Chapter 5 Who Raised These Horses
But then he dispelled the idea, even if he accepted the children of the poor, it would be more difficult for Cheng Dong to have an unknown origin. It would be nice if I could find out the birth. But Cheng Dong was not born, and he was ten years old when he was picked up by Cheng's father, and he had no memory and no household registration. The reason why he was able to stay in Winterfell was because Father Cheng had worked for the Hou Mansion all his life and persuaded the housekeeper to let Cheng Dong stay.
"Hey, it's so hard to get into the Big Five. I don't know if I'll be able to succeed?"
Green Leaf joked: "In fact, compared to each other, the reason why the Big Five are transcendent is because they are fair and maverick. They heard that for the same credits, they would hire the children of the poor and give up the children of the nobility. Have you ever thought of finding a fake identification to refer to as a pauper?"
"Can you still do this?" Wu Santong was stunned.
Lu Ye said: "There are indeed such rules, and identity documents are not very difficult to do." But I'm kidding, after the five big ones are found out, even your father will be in trouble. ”
Wu Santong still asked with an itchy mouth: "How much does it cost to fake a set of identity documents?"
Green Leaf know-it-all looked: "There are cheap and expensive, the cheap ones are rough in workmanship, there are no files, and they will be worn out when they are checked." However, I heard that there are some powerful people who can get the official file, and it will cost more than 1,000. ”
Wu Santong was speechless: "My monthly money is only forty a month, which is not enough." I can never afford a thousand. ”
According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, once Marquis Wu Antong gave birth to this guy, he could treat him badly, but he had to give him monthly money. Of course, the poor did not have this rule, and only the nobles were forced to do so, and only before they reached adulthood. When I become an adult, it depends on my father's conscience, so the future of Wu Santong is really all about whether he can be admitted.
Admitted to the Big Five, the poor have a scholarship, the nobles are forced to pay for their fathers, and there are also poor nobles who are down-and-out, but they can use the title mortgage to find a loan from the state. For those who have passed the Big Five, it doesn't matter if the title is confiscated, the title of mere knighthood, the rank below the earl and the student qualifications of the Big Five are weak. The Ming Dynasty had 2 billion people and 20 million nobles, but the sum of the five universities had less than 1,000 students per year.
Cheng Dong was scared, and after listening to the conversation of these guys, he had a greater desire to study: If only I could enter the five universities.
"Don't talk about these things. It's fun to play. Thank you for coming over and riding today. Wu Santong said happily.
Green Leaf said lightly: "I may not want to come, it seems to be ...... Your horse here is a little different. As she spoke, she glanced sideways at Cheng Dong, "These horses have always been taken care of by you?"
Cheng Dong was worried and didn't know how to answer.
"Cheng Dong is a fool, he has been in my house for six years, and he should have said no more than ten sentences. He was just an apprentice and used to be taken care of by his godfather. "Wusan Channel.
The theory is also good, six years ago it was indeed Cheng Dad raising horses, and five years ago Cheng Dong was an apprentice. Cheng's father died four years ago, and Tsing Yi Ma has never been important, so Cheng Dong was arranged to take over.
Lu Ye asked more: "What about your godfather, call him over." I have something to ask. ”
Cheng Dong said in a low voice: "Daddy Cheng has passed away. ”
"It's a pity ......" looked at the Tsing Yi horse, and the green leaves said this.
This time, they didn't let Cheng Dong arrange it, they each picked one, and rode a Tsing Yi horse and rushed out of the stable.
Cheng Dong said deflatedly: "It's very tiring to carry water, you are not careful at all." ”
No one responded to him......
When I got home, something happened at home.
I saw that Gugu was confronting three rats bigger than it, and was surrounded by rats in the corner. Coo-coo, cowering in the corner, teary-eyed.
Coo-coo, it's afraid of mice.
All animals and plants in this era have become very tyrannical, but in fact, insects are the more terrible things, especially spiders, the worst species are all first-order starters, carrying deadly toxins. One of the major responsibilities of the city defense battalion is to exterminate all spiders in the city, cockroaches and rats are sometimes deadly, but they can be tolerated, and spiders are the first to be exterminated. For this reason, the phantom armor of the natural enemy of the spider is very popular.
The rats had come to steal rice from the house, and over the years, Gugu had fought to defend the rice bowls, but they were usually beaten. There is a strange problem that Goo Gu can easily recover from his injury, and his vitality is very strong.
"Get out, get out!" Cheng Dong rushed over with a stick and began to chase away the rats.
The rat grinned and Cheng Dong for at least three rounds before retreating, and when they arrived at the door, the three rats looked back together, as if let's see.
There was a time when Cheng Dong's dream was how to defeat these hateful rats, and he also put up fierce resistance but it was useless, and even the first-order phantom beast cat couldn't afford it.
Seeing Googo's tearful appearance, Cheng Dong picked it up and said, "Goo, there are really too many people and things that we are chasing and intercepting." Even rats dare to bully us, you say that we two can finally stand out from the encirclement. ”
"Coo-goo. Xiao Budian danced and danced in the palm of his hand, saying: Gugu protects you from the encirclement.
"Protect yourself first. Cheng Dong said deflated.
Treating Gugu, Cheng Dong has a perception that surpasses that of Tsing Yi Ma and knows everything about it. No matter how strange things are expressed, Chengdong can understand them.
"I'm hungry. Cheng Dong said.
Snoring, Xiaobu nodded quickly. So I started cooking and eating......
After eating, Cheng Dong scolded: "Goo, you're too much!"
Hurriedly picked up the book that had fallen on the ground, the book was wet, not water, but urinating. After some communication, I learned that when the rats attacked in, Goo fell asleep on the book, and then he was scared to pee.
After wiping the pee clean, huh?
Cheng Dong noticed that the place where he had been urinated had changed somewhat.
If you look closely, the handwriting has faded a little, there are a few colors, but continue to research, and that's it, the handwriting is a little lighter, and the background is a little more colorful, but it is still useless and not enough to constitute useful information.
"What kind of book are you and what kind of secrets are you hiding?" Cheng Dong asked.
Then he grabbed it and let it continue to pee, and urinated all the books repeatedly, and no miracle happened, only the handwriting faded. It also made a commotion.
At this point, Chengdong really has no choice, but fortunately, these books can be washed......
After listening to their conversation today, Cheng Dong changed his goal, and his first task was to study.
Now Cheng Dong doesn't think that he is living a bad life, at least there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain and can eat enough. The conditions are really much better than Yaya, and if you don't study hard in this case, the future will be very slim.
Cheng Dong saw another way, with a deep basic knowledge, talent, and an identity at the right time, in fact, it is possible to enter a university for further study. At least the odds of success on this path are higher than venturing out of town. So for now, there has to be an identity.
It is very expensive for people of unknown origin to obtain an identity. But Cheng Dong's situation is not so serious, after all, Cheng Dong has been working in the Hou Mansion for six years, and in this case, it is just a letter from the housekeeper to the relevant yamen, it's as simple as that. But if you want to be filial to the housekeeper, you should be able to do it by visually measuring a hundred, but Chengdong is too poor, and while taking care of Yaya over the years, the accumulated savings have basically been eaten up by Gugu......