Chen Tang is no stranger to Hujiazhuang, he once worked as a tutor for the two daughters of the Hu family for half a month in the village.

1,000 yuan a month, when the Hu family made a list, it was a sensation. Because the price is ridiculously high. In contrast, the teacher of an ordinary private school, if he charges a bondage, a boy will only be about 100 yuan, and it is the tuition fee for the whole year.

Therefore, if a private school wants to have a high income, it must have more students, after all, teaching one is also teaching, and teaching ten is also teaching.

However, in the Yin Kingdom, basically every village will have a private school, and even ethnic studies, and those who go to the private school to study are basically only the children of the village, and the number is limited. In some private schools, ten students may not be able to receive enough, and the teachers have to support their families, and in addition to teaching, they also have to work part-time outside to earn extra money.

So at that time, there were hundreds of talents who came to the Hu family to apply, but in the end, it was Chen Tang who was selected.

However, he did not sit in this enviable position for long, and he was fired in half a month and got five hundred dollars.

Looking back on this, the whole process seems a little inexplicable.

With the contact between Chen Tang and Zhan Yangchun, Zhao Sanye and others, as the understanding deepened, a mysterious circle gradually emerged and formed a concept. It can probably be named: "Cultivation Circle".

Martial arts training, belonging to it.

Naturally, Chen Tang also put Master Hu's family into this circle.

This circle has its own system, whether it is the concept of consumption or the price level, it is different from the secular system, it is extremely exaggerated and crazy, and it is very abnormal.

For example, Zhao Sanye spent 300 yuan to buy a painting written in shoddy pen and ink without any framed words;

For example, Zhan Yangchun is willing to throw 3,000 dollars to buy a painted skin!

For another example, Master Hu hired a tutor for 1,000 yuan a month......

These market prices, in the eyes of ordinary people, are unimaginable and incomprehensible.

But after gaining insight into the key, Chen Tang understood: Actually, these are normal, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

It's like a billionaire who spends a lot of money to collect antique calligraphy and paintings, and in the eyes of ordinary people, they will only think that spending so much money to buy those ghostly so-called works of art is a neurosis.

The principle is the same.

In the final analysis, it is the difference in circles that leads to abnormal perceptions. To paraphrase the fashionable phrase, "poverty limits the imagination".

On the other hand, if you take them as a reference, you think that money is not money, which is also a wrong perception.

Chen Tang felt that as a scholar, the road to participating in the imperial examination was somewhat similar to this cultivation circle, and it also required a lot of money to burn, and the price of a book of scriptures and righteousness was almost enough for ordinary people to live for a while.

With this reference, Chen Tang felt that buying the house from Zhao Sanye for two thousand yuan was really good and cheap, and it was worth the money.

Of course, there is a discount on the friendly price, which, if calculated, saves almost five hundred dollars. But all in all, the housing prices in Yin are really not expensive. Especially from the perspective of a modern person, this price is not expensive, it is simply cheap.

Why is a house expensive?

The population is large, everyone wants to run to the city, the cauldron is stir-fried, and the school district housing and other factors.

But these are almost non-existent in the Yin Kingdom. In the eyes of the peasants, the land is the root of life, and the concept of the countryside is deeply rooted, and they will not leave even if they are killed.

In addition to the national capital, as well as individual prosperous state capitals, housing prices have been tepid in other places. However, it is the cost of living such as food and drink, and the price is expensive, so it is said that "it is not easy to live in the city".

Chen Tang didn't want to pay attention to the problems of calculating these economics, and he had a headache. What he is more interested in is the identity and origin of Master Hu's family.

If it is said that Zhao Sanye and others bought calligraphy and paintings in order to absorb the special atmosphere above, but Master Hu invited a teacher at a high price, and the practice is a bit strange.

Admission by literature meets the standards of the cultivation circle, but others are taking works, but Hu's hometown is looking for someone to come to the door, which is really a bit confusing.

Could it be that they have cultivated to a particularly high and profound realm, and they can directly absorb the literary qi of a person?

No, I remember that when my predecessor was teaching in Hujiazhuang, I only saw Master Hu two or three times, and it was the Hu sisters who faced it every day. There is nothing strange about the situation in class, except that Hu does not like to be rude and willful, and likes to make trouble.

Everything else, it's all decent.

......

Sitting on the ox cart, Chen Tang thought wildly, thought about a lot, and never came up with a reason.

I heard Wang Xiaowu, who was driving the car, shouting: "Three talented dukes, Hujiazhuang has arrived." ”

Hujiazhuang covers a large area, at least as big as five Chenjia villages, and is divided into extra-village and inner village, when Chen Tang was a teacher, it was located in Neizhuang. The outer villages are all for tenant villagers to live in, and the houses are continuous, with more than 1,000 households.

These people are not all surnamed Hu.

The Hu family all lived in Neizhuang, headed by Master Hu. In the family, I don't know how many people there are. At that time, Chen Tang was just a school teacher, and after the lecture, he went home after eating a good meal, and he didn't dare to walk around the village, and there was no one to speak, and he couldn't understand many situations.

This year's township cultural meeting, set up in a square in Hu's Waizhuang, laid out, the path to and fro, the lanterns are colorful, and a row of slippery wooden sheds are built inside, one by one distinguished, with the village as the unit, the number plate is hung in front, and the people from each village come to sit on the card.

The meeting will only be held for one day, and various procedures and processes have already been formulated and arranged, and when the time comes, there will be a special person to ring the gong to remind and start to carry out.

At this time, representatives from various villages began to enter the venue in an endless stream. When I met someone I knew, I hugged each other and greeted each other, which was very lively.

"Our village is over here. ”

Wang Fu quickly found the number plate with "Wangjia Village" hanging on it and walked in with Wang Xing. And the location of Chenjia Village is next to each other, compared to Wang Fu's uncle and nephew, this side is even more desolate, so Chen Tang has to do it.

There is no way, the whole village is full of people, and Chen Tang is only one person who meets the conditions for participating in the cultural meeting.

In some other large villages, the number of students is basically more than three people, and the largest number is even ten.

However, Wang Fu and Chen Tang have long been used to it, because last year was almost like this, and this year, many Wang Xing in Wangjia Village can be regarded as having a companion.

Wang Fu came to participate in the cultural meeting, he didn't expect to win the award, he came to receive the red envelope and have a big meal.

Wang Xing is the same, which is equivalent to opening his eyes and seeing the world.

In all major villages, in addition to the representative students, there are also village chiefs and others. However, they will not share the stage with the students, but will be arranged in a separate area, where a bunch of village chiefs and patriarchs will sit together, talk about human affairs, and talk about some human affairs.

There are no walls, screens, etc., all of which are connected, but are separated by four or five feet, and then chairs and tables are placed according to the number of people. One person, just a pair of chairs and tables.

People sit there as if they are entering the examination room, but the environment, the atmosphere, and the rules are much more relaxed.

There was still some time before the official opening, Chen Tang sat idly and simply closed his eyes to recuperate.

After a while, he suddenly felt that someone was watching him secretly......