Said that this Houpu County, the land is barren, the people are tightening their belts to live, when the locust plague comes, the county prince can't eat, and the leader leads the people to the south to take refuge.

The Rong family is a prominent family in Houpu County, and the ancestors once served as big officials in the court and accumulated a lot of wealth, until the generation of Lord Rong was very rich.

When the county magistrate took the people to flee, he also persuaded Master Rong to go south together, but Master Rong was very stubborn, saying that even if he died, he would die with his ancestors.

Those who were about to flee all felt that Master Rong was stupid, shook their heads and sighed, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood.

To this day, the Rong family has nearly 100 people up and down, and they are still guarding in Houpu County.

So how are they doing?

Not only did they not shrink their clothes and diet, but everyone gained weight, and even the dogs raised at home were fat and strong, which was incompatible with this bleak environment.

The reason why the Rong family can live like this is that Master Rong has the means and the way to make money.

For example, early in the morning, Master Rong ordered someone to cook porridge, steamed steamed buns, and placed them at the city gate.

Of course, he is not doing charity, if he wants to eat, he has to buy it with money, and if he doesn't have money, he can exchange it for valuable objects on his body.

In a place like Houpu County, the refugees have long since run out of dry food, but it cannot be ruled out that they still have some ancestral objects that they are most reluctant to use.

Either die, or exchange ancestral objects for some food, many people can't hold back, so Master Rong makes a lot of money.

"Please, it's okay, my child hasn't eaten for two days!" A woman with a child in her arms rushed to the porridge shed and knelt down for Master Rong.

The subordinates of the Rong family were about to drive them away, but Master Rong shouted slowly and reprimanded the subordinates: "How do you teach you on weekdays, how can you be so rude?"

The subordinates explained: "Master, she has come to make trouble a few times, and she has no money." ”

"Do you want to turn away if you don't have money?" said Master Rong.

The subordinates looked at each other: "What does the master mean, do you want to give porridge for free?"

"Pigs, you!" "Master Rong looked like he hated iron but not steel, "She said that if you don't have money, you don't have money? ”

The people suddenly came to their senses, and immediately called an old mother to drag the crying woman down and search her body.

"Remember, don't leave the sandwich and insoles of your clothes behind!" Master Rong advised.

This scene was seen by several refugees who were about to beg for porridge, and they silently turned around and left.

If you want to ask for a bowl of porridge from such a person, it is better to ask the gods and Buddhas to appear.

The refugees dispersed quickly, but there was a young man who did not leave, his name was Tang Li, because his father's legs and feet were inconvenient, and the official road was occupied by bandits, so he carried his father on his back and walked thousands of miles of mountain roads, resulting in arriving in Houpu County at this time.

His father was now in a coma because he was weak and did not have enough food, and Tang Li had to get something to eat.

He took out a piece of quaint jade from the inner placket, which was handed down by their Tang family ancestors, although he was reluctant, but in order to keep his father alive, he could only use it in exchange for rations.

"Master Rong, right? I want to exchange this jade for some food!" Tang Li gritted his teeth and stepped forward to say.

Master Rong was listless, and the more the victims in the future, the more oil and water they had to fish, but when he saw this piece of green and shiny jade, he immediately came to his senses, grabbed it, and looked carefully through the sun: "Good jade, good jade!"

Tang Li breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I want to exchange twenty pieces of scone cakes and fifty taels of silver!"

If Tang Li could go to the southern states, this Kuai Zuyu would be able to sell for at least a hundred taels of silver, but in this desolate land, it would naturally be greatly discounted, so Tang Li was not greedy.

When Master Rong heard this, he shook his head with a smile and stretched out two fingers.

"Twenty taels?" Tang Li knew that this Master Rong was a master who ate people and didn't spit out bones, so he gritted his teeth after all, "Okay, twenty taels is twenty taels!"

"Tsk!" Master Rong shook his head again, "You misunderstood, I was talking about two scones." ”

Tang Li was furious: "I'm not selling!"

I wanted to take back the jade pendant, but unexpectedly, Master Rong took the jade pendant into his arms, and several thugs from the Rong Mansion came forward, majestic.

"You...... You're robbing!" Tang Li reprimanded.

"Look at you are also a person who has read books, how can you slander people's innocence with your mouth, this is a deal. Master Rong grabbed two scones and threw them in front of Tang Li, "Take the cakes, get out!"

Tang Li couldn't hold back any longer, and rushed up to bite Master Na Rong, but his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and he was soon beaten to the ground by the thugs.

"I still want to snatch things and beat me to death. Master Rong looked dissatisfied, and then picked up the two scones on the ground with a smile, patted the dust, and put them back in the basket.

"Walk by, don't miss it, freshly baked scones and steamed porridge!"

......

Tang Li was beaten, and his already weak body became weaker and weaker, and his steps faltered.

He lost Zuyu and didn't get any food, he was so sad and indignant that he wanted to die.

I thought I'd pick up my father later, find a clean place outside the city, and just go.

At this time, Tang Li suddenly heard a shout: "Guanyin soil is free to exchange for maren candy, the quantity is limited, first come, first served!"

Following the sound, a young boss was guarding a black stone-like object, holding a huge kitchen knife in his right hand, which looked quite scary.

This person is Qin Fei, he has been shouting for half an hour since the morning, but no customer has come to the door, even if there are victims passing in front of him, he will turn a deaf ear.

If Qin Fei stopped anyone, the sick victims would be like being beaten with chicken blood, and they would run away, and they wouldn't be able to catch them.

Qin Fei wondered, aren't these people hungry, why are they running?

As everyone knows, these people have seen Master Rong's methods at the city gate, and they have long been afraid.

In these years, there are too many routines, saying that it is Guanyin soil for that kind of sugar, and if you don't do it, you have to put your life into it, and you panic when you look at Qin Fei's kitchen knife.

Can't afford to provoke, can't afford to provoke, refugees generally have this mentality, and they are afraid to avoid it.

Tang Li stood for a moment, walked over expressionlessly, took a bag from his waist, and slapped it on Qin Fei's case.

In the bag was the Guanyin soil that had been excavated before, and Tang Li had already eaten a lot, and he couldn't eat it anymore, otherwise he would die.

He had been in the hands of Master Rong before, and he was holding back the fire in his belly, so he wanted to fight to the death with Qin Fei, who seemed to be a liar, if he didn't win and was slaughtered by the other party, he would have to go to the grave.

Qin Fei didn't know what this person was thinking, he just felt that it was finally open, weighed the weight of Guanyin soil, cut off an equal weight of maren candy, wrapped it in kraft paper, and handed it to Tang Li: "Thank you for your patronage." ”

Tang Li was holding the maren candy in his hand, he was at a loss for a while, he thought it would be a scam, but he didn't expect things to go so smoothly?

This disrupted Tang Li's rhythm, and he looked confused: "You...... Are you sure?"

Qin Fei was stunned, and took the maren candy back.

Although he was taken away from something, Tang Li breathed a sigh of relief, this is right, a liar should look like a liar.

Unexpectedly, Qin Fei took the marline candy, cut a small piece and wrapped it in, and said to himself: "Well, the amount was a little worse just now, but now it's enough." ”

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