Chapter 11 My Life in the Tang Dynasty I finally got a job
"One-two-three temple, five-six-seven-eight. Two-two-three-four, five-six-seven-eight.'" , came to the Temple of Longevity, the third day, the second morning. Li Chen still got up early. Get up early to do exercise, go to bed early and get up early to be in good spirits. So Li Chen is doing sports now.
I didn't do any special sports, first national gymnastics, and I learned that from elementary school to national middle school. Warm up first.
Next, swing your fist and kick, starting with a 50 punch, followed by a few more sweeps, side kicks, high kicks, and roundhouse kicks. Pretending that there was an enemy in front of him, he kicked ten or twenty times, and after he had had a good time, he found another tree and began to hang branches.
Next, I did dozens of push-ups, sit-ups, and squatting and jumping each other, clasped my hands together and then in front of my chest, interlocked my fingers, and stretched hard to both sides, so that I did dozens of breaths. Finally, squatted on a stick of incense and walked slowly.
When you're done, you're refreshed. If Li Chen still has a lot of complaints about being reborn in the Tang Dynasty, then this body makes Li Chen complain a lot less. The former owner was a bit silly, but he was in good shape.
Before Li Chen was reborn, he didn't like sports, and he was addicted to games for a long time, and he was overweight, so his physical fitness was also poor. So he was very envious of those who were in good shape.
Now that he has a good physique and a strong body, he is so happy that he decides to wake up early every day and exercise hard to keep it up.
Just when Li Chen was having fun, the scholar, who was despised at dinner together, held a book, shook his head, and had words in his mouth, Li Chen waved his hand to others, because he felt that the two of them were pitiful and despised together, and he should express his friendship first.
It's just that the man not only didn't answer, but also showed a contemptuous expression, whispered something, and then continued to read his book, ignoring Li Chen.
"Inexplicable guy, what did he just say? Takeo? Didn't the scholars of the Tang Dynasty like to fight with swords, and they paid attention to a man who was both civil and military, and he despised anything, and he didn't look at himself as weak." Li Chen was very unhappy, he was just doing sports, and he was actually despised.
Didn't they all say that the Tang Dynasty paid attention to both civil and military affairs, and the scholars were all able to fight on horseback, and the goal was to be able to manage the people when they got off their horses? Unlike the Song Dynasty, pretending to be a vassal and having to take a fan, didn't the scholars of the Tang Dynasty all fight with swords? After the Song Dynasty and Tumubao became Ming and Qing, how could the Tang Dynasty also have it.
"It's a pity that I'm going to leave this morning, otherwise I'd have to show that no one in my eyes a little color. What is the spirit, the sleep at night is very bad, and it wakes people up several times.'"
If you still remember that Li Chen slept in a big shop at night, you would not misunderstand Li Chen's habit of breaking sleeves and splitting peaches. He will wake up early today, which is also related to the fact that he slept in the Chase last night, a bunch of people huddled together, the smell was bad, and the environment was not good. Li Chen remembered that this scholar would grind his teeth at night and talk in his dreams, which was particularly annoying.
"The bells... Let's go eat. Eat your breakfast, then pack up and get ready to leave.'" , Just as Li Chen was thinking about some dark things, such as the villain's revenge, all the time, ready to wait for an opportunity to cover someone's cloth bag, repair him, and then leave in style. The bell rang early for dinner in the temple.
In the temple, a bell is rung for every meal. Theoretically, the Tang people should have three meals a day, but in this temple, probably because the monks are less active, they only eat two meals a day.
Some people who are engaged in growing vegetables and carrying water can ask the Xiang Ji Kitchen for a Hu Cake or steamed bun to eat at noon. Hu cake, as the name suggests, is from the Western Regions. It's similar to what kind of sesame baked cake is now, white flour cake, smear some oil, and then sprinkle some sesame seeds, go to bake, fragrant and crispy, very delicious.
However, this kind of work is not often done, and it requires oil, which is quite expensive. Usually, there are more steamed buns, and occasionally there will be some vegetarian buns, otherwise it is a green onion roll, sprinkle some green onions, and then steam.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were already many kinds of flour products, but it was usually not what we call them now, for example, soup noodles, which the Tang people called soup cakes.
Li Chen touched his stomach, followed some monks and some to incense, and stayed here to get the people, and entered the hall together.
In the morning, because there are still many outsiders, these snobbish monks are relatively unskilled, so Li Chen plans to leave after breakfast, "Wait a minute, go along with the two Hu cakes, otherwise you will be in trouble if you are hungry halfway."
Last night, I wasted half the night thinking about Li Chen, and I didn't think clearly at all, how should he leave in the future, but decided to leave the temple first and find various places to settle down, anyway, this body is strong. As for the mind, he is also literate. Strong and strong, you can find a job.
In terms of literacy, once again, this is an era of universal illiteracy, and anyone who has crossed over, as long as he has not been mixed up when he is in school, can be called a rare intellectual.
Of course, you have to know traditional Chinese first. However, this is not absolute. Simplified Chinese characters are relatively difficult to understand, as opposed to traditional Chinese characters. It will be traditional Chinese, and it should not be a problem to read simplified Chinese. It's just more difficult. But for people who have never been in contact with it, it is probably difficult to accept, it is difficult to accept that the kind of writing that is too simplified, it will definitely ask you to rewrite, and if you go to take the exam, ten out of ten will be lost.
In addition to the text, there is also the problem of calligraphy. The calligraphy is not up to par, but Li Chen is confident that this is not a trouble, let him find a clerical job, and practice the calligraphy more. Moreover, he reads a lot, so he is always a little more flexible and knowledgeable than at this time.
Although it is not necessarily, like in those novels, you can make a lot of things and increase new knowledge casually. But he believed that if he read a few more books, he would not starve to death.
He didn't have any requirements, as long as he avoided the current emperor, no matter who his next one was, he would never continue to hunt and kill. When the time comes, I will be incognito, find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, find a woman who is in love, and give birth to a litter of rabbits.
Although I don't know, after I die, I will travel back again. But he can at least do it, and live a good life now.
"It's time to go." , Meimei ate a full meal in the morning, and was cheeky and the monk who was in charge of the meal, took a few steamed buns, Li Chen came out of the dining hall and patted his stomach, anyway, he was leaving, so he didn't care about offending people again. With these steamed buns, tonight and tomorrow, it shouldn't be a problem to save some food.
Earlier, he had already said hello, and from here to the southeast, there was a small town, which was very small, because of the longevity temple. Originally, when the temple was built, it was used as a simple granary to store food for the people. Now with the prosperity of the incense of the Longevity Temple, a small town is slowly formed.
Pilgrims would rest there for the night and then come back to make incense. If you have a fast journey, you can set off in the morning and return after the incense. If you slow down, you can only live in the temple.
Li Chen touched the steamed bun in his arms, and was about to set off for the temple gate, when he met the little novice again, "Fan, thank you for your guidance yesterday, I'm leaving today, and I'll meet again." Li Chen said goodbye to the only acquaintance here.
"Let's go? Can I ask Tankoshi to wait a while, and please hold it." Fan Leng paused for a moment and spoke. Li Chen was confused, what did the abbot ask me to do? Shouldn't you ask me for a house, a snob is a monk, but it's only two or three days.
(Meow, one day when Lao Tzu is developed, I will also learn from that and who, come to this temple to mention a few poems, and satirize these snobbish monks.) Li Chen thought maliciously, but he was not afraid, I just don't have any money, how do you stay, it is impossible for these monks to chop up these hundred and eighty catties and sell them for nothing. If you want him to stay, wouldn't it be better to mix and eat for a few more days, learn more about the Tang Dynasty, and wait for him to figure out the doorway, he doesn't believe it, he has been reading history for a few years, and he will be worse than other traversers.
"Abbot, Li Tanyue has arrived." , was muttering, Li Chen also arrived at the abbot's place of cultivation. Li Fan knocked on the door first, and waited for the answer inside before letting Li Chen in.
"Abbot." Although he felt that people were snobbish, Li Chen still gave the abbot a ten, and he ate someone here for a few days.
"Li Tanyue." The abbot also returned the salute, "I don't know if I'm still used to it in the past two days." "Thanks to the abbot's hospitality, I enjoyed a mountain life."
"I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, our temple is simple, and I don't have anything to entertain. I don't know Tan Yue, but there is a plan for the future." "Speaking of which, I am about to say goodbye to the abbot." Seeing that the other party asked about the future, it was obvious that he was going to drive people out, Li Chen secretly rejoiced that he had already decided to leave.
"Tan Yue is leaving?" Unexpectedly, the abbot was a little stunned, "That's it, that won't delay Tan Yue." Seeing the abbot's expression, Li Chen was surprised, didn't he want to drive me away?
"Originally, Wang Erniang recommended Tan Yue to take the position of the tent of our temple, but since Tan Yue already has a plan, it is inevitably strong." The abbot turned and took out a little copper coin from the head of the tatami bed, where he had slept, in a box.
"Wang Erniang, I watched grow up as a junior, and she entrusted the poor to take care of Tan Yue. It just so happened that there was a vacancy in the tent of this temple, and I heard that Tan Yue could also write and calculate, so I originally wanted to ask Tan Yue to bend for two days. The abbot handed the little copper coin to Li Chen, "This point is entangled, let Tan Yue take it, it will be convenient on the road."
Li Chen was stunned, he didn't drive him away, he arranged a job for him, and when he heard that he was leaving, he also pestered him, this is really, it seems that he misunderstood others.
Li Chen hurriedly refused, and said a few words that he was very happy to be able to serve as a bookkeeper in your temple. Just kidding, I was going to beg, and I cheekily kicked a few steamed buns, but now the peak is turning, and it's strange not to agree.
Although it is not as good as a monk, and you can't avoid being chased by becoming a monk, you finally have a place to stay. And as a tent in the temple, you can also enjoy some benefits. Thanks to the second lady of Wang, Li Chen's tears in his heart were uproaring.