Chapter 804: The Situation of People’s Homes in the Tang Dynasty
In addition, the remaining furniture in the house is an old cabinet, a wooden table, and a few chairs.
Then, there is a food vat.
The rest is nothing.
When Li Chengqian looked at the grain vat, the old man Wang Tuozi visibly tensed up.
"Haha, husband, please don't be nervous. My family is also quite wealthy. I just want to see how the families of all the old farmers are doing this year!"
Li Chengqian comforted Wang Tuozi with a light smile.
At the same time, slowly walk to the grain tank and uncover the wooden board above it.
There is actually more than half of the rice in the tank.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian's eyes lit up.
"At this time of year, my father-in-law's family still has so much surplus food. It's very good, very good!"
The old man's expression was even more nervous.
"Young nobleman has misunderstood. Most of these grains are grains from the fields in the coming year. The grains are not edible!"
"Grain seeds?"
Hearing this, a trace of doubt flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes.
"Aye, is there a noble person at home?"
Suddenly, a concerned greeting came from outside the hospital.
Then, Li Chengqian saw a muscular man with a scar on his face walking in hurriedly.
Seeing the person coming, Xue Rengui narrowed his eyes.
The man paused in his steps and glanced at Xue Rengui and others in surprise.
Immediately, he quickly held his hands in his hands with a smile on his face.
"I wonder why you nobles came to this small village of Xiaoren?"
"Dalang, these nobles are traveling for the first time. They set up camp by the river outside the village at noon. Out of curiosity, they came in to take a look!"
The old man quickly explained, "Dear gentlemen, this is the eldest son of the old man's family, Wang Tieshi!"
"The villain Wang Tieshi has met several noble people!"
The strong man saluted again, and then looked at Li Chengqian who was standing next to the grain vat.
"Since I was just looking out of curiosity, why did I look at the grain vat?"
"Of course I'm curious!"
Cheng Chusi, who had been following Li Chengqian, replied with some dissatisfaction.
"..."
Wang Tieshi was startled, and a look of anger flashed in his eyes.
However, this is his Aye's home, and these rude people seem to be a group of powerful people, and he dares to cause trouble for Aye.
I had to apologize for a while.
"Let's go, Gao Ming, I'll go check out other houses later, don't bother anyone!"
Cheng Chusi said.
"Sorry to disturb my father-in-law!"
Sensing something, Li Chengqian smiled sheepishly at Wang Tuozi, and prepared to leave under the protection of Cheng Chusi.
But as soon as he walked out of the door, he couldn't help but stop for a few days because Wang Tieshi was staring at Cheng Chusi.
"Hey, what else do you want?"
Cheng Chusi asked with a somewhat dissatisfied glare.
This familiar phrase?
A hint of joy flashed in Wang Tieshi's eyes, and he bowed his hands in excitement.
"What a pity that General Cheng is in front of you?"
"Um?"
Cheng Chusi was startled and squinted his eyes to look at the person in front of him.
"Who are you?"
Xue Rengui, on the other hand, directly protected Li Chenglu behind him.
"The villain Wang Tieshi was previously a small soldier in the Yanze Dao army. During the battle at Fuqi City in the capital city of Tuyuhun, the villain followed General Cheng and rushed to kill him!"
Wang Tieshi still bowed with his hands filled with joy.
"Are you a soldier of the former Yan Ze Dao army?"
However, what Wang Tieshi didn't understand was that after he finished speaking, the young general Cheng in front of him looked at him with an even more wary expression.
"As for the return journey, young general, I will never dare to deceive the young general!" Wang Tieshi said quickly.
"Then do you know Xue Rengui?"
Cheng Chusi asked.
"General Xue?" Wang Tieshi was startled.
Immediately, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "When I was in the Yanze Road army, I was just an ordinary soldier. General Xue usually led a group of musket battalion soldiers, and I only saw him from a distance a few times.
The back of General Xue, but I am not so lucky to meet General Xue!"
After hearing this, Cheng Chusi and Xue Rengui relaxed a little.
The person in front of me should be a soldier of the Yan Ze Dao army?
"Just, why are you at home now?"
Cheng Chusi asked.
"Reporting to General Cheng, this time our Imperial Army of the Tang Dynasty captured Tuyuhun and the two Tibetan countries. And our soldiers were also rewarded with a lot of property and ten acres of fertile land by the imperial court.
However, there is only one male in the family, and the father alone cannot farm the land.
So, the villain disarmed and returned to his fields." Wang Tieshi said slowly.
"I see!"
Hearing this, Cheng Chusi, Xue Rengui and others all nodded with understanding.
"You live here too?"
On the side, Li Chengqian asked curiously.
"May I ask who this noble person is?"
A trace of surprise flashed in Wang Tieshi's eyes. If he saw it correctly, General Cheng seemed to have been protecting this gentleman just now.
"Just answer whatever I ask you. Don't ask about your identity!" Cheng Chusi glared at Wang Tieshi directly.
"yes!"
Wang Tieshi quickly responded with his hands raised, and then replied: "As far as this noble man is concerned, I usually live in the small house next door."
"If I didn't give you money, why are you still living in a hut like this?"
Li Chengqian asked with some confusion, "Is it possible that the money earned is not enough to build a new house?"
"Back to my lord, this villain has been rewarded with a total of fifty coins for this battle, which is enough to build a large house. After the plowing is completed this spring, I might even be able to marry an aunt.
The villain has already started building the house, which is at the east end of the village, and the villain just came back from there."
Wang Tieshi said quickly.
"I see!"
Li Chengqian nodded slightly.
"So, how many times does your family eat meat every year?"
"Eat meat?"
Hearing this, Wang Tieshi smiled bitterly and said, "If you are lucky enough to be able to hunt some prey in the mountains, you can also eat some meat. If you can't hunt any prey, you will only be able to spare 20 cents every year during the Chinese New Year.
Buy some meat in the city and eat it!"
"Then what kind of clothes do you wear in winter?"
Speaking of this, Li Chengqian suddenly noticed that Wang Tieshi's burlap clothes were worn and had several big holes in them.
Then, there was silence.
Wang Tieshi was not embarrassed about this. He grinned and explained with a smile: "In recent years, the situation in the little man's home has been getting better and better. Even in winter, the little man can wear several clothes and still wear clothes."
You can sew some rags or feathers between the two layers of clothes, and you'll still be warm!
If the villain was a child, people in the village would often freeze to death in winter."
Li Chengqian: "..."
"What do you eat every day?"
"Back to you, sir, now I can eat more chaff at home, and I can have a meal of fine grain every few days!" Wang Tieshi said.
Speaking of this, a genuine smile flashed across his face.
Hearing this, Li Chengqian fell silent again.
"Gao Ming, I can go to other people's homes and have a look later!"