Chapter 2 Prosperous Folk Customs

After living for two lifetimes, Li Su finally encountered a food crisis.

This is the helplessness of the poor, survival has become the biggest problem, Li Su's previous life was very rich, he has never tasted what it is like to be hungry.

It tasted really unpleasant.

Li Su felt that he should be regarded as a smart person, and a smart person can always use the simplest and most effective methods to solve the most difficult problems.

So Li Su decided to use simple and effective methods to solve stomach problems.

Li Daozheng was still lying on the bed with his head facing in and his back facing outward, hunched over like a prawn, and even snoring loudly.

"The heart is really big...... Li Su was a little envious of his father.

Theoretically speaking, at this time, it should be the father who is looking for rice to put in the pot with a sad face, and Li Su, a child who is only fifteen years old, should be carefree and snoring on the bed.

Now this family atmosphere is very abnormal.

Li Su unceremoniously knocked the empty clay pot in his hand properly, and the noise quickly disrupted the rhythm of Li Daozheng's snoring, and then the snoring stopped and his breathing became heavier.

The corners of Li Su's eyes jumped, this was a bad omen that his father was going to smoke him.

So Li Su hurriedly said: "Dad, there is no food at home. ”

"Huh?" Li Daozheng didn't get up, but just turned his head and glanced at Li Su.

"What kind of food is there in the house, ......" Li Su had to repeat.

Li Daozheng hummed again, continued to turn his head inward and his back outward, and grunted: "Baby, are you hungry for food, and the Shi family will borrow some food (if you are hungry for food, I will go to the Shi family to borrow some food tomorrow......"

Li Su: "............"

What an irresponsible father, Li Su really wants to find his physical predecessor to learn from the experience, and ask for advice on how he has survived in the past fifteen years.

"Hungry?" Li Su was not very satisfied with this answer.

Posing as weak as a cool breeze, Li Sumeng looked at his father: "I'm still a child......"

This time, Li Daozheng didn't even bother to turn his head back, shook his hand with his back to him, chased the flies in a standard motion, and then continued to sleep.

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After coming to the Tang Dynasty for three days, Li Su gradually understood a truth.

If the father is unreliable in a family, then the son must be reliable.

So Li Su decided to make himself a reliable person.

It was night, the villagers had gone to bed early, and the village was dark and silent, except for the occasional dog barking or two.

Tonight's hunger was a foregone conclusion, Li Su sighed, went out in the dark, searched around the firewood, and found a few straight logs, a thick wooden stake, two very round pebbles, and a small piece of sheepskin that had been stored for a long time.

Scooped a scoop of water from his own water tank and drank it, and his hungry rumbling stomach finally eased slightly, and then Li Su rolled up his sleeves and started work.

The only tool at home is just a firewood knife with an open mouth, and he can't afford to use an oil lamp, so he has to light a few firewoods in the yard, and with the dim red and swaying firelight, Li Su uses a firewood knife to scrape and polish the wood he found one by one, and the red firelight reflects his young and immature face, and in his eyes as bright as stars, there are faintly two fireworks jumping endlessly.

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It was dawn, and Li Su got up rubbing his sleepy eyes.

I didn't sleep well all night, Li Su was still growing his body, it was still difficult to stay up without eating, his stomach was empty and he was uncomfortably hungry, and he got up in the middle of the night and poured cold water several times to suppress the surging hunger.

Li Daozheng got up earlier than Li Su, and there was no one inside or outside the house, so he didn't know what to do.

In the courtyard is quietly placed Li Su's masterpiece from last night, and some strangely carved objects are unknown for unknown purposes.

Tie up the pile of things tightly with hemp rope, and Li Su carried them out on his back.

Li Su's family is a farmer, simply put, a tenant, the tenant has no land, can only help the landlord farm the land, and pay the rent on time every year.

It is said that in the early years, the ancestors also came to Taiping Village with the fleeing people, but the ancestor of the Hu family was the highest IQ in this group of refugees, and he was also the most restless, after settling in Taiping Village, he not only farmed, but also sold some knick-knobs such as needlework and iron hairpins from the city to sell in the village, and the villagers bartered with grain when they had no money to buy, and then sold the grain into the city.

After coming and going, the Hu family quickly accumulated original capital, and the business became bigger and bigger, and it is said that three shops have been opened in Chang'an City. In the past ten years, there happened to be a few more natural disasters, so nearly half of the land in Taiping Village was bought by the Hu family, and many villagers became tenants of the Hu family for some reason, including Li Su's family.

Li Su's destination after going out was the Hu family.

The mood was a little apprehensive, and along the way, Li Su's mind kept coming to mind the appearance of Ge You wearing a melon skin hat, and his mouth was yin and yang, "The landlord's family has no surplus food......

If Landlord Hu really looked like this, Li Su decided to give him a middle finger in front of him, anyway, he definitely didn't understand what it meant.

The Hu family's house is not far from Li Su, two miles or so to arrive, although it is a big family in the village, but the Hu house looks only a little more magnificent than the ordinary villagers, there are two stone lions standing at the door, the lion carver is very poor, small and obscene, cringe around the gate in fear, and even the earth dog guarding the door is not as good as the majesty.

Li Su felt a little comforted in his heart, it was so obscene to put a stone lion, which shows how unwilling Hu Dahu is to break away from the masses, how approachable he is, the Hu family must not be taking the cold and glamorous route, and the matter of getting food has finally seen some light.

The main gate is not allowed to go to the village, this is the rule agreed between the classes, unless Jingyang County order to visit, ordinary people are not qualified to go to the main gate.

Li Su was very sensible and bypassed the main gate, and came to the small open side door to the west of the Hu family, in front of the door, a middle-aged man in linen cloth was slowly sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground, Li Su squinted and looked at it, and was happy in his heart, he knew this person, the housekeeper of the Hu Mansion, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

The housekeeper raised his eyes and looked at him: "Kid of the Li family, what are you doing here?" ”

"Come to the hut ......"

"What?" The housekeeper was a little incredulous.

"Find a thatched house."

The broom swept towards Li Su's head with the momentum of wind and thunder, and Li Su's eyelids jumped and quickly dodged.

"There is no rule for cowardly melon peels, run to the old man here to find a thatched house, and go back and ask your father to kill you." The housekeeper pointed at Li Su and scolded.

"Something, something!" Li Su hurriedly said: "Butler, you are angry, there is really something." ”

"Say, what's the matter? If you can't say a word, I'll discipline you for your father. The butler was huffing.

Li Su is not angry, he has experienced a lot in the past few days, and found that although the temper of the men in Guanzhong is not good, but from their words and words that are splashing with the smell of Mars, there is still a cordiality and straightforwardness, Li Su likes to deal with such people, and he is not tired.

"Renovate the thatched house for your family, and from then on, it will be a ......pleasure for your Hu family to go to the thatched house," Li Su advertised.

The housekeeper was stunned: "What enjoyment?" ”

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It is better to explain thousands of times than to show him directly, the housekeeper had no choice but to take Li Su to the Hu family's thatched house, and then frowned and stared at him with an unkind face.

Li Su ignored him anymore and laid out the masterpieces he had made in the middle of the night one by one.

The middle of the stake has been hollowed out and placed directly on the pit, and behind it is a wooden water tank, which is sewn into a leather pipe to connect the water tank to the wooden stake, and the water outlet is blocked by a small round stone, and the other end is tied with hemp rope to extend to the outside of the water tank, and is attached to a rudimentary wooden handle.

The water tank was filled with water, and under the surprised gaze of the housekeeper, Li Su gently pulled the handle, and the round stone blocking the water outlet was released, and the water flowed to wash the urinal made of wooden stakes.

A simple version of the Tang Dynasty flush toilet was born in the hands of Li Su.

"This ...... What is this...... "The housekeeper became more and more surprised, and couldn't help but put his head into the stake, very heartbroken, anyway, Li Su didn't have the courage to stuff his head into it in his life.

"Look, Uncle Housekeeper, as the saying goes, 'eat, drink, and Lasa', I will take care of all the 'La' and 'Sa' in your house with this one object......," Li Susoft explained.

"'Ra' and 'Sa'?" The butler finally realized how inappropriate it was to stick his head in there, and hurriedly pulled his head out.

"Yes, butler, you just have to sit on it, and pull the handle next to you when you are done......" Li Su demonstrated, and after a long time, the housekeeper finally figured out the purpose and method of the flush toilet, and his not very kind face gradually turned from cloudy to clear.

"Baby, are you awake," lightly knocked Li Su with a chestnut, the housekeeper was full of praise, turned his head to look at the newly installed flush toilet, the housekeeper looked emotional, and seemed to have the urge to come and take a dip on the spot.

"Thank you for the housekeeper's praise, your comfort is the happiness of the kid......"

The housekeeper laughed: "What a boy, in the past, the porcelain was erleng, and people wanted to smoke you when they looked at it, but now I look at you and pleasing your eyes, let's say, what is the purpose of coming to my house to engage in these famous halls." ”

Li Su scratched his head and smiled shyly.

The housekeeper pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "The matter is done, the skin is thin, don't you say that I will say for you, the food at home is finished, right?" This year's natural disaster, the village family has not laid much food, count the days you should also come, the main family has prepared food for you, next year when the situation is good, or this year to dig a ditch in the west of the Zhuangzi to fold into labor, your father and you are counted as a half laborers, but dare not starve to death to the villagers, the official will ask for the guilt. ”

"Huh?" This time it was Li Su's turn to be dumbfounded.

That's not right!

What about the legendary relationship between the incompatible local tyrants and the proletariat? How did it become so warm and warm in the Tang Dynasty, it was better to be a family than a family.

"Ahh The butler waved his hand.

Li Su suddenly found that this flush toilet was made in vain, the reality is so shocking, he originally planned to exchange this small invention for food, but it turned out that there was no need for this, and the food was prepared before he came to the door.

Slightly moved in his heart, Li Su felt that he might have a good understanding of Tang Dynasty Zhenguan, what kind of picture is it under the rule of the Son of Heaven? Prosperity may not only refer to national strength and soldiers, but more importantly, people's hearts.

"Thank you, Uncle Housekeeper, in this case, I will move the toilet home first......" Li Su's skills in crossing the river and demolishing the bridge were very strong, and he immediately bent down to pick up the toilet and leave.

There was another blow on the head, and the housekeeper's unfriendly shout came from the top of his head: "Put down the things, how can there be any reason to go back to the things that have been given away?" Not a spark of decency! Get out of here after taking the grain! ”

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