As soon as the morning dawned, Xia Yinhua opened the door, and at a glance saw Yang Xianmao sitting next to the stone steps, took a set of neatly folded clothes and pants from the box and handed it to Xia Yinhua, which he washed last night, not yet dry, slightly hot, still quite pleasantly smiled, turned his head without speaking, and walked to his stall again. Ethereal.2.

Xia Yinhua originally wanted to say, you didn't have a change of clothes and pants to keep, but now Yang Xianmao knows that even if she says so, the other party will not stay. So he didn't say much, put his clothes and pants back in the room, and then came out and unloaded the door panels, and the tables, chairs and benches had been arranged the night before, and the tea was boiled, and he waited for the tea guest to come to the door.

Tea guests 6 continued to come, and soon most of the tea hall was full. There are the most tea customers in the morning, as if they come here in the morning and don't know what to do, so they come here, look for a way, think about what to do on this day, spend a few pennies to make a pot of tea, talk and chat, and explore the market to find a way to make a living. That's why there's a lot of money to make in the morning.

Some of them boasted about how much money they made the night before, and some tea customers mysteriously talked about how the price of silk fabrics in a certain place was relatively low, and how to sell them after the purchase. Others say that where the mother-in-law is beautiful and can be sold to the rich and noble to make some money, and the mother-in-law is very greedy and can be cheated away with a string of copper coins.

A tea guest glanced at a few people mysteriously, and said: "You don't know, at noon today, Liu Wuye and the shopkeeper are going to fight at the dock, and they said that this time they will end it at one time, so people on both sides are ganging up, this is a big war, the people of the yamen are all turning a blind eye, they don't care at all, waiting for them to be killed and injured and then come to clean up, I don't know what it will be like at noon today." ”

Another tea guest said: "Let me see, it's still the horse shopkeeper who is powerful, and his boatmen are all pulling fibers and walking the rivers and lakes, and their bodies are hard." ”

"Cut, you only know one thing and you don't know the other. Another old tea guest said with disdain: "Do you think that Liu Wuye has no boatmen who pull fiber and go to the rivers and lakes under his hands? Let me tell you, in addition to a group of boatmen, he also found a lot of coolies to help. According to me, Liu Wuye is fully prepared this time. ”

"That's not necessarily, last time Liu Wuye's eldest son Liu Qiang and his subordinates were beaten and chased for several streets, and later if it wasn't for the people from the Yamen to stop him, he didn't know how much he would have to suffer. ”

"Then you don't know, Liu Wuye deliberately pretended, just to let the yamen intervene to cure the crime of the horse shopkeeper, but the horse shopkeeper had money to get through the top and bottom, although Liu Wuye was injured more than a dozen people, but it didn't happen in the end. ”

They talked about the two gangs of people going to fight in a group, they talked about their eyebrows, and after talking for a long time, they talked about the bandits.

A fat tea guest lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "You are the beggar brothers of Qizhou who don't know, but you killed officials and rebelled, killed many officers and soldiers, and your power is great." I heard that a few days ago, he also ransacked several villages outside Luzhou City, killed a lot of people, and robbed a lot of food. ”

The chubby tea guest said again: "You are alarmist, how can he have that ability." ”

A tall tea guest said: "This can't be said, when that guy rebelled at that time, he had thousands of people under his command, all of them were barbarians, and it wasn't that he had been tossed for so long, and the court couldn't do anything about him." ”

"According to me, the officers and soldiers are still incompetent. A chubby tea guest touched his mouth and grinned dissatisfied: "If the officers and soldiers are powerful, how can they be like this?"

Another tall and thin tea guest patted his thigh and said, "That's what I said, you see the officers and soldiers fighting with the Xia Dynasty, and one loses one by one." In the early years, when I fought with the Liao Dynasty, I also lost one battle after another, and I didn't see any battles won, they were all a group of rice buckets. The imperial court spent so much food and money, and it was all a fucking bunch of rice buckets. ”

Xia Yinhua was carrying a teapot to store water, and when she heard this, she came over in a panic, waved her hand and said: "Brothers, don't say these words, drink tea well, talk about women, talk about gambling money, don't talk about the court, okay? You don't want to mix, I still want to open this tea shop!"

A few tea guests were also excited about what he said just now, and when they heard his words, they suddenly woke up, looked left and right, and then quickly lowered their voices and said: "Yes, yes, say women, say that women are better, say that women are no one to care, what do you do when you talk about the affairs of the court?" ”

So, these people began to change the topic, and their eyebrows fluttered when they talked about Sister Yao, laughing lewdly from time to time.

At this moment, a few people walked in from the outside, a big shoulder with a round waist, a black belt tied around the waist, half of the arms exposed, tendons and flesh pimples, staring at a pair of copper bell-like eyes, after coming in, shouted in a loud voice: "Widow Xia, I'm here to collect the cash, are you ready?"

When Xia Yinhua saw him, she frowned secretly, but her face quickly changed to a smile, came over with a teapot, and said with a smile: "Who should I be?" It turned out to be Mr. Ma, please take a seat, please sit down, I will make you a bowl of black tea, this is the new tea that was just picked last year. ”

The one who came was Ma Qiang, the eldest son of the shopkeeper.

Xia Yinhua took a white porcelain bowl and put it on the table, and was about to pour tea, when the eldest prince of Ma slapped her tea cup out, fell to the opposite wall, and smashed it with a bang, stunned the tea guests in the field, and the timid ones quietly slipped out of the corner and ran, and the others who were close didn't dare to run like this, cowering and lowering their heads, pretending that nothing was alive.

Young Master Ma pointed at Xia Yinhua and said, "Can I tell you, you didn't pay the dock silver this month? Are you really planning not to pay it or are you going to find the old ghost surnamed Liu to cover it?"

Xia Yinhua said with a smiling face: "How can I not pay it, it's just that I am short of money this month, this is not about to spring ploughing, many people don't have time to drink tea, and the ground is busy, this business is much worse than before, and the money has not been recovered until now." Don't worry, I'll send you the money you owe. ”

"Okay, I'm here to collect the cash today, it was originally my buddy who came, saying that your horse widow has a big shelf, and they don't give their faces, so I came in person, otherwise my father will think that I can't do things. I'll tell you the truth, I want to have a fight with the surnamed Liu at noon, and the brothers are short of money to cheer up, so I hurriedly brought the silver, a total of fifteen cars, with interest, originally ten taels, you let me run in person, and you can get the five taels of travel expenses! To give or not to give a word? If you don't give it, don't open your shop, and you can keep the five taels of silver to buy medicine and watch Langzhong!"

As soon as he heard this, the men who followed him snapped and punched the two tables, and he and these men continued to smash them, and the horse widow hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I'll give it to me! I'll give it right away!" Don't smash my field. Young Master Ma, please stop, I'll get you the money now. ”

Yang Xianmao had already grabbed a few plum blossom needles in his hand and was about to make a move, and when he heard this, he put the plum blossom needles back again, still looking at the rolling river lonely. No one saw him.

Xia Yinhua turned her head to look at her mother-in-law, and saw that she was so frightened that she hid in the toilet, so she secretly gritted her teeth, ran into her mother-in-law's room, and quickly took out a white and blue cloth bag, which was full of copper coins, a large bag was placed on the table, spread it out and counted, exactly fifteen, and said: "This time is thanks to you for covering it." ”

Young Master Ma snorted, his face calmed down a little, and said: "Widow Xia, it's not that I don't give you face, it stands to reason that you are tight on money, and I also know it, but today is different from the past, you have to fight with the surnamed Liu, the brothers have no money in their hearts, no money in their hands, and they just can't work hard under their feet, if you don't beat the surnamed Liu, they can't open your shop if they bully you." Okay, we still have to prepare, if there is anything in your shop in the future, just let me know, no one will cause trouble with you with my young master Ma under your cover. ”

"That's that, thanks to your bothering. ”

Young Master Ma took out a few copper coins from the white and blue cloth bag, threw them on the table and said, "I'm sorry, I broke a bowl and a few tables just now, this is to lose your money." I'm never a bully, especially a little widow of yours! ”

After saying that, he turned around and walked out, and the big man behind him hurriedly went out with the big bag of copper coins. Xia Yinhua carried a heavy copper kettle, sent it to the door, and watched them go away, and finally took a sip on the ground, and said: "Eating people does not spit out bones, and the money collected is more than the tax collected by the yamen, and this business is still called how to do people." ”

The fat tea guest before said: "Widow Xia, I heard that the yard covered by Liu Wuye on the other side collects only two taels a month, which is much less than yours, but their appetite here is getting bigger and bigger, and they really don't let people do business." ”

The tall tea guest knocked a chestnut on his head, lowered his voice and said, "What do you say about the imperial court, I'm afraid that no one will manage it yet." If you dare to say that the shopkeeper is a shopkeeper, maybe someone will stab you in the back, I think you are impatient. ”

The fat tea guest was also quick for a while, and when he heard the tall tea guest remind him like this, his face suddenly changed, he picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp and said, "I still have something to do, I'll go first." Touching his head, the little mouse slipped out of the tea shop.

Xia Yinhua's mother-in-law heard that it was quiet outside, and sneaked out of the thatched house, and after coming out, she heard that Young Master Ma had left with fifteen yuan of money, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, she glanced at Xia Yinhua, and saw her expression, and felt even more bad, and she didn't have time to tie her pants, so she rushed into her bedroom with her pants.

After a few moments, she shouted at a shrill voice, "Oh my God! God, where is my coffin?"

She rushed out while screaming, grabbed Xia Yinhua and said, "Where is my coffin book, my ten-run coffin book? ”

Xia Yinhua said with a smile: "Mother-in-law, there is no way, Young Master Ma came to the teahouse to ask for the dock money, if you don't give it to him, you will smash the field." If this teahouse is smashed for him, we will have no place to make money, so what kind of work can we expect in the future? Your old man is in a tough body, don't be in a hurry to prepare for it, and then make money later, will you be ready?"

Her mother-in-law stared at Xia Yinhua, suddenly reached out and grabbed her head and pulled it hard, and the other hand kept scratching her face, but her mouth screamed: "Ge Laozi, you stinky mother-in-law, dare to touch Lao Tzu's coffin book, Lao Tzu fought with you! Why don't you sell x if you want money? You actually stole Lao Tzu's coffin book, Lao Tzu fought with you!"