According to historical records, there was a great drought in the second year of Chongzhen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiangyang City is in the northwest of Hubei Province, close to the Ankang area in the south of SX, and many people who have been affected by drought in the north of SX have gone all the way south, entering Ankang from Hanzhong, and then entering Xiangyang Province from Ankang.

This is just Liu Yuanshan's speculation, but it is not far from ten.

"It's another drought over there, right?" Second Uncle Mao sighed, and then shook his head.

Faced with this situation, no one is capable of saving the overall situation.

Liu Yuanshan said: "Second Uncle Mao, you should be very familiar with Xiangyang Mansion." ”

Second Uncle Mao nodded.

"Then, hehe, I have to trouble Second Uncle Mao to take me around, before I go out, Wang Xiucai asked me to bring a few greeting posts, and I want to send them one by one."

Liu Yuanshan took out the osmanthus soap that had been wrapped long ago from the cloth bag, and then searched all the way to the post, and went to Xiangyang Mansion one by one to visit the people on the post.

Like Wang Xiucai, most of these people are scholars, and they are very enthusiastic when they see Liu Yuanshan coming to see him, after all, this is the Ming Dynasty and not the Later Heavenly Dynasty, the social atmosphere is pure, and the relationship between people is morally constrained, not the kind of pure interests and money values.

"Master Zhang, this is something that Wang Xun, the king of our village, asked the kid to bring to you, he didn't have time to come, saying that he missed it very much, and recently made a new gadget at home to open your eyes." Liu Yuanshan introduced while taking out the osmanthus soap to explain how to use it.

The people who received the gift were very happy and said that they would definitely return the gift!

Liu Yuanshan was naturally very happy in his heart.

After visiting more than a dozen family members in half a day, the osmanthus soap in his pocket went to 20 yuan, and the rest in his hand was only more than 30 yuan. But Liu Yuanshan did not feel sorry for giving away twenty pieces of osmanthus soap for nothing, on the contrary, this was his conspiracy

"Is this thing really as good as you say?" On the way back, Second Uncle Mao looked at the bright yellow cylinder in his hand and asked with some puzzlement.

"Of course!" Liu Yuanshan smiled slightly and said, "I gave out twenty yuan as a gift, and I plan to sell the rest on the streets of Xiangyang Mansion." ”

Before, I was worried that others would covet my own things, but now that the family of three has been cleaned out of the house by the Dong family, I can't care so much anymore. The most urgent thing at the moment is money, as long as you take off the osmanthus soap in your hand, the dilemma can be solved.

Liu Yuanshan looked for a place with a large population on the main street of Xiangyang Mansion, spent 20 yuan to get a brand-new small wooden basin, and fetched half a basin of water, and stood on the side of the street.

"How do you sell it?" Second Uncle Mao asked: "We don't even have a shop, can we sell what we can sell while standing on the street?" ”

"Don't worry, look at me!" Liu Yuanshan looked like he was in his chest. I don't know how many routines he sells in later generations, and today he sells a small osmanthus soap on the street, and it's not a matter of getting his hands dirty?

It didn't take long for a few people to gather around, and from their astonished glances, it was all about the excitement, because they couldn't understand what a half-grown child was doing with a basin of water on the pavement!

Even an SX man who sold children not far away was curious.

"This baby, isn't it selling cold water?" An old man asked curiously.

"Hey, hey!" Liu Yuanshan pretended to be profound, but he didn't answer.

He is ready to demonstrate on the spot, so that the people of Xiangyang Mansion can understand the magic of osmanthus soap, so that they will not worry about selling.

But now there is one problem: there are no dirty clothes on site!

The standard of dirty clothes in his heart is: the dirtier the better, because the dirtier it is, the more it can show the decontamination ability of osmanthus soap, and the more it can cause a sensation.

His eyes looked around for a while, and he happened to see the sx man who sold his children next to him, Liu Yuanshan walked over with a smile, stretched out his hand and groped out twenty yuan from his arms, handed it to the eldest housewife and said, "Auntie, can you understand me?" ”

When he spoke, he deliberately showed a little sx accent, and the woman really understood, nodded vigorously, looked at the twenty yuan without blinking, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then shook his head and said: "This young master, I don't sell Erlang, nor Erlang." If you're kind, take all four of my children, and I don't want a penny. ”

Liu Yuanshan was slightly stunned.

The woman said, "I will starve to death, as long as you promise to feed these four children, I, I don't want a penny from you." ”

Her family was originally a wealthy family, and there was a famine and bandit disaster in her hometown, and the family couldn't survive, so she ran all the way from northern Shaanxi to Xiangyang, along the way the man died, the eldest daughter was sold, and finally only these four children followed to Xiangyang.

The eldest of the four children was fifteen or sixteen years old, a boy, the little boy was only in his thirteen or fourteen years, and two younger girls were even about ten years old.

Generally, rich people buy people to be able to work, but if these four people pack and buy together, it is very worthwhile, because the children are too young to work, and they will lose a lot if they live for a few years. So the woman sold her four children in a package, but for a few days they were not noticed.

"Huh!" Liu Yuanshan stroked his forehead and said, "No, no, no, auntie, I'm not here to buy your child, I'm here to buy something from you." Pointing to the big burden behind the little girl, he said, "Give me a dirty dress, the dirtier the better!" ”

"Ah......" The woman was stunned, and the people next to her were also stunned.

Immediately, there was a burst of discussion.

"This, this kid is stupid, twenty wen to buy a dirty clothes, the dirtier the better?"

"Yes, eighty percent is a heartless person."

"Maybe it's a pity for this family, maybe that child looks very clever, and it doesn't seem like he lacks heart."

……

Liu Yuanshan didn't care about the following discussions, and secretly said that you should talk about it, the more lively the better.

"What? You don't sell? Liu Yuanshan asked deliberately.

"Sell, sell, sell!" Twenty wen is enough for their family of five to eat two full meals, how can she be unwilling, she immediately took out a piece of clothing from the burden and handed it to Liu Yuanshan.

Liu Yuanshan didn't even look at it carefully, put it in his hand and shook it, and said, "No, it's too clean, change it!" ”

The clothes in the baggage are very dirty, and it is difficult to tell which one is the dirtiest, and Liu Yuanshan doesn't mind if it's the dirtiest, but what he wants is this effect, delaying time to attract the attention of the people around him.

Then, the woman took out one, and Liu Yuanshan always said no, almost rummaged through her baggage, and it took about ten minutes to find the cotton gown worn by the youngest little girl from inside.

Of course, it's dirty, almost dirty, and you can't see the original color.

But Liu Yuanshan was very satisfied with this dress.