Old Han squatted on the stone mill in his yard, smoking a dry cigarette, the years left clear traces on his national face, his forehead and the corners of his eyes were already crawling with wrinkles, and his upright back in the past became a little rickety when he didn't know when, and the thick eyebrows that used to attract girls when he was young have become increasingly thin. 【】

"Dad, it's time to eat." Aunt Han, who had a dish on her face, came out of the house and greeted the old Han.

Old Han knocked out the unfinished old cigarette in the dry tobacco pipe, and then walked back to the house with his hands behind his back.

"His father, where can he get two hundred catties of grain?"

"You ask me? Who is going, I ask? Old Han Tou hit the rice bowl hard, and Aunt Han didn't dare to say anything.

Just yesterday, the town office suddenly issued a document, asking all the families in the town who have land under their names to pay grain according to the number of mu, and the quota is 40 catties of grain per mu in the upper field, 20 catties in the middle field, and 10 catties in the lower field.

Lao Han's family has five acres of good paddy fields, and they have to pay 200 catties of grain.

This is really asking for a personal life, this is not available, where can the old Han family get together so many catties of food?

The couple didn't know what to do, and a gong-like voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "Is Brother Han at home?" ”

When the old Han couple hurriedly looked back, they saw a thin and small old man striding in, followed by three green-skinned thugs, holding this old man, the old Han's face shook involuntarily, the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, this is the famous Hong Jiugong of Meizhen.

"Nine Princes?" Old Han Tou squeezed out a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, "Have you eaten?" ”

"I've eaten it, I've just eaten it." Hong Jiugong waved his hand, and said with a smile, "Brother Han, you eat yours, I'm here to tell you something, and I'll leave after speaking." ”

How dare the old Han Tou eat again, and hurriedly said, "Jiugong, you say." ”

"That's it, you should already know about the announcement from the town office, right?" Hong Jiu said fairly, "Brother, what about me, this time I was entrusted by Mayor Huang to be responsible for our grain urging task, so I hope that the villagers in the township can help each other, so that the big guy looks good, and I can make a good deal with Mayor Huang." ”

Old Han Tou glanced at the woman, yes, the urging is coming.

Old Han's face was squeezed into a bitter gourd, and he didn't know what to say.

Aunt Han said boldly: "Jiugong, but our family really can't get together all those extra grains." ”

"Brother Han's family can't even get together just two hundred catties of grain?" Hong Jiugong said he didn't believe it, but immediately said, "But it doesn't matter, if Brother Han really doesn't take advantage of it for a while, you can borrow it from me, no matter what, it's an old friendship for decades, and I can still get two hundred catties of grain." ”

Old Han's face trembled again, you have food to borrow, but I dare to borrow it?

When someone borrows grain, they only need to repay it, but they can borrow grain from you, but they need to repay it with their lives!

Who in the neighborhood doesn't know that you, Hong Laojiu, are loan sharks? And others are two cents of profit, you are five points of profit, and it is also a donkey rolling at the end of the month!

Seeing that Old Han was silent, Hong Jiugong smiled coldly and said: "It seems that Brother Han doesn't look down on Lao Hong, or I don't say what I said just now, but what, the time limit given by Mayor Huang is only three days, and if I can't get food within three days, I am not very good at Mayor Huang, Brother Han, what do you say?" ”

What else can the old Han Tou say, he can only say with a smile on his face, it's your sister.

Hong Jiugong took a few green skins and left, the old Han Tou and his wife discussed for a long time, and finally only thought of one way, that is, to take out the hand ornament of Aunt Han to press the bottom of the box and pawn it, no matter what, usury can never be borrowed, and Hong Jiugong's usury especially cannot be borrowed, otherwise they will wait for the family to be ruined.

Aunt Han rummaged through the cabinets and found all the hand accessories, used a baggage leather bag, and went straight to the pawn shop in the town.

But in less than half an hour, Aunt Han came back with a sad face, only ten oceans back!

Ten oceans is ten oceans, and if you can buy a hundred catties of grain, then pay 100 catties first, and then think of other ways to do the remaining 100 catties, it is really impossible to sell the domestic cattle.

At that moment, the old Han came to the grain store in the town with ten oceans in his arms.

But as soon as he asked about the price of grain, Lao Han Tou was dumbfounded, the price of grain has risen, and it has risen outrageously, usually a dime and a catty of rice, this will rise to five jiao a catty, a full five times! Moreover, the shopkeeper of the grain store said that the price of grain would continue to rise in the future, and the old Han Tou panicked when he heard it, and gritted his teeth and bought twenty catties of grain.

When he returned home with the grain on his back, the whole person of the old Han Tou collapsed all of a sudden.

At this time, the old Han Tou finally reacted, the pawn shop in the town is the head of the Black Dragon Society, Liu Heiqi, and the grain store is the industry of Yiguan Dao Zhangjiao, Burning Lamp Zhenren and Liu Heiqi are clearly in collusion with Hong Jiugong, they are going to join forces, eat their R, and drink their blood.

God-damn Huidao Gate, God-damn Huidao Gate!

In the blink of an eye, three days have passed.

Miaoqian Street is a famous entertainment street in Meizhen, along both sides of the bluestone paved street, there are gambling houses, big smoke houses, teahouses and wine shops, and there are dozens of private houses hidden in the alleys that connect Miaoqian Street like capillaries, that is, the kilns as they are commonly called, the lowest brothels in the world.

However, there are also high-grade private houses, such as the Red Mansion.

The old bustard Honggu of the Red Mansion is said to have been a celebrity in Shanghai, but later she was old and decrepit, and she couldn't continue to mess around in the fun of Shanghai, so she picked up her clothes and went back to her hometown in Meizhen to open this private house.

At this time, Burning the Lamp, Liu Heiqi and Hong Jiucheng drank flower wine under the service of the three fans.

Although the real person who burned the lamp is a real person who is in charge of Taoism, but Taoism is not taboo about women, and in fact, this real person who is burning the lamp is the real hungry ghost in the color, and even the old bustard like Honggu is interested, no, when Honggu twisted her waist and passed by, she stretched out her hand and touched Honggu's P share.

Honggu scolded the dead ghost, and continued to twist her waist and swing her hips forward, and the real person who lit the lamp laughed.

Hong Jiugong and Liu Heiqi also laughed, Hong Jiugong smacked his lips, and said with envy: "It's good to be young, but now the way of the world is your young people." ”

"What did Jiugong say, you are not old at all." Liu Heiqi said immediately, and after finishing speaking, he turned his head to stare at the fan who was sitting next to Hong Jiugong, and asked with a smile, "Xiaoqing, tell me, is Jiugong old or not old?" ”

Xiaoqing's white face covered with fat powder was immediately full of smiles, and she said coquettishly: "Seventh Master, you are so annoying, the two legs of the slave family are still soft, do you say that Jiugong is not old?" ”

Liu Heiqi laughed and asked Hong Jiugong proudly: "Jiugong, take a look, take a look?" ”

Hong Jiugong also laughed, in fact, he knew in his heart that Xiaoqing's little was flattering him, but he was still very happy when he heard it, and even felt a big ocean from his coat, and then ripped off Xiaoqing's shirt and threw it into the deep ditch wrapped in his belly pocket.

Burning the lamp real person drank a cup of wine, and said with emotion: "Seventh master, ninth prince, now I am really eye-opening, if you want to do big things, the second young master is really doing big things, what do you say over the years, what are we fighting for?" How nice it would be for everyone to get rich together like this? ”

When Liu Heiqi and Hong Jiugong heard this, they immediately nodded like J pecking rice.

In the past three days, all households in the town have been forced to take out the belongings at the bottom of the box to sell them at several pawn shops in the Black Dragon Society, and then use the money to buy grain at the grain store in Yiguandao.

Hong Jiugong did not make less money, he has dividends in both families.

"Where is this? The show has just begun. A voice suddenly came from outside the door.

When Liu Heiqi, Randeng Zhenren and Hong Jiugong hurriedly looked back, they saw Huang Shouyi Shi Ran walking in.

Seeing Huang Shouyi walk in, Liu Heiqi and the three of them hurriedly got up to greet each other, and said on the other hand: "Second young master, didn't you say that you couldn't come?" You see, we've all eaten it. ”

Liu Heiqi is also a number one person in Meizhen, but this will face Huang Shouyi, but even you have used it, I don't know, and he is just a dog leg of the Huang family.

Huang Shouyi took off his wide-brimmed top hat and handed it to Honggu, and said: "Originally, I said that Kameda Taijun was going to invite me to dinner at Kobayashi Sushi in the county seat, but Kameda Taijun had something to do temporarily and went to the provincial capital for a meeting. ”

Burning the lamp asked tentatively, "Second Young Master, is that something happening?" ”

"Eyebrows?" Huang Shouyi sat down on the empty side of the Eight Immortals table, Honggu hurriedly put the bowl and chopsticks, and found the youngest fan head to sit next to Huang Shouyi, Huang Shouyi took the wine cup handed by the fan head and drank it all, and then said with a smile, "Let's put it this way, the matter has been decided, Murayama Taijun of Murayama Foreign Company has spoken, no matter how many goods we ship here, he will ask for them all." ”

"It's set?!"

"Great!"

"It's a fortune!"

Liu Heiqi, Hong Jiugong and Randen Zhenren were overjoyed when they heard this.

Although grain stores, pawnshops and cart shops also make money, how can they make money by selling cigarettes? In previous years, the government of the Republic of China had very strict control over private cigarettes, and no one dared to plant them without a very strong background, but now, they have the Japanese as backers, but they can openly grow cigarettes.

Huang Shouyi put down the wine cup and said: "However, I am about to be stunned, and I am about to enter the opium planting season, but there is no shadow of this opium field, you have to speed up the progress." ”