Li Qi, who got up early, came back from outside.

He hung his head and went to find Zhou Feng.

"Brother Zhou, now this water is too much to drink?"

"What's the matter, the price of water has grown?"

Zhou Feng had already thought of this, but he really didn't know how much he had grown.

Li Qi nodded: "It has grown a lot, a big bucket of pennies earlier, and now it has grown to a bucket of twenty pennies." ”

It has grown twenty times all of a sudden, and it has grown a lot, and it is just a rich family, how can ordinary people live.

While she was talking, the lady of the Geng family came over with a small basket.

When she saw Zhou Feng, she asked, "Is your wife at home?" ”

Zhou Feng hurriedly replied with a smile: "Here, where have you been?" ”

The lady of the Geng family pointed to the small basket: "No, I just made some fresh food and brought it to your wife to taste." ”

She said as she walked inside.

When she arrived in the backyard, the Geng family saw Jiang Ying picking vegetables with her children.

The fresh vegetables in the yard are green and tender, and everyone who looks at them is greedy.

"In this weather, it's hard for you to grow such fresh vegetables." The lady of the Geng family went directly to sit down, and reached out to take a snack from the basket to tease the baby.

Jiang Ying picked cucumbers and beans, pinched a handful of cabbage, and handed a cucumber to the Geng family's lady: "Taste it." ”

The lady of the Geng family wiped it with a handkerchief and bit it, and her eyes lit up immediately when she took a bite: "How did you grow this cucumber, it's so delicious." ”

Jiang Ying smiled and handed her a few more: "Take some back, whether it's fried or cold, it's good." ”

The lady of the Geng family is also not polite.

At this time, the sunlight was a little stronger, and Jiang Ying picked up the baby and the Geng family lady into the house.

Chunmei brought tea over.

Jiang Ying took a sip first, and after eating the cucumber, the lady of the Geng family said to Jiang Ying: "Now in this world, it is really getting more and more difficult, you don't know how much money the grain outside has grown...... Even the price of water has grown, and now we don't even dare to drink more water, and on such a hot day, we don't dare to take a bath, and we ...... day by day."

Jiang Ying asked, "Doesn't your house have a well?" ”

The lady of the Geng family sighed: "Don't mention it, the water in the well is almost dry, not only my family, but also the Meng family next door has no water, I heard the Meng family quarrel yesterday, just for who drank more water, who washed more clothes, the quarrel is inseparable, the adults are noisy with the children, and it gives me a headache." ”

"He's always been like that." Jiang Ying smiled and didn't say anything else.

The lady of the Geng family pouted: "Such a family, if it were me, I would have broken up a long time ago, a family of vampires, and I caught Uncle Meng sucking ...... alone."

The two of them were talking when they heard a sharp voice.

Jiang Ying hurriedly came out with the Geng family lady to listen carefully.

The voice came from the Meng family, and I don't know what happened to that family.

Anyway, most of the family was confused, and Jiang Ying and the Geng family lady listened to the movement and didn't care anymore.

When it was evening, Tan Qi came back and told Jiang Ying about the Meng family.

Since the beginning of spring this year, the capital has begun to lack food, and now, there are disaster victims everywhere, Emperor Jing An asked the household department to check the grain in stock, and first take out some to help the victims.

As a result, there was not much grain in the peace warehouse placed under the household.

There is not one in ten grains left, and many of the rest are moldy old grains.

Emperor Jing'an was furious and called for a thorough investigation.

After checking and checking, many officials in the household department were implicated, and Uncle Meng was a petty official in charge of the household department, in charge of the affairs of the Taiping, and if something happened to the Taiping, he naturally couldn't escape.

No, the Tsing Yi battalion found out that Uncle Meng and some household officials resold Taiping grain, although he didn't participate much, and he didn't be greedy, but in the end, he was implicated, and Emperor Jing'an asked people to take the fame of these officials first, and then raid their homes one by one......

Today, people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division came to the Meng family to raid the house, although they didn't copy anything, but they also frightened those people from the Meng family.

Uncle Meng is now in prison, and he doesn't know life and death, and there is no one in charge of the Meng family, and the whole thing is in chaos.

Tan Qi and Jiang Ying were talking about the Meng family, and the door outside was knocked on.

Ruan Hong'er hurriedly opened the door, and when the door opened, she saw Meng Yu pulling Meng Xiuxiu and standing outside the door.

The two brothers and sisters were very embarrassed, Meng Yu's clothes were torn, her hair was scattered, Meng Xiuxiu didn't look good, her little face was blue and purple, and it was obvious that she had been beaten.

"Young Master Meng, Miss Meng?"

Ruan Hong'er was quite surprised: "It's so late, what are you?" ”

Zhou Feng came over to look at the clothes, and sighed when he saw the two children: "And wait, I went back to the old lady." ”

He walked backwards, called Chunmei first, and asked Chunmei to talk to Jiang Ying.

Tan Qi heard that it was the Meng Yu brothers and sisters who came over, so he asked Zhou Feng to take people to the Xiaohua Hall first, and he quickly changed his clothes.

As soon as Tan Qi entered the Little Flower Hall, Meng Yu pulled Meng Xiuxiu and knelt down.

"Uncle Tan, I know I shouldn't have come, but Xiuxiu and I are really desperate, so please Uncle Tan save us."

"What's going on?" Tan Qi hurriedly helped the person up.

Meng Yu looked at Meng Xiuxiu.

Tan Qi shouted outward: "Chunxing, you come and take Miss Meng to talk to Mrs. Meng." ”

Chun Xing heard the voice and hurriedly came over and pulled Meng Xiuxiu to find Jiang Ying.

After Meng Xiuxiu left, Meng Yu said to Tan Qi: "Uncle Tan, I, my father's affairs you also know, it's not me who is a son to excuse him, it's really my father who is not so corrupt and perverts the law, these things are my grandmother and my second uncle......"

This Uncle Meng is quite decent in the household department, he has a lot of silver, plus what kind of ice and charcoal, in fact, the family is enough to spend.

However, who is such a big family as the Meng family.

Uncle Meng not only has to support his mother, but also has to support his younger brother's family, and this life is stretched.

It's just that Mrs. Meng and Second Master Meng's family can't endure hardship, they both love luxury, and they spend money like running water one by one, even if Uncle Meng suffers from the Xu family and a pair of children, his Lu silver is not enough for these people to spend.

Uncle Meng is filial again, and he was forced by the old lady to think of crooked ways.

That time, Meng Erye lost money gambling with others outside, and forced the debt to come to the door, Mrs. Meng forced Uncle Meng to find a way, and Uncle Meng had no choice but to do such illegal things.

But I didn't expect to do it this time and didn't dodge it, so that the Tsing Yi battalion found out.

Meng Yu said while crying: "No matter what, the lord is violating the law, how important is the peace, they are actually clean, the saint should give sin, I have nothing to say as a son, but the old lady and the second uncle are still not self-reflective at this point, but blame my mother for dragging the lord with a bitter face all day long, and the old lady is anxious to save the master, and I don't know who to listen to, saying that there is a delicate little girl who likes to grow up, so she wants to force Xiuxiu to be a concubine." ”

Everyone who talked about Qi was stunned.

How old is Meng Xiuxiu?

Meng Yu is only a teenager, Meng Xiuxiu is younger than Meng Yu, only twelve or thirteen years old, she is a junior high school student in modern times, the little girl is already malnourished and short, she looks like a teenager, such a young child is forced to be a concubine? This is iniquity.

Meng Yu wiped a handful of tears: "I can do anything with a big man, but Xiuxiu...... If that's the case, her life will be ruined, I also inquired, that person, that person is not good, there are more dead girls in his backyard, if Xiuxiu goes, I don't know how many days I can live, we are forced to be cornered, there is really no way, I want to come and ask Uncle Tan to help think of ideas. ”