Civil servants of the Tang Dynasty

"This is a new student from our county school," Lin Xuezheng explained to the boss, then turned around and said with a smile, "It's better to come here by coincidence, since you entered the county school, you have established a mentor-student friendship with me , this inscription on painting and poetry is up to you, master and apprentice working together to write ink, isn’t it better than me singing a one-man show alone?”.

The owner of the gimmick shop naturally liked such a gimmick, so he immediately led Tang Cheng to the front of the case. Although the incident happened suddenly, since Lin Xuezheng gave him such a big face, Tang Cheng had no room to back down.

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At any rate, he traveled from a later life, and Tang Cheng was never afraid of crowds.But it was Tang Cheng's first experience to be surrounded by so many people and write inscriptions and paintings with brushes in front of the desk. Looking at the pairs of curious eyes below, he was inevitably a little nervous. In the end, he just stared at the bluegrass in the crowd. , so the mood finally stabilized.

Flipping through the poems in his memory, after a long time, Tang Cheng picked up the pen and bent over the table to move the pen to the blank space in the painting.

Most of the people who can watch outside this newly opened Four Treasures of the Study shop are scholars who come to visit the nearby pen and ink shop. When they first saw Tang Cheng's bright and clear style, they had a very good impression of him. Now, when they look at his writing Words are disappointing.

It's a pity that this young man has a good appearance and a good Fengshen, but this word is really disappointing. It can even be said that most of the people present are better than him when they pick up the pen, just such a handwriting... Hey, what a waste of Lin Xuezheng's good painting.

Lin Xuezheng had a deep impression of Tang Cheng when he accompanied County Magistrate Zhang to the countryside last time, and he was very good. If there was no such reason, even if it was to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to write a good painting poem temporarily, he would not To find Tang Cheng, you can just invite the owner of the store. The host and the guest work together to open ink. Isn't this also an elegant and interesting story?

The reason why Tang Cheng was selected in the heart just now is not only because of a good impression, but because Lin Xuezheng has a faint hope in his heart, hoping that Tang Cheng can shine like that day, and make this landscape painting that he himself is quite satisfied with To add luster.

"It's a pity for my painting." After seeing the words written by Tang Cheng, Lin Xuezheng sighed bitterly in his heart. After sighing, he blamed himself for asking Tang Cheng to write a painting poem for being too thoughtless.

Unable to bear to see his painting being ruined with his own eyes, Lin Xuezheng no longer looked at Tang Chengyun's brush, but wanted to examine the painting as carefully as possible before it was completely ruined by Tang Cheng.

Seeing Tang Cheng's words, the shop owner's face also turned green. Heck, why did Lin Xuezheng point out such an idiot!In order to invite Lin Xuezheng to open the ink, he spent a lot of money on the touch-up fee. According to the regulations, the painting that Lin Xuezheng opened the ink is the property of his shop.The painting itself is not bad, and it was hand-painted impromptu by Mr. Xuezheng of this county. It was originally the favorite of those old and rich people who like to be arty. At any rate, I will make up for it, but after writing such a stroke... this idiot is ruining Lin Xuezheng's paintings, and it is obviously wasting my money.

Master Xuezheng opened the ink to paint, and when it was time to finish the painting and poem, Tang Cheng suddenly appeared, and Tang Cheng was tall and handsome, which was really eye-catching.The combination of these two items will invisibly arouse the interest of the viewers, and they naturally have high expectations for Tang Cheng. Who would have thought that his pen would actually be...

"Is there a dear friend who knows this person?" After seeing clearly the words written by Tang Cheng in the front of the crowd, he was stunned at first. How could Lin Xuezheng point out such a person?Then he sighed, it's a pity that this painting is so good!After these two emotions passed, what filled my heart was excitement.

As scholars, who doesn't want to have the opportunity to show up in front of people like Tang Cheng, seeing that he has no chance, and the person who got the opportunity is an idiot. I didn't even bother to look at what Tang Cheng wrote, turned around and began to spread Tang Cheng's ugly words among the crowd. Of course, they had to add a few comments of their own during the live broadcast, "Today is really knowledgeable. How dare you stand in front of people with just this handwriting?”.

"Ahem, shame to death Master!"

"The one who is ashamed is not Master, but Lin Xuezheng. Master Xuezheng has already said that this is his student. As soon as this word comes out, it is Tang Cheng who looks embarrassed on the surface, but it is actually Master Xuezheng's face "

"Hey, the post-school students now... I think back when we were in the county school, we didn't talk about normal schoolwork, it was just this handwriting. That wasn't summer practice during the summer and winter practice during the three nines, eh! Brother Sanzhu is also there, we are Classmate, you just happened to be a witness of the past... right, tsk tsk, think about us, brother Sanzhu, and look at the current postgraduates... the style of study is getting worse, the style of study is getting worse... ".

Lancao in the crowd has never been educated, so naturally she doesn't know good or bad words. Just now, she saw Tang Cheng walking in front of people with the kiss of Master Xuezheng, and she was happier than anyone else.She can see her happy man showing his face in front of people. Like all the little women, her face is flushed with anticipation.

But as the surrounding discussion became louder and louder, although Lancao had never read the book and could not tell whether the characters were good or bad, she could also hear that these people were mocking Tang Cheng's ugly characters. It was worry, the joy on his face just now had long since disappeared, his brows were furrowed, and his hands were tightly clenched together.

Lin Xuezheng couldn't bear to watch any more, the viewers were only interested in the joyful discussion and didn't have the time to read. Although Lancao tried his best, he couldn't understand it because he hadn't attended school all day. The only exception among these people was the shop owner. It is a must see!Now he only asks this little ancestor to write less words, at least not to completely destroy this painting.

The owner of the shop was full of bitterness at first, watching the bitterness gradually fade away, and then there was joy, and the joy became stronger as Tang Cheng wrote more, and at the end, the joy finally When it erupted in an all-round way, it actually bloomed into a flower.

Lin Xuezheng was the first to notice the change in the shop owner's face. He moved his eyes from the landscape in the painting to the blank space in Tang Cheng's brush in surprise. Isn't this the same calligraphy?But after paying attention to the content written in the ugly characters, the expression on Lin Xuezheng's face also changed, and his mouth also let out a "Yi" in surprise.

The two people were like this, and the attention of the viewers who were discussing excitedly was naturally attracted. Then, the faces of the people in front were a little different, and the onlookers behind couldn't see what Tang Cheng wrote, but just saw these People were like this all of a sudden, and they were anxious to know what happened to cause them to be like this. At that moment, someone said loudly: "What is written, read it out for anyone who has seen it." One person spoke, and dozens of people responded in harmony. .

At this time, Tang Chengye had already written a couplet of two-sentence poems on paintings, and the chalk notes attached to the poems on paintings had also been written near the end.

Originally thought that a good painting would be ruined, but now it is such a turnaround, not only the painting is afraid that it will be more valuable, but the gimmick just now is enough to make his newly opened shop more famous. The store owner who came over suddenly coughed twice, and after clearing his throat smoothly, he read out Tang Cheng's painting poems and chalk notes with a bright face.

Chapter 42 Let's Study Mingjing!

Following the cough of the store owner, the crowd of onlookers fell silent, wanting to see what Tang Cheng wrote, which caused such a big change in the expressions of the owner and Lin Xuezheng. The bluegrass held his breath even more nervously.

The breeze and the bright moon are priceless, and there is love in the distant waters and near the mountains!

After reading these two lines of poems on paintings, the shop owner continued to read Tang Cheng's notes without waiting for everyone to comment:

The ambition of Lin Quan, the lover of haze, sleeps in his dreams, and his eyes and ears are cut off.Today, my teacher learns from Mr. Zheng Lin's wonderful hand, and I don't go out of the busy city, I sit in the poor spring and gully; the sound of apes and birds is in my ears as promised;Isn't this unsatisfactory, but it really wins my heart?

Kankan waited for the shop owner to finish reading, Tang Cheng put away his pen and ink, smiled and bowed to Lin Xuezheng and said: "The teacher is ordered, I dare not resign! Please forgive me for the continuation of the dog's tail."

Most of the people here today are able to write and write. Although it is hard to say what you can write by yourself, because scholars have read a lot of ancient poems and masterpieces, they still have the ability to appreciate good and bad.The breeze and bright moon are priceless, and there is love in the distant mountains and near the water!Not to mention this painting-inscribed poem that can be called a painting eye, just reciting the Sanji is already fragrant on the lips and teeth.

After all, they are all scholars, if they want to say that the painting, poem and prose are not well written, no one would have the guts to say such a thing.But if you want to boast, the sarcasm just now was too full, and it would be too embarrassing if you forcibly changed the tone. After all, you seldom study poetry and books, who would not be embarrassed?

The handwriting is so ugly, but the poems and sketches written in such a picturesque way can be made, the contrast...is too great!Or maybe that bland handwriting of this guy is just a deliberate pretense, in fact, he wants to draw people's attention to his literary and poetic talents?Repressing first and raising later is not only the skill of composition, but also the only magic weapon for scholars to seek fame. For example, Chen Ziang, a talented scholar from Jiannan in the former dynasty, didn't he just play the same skill of "throwing the piano" when he first arrived in Chang'an, so he quickly became famous Did you move the capital?

Because Tang Cheng's performance before and after is too different, and because the front is too ordinary, but the back is too amazing; and because the audience ridiculed too much in the front, it is too difficult to close the hood and turn around at this time, so that the shop owner finished reading. Afterwards, there was a rare silence outside the store, which was noisy just now.

Apart from feeling that what Tang Cheng wrote was easy to read, Lancao, who had never been to school, actually couldn't tell what was so good about the paintings, poems and sketches. Act and feel it.

Seeing the silence of the onlookers who were still full of ridicule just now, especially the blushing embarrassment of those who criticized Tang Cheng the most just now, she didn't understand that it was because of Tang Cheng's limelight ?

After completely letting go of the nervous blue grass in her heart, she let out the breath she was holding tightly, and then realized that her tightly clenched hands had been soaked with a fine layer of sweat at some point. But the early spring just after the bitter winter of June [-]th!

"You, you..." For Lin Xuezheng, the result of seeing Tang Cheng twice is: surprises always come too suddenly!After saying "you" for a while, he stretched out his hand and patted Tang Cheng's shoulder hard, "Are you sure you will study Mingjing after you go to the county school?".

Before Tang Cheng could answer, the owner of the shop on the other side came up and said with a smile: "It's good to draw a good poem, master and apprentice work together to complement each other." After the flower arranger finished speaking, he turned around quickly, " What are you still doing in a daze, put it away quickly, ouch! You stupid thing, be careful, flatten it with a splint and then take it... ".

Hearing the bluff of the shop owner, Tang Cheng and Lin Xuezheng looked at each other with a smile and then walked down. The two of them were everywhere, and the crowd who began to hum in a low voice retreated left and right to make way.

When passing through the crowd, Tang Cheng suddenly had the feeling of following the old master Yan to accept the official again years ago. Now that he was shaking his clothes, he might not be able to lose many eyes.

Seeing that people on both sides were paying attention to Tang Cheng, and some people had faintly started to move forward, the quite experienced Lin Xuezheng whispered to Tang Cheng, "Go faster! Otherwise, you will have to be punished." surround".

In later generations, no matter in the university classroom or in the books, Tang Cheng has long learned that people in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty were open and warm-hearted. Surrounded by greetings and inquiring about their origins, Lin Xuezheng, who quickened his pace, left the crowd all the way.

Seeing Tang Chengzheng and Lin Xuezheng together, Lancao, who couldn't help but smile all over her face, didn't come up, but followed behind two steps behind.

"What's the matter with your word?" After Lin Xuezheng walked out of the crowd, he didn't get on the waiting carriage, but walked forward with Tang Cheng on foot, "When did you arrive at the county seat? Did you report to the county school? ?”.

"Students started late, and their handwriting was poor, which made Master Xuezheng laugh at him." Tang Cheng first answered this sentence, and then continued: "I just arrived in the county today. I planned to go to the county journal early tomorrow morning."

"That's right!" Lin Xuezheng nodded, "It's fine if you don't go, now you just have to think about whether to apply for Jinshi or Mingjing."

Knowing that Lin Xuezheng had good intentions, Tang Cheng naturally showed gratitude on his face, but he replied without any hesitation, "Thank you, Mr. Xuezheng, for your concern. Students have already thought about this problem, and they are studying Mingjing."

"Oh?" Lin Xuezheng didn't understand Tang Cheng's decisive choice.

Tang Cheng understood the reason for Lin Xuezheng's doubts. Although there were many subjects in the government schools and the Ministry of Rites Examination, the real distinguished ones were the Jinshi subjects. No one asked them for ten years, and they became famous all over the world. These two sentences said The most important is Jinshi.Adding up all subjects, the imperial court recruits more than 20 scholars every year, but only more than [-] Jinshi subjects are truly honored. Hanging flowers parade in the streets, Qujiang gives banquets, and the names that people read and recite are all new Jinshi subjects. They, and "Shilin Huaxuan" is only the exclusive name of the Jinshi Division.As for the new Jinshi in other subjects, they are almost all foils.

Aside from these superficial honors, even when the tasks are distributed after passing the official examination, the best division and the fastest promotion are Jinshi subjects. The scholars have taken it all.

Chapter 43 Let's Study Mingjing

"Because of the glory and honor of the Jinshi department, there are many people staring at it. At least 30% of the scholars in the world gather in this department, and the imperial court selects no more than [-] new Jinshi in the Jinshi department every year. The road is good. road, but this road is too difficult to walk.” Just thinking of this admission ratio, Tang Chengdu shuddered a little. Compared with the single-plank bridge of the Jinshi Department in the Tang Dynasty, the college entrance examination for later generations is simply wider than the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. The senior colonel of the Ministry of Rites does not confuse their names when they check the papers, and the high school students of each subject have to be famous before the exam, and the water in the middle is too deep."

Facing what Tang Cheng said, Lin Xuezheng, who was also a scholar, could only sigh speechlessly. Shilin Huaxuan sounds nice, but it is... too difficult.

"Not to mention that it is extremely difficult to go to high school after taking the Ministry of Rites Examination. For me, it is even more difficult to obtain a tribute qualification. There is state school on the county school, and Dao school on the state school. Not everyone is qualified to go to Chang'an. According to my family's situation, I really can't allow me to spend three to five years, or even eight or ten years, to take the exam. On the contrary, Ming Jing is more suitable," Tang Cheng said in front of Lin Xuezheng. He didn't hide his thoughts, "It would be great if I had the opportunity to go to the state to study in the future. If I really don't have this opportunity, I should come out to work and support my family after studying in the county school for more than a year."

The situation of Tang Cheng's family Lin Xuezheng also heard something from Liu Lizheng that day, and faced with such heartfelt words, he couldn't persuade him anything. Supported by a solid family background, this road cannot go on at all, otherwise the scholars in the county school would not be the children of wealthy gentry families.

Although the reason is clear, Lin Xuezheng feels it is a pity when he thinks about Tang Cheng's performance.

There was a look of regret on his face, but it was Tang Cheng himself who was calm and calm, "In this dynasty, apart from the imperial examination, there is no other way to be an official. You may hang yourself on a tree." ".

"I'm sorry for you, you are open-minded." Lin Xuezheng was amused by Tang Cheng's attitude, "It is possible to be promoted as an official, but this road may not be easy. It is very difficult to go from an official to an official. Even if one can enter the first class, it will be extremely difficult to be promoted in the future. Not to mention, the county master Yao and Zhao county lieutenant are the best examples. Both of them are considered top-notch. It took more than ten years to come to Liunei. It has been nearly 30 years since he entered the county government office, and he has just passed the eighth grade. Honshu Mabiejia is about the same age as them, and he has been an official for about the same time. Now he is from the fifth grade. The quality is lower. How big is the gap? Between success and failure, they are actually only a difference in fame."

The prefectures of the Tang Dynasty were equivalent to the prefecture-level cities of the later generations, and Biejia was similar to the deputy mayors of the later generations.

"Ma Biejia is also a Jinshi of the Mingjing Department?" Lin Xuezheng couldn't help but smile again after hearing this sentence, "I thought you were really open-minded after hearing what you said just now, but now it seems that you are no different from other people. Mingjing is Mingjing, but I can remind you that this road is also very difficult, and you must not be careless."

"Thank you, Master Xuezheng, for reminding me."

After Lin Xuezheng finished talking, he didn't go any further. He got into the carriage behind and went home. After his carriage left, Lancao, who had been following the two of them from afar, came to Tang Cheng's side, "He is Master Xuezheng of the county school?"

"Yes, he is a good teacher just like the old master Yan in the village school!" Tang Cheng looked away from the carriage going away, "But what are you hiding? Lin Xuezheng is also a human being, so maybe he just eats you up?" .

"You scholars are talking, how awkward it is for me to follow, and the long followers of Lin Xuezheng's family are also following behind." At that time, it was getting dark, Lancao looked around, and held Tang Cheng's hand while lowering her head, "Go , let's go home."

The two arrived home hand in hand, and Lancao was in a very good mood. After making some midnight snacks for Tang Cheng, she went to the study with the ribbon-cutting ribbon. Outside of the tea, the two of them were busy with their affairs by guarding a tree and three lampstands. The whole scene was quiet and warm.

That night, Tang Chengcheng slept in the study room, and the next day (six o'clock in the morning) Sister Lan called him up to wake him up. After taking care of the grooming and eating the "morning food", the tender sun had already risen.

"If you feel bored at home, go to the street." Tang Cheng, who was wearing a moon-white tunic collar Confucian shirt, stretched out his hand and pinched Sister Lan's nose, then smiled and picked up the bundle of books and went out.

Yunxi County School was built on a hill in the northwest corner of the city, covering an area of ​​about [-] mu.Compared with the simple village school, the environment here is much better. Along the way up more than a hundred steps, there are graceful weeping willows planted on both sides. When you enter the gate, you will see two neat rows on the left and right. the school building.

Tang Cheng was taken by the concierge to the supervisor's room. Presumably, Lin Xuezheng had greeted him earlier, so the supervisor Liu was very kind to him.Then came the somewhat cumbersome enrollment procedures. The terms of enrollment registration are not much different from those of later generations, nothing more than age, place of origin, etc. The only difference is that there is an exclusive record of whether there is anyone in the three generations of the direct line who is engaged in business. .

Tang Cheng's admission procedures were completed, and when the supervisor was instructing the servants to take him to the Mingjing Division's school building, Lin Xuezheng walked in leisurely from the door.

As soon as Master Xuezheng arrived, Superintendent Liu and the handymen who were busy in the room quickly got up to greet him.

"Forget it", Lin Xuezheng waved his hand casually, "Is everything settled?".

Before Tang Cheng could speak, Supervisor Liu on the side had already replied: "It's done, I'm about to send someone to take him to the school building."

"En," Lin Xuezheng nodded, then withdrew his smile and said to Tang Cheng seriously: "You came from the village school, and you started it late, so your foundation will inevitably be weak, and you should work harder than other students. People don't suffer There is no position, so we stand because of troubles. If you don’t worry about yourself, you will know it, and you can know it if you seek it!”.

The previous paragraph of this remark is fine, but the words "no trouble and no position" are from "The Analects", which means that you should not worry about not having a position, but you should worry about not having the ability to be competent for the position; don't be afraid that no one will know you, but To pursue what is enough to let others know your own ability.What Lin Xuezheng said to Tang Cheng was obviously targeted.

Chapter 44 How did you become a young master?

This is the official lecture to the new students. It is the same as the old master Yan's lecture when he first entered the village school. Tang Cheng should be serious when he heard the words.

"Okay, you go! There's no need to be in a hurry, we'll send it after we've got it all together." When he said this, Lin Xuezheng's eyes naturally fell on Liu Xuejian. After seeing him nodding repeatedly, Lin Xuezheng Then he turned around and left the room.

There are many students in the county school, but on the day of registration, there are very few who can let Mr. Xuezheng come to visit and give lectures in person. Liu Xuejian has always been kind to Tang Cheng, and after Xuezheng's visit, he is almost affectionate.At present, they simply stopped using handymen, but personally led Tang Cheng to the school building where Ming Jing was teaching.

Mr. Bing, the students in this class who are currently in class, can understand that Tang Cheng has a background, and look at him differently. After he settles down in the school building, he still has a lot of feelings. The student looked up at him.

Like many aristocratic schools in later generations, there were [-] students in the first class of the official school in the Tang Dynasty, but the classroom was obviously much larger. Under the bright and clean windows, everyone sat by the table. In terms of the learning environment alone, it was really good. .

What this class is teaching is the "Book of Songs" among the Five Classics. It can be said that Tang Cheng also learned the Book of Songs when he was in the Chinese Department of later generations, but it is different from the later generations. of the pass.

In the later generations of Tang Cheng's life, the poems of the Qi, Lu and Han families have long been lost, and only Mao's poems are left.So although it is a course that I have learned before, it still sounds like a lot of new things now.Because the four schools have different understandings of the "Book of Songs", this has caused deviations in the understanding of the scriptures. There are often several versions of the subject of the same poem, and even a word or a word has a very different precept.However, this gentleman is obviously inclined to Han poetry, which directly conflicts with the Mao poetry that Tang Cheng learned later.

What was originally thought to be a matter of course has a different understanding, and this understanding is still well-founded, self-contained and self-contained.This kind of subversive interpretation of inherent knowledge made Tang Cheng very unaccustomed, and it was difficult for a while to judge whether what he had learned before was correct, or what the husband said now was correct, or even both were wrong, and it should be the poems of the Qi and Lu families. The statement is closer to the original meaning of the scriptures.

Under such circumstances, Tang Cheng couldn't tolerate any more errands. He was forced to quickly enter the learning state almost as soon as he sat down.

Different from the class system of later generations, a class in the county school lasts half an hour, exactly one hour.In the morning, from the beginning of the morning ([-]:[-] a.m.) to the beginning of the afternoon ([-]:[-] a.m.), the time for get out of class to end in the middle is very short, and students have to trot to the toilet.As for the teaching method, the basic method is full house irrigation, where the teacher speaks and the students remember.In addition, different from the later generations, the county school does not teach in the afternoon, and the students can use this time to digest or read books to supplement what the teacher taught in the morning.

This kind of arrangement of not having classes in the afternoon is what Tang Cheng likes the most. God is sorry, it gave him a chance to breathe, otherwise he really couldn't keep up with his homework based on his current foundation.

At the end of the afternoon, Tang Cheng walked out of the classroom with other students, and when he was about to go home, he saw that the school building in front was crowded with students in fluttering Confucian uniforms, chatting excitedly about something.

"Compare him! What's the matter with Jinshi students? I haven't heard of any good poems written by them. They've been dragging me all day long. This time, I dare to come to pick things up. Luo Fei, if you don't dare to compare with him, you I’m sorry for the ancestors of Cangjie.” Curiously, Tang Cheng listened outside the crowd for a while and understood the reason. It turned out that a student of the Jinshi Department came to the school building of the Character (Book) Department to smash the scene, claiming that Compete calligraphy with calligraphy students.

At that time, in addition to Jinshi and Mingjing, there were also branches such as arithmetic and law in the official school. Among them, the calligraphy department was also one of them. Teachers taught "Stone Classics" and "Zi Lin" professionally. , "Shuowen", "San Cang", "Erya", etc., when the Ministry of Rites selects scholars, there is also a "Ming Shu" subject examination, and after passing the examination, it will be awarded by the official department.

The number of students in each subject in the official school is determined by the Guozijian. The largest is naturally the Jinshi course, followed by the Mingjing. As for other mathematics, the number of students in the legal subjects is very small. Five doctors, five teaching assistants, and 40 students for "teaching" scale, it is even more pitiful when it comes to county schools, where there is only a quota of five students.

Small majors like this are the easiest to be ignored and underestimated in county schools. After a long period of time, as a student of Chinese characters, it is inevitable that they will be full of resentment towards the scholars who have always looked down on them. Moreover, he threatened to compare it with calligraphy, which is really unbearable for uncle, but not for aunt!After the five-character student introduced a classmate with the highest attainment in calligraphy, the other four people clamored and encouraged him as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

The Jinshi department is the most prestigious and has the largest number of people. They are naturally arrogant in school on weekdays. The students of other departments have long disliked them. There is such a lively scene at this time, and no one is fighting for the first place, except Jinshi. Except for the science students, other science students were obliged to cheer for the science students. As more and more people gathered, the whole scene was very lively.

Although Tang Cheng wanted to watch the fun, but there were too many people watching, even if he wanted to, he couldn't see what the protagonists were writing. Tang Cheng squeezed for a while and saw that he couldn't squeeze in, so he wrinkled his shirt Baba, he gave up the excitement and went back to his residence.

When Tang Cheng returned to his residence, he saw that there was a middle-aged man in his 40s at the concierge that was empty yesterday. He thought he had an early explanation.

Tang Cheng nodded and did not speak to the porter. After entering the front yard, he saw a mother and daughter busy in the kitchen outside. The older one was about forty, and the younger one was only fourteen Looking like five years old, after seeing him from a distance, the expression on his face was still a little timid.

As soon as Tang Cheng pushed open the door of the second courtyard, Sister Lan came out of the house like a little sparrow when she heard the noise, "Master is back from school!".

Tang Cheng was taken aback by the sudden address, and he put his arm around Sister Lan's slippery waist and said with a smile, "What young master, do you think I look like a young master?".

Chapter 45 The most annoying thing is this!

"You look like a young master in every way, even more like a young master than the young masters of big families in the city." Sister Lan snuggled into Tang Cheng's arms contentedly, and reached out to take the package containing books in his hand. The three servants, they are just a family. You must have seen the man in the concierge. His family has good tea and food, and he happens to be in charge of the stove. As for the little girl, she also needs to clean up the yard. Since you bought As servants, we have to follow the rules to address them, now they are young masters, and in the future they will be masters, which is not only a good name for them, but also a distinction between respect and inferiority."

"Your wife bought this..." Sister Lan seemed to know that Tang Cheng would say this, and she followed the words: "The name of the owner of this family of three is you, and they only know their own name. The main family name is Tang".

Hearing this, Tang Cheng stopped walking suddenly.

Sister Lan turned her head and saw Tang Cheng staring at her closely, with no smile on her face, "Young... Ah Cheng, what's wrong?".

"Buy someone, change your name, is this what your wife ordered a long time ago?" Tang Cheng's smile was a little cold, "You know that I am a poor tenant, young master! This name is good or bad , but I can't afford it."

Since the first meeting last year, Tang Cheng's temperament has always been very good. Sister Lan had seen him lose his temper suddenly, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

She didn't know that the reason why Tang Cheng was angry was not because of the servant he bought and the title just now, and Tang Cheng was not a person who didn't know what to do.The reason why he was angry was because he was dissatisfied with Gao Lishi's dishonesty, and of course her clever tricks.

Tang Cheng didn't dislike Gao Lishi, and even said that after several months of getting along with her, he still had a good impression of her, otherwise, he wouldn't just be in love with her like that.But Tang Cheng has always been very clear about one thing in the relationship between the two, that is, he never thought of getting involved in Gao Li's money. Vague, he will accept occasional gifts or something, but it must be clear when it comes to larger amounts of money.

This was the case in Zhuangzi in the old days. Before Tang Cheng came to the county school this time, the two had agreed that he lived in this house as a rent. Shu Xiu's money will be returned in the future, and Mrs. Gao Li also agreed with it.Unexpectedly, such a thing happened on the second day of his arrival.

Tang Cheng understood why Gao Lishi did this, but to put it bluntly, it was just a "forced" word. Whether it was buying a girl or changing her name, its potential meaning forced Tang Cheng to give her an explanation and a name earlier.The difference is that the way she uses it is very gentle and caring.

In fact, if Mrs. Gao did not force him, Tang Cheng himself was thinking about how to solve the problem of Mrs. Gao's status as master and servant. He was still thinking about it yesterday.But as soon as Gao Lishi used a method, and it was a method of throwing money at him, Tang Cheng naturally became unhappy.It's a man who doesn't want to lose face?What's more, he is still a good-looking and poor man now, the most unbearable thing is that women use this way of throwing money to force him on their own initiative.

"In the afternoon, go to the yamen and change the name on the deed of sale. Write the name of whoever paid for it. If I really want to buy someone, I will pay for it myself." Couldn't bear it, but the look on his face didn't loosen in the slightest.It is necessary now to be with this master and servant in the future.He wanted Gao Li and Sister Lan to understand that the reason why he was with them was not for money, but for their people.

Besides, he also wanted to take this opportunity to hit Gao Lishi. This woman has a hard heart in her bones, and she started playing tricks before they got together.