Xie Jin's sister looked at Xie Jin who came back empty-handed, and couldn't help but shed a tear. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The three members of the family had been hungry for a day, and Xie Jin went out to borrow grain, but he couldn't borrow a grain of rice.

Xie Jin's family is a tenant farmer in Wuqiao County, Hejian Prefecture, and the family of three cultivates 19 acres of dry land, which is just enough to make ends meet. However, at the end of last year, the Tatars entered the customs and plundered, and when they passed through the Wu Bridge, they plundered on a large scale. Xie Jin's family of three hid in the county seat and was not killed by the Tartars. But the crops in the fields were wasted because of this.

After hiding in the county town for a while, when Xie Jin returned home, the wheat had missed the irrigation period, and the fields were already full of weeds. This year's harvest was extremely poor. The grain that was beaten down was eaten after five months, and now I don't know how to spend this green and yellow season.

Xie Jin wanted to go to his relatives and friends' houses to borrow food, but his relatives and friends also suffered a disaster, and none of them had a good time. Xie Jin went to pray for the first few times, and he was able to borrow a few liters of rice. But this time Xie Jin went again, and his relatives and friends had no extra food to lend Xie Jin, and Xie Jin returned empty-handed.

Xie Jin hadn't eaten for a day, and he was extremely hungry. He sat limply in his chair and sighed.

Xie Jin's mother said: "My son, there is no rice and noodles, how will I live in the next few days?" ”

Xie Jin's father died last year, and now there is only one old lady and a younger sister in the family. Xie Jin couldn't imagine that he would encounter such a dilemma in his first year in charge. Now that we can't borrow food, will the family starve to death?

Xie Jin said helplessly: "Take another winter coat and go to the city to be it!" ”

Xie Jin's mother said: "It's about to be winter, and there are only three winter clothes left at home, and if you go to winter, you will freeze to death." ”

Xie Jin rubbed his face with his hands, unable to speak.

A family of three was sitting in the courtyard hungry when they suddenly heard a commotion in front of them. Surrounded by dozens of people, a sturdy man strode on the dirt road in the countryside and was walking towards Xie Jin's house.

Seeing those noisy crowds, Xie Jin's timid sister was startled and hid in the house.

Xie Jin was stunned, and secretly said that he didn't commit anything, what are so many people doing in his yard? He took a closer look, only to see that most of the people who came over were small traders in the neighborhood, and there were a few famous old men in Benlijia walking in the middle. And the sturdy man who was surrounded by all the merchants was wearing a Fanjiazhuang military uniform, and he was obviously a soldier of Fanjiazhuang.

Xie Jin vaguely guessed something, and hurriedly greeted the door.

The group of people walked to Xie Jin's door, and the Fanjiazhuang soldier in the middle shouted: "Is this Xie Jin's family!" ”

Xie Jin hurriedly replied: "Yes, I am Xie Jin!" ”

The Fan Jiazhuang soldier looked at the old people beside him, and the old men all nodded and said, "Yes, this is Xie Jin!" ”

The Fanjiazhuang soldier smiled, handed a waist card and a document to Xie Jin, and said, "Congratulations, Xie Jin, you have been recruited by our Fanjiazhuang general, and you will be a soldier of Fanjiazhuang in the future." This is your waist card and admission card, you can report to Fanjiazhuang next month with these two things! ”

Hearing the soldier's words, Xie Jin's face flushed with excitement, and he felt a faint feeling that happiness had suddenly arrived.

Fanjiazhuang's soldiers were recruited by themselves. In the future, I will have to be a soldier with three or two months of money and three meals of meat? My mother and sister don't have to worry about eating and drinking anymore!

Xie Jin held the waist card and admission card with trembling hands, and tears couldn't stop flowing.

The villager next to him took a cane and said with a smile: "Xie Jin, this is a happy event, why are you crying?" ”

Xie Jin said in a trembling voice: "My family hasn't eaten for a day, but now I have recruited soldiers from Fanjiazhuang... You made me... You let me..."

However, although I raised it myself, there is still a month to report, and there are still two months before the monthly money is issued. Xie Jin suddenly became confused again, looking at the Fan Jiazhuang soldier who came to deliver the letter.

Before Xie Jin could finish speaking, a small trader with a heavy burden next to him shouted loudly: "Xie Jin, why didn't you say it earlier if you have no food, I will give it to you on credit!" ”

Xie Jin was stunned, and then saw that the vendor carried the flat pole in front of Xie Jin. As soon as the lid was lifted, there was snow-white rice noodles inside.

The peddler said flatteringly: "Xie Jin, this hundred catties of white rice noodles will be sold to you for one or two or six yuan." You set up an IOU for me, and when you get the monthly money in Fanjiazhuang, give me the money! ”

The vendor took out an IOU and came out, as long as Xie Jin pressed his handprint, this rice and noodles belonged to the Xie family.

Xie Jin looked at the little vendor in disbelief, and then at the white rice noodles, as if joy had fallen from the sky.

In fact, Xie Jin didn't know that these hawkers were used to doing business like Xie Jin these days. As long as you follow the soldiers who reported the news from Fanjiazhuang and sell rice and noodles to the farmers who applied for the recruitment, you can make money steadily. At this time, the grain sold on credit was naturally sold at a higher price than on weekdays, and these peasants who were recruited into the army were all high-income in the future, and they had IOUs in hand, so they did not worry about not paying back the silver.

A hundred catties of rice noodles can only be sold for one or four yuan on the market, and they can be sold for one or six yuan on credit to the recruits, and they can earn two dollars of silver at once. This is a good business that is hard to find.

Xie Jin and his mother walked up to the load of rice noodles excitedly, scooped a cup of rice noodles with a spoon and looked at it again, broke into a smile, and said, "Do we have rice noodles at home?" ”

When the rice and noodle vendor saw that the business was done, he was in a happy mood, so he took out the suona on his back and blew it. For a while, the crowd at the door of Xie Jin's house was beaming with joy, and the scene really didn't look like he was going to be a soldier, but it looked like Xie Jin had won the show.

Sister Xie Jin saw that the group of people were not here to seek revenge, so she also ran out of the house and stood in front of the load of rice noodles, crying and wiping her tears.

"Big brother, do we have something to eat?"

A guy from the cloth village walked out and said, "Xie Jin, I see that your sister is dressed in tatters, do you want to come to me to cut a few feet of cloth and make a few new sets of clothes for my sister?" ”

Xie Jin said: "I don't have any money..."

The guy from the cloth village said loudly: "Xie Jin, you buy a few more feet of cloth, I will give it to you on credit, and then give me the money when you make money in Fanjiazhuang!" ”

Xie Jin was stunned, looked at his sister, and said, "Okay! ”

Xie Jin's sister hadn't made new clothes for more than a year, and she jumped for joy when she heard this, smiling all over her face.

Seeing Xie Jin so bold, those hawkers were very excited, and they all rushed to Xie Jin and shouted, "Xie Jin, I'll give you oil on credit!" ”

"Xie Jin, I'll give you a quilt on credit!"

"Xie Jin, I'll give you rice on credit!"

Xie Jin agreed one by one, and those vendors put the goods in front of his house. Little by little, the goods piled up, and at last they were half a man high, and there was everything.

All of a sudden, the Xie family, who was hungry just now, lacked nothing.

A pawnshop guy walked out and said, "Xie Jin, it's inconvenient for you to have no money on hand now, right?" I'll lend you money. I'll lend you ten taels of silver, three cents of interest, and no collateral for your goods." Wait for you to go to Fanjiazhuang to become a soldier, and then return the money to the Wang family's pawnshop in the city. ”

Xie Jin was stunned for a long time and asked, "This is ten taels of silver, aren't you afraid that I will run away?" ”

The pawnshop guy laughed, as if he had heard the funniest joke, and said: "You are a soldier in Fanjiazhuang, and you can earn ten taels of silver in three months, where will you run away for this money?" ”

Xie Jin thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll borrow this money!" ”

The pawnshop guy smiled, took out an IOU and gave Xie Jin a handprint on the spot, and then handed over the ten taels of silver to Xie Jin. (To be continued.) )