Chen Qing ran wildly all the way, not daring to stay in the county, so he went straight to the north gate and took a carriage to Qingping Town.

gave the three pennies to catch the car, and the old man saw that Chen Qing was covered in ashes and asked him if he was being bullied, if this countryman didn't have a temper when he went to the city, he would be wronged in the city and no one would help him.

Chen Qing didn't dare to say that he was fighting with someone, but he only said that he was thrown a few times by a dog, so he sat in front of the car and was secretly worried.

But then I remembered that Young Master Liang didn't know who he was at all, so he wasn't afraid of him to declare customs, and it would be okay to hide in the future. Besides, he still believes in Shen Shucheng's personality, and he will not betray his name, and even Shen Shucheng doesn't know where his family lives, even if that Young Master Liang searches the entire Qingcheng County, he can't catch him.

However, in order to ensure peace in the future, he will not come to the county in the future, at most he will trouble Liubo to help him take over the work, and then let Liu Laohan bring it back. made up his mind, as soon as he arrived in the town, Chen Qing hurriedly went to Aunt Liu to discuss.

No matter how she asked, Chen Qing just refused to say the young master's surname, only that he didn't know who the man was, but he just met a quarrel on the street, and then a fight.

When Liu Xiulian heard that it was still the young master who started beating people first, she hurriedly checked the bag on Chen Qing's head and scolded: "If you have money, you can use silver to smash people!

Liu Xiulian originally wanted to say two words about Chen Qing, but when she heard that people were smashed on the head by silver, this anger also came up, how important this head is, if it is smashed, it will not be cured with money.

"I'll go in a while, don't worry, auntie, I came to discuss with you if I can not go to the county seat to pick up the work in the future, let Liu Laohan, who is driving the car, help me take it for a while, and save me from wasting time on the road," Chen Qing asked.

"That's okay, and it saves you from running into that young master again. It's just that you don't go by yourself, the requirements and choices of this embroidery work have to be arranged by the store, and you have to embroider whatever work you have" Liu Xiulian also thinks this idea is very good.

"My aunt also said that my skills have improved, and I have no problem, and I also believe in Uncle Liu's vision of picking jobs, but I have to trouble him to write down the requirements of the guests for me" Chen Qing was a little embarrassed, every time he troubled his aunt, and this time he had to trouble Uncle Liu.

"What's polite to me, Brother Shan has praised you several times, saying that you have given him a lot of face, Liang Ji Cloth Store has only been open for two years, because of your craftsmanship has attracted a lot of customers, and the shopkeeper also values you very much, work hard in the future, and save money for yourself to marry a daughter-in-law in the future" Liu Xiulian smiled and teased Chen Qing.

Speaking of marrying a daughter-in-law, Chen Qing made a big red face, probably only his aunt and Abi would be worried about letting him marry his daughter-in-law, he fell in love in his last life, and he died without a problem, but he is a brother in this life, how can he have time to find a girl to fall in love with him every day when he worries about his livelihood?

Seeing Chen Qing's blushing face, Liu Xiulian didn't make fun of him, but said, "In the future, your embroidery work will be handed over to me directly, and the money will be collected from me, so that you won't run around in a hurry as soon as you come to the town." ”

"Cheng, then thank you first, aunt" Chen Qing agreed with a busy smile.

"Come on, hurry up and go to Shopkeeper Lin to find Lang Zhong to take a look," Liu Xiulian waved her hand to drive people away.

Chen Qing obediently went to the shopkeeper Lin to find Lang Zhong to see the disease, this place is not well developed, if there is really blood in the head, it can be as dangerous as carrying a time bomb.

Shopkeeper Lin was taking stock in the pharmacy, and when he heard that Chen Qing had injured his head, he was also busy coming out to take a look, and instructed him to take a careful pulse in the hall, and personally prepared a pair of wound medicine to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis.

Chen Qing paid for the medicine, his heart was painful, he was beaten inexplicably, and he had to buy a decoction and medicine out of his own pocket, which was really unlucky today. But when he thought of the ten taels of silver that he had earned for nothing, he no longer complained, hoping that the matter would be over, and that he would exchange the beating for silver.

made up his mind not to go to the county again, only to remember that if he didn't go, he would have to find someone to transcribe a message to Shen Shu, lest he always go to the noodle shop to find himself.

After buying New Year's goods, Chen Qing returned to Chenjiagou with a heavy basket on his back, Abi learned that his brother was injured, and he was so anxious that tears fell, Chen Qing coaxed the little girl for a while to stop her tears, and after pushing him away, she hurriedly went to find a medicine jar to boil medicine for Chen Qing.

It was not the first time that Chen Qing had fought, but instead of asking a few words without concern, the eldest aunt taught people a lesson, "A little brother is getting into trouble everywhere, how can anyone be like a brother?"

How could she think of causing a lawsuit in her heart, it is normal for this countryman to have a fight, and even an adult man is in a hurry to swing his fist directly, and if it is really broken, at most it will lose some medicine money. For so many years, I really haven't seen anyone who can kill people, so Miao Rencui never thought about the difference between fighting in the town and fighting in the countryside, not to mention that she didn't know that Chen Qing was fighting with the rich young master in the county.

Chen Qing is also a little brother who does not lose in Chenjia Village, not only is he famous in the village, but even the next village knows that there is a very capable Chen brother in Chenjiagou. It was the uncle's family that no one thought that Chen Qing could get into trouble.

"I'm not a brother!" Chen Qing threw down a sentence dryly, turned his head and went to the kitchen to find his sister.

"Cut~ I have the ability to be a gentleman for the rest of my life, and my mother is still willing to work more than one person at home!" Miao Rencui muttered in a low voice after Chen Qing left.

"Be quiet, don't be foolish in front of Chen Qing, lest the baby mess around again" Boss Chen taught with a calm face.

Miao Rencui snorted coldly and didn't care about men, she naturally knew this reason, and the labor of the white envoy could not be lightly married.

Three years have passed in a blink of an eye, Chen Qing is 18 years old, and Chen Bi is 13 years old.

Chenjiagou has not changed much, still planting in spring and harvesting in autumn every year, but last year there was a big flood, and the land next to the river was all affected by the seedlings.

In a flood, half of the peasant families were hungry, and those with good conditions could survive with the money they had saved in previous years, and those with bad conditions could survive with enough food to eat. Those who had few fields and many people, and who were unlucky enough to be affected by the floods, borrowed grain from all over the place, and would not sell their children to raise food unless they had to.

Most of the villagers in a village are related to their families, and the villagers in the township can also help each other when they are really in difficulty, but there are few people who can't get by.

Although Chen Qing's family reduced grain production last year, half of the grain in 10 acres of dry land is enough for the whole family to eat and drink for a year, Chen Qing is a capable person, looking for ways to make money everywhere, collecting herbs for money has become the main source of income for the family, Abi's embroidery work can also supplement the family's income, but it is difficult to work for a short time.

If the worst thing is that Chen Ping, a guy who can't support the wall in the mud, actually passed the children's test two years ago. It's a big deal now, it's a great honor to have a promising student in the village, and the eldest aunt is full of expectations that Chen Ping can take the exam to show off his talents and glorify his ancestors.

After trying this self-beating boy, the uncle's family spoke with their nostrils on their nostrils in Chenjiagou. The son has a long face, and the first two years have been good, and Chen Ping began to spend money lavishly. Last year, the flood caught up with the imperial examination, and the family was so sad that they dared to take out most of their savings for their son to take the Xiucai exam.

The result can be imagined, Chen Ping did not say anything about the silver spent, and Xiucai was not admitted, but met a group of sons and brothers in the provincial capital who ate, drank and had fun every day, and they couldn't think about it. Miao Rencui sent Chen Ping two rounds of silver and told him to go home quickly, but he used all the money to eat and drink back home, and the angry Miao Rencui was crying and howling at home.

The family didn't have a penny, but owed the village 10 taels of silver in order to raise road funds for Chen Ping. Miao Rencui couldn't stand the squeeze, and secretly annoyed that his son didn't go home, so he simply didn't care about him anymore, and let Chen Ping mess around in the provincial capital, anyway, he would naturally come back if he had no money to spend.

Chen Ping didn't have any money, so he went around looking for fellow villagers to borrow it, and followed a few rich children to be a little brother to eat and drink. But the good times didn't last long, Chen Ping couldn't learn and would only slap his beard and shoot horses, and after a long time, he was also tired of life, and he borrowed his money to return to his hometown on the face of playing together on weekdays.

As soon as Chen Ping came back, Miao Rencui was quite happy at first, and after learning that he owed another 80 taels of silver outside, he couldn't get up and fainted to death.

The family suffered a flood and owed 90 taels of foreign debts, the uncle was sad all day long, and the grandfather and grandmother sighed. No matter how capable the Chen Qing brothers and sisters are, they are powerless in the face of natural disasters.

More than 10,000 households were affected by the disaster, and the entire Qingping County and the two adjacent counties and towns were not spared. Due to the high terrain of Qingping Town, the disaster situation is not strict, and it is said that many displaced people have escaped from the worst town, and the situation of selling children and daughters also occurs from time to time.

After the imperial court learned the news, it exempted the harsh taxes and sent the disaster relief money to appease the people, but the capital is far away, and it is more than three months to come and go, and then wait for the disaster relief silver to be transported to the provincial capital, which is about to enter winter.

The government also sent people to the upstream to improve the river, but there is no accurate explanation of whether it was repaired or not, and the people in Chenjiagou only knew that before the disaster relief silver was exchanged for food, the villages in the upper reaches of the disaster were almost unable to survive.

It wasn't until the winter snow fell that the disaster relief food was sent to the villages by the people of the government, and Chen Lao received 70 catties of miscellaneous grains, and drank the paste with pickles every day. Chen Ping came back before the snow fell, and when distributing food, he also received 10 catties of miscellaneous grains according to the head of the person.

10 catties of miscellaneous grains per person is all for disaster relief, even if you boil and drink all day, it is not enough to survive the cold winter. But how do the common people know how much silver the imperial court has distributed for disaster relief? It is better to talk than to make ends meet, and when they are hungry, they go into the mountains to hunt, dig grass roots and gnaw tree bark. As long as the seeds are replanted in the spring of the following year, there will be new hope, and as long as we live, it is hope.