Chapter 63: Death
Early in the morning, in the center of Huainan City.
This is the most prosperous place in the whole Huainan, and the passers-by from the south to the north, and the hawkers walking the streets and alleys can all be seen here.
Especially when Feihong Restaurant is prosperous, it will be even more lively.
But these prosperity and liveliness only belong to the rich and noble, for poor people like Xiaosi, they can only sigh and run around for food and clothing all day long.
In the past few days, Xiao Si has been very distressed.
There is still a family waiting for the family, but he has no salary.
It's not that there is no salary, to be precise, it should be that the owner does not pay wages.
Because the owner lost to Feihong Restaurant in the gambling fight, he lost all his belongings.
But Xiao Si doesn't care about this, he only cares about whether he can get his three-month salary back.
The last time I asked, the owner asked them to move the tables and chairs in the restaurant to sell.
But Xiao Si only grabbed a few tables and chairs, and the price of selling them was far less than three months' wages.
So here he is again.
The proprietor Zhao Tenglong is said to have been mixed with the three sects and nine streams in Huainan in the early years, and he has a bit of a reputation in the Tao, which is a role that is not easy to mess with.
If it weren't a last resort, Xiao Si wouldn't want to deal with such a person.
But if the money doesn't come back, their family will not be able to survive this winter.
In the middle of his thoughts, Xiao Si had already walked to the door of Tenglong Restaurant.
Pushed open the closed door and walked inside.
But I saw that it was pitch black inside, the tip of my nose was stirring, and I smelled a pungent smell of blood.
Xiao Si didn't take it seriously, after all, he opened a hotel, and it was normal for the kitchen to be a little bloody.
He raised his steps and walked towards Zhao Tenglong's box on the second floor.
However, as he walked down the stairs, he noticed that the smell of blood was getting more and more tangy, which made him feel the urge to clench his nose.
After a while, Xiao Si finally finished walking the stairs.
However, when he stepped onto the floor on the second floor, he was horrified by the scene in front of him!
I saw that Zhao Tenglong, the arrogant and unreasonable owner in the past, was slumping to the ground weakly at this time.
Underneath him, blood flowed and stained the floor red.
The face has long been bloodless, and only a miserable white remains.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Si trembled all over, trembling like chaff, beads of sweat slipped down on his face, and the whole person couldn't help but retreat backwards, and he fell to the ground.
After a long while, Xiao Si came to his senses.
looked at Zhao Tenglong, who died tragically, and began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets in the box.
He doesn't take much, as long as he gets so much for three months.
After looting for a while, the money was still not enough.
Xiao Si had the courage to take off the good-looking robe on Zhao Tenglong's body.
Only then did he panic and fled the scene in three steps and two steps.
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Half a day later, the matter of Tenglong Restaurant was discovered and reported to the official.
When the official came, he found out that the scene was tragic.
Zhao Tenglong, who was only wearing obscene clothes, fell in a pool of blood, and his chest was cut by a sharp blade, and his bones were visible!
His eyes were full of surprise and fear, and his lips were black and purple, and he looked scared to death.
After the news spread, the neighbors were also embarrassed.
It is said that Zhao Dong's family was such a decent person during his lifetime, but he didn't expect to die so miserably.
Some people also say that Zhao Tenglong did a black-hearted business and deserved to die.
However, all of this has nothing to do with Gu Beichuan, he is sitting cross-legged, his heart is facing the sky, and his cultivation is easy to make decisions.
The monk stayed in Nanshan Ju for a few days and taught him for a few days.
After Gu Beichuan was able to cultivate alone, he left with Xiu'er.
When the little girl left, she didn't cry, but the red eyes and bitten lips were really pitiful.
Half an hour later, Gu Beichuan finished his cultivation, only to feel that his whole body was transparent and his bones were numb.
The secret path of this Yi Bone and Tendon Sutra is definitely a secret transmission of Zen Buddhism, and it is really a first-class exercise in the world.
I don't know what kind of identity a monk is, and he can get such a mastery.
However, Yi Gu's muscles and muscles can only improve Gu Beichuan's muscles and bones, allowing him to practice martial arts to get twice the result with half the effort, but it can't let him directly generate internal strength, let alone the same qi as a monk.
According to the monk, he still needs to find a superior internal strength method to practice.
There are many mental monks, but there are not many that are conducive to beginners building a foundation.
Fortunately, the monk had a lot of friends, so he dragged his friends with him.
It's just that the person hasn't arrived yet, Gu Beichuan can only practice, and it's not bad for a day or two anyway.
Over the years, the workshops have been completed one after another, although they are not built on the scale of later generations.
But it is already the limit level of Huainan craftsmen, and in this era, it is not bad.
Now that the workshop has been built, it is natural to start using it.
And Gu Beichuan first put into production silk.
The raw material of silk is silk, and these days, the silkworm seeds bought by Gu Beichuan and Fubo and the equipment built in the Yongan blacksmith shop have also arrived one after another.
It's time to get started.
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Yan Laoba, the head of Bagong Village.
When he was a child, he had eight brothers and sisters in the family, and he was the youngest.
It's a pity that there was a famine later, and all my brothers and sisters starved to death, but he, the old man, survived.
The famine was so great that it was not only their family that died, but more than half of the entire village.
Some of the remaining people also went out to flee.
In the end, there was only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people who could not walk in the village, and he was unwilling to walk.
He said that his own parents and brothers had died here, and that he had to provide for them in their old age.
Fortunately, the famine subsided, and Emperor Renxuan used thunderous means to relieve the disaster, and Bagong Village came back to life little by little.
Time has passed, and decades have passed in a blink of an eye. The people of Bagong Village gradually prospered, and Yan Laoba also became the most respected person in Bagong Village and was elected as the village head.
As the head of the village, it is natural to worry about the development of the village.
Fortunately at first, with the treasure land of Bagong Mountain, plus there are a lot of hunters in Bagong Village, go into the mountains to hunt, as long as you don't meet jackals, tigers and leopards, you can always have some gains.
No matter how poor it is, you can still collect medicine for a living.
But, sit and eat nothing!
After balding the periphery of Bagong Mountain, the hunters in the village suddenly became ornaments.
What can I do if I have a mother-in-law and children to raise at home?
I can only go to Huainan City to do some short-term work, and come back from time to time.
But Huainan City is big, and it is not easy to live.
These villagers, who can't read and write, have never read a book, can only do some hard work, and how many copper plates can they get?
In addition, the food and housing in Huainan City is a lot of expenses, and it is not necessarily more profitable than working in the fields.
Later, there was a good thing, Huainan came to a warm-hearted owner, and the salary was very high, and everyone rushed to go to his house to work.
However, the number of people recruited is limited, and they can only meet the food and clothing of some people.
A month later, the proprietor actually came to Hachiko Village in person to find someone to build a house.
Not only pay for wages, but also for meals.
This is really a great thing, and it has fed many families in Hachiko Village.
It's a pity that now the house is finished.
The villagers are in a dilemma again, and he, as the village head, is also worried.