To The Land of Nevernight

At the beginning of June, the sun is shining.

The golden rapeseed flowers are blooming all over the field, which looks like a sea of ​​gold from a distance, swaying in the wind.This rape flower field is located at the west entrance of Zhaojia Village, next to a school with two entrances.

Zhaojia Village was not called Zhaojia Village originally, but many years ago there was a master Juren in the village for the first time.In order to gain some of Wenquxing's talents, the village elders took the lead and changed their name to Zhaojiacun, with the same surname as the Juren master.

At this moment, there is a lively scene outside the school.

Two middle-aged men in short shirts walked into the school carrying a wooden box.The school is also serious, sitting at the top is Mrs. Zeng, standing on his left is a handsome young man.

After the two men carried the wooden box into the school, a woman led a boy about seven or eight years old and walked in.

The woman raised her head cautiously, glanced at Master Zeng, and then looked away.Her eyes slid past the handsome young man next to her, and she let out a "huh" in surprise.Before he could speak, Master Zeng said loudly: "Kneeling saint."

The woman hurriedly said: "Son, don't hurry up and bow to the saint."

That boy didn't know what a saint is or is not a saint. His mother asked him to kneel, so he knelt down ignorantly.Obediently, he kowtowed three times to Confucius' tablet according to Master Zeng and his mother's words, and then kowtowed three more times to Master Zeng.

Master Zeng nodded in satisfaction and stretched out his hand.

Tang Shen immediately stepped forward, took a vermilion pen from the boy's family, and handed it to Master Zeng.Master Zeng held a vermilion pen in his right hand and a volume of "The Analects of Confucius" in his left hand. With the vermilion pen, he drew a circle on the first sentence, and at the same time said loudly: "The Master said, learning and practicing it from time to time is not the same as saying it."

The woman didn't understand this sentence, but she had said it to her son many times before coming to the school.As soon as the boy heard this, he quickly repeated it.

Master Zeng stroked his long beard: "A child can be taught."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Tang Shen took the ink pen and scroll from Master Zeng.

In this way, today's "opening the pen to break the fog" is over.

There are more than 70 households in Zhaojia Village, which is considered a big village in Shiliba Village.This month, there are two young children who are going to study in the school. Before they go to the school, Master Zeng will personally dementia them.At this time, Master Zeng would ask a student to help him and preside over the breaking ceremony together.This is a good job.

In the past, this person was always his distant nephew, but in the last two times, it has become Tang Shen for some reason.

The woman pulled her son up from the ground and looked at Tang Shen strangely.Before she could speak, her brother spoke.

A man who was carrying the wooden box before said: "Mr. Zeng, why do you always ask this boy from the Tang family to break the mask? I didn't say that the boy from the Tang family is no longer studying in the school. He will not be a scholar in the future. We respect him." You, I'm asking you to break through the hood, not..." I'm not asking for a bastard who hasn't even read a book!

Mrs. Zeng is the only scholar in Zhaojia Village. Those who have achieved fame do not have to kneel when they meet the county magistrate.The man didn't dare to finish his sentence, but the meaning of disgust was clearly expressed in his words.

Master Zeng: "In this Zhaojia Village, is this old man a scholar?"

The man said: "That is."

Master Zeng snorted coldly: "A year ago, it wasn't. Let me ask you, although Tang Shen is no longer studying with me, is his father also a scholar?"

The man looked embarrassed: "This..."

"When Tang Xiucai was alive, you all fawned on him and asked him to give your son Pomeng. Now that he has only been away for a year, he has completely forgotten about it. Ask Tang Xiucai's son to give your son Pomeng. Not happy?"

The man had nothing to say, and looked at Tang Shen in shame.

Tang Shen still had the same calm face, with clear eyes and a slight smile, nothing changed.

At the end of the breaking ceremony, the family gave Zeng Fuzi and Tang Shen two red envelopes, and then each gave a box of cold cakes and a basket of sweet rice dumplings, which means "cake rice dumplings", high school.

After these people left, Tang Shen said helplessly, "Sir, you can take care of me for a while, but you can't take care of me forever."

Master Zeng picked up a piece of cold cake, ate it, and said, "You know that? Half of my foot is buried in the ground, a bad old man. If you really want to save me from worrying, why don't you hurry back to study and get a good grade in the exam."

Tang Shen said innocently: "The boy's family is desolate, but he can't afford the expensive repairs."

Shu Xiu, that is, tuition fees.

Master Zeng said angrily: "I still need your Shuxiu?" As he said, he picked up a piece of cold cake and threw it at Tang Shen.

The handsome young man laughed, dodged the cold cake, picked up the red envelope unceremoniously, turned around and ran away.Halfway through the run, he seemed to remember that he forgot to take something, so he ran back to take the box of cold cakes and a basket of sweet rice dumplings.

Master Zeng's eyes widened in anger.

Tang Shen said righteously: "Ah Huang likes to eat."

"Get out of here!"

"Ha ha ha ha."

After leaving the school and walking in the field of rapeseed, Tang Shen took out a cold cake from the box and tasted it.

"Hmm... red dates, glutinous rice, dates have a strong taste, a bit like red date ice cream?" After finishing speaking, he smiled and shook his head, "It's far worse than ice cream." He said so, and as he walked, he took another Take out a piece and eat it.

When walking out of the rapeseed field, Tang Shen looked back at the school.

Blue sky and white clouds, yellow flowers in farmhouses.

"It's been two months..."

That's right, two full months have passed since Tang Shen traveled to Zhaojia Village and became this "Tang Shen".

His name is also Tang Shen.

Two months ago, he was a doctoral student at a TOP2 university in China, and he followed a professor to do a new energy consumption detection experiment.This experiment almost exhausted the energy of all the researchers in the laboratory. Tang Shen didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights, and finally calculated an important data. He closed and opened his eyes and came here.

Tang Shen, who had just arrived in ancient times, was stunned. Before he could get out of the swamp of experimental data, he faced a more serious survival problem: no food to eat!

Recalling the bitter past two months ago, Tang Shen shed tears in his heart, took cold cakes and sweet rice dumplings, and came to the herbal tea shop at the head of the village.As soon as he arrived, a crisp female voice rang out: "Tang Shen! Where have you been wandering again!"

A figure in a gray cloth shirt slid forward and rushed in front of Tang Shen.

This is a short and thin little girl with dark skin. She looks about eight or nine years old, but she is a head and a half shorter than the 13-year-old Tang Shen.She stood on tiptoe and looked at Tang Shen angrily.Sweat was all over his forehead, and his body was soaked in sweat. "You didn't come all morning, and you sold a lot of fruit juice, and I sold it all by myself."

Tang Shen shook the cold cake and sweet rice dumpling: "Look what this is, I went to Mrs. Zeng's."

The girl's eyes lit up: "I'm hungry."

"All for you to eat."

Don Juan picked up a piece of cold cake and devoured it hungrily. "Zongzi is waiting to go back, I'll warm it up for you to eat."

Tang Shen: "You can eat it yourself. How much juice did you sell this morning?"

The little girl was eating cold cakes happily, but when she heard this, she stared at Tang Shen vigilantly like a she-wolf protecting her cubs: "What do you want to do? Let me tell you, you are not allowed to move a copper coin of that money, you have to Save it, it will be your tuition fee, you have to go back to study!"

Tang Shen didn't answer, he looked at the little girl's sweat-wet clothes and frowned: "Why don't you drink some fruit juice to relieve the heat?"

"If you don't drink it, it will be sold for money!"

Tang Shen directly poured a glass of juice and handed it to Ah Huang. At first the little girl was not happy, but finally took it.She took a sip cautiously and narrowed her eyes comfortably.

The proprietress of the herbal tea shop smiled and said, "The boy from the Tang family is here? Don't worry, your Ah Huang sold a lot of fruit juice this morning. Those rascals want to bully your Ah Huang even though you're not here. I haven't said anything yet." , they were scared away by your Ah Huang. The little girl looks thin and weak, and she was very fierce when guarding the stall."

Hearing the word "Popi", Tang Shen's complexion changed.He raised the corners of his lips coldly, he was obviously smiling, but in the summer it made people get goosebumps.

"They still dare to come?"

As soon as the words were finished, a few hooligans happened to walk to the head of the village.They originally wanted to trouble Tang Juan, but when they suddenly saw Tang Shen, they were taken aback.The leader, Poppi, cursed a dirty word, sat down on the rock, and watched as Tang Shen didn't move.

Tang Shen smiled.

Poppy gritted his teeth and didn't dare to move.

The scene looked very strange.A group of rogues of seventeen or eighteen were too scared to move by a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, and no one could figure it out, feeling inexplicable.However, if two months ago, this group of rogues were hacked all the way from the east entrance to the west entrance of the village with a kitchen knife by this young man, it would not be strange to think about it.

Poppi still remembers Tang Shen's appearance at that time.He was so thin that he didn't have much flesh on his body, but his eyes were red, like a devil, holding a kitchen knife, chasing them fiercely.It wasn't until they were so frightened that they jumped into the river and ran for their lives that Tang Shen didn't catch up.

Tang Xiucai died for a year, and there were only two brothers and sisters of the Tang family left, helpless.The rogues in the village always bullied them, and it was fine in the past, but Tang Shen almost died of illness two months ago, and it was like a different person after recovering from illness.

No longer so submissive, timid and afraid of getting into trouble.First, it scares away Pompey, and also gets Master Zeng's favor.Best of all, he plucked the fruit from the unwanted sour fruit tree in front of his house and turned it into a peculiar "apple juice."This fruit juice is sour and sweet, it is very refreshing to drink in summer, and it is sold well in the village.

The husband and wife of the herbal tea shop felt sorry for the children and allowed them to set up a stall outside their shop to sell juice.No matter how much juice the two children can make, they won't be able to grab any business, and they can still help take care of them.

The little girl finished eating the cold cake: "Tang Shen, did you go to deliver fruit juice to the village chief this morning?"

"Well, what happened?"

"That glass of fruit juice costs two copper coins!" What a loss!

Someone came to buy apple juice, Tang Shen filled a cup for him, turned around and said, "What do you know, Don Juan, that's called advertising."

Ah Huang said angrily: "What advertisement, I think you are the money-spreading boy next to Master Guanyin. Also, I always feel that you have a weird expression when you call me by my name. You used to call me Ah Huang, not Tang Huang." .”

The old god Tang Shen said on the ground: "What do children know? This is called art."

In the afternoon, the weather was extremely hot, and more villagers came to the herbal tea shop to drink tea.

Herbal tea is cheap, fruit juice is expensive, but fruit juice is more refreshing and delicious.Occasionally someone comes to buy juice, and the brother and sister can earn enough money to eat.In the evening, the fruit juice was almost sold out, and Tang Shen began to close the stall.

In the distance, I saw a carriage approaching unsteadily from the path at the entrance of the village, the shaft of the carriage creaking.

Zhaojia Village is located at the junction of several nearby villages. Outsiders often pass by, but horse-drawn carriages are also rare, and they can only see it once a month.Ah Huang leaned over to look curiously, and Tang Shen followed suit.

Perhaps the weather was too hot, and the car stopped in front of the herbal tea shop.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a young man in a blue straight-length jacket got out of the carriage first.As soon as he got out of the car, he turned around to pick up the people behind him.Behind him, an elderly man stepped out of the carriage slowly.

He is old and gray at the temples, but his eyes are piercing and his back is straight, revealing a majesty.

The villagers couldn't see the way, they just thought the old man was very powerful and dared not look directly at him.In his previous life, Tang Shen had the chance to meet senior leaders of the country, and he could tell at a glance that this old man had a long-standing temperament.Tang Shen's eyes froze, and he glanced at the other party carefully.

Tang Shen: "Go home early."

Ah Huang: "Huh? The fruit juice is not sold out yet."

"Take it home and drink it yourself."

"..."

"Tang Shen! If you continue to be extravagant like this, sooner or later our family fortune will be ruined by you!"

Tang Shen thought to himself: You don't need him to lose with your private money, and you can't even buy lamp oil for three taels!

The author has something to say: Tang Shen: I thought about it, our family has no money.

Don Juan: You can hold back your thoughts!