Chapter 33 Giving Birth to Right and Wrong
The bath was made in a large wooden barrel, and the ministry of Sun specially asked people to boil hot water for him, and he didn't know how dirty his body was, so he changed three buckets of bath water alone. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Nanfeng took a bath and changed into clean clothes, the feeling can only be described as refreshing, it turned out to be just breathing through the mouth and nose, at this time, it seems that the pores around the body can breathe, and the dullness and depression in the heart are swept away.
The clothes, though old, were clean, only slightly larger. Working in Taiqing Mountain, both men and women have to wear hats, which Nanfeng is not used to.
This courtyard is a two-lane courtyard, the north and south courtyards are connected to each other, there is a passage in the middle to walk back and forth, the front yard is inhabited, there are more than 20 wings on the east and west sides, the male miscellaneous servants live in the east, the female miscellaneous servants live in the west, and the main house is the residence of the Taoist priest, but they seem to be only here during the day, and there is another place to live at night.
The backyard is where the work is done, there is a large mill and a row of large chicken coops, as well as sheep sheds and horse sheds, and the kitchen is also here, but according to the ministry of Sun, it is only a simple processing of grain, vegetables, meat and eggs, and what the Taoist priests eat must be sent to a kitchen in Yangpo for cooking.
While familiarizing himself with the environment with the south wind, Sun Ministry's job was to drive the mule cart and take people to the Taoist priest's residence every morning to dump the toilet and send it to the Xishan field. There are five other groups of people doing this job, and because there are so many Taoists, even six mule carts need to be busy until noon every day.
After lunch, the others have to go to the West Mountain to farm and grow vegetables, so he doesn't have to go, he stays in the compound to feed the livestock, and if it is other seasons, he has to go out to harvest the grass, and in the winter the mules and horses eat the hay prepared in the autumn, and even the grass is saved.
The job is very easy, and in addition to bribery, the main reason for getting this job is that he learned to drive during the time he followed Tian Yuanzi, at this time, ordinary people did not have mules and horses, and not everyone could drive.
The place where he lived was in the first room in the east wing of the front yard, what he didn't expect was that the huge room had only four beds, if each room was four beds, these rooms would definitely not be able to accommodate hundreds of people, but after asking Sun Ministry, he knew that most of the handymen in Taiqing Mountain were farmers from the neighborhood, who came to work early in the day and went back at night, and there were not many people living here.
What surprised Nanfeng the most was that the miscellaneous servants of the Taiqing Sect still had wages, ordinary miscellaneous servants could get a hundred dollars per month, and those who drove the car could get twenty more. At this time, one copper coin can buy a bread, and twenty copper coins can buy a knife of meat, and one hundred and twenty copper coins per month is considered very high.
It was the first day, and Nanfeng had nothing to do, so he lay down in the room and rested, while thinking about what to do next.
His main purpose in staying in the Taiqing Sect was to find the person who had the best relationship with the dead Xuan Zhenzi, and then give the things to this person.
This matter seems simple, but it is very difficult to really do it, because Xuan Zhenzi has a very high status in the Taiqing Sect and belongs to the top-level figures, it is difficult for him to get in touch with the top-level figures, and if he can't get in touch with nature, he can't observe and understand.
But since he has come here, he is not in a hurry to leave, Taiqing Sect has strong financial resources, stay here at least not worry about food and clothing, in addition, you can also take the opportunity to learn the text, Taiqing Sect nine scriptures He has memorized by heart, but if you don't understand the text, you don't understand the meaning of the scriptures.
After entering the mountain, his biggest feeling is that the Taiqing Sect is very large, and there is a strict hierarchy here, and the respect and humility are particularly obvious, it is difficult to imagine that his master was once a disciple of the master here, if Tian Yuanzi did not make a mistake back then, he would be the head of the Taiqing Sect in the future, and he would also be the protector of the Liang State.
At this time, ordinary people have two meals, but the mountain is three meals, in the evening, the servants who work from all over the place come back, the backyard is open, the south wind also took the bowl and chopsticks, the dinner is brown rice, although it is not as good as the yellow rice eaten at noon, but it is full, and the vegetables are salty lotus root and eastward melon soup.
There were a lot of people at dinner, so many people, and no one paid attention to the south wind. After eating, most of the people went back, and the courtyard was deserted.
Several of the people in the same room with Nanfeng were older than him, a crooked mouth in his twenties, and this person didn't have a bright head. There are also two fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys, who have never entered the mountain gate this year and knelt down to beg to stay in Taiqing Mountain.
That night Nanfeng had a fight, one of the teenagers found fault and provoked, wanted to bully him, without waiting for the other party to come over, Nanfeng picked up the bench and went to a strange place, always have to experience such a time, if you are cowardly, you will always be bullied in the future.
Nanfeng's bench was full of strength, and directly smashed the young man to the ground, and the other person wanted to help, but seeing that he was so fierce, he didn't dare to step forward, Nanfeng took the opportunity to make up a bench for the young man who was screaming and scolding and wanted to get up, and this time broke the other party's head.
The matter was big and alarmed Sun Ministry, and Sun Ministry naturally wouldn't do anything to him, so both sides gave him a few words, and then dragged Nanfeng out and warned him not to be too fierce.
Nanfeng bowed his head and admitted his mistake, and Sun Zhishi went back to the room.
The atmosphere was definitely not good that night, but Nanfeng didn't regret making the first move, he didn't have as much strength as the other party, and if the other party made the first move, he wouldn't have a chance to fight back.
Everything has pros and cons, food and clothing on the mountain is not worried, but you have to get up early in the morning, the bell tower on the top of the mountain will hit the bell on the fourth watch, and as soon as the bell rings, they have to get up to work.
Six mule carts, each with nine people, were responsible for different areas, Nanfeng and the other two cars were responsible for dumping the toilets of the lower temple, and the three cars had different divisions of labor, and Nanfeng and the others were responsible for dumping the toilets that had been awarded to the Taoist priests.
Nanfeng thought that the toilet would be very dirty, but he didn't expect it to be like that at all, saying that it was a toilet, but it was actually a larger urine jar, and after pouring it, scoop it with a wooden spoon and flush it, and then put it back.
He didn't have to do that, but he wounded one last night, and one less to work, so he got out of the car and moved it with the others.
During the chat, Nanfeng learned that the residences of different levels of Taoist priests were different, those Taoist children who had not been granted a room for five to ten people, two Taoist priests in the lower hall had a room, those Taoist priests in the Zhongwei Hall had one room by themselves, and the real people in the Shangxuan Hall each had an independent small courtyard, and there were also special servants and miscellaneous servants.
Nanfeng wanted to take the opportunity to find out what had happened in the mountains before, but he finally held back, just came, asking too many questions would easily arouse the suspicion of others, so it would be better to talk about it after a while.
Although the lower hall is far away from the mountainside hall, the south wind can still hear the sound of chanting from the main hall, the morning class and the evening class are the homework that the Taoist priest must do every day, most of the Taoist priests have to participate, only the real person of the Xuan Hall and the old Taoist priest of the collection hall can be absent.
Before the end of the Taoist morning class, they left the living area of the Taoist priests and drove the dung water to the fields of Xishan, where there are thousands of acres of fields and nearly 100 acres of vegetable gardens, but it is winter, there are no crops, only a small number of vegetables.
Just when Nanfeng was surprised how the Taoist temple could have so many fields, a middle-aged worker told him that these fields seemed to be a lot, but the mountains were still not self-sufficient, and every year the imperial court would reward a large amount of grain and rice to subsidize the consumption.
After being busy in the morning, it will be fine in the afternoon, and the south wind can't be idle, so he takes the initiative to clean all parts of the courtyard.
A few days later, Nanfeng was already familiar with life on the mountain, and he followed the rules every day, and really did a good job of living and working, not giving birth to right and wrong.
In addition to cleaning the courtyard, after getting acquainted, Nanfeng will also go to the kitchen to help, there are mostly some women, seeing that he is diligent and clever, there are people who want to be a matchmaker with him, Nanfeng is not old, he is not interested in the affairs of men and women, only when they laugh, and they don't take it seriously.
After a month like this, when it was time to pay the salary, Nanfeng first gave Sun Ministry twenty copper coins after receiving the salary, and Sun Ministry, seeing that he was so sensible, liked him more and more.
The rest of the Nanfeng did not take it away, but asked someone to buy some wine and tea from outside, gave two bags of tea and Lingxizi, and shared the rest with the people around them.
When a person does not value money and does not care about gains and losses, his popularity is naturally good, and there are also literate people in the secular palace, knowing that he is illiterate, they will teach him in their spare time.
One afternoon, Nanfeng was repairing the wheels and purlins with several other coachmen, and Sun Ministry came, followed by a Taoist priest in his early thirties, who knew Nanfeng and was an assistant of the Xiahe Temple.
"That's him. Minister Sun pointed to the south wind and said to the Taoist priest.
"Your name is Nanfeng?" the Taoist priest asked.
Nanfeng stood up and saluted the priest, "I've seen the mage." ”
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