31. Accounts
After this incident, it was delayed for many hours, and he did not fall asleep again at night, and in the morning Ru Sanshui went to the market with a strong sense of sleepiness.
Nowadays, the city is becoming more and more depressed, and many people drag their families out of the city from the south gate of the city, move south, and never come back. The stalls of the sellers in the bazaar are sparse and there are few buyers. There is nothing to pick and choose about that little wilted cabbage leaf, but it sells for more than ten times the price of the past.
On the way back with his subordinates, Ru Sanshui heard a team of soldiers who had changed their guards talking about the haunting of the military camp. But the more Ru Sanshui listened, the more wrong it became.
The point of this strange story becomes that a woman appeared in the barracks in the middle of the night, and finally it was rumored that a goblin bewitched seven soldiers, and in order to hug the beauty, the last two soldiers to join won, but let the goblin goblin.
No matter how it sounded, it was not quite what she thought. Ru Sanshui shook his head speechlessly, leaving these nonsense rumors behind.
When the weather gets cooler, everyone has added clothes, and a hot meal with a full stomach is also enjoyable. The people brought the food to the table, and when they heard that their uncle was still handling affairs, Ru Sanshui personally delivered food to Liang Jue before coming back.
Xue Jinyu sat diagonally opposite Ru Sanshui, the wounds on her shoulders and lower abdomen were wrapped in gauze, and the clothes she was wearing were a little bulging. Her face was not very good, but she still had to say harsh things to provoke people: "Fortunately, I am eating here, if I go to the barracks, there will be no such treatment, Miss Ru is extravagant, the dish is whole mutton, and I may not eat it at home for half a year." ”
Liang Yihe came late, and when he hurriedly ran in, he heard this and said in confusion: "Where is the whole sheep banquet?
Ru Sanshui picked up the bowl and took care of the vegetables by himself: "It's just this last time oil and water, and the grain storage can't last for a month, if you want to last a little longer, the next thing is wheat mixed with bran." She squinted at Xue Jinyu: "You can finish this meal and go back to Guxi directly." ”
Liang Yi'an: "When the Overseers went to collect the rations, they would rather keep the sheep than sell them than lower the price. Now the market price is inflated, and almost no one buys or sells, all of them are relying on their own three-point field to survive. Where did you get it?"
Ru Sanshui: "Now don't think about pigs, cows, and mutton, chickens and ducks are now sold for the price of a cow, I secretly went to the black market to buy three cheap pheasants, which are relatively cheap - raised in the backyard and fed with weeds, and can be killed to satisfy hunger before the food is exhausted." ”
She chewed a mouthful of rice slowly and pointed to the mutton: "The price of this sheep has not increased because it starved to death in the first two days, and I bought the dead sheep and came back." There is no next time, and the sheep that starve to death will keep them for themselves to eat, or take them out directly to exchange for vegetables. ”
Liang Yihe poked the mutton with chopsticks: "Then why don't we have vegetables?" Liang Qian opened the chopsticks he poked randomly: "Don't spoil the food." ”
The staple food on the table is served in wooden barrels, and individuals take their own bowls according to the amount of food. The three kinds of rice roasted in a large pot, the large enamel basin with a shallow mouth, the steamed offal and backbone, the braised short ribs and the small stir-fry of minced meat, are all from the sheep. Except for some soybeans in the steaming, there are really no vegetarian dishes.
Ru Sanshui: "Vegetables are more expensive. Buy this dead sheep for the same price, at least in more portions. ”
Xue Jinyu sneered: "Why haven't I heard of it." ”
Ru San calmly shot back: "You young ladies from rich and noble families, you have all the money when you arrive in Luzhou, have you inquired about the price? If there is no military support, let alone food, you won't even be able to eat half a little salt, sweet, sour and oil in half a month." Can you fix it?"
"Heh, I'm in charge of the city defense, not cooking, and I've done more than you here, steward you. Now that I'm injured, who is responsible for the military affairs that have been left behind, can you afford it?"
Ru Sanshui also sneered: "What have you done a lot? What good things have you done? A rag that uses you to wipe the flagpole really looks at yourself as a flag?"
Xue Jinyu dropped her chopsticks and shouted, "Who did you say about the rag?"
Liang Qian stood up abruptly and interrupted louder: "Enough! What time is it, do you think we are in the mood to listen to your bickering?"
The scene fell silent, and everyone else looked up. Xue Jinyu and Liang Qian stared at each other with wide eyes, and after losing to Liang Gan, they glared at Ru Sanshui, and Ru Sanshui also glared back.
Liang Yi'an dragged Liang Qian to sit down: "Internal and external affairs are as important as they are, and they are indispensable. ”
Liang Yi'an turned to Ru Sanshui: "If you go to the market tomorrow and negotiate the price with those people, I will give you some people to follow, for fear that they will be in a hurry to do something." ”
Ru Sanshui didn't answer, Liang Yi'an was not afraid that she would be in danger if there was a conflict, but he was afraid that if there was a conflict, she would do something.
Liang Qian swallowed the last two mouthfuls of rice in the bowl and dropped the bowl: "Directly lead people to eradicate the black market, what price do you plan to negotiate? ”
When Liang Yi'an looked back at Xue Jinyu again, he remembered to ask, "Why is Xue Jinyu injured?"
Xue Jinyu heard the question, and her eyes swept over Ru Sanshui. When you didn't see it, you ate your own food.
Liang Yihe also noticed this, poked Liang Qian with his elbow, and asked in a low voice what happened, but Liang Qian did not speak.
In the morning, after Ru Sanshui purchased the ingredients and handed them to the cook, he rode straight to the East City Gate to check. Xue Jinyu had already evacuated the Xue family and completely closed the entrance to the east of the city. Now that there is no evidence, Liang Qian will not believe it, and Ru Sanshui knows that no matter how much he mentions it verbally, it is useless.
At this moment, Ru Sanshui saw that Xue Jinyu didn't speak, and felt that she was not a person who would lose her mouth. Liang Qian seems to have suppressed Ru Sanshui's hurtful matter, and does not allow the Xue family to mention it again.
But Xue Jinyu was empathetic on the surface and agreed to Liang Qian, where could she be willing. After she had lunch, she went directly to Liang Yi'an.
Ru Sanshui's account book in the account room, keeping accounts with his right hand and dialing the abacus with his left hand. A subordinate woman was sprinkling and sweeping, wiping the lamp, distracted, and then sighed and continued to wipe.
Ru Sanshui didn't look up, and said while putting down his pen: "Grandma Li, I am calculating the expenses, and when the accounting is completed, I will calculate your wages." If it is less than a month, ten days will be counted as a full moon. You go back and tell the other people in the government about this. ”
When Grandma Li suddenly heard about this, she turned from worry to joy, but she didn't dare to be rash, so she asked happily, "What does Miss You mean?"
"The siege can happen at any time, and you don't have the heart to stay here, do you? Let everyone come to me early tomorrow morning, and go home and reunite after getting paid. It would be better if you could leave, and the more you go south, the safer Vietnam will be. ”
Grandma happily folded her hands: "Hey, thank you for your kindness!" said and wiped the lamp harder.
Ru Sanshui smiled and shook his head: "Don't wipe it, go pack your bags, you'll leave tomorrow morning." Don't forget to notify everyone. ”
Grandma left with a thousand thanks. The sun shone obliquely on the tabletop, a little dazzling, Ru Sanshui put down the brush and lowered the curtains.
There was a knock behind her, and she turned around and saw Liang Yi'an, who was not wearing a military uniform but a regular uniform, and the situation was tense, which was probably the first day that Liang Yi'an was willing to rest in more than two months. At this time, he stood in the doorway, still with the same indifferent expression as always.
Because of his high stature, the cost of tailoring is more than others, and Ru Sanshui can think of this expense when he sees him wearing regular clothes. The jade pendant on her waist was a little familiar, and she recalled that it was originally worn by his father Liang Jing, and it was a relic left by Liang Yi'an's mother. Now it has become a relic of his parents, and it is on Liang Yi'an's waist.
When she saw that he didn't speak first, she asked, "Brother Yuan is not on duty today, what is the matter with me?"
Liang Yi'an stepped in: "You should know that I don't have anything else to look for you." I just don't have the energy to think about it anymore. ”
Ru Sanshui just picked up the account book and put it down again: "What did Xue Jinyu tell you?"