Chinese dining table

Chapter 84 Poor, Poor Datang
Xuanzang is not a picky eater. When traveling west, he ate whatever he got for alms. In his opinion, the reason why people need food is to live, and they don't care about the taste at all.

Many times Xuanzang thought that eating hundreds of meals is also a kind of practice, just like the lights of thousands of families in the dark night, you need to feel them one by one.

Obviously, the lights in Yunchu's house are different, thicker, bigger, and more fragrant, so he enjoyed a full pot.

"Is this child really not your own?"

Seeing that Xuanzang had finished his meal, the old monkey lingered to Xuanzang and asked in a low voice.

Xuanzang glanced at the old monkey and said, "Naughty beast, the monks and monks are all empty, and all living beings are the same in the eyes of the poor monk."

The old monkey nodded and said, "I understand."

Xuanzang sighed, "What do you understand? What do you understand? What's the difference between you understanding and not understanding?"

The old monkey sneered and said, "The Buddhist monastery that Daoyue left behind will soon be hit by fire."

"Amitabha, this must not be the case."

"What the master is looking for is a lamp on the peak of Lingshan, what we are looking for is a shelter in the world of mortals."

After finishing speaking, he left the pavilion without waiting for Xuanzang to answer.

Kui Ji leaned against a porch pillar, and when the old monkey came over, he smiled and said, "I'll clean up after I come back and go to the prison to save sentient beings."

The old monkey raised his hand, patted Yuji on the shoulder and said, "Everything is mine."

"Aren't you going to ask me why I entered the prison of Dali Temple?" Kui Ji didn't intend to let the old monkey go.

"I heard that it was a group of monks who assassinated Concubine Xiao Shu. You have high martial arts skills, high status, and you are unrestrained in your daily life. You happened to be nearby when the crime happened. It is only natural that you were wronged by others."

Kui Ji shook his head and said, "It's not because of this matter, it's because I accidentally trampled someone to death while riding a horse."

"Who did you trample to death?"

"A butcher."

"Can you trample people to death with your riding skills?"

"It wasn't originally, but I saw a yellow dog's corpse on the butcher's shoulder, and for a moment I forgot that the butcher in front of me was still alone."

"A dead dog made you neglect people?"

"Yellow Dog is my friend. He once brought his wife to visit my Buddhist monastery. At that time, his wife was pregnant with Liujia. I took out wine and meat to have a happy reunion with the couple, and then we parted. The day is not free for a moment, and occasionally we meet by the roadside, and we just take a glance at each other before we separate.

Unexpectedly, when we meet again, it will be forever. "

"How long are you going to be in jail?"

"Half a year."

"Hey, can't you be punished with copper?"

"I was fined copper, and the butcher's family is also grateful, but the master thinks that I have a bad heart, and I need to go to the prison to reflect on myself, and pass on the scriptures by the way."

"Oh, so, you go."

There are many temples in the Da Ci'en Temple, the whispers between the old monkey and Kui Ji could not be spread far, and they drifted away with the wind.

At this time, Yunchu was inspecting the project that was still in progress.

According to his views on the people of Tang Dynasty, that is - poor, poor!
Even those who live in Chang'an eat thick food when they are busy and thin food when they are free, and simply don't eat it when they have no contribution.

The faces of many children were dark before Yunchu came. Since Yunchu asked everyone to wash their faces, the faces of these children began to turn blue. A meal for the hungry.

The hot water pool in Jinchangfang charges one copper coin for a bath, which is cheap and good, but unfortunately, the only people who visit this bathhouse every day are Yunchu, Naha, the fat little girl and Cui Shi.

Liu Yi, the head of the workshop, must bring his wife to take a bath every three days. When he takes a bath, he has a lot of ostentation. He needs to bring in the clothes that the whole family needs to change. He takes a bath, takes a bath, and his wife is in the women's bathhouse on the other side. Li was naked and rubbed his dirty clothes vigorously. In short, the bath fee of two copper coins should not be wasted.

Recently, Liu Sancai came to the bathhouse every now and then, and met Yunchu and Liu Yi every time.

When he came in, he must have brought some food and wine, and tried every means to invite Yun Chu to drink with Liu Yi.

The reason why the children can't feel the cold in the cold winter is because whenever Yunchu comes in to take a bath, they can also come in. The chief of the village always likes to invite others to take a bath.

After entering the bathhouse, you can avoid the severe cold, and you can earn one or two copper coins by scrubbing, pouring water, stepping on your back, and drying clothes for the Lichang. of eating.

Yunchu also likes to deal with children. The food he brought at the beginning is usually enough for one or two people. Later, he often brings a basket full of Hubing, or Huangmomo, no matter whether it is Hubing or Huangmomo Inside, there are salted vegetables. When they are lucky, the children can find one or two slices of cured mutton in Hubing and Huangmomo.

It would be great to find cured mutton, so the seven or eight-year-old children squatted at the entrance of the bathhouse all day waiting for the head of the village to visit.

This is the case in the men's bathhouse, and the same is true in the women's bathhouse. Naha has always been a generous little girl, plus she has never been short of money. In some respects, Naha's worth is even higher than her own. Brother is even bigger.

Therefore, when Naha was taking a bath, she was treated like a star-studded moon. It was not only Da Fei and Cui Shi who surrounded her, but also those little girls in Jinchang Fang who had no boudoirs to stay in.

Yunchu was in charge of checking the health of the little boys, and Cui Shi was in charge of checking the health of the little girls.

The Yun family must become a family of bells and lanterns, Cui insisted that the foundation should not be bad.

Small favors and favors are very useful to children, as long as they eat the delicious food of Yun's family a few times, they will naturally yearn for Yun's family, this is called cohesion.

Anyway, when these boys and girls grow up, except for the eldest son, more than half of them will serve as slaves to wealthy families. Instead of being slaves to others, it is better to stay in Jinchang Fang and serve as slaves to the kind-hearted chief.

How well do they know their elders?

——I have even seen the long balls!

This gave them enough confidence that they would not be abused if they entered Yun's house, unlike entering those big families they knew nothing about, they would be at a loss.

Liu Yi casually slapped a black and strong child on the buttocks and said to Yunchu, "The money given by the Da Ci'en Temple is only seventy guan, and the sorghum given by the Wannian County Government is not enough. Three hundred loads.

Our gate has not been built yet, if in another six days, Daci’en Temple suddenly refuses to pay money, we will be in serious trouble. "

Yun Chu raised his other leg and placed it on the knee of the black and strong boy to let him continue to knead. This kid has great strength, and he is very powerful when kneading his muscles.

"You are a guy who is afraid of breaking his head when passing by the fruit tree. Next month, the money from the Da Ci'en Temple will definitely be in place. The food given by the government is too little, so we should continue to ask for it."

Liu Yi was startled, stood up from the pool bare buttocks and said, "Last time, Sun Hucao gave his best."

Yun Chu waved his hands and smiled, "Five hundred tans of wheat is all you have to do? Liu Yi, you don't know anything about the government's all-out effort.

Think about it, if Wannian County, which occupies half of the capital city, only supports [-] tons of wheat with all its strength, then Wannian County deserves to be called Jing County?
They gave us [-] tans of wheat, which were actually used to explore the way. As long as we dare to take the [-] tans of wheat, then they will give us more pleasure if we ask him for [-] tans of wheat. "

Liu Yi's mouth began to tremble after hearing what Li Chang said, and Yun Chu's words reminded him of the scene where he was repeatedly slapped by his grandson Cao.

"Don't be afraid, I wrote an official document, you take the official document to Sunhu Cao, don't say a word of unnecessary words, just say that this is what I mean.

If Sun Hucao really wants you to talk, you can say that Jinchang Fang plans to erect a stone tablet at the entrance of the square, on which the names of donors and yamen will be engraved on it, and the extra thousand dan of grain will be used for this purpose .

If the county government refuses to give it, we have to donate copper coins to build it ourselves. " "Ah - we pay for it? "Liu Yi howled again.

"What's it called? Even if it's a donation, I'll pay for it. Such a good opportunity won't be left to you idiots."

"Benefits? Where does the benefit come from?" Liu Yi immediately felt better when he heard that he didn't need to pay for it himself.

Yunchu secretly sighed in his heart, thinking of his former subordinates with delicate hearts, once again he thought that people in Datang really didn't have the qualities to be officials.

Da Ci'en Temple was built by the emperor to commemorate his biological mother, and its status is almost the same as that of his mother's tomb. If the emperor wants to enter Da Ci'en Temple, the first thing he must enter is the main entrance to the east of Jinchang Square. It becomes a majestic and resplendent gate... What if the emperor asks?

Even if the emperor didn't see it once or twice, what about after ten or eight times?As long as the emperor sees it once and asks about it once, all those who funded the construction of the gate will immediately receive ten times, a hundred times the income.

Yunchu couldn't believe that the magistrate Lu, who was born in the Lu family, couldn't see this!
The black and strong child did a good job. After Yunchu washed his body with clean water, he felt relaxed, and even the hard skin on the soles of his feet was wiped clean by the child with the pumice stone.

"From now on, you will stay in the men's bathhouse to work, two catties of sorghum rice a day, and ten yuan at the end of the month.

Start today! "

After the child helped him put on his socks and boots winkingly, Yunchu announced to the child the reward he had thought of long ago.

Seeing the child trembling with excitement, he slapped him on the forehead and said, "Work hard, don't be lazy!"

When Yunchu came out of the bathhouse refreshed, he happened to see Liu Sancai's muddy head emerging from the well. As soon as he looked up, he saw Yunchu, and couldn't help shouting loudly: "Hey! Long, the water is out!"

(End of this chapter)