Chapter 3 Life is first of all to be able to eat enough (Part 2)
The small environment that Tang Que traveled to was a small mountain village under Yunxi County, Jinzhou, Dongdao, Shannan. According to the administrative divisions of later generations, the "dao" of the Tang Dynasty was similar to the provinces of later generations, while the "prefecture" was equivalent to a prefecture-level city. Shannan was divided into two parts, east and west, and because it was south of the Qinling Mountains, it was named after Shannan. These two parts were surrounded by the Qinling Mountains and the Daba Mountains. The biggest feature of these two parts is that there are many mountains. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "the land has no three parts, seven mountains, two waters and one part of the field". Fortunately, there are many mountains and rivers, and the people can harvest some production from dense forests and rivers to supplement the insufficient grain production.
To the family he was reincarnated, all the situations can be summarized in just one word, that is, poor, very poor. This was originally an ordinary farmer. Two of the older sisters of three children had already been married, and the married family was also an ordinary farmer. In the prosperous era, the situation in this family was also alive, but the only son's serious illness made the whole family poor.
From the initial weakness of the whole body to the high fever and coma that lasted for more than 20 days, Tang Cheng, the original owner of this body, had been sick for more than half a year. First, the family spent all the money prepared for him to marry a wife, then sold the slopes, big animals, and then sold the house. If Tang Que, who had taken over the soul, did not wake up again, it would be time to sell the person.
Now my family lives in three old houses in a courtyard that were abandoned by others for three or four years. This is why the house smells so bad. The total property in the whole family is only 600 coins, which is about 180 yuan if converted into later RMB. In addition, there is also a mu of paddy fields, four stones of grain stored, namely rice and wheat. If converted into later unit of measurement, it is equivalent to a little over 100 kilograms of rice and a little over 300 wheat.
In addition to these large items, there are also some bran and bran at home. These things are not only feed for poultry, but also used by the villagers as life-saving food if they catch up with the famine. There has been a saying in rural areas that "chaff and vegetables are half a year of grain" since ancient times, so it is necessary to include it when taking stock of the property.
Another thing worth mentioning is that there are six chickens at home, and they are all hens that can lay eggs. In fact, the Zhang family of the Tang Dynasty originally raised a lot, but they were eaten up by their sick sons in the past six months. Because the custom of the Tang Dynasty was the northern sheep and southern fish, and there was no custom of eating pork among the people, so there was no pig at home.
Finally, I want to talk about the land. There are taxes to pay, and the family has to eat at all. In addition, the yield in the land at this time is far less than that of later generations, and it is not enough to rely on a mu of paddy fields alone. Therefore, the Tang family reclaimed fifteen mu of slopes to the family of Liu Lizheng, the largest landlord in a radius of dozens of miles.
After finding out the family's background, Tang Queuo naturally felt a strong sense of crisis. Not to mention the money problem, the food could not hold on. Now it is March, and the wheat in the mountains is ripe later. It will take at least nearly four months to harvest new wheat and harvest new grain in early July.
Usually, there is little oil and water, and it is heavy work, so people naturally have to spend more money on food. In this way, three people have to prepare at least 400 kilograms of grain in four months. It seems that the food stored at home is enough, but if you want to consider the wheat chewing when cutting wheat, it will be a little short of it. But the wheat maker cannot be ignored. If you delay grabbing wheat in order to save these expenses, all the harvests in the season will be ruined, and the taxes and rents of the land of the court cannot be reduced. As for the 600 cents of mobile money, it cannot be filled because it has to be kept as wages and cannot be used indiscriminately.
During the half month after recovering from his health, Tang Que understood these things one by one and the calculation plan, he said to the farmer and his wife: "Dad, mom, I want to go to the county town tomorrow." After more than ten days, although he was still a little stuttering when shouting, Tang Que finally shouted out the word "Daddy and Mom".
The next morning, Tang Que embarked on the road to the county town with forty coins in hand. At least he was very confident in himself when he was walking on the road. After all, he graduated from a prestigious university in his later generations. He passed the CET-6 English in his freshman year. Now, he can't live a good life more than 1,300 years ago?
Under the control of such self-confidence, Tang Que walked all the way without much rest for a few miles of mountain road. Of course, this is also due to the good body he inherited. Although he had been ill for a while, his foundation laid by participating in labor since childhood was very solid.
A height of about 1.789 meters is definitely called Yushu in this era of slightly lower average height. Because of its height, its body is slightly slender, its muscles are twisted, but it looks quiet but firm. Another thing worth mentioning is its appearance, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and high nose. Although it is gone without the elegance of Tang Que's later generations, it has the masculinity that is most in line with the aesthetics of the Tang people. In short, it is quite generous and does not slouch when you go out.
Although he was walking along the way, it did not hinder Tang Que's good mood. When he looked at the mountain scenery on both sides, he couldn't help but admire the current high forest coverage and the air was really good. But when he really walked into Yunxi County, his original good mood completely disappeared.
Tang Que was hit, and it was hit one after another.
After actually starting to find a job, Tang Que discovered that the imagined theory of superiority of time travelers is simply bullshit, at least when a time traveler is in such a low starting point situation.
Originally, Tang Li thought that it would be fine to find a writing job in this era based on the education received by later generations, but when he was really immersed in the scene, he realized that he could not write with a brush at all, and could not even write big characters, let alone the small regular script used in daily life. Moreover, even if he could write brushes, he could not recognize the traditional Chinese characters of the Tang Dynasty, and no one knew the simplified Chinese characters he wrote. This scene was like cooking dumplings in a teapot. Although he did have goods in his belly, he could not pour them out.
He can't use a brush, and he can't write any basic common characters. Tang Que, who came to work with confidence in others, became a joke. He was a fool who came to make trouble. He couldn't refute such a situation.
In this case, even if Tang Que wanted to recite two classic poems he memorized in later generations, it would be in vain. Who can believe that a person who can't even write calligraphy can write good poems? Such actions are just to add the name of a poet thief to himself. Anyway, there are many elegant thieves these days, so everyone is familiar with it.
For the time being, Tang Que, who graduated from a prestigious university in later generations, could only look for a job that relies on physical strength to make a living. As a result, he suffered a ruthless blow again.
"You just want to do something in this restaurant? Well, the young man is quite bright and does not embarrass our Piaoxianglou. Tell me, have you done there before? Are you doing stove work or a hall? Oh, if you want to do hall, then okay, you first report to the big four-meeting table in the Accord and I'll listen to it... No? The little Sanyuan table in the seat is fine... No! I said, you are deliberately making trouble, you can't do anything here, why are you doing here? Ah Fu, don't just know how to smile foolishly, send him out."
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"Yes, our pharmacy is short of a guy. Do you want to do it? Come in and talk to me. You guys, take a look. The medicine cabinet outside is full of 137 herbs sold in our store. How many can you recognize? You don't have to be too familiar with the properties of the medicine. Just know the cold and warmth, and you just need to know the properties of the medicines... Oh, young man, I haven't finished it yet, don't rush to leave."
Tang Que just pretended not to hear the call from the pharmacy owner, and the louder the sound of his call, the faster it was. It was embarrassing. Adding up all the embarrassing experiences in his later generations was not as many people as today. After spanning 1,300 years of time and space, Tang Que truly understood why the employment instructor emphasized the importance of "work experience" in college classes in later generations. To put it simply, even if he sells a dish, he had to learn to shout first.
He couldn't do anything to do ingenuity and had no experience in the service industry. In desperation, Tang Que even ran to the Sihai Warehouse. Indeed, Ligong was able to do it, but after carefully examining the working status and income of the Ligongs, Tang Que decided to give up. Instead of making such a little money here, it would be better to go home and farm.
The small county town was not big, exhausted. Tang Que, who was disappointed, sat down at the Hubiao stall on the roadside with two sour legs. He first spent three Hubiaos for three, and then he took a rest while swallowing the Hubiao with noodle soup that was not expensive.
After eating, he looked at the sky. Tang Que stood up and walked towards the city gate without looking back. Since this county town is not suitable for him now, he has nothing to nostalgic to him. When he was a child, he told him that even if there were too many complaints in the face of unsatisfactory things, it would be useless. He should do what he should do first and then talk about it.
Chapter completed!