Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

In the afternoon, Tang Zhong moved the altars and jars he bought back to Aunt Gu's house for half a year. She refused to accept the money, so she should keep it for daily household use.

At first, Aunt Gu still didn't want it, but she couldn't stop the three brothers and sisters of the Tang family by herself, so she had no choice but to let them go.

"From now until the next time you rest, I will trouble Aunt Gu to help take care of my younger brothers and sisters."

Tang Zhong solemnly bowed to Aunt Gu, even though the children of the poor had already been in charge of the house, Tang Laosan could still boil water and cook.

After all, he is only an eight-year-old child, so he can rest assured that his neighbor, Aunt Gu, is looking after him.

"If you can't do it, why do you have to salute again? I really can't afford it!" Aunt Gu helped Tang Zhong up and promised again and again: "I can't help much, but it won't make them hungry. Listen to me What do you mean, are you going to be on errand today?"

Tang Zhong nodded, if it wasn't for the bag of rice sent by the Gao family and his son, their family would have been unable to open the pot. He didn't have the mind to take a vacation anymore, he just wanted to go back to be a city gatekeeper and send some money back sooner.

Seeing that his elder brother was about to leave, Tang Meng, who was still alive and kicking just now, immediately became awkward.She leaned over and grabbed Tang Zhong's cuff tightly, puffed up her cheeks and muttered angrily: "Don't go, second brother, let's go home, don't go to work."

Tang Zhong patted the little girl's head, and comforted softly: "Mengzi is good, the second brother will be back after going away for a few days, and I will tear the flowered cloth to make new clothes for you."

"No floral cloth, no clothes, my second brother is not allowed to leave." Tang Meng couldn't listen, he kept tugging on his sleeves, and squeezed out two pea-sized teardrops in a hurry.

"Erya, go play with my elder sister Erya later. They said that there are a lot of wild vegetables growing on the slope, and they are both delicious and sweet!"

Why do you call her Erya again? She has been said to be famous, her name is Tang Meng!The little girl was sad, when she suddenly heard Aunt Gu's name, she became angry again, her little face flushed quickly, she turned her head away and insisted on not saying a word.

"Second brother don't worry, I will take good care of my two younger sisters." Tang Lao San came over, took off Tang Meng's little hand hanging from his elder brother's sleeve, and pulled her back to his side.

Tang Zhong patted the little man on the shoulder, his younger brother's sensible appearance made him, the elder brother, even more unbearable.He secretly vowed in his heart that when he went to the county, he would concentrate on making money and come back early to help his family.

There are no packages to salute around, and the poor people really only have the breeze on their sleeves.Tang Zhong led the black mule, jumped on the cart, waved his sleeves to say goodbye to everyone.

Looking back at Aunt Gu, Tang Laosan, and the back of Tang Meng's head, he grabbed his whip and set out on the road full of pressure to make money.

Outside the east gate of Qingjiang County, there is a vast river beach. The river wind blows water vapor on the surface, making people shrink their necks in the cold.

The path winds along the river beach and leads to the east gate. Before Tang Zhong drove the mule cart to the gate, he saw a young brother dressed as a clerk rushing over.There was no one else on the road, and judging by the guy's posture, it was obvious that he was coming for him.

While tightening the reins, he quickly searched for memories in his mind. Dare Tang Zhong didn't have any friends in the county town!

Before the buddy came to him, Tang Zhong jumped out of the car and put on a welcoming smile.

Unexpectedly, the guy didn't catch his breath when he rushed over, he first grabbed his front lapel tightly, and grabbed the black mule's reins with the other hand.

"You, you thief! You have been guarding for a few days, but I have been caught! You have all stolen goods, go, go to the official with me!"

"Hey, you can eat shit, but you can't talk nonsense! Who do you say is a thief?"

Tang Zhong wanted to shake off the buddy's hand, but he was weak and lacked strength.

The buddy didn't want to hear him argue at all, so he scolded directly: "You shameless bastard, you dare to steal a mule, what is it if you're not a thief!"

"You want to see the official? Let's go to the county government together. I want to sue you for defamation! Slander my reputation! False accusations!"

The guy stared at the skinny monkey in front of him, dressed like a beggar, how dare he play tricks?He grabbed Tang Zhong's lapel, raised his fist and prepared to teach him a lesson.

"Hehe, still want to hit someone? Come on, say hello to your face!" Tang Zhong was a lot shorter than the buddy, but he didn't lose his momentum. He stood on tiptoe and rubbed his face upward with his neck stuck.

"It's better to beat me until my nose is bruised and my face is swollen. You don't have to go to the county government office. After passing by the city gate, my brothers will fork you, and Mr. Hu will personally pull out your knife and tear your bones apart!"

The clerk's hand froze, and he had been calling for business in the city all year round. How could he not know the name of the guard of the East City Gate, Zheng Hu, so he quickly let go of his hand.

"You are a bearded man? Are you a city gate guard?"

Tang Zhong straightened his crooked collar, stood up straight and said in a vigorous voice, "Yes, I am Hu Touer's capable general, the new guard of the east gate, Tang Zhong!"

The wind from the river was blowing, making the grasses beside the road rustle, the black mule neighed a few times, and spit a few times in Tang Zhong's direction.

"This, there must be a misunderstanding here!" The man quickly bent down and smoothed Tang Zhong's collar, with an unprecedented sincerity.

"The messenger thinks highly of this mule, so just use it. It's its blessing, and it's also an honor for our small shop! Don't dare to make trouble with Hu Touer. The messenger is busy with work, and the villain dare not disturb him. The messenger wants to go Where? The villain will take you there!"

Well, turning faces is faster than turning pages.Tang Zhong raised his beard, but it was just to hide from the beating, but he didn't expect it to be really useful.The matter of bullying others will be avoided, so let's do what we should do!

He pointed to the front: "There is no need to send it off, just go to the east gate ahead, I will just walk through."

"How can it be done? Please get in the car, and the villain will send the messenger there!"

The clerk laughed at Yan Yan, and Tang Zhong was inconvenient to refuse.Leading the mule, the staff respectfully sent Tang Zhong to the gate of the city. Before leaving, he bowed and smiled for a long time. He didn't drive away until he watched him climb the steps to the tower.

There are no buildings in this era, and the city tower is one of the tallest buildings in the county. Standing on the city wall, you can have a panoramic view of most of the county.

Except for the serious errands who eat the imperial food, there are not many people who can come up casually.Even though this body has memories about the city tower, Tang Zhong still feels quite proud to go up and walk it himself.

The city tower is the place where the city gate guards are on duty at night. Normally, the city gate guards should be on duty at the city gate during the day to check for suspicious people entering and leaving the city.

But now it is the winter moon, and the cold wind at the gate of the city is whistling.Even during the day, everyone is nestling on the tower.

Tang Zhong strolled on the city wall for a while, his enthusiasm for viewing the scenery was quickly extinguished by the cold wind, and he ran into the city tower with his hands wrapped in his sleeves.

The other two city gate guards got temporary errands, and at this time they were carrying insecticide powder and spreading it all the way along the base of the city wall. Deng Erhu was the only one guarding the room in the tower.

The charcoal fire was burning brightly in the room, and Deng Erhu slumped on the table with his arms folded, feeling drowsy.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he quickly stood up and sat down, looking over slowly.After seeing who was coming, Deng Erhu jumped up from the bench as if he had seen a ghost.

"You, why are you here!"

His memory still stays in the early morning when Tang Zhong had just crossed over, that public fraud.

He didn't care what others said, but he saw with his own eyes how Tang Zhong died so hard, and how he stood up like a ghost.

"Don't come here! I warn you, don't come here, or I'll be rude!"

Deng Erhu was two heads taller than Tang Zhong, and was also much stronger, but at this moment he was so frightened that his face turned pale.

Tang Zhong remembered that when he was an errand in the past, he was often bullied by this stupid big man. He mixed sand into the rice bowl, asked him to pour the bucket in the middle of the night, and went to the river to wash his shoes for him in cold weather.Now is a rare opportunity, and he will not miss it.

Tang Zhong closed the door on purpose, and approached Deng Erhu slowly, turning his neck while walking, squeezing the bones until they crackled.

Every time Tang Zhong got closer, Deng Erhu retreated a little, all the way back from the square table in the middle of the outer room to the corner.

Across the table, Tang Zhong stretched his neck, slammed his hands on the table, and raised one corner of his mouth in a wicked and frenzied way.

"Didn't you think so? Although I'm dead, God won't take it away. Let my soul temporarily stay in this walking corpse. Do you know why?"

Deng Erhu's legs and feet had already weakened, and he had no choice but to lean against the wall and shake his head vigorously.

"Because, I have to pick one of the people who have sorry for me before."

Deng Erhu's scalp was numb, his mind was dizzy, and he felt that his soul might fly away at any time.

"Tang Zhong?" Hu Tou'er's voice sounded at the door, and Deng Erhu's three souls and seven souls returned to their places in an instant if they were amnesty.

"Why come back today? Don't you have three or four days off?"

At this time, it was the time when Hu Tou'er came to inspect the tower after taking a nap at home every day.

He opened the door and came in, took off the cloak on his body, and was going to get the teapot on the narrow table by the door.

Tang Zhong's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, he had already come over one step ahead, lifted the teapot, filled the cup with tea, and handed it over respectfully.

"The tea is a bit cold, Hu Touer rinses his mouth first, and we will re-boil the pot of water to make it."

Hu Bingyi's eyebrows were raised high, strange, this skinny monkey used to be quite annoying, why didn't he see each other for a few days, he seemed to be a completely different person.

"Did you fucking freeze your brain that morning?"

Tang Zhong was not angry, but replied sincerely: "There have been accidents at home, and I have understood a lot of truths in the past few days. If I did something wrong in the past, please forgive Hu Touer. From now on, as long as Hu Touer Give me an order, little brother, I dare to break into the sea of ​​fire with a sword!"

Hu Tou'er is his immediate boss, but he can't afford to offend him. If he wants to do well here, Hu Tou'er must be taken down.

In the last life, Tang Zhong was a senior social animal. The combination of "serving tea and water to flatter him, standing in line and giving gifts to show loyalty" is suitable for Hu Tou'er.

Hu Bingyi is only in his early thirties, and has a rough and straightforward personality. He has never seen the workplace fritters of later generations. After talking about it, he really thinks that Tang Zhong only follows him.

"Be careful, Mr. Hu, something is wrong with him..."

Deng Erhu avoided Tang Zhong from afar, circled around the house, and finally touched Hu Bingyi's side.

When Tang Zhong entered the door just now, it was clearly not like this, there must be a problem!He had to remind Hu Touer, beware of this guy who is neither human nor ghost.

Unexpectedly, he opened his mouth, Tang Zhong leaned over, stuffed the copper kettle for boiling water under the narrow table into his hand, stared at him with chilling eyes and said, "Get water."

Deng Erhu instinctively stepped back, the copper pot missed the catch and fell to the ground with a bang, the lid of the pot flew far away from the door.

He looked at Hu Tou'er, and was about to continue speaking, but Hu Tou'er stared at the copper pot, and immediately became irritable, and waved his hand to slap him on the back of the head.

"Why are you standing there? Why don't you fetch water! I brought this copper pot from home. If you dare to break it, I will deduct all your salary for this month!"

Deng Erhu's heart trembled, he picked up the copper pot and ran away from the door.

It doesn't matter if you avoid it, if you have a chance later, you can report it to Hu Tou'er.

But when he fetched water and slowly came back with the copper pot, Tang Zhong was the only one left in the room.

"Where's Hu Touer? Where has he gone!" Deng Erhu grabbed the door frame, not daring to come in at all.

"What beard? Who are you talking about?"

Tang Zhong in the room stood with his back, and resumed his previous gloomy tone.

Deng Erhu was so frightened that he wanted to run away quickly, but his legs and feet began to disobey again, and he froze on the spot, unable to move a step.

Tang Zhong's hair was disheveled, full of resentment, and he began to mutter word by word: "Back then, you targeted me and bullied me everywhere, but did you think of today? The bull's head and the horse's face arrest evil spirits, and black and white impermanence attract dead souls. Below, I will take your The name is up!"

Deng Erhu's back felt cold, he saw Tang Zhong hunched over and turned towards him, slowly raised his head, his withered face was bloodless, his eyes were blue and black, his mouth and nose were black, and a pair of piercing eyes stared straight at him.

"I came here specially to take you away, Deng Erhu..."

With a bang, the copper pot fell to the ground again.Deng Erhu was so frightened that his face paled, his hand holding the door frame loosened weakly, and he rolled his eyes and fell unconscious.

The author has something to say:

Hu Tou'er: Again, I brought the copper pot from home. If anyone dares to drop it again, I will deduct all his salary!

Tang Zhong: My subordinates dare not.

Lao Zhang: His subordinates dare not.

Zhao Li: My subordinates dare not.

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