Pan Yuqin asked in a whisper! "How did Sister Yun know that the warp just now was expensive...

Wang Chaoyun snickered: "Actually, where do I know, but before leaving, my personal maid Qiao'er told me, saying that it is okay to buy things in the bazaar, no matter anything, as long as you say this, it will generally give you less." Otherwise, how do I know? ”

Pang Yuqin suddenly realized, but seeing that Wang Chaoyun was calm and idle just now, he couldn't help laughing, and the two of them walked to another silk thread stall, it was a gray-headed old lady, seeing them coming, she quickly got up with a smile and said politely: "The two eldest sisters buy thread?" ”

Wang Chaoyun nodded, and then handed over another set to the old lady according to the color and quantity that Pang Yuqin picked just now, although the old lady was not as fast as the previous vendor, but the calculated amount really surprised Pang Yuqin and Wang Chaoyun: "A total of seventy-five lines." ”

Pang Yuqin lost her voice and said, "Why is it more expensive?" ”

The old lady smiled: "I don't force you to buy and sell, if you are too expensive, you can change it." ”

Wang Chaoyun asked, "Auntie." This was it before the war. Is it priced? ”

The old lady shook her head: "I have bought dozens of silk threads, which is the most expensive now."

It's really rare and expensive, Pang Yuqin doesn't care about this money, it's just that Su Shi's family is very poor and unwilling to accept help, so Pang Yuqin also helped to bargain, but the old lady just didn't let it, and in the end, Wang Chaoyun had to buy it.

As they passed by the vendor. The peddler saw it and asked puzzledly, "Two ladies, that old lady has always sold more expensive than mine, and the silk thread is the same." Why don't you buy cheap ones, but buy expensive ones? ”

Wang Chaoyun said: "The concubine is not a few pennies, but you are young, it is easy to buy, and it is naturally cheap, and the old lady is old and frail, and it is not easy to sell the line, so we will buy her." ”

The peddler was stunned, thinking that there was still such a purchase.

Walking to the door of the grain store, Wang Chaoyun suddenly thought that there didn't seem to be much food at home. Decided to piggyback some.

Two people entered the grain store, and one of the men saw that someone was coming in, but he didn't mean to get up, and sat down on the counter, putting his legs on the counter. You Ya leaned his hands on his chest and looked at Pang Yuqin and Wang Chaoyun with slanted eyes.

"Is there any rice?" Wang Chaoyun asked.

"Yes, but" The guy looked at Wang Chaoyun's coarse cloth dress with disdain, and said lightly, "I'm afraid you don't have the silver to buy it." ”

Pang Yuqin frowned and said, "What's the matter, is your rice made of gold or silver bordered?" Can you live a long life after eating? ”

The guy didn't even look at Pang Yuqin. Tilting his head and snorting: "No matter how powerful your little mouth is, there is no rice without money, and we will naturally not live a hundred years if we eat this rice, but if we don't eat it, I'm afraid that "hahahaha" will go." Go, go, hurry up, don't affect our business, really, look at you poor and sour, and you still want to buy rice? Go to the porridge factory and line up to get the porridge! ”

Pang Yuqin sneered: "Then you are going to tell us how much your rice is, I don't think we can afford it." ”

The man didn't look at them, grabbed a handful of rice from a large wooden cabinet on the side, and then lightly scattered it: "See, just like this, you have to pay me ten cents, do you have it?" ”

Wang Chaoyun stepped forward and was about to speak. The guards who had been following them heard the words of the guy inside, and stepped in with a blue face with a knife on their waists. The guy saw the sergeant coming. I don't know if it's with Pang Yuqin and them. Li ignored Wang Chaoyun, and quickly got up and said to the guards with a smile on his face: "How many military masters also want to buy rice?" Turning his head, he saw Wang Chaoyun, who was wearing a coarse cloth dress next to him, still standing there, and frowned: "Hey, why are you still standing here?" It's not for you to go

The guard stepped forward and was about to raise his hand to hit someone. Pang Yuqin hurriedly stopped: "Don't move!" The guard hurriedly lowered his hand and stepped aside.

The man's face turned blue with fright, and then there was a young lady wearing silk and silk behind Wang Chaoyun, who seemed to be the master of these sergeants, and he chuckled in his heart, and was about to greet him with a smile on his face.

"What's wrong? What are you talking about? With the voice, a chubby middle-aged man walked out from behind the cabinet, it was this rice shopkeeper, his face was cross-faced, his eyes were narrowed into a slit, as soon as he went out, he was about to catch fire, and suddenly saw a few guards, and there were two fairy-looking women standing next to him, his brain turned a few times, his eyes slipped a few times, and he immediately changed to a smiling face, and scolded the guy to get out of the way. smiled and arched his hand: "The two ladies, as well as these military masters, do you want to buy rice?" ”

Pang Yuqin said coldly: "You guys said that we can't afford the rice in your store, and they want to drive us away." ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Don't mind, my guy just came, he is not sensible, and if you offend, please ask the two of you, and the eldest sister will take care of it." ”

Pang Yuqin said: "Forget it, your buddy said, just ask us to go to the porridge factory to get the porridge for disaster relief, and the money we have on us is afraid that it is only enough to buy one meal of porridge." Pulling Wang Chaoyun and turning around to leave.

The shopkeeper saw that Pang Yuqin was dressed gorgeously, he was definitely a rich family, and now the business was not good, after the military disaster, there were not many people who could afford rice, so he couldn't let go of the previous big customer, raised his foot and gave the guy a kick, and then caught up a few steps. said: "Two eldest sisters, the rice in our store can be said to be the cheapest in the whole of Yazhou, and it is all new rice, not as good as that" Huimin Rice Travel. Lending of rice. It's all old rice from a few years ago, it's all moldy, and it's used to lend to the people and make a lot of money! ”

As soon as Pang Yuqin heard him mention her husband's "Huimin Rice Tour", she suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, stared at him and said, "What did you say?" Is the rice lent by Huimin Rice Bank moldy old rice? ”

"Of course, you first look at the rice in the small shop, a quasi-new rice, smell fragrant." After that, he motioned to the man to carry a bag of rice and put it at Pang Yuqin's feet, and said: "What we do is also a small business, and it is only enough to support our families, not as good as those grain merchants who make money every day, but we never make money without conscience." Look, how nice this rice is! ”

Pang Yuqin bent down and reached out to scoop it, rubbed it, and said lightly: "A bag of rice costs more money?" ”

The guy on the side didn't wait for the shopkeeper to speak, so he said loudly: "It's not very expensive, just five taels of silver." ”

Five taels of silver is equivalent to 5,000 yuan, a bag of rice is 5,000 yuan, Su Shi was a deputy envoy in Huangzhou, only 500 wen a month, and it takes almost a year's salary to buy this bag of rice, which is indeed a sky-high price.

Wang Chaoyun was stunned: "Five taels of silver? ”

The corner of the man's mouth showed a disdainful smile, but this time he didn't dare to speak again. The shopkeeper looked at Pang Yuqin: "Hehe, the price of this grain is indeed more expensive, you also know that when the current green and yellow are not available, the Fan army has snatched a lot of grain and burned it this time, and these rice are all from the outside for a long journey, so it is more expensive." ”

Wang Chaoyun touched the deflated money bag, and Nuo Nuo said: "But this is also too expensive,"

The guard behind him stepped forward and bowed his hand. Said to Wang Chaoyun: "Madam, don't buy this rice, Lord Du, the rice lent by their rice bank is several times cheaper than this." ”

Wang Chaoyun shook his head and said, "We can't borrow rice from them, and Lord Du won't ask us for money." ”

The fat shopkeeper's eyes widened. His face was cloudy, and he suddenly lifted the bag of rice. Nodding his head and saying to Wang Chaoyun: "Madam, they are all from the township, don't worry too much, if it is inconvenient, take it to eat first, and then talk about it when you have enough money." ”

"This", how can this work! Wang Chaoyun took out the money bag and pinched it, very hesitant.

The fat shopkeeper had very smart ears, and immediately heard that the money bag was full of copper coins, and it was estimated that there were only 100 words. Hurriedly handed the bag of rice to Wang Chaoyun's arms, and reached out to pick up the money bag: "Madam, it's okay, it's almost so much money, this bag of rice is sold to you!" ”

The guy on the side also heard that there was not much money in the money bag, and hurriedly pulled the sleeve of the shopkeeper:

"Shopkeeper, don't,"

"Get out of the way!" The fat shopkeeper slapped the guy on the head hard, and the guy groaned and muttered, "What are you hitting me for?" She didn't have much money in her bag. ”

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and whispered to the guy: "You" You know a fart, get out! ”

The man hurriedly retreated, but Wang Chaoyun didn't take the bag of rice and put the money bag in his arms. He turned around and walked out the door with his head down.

Pang Yuqin snorted at the guy and went out with him. Several guards glanced at the two of them and then followed.

The shopkeeper chased a few steps and called repeatedly, but Wang Chaoyun and the others left without looking back.

The guy came up and said, "Shopkeeper, a poor bastard, what are you doing?"

Syllable!

The fat shopkeeper slapped him hatefully: "You and he are so angry with me!" Have you ever seen a poor man come with a sergeant to buy rice? ”

"Huh?" The guy came back to his senses, "You mean, those military masters." Be.... It's the poor bastard

"Give back your mother's pauper!" The fat shopkeeper slapped him again, and turned his head to look at Wang Chaoyun's distant back, "I heard that the new state capital is honest and honest, and the family is very simple. And he loves the people like a son, and he gave the state government to the people what he did, what shelters, and the food in the military camp were brought to the people to eat. The woman in the coarse cloth dress just now is probably the wife of Lord Zhizhou! In addition, the woman wearing silk and satin does not behave like a woman from an ordinary people's family at all, and her skin is delicate, she will definitely not be a person who works, I am afraid that she is the wife who colludes with Lord Du! You offended them today, Lao Tzu is still opening a fart shop here, Lao Tzu will kill you today! ”

The more the fat shopkeeper thought about it, the more angry he became, picked up one from behind the door and carried it against the door, and hit the guy with his head and face. The guy was also nimble, shouting and screaming, holding his head and hiding in Tibet, and for a while there was a mess in the rice line.

Wang Chaoyun went to another rice shop. I asked the price, and it was about the same as the previous one, which was very sad, but fortunately, after the husband promoted the governor of Yazhou, the price rose a lot this month. Gritting his teeth, he still bought a small bag of rice and prepared to take it back and eat it with wild vegetables.

Pang Yuqin didn't buy it for her, because she knew that Wang Chaoyun would not accept the help. The two returned to the yamen. Du Wenhao and Su Shi were discussing disaster relief in the living room. Pang Yuqin told Du Wenhao about this matter.

Pang Yuqin thought that Du Wenhao and Su Shi would be surprised, who would have thought, Su Shi and Du Wenhao just looked at each other and smiled, without any surprise.

Wang Chaoyun said to Su Shi: "Master." Why didn't you react at all? The shopkeeper said that you all lend money to Chen Mi! ”

"Of course it's old rice, how can there be so much new rice? The rice that is loaned is much cheaper than the rice in the rice line, and this is also the reason, only the old rice is so cheap, however, the old rice can also be eaten, I have checked, the rice is all good rice, the preservation is still good, there is no problem of mildew. ”

"But the rice you lend, the people who don't have a mortgage and guarantor, can't borrow rice from you, and the porridge from the porridge factory for disaster relief is only enough for a small number of people to eat, and most of the people have no porridge when they arrive, and many people in the city are still hungry."

"We all know that.

Du Wenhao smiled bitterly: "Just before you came back, Qingdai and Li'er also came back from outside, saying that a handful of green vegetables cost 20 yuan, and a bag of salt also costs 20 yuan, and they bought it back for us like you." ”

Wang Chaoyun: "That's because the old man and Master Du can still laugh." ”

Du Wenhao: "Yes, you shouldn't laugh, now Yazhou lacks everything and materials." Naturally, prices are skyrocketing. The grain transferred by General Han can only be used as the imperial court to invest in the Huimin Rice Bank, and cannot be misappropriated for disaster relief without authorization. Most of the relief food has been used up this time, which is indeed a drop in the bucket for the victims of the city. In addition to rice, there is a serious shortage of daily necessities, and now that the price of goods even you say is that the common people have no money to buy these daily food and clothing, I think it is time to think of a way. ”

At this time, someone outside the door said: "Two adults, one of the money shopkeepers who claimed to be Wansheng Mixing said that he wanted to see Lord Du." ”

Du Wenhao whispered: "It's just right." So saying, he got up and walked out.

Walking out of the door, I saw a carriage full of grain parked not far away, and there was a man in a white coat standing next to the carriage, with a horse face and thick eyebrows, seeing Du Wenhao coming over, he hurriedly bowed down to meet him, grinning, revealing two bright gold teeth: "See Lord Hook Tube, the grass people's money is not clear, please forgive me." ”

Du Wenhao pointed to the carriage behind him. Surprised: "Why, so soon even you know that our family has no rice pot?" ”

Qian Yue flattered: "Why don't you worry about the lack of rice in the adult's house, but the grass people have come a few times, and they see that everyone is very busy, so they don't dare to bother." You are our parent official in Yazhou, and you are a blessing to the people of our Yazhou..."

Alright, alright, let's talk. What are you looking for me? Du Wenhao interrupted Qian Yue's words, looking like he was doing business.

Qian Yue said flatteringly: "At this time, we have a little heart from Wansheng Rice Bank, and please accept it." ”

Du Wenhao walked to the front of the car, counted the bags, and said to Qian Yue with a smile: "I'm afraid that your cart of rice will cost a few hundred taels of silver, right?" ”

Qian Yue: "Let the adults laugh at the mouth" Wansheng Rice Store has always been buying rice from local people. There are three places in his own family, so they will not be expensive. ”

Du Wenhao looked at the rice in the car and said with a smile: "Do you know that there is still a state capital in that room, you leave him." Just send it to me, not afraid of offending the state capital? ”

Qian Yue was stunned for a moment, immediately whistled, and immediately walked out of the woods A person led another carriage over, Qian Yue said: "The grass people are not worried" Hehe, since you accepted it, the state capital's. Please accept a lot of kind words from adults. ”

Du Wenhao took a good look at the Qian Yue in front of him, it seems that he is really like his name, and he can leap if he has money. Du Wenhao smiled and beckoned the people in the family to come over, and said loudly: "Unload these grains and move them to the warehouse." ”

When Qian Yue heard this, he was immediately excited, and helped his subordinates carry the food into the courtyard, and he didn't dare to take a look at who else in the courtyard, so he happily said goodbye.

Du Wenhao watched Qian Yue with two empty carriages gradually disappear from sight, and an elusive smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Wen Hao, why are you Lin Qingdai walked up to Du Wenhao and asked suspiciously.

Du Wenhao smiled but did not answer.

The subordinate on the side said: "Young master, where is the right place for us to put so much food?" ”

"This food will be kept in the room of the four of them for the time being."

At this time, Su Shi and Wang Chaoyun also walked out.

Su Shi looked at the grain in the yard, he knew that Du Wenhao was not a greedy person, he must have a purpose in doing so, and he didn't say much.

At the time of dinner. Some merchants from the state capital successively sent silk, cloth, and some fresh vegetables, and Du Wenhao received them all.

Wang Chaoyun was a little worried, so he told Su Shi about his concerns.

"Master, what's wrong with Master Du, if you continue like this, what should the people think of me

Su Shi asked Wang Chaoyun to sit beside him, put her small hands on his lap, and didn't answer, just gently stroked her hand: "Thank you for your hard work, it's only been a month, you see that your hands are rough." Su Shi said pityingly.

Outside the window, the sky is full of colorful clouds. The three children in the yard were playing and playing, and the smell of food wafted in from the window from time to time, Wang Chaoyun leaned his head on Su Shi's shoulder, rubbed Su Shi's beard on his forehead intentionally or unintentionally, and said softly: "I'm not hard, as long as I can follow the master, I don't think it's bitter." ”

Su Shi held Wang Chaoyun's hand with satisfaction, and said for a long time: "I don't know what Yunfan wants to do, but this way, I see in my eyes, he dares to say and do, he is very courageous, but he is never greedy for money." He never oppressed the people, he didn't have a little shelf, he never took advantage of the people's feelings, and he never took advantage of it, and, as far as I know, he made a lot of money by relying on medical skills and prescriptions, and the first emperor and the empress dowager gave countless gold, silver and jewelry, and they would not be greedy for this cheapness. He must have had his intentions in doing so. ”

Wang Chaoyun: "What I saw was the same as the master, but there are some people, the richer they are, the more greedy they are, do you think he will not be here"? ”

Su Shi smiled, looked at Wang Chaoyun and said; "If he has bad intentions, why should he do it in front of everyone, and besides, he can find a high-sounding reason to move to live elsewhere, so that it is not very good to do those shady things?"

Wang Chaoyun numbled his mouth. said: "Anyway, I don't know what he's thinking, I hope as the old man said, he has other plans."

There was a gossip in the city of Yazhou, saying that the new master was also a corrupt official who was only interested in profit, and that the family had built an underground granary in the courtyard in order to collect the grain sent by the wealthy merchants, and some people even said. Under the guise of helping refugees, Du Wenhao made a lot of money and accepted bribes.

Early in the morning. Pang Yuqin came back from the bazaar with Yingzi with a heavy heart, but he was thinking about it, and he didn't pay attention to the front, and almost collided with Wang Chaoyun.

Wang Chaoyun saw Pang Yuqin's gloomy face, looked at Yingzi, and Yingzi didn't dare to speak, so he said, "Yingzi, did you make your wife angry?" ”

Yingzi hurriedly said: "The slave doesn't dare, Madame heard someone say in the bazaar that the young master is

"Yingzi!" Pang Yuqin scolded sharply, and Yingzi didn't dare to say anything more.

Wang Chaoyun understood. Signaled Yingzi to go back first with the vegetables he bought, and then took Pang Yuqin's hand and said cordially: "Let's go, when Qiao'er and I went to the river to wash vegetables yesterday, there is a kind of thing that grows by the water is very delicious, sweet and delicious, yesterday we dug some back for the eldest sister and the master to eat, they all said it was delicious, we will go today." As he spoke, he took Pang Yuqin's hand and left.

Pang Yuqin: "Sister Yun, I don't want to go today, I'm not very comfortable." I want to go back and sleep for a while

Wang Chaoyun naturally knew that Pang Yuqin was unhappy, so he said: "Then you can't let me go alone, let's go." The eldest sister and Qingdai were drying the herbs they picked back yesterday in the backyard, there was no time, you also knew that Fei'er and Li'er were together, and the two of them and I had nothing to say, or you accompanied me, I thought that the slander worms were teased out, I couldn't wait, hurry up. ”

Pang Yuqin sighed lightly. had to let Wang Chaoyun pull him upstream.

Walking to the river, Pang Yuqin sat on a piece of bluestone, took off her embroidered shoes, and put her feet in the water, Wang Chaoyun sat beside her, and like her, put her feet into the water, and suddenly Wang Chaoyun screamed. Pang Yuqin seemed to wake up from a dream, and hurriedly asked, "Sister Abandoned, what's wrong with you?" ”

Wang Chaoyun sneered. said: "I thought you had been sitting like this, and I didn't know there was another person beside you." ”

Pang Yuqin pursed her lips and smiled embarrassedly, gently pushed Wang Chaoyun with a palm, and said, "Sister Yun, you are so bad." I thought you were bitten by a water snake. ”

Wang Chaoyun giggled and said, "Okay, it's good to know how to laugh, don't care what others say, others can't see it." If you can't hear it, you can naturally look like it arbitrarily, just as the so-called public mouth marks gold accumulation and destroys the bones. What is a rumor, a cripple is spread by a hundred people, and becomes a person who walks like a fly, it is a rumor, he is your husband, you should give him trust. ”

Pang Yuqin looked at her Bai Zhe's feet among the aquatic plants, making the floating aquatic plants tickle, and she sighed lightly: "When the emperor asked him to come, in fact, my father was worried, saying that he was very good as a doctor, and not everyone can be handy as an official, and he has less things in his bones that officialdom should have." ”