Zhang Dayou cherished the note of his future hope, walking on the solid spring earth, and his steps have never been as firm as today.

The houses in the villages and towns along the way are still dilapidated, but they are not as lifeless as before, and the dilapidated houses are full of smoke and life, and they look like they are full of life.

There are already industrious farmers in the fields near the village who are turning over the fields, which must be the acres of land in their hands, waiting for the harvest of this autumn, far along the river, are connected by long or short canals, dense into the spider-like, look at the traces of the delicate shovel slapping on the canals, you can see that it is the hearts of the people, along the way there are people hurrying away, although the body is still in rags, but look at the face is no longer the breath of death in the past, replaced by a bright smile from the heart, Those who know and those who don't know take the initiative to go up to say hello, and simply ask if they have eaten? The answer was a simple sentence. "Eat."

Ask if you have eaten, I don't want to treat you at all, I just want the other party to know that I have eaten, this morning's meal is eaten, it is a kind of rich pride, and the answer is eaten, not to be polite to the other party, but to the other party on the surface that he is also rich and healthy, such a crowd such a greeting, such a long-lost answer, Zhang Dayou sometimes has a feeling of wanting to cry, but that is a happy want to cry, which is caused by the virtue of the king of heaven and the gift of the king of heaven.

With the constant greetings and greetings, his steps became brisk, and as Cao Jiaji got closer and closer, the pedestrians on the road became more and more dense.

From a distance, the Cao family set is already a flow of people, as dense as a carp crossing the river. Originally, this Cao family set, which was the palace of the king of Hades for all the people, came here to be poor brothers who were miserable and worried about paying rent, but today it seems that everyone is happy and come to purchase.

The king of heaven not only gave out the relief grain, but also gave each person a tael of silver and a customary copper coin according to the head for the first time, so that the villagers could either repay the loan or buy urgently needed medicinal materials, salt, cloth and other things, which solved the urgent needs of the people and villagers.

With more and more people, Zhang Dayou entered Caojiaji.

Because it came early, Tianwang Qianzhuang did not open the door, and the front of the door was full of people waiting for loans, among which there were a few peers who were familiar with each other, greeting each other, telling their thoughts and plans, some of these people were going to make windmills and small agricultural machinery, and everyone was full of hope for the future.

Zhang Dayou saw that he couldn't open the door for a while, and it was not his turn to withdraw money, so he squeezed out the crowd and walked to Caojiaji's blacksmith shop, hoping to customize the ironware he needed first.

The blacksmith shop in Caojiaji was also crowded with people, and the original shopkeeper of the Cao family with a sideways face was gone, replaced by a blacksmith who was recognized as honest and honest and a few apprentices Zhang Luo with a smile on his face inside and out. Zhang Dayou took advantage of the familiarity, reluctantly squeezed to the front, greeted the old master, and tentatively said that he did not have the approval of the county and the Cao family, whether he could make some ironware, the old master laughed and said: "You brother Oh laugh, the original Cao family bastard has been cut off by the king of heaven, this blacksmith shop has also been partnered with himself and a few apprentices, and now the custom ironware no longer needs any county approval, the Cao family's approval, as long as you need it, you can call you." ”

But as soon as I heard that Zhang Dayou wanted to build the iron parts of the windmill, it turned out that the demand for this thing was too great, and it was too late to be numbered for a while and a half, and it was necessary to wait until the year after the year.

After explaining the blacksmith's affairs, he went to the wood, rope and hemp to order something, and then went back to the money bank to get the money.

Cao's family set has also changed the depression of the past, and it has really become lively, and the people selling along the street are not the wolf-like slaves of the Cao family, but the smiling guys, constantly standing in front of the door, loudly greeting the approaching poor villagers, talking about relatives, small kind words, and constantly letting one relative after another to the store, and the kind promoters of their own goods.

Zhang Dayou had just passed by the door of a cloth shop, and a guy raised his hand and shouted loudly: "Isn't that Brother Zhang?" But it's a rush to the market? Come on, come on, come to the little brother's shop to rest, and it must be tired and panicked to come from afar. ”

Zhang Dayou looked left and right but no one answered, it seemed that the guy was calling himself, but he only had the precious IOU in his arms but not a copper plate, so he was about to pretend to bow his head and walk by, but the guy grabbed him and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang doesn't recognize the little brother?" I'm Zhang Er from the neighboring village, but when it comes to talking, it's you and I who belong to our own family, and I came to Caojiaji from afar, why didn't I enter after the door of my little brother? Check it out. ”

I couldn't help but pull Zhang Dayou into the store, and before Zhang Dayou could react, the Zhang family scooped a scoop of water in the big vat around the charcoal fire behind the door and handed it to Zhang Dayou. It's really delicious, Zhang Dayou begged again, but the family happily scooped a bowl again, "Brother Zhang worked hard, and sat down to rest first, we also got a lot of flower cloth in the store, go back to my sister-in-law to pull a few feet, and the old lady also wants to make a gown, today's Xiaonian, take care of the king, or buy a few pieces." Without waiting for Zhang Dayou to make a statement, he took a few cloth samples on the counter to recommend.

The counter was already blocked, and all the poor men were there shouting and haggling, but they all showed the nouveau riche in the end.

Zhang Dayou blushed, he was too happy, he forgot that today was Xiao Nian, and there was nothing in his pocket except for the one and a half cakes and the hopeful IOU, and he said at the moment: "This little brother of the family came in a hurry, but he didn't come to buy New Year's goods, another day." Then he said solemnly: "I will go to my brother's shop another day to tear a few feet of flower cloth for your sister-in-law and my wife, but today I drank my brother's warm water, this today, today-" Before he finished speaking, he was already eight blushing like a hen.

When the family who didn't know when they saw it, they didn't laugh, and said loudly: "Where did my brother come from, when I came to my owner's shop, I looked at my brother, now is not the time to live Hades, the closest is still a brother like us, where is so polite?" It's inconvenient to have money at hand today, and I will take care of my brother's business in the future" When he said this, he suddenly realized: "I understand, my brother has ancestral craftsmanship, and he must have obtained the approval of Tianwang Qianzhuang, put down the loan, or make windmills, or make small agricultural machinery, yes or no?" ”

Zhang Dayou was frightened at the time, familiar with the language, money is not leaked, this brother is generally noisy, but he didn't commit a taboo?

The brother laughed and said, "Brother, don't worry, what time is it?" Under the rule of the Heavenly King, where is there still the silver money that dares to peep at you? Aren't you afraid that the army of the Heavenly King will kill him and leave him alone? You can go with confidence, and when my brother earns money, don't forget to patronize my little shop. ”

"I remember, didn't you work as an apprentice in the provincial town? Why are you here today? Zhang Dayou sounded this family that can't be beaten by eight poles, and it is also a poor family, and his parents can't support him, so he becomes an apprentice to others, and every time he comes back in the year, he is ragged and scarred, and the family has to hug and cry, but what can it do? After all, there is food to eat, so that you don't die. Today, I saw that I was brightly dressed and my face was full of excitement.

"Brother is worried, brother understands, it's not that the king of heaven sent a heavenly soldier, exterminated the living king of Yama, and gave our family food and land, my father and mother called me back, but just in time for the king of heaven's good governance, selling the shop of the king of live Yama, and allowing me to wait for a mortgage on the land, I discussed with my father and mother, so that the original owner's account room and the plate of this cloth village, the account man made the big owner, and I and the two brothers made small shareholders, now good, the king of heaven has no miscellaneous labor, even my small business has no idle miscellaneous to exploit, As long as you pay the eleventh tax on time, you can do this business safely and steadily, look at the current situation, it won't be long before our brothers can recover the cost, and then I can take my father and mother to enjoy the blessings. ”

When he was talking, he aimed his eyes at the outside of the store, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said to Zhang Dayou: "Brother but sit, I have relatives and friends here." Without waiting for Zhang Dayou to speak, he trotted out, shouting in a stack of voices: "Isn't that the brother of the Zhao family, but it's a market?" Come on, come and rest in my little shop, brother—"

Zhang Dayou saw that people were busy, so he walked out of the cloth shop alone and looked for the money bank. Walking on the road, three out of ten sentences are the good of the king of heaven, and the town of the king of heaven has won the love of the people.

In front of a grocery store, a guy diligently sent a sister-in-law out with a child, the sister-in-law was flattered, the child was already thin and inhuman, but it seemed that he couldn't live long, pulling his mother's clothes and constantly making noise, the mother was helpless, touched in her arms for a long time, took out a small paper bag, and carefully took out a piece of black and black to the child, the child raised a bloodless little face, put the thing in his mouth, sucked it carefully, and asked in surprise: "Mother, What does it taste like? How is it so delicious? ”

The mother-in-law hugged the child and couldn't help tears falling, choked up: "Child, this is a sweet taste, when you are in pain, lick it, and it will no longer hurt." ”

"Really?" The child innocently asked; "That mother is also crying in pain like me, come, mother, you can also lick this sweet taste, and my mother will not be in pain," the words caused the aunt to cry loudly, causing everyone to stop and watch, and also shed tears together.

"Mother, what is this?"

"This is sugar, this is the king of sugar, because the king of heaven came to let you know what sweetness is."

Everyone was attracted by the name, and they all looked at the king candy in the child's hand.

Xiao Er of the grocery store sobbed and shouted loudly: "Come on, we have Tianwang candy in our small store, one penny or two, buy it back, let your children know what is sweet, what is the sweetness that Tianwang gives to everyone." ”

Almost all of them cheered and rushed to the small shop to compete for the king candy.

Walking in the long street of Caojiaji, the most lively are the grocery stores that sell Tianwang candy, and there are hoarse shopkeepers at the door of each grocery store shouting the benefits of Tianwang candy in their store, trying to attract all the poor brothers, so that everyone can be there

Zhang Dayou clenched his fists and made up his mind that no matter what, he would squeeze out a few cents after the loan was in hand, buy a few Tianwang candy, and let the family taste the sweetness of Tianwang in the New Year.