Early in the morning, magpies chirping and laughing from the big locust tree in the front yard of Li Jing's east wing. In the east wing, a pair of big red candles were still burning on the table. Li Jing was lying on the bed and had not yet fully awakened from the hangover.

He drank a lot of wine last night. Although the fruit wine was made of some mountain fruits, it seemed to be sour and sweet when drinking it, but the momentum was still quite good. After the guests left and returned to the house, he fell asleep on the bed without even taking off his clothes.

Gui Niang didn't sleep all night last night. She first fed water to help Li Jing wipe her face and wash her hands to put him to bed, and then sat on the head of the bed while watching Li Jing while guarding the pair of candles. There is a saying among the folk that the wedding candles cannot be destroyed at night, and if they are destroyed, it means that life will be unhappy in the future. Moreover, the two candles each represent the newlyweds. If the two candles are burned together, it is the best. Which one is destroyed first means which one of the newlyweds will not be lost in the future. Gui Niang stared at the pair of candles overnight, and saw that which one burned quickly, so she got out of bed and cut the wicks short.

I waited until dawn, and no two candles were extinguished in the middle of the journey, nor did one burn faster or slower.

Gui Niang looked at a pair of red candles, then looked back at Li Jing who was still sleeping, with a happy look on her face.

Suddenly, a few sounds of broken gongs came from outside the yard.

"Every family listened to gather under the village club tree, and every household listened to gather under the village club tree!"

Li Jing woke up with a hangover all night, and his head was still a little painful at this time. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wang Guiniang wearing a green flower dress. She looked down at herself, wearing only the middle clothes on her body, and the red wedding dress from last night was neatly folded and placed aside.

Li Jing suddenly felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to call Gui Niang.

Calling a husband and wife seems to be a bit too frivolous. Calling a wife and a wife, but it feels like it can't be called. The two of them looked at each other for a while, but Li Jing didn't speak, and Gui Niang didn't seem to be planning to speak first.

Finally, Li Jing had to say, "It seems that Uncle Munmasa was ringing the gong and calling people. I'll go and see what's going on." After that, he got up, quickly put on his clothes and hats, and went out in a hurry.

As soon as I left the door, I found that many villagers were sparsely rushing towards the big locust tree in the center of the village. The locust tree in the village is the largest in Wangli Village. It is six or seven feet tall, with lush branches and leaves, and is like an umbrella. Whenever there is a disaster year, April or May will be in the morning. At that time, the locust flowers were blooming, and the people in the village were relying on picking locust flowers, locust leaves and wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger.

In Wangli Village, this locust tree is the most loved by the villagers. Over time, this locust tree has become the social tree in Wangli Village. Social trees are very important, just like social temples. Everyone holds prayer ceremonies under this tree every year. Whenever there is a disaster or something, they will come to the social tree to burn incense and paper under the social tree, and even some cloth strips with talismans are hung under the hanging branches on the social tree.

Under the social tree, it has become the center of the whole village. Whenever something important is happening, the whole village gathers under the tree to discuss.

When I rushed to the community tree, hundreds of people had gathered here one after another. Wangli Village was not big, but it was not small. There were 158 households in the entire Wangli Village, with an area of ​​1,130 people, more than 300 people, and more than 400 men and women. Such a village was a big village after the Anshi Rebellion.

Four families are neighbors, five families are protecting, towns are archways, and wild villages.

In the seventh year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, the household order stipulated that in the fields, the villages were villages, and the fields refer to areas outside the prefectures and county officials. In the early Tang Dynasty, in the prefectures and county capitals, the court used hundreds of households as their squatters and five miles as their villages. However, at this time, the village system gradually relaxed and the village system began to mature. The people settled in the villages and no longer strictly lived in the system of 100 households as their squatters and five miles as their villages.

Wangli Village has 158 households with an area of ​​more than 1,000, and is a big village. There are two village leaders in the village, who are responsible for guarding the village walls and gates, and take turns to the county government to serve on duty. They also have to help the county government collect two taxes, draw servants, and issue above-mentioned government orders.

"Uncle the village chief, what happened? Call the big guy early in the morning." Li Jing saw that the two villages under the locust tree were all here, and there was a lord wearing a round-necked shirt and a bearded man with a height of eight feet and a horizontal knife around his waist. He could tell at a glance that he was a big man who was an officer.

Wangli Village is a large village with a population of thousands, and a circle of nearly two meters of earth walls is built outside the entire village. There are only two village gates on the village wall, and there is also a special village protection team in the village, each of which takes turns to be on duty. Moreover, because Wangli Village is composed of Wang and Li surnames, and it exceeds the size of 100 households, Wangli Village has two villages. One is the old Wang Lao Village Chief, and the other is the former village chief Li Shugen.

The old village chief Wang has been the village chief for decades and has a deep prestige in the village. His family is the largest family in the village, with a thousand acres of land. It is said that he also came from the capital in the early years. The Wang family did not choose to live in the city, but built a house in Wangli Village and lived in seclusion here. The old village chief was fair and kind. Although he was the largest family in the village, he had never done anything to bully others by virtue, so he has always been praised by the villagers. However, the old village chief has also become old in recent years and gradually handed over the big and small things in the village to Li Shugen.

Li Shugen was just over forty years old. In his early years, he worked as a soldier in the state and was said to be a leader of the team. After returning to the village, he also bought hundreds of acres of land. Now the old village chief is not in charge of the affairs, so he handles most of the big and small matters in the village.

Li Shugen is as strong as a cow. The cow is tall and the horse is loud, and the sound is like a bell, but there is a scar at the corner of his eyes. As soon as he saw Li Jing, he immediately shouted in his signature loud voice: "Scholar, why did you get up so early in the morning? Good guy, I married my wives and concubines last night, so I won't have to fight for three or five hundred times. Tell me, are you weak? "

The young and old men under the social tree all burst into laughter. The Li family was a big family in the village a few years ago, and although their family has fallen, Li Jing is one of the few scholars in the village after all. At that time, Li Jing was a township tribute that had been recommended by the prefectures and counties, and almost went to the imperial examination. Such poets and scholars should be respected. Everyone heard about Li Jing's accident this time, and they sighed but never thought that he would come back again. Everyone was happy for him. Li Shugen's joke was filled with many concerns.

Li Jing smiled and said, "Uncle Gen, what happened? Is there such a big fight?"

Li Shugen frowned and sighed, "It's not that this year's severe drought in Henan and Shandong, and many people have no food to eat. It is said that a few years ago, the remnants of Pang Xun in Xuzhou began to take the opportunity to make trouble again. Bandits in various places have emerged. The court had to order all localities to strengthen their vigilance to prevent Qiu Fu and Pang Xun and others from taking the opportunity to make trouble. Our Song Jieshuai of Ziqing has written to all prefectures in Ziqing. One of the fifteen households will gather together to train together in case of need."

"Fifteen households are entrusted to one gen? What should I do if there is no family of Cheng Ding?" Li Jing asked. In the early Tang Dynasty, he was a gen who was 20 years old, but later he changed to a gen who was 21 years old, and then he changed to a gen who was 23 years old. Li Jing is now 20 years old and has just won the championship. According to population, he belongs to a middle-aged man aged 18 to 23, not a gen.

Li Shugen shook his head: "Above said, no matter whether it is a gen or a gen, anyway, the fifteen households must draw one gen. If the people who draw do not have a gen, they will get a middle-aged man. There is no gen, so they have to hire someone to serve themselves. I see, this time, this time, it is different from previous years. Judging from the style above, this time, I guess I will not be able to get back to the gen in a while."

Uncle Gen was still saying something, but Li Jing was stunned and thoughtful.
Chapter completed!