The paper flower exhibition lasts for three days, and today is the last day. After getting up and washing, and nibbling on a few carrots, Miss Hu still remembered the old lady yesterday in her heart and insisted on going to see it. The fat man refuses in his heart, and he is going to decide a ranking today, that old lady must be at the bottom, if the little Hu girl goes to see it, it will inevitably be uneven, and she will make trouble on the street, what should I do?

I didn't want Miss Hu to go to the paper flower show, but I couldn't find a good reason to convince her. The fat man lowered his head to think of a way, his eyes fell on the scabbard, and when he had an idea, he said to the little bearded girl: "Sister, you wait, I'll go back to the house and get some silver, and I'll go with you." ”

The fat man went back to the house, knocked on the scabbard, and whispered: "Brother Jian, Brother Jian, do you hear me, Brother Jian!" ”

An impatient voice came from the scabbard, "Hear me, what are you doing?" ”

"Do me a favor," said the fat man, "Sister Hu is going to see the Paper Flower Show, and I don't want her to go." After going out for a while, I told her that Brother Jian was in a hurry to Kaifeng, and it was not appropriate to stay, so he set off immediately. It's okay, Brother Jian, you can cooperate with me. ”

Brother Jian said: "The road is so far, walk slowly, what's there to be in a hurry?" I'm not in a hurry. ”

"It's not you, Brother Jian...... If you're not in a hurry, you can cooperate with me, and you just pretend that you are in a hurry, okay? ”

"No," Brother Jian said, "then didn't you teach me to deceive?" No, I never lie. ”

"It's not a lie, Brother Jian, oops...... This stupid girl always thought that the old lady she met could take the first place, if she went to see the paper flower exhibition today and found that her old lady was at the bottom, she had to find someone to fight? You just do me a favor, Brother Jian, huh? ”

The scabbard shook and said, "Okay, I'll make an exception for you." You remember, I never lie! ”

"That's that, I never doubted Brother Jian's character, this time you helped me, and I will invite you to drink when I go back."

The fat man hurriedly ran to find Miss Xiaohu, put the scabbard on the table, lowered his voice, and said, "Sister, Brother Jian just said, there is an emergency, we must set off immediately and take Brother Jian to Kaifeng." The distance is long, and there is no delay for a moment. What kind of paper flower show, don't go. Okay, right? That's it. ”

What's the deal? The little bearded girl hasn't squeaked yet!

Miss Hu frowned and pursed her lips, her face displeased, "Really...... Are you really in such a hurry to leave? As he spoke, he tapped the scabbard lightly, "Hey, Brother Jian, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

The scabbard shook and said, "I'm not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry at all." ”

The fat man almost didn't pass out! That's not the script we've set! Damn, even Brother Jian cheated me! I really believe you ghost!

"Humph! Brother, you lie! The little bearded girl got up and angrily pointed at the fat man with a carrot. She had been holding back a bad thought when she went to bed last night, always looking for an opportunity to rip off the fat man's pants.

"It's not my sister...... Listen to me......"

"I don't listen!" The little bearded girl pretended to be angry, opened her teeth and danced her claws and pounced on the fat man, and when she came to her, her hand quickly swiped down, grabbed the fat man's pants, and pulled them to the ground. The fat man fell backwards, and the whole pants were ripped by the little bearded girl and clutched in her hands.

The fat man is different from Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi is still small, he doesn't wear small pants, but the fat man, his pants are picked up, and there is a small pair of pants on his body.

"Hey, I said! younger sister

Sister, if you fight, you fight, you can't use this rogue move! ”

Miss Hu leaned over with a wicked smile on her face, pointed at her little pants with a carrot, "Who fought with you?" I'm just going to be a hooligan! Take it off, hurry up. ”

The fat man's mind flashed the picture of something being cut off with a "click", and he was so frightened that he ran back to his house with his little pants covered, closed the doors and windows tightly, and hid in it and didn't dare to go out.

Miss Xiaohu coaxed outside for a long time, "Come out, brother, let's go see the paper flower exhibition." You come out, I'm not a hooligan, really, I promise, I'm ...... I swear. Hurry up and come out, brother. ”

There were other people living in the inn, and they all came out to see it, and there was a lot of discussion:

"Oh? It's not a man who is a hooligan, it's a little girl who is a hooligan? ”

"Yo, this isn't very common...... Tsk tsk, this girl looks good! ”

"Hahaha, I can only blame you for being late...... People have a master! ”

"It's not too late, look at it, the famous flower has a master, and the "master" refuses to come out! ”

Someone joked and shouted at the little bearded girl: "Girl, the twisted melon is not sweet!" If he refuses to come out, forget it! Come here, my brother will play with you for a while! ”

As soon as the little Hu girl heard this, she became energetic, turned her head and said, "Who shouted?" Come on, play for a while! The crowd burst into laughter.

The fat man hurriedly opened the door and dragged the little bearded girl into the house. Don't play for a while, if you play for a while, you might cut off several more.

"Don't drag me, brother, someone said they want to play with me for a while," Miss Hu's eyes aimed at the fat man's lower abdomen, "Huh? Brother, you ...... When did you get a new pair of pants? ”

"Nonsense! You snatched my pants away, and I don't change my pants, do you just wear a pair of pants and hang out on the street? The fat man pushed the little bearded girl, "Let's go, watch the paper flower exhibition, don't mess around." You go ahead. Ay! Let's say okay, don't pick my pants again! You promised and swore just now, if your words don't count, I'll ignore you. ”

Miss Hu pursed her lips and snickered, "Okay, okay, I know." ”

With Xiao Xi, the family left the inn and came to West Street. Today is the last day of the Paper Flower Fair, and everyone wants to see who will win the crown, and there are many times more people on the street than usual. Visitors who come to watch the paper flowers take a look and get tired, so they go into the shops next to them to take a break, eat and drink something, so holding the paper flower exhibition can also promote the local economic development.

The fat man didn't have the heart to look at the paper flowers. The paper flowers here are far worse than those paper crafts of the Chu family. If he hadn't entered the Chu family and saw these paper flowers at the paper flower exhibition, he might still be a little interested, but he had seen good goods in the Chu family, and then came to the paper flower exhibition to see it, he felt that these paper flowers at the paper flower exhibition were too unlevel, and he didn't want to take a look at it at all.

The fat man was too lazy to join in the fun, so he entered a small shop behind him and asked the shopkeeper to make some tea to moisten his throat. Miss Xiaohu hugged Xiao Xi, one of them was holding a paper tiger, and the other was holding a paper eagle, and they went to find the old lady. Other stalls may be surrounded by the crowd, and you can't see whose stall it is, the old lady's stall is too easy to find, and there is no one in front of the stall, and you can see the old lady at a glance.

No one was watching, and the old lady was still concentrating on making paper flowers, and she didn't lift it at all

See if the tourists on the street have come to her. She sits here making paper flowers, just like sitting at home making paper flowers, only herself, and no one else seems to exist. Miss Hu walked to the stall, and the old lady didn't look up, she was engrossed in the work in her hands.

Miss Hu took the paper tiger and shook it in front of the old lady's eyes, "Whoa, the tiger is here!" ”

The old lady raised her head, squinted her eyes, and after seeing that the person who came was Miss Xiaohu, she showed a kind smile, "Heh, girl, are you here?" How's that, did you learn how to make paper flowers yesterday? ”

Miss Hu smiled bitterly, "Hehehe, no, it's a joke!" How are you, I went to Chu's house yesterday, did you learn any great skills? Today, you must be the first in the paper flower exhibition! ”

The old lady smiled bitterly and said, "No, it's a joke." ”

"Look," Miss Hu put the paper tiger on the small table, "The paper tiger made by the Chu family will be given to you to help!" ”

The old lady took a closer look at the paper tiger on the small table, her eyes were full of pity, she held it in both hands, returned it to Miss Xiaohu, and said with a smile: "This can't be done, girl, this is a paper flower exhibition, you can only make flowers and not tigers, and others should say that I cheated in a while, you take it quickly." ”

While talking, the gong sounded, hitting the end of the street, the gong opened the way, and a group of people came. In the middle was a man surnamed Yang, a local squire. This Squire Yang is the person in charge of supervising the paper flower exhibition competition.

Maybe my readers didn't find any problems, but I'm always worried that there may be one or two readers who are confused by you, this is Dazhou City, since this place can be called a "city", there should be an official government, there should be official officials, the squire is in charge of rural affairs, and the paper flower exhibition held in the city should not be managed by people from the government? How is it that the squire is in charge?

Ranked, but remember that the author mentioned earlier a detail that is very easy to overlook, the economy of Dazhou City is not developed. It is precisely because of the lack of prosperity in commerce that the soldiers defending the city closed the city gate early, and the fat man and they stayed at the Chu family outside the city, remember.

In order to formalize the administrative area, the ruler set up a city here in Dazhou. Where there is a city, there is naturally a government office. However, the economic strength was there, and the city did not reach the level that the city should have at that time, and the living standards of most of the people had not been substantially improved, and they were still continuing to live in the countryside. In today's terms, it is in the process of urbanization, but it has not yet been successfully transformed, and it is still just a village.

So prestige and power are still concentrated on the squire. The gentry were divided into several types of imperial examinations and the first or fallen scholars, the local more educated small and medium-sized landlords, the retired and long-term idle village officials and clan elders, in short, the more influential people in the rural society. The most influential here is, of course, the landlord. In an era when commerce was not booming, land was everything that everyone depended on for survival.

The squire rented the land to the peasants so that the peasants could support their families. Of course, the rents were high, the squires made most of the money, and the peasants barely made ends meet, but it was better than starving to death without land!

In addition, the squires also funded the establishment of local security teams or regimental training, and most of them also served as their own leaders to control and manipulate the social security in the villages. I will give the land to support you, I will also set up a security organization to protect you, and if something happens, you will call the police, I will care about the power and status of the squire, and I will take care of almost all the affairs in the village. 2k reading web