In the face of the shopkeeper's attentive service, Ji Ri began to look around at this newly opened bank.

"There is no place in the ten miles and eight towns that is not plagued by hunger, isn't it self-defeating to open a money bank at this time?"

The shopkeeper was still smiling, answering the questions of the auspicious day.

"Boss Ji, you don't know about this. Qian Zhuang is different from teahouse and wine shop, and it is easier to earn money when the year is bad. If you think, no one knows when this white plague will stop and when the imperial court will provide relief. As long as you have worries about your life, and you have some balance in your hand, you will naturally find a place to keep it properly. ”

This truth is clear at all, just like a pawnshop in troubled times, others may be unsustainable, but pawnshops must be in an endless stream.

looked at the finely carved furnishings of the money village, and the shopkeeper on the side had to be careful to accompany him.

Ji Ri's hand rubbed a mouthful of beautiful porcelain, and when he turned around, he opened his mouth to shout angrily.

"Who is the boss of the money bank!"

The shopkeeper was obviously caught off guard, and took several steps back before touching the table by the wall.

"Surprise me! Our boss Zhu Gu is not a big traitor, what kind of character are you? ”

Looking at the frightened shopkeeper of the bank, Ji Ri smiled apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I'm used to being poor, and suddenly someone is so good to me, I think there is some plan. In this case, thank Boss Zhu on my behalf, and I will visit me another day and thank you personally. ”

After saying that, Ji Ri strode away from the bank. The shopkeeper didn't know what was going on, and he didn't dare to neglect the things that the boss explained, and he didn't say whether he would accept the silver or not, and asked the guy to carry the silver and follow behind the auspicious day.

A few steps back to the steamed bun shop, the auspicious day was not fast. There were almost no people on the snow-white streets. He was still thinking about why Zhu Gu was doing this to him, and suddenly, the picture of Chai Lin and his family blocking the door of Jingfu jumped out.

"Is that him?"

The rich man standing next to Jing Chen was so inconspicuous that Ji Ri almost ignored this guy.

Wang Xiaohu also disappeared after returning to Jingfu, and he was also invited back to Houze......

"I'm afraid there is a deeper whirlpool in Changping City......"

Now the auspicious day that is difficult to guarantee itself can't help but smile bitterly. My mother is still in the mountains, I don't know what to do, even if the Changping County Order takes the lead in rebellion, what does it have to do with me?

Thinking of this, Ji Ri is no longer in the mood to think about these things that have nothing to do with him. After returning to the shop, the man from the money village put down the box, which was roughly over, and even two hundred taels more.

"Giving the two of you two is a pick."

The man left with a thousand thanks, and the auspicious day looked at the white and clear silver, and he didn't feel red and hot at all.

What's the use of money without people?

Yu Chunfeng Lion opened his mouth widely, and he really sent the silver up the mountain, which was the lamb to be slaughtered. But at the moment, he is helpless.

With a long sigh, he moved the box to his bedroom, and after locking the door, Ji Ri decided to stay put, and everything was as usual.

In this matter, Yu Chunfeng and himself always have a hurry. How much surplus grain can the mountain bandits have? How can you go down the mountain to fight the autumn wind in less than ten years, and how can you not come to contact yourself when the time comes?

If you care, you will be chaotic, and if you are chaotic, you will be controlled by others. Ji Riqiang held back the unhappiness in his heart, picked up a pot of charcoal and put it into the stove, burned the fire, boiled the water, and made noodles.

It's just that this dough is living exceptionally strongly.

When the water vapor from the pot reached the eaves, turning the white snow into snow water, and melting the snow in front of the door, the homeless people from nowhere surrounded the courtyard.

"Ji Mantou, you're back, it's been so many days since you went to help your relatives, we almost waited for it!"

Looking at the dozen or so shivering hungry people outside the door, Ji Ri finally smiled.

"What words! I worked so hard to buy the shop, can I still throw it here if I don't come back? Come, the steamed buns that have just been steamed, one person takes two, what's better than being full? ”

Despite hunger and cold, these displaced people had no intention of looting. They know that there is no need to fight for stuttering food in this shop, and there are steamed buns in the pot, so they naturally have them.

"What are you doing standing outside, aren't you too cold? Come, come into the house and eat, and warm up to the fire! ”

The homeless people were stunned, and even the most kind-hearted people never invited them into the house to eat. Previously, the auspicious day only gave steamed buns and let them leave.

"Ji Mantou, no, Ji Da Shan Man, you are really kind-hearted!"

Ji Ri didn't stop what he was doing, and he didn't look up.

"Okay, the steamed bun can't stop your mouth yet."

More than a dozen people took steamed buns one after another, leaning against the wall that couldn't sit at the table, and squatting on the ground that couldn't sit on the wall, leaving only a narrow aisle.

"Eat, it's not enough to have it in the pot. The water tank was there, choking and scooping himself. ”

"Ji Mantou, did your mother also go to help relatives?"

I don't know which homeless person opened his mouth to mention it, and the auspicious day who was about to uncover the new steamed buns froze froze.

Sensing that something was wrong, the homeless people, whether they had eaten the steamed buns or not, stopped their mouths one after another, looked at the auspicious day, and waited for him to speak.

What was waiting for was the prevarication of the auspicious day's forced smile.

"Why are you asking so much, I haven't seen my mother for two days and I still miss her old man?"

I can't hide it from the unintentional guest, but I can't hide it from the person with a heart, and one of the homeless people stood up with a half-pulled steamed bun in his hand.

"Ji Mantou, we have suffered a disaster. But don't take people for fools, I can see that you have something hidden in your heart. ”

"It's just that we eat and drink yours these days, and the food we need elsewhere is less than half of what you give."

"Anyway, we also have the strength to do it, but it's not bad luck, how can we end up in such a field. If there is anything, just say it, if you can help, you won't sit idly by. ”

A few homeless people said a word to me, and the circles under the auspicious eyes of the auspicious day turned faintly red. After thinking about it again and again, I finally came out of my mouth.

"My mother was kidnapped by a bandit."

The sound was not as low as the stove fire, but it fell word for word into everyone's ears.

"Alas, what did that storyteller Mr. Zhou say? Riding a horse and mule at the expense of others and benefiting oneself, starving with fairness and integrity! ”

"Hey! Who are you mocking? Could it be true that the blind people who watched the construction of bridges and roads kill people and set fires? ”

"Where is the bandit, what is his name, we shouted a few times, and there are always sixty or seventy people, who went to level his stockade!"

Seeing that these people were getting more and more energetic, Ji Ri couldn't even cry or laugh.

"People occupy the mountains as kings, kill people without blinking, you don't even have the next meal, don't do these moths!"

After thinking about it carefully, Yu Chunfeng sent people to find him several times, but they all came disguised as hungry people, and Ji Ri added.

"You really want to help me, why don't you see if there are any fresh faces who have come to the city, bring them over to take care of the food, it's good to live an extra life in these years."

The hungry people here had shallow eyes, and their tears could not be stopped. In the huge city of Huze, the only thing that really treats them as people is this small steamed bun shop.

After sending the hungry people in the shop away, Ji Ri steamed a few more baskets of steamed buns, packed them and walked to Chen's house.

This time, I didn't rush to knock on the door, and the knocker fell gently.

"The landlord's family has no surplus food, so let's go elsewhere!"

"Uncle Nian, it's me, Ah Ri."

The door was opened a crack, and the old man drilled his head out.

"You didn't run away, did you?"

Ji Ri's face turned dark, what kind of gossip is this?

"My mother was kidnapped by bandits. This is the steamed bun owed, I'm sorry, I haven't sent it to Chen Fu in the past few days. ”

Chen Nian originally had the heart to make a joke, but he suddenly lost his mood.

"Come on, go and take the steamed buns to the kitchen. I'll take you to see the master. Alas, in this world, the more kind the heart is, the more calamities are suffered. ”

Aging brings an auspicious day to the living room and serves a cup of hot tea.

"The master is practicing the knife, and the work of one more stick of incense is almost over, wait a while."

"Uncle Nian, where did all the hungry people go before?"

Although the Chen Mansion had all the food available and there was no need to go hungry, Chen Nian had also known about their movements to some extent. Who hasn't come from hard times?

"Since the snow fell, the soup shed in Gan County has been completely exhausted. There were more poor people on the streets that day, who didn't know how many frozen. Where can those who survive go, and this snow is not only falling in Gain. There are a lot fewer hungry people now, and when the snow stops, I don't know how many people will lose their livelihoods......"

The two were silent for a moment, but Ji Ri couldn't help but speak.

"With the Chen Mansion's family business, it shouldn't be anything to help a few hungry people, right?"

"That being said, it is difficult to open the door of goodness, and it is difficult to close the door of goodness. The Chen Mansion will receive one today, and tomorrow there will be ten people at the door. Who's money doesn't come from the wind! ”

"Before that, I said that I would open a shed for disaster relief......

When Chen Nian heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's give it up, there are not a few people left in the total now, even if the Chen Mansion is rounded, it won't cost a tael of silver a day. If you talk to the master, he will agree. ”

After a few more idle words back and forth, Chen Tingjing came to the living room with a Qinglong Yanyue knife.

"Ah Ri, what are you doing at the house today? If you want to support a porridge shed, you can do it with Chen, and you don't have to worry about me. ”

Chen Nian took a towel and handed it to the old man to wipe his sweat, and his ears heard a "plop" sound, and the two of them looked at it, and Ji Ri knelt on the ground.

"Outside of Chen, Ah Ri first thanked you for your great kindness for those hungry people!"

Chen Nian hurriedly helped the auspicious day up, and Chen Tingjing breathed a long sigh of relief, and his mood became more and more happy.

"Thanks for what? The old man now has both children and daughters, planting some good causes, and saving some yin virtues for Wen'er Li'er. ”

Ji Ri didn't tell Chen Tingjing about Yu Chunfeng after all. He already owes Chen Tingjing a lot of debts, if he begs three times and twice, he has not sold his cattle for ten years, and sooner or later he will have to stumble on the threshold of the Chen family and will not be able to get out.

After greeting each other on an auspicious day, Chen Tingjing went back to the bedroom to rest. The housekeeper still wondered why he didn't talk to the master about his mother's robbery on the auspicious day.

"Uncle Nian, I can have today, all thanks to the twenty taels of silver given by Chen Yuanwai. Although I didn't look like a person on an auspicious day, I also knew a little bit of goodness. No matter how bad the spring breeze is, it's just to make money, and now that I can hold on to it, I'm really desperate, so I will naturally open this mouth. ”

After all, Chen Nian didn't talk about this section anymore.

"If you want to support a porridge shed, just go and ask someone, and the silver Chen Mansion will come out. The mountain bandits are sinister, don't entangle with them more. ”

Ji Ri nodded, and after agreeing, he left the Chen Mansion.

Back to his steamed bun shop, on the auspicious day, he asked Liu Xi, the shopkeeper of Liubiju, for a piece of cloth under the banner, and the brush dipped in ink skimmed like a knife and a peach wrote four big characters:

For the people!