Tang Que's bottom is not so much the account book, but rather the picture album is more appropriate, the wheat recorded in the account book is represented by painting wheat ears, the soybean is drawn in a small circle, and the hired Zhuang Han is the villain of the painting. As for the time, it is represented by the drawing of the sun, and the length of time is marked by the light outside the sun. In addition, there are many symbols that Tang Que can't see the actual meaning, obviously this is also created by the poisonous widow herself, as for the meaning of these symbols, only she can decipher it.

After laughing, Tang Que frowned slightly, if this is the case, it means that he will have to get along with the poisonous widow day and night for a period of time in the future, he is not afraid of being restrained, but in this way, he can't hide the embarrassment of looking up the dictionary when he encounters words that can't be written.

However, there is another thing that Tang Que should be happy about, looking at the thickness of this stack of account books that have been accumulated for eight years, if he wants to organize them all into a style that can be sent to the county government for the record, it will take two months, two months, which means that he can at least get more than seven yuan from this errand.

Seven times more! This is equivalent to 2,200 yuan in the later generations, at this time it coincides with the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the price is low and stable, and the liter of rice is only seven Wen, think about how much can this seven runs? I think that a month ago, Tang Zhang's family was ready to sell himself, and when he was a child, he only asked for eight times.

Although the family lost one strong laborer in the subsequent busywork, it was no problem to hire two people with these seven dollars. There is one less person in the family to eat, and if the seven yuan is used more carefully, after paying the official family tax, there should be no need to buy new grain to support the past. This also means that his family will not be short of food until the autumn harvest, and if the measures are taken properly, there may be a slight surplus.

Thinking of these in his heart, Tang Que walked out of Zhuangzi with a good mood, but as he got closer to home, he started to worry about the rhetoric again. With Tang Zhang's temperament, he will definitely not be allowed to go to the poisonous widow to help, let alone get along day and night. The reason doesn't make sense, and the only way is to find a good excuse to hide this matter, and it is only right to earn the money in your hands.

It's just that how to find this from the beginning?

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When Tang Que returned home, it was time to eat, eat dry when he was busy, and eat thin when he was free, and his family only had such conditions now.

The weather was hot and he couldn't stay in the house, Tang Que washed his hands and face by the well, took a big bowl of vegetable leaves batter handed over by Tang Zhang's and drank it, and after drinking most of the bowl in one go, he raised his head, "Dad, mother, I want to discuss something with you." These days are free time, and there is no work at home, so I want to go to the village school to learn some literacy and arithmetic skills."

Hearing Tang Que say this, Old Tang's sucking sound of drinking batter suddenly stopped, and it sounded again after a while, "Son, what's wrong?" When he was a child, the family conditions were just right, and there were two sisters above to help with the work, and he refused to go to school at that time, why did he suddenly talk about this today? Thinking of this, Old Tang's face became a little heavy.

Although there is no need to go out of the bundle, that is, the tuition money, but if you want to go to the school, the teacher's two meat strips and a set of gifts for the four treasures of the study room are indispensable, even if you prepare carefully, it is indispensable to spend one hundred and twenty texts, and if you loosen your hands a little, I am afraid that one hundred and fifty texts will not be able to stop. This amount of money is really not a small amount for the current situation of the family. But in the face of the only son in the family, what Lao Tang really feels sorry for is not money, what he is afraid of is that his son will think about going to the school because he can't stand the hardships in the field, if that's the case...... Thinking of this, Old Tang didn't dare to think about it anymore.

He has seen too many such precedents in the village, he can't learn them in the school, and he doesn't want to do the hard work in the field, and after a long time, he has become an idle bastard, and how many once prosperous families have lost their homes in this way. As a farmer who makes a living by digging in the field, it is his duty to endure hardships, and it is also the foundation of supporting the family business.

It's just that my son only recovered from a serious illness a few months ago, and he has been working steadily in the past three months. It's not like he can't suffer, so it's hard to say his words of exhortation. After all, he is a sixteen or seventeen person, if it weren't for this disease, I am afraid that he would have gotten married and had children a long time ago, so I always have to take care of his face.

What the head of the family is thinking Tang Zhang naturally understands, and she is not without worries in her heart, but this worry is immediately replaced by distress for her son, thinking about the situation where her son has often been tired in the past few months and can't eat, and he doesn't want to speak, Tang Zhang felt sad for a while.

A few years ago, the family was in a good situation, and the farm work in the field could be done by the mountain guests, in case it was not taken care of, there were two sons-in-law to support, and her only seedling son had not suffered since he was a child, and his hands were worn out like a few months ago, although the son deliberately hid from them, but the mother can still not know? For this reason, she doesn't know how many times she cried secretly at night. Now that the son wants to be loose, their incapable father and mother have no reason to stop it.

coughed a few times in a row, seeing that the head of the house still didn't speak, Tang Zhang put down the stoneware bowl in his hand, "Cheng'er, it's a good thing that you want to go to the school, it doesn't matter whether you learn to settle accounts or be literate, there are always benefits, at least in the future, you don't have to spend time on wine and food to invite Chinese people, and we can still stop you from going?" Dad, do you think I'm talking about this? ”。

Tang Zhang's opening made the old Tang who didn't know what to say relieved, his son wanted to rest, let him rest, after all, he had done too hard in the past three months. As for the work in the fields at home, it is enough to have more hardships for yourself. "Well, if you want to go, go to see it for a month, and if you go, listen to Mr. so that you can study hard. Cheng his mother, after you finish eating, take 150 yuan to go to Lizheng Niangzi, first cut two pieces of meat weighing three catties and three taels each, and then buy a set of four treasures for Mr. The four treasures of the study, and the four-color dim sum with the prefix of 'Fu' is also on a box", although the one-month period is a live story, but Lao Tang is not lazy in preparing gifts for Mr. at all, even if his son only goes for a month, he can't let the gentlemen in the village school underestimate him.

Tang Que inquired carefully about the situation of the village school some time ago, and naturally knew that all that was passed was to give two pieces of meat plus a study of the four treasures, as for adding an extra dim sum box, this would be regarded as a heavy gift from the apprentice in the village school. He naturally knew why the second elder did this, especially considering the current situation at home, he was more and more moved.

After eating, Tang Zhang's didn't even bother to brush the pot, so he took the money and ran to the store opened by Lizheng Niangzi to buy things, which is the only grocery store in the village, where the villagers measure oil and buy salt every day.

After Tang Zhang's came back, Tang Que carried two meat strips weighing six catties and six taels in his left hand, and went out with a dim sum box and four treasures of the study in his right hand, behind him, Tang Zhang's two stood at the firewood and watched him walk away along the village road, not that they didn't want to go, but Tang Que resolutely refused, just kidding, what is the matter with parents who go to school at the age of seventeen or eighteen and have to follow others with a smile?

Tang Que walked a short distance along the village road and met a few villagers, these people looked at the things he was carrying in their hands with surprised faces, "Tang Cheng, are you going to the academy?" ”。

"yes!" , Tang Que didn't say much, and continued to walk forward after agreeing.

"It's good to go to the school, it's good to study, Tang Cheng, you are really ambitious!" Not long after this sentence came from behind him, Tang Que heard a burst of uncontrollable snickering.

He knew that these were laughing at him, saying something unpleasant, and the village school he was going to at this time was similar to the elementary school in later generations, think about it, what would it be like for a person who should have graduated from high school to go to elementary school again? If this is in the future, I am afraid that it will be in the newspapers. Especially when you consider that men in this era are generally married at the age of fifteen, this kind of behavior is all the more ridiculous. Those villagers didn't scold him for being crazy, and it was good.

"This is the generation gap, right?" The generation here is not a generation or two generations, but a generation of the times, more than 1,300 years apart, how can they understand my mind? Thinking of this, Tang Que was also calm, and when he greeted the villagers all the way, he was also generous and did not have the slightest awkwardness, which made those villagers who wanted to laugh at him unable to speak.

In such a closed village, there are few new things, and the few chickens in that family are enough for the villagers to talk about for several days, and the only son of the Tang family who is a teenager goes to school is almost less than two pillars of incense, and the kung fu spreads throughout the whole village like a gust of wind.