"I guess I won't be able to sell it." Sheng Rong said.

"Why?" Jiang Qian asked suspiciously.

"Yes, yes, why?" Jiang Xuan was also puzzled, Jiang Yuanyuan didn't need to say it, and looked at him curiously.

"There are people who collect protection money on the street, and today, we can only say that we were lucky to sell it, I remember when we sold crabs, Jiang Xuan, did you see it, ordinary citizens passing by will take a look, but no one will ask how much, even if someone asks, they just ask a few words and leave."

"And then the man who bought the crab was wearing a cloth coat, wearing cloth shoes on his feet, his hair was pulled up high, and after he came, he sold all the fish of the family opposite us, and we were very excited to see the person coming, nodding his head, his demeanor was extraordinary, and the bargaining was also very powerful, after buying, someone would come out to help him move away, he bought things very quickly, very skilled, and his eyes were very vicious, I thought that it was everyone's housekeeper, this time it was out to purchase, we just happened to bump into it, if not, It's impossible to sell these crabs, and if we're unlucky enough to meet someone who collects protection money, we'll have to hand over all the money we earn, and we may lose money. ”

Sheng Rong said his speculation.

"Ahh When you say that, it seems to be true, but why do you charge protection money? Jiang Xuan scratched his head, not very understanding.

"When we went, the old man who sold eggs on the opposite side covered his chest and panted breathlessly, I saw two broken eggs on the ground, guessing that he was selling eggs, but there were no eggs in the basket in front of him, it stands to reason that he should be happy after selling, but he was very sad, and the people next to him were also very depressed and counted their copper coins, counting and counting the few pennies in his palm, someone comforted the old man, saying that it was too unfortunate, and he just met them, I pondered the reaction around me and the phrase that it was supposed to be the street bullies who had just left on their front feet, and we went. ”

"Won't the government take care of this? I didn't even know there was such a thing as a protection fee on the street! Jiang Yuanyuan looked at Jiang Qian worriedly.

"Strong dragons don't suppress the head snake, although these bullies often collect protection money to grab money for the people, but this is also a way for the government to maintain law and order, the government will not pay much attention to these things, unless there is a fatality, otherwise they will turn a blind eye." Sheng Rong looked sideways at the few people who walked into the hotel.

Jiang Yuanyuan looked at Sheng Rong's line of sight suspiciously, the few people walked to the counter with a smile and said something, the shopkeeper called another person, they smiled and took out a big bag and handed it to the person, the person weighed it, and greeted his brother with satisfaction, the shopkeeper saw these people gone, relieved and shook his head uncomfortably while holding his chest.

"Behind these bullies are generally some families who have been entrenched here all the year round as backrests, and the protection money they collect will be handed over to these families, and in order to maintain the relationship with the government, these families will also give some to the government personnel, and the government people will accept it, and then let them continue to dominate the streets and collect protection money."

Sheng Rong's faint voice sounded in her ears, and Jiang Yuanyuan opened her mouth in a daze, not knowing what to say.

Sheng Rong lowered his eyes, these were all the twists and turns presented to the imperial grandfather by some officials in the past, and the imperial grandfather was angry about this kind of thing, but he couldn't stretch his hand so long, and he could control what was in front of him, but he couldn't control what was farther away.

His father was once ordered to investigate these things, his father was a scholar all his life, he couldn't see this kind of behavior, and when the results of the investigation came out, he wanted to read out these people in court, no matter how others came to persuade and plead, he didn't listen to them, and he stubbornly wanted to expose them in person, but he didn't know that this kind of behavior angered those high-ranking officials, and the dog would jump off the wall when he was in a hurry, and no matter who his father was, all kinds of conspiracies and means were called, and his father lost the opportunity to go to court in three or two clicks, and a group of courtiers jointly wrote a letter to reveal his father's various crimes, In order to blackmail his father to put down the evidence in his hand, his father was angry and fell ill in bed to submit this list, but the imperial grandfather passed the word at this time to ask his father to let go of this matter.

My father was depressed for a long time because of this incident, and he stayed at home for half a year to write and paint, and he was depressed all day long.

As everyone knows, this is just one cause of everything.

After his father cheered up, he also saw it, he no longer focused on the struggle of the imperial court, and began to give up these so-called powers, write articles at home to live his own life, and wanted to vent his blood into these works, but even so, it was unpleasant to look at.

After taking a sip of tea, Sheng Rong only felt a dullness in his heart.

"How much money does this bag have...... Jiang Qian said in a daze, frightened by what Sheng Rong said.

"I'm still thinking about how easy ......it is to make money," Jiang Xuan smiled bitterly, and then looked at the prosperity on the street, only to feel that these prosperity were so fake, and what was covered up by the low level was a dirty transaction.

"That's not what we should be thinking about." Jiang Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "I don't understand the profound truth, but I also know that we have to pay grain for farming, I think, that's pretty much it, although these people are being charged protection fees, but it's not that they don't have no money to earn, isn't it, it's just that the way is a little worse, I just hope that someone can take care of this matter in the future, we can pay it legally, but we don't want to be forced by these people to collect these fees, and the fees charged seem to be a bit much." ”

"Forget it, don't think about it, it's none of our business, and if we say more, we just know and we can't care about it."

"yes, why do we think so much!" Jiang Qian smiled, "It's almost time, let's hurry up and buy things and go home, why don't we get out of the city gate before dark!" ”

"Okay, okay, you two lead the way, and I will walk behind." Jiang Xuan's head straightened, he stood up with Jiang Yuanyuan's medicine and moved his body, and touched his full stomach.

"I don't know what pen, ink, paper and inkstone say, but I know where the rouge shop is." Jiang Qian said, "I've been to see it several times!" The rouge inside is super good-looking, and there are hairpins for sale! ”

"Really, I've never been here, I've only seen the rouge from the stalls on the street!" Jiang Yuanyuan was very excited, she was on crutches, limping side by side with Jiang Qian.

The rouge shop was still a little far away, they walked a long way to arrive, and before they could get there, they smelled the unique fragrance of the rouge shop, which hooked Jiang Yuanyuan's heart.

When I walked to the door, I looked at the crowds of girls in the rouge shop, all of them in their skirts, with veils on their faces, and laughing like bells.

"Sister Qian, you go in and buy it, I won't go in, I can't afford to go in, you go in and buy it, I'll go and see the stall over there, it looks good, you hurry up!" Jiang Yuanyuan's eyes lit up and she looked at the other small trader.

Jiang Qian looked over, nodded and didn't think much about it, "Okay, Sheng Rong, you and I can come in and buy it, Jiang Xuan, you go and accompany your sister." ”

Sheng Rong and Jiang Qian went to the rouge shop, Jiang Xuan accompanied Jiang Yuanyuan to this small stall, looking at a few flower hairpins on this small stall, Jiang Yuanyuan sighed low in her heart, she casually looked at a few and put it down.

"I like it! Brother bought it for you! Jiang Xuan interjected on the side, he picked up a hairpin and looked at it, it was made of wood, and there was only a simple pendant on it, which was very simple.

"Where did you see me like it?" Jiang Yuanyuan said a little angrily, "I won't tell you, let's go." ”

Jiang Xuan couldn't figure it out here, and he didn't know what was going on, so he could only put down the hairpin in his hand and follow Jiang Yuanyuan in a daze, for fear that Jiang Yuanyuan would be squeezed in the crowd.

"Didn't you just say that you looked good here, I thought you liked it......" Jiang Xuan muttered.

"I said I didn't like it." Jiang Yuanyuan puffed up her cheeks angrily, looked at her brother's face full of puzzlement, and didn't bother to explain, so she directly found a place and waited for Sheng Rong and them to come out, "I'm ...... It's just that I walked in and didn't like it. ”

"Oh!" Jiang Xuan was stunned.