Mo Daya and Lao Qianpo live together in Sun's house, and they still eat here, and there are two more mouths in the house, although there are things sent by the villagers, there are still some things that are not enough.

Xu Yanhui has always refused to show up, the people in the village can't see anyone, after a long time, the enthusiasm has decreased a little, and the delivery of things is not as frequent as a few days ago, Mo Xiaohe looked at the rice jar with only one layer left and sighed, thinking that he would go to the city to buy it.

At the end of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar, it has entered the cold winter, it has rained twice in a row, the temperature on the mountain is lower, and there are several places where it is frozen.

Quarry Mountain has accidents one after another, that person is a pitiful, there is an unfilial brother and an elderly lady at home, he didn't survive after all, he died a whimper, the government's compensation silver was deducted layer by layer, to his mother's hands, only a few hundred Wen remained.

They are all flat-headed people with no foundation, how dare they raise objections when they see that the officials are weak? The old lady came to collect the body, but the coffin board couldn't afford it, and everyone felt sour, so they reasoned with the officials, and made a fuss, and were arrested and beaten by those people, and some people broke their leg bones because of this.

"There's simply no royal law!"

Mo Xiaohe sighed, this kind of injustice will not be less throughout the ages, corrupt officials will exist at any time, this is unavoidable, but pity the old lady, the white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and in the end, he can't receive a pension at all.

There was a disturbance, and the people who served as conscripts went on strike collectively, and Gu Zheng was also idle because of this, and returned home to help Mo Xiaohe chop wood and fetch water. His arm was injured, and he had a large wound, which was smeared with wound medicine, and he recovered well, but only a shallow scab had formed and was in danger of cracking at any time.

"It's rare to have a break today, why don't I take you for a walk?"

Gu Zheng lowered his eyes, this kind of thing is no longer strange, there are too many poor people, even the emperor can't do anything, not to mention that he doesn't like to meddle in things.

"Yes, yes!"

Mo Xiaohe nodded again and again, there is a restaurant in the city, osmanthus duck is the signature dish, Mo Xiaohe can smell the aroma every time he passes by, but unfortunately, osmanthus duck is not take-out, can only order food in the restaurant, she is unwilling to eat alone, every time she passes by, her heart will be very entangled.

"Okay, I'll take you to eat osmanthus duck."

Gu Zheng changed a set of clothes, and borrowed an oxcart from the village chief, this section of the road, to say that it takes more than an hour, and it takes three hours to go back and forth, he is afraid that Mo Xiaohe will be affected, of course, the ox cart is not so easy to borrow, and promised to bring two catties of sorghum red to the village chief.

Mo Xiaohe brought a small package, and spread a thick cushion on the ox cart, she hummed a little song, and was alone with her husband, which was comfortable, and she didn't have to face the hypocritical face of the old pious woman all day long.

The terrain around Sweet Water Village is very peculiar, on one side of the mountain there is no grass, it is a stone mountain used to mine mountain rocks, and on the other side it is not, it is winter, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, and there is no vitality in the hot summer.

"Husband, did you say that old pious woman found out about Li Er's news?"

Mo Xiaohe is more sensitive, she found that in the past two days, Li Erniang is obviously not the same as when she first came, and has become more polite, all these changes started from staying overnight at Sun's house next door.

She didn't expect the Sun family to say anything good, maybe she might sow discord, and there must be a demon when things go wrong, Mo Xiaohe has been cautious recently, and greeted her cousin, she always felt that something was wrong.

"Well, it should be, wait."

Li Er hid in the widower's house, Gu Zheng appeared every few nights to tease Li Er, and now that guy has become a frightened bird, deeply tortured, and scared to pee his pants at the slightest disturbance.

The reason why he didn't report it immediately was that Gu Zheng had his own considerations, and now that Li Erniang is here, the three of them can catch them all.

"Husband is really a good plan, when the old pious woman finds Li Er, he will definitely find a way to escape with him, and when the time comes, we will report it to the officials, just catch it."

Mo Xiaohe clapped his hands and laughed, first put people into the prison and squatted, and investigated other crimes little by little, since then, there are two less superlatives around Mo Daya, which can be regarded as a relief!

Entering the city from Tianshui Village, bumpy all the way, Mo Xiaohe and the people in the village have been here a few times, but she has not shown her wealth, she has never dared to buy too many things, Yinlou, Cloth Village, Rouge Gouache Shop, every time it passes by the door quickly.

Shopping is a habit, whether you buy it or not, you have to go out often, and in Sweetwater Village for so long, especially in the recent days, Mo Xiaohe does not go out of the gate, and the second door is not stepping, it is almost crazy!

It was close to noon when they arrived in the city, there were few people on the street, the two of them couldn't go shopping with the bulky ox cart, the ox cart was stored in the carriage and horse shop, and the first thing Mo Xiaohe did was to hit a few catties of sorghum red in the grocery store next to him.

Give the village chief two catties, and put the rest at home, keep it for the need to leave, Mo Xiaohe temporarily lives in Tianshui Village, even if he is half a villager, on weekdays, there is still a place to rely on the village chief's help, that person is shrewd, and he will be embarrassed if there is no benefit.

Dawu border city, everywhere you can see the merchants from the south to the north, those tall figures, rough manners of the man, in the crowd is particularly conspicuous, at a glance is the Dayue people, on the other hand, the Dawu man, with a small broken step, in the winter with a folding fan in his hand, walking shaking his head, chanting a few words of poor and sour poetry, occasionally with his hand to pluck the bun, do a handsome and chic action.

Mo Xiaohe bowed her head, Da Wu was narcissistic, she hadn't figured out what kind of nation this truth was after traveling for so long.

"Lady, are you hungry? Let's go to the restaurant first and order the osmanthus duck you want to eat. ”

Gu Zheng looked at the sky, around noon, the shops on the street should rest, it is better to sit in the restaurant, take a break, go out for a stroll in the evening, if you don't want to walk at night today, just stay in the city for one night, and go back at dawn tomorrow.

"Okay, I have several things I want to buy, just one at once."

Mo Xiaohe nodded frequently, she had been in the village for a long time, and she was excited when she went out for a walk, she took out a simple small book from her sleeve pocket, on which there was a charcoal record, a few things to buy, thick fabrics, cotton, and menstrual belts, I was afraid that there would be something missing.

Xu is noon, the door of the restaurant is cold, Mo Xiaohe snorted, yes, it is a strong osmanthus aroma, remember that in modern times a specialty is osmanthus duck, of course, that is because it is made in the season when osmanthus is in full bloom, and the elegant name is actually not related to osmanthus.

Dawu has a real osmanthus duck, boiled with osmanthus and sugar, nourishing and nourishing, can remove the fishy smell of duck meat, it is said that there are a total of eighteen processes before and after, and there are too few processes that can really do each process perfectly.

"Dingsheng Building, this is it."

Mo Xiaohe didn't know about the food in the border city, she just speculated through the taste that the osmanthus duck in Dingshenglou must be the best, and the other party forbade takeout, probably because she was afraid that someone would study the uniqueness of it and replace it.

"Husband, there's a sign here, we should go through the back door, right?"

At the door in front, there was a screen, Mo Xiaohe poked his head, it was empty, and at the door, there was a sign to go backwards.

Following the sign, the husband and wife entered a long corridor, there were no windows around, it was dim, only on the wall, every one or two meters, an oil lamp was hung to illuminate, the flames were flickering, flickering, and the front was pitch black, looking a little seeping.

"What's going on? If you want to eat osmanthus duck, but also test your psychological quality? ”

Mo Xiaohe muttered, in broad daylight, Lang Lang, the restaurant is open for business, maybe it was just a novelty idea that the boss came up with, she didn't pay attention to it, and Gu Zheng frowned, and secretly asked to be vigilant.

Walking to the end of the corridor, strangely there was no light, the door at the end suddenly opened, and a person came out inside, due to the dim light, the other party's appearance, can not be seen.

"Two, this is a mask, pay one tael of silver."

The man's voice was low, he stretched out a hand, Gu Zheng took the mask, quickly squeezed Mo Xiaohe's hand twice with his hand, signaled her not to speak, and after paying, pulled her into a dark room with a staircase leading to the underground.

After about a cup of tea, the two finally came out of the black hole, and everything in front of them surprised Mo Xiaohe. It's like a village, or a town, where people come and go, and people are buzzing, but the difference is that men and women, old and young, everyone wears masks, and they have to find a place where no one is there to trade with each other, and discuss in a whisper.

"This is the black market, you've always wanted to go."

Gu Zheng patted the back of Mo Xiaohe's hand and signaled her not to be afraid, the black market has its own rules, everything is in order, there is only what you can't think of, there is nothing you can't do, it is another brand new realm, belonging to a three-regardless realm, the brothers who used to dart together have been thugs in the black market, so although Gu Zheng has only been here once, he knows this place very well, since he has stumbled by mistake, he should see the world.

------Off topic------

Is there a girl like me, who mistakenly thinks that Nanjing's osmanthus duck is made of osmanthus?

As a result, Baidu checked, it was a salted duck, as a foodie, it was so ignorant, and I was a little ashamed to hurry, O(∩_∩)O haha~

This book was first published by Lewen, please do not reprint!