Calm days should have been very pleasant, for ordinary people, every day after work to go home to have a full meal, a mother-in-law to wash their feet, a baby to teach themselves a lesson, this life is worth living.

Sun Si in the east of the city felt that he was such a person.

However, these days, the four grandchildren have been worried, and the prerequisite for living a good life is to have food, clothing, and support themselves, and then support their mother-in-law and baby.

For Sun Si of the sericulture household, he can sell the raw materials of Shu brocade produced by his family every year to have no worries about food and clothing, but this year due to the chaos of the bandits, the Shu brocade is unsalable, and the raw materials of Shu brocade stacked at home are about to become moldy and yellow, and Sun Si, who is in a hurry, has difficulty sleeping and eating every day.

A while ago, the Su family in the west of the city suddenly purchased a large number of Shu brocade raw materials in the hands of mulberry weavers, and the price was still last year's price, which was originally a good thing.

But when the people of the whole city thought that the Su family was doing good deeds, some clever Sun Si thought that since the Su family dared to buy such a large number of Shu brocade raw materials, it meant that the Shu road leading to the outside was safe, and other commercial houses would also buy them one after another, and the price must be only high and not low, so Sun Siyi gritted his teeth and did not sell his Shu brocade raw materials to the Su family.

Who would have thought that the Su family would make such a big acquisition, but the other commercial houses did not move at all, even Huangmen Shujin and Cui's Warehouse, one of the three major commercial houses, were indifferent.

When Sun Si realized that something was wrong and went to the Su family with his Shu brocade goods, the Su family had already stopped the acquisition, and was also "strictly protected" by the Chengzhou army.

This time, Sun Si was worried, and he ran around every day with his own Shu brocade raw materials, but the prices given by the various commercial banks were getting lower and lower, and even some small commercial banks did not dare to buy them at a low price.

Seeing that the raw materials of Shu brocade have begun to show signs of deterioration, Sun Si pinned his last hope on the big trading houses of Huangmen Shu Jin, Cui's Warehouse and Gao's in the south of the city, and what he had to do every day was to go back and forth in these commercial houses, hoping that any of them would send another kindness to give him a price that would not make the whole family hungry.

Early this morning, Sun Si came to the Huangfu of Shujin in Huangmen, but Sun Si was stunned when he arrived at the door, and the Huangfu mansion that was crowded with people on weekdays was closed today.

Sun Si lingered at the door for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth and stepped forward to knock on the door, although it was very unruly, but if he didn't sell his family's Shu brocade raw materials, he would really have to drink the northwest wind this year.

"Bang bang bang..." Sun Si grabbed the knocker on the high door and knocked lightly a few times, waiting for a long time, but there was no movement inside.

"Bang bang bang!" The force on Sun Si's hand increased a little, and he knocked on the door again.

"Crunch...", the door finally opened.

However, the door was not fully opened, but a gap was exposed, and a man dressed as a housekeeper in his fifties poked his head out, frowned, and looked at Sun Si with a slightly panicked expression: "Sun Si? What are you going to do? ”

Sun Si hurriedly smiled affectionately: "Hello Steward Huang, I'm here to sell Shu brocade, you see..."

"We won't accept Shu brocade, you can go back." After speaking, without waiting for Sun Si to answer, the door was closed with a "bang".

At the moment when the housekeeper closed the door, Sun Si seemed to see many figures standing in the courtyard of the Huang Mansion.

Sun Si stood at the door in a daze for a long time, and said in his heart that it was over, even the Huang family no longer bought Shu Jin.

"Cui family! Yes, go to Cui's house, yesterday they also said that they could accept my goods cheaply! Sun Si didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly picked up his goods and went straight to Cui's house in the alley next door.

Walking on the bustling street, Sun Si always felt that something was wrong, and it took a long time to react to the fact that many big commercial houses on the street today have not opened for business.

"Is it all a business slump?" The more Sun Si thought about it, the more anxious he became, and his pace was a little faster.

When he came to the door of Cui's Mansion, sure enough, Cui's Mansion was also closed, and Sun Si, who was anxious, dared to think about it, and stepped forward in three or two steps and knocked on the door.

After knocking for a long time, the door finally opened, and a family member poked out his head and stared at Sun Sidao vigilantly: "What are you doing?" ”

Sun Si smiled and said, "Please report it, I'll sell Shu brocade." ”

"Don't!" The family did not hesitate to refuse, and was about to close the door.

Seeing this, Sun Si was anxious, took a step forward and resisted the door to prevent the family from closing, and begged: "Big brother, you can help me report it, you look at me..."

Halfway through his words, Sun Si paused, because he vaguely saw that there were one hundred and ten people gathered in the courtyard of Cui's mansion, and most of them were carrying bright blades in their hands, and they were very quiet and terrifying.

Cui Fu's family Ding pushed Sun Si out and said angrily: "I said that I won't receive the goods today, let's come back another day!" ”

"Bang!" The door closed again.

Sun Si frowned and walked down the street, looking up, many mansion doors were locked lintels. For some reason, Sun Si felt uneasy in his heart, and he always felt that all this was too unusual, and finally, he gave up his plan to find the next trading house, turned around and trotted towards his house.

When he got home, Sun Si was already sweating profusely, and as soon as he entered the house and turned around, he immediately closed the door and fastened the latch with his hand.

"Hey, why did you come back so soon? Have all the goods been sold? Hearing the movement, Sun Si's mother-in-law walked out of the back room, but saw a large pile of Shu brocade on the table that Sun Si put on the table, and said angrily: "Shu brocade has not been sold, what are you doing when you come back?" You're going to starve our family? ”

Sun Si didn't speak, but frowned, picked up the teapot and poured a cup, and drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Mrs. Sun said angrily: "Following you is really our mother and son have been moldy for eight lifetimes, a few days ago, I asked you to sell the goods to the Su family, but you didn't sell it, now it's okay, wait for it to rot in your hands!" Turning around, he saw that Sun Si had closed the door, and said angrily: "Why are you closing the door in broad daylight?" You don't want to go out and make money, I have to go to work in the embroidery workshop! ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Sun Si stepped forward to open the door, but Sun Si suddenly stood up and pulled her back.

"You hit me?!!!" Mrs. Sun Si didn't seem to believe it, and then cried and shouted: "You still beat me when I followed you to endure hardships?" I can't live this day! ”

Seeing that he was about to cry, Sun Si took two steps forward, stretched out his hand and slapped his mother-in-law twice, and said coldly with sweat on his face: "Let me tell you, something big is going to happen in Chengzhou City, and if you want to live, you will stay at home honestly!" ”

Mrs. Sun Si's face was distressed with two slap prints, but she stopped crying, looked at Sun Si with disbelief on her face, and just wanted to speak, when she suddenly heard the messy footsteps on the street outside, and the sound of scolding was everywhere, and there seemed to be a faint sound of shouting and killing....