Chapter 42: Stealing Beams and Changing Pillars
Three days later, a cheerful sound woke up the lonely town, and the people in the makeshift wooden hut closest to it came out to look after hearing the sound.
But seeing that the old appearance of fan spinning has changed to a new look, after a few days, the goods inside have all turned into bags of cloth bags full of grain, and the words on the signboard of the store have also been replaced by Mujia rice shop, and the little girl who often gives porridge is knocking on the gong.
After Shen Xue waited for the momentum to build up, she watched the people slowly gather over, then put away the gong, and in the surprised eyes of everyone, she inserted a sign engraved with 'one liter of rice' into the rice bag at the entrance of the store.
The crowd suddenly shouted, this is half cheaper than the previous price of rice!
The crowd was in a commotion, coaxing, Shen Xue saw this, picked up the gong and struck it vigorously, the voice was vast, covering the surrounding noise, "Line up... Line up... There is a lot of rice in the Mu family! Later, there will be several boats of grain shipped, and they will be collected after they are sold out, and the price will never be increased, so they will consciously line up for blind dates! ”
As soon as Shen Xue shouted, the crowd cheered when they heard that there were several boatloads of grain, although they were all temporary tents to live in, but there was still money to buy a few catties of rice after the price was greatly reduced.
Mujia newly opened a rice shop, there is a discount grain news spread, there is a long queue in front of the rice shop, at this time Furun's ship has arrived, the boatman will load the rice bag on a dozen carts, back and forth dozens of times to transport it to finish.
The busy food delivery team provoked other rice shops that had opened to watch, and when they saw this battle, they were a little suspicious, and they went back to deliver letters.
Mu Bingyue welcomed Furun into the house and poured him a cup of tea.
Furun took it, took a sip, and went straight to the point, "Miss Mu, there are some of them here that the Song Governor's Mansion supports the girl, and the girl needs to save some money." ”
Mu Bingyue didn't expect that this prefect would still be so bold, the person sent to the imperial capital to deliver the letter at this time should still be halfway, and he is not afraid that the emperor will investigate him for the crime of 'embezzlement' in the future.
"Boss Fu, don't worry, Li'er will lay on the floor in the granary, and will never let the buns open their mouths - revealing the filling!" Li'er chuckled from the side.
Furun smiled when he heard this, "Miss Li'er is getting more and more funny...... However, this temporary granary is made of cloth, and there have been robberies in other counties. ”
"There are more than 100 Xiu Niang here, as well as the many people treated by the young lady, this situation will never happen." Li'er interjected with a smile on the side.
"Be careful, Bingyue will pay attention." Mu Bingyue asked again: "The Song prefect emptied the inventory without the emperor's consent, if the emperor does not approve this plan in the future, how can the Song prefect pay the errand?" ”
"Miss Mu rest assured, these are the soldiers and rations that have just been requisitioned from the counties under the jurisdiction of the Song Governor's Mansion to prepare for war, and the specific number has not yet been known to the emperor, because some counties cannot be collected, so it has been delayed for a few days, and it was originally going to be sent to the frontier with recruits in a few days, but I never thought about it...... It's also luck, the prefect has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he knows the severity, so we don't have to worry about him. ”
Seeing that Mu Bingyue nodded understandingly, he continued: "Governor Song also concocted the same, and ordered his subordinates to secretly open a grain shop in Weicheng, and Fu Moumou transported dozens of truckloads of rice, and he had to transport a few carts back, and there were only dozens of carts left for Miss Mu!" ”
Mu Bingyue really admired the courage of the Song prefect here, "Bingyue is already grateful to be able to get the help of the Song prefect, Boss Fu will carry a few more cars back in a while, now Bingyue still has some inventory, and there are still few people in Huai County, the forbidden city, not as good as Weicheng, if the Song prefect wants to be powerful, it is better to have more confidence." ”
Mu Bingyue has already calculated that there are more than a dozen cars sent by Furun that she bought and asked him to transport, and there are still a few cars in her own inventory, and there are not too many people here who can afford to buy rice, and she can still hold on for a while.
"No, as the prefect of a city, he can mobilize more than dozens of truckloads of soldiers and rations! Miss Mu can rest assured that she will keep it. ”
Mu Bingyue didn't say much after hearing this, and after the two of them finished discussing, they both went out to check the situation outside and waited for it to get dark.
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The crescent moon rises over the horizon, and a few stars or two are competing for the airspace with the nostalgic remnant of the day. A ray of moonlight floated on the water, and the shadow of the moon kept moving, and rockeries and roof ridges loomed behind the trees. The moonlight filled the streets that had become silent, and only a few starry lights appeared in the town.
Several dark shadows were busy at the docks under the cover of night.
A slightly slender figure slowly moved towards the dock, and a person in the dark shadow looked at it in shock, and when the slender figure walked in, he exhaled when he saw it clearly, "It turned out to be Miss Mu, but it scared Fu to death." ”
Mu Bingyue walked closer and saw the appearance of Furun for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, "Bingyue couldn't sleep, so she came over to take a look." ”
Furun's shoulders spilled, "Miss Mu, in the middle of the night, there are homeless people everywhere in the suburbs, and you are not afraid of anything in your little girl's family?" ”
Mu Bingyue smiled, "It's a blessing or a curse, but you can't avoid it, Bingyue doesn't want to be tied up because of an unknown." ”
Furun shook his head and didn't say much.
Mu Bingyue looked at the busy crowd, "I don't know where the letter was delivered." ”
Furun knew what he was asking, and calculated: "Although it is a waterway, you still have to pass checkpoints along the way...... It will take seven or eight days at the earliest, and it will take six or seven days to come back smoothly, and it will be a year after the dust settles. ”
Yes! It's almost Chinese New Year again! But now in the villages and towns, there is no trace of the New Year's celebration, and every family is closed.
Next year...... What will happen to them?
Mu Bingyue stood silently beside the canal wharf, her black hair fluttering up and down with the winter wind on the water, a few strands of ear hair on her forehead with silver ribbons wrapped around her emaciated shoulders, her jade-like black pupils carrying uneasy thoughts, and the shadow of a silver moon veil, like a fairy who fell into the world by mistake, came with peace and kindness, looking at this red dust and ups and downs of the world with pity.
The beauty of the blur and seclusion can't help but make people's hearts palpitate, and Furun is also momentarily distracted.
"Please also ask Boss Fu to ask the boatmen not to dig in one place, the water level here is shallow, and if you dig sand in one place, it will be easy to be discovered." The sound of Qingquan hitting jade made Fu Run suddenly come back to his senses, he sighed secretly, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates.
There were officers and soldiers in Weicheng to help dig sand, and Furun saved a lot of effort, but this would be in Huai County, where he was unfamiliar with the place, and he could only support himself.
Dozens of people have to load a few boats of sand, or at night, Mu Bingyue also knows that they will really struggle, but her hundred Xiu Niang can't do these heavy work, but she is also a host, how can she sit idly by when the guests come here!
She had already instructed the show girls to pack the cotton and sawdust cloth separately, of course, there were many people, and she didn't dare to expose it, only saying that the situation was not good, and she had to prepare early. Although there are a little few things, she can still make up six or seven cars, and of course she will have to come back in the future.
After Furun's instructions were finished, Mu Bingyue asked him to ask six or seven people to go back to the fan spinning and embroidery village to load the goods.
After waiting for Mu Bingyue to send the seven people away, Yinyue was already in the west, and everything was silent, but she still didn't feel sleepy.
She strolled to the granary, only to see Shen Xue and the three of them sitting on the ground around the granary in a triangle, leaning on the cloth tent of the granary and pretending to sleep.
Although the wax moon here is not as cold as it should be in winter, there is still some deep frost and heavy dew, and the hair and eyebrows of the three of them are soaked in crystal dewdrops, and she can't help but feel a little distressed when she sees this.
When the three sleepy people heard the footsteps, they all stood up in shock, and they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that it was Mu Bingyue.
Shen Xue was the first to ask, "Miss, what are you doing here at this time?" ”
"What are you all doing here?" Mu Bingyue didn't answer the rhetorical question.
Liu Moyun replied: "Let Xiuniang guard, the three slaves and maids are a little uneasy after all, so they all come, but Miss don't worry, the three slaves and maids will take turns to sleep for a while." ”
Seeing that Mu Bingyue was still a little worried, Li'er explained: "Although there are only a few bags of rice in the full warehouse filled with rice, but if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves, slaves and maids are just working hard for a few days, and the county order should also arrive in these days. ”
Mu Bingyue chuckled, "Are you a god to me?" Ask the magistrate to give him if he wants it?! ”
"But isn't it, Miss, didn't she just conjure up rice out of thin air, why is it difficult to ask for a few soldiers?" Shen Xue shook her head, not proud.
It's really a teenager who doesn't know what it's like to be sad! Mu Bingyue shook her head helplessly, under the haze of this war, they can still be so optimistic, she should be happy!
"How's that son?"
Hearing her ask, Shen Xue's good-looking eyebrows furrowed, "That wooden man?" … Hum! … I don't know what evil I fell into? One after another, they attracted weirdos. That person is a hundred times cold-blooded than Xiaoyun! …… The slave and maid specially stepped up to make a black cedar for him, who knew that people couldn't look down on it at all, and the slave and maid put it on the table for him, and he didn't even look at it, and he didn't even say a word. ”
"Maybe he's not good at words!" Mu Bingyue couldn't help but think of the words that had told him to speak less many times.
"What! He looked down on the slave at all, otherwise why wouldn't he close his eyes when the young lady was there. Shen Xue snorted loudly.
Mu Bingyue didn't want to pull the fuse, so she said, "Shen Xue is really observant of him!" ”
Mu Bingyue's gag sentence immediately extinguished Shen Xue's fire, "Miss, make fun of the slave again." After speaking, he no longer left Mu Bingyue, and sat back angrily.
Seeing that she had successfully diverted her attention, Mu Bingyue stopped teasing and sat next to her with her skirt and looked at the starry sky with her knees crossed.
Both of them sat down, and followed her to the starry sky.
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After a long time, Shen Xue broke the silence and muttered to herself, "I don't know what Xiaoyun's current situation is?" ”
No one answered, and after a long silence, Li'er proposed, "Miss sing a song!" "On the Furun merchant ship that day, Miss's singing still makes her reminisce.