, ran over bouncing around, with a look of big news to tell, winking, and so cute.

I stopped what I was doing, took out a handkerchief and turned around to wipe his face, "What's wrong?" The child was always associated with mud for some reason, and after running for a day, there was no clean spot on his body.

"I tell you," said the puppy mysteriously, "you are going to get married!"

"..." I don't know how to react except for a little bit.Why don't I know I'm getting married?

According to the little dog, it means that a cousin of mine came, brought some fruit cakes, and said he was going to match me, and he was sitting at the village chief's house.The puppy also said that the aunt next door was clamoring to use me as a housefill for a man from a certain family, but my cousin waved his hand domineeringly, and said on the left that the elder brother is the father and on the right. The family agreement has been decided, saying that his marriage has been decided, and he is here to hire today, so there is no need for others to talk too much.

"Mr. Zhang." The puppy blinked and looked at me shyly.

I snorted, and laughed, "What? Give Mr. some information, report some letters, and still care about the reward?"

"No, I, I didn't!"

I smiled and patted the boy's head, stood up and took out a handful of small sugar figurines from the bamboo basket on the table, and handed them to him, "You take care of Mr., teacher, thank you. This time , you can take two sticks, and for the others, you can be a representative and distribute them to other students, okay?"

"Yeah! Okay, I got it!" The puppy opened its mouth happily, and hopped away.

I thought about it, and went out to the house of the most gossipy aunt in the village, squatting outside the window of her house and listening to the corner.Although I don't know much about farming, but seeing the puppy roam freely, I know that today's work is over, and it's time for a short time again.

"Oh, the eldest sister of the Zhang family is finally getting married. It's really great." A young woman who was holding a baby but was a bit younger than me said, "With her here, the dead in our family The eyeballs are looking straight at her, and her legs can't move. Let me tell you, this vixen is not married at this age, so he must be a dirty person. Pooh! She has a good wife and said she is a county. The master’s filling in the house is really the world’s best pie.”

"Yo," another aunt said, "He has gone to be an official's wife, why are you sore? You can't even recognize a few words in your own name?"

"What's there to be proud of? What's the use of a woman being able to write? It's reasonable to be able to have a baby. At this age, I don't know if I can give birth."

A certain old lady said: "The most important thing is to be able to seduce a man, have a good body, and lie down on the pit, won't it be enough? I think she is at her age. It is just right for her to fill a house. Staying in the village is also a disaster. It’s a blessing to be a wife of an official.”

"Tsk, I don't know where the scumbag came from. It's staying in our village, so I won't leave now." A certain student's mother said disdainfully, "It wasn't for the sake of my baby's study, so I kicked her out with a broom. God knows how to smile at a man, and people can't understand what he says, isn't it just a face."

"Oh, old Zhang's family, you don't understand now, stinky men like this. Who in our village wants to touch other people's little hands?"

Hiding outside, I raised my hand and touched my face narcissistically.

The women in the house spoke more and more badly. After I got the information, I shrugged and stopped listening, and went home to continue weaving.Being criticized is expected.

But if you say what you say, don't force the marriage.

Zhang Zehe, who claims to be the eldest cousin of my uncle’s family, is an old man who is nearly 60 years old. He carried the wedding cake into my house confidently, and told me to prepare to get on the sedan chair next month in front of everyone in the village.The village head and other men stood inside the house, the women stood outside the house, and the puppies and other children surrounded the outermost layer, bouncing around and poking their heads out to watch the excitement.

I smiled, fastened the thread, and stood up, "I don't know who you are?"

Zhang Zehe choked, blushed, and said with a thick neck, "I'm your first cousin!"

I habitually wanted to roll up my sleeves, but my hands were empty, only to realize that I was wearing narrow sleeves, and there were no sleeves to gather. I lowered my head and smiled, and continued: "I have never seen you before, so I have this doubt, I still hope you Don't be offended."

"Hmph! Now you know. Don't worry, your sister-in-law will..." he said loudly.

I smiled and listened, and when he finished speaking, I slowly said: "Prove?"

"What?"

"You are the proof of my eldest cousin. I have never seen you since I was born. This inexplicable person will decide my life's major event. I should be more cautious, thinking about it?"

Anyway, I tricked him away temporarily, and sent away the surrounding villagers. I closed the door and continued weaving.This Zhang Zehe is indeed my cousin. I saw the family crest on his cuff, and his age and family relationship match.Not having a family crest doesn't mean you're not from your own family, but if you have one, it's probably true—who has the patience to imitate the crest of a small family?

In the evening, he casually ate a sesame seed cake, went to bed, and left the village before dawn the next day to visit Zhang's ancestral hall.It's not far from Longqing County, only half a day's journey away. I took a bamboo basket and took a bullock cart of a big man in the village, and I arrived soon.

The guard of the tomb is an old member of the Zhang family. He was surprised to see me passing by every now and then, but after two years, the old man has gotten used to me not coming to watch festivals. , and waved to me calmly, haha.When I first came back two years ago, I thought that the Zhang family would collapse and the cemetery would be left alone, but I didn't think the old man was still there.He said that Zhang Zechi, the fifth cousin of the second uncle's family in Beijing, sent someone to send money and asked him to continue to take care of the family tomb of the third room of Zhang's family.The graves of Zhong Jietong and his parents are far away in the state capital, but I also went to see them during the Ching Ming Festival, and they were also taken care of-it is said that Huang Shangshu, the household department of the capital, gave someone to take over the care.I know a lot of people, but according to my character of hiding my head and showing my tail, there are not many people who really have friendship.

"Miss." The old man handed me four letters.

"Thank you." I stuffed it into the bamboo basket and returned after lunch.

I carried a bamboo basket and held an umbrella, and walked on the country road... in pain.It's still early spring, and the weather was still pleasant a few days ago, but when I went out, the sun was shining brightly, what's the matter?unlucky.

Back in the village, as the sun was setting, I bent over to draw water from the well at the entrance of the village, wet my handkerchief, and spread it on my face.Huh~ The sun hits the face, and the cheeks are hot.But Heizhou is located in the north after all, and the temperature dropped as soon as night fell. I felt cold after resting by the well for a while.I threw the wooden bucket into the well again, pulled the handle by the well to fetch another bucket of water, wiped my face and neck again, put away the handkerchief, picked up the bamboo basket and walked back.

Looking at the red clouds in the sky, I slightly raised the corners of my mouth.

Why are these people making me feel happy every time I come back from grave sweeping?

Wealthy people know themselves, and poor people know others.

Back in the house, I lit the oil lamp, sat at the table and read the letter.The letter on the front was from Lan Xuena, talking about the sunny spring and white snow in Lanzhou, and talking about his beloved fourth brother Lan Qiuying, and laughed at his younger brother's love road that seemed quite bumpy, but actually fell in love with the new generation of the Piao family. the Great Miko.In addition, he talked about the fifth younger brother, Lan Longlian, and said that he wandered somewhere and caused disasters, causing the locals to rip off their hair, and turned into a town full of bald heads. Li Shen, you can rest in peace, poof.Some daily interesting things, he wrote a full five sheets of paper with his exquisite hairpin lowercase script.

I took out some pens and paper, and returned six sheets of paper to him with the oil lamp——I wrote less than him, and he would complain about my ruthlessness again.

While writing, while recalling interesting things, I feel much better.Life in the countryside is actually more bitter than sweet. At the beginning, I couldn’t even wear poorly made clothes, and I got rashes all over my body. After I endured it, I managed to endure it; How much blood has been rubbed on my palms; there are also dry and hard pancakes, which choke me enough... and so on, there are too many things I am not used to.But when I wrote, I thought about writing interesting things in my heart, thinking hard about the beauty, and after scouring my memories over and over again, only the best parts remained.The puppy fell into the latrine the month before last; Xiaohua next door slipped out to play at night, her parents thought she had been snatched away by wolves, and finally returned home safe and sound, and the whole family hugged and cried after being slapped by her mother; His little grandson tried to snatch food from the yellow dog Awang at the end of the village, but he was chased to the brim, and one person and one dog ran away for ten villages...

After writing, I pressed the paper with a stone, let the evening wind dry it, and opened the second letter.This is an unknown handwriting, but "Third Miss" is written on the envelope.Curiously, I took it apart to look at it, and then I was stunned for a long time.It was from Hei Yaoshi, and the letter didn't contain a single redundant word, it just asked me straight to the point if I wanted to marry him.

After I ran away from Bizhou back then, I didn't take the initiative to contact anyone, but interested people came to the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall one after another, and this letter was the first letter Hei Yaoshi wrote to me in two years──Eyelid I couldn't find anyone at the bottom, so it should be said that the power and intelligence network of the Hei family are not as good as those of the other families... I let out a laugh, and under the dim light, I buried myself in my pen to reply.

But I wrote and threw it away, I don’t know how to write, all I can see is the scene of the flaming phoenix flowers scattered all over the sky under the rising sun, and what’s more, Hei Yaoshi did his best to help without saying a word during the disaster relief that day, not afraid Dirty, not afraid of tired serious expression.

For the first time, I had a serious suitor.

I picked up Hei Yaoshi's letter again, read it carefully, and thought for a long time before writing again.

I like this person regardless of Fengyue, so I should answer more simply.

Slowly dry the ink on the letter, seal the reply letter, and then carefully put away the letter Hei Yaoshi gave me, and put it in the rough purse beside me, then clasped my hands together, holding the purse, for a while Just let go.By the way, I also sealed the reply letter to Lan Xuena──Speaking of which, I still don’t know who this friend is among the triplets Xue, Yue, and Hua.

But it doesn't matter?

When I was about to pick up the remaining two letters with a smile, the little monkey who was also my student ran in sneakily.

"Mr. Zhang, run!"

"What's wrong?"

"My uncle and the others took money from your family, and they are going to catch you on the sedan chair tonight!"

"..." I twitched the corner of my mouth.When I returned to Longqing County today, I also asked acquaintances, and they said that the magistrate of Anshan County, who was hired by my eldest cousin, was interested in my background to help him in his official career. If you are in trouble, you will never refuse, so you come to ask for marriage.

In vain, I thought that Zhang Sanniang's name still had a bit of prestige, but I didn't expect to be targeted by people.

"Mr. Zhang! My mother told you to hide with us first, to escape tonight, and leave the village early tomorrow morning!" The little monkey scratched his cheek anxiously.

The letters were all sent to the Zhang Family Ancestral Hall in Longqing County. Not many people knew exactly where I was.How did people find it?It is hard not to have a family, but some relatives who don't care about it are also troublesome.I sighed, not everyone in the clan can afford to challenge, but fortunately Zhang Zehe is only of the same generation, and it would be really troublesome if he was of a higher generation.I thought about it, nodded to the little monkey, packed up the important things and left immediately.

When we arrived at the little monkey's house next door, his mother went to watch outside the house, so I followed the little monkey and hid under the bed board in the house.I hugged my knees and looked outside, but when I turned around, I saw the little monkey's eyes sparkling with excitement in the moonlight, and I couldn't help but pull the corners of my mouth.The children probably don't know what's going on, it's fun to watch.I smiled and rubbed the child's head.

Before the person came, the little monkey told me what he overheard from his uncle, saying that the county magistrate gave the eldest cousin a whole 20 taels of gold as a bride price, so the eldest cousin who was not well-off Follow me closely.As for the county magistrate, the little monkey said that he couldn't understand what they said, and only knew that they said "San Niang" and "Quan Shanglian".

"Little Monkey," I patted his head again, "Thank you."

"Sir, are you not afraid?"

I smiled and said: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up." Looking at the child's adoring eyes, I added embarrassedly: "Actually, it's not that I'm fearless, it's just that I have a plan in my heart, so naturally I'm not afraid."

"Sir, my mother said that you have a big heart and don't even want the county master." I was choking and didn't know how to explain to the child, but the child continued: "But I don't think the county master is a good person. Grandpa I’ve said it, people with three white eyes are not good people, look at his eyes, they’re all turned to the sky.” Sometimes the county magistrate would patrol the village to put on a show, and the little monkey ran to have a look, so he also recognized the magistrate of Anshan.

I am located in a neighboring county a little further north than Longqing County, which belongs to Anshan County.Maybe he leaked my news while patrolling the county?

Leaving aside this section, I laughed out loud when I heard what the little monkey said, covered my mouth tightly, and managed to suppress the laughter, "It's okay, everyone has their own opinions, I'm really not very sensible. "If I had behaved better, I wouldn't have gotten the field today.

"Sir, I won't be able to go to school after you leave." The little monkey rubbed the back of his head, "I know that I will never be the number one scholar in my life, but, but I want to study. In the past, my father was banned because he couldn't read. You lied, and you were forced to die."

I sighed secretly, put my arms around his shoulders, and said in a warm voice: "Everyone has their own opportunities, I am born with a talent that will be useful, and there are fools among the champions." Stupid Zheng Youshun.

"...Mr. Zhang, what do you mean by being born with something useful?"

"..." I tilted my head and coughed lightly, and patted his cheek lightly, "That is to say, everyone has something they are good at. Some people are good at reading, and some people are good at living. Monkey, you want to be literate is a good thing, But if you can’t read it, don’t force it, as long as you can read, don’t be deceived, and protect yourself, that’s enough. No one says that being an official is nobler than farming people.” Although it is actually true.

"Is that so?" He scratched his cheek.

"Respecting others doesn't mean you have to be inferior." I poked the little monkey's strong arm, "Look, how capable you are, other people are crazy in the fields when you are your age, and you can turn the fields by yourself. "I whispered in his ear secretly: "Just that three-eyed county magistrate, you can beat him to death with one fist."

The little monkey blushed, "I, I will marry such a beautiful man as Mr.!"

aha?How did the topic go off track?

"You are better than my mother!"

This is not acceptable.I looked at him, "Did I do anything for you?"

"Every time you go out, you bring me delicious food, and it's so pretty!"

I grabbed him by the ear, "Your mother chooses the beautiful ones? Your mother farms and weaves every day, and all the things she gets go into your stomach. She also helps you wash and cook, scolding you." I also feel sorry for you. You have to be filial to your mother in the future, do you understand?" Son, ran away with someone after giving you candy?

I hid for a long time, and I didn't come out until the little monkey's mother said it was safe.After thanking their mother and son, I went to Longqing County again with a small burden on my back.

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