Chapter 27: An Opportunity to Get Out of the Mountain Village (Part II)
The room was so hot, Tang Que's thick cotton jacket couldn't be worn, and Sister Lan took it off with her hands, and after Tang Que sat down on the side of the couch against the wall, the poisonous widow poked her head out of the quilt slowly, and her face was still with a layer of pink.
"Come to me!" , The appearance of the poisonous widow is really attractive, Tang Que pulled the poisonous widow over and lay down on his legs, while casually covering her body with a brocade quilt, he stretched out his hand to gently caress the peach blossom-like face.
It was too embarrassing to hide in the house and watch the Chun Palace, the poisonous widow was ashamed, and she felt Tang Que's doting, so she simply buried her head in the man's arms.
"People in the village say that you have a strong relative in the county office, what kind of relative is it?"
"Hmm!" , Under Tang Que's caresses, the poisonous widow was as supple as a kitten, "Why did you suddenly remember to ask this?" ”。
Seeing that she was so submissive, Tang Que also learned from the appearance in the drama he watched in later generations and said with a smile: "If your husband asks you, don't answer quickly, if you are verbose and noisy, Hugh blames the ruthlessness of the family law", and ridiculed in his mouth, his gesture was about to go down.
Hearing the word "husband", not only the poisonous widow in her arms, but even Sister Lan, who was pinching Tang Que's shoulders on the side, was also shocked, the poisonous widow's snake-like writhing body suddenly stopped, and her originally closed eyes suddenly released a brilliant brilliance, but her subtle actions did not let Tang Que see it, and still buried her head in the man's arms, "The county lieutenant of this county is the fourth uncle of the concubine."
After Tang Que jokingly said the word "husband", the poisonous widow also quietly changed her self-title from "me" to "concubine".
In the Tang Dynasty, the division between officials and officials was extremely strict, and the setting of county-level governments was far less complicated than in later generations. The second is the county magistrate, who is similar to the deputy county magistrate in later generations, and cooperates with the county order to manage civil affairs matters. In addition to these two people, the county also has a chief bookkeeper in charge of civil affairs, and a county lieutenant in charge of military affairs, and the county lieutenant is in charge of arresting thieves, local security, and supervising taxes and grain. In addition to these four people, the other "official" is the school official, that is, the school of the county government.
Except for these five people, who belonged to the high-ranking officials in the stream, the rest of the people in the county government were collectively called "officials" and were divided into nine grades outside the stream.
Yunxi County has been vacant for nearly two terms, and although the current chief bookkeeper does not have this title, he is actually doing the job of the county officer.
Since the fourth uncle of the poisonous widow is the county lieutenant, he is really the current third person in the county, so it is very suitable to find him if he wants to inquire about the new county commander.
"That's good!" Hearing this, Tang Que smiled and patted the poisonous widow's face, "Since the county lieutenant of this county is your fourth uncle, then I want to ask you a favor this time", and immediately told the reason for the matter.
Since Tang Que was recruited into the village, this is the first time he has asked the poisonous widow to help, and this is not a difficult matter, and the poisonous widow who is savoring Tang Que's warmth and affection should be accepted, "The concubine is planning to go to the city to see the business in the tung oil shop these days, and I thought that I would leave after two days when the snow melts, since I have caught up with this matter, then I will leave for the county early tomorrow morning."
After finishing the business, seeing that it was almost noon, Tang Que laughed with the poisonous widow and ate a few cups of warm wine and didn't stay any longer, and was sent out of the courtyard by Sister Lan.
Sending Tang Que away, Sister Lan returned to the side room to pack up the wine utensils, and said, "Madam, you really shouldn't have accepted that incident just now."
"Lancao, what's wrong with you today? Don't forget that this is what Tang Cheng asked him to do", the poisonous widow was in a good mood, and there was ridicule in her words, "You Nizi can't wait to take it out and give it to him to eat on weekdays, how can you say such a thing today."
Lan Cao still had the intention of laughing there, and seeing that Mrs. still didn't understand, she stopped her work and said, "Madam, why does Old Master Yan want Tang Cheng to accompany the reception?" Why is Tang Cheng so enthusiastic? If he is in a hurry this time, Tang Chengke will leave here, and he will leave...... Madam, if you don't want to stop him, why do you still help him? ”。
"Silly girl, I still don't understand your thoughts?" , The poisonous widow hugged the pillow that Tang Que had used just now and said quietly: "But you only thought of one layer, but you didn't think of the other."
"Another floor?"
"Yes! If a man wants to leave, how can he force him to stay? This is the first time he has asked me to do something, and if I just push it, what will he think? Don't look at Tang Cheng's young age, but he is arrogant, and his family is poor like that, and he doesn't want to take advantage of me in terms of money. Such people value affection. If it really hurts his heart, it will be difficult to redeem it. ”
"Besides, it is for our sake that I want him to go out early, silly girl, have you thought about it, this village is too small, Tang Cheng's parents also live here, if he has been trapped in the village, although Tang Cheng has been detained, in fact, we have also been detained, once his parents know that their son is so close to us...... It's better to go out, the world is big outside, maybe things can be variable", at this point, the poisonous widow sighed: "You have been from the mountains to my village for three years, haven't you stayed enough in this village of suffocating people?" ”。
Not to mention the thoughts of the poisonous widow's master and servant, just say that Tang Que left Zhuangzi and rushed home, as soon as he walked into his yard, he saw Liu Lizheng, who was wearing an old sheepskin jacket, coming out of the house, followed by his parents who were trying to keep him.
"Uncle Liu, Ah Cheng is not coming back?" , Tang Zhang, who was following the man, walked a few steps quickly and took the cloth bag in his son's hand, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Where did you go again after you came out of the school?" It's hard to hurt you, Uncle Liu, and so on."
"Uncle Liu rarely comes here, why do you have to leave? Let's go, go into the house and talk", Tang Que stepped forward to accompany Liu Lizheng to the hall, "I knew that Uncle Liu was coming, so I wouldn't have gone to the back mountain to see the snow scene."
Hearing Tang Que say this, Liu Lizheng laughed, "Old Tang, your son is becoming more and more like a scholar in the county school, watching the snow scene?" Listen, in our eyes, things that are white have become scenes in his eyes, or how can we say that people who read are different."
Hearing this, Tang Xuan was useful, but he said, "How many books has he read?" It's not that the scholar is arrogant, and he Uncle Liu doesn't dare to boast anymore."
The mountain village is cold, and the poor families can't afford the fire dragon, so Tang Xuan dug a square pond on the ground of the hall house to make a fire pond according to the customs in the mountains, and burned the tree lumps dug out of the mountain in the autumn to keep warm, to say that this heating method is indeed not very clean, but it also has a benefit, it is such a fire that is easy to roast the upper body, the warmth is enough, if you hang a pot on it, you don't even need to make another fire for cooking.
Tang Que let Liu Lizheng sit down in a sheltered position by the fire pond, and knocked off the coals on the surface of the tree pimple with fire chopsticks, "Whew", there was an open fire in the fire pond, guarding the fire in the pond, and then looking at the frozen snow white outside, Tang Que didn't start to roast the fire, he felt very warm in his heart, "What is the matter, it is worth Uncle Liu, you come to wait for me in person."
Looking at the sparks that popped out with the open flames in the fire pit, Liu Lizheng quietly moved the small pestle under his buttocks back, lest the sparks splash the newly made lambskin old cotton jacket on his body, "What's the matter?" Why else, isn't it just the matter of the new county lord's inspection, the new county commander's inspection, what a big deal it should be! When I got the letter, I went to the village school to discuss with Old Master Yan, but he asked me to come to you to sum it up", speaking of this, Liu Lizheng smacked his lips and carefully looked at Tang Quetong's body up and down, "Although I have long known that you kid has a flexible mind and ability, I didn't expect you to be able to fan Old Master Yan so well." Hey! This old man is a well-known arrogant person in the village near Zuo, usually we want to see him smiling face, you kid, how can you! ”。
Although Tang and Zhang's family were curious about the reason why Liu Li was coming to the door, since he didn't say it when he was waiting just now, it was not good for the two of them to ask directly, at this time, when they heard these words, they were suddenly shocked, "Grandpa!" Old Master Yan is the most famous decent person in ten miles and eight townships, and I heard that he was working in Jinzhou City before returning to his hometown, and even the envoy in the state was polite when he saw it. Some time ago, his son was able to do things for his family, but he didn't expect the old master to trust his son so much now, and welcome the new county lord to inspect, how big is this, he dares to give it to his son with confidence? In the past, this was a ...... that only decent people could participate in."
The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it, the more Tang Shuan looked at each other with coals in their eyes, and the hot was a touch, but the sound of the two exhaling was obviously much heavier, and some of the hurried Tang Zhangs raised their hands to wipe off the wetness at the corners of their eyes by the dark shadow behind the stove when they were brushing the scattered hair.
Who would have thought that his son, who was sick and dying half a year ago, would now have such a chance?