When the righteous act of Gao Xu, the lord of Songfeng Mountain, to save people's lives in the midst of fire and water spread throughout Jiangzhou and Huizhou Suzhou, Wuhan City, where Jiangzhou Prefecture is located, also made some expressions, and the 2,000 cotton clothes produced by the supervisor of the Jiangzhou Weaving Bureau were put into the hands of the hungry people outside the city gate, and the most grain that could be allocated by the granary in the city doubled the number of porridge pots boiled outside the east and west city gates.

These are all the actions that the Jiangzhou Thorn History Institute can do in order to keep his official hat, otherwise the annual evaluation of the household department no matter how he dredges the joints, he is undoubtedly inferior, only at this moment to worry about the emperor's Northern Expedition, can he continue to be his feudal official in Jiangzhou, the most fat place.

There are few first-class poems and lyrics in Wuhang City this year, even the famous poets in the city are silent.

The corpses of many hungry people outside the city walls were so numerous that they could not be contained, and the owls and wild dogs gnawed unscrupulously on those who still had a breath, and those who still had a little strength beside them did not drive away, but only when these fat birds and beasts were satisfied and left, they climbed forward to nibble on the meat.

The so-called Yizi eats in Jiangzhou, which has always been known for its wealth, and it has to be said that it is a kind of irony.

Next to the official road in Jiangzhou, there is a butcher with a big waist and a round waist to sharpen his knife, and there is a cauldron of boiling water next to it, selling the so-called two-legged sheep, which is only 50 wen per catty, and the wild dog meat that eats human corpses at the right time still costs 300 wen a catty. A two-legged sheep is a man, with only two feet.

The cart of Gao Xu, the owner of Songfeng Mountain, saved a considerable number of hungry people, but not all of them after all.

The industry of Jiangzhou merchants was mostly depressed, first, the lockdown orders in various places blocked the circulation of goods and money, and second, even if the convoy was now on the official road in Jiangzhou, if there were not enough people to escort them, they would be attacked by the hungry people, once they found anything to eat, they would stuff it into their mouths, completely ignoring the whipping of the coachmen and road guards, and at the same time they would take everything that could be taken away, even if the horses chewed their heads.

After all, if there is no warmth, how can lust breed? The number of guests in Rouge Lane in Wuhang City has gradually decreased, and the first card that used to be 10 taels of silver when they met was now only 20 taels of silver.

The business of the Qinglou in Rouge Lane is poor, and the building run by Sister Cui is not much better, not to mention the fewer guests who come here to use the breakfast, and even the storytelling of Daddy Yan in the afternoon, the listeners are much less, and often when it comes to dry mouth, there are only sparse copper plates thrown up, and it is not even enough for the money that Sun Ma goes out to buy every day.

Even though Mother Sun has the ability to break a penny into two petals, Wei Changpan still sees that the amount of daily dishes is getting smaller and smaller, and Daddy Yan's rice wine has also begun to be mixed with water, and Sister Cui has to sigh for a while every time she applies fat powder to her face, and her makeup is also light, but in his opinion, it looks better.

"It's not an option. After closing the door panel one night, Sister Cui gathered everyone and spread the account book on the elm dining table in the hall, "In the past two months, the income is less than a fraction of the loss of silver, and every day this building is opened, it is a loss of silver, so it is better to close the door early." ”

Sister Cui said, and glanced at Wei Changpan, who was wiping the table and chair with a tattered rag, although his hands and feet were diligent and neat, and he was never lazy in his work, he was a rare little girl.

"Panzi, come here. ”

Sister Cui called Wei Changpan, who was wiping an oil stain with the rag, after he became a servant, the layer of old dirt on the surface of things in the building was gone, and the whole hall was brightened.

When I was still in the town, the beauties in Xiaoqing Building were easy to talk to, but the cleaning of the building was absolutely sloppy, and the dust in the corner could not be accommodated.

Therefore, even in his own small grass hut, he still puts tidiness first in everything.

"If you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world"

Cui Xiaoshan said.

"Well done work, the big guys are in the eyes. Sister Cui then changed her words again, "But you can also see the situation in the building at this time, I really can't have another small house, and now in this bleak business situation, I'm afraid that it won't take three or five months, and I'm afraid that there will be no place for me in Rouge Lane." ”

Sister Cui's implication was beyond Wei Changpan's expectations, but it was reasonable, and now the businessmen in Rouge Lane and even Wuhang City don't let the extra people roll up and go home? To be fair, Sister Cui's method of knocking on the side is much better than the method of directly throwing people out of the bed and sweeping the floor and going out without giving the slightest entanglement.

Mother Sun was about to open her mouth to play a round, but was stopped by Sister Cui with her eyes, this old mother who has experienced a lot of hardships also knows the difficulties in the building at this time, so she can only say goodbye.

And Daddy Yan was still pretending to be deaf and dumb at this time, neither agreeing with Sister Cui's intentions, nor having the slightest intention of maintaining Wei Changpan, this sloppy half-old man has never looked at the light and darkness of the oil lamp on this occasion, if it is a little brighter, it costs more oil, and he has to twist the wick darkly.

I understood what Sister Cui meant, and most likely asked him to roll up and leave. Wei Changpan stared down at his own toes, but he didn't speak, just did it.

If you are kicked out of the door at this time, if you don't expose the martial arts realm, you will probably not be able to find a job that can fill your stomach, let alone pay off the debt of more than thirty taels of silver.

With his ability to dig food in the mountains and waters, it is also a terrifying thing to live alone for several months outside the city in a snowy winter until the bark and roots of the trees and roots are gnawed clean all over the wilderness, not to mention those who want to kill him.

So even if he is just here without skin and face, he can't just go out and kill himself.

"Come on, look at your worthless appearance. Sister Cui raised her hand and rewarded him with a brain meltdown, looking helpless, "After all, there is no peace in the city and outside the city at the moment, I will drive you out at this time, the injury is not good, what should I do if I lose my life, who will pay back the old lady's silver." ”

"You do the work first, but the silver you get is gone, who let you eat so much, you can work for a top two, how to eat and a top two. ”

Sister Cui spread her rough fingertips, and she was reluctant to use peach gum's finger guards for a long time, and her fingertips were already calloused, and when she played the pipa again, she would not be bruised and swollen by the strings every time, and the silver money of peach gum finger guards would be saved.

It's not that she hasn't moved the idea of really sweeping Wei Changpan out of the house, but no one has come to return the silver, so she can't say that it is still a sinful thing, so that some Sister Cui, who believes in Buddhism, will do it.

"Ming'er, I got up early in the morning, saying that a new batch of vegetables were put in the east of the city, which were cheaper, and if I went late, it would be gone. Mother Sun said, "Panzi's body and bones are not yet complete, let's see if there are fresh stick bones, come back to stew soup, and also open meat for the big guy." ”

"I'm going to move less.... Eat less. ”

"Then I won't buy winter clothes this year. ”

The other three all said that they could help reduce the expenses in the building, but Father Yan, who had cultivated the kung fu of pretending to be deaf and stupid to the point of being extremely profound, still didn't say a word, but secretly moved his position to a place close to the stairs and prepared to slip away.

"Old Yan. Sister Cui didn't know when she came around and blocked Daddy Yan's retreat, leaned over, and showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, "Look at your bones, if you don't drink, maybe it's tougher, what kind of water do you mix, if you don't drink it, you can get it." ”

"The sages have clouds...."Father Yan, who had read for two years, muttered.

"Go!"

Mother Sun and Sister Cui shouted, and Father Yan gave up the wine bowl with a shallow half of the wine and hugged the head of the mouse.

"So many people have died outside the city, and people have to cut off their heads in the city, I really don't know what those officials are thinking in their heads. ”

Mother Sun, who finally caught Daddy Yan, muttered in her mouth, holding the back collar of Daddy Yan's long shirt that had lost face in front of Wei Changpan.

"Chop off your head, what kind of head, whose head to chop?" Sister Cui asked casually, but she was still holding Daddy Yan's gray hair in her hand.

"It's not the girl who was escorted by the government to parade through the streets, saying that it is a demon who eats people's hearts and livers, no matter how I look at it, it's just a girl, how can I get involved with demons. Mother Sun freed up one hand to pinch the soft flesh on her father's waist, "Do you still drink it, do you want to drink it?"

"The notice is posted outside, and the red seal of the government is stamped on it, how can there be anything wrong. Sister Cui said, while also pulling Daddy Yan's gray hair and echoed, "Do you still drink it, do you want to drink it?"

"Don't drink it, don't drink it. Father Yan hurriedly begged for mercy, and Sister Cui and Mother Sun let go of their hands, and they both smiled triumphantly.

"How.... So early. ”

Wei Changpan, who tried his best to stabilize his voice, asked, but his pale face was difficult to hide.

The vegetable oil lamp was twisted by Father Yan until the light was only the size of a soybean, and it was not easy to barely see things, not to mention looking at people's faces, Mother Sun clapped her hands and replied to Wei Changpan in confusion: "Not everyone says that the queen of autumn asks for beheading, and it hasn't dragged on until now because there is no peace inside and outside the city, why don't you even know this, Panzi." ”

"It's nothing, just ask, just ask. ”

The filthy rag was clutched tightly in the palm of his hand, and he said insincerely.

Yes, when the queen of autumn asks for a cut, dragging it out to today can only be regarded as a fluke, he laughed miserably, picked up the wine bowl of Daddy Yan, and drank the rest of the wine.

What can he do?