Wang Lanling walked back towards his house, and when it was time to eat, people often passed by in the aisle.

In the face of many strange and familiar people, Wang Lanling also lowered his head and tried to maintain a polite smile, which could be regarded as a greeting.

Although they are members of the same family, they are not very familiar with each other.

Exhaling the hot air and hissing and inhaling the cold air, Wang Lanling trembled and returned to the house.

Heavy rag curtains kept most of the cold at bay, and the heat from cooking warmed the room.

Wang Lanling looked at her sister-in-law who came to her to cook, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I bought melon seeds, and I will eat them together later." ”

Zhang Zhu was watching the fire next to the boiler, and when he heard it, he complained: "It's spending money again." ”

Wang Lanling walked to his brother and sister-in-law's house, Wang Lanfeng was no longer there at this time, and the bicycle was also absent.

"Sister-in-law, where did my brother run away? Skipping a meal? ”

Zhang Zhu said: "He said that he would get busy when he remembered things, so we don't have to wait for him." ”

Wang Lanling lay on the bed casually, the stove used for cooking here is different from the stove used for heating, and the coal burned is two different briquettes.

The cooking should be choked, the fire is big, you must watch, otherwise it is easy to have an accident.

The burn-resistant oil used for heating burns slowly and can't heat the meal.

Firewood was not allowed to be burned in the house, and if caught, they would be whipped and, in more serious cases, driven out of the fort.

Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, firewood are in the first place, whether it is eating or heating, they are all things that must be used.

This family also pays attention to the rules, the subordinates can't use more things than the master, and the children outside the core like Wang Lanling have regulations on the monthly usage, and they can't exceed the usage of the long house.

In the cold winter, each family was given some charcoal and oil fire according to their own status.

In principle, it is not allowed to open a small stove, except for the old lady to go to the canteen to eat.

But there are people in each door, and others don't care, Wang Lanfeng belongs to one of these people.

Zhang Zhu quickly cooked the rice, and after bringing the rice pot down, he put an iron plate on it and pressed it, so that the coal fire inside would naturally be extinguished, and it would be hot for a while.

Wang Lanling looked at the noodles in his rice bowl, which were not the white noodles he imagined.

The color of the noodles is yellow and black, like cornmeal and black bread.

There is also meat, which is the kind of diced meat that has been cut into shreds.

In addition to the visible meat and the yellowed noodle soup, there are also a few yellowed slices in the bowl.

Is it a vegetable?

Wang Lanling picked up the chopsticks, he was not very hungry, he still preferred to eat vegetables.

After biting the yellowed flaky item tightly, Wang Lanling said suspiciously: "What is this?" ”

"Protein meat, there is still it in the pot, eat more, it's not enough to serve more." Zhang Zhu sat opposite Wang Lanling, holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other hand to stir some of the salty sauce on the table into the bowl.

Wang Lanling suddenly felt that he couldn't eat anymore, maybe he wasn't hungry yet.

Curious, he also used chopsticks to pick up a small portion of salty sauce, and after tasting it, he found that the taste was not very good.

I don't know how to finish this meal, Wang Lanling was in a complicated mood, and she responded to her sister-in-law Zhang Zhu's remarks of "eat, eat quickly".

After eating, he didn't know what to do, Wang Lanling took out his textbook and read the book, the teaching materials in this world are more quaint, and pencils and inks have been developed.

However, it still has a strong antique atmosphere, and it is not as simple and clear as modern textbooks.

The text is a combination of simplified and traditional Chinese, and the courses to be studied by Wang Lanling at the current primary school level are: Chinese, mathematics, legal code, music, and art.

Literature is language, and literacy and writing are at the primary level.

Mathematics is the most widely used, from addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to quadratic equations, and there are countless problems such as chickens and rabbits in the same cage.

The code of law is the law of the imperial court and the rules of celebration of festivals.

This world is more complicated than imagined, and it requires everyone to understand science, but also to understand the general situation, and to understand the dignity of the elders and the young.

Courses like geography, politics, history, etc., are not available here.

Physics is a third-year junior high school subject, and chemistry is a high school subject.

The vast majority of people only know about the events of the last hundred years, and can only rely on some rumors for things that are further away.

In terms of geography, it is even more confusing, among the hundreds of thousands of people in a county, there are very few people who have been out of the county.

Forget it, what's the matter with yourself?

As long as I am admitted to high school, I will basically have no worries for the rest of my life.

Wang Lanling comforted himself like this, he didn't want to do anything, go to a few wives, have a small building of his own, and have no worries about food and clothing, basically it's almost the same.

These are not difficult, as long as you are admitted to high school, you can get these.

The top 30 after graduating from primary school are children, the top 20 after graduating from middle school are Xiucai, and the top 10 after graduating from high school are lifters.

There are ten elementary schools, three junior high schools, and one high school in a county town.

There is only one academy, and the students are mainly the sons and relatives of some craftsmen, and the relationship between them is very complicated.

Universities are only available in state towns, and they have nothing to do with people in county seats, they are for people in county towns and state towns.

So if there is no accident, Wang Lanling can find a good errand locally as long as he is admitted to high school.

After studying for a while, Wang Lanling went to sleep.

Mainly because his sister-in-law Zhang Zhu always looked this way when he saw him reading, which made Wang Lanling feel that he was always being stared at.

***

Wang Lanfeng was called by his classmates to drink.

There were five people near the table plus Wang Lanfeng, all of whom were in junior high school together, and were later dropped out of school one after another.

These junior high school students are now officials in townships and counties, and they often get together when they have time.

Everyone drank and chatted, and soon talked about national affairs.

"This new master has taken office, it just so happened that yesterday there was a person in our county government who drank and was frozen to death, and now there is a vacant position, the master asked me to find someone to make up, let me be annoyed, where to find someone to make up."

Gao Shaohan is the longest of the five, he was dropped out of school in the third year of junior high school, and he is currently working as a record officer in the county, mainly recording the words and deeds of the county master.

Hearing Gao Shaohan's words, a man next to him said: "This is a good thing, I have an elder brother who is idle, why don't you let him go over and have a look?" ”

Gao Shaohan smiled, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile: "Medium! The brothers will help me, call two or three people each, and tomorrow morning go to the gate of the yamen to let the master and him take a look, and the rest will just go through the motions. ”

The man smiled, and hurriedly saluted Gao Shaohan again.

The rest of the people were also busy eating, drinking, and talking, although Wang Lanfeng was also envious of this matter, but he didn't think too much about it, the work in the county town was not easy to do.

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At dinner in the evening, Wang Lanfeng said, "Lan Linyou, tell you something." ”

"Ninu." Wang Lanling replied casually, he has adapted to the local dialect here.

Wang Lanfeng passed on his meaning.

"Come out with me tomorrow and go through the motions."

Wang Lanfeng made it clear about going out to drink and eat today, and after Zhang Zhu next to him heard it, he quickly asked, "What kind of official are you looking for?" ”

Wang Lanfeng said with emotion: "Director of the Dung Division. ”