At this moment, a smell of wine came, and a few friends in the restaurant carried a large basket and walked out staggeringly.

When I smelled the fragrance, a group of beggars emerged from somewhere and rushed up.

A companion scolded fiercely: "This group of hungry ghosts will come out as soon as they smell it! Let's go away first, don't dirty our clothes!"

While speaking, he carried the big basket to the river and suddenly pushed it to the ground. The beggars rushed up.

Du Zhongxiao looked at Xiqi and asked Han Lian on the side: "Dad, is this a restaurant serving porridge?"

Han Lian shook his head: "They don't have that kind of mind! The basket is wine lees, and the yamen does not allow the restaurant to make vinegar, so they have to share it with the poor. Look at these people who come here are all miserable families! They have no food, so they have to come to eat wine lees. These people have a name, called scatter people."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and knew it. There are wine lees when making wine, which can make vinegar. However, in general, the government wine warehouses are responsible for making vinegar by using wine lees, and other restaurants are not allowed to do this. There is a special name for selling vinegar, called vinegar and interest money, which is an important income of local governments. At this time, the centralized finances are strong, and local governments are generally not allowed to use rents and taxes. Local officials use money, so this is how they think of it.

Feed technology is not good in this era, otherwise the lees of wine can be used as feed, which is also an income. Restaurants generally find it troublesome, and they are often distributed to beggars in this way, which is considered a good deed.

The rich are all over the fields, and the poor are not able to stand a place to hold a cone, and they do not have a stomach to cover. This is the case in the world.

Just as Du Zhongxiao was feeling emotion, Han Lian suddenly rubbed his eyes and said, "Hey, why does that look like Du Xiucai?"

Du Zhongxiao was stunned and hurriedly looked into the crowd. He saw a figure with gray hair and arched body, which was his father Du Xun. His soul came from a thousand years later, and he also preserved the memories of this life. How could he admit his mistake?

Du Zhongxiao was very surprised. He ignored the rest and rushed forward and grabbed Du Xun's shoulder: "Dad, it's really you!"

The old man raised his head, rubbed his eyes, and tears came out: "Dalang, I'm waiting for you-"

While talking, Du Xun did not forget to grab the lees in the basket and cover it with his own clothes.

When Du Zhongxiao saw this, he felt a little pitiful, and his eyes couldn't help but become wet. He said, "Dad, my mother and I live in the city now, and we are here to find you. Don't take these things, let's go back to have a meal."

Du Xun shook his head repeatedly, tears flowing, and he grabbed Du Zhongxiao's hand tightly and couldn't speak.

Han Lian had no hope of wine from credit, so he came over with a barrel and said to Du Xun: "Scholar, why did you fall into this place? I heard from your Dalang that they had the news that you came to the county and had been looking for it for several months, but they could not find anyone anyway."

"Hey, when I was in the prefecture city, I asked someone to bring a letter to my family and prepared to get up and return to the county. But I didn't know that suddenly my condition worsened and I couldn't move. I delayed in the prefecture for several months. I have been able to move these days before I walked back to the county."

Du Xun said while continuing to grab the lees.

Du Zhongxiao looked at it, knowing that he had suffered too much along the way, and it was almost an instinct to try to get as much food as possible. He silently stepped forward and grabbed his father's hand, and said, "Dad, let's go home and have something to eat when we go home. Let's leave these lees for others to eat."

After hearing this, Du Xun couldn't help but glared: "What are you saying? Alas, you are young and have not passed by and had no food to eat. Child, I'll tell you, you are so hungry that you feel so bad!"

Han Lian looked at Du Xun as he looked pitiful. He thought that when the test of the test, Du Xun was also very glorious. He had eaten wine in the county town for several days with a few scholars. Everyone knew that they were the Jinshi of the new township tribute, and they all flattered them. At that time, Han Lian met Du Xun, but Du Xun didn't know him.

Unexpectedly, he left with great enthusiasm a few months ago, but finally returned in disgrace. Looking at Du Xun's appearance, Han Lian felt infinitely emotional. It is said that scholars are decent. I wonder how many people are willing to study for the imperial examination after seeing Du Xun's current situation.

Emperor Zhenzong's poems to encourage learning: Rich families do not need to buy good land, there are thousands of bells of millet in the books. There are no need to build a high hall in the house, there are golden houses in the books. Don't regret no one follows you when you go out, there are many carriages and horses in the books. Don't regret no matchmaker when you get married, and there are beautiful women in the books. If a man fulfills his life's ambition, he will read the Five Classics diligently in front of the window.

There is a golden house in the book, and there is a beautiful woman in the book. Du Zhongxiao was familiar with this sentence in his previous life and was often used by adults to teach children to study hard. In his impression, scholars in ancient times were all the best people and romantic days. Now they know that books are easy to read, but it is not easy to cash out the books they read. Children from poor families cannot afford books, so where can they read? In this era, there were no universal schools in prefectures and counties, and those who could afford private school teachers were all wealthy.

If someone wants to study, they either have a wealthy family or like the Du family, they will be able to pass on their families through farming and reading and passing on their families. They will have books and knowledge passed down from their ancestors. They will only read the books well and cash in and take the imperial examination. The father in front of them is a living example. After passing the examination happily and energetic, they thought they would be the best in the future, but they did not expect that they would be defeated back to their original form when they went to the capital and provincial examination. Not only did they not gain fame, they also spent all the money they had accumulated over the years and owed foreign debts.

Du Zhongxiao heard a story. A scholar in a certain state had an apprenticeship exam, but he did not have the money to go to Beijing to take the exam. All relatives and friends borrowed it in a circle, borrowed all over the county, and only borrowed Yi Guan money. The scholar was so embarrassed that he hung Yi Guan money at the city gate and made a vow that if he entered Beijing this time, he would not enter this county again in this life. Unexpectedly, he would really win, and the first thing he did was to move his household registration away.

When listening to this story, everyone talks about the warmth and warmth of human feelings, so don’t neglect scholars. Now, seeing them fall and out, once they pass the Jinshi, they will soar to the sky, and their future is limitless. After seeing his father’s current appearance, Du Zhongxiao has another idea. Perhaps, it is because the county has seen too many losers and no longer believes in the illusory high school.

There are four or five hundred Jinshi in each palace examination, and the number of students in various subjects is even higher. It seems that there are quite a few, but compared with nearly 10,000 candidates who come to Beijing to take the exam, it is a minority. Every year, most of the students fail and return to their hometown in shame. It is okay for wealthy families who have land, land and industries at home. The Jinshi in the village is a decent identity, and they will not suffer any loss when they go to Beijing to take the exam. For small rural farmers like Du Xun, the imperial examination will destroy their families at one time, and I don’t know when they will be able to recover their vitality.

The sun poked out from the horizon and smeared a layer of bright red.

Du Zhongxiao suppressed the bitterness in his heart, supported Du Xun and said, "Dad, mom is waiting at home, let's go home."

"Oh, go home, go home!" Du Xun said, and couldn't help but grab a few handfuls of wine lees. He had suffered too much along the way, and when he saw something he could eat, he almost became instinct to grab one more handful.

Supporting his father, Du Zhongxiao said to Han Lian: "Dad Han, it seems that 'Qixiangju' is determined not to give you wine with you. It is better to go home first and then think of another way. Don't worry, there is no way out, and you will definitely think of other ways."

Han Lian said sadly: "I have to do this. Forget it, I'll go to other restaurants to have a look."

Several large restaurants have land in the county town, and the restaurants belong to which restaurant are in no way confused. Going to other restaurants to see Han Lian is just a talk, and most of them do not use credit.

Turning a few street corners, Du Zhongxiao helped his father back to the house he rented by the city wall.

These are two low-rise dirt houses, which are a bit dilapidated. The reason why I live here is mainly because I am greedy for cheap money. I only have six cents a day and the burden is not heavy. Moreover, there is an open space in front of the house, so I can put some debris, which is more convenient.

The mother was sewing clothes for someone in the room. When she heard Du Zhongxiao shouting "Mom" outside, she quickly put down her work plan and looked at it. When she saw the person her son was holding, she was shocked. She rubbed her eyes hard and couldn't help but shed tears: "Back - come back?!"

Du Xun stared at his wife in a daze, and for a long time, he sighed: "Yes, I'm going home-"

Du Zhongxiao helped his father sit down on a wooden bench outside the room and said, "Dad and mom sit down for a while, I'll go buy some food."

After saying that, he turned around and left. After all, there was still a soul in his body that would be a thousand years later, and he could not see such a scene of reunion after a long time.

After leaving his hut, the autumn wind blew towards him. Du Zhongxiao took a breath and raised his head in the wind. At this time, he couldn't help but whistle. After so many days, it was finally over. He ran around like this in the city and worked hard all day long. Now his father has finally returned home. The family can reunite and return to the countryside. There are houses and land in the countryside. Although life is as hard as it is, it is better to farm and eat by oneself as if in the county. With his thousand years of knowledge, he can always find a way to make a fortune.

After walking around the street, Du Zhongxiao found that there was nothing to buy. He had money to buy sheep's hooves. After thinking about it, he finally spent fifty cents to buy two pounds of mutton, bought some vegetables, and took them home.

If it were normal for Du Zhongxiao and his mother to spend only more than twenty cents a day. Today, when his father came back, he spent fifty or sixty cents to buy meat and vegetables, which was a luxury. Seeing that his father had suffered too much, he always had to have a good meal when he came home.

When I turned home, I saw my parents crying outside with their heads.

Du Zhongxiao coughed and said, "Dad and mother are talking here, I'll go and get rid of the meat and vegetables."

After saying that, he arrived at the stove alone and sighed in his heart. Du Zhongxiao had the memories of the previous decade and a soul from a thousand years later. Sometimes he was confused. Who was he? He had been a little confused for several months. In addition, the burden of life has been pressing on his body, making people breathless, and the days are just passing by day by day.
Chapter completed!