The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 13 Wolf Calamity
After eating, clean up the stove together.

A period of evening school will pass quickly.

Xu Xiucai was lecturing and studying as usual, and he didn't take any special care towards Bai Gui, as if he forgot about his apprenticeship at noon today.Because of the strict requirements of the teacher, the Mongolian children in the school are all studying hard, and it is rare to see people who disturb the classroom.

"Lonely and ignorant, foolish and waiting to be ridiculed. It's okay to call someone who helps you."

After silently reciting the last two lines of the thousand-character prose, Bai Gui exhaled a foul breath and relaxed a little.With the knowledge of his previous life and his good memory in this life, he finally finished writing the thousand-character essay silently.

Learned a thousand traditional Chinese characters.

"Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat."

With the foundation of the Thousand-Character Essay, Bai Gui felt that he could get in touch with other elementary school textbooks again, and he planned to return this "Thousand-Character Essay" to Lu Zhaopeng in two days.

Now he feels that he can go further and continue to study other enlightenment books.

"Are you asking Zhou Yuan to borrow books, or are you asking the Lu brothers to borrow books?"

Bai Gui was a little embarrassed.

The Lu brothers are his employers, although they are good people, but for him, it is still difficult to accept the feeling of being inferior, so he alienates the Lu brothers.

From this point of view, he and Lu Zhaoqian are similar.

And Zhou Yuan met him not long ago, although he seemed bright and cheerful, he also had his own little calculations.

Borrowing books, if you don't borrow books, the relationship you just made will be broken, and it may be difficult to get along with each other later.Newly made friends are not easy to ask for work, otherwise it is easy to make people think that they are too utilitarian.

He didn't think Zhou Yuan was wrong in this point, and his friendship with Zhou Yuan hadn't reached the level of borrowing books.

The ancients valued books, and they did not lend them to non-relatives and friends.

A book is worth a lot of money, and it costs a few silver coins, and a book with a good printing and typesetting will cost two silver coins.

"Send Dongyang Masheng Preface" wrote: "Every time I borrow it from a book collector. I record it by hand, and I will pay it back in a few days... I will send it off, and I dare not exceed the appointment."

Borrowers must be cautious and fearful.

It can be seen how precious and precious the books are.

"Brother Gui, here, the crystal cake is from De Maogong, you can try it."

Just as Bai Gui hesitated to write, Lu Zhaopeng next door handed him a piece of dessert.

The get out of class is over now, and all the Mongolian children in the school are preparing to pack their bags and go home.

"Thank you, young master, I'm not hungry..."

When Bai Gui was about to politely refuse, he hesitated for a while, but chose to take the snack, wrapped it in oiled paper, and put it in his schoolbag.

"Brother Gui, why don't you eat it? This Demaogong is a royal tribute. The Empress Dowager and the emperor came to our provincial capital for refuge, and they parked specially on Guangji Street and hand-picked it as a tribute. Demaogong has not been in recent years The sales are so hot that it’s hard to find a box.”

Lu Zhaopeng frowned.

Demaogong Dim Sum Shop was founded in the 11th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. It took the words "Mao" and "De" from the sentence "Yu Mao Nai De, Jia Nai Pi Ji" in "Shang Shu·Da Yu Mo". pastry.

"Young master, I've read this thousand-character essay almost, can I borrow other enlightenment books." Bai Gui deliberately changed the subject without further chatting.

"Oh? Yes yes yes!"

Lu Zhaopeng suddenly realized that Bai Gui probably had never eaten this snack before, and he must have chewed it carefully after he got it. How could he gobble it up like him? This is because he didn't think carefully.

When he heard Bai Gui said that he wanted to borrow books, he was surprised and said: "You have only studied the thousand-character prose for a few days, so you will be a little anxious to borrow other enlightenment books?"

He used to read books for freshness, and then flipped through the next one.

Can't help persuading: "The book of Enlightenment lies in laying a good foundation, and you can't aim too high."

Having said that, Lu Zhaopeng did not refuse Bai Gui's request, he took out another copy of "Disciple Rules" from the table and stool and handed it to Bai Gui, "Remember, you must remember..."

It always gets dark earlier in winter.As soon as I got out of class, it was a little dark.

When the Mongolian children had just walked three or four steps out of the school, there were high-pitched howls of wolves in the distance, as well as the scolding and horror of three or four villagers.

"Mr. Xu, Mr. Xu..."

Seven or eight villagers walked into the ancestral hall holding torches, shouting Xu Xiucai, some of them were holding machetes, some were holding red-tasseled guns, and some were holding earthen guns.

"What's the matter? What happened?"

Xu Xiucai frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

"There are wolves. Just now, people from the next village came to report that some domestic animals had their throats bitten off and a lamb was lost. So they came to inform the neighbors and let us take precautions."

The countryman said.

The Qing Dynasty implemented the Baojia system and the Lijia system, which stipulated that no matter it is a state, county, city, or township, every ten households is a card, and there is a card leader.The ten cards are a Jia, and one Jia is established as the chief, and the ten armors are one Bao, and one Bao is established.There is a printed sign at the door of each household, on which the name of the household and the number of Dingkou are written.The lijia system was established on the basis of the Ming Dynasty, with 110 households as a li, and the li chief paid the most taxes among the 110 households.

It can be said that the Qing Dynasty was the dynasty with the strictest control over the grassroots, to prevent rebellion.

But in the same way, the Baojia system and the Lijia system are also helpful to deal with such emergencies.

When a village finds a wolf, it must send someone to notify the whole village.

Although there are villagers who are honest and honest, a considerable part of the reason is also related to taxation. If the wolf disaster is not reported effectively and property is lost, it will be the village that first discovered the wolf disaster.

Before everyone could react, the patriarchs Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin hurried over, knocking on the big gong, looking anxious, and they were relieved when they saw that their children were intact.

"Listen to Er, why are the wolves coming now? Don't be in a hurry, Zilin, you take the strong men from the village to patrol first, and Er and the rest send the children home."

Bai Jiaxuan said.

Everyone naturally has no objection.

No matter what happens, women and children are the most important and should be protected.

Bai Gui was also escorted back to Lu's house,

He lay on the kang, feeling a little worried.

When encountering wild wolves, the long-term workers Bai Youde, Liu Mouer and others must have gone first, while Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin were in charge of the command, so they couldn't easily be injured.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, wild animals ran wild in and out of the countryside. It was not until after the founding of the People's Republic of China that in order to maintain agricultural production and maintain people's safety, these wild wolves and other wild animals were exterminated, and they did not come out for decades.

Bailuyuan is close to the Qinling Mountains, which is rich in wild animal resources.

Now that the snow is completely closed, the wolves also need to forage. It is normal to go down the mountain and come to the plain.

About two quarters of Yin time.

Bai Gui, who half-closed his eyes, heard the sound of the wooden door, and Bai Youde, with a tired face, walked over on tiptoe cautiously.

He suddenly said: "Dad, there is a piece of dim sum on the forehead of the kang, De Maogong's, you have a taste."

The reason why he didn't eat the De Maogong dim sum that Lu Zhaopeng gave him was because Bai Youde bought it from the provincial capital after a day's journey, and Bai Youde never took a bite of it.

"Dad is not hungry. Dad has eaten it. This snack is a tribute. It is a good thing. You are tired from studying, so you eat."

Bai Youde touched Bai Gui's forehead and coughed lightly.

"No, Dad, the young master gave me two dim sums, you see."

Bai Gui held the lamp, and under the dim light, there was another piece of snack in his open palm.

Exactly the same, nothing much has changed.

"Then dad will eat it."

Bai Youde chewed the snack carefully. He ate it patiently, as if it was the first time he had tasted such a delicious and sweet food, and his dimpled face also relaxed a little.

He didn't eat very elegantly, and he licked off the puff pastry that was left on his hands.

　Humble author, ask for votes online

　　
　
(End of this chapter)