Li Shijie looked at the two poor people opposite, and he sighed again in his heart.

An orphan without relatives, a widow without a husband and children, maybe they live together with each other, which is also a kind of new life!

What's more, to be honest, his enthusiasm and affection are all invested in his daughter, even if he raises the pillar himself, it is impossible to treat him wholeheartedly.

He is also biased and selfish, and the heaviest weight in his heart is the end!

When he first accepted money as an apprentice, it was because he was a big child, unlike a young pillar, he really couldn't bring it well, and letting him follow Su Meimei was also a way out.

With the mule cart, it was much more convenient for a group of people to hurry, but because of the heavy snowfall and the unfamiliarity with the road, they walked for almost two days, and a group of five people arrived in Huo County with difficulty.

Seeing that the New Year is coming, they set off from Lu County on the 27th, and after walking for two days, they are 28 today, and they finally saw this town.

Originally, Li Shijie wanted to take the children to find a more prosperous county town and have a good New Year, but seeing that the New Year was getting closer and closer, he thought that his plan was going to fail.

As a result, this is a bright willow and a bright flower, this Huo County is located in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain, is a small county seat, this county is not at all than Lu County, the outer city wall is actually a dilapidated yellow mud wall, and it seems that this Huo County is not big, it can be seen that it is not prosperous.

It was very cold, and the sky was full of snowflakes, and it was not until about three o'clock in the afternoon that they reached the city gate.

Li Shijie and Qian Dai sat in front of the mule cart, Su Meimei with the pillar and the end of the car, sitting on the back of the car covered with a quilt, seeing the low city wall from afar, the end of the month also excitedly lifted the quilt, stood up from the board and looked.

"Daddy, Daddy, shall we go inside?" Mo Mo excitedly patted Li Shijie's shoulder and shouted.

After coming out of Lu County, because of the heavy snow and unfamiliar with the road conditions, no one could find anyone to ask for directions, and the five of them walked with great difficulty. I don't know how many detours I have taken, but now I finally see a small county town, and I am very excited, of course I want to go inside, even if it is to avoid the wind and snow.

Li Shijie is thinking, today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and the Chinese are about to celebrate the New Year, Chinese people attach great importance to the New Year, even if there is no home now, even if their family is displaced, but as long as the family is together, it will always be a New Year.

It's really good to meet a county seat right now! Even if it is not prosperous, it is still a county seat!

They can go into the city, find a place to stay, and then buy some things, and the family can have a good New Year and rest.

The idea is great, but no one can imagine that many times, things don't go the way they planned.

Driving the mule cart to approach the city gate, Li Shijie and Qian Dai first discovered that there were still people guarding this broken county town, and at the city gate, a team of people with guns were guarding there.

What puzzled the master and apprentice was that no matter how they looked at them, these people didn't look like regular soldiers, not only from their clothes, but also from the obscene and sloppy temperament of these people, all of which told them that this group of people was not good.

Slowly approaching the city gate, at this time may be because of the Chinese New Year, there are many people who enter the city to buy, so there are many people in and out, and everyone is lining up in an orderly manner.

"What? Why do you even need money to go out of the city? Didn't I pay the money when I entered the city? Even out of town? What kind of reasoning is this?"

There was a commotion from the abrupt front, Li Shijie and they heard it clearly, and someone shouted angrily, and the content of the words couldn't help but make Li Shijie and Qian Dai frown.

"Hey! Grandpa said to you in a good voice, don't be embarrassed! If you don't want to give, it's okay! Leave everything you bought and go out of the city naked, then we won't charge this money for going out of the city, if not, then give the money obediently! What's more, standing on Lao Tzu's territory, taking Lao Tzu's way, and leaving no money for his feet, what do you let the grandfathers eat? What to drink? Grandpa is also going to celebrate the New Year, okay!"

The disgruntled man shouted, and one of the men guarding the gate, who looked like a leader, combed his head and held a shell gun, raised it unceremoniously in front of the man, dropped the cigarette in his mouth and threatened him.

The threatened person was still very stubborn, hated it, and said angrily: "Is there a royal law in your eyes!" Aren't you a security corps? Isn't it responsible for protecting the property safety of the people of Huo County? Why are you so overbearing and unreasonable? You ......"

This person still wanted to say it stiffly, but he was impatient, "Okay, okay, don't give grandpa a crooked talk, grandpa, let me tell you, in this Huo County, the county magistrate is Wang Fa!" Our security corps is the king's law! Rich is king's law! As for you poor ghosts? Gee! Either give the money or get out naked! Grandpa is too lazy to waste time with you. ”

"You ......"

Seeing that the man was still competitive, he waved impatiently at his subordinates, signaling them to drag them out.

It wasn't until this meeting that Li Shijie knew that the armed men in civilian clothes were actually the security regiment of this poor county? But this security team is too arrogant, right?

You said you went into town to collect money? Good! At present, many counties in China are like this, and you will accept it if you accept it.

But they have never heard of this person who still charges money when he goes out of the city? It's all the work of bandits!

According to Li Shijie's temper, he should have turned around and left, not entering his broken county, but when he thought that the New Year was coming soon, he couldn't take the children to celebrate the New Year in the wilderness against the wind and snow, right?

In the end, as a last resort, Li Shijie planned to break his fortune.

After waiting for a few minutes, it was Li Shijie's turn to enter the city, Qian Dai drove the carriage, and Li Shijie held some copper dollars in his hand, ready to give money to the city later.

Just saw the person in front of him give money, he already knew that the adults would cost twenty copper yuan per person to enter the city, and the children would be halved, there were five of them, two adults were forty copper dollars, and children were thirty copper dollars, and a total of seven copper dollars with a face value of ten were needed.

When it was their turn to enter the city, Li Shijie took out the prepared copper yuan and handed it to the people guarding the city, but what they didn't expect was that the money given to them would also cause trouble.

After giving the money, Li Shijie was about to sit back on the mule cart, thinking about quickly entering the city to find a place to stay, but his butt had not touched the wheel, and he ran out to do things again!