The county magistrate's courtyard is still the old place, and the three of them sit around under a dozen plum trees with pink flowers.

On the long low table, Liu County Lieutenant sits in the north and faces south, on the left is Liu Sanlang, the head of the soap class of the county government, and on the right is Liu Teamzheng, who guards the south city gate.

In front of each of the three of them, there were five or six jars of good wine, and on the table, there were large pieces of cooked mutton, pork knuckle, crystal buns, boiled hooves, and so on.

The three of them had already drunk more than a dozen rounds, don't look at Liu Sanlang, a young boy of Svenwen, and the amount of alcohol in turn was as good as Liu Tou, and it was said that he chased after Liu County.

"It's his own nephew!" Liu Tou sighed.

Pick up a jar of new wine from the table again, unseal it, and smell it! It's a pity that the tongue in this mouth has long been numb and has lost its sense of taste.

And Liu Sanlang on the opposite side nodded, and stood up slowly, Liu County Lieutenant on the main seat followed and looked over, Liu Tou smiled, and hugged the wine jar and said: "County Lieutenant, I Liu Zijiang is a rough man, I was fortunate to be favored by you when I was young, and I followed you to eat, and now I am old and you can take care of this errand, and feed a family, I respect you very much, but I am stupid, I don't want to be like this today, but I don't know how to open my mouth to tell you, I have to be stunned to bump into you, I misunderstood you, It's my fault, this jar of wine, I should apologize to you, I hope you don't take it to heart, and treat what I said as a fart. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for County Lieutenant Liu to speak, and poured it in a big gulp with a wine jar.

A jar of two catties of wine, not a drop left into his mouth, he had already drunk too much, and with so much wine, how could he endure it, straightened his head and said forgiveness, and fell to the ground with a "poof" on his back.

County Lieutenant Liu looked at Liu Tou, who was lying on the ground and still spitting filth in his mouth, and said, "The stinky stones in the dung pit!" ”

Liu Sanlang on the side said with a smile: "Didn't uncle just like his stinky temper, so he took him under his command!" ”

As the saying goes, "everything grows in spring, and the grass is more prosperous"!

The most obvious difference between urban craftsmen and rural farmers is the "beginning of spring" of the year.

When the handle of the Big Dipper points to the Yin position, the beginning of spring has arrived.

It means that the winter has turned the page when everything is closed, and the spring with wind and warm days is coming, which is a good day to start a new cycle of the four seasons.

The beginning of spring, the first of the 24 solar terms.

In the east market of Yuchuan, the cowhide drum of the opening market shook the sky, and the firecrackers also rang 8864 times, and more than 40 stalls and shops of all sizes opened at the same time, and such a lively scene attracted many idle men and lazy women in the city to come and watch.

Three plates of offerings, plus three sticks of incense, after the Yamen Fang Priest shouted "open the market", the celebration was successfully completed, and the shopkeepers began to do their own business.

Then, the household officials who struck the gong and held the big red congratulatory sticker took the roster and began to visit door to door.

Ten for big shops and five for small stalls.

I thought that the tea shop that would be forgotten by opening opposite the market was still remembered.

"Little shopkeeper, your store occupies a big stall, and the incense, candles, and firecrackers used in the opening ceremony should be distributed among the materials, and you need to pay twenty yuan here!"

The pointy-headed little official saw that it was a little girl who came out to greet him, and immediately sat on the ground and raised the price.

The big red congratulatory sticker is directly pasted on the door, don't want to take it off if you don't give money.

The frightened Liu Hong's face turned pale instantly, and he stammered with his mouth open: "I, I'm not the shopkeeper!" ”

"It's not the shopkeeper, you ran out to say hello, get in and call your shopkeeper out!"

pointed his head at her and scolded, looking ruthless, the frightened Liu Hong ran in in a panic.

The dog had just come back from watching the excitement from the opposite side of the market, and was drinking tea in the house, when he saw Liu Hong running over with a white face, he didn't care about panting and said: "Brother Gou'er, there is a fierce and vicious man outside, calling you to go out and pay the money!" ”

The dog was stunned for a moment and said, "What tolerance?" ”

Liu Hong clutched her chest in fear and said, "It is said that it is the cost of celebrating the opening of the market, and it should be shared equally among each store!" ”

The dog put down the tea bowl and said, "Oh, this matter, I knew before, you go to the counter and take five copper coins and give it to him!" ”

Liu Hong said: "It's not five cents, he said it would cost twenty cents!" ”

"How can you be so unreasonable," the dog said angrily, "Everyone has discussed it, but he suddenly raised the price!" I'm going to talk to him! ”

Dropping the tea bowl, he staggered out the door.

The pointy-headed servant was waiting impatiently, and when he saw the door open, another baby came out and said angrily: "Didn't you let the person who called your shopkeeper come, why is it a little guy again, give me a flash!" What a fun. ”

After he finished speaking, the white servant who followed behind strode over, raising the drumstick in his hand to pull the dog away.

As soon as the dog moved, he dodged the drumstick, and said to the pointed head that opened his mouth: "I am the shopkeeper of this shop!" ”

The pointed head looked at the dog and smiled: "Hey, I really have the ambition not to be old, I didn't recognize the 'gold inlaid jade' in my eyes, I was really blind to these two tricks" After speaking, he laughed again, hugged his fist at the dog and said: "Come on, little shopkeeper, Li, I have already taken the initiative to lose, money, but it is your turn to beg!" ”

With such a perfunctory attitude, the dog didn't think he was apologizing himself, so he sneered at him: "What money? ”

As soon as the pointed head heard this, he pointed to the dog and said to the white servant behind him: "Hey, look at this little shopkeeper, he is not very old, but he is quite cunning hahaha."

The white servant next to him also nodded and smiled.

Smiled and smiled and stopped with a sharp head: "Little shopkeeper, you don't have to pretend to be confused, just hand over the money happily!" ”

Watching these two people lose one by one, the dog's anger is even more disgusting than stepping on when he goes out.

"What can you do if I don't pay it!"

"What should I do?" The pointed head looked at the dog and smiled: "Little baby, grandpa reminds you again, hand over the money honestly, you are doing your own business, otherwise!" ”

The dog crossed his waist and said, "What if not?" ”

The pointed head pointed to the red paper in Bai Gong's hand and said, "That stack of red paper will be all pasted on your door!" ”

The dog sneered: "Such a clumsy method deserves to be said to bluff people!" ”

Seeing the dog laughing at himself, the pointed head was about to reach out to beat the dog if he couldn't get off his face, but the white servant on the side hurriedly stopped him and said, "Brother, don't worry, let me come!" ”

Then he stepped forward and said to the dog: "Little shopkeeper, as the saying goes, those who open the door to do business pay attention to harmony and make money, and it is not wise for you to be so bold and collide with tolerance!" ”

Seeing the dog's disapproving appearance, he said: "You are young and vigorous, brother, I can understand, but this money must be paid by the shops on the street regardless of size, if you don't pay it, don't say anything else, your tea shop will not be able to open on this street!" ”

Seeing the kindness of his words, the dog's face softened, and he replied: "I will naturally pay the money, but I also have to pay a reason, why should I pay twenty yuan!" ”

The white servant coughed, turned his head to look at the official behind him, saw that he had no expression, and continued: "Your shop occupies such a large area, twice as much as other houses, don't you have to pay two copies!" ”

The dog argued: "Where is my shop?" Where is their home? How can I generally collect money, and besides, there are only two thatched huts in this tea shop, and the others are all barren slopes, so why pay two copies! ”

"If you don't pay it, you'll close your door!" The pointed head in the back interjected viciously.

Although today's dogs are still thin and weak, this temper is no longer the same as when they were beggars in the past.

Why? Because there are people in our yamen! It's hard to say anything else, but you're still not afraid of other places, a little servant who runs errands and collects taxes.

At that moment, the dog crossed his waist and replied: "If you dare to stick to me, you dare to tear it off!" ”

Seeing him contradicting himself again, he jumped to his feet angrily and said, "If you dare to tear me, I will dare to arrest you in prison!" ”

The dog pouted and said, "You are a small tax collector, and you are not a quick catcher of the yamen, how can you arrest people casually!" ”

The pointed head listened to the dog's words, and laughed hahaha: "Dare to call you, a lawless little Lang Jundao, I am a little pawn who collects taxes, dare to arrest you!" ”

After speaking, he took out a hard rope from his arms, shook it to the dog with both hands, and strode towards it with a smile.

As the saying goes, where the power lies, not in the size!

In the Dongcheng market, seven or eight idlers were squatting on the side of the road chatting, and a group of street patrol officials in the distance came over, and when they saw that this group of people only moved their buttocks, they felt unhappy for a while.

The leader said: "That group of men, in such a busy season, they are still staying at the corner of the street, come here, don't miss any of them, and pull them all to the yamen to eat boards, so that they can be idle on this street one by one!" ”

"No!" A group of officials, each holding a sword and an iron chain, surrounded the group of idlers.

One of the men hurriedly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the lifu of this city, and we are gathered here to wait for the guests to hire us to work!" After saying that, he pointed to the flat pole under his buttocks.

The leading official screamed strangely, pulled out his waist knife and shouted: "You dare to resist arrest with weapons, brothers treat them well!" ”

A group of officials held their waist knives and sticks and smashed their heads, and the gang of soldiers who beat them cried and shouted for their mothers, kowtowed and begged for mercy.

With a wave of his hand, the head of the official tied up the gang with iron chains and escorted them away.

On the side of the road, the two snot babies who saw this scene turned their heads in fright and ran, ran out of the city in one breath, and ran out of the city without stopping, running directly through the village to the fields outside the village, and said to a man who was holding iron pear to plough the land:

"Daddy, Daddy! We're back! ”

The man shouted "Huh~"

A half-sized man in front threw the reins of the ox in his hand, and sat down on the ground, while the old ox next to him also stopped, chewed twice in his mouth, looked left and right, and turned his head to moo at the woman in the field.

The woman, carrying a bamboo basket in her left hand, was stooping down to pick up the weed roots from the soil, and when she heard the cow's cry, she straightened up and laughed and cursed, and took out a handful of fat grass roots from the basket, and came over and stuffed it into the cow's mouth.

The man resting with the pear handle said: "Don't give this gluttonous cow too much grass roots, it's the time to exert your strength, if you eat a bad stomach, it will be a disaster!" ”

When the woman understood, she continued to gather the young roots and feed them.

The man said angrily: "I won't let you feed it, you still feed it, do you want to beg for a fight!" ”

And the woman threw down the basket and crossed her loins, and scolded him.

The half-grown boy sitting on the ground saw that his father and mother were arguing, and secretly said in his heart, just after a little longer, he beckoned and called the two snot babies over and asked, "Erlang Sanlang, is the city market open today?" ”

The two snot babies replied with a frightened face: "It's lively, it's a little scary." ”