55. The Ox and the Little Jade (1)

The landlord doesn't care about your harvest, but also wants to collect rent, in fact, the landlord has no choice, because the government at the top has to collect taxes from the landlord, and in the end it is the people at the bottom who suffer from hired farmers and homesteaders.

Sangou thought about it again, I don't know how the fields at home were, the seedlings were planted not long ago, I don't know if it rained at home, if it didn't rain, it would be miserable, and it was really uncomfortable to think about.

This team begging for rain is a bit like acting on the stage, praying for rain with a little white dragon, firecrackers and gongs and drums along the way, and there are actors dressed as white ladies and Xiaoqing in the rain team, playing "Water Manjin Mountain" while walking, and some dressed as various water monsters.

Under the arrangement of the Taoist priest, some people carried buckets on their shoulders and drained water along the way, and some wore rain hats and robes, and shouted loudly, the rain is coming, the rain is coming.

It seems that this is estimated to be carried out in several villages at the same time, and the team of praying for rain is as many as several hundred people, and the dust is full of clouds and sky, and it is very lively, and it is really well-intentioned to go straight to the Vulture Temple.

In fact, there is no way, if there is another way, the people will not be so alarmed, this is also to cost money, each account draws money together, relying on the sky to eat, there is no way.

The Eagle Temple is really not on the mountain, but built at the foot of the mountain on the side of the road, quite a big temple, Sangou has heard of the earliest temple in the county, built in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.

It's a pity that the three dogs encountered a team begging for rain, and they couldn't stop to rest or go to the temple to worship the Buddha, because there were many people and miscellaneous things, and they were afraid that their goods would be touched or even disappear.

Although the owner did not ask for their deposit when picking up the goods, the porters did not have that much deposit. Everyone acts on the basis of credibility, and some shippers will follow the goods if they are free or the goods are valuable, or they will ask one or two men to follow with them.

But these are just posturing, really asking for the goods of the black family, even if the owner of the goods follows, it is useless; It's just that everyone can take care of each other together, or encounter bandits, there are losses, and the porters have a proof.

Wu Niu Gu has been working in this industry for many years, and the owners on both sides are very familiar, everyone also recognizes him, Niu Gu also knows some bandits on the road, and he can also pass the customs when he meets the money for cigarettes and tea, so many cargo owners trust Niu Gu very much, and generally do not need a deposit when giving goods.

Otherwise, it is difficult for you to pick the goods alone, unless you buy it yourself, sometimes you just pay a deposit, and people don't dare to pick it for you, you are alone, and you are not familiar, who knows where you will pick?

In addition to wanting to enter the Vulture Temple to worship the Buddha, Sangou also has a selfish intention, that is, he wants to visit the tomb of Uncle Zhang, this Uncle Zhang, outsiders must not be familiar with it, and it is estimated that not many locals know.

This Zhang Shuye, but a national hero, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty, led the army to defend Bianliang City in the difficulty of Jingkang, and was taken away by the Jin State with Song Qinzong after the defeat.

Sangou therefore remembered Sima Qian's "Book of Reporting to Ren'an": "People are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao", and thought, Uncle Zhang's death is heavier than Mount Tai.

And I, for a little thing, if I die this morning, I will definitely be lighter than a feather, and I am really ashamed. In the future, I will learn from Zhang Shuye and die for the national righteousness, not for my own small profits.

After the Vulture Temple, the sun has slowly begun to set westward, Niu Gu looked at the sky, greeted everyone, and said, brothers, catch up with the road for two hours, and then go to the Fenglin ferry in Jiangshan, everyone can deliver the rest and receive the money, everyone can also eat, drink and have fun.

Radish muttered softly: "You don't want to see Xiaocui earlier, I guess everyone who thinks of Xiaocui is facing forward."

"Don't you also have a good relationship in Fenglin? also said that the cow is a cow, what is the name of your good friend? Tienon grabbed the big radish and said; Tie Nong has a lot of strength, and he has a little kung fu, but he doesn't accept anyone, so he obeys Niu Gu, so he speaks for Niu Gu.

Radish didn't want to deal with such a strong man, and replied while staying away from Tienon: "I don't have anything to do with it, just play together."

"You're a dog, you just have fun, what about other girls? You say, did your good friend in Fenglin change again? Da Potato scolded very unhappily.

It stands to reason that people's big potatoes are tall and strong, and they must be liked by girls, but on the contrary, big potatoes just can't find girls, and the thin-skinned and white-faced radishes, I don't know where to hand over the peach blossom luck.

It's really radish and cabbage that everyone loves, but they don't love the potato, so they will change their name to cabbage another day. Big Potato himself doesn't know where he has a sweet mouth on turnips, and where he is willing to spend money on women.

Listening to Lao Li Tou, the old friend of the black cow was originally a little woman from a fisherman's family on the water surface of Fenglin, but when she met the cow, the two fell in love at first sight, and they agreed to each other for life.

But I didn't expect Xiaocui to be beautiful, and was taken by a leader of Fenglin Fishery Administration, who already had a family and wanted to secretly accept Xiaocui as a concubine, where was Xiaocui willing to follow, and came and went several times and refused.

As a result, the head of the family was angry and detained Xiaocui's fishing boat; The guy who ate was gone, and Xiaocui's parents persuaded Xiaocui to forget it, but they didn't expect Xiaocui to be a strong commodity, and they would rather starve to death than obey.

In the end, there was no way, the family had to come ashore from the water to find food, this has no capital and no experience, how to talk about finding food, and finally reduced to a family begging for food.

This bull didn't appear at this time, and the cow did take another route during that time, and when the cow returned to Fenglin, where could he find Xiaocui all of a sudden.

Niu asked all the people who knew Xiaocui's family, and went to fight with the head of the fishery administration, and almost beat the fat old man into a disability, the old man was afraid that the matter would be big and lose the official, and he also knew that he was at fault first, so he swallowed his anger and ate a dumb loss, and did not dare to report to the official.

Niu Gu mobilized his brothers to help find someone, and finally found Xiaocui in a place, which was in the Qinglou (brothel).

It turns out that this Xiaocui family is almost winter, just begging for food, and there is no home for the winter, in this place, it is going to snow heavily in winter, and there is no home with fire, just waiting for the whole family to freeze to death.

There was really no way, Xiaocui sold herself, sold to Qinglou, got a sum of money, and finally rented a dilapidated house for her parents, no matter how dilapidated it was, it was also a house that could make a fire, and it was much better than sleeping on the streets, in short, she could leave a life in the cold winter.