Chapter 39: It's Not Easy to Buckle Your Hat (Fifth Update)

The rice seedlings were stunned, and their eyes were hurt. The withered grass is yellow, and it is difficult to find cattle and sheep.

Henan Province, so far has not fallen a little rain, the drought is a foregone conclusion, the only thing that makes the people here feel a little better is that the locust plague has no need to worry, in addition to more than 30,000 poultry from afar, the local poultry here have also been released.

During the day, they relied on these things to eat grasshoppers, and at night, the people lit fires to attract the locusts, and these days of hunting and killing finally did not let the locust plague spread to other places, and the local people also got some grain from other places, as well as the eggs laid by the poultry.

In particular, some people who were close to the Yellow River rushed to the mouth of the sea in the shallower water with small rafts, where they bought some things at a very low price, loaded them and shipped them back, which could be exchanged for a lot of eggs.

Some diligent people even after walking a few back and forth, found that their income was not only not less than before, but more, which made them more grateful to Zhangjia Zhuangzi when they were happy, especially Cherry and Xiaohong.

Xiaohong and Cherry got up today and were going to continue to find some remaining locusts for the poultry to eat, but they suddenly got the news that the master of the two Zhuangzi of Zhang Wang was made official, and at the same time, a lot of food was added.

"Xiaohong, we succeeded, and finally forced the people above to give the reward and let it go, don't eat it, go back, go back immediately, and bring all the poultry back, anyway, there are not many locusts here, and the dried seafood that has not been shipped back this time will be transported back together."

When Cherry heard the good news, she didn't want to stay here anymore, and she wanted to go back and celebrate, and her eyes were red with excitement.

"Cherry, you have made a great contribution now, so many poultry are all hatched by you, it's worth it, we've been tired here for so many days, it's all worth it, the seven-rank official, it's as big as the county order."

Xiaohong took Cherry's hand, jumping and jumping there, she finally completed the things that the little boy and the little lady explained, earned merit for Zhuangzi, and received a lot of things, these things are taken back, the little boy is of great use.

Xu Si, Er Niu and others also ran over at this time, with an excited look, this is the first time they have encountered such an exciting thing, especially Xu Si, this time he has organized a lot of people, for so many years, there has never been a day like today, so that he can participate in meeting a matter related to Zhuangzi's life and death.

Thinking about it again, when he was messing around in Gejia Zhuangzi, he knelt on the ground with a thud and shouted loudly: "God has eyes, you sent my four dogs to the little boy, did you see it?" See? My four dogs also have today, from today on, I don't have the surname Xu anymore, my surname is Zhang, my name is Zhang Si. ”

The people around looked at him, no one laughed, they knew what kind of life Xu Si had lived, and they were also glad to have met the little boy and the little lady, so they had the opportunity to dominate the life and death of Zhuangzi, they succeeded, not only pressed the court with righteousness and gave a reward, but also earned a lot of things back this time.

When you return to Zhuangzi, you must see the happy appearance of the little boy and the little lady, and the future Zhangjia Zhuangzi will not live like those other ordinary Zhuangzi.

With Cherry's order, more than 30,000 poultry were gathered, and countless local cars were hired to carry these 'heroes' and the things they had exchanged, and they marched back.

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Zhangjia Zhuangzi, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were lying on the couch, one holding a book in their hands, watching there boredly, and the two of them had now suspended their exercise and were bent on recuperating from their injuries.

"Don't look at it, Xiaobao, it's okay this time, right? Can you still go to wilderness survival training? Wang Juan put aside the middle in his hand, looked up at the ceiling and said.

"Let's see if the legs can be good, if it's good, let's go and see, if it's not good, then continue to raise, their big children will be long, and there will be many days before the training on the grassland can be over." Zhang Xiaobao also felt a little troubled, he was recuperating from his injuries all day long, and he couldn't do anything.

"Oh, then wait, Xiaobao, do you know Yunnan Baiyao? That thing recovers quickly, so it's better to get some out. Wang Juan promised it, but he was still a little unwilling.

Zhang Xiaobao shook his head, "This thing is too difficult, I heard that there is a kind of one called Teng Sanqi, I don't know if it is the same as Sanqi, I have never seen it, die of this heart, sleep, sleep to recover the body the fastest." ”

"It's a good sleep, don't look at it, eat when you wake up, sleep when you're full, and hum twice when you're happy." Wang Juan closed his eyes and muttered.

"Yes, like a pig." Zhang Xiaobao replied and closed his eyes.

******

The night came quickly, and Li Cheng, who had been tossing for two days, rushed to Tuqiao Village again, he couldn't bear the difficulty, asked for a yard among the water clouds, slept in it until dawn, and held the image that he had drawn by others with his memory, and began to wander around Zhangjiazhuangzi here.

It was cool early in the morning, walked around, was stunned and didn't see the master, stood outside the school and listened to the child reading for a while, and found that the day was already hot, so he had to go to the market, where there were already people staying all day, especially the tea stall, as long as the day was slightly hot, it would definitely not be missed, even if there were few people who came to drink tea, he could also sit there and feel the summer.

"Old man, you have too few people in this stall, can you make money by staying for a day?" Li Cheng asked for a bowl of tea, drank it there, and put a handful of white melon seeds in front of him on a small plate, and ate one from time to time, thinking of the master, he asked the old man who was boiling water there.

"At this time, there are few people, and it will be fine in the afternoon, there are many people, there is no place to sit, and you can't make too much money, but it's better than farming, I can't compare to the three Zhuangzi here, and there is nothing in the drought." After the old man finished adding firewood, he brought a small bench, sat aside, looked at the sky, and said to Li Cheng.

Li Chengqiang endured and swallowed the unpalatable tea, put the bowl aside, grabbed the white melon seeds, and ate them slowly, thinking about things in his heart and not speaking.

"Young man, you're not a local, are you, looking at the noodles, do you want to buy more things here and sell them elsewhere? I advise you to go, the things here are not allowed to be bought and sold, if you are wealthy, go to the grocery store over there, find Ergou, and he will give you a price at that time. ”

The old man was also bored, and looked at Li Cheng, thinking that he was a businessman who came to do business, and he was afraid that he didn't understand the rules, so he persuaded him beside him.

Li Cheng was thinking about where the master lived and when he would be able to show up, when he heard the old man's words, he was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously, "Why can't you buy it here directly?" Wouldn't it be cheaper if I bought more? ”

"Young man, do you really want to buy something?" The old man asked rhetorically.

"Well, being idle is also idle, look at what goods are here, buy them and sell them elsewhere for good luck, can't you just buy them, you have to find that dog?" Li Cheng really wondered now, it was the first time he had heard that money couldn't buy things.

The old man smiled, got up and added some boiling water to Li Cheng's bowl, grabbed an extra handful of white melon seeds and put them on the plate in front of Li Cheng, and said: "The price of the things here is all up to the second dog.

At first glance, you know that you want to buy more to keep the price down, it's useless, no matter how much you buy, it's at this price, if you want to be cheap, you can only find Ergou, otherwise, no one dares to give you a holiday when you buy something. ”

"What? Is the two dogs more powerful than the government, what he says? I don't believe it anymore. Li Cheng, who didn't think anything about it, heard what the old man said, and felt that the second dog was too arrogant, he dared to set a price, why?

"If you don't believe it, you have to hold on, no one here dares to disagree, who doesn't agree, who doesn't want to do business here in the future, this place is the king's Zhuangzi, let you go, do you dare not go? Don't be so grumpy, young man, it's okay that no one has come to deceive anyone. ”

The old man has met such a person more than once, and he has said the same thing many times, and there are people who are more angry, but in the end they are still driven away, not to mention that he doesn't want some foreign merchants to mess up this price, buy low and sell high, where is the poor man's market?

Li Cheng now understood, the place of the Wang family Zhuangzi, naturally whoever he wants to come can come, and those who do not follow the rules can only be driven away, thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt that there was a way to threaten the Wang family Zhuangzi, and asked the old man: "Old man, how much tax do you have to pay here?" Who will collect it? It can't be that second dog, right? ”

As he spoke, he just waited for the old man to tell the tax, and then he was asking others, in that case, a person who privately took money and despised the court would be deducted, and the more serious one was rebellion, why did you dare to collect taxes on behalf of the court if you didn't rebel?

The old man looked at Li Cheng's appearance, and sighed again, "Young man, put away your little bit of caution, what taxes are there here?" I only rented a house to put things and sleep, and there is no tax on the usual sales, don't think about suing the official, even if you say this, there will be more people for a while, don't open your mouth, otherwise no one will stop you if you are beaten. ”

"No taxes? Do they just give someone a place for nothing? Great good man? Li Cheng was even more confused, thinking that the old man was lying to him, and sneered.

"Young man, go quickly, I don't want the tea money, don't come in the future, make trouble for them, that is to cut off our way of life." The old man's temper also came up, put away the things in front of Li Cheng, and waved his hand like a fly.