When he came out of the county office, the officials he met along the way were still very polite and affectionate, and they all seemed to be like his old friends for many years.

Tang Cheng deliberately took a look inside when he passed by the West Courtyard as a child, and remembered the scene when he first walked into this courtyard as a county student, at that time, how could he have thought that he would re-enter this courtyard in another capacity in this short period of time, not only himself, but also the scribes in this courtyard, who would have thought?

The county school students of that day have now become the new recorders to join the army, but Yao Qingguo, the original recorder to join the army, is in prison, curled up on the moldy wheat straw, and counts the date of the autumn queen every day.

The West Courtyard is still the same, things are not people, in this stop to review and sigh, Tang Cheng once again appreciated Lin Xuezheng's words just now.

Blessings and misfortunes lurk! Looking at the blue bricks and tiles of the west courtyard in front of him, Tang Cheng kept telling himself in his heart that he never wanted to, nor could he become the second Yao Qingguo......

After making an explanation of the things in the county government, seeing that it was still early, Tang Cheng did not go home directly after leaving the county office, but went to the county school, and the new Xuezheng has not yet arrived.

After sitting down and greeting, Tang Chengyin said that he would continue to ask for leave, and Superintendent Liu naturally agreed, and then listened to Tang Cheng say that he was ashamed to talk about his studies these days because he was busy with miscellaneous things, and when Superintendent Liu actually thought of a way, saying that after his marriage was over, he would no longer need to go to the county school every day to listen to classes. In school, a gentleman was sent to teach him at the door.

There is no need to take care of the whole class of 30 people, and the efficiency and progress of one-on-one teaching will naturally be higher. Under this arrangement, I am more diligent, and I may not be able to make up for the delayed time.

Tang Cheng was thrilled after listening to Liu Xuejian's suggestion, but he rejected the proposal, the method is a good method, but he doesn't want to really use the gentlemen in the county school, one person may not be willing in his heart, and he himself has just been promoted to do such a "special" thing, it is too easy to be criticized. This is really not in line with Tang Cheng's own style of acting.

If you want to find a one-on-one professor from Mr., is there a more suitable person than Old Master Yan? I just don't know if he is willing to leave the village school?

"But you will get married in just a few days, and you will have to stay for a lifetime after that, and it will be difficult for you to leave by then", early the next morning, Tang Cheng comforted Li Yingjun, who was going back to his parents' home, after all, he only stayed for one day when he came back from Yangzhou this time, and the woman was inevitably a little reluctant now.

Hearing Tang Cheng talk about marriage, the woman's mood improved, "By then." You won't go away even if you drive me away."

The two laughed a few more words, and Tang Cheng didn't delay much after sending Li Yingjun away, so he rushed home with the same way back to the village to help the land orchid grass.

As soon as he walked to the entrance of the village, Tang Chengcheng saw Liu Lizheng commanding more than a dozen young men to be busy on the road, "Uncle Liu, what are you doing?" ”。

"Yo, Tang is back from joining the army, congratulations!" Seeing that it was Tang Cheng, Liu Sanneng greeted him with a smile on his face. While walking, he wiped his sleeves to wipe the sweat that did not exist on his forehead, "Not to mention the potholes on this road in our village, it is still very narrow, and it is enough to walk a carriage." ::::Seeing that Ah Cheng's family affair is approaching, if this is not neat, the guests will not be able to come in at that time, what can you do? ”。

Hearing Liu Sanneng say this, and then looking at those busy people who were from this village, Tang Cheng was really a little embarrassed, "Uncle Liu is kind and agreeable, but how many people can come to my family?" It's worth the expense."

"Don't you dare to say that", Liu Sanneng tilted his head at the corner of his mouth and said: "Ah Cheng, do you know how many people have been looking for me to inquire about your marriage in the past few days?" ”。

Without waiting for Tang Cheng to answer, Liu Sanneng had already crossed his hands. "Ten. It's a whole ten, and that's not counting myself. More than half of the fifteen miles in this county have come to inquire in person, and I dare to guarantee that one of the fifteen miles will be indispensable on the day you get married. Not to mention them, the shopkeepers of several big shops in the county have also sent people to inquire about this matter in the past few days, these rich businessmen are not as good as us, they are delicate, they must come by carriage. In addition, there must be some people in the county office, and there are also these rich families in the vicinity ......."

Seeing that Tang Cheng was a little stunned when he heard this, Liu Sanneng, who was counting with his fingers, smiled and said: "Ah Cheng, you have been promoted to join the army, and in the future, all the civil affairs of this county will have to be handled by you, not to mention anything else, only my future errands will have to be signed and signed by Ah Cheng before they can be handed over, standing in such a position, you can't be simple even if you want to do this family business."

Among the dozen or so people who were called by Liu Lizheng to work this time was Wang Changnian, who was still smiling so happily in front of Tang Cheng with a dead face just now, he couldn't help but take a sip fiercely, "Liu Sanneng has two faces."

"What did you say?" , the person who was working with him asked.

"It's nothing", after Wang Changnian replied angrily, his eyes slipped to Tang Cheng.

Seeing Tang Cheng's fine bamboo-patterned satin robe, and then looking at the girl wearing an apricot yellow and silver mud skirt behind him, Wang Changnian felt that there were streams of sour water rising in his heart, that shirt was worth at least two hundred and fifty wen, and the dazzling girl, just looking at her bulging chest, he knew that it must have been used by Tang Cheng.

Heaven is unfair! At the beginning of last year, Tang Cheng was still a sick and dying man, and his family's life was miserable! Selling houses, land, and big livestock, seeing that Tang Xuan's family was about to be ruined, speaking of which, the honest pimple also went to his door to borrow it.

At that time, compared to himself, Tang Cheng and Tang Xuan were nothing, when his family was eating white noodles and steamed buns, his Tang family didn't even dare to make more noodles in the soup.

The naïve didn't open his eyes, and after a while, Tang Cheng actually mixed up with the status of the county government to join the army. He likes to talk about it for many years, and naturally he likes to inquire, he is different from other people in the village. I really know the weight of this record to join the army, otherwise Liu Sanneng, who sold the jiri, would be able to laugh like this now? Those local officials in the yamen are also blind, and such a sick man can do that valuable errand in his life?

If you want to say that what annoys Wang Changnian the most is Tang Xuan, what is he, he can't even say a word, compared to him, it is really a heaven and an underground, but this honest man has now become the leader of the village. = Everyone is stammering, whenever there is a foreigner in the village or something, he has to be invited, not to mention the good wine and good food, and the obedient car is like a car to go up, why is he? What the fuck?

"For a long time, what are you stunned?".

"It's nothing", Wang Changnian lowered his head and slammed a few shovels, then said with a low smile: "I heard that Tang Cheng is going to marry a poisonous widow who has killed four men this time, this time ...... Hey, hey......".

"Lao Wang, your letter has long been out of the wind. Tang Cheng stayed on the poisonous widow Zhuangzi last year, and the stark Chenguang is not short, it will take two or three months", the person who answered the call was just now, "Can those four short-lived ghosts compare with Tang Cheng?" Luo Xian'er in the back mountain said, yes, it was the Luo Xian'er who counted people to death last time, he said that the poisonous widow was a very valuable life, and ordinary people couldn't overcome it, and the four short-lived ghosts were like this; If only there was a precious person who could suppress the life of the poisonous widow. You can enjoy her husband's luck, think about it, how precious it is to be able to kill four people in a row, if this gang of husbands is lucky, then it will be worth? ”。

These gods and ghosts are the favorite places for the villagers to discuss after dinner. Not to mention that the central characters of the topic today are still Tang Cheng and Li Yingjun, after the man finished speaking, the others smacked for a while and someone continued: "Brother Li is right!" Look at Tang Cheng, he was still a sick man at the beginning of last year, and he didn't know a single word in the basket, so after a while, he became a son who joined the army like Tengyun and the fog, and it was great to join the army. In addition to a few county lords, he has to be counted in the county office. You see, or Liu Lizheng can be so attentive to him. Looking at him these days, if you don't know it, I'm afraid that you still think that Liu Li is about to be the groom's official

Wang Changnian provoked this remark because he was depressed in his heart, but now the more he listens to it, the more depressed he becomes, "Liu Lizheng? Does he have this life? If he dared to marry a poisonous widow, he would not be able to enjoy the incense there now."

Wang Changnian's words were really ruthless, although the other Ding Zhuang who were drawn also had this idea in their hearts, but none of them dared to say it in public, and naturally they would not answer at this time, and the scene fell cold for a while, and everyone began to work in silence, and the discussion that was still lively just now came to an abrupt end.

Wang Changnian was also holding back in his heart, and he couldn't help but come out with such a sentence when he was so fast, he regretted it as soon as the words came out, if this reached Liu Sanneng's ears...... Thinking of this, Wang Changnian didn't have the heart to ...... sour water anymore.

The last time he came back as a county yamen pen, although the villagers were awkward in saluting, they still took the initiative to come up to greet him, but after he was promoted to the record to join the army, it was clear that the distance of more than ten steps was clear, and the villagers did not come to greet him. It's like the big people who came to the village in the past, just talking small words from afar.

In many cases, it is not the distance between people that determines the distance, but the level of status! Although Tang Cheng was helpless about this, he was powerless to change the villagers' opinion of him.

Tang Cheng smiled at the villagers who were looking at this side and whispered, "Uncle Liu, what's going on with my old house?" ”。

"It's all done, even the mud used for pasting the walls is bought from the city, and it was all dried up when I went to see it last time, and now I can use it when I move in."

"Uncle Liu bothered", this is really a happy thing, although Liu Sanneng has a slippery temperament, he is still reliable in doing things, "I'll go to the house first, I'm bothering Uncle Liu, you will bring Wang Zhu over later, by the way, let him bring the deed, let's get this done as soon as possible."

"Okay, we'll be there later", after saying goodbye to Tang Cheng, Liu Sanneng's eyes fell more on the blue grass that Tang Cheng was following behind, looking at it, he couldn't help but lick his somewhat dry lips. Such a glamorous woman from there. Look at the full ......

This Tang Chengzhen is getting more and more able to kick!

Except for a few people I had just met, the village road was quiet, but when I walked far away in front of my yard. The roar of the commotion arose.

Good fellows, the small courtyard that used to be quiet is now full of people inside and out, and most of them are women from the village, and these women are busy around the two clay stoves that have been temporarily erected in the courtyard, and occasionally some women come in and out of the door, and they are holding all kinds of vegetables in their hands.

"I'm busy preparing for something", I have been in the village for so many days, even if Lancao doesn't say it, Tang Cheng knows it. The battle in front of me should have been invited by my father and mother to help set up a banquet for relatives, which is like this in the countryside, but whenever there is a happy event in that family, half of the village people have to come to help.

Tang Cheng walked in from the outside and instantly became the focus of attention in this busy farmhouse courtyard, and the village women saw that Tang Cheng's face was affectionate, but they didn't know what to call it, and finally they didn't know who blessed the soul to say "big official", and immediately imitated the crowd, and in a blink of an eye, the courtyard was full of Tang officials' greetings.

"Aunt Zhang, Aunt Li...... I'm tired." With a greeting in his mouth, Tang Cheng, who was smiling, walked towards Tang Zhang's family who walked to the door when they heard the sound.

"Dad, mother, I'm back".

"It's good to come back, it's good to come back", Tang Shuan and his wife have been very busy these days, and there is a thick layer of fatigue between their eyebrows and eyes, but this fatigue reveals a kind of joyful satisfaction.

"I want to discuss something with you", the room was also a mess, and the three of them arrived at the back of the room. Tang Cheng said straightforwardly: "Dad, mother, I want to buy our old house back, if I can catch up." It's best to get married and put it in the old house."

"What?" Hearing this, Tang Zhang glanced at Tang Xuan first, "Cheng, why did you suddenly think of this."

"After all, it's an ancestral house, wouldn't it be better for me to get married there", Tang Cheng's eyes also fell on Tang Xuan, "Besides, it's not sudden." I had already explained to Liu Lizheng before I went to Yangzhou last time. It's just that at that time, the money was not handed over, and Keke's I received a sum of money in the yamen when I came back yesterday. It's not a small amount, enough to buy an old house."

"That old mansion was sold for twenty-eight pieces that day!"

"It's enough", Tang Zhang's heard his son say this, and reached out to touch Tang Shuan with a solemn face, "His father, this is a big deal in our family, you have to say something."

Since Tang Cheng said that he wanted to buy back the old house just now, Tang Xuan was stunned, his face was solemn and afraid, until Tang Zhang's dragged him, then he woke up from his stupidity, and after scratching his head a few times with his hand like a rake, he heard the sound of his urn when he lowered his head and smashed out a word, and his lips trembled a little when he saw his father spit out this word, Tang Cheng also had mixed feelings in his heart, "I'll go to find Wang Zhu."

What else is there to find here, as soon as Tang Cheng walked out of the door, he saw Liu Lizheng leading Wang Zhu in, and the originally noisy courtyard suddenly became a lot quieter.

Liu Lizheng is self-conscious, he always holds a shelf in the village, and he has a calm face when he sees people, and the villagers are used to it, and they always think that "being an official" should be like this, but this time he came in and Tang Cheng was almost one step after another, so the contrast with Tang Cheng's smile just now is obvious.

As soon as he entered the house, the women in the village outside suddenly gathered together and muttered in a low voice, "Hey, are you talking about Tang Chengguan or Liu Saneng?" ”。

"Liu Sanneng, the ground within a radius of fifty miles is under his control."

"Tang Cheng is still in charge of a county, sister-in-law Zhang, I heard my man say that Tang Cheng is very good now, and all the people in our county are under his control, and he is a shoulder-high official with the chief catcher in the yamen."

"Oh! That has to be Tang Chengguan's age", Sister-in-law Zhang smiled embarrassedly, "Look at how hot Tang Cheng's smile was when he came in just now, and then look at Liu Lizheng's ......."

"Hey, forgot what you did every day when you carried water? How have you ever seen a bucket full of water swaying? The bucket is full and does not shake, and the half bucket is poor and ......", this sentence fully shows the wisdom of the village women, everyone understands it, but no one says anything anymore, and they continue to work in the hee-hee-haha.

"After these women get together, they talk a lot and have a lot of things", in the house, Liu Lizheng looked out of the door dissatisfiedly, took the deed in Wang Zhu's hand and handed it to Tang Cheng.

"It's good to be lively, it's a happy event, don't talk or laugh, it's not lively", Tang Cheng took the deed and read it carefully, then handed it to Tang Shuan, who was sitting on the side, "Dad, you can take a look too."

Tang Xuan's hands trembled badly, and after wiping his hands vigorously on his clothes, he took the deed, he was illiterate, and he didn't read the words, his eyes only fixed on the red finger print in the lower right corner of the deed, although the time was not short, but the scene when he pressed the red finger print that day was like a knife engraved on his heart, he couldn't forget it, and every time he thought about it, he dripped.

The longer you pinch it, the more the deed will tremble, "Cheng...... it...... You also come and see".

Tang Cheng had never heard Tang Xuan's voice so hoarse, even at the beginning of his crossing, when the family was not full of food.