Chapter 2 Poverty in the Family
A blue brick and black tile brick house facing north and south, a small courtyard with half mud walls and half fences. Because of the age www.biquge.info the green bricks in the corners of the house are full of traces of erosion over time, a thin layer of floating dust on the window lattice, and the thick window paper fits the edge of the window tightly, preventing the sand and dust from drifting into the house.
There are two jujube trees planted in the yard, and the trees are full of green dates, most of which have begun to turn brown and red because of the approaching early autumn. There is a bluestone platform well on one side of the gate, and around the well is a vegetable field, green leeks, slender cucumbers, red tomatoes, and a harvest in the vegetable garden.
The girl in a white coarse cloth dress was trying to lift a large wooden bucket to draw water, and after taking out a bucket of water from the well, the girl raised her white arm, wiped the sweat beads on her forehead with the back of her hand, straightened out the sweaty hair in front of her smooth forehead, and looked up at the wooden gate, just in time to see Huang Liang and Zhong Shan coming to the gate one after another.
"Sister, my brother-in-law has a literary position, and the portrait of my brother-in-law is now hanging on the first floor of Wenyuan Pavilion. ”
When Zhong Shan saw the girl carrying water, he yelled and pushed open the wooden door, his face full of eyebrows, as if it was not Huang Liang who had a literary position, but him.
Martial arts have martial arts, literati have a literary position, after the literati who have achieved academic success have obtained the literary position for the first time, they will be inscribed on the gold list in the Wenyuan Pavilion of the town where they live, and those with a deep literary position can generate a portrait and be named the gold list.
The portrait appears in Wenyuan Pavilion, then there is the qualification of being an official and an official, Huang Liang is named Wenyuan Pavilion today, and there is also a portrait hanging Wenyuan Pavilion, although Huang Liang is only a child's scholar, it is more than enough to be a small official in Yanzhou Mansion.
Before a scholar obtains a scholar's degree, he can't lift his hands or resist his shoulders, and he is useless as a scholar, and it is difficult to even support himself. In order to make a living, Huang Liang had to practice martial arts, and was named by the neighborhood to be a village warrior, going to the streets to do some work of exorcism and demon hunting, waving flags and shouting, so that he could barely support himself.
The Zhong family sisters and brothers came to join their relatives, and Huang Liang's life was even more difficult, and later Zhongshan made a breakthrough in martial arts, became a sergeant, and with Zhixinlang's martial arts, he found an errand in the yamen, and his life was better.
The girl was Zhong Ling, hearing Zhong Shan's words, a smile appeared on her pretty face with a flush, put down the bucket, raised her hand to brush away the pigtail that was thrown to her chest, walked two steps quickly, took the spear in Huang Liang's hand, put it on the shelf, and took two towels to wipe the sweat of the two.
"Brother has a literary degree, so I don't have to be a village warrior in the future, let's ask the sixth brother in the fang, ask him to help go to the yamen to say something, brother go to the yamen on an errand." ”
Zhong Ling brought a basin of cold water with his hands and feet, and asked the two to wash their faces, when the two of them washed their faces, Zhong Ling stood next to him with his hands folded, his bright big eyes looked at Huang Liang who was washing his face, and his soft voice was full of joy.
Zhong Shan was taking off his three-cornered hat, and when he heard his sister's words, he poked his head out of the room, "I was just about to discuss this with you, sister." Today, my brother-in-law fell from the city wall, but thanks to my brother-in-law's luck, he was not injured. I'm afraid that if I come a few more times, no matter how lucky my brother-in-law is, he will inevitably bump into each other. ”
"Brother, you're hurt!"
Zhong Linghua's face was pale, and she wanted to come over to see Huang Liang's injury, but she was a little hindered by the defense of men and women, so she didn't dare to grab Huang Liang's shirt after all.
Huang Liang glared at Zhong Shan, seeing that he had retracted his head, and then explained to Zhong Ling, who was nervous next to him, "It's not in the way, I'm blessed with a great life, how can I be hurt." It was Jose in the front street, who stepped on the head of the tiger demon, and fell not lightly, not to mention, and was reprimanded by Luo Zhutou......"
"Speaking of Jose, that kid deserves it, dare to say that he doesn't give the first credit to his brother-in-law, and he is lucky not to fall to his death......"
Zhong Shan, who had changed his clothes, walked out of the house with a shout, took off his clothes, and wore a white short-sleeved coarse cloth gown.
"Zhong Ling, Zhong Ling, come and take your family's bounty away. ”
A loud shout sounded outside the courtyard gate, Zhong Ling answered and looked up to see an old man in a robe outside the courtyard gate.
"You're here."
As he spoke, Zhong Ling walked outside the courtyard gate, took a string of money from the old man in the robe standing at the door, counted the number carefully, and drew a bet on the booklet that Li Zheng was holding in his hand.
Li Zheng looked at Zhong Ling's drawing, stroked his beard and praised, "Zhong Ling, you are worthy of being the only child in our workshop, not only can you write, but the words you write are also beautiful." Brother Liang now has a literary position, whether it is preparing to participate in the scientific examination or getting an errand in the yamen, it is very easy, Zhong Ling, you are a blessed person. ”
It takes a lot of money to study and practice martial arts, and if you want to pass the government and hospital examinations, you need a literary name, and if you want to be famous, you must participate in the poetry and literary meetings, and you need to use more money. Huang Liang's family background is poor, in Li Zheng's opinion, it is enough for Huang Liang to have a literary position, and he can use his literary position to find an errand to support his family, this is the right thing, what the government test institute tries, those are too illusory.
Zhong Ling handed the charcoal and account book back to Li Zheng, smiled and said a few words to Li Zheng, and by the way, he mentioned that Huang Liang already had a Tongsheng degree, could he no longer be a village warrior, but go to the house to find an errand as a scribe.
Li Zheng collected the account book, and when he heard Zhong Ling mention that Huang Liang went to the mansion to find an errand as a scribe, he frowned and thought for a while.
"It's easy to say, if Brother Liang is willing to go below, a township elder's errand can still be obtained, if you go to the county, although you can't be the master, you can still get a position for the head of the secretary office of each department and room. But in the house, it's really hard to say, the sixth man in the front street also has a literary position, and he has been mixed in the house for more than ten years, and now although he has the same salary as the military department, he is still a small scribe. I think it's better for Brother Liang to go down, and he can be promoted faster. ”
Li Zheng analyzed the doorway of the government and county government with an excited face, and suggested that Huang Liang, who has a literary position, go to the county below to be a scribe, better than a scrivener after a lifetime.
Zhong Ling heard Li Zheng's analysis, frowned and thought for a while, but after all, he still didn't make up any idea, thanks to Li Zheng's kindness, Zhong Ling took the money and entered the courtyard. Zhong Shan had already moved the table out of the room and put the prepared meal on the table, and Huang Liang was still holding a towel in front of the clay pot where he washed his face in a daze.
"Brother, it's time to eat. ”
Zhong Ling put the money away, and when he walked out of the room, he saw Huang Liang in a daze, and reminded him softly.
Huang Liang woke up from his contemplation, hurriedly hung the towel in his hand on the shelf, took the clay pot, poured the water in the basin into the vegetable furrow on the side, put the clay pot, and sat down next to the table to prepare for dinner.
The dinner on the table was quite shabby, a cold cucumber, a fried green vegetable with no oil flowers, a pot of tomato soup, three black flour buns, and a bowl of gruel in front of one person. Zhong Shan picked up the black porcelain bowl and sucked it, half a bowl of gruel disappeared, picked up the black mask and took a bite, and saw Huang Liang start to be in a daze again, and suddenly realized that he had to say.
"Sister, I forgot to say one thing, when my brother-in-law fell from the city wall, he hurt his brain, and he forgot a lot of things, and this daze problem may also be ......"
Zhong Ling's face turned pale when he heard this, he stretched out his hand and pressed it on Huang Liang's head, stood up and circled around Huang Liang a few times, but he didn't see any wounds on Huang Liang's body, so he patted his chest, "But my brother is not injured?"
The old Taoist priest of Longhuguan said that his brother-in-law hit his head and suffered from amnesia, and there was no wound to be seen outside. Zhong Shan squeaked and chewed cucumber strips and explained to his sister.
"Let's go see the doctor tomorrow, brother, Li Zheng sent a thousand yuan just now, and we will go to Tongrentang to see the doctor tomorrow." Zhong Ling's big eyes flashed, as if he had made a big decision.
Huang Liang rejected Zhong Ling's decision very simply, he was not amnesia at all, and he didn't need to see any doctors. And looking at the situation of the family, it seems that they are quite poor, if there is no 1,000 yuan sent by Lizheng, I am afraid that the family will not even have the money for medical treatment.
"Eating"
Huang Liang glared at Zhong Shan, who was shouting for him to go to Tongrentang, and blocked the mouths of the two with the excuse of eating. Zhong Ling watched Huang Liang speak, and obediently stopped talking, although Zhong Shan was not afraid of his brother-in-law, but he was a little afraid of his sister.
The moon was like water, and Huang Liang sat in the courtyard, leaning against the wall in a daze.
Came here in a daze, killed demons in a daze, had a daughter-in-law and brother-in-law in a daze, but unfortunately there was no round house yet! The vague position, the strange books in his head, the strange scene like the library, Huang Liang had a strange feeling of Zhuang Zhou Mengdie, was it a dream now, or was it a dream before......