The theft chapter will be unsealed tomorrow morning.

At dawn the next day, he stretched his waist comfortably, then tied the hemp rope and went to the chief's house.

He began to write, and then the second son of the lieutenant also went to the city to ask for a servant, and the eldest son went to rest for the time being.

When the catch arrives at noon, it is naturally a good reception, set up a note, take the grid away, and a major event is considered appropriate.

In the afternoon, the monk began to work late again, he couldn't stand it, this thing seemed to him, it was noise, so he found another thing, went to other houses to move tables and benches.

According to the eldest son's calculations, there are more than 50 tables of people this time, even if he eats two rounds, he will need more than 20 tables and more than 80 benches, and this is winter, it is very cold to eat outside, and there are also charcoal pots.

After he went to move the table, he went to the field staff to borrow a charcoal pot, in addition to the field staff, the village is slightly better is the drying cage, many people rely on their physique to resist the past in winter.

This charcoal pot is very simple, it is a pottery, similar to a square inkstone, square, recessed in the middle, you can place coal, you can also wood.

Coal has been popularized in the previous dynasty, and it has also become a common thing for winter in large households, and he heard that in large households, there is a special charcoal house, and copper pipes are used to transport hot gas to the room, so that the room is not only not cold, but thick and hot.

Tian Yuanwai also asked people to help send things over, and by the way, he also sent some coal to the chief's family, saying that he had been friends for many years, which was as it should be.

Of course, he is not good at helping the chief's family to be the master, whether this thing is accepted or not, the two sons of the chief should make their own decisions, and he will send this thing over first.

Looking at Tian Yuanwai's smiling eyes, he had some curiosity in his heart, how to deal with the matter between Tian Yuanwai and the magistrate.

He knew that on the day of the winter solstice, after Tian Yuan went to the county seat, he had not been out of the house, and after that day, he also completely divided the family, most of his family's land was allocated to his son, and he left a part to support the elderly.

Although he was curious, this was someone else's private matter after all, and he didn't ask more.

Tian Yuanwai invited him to eat pig killing rice on the twenty-first day of the lunar month, and he nodded and agreed.

After sending the things to the chief's house, there was nothing to help with, and the eldest son also woke up at this time, and after thanking him again, he let him leave.

He didn't go that morning because the zodiac was not in harmony, and the superstitious zodiac here is that there is a bad zodiac. Just as a chicken is dead, a dragon, a cow, or a rabbit is not allowed to go.

He went at noon, when the feast had already been set up, for it was a little cold, and coal had already been lit in the coals.

Before entering the feast, he took a small bowl and went to the table beside him, where a pot of hot tea was boiling, and a woman saw him coming, and hurriedly scooped a spoonful of hot tea, and said to him, "Come, big cow, drink some hot tea to warm up." ”

He nodded, and sat down at a table according to the arrangement of the Mei family, except for him, a young man, there were seven old people on this table, and he was a little unwilling in his heart, in this hierarchical society, it was very painful to sit at a table with the old man.

He had some doubts, didn't this Dayu Dynasty follow the ancient system in everything? According to the ancient system, it should be a split seat system.

Thinking that the countryside is not suitable for the use of the seat system, he was relieved, this Emperor Taizu Gao of the Dayu Dynasty is not a fool, and a comprehensive retro will only end up in Wang Mang.

He remembered what had been said in class that the ritual system was nothing but a way for the feudal ruling class to alleviate class contradictions, and that both the old and the new, were reactionary and unhelpful.

Idle and bored, he began to think about it, but unfortunately after a while, the banquet was opened.

At first, it was also a cold dish, and this winter, these old symbolic ones didn't eat a bite.

The old man stopped eating, and according to the rules, he couldn't move his chopsticks, so he also put down his chopsticks and began to chat with these people.

These people are all members of the Mei family, according to their generation, the oldest is the great-grandfather of the chief, and the youngest is also the uncle. They came this time mainly to witness the separation of the Mei family.

Although Li Chang left a suicide note when he died, there were still some trivial things that were not explained clearly, such as whether the cost of this white affair was shared or the elders were mostly burdened, and who wanted the farm tools at home.

The old people are ready when they chat, they think that the boss wants to let the second, the house to the boss, the land should be allocated more to the second, about the cow, they are also very difficult, according to the last arrangement of the chief, the cow is ready to give to the boss, but these old people feel that the boss has a house, if he gets this cow, there will be a conflict.

They were going to give the cow to the second child, but the boss didn't know how to compensate him.

It's hard to be fair about this separation, and the only thing that can be done is to make both parties reluctantly acceptable.

The men talked there, asking him from time to time for his opinion, and he was submissive and did not say much.

In this matter of the Mei family, don't mix blindly with a surname Li, so as not to offend people.

The old man wasn't going to get any good advice from him, so he talked there.

The dishes began to serve slowly, according to the rules, after the old man moved the chopsticks, he began to move the chopsticks, ate a few bites by himself, and gave the old man a dish one by one to show his respect.

"This chicken stew rake, old man, come on, eat a lump."

The old man smiled and took it, not caring at all.

"Everyone eats, don't be polite, don't talk about ......" he instantly felt that something was wrong, and took the last word of etiquette back, this is used to saying in his hometown, almost said that he leaked his mouth, now it is not a modern society, but a polite society, if the word "don't talk about etiquette" is spread, there will be small shoes to wear at that time.

Several old people didn't care, they ate with a smile, these people have bad teeth, so they naturally eat very slowly, he sat there, and he could only eat slowly, so as not to be said that he had no tutor and didn't know how to be polite.

After eating a meal for a whole hour, he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Whether it's uncomfortable, aggrieved, angry, or powerless.

After eating this meal, there should be a main meal in the evening, he originally wanted to leave, but the eldest son asked him to help write the gift, he couldn't refuse, so he could only find a distant nephew who sat outside, roasting, and sitting next to him, a distant nephew of the chief was there to receive the gift.

He held a notebook, looked at it, and suddenly thought of one thing, this dynasty has engraving printing, why don't you print these posts, these posts are all in the same format, but the names are different.

Naturally, people who have readers at home don't care about this, but many people in rural areas still can't read and write, and they have to ask someone to write a post if they want to write it, and the pen fee is not low.

He thought about it, the printing cost must be lower than the pen fee, and rural posts generally have only one side, and only one page can be made.

Although this income is not large, grasshoppers are also a piece of meat in a small area, and if this can be promoted, maybe there are talents to improve printing.

Thinking of this, he decided to go to the county seat tomorrow and ask, do they have a printing here?

He thought about it, his hometown used to be one of the printing centers, there were Shu large character books, Shu small character books, and I hope this is also a printing center.

The guests began to give gifts one after another, and he began to remember how much money each family had given, and these gifts would have to be repaid in the future.

The custom here is that you gave 50 yuan for my family's errand this time, and the next time your family does something, I can't give less than 50 yuan, if it is within five clothes, it is double the gift.

This is the so-called exchange of gifts in the countryside.

On the third day after the lieutenant's burial, he went to the county seat and went to the bookstore again.

Entering the bookstore, he first looked for the scriptures, these scriptures are all single books, so he is still a little surprised, according to his estimates, this dynasty should be able to make a combined version of the right, how is it still a single sparse book.

When the owner of the bookstore saw him looking at the book, he smiled and said, "This colleague, are you satisfied with the books in the small shop?" ”

"This brother, I want to ask you, is there any place around here where I can print the scriptures and make a vow?"

Hearing this, the boss shook his head and said to him, "There is no Lingshui, only Yong'an City has a print, but little brother, if your mother restores, it is better to copy it by hand." ”

Thanks to the boss, leave here, it seems that this matter can't be rushed, and I will have to wait until I have the opportunity to talk about it later.

Walking on the road, he suddenly saw Tian Laoqi, Tian Laoqi smiled at him and said, "Da Niu, you are also here to catch up." ”

He nodded, and Tian Laoqi said enthusiastically, "Since that's the case, I'll invite you to tea." ”

However, he and Tian Laoqi came to a restaurant, where inviting others to dinner was called inviting tea.

When the two arrived at a small restaurant, the boss watched Tian Laoqi walk in, and reluctantly showed a smile and said, "Tian Xianggong, you are here." ”

"Zhou Min, get a few specialty side dishes, your hands and feet are a little numb, and by the way, you can drink two or two."

Zhou Min sighed, let his wife look at the counter, and went to the kitchen by himself.

The dishes didn't come up, and his mother-in-law brought out a plate of beans and a plate of oranges.

The two of them were eating oranges, and he curiously asked Tian Laoqi about the purpose of coming here.

Tian Laoqi explained that he came to find Zhou Min, and in addition to opening this restaurant, Zhou Min was also making wine, and a lot of rice from the Tian family was bought by Zhou Min to make wine.

After the drought, the imperial court banned alcohol, and it will resume next year, so Tian Laoqi came to ask Zhou Min if he would still make wine next year, and he had some old rice to deal with.

Zhou Min quickly fried two dishes, one fried bean skin with eggs, and one fried meat with green peppers.

After serving two bowls of rice, the two also stopped chatting, and after eating one bowl first, they began to chat.

He thought that he seemed to have a lot of old rice, although this batch was borrowed by Li Xiucai, but when Li Xiucai returned it, his rice would be backlogged again, and he would have to find a few places to sell rice.

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