The sun rises in the east, and the orange light illuminates the sky little by little. The crowing of roosters reverberates in the village, but it is full of livelihood.

At the entrance of the village, fishing boats are parked, and fishermen are spreading their nets. Outside the embankment, children took advantage of the low tide and ran to the river, digging crab roe on the river beach, and the muddy water hit the riverbank, spitting white and greasy foam.

After eating a big bowl of porridge at home, the people of Hongshan Village went out of their homes with hoes on their shoulders and went out of the village to go to the fields. The industrious housewives also began to feed the ducks, and the sound of rattling was loud outside.

"There are a number of shortages in life, and the wealth of people is in the sky. But the gentleman is poor, and the master knows his fate. ”

At this time, Lang Lang's reading sound came slowly from the Lin family's house.

The busy villagers couldn't help but stop and look at the Lin family.

"Isn't this the longevity of the Lin family?"

"No, I saw Yanshou go to social studies early in the morning, this is the second child of their family."

"Oh, I really envy the shop in the house, there are two scholars, unlike us who can only throw food in the field in this life."

"With such hard work, maybe our village will show off again."

Speaking of this, the villagers were envious, if it weren't for Lin Gao's family to show talent, the elder family would not have married their daughter to Lin Gao's son, and the clan would not have divided ten acres of clan land, which was a sensation at the beginning. To this day, the village still often talks about Lin Ding's talent in the past.

The villagers were talking and talking, and they went off topic.

"I don't know if the Lin family can show talent in this later life, but it's a powerful character."

"What a powerful method, tell me."

"The day before yesterday, you missed a good show, and the eldest lady of the shop house was the second child, and was swept out of the house by the shop master and rushed back to her parents' house."

"No, no, look at what you said, the eldest daughter-in-law was swept out of the house because she hated the Lin family, and their family's longevity was crying to find her mother, but the shop refused to do so."

After hearing this, the people in the village all looked up to Lin Yanchao. Who doesn't know that the eldest mother relies on her father to be the chief armor, and she is a well-known pungent character in the village, and no one is afraid. And this time it was cleaned up by a twelve-year-old offspring.

"This old man of the Lin family is talented, if his father hadn't been in turmoil back then, I'm afraid his current road will be better."

"Don't look at no father and no mother, such a child has already started a family and is sensible."

Lin Yanchao's reading voice became lower and lower, and the discussions of these neighbors listened to his ears without falling.

At this time, Lin Qianqian opened the door and came in, and he could hear the discussion outside, afraid that Lin Yanchao would be angry, and hurriedly said: "Don't listen to these gossips." ”

"If they want to talk, they will just follow them, but their mouths will grow on other people's heads. After the eldest lady returned to her parents' house, did Mr. Xie come to our family? ”

Lin Qianqian shook his head and said: "That's not true, grandpa said, the eldest mother's father Xie Zongjia heard that he is an extremely protective person, if he rashly comes to the door to question, our family is not afraid, if he doesn't come to the door, then the matter will be bad." ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but nod and said, grandpa is really a clear-eyed person, he can see clearly, when the Xie family really comes to the door one day, he must make a decision and then act, and then it will be really troublesome.

In the Ming Dynasty, the general armor is the common name of the chief, who can apportion forced labor, and has a certain judicial power.

Lin Qianqian said: "Grandpa said, the others are not afraid of the Xie family, our family also has roots in the village, if it doesn't work, the sword and the gun are done, but I am worried, he bought the officials and sent the embarrassing miscellaneous servants to our family." ”

There are only two kinds of service laws throughout the founding of the Ming Dynasty, regular service and miscellaneous service. The main service is also known as the regular service of Lijia, which includes the payment of taxes and grain, the service of household arrangement, and the three offices of Lijia. And miscellaneous servitude, also known as miscellaneous servitude, is that the people send out to serve the government. The difference in the strength of miscellaneous conscription is to make money and let the government hire labor, and the difference in strength is that the conscripted households are personally served.

What the people are most afraid of is the poor force, and Lin Gaozhu in this system knows that it is powerful, such as the shop of the express delivery shop belongs to the poor force. In the past, there was a shop that offended Lin Gao. Then Lin Gaozhu often sent this shopkeeper to take an inconsequential official letter in the two express shops, and practice more than twenty miles of turnaround and running every day!

It is difficult for modern people to imagine how much power there is in the township, and the mere apportionment of forced labor is enough to bankrupt a common family.

Lin Yanchao also knew how powerful Li Zheng was, but he still comforted him and said: "What are you afraid of, the soldiers will block the water and cover it." ”

"Nonsense," Lin Qianqian said lightly, but after a pause, he said: "But this time after you recovered from your illness, it seems to be a different person from before?" ”

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "That's right, shallow, I'm not the original me anymore." ”

"What did you say?"

"I said that I was taken up by a thousand-year-old ghost, and now it is harming our whole family, first harming the eldest mother, and then turning down one by one, and finally it is your turn. Are you afraid? ”

"Don't be afraid!" Lin Qianqian said with a grin.

Lin Yanchao smiled: "Shallow, my body is already well, and I am going to go to social studies tomorrow." ”

"Of course, when it comes to social studies, Brother Chao, you have to be diligent, and you can't pull down your homework." Although Lin Qianqian was smiling, Lin Yanchao saw a little sadness in her eyes.

Lin Yanchao guessed what Lin Qianqian was worried about and said: "Qianqian, you don't need to worry about the matter of the restraint ceremony, I will ask Mr. for a while, let him relax." ”

Lin Qianqian shook his head and said, "Brother Chao, you only need to study, don't worry about money." ”

The next day, Lin Yanchao sorted out the package and packed up the four treasures of the study. Lin Qianqian had already come in with a bowl of noodle soup at this time, and there were two big duck eggs on it.

"Come, come, eat the peace noodles and the peace eggs."

The noodles are noodles, thin and long, even if the locals are poor at home, but the noodles must be there, the family travels, the guests come to the house as guests, they have to cook a bowl of Taiping noodles for them to eat.

As for the duck eggs on the noodles, they are called Taiping eggs, and only duck eggs can be used, and eggs are not good. In the Min dialect, which retains ancient Chinese, eggs are called eggs. Duck eggs are called duck eggs, and the homophony is chaotic, and the chaos is the peace of the world. The duck eggs are homophonic with the pressing waves, and the people on the boat also eat Taiping eggs when they go to sea to fish.

This egg and noodles are Lin Qianqian's thoughts on himself.

Lin Yanchao's heart fluctuated, but his face was calm. He blew the green onion on the soup, picked up the noodles with chopsticks, and sucked the noodles into his mouth.

Lin Qianqian watched Lin Yanchao eat noodles, took out a bag of money and said to Lin Yanchao: "There are two hundred wen here, one hundred wen is the festival of the Dragon Boat Festival, you and Mr. said to bind, and we will definitely return it to him after the Mid-Autumn Festival." There is also a hundred Wen for you to keep for yourself, buy some food for emergencies, but don't spend it lavishly. ”

Lin Qianqian told him seriously, holding the bag of money tightly in his hand, looking like he was afraid that Lin Yanchao would spend money indiscriminately. Lin Yanchao knew that the money in it was all obtained by Lin Qianqian from the rooster to the dark straw mat, in exchange for every penny.

"Shallow, I don't need that much. You keep a little bit on yourself, don't be bitter about yourself. ”

When Lin Yanchao said this, Lin Qianqian's brows furrowed. She said angrily: "Brother Chao, if you say this in the future, I will ignore you." I've worked hard to save money, not so that you can get ahead, I don't want my future husband to be a worthless person. ”

"If you don't get into the show, you don't want to enter the door of my house, hum!"

"Good, good. I promise you. ”

"No, you can't be perfunctory to me."

"Okay, I'm not perfunctory."

Seeing Lin Yanchao's repeated assurances, Lin Qianqian's face showed a smile.

At this time, Lin Yanchao raised his head and said sternly: "But I promise you this, and you have to promise me one thing." ”

"What's the matter?" Lin Qianqian asked with a blink.

Lin Yanchao lifted the bowl, put half of the noodles and a duck egg in the bowl into Lin Qianqian's bowl and said, "Promise I'll finish eating." ”

Lin Qianqian looked at the noodles and eggs in the bowl and was stunned.

"Eat, what are you doing?"

Lin Qianqian smiled softly, embarrassedly picked up the duck egg with chopsticks, opened his cherry-like mouth, and took a shallow bite. Lin Qianqian raised his head and saw Lin Yanchao staring at him, so he put down his chopsticks in shame and anger, and reached out to slam Lin Yanchao.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't delay the hour." Lin Qianqian kicked Lin Yanchao out of the house.

Lin Yanchao put on his bookcase and luggage and strode out of the door.

At this moment, the rooster crowed again, flapping its wings and returning to the nest.

Lin Qianqian chased out the door and said, "Brother Chao, there are still two cakes in the ceremony, eat them when you are hungry!" ”

"I'm at home waiting for you to come back!"

Lin Yanchao walked to the entrance of the village, looked back and saw that Lin Qianqian was still standing behind, looking at himself, and when he saw himself turn around, he smiled sweetly, and then waved to himself vigorously.

Lin Yanchao waved his hand and said to Lin Qianqian: "Qianqian, don't worry, I will definitely get ahead, and then come back to marry you!" ”

After speaking, Lin Yanchao turned around and strode away, and Hongshan Village gradually fell behind him. The social studies are in Zhangcuo at the foot of Dongqiling Mountain, while Hongshan Village, where Lin Yanchao is located, is at the foot of Xifeng Mountain.

Dongqiling and Xifeng both belong to Hongshan, Hongshan Village, and Zhangcuo belong to Hongtang Township, Houguan County, but Hongshan Village belongs to Yong'anli, and Zhangcuo belongs to Qinghuali, one Hongtang Township, seven villages, and two social studies, which can be regarded as quite high density.

The social studies in Hongshan Village belong to the joint operation of the government and the people, and the teachers are served by old students, and the teaching quality is of course the best, and the people are willing to go here to study. Lin Yanchao's cousin Lin Yanshou was able to enter the village's social studies, but it took a lot of restraint to save the face of his grandfather and grandfather.

As for Zhang Cuo's sociology, it is naturally a little worse, the county is basically in a free-range state, and his tutor is only a child, not a student.

Lin Yanchao was walking on the mountain path, and the river was still yellow. In the past, Hongshan was only a rock island in the water of Fujian, and then gradually expanded by the siltation of Fujian cement and sand, and was connected with Gaogai Mountain, Shrimp Toad Mountain, Yantai Mountain, etc., and became the Lantau in the middle of the river today.

The water of the four states in the upper reaches of Fujian is confluent in Hongshan, and then it is diverted when it meets the island, and the left enters the Wulong River, and the right enters the Hongjiang River. This water area is also very dangerous, it is the rush of the river to dry up, there are often tunnel winds, and the fishing boats pass by carelessly, that is, the sails are broken.

The Fujian water on the side is turbulent, and the foot is a hiking trail, from the west peak to the east Qiling, and you have to walk several miles of mountain roads.

Taking advantage of the fact that the sun has not yet sunned, Lin Yanchao climbed the Dongqi Ridge, supported the road with a bamboo cane, and raised his head to see the scenery of the ancient temple perched on the clouds and the purple and green mountains. There is a victory in Hongshan, named Miaofeng Temple, built in the Song Tiansheng years, rebuilt in the Chenghua years, the realm is extremely secluded, the head of the nine nunnery and eleven temples in the territory.

Miaofeng Temple is more famous, there is a Yanshan ancestral hall next to the temple, it is also built in the Song Dynasty from time to time, from the Song Dynasty the scholars of Hongtang Township study here more in summer, in order to avoid the scorching heat, a total of more than 100 Jinshi lift people. Lin Yanchao's father also studied hard here, and later became a showman.

After climbing the mountain, the Hongjiang River is gone, and the place where you look at a wide village under the mountain col is Zhangcuo. Cuo in Fujian, the meaning in Hokkien dialect is home, many place names in Fujian have Cuo characters, and the front is crowned with a surname. The reason is that many people in Fujian have moved from the Central Plains, and a family has taken root in one place, and most of them have one surname in one village.

In one township and seven villages in Hongtang Township, Zhang Cuo is the majority of people surnamed Zhang. Although this house is a small village, it is surrounded by fort walls, suspension bridges, and watchtowers, which are all prepared when the Japanese were in trouble.

When you walk to the entrance of the village and look up, you will see a large archway standing there.

This is not the memorial arch of filial piety, but the arch of Jinshi. Anyone who enters the entrance of the village will see that the two layers of the middle gate are written with the word 'Jinshi', the right side is vertically engraved with the small block 'Zhengde 12 years Ding Chou will test', and the left side is vertically engraved 'Chinese style 3 top 64 Zhang Jingli'.