Ding Tian's Ancient Life

Du Zhifu coughed softly: "What are you thinking about? Your ten acres of land was given to you by the Lin family. At least you saved their twin daughters. Don't worry, the Lin family has a great career. The grace of saving lives will be returned once I saved two of them, and of course they will give you generous rewards. Since they knew you were coming to Fucheng, their family has already sent the land deed. As for the house, it is an old house that has been accumulated in the county government of Fucheng. Because it has been in disrepair for a long time, It was almost collapsed, after I came, I sent someone to repair it, and now it can be lived in, so I bought it with money and transferred it to your name, at least you have a place to live in Fucheng."

Ding Tian was dubious: "The young one will thank the adults."

"Zijian, take Ding boy to do some things for getting a job, and then take a look at his home. Come to the government office to have a meal tonight, and tomorrow you will go to familiarize yourself with the place where you work?" Du Zhifu saw that Ding Tian drank Half a bowl of tea suppressed the shock, so he asked Mr. Du to take him out. He would not go in person for such a thing. He is a magistrate anyway.

"Yes.

"The little one goes down first."

Ding Tian also wanted to go through the formalities as soon as possible, so we'll talk about it after he's hired.

The government office went through the formalities very quickly, and because Mr. Du personally took Ding Tian with him, many people knew the new prison supervisor.

After completing the formalities, Master Du took Ding Tian out of the government office, and the owner of the car drove the car behind him to a house across the street from the government office.

This house is small, but it is more than enough for one person.

There is a small yard with two entrances, and there is also a barn, and the inside has been cleaned, and an elderly woman is standing there waiting.

"This is Aunt Jin who lives next door to you. You can ask Aunt Jin to help you with cooking, washing clothes, and so on. Just pay a sling of money every month for wages."

"Aunt Jin." Ding Tian nodded quickly: "I will trouble you later."

"You're welcome, I'll call you Tian'er." Aunt Jin is a little familiar: "I live next door, if you need anything, just tell me, I can do sewing, mending, cleaning and cleaning. Do, the skill of cooking is not bad

After getting to know Aunt Jin, the owner of the car parked the car and moved the things down, and Aunt Jin arranged with him for the luggage brought by Ding Tian.

Ding Tian took a look at the new home, it was very clean, there was no room for the first room, there were two main rooms, the middle was the living room, there were doors on both sides to pass through the hall, and there were two side rooms, one was a guest room and the other was a warehouse.

The second entrance is three main rooms, two wing rooms, the east wing is a study, and the west wing is a kitchen and dining room.

There is a hut on the northwest side of the back, and there is a place in the backyard where you can grow a la carte or something.

They are all architectural styles of this era, which are of course much worse than Ding Tian's own design, but it is already a very good place in this era, not as bad as Du Zhifu said.

What is "almost collapsing" is actually just saying that, if you don't say it, it's almost there. Can Prefect Du spend a small amount of money to buy this prime location?

Ding Tian believed that there must still be some "almost damaged" things that were dealt with at the reserve price.

As for the purchaser...the magistrate, or the master, or even some unknown people, it is possible.

This can be regarded as a "private operation, court behavior" activity.

After seeing the place, Master Du asked him, "Are you satisfied?"

"Of course I'm satisfied. If you're not satisfied, then you have other ideas." Ding Tian said cheerfully, "Thank you, sir, and thank you, Master, for taking your troubles."

Mr. Du definitely didn't do it himself to find a house, and it could only be arranged by Mr. Du himself.

"Well, let's see what else you need? The street next door is full of various shops, and you can go shopping at any time." Master Du smiled more happily: "Now, you settle down, and then go to the government office Have dinner."

"Okay, Master Du, let's go slowly!" Ding Tian sent Master Du away, and then began to toss about his new home.

Of course, I brought the bedding with me. As for the owner of the car...he had already said goodbye and left. The wages were paid by the second uncle. The owner of the car was in a hurry to go back. Extra bounty.

It's not yet noon, and Ding Tian is busy tossing about his new home again, Aunt Jin helps him put away the things he brought

"Tian'er, there is still some grain in the warehouse, as well as twenty catties of meat, two chickens, and a big goose..." Aunt Jin began to count the inventory in the warehouse.

Ding Tian didn't have the patience to listen to these things, so he waved his hands: "Auntie, I'll just take a look at it later, and you will make those things for me in the future, I'm not picky."

Aunt Jin was overjoyed all of a sudden: "Even if you are picky about food, you can't pick up my little grandson. I can feed him with such a big mouth."

The two talked and laughed, and the work was almost done.

Ding Tian did go to the barn to take a look, and the food he was given was not too much. There were fifty catties of sorghum flour, fifty catties of cornmeal, fifty catties of white flour, twenty catties of rice, and fifty catties of millet. Although it was small, it was enough for him to eat alone.

Meat is only [-] catties of pork belly, two chickens that can be chopped into pieces and put into the pot after slaughtering, a big goose, a dried rabbit, ten catties of bacon, and eight or nine sausages.

On the contrary, there is a pot of sauerkraut that is good, and there is also a pot of potatoes and radishes.

The rest of the miscellaneous grains weighed a few catties each. If he ate it alone, at least he wouldn't have to worry about this year's grain and miscellaneous grains.

Although it was still snowing in the north in February, it wouldn’t be able to freeze for a long time. Ding Tian calmly took a broiler chicken to Mrs. Jin: “It’s the first time we met, and there is nothing good. You take it home and stew it for your grandson.” make up

Aunt Jin wanted to refuse at first, and took things without doing anything, which is not good.

But when Ding Tian mentioned the little grandson, he hesitated for a moment before picking up the chicken: "That's fine, thank you Tian'er

Aunt Jin's family is living in poverty.

Her man and son died during the war, and when the daughter-in-law heard the bad news, she immediately had a dystocia. Although she managed to save her life, two years later, she still left her grandson behind.

Aunt Jin can bear hardships, but how can a woman support her young grandson?

The little things that the man and his son earned back with their lives, although a lot, can't just sit and eat. The little grandson was sent to school by her, and she divided the family into two, renting out one part for rent, and keeping the other part for herself and her little grandson. The grandson lives, and then finds lighter jobs to do.

Now this job, after the new master came, the wife in the mansion hired someone, Aunt Jin went to the back office to help, from the beginning to help, and later to help the cook, she did a good job, so she was favored by the master. She has such a job of keeping the family on the ground and paying a lot of money.

It is also not easy to take care of her, a half-wife and a little grandson.

Aunt Jin has also gone back. Ding Tian is not at home for dinner tonight, so there is no need to cook.

Ding Tian tidied up, changed his clothes, and went to the government office.

He has already joined the job, so he has a waist card, and the person at the door also knows Ding Tian today, can he not know him, the prefect and the teacher greeted him together... Prisoner.

Now everyone in prison is staring eagerly waiting for this one.

When Ding Tian entered the door, he saw Master Du coming out: "It's good that you are here, go in quickly, everyone is waiting for you."

"I'm late..." In fact, it's not too late. At this time, many people are just cooking.

Entering the government office from the side door, the front is the Yimen.

The shape of Yimen is the same as that of the gate, except that the inner eaves of the front slope are made of wooden rolling sheds.

It is said that Yimen is the gate of etiquette. Whenever a new official arrives at the Yimen, he dismounts in front of the Yimen, and is welcomed into the Yimen by the welcoming officials.

There is also the Jiaqing ceremony, when the emperor is lucky, reads the imperial decree or holds a major sacrificial activity, and the door of the ceremony must also be opened.

Ding Tian looked at the Yimen Gate and wanted to get on his stomach. It was so beautifully made that it was worth studying, even though Ding Tian was not very keen on ancient architecture.

Behind the Yimen Gate is the lobby. The lobby is of course very solemn and solemn. It is five rooms wide and three rooms deep. It is the main building on the central axis and the third courtyard of the government office starting from the gate.

There are bucket arches under the eaves, the brackets are sparse, the beam frames are ingenious, bright and spacious.

It's not good at all, the door must be kept open for many years...to express the meaning of "open and aboveboard", and the door cannot be closed.

It's okay when the weather is warm, but there can be cold weather in the north for half a year... At that time, the adult sitting in the hall will suffer.

Therefore, the lobby is generally the place where the magistrate reads the imperial edict, meets with officials, and holds important ceremonies.

Don't use it easily.

The second hall behind the lobby is where government officials handle general public affairs. The second hall not only has the main hall, but also several side yards. They are all places for ancient civil servants to handle official affairs, so there is a very solemn and majestic atmosphere here.

Of course, the distance from the gate to the second hall is a bit far. If you want to see the magistrate, you have to report to the level. Here, some government servants on duty can earn a little bit of gray income...

More than 20 meters through the gate of the second hall is the third hall, which is the place where the magistrate receives superior officials, discusses political affairs, handles official affairs and entertains guests temporarily. After that, it is the backyard of the government office. Their residence is easily inconvenient even for men, unless they are blood relatives.

Master Du took him directly to the third hall after passing through the hall.

There is a large living room in the third hall, and now the living room is full of people.

This place can basically hold all the people who have some real power and have the final say in the yamen.

In fact, there are only thirty or fifty people. It looks lively, but everyone is actually waiting.

"Let me say, Catcher Tian, ​​do you really think that newcomer is particularly easy to get along with?" As an old jailer in the cell, he has worked in the prison all his life.

Suddenly one day, a magic spell fell from the sky on his head, which made people feel disgusted.

It's okay if you're a talkative person, but if you're a fool... that's not enough to worry about!

"Old Uncle Zheng, don't worry, Ding Tian is a good boy." Tian Jing smiled to reassure the restless old jailer: "Nothing will happen to him."

Old Uncle Zheng still doesn't quite believe that he can give the master the position of prison supervisor with a flick of a pen, and he can be a small official of the ninth rank. Can he be a simple person?

The master has been in Beifeng Mansion for a year, and the first person he transferred here was the prison officer Ding Tian.

"Old Uncle Zheng, what's the big deal in your cell?" Wu Kai, the squad leader next to him, was upset: "Did we do anything wrong?"

"Shut up." Tian Jing shouted unhappily: "What is your status? If you dare to yell at Old Zheng Shu here with the master, do you believe that the master will pay you back later?"

Wu Kai was honest right away: "I just think, old Zheng Shu don't need to be so nervous, this is our territory after all..."

"It's different, the situation in the prison is different. Of course you can get by outside, but we can't do it in the prison..." Old Uncle Zheng rubbed his hands: "My son just came in to work, so what?" I don’t know, what if I commit a taboo?”

"Your Zheng Dang is a good young man. I heard that he is also a good outsider. The servants eat public meals, and he is not the only one who has the final say." Wu Kai comforted Old Uncle Zheng: "It's a big deal, let Zheng Dang come It’s okay for me to work here, or work under Boss Tian’s subordinates. You don’t have to hang yourself from a tree, do you?”

Others were also whispering about Ding Tian. This prison officer who seemed to have fallen from the sky became the protagonist of today's topic.

Just as he was talking, Master Du led Ding Tian in...