Late Tang

In the early morning, a ray of sunlight enters through the window, and the rooster crows outside the house.

Li Jing closed his eyes and reached out to touch the phone, but after stretching out his hand for a long time, he found nothing.Then, he woke up suddenly, opened his eyes and sat up, and what he saw was a wooden canopy bed surrounded by three sides. Whenever someone moved, the straw under the bed sheet creaked.Even the quilt covering his body is a quilt cover sewn with earthen cloth and filled with dry straw.

The room is relatively spacious. In addition to the wooden canopy bed, there is a four-fold red lacquered wooden screen in front of the bed, and a large bookshelf with nearly a hundred thread-bound books neatly placed on it.There is also a jujube wood desk and several beard chairs on one side of the bookshelf.Apart from these, there is only a large wooden cabinet that is as tall as a person.

There was another chirping sound of weaving from outside. Li Jing remembered that last night he had been thinking about how to solve the problem of eating at home and went to bed very late, but the sound of weaving never stopped.Unexpectedly, when I woke up early in the morning, the loom was still ringing.I can't help but feel heavy. This year's severe drought has almost lost all harvests. The whole family barely survives with a few women weaving and raising silkworms day and night.

What to do, what to do.

There were several knocks on the door, and then Wan'er opened the door and lifted the curtain to come in.

"Sanlang, my sister-in-law cooked egg custard for you, get up and eat." Although Wan'er is from Silla, she has lived in Li's family for nine years, and her words and actions are no different from the authentic locals.At home, the Han family always regards her as a daughter, so they call her like a family. To Li Jing, she always calls her Sanlang or elder brother.

"Okay." Li Jing responded with a smile and got up.

Lifting off the quilt, Li Jing, who was wearing only a pair of calf-nosed trousers all over her body, couldn't help shivering. It was already very cold in the morning in the late autumn of October.Looking down at the short-nosed pants on his body, he couldn't help but smiled wryly.These short-nosed pants are very similar to the briefs of later generations. They are cut from two-foot cloth, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, with holes on both sides, which fit around the butt and crotch.It is said that Sima Xiangru, a great talent who eloped with Zhuo Wenjun in the Han Dynasty, was forced by life after he eloped. He bought a wine house in Chengdu and asked his wife Wenjun to be the shopkeeper. A pair of short-nosed shorts for washing the wine utensils forced his father-in-law to admit the marriage.

Li Jing took a pair of trousers from the bedside shelf. In the late Tang Dynasty, although men mainly wore round-neck gowns, they also had pleats inside.Not only men wear pleated hakama, women also wear it.These hakamas are trousers, which were mainly developed under the influence of Hu people.However, the hakama is different from the current trousers. The hakama is very loose, especially the two trouser legs are made very fat, so they are often called wide-mouth pants.The jacket that matches the hakama has pleats, but it is made to be tight.These two kinds are worn together to form a hakama pleat, which was originally used in the military to facilitate marching, and later gradually became common clothes for common people.

However, as far as Li Jing knows, the hakama pleats worn by women in the late Tang Dynasty are different from those worn by men. There are ties for the convenience of going to the toilet. As for underwear, women in the late Tang Dynasty did not have them.

After putting on the pleated hakama, Li Jing picked up a rope about three feet long and tied it tightly at the knees of the trousers, so that it was very convenient for riding or walking.But this rope also has a name, it is called binding hakama.

After wearing a pleated hakama, I wear knee-length trousers again.Knee pants are the shin clothes in Hanfu, and the shin clothes are also called leg clothes, which are leg clothes from the knee to the ankle.During the Qin and Han Dynasties, shin garments were worn close to the body, but at this time they had changed into knee trousers, which were worn on top of the hakama garment.

Tie the knee pants over the hakama pants, and then put on socks.The last is the round-neck gown, the leather belt, the ruffled toe, and the black leather boots.This outfit took a full cup of tea.If it weren't for Li Jing's 20 years of memories in his mind, he would be at a loss in his bare clothes.

Li Jing dressed and went out of the room to the hall, and saw that the sister-in-law who was in charge of the food at home had already brought the food with Wan'er.Wild vegetable porridge in a large clay pot, and a stack of pickles in front of each person.The sister-in-law smiled and said to him: "Go and brush your teeth and wash your face, and then come to eat."

Li Jing said hello to his sister-in-law and others, and then went to the yard to wash his face and brush his teeth.As soon as he passed, Wan'er diligently helped him bring up a bucket of cool well water from the well, and brought him a face towel and toothbrush.

Looking at the toothbrush Wan'er handed over, Li Jing still resisted a little.At this time in the late Tang Dynasty, there was already a toothbrush specially used for brushing teeth, which was made of ponytail and was called brushing teeth.At the beginning, Li Jing didn't pay attention to the difference between this toothbrush and the toothbrush of later generations. As a result, the first time I brushed my teeth, my mouth was full of blood.The ponytail brush is very hard, if you accidentally brush your teeth according to the method of later generations, you will suffer a big loss.

After taking the toothbrush, he took a little green salt from the small wooden box next to it and sprinkled it on it. He mumbled twice while drooling, and then began to brush his teeth carefully.In the late Tang Dynasty, most common people had the habit of brushing their teeth, which cost only one or two pennies, but ordinary people could not afford green salt to brush their teeth.In the late Tang Dynasty, salt was more expensive than rice, and bucket salt cost more than 100 renminbi. If it was high-quality green salt, the price would be even higher.However, the Li family was considered wealthy in their early years, and they had this habit, but they still maintained the habit of brushing their teeth with green salt.

After brushing his teeth carefully, he finally didn't get his mouth full of blood this time.When I got back to the house, all the family members had arrived, only the second sister-in-law was still chanting scriptures in the house.

In the past, when the father was still there, the women in the family could not go to the hall to eat, but had to eat in the house.But now the Li family is in the middle of nowhere, and Li Jing is the only man left in the family. After Li Jing said it a few times, the Han family agreed and no longer abide by the old etiquette and family rules.The granary knows the etiquette, and the food and clothing know the honor and disgrace.For the Li family, where even eating is a problem, there is no need to follow many rules.It is said that the etiquette is not inferior to the common people, and it is good for ordinary people to make a living, so how can they care about those etiquettes?

"Aniang, I want to go to town today."

Mrs. Han looked up at Li Jing, put down her chopsticks and said, "That's fine, since you had an accident last time, you've still been out of the house until now. It's fine to go out for a walk in the town, and go to Fahua Temple to offer incense. Repay the vow. When you had an accident last time, my mother made a vow to the Bodhisattva. Now that you are well, it is time to repay the vow to the Bodhisattva. You can donate ten catties of sesame oil!"

Li Jing doesn't believe in Buddhism, but he can't refute Han's belief in Buddhism.He nodded immediately and agreed. Although ten catties of sesame oil is not a small amount in this family, it is worth it for the peace of mind of the Han family.

After dinner, Mrs. Han went into the room, but came out with a piece of silk and two pieces of cloth in his hand.

"My son, take this piece of silk with you when you go to the town, and buy some if you want to buy it. In addition, you can take these two pieces of cloth to the grain store in the town to exchange for some sorghum, and here is a bunch of money that you also bring. superior."

Li Jing looked at these things, but knew in his heart that this was almost half of the family's wealth.In the Tang Dynasty, money and silk were used concurrently. In addition to copper coins as coins, the use of silk and silk was also stipulated.The emperor also once issued an edict that all transactions of more than ten strings must be traded in silk.

At this time, there are two hundred coins for a bucket of rice and eight hundred cash for a piece of silk.One bucket of rice is ten liters, which is about seven and a half catties for later generations.A piece of silk is 12 feet long and [-] foot [-] inches wide, equivalent to [-] meters long and half a meter wide, enough to make two robes.

A bucket of rice costs two hundred yuan, which is equivalent to 26 Wen per catty of rice.A piece of silk costs [-] Wen, worth [-] catties of rice.According to the prices at this time, three buckets of rice can be exchanged for five buckets of millet, and six buckets of sorghum.This piece of silk from the Li family can be exchanged for six buckets of sorghum, and two pieces of cloth can be exchanged for ten buckets of sorghum.

Sixteen buckets of sorghum make up 120 catties for future generations,

The frontier soldiers of the Tang Dynasty gave two liters of rice every day, and the men among women gave one liter of rice and one heal.According to this standard, the standard ration for the seven members of the Li family should be seven liters and seven heels a day, and they would consume five catties and two meters a day.Sixteen buckets of sorghum are only 120 catties of rice, enough to last for 21 days.

But nowadays, it is impossible for the Li family to eat so much food every day. Most of them are rice porridge, with bran and bran mixed in it, saving two meals of porridge a day, and trying to keep it at about a catty of rice a day. , the 120 catties of sorghum can last for four months, and can be eaten until the end of the first lunar month next year.The women in the family are working hard at weaving. If Li Jing does some more part-time labor, maybe he can survive until next year's wheat harvest.

"Aniang, I understand, I'll go back early."

ps: The grain supply standard in Tang Dynasty's "Warehouse Order": all grains are provided with provincial symbols.Ding Nan was given two liters of rice and two spoons of salt and five pinches a day.Wives, concubines, and middle-aged men and women (those who are over eighteen years old.) One liter of rice and two teaspoons of salt.Old and young men, (that is, those who are over eleven years old.) middle-aged women, (that are, those who are under seventeen years old.) One liter of rice, one spoonful of salt, and five pinches.Small men and women, (men mean those who are over seven years old, and women mean those who are under fifteen years old.) Nine grains of rice, a spoonful of salt.For boys and girls under the age of six, rice and five pinches of salt.Old, middle-aged and young men serve as officials and see the driver, and they are paid according to the adult male, who is also a student of the Imperial College and a doctor of acupuncture. Although they are not mature, they are paid according to the routine. "

ps2: The weights and measures of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, one foot was about 30 centimeters, and one step was 1.5 meters.Another bucket has two units, one for volume and one for weight.The volume is one bucket and ten liters, and the weight is one stone and ten buckets. These two are not universal.

As a unit of weight, according to modern experts’ calculations on the actual weight of Tang Dynasty coins, one tael in Tang Dynasty was 42.5 grams, 16 taels per catty was 680 grams, and one stone was 1 catty, which is about 80 kilograms in modern times.This bucket is equal to a bucket of 8 kg.

As a unit of volume, one bucket is ten liters.The weight of a liter of rice in modern times is 1.25 jin, and a bucket of ten liters is 12.5 jin.However, one liter in the Tang Dynasty is only equivalent to 0.6 liters in modern times.So a bucket of rice in the Tang Dynasty is 7.5 catties in modern times.

Ordinary people buy a bucket of rice, which is a wooden measuring device, which is 7.5 catties in modern times, which is about 5 catties and 5 taels in the Tang Dynasty.

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