I don't know if the snow delayed the boat, or it happened that the merchants did not buy goods today, the dock was extremely deserted all morning, and it was almost noon that someone shouted outside the window, "Does anyone go to work, the ship is coming." ”

So, when everyone heard this, they jumped off the kang like a swarm, put on their shoes and ran out.

Ruixue was boiling a pot of tofu stewed cabbage in the stove, and seeing everyone like this, she withdrew most of the fire at the bottom of the stove, leaving only a few firewoods, keeping the vegetables in the pot still hot, but no longer tumbling and boiling. After several cargo ships were unloaded, it would take two quarters of an hour, and everyone was frozen for a long time, of course, it was better to have a steaming meal.

The bolt took advantage of the empty space to come over, Rui Xue casually said the number, he listened attentively and dialed it up, Sister-in-law Zhang withdrew the empty tea bowl from the north house, sighed and said, "There are only a few cargo ships arriving this day, and I am afraid that in a few days there will be less work." ”

Ruixue was just about to open her mouth to answer, when she heard a faint noise outside, some urgent, some frightened, mixed with the howling cold wind, and couldn't tell for a while, what happened, Sister-in-law Zhang jumped up in shock, "Ah, is our firewood stack on fire?" ”

Ruixue was also anxious when she heard it, such a cold day, the snow was also heavy, and it was not easy to go up the mountain to chop firewood, but she could count on the stacks of firewood to cook on the kang, and the shop was built of wood inside and out, in case it was led by Mars, it would be even more dangerous. The bolt threw down the abacus and was about to run out, but unexpectedly, someone brushed the door curtain and rushed in first, hitting the bolt and falling to the counter, the man didn't have time to apologize, and shouted one after another, "Boss, someone is injured, give some hot water." ”

Before he could finish speaking, a group of people rushed in behind him, supporting three men with blue noses and swollen faces in the middle, and one of them was even bleeding from his forehead, dripping on the placket of his clothes, looking very hideous and terrifying.

The bolt got up and retreated behind the master, Ruixue glanced at him, and when he saw that he didn't knock it, he hurriedly beckoned everyone to go into the north house to settle down, and Sister-in-law Zhang quickly mixed two basins of warm water and brought it in.

Ruixue checked the basket she brought in the morning, there was some clean cotton cloth in it, which was originally intended to be used to make scarves and gloves for Feng Nian, but now she will use it instead of gauze.

The bolt squatted on the side of the stove to light the fire, and when he looked up and saw another group of people coming in outside the door, he immediately shouted, "Master, there is another person." ”

Rui Xue came up and saw that it was actually Xu Kuan and Xu Ren's brothers with more than a dozen people, and there were four or five injured in the middle, although they were not as seriously injured as the person who bloomed on their heads before, but one or two of them also had blood on their faces, which was very embarrassing.

Xu Kuan's face was a little embarrassed, as if he felt guilty that he shouldn't have brought these bloody things to Ruixue's shop, "Big sister, it's too cold outside, and my brother is injured..."

Rui Xue didn't wait for him to finish, she picked the curtain and motioned for them to enter the north room, and said, "Go in first and warm up, I'll send hot water in immediately." ”

Xu Kuan and the men behind him were very grateful, and the people who did business were very taboo about these bloody and evil spirits, afraid of colliding with the God of Wealth and ruining the fortune of the store, but they didn't expect Ruixue to respond without hesitation. They hurried into the house, where there were people sitting in it, but when they saw them come in, they jumped up and cried out angrily, "Go out, who let you in?" ”

Xu Kuan frowned, and said in a deep voice, "Zhang Laosan, this is the shopkeeper's shop, you can come, why can't we come?" They are all villagers from ten miles and eight villages, and they will meet often in the future, don't do things desperately. Let the injured wash their wounds first, warm their bodies, and then let's talk about right and wrong. ”

What he said was reasonable, and the third man turned around and looked at a red-faced man in the kang, pouted and retreated, watching coldly as they cleaned the wounds of a few wounded people.

Rui Xue pulled a descendant from her own village who was standing by the door, walked to the inside of the stove room, and asked in a low voice, "Shanzi, what's going on, I went out to do my work just now, why did I fight." ”

Shanzi scratched the back of his head, there was a trace of fear in his eyes, and he lowered his head and said, "I originally followed behind, and I didn't know what was going on, but then I heard a quarrel in front of me." It seems that the people in Xiaopingshan and Zhangjiacun took the lead in making trouble first, and they all scolded each other for robbing their own work, and then they started to do it, and they were reluctantly pulled away by everyone, but they still injured a few. ”

Ruixue frowned, patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, everyone is just angry for a while, and it will be fine for a while." ”

Shanzi smiled, "Yunjia Village is just me and Yuwa at the dock, we just make money, and nothing else." ”

"That's right, sit in the stove for a while, stew tofu and cabbage with big bones today, and add a big one to you later."

Shanzi immediately smiled and ran to help the bolt light the fire.

Rui Xue entered the north room, handed the cotton towel to the man with a flowering forehead, and said with a smile, "This is a clean cotton cloth, after the wound is washed, let's wrap it first." There is no doctor at the dock, do you want to send someone into the city to ask one to come back? ”

The red-faced man hurriedly stepped forward to thank the injured on behalf of the injured, "Thank you boss Gao Yi, otherwise my brother would be injured and frozen outside." The doctor doesn't need it, the farmer is solid, as long as the bleeding stops, it will grow in a few days. ”

Rui Xue glanced at the wound, the bleeding just now looked terrifying, in fact, it was only half an inch long, and the bleeding stopped at this time, only a little red and swollen, it was really not serious.

Sister-in-law Zhang stepped forward to remove the half-red water basin, Ruixue came to Xu Kuan and the others again, and their injuries were lighter, so they smiled and said, "The injuries of the brothers look fine, go home and rub them with more medicinal wine, but I'm afraid you can't go to your daughter-in-law these days, otherwise people will laugh at you for being ugly." ”

Everyone laughed along with him, and one of them, who was holding his stomach, muttered, "These things, they are really ruthless, and they kicked me so that my stomach is blue, and I will recover from my illness..."

Xu Kuan listened to him more and more resentful, glared at him, and was about to scold him, but he didn't expect that the room was already quiet, and they were all sitting on a kang, and the red-faced man and the group of people listened to a few words of the later life into their ears, and the third Zhang immediately jumped up and scolded, "Who is the god of God?" I don't know which immoral thing is stealing a job with us, why didn't we kick you to death..."

The people on Xu Kuan's side immediately stopped doing it, stood up one after another, and scolded back, "You are the ones who raised the livestock, obviously it was Brother Xu who took the job with the steward first, and you came here to lower the price..."

"If you have the ability, you can also lower the price, just such a little work, whoever grabs it counts, you are not convinced, you are not convinced, you are a lack of morality..."

The more the two people scolded, the more disagreeable, and there was a possibility of doing it again at any time, Rui Xue frowned tightly, feeling a little helpless and annoyed, reached out and took the tea bowl at hand, and slammed it on the table, "bang", which shocked everyone to stop talking and look over.

Rui Xue glanced at them lightly, her face did not have the pleasant look of the past, and said in a deep voice, "Sit down, there is no reason to be loud, it is not who scolds happily, who is justified." Everyone is eating together at a dock, looking up and not looking down, and if there is a misunderstanding, they will say it, so that they will not be happy in their hearts. ”

The red-faced man waved his hand and motioned for everyone on his side to sit down, and Xu Kuan also pulled the brothers back with a calm face, and the room was quiet for a while, without any movement.

Xu Kuan thought for a while and said, "Today's incident really hurt everyone's harmony, Ma Lao Liu, why don't you talk to me and let the boss lady give a comment." ”

Ma Lao Liu is the red-faced man, Rui Xue has a good reputation on the dock, and his reputation is not small, he is also very respectful on weekdays, of course he can be trusted, so he nodded and said what happened just now.

It turned out that there were three cargo ships on the dock today, which were the silk and satin cloth of the Zhang family in the city from the south, Xu Kuan because he brought people to arrive first, so he negotiated with the little steward according to the original price, and was just about to take his brother on the ship to unload, but Ma Lao Liu arrived with people, and saw that there were so few ships, and Xu Kuan and others were all covered, and there was resentment in his heart, shouting that Xu Kuan would divide him into a boat, Xu Kuan was also an open-minded character in the past, but he did not refuse, but the brothers behind him did not do it, and the three ships were unloaded, The crowd could only share ten cents each, and if another ship was divided, wouldn't it be even less.

When Ma Laoliu saw this, he was angry, and Zhang Laosan and others complained, so he was angry for a while, so he stepped forward to discuss with the little steward, asking for less than 20 clerks, and allowing them to do the work.

When the little steward heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement, saving these twenty wen, he could put it in his pocket, of course a hundred were willing, so he shouted and asked Xu Kuan and others to get off the boat and give the work to Ma Lao Liu.

Xu Kuan and the others were suddenly furious, and Ma Laoliu and others accused and scolded each other, and soon the two parties moved, and someone was injured on each other, but fortunately, they still cared about the friendship they got along with on weekdays and did not cause a big disaster.

After the two finished speaking, everyone stared at Rui Xue, waiting for her to tell what to say.

Ruixue shouted to Sister-in-law Zhang and Bolt to bring up the stews and cakes in the pot first, put a big bowl in front of everyone, and said with a smile, "It's past noon, let's fill your stomach first, no matter who is right or wrong, you can't talk hungry." ”

Just now, they had arrived at the meal, but the work did not wait for anyone, everyone ran out and froze for a long time, and after a fight, they were even more hungry.

Xu Kuan and Ma Lao Liu were a little surprised, but they couldn't force Rui Xue to judge first, so they took the lead in eating with chopsticks.

For a while, the room was filled with the sound of snoring soup and chewing, and even the man with the blossom on his head was holding a big bowl and eating happily.

Sister-in-law Zhang pulled Ruixue out with a strange face, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't they want you to give a commentary, why did you eat first?" ”

Rui Xue smiled slightly, a hint of cunning flashed in her eyes, "When you are hungry, you are angry, and when you are full, your temper will be better." ”

Sister-in-law Zhang was stunned for a moment, and also laughed, "When they are full, they apologize to each other and admit their mistakes, which is the best." ”