I went ashore by weaving straw shoes and became a master craftsman

Chapter 13 Doting Station
The reputation of Wang Ge's skillful weaving spread throughout the village within a day.Farmers can't read, can't they learn crafts?If you can't be an official in the future, can you still be a craftsman?
What's more, Wang Hu's little lady has already made a name for herself!
Near the water tower, Wang Shu and Zhang Cang, the youngest son of the neighbor Zhang Hu's family, were the first to learn from him.Zhang Cang is Zhang Cai's younger brother, one year younger than Wang Shu.Zhanghu has two ox carts. After Wang Ge taught Zhang Cang carefully, he even saved the labor and money of transporting woven products to the post house.

Just as Wang Weng was worried, the villagers really went to the township to inquire, and after inquiring, all of them looked strange.Many neighbors in the village began to say in private: "From now on, just listen to half of what Wang Erlang has to say!"

But no matter what, it is a fact that Wang Ge, a little girl, has made a name for herself in the village!It is also a fact that young children can share the land rent and reduce labor for the family as long as they are up-to-date!
The whole village was beaming with joy, but Yao Shi and Xiao Jia Shi were the only ones who were jealous of Di Si.Wang Ge is relieved, because of the county exam in two months, he doesn't have to worry about housework.Auntie asked them to take turns to replace each other every day, chopping firewood, doing laundry, cooking, delivering meals, and carrying water.Furious!

Time flies, entered April, and the day of conscription arrived.According to the announcement of the township officials, the service period is longer, fifty days.The tasks were digging ditches or repairing city walls.

At such a time, every household is gloomy and gloomy, and Erlang suffers from suffering outside, so he is afraid that something unexpected will happen!

The same is true for the Wang family. Sanlang went there last year, and when he came back, he was exhausted.This year it's time for Erlang, but Erlang leaves home, what will happen to Age's county exam next month, who will send him off?
But Wang Weng's back disease happened again, and he leaned on the bedside and sighed.

Wang Ge saw what his elder father was worrying about, and said, "I'll take the exam by myself."

"That's okay."

Jia Yu hesitated: "How about... I will go with you?" She was not unwilling, but she had never traveled far before, and she was afraid that she would not be able to help her granddaughter and would be hindered.

Wang Ge smiled and persuaded: "Father and mother, don't worry, the village sent officials to take care of us, and I didn't travel the long distance by myself. Moreover, the examiner said at the time that each craftsman should bring at most one relative. That means it doesn’t matter if you don’t accompany me.”

"You are still young, and you are a girl again!"

"Father, don't spread this word to the village. When I was taking the artisan exam, two examiners secretly scolded me for being too old. They almost brushed me off."

Empress Jia was afraid: "You are only ten years old, if you are really dismissed because of your age, it would be unreasonable!"

Wang Weng sighed: "I'll think about it again. If Eldest Father's waist is healed by then, Eldest Father will send you there."

The family discussed and faced difficulties, but no one suggested that Wang Sanlang send Wang Ge off.

On the fourth day of April, a major murder occurred in Tuyi County.

The county magistrate Jiang was killed at home. The official's wife went to offer incense outside the city in March and died accidentally.But the county magistrate hurriedly buried his wife.

Unexpectedly, less than a month later, the county magistrate also died at home, and his daughter Jiang'e disappeared.

Court officials were murdered, and relatives were still alive or dead. It was necessary to find out the cause as soon as possible, report to the court, and announce it to the public.

Originally, this case had nothing to do with the young Huan Zhen. Unexpectedly, the Long Kang Huan family recommended a descendant of a nearby clan to take over as the magistrate of Tuyi County. The brave Huan Zhen was tired of the boring life in Kyoto. , Immediately encouraged their friend Wen Shizhi, the two rushed to Kuaiji County on the pretext of learning to investigate cases, and then drove to Tuyi County together with Wang Tian, ​​the son of the prefect of the county.

Later, the three of them cheated and got rid of the trilogy, galloping their horses and singing wildly. Even though the wind and dust hit their faces, they were very happy and felt like rangers.

They didn't know that the troops who had been "thrown away" had already divided into three groups: all the way to the front, to check for bandits; Beasts, starved twice and knocked half to death, are placed on the way of the young men, so that they "unintentionally bump into" and hunt for them.

On April 25, at the end of Shenshi, the three of them entered Tuyi County, abandoned their horses in the outskirts of the forest, changed into old cloth clothes they had prepared, and a fake passuo bamboo card, and walked to the Duting post station ten miles outside the city to stay overnight.

"Are we really tying the horse here? Isn't it good?" Wen Shizhi took a few steps and turned his head, knowing that he would not ride this beloved little red horse.

"Stop talking!" Huan Zhen grabbed the opponent's shoulder and quickened his pace.He has already noticed that the followers are following closely, who dares to steal their mounts?Tired of life!

Among the three young men, Wang Tian is the youngest and the most heartless.This son can cause disasters 350 days a year, and his elders have long been tired of beating him. He even hopes that he can cause a big disaster this time, so that his partners can accompany him to be beaten and punished!Ha ha!
The Duting post station occupies a very large area. Wang Ge looks at the outer wall, which is more than two feet away. The center is not only the hopeful building, but also the four corners of the courtyard wall. It looks like a fortress and a manor.

The reason why she came so early was that only one neighbor from the village came to the county recently. If she didn't take this family's car, she would have to walk on her feet for several days.Before coming here, my father's back disease didn't improve, and when the pain was severe, he couldn't even turn over.So this time, besides the artisan boy competition, she must find a way to earn some money and buy a few doses of good medicine for her uncle from the pharmacy in the county town.

The postman checked Wang Ge's deeds and proved that, as the examiner said, he checked very carefully. "This year's new craftsman? Did he pass the exam at such an age? Hey, walk east along the path under the wall!"

Wang Ge was once again despised for his age, so depressed he carried the basket again, packed all the bamboo pieces, and entered the gate.

The north-south central axis avenue lay straight ahead, and three large oxcarts could run in parallel. Unfortunately, this road led to the "post post area", which was only for officials or wealthy businessmen to rest, and it was not a place for her to go.

She had to follow the path under the wall to the "outside town" where ordinary travelers could eat and live for free.

Wang Ge is very content, and does not think that the "outside town" is a slum area, which is discrimination against ordinary people.In fact, the meaning is so good, to give the people who have left their homes a shelter from the wind and rain.

A quarter of an hour later, Huanzhen's three young men also walked towards the area where they left their hometown, each with an angry face.It turned out that the postman confiscated all the extra Huanzhen's slingshot, Wen Shizhi's whip, and Wang Tian's bamboo hairpin on the grounds that the items recorded by the three people did not match.

"You dog, abuse your power!" Wang Tian's hair was all loose, so he kept tucking it behind his ears.

"It looked like it was deliberately making things difficult for us, and that group of officials let it in without much inspection." Wen Shizhi regretted that he would have known that he would not have brought out his most beloved tiger whip.

Huan Zhen concluded: "So I wait for Erlang to travel frequently, can I know the world only by hiding at home?"

Wang Ge was lamenting at this time that the little people have their own means of survival.The person who took her to the post house was a rickety postman in his forties, and he was extremely skilled in explaining the affairs along the way: "I have to help feed the pigs every day and sweep the dung pile together; The tanks in front of the house are of great importance, and they can be filled up as much as possible; all fixed furnishings, doors, and windows should not be damaged; do not light a fire and set up a stove without permission; eat twice a day, go to the big stove by yourself, eat in the morning, apply If you are eating late, don’t worry if you miss it; from [-] o’clock at night, you are not allowed to leave the hospital for a walk.”

Pushing open the courtyard door, the postman remembered the smell of feces, and added: "The pig food is also in the big stove."

There is only one main room in this courtyard, facing south. There are two large pottery vats on both sides of the door, with covers on the vats.

The pigsty on the west side is a thatched pen (connected to the toilet pit next to it), and the open space on the east side is a grass shed, under which there are large sections of logs, as well as an old axe, a millstone, and a water pole. , a pair of wooden barrels, and a pig food bowl.

The sundries in the post house are the job of the postmen, but Wang Ge wants to live here for many days, so how can he not agree. "Yes. My lord, I can do all these things."

The postman gave a "hmm" and was very satisfied.

Taking advantage of the other party's happiness, she hurriedly asked: "My lord, is it okay for me to live in this remote courtyard as a little girl? I mean, don't have someone in the middle of the night..." She wavered and made a frightened gesture that hesitated to speak.

"In addition to bedding, you are a big basket of grass, and stealing pigs will not steal you! Besides, anyone who dares to steal in a post house will be punished with a higher crime! That's enough, just lock the door at night!"

"Yes." Wang Ge was depressed, and the communication with the other party was not on the same channel.

(End of this chapter)