Chapter Forty-Three: The Man Under the Lamp

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Now Xie An was taken by the children to a dilapidated but spacious house.

In the past, the exile Shuai Xi Jian took the exiles to the mountains to establish a dock fort during the war in the north, which was able to resist foreign enemies, and had a place to cultivate, so that he could recuperate, and later established the country in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xi Jian entered the court to grant officials, pacified the civil strife, and now sits in Guangling City, Jiangbei, so that the refugees come here.

During the Yongjia Rebellion, overseas Chinese who went south settled in Jiangzuo, granted white nationality, and enjoyed the privilege of not serving, but white nationality was not considered official household registration. The upper-class expatriates occupied the land, and the lower-class expatriates were reduced to slaves and maids, or reduced to the private placement of powerful families, which was not conducive to the cultivation and development of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was not conducive to the accumulation of resources in the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, three years ago, Emperor Sima Shao began to rectify the situation with the policy of "land breaking", issued official yellow books, so that overseas Chinese did not enjoy special privileges, divided part of their land and returned it to the county for jurisdiction, and found out the displaced people who were privately raised by overseas Chinese, so that the displaced people became the government's servitude.

The order of the land break made the difference between the southerners and the northerners, but because the order was not completely implemented, some homeless people still did not have household registration, so they could only gather in the dark alleys of the suburbs and integrate into the market forces.

After midnight, the wind gradually rose, the dense clouds dispersed, and finally fell on the world with a little light, Xie An was thrown by them in the front yard, and he twisted his wrist slightly in the loosely tied rope noose to make himself more comfortable.

There is a small vegetable patch in the front yard, planted with wilting greens, and there are many green and yellow leaf vines wrapped around the fence, bearing unknown fruits.

The girl, named Little Finch, was left behind to watch over him, and the others went to the inner courtyard to look for someone, for it seemed that there was no one left in the courtyard at the moment.

Could it be the idea to fight Song Yi? Xie An guessed, but was quickly attracted by Xiao Fei'er's actions.

The little finch first ran to the chicken coop next to the vegetable patch, groped for a long time before carefully picking out a warm egg in the chicken's buttocks, and then ran to the other end of the yard.

There is a well at the other end of the yard, but there is no rope barrel on the well, and it seems to be a dry well.

Taking advantage of the boys' absence, she secretly threw a stone into the well, and then threw the precious egg down.

Could it be that there is someone in the well? Xie An pondered.

After doing all this, Xiao Qi'er returned to Xie An as if nothing happened, gently brushed his messy yellow hair braids, and said to Xie An with a timid face: "Don't be afraid, Xiao Langjun, our boss only wants money...... In fact, it's all useless for me, and I can't get enough money to give to the boss every month, but if Xiao Langjun is generous, then I don't need to rob the dog baby and Junzi for many months. ”

The little girl's face was slightly yellow, she looked malnourished, and there were a few freckles on her cheeks, but she was a little pretty, and she spoke in a crepe.

Xie An knocked on the side and asked, "Have you ever been to school?" ”

Xiao Qi'er shook her head, "It was Mr. Xiaohe who taught us, he is the only one of our poor children here who has read books, but he is a side branch of the poor family, after his father died of illness, his brother occupied the fields and family property, and his sister was sick again, he was too short of money, and he had no hope of fame, and it was difficult for the children of the poor family to be selected for the Zhongzheng List......"

As Xiao Qi'er was talking, she saw that the young man called the dog baby came back, and said to Xiao Qi'er with a depressed face: "Angkor and Mr. Xiao He are not here, is it possible that the woman who is with this Xiao Langjun is so difficult to deal with?" ”

Sure enough, it was the idea of beating Song Yi, and Xie An silently lit wax for their boss.

Then the dog baby with unkempt hair pushed Xie An, "Let's go in first!" ”

There were six people crowded in the side room of the inner courtyard, a small oil lamp was lit, and the children were dressed very thinly, which seemed to be even more embarrassed than the gray-faced Xie An in the past few days.

Xie An was very cooperative all the way, so the children didn't do anything to him, except for the dog baby, the others were very polite, and they also thought that he was an arrogant and expensive little Langjun, so he directly asked him to sit on the soft grass mat, but the rope buckle on his hand was still not unfastened.

Xie An observed the condition of the house, it seemed that it was not a place to stay, there seemed to be a few brushes and chopsticks hanging on the simple shelves, and he immediately thought that this might be a place for children to eat and read.

Children are most likely to get sleepy, and several children sit together obediently, and some begin to hold their knees for a nap, as if they want to wait until their eldest returns.

And the little finch and the dog opened a hand-copied book by the candle flame the size of a bean.

In this era, children are educated, "Urgent Chapter" is a must-read, and the version that is circulating today is copied by the emperor, the emperor is a famous calligrapher in the Three Kingdoms, proficient in seal, li, cursive, and he himself is also a Guangling person.

The full text of "Urgent Article" is thousands of words, none of which is repeated, and it is named because of the word "urgent" at the beginning of the article, and the content is rich, involving names, organizations, organisms, etiquette, officials and other aspects.

Xie An had read it as early as when he was in Yan County, and these civilian children were almost ten years old before they came into contact with it, and seeing that this child was stumbling to read, there were obviously many words he didn't know.

Xie An closed his eyes slightly, took a nap, and noticed that the little finch and the dog baby were meditating for a while, and then scratching their ears and cheeks for a while, and then the two of them whispered to the book and said something, and finally the dog baby peeked at Xie An, who was pretending to sleep, and shook his head in embarrassment.

Although Xiao Que'er always looked pitiful and timid, she was more atmospheric than a boy at the critical moment, she walked to Xie An with a book, and asked sincerely: "Xiao Langjun, I don't know what this 'Zhong Qi Xiao Drum Singing' is like?" And I don't know a lot of words in the back, Mr. Xiaohe hurriedly told us yesterday and went to do something, so we didn't remember it......"

Xie An glanced at the book, and it turned out that he had read sixteen articles.

Xie An yawned a little, and didn't read the book anymore, so he slowly memorized the whole paragraph of the sixteen articles word by word, "Zhu Se Gong Hou Qin builds the Zheng, Zhong Qi Xiao Xiao drums." The five tones will always sing and sing, advocating excellent haiku and laughing at the court. The wine is served and the old man wakes up, and the chef cuts and gives the order. The charcoal and reeds are cooked and raw, and the scorching reeds have their own shapes. The sour sorrel is light and turbid. ”

While he was carrying it, the dog baby sneaked over with the lamp.

Xie An did it on purpose, because he saw that these children attached great importance to learning, so he showed his hand to get closer to each other.

His accent is different from that of Jiangzuo, and the northern scholars who go south all speak a Luoyang accent, so the charm of reading is different from that of these two children, Xiao Que'er listened to him and stared at the book carefully while carrying it, and the face of the dog baby who was still holding a "robber" shelf gradually showed an expression of admiration.

Before Xiao Que could speak, the dog baby said eagerly: "Xiao Langjun! It's good to memorize it again! ”

The dog baby looks like she should be twelve or thirteen years old, but years of malnutrition make him look thin, but the expression of thirst for knowledge in his eyes can't be hidden.

Xie An was inexplicably a little sad.

So he slowed down his speech again, raised his bound hand, and read the pronunciation word by word across the paper, and asked the two children to read it along, and then explained to them the meaning of the words, and after some explanation, although it was only sixty-three words, his mouth was dry.

In the meantime, the children who had been asleep all woke up, and several furry heads came together, quietly listening to Xie An's interpretation.

The sixteenth article is about the five tones and food, the five musical instruments are far away from the world of the homeless children, and it is not uncommon to build the zheng, but how can the homeless children have the opportunity to contact these? And the bells and chimes are all used in court ceremonial music, and Xie An listened to the music of bells and drums in the palace every New Year with the light of the prince.

Children have fewer opportunities to see banquet scenes like "advocating excellent haiku and watching the garden", unless they go to a large family to help, and they can see it from a distance in the backyard kitchen.

After Xie An answered their questions, he saw the dog wade stand up and take out a bowl from the cabinet, and quickly ran to the kitchen to scoop a bowl of water and bring it to Xie An's mouth.

His face was slightly red, and he bowed his head slightly: "Mr. Xiao has worked hard, drink some water first!" ”

Xiao Qi'er: "Dog baby, you are stupid, you should untie Mr. Xiao first"

The dog baby nodded heavily, put the bowl in Xiao Qi'er's hand, carefully untied the bundle on Xie An's hand, and put his hand under the lamp to look at it carefully, until he confirmed that there were only some reddish marks and no bruises.

Xie An still calmly took the bowl, taking small sips as usual, the taste of the water was sweet and salty, it seemed that the young man had specially added a little salt to replenish his strength.

Xie An slowly drank this bowl of water, not because he was pretending, but because he had developed a habit in the past five years, although he was now so thirsty that he still habitually maintained his demeanor in front of people.

"Thank you."

He wet the corner of his sleeve with the remaining water, then lowered his head slightly to wipe his face clean, and when he finally looked up, he saw that several children were already staring at him intently.

In the end, it was the little finch who was bold enough to say the voice of the outstanding child, "The little gentleman is not only good-looking, but also as white as a radish." ”

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