"Now the affairs of my family have not been resolved, I can't help her, and besides, I don't know my heart but I know my face, I have so many secrets, if I trust others too much, I'm afraid that not only will I die quickly, but I am afraid that my family will be affected!" Liu Ximing kept comforting himself in his heart and forced himself to harden his heart.

Remembering that he still had some money to spare, he found a butcher shop and spent more than 100 yuan to buy four catties of meat on his back, just two catties of his own family and Aunt Wu's family, thinking of the two gluttonous little guys at home, Liu Ximing's mood recovered a little.

Liu Ximing and the others were afraid of running into the middle-aged man and the gorgeous woman, so they didn't dare to go back to the city again, so they had to make a detour outside the West Gate, but they encountered a large group of beggars begging everywhere near the West Gate.

There are too many beggars in this city, Liu Ximing thought strangely, thinking that there were also many beggars at the north gate when he entered the city in the morning, but fortunately, the two of them didn't look like they were rich, so no one looked for them.

"Are there so many beggars in this city on weekdays? Where did all this come from? Liu Ximing asked Li Biao curiously.

Li Biao shook his head and didn't speak, an old lady sitting on the street may have been bored, and said: "Although there were beggars in previous years, but how many people are like this year, some time ago there were people in Shaanxi in the north who rebelled, and I heard that the rebels all entered our Sichuan Buzheng Division from Baoning Mansion, fortunately they were exterminated by the imperial court, otherwise we would have fled Shunqing Mansion." ”

After taking a breath and continuing to chatter, she looked to the side and said mysteriously: "I heard that there was a defeat in the south this year, and the soldiers of the imperial court will be killed by those barbarians to the point of blood. If you want to talk about these people, they looked miserable at first, but since these days, there have been more people stealing chickens and dogs, and shooting flowers! ”

Liu Ximing looked at the posture of this eldest lady, and knew that if he didn't leave, he would have to chat with her until the night, so he hurriedly thanked: "Thank you for your advice, we have to go first!" ”

Pulling Li Biao to run quickly, those who don't know thought that the two of them had fled!

The old lady sighed: "I still have a lot to say." ”

As soon as I got out of the west gate, I saw that the outside of the city was full of all kinds of grass sheds and wooden sheds built haphazardly, and there were a lot of clothes to dry outside the sheds, which looked very messy.

Some people sat slumped under the shed, and some simply stood in front of the shed, most of them were numb in their eyes, Liu Ximing looked at them and felt a heavy twilight emanating from them.

Liu Ximing is in a heavy mood, this is really a scene of troubled times. After walking a few steps, I saw a group of brightly dressed city people surrounding the village, which looked very eye-catching in this ragged refugee settlement.

When the two of them got closer, they found that there were dozens of refugees standing in this group, including men and women, adults and children, and some people had a few sticks of grass on their heads.

Is this an insert to sell the first bid? Liu Ximing was full of shock.

At this time, a man in the crowd pointed to a little girl with a lewd smile on his face and said to another man next to him: "This little girl looks good, buy it back and raise it!" ”

Then he said to the woman beside the girl, "I bought her for three taels of silver!" The woman immediately knelt down and begged, "My daughter is still young, not only selling, but the lord has mercy and buys me together, and the women can do any work." ”

The man laughed: "You, you don't look in the mirror, I bought it for the way you look, and there is no shortage of people in my family!" ”

The woman just cried and begged, and the little girl next to her also hugged her and cried, and the crowd burst into laughter. Seeing that she hadn't let go, the man said impatiently: "Okay, okay, add one or two more to her!" Then he took out some pieces of silver, threw them to the woman, took the girl, and left.

The woman fell to the ground crying, but she did not dare to stop her, so she had to watch the little girl cry and be dragged away, while the crowd around her laughed and ridiculed the man for buying good goods.

Liu Ximing and Li Biao couldn't bear to see it, so they could only turn their heads and walk towards the north dock. He had just walked along the city wall for a while when a cry for mercy came from the front.

I saw that the servant and the man who was dressed the same as another man this morning were snatching something from a refugee family, and scolded at the same time: "Dog, the old man has given you a favor to build a shed here, but I didn't say it, but I don't charge the land money, and you have to give it if you don't give it today!" ”

Li Biao hurriedly pulled Liu Ximing's sleeve, afraid that Liu Ximing would kick him again, he was just but not stupid, there were obviously three people here, and they couldn't beat them. Liu Xi's life was not in order, but the fist in his hand was clenched tightly, and he stared at them.

Next to the two stood a man in black and red uniforms who was watching them argue impatiently, and from time to time he yelled at the people who came out of the shed next to him, and then he saw Liu Ximing's expression, and shouted: "Look at what, you dare to take care of the affairs of the government, eat the bear's heart and leopard gall!" ”

It just so happened that Ding and the two finally snatched the things out, and when they saw Liu Ximing and the two of them stunned, they immediately whispered a few words to the duke. The duke pursed his lips, and shouted at Liu Ximing and the others: "Whose family should I be, it turns out that I just know a few poor talents, others are not afraid of me, hurry up!" ”

Liu Ximing hurriedly lowered his head lest they see the anger in his eyes, these people saw that he was soft, and glared around a few more times triumphantly, and Ding He also felt the evil spirit this morning.

At this time, a breathless voice came from behind him: "Li, Li Bantou, Han Dahu's daughter was abducted by Huazi, Er Yin is telling everyone in the yamen to look for it, go back to the city quickly!" A man came running as fast as the voice followed. Liu Ximing listened to them whispering, vaguely heard some bounties or something, and then saw the four of them turn around and run towards the city.

When they walked away, Liu Ximing scolded fiercely: "Dog thief, sure enough, it is the foot teeth of the car and boat shop, and he should be killed if he is not guilty!" Seeing that the robbed person was crying and wiping away tears, he didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only sigh and pat Li Biao and continue to walk towards the dock.

Next, the two didn't encounter any bloody incidents, and went to the dock to find a passenger boat passing by Zhangjiawan, and the two spent 20 yuan to get on the boat and go home.

Because it was winter, by the time we arrived in Zhangjiawan, it was a little dark. After so long, Liu Ximing's mood was much better, and he followed Li Biao and the two of them chatting and walking back.

"Yo, Erwazi, are you stealing a chicken or touching a dog, jumping so happily, what are you holding in your hands?"

Liu Ximing turned his head and saw that it was the daughter-in-law of the Chen family, and he sighed in his heart. Looking down at the cloth in his hand, he couldn't help but be glad that it was dark early in winter, and the shopkeeper was careful when buying the cloth. This daughter-in-law of the Chen family didn't deal with their family for a while, if she saw it clearly, maybe she would have to fix something, so she casually went back and said, "It's nothing", and ran away with Li Biao.

The daughter-in-law of the Chen family snorted fiercely behind her back: "Run, run so fast to run to the funeral!" After thinking about Liu Ximing's outfit just now, I felt a little puzzled.

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"You're finally back, and I said it wouldn't happen at this late hour!" Liu Chen watched his son and Li Biao come back with a basket on their backs, and hurriedly greeted him happily.

"Ah, you loser, you haven't made any money yet, what are you buying such a thing, what are you buying?" Just after being happy, Liu Chen watched Liu Ximing take a few things out and was a little angry, this son is also a little too big.

The two little ones ran over with cheers, turned over the back basket and shouted: "Second brother bought meat, we have meat to eat!" And flower cloth! The two of them turned their heads in unison and shouted at Liu Chen's crisply: "Mother, do we have new clothes to wear!" ”

Hahaha, seeing Ererha selling cuteness there, Liu Ximing was in a good mood. Seeing that Liu Chen was a little angry, he couldn't help but laugh, his mother was used to living a hard life, but the life at home would get better and better in the future, and he said with a smile: "Mother, today's vegetables are selling very well, and the details will be discussed later." ”

Remembering that Li Biao hadn't eaten yet, he simply said to Liu Chen's again: "Mother, you clean up the meat first, cook a few more dishes, the third and fourth go and invite Aunt Wu over, let's eat together!" ”

Liu Chen saw that several people were so happy, and it was not easy to spoil everyone's interest, so he took the meat and went to the kitchen to cook.