Although the hot spot in the small mountain village has shifted to the new county magistrate in the past few days, the inspection of the county magistrate has really fulfilled the old saying - only hear the sound of the stairs, but no one comes down. First said that he would leave on three or five days, and then changed it to seven or eight days, watching the days pass, there were not many days left before the year, and all kinds of rumors dissipated, and everyone knew that it was impossible for the county commander to come again.

Such a change only made Liu Lizheng very frustrated, and the people who had just been gathered could only disband on the spot and go back to their respective homes to prepare for the New Year.

The new county order inspection trip was suddenly canceled, and Tang Que was inevitably disappointed, these days he has regarded this takeover as an opportunity, a good opportunity for him to jump out of the small mountain village. Originally, according to his current foundation, he could find a more leisurely writing job even if he went to the county seat, but as he learned more about the society of the Tang Dynasty, he became more aware that if he thought about it in the long run, such a thing could not be done.

On the day when Datang set itself as the crown, he divided all people in society into three grades in the "Tang Law", namely officials, belovers and sluts. Officials in the narrow sense refer to officials in the stream, that is, officials with rank who belong to the archives and management of the Ministry of Officials, while officials in the broad sense refer to all people who have official positions in and outside the stream. A good man refers to a people with an independent social status, and the main components are landlords and yeoman farmers. As for the sluts, they are divided into two categories: official and private, and the official and lowly refer to official slaves and maids, official households and workers' households. As for the private lowly, it mainly refers to the slaves, maids, tribals and tribal wives who belong to private individuals, such as bluegrass.

It can be seen from the above provisions in the "Tang Law" that although the Tang Dynasty was called open, the hierarchical boundaries were actually very strict. Among the three categories of people, the most despised and the least entitled are the sluts, whether they are official or private, they are all "equal to animal husbandry, different people", and the sluts do not have the right to study and participate in the imperial examination, nor do they have the right to intermarry with the other two types of people. Once you fall into this class, it will be very difficult to come out again.

The Tang Dynasty was agriculture-oriented and despised industry and commerce. Among the four categories of people who are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination stipulated in the "Tang Law", "children of industry and commerce" are impressively listed. Tang Que is nothing as a tenant, but once he enters the city to work in a shop, even if his identity is still a good person, in this particular era, it will also smear his future with a very "disgraceful" amount, although he can make some money temporarily, but it basically seals the future future. That's not worth the cost.

Therefore, if he wants to jump out of this small mountain village, he must follow the right path, and the best way to follow the right path is to enter the government-run county school and then try to develop. This is easy to say, but it is as difficult to do as it is to squeeze key schools in later generations. There are no less than dozens of village schools in Yunxi County, and there are also a number of private schools. However, there is only one county school, as an official school established by the imperial court, the number of places in the county school is limited, and the main students recruited are also the children of the gentry in the county, these people account for nearly ninety percent of the total number of places, and the remaining one percent is scattered to various village schools.

And if you can't enter the county school, you can't enter the state school or even Taoism, so you have no chance to get the "township tribute" quota to go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination.

Although the family has not worried about food in the past six months, the house has become more and more dilapidated, Tang Que even doubts whether this earthen house can hold on until next Chinese New Year's Eve, with his current situation, if he is still trapped in this small mountain village and wants to buy a new house, it is impossible to buy a new house without five or seven years; In addition, he came from the prosperity of the later generations, and he was really aggrieved to stay in this small place for half a year, and he had no ability to go in front of him, and now his basic skills have been mastered, whether it is for the family or according to his own heart, Tang Que, who has been over for more than half a year, is eager to change, eager to leave such a small mountain village, only when he goes to a bigger place will there be more opportunities, and opportunities mean the possibility of change. For the future generations where Tang Que once lived, this is a truth that everyone understands.

Whether it is in later generations or now, Tang Que's age is not very old, and the things that have great hopes have changed like this, and it is inevitable that his heart will be frizzy, and when he is in a restless mood, it will be difficult to sink down when he reads books and practice calligraphy.

Although Tang Que himself also knows that being impetuous is not only useless, but also the number one taboo for readers, it is helpless but difficult to self-adjust. Slowly his emotions were known by the poisonous widow, and the woman didn't say much, but that afternoon she set up a car and went to the city again, and finally brought back a certain new news with a tired face: the county order lord will indeed not come down before the year, but after the Chinese New Year's Eve and the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, he will start to inspect the whole county on the first day of the spring after the end of the "June Nine".

For Tang Que, who was anxious to change his situation, this news was the best medicine to calm the mind, and the frizziness of nearly ten consecutive days dissipated, and he resumed his previous regular life, reading, practicing calligraphy, and in addition, he also spent a lot of effort looking for classics and chess games related to Go.

Time passes, after the twentieth day of the lunar month, the New Year is one day after another, and the village school is officially on the 23rd day of the lunar month, and it will not reopen until the Shangyuan Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Old Master Yan's family lives in a neighboring village, and he will not come back every day after this holiday, and when he left the holiday, he left the key to the study in the village school to Tang Que, one is to take care of the house and the two pots of flowers in the house, and then it is also considered to give Tang Que a quiet place to read, after all, there are still hundreds of books in it, and it is very convenient to access.

Old Master Yan's arrangement is exactly what Tang Que wants, the excitement of the New Year in the small mountain village is not attractive to him, and he is also tired of dealing with a group of villagers who have nothing to do, so he simply went to Master Yan's study every day to review his homework after helping Tang Zhang's "fight dust" on the 24th of the lunar month, and when he was tired, he played chess to change his brain. Quiet in the middle of noisy, it is very pleasant.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, Tang Que accompanied his parents to burn firecrackers in the fire in the yard and said to Tang Zhang: "Mother, I want to go and see the fire."

Tang Zhang's family has been talking about their son for the whole month, and now they are too quiet, and they have listened to his request at this time, where is there anyone who refuses? Not only nodded in agreement, but also said that if you meet a suitable villager, it doesn't matter if you go to a neighboring village to watch the social fire, after all, according to custom, young people should keep the New Year on Chinese New Year's Eve and should not sleep.

After Tang Que came out of the house, he did not go to see Shehuo, but took advantage of the thick night to go to the poisonous widow's village.

Catch up with the New Year, the Poison Widow Zhuangzi in the Zhuangzi Zhuang

Tang Que's arrival made the master and servant overjoyed, and when they saw him come in, Sister Lan almost cheered and ran forward and hugged his arm tightly, for fear that he would leave, her face was full of surprise for children.

It's really strange to say, just because there is one more person in Tang, the atmosphere in the room has undergone earth-shaking changes, the loneliness is gone, the desertion is gone, and the room is suddenly filled with a cheerful and warm atmosphere. The poisonous widow took the initiative to sit on Tang Que's lap in his arms, wrapped her hands around his neck and murmured, "You're here, this is like a home!" It's warm, it's good, it's good! Later, two drops of joy appeared in the corners of her slightly closed eyes.

After Tang Que appeased the poisonous widow for a while, he got up and lit all the lamps on the lampstand of the iron branch tree in the house, and then added a few thick pieces of silver charcoal to the already prosperous fire cage.