Chapter 617 The Remnants of the Past

The three people outside the door yelled out in unison. This man is such a lazy man. He is so lazy! What else can someone who is not afraid of even a thief?

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "This man is really...can't say anything!" He pushed the wooden door, and the wooden door creaked and fell aside. Ganqing'er was a bad door.

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Okay, I have to repair the door for him tomorrow. Is there anything I have to do?"

They pulled the horse into the yard and saw that the yard was empty and there was nothing.

Qiu Tingxuan said: "No wonder the dogs barked in the village, but his house was not moving. There is really no need to raise a dog after working for a long time!"

There was not even a stake to tie the horse, so they had to close the wooden door again, and as long as the horse did not run out of the yard, it would be done. The three of them saw two wing rooms next to the main room, but pushed one room open, and their torches burned out and could only use fire to fold them. Di Renjie stood at the door and used fire to brush the room.

He turned around and said, "Come on, this room cannot be lived in, there is no bed!"

Wang Ping'an looked at him and smiled and said, "There are all empty walls, which is to describe his family."

The three of them had no choice but to open another room and take a photo with a fire break. The three of them were really helpless. There was still nothing in the house, and they really reached the point where there was nothing left.

Wang Ping'an said: "Give him more money, let's go to the main room to squeeze in!"

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan sighed in unison. It was not easy to bother another family at this time, so they could only deal with each other for a night. It would be fine if there was no bed, at least there must be a place to sit. Everyone can chat until tomorrow, and they can't stand for a night!

This time, the three of them stopped greeting each other. Di Renjie walked in front and pushed open the door of the main room, held the fire and looked inside, and said, "Membersman, why don't we all squeeze in and make do with one night, let's give you more... Forget it, you can go to bed!" He didn't even enter the house.

Wang Ping'an said, "What's wrong? Is there a woman in the room?" He looked over and said, "If there is no woman, I can't squeeze with him!"

Qiu Tingxuan asked, "Why? He is not wearing clothes?" As he said that, he also looked inside and said, "I am not wearing clothes!"

I saw that the house in the main room was still empty, with only a pile of grass on the ground, and a man was lying on the grass, unable to see how old he was, bare-handed and thighs, and only a torn clothes were covered with a waist and abdomen. This person looked like a beggar, perhaps a real beggar.

Wang Ping'an said: "My fellow villager, aren't you cold? Also, do you know who can stay in a house? I mean, don't be the same as yours!"

The big man snorted and said, "It's so long-winded, disturbing my good dream. Are you looking for a family with a bed and no dogs yet? There is a family at the east end of the village. His family has no dogs, but he is as poor as mine."

Di Renjie yelled and said, "The poor don't keep dogs, and the poor keep them all. Could it be that the people who keep dogs are not guarding against foreign thieves, but you, brother?"

The big man yelled and said impatiently: "Do you guys be nagging? After asking, go away quickly. Don't quarrel at me to sleep, right? Go away quickly!"

The three of them looked at each other and thought to themselves: "What's this called? Why did you meet such a person?"

Di Renjie took out more than a dozen cents from his arms, threw them on the ground, and said, "I'll take it for you, pull a few feet of cloth, and make clothes that can cover your body!"

They had no choice but to leave the room and lead the horse out of the yard. Before they could walk out, they heard the big man in the room shouting, "Didn't you hear me? Where did you ask me to get up and close?"

Di Renjie said: "Hey, it's so arrogant than a bald-tailed dog. He didn't say thank you even after giving him money. He screamed when he didn't close the door!" He turned around and closed the door.

The three of them left the yard and walked towards the village. Every household raised dogs. Every time they passed by, there were dog barking in the yard. They were holding horses. In order not to frighten the horses and could not stay in the houses with dogs, they had to go all the way to the east end of the village. They saw that there were indeed households, but looking at the appearance, they were actually the kind of poor.

Wang Ping'an sighed and said, "I don't know if this house has a bed. If not, let's go back to the city. I'll let the soldiers open the city gate. It's better than staying here."

Di Renjie shouted through the wooden door: "Is there anyone at home? We... sent you money!"

This family is different from that big man. There is no need to shout. The door creaked and opened, revealing the head of a middle-aged man. Looking through the moonlight, the middle-aged man was only in his forties, with a chaotic beard and a very sad expression. If the light is insufficient, it is not that he can see it clearly. It is also possible that the man is not sad but has a bitter face.

The middle-aged man looked outside, and his eyes were pretty good. It was probably because the family always didn't light the lights and always looked at things in the dark, so he had a look. He saw that there were three noble young men standing outside, and said timidly: "Three young men, are you doing something? The little man has already paid taxes!"

When the three of them heard this, they were stunned at the same time. What does it mean to pay taxes? It’s spring now, it’s not the time to pay taxes, and it’s almost the same to receive relief!

Di Renjie said: "We are passing guests. I missed Guantou one night. I want to stay at your house for one night. Is it convenient for your house? We will give you more room money before leaving!"

The man was obviously relieved, opened the door and said, "When you are out, who has not been in trouble yet, please come in, but my family is poor and there are not so many beddings, so I am afraid I will neglect the guests."

Wang Ping'an thought to himself: "This man is not bad. He seems to be a person who has read books. Somehow he is so poor?" He saw that the middle-aged man's clothes were almost to the point where he could only cover his body. If he saw this man in the city, he would have to think he was a beggar.

The middle-aged man left the house, opened the wood door, and welcomed Wang Ping'an and the other two into the yard. He said, "Three young men, my family is very poor. There is no horse to feed you, and no wooden stakes to tie the horse. Why do you tie this horse to the tree outside? Don't worry, we never make trouble here, and there are no thieves coming to our village."

Wang Ping'an said oh and handed the reins to Qiu Tingxuan with his backhand. Qiu Tingxuan and Di Renjie did not lead the horse into the yard, but tied it to a tree outside the yard.

Wang Ping'an asked the middle-aged man and said, "My fellow villager, there is no village in the world that does not attract thieves. If there are no thieves, then why do you keep so many dogs in the village? Isn't raising dogs just to prevent thieves?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "Our village is too poor. Everyone in all villages and villages knows it, and of course the thief knows it too. As for raising dogs, it is not for preventing thieves, but for preventing disasters in the year." He saw that Wang Ping'an was the leader of the three and a very gentle young man, so he started to talk too much.

Di Renjie tied his horse and entered the yard, asking, "What does this mean in the year of raising dogs to prevent disasters?"

The middle-aged man said, "The dog does not care about poverty. No matter how poor the family is, it will not run away. It can go out to find food by itself. Sometimes it can also bring rabbits back to its owner. As for the Year of Disaster Prevention... Alas, in the Year of Disaster, dogs are food. At least a few days can be dealt with. A dog may save the life of the family!"

Qiu Tingxuan also entered the yard. When the middle-aged man said this, he said, "The dogs in your village are really dedicated. But why don't you keep dogs?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "My dog ​​has become food. After the disaster year, I wonder if someone's dog in the village has a puppy. I want two to raise it. Raising a dog doesn't cost anything. It's easier than growing crops!"

The middle-aged man invited three people into the main room. This family looked better than the big man's house. At least there was a bed in the room, and there was a woman lying on the bed, and there was a child. The woman kept coughing in a low voice, while the child widened his eyes and looked at Wang Ping'an and the other two with timid expressions and fearfulness.

The middle-aged man said, "The three young men are on our bed for one night. Our family will go to the wing room and give you the quilts. If you think it is dirty, then you can build your own robes."

As he spoke, he went to help the woman on the bed, and his child climbed out of the bed, hid behind the middle-aged man, only showing his head, and still looking at Wang Ping'an and the other two.

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said, "No need. The fellow villagers are so polite, which makes us embarrassed. There is no reason why they take over the master's bed as soon as they enter the door. Let's go to the wing room. As long as there is a bed, it will be done, and it will be done."

The middle-aged man said a little embarrassedly: "That's really a neglecting distinguished guests. I have nothing to treat like this poor family. I feel sorry for the three young men!"

"Don't say that. If you say that, we feel embarrassed and disturbed too much!" Wang Ping'an bowed to him and took Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan to the wing room.

After entering the wing room, Di Renjie said, "Fortunately, there is a bed in this room, but I can't sleep even if I see it. Why not let the three of us brothers sit on the bed and talk at night. After decades, when I think of what happened tonight, it might be a good story."

Wang Ping'an and Qiu Tingxuan were not opposed, and the three of them sat on the bed together and spoke. Wang Ping'an said: "From the master's words and deeds, it seems that they are not from a poor family. They are very likely to have studied. However, at the end of this generation, they fell into a prodigal family, just like a prodigal son named Huang."

Qiu Tingxuan said with a sneer and said, "It shouldn't be a diligent person. If he were a diligent person, he wouldn't be so poor at home. The current national policy of the court is to rest with the people, and there are no heavy taxes. As long as he is diligent, his life will not be too poor."

Di Renjie shook his head and said, "It's not necessarily true that the eldest brother and Brother Qiu didn't see it just now. There are patients in his room. Even if he can work, he can't get rich even if he has a medicine jar at home. If what I expected is good, he will definitely bring us soup."

During the Tang Dynasty, all educated people, that is, farming and reading people, were very polite in entertaining guests. Giving soup, that is, hot water to guests is the most basic etiquette. If this person brings hot water, it means that he is educated, at least he has read books and recognizes a few words.

Sure enough, after only a moment of speaking, Di Renjie heard something outside. The three of them opened the window together and looked out. They saw the middle-aged man holding a pile of firewood, going to the stove outside the room, and starting to raise fire and boil water.

Putting down the window, Wang Ping'an said: "It's true that I'm studying for others. It's strange that this village is quite abnormal. The lazy man was extremely lazy before, and such a master who knows etiquette is so poor that he looks like this. It's unreasonable!"

Di Renjie and Qiu Tingxuan nodded together. Even if the owner of this family had a patient in bed, he would not be as poor as he is now. In the early Tang Dynasty, after experiencing the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the withering of talents, there was no sign of insufficient talents in Chang'an, because all the talents in the world were rushing there, but in the local area, especially in remote areas like Qingzhou, as long as they have some talent, they will definitely be able to make a living and will do a good job.

Those who have read books these days are popular. They can make a family of food and clothing with a stinky mouth like Cui Dawei. Moreover, the owner of this family is so good at treating people and is even less likely to be so poor!

After a while, the middle-aged man boiled the water and came to the door of the wing with a kettle. He first knocked on the door lightly, and then asked, "Have you been resting, three young men?"

Wang Ping'an and others looked at each other and thought to themselves: "This is definitely a person of good origin. If it were an ordinary person, if he entered his own room, he would not knock on the door."

Di Renjie said: "Master, please come in, you are so polite!"

The middle-aged man entered the room and there was no table in the room. He put the kettle on the table and put a teacup and two large bowls on it. The teacup and bowl were missing, and it seemed that it was a bit old. He poured the hot water and said, "If there is no tea, I will neglect the distinguished guests."

Wang Ping'an looked at his sad face and asked, "Do you dare to ask the fellow villager's surname, what kind of business do you usually do?"

The middle-aged man said, "The villain's surname is Du, and the government does not allow us to have names. According to the ranking, I am the eldest in the family, so my neighbors call me Boss Du. What else can I rely on for a living in the countryside? I just farm. I rented a few acres of land to support a family of three."

Wang Ping'an Qi said, "You are not allowed to have names? As far as I know, there is no such article in this dynasty's law and order. How can people not be allowed to name them?"

Qiu Tingxuan and Di Renjie said, "Your family is a remnant of the previous dynasty... did the ancestors provide jobs in the previous dynasty?"

The middle-aged man yelled, shook his head, and said, "My father once followed Dou Jiande. Not only is this the case in my family, but the people in this village are like this. In order to reduce trouble, the government does not allow us to name a name."

After hearing this, the three of them felt confused. Dou Jiande had been dead for more than 20 years, almost thirty years. It has been so long, why do you still remember it and punish it?

Seeing that they didn't understand, the middle-aged man said casually: "If you don't have a name and no land, you are not a good family. You can't take the exam or join the army, and you will never have a chance to make a comeback. By the way, I dare to ask where the three of you came from and where are you going?"

A word was not long, but Wang Ping'an and the other two understood at the same time that this was a scattered life under the local local officials, in order to prevent these former "remnants". Why are they afraid of revenge? This shows that these people have some skills, otherwise there is no possibility of revenge, and there is no need to pay attention to the waste!

Wang Ping'an said: "We came from Chang'an. fellow villagers, what have you done in Dou Jiande's army?"
Chapter completed!