At this critical moment, the dog said badly, and he didn't care about the humility of the upper and lower levels, snatched the gong that was carried in his hand by the official, jumped on the wood in one breath and struck it with all his might.

The gong, in this era when speech is basically roaring, in addition to being used as a musical instrument, will also be used as a "warning", and its status is equivalent to the current loudspeaker, and even "firing a gun"!

There was a shrill gong, and the two parties that were originally tense instantly quieted down, and they all raised their heads to look at the dog.

Looking at the black head and hundreds of pairs of eyes looking over, the dog secretly said "Don't drop the chain", secretly cheered, but fortunately there was a clever head, and immediately coughed and said loudly: "Uncles and brothers, come to listen to the kid's words, people didn't say that they wouldn't give us firewood, right?" Everyone is calm and calm, don't be used by people with intentions to make everyone make a big mistake, and it is a capital crime to kill the head by storming the yamen!

Besides, the yamen was originally prepared to do good things and send us cheap firewood, so don't spoil the good thing! ”

After saying this, the angry crowd quieted down, and the dog was about to say a few more words, when he suddenly heard another sentence from the crowd: "Don't listen to him, this child is a nurse in the yamen!" ”

The shouting man flashed by, and the dog didn't recognize him, only to see him wearing a cotton hat and a little pockmarked face.

The crowd that was supposed to be quiet began to stir again by his voice, and the dog hurriedly shouted: "Uncles and brothers, this person is the one who wants everyone to do this murderous thing, don't be fooled, I call Zhao Gou'er's family to live in Nanchengfang, but it is not the people in this yamen, let alone their nursery, is there anyone from Nanchengfang, if you know me, you can come out and tell the big guy!" ”

When the dog spoke, a few people really came out to shout and recognized it, and one of the women also said that she had bought the dog's firewood at the Dongcheng market.

The dog hurriedly took over and said: "It's drip, it's drip, I'm not the one who sells firewood in the Dongcheng market, but it's not from this yamen!" ”

Afraid that the original person would come out to make trouble again, the dog quickly took a breath and continued: "I came to this yamen today for the firewood, everyone turned their heads to look, the firewood behind the notice wall was sent by me to the yamen!" ”

A group of people nodded and praised after hearing this, and some shouted that they didn't believe it, and the dog quickly knocked on the gong in his hand and said: "Uncles and brothers, today I found in the yamen and said that the recent firewood is too expensive, and the people can't afford to burn it, so we sell firewood and reduce the price!" ”

The dog sighed and pretended to be very aggrieved and said: "But the big guys know that my firewood is also cut back from the mountains one by one, and the whole family is waiting to sell the firewood for rice to eat, as for why is the price high?" It's because of this heavy snow from God that Shiba Mountain has been sealed, have you heard of it? Someone went to Chai Mountain to chop firewood and almost fell into a snow pit and froze to death! ”

Everyone nodded in unison, and those who had a good mouth wanted to tell the cause and effect again, but the dog quickly raised his hand to stop it, nonsense, how can I let you snatch my home field.

wiped away his tears and continued: "Brothers-in-law, I have to risk my life to chop firewood on Chai Mountain at such a young age for stuttering, so it's really not strange for me to have a few pennies on this firewood, but the official of the Yamen said that the people are also pitiful, and the two sides take a step back to discuss a reasonable price. ”

"Big brothers and sisters-in-law, don't do stupid things!"

When he had finished speaking, the dog stared at the crowd and stopped talking.

There was a buzz in the crowd, and after a while, an elderly man came out and said, "This little man, we believe your words, but is there any cheap firewood in the yamen?" You have to be honest! ”

The dog touched his nose and said, "Yes!" "It's all this time, and I don't dare to say no.

The old man continued: "Since we don't make a fuss, let me ask one more question, how much is the cheap firewood, how much is it?" ”

The dog shook his head in a daze, he really didn't know how to answer this.

Fortunately, the old man who asked said again: "Haven't you discussed it yet?" ”

The dog nodded quickly.

"How long will it take to work it out?" Another person stepped forward and asked.

The dog had no choice but to look at Liu Sanlang, who knew that Liu Sanlang didn't make a sound, and looked at himself with an expression that let the dog make a decision.

Well, the dog sighed, he put himself on the fire, and he could only blame himself for eating radishes and worrying about it!

At that moment, he had an idea and said to the old man: "This old man, if this is not the case, how about you also send three or five people into this room and talk together?" ”

The group of people below was buzzing again, and they made a lot of noise for a while, and the old man who was standing in front of him clapped his hands and said, "Yes"!

Then five or six people were selected to come out on behalf of everyone and enter the yamen with Liu Sanlang.

Entering the house, Liu Saburo was the main seat, and the rest of the people sat on the left and right, and there were often scenes of negotiation between the three families in the yamen, and all parties came out to each other to tell each other their reasons, difficulties, etc.

After denouncing for half an hour, the result came out, and each load of firewood was sold at a price of ten yuan, which was really much cheaper than the price of fifteen or sixteen yuan a load in the past two days, but it was also a little more expensive than the normal price of five or six yuan a load.

Seeing that the group of people were happily cheering, the dog smiled bitterly, and could only bow his head and admit his loss, and after thinking about it, he regarded it as a good deed, and sent a kind heart.

When it comes to the number, the dog is in trouble, and there are at most twenty or thirty carts at home, and there are only 100 loads of firewood, which is enough for more than 400 people outside.

In the end, there is no way to take the household as the standard, and each household is limited to one load! In this way, taking 100 households as an example, it will also be enough.

The dog finally thought of a note and said: "From the first row to the hundredth, you can get it tomorrow morning, but it will cost a penny, and the day after tomorrow will also be firewood, at that time it will be ten pennies and one load!" ”

In this way, people can be separated, and those who are not in a hurry can wait for a day, and when there is a gap in this day, the dogs can also run out of the city and hurry back to carry some firewood.

At the moment, the three parties discussed, Liu Sanlang asked a scribe to write a notice and post it, and asked a few errands to go out with the people who came to discuss to distribute number plates.

There were only four people left in this room, and the dog quickly jumped down from the chair and hugged his fist to apologize to Liu Sanlang: "Brother Liu, the matter was urgent just now, and I didn't say hello to you It's the kid Meng Lang, please atone for your sins." ”

Liu Sanlang sighed and said: "It's okay, not only do I not blame you, but I also have to thank you for helping me solve this troublesome matter" After speaking, he slapped the table and said angrily: "A good errand is about to end, and such a troublesome thing popped up at this juncture!" ”

The older relatives on the side interjected: "San Lang, this thing is very strange, and the technique is so sophisticated, I can't find a trace of it before and after, I think it seems to be the old guy's hand..."

Liu Sanlang stretched out his hand to stop the speculation of his entourage, looked up at the dog and said, "Dog, do you think about anything else?" Especially tomorrow when firewood is distributed, you can't make any mistakes. ”

The dog hurriedly asked, "Will it be sent to the yamen tomorrow or will it be at my house?" ”

"Of course it's in your house, tomorrow the yamen will hand over the errand, and it will be bad if these people cause any conflict in a mess! Just send it at your home! ”

The dog nodded, thought about it and cried again: "After all, the firewood at home is not enough, the kid wants to go outside the city tomorrow to find some firewood to pull back, this car..."

Liu Sanlang waved his hand and said easily: "It's okay, I'll go back and tell them to continue to follow you tomorrow!" ”

The dog hugged his fists and thanked him, and was about to retire and leave, Liu Sanlang said: "You'd better not go out of the city tomorrow, in case something happens, you can deal with it on the spot!" ”

In the past few days, I have been familiar with the road, thinking that the dog and Dakang should be able to do it, so I nodded and said: "I know that Third Brother Liu, let my brothers go tomorrow, by the way, there are so many people tomorrow that we can't take care of, why don't you send two big brothers to watch it!" ”

Liu Sanlang pondered for a moment and said: "That's what I said, what if someone makes trouble!" After finishing speaking, he said to the younger relatives behind: "Fortunately, Brother Seventh Brother Wang will take a trip, remember to take two more people with him, in case someone makes trouble again, they will be arrested and sent to prison!" ”

Looking at Liu Sanlang's murderous appearance, the dog hurriedly hugged his fists and said goodbye.

Out of the yamen outside is already dark sky, the distant forest shadow is longing, the night wind blows and there is a loud noise, as if there are some demons and monsters there to show their teeth and claws, even if the dog is timid, he has to rush hard, why? Because it's cold! He was wearing an old cotton coat with several patches sewn on, and the shoes were also old cotton shoes that were torn and repaired, and the sun could bear it during the day, but he didn't dare to stay longer at night, and he couldn't stand the early freeze.

Wrapped in the collar, head down and hurried away, fortunately, the snow on the road can still borrow some light, a deep foot and a shallow foot, stumbling and walking, while walking and regretting to pat the head twice, really can't hold their breath at all, the house collapsed with a high top, and a beggar who can't eat enough to eat is which door to come out to take this errand, it's really asking for trouble, I knew that I would squat at home and pick my feet and don't come out to take this errand!

Complaining and complaining, this heart is not so blocked, stepping on the snow creaking home, the fence wall has not been repaired, but there is a wooden tip inserted in the shed door, from the crack to look in the darkness It seems that they have already fallen asleep.

The sound of knocking on the door spread far and wide this night, and the rhubarb of Aunt Zhang's house in front of her screamed several times, and there was still no movement in the house.

I couldn't help the cold, I craned my neck and walked to the window hole, stretched out my hand to grab the window frame and shouted inside: "Wake up, wake up, hurry up and open the door for me!" ”

I thought that the dog would wake up first, but I didn't expect it to be Hu Xiaokang.

"Brother Dog, are you back?"

"Xiaokang, it's me, you come out and help me open the door."

"I know Brother Dog, I'll open it right away!" After a few breaths, the door was opened, and he hurriedly entered the house and turned around to re-insert the door.

Exhaled, it was really warm in this room, and after a few words of praise for the well-off, he took off his coat and got into the bed, and the day was finally over.

Soon I began to have a sweet dream, dreaming that I lit a bunch of bonfires and cooked a fat rabbit, smelled the strong fragrance, and was about to open my mouth to eat when suddenly the mountains shook, and I don't know where a large number of people jumped out of nowhere, chasing after him desperately.

In order to avoid the rabbit meat being robbed, the dog was out of breath, and suddenly heard the dog's voice in his ears, "Oh no, Brother Lang, a lot of people came outside to surround our yard!" ”

Hey? How did this dog run into his dream?

Hurriedly opened his eyes, and saw the little white face of the dog in a panic.