Chapter 8 Iron Rooster
The sun began to set westward, and the fort looked particularly vibrant in the sun.
There are not many jobs in the fields now, and there are not many jobs at home, so the girls have time to come out to play.
In the sun, their slightly dark faces were shining and their smiles were innocent.
"Young girl is so nice." Lao Jia happened to break up with his girlfriend for more than a year when he came here. His life was very comfortable.
At this moment, he looked at the girls muttering under the tree, looking at him from time to time, subconsciously smiled and waved his hand.
If they did this in their previous life, women would give him a blank look, then hold his head up disdainfully and walk away in high heels. If they encounter a bad temper, they would even scold him for being a scumbag!
But the girls looked at him excitedly, and someone asked, "Will he kill us?"
"No, I'm not afraid after three steps. We're seven or eight steps away!"
There was a girl who was probably curious and leaned over step by step.
Jia Ping'an was happy and thought to himself that my brother's first ambiguous relationship in the Tang Dynasty was about to happen?
"Safety……"
In the dust rolling, Yang Deli rushed over with the bookcase.
The girl exclaimed and quickly retreated.
say!
Jia Ping'an stood up in disappointment. Seeing that Yang Deli was sweating, he was so happy that he asked, "Has cousin encountered a good thing?"
Yang Deli approached and looked at the girls first. After they spit out for a while, they said regretfully: "Ping An, their butts are not big, so they can't have children. Such a little lady is not suitable for you!"
Big butt... Jia Ping'an thought hard for a while, and it seemed that among the oriental women, there were not many unmarried butts.
"The shopkeeper of the quality warehouse wanted to cheat someone half a penny, but he didn't think about it. Yang Deli is a man who can eat a handful of rice for two days. Just because of him, he also wants to make someone suffer a loss? Later, he got the hammer and chisel... So, he brought the half a penny back."
Yang Deli took out the half penny and was very proud.
Jia Ping'an was speechless, thinking that this cousin was reborn by Grandet and Huang Shiren was reborn. If he was made into a landlord, those tenants would probably not be able to survive.
The key is that you can eat a handful of rice for two days, which is quite terrible. The porridge that is cooked is probably similar to water.
"I also bought a chicken." A big rooster hung behind the bookcase, clamoring.
The smoke rose and the big rooster was stewed. Yang Deli was responsible for the fire on the side of the stove. While tidying up the firewood in the furnace, he said: "This chicken is eaten on two legs today, and the rest is filled in clay pots and placed in a well. It will not break. Eat meat for three days and soak the soup for two days. In this way, a chicken can be eaten for five days..."
As a result, after a meal, the two brothers ate a big rooster cleanly, and Yang Deli felt guilty about it.
"Cousin, we don't need this money now. We buy whatever we should buy and eat what we should eat." Although Jia Ping'an was not a rich man in his later generations, his food and drink were not bad.
Yang Deli looked at him and said seriously: "Ping An, our family has been farming for generations. Although tofu can make money, if others can figure it out by themselves, how much money can we make? If you don't save now, you will have to have three children in the future if you want to get married. When the child grows up, you will have to build a house, eat and drink, and spend a lot of money.
Although I haven’t read a book, I know one thing, that is, poor people cannot be proud of their money, they have to read it! If they can make money for three to five years, they can only spend a little money at that time. They have to save others.”
Yang Deli glanced at the clean chicken bones, his eyes full of regret.
Jia Ping'an felt it was not very good and asked, "Do you want to use the chicken bones you have eaten to make soup?"
He thought it wouldn't be possible. No matter what, the old Jia family is not short of this money now. Not to mention chicken, it is not a problem to eat mutton every now and then. If the production scale of tofu is expanded, it will be a real small landlord's house.
Yang Deli said with a look of relief: "Ping'an, do you think so too? That's right..."
Jia Ping'an looked confused...
The chicken skeleton was not left in the end. Yang Deli felt distressed for a long time, and he could hear him sighing across from the other side at night.
When Jia Ping'an was sleeping in a daze, he heard Yang Deli say, "Ping'an, when he went to the market, he heard something that the money in our Huazhou was deficient. He said that the catching households borrowed money and could not repay it. He lost a lot of money. He said that it was... two ships sank."
There were many strange systems in the Tang Dynasty. For example, there were several channels for the salaries of officials, one of which was lending. Huazhou Prefecture Yamen had a sum of money allocated from above. The Prefecture Yamen went to find the rich people in Huazhou who had a way to lend money and let them use the money to lend money and regularly send interest to the prefecture Yamen. This interest is part of the salary of officials.
This money is called public money, and these rich people with ways are called money-catching households.
No!
Jia Ping'an thought about it and felt something was wrong.
There is no wind or waves in this season. If the ship is sunk, it would be better to sink one ship. The two ships sink together, why is it like that... it is like a trick of cheating loans in the past life?
Thinking about the news that the governor Liang Bo had seriously ill in the past few days, Jia Ping'an found it very interesting.
But this matter had nothing to do with him, so he nodded and fell asleep.
The next morning, Yang Deli drove Jia Ping'an out, "You used to like to read under the tree, and from today on, you just need to study."
This cousin is really capable!
Jia Ping'an picked up a book, slowly walked to the tree, and looked at it carefully.
He is a history enthusiast, has some research on the history of the Tang and Song dynasties, and is also quite interested in the imperial examination, a powerful tool that shakes the foundation of a family.
At present, the most important thing in the imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty is regulated verse, followed by trial strategies. These two things have room for cheating for Jia Ping'an.
But now he has no idea of taking the imperial examination at all, just wants to continue living like this in Yangjiawu.
At that time, marry a virtuous wife, have a few children, teach them knowledge, and watch them become successful...
Suck!
When Jia Ping'an thought of the joyful place, he couldn't help but suck his saliva, then looked up and saw a majestic face in front of him.
This man's beard is dark and fair-skinned. Looking at his forties, his demeanor is not angry and powerful.
Jia Ping'an stood up and bowed, "I have met my father-in-law." When he bowed, he realized that the man was wearing an official uniform and his heart was shocked.
The man glanced at him, took a step back, held his right hand tightly, and could vaguely see the Buddha statue, and asked, "Is there nothing wrong with three steps?"
He was accompanied by two big men, surrounded by village chief Yang Zhongshun. The group was at least six steps away from Jia Ping'an.
Yang Zhongshun said respectfully: "Eunuch, this is what a monk said. The monk is famous and most effective in Huazhou. He said that as long as it is not a long-cherished resentment, it is actually okay to be close to him."
Envoy?
Jia Ping'an was shocked and immediately knew that the disaster had come.
In the Tang Dynasty, the envoy was basically the title of governor, and the governor of Huazhou Liang Bo was said to be seriously ill a few days ago. Is this the new governor?
The new governor just came to Huazhou and immediately came to Yangjiawu. What is he trying to do?
Jia Ping'an looked at the two big men behind the new governor, his feet were a little weak and wanted to run away.
But the fort has a wall! How can it run? He can't fly if he shouts at that time.
"Such resentment?" The man stood with his hands behind his back and said lightly: "If you talk about a such, I have already found out his traces. During these fourteen years, he spent most of his life in Yangjiawu, studied in the village for several years, and killed his husband and returned home. Who has a suched grudge with him?"
As the man said that, he stared at Jia Ping'an, his black eyes full of unconcealed vigilance.
Jia Ping'an bowed, "I have met the envoy."
He was not worried that he would be killed. After all, the nobles in Chang'an were worried that who would kill him after the broom star died, so the biggest possibility was to be under house arrest and then invite 180 monks and Taoists to suppress him.
Thinking about it, I lived in a temple, and countless people were chanting scriptures outside every day. Jia Ping'an somehow thought of Xu Xian.
But where is my white snake?
The man narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you know your sins?"
This is a pass, and then it must be a means.
Jia Ping'an was a little panicked, but he still maintained a calm posture, "Students don't know."
He is a scholar and can call himself a student.
The man sneered: "I saw you with evil spirits, which shows that you are born with a broom star. In this way, you can go to the monk to practice. If you can not harm others, you may have a good end."
The so-called practice of going to a high monk is actually a house arrest and suppression with Buddhism.
This is a possibility that Jia Ping'an had been thinking randomly before. At this moment, he was panicked, but gradually calmed down. After thinking about it, he said, "I will allow students to sort out their family matters before going."
Yang Zhongshun sighed, "Empress, this person is honest in the village."
The man nodded and said coldly, "I happened to ask me to go to the monk's place to ask and arrange something. In this way, I will come again tomorrow."
After they left, Yang Deli, who rushed over after hearing the news, knelt down and cried, "Auntie, I didn't care about Ping An. Auntie, I deserve to die for death!"
He burst into tears and beat the ground with his hands.
The villagers shook their heads and sighed in the distance, but some people showed joy, probably because they felt that the broom star was leaving and they didn't have to live a nervous life.
Jia Ping'an thought it was good to go to the temple. Isn't that Wu sister also in that... Ganye Temple? Maybe she will come out at any time.
"That treacherous minister, that treacherous minister, I want to kill him!" Yang Deli remembered his aunt's words before her death and took good care of her cousin. Now his cousin is going to go to the temple to put house arrest, what is this? So he hated the new governor to the core, and even said such taboo words.
"Treacherous minister?" Jia Ping'an was stunned.
There were not many treacherous officials in the Tang Dynasty, and this is one of the gateways of Huazhou and Chang'an. Who dares to use treacherous officials to guard it?
Yang Deli looked up and said with tears in his eyes: "It's the treacherous minister. Xu Jingzong knelt down and begged for mercy, which was embarrassing. He was still laughing at the funeral..."
Xu Jingzong?
I'll go!
Jia Ping'an couldn't help but feel happy.
Is it actually Lao Xu here?
In the early Tang Dynasty, famous officials gathered. When Li Shimin opened his own palace, he summoned some literati, known as the Eighteen Bachelors, and Lao Xu was one of them.
But Xu Jingzong is too weird and often does things that make the boss cry without tears. He is also stupid and cute. His only strength is probably the attributes of a loyal dog, plus the ability to do things. He does whatever the boss asks him to do, and it doesn't matter if he offends anyone for this.
Most of the ministers these days have their own ideas. It is impossible for a loyal dog to be a loyal dog, so it seems that the strangeness of people like Xu Jingzong.
When he came, Jia Ping'an felt that his opportunity had come, and if it was well operated, the crisis of the broom star might be over.
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Chapter completed!