Chapter 37 A Horse of Longevity
"Do you remember driving away a few hungry people around your shop?"
The auspicious day was like a lightning strike, and the appearance of the dead body on the side of the road gradually coincided with that of a thin middle-aged man who left that day.
"Your father among them?"
Chen Qian nodded lightly and said, "Although my father is not a great Confucian, he also has a bit of a backbone. For the sake of me, he didn't fake his hands to others, and he left his face to beg for a few steamed buns. But your words woke him up. ”
Seeing that Ji Ri was silent, Chen Qian continued: "My father doesn't hate you, but admires you very much. It is not easy for a person who has read the books of the sages to run for the food that comes to them. But it is even more difficult not to bend the waist for five buckets of rice. ”
"After that day, my father tried to make a living, but when he heard that he wanted to raise me one more idle mouth, he ran into a wall everywhere. Someone told my father that he sent me to a big family's house to be a maid and concubine, so why bother to run for my life? ”
Ji Ri asked softly, "Lingzun is not allowed?" ”
Chen Qian nodded and said: "Talent can be sold cheaply, martial arts can be sold cheaply, only life cannot be sold cheaply." My father, who never went to you again even when he was dying of starvation, told me that if he could not live, he would haunt you, and that the owner of this shop was the only one in the city who regarded the hungry people as human beings, and that the two couplets were of course from him. ”
At this point, everyone was silent. Lu Qingzhou, who was on the side, found the cold scene and said: "Ah Ri, you don't know how much prestige you have saved in the hearts of this group of hungry people, and the steamed buns you sent out ate into their stomachs and sank in their stomachs. ”
Ji Ri smiled bitterly: "I'm just the owner of a steamed bun shop in the city, I can control myself, but I can't control others." You think too highly of me. ”
Li Er said: "Don't look down on it, if it weren't for your steamed buns to be sent out without money, when Gan Lin opened a porridge field, I don't know how many people would starve to death!" ”
Lu Qingzhou and Li Er, you say a word to me, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, and you almost let him and Guan Gong call him brothers.
"Stop, don't you just want me to accept Chen Qian, I'll do it. But there is one verse, you are doing odd jobs in my shop, and I am taking care of your food and lodging and hiring you, and you can go wherever you want after the famine is over. ”
Seeing that Ji Ri finally relented, Lu Qingzhou smiled and said: "Miss Chen, don't thank Ah Ri yet, you have settled now!" ”
Chen Qian lifted the quilt and dressed Zhou Zheng, how could she look a little sick. She gave Shi Shi Ran a salute, and it suddenly dawned on the auspicious day.
"Okay, Lu Langzhong, Li Er, you guys will work together to make a buckle for me!"
Lu Qingzhou stroked his beard and said: "The fish naturally bite the hook when they can see the bait, since they can't give it up, of course they can afford it." ”
Ji Ri said: "It seems that I still suffered a dumb loss. Eh, Mr. Lu, how can there be a woman's skirt in your medical hall? ”
Li Er was a little suspicious and said, "Mr. Lu walked the rivers and lakes when he was young, don't you know about this?" ”
Ji Ri nodded and said, "Chen Qian, let's go." Li Er, remember to give yourself a pair of gold sore medicine. ”
Seeing that the two of them left the medical hall, Li Er was still wondering in his heart, but when he turned around, he saw Lu Qingzhou standing behind him with a silver needle in his hand, and suddenly understood something.
"Li Er, your master doesn't seem to understand the magic of golden needles, why don't I teach you well from today."
"That...... Mr. Lu, Master, I can't finish learning his old man's ability to treat bruises, so forget it! ”
"No, let's learn together in a while, and you can use it too."
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Ji Ri took Chen Qian home, but still gave her the guest room, and said nothing all night.
When I woke up the next day, I didn't know what to do. There is a woman in his small shop for no reason, and it is inevitable that people will gossip, and the first person to speak is Liu Xi.
"Brother, what a skill, go out for a turn and bring back such a slim little girl!" Liu Xi's eyes looked directly at Chen Qian, and his face was like a peach blossom.
Ji Ri broke the steamed bun in his hand and said without raising his head: "How much grain do you still have in that storehouse?" ”
As soon as he said it, he was down to business, and directly dispelled Liu Xi's gag thoughts, and said: "Don't worry, it's enough to control all the people in Zejun for ten years, if you only supply those called Huazi, how can you last for a month." ”
Ji Ri nodded and said, "As long as we have enough food, if that Ganlin is really dedicated to the people, there is no need for us to take action." I'm afraid that he only burns three fires in this porridge shed, and he will not be able to follow......"
Chen Qian stood aside and asked, "Since we still have so much grain, why don't we learn from the Ganxian County Order and open a warehouse to help grain?" ”
As soon as the words came out, Chen Qian knew that she was speechless, retreated behind Ji Ri, and stopped making a sound.
However, since there is such a question, there will naturally be a reasonable explanation. Ji Ri said: "The grain of Liubiju is made by Liu's shopkeeper, and I just want him to inherit it, so that the people in the city can help one or two when they have no more to rely on." ”
There is no steamed bun in the world that is eaten for nothing, and the reason is clear, Chen Qian naturally knows the proportions.
At this time, Liu Xi was curious: "Brother, who is this woman, it doesn't look like an ordinary person's upbringing." ”
Ji Ri said: "What is unusual, from today she is doing chores in my shop, what are you doing with so much?" ”
Seeing that he was bored, Liu Xi found a way to say goodbye. said that he wanted Chen Qian to do chores, but in the end, it was a scholarly door that did not touch the spring water with ten fingers, and seeing that Chen Qian couldn't even carry a bucket of water, Ji Ri sighed.
"You go and serve my mother, accompany her old man to relieve her boredom, and I will be watching alone in front of the hall."
After saying that, the auspicious day began to fetch water and noodles, after all, there are still many shops who have to supply their own steamed buns.
After the water boiled and the noodles were fed, the auspicious day went to the front hall to clean up the tables and chairs and open the door panels.
As soon as the day dawned, the auspicious day pushed open the door, and a strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist stood in front of the door with a burden in his hand.
That person was Qin Niu.
Ji Ri's face changed suddenly, and he shouted: "Coming over early in the morning to eat white food, isn't it too bullying!" ”
Qin Niu crossed the threshold, threw the burden in his hand on the table, and said, "What do you call this, didn't I say it yesterday, and I will return it again next time." ”
"Bong back what? You still smashed one of my bowls, and if you have the ability to take care of a few hungry people to eat, what are you doing with me? At the end, Ji Ri added, "You took this burden from me yesterday." ”
Qin Niu was embarrassed by a few words, and said in a muffled voice: "You go to the backyard and open the baggage to know if I am telling a lie." ”
Ji Ri asked, "Why do you want to go to the backyard?" ”
A coarse man's mouth is not as dexterous as his hand. Seeing the auspicious day and asking the east and west, Qin Niu couldn't help but say, grabbed the burden with one hand, and went to the backyard with the other hand to lift the auspicious day. When you get to the backyard, put down the auspicious day, close the inner door, and then hand the burden to the auspicious day.
This auspicious day was really annoyed, and said: "I respected you yesterday as a man, how can you clean up some robbers after eating steamed buns?" ”
Saying this, Ji Ri took the burden, but he only felt that it was soft, but there was something in it, so it was a little heavier.
Unwrapping the burden and taking a look, a purple and red satin is shining, and the dense stitches embroider a phoenix, and there are four words written next to it: Heaven and earth live together.
Ji Ri almost threw the burden out, stabilized his mind, and asked in a trembling voice, "This ...... Is this brocade? ”
Qin Niu scratched his head and said, "I don't know, there is no one in our group who is illiterate, anyway, I found it from the official car." This material is definitely a first-class product, isn't it enough to top you a few steamed buns? ”
Ji Ri's face changed color, and Qin Niu was most likely a robber who hijacked the car. But his small body can carry a punch from others, but now he has to be humiliated.
"That's definitely enough, you can take a few more drawers of steamed buns. But how did you get such good material? ”
Qin Niu said in a sullen voice: "You just have to take it, this material must not come from the right way...... No, it's definitely true! ”
Ji Ri was shocked and said, "Do you know what this is?" This is the birthday gift that Gan County ordered to give to the Queen Mother! ”
Qin Niu looked impatient and said: "I don't care if he has a birthday gift or not, he uses our money to curry favor with the emperor, who has ever asked us whether we live or die?" It's this thing that made me a thief, if it weren't for the fact that you are different from those guys who look down on people with dogs' eyes, what would you have done if you ate it for nothing yesterday? ”
"Qin Niu, a horse of Shoujin is not heavy, but it is related to the lives of the people of Ze County. If you rob Shoujin and do a small matter, then Ganlin will impose another tax, and I don't know how many people will be displaced! Although Ji Ri didn't dare to conflict with Qin Niu, he also wanted to persuade him to the right path.
But Qin Niu didn't care: "Can't be levied, our brothers are guarding several key roads in Huze County, and if he dares to do it, we will dare to rob him!" I'll tell you the truth, I'm the gang of robbers who robbed Zeli's car, if you want to report to the official, the grace of yesterday's meal was returned, and we will clear it up! ”
Seeing that Qin Niu was leaving, Ji Ri hurriedly stopped: "Brother Qin, you wait first." I was also disturbed by this longevity brocade, and now I have just gasped. You grab the limousine again, and it's really a big deal! ”
"You're not happy, I ate at the same table with you yesterday, and I think you're a good guy, why is your mother-in-law today?"
Ji Ri smiled bitterly: "It's not that I want to stop talking, but the stakes are much more complicated than you think." In this way, let's talk while eating, and you will understand when you make it clear! ”
After a while, the freshly steamed big white steamed buns were piled high on a plate, and the pickles and roasted liver were put on the table again, and they were eaten again as they were yesterday.
The reason is not clear, the wood is not drilled, and the casserole is not leaked for a lifetime. Although Qin Niu had never read a book, he couldn't stand Ji Ri's clever tongue, and the steamed buns blocked the arch fire's mouth, and he quickly made the question of Shoujin clear to Qin Niu.
"So, there will be a second Shou Jin?"
Ji Ri nodded and said, "Not only that, but it will cost more than the first horse, and it will be more urgent than the first horse." ”
Qin Niu held his cheeks and said to himself: "How urgent can that be, and what can it be more urgent than the carriage that night?" ”
"A carriage at night? Are you talking about the carriage full of Qinzhou yellow? "Ji Ri seems to have thought of something.
Qin Niu nodded and said, "Yes, we originally wanted to rob it, but the millet porridge is really fragrant." Unfortunately, the car was too fast, and it was not worth killing a brother for the sake of stuttering, so I simply let him go. ”
Ji Ri stood up suddenly and said: "I was in a hurry that night and didn't figure it out, but now it seems that Gan Lin must be secretly Chencang!" ”
Qin Niu also stood up and said, "That's it, what kind of Chen Cang, as soon as I heard it, there was a lot of food, let's go and serve it!" ”