A few days later, Wei Qijun really invited the child to come to the house for dinner. Because the first time he met Wei Qijun, he was very fierce, and when the kid saw him, it was like seeing a jackal, tiger and leopard, and his impression of Qi Jun was really bad. So even if Wei Qijun invited him to dinner with kind words this time, he didn't dare to come, and in the end, Ye Yuning personally invited him, so he dared to come.

The boy was very hungry, and devoured two large bowls, and cried as he ate, and said that he had not eaten enough since the spring after the army rations, and now his parents were gnawing on the bark of the tree and asking for food.

Wei Qijun was distressed and helpless, and when he left, he took some meat back to his parents. In troubled times, it is not easy to protect oneself, and there is really no way to help others, so it is strange that this world does not let people live.

Because of the severe drought last year, the crops were almost not harvested, and this spring the government requisitioned military rations, and the people have been suffering so hard until now, and they are really unable to endure it anymore. There were crowds of people fleeing the famine on the road, and the roads were littered with corpses that no one cared about, and the phenomenon of selling children and daughters and changing children for food occurred from time to time, and there were small-scale riots in many places, but they were quickly suppressed by the government.

Finally survived the autumn harvest, Wei Qijun and the three of them ate pork for more than a month, and the mutton was boiled until now, almost vomiting, it turned out that eating meat every day was also a kind of torture.

Fortunately, this year's wind and rain have been smooth, although there is no bumper harvest, but compared to spring, the days are still much better.

When the emperor was in power, the tax was less than 10%, and the tax could be exempted in the event of floods and droughts. Now because Gu Jin has been suppressed in the south, this year's tax revenue has reached fifty percent, the people are overwhelmed, and riots have occurred in many places, but they were quickly suppressed.

It's just that I don't know how much of this grain was sent to the battlefield, how much was put into the treasury, and how much went into the pockets of the powerful.

Because the imperial court suppressed Gu Jin several times, it was not suppressed, but Gu Jin became more and more rampant. Emperor Jianchuan was incompetent and could only let each county recruit volunteers to resist Gu Jin, and now all places are conscripting, and many young people have gone to war.

Wei Qijun saw the conscription notice but didn't go, although he had always wanted to be an official before, and wanted to exchange military merits for a career, but now he found himself ridiculous, because he didn't have the money to bribe the powerful in the court, even if he had great military merits, it was not easy to be an official.

What's more, he has to take care of Ye's father and Ye Yuning. I have long been disappointed in this court, and I live a peaceful and stable life, so why do I need to make a wedding dress for others.

In a blink of an eye, it was winter, and Wei Qijun had been in the Ye family for half a year. In the eyes of Ye's father, Wei Qijun is very smart, very capable, bold and careful, and very able to endure hardships, in the past half a year since he came to the Ye family, the life of the Ye family has not been more bitter because of his arrival, but the days have gradually improved, even better than in previous years.

And Father Ye can see that Ye Yuning and Wei Qijun have a good impression of each other, so Father Ye intends to let Wei Qijun be his son-in-law in the future.

Not long ago, Gu Jin died. It is rumored that because of the uneven distribution of benefits, he had a big quarrel with his brother, and was killed by the woman who placed him next to him in his sleep at night. The end of the hero, the death is so wretched.

After Gu Jin's death, his original troops were divided into several factions, and there was a lot of trouble. The imperial court took the opportunity to encircle and suppress, so it was vigorous, occupied almost the entire south, and the uprising that disrupted the whole country ended in failure, and Gu Jin, who was once terrifying, gradually faded out of people's sight.

From the perspective of the whole country, since the new emperor ascended the throne, he has favored eunuchs, indulged in pleasure, and did not think about government affairs. The powerful in the court sold their official positions, and the officialdom gradually became a place to hide filth and filth.

Last year, floods in the south and drought in the north left crops almost non-yielding. Gu Jin's rebellion left the south in ruins, and the taxes in the north were more onerous, so there were often small-scale riots in the north, although the scale was small and was quickly suppressed, but the people's anger had been provoked.

In order to suppress Gu Jin, the imperial court let the local army conscript, although now Gu Jin is dead, but the foundation of the country has been shaken, the local army is not under the jurisdiction of the central government, and the whole country is in turmoil, even if it is the reincarnation of Yi Yin, it cannot turn the tide.

Sooner or later, the division of one side will happen. The country has already entered dusk, isn't it a matter of time before the sun sets?

The topic is correct, and it is said that Wei Qijun has saved money for half a year and finally bought a hairpin for Ye Yuning.

Wei Qijun strode into Ye Yuning's room with a spring breeze on his face, "Ning Ning, give you something." ”

"Something? What? Ye Yuning almost jumped up with joy when he heard that Wei Qijun was going to give him something.

"You guess first, see if you can guess correctly." Wei Qijun smiled evilly behind his back.

"I guess...... Give it to me! Ye Yuning said that he went to grab Wei Qijun's hand and snatched the things in Wei Qijun's hand. Wei Qi was defenseless, and the things were snatched away by Ye Yuning.

"Wow, I robbed it, I wouldn't have given it to you if I knew it."

Ye Yuning looked at the wooden box curiously, "What's in here?" ”。

"Just open it and look at it."

"No, I'll have to guess first." Ye Yuning shook the box, "Is it a box of rouge?" ”

"It's not"

Shake it again.

"That's a comb?"

"No, guess again"

"That's a hairpin?"

"Half right."

"What the hell is it?" couldn't guess a few times, Ye Yuning lost his patience, and opened the box as he said, "Don't guess".

"Wow, what a beautiful hairpin!" Inside is a handful of delicately made silver hairpins, the begonia flower pattern on the hairpin is carved vividly, shining in the sunlight, it seems to be a little starlight.

Ye Yuning picked up the hairpin, "Brother, is this silver?" Where did you get the money to buy it? ”

"Stole." Wei Qijun said seriously.

"Impossible" Ye Yuning's face instantly turned cold.

"Brother, how can you steal! How did it come about? Be honest. Ye Yuning didn't believe that Wei Qijun would steal anything.

"How the hell did you get here?" Ye Yuning saw that Wei Qijun didn't speak, and instantly became anxious, and hit him with his hand.

"I said, I said, what did you tease just now?" Wei Qijun dodged her beating and laughed evilly.

Ye Yuning raised the hairpin in front of Wei Qijun and shook it. "Where did you get the money?"

Wei Qijun raised his head, as if he was endorsing, and said slowly: "I usually go hunting, and then go to the landlord's house to do short-term work, and I saved for half a year to buy this hairpin." ”

"I knew it." Ye Yuning laughed happily, how could my brother steal something? "Brother, you can help me put it on."

Wei Qijun took the hairpin and inserted it into Ye Yuning's bun.

"How do you look good on it?"

"Of course my sister is good-looking."

"Really?" Ye Yuning walked to the dressing mirror and looked at the hairpin carefully.

"Hehehe...... Thank you brother. Ye Yuning smirked at the mirror.

"How do you thank me?" Wei Qijun hugged his arms and became arrogant.

"Hmm......" Ye Yuning really didn't know how to thank him.

"Ning Ning, you see my shoes are a little old."

"Hehehe......" Ye Yuning smirked at him, "Wait, I have stock." ”

With that, he opened the cabinet and took out the new shoes.

"Honestly, did you already know that I made shoes for you?" Ye Yuning didn't give him his shoes while carrying them.

"Hmm......" Wei Qijun rolled his eyes and thought for a moment.

"Give it to me!" Wei Qijun snatched his shoes and ran out, turned around and shook his shoes at Ye Yuning.

"I learned it from you."