Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"Yes, Master Fuzun also said, I need to find him!" Ding Tian chuckled, "I am a good and obedient subordinate."

Wang Zuo curled his lips: "Really?"

Ding Tian remembered the scene of confronting Master Ma and the others at the gate of the prison in Niujiao County, shrank his neck, and stopped talking.

After a while, a burst of incense came out, and Wang Fugui came over after smelling it!

With him tense by the door, the two of them just kept their heads down on their work without talking.

The whole process was carried out under Wang Zuo's nose, and Ding Tian is also a clean person, especially when frying seasoning oil in a frying pan, the taste is simply amazing.

Ding Tian used a clean, brushed, and scalded a small jar with hot water in front of Wang Zuo, half filled it, sealed it, and handed it to Wang Fugui: "Take it back and store it properly. , can eat for three to five days."

"How do you eat this?" Wang Fugui was already swallowing his saliva.

"It can be eaten in any way, mixed with noodles, mixed with rice, or eaten with hot steamed buns. It's versatile." Ding Tian said: "It can also be used to stew tofu, cabbage, etc."

Because of the sufficient ingredients, even Ding Tian was very satisfied with the caviar when it was made.

"Okay, okay!" Wang Fugui hugged the small jar: "It's getting late, so let's take our leave?"'

He looked at Wang Zuo.

Wang Zuo nodded reservedly, and walked out of the kitchen. The people standing outside immediately put a black mink fur cloak on him, making Wang Zuo even more imposing.

Just like yesterday, the group left like the wind, leaving Ding Tian to stretch his waist. When he returned to the dining room, he found that the kang table had been cleaned up. Thinking of Wang Fugui's diligence, Ding Tian nodded in satisfaction. I went to boil hot water to wash myself.

Take a rest after washing, and think about the direction of future work by the way.

Aunt Jin came the next day. The breakfast was steamed buns with Lianghe noodles, with millet porridge, shredded pickles with sesame oil and a plate of garlic seeds.

"Tian'er, those people yesterday...I... insisted on letting me go..." Aunt Jin was afraid that Ding Tian would blame her, but she couldn't do anything about it. Those people were not easy to provoke.

"It's okay, if they come again later, you can go home and rest, anyway, there are so many of them, so they can work quickly^" Ding Tian comforted Aunt Jin: "You just want to take it easy."

"Those people are not easy to mess with at first glance, you should be careful..." As a woman who has lived in Fucheng all her life, Aunt Jin still has some knowledge, unlike rural women who have spent their entire lives wandering around the three-acre land .

"I see." Ding Tian went to the warehouse to look after breakfast. What gift did Wang Zuo and the others send him last time?He doesn't know.

Just by looking at the packaging on the outside, you can tell that the things inside are definitely not simple.

On top of a pile of gift boxes was a thin gift list.

Ding Tian took it down and took a look, only to see that there was a very long list of gifts listed above.

Congratulations on Ding Si Prison’s housewarming, and here’s a small gift:

A Venus red sandalwood ornament; a pair of beauty plum vases from the official kiln;

Three sets of brushes, ink, paper and inkstone are used for the top; two boards of cooked Xuan paper are used for the top, and ten catties of Xuan paper are used for the top.

Two cups of bird's nest, two catties of tremella, four catties of fungus, and four catties of dried shiitake mushrooms.

Two air-dried rabbits, two air-dried chickens, four catties of sausages, and four catties of bacon.

Four catties of nutmeg, four catties of cinnamon, four catties of star anise, and two catties of fragrant leaves.

Two pieces of red colored silk V two pieces of green colored silk, two pieces of blue colored silk v two pieces of red colored silk.

Two bolts of natural fine linen and four bolts of sackcloth; two bolts of natural fine cotton, and two bolts of coarse cotton.

This is already very rich, Ding Tian's eyes are shining!

There are also two catties of Mengdingshi scented tea, two catties of Hongzhou Bailu tea, and six balls of Pu'er tea cakes from Yunnan.

This is rare.

To put it bluntly, even Master Du doesn't have such top-quality tea.

Beidi drink more black tea, and ordinary people drink more high-flavoured tea. What is high-flavoured tea?

It was left over from making high-grade tea leaves... Mo'er.

But after seeing these things, Ding Tian felt very embarrassed. He came to eat two meals with such a big gift, and his nose is not his nose and his face is not his face. This is a bit too much, huh?

The good things had to be put away. Ding Tian put aside the golden star and red sandalwood ornament, mainly because the beauty plum vase that came out of it was not bad. In his era, this thing would definitely fetch a lot of money.

Opening the box and looking at the beauty plum vase... Ding Tian closed the box expressionlessly.

"Tian'er, why don't you read it?" Aunt Jin gave him a hand, and wanted to see what kind of gift it was.

The old lady couldn't read and didn't know what was in it, so she just moved it into the warehouse at first.

Those people looked fierce at first glance, and the old woman didn't dare to raise her head, let alone ask those Huns what they sent over?

"I thought the Meiren Plum Vase was a vase with a painting of a beauty on it... but it turned out that the painting on it was a peony flower..." Ding Tian said very frustrated, "I don't like it...."

"Anyway, this bottle was given by someone else, not bought with money, it's okay, ah!" Aunt Jin is open-minded: "If you really don't like it, you can give it as a gift someday, just send it out."

"Don't!" Ding Tian clenched his fist: "If you don't like it, keep it, it's a good thing!"

The good things produced by official kilns are not qualified to be owned by ordinary people, so they should be kept...》

For the rest, Ding Tian took a dried rabbit to Aunt Jin: "You take it home and eat it."

"No, no, no!" Aunt Jin didn't answer, "You already gave a chicken, you can keep this and eat it slowly...

Air-dried rabbits can be kept for more than a year, and if they are well preserved, they can be kept for two or three years.

"I have too much food to eat. You take it, you should be shocked." Ding Tian stuffed the packaged air-dried rabbit to Aunt Jin: "In the days to come, this kind of thing may happen often, you You're welcome."

Anyway, I can't eat so much by myself, so Ding Tian generously let Aunt Jin eat it too.

He heard about Mrs. Jin from Old Zheng Uncle, so he gave this strong old woman a high look, and now he can help.

Knowing how difficult Aunt Jin's family is going through, Ding Tian thought, with so many things on his side, can he give some to Aunt Jin occasionally as a reward.

Ding Tian said another thing to Aunt Jin: "I have another thing to tell you, over there in the prison cell, there is a batch of needlework to be done, no embroidery or anything, but it must be made strong, you See if you have time to do it? I don’t feel relieved to hand it over to others.”

Aunt Jin's eyes lit up: "Yes, yes! As long as it's not fine embroidery, I can do it. What woman can't do sewing?"

"That's good. This is an official business in the yamen, and there will be a lot of wages." Ding Tian smiled: "Okay, I'll just ask. It's enough to have a plan in mind. I'm going to work."

"Hey!" Mrs. Jin hugged the air-dried rabbit and watched Ding Tian go. The moisture in her eyes never went away, and she murmured to herself: "He is a good man, a good boy..."

Ding Tian went to the yamen, and found that Master Du was waiting for him at the door: "I'm here to see you, what... uh, do you need it?"

Ding Tian was a little puzzled, but he said politely: "I'm about to tidy it up, and I can talk to the Fu Zun in two days."

"Okay, hurry up, if you have any difficulties, if you can't find the Fu Zun, you can still come to me." Master Du greeted Ding Tian, ​​and then went to work. It seems that he also found time to come here.

When Ding Tian arrived at his office, he picked up his pen and began to write. First of all, it was the hygiene problem, this—must be done!

Prisoners have to take a bath on time, mandatory bathing, lice, fleas and the like... At worst, all hair will be shaved off!

Although this era pays attention to "the body and skin, the parents don't dare to hurt them" and so on, but the prisoner, who cares about him!

Ding Tian has very high requirements on the personal hygiene of the prisoners. There must be no lice, and they must take a bath and wash up on time, including cleaning bedding and basking in the sun.

He was writing vigorously in the room, and the old Uncle Zheng outside had looked at it several times, and turned around and sighed with other jailers: "I don't know what that guy is doing, I haven't read it for a long time. Pause, are you doing the accounting?"

"Let him do the math!" His eldest son Zheng Dang said: "Father, we are not afraid of the shadow when we are upright."

The last cell boss was so greedy, but this... a prisoner who is even more legitimate than the cell boss, who knows what kind of thing it is?

Others are also feeling uneasy, this is the man of the Fu Zun.

After Ding Tian left for work, he didn't see anyone at the door of his house, and he was overjoyed. It seemed that the Cengfan left or would not come to Cengfan for a while.

Dian Dian returned to her home, Aunt Jin had already prepared dinner.

The two rice dishes on the dinner table, as well as the fried bacon with dried beans, are full of flavor.

Wang Zuo didn't come over to eat for three days in a row, and Ding Tian also wrote a three-day work memo.

On the fourth day, he took the account book and went to find Du Zhifu.

Du Zhifu was at work, seeing him coming, he suspended the work at hand, and asked Ding Tian: "Do you need to find me? ,,

"Yes, my lord." Ding Tian took out a piece of paper: "This is the yearly allowance for the cell, as well as some odds and ends, and some things that need your permission..."

"The regulations for the cell have been prepared long ago, don't worry, there is only a little more." Master Du breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was afraid that Ding Tian would be so silent, he just wanted to use his strength, but he had nowhere to do it go?

"I want to tidy up the prison..." Ding Tian spoke again, but before he finished speaking, Master Du calmly said: "You can do whatever you want, I've been busy recently, since you have become the jailer, you have to Take responsibility, you have the final say in the cell, work hard."

This is what decentralization means.

He even told Ding Tian in a very easy-to-talk manner: "If you need to spend anything, go directly to Li Zhao. He is an experienced man, and he also manages the government's money and food in his hand. Just go to him, and he will definitely not pay for it. embarrass you

It went so smoothly, Ding Tian felt a little ashamed: "Okay, then thank you sir, don't worry, Ding Tian will never let down your trust."

"I'm going to check on the spring plowing in two days, you can make up your own mind." Mrs. Du is very talkative

What else is there to say?

Ding Tian clasped his fists and went out. Master Du was waiting for him outside: "Let's go, come with me to get the prison order."

"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Ding Tian clasped his fist again.

There are quite a lot of cases in the cell. Master Du ordered a yamen servant to notify the guards in the cell to come and pick up things. At the same time, he gave Ding Tian a sum of money: "This is the salary of the cell guard. You can pay it out."

What he meant was that Ding Tian paid the jailer as much as he wanted, because the money was not recorded in the account.

Ding Tian put the money away: "I see."

When he was in Niujiao County, he was the only one in the cell, and of course everything belonged to him, whether it was money or things.

But it's different here, so many people here rely on this little wages to support their families.

Master Du thought he would keep some... Who knew that after Ding Tian took the money, he wrote it down on the ledger. He didn't care what other people did, the ledger in his cell had to be clean. go.

The quota for the prison cell was not only enough, but also exceeded the standard a little bit.

Ding Tian followed the guards back to the cell, and announced one thing: "Come to me on business to collect your wages."

I thought I would hear cheers from everyone. After all, the money has been distributed.

Who knew that this group of people were stunned when they heard Ding Tian's announcement, and they didn't react for a while.