The old lady stood in place and stared at Ling'er stunned for a long time before she spit out a few words: "Can't retreat!" ”

"Can't be returned? Why? Mother, is it... Do you really like this dress? ”

"No, it's not, Ling'er, I'll tell you!" The old lady came over with a wrinkled face and pulled her and said, "Don't you want to open this shop into a rice grain shop?" Our court has regulations that if the common people want to do this kind of business, they must have the approval of the government, otherwise they will be imprisoned if they are found to be in prison! ”

"Huh?" Ling'er is the first time to hear of such a thing, although rice, grain, salt and iron are closely related to the lives of the people, and it is also closely related to the stability of people's hearts and the prosperity of the court. In the past, there were rice, grain, salt and iron shops in various towns, could it be that they all had official approvals?

"Mother, what kind of approval? Why haven't I heard of it? ”

"Well, how old are you, how many things can you know? Ten years ago, there was a great drought in a radius of 100 miles around us, when there was a shortage of food and water, and many people starved to death, but the black-hearted shopkeepers of those rice and grain shops also ganged up to raise the price, and the most expensive time rose to four or five hundred wen a liter of brown rice, and the government issued several notices to ask them to reduce the price, but no one listened.

As a result, the imperial court was angry, and sent the army to copy all those rice and grain shops, and also issued a strict order, in the future, all businesses that do rice, grain, salt, iron and other businesses must first be inspected by the government, and the government agrees to issue an approval before they can be opened! ”

Ling'er nodded slightly when she heard this, it turned out that there was still such a statement. No wonder he was so surprised when he offered to help Liang Daming buy rice and grain that day, maybe he knew about it at the time, I don't know if he deliberately didn't say anything or thought he really had this ability? In any case, the business has been taken over, the shop has been bought, and it is impossible to say not to do it now.

"Mother, do the other rice and grain shops in the town have the approval of the government?"

"This ...... I don't know, but... Shouldn't it be all there? ”

Ling'er's eyes lit up, "That's it, it's okay if others don't have it, we just opened, even if we are unlucky, it won't be our turn!" Mother, don't worry, let's just do it for a month, make a sum and don't do it, and then do other things later! ”

"Where's that? If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, in case we come to investigate as soon as we open the official mansion or someone goes to inform, then not only will our shop be seized and confiscated, but people will also go to prison! Ling'er, it's nothing for me and your father to have an old bone, you're only young, it doesn't matter if you go to prison, most of you are going to be sold as an official slave! ”

"Official slave!" Ling'er exclaimed, "Mother, no... It's not that serious, is it? ”

"Alas, you kid, this matter of dealing with the government, it's good if nothing happens, it's a big deal when it happens!"

Seeing the sad face of the old lady, Ling'er blamed herself a little, blaming herself for being too reckless, taking everything for granted, it would have been good to know that she had inquired clearly in advance! Looking at the white ash on the old lady's face from a ravine to a hill for a while, and from a hill to a ravine for a while, hey, no, what does the rice grain shop have to do with this clothes?

"Mother, don't worry, let's find a way to do it if you want an official document, you better change this clothes first, let's take it and return it, right?"

"You can't retreat, you can't retreat, won't you offend others if you retreat?"

"If you offend, you will be offended, a few rags are sold for a hundred yuan, and she will charge you five taels at once, obviously she is a pit person! It's a big deal, let's have a fight with her, and we won't communicate in the future! ”

"That's not the case, Ling'er, the eldest niece said that she has a way and can help us get the official document of the rice grain shop!"

"She? Is that the woman who is dressed in fancy clothes and looks extremely ugly? ”

"Shh~shh~~~ You kid, why do you talk so ugly? What people are doing is other people's business, don't say that when you go out, you will be heard by others! ”

Ling'er pursed her lips and muttered in a low voice: "It was originally so!" It's not her fault that she's ugly, it's definitely her fault to come out and be scary, to make the old lady so scary, and to extort money from such an old lady as the old lady! That woman's character is certainly not good!

"You still say!" The old lady pretended to be angry and glared at her, Ling'er pouted helplessly and shrugged her shoulders, thought for a while and said, "Mother, you believe her when she says that she can get the official document of the rice grain shop?" What if she can't get it? Also, you spent so much unjust money with her casual words? Didn't you want to buy a shop when you first bought it? ”

At the mention of clothes, the old lady blushed a little: "I... I... I'm listening, too... I heard her say, I am a young man and I, but you are so young, people will not only laugh at us, but also laugh at you; Say you picked it up, the kids in the town must be bullying you, and the eldest niece said that as long as we dress younger... Just ......"

Seeing the old lady's hands clasped and twisted, looking like a child who made a mistake, Ling'er really didn't know what to say. She thought about it, her family had just arrived, and the person surnamed Kang on the opposite side must have seen that her father and mother were honest and deliberately came to such a show; I just heard what Aunt Wan next door meant, and the woman surnamed Kang didn't do this once or twice.

The old lady got the things back, and the money was given, it must not be easy for her to spit it out, and it is not good for her family to tear her face, and the old lady will become the laughing stock of the whole town in the future! Measuring it like this, Ling'er sighed, forget it, you can earn it again when the money is gone, this money should be used to buy a lesson for the old lady!

"Mother, did the woman say how to help us get the approval?"

"Huh?" The old lady looked at Ling'er in a daze, looking at her like that, Ling'er knew that the old lady had been fooled by others again, alas~~ That's it, five taels of silver, thrown into the water, and there was not a single bubble!

Ling'er hung her head and went to the house with her baggage, and the old lady said: "Ling'er Ling'er, I remembered, the eldest niece said that the official of our county government office is her sister-in-law's cousin, as long as you ask him for help, this thing will definitely be done!" ”

Ling'er looked back at the old lady: "How much silver does she want?" ”

"Huh? Silver? This one...... I didn't say it! No, I... I bought so many things from her, and I needed silver! ”

Ling'er sighed, went over to help the old lady sit down in the courtyard, and slowly persuaded: "Mother, I don't think this matter is reliable at all, think about it, if the rice grain shop is really so easy to open, why doesn't she open a rice grain shop by herself?"

She said that she could get the paperwork, she had been in the town for so many years, and she must be more familiar with the shopkeeper of other rice and grain shops than with you, if you said she was going to help people, why didn't she help acquaintances but came to help you, a living person? ”

"But... But she clearly said that she has a nose and eyes! ”

"Did she say while putting on your makeup and dressing you?"

"This... Oh, yes! I don't even know when I will change into this outfit, so she just compliments it on how good it looks, and I ......"

"So, she said that she could get the paperwork but casually, mainly to buy you her outfit that wasn't worth a few dollars!"

"Ahh The old lady was stunned for a moment, and stood up in an uproar: "That's not good, I have to find her to retreat, Ling'er, give me the burden!" ”

Ling'er pulled the old lady: "Mother, don't worry! Aren't you worried about offending her? Now go and look for not afraid of offending? ”

"That's... How is that the same? She... She's obviously a liar!"

"Mother, the clothes are on you, the money is taken out by yourself, people didn't force you to say half a word, even if you look for it, she can't help it if she doesn't admit it! When the surrounding neighbors see it, they will all come to see the joke, there is no need! ”

"But... But five taels of silver! Ouch, my God, I'm really confused, how can I spend five taels of silver in a daze! Oh my God~~~" As expected, as soon as the old lady understood, she was so distressed that she pushed her chest, so she almost sat on the ground and slapped her thigh and cried!

Ling'er hurriedly hugged the old lady and comforted softly: "Mother, don't worry, don't worry!" The so-called sacrifice of wealth to eliminate disasters, our shop has just opened and will definitely meet a lot of villains, these five taels of silver should be used by us to buy incense and candles to worship the gods and Buddhas, and it will be good to have fewer disasters and fewer difficulties in the future! ”

"How's that the same? The five taels of silver were obviously taken by that... That ugly woman deceived her, if she didn't say to help us get paperwork, how could I give her five taels of silver! Ouch, I'm an old fool! ”

Ling'er beat her chest and said, "Okay, mother, she does something wrong, there will be no good end, let's just watch here, there will always be a time when she is unlucky!" Okay, okay, I don't want to, I don't want to! ”

Ling'er comforted the old lady for nearly two quarters of an hour, until the old lady cried so much that she had no strength to be quiet! The dad on the side took two puffs of cigarette pouches, looked here from time to time and didn't speak.

In the middle of the afternoon, the old lady was persuaded by Ling'er to go to sleep, and she was packing up her things in the front shop, Aunt Wan knocked on the door and came in, and said with a smile: "Ling'er, are you alone?" Your daddy? ”

"Hello Aunt Wan, my mother is tired and sleeping, and my father is busy in the backyard!"

"Oh! Ling'er girl is really diligent, much better than our family, that stinky boy, tell him to do something, if he doesn't call ten times or eight times, he will definitely not move! ”

Ling'er smiled: "Aunt Wan has won the award!" The two of them gossiped one sentence after another, and after a while, Aunt Wan came over and said mysteriously: "Hey, Ling'er, how much silver did your mother have been deceived by that fox?" ”

Ling'er was stunned, and looked at the gossip on her face, and immediately understood that she had come to see the old lady's jokes! Ling'er was a little uncomfortable, lowered her head and sorted out her things and said, "It's nothing, my mother likes it, just let her buy it!" ”

Aunt Wan paused, and then said with a smile: "You girl, are you embarrassed to say it?" Actually, it's nothing! There are a few shops around us, regardless of men, women and children, out of the blacksmith next door to you, who has not been cheated by her! ”

"Huh?" Ling'er stopped and looked at Aunt Wan in surprise, and Aunt Wan nodded and said, "Yes, that's it!" You say she's a liar, you took out the money willingly, and you also took other people's things, and you can't do anything about her if she doesn't admit it! Alas! People say that rabbits don't eat the grass by the nest, and the fox loves to eat the grass by the nest! ”

Ling'er felt even more incredible: "Aunt Wan, she is so blatant, isn't she afraid that others will make trouble with her?" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )