Chapter 74 It's okay to be dispatched
The county town is peaceful.

The two of them guessed that after the official document from the county government was issued, the county town became peaceful, and by the way, the entire Xinye County stopped being noisy.For example, Bing Yong, who collected the city gate tax at the gate of the city, cut off his braids. Although he still wore a white hat, he was much more energetic than before.

There is an endless stream of vendors passing by.

After entering the city, more enlightened gentry with braids were seen.There are also people who don't cut their braids, but these people's clothes are not very rich.

Xu Erlianzi was detained in a warehouse in Xuemiao Village for nine days and in Xujiapuzi for two days.A total of eleven days have passed, but when the two of them passed Confucius Temple Street, they found that the two tung-oiled gates of Hongwen Hall were closed, and there was a notice board hanging over the shop, roughly saying: Five School will start later.

"Why hasn't school started yet?"

Xu San'er stopped, glanced at the school gate, and then leaned closer to listen to the movement inside the gate.He couldn't figure it out, "Isn't the county seat peaceful?"

"Maybe... after the [-]th day of the braid cutting order." Xu Er was stupefied. The ten-day holiday instead of the twenty-day holiday is afraid of students making trouble."

After experiencing the master's "betrayal", Xu Er's fool has matured a lot.

He roughly understood the school's plan.Once ten days pass, then five days, and once five days pass, there will be a few more days off.In short, wait until everything is clear before planning to start school again.

"Father, let's go, first go to my rented room in the courtyard."

he said.

The reason why I took a detour to Confucius Temple Street.One is to see if the school is open, and the other is to treat Xu San'er to a bowl of mutton stewed noodles at the pavement across the street from Confucius Temple Street.But when he came to Confucian Temple Street, he suddenly realized that after the school was on holiday, all the stalls closed their stalls, and no one hawked food.The entire Confucian Temple Street was deserted.

A quarter of an hour later, the courtyard.

"Xu Cong, is this your relative? Come to join you?"

A fat woman with a savage face and splayed eyebrows was sitting in a corner of the courtyard, washing clothes on a horse. She was wearing a gaudy calico shirt with her sleeves rolled up to her elbows, and she was beating her clothes with a pestle. There is a small box of saponins.She caught a glimpse of Xu Erlian and Xu San'er from the corner of her eye, and asked a casual question.

In the courtyard, most of them are poor people who earn a living in humble ways.

A fat woman in her thirties, called Aunt Big Tooth.The origin of this nickname is because she has two front teeth, which are much larger than the side teeth. In addition, she has a famous big mouth in Zayuan, so she has been called Aunt Big Tooth over time. Her real name is no one. I can remember.

She was married to a paper maker named Lai Fuer, and she herself worked as a maid in a family named Zhao, but she was too fat to do delicate work, so she could only pour night incense and clean the toilet. rough work.

"A relative?" Xu San'er was taken aback for a moment, and looked at himself.It's not that the black and yellow mandarin jacket hasn't been washed for years, it's just that it can't be washed clean after wearing it for more than ten years.Rag shoes, patched trousers... nothing can be seen from top to bottom.This dress is very common in the countryside.

After all, he is just a groom.

He glanced at his son again, he looked very much like a young master.

"Yes, I'm his relative, a cousin." Xu San'er knew that Xu Er's fool had a good face, so he rolled his throat, and decided to suffer some grievances.

My baby... I feel aggrieved.He can't add to the mess.

He's used to it and doesn't mind.

"It's my father!"

Xu Er frowned in a daze, and replied.Immediately afterwards, he took another half step forward, opened the rented room in the courtyard, and emphasized, "Auntie Big Tooth, this is my father. My father plans to come to the county to seek a living, and wants to be a bamboo craftsman. Not bad, Uncle Laifu..."

"Your father?" The fat woman was a little dumbfounded after turning her head.She didn't expect that an old man who looked like a poor man in the countryside turned out to be the student's biological father.It's just that she is also used to the wind and rain, and quickly recovered, "The bamboo craftsman? I will call my man to pay attention."

A few short words.

Xu Er was stupefied and thanked, and led Xu San'er into the house.He also lived in the Zayuan not long ago, but because he is a student of Hongwen Academy, he can write and do arithmetic, and he also has copying work in the workshop, so he has one of the best positions in the Zayuan. Residents in the courtyard were secretly fawning on him.

"Father, if you are tired, go to bed first, and I will go to the master's house."

he said.

It seems to be a house, but there is a difference between living in one person or two people.If you live temporarily for a few days, you don't need to say hello to the landlord.But Xu San'er is a permanent resident, so he has to talk to the landlord about it and give him a certain price.Both Xu San'er and he were reluctant to spend money to buy a house.

Of course, the extra fee will not be too much if you think about it, and it should not exceed a dime.When Xu Erlian was helping Aunt Da Ya, Uncle Chao and others to settle accounts, he paid attention to this matter.

The main family of the courtyard has never lived here.

Xu Erlianzi and Gray Fox took a detour and walked to a mansion. After discussing for a while, they paid Xu Saner's rental fee and turned back.

The host's house is very happy, and Xu San'er can move in with only half a dime a month.

After walking for a while, Xu Er suddenly stomped his feet, "It's too bad! Now it's the Republic of China. In the county government... I don't know if I can continue my job of copying books."

Mr. has a certain insignificant relationship with the county government.However, he still understands the principle of one emperor and one courtier. If Mr. Chen loses his official position, the county government will also experience turmoil.It would have been fine if he had been in the county, but at the critical point of the turmoil, he was locked up for nine days and nine nights, and returned to the county after eleven days.

Now that the world has been turned upside down, his temporary assignment is about to be lost!
"Damn it, it's fine, what's the fuss about?"

Xu Er's fool did not go to the courtyard, but hastened to rush towards the county government office.He wanted to rush to the county government's workshop as soon as possible, and ask Zheng Xuli as soon as possible, whether his temporary assignment counted or not.

He understands that change is a good thing.

But this change made him suffer...

Under the steady schedule, he will never encounter such a big change.It would be okay if he really became a free citizen of the Republic of China, but he counted himself many times, but he didn't even reap any benefits.

First he walked, then he ran.

After about a stick of incense, I finally arrived at the county office workshop.

He is very familiar with the workshop, and within a short time he found the busy official Zheng Xu, "Uncle Zheng, the world has changed, can I still stay in the county office and continue copying books?"

He is afraid.The five taels of silver given by the master, and the 18 taels of silver obtained from the sale of the land, although the amount is quite a lot, are dead money and I dare not use them too much.Moreover, only by copying books in the county government can he maintain a little honor in front of the public in the courtyard.

Zheng Xuli was checking the official documents, and when he saw Xu Er's stupid question, he smiled and said: "Xu Cong, you are worrying too much, the county magistrate Chen who issued the official document is our Lord Chen, the county magistrate and the county magistrate are just Changed a title. Your errand, it’s all right.”

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