Li Xiao walked out of Sun Chengzong's mansion and walked along the Chaobai River.

If it was in the usual days, Junko would definitely come over to dissuade him. Li Xiao was in a bad mood today, and Shunzi didn't dare to persuade after thinking about it, so she could only spread the guards to protect Li Xiao.

Tongzhou was originally a transportation hub in the suburbs of Beijing, and now Tongzhou is engaged in real estate. Almost all of the nearby fields have not been sold, and last year it was still a crop field with birds and insects, but when I looked at it again this year, I found that it was already full of people.

Both banks of the Chaobai River are now also overcrowded. Construction sites are everywhere, and three-story villas are rising from the ground. Farther away on the Xianghe River, the residential complex has been built to six floors, which is already a relatively laborious height when there is no elevator.

The people in Sijiu City, who have a little spare money now, will go to Xianghe to buy a property. Even if someone gets married, the in-laws would rather ask for less dowry and let the man buy a house in Xianghe.

This is also something that cannot be helped, and the industrial zones in the capital are all located in Xianghe. The children in the Sijiucheng family want to go to work, and they have to live in the factory dormitory on weekdays. But if you become a parent, you can't live in the dormitory too.

Because of industrial needs, Xianghe and Tongzhou were the first places in China to be electrified. The black rumbling alleys in the capital are absolutely not visible here. There is a street lamp every twenty or thirty meters on the road, and no one lights an oil lamp in the newly built residential area. As long as you flip the mechanism, the overhead light will naturally turn on.

If you want to cook, you don't have to bother to fetch well water. As soon as you turn on the faucet, tap water will flow out. Even if you go to the toilet, you can flush the dirt away by pulling the rope.

In the summer, as long as you open the window, the wind blows through the house. Especially on the high floors, even the electric fan is saved. Clean, tidy and convenient, far from being comparable to a messy courtyard house. After getting used to living in the building, the child went to the grandparents' house in the capital, and even if he held back, he would never go to the dry toilet with wooden planks.

There were many things in his mind, and Li Xiao slowly paced along the Chaobai River. The guards around him followed step by step, and Junzi wanted to clean the street, but was kicked by Li Xiao. Lao Tzu is not a rat crossing the street, walking along the river and using the street to clean the street?

In the small stall under the street lamp in front, the cumin smell of kebabs wafted in the distance, and I had an appetite when I smelled it.

Li Xiao walked forward with the taste, and Junzi followed with a pale face, and his eyes looked around vigilantly like a cat. There are so many people that it can be described as rubbing shoulders.

Now is the time to get off work, and the construction workers in the surrounding communities will run out to have a drink at this time. The wages at the construction site are much more on a daily basis than the food in the land. When the farm is slack, a large number of migrant workers flock to the construction site.

The official family has a royal law, and if they owe the wages of migrant workers, they will have to suffer lawsuits. In the end, not punishing your bankrupt family is definitely not over! Many times, the official family can't find the businessman's pigtails, and as long as this kind of pigtails are obtained, don't think about it.

I am tired from a day's work, and I don't want to eat the bad food on the construction site. The small stalls along the river on the edge of the construction site have become a good place to go, and for ten or twenty yuan, you can eat authentic Turpan skewers and big lamb kidneys. Sell another bottle of cheap old dragon's mouth, and the brothers will be able to get drunk.

I went back to the construction site at night to sleep, and the next day I was a good man.

Li Xiao walked to the front of the construction site and saw that the owner of the barbecue stall was actually wearing a melon skin hat, which was a little strange. Could it be that at this time, the Uyghur brothers entered Beijing? When the Uyghur brothers entered Beijing, they wore this kind of melon skin hat. During the time when Li Xiao was a child, they set off a craze for lamb skewers and buns.

It wasn't until later that people scanned QR codes with their mobile phones and no longer carried cash on their bodies.

I bought a few skewers of lamb and nibbled on them while holding them. Not to mention, this is really lively along the Chaobai River. The common people spontaneously formed a stall market, and there were small tigers and big tigers selling wheat bran as pillows. There are all kinds of small jewelry and small pendants. Li Xiao was on top of a small stall and even saw a string of exquisite wind chimes. I don't know what the material is, but the sound of colliding with each other is very good.

There was also an old man, and the stall was full of crockery, plates, and plates made of wood. There are also life-like wooden people, wooden lions, rabbits, and so on.

Wooden dishes are for children to eat, so that children do not fall to the ground. Wooden lions, tigers, and bunnies, all of which are children's toys. In these years, there is a serious shortage of materials, and there are not many things that children can play with.

Next to a pile of wooden toys is a beautifully crafted child who can't learn. Li Xiao rubbed his eyes, yes, it was a children's walker in later generations. The wisdom of the working people is infinite, and I didn't expect that this thing has been available in these years.

"You're old! How do you sell this thing! "The old rules of Sijiu City, the word uncle can't be said nonsense, there is a suspicion of scolding.

"Fifty big sons!" The old man stretched out five fingers like dead branches.

"Oh! It's cheaper, no. "The daughter of Li Xiu's family is just over half a year old now, and she should be able to use it after a while.

"Sincerely buy forty eldest sons, and there can be no less." The fingers became four.

"How about thirty eldest sons, buy sincerely. My niece is over six months old and will be able to use it soon. Li Xiao stretched out three fingers. It's not that you want to bargain, or you want to have fun. Now as long as Li Xiao walks out on the street, the bastard Junzi will order people to close the street, and it has been a long time since he has enjoyed this kind of ordinary treatment!

"Thirty-five!"

"It's just thirty, don't buy it." Li Xiao stood up and walked to a stall opposite. That sizzling squid is really fucking fragrant. In the end, it is through the train, and the seafood from the shore of Tianjin Weiyi in the morning can appear in the market in Tongzhou in the afternoon. In the past, the people of Sijiu City, who could only eat stale fish and jellyfish, are now particularly fond of seafood.

There are several large seafood restaurants in the capital, and the prices are all expensive and expensive. Ordinary workers may not be able to go in and rub hard for a month of hard work.

"Thirty-two, you give thirty-two and sell it." Seeing that Li Xiao was leaving, the old man hurriedly called out to Li Xiao.

"Junko! Give money. Li Xiao didn't want to continue, and shouted for Junzi to give money. Continue wandering around the market!

This is the real people's livelihood!

The tiger is in danger, although he is injured, as long as he can be relieved alive. In fact, people are very similar to rag dolls, as long as they are broken, they will be sewn up. The practicality and functionality are similar, but at most they are not good-looking. It's good to be alive, but it's not good-looking.

Sitting in front of the iron plate squid stall, I asked for a half-catty bottle of old dragon's mouth, and a few big strings of squid. The spicy hot of the fat boss next to him also made Junko order a bowl! The boss is also a wonderful person, and he saw Li Xiao wearing a Liao army uniform. A large plate of braised eggs and edamame was served, saying that it was a gift, as long as the guests had eaten well, they would come back next time.

The old dragon poured it into the cup and drained a small cup in one gulp.

From the tongue to the stomach, the whole esophagus is on fire. Li Xiao looked at the degree, sixty-two degrees. This thing is a fucking medical alcohol! The last time I saw Ao Canghai, this product said that there were too many sweet potatoes in the Northeast to be harvested. It's not good to rot in the ground and spoil the crops, so I asked Li Xiao if he could make wine.

Li Xiao said that sweet potato wine is also good, but the degree is a little higher. Unexpectedly, this product was really drummed out, and now Laolongkou has been marketed in Northeast China. I heard that Shaanxi Guanzhong also began to sell, and in such a short period of time to seize such a large market, Li Xiao felt that Ao Canghai should be the Minister of Commerce.

"Guest! This wine is strong, you can take it easy. ”

"Are you used to drinking such strong wine?" Li Xiao has always felt that high-count wine is the patent of Northeast people. Even in the Northeast, Laolongkou is known for its spicy, domineering, and topper. Mr. Ao said he wanted to kill himself the next morning after drinking too much. The people of Sijiu City should not be used to drinking this kind of head pot wine.

"It's okay! My guests here all drink this, cheap, really. Drink two cups to relieve fatigue, and the next morning I won't be tired at all. You see, these are all workers working in this construction site, working hard all day and night, and drinking two cups at night just to relieve fatigue. ”

"Oh ......!" Li Xiao glanced around, and sure enough, they were all peddlers' pawns. On the small table of a few people, there are two small dishes, which are like Li Xiao's table with water and land, and there is a soldier with a gun waiting next to him.

"It's not easy to see your identity, you don't say it, we don't ask, it's a guest in this small stall. The wine tastes right, and you can be happy when you drink it. As he spoke, the boss had already shredded the two cucumbers. I grabbed a handful of jellyfish, threw in some salt peppers and other things, mixed them and put them on Li Xiao's table.

"You're giving away two dishes, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"Huh! I can't afford to be you, six years ago, my Wang Xiaoer was still the one who touched the big fish and shrimp on the side of the Chaobai River. There is a vegetable garden at home, planting some vegetables and catching some fish, and selling them in the city vegetable market to make a living. These cucumbers and edamame are all home-grown, and they are not worth much. There was no one at this time, and Wang Xiaoer sat opposite Li Xiao under Shunzi's vigilant gaze.

Li Xiao took the wine cup and poured a glass of wine for Wang Xiaoer.

"Thanks! You! Looking at you like this, there must be something on your mind. I tell you, nothing in this world is anything but life and death. In the third year of the Apocalypse, there was a severe drought in the capital. The tide is almost dry, and there are no fish at all. There is no income, and there is no land at home. My little girl is starving to death!

Looking at the little girl who was crying and crying and hungry, she had this dead heart. And guess what!

God can't starve to death blind sparrows, and just caught a cage of crabs. The tiger master of today's handsome family, beating us here. At that time, the tiger master was half a child, and he asked me for a cage of crabs, and he threw me a silver ingot and two taels.

These two taels of silver saved my family's life! So I set a rule for myself, whenever the Liao army comes to my stall to eat, they will add two dishes. To be a man, you have to know how to be grateful! Thank you for the wine! Wang Xiaoer arched his hand at Li Xiao, picked up the wine glass and drained the wine in the glass.

"My brother was injured and looked for revenge, but was stopped by the old man in the family." Li Xiao nodded, he didn't expect Li Hu to do such a thing.

"That's not possible, my brother was beaten, then the fuck has to be beaten back. But I have to say that I can't catch up with such a good time in eight lifetimes. God doesn't make droughts or floods, and there is no emperor in the court. Even the entrance tax at the city gate was waived! In this world, I tell you, the blessings that have been cultivated in eight lifetimes can catch up.

You fight and make trouble in this world and go to prison to eat, I tell you, it's a big loss for you! Live two more years, and ask for a big talk to let you call brother. Take a step back and open the sky, we have to live this good life in peace. ”

"Oh! Dashuai has done so many good things? Li Xiao took a sip of wine. It is no wonder that so many factories have stepped up production, and the goods sold overseas are shipponting ships. In the past two years, most places have had bumper harvests, and Sun Chengzong is still crying poor. It turned out that a lot of taxes were exempted, and Li Xiao felt that this kind of tax on scraping the people's oil should also be exempted.

"Oops! Of course, you in official clothes don't know what's going on. In the past, the imperial court stipulated that everyone who entered the city to sell in the city had to pay the entry tax. But as soon as you enter the city, you set up a stall in the market, and immediately someone will come to collect the fees.

Early in the morning, you haven't sold this thing, and you've already handed over half of your income.

In fact, there are not many regulations of the imperial court, so let's pay a little. But in the hands of the soldiers below, it has completely changed. The imperial court stipulates that one copper brother will be accepted, and they will dare to accept two. Aren't all the bastards who collect fees the dogs raised by the servants? Whose pocket this money went into in the end, the people know in their hearts.

But who would dare to say?

is still today's handsome, and if he says that he will be exempted, he will be exempted. I tell you, this world is ......! The boss seemed to say that he was thirsty, so he picked up his glass and dried it again.

"Yes! Sometimes the court doesn't receive much, but the crooked-mouthed monk below recites the scriptures crookedly. Li Xiao sandwiched a chopstick cucumber, the skin was mixed with cucumbers, and the chewing in his mouth was very crisp.

"Not really! My family lives on the edge of the Chaobai River, and the imperial court ordered the requisition of land for one acre of land to compensate for thirty silver dollars. But the layers were deducted, and there were fifteen silver dollars left in Lao Tzu's hand. , Lao Tzu can't earn fifteen silver dollars a year after working hard to set up a stall. ”

"Oh! And such a thing? Li Xiao's eyes widened, he didn't expect such a thing to happen under his nose. In the world, there are even more such things in other places.

"Hey! This thing is not clear in a sentence or two, just like now. Set up a stall here, and you will be ...... from time to time! Wang Xiaoer sighed and was about to talk to Li Xiao again.

Suddenly, someone shouted: "The chengguan is here." ”

The crowd immediately ran like a fried sheep, and Wang Xiaoer couldn't care about accepting money from a few tables of guests. The stove was put on the cart, and the squid dishes were cleaned up haphazardly, and the cart was about to run.