An autumn wind rose, and a few bean-sized raindrops fell down.

It was still a sunny day before, who would have thought that this day would change, and immediately caused everyone to shout: "It's raining, it's raining......" Then the onlookers dispersed in a hurry, and Zhenniang also trotted back home.

Lee's Mozhuang.

Because of the rainy day, the temperature was a little clammy and cold, and Zhao beckoned the two of them to burn the fire basket in the backyard.

The old shopkeeper Li's lungs are not good, and when the weather is wet and cold, he will cough, and the ugly woman, the injury back then really hurt her body and bones, and she is also old, so she is also extremely afraid of cold.

Therefore, Zhao took the Taoist woman to burn two fire baskets, one for the ugly woman, and the ugly woman walked around the courtyard.

This kind of fire basket is unique to Huizhou, a small basket made of bamboo strips, the size is about the same as a spittoon, hollow, and then use iron sheets to hit a small basin and put it in the basket, put some carbon fire in it, and use iron wire to weave a net-like cover, cover the mouth of the fire basket, the whole basket has a handle, fill some carbon fire on weekdays, bake wherever you go, some greedy mothers-in-law, you can also bake some cakes on it.

The little ones will put some broad beans or corn kernels in the fire and simmer, then eat a mouthful of black ash.

And since the ugly woman's identity has been exposed, she will no longer sweep the floor, plus Zhao is a cool character, there is always something to say on weekdays, come and go, the ugly woman's temperament is not as cold as before, at this time, carrying Zhao's burning haode fire basket, while drying his hands, he is pulling with Zhao on the corridor.

Naturally, what he said was nothing more than Luo Wenqian's safety.

At this time, seeing that the rain was getting heavier and heavier, the ugly woman couldn't help asking, "Where did Zhenniang go?" Neither the Mofang nor the Mozhuang saw her anyone. ”

"Where else can she go? I'm going to inquire about Wen Qian's news again. Last night, she muttered that there were many Shanxi refugees coming over at the entrance of the vegetable market. I want to come and ask about it today. Zhao was always a little worried.

"Oh." The ugly woman nodded.

As she spoke, Zhen Niang came in at a trot, her hair a little wet.

"This girl, she doesn't know how to hide when it rains." Zhao looked at Zhen Niang's wet body, so he took a dry Han scarf and wiped Zhen Niang's head.

"It's okay, it's just raining, I didn't get much of it." Zhen Niang said, and then told the Zhao family and the ugly woman about the Shizhou Yishang.

When Zhao heard this, he exclaimed: "My God." If you save one person and ten taels, won't the more than 10,000 people be more than 100,000 taels? Where did Wen Qian get so much silver? ”

"Mother, don't worry about this, I think this reward may not be Wen Qian alone, I heard that there are a lot of iron mines in Shizhou, and the iron tools are also very sophisticated, so there are also a lot of rich families, at this time, it is not to save people, but to save themselves will also be rewarded. Thinking that Wenqian is a foreigner, if there is no local businessman to deal with. Then how could the Luliang Mountain bandits easily believe it? Moreover, in this world, every time there is more righteous slaughter of dogs, those Luliang Mountain bandits are not necessarily for silver, you must know that although ten taels of silver is a lot, it is not worth it to fight with your life. Zhen Niang guessed.

Before, when those people were talking about Shizhou Yishang, Zhen Niang thought of these, this kind of thing can't be done by Luo Wenqian alone, as for the rumors, it is probably because it was first proposed by Luo Wenqian.

"Well, the girl is right." The ugly woman nodded.

At this moment, as soon as Hua'er ran in, she shouted urgently: "Cousin, the Luo family's big brother Ping'an is here." ”

Luo Ping'an? Didn't he go to Shanxi with Luo Wenqian?

"Quick, invite him in." Zhen Niang hurriedly said to the flowers.

"Hey." Hua'er answered, and ran out, and after a while, she led Luo Ping'an in. Luo Ping'an was dressed in a short fight, covered in dust, obviously just came back, maybe he hadn't returned to the righteous health number.

Zhenniang hurriedly asked Dao Po to bring tea.

Luo Ping'an was not polite, and drank it with a bang.

"Brother Ping'an, what's the situation with Wen Qian now?" Waiting for Luo Ping'an to put down the tea bowl, Zhen Niang asked eagerly.

"It's okay, Wen Qian is with some people on Luliang Mountain now." Luo Ping'an hurriedly replied, and then handed a letter in his hand to Zhen Niang. Since Luo Wenqian wants to hand it over to Zhenniang.

Zhen Niang opened it and looked at it, just two lines of words: "Peace, don't read it." I'll talk about a lot of things when I get back. ”

Although it was only two short lines, at this moment, Zhenniang was really at ease.

Zhao didn't want to read Luo Wenqian's letter to Zhenniang, so he just asked, "How is Wenqian?" ”

"He said peace, don't read it." Zhen Niang smiled at the corner of her mouth. Then receive the letter carefully.

Then he asked Luo Ping'an carefully about the matter of opening the reward, and sure enough, as Zhen Niang guessed, since Luo Wenqian opened the reward, Shizhou, and some merchants in some surrounding places have also opened the reward, and now, not only the Luliang Mountain bandits, but also some large families have also participated, although it cannot prevent the in-depth raiding of the Tartars, but also to protect some towns and forts from looting.

Then Luo Ping'an took his leave, Zhenniang didn't keep him, and there were still many matters on Yi Housheng's side.

"Now the stone in my heart has finally landed." Zhao let out a long sigh of relief.

In this way, the Li family also relaxed.

In the evening, Li Zhengshen also got the news, and he also came with Yao Qianshan, the uncle of Chunhua in the sixth room.

Yao Qianshan's examination luck has always been poor, this time in order to ensure that the township examination is successful, Yao Qianshan specially worshipped the teacher, and donated money to Nanjing Guozijian for further study, in the past years, the number of people in the Guozijian is not a lot greater, and therefore, Yao Qianshan has been studying in Guozijian during this time, and now he has just released the list.

It's just that at this time, when I heard the old shopkeeper Li ask this, Yao Qianshan is face smiled bitterly, even Li Zhengshen also looked weird, Uncle Chunhua's exam luck is really bad.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that the two of them looked wrong, the old shopkeeper Li asked curiously.

"In this year's Liangjing Township Examination, the papers of the Guozi Prison Supervisor have been changed to the number of dishes, and there are only a few people. That's three-quarters less than in previous years. I'm down again this year. Yao Qianshan shook his head again and again.

I heard Yao Qianshan's words. Even the old shopkeeper Li and Zhenniang's expression was also a little weird.

No one expected this to be the case, so if Yao Qianshan didn't enter the Guozijian this year, maybe the chance of winning the exam would be a little greater, but thinking about his luck, I'm afraid it will be difficult.

In this era, how many amazing and brilliant people are there. But I just can't get it.

"It's okay, I've already thought about it, it seems that I'm hopeless in the imperial examination in this life, I originally wanted to take Chunhua back to Huizhou to teach, a few days ago I met Nanjing Patrol Inspector Cai, he has both classmates and fellow villagers in my original Dong Weng, and I am very close to me on weekdays, just right, he is now parting ways to inspect the criminal name of Wuxi, Jiangsu and other places. He asked me to be his master, and I followed him for a few more years. Yao Qianshan said self-deprecatingly.

He can think about it. Then you don't need to say much. And the master's work is very familiar to Yao Qianshan.

In this way, it is early winter in a blink of an eye, and the weather that should have been a small spring in October is extraordinarily cold, and on this day at the end of October, it is a rare snow bead, so that most of the ink making in the ink workshop has stopped, the weather is too cold, and the ink is easy to dry out, but this smoke shop is still not affected.

And Mr. Li's shopkeeper is still working hard in next year's Gongmo.

Since Zhenniang knew that Luo Wenqian was safe, she also threw herself on the development of next year's tribute ink.

"Grandpa, Li Mo's four-in-one technique is almost complete, if you want to innovate on top of this, you are only trapped in Li Mo's family, I am afraid it will be even more difficult, we should gather the strengths of the family. In addition, Uncle Jing Dong has to put more effort into the ink mold. Zhen Niang's face was black and gray, and with her grandfather behind her, the two came out of the ink shop together.

"Well, I think that's the case, by the way, you have Pan Momo in your hand, and when Wen Qian comes back, there are a few questions about Luo Mo, I'll ask him again, in this way, let's study and study together."

In addition, if you have time, draw a few more ink line drawings for your reference, especially the collection of ink line drawings of the Buddha bone mound that was given to the princess last time. The old shopkeeper Li said, a gust of cold wind poured in, and it was a sharp cough.

Gongmo's election, not only Gongmo election flat, but also a big competition in the ink industry, some small ink shops, although not necessarily able to get the right to pay tribute, but with one or two special ink products, can also shine in the ink competition.

As in the last Gongmo campaign, it was actually because of the Songfang period, Xiaomofang was facing a survival dilemma, so most of them gave up, but this time it was obviously not. I heard that the Songjiang Wei family, the Jiangxi Zhu family is also ready to move.

Although these ink shops are now in decline, there are still some backgrounds that cannot be underestimated.

"Well, I know, grandpa, you still have to rest more." Zhenniang listened to her grandfather's cough, although she knew that persuasion was useless, she still had to persuade in the end.

"Girl, your grandfather and I are almost seventy years old this year, and my life is rare in seventy years, this is your grandfather's wish for my life, if you don't hurry up, I'm afraid I won't have so much time for your grandfather." Old Man Li sighed a little when he said this.

Listening to Zhen Niang, it was not a taste: "I don't like to hear what Grandpa says." ”

"Okay, if you don't like to listen to grandpa, you won't talk about it." Old Li shopkeeper said hehehe.

At this moment, a long figure appeared at the arch of the backyard from Mozhuang, wearing a green shirt, wearing a square scarf, a clear face, and eyes like stars, not Luo Wenqian.

Zhen Niang's eyes were slightly bent.

"The old man is so ......," Luo Wenqian greeted from a distance.

"Wen Qian is back, good, good, good." The old shopkeeper Li said three good words in a row, and then looked at the sky and said: "It's almost evening, Wen Qian stayed for dinner, Zhenniang and her father have been drinking alcohol recently, and they are very boring, so you can let him drink a few glasses." ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Luo Wenqian saluted again.

Old Shopkeeper Li smiled and nodded, and left first.

………………………… (To be continued......)

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