The suburbs of Luoyang, Lijiamen Village.

A snow fell.

In the distance, in the wind and snow, two black dots moved slowly, and two long lines of footprints dragged behind, which were soon covered by the heavy snow, leaving no trace.

"Young master, I'll go to Lijiamen Village in front."

"Hmm."

"Do you want to go in?"

"No need."

"Also, it is estimated that the original business relics are almost scattered."

"A lot of people have gone to Luoyi City to set up stalls to earn a living, and it is estimated that there are really few people."

……

The two of them were walking on the snow and talking, and the white steam from their mouths and noses turned into ice slag in a blink of an eye, hanging on their eyebrows and mustaches, and the raging snowflakes could not see their eyebrows clearly.

Walking into the muddy village road, the footsteps of the two paused slightly.

There have been no major changes in Lijiamen Village, the low adobe thatched huts are even more dilapidated, and several collapsed courtyards have not been tended to and are overgrown with wild grass. At this moment, it was pressed by the snow, and it was even more barren.

The only thing that has changed a little is that the small wine shop at the head of the village has changed owners.

Guo Yang remembered that it was the old couple who used to sell wine, and there was a dirty girl with unkempt hair, who was their daughter Chunni, who was busy inside and out all day long, and secretly sold Guo Yang more than half a corner of wine.

Guo Yang and Anu opened the curtain of the wine shop and stepped in, and couldn't help but be stunned. Looking at the inconspicuous small wine shop outside, the furnishings inside are quite clean and elegant, and the impression of the dirty and greasy elm table has been wiped extremely bright.

The wine shop is empty, there is not a single guest, it seems that it is freezing this day, and the people of Lijiamen Village are sleeping at home.

A woman was white, with a smooth forehead and a green silk hair behind her head, sitting behind the counter and drowsy.

"Shop, two jars of wine, cut a few catties of mutton, and just serve a few salt beans with wine." As soon as he entered the door, Guo Yang walked to a table by the window and sat down, and Anu went to the counter to ask for wine and meat.

"Two guest officers, I'm really sorry, the wine can only be sold to each of you for one at most. As for mutton, it's just a few catties. The woman heard that a guest had come in, and hurriedly stood up to greet her, with some embarrassment on her face.

"You're out of alcohol in the store?" Anu asked with a slight frown.

"There is wine, but the word has been passed down from above, and the sale has begun to be restricted, and each guest can only sell one jue of wine at a time." The woman said depressedly.

"What's the point? Even restricting drinking? Anu frowned and glanced at the woman.

The woman looked dejected and muttered, "The wine shop in this village has a meager profit, and it is still possible to support the family." It's good now, a liquor restriction order, how many liquor stores have to close. ”

"When did it happen? How did we not know? Anu asked.

"In the past few days, I heard that some liquor shops did not follow the alcohol restriction order, and sold a few more jars of wine to customers without permission, and were torn off by the official family to discount their two legs, and the shops were also sealed." The woman said with some trepidation, and glanced out the door.

"Then let's sell the two lords, let's finish drinking and leave." Anu walked to the table depressedly and sat down, "This week, the dog is getting more and more excessive, and he actually thought of such a trick." ”

Guo Yang looked at the snow outside the window and didn't say anything. It is said that Zhou Gongdan came up with the idea that one of the main reasons for the loss of the merchant was to take a large amount of grain to make wine, making huge profits from it, causing a large-scale famine. Therefore, he suggested that the king of the Zhou people promulgated this alcohol restriction order.

It is said that the original Zhou Gongdan suggested a ban on alcohol, which would neither allow wine to be made nor sell alcohol, but the king of the Zhou people felt that it was too harsh and would cause conflicts. What's more, inside and outside the royal family, as well as those ministers and princes, occasionally have the need to drink, so the prohibition of alcohol is changed to a restriction on alcohol.

"Damn, this world still doesn't let people live, and it's illegal to sell some wine!" Anu said angrily, with a look of indignation.

Guo Yang retracted his gaze, smiled, and said gently: "It's okay, isn't it just to drink less." It's not enough to go to a few more liquor stores. ”

Anu tightened his face and remained silent, obviously his hatred of the Zhou people had never diminished, and he wanted to scold when he was a little unhappy.

"I think this Zhou Gongdan is actually okay, at least he still has a living people in his heart, whether he buys people's hearts or really wants to do something practical, this alcohol restriction order does make some sense." Guo Yang said with a smile.

"There's a truth, it's not that we merchants can't see that we merchants make some money by making wine, so we change the way to restrict it." Anu said hatefully.

"You and I are good wine, and we don't worry about food, of course you can think so. In fact, you also know that one pound of wine gets three pounds of grain, and three pounds of grain is a family's ration for a day or two. Guo Yang looked at Anu and said with a smile.

"Young master, you have changed." Anu looked at Guo Yang and said.

"Of course it has changed, and it has to change. The world is changing, and if we don't, it's not good. Guo Yang said.

"But, those Zhou dogs ......" Anu still wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he felt that he had nothing to say.

"Why don't you say it? In fact, as long as they don't care about Li Min's life or death, they are all dogs, businessmen scold Xia people for being summer dogs, Zhou people scold businessmen for being business dogs, Zhou people do too much evil, naturally some people will scold them for Zhou dogs. ”

Guo Yang turned his head to look out the window at the north wind and snow, and was slightly distracted.

Sitting in the small wine shop in Lijiamen Village, he thought of his father Guo Lu, the man who had endured for many years and finally did not make up his mind to kill himself.

And Master, the tall and burly old man, never said his name, but Guo Yang had already guessed that he should be the legendary Shu Qi who starved himself to death on Shouyang Mountain.

and Ran Mo, the uncle of the distant branch of the great traitor Ran Si's family, who was cut his throat with a single knife, and walked seven or eight steps into his yard before falling to the ground.

Of course, Guo Yang also remembered Zimao, the former captain of the guard of the Shang King Emperor Xin, in order to curry favor with the Zhou people, he colluded with Zhou Gongdan inside and outside, and conspired to plan a rebellion of the Shang relics and killed 80,000 people. The dog is still in Luoyi City, and the turtle is cowering in the city lord's mansion and can't come out, so he has to let Ah Tu think of a way to kill him.

Just as Guo Yang was deep in thought, the woman came over with a large wooden plate.

Two jue wine, five catties of hot mutton, two plates of salt beans, and two pairs of green bamboo chopsticks.

"Guest officer, I've kept you waiting for a long time, and the mutton is out of the pot, please use it slowly." The woman lowered her eyebrows and finished speaking, then took the wooden plate and left.

"Chunni, where are your parents?" Guo Yang asked suddenly.

"They are all dead...... Huh, are you? The woman suddenly heard her name say, and she couldn't help but be surprised, stopped, and looked at Guo Yang seriously.

Guo Yang smiled, and then asked, "What about your man?" ”

"My man opened a mountain goods shop in Luoyi City." The woman smiled shyly and said.

"That's okay, there is a shop in Luoyi City, and the business is much better than in the countryside." Guo Yang said with a smile.

"It's okay. How do you know my name, sir? The woman asked.

"When I was a child, I came to Lijiamen Village and lived for a few days. Guo Yang said.

"Oh." The woman walked away with a wooden plate, still muttering, as if trying to remember what the guest had been like when she was a child.

Guo Yang picked up a jue of wine, took a sip, reached out and tore a large piece of hot mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it slowly.

Outside, the windy and snowy village is like a poor mute, silent and silent.

Occasionally, a gust of wind would lift the curtain of the restaurant, bringing in dozens of snow, making the ground a little slippery.