"Two dogs? Ergou, where did you go? Hurry up and go home, otherwise the second sister will roast you. Cheng Ge'er searched around the end of the village, and after not seeing Ergou, he could only run out of the end of the village and continue to search.

When passing by the big millstone in the middle of the village, Brother Cheng was stopped by a group of women in the village: "Brother Cheng, eh, Brother Cheng, you are out, come over quickly, the aunts have something to ask you?" ”

When Brother Cheng heard this, Danfeng glanced at them and said with an endorsement: "My eldest brother has sworn a poisonous oath, and he will not say kiss before he is admitted to the lifter." ”

So you'd better die of this heart, don't say anything about my eldest brother and your nieces and nieces, I'm tired of hearing it.

How did you know that the woman in the village had changed her routine, ran over and grabbed his arm and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, the village chief has taught us a lesson, how can we still beat your eldest brother's idea?" Aunts, I want to ask you, when do you plan to say hello to your cousin? You have to say it quickly, or you'll be old. ”

Brother Cheng continued to endorse: "Cousin Ming made a more poisonous oath, saying that he would not say his relatives before he was admitted." ”

As he spoke, he quietly withdrew his grabbed arm.

The woman was annoyed: "What's the matter with your family?" In addition to liking to report to the official, why do you like to swear poison? ”

Aren't you afraid that if it comes true, you will be killed by lightning?

"Axe Niang, don't ask him, this kid is a nerd, what can he know? If you want to know, it's better to spend five cents to ask Gu Dewang, that kid knows a lot and loves to sell news. He Yanshou's mother said as she spoke, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Eh, Gu Dewang is almost thirteen, eh, young man, you can marry a daughter-in-law!" His family is getting richer and richer, and his cousin is still a showman, if anyone can marry Gu Dewang, it would be good. ”

Cheng Ge'er: "......"

Your heart has become too fast, and in a blink of an eye, you hit the idea on Brother Wang, but can you beat it? Brother Wang'er is shrewd like that, aren't you afraid of being killed by him?

Brother Cheng didn't pay attention to them anymore, continued to look for Ergouzi, and finally found it in the big kitchen of the workshop house.

"Ergouzi, you are too unproductive, the big dog went to hunt rabbits, but you came here to steal meat to eat, is it a shame? You're a wolf, not a dog. Brother Cheng picked up the second dog, went to find Gu Dashan, and followed him home after Gu Dashan was done.

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The next day is the day of the flowing water feast, it is not dawn there are villagers with congratulatory gifts, fortunately the Gu family has been prepared, it is in the middle of the night to get up and boil a few large pots of meat porridge, the villagers came to drink the meat porridge first.

"Drink some meat porridge to cushion your stomach first, and then eat the noodles at noon." Gu Dafu said to everyone with a smile, he was quite happy, he got up in the middle of the night to help, and he didn't feel tired until dawn.

"Eh, there's still meat porridge to drink, there's quite a lot of meat." The villagers looked at the meat porridge in the big wooden bowl, they were so excited, the Gu family is really developed, this flowing water banquet has not started, so they will drink meat porridge, I don't know how rich this flowing water banquet will be?

The villagers were very happy, drank a full meal of meat porridge, and continued to wait for the noon hard vegetable feast.

There are also some villagers who come with their daughters, and they want to try their luck again, in case their daughters are taken by Xiucai Gong or Xiucai Gong's mother, it is also possible to make a second room.

It's a pity that Luo Wu took the officials to stay outside the workshop early in the morning, and also explained to Mai Dong and Sanqi, who were doing the registration and receiving work, and asked them to say to all the villagers who came to eat the banquet: "The county order has an order, and no one is allowed to entangle a few talented people, and those who violate the order will be immediately put into prison and fined more than five taels of silver." ”

With this, the big guy didn't dare to make a second time no matter how much he thought about it, so the flowing water banquet was happy to eat and be safe.

Mr. Ouyang also brought Ah Song here, he was wearing straw sandals, coarse linen clothes, and a straw hat, and he really dressed himself up as an old peasant.

I didn't go into the workshop to eat, so I followed the big guy to eat the flowing water mat outside the house, and boasted: "This peasant food is really delicious, it is not inferior to the delicacies in the restaurant, and even more flavorful." ”

A thin old man at the same table glanced at him and said disdainfully: "The delicacies in the restaurant are as if you had eaten in the restaurant, don't blow it, eat it quickly." This eats flowing water mats, and you can't eat good things if your hands are slow. ”

After speaking, a piece of pig's trotter was pierced with a chopstick, and then brought it up, and the pig's trotter immediately fell into his mouth, and a piece of meat was torn off.

And there are quite a few people at the same table who do this.

Seeing this, Mr. Ouyang smiled and said: "Old brothers, you don't need to do this, the Gu family makes a lot of meat dishes, and I heard that after eating, they will give us a bamboo box of meat dishes separately for us to take home to eat." ”

The old man from before said: "I heard it, who knows if there is one?" It's better to hide some first, otherwise people who don't come to the house won't be able to eat, and they will make a fuss when they go home. ”

complained again: "The Gu family is too stingy, so rich, why only set up a running water table for one day?" If my grandson is admitted to Xiucai, I have to put him for three days and three nights. ”

There were people at the same table who knew him and said with a disdainful smile: "Old man Yang, you can rest, not to mention that your grandson doesn't know a single big character, even if he is really admitted to Xiucai, you can't set up a three-day flowing water banquet, and it would be good to eat your bowl of multigrain porridge with some meat oil." ”

Old man Yang was so frightened that he had nothing to say, but the action of picking up the vegetables was very fast, and he didn't delay eating at all.

Mr. Ouyang couldn't laugh when he saw this, but the peasant family looked rude, but it was extremely funny.

"What are you laughing at, hurry up and eat, just laugh, that dish can run into your mouth by itself?" Old man Yang glared at Mr. Ouyang, and then continued to eat.

After listening to this, Mr. Ouyang also learned that they ate the dishes quickly, and they were quite happy to eat.

The other villagers who came to eat the flowing water banquet were also very happy, not only ate a full feast full of meat and vegetables, but also got a box of untouched meat and vegetables before leaving, which was too happy.

But they rejoiced one day, and the next day something happened that made them cry.

When the county commander Zheng returned, he sent officials and clerks to the village and told them about the tax increase.

When the villagers heard this, they were all shocked: "What? Not only will the grain tax and the poll tax be doubled, but we will also have to pay the anti-Rong tax, and we have to pay one or two pieces of silver, eh, this is our life, we have so much silver for you!! ”

Because of the Chu Emperor's tax increase, the entire Jianghuai, Jiangnan, Zhili and other places were in chaos, and the peasants were crying and shouting, saying that there was no money, but the government could not do anything, this was an order from the emperor himself.

When Gu Jinli heard the news, he was so shocked that he was almost stupid, Emperor Chu was crazy, right? Crazy, right? If you weren't crazy, how would a normal person do such a thing?

An anti-Rong tax costs one or two taels of silver per person, does the emperor think that everyone in Dachu is worth a hundred taels of silver?

She immediately found Gu Jin'an: "Big brother, you go to Mr. Ouyang to talk to see if he can unite the nobles of the family in the capital and let the emperor take back his fate?" Otherwise, I am afraid that there will be a river of blood. ”

Gu Jin'an's face was dark and gloomy, and he was already so angry that he couldn't speak, and only said after a while: "You take care of your family, I will go to Mr. Ouyang immediately." ”

Instead of taking a mule cart, he asked Luo Wu to borrow a horse and rode to town.

Ouyang Ming also heard about this, and was he discussing with Mr. Ouyang what to do?