I rewrote family history

Chapter 33 The Miss of the County Government Office

"His feelings at that time, I think... very complicated. A person fell in love with a suitable girl at an inappropriate time."

Xu Cong explained.

Even though he has suffered from the vicissitudes of the world, the gray and white fox can't be replaced by Xu Er's state of mind at that time.Even if the pen is brilliant and the tongue is brilliant, it is hard to describe.

"Appropriate? Is it family status?"

Wu Hao said this word again.

This word is not uncommon, and it is often used in Internet articles.So used to him... when he heard a matching example, these two words popped out of his mind.

He is not surprised that the old man calls himself "he", that "he" is still an ignorant boy...

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After the promotion exam, Xu Erlianzi got his wish and obtained the certificate of completion of elementary school.A piece of thick white square paper was covered with several red stamps, and a revenue stamp with a price of two cents was pasted on the upper left corner. (There was no stamp duty in the late Qing Dynasty, which was added by the county magistrate.)
A one-yuan silver dollar is worth ten cents.Under the silver dollar, there are also one and two cents of silver.A dime of silver can be worth ten copper coins.A dime of silver is equivalent to ten copper coins.Ordinary copper coins are worth one square hole copper coin.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the currency system was chaotic, and new money and old money were used together.

After graduating from primary school, there is still some time before the start of high school.There was a summer rain last night, and the wind was violent. In the morning, there were still wet marks on the main road paved with bluestone slabs in the county town, and some fallen leaves of the aisle trees were stained.

The county government office is located on the south gate side of the county seat and at the end of the main road.

When he arrived at the county government office, he walked around to the ear room of the government office workshop familiarly.Not long after he was seated, a clerk in soap robes walked into the side room, holding a wooden case with a thick stack of official documents on it.

The subordinate official's surname is Zheng, and he is a square-faced man.

"Xu Cong, you're here. This is the decree issued by the county to the townships to urge weaving. You copy a hundred sheets, and here are some snacks. After you finish eating, you can copy it again."

He pointed to a round table in the ear room, on which was placed a fruit plate with some walnut cakes inside.

He was very polite to Xu Er.The elementary school students who graduated from Hongwen Hall, although their academic qualifications are not commendable, got a letter of introduction from Mr. Liuyang, which is different from ordinary people.

After Zheng Xuli left, Xu Erlang ate a piece of walnut cake, and then began to copy official documents.The work of copying books is only one hard-earned money, twenty copies are one copper, and one hundred copies are only five coppers.

At the end of the day, he could earn at most a dozen coppers.

Only enough to eat two bowls of mutton noodles.

It seems that it is not as good as selling persimmons, but he and Xu San'er picked the persimmons for a month and a half before storing them.There are so many persimmons in several tanks, and they only sell for a tael of silver.

But the account cannot be calculated in this way, this is just the money earned by copying books in leisure time.Every spring and autumn season, when persuading farmers to pay taxes, one busy day can even earn more than a penny.In addition, copying books has many benefits for his studies.

The official document urging weaving is very concise, only about thirty characters.

Xu Er's stupid copying speed is not slow. After about an hour of busy work, he finished transcribing a hundred copies of the official documents.He stretched his muscles and bones, and took a second bite of walnut cake. The walnut cake was mixed with jujube paste and served with free tea from the county government office, which made his mouth feel comfortable.

After copying, he went to the workshop and exchanged five copper coins.

One person and one fox prepare to leave the county government office.

But at this moment, a young woman's chuckle came from beside her ear.The laughter was very ordinary, but it seemed like a bull's head and a horse's face hooked his soul with an iron hook, urging him to turn his head back and take a look.

He thought of the beautiful neck of the shopkeeper in the oil shop, with fine beads of sweat dripping on the white and tender skin, and greedy people wanted to lean over to smell it.Her lips and her face were things he had never touched before.There is also the widow Wang in the village, and the sound of water splashing from inside the wall...

Everything is so curious that people can't help but visit it.

The scent of a woman lingers to the nostrils, it is the fragrance of orchids.He saw the profile, the same as the inner shopkeeper, with a white goose face, and a slimmer waist than the shopkeeper in the oil workshop, with a double-snail bun, a slender and tall figure, with a curvaceous curvature, extremely beautiful extremely beautiful.

A soft fragrant wind came, and then went away.

There is no need for him to turn around.

He saw her leave the county office and step into a sedan chair, a small sedan chair carried by someone.That's right, such a beautiful young lady was born to sit in a sedan chair.He noticed her feet, which were only the size of a palm, probably bound feet.Such feet cannot walk, so they should sit in a sedan chair.

Yoyo's fox chirping sounded, waking him up.

He glanced at the fox fairy at his feet, two or three pieces of walnut cake had fallen to the ground and broke into pieces.One of them was stepped on by him.This is a snack he stole, and he intends to let Dad try it too.Dad has never eaten dim sum made of fine white flour, at least in his impression, it should not be.

The snacks of the county government can be eaten in the ear room, but they cannot be taken away.

Otherwise, no matter how rich the county government is, it can't stand it.

He picked up the snacks that he stepped on the ground, randomly stuffed them into his mouth, then stuffed the rest into his sleeves, and smuggled them back.

When I returned to Xujiapuzi, it was still dawn.

When Xu San'er came back from cutting pigweed, usually Xu Erlian would do this job, so that he could have some leisure time, but Xu Erlian was studying, so he had to do the work of two people by himself.

"Walnut crisp? You stole..."

After he didn't say the following words, he turned his head silently, and ate up the walnut cake that Xu Erlianzi stuffed him.After he finished eating, he took a sip of clear well water, "I'm not short of this snack, don't bring it with you from now on."

Another extremely indifferent word.

"Well, I just think you haven't tasted it, so I'll bring it to you once."

After getting the job of copying books, Xu Er felt that it would be very difficult and very long to wait until the day when he was rich.Copying books makes a lot of money, but it can only make the family a little better off.

The father and son did their own work, and no one paid attention to the other.

After reading the book, Xu Er Lengzi walked out of the room.

Under the moonlight, Xu San'er was squatting in the courtyard, weaving willow baskets. His thick and strong hands like old bamboos bent the tough willows one by one, and then weaved them skillfully.It is the same as a woman riding a spinning wheel in a weaving room.His big hands are like shuttles on a spinning wheel.

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he stopped.

"Father, let me weave willow baskets with you."

He walked over.

"Your scholar's hand, skin tender, can't bear this pain."

Xu San'er stopped him.

"Father, I haven't heard the story of mother. Mother seems to have left very early. Every time I go to that wheat field, I will take a look. What does mother look like?"

Xu Er was stunned to pick up the willow sticks, distinguishing the thick and thin, and asked softly.

In his memory, there is no mother.

"Your mother?"

Xu San'er raised his head, and he lit the brass smoke pot with fire paper, this time it was very full, about ten days' worth of tobacco leaves.He sucked on the cigarette holder one after another, "Your mother is a miserable person, she died early."

His words were indifferent, as if talking about a stranger.

The gray-white fox curled up by the side raised its head.

　Originally, I wrote enough [-] words to post, but I felt that it was a bit poor, so I edited it for a while, and sent it a bit late, I hope you will forgive me.

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　　Thank you for the 1500 starting coins rewarded by Zheng Shi, the 600 starting coins rewarded in the desert, the 100 starting coins rewarded by Mo Feichen, the 1500 starting coins rewarded by Dadaicheng, and the 100 starting coins rewarded by citizen Mr. Hua , 100 starting coins for arbitrary rewards, 3000 starting coins for Tianyi's annoying rewards, and 500 starting coins for Xiaoyu Xiaoxiao.

　　
　
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