Huang Desu led Wang Yi into the county seat and came to the door of a small mansion with a familiar car. This was once the residence of the Huang family's housekeeper, and there are also the main house, the box, the hall and the hall. It would be good if there was only one family of three to live in, but now there are five families, and the Huang family only occupies one of the two north houses, one large and one small.

"The master is back." Huang Li came out to see Huang Desu, blessed him, and said in a low voice: "It's too early to come back this time, I'll go cook for the master." ”

Huang Desu nodded, saw his wife's gaze sweeping over the young man, and said, "Wang Yi, this is your master." ”

"Student Wang Yi, meet my wife." Wang Yi took a step forward and bowed to the end.

"The students in my school will take the B exam tomorrow and live at home today." Huang Desu said.

"Yes." Huang Li nodded, turned around and went back to the house to get rice, and was about to make dinner. She lifted the lid of the rice bowl and saw the black bottom of the tank at a glance. The housewife pulled the rice bowl hard, gathered the rice grains in the bowl, and finally scooped out a spoonful.

Huang Desu asked Wang Yi to wait at the door, and when he entered the house by himself, he saw his wife laboriously taking rice from the jar, and his heart was sour. He stepped forward to hold the rice jar, put it down gently, sighed, and said, "I'll ask Zhang Wenquan to borrow some rice." ”

"Don't ......" Huang Li grabbed her husband and said softly: "I borrowed a bowl last time, but I haven't paid it back yet." ”

"Didn't I give you a monthly money last time? Why not buy it? Huang Desu lowered his voice, but there was some reproach.

"I see that the price of rice will fall, so let's bear with it for two days." Huang Li said: "In just these two days, I can already buy an extra catty of rice." ”

Huang Desu patted his wife's arm and said, "I also brought some coarse grains back, and it is enough to mix them together." ”

"You don't have enough food for yourself, how can you bring it back?" Huang Li was suspicious.

"There are many wild vegetables that can be eaten in the mountains, and Le Yile will come out." Huang Desu chuckled: "What about the eldest sister?" Why can't you see her? ”

Huang Li heard that her husband was eating wild vegetables in the village school. insisted on saving the rations and bringing them back, my heart was sour, and I couldn't help but cry out. Hearing her husband ask about her daughter, Huang Li wiped her tears, suppressed her crying, and said, "She went to Laizhou with her female companions a few days ago to take the female exam. I'm afraid I'll be back tomorrow. ”

Huang Desu lowered his head, two tears fell to the ground, and said, "It's for my husband to hurt your mother and daughter." ”

"Why do you say that, master," Huang Li couldn't help crying, "There are few wives and virtuous husbands, and now they are in this situation, which is also the crime of concubines." ”

The couple hugged their heads and cried for a while before they retracted their faces. Huang Desu went out first and took Wang Yi to the county school to register. Huang Li waited for them to leave. Fang just came out with a pair of red eyes. When I saw the coarse grain that my husband had brought back, I took it to the shared kitchen and cooked it.

There was already someone using the stove in the kitchen, and when he saw Huang Li's, he said in a low voice: "It turned out to be the Huang family's grandmother, I'll be fine." ”

Huang Li got used to the dim light in the kitchen, and only then did he see clearly that it was Zhang Wenquan's wife, and stepped forward to say hello. Looking at this Grandma Zhang again, she is also crying. His eyes were swollen like peaches, and he must have just cried. Huang Li's own heart is also desolate. If I talk to her, I will inevitably cry again, and I will do my own thing and be silent.

This is the prison of criminals, and all the guilty officials are placed together. For example, Huang Desu, Zhang Wenquan and other minor crimes can still make a decent living. Be a teacher or copy notes in the county. Those who committed serious crimes were directly assigned to hard labor, which was even more miserable.

"Mother! Mother! I got it! "A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl rushed into the kitchen like a whirlwind, and when she saw an outsider, she restrained herself slightly. bowed, but still couldn't help but say happily: "Mother! I got it! From the female official of the East Palace of the Nine Pins, the Anthology Division is engaged in, mother! I'll have a fortune from now on! Five cents a month! ”

Huang Li finally couldn't help crying: "I don't want my family to have a day of selling women to survive...... It is said that as soon as Houmen enters the deep sea, my sister is careful to spend her days in the palace, and she can no longer be like at home. Zhang also cried with him and comforted: "After more than ten years, I heard that it can be released, and the family can still be reunited at that time." ”

The girl didn't care, but held her mother's arm and daxiao.

"Mother, grandma of the Zhang family, you have heard the rumors, do you think that the female official is going to enter the palace to serve people?" Miss Huang smiled and leaned back: "The female official of the East Palace is just like when her father was an official, she goes to work every day and has a day off on every day. If you have a place to live in Laizhou, you can live at home. If you don't have a place to live, there is a female officer's dormitory in the East Palace, including board and lodging. You can't get married, as long as you have a first-class diploma, you can take the exam, and you can't hire under the age of 40! ”

Huang Li was stunned for a moment, and Zhang was also stunned.

"When I came back from Laizhou Mansion, I was still in the carriage of the official post." Miss Huang said with a smile: "The official road has also been repaired, and it only took a day and a half to walk two hundred miles." ”

"From the ninth grade......" Huang Li muttered, "Can't help but get married? ”

"You don't have to enter the palace, you only work in the government." Miss Huang said excitedly: "The Anthology Division is the teacher and teacher who takes the entrance examination for the village school and the school in the village, and does not let them slack off. But my aunt said: This job has to run around. But I'm not afraid, it's a good road! ”

"You say...... As long as you have a first-class diploma, you can even hire at the age of 40? Zhang was quite moved when he heard this, and hurriedly asked.

Miss Huang said conclusively: "There is a notice of examination selection posted outside the East Palace, and only two words are said: those who apply for the examination must have a first-class diploma; Must be under 40 years of health. She paused and added, "By the way, there is another one, although no one has mentioned it, but I think it may also be in the way." ”

"What's the matter?" Zhang's heart hung again.

"Foot binding." Miss Huang kicked her feet and smiled at her mother: "There is a Miss Zhu with me, who is the countryman of the German Domain." The people are handsome and beautiful, but they don't have a 'stand-up', but they only have a 'to be passed on'. Although I was a prisoner, I took it immediately, and I made up for the Anthology Division on the spot. At that time, I was also strange, but when I met the aunt, the aunt said, 'I still want to thank your father and mother for not binding your feet.' Only then did I realize that if I was wrapped in my feet, I could only sit in the official room, and it would be inconvenient to call it. ”

"Amitabha, a blessing in disguise, a blessing in disguise!" Huang Li breathed a sigh of relief, took his daughter's hand and said, "I still complain that your father indulges you, and you can't get married when you're seventeen or eighteen." Unexpectedly, he actually got an official body with this! ”

Zhang lowered his head and looked at his feet, and said helplessly: "I am a Yangzhou winding method, and I can walk and run when I am a girl, so I shouldn't hinder it." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the small foot custom was much more prevalent than that of the Two Song Dynasty, but only one-third of the girls in the official eunuch family could bind their feet. If you want to work for a woman who works at home, it is even more impossible to bind her feet.

There are also different ways to wrap feet, and the "three-inch golden lotus" often said in later generations was not common in the Ming Dynasty, limited to the Shanxi area, and it was also used by prostitutes and women. The Yangzhou winding method is popular in Jiangnan, and it does not need to break the entire foot bone, but only clamps the arch and foot blade, which looks slender and delicate, and will not affect walking and running. Qinglou and the girl in the song, after binding their feet, they can still sing and dance as usual, which is exactly why.

Emperor Chongzhen's Concubine Yuan is Tianzu, and the two queens of Zhang are also Yangzhou entanglements.

"As long as it doesn't interfere with movement, there's nothing taboo to think about." Miss Huang suddenly covered her mouth and smiled: "If my father sees me in school to go for the assessment, I don't know if he will bow and say: 'The student has seen a bad trip!'" ’”

Huang Li couldn't help laughing, and gently slapped his daughter's hand: "Don't talk nonsense." It's really a double happiness, your father is also back today, and he also brought a protégé, saying that he will send a second-class diploma tomorrow. ”

"Well, there's one so soon?" Miss Huang was overjoyed, "My house is really going to be in time." ”

When Zhang heard this, he touched the sorrow in his heart again, and forced a smile, waiting for the meal to be ready, and he was going to wash the pot when it was served. Miss Huang stepped forward to wash it, said some words of relief, and sent Zhang out.

Huang Li waited for Zhang's to go away, and then said: "When you get the money, take two dollars first, you have to set up a banquet at home, and the neighbors are all going to be festive." ”

"Mother, when the money is paid, all the money will be handed over to you." Miss Huang said: "I have food and lodging over there, wear official uniforms, and don't need silver." ”

"You have to save some for yourself." Huang Li sighed: "You steam the rice first, and I'll go buy some wine and meat for your father." Today, his protégé is good, and there is some heroism between his eyebrows, but it's a pity that it's a little smaller. ”

Miss Huang just didn't understand, and she didn't answer when she was buried in her work. (To be continued......)

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