"When long" "When long"

With a few sounds of Tie Lingzi touching, Xin Laosan took Xiaohuzi into the salt house of Niushifang. On the door of the house where the salt house entered, there were hanging iron diamonds. Whoever enters this salt house must use his hand to remove the iron rhombus hanging on the door of the house before he can enter the house.

Xiaohuzi saw Daddy lift those Tie Lingzi hanging on the door of the house. Listening to the sound of the iron lingzi colliding with each other, it was very curious. But he was only four years old, and he couldn't reach it.

Just like that, Xin Laosan and Xiaohuzi walked into the salt house. I saw that the huge room was clean. At this time, there were already a lot of various skins piled up in many places in the house. Little Huzi looked at those ones and piled up piles of skins. I've never seen so many skins before, and the appearance of piling them up is very novel!

"Here we go! Come on! ”

Not long after Xin Laosan and Xiaohuzi entered the salt house. A skinny old man in his early sixties came out of the room. The little old man was wearing a blue cloth robe that had been washed and washed a little white. A linen belt around his waist and a pair of leather boots on his feet.

When the little old man saw that it was Xin Laosan, Yixi hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Oops! Xin Sanye! There you are! ”

Xin Laosan hugged his fist at the little old man: "Old Wu Tou'er, I haven't seen you for a few days." ”

Old Wu nodded at Xin Laosan, and then looked at the little tiger who was squatting next to a pile of skins and kept looking at him: "Third master, is this your baby?" ”

Xin Laosan nodded: "Yes!" Toilet! Why don't you come over and say hello to your old man Wu. ”

Xiaohuzi listened to Daddy's words, and then hurriedly stood up. said to the thin old man who was smiling at him, "Hello old man Wu! I'm a tiger! ”

Old Wu Tou'er smiled: "This little baby has a tiger head and a tiger brain!" No wonder it's called Huzi! ”

Xin Laosan pulled Xiaohuzi and helped him take off the skins on his back. Old Wu Tou'er was not hypocritical, and took over those skins with his hands and feet. Immediately, he took some of the skins he was carrying from Xin Sanye's hands.

Old Wu Tou'er is the official servant of this bull market who collects leather tax and exchanges skin for salt with the government. Servants, a group of people who help with errands under the official commissioners. Because the local government cannot send the service, it is stationed all over the old forest all the year round. As a result, there is such a group of servants who help the servants to collect leather taxes and exchange salt. These servants who helped the government collect leather taxes and exchange salt were also Tun people in the old forest. And the government has the help of this group of servants who help the servants collect leather taxes and exchange salt. You don't have to come to or stay in the old woods from time to time. Every few months, the government officials only need to come and take the skins and bring some salt.

And the government is also on guard against these servants who are from Tun people. There will also be rules for the collection of leather taxes, as well as the rate at which salt is exchanged for skins. But they are also stuck with these, and the servants who are sent by the government can't get much oil and water. On the contrary, the servants who came to collect the skins were able to reap a lot of benefits in the middle. And these individual servants who are the government's helpers also know how to read because they have to help the government run errands. But he has also become a rare master in the old forest.

Since beating the ancestors of the old Wu Tou'er, their family has been helping the government officials for generations. Although the ancestors of the old Wu Tou'er family are also Tun people, his family is not the common leather family of Tun people. It's a person who has the status of a helper. With these poor households, their families are also exempt from leather tax. The government paid them salt as a salary, and did not give them a single penny. The head of his family is also in the imperial court, and it is stipulated that the Tun people are the queen of the skin. has always been a helper who helps collect skins.

Old Wu Tou'er inherited this status as a servant from his ancestors and fathers. He has been doing it until now. Back in the days when there were no cattle shops in this forest, he was a servant in the woods elsewhere. It was only later that I received the errand documents from the local government officials, and I came here from other forests.

Some people say that Old Wu Touer is a blessed man. It all started when he first came to this forest. As soon as the old Wu Tou came to help in this forest, he caught up with the wolf leader beating the grass valley more than ten years ago! Because he was sent to the Changjiaji that was still in the Changjiaji at that time, and he was a servant of the salt house in the Changjiaji. So he survived the wolf head beating the grass valley peacefully. Later, he was again in previous years. He came to this bull market from Changjiaji to work as a servant, but once again escaped the death of Changjiaji being killed by the wolf leader overnight. Therefore, everyone who is familiar with the old Wu Touer. It is said that his old Wu Tou'er is a blessed person in his life, and he has avoided these two dangerous things.

And the acquaintance of Lao Wu Touer and Xin Laosan. It was also in Xin Laosan who received the invitation of the Changjiaji, the old lady of the Shi clan. Because during that time, Xin Laosan often lived in Changjiaji, so he had a relationship with Xin Laosan. He also saw with his own eyes that Xin Laosan was a person who crossed the horse in Changjiaji at that time.

It is precisely because he knows that Xin Laosan is a well-known good man in the old forest. When Xin Laosan moved within dozens of miles from Niushifang, every time he came to the salt house of Niushifang to pay the leather tax and exchange for salt. He will always take care of this good man in the old forest quietly.

When the old Wu head put Xin Laosan's and those skins in order. He took out a large, rusty key from his bosom. Old Wu Tou'er, who was holding the big key, and Xin Laosan came to a big wooden box with a lock on it. Xin Laosan took out a small sackcloth bag from his waist. Wait for the old Wu Tou to open the lock of the big box.

As Old Wu Tou'er opened the big box, he saw that it was half a box of yellow and white salt. On top of the salt, there was also a small shovel that was also a little rusted. Old Wu picked up the small shovel that was inserted in the salt, and shoveled a large shovel full of salt. Immediately, he poured the shovel full of salt into the pocket that had already opened in Xin Laosan's hand.

After Lao Wu tou'er shoveled two shovels in a row, he finally scooped up a small half shovel of salt and poured it into Xin Laosan's burlap bag before it was finished.

Xin Laosan weighed the salt in his hand, which was not yet half a small bag. He frowned slightly, and said to the old Wu Tou'er who was about to lock the big wooden box: "Old Wu Tou'er, why is there less than half a shovel of salt this time?" ”

After listening to Xin Laosan's question, Old Wu Tou'er sighed, locked the lock on the big wooden box and said, "Hey! Sensei! Third master, just in recent months. Anyway, the old man from the township has changed! I heard, I heard that the former errand master seems to have been promoted to an official! Isn't it amazing, you say? ”

Xin Laosan weighed the small half-pocket salt in his hand and said, "The errand master who left was pulled out into an official, what does it have to do with the salt here with us?" ”

Old Wu Tou'er cried and said, "That's a big deal!" The old man who used to be an errand was promoted and promoted to a servant. No, isn't the new one coming when the old one is gone? This newcomer, the errand master who cares about our area, hey! Isn't it settled, the rules of this less than half a shovel! Also, recently, even the price of the iron objects in this bull market has risen a lot! ”

Xin Laosan frowned and snorted coldly: "Hmph! It's really gone, the old one is coming to the new! It's really dark! It was obviously three shovels full of salt, but it became two and a half shovels! After saying that, it was said that it was full of three shovels of salt. When I go back, I am throwing away the sea sand and gravel inside, and I am afraid that there will be less than two shovels! That's good, all of a sudden, half a shovel of salt is missing! ”

Old Wu shook his head: "Hey! Third Master! What else can I say? Even my monthly salt pay made the new servant deduct some of it. It's not just the salt house in our cattle market, but also the help of other markets in this forest. and all of them have deducted their salaries. ”

Xin Laosan also knew that Old Wu Touer was also helpless, and he was saying that this was not something that Old Wu Touer could say. He also respects the old Wu Touer, because the old Wu Touer is a rare Tun person who knows how to read.

Xin Laosan didn't say anything, he silently wrapped up the less than half a pocket of salt. Then he tied the sack of salt to the linen belt around his waist and said, "Hey! Old Wu Touer doesn't need to say more! I also know that you can't do it! Ay! ”

Old Wu Tou'er put the rusty big key into his arms again: "Hey! No way! No way! Third Master Xin, take care of it more! Don't talk about you, the old forest people who have come to Niushifang to pay skin tax and exchange salt for these months. The big guys are also very angry! But, but this is also a helpless thing! Can we still fight with the official servant master? ”

Xin Laosan nodded slightly, not saying anything. He also heard from the old people what had happened before. When the imperial court promulgated these rules to the scalp in the hands of the people. It's not that there are no unconvinced Tunren men making trouble! But in the end, he was beheaded by the border army of the state capital of Daxing Yunshan! Not to mention those tun people who were implicated by the troublemakers, and the whole tunzi was killed by the border army of the state capital!

Xin Laosan thought about it and couldn't help but sigh. This world is really unfair to them, the people who live in the old forest! The wolf leader outside the customs secretly crossed the Daxingyun Mountains and Forests every time to enter the customs. The first to suffer are these Tun people who live in the old forest! There is also the oppression and exploitation of the imperial court in the Guannai! Even take a bite of coarse salt with sea grit. I have to use my own skin, which I have worked hard to hunt for a long time!

But what can he do? Like those Tunren men who used to make trouble? He is a good man, but he really doesn't want to do something that will affect others! Not to mention, even if you're living alone. The imperial court will also change its tricks to punish the people of the old forest!

After Xin Laosan said a few more words to Old Wu Tou'er, he called out a little sullenly, still looking at the little tiger in front of a pile of skins, and went to the door of the house. Little Huzi can't wait for a long time! immediately pulled the corner of Daddy's clothes and quickly got out of the salt house.

"When long" "When long"

With a few crisp sounds of iron lingzi, the old Wu Tou'er slowly returned to the inner room of the house.