As soon as she heard that the handsome man in front of her was going to invite them to eat wontons, the girl's eyes lit up for a while.

Although the old man couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, in the face of Xiao Chen, who suddenly came, the old man still said with vigilance: "Childe, we are people from the mountains and wilderness, I'm afraid what we know will disappoint Childe." ”

Xiao Chen smiled dumbly, waved his hand and said, "If that's the case, it should be that my son is in a good mood and invites you to eat." ”

Seeing that the father and daughter still seemed to have doubts, Xiao Chen pretended to be vicious and said: "By the way, my son's patience is limited, you don't want to toast or eat and drink." ”

Hearing Xiao Chen's cruel words, the father and daughter finally agreed helplessly.

This made Xiao Chen secretly shake his head and sigh, in this world, it is difficult to be a good person.

At the wonton stall, Xiao Chen ordered two large bowls of wontons, just sat quietly and watched the father and daughter gobble up, it could be seen that the two were really hungry, and in the face of the fragrant wontons, even the always cautious old man let down his guard, and there were only the wontons in the bowl in his eyes.

However, Xiao Chen frowned when he looked at this scene, he always thought that the people of Huazhou lived and worked in peace and contentment, the worst and the worst, at least they could eat enough, but now it seems that things are not what he imagined.

After the two of them finished eating, they looked at Xiao Chenlai in front of them with a cramped face. Seeing that Xiao Chen, who was deep in thought, did not speak, in the end, it was Zhao Laohan who mustered up the courage to break the silence and said: "This son, if there is anything you want to ask, you can ask, the old man must know everything and say everything." ”

Xiao Chen came back to his senses, looked at the father and daughter in front of him and said in a deep voice: "I heard you and the inn at the inn before I heard the conversation between you and the shopkeeper, which probably means that the people of your Zhaojia Village owe him money, but I really can't understand, how can someone like you, old man, owe money to an innkeeper?" But I don't know why? ”

Hearing this, the old man's face suddenly showed a look of embarrassment, and he seemed to be a little embarrassed.

With a slight frown, Xiao Chen asked softly, "What?" You don't want to say? ”

The old man looked around vigilantly, and then hurriedly whispered: "This son, it's really not that the old man doesn't want to say it, but he doesn't dare to say it." ”

After taking a deep look at Xiao Chen, the old man then admonished sincerely: "Childe, I see that you asked this, I don't think you are from this Huazhou, and the old man dares to persuade you, if you can not get involved in this matter, you must not get involved." ”

"Otherwise, I'm going to get burned."

"Huh?" Xiao Chen became more and more curious, listening to the old man's meaning, there seemed to be other hidden secrets behind the money they owed the shopkeeper.

Gently patting his luxurious robe, Xiao Chen pretended to be arrogant and said: "This son is the young son of the Qingshan faction in Huainan, not to mention anything else, my family is also a little famous in the rivers and lakes, why can't I even listen to it?" ”

"This ......" When Zhao Laohan heard this, he suddenly became even more embarrassed.

Xiao Chen continued to follow the temptation: "Old man, you don't hurt to say it, my son is just traveling around the rivers and lakes, I want to listen to more interesting stories and go back to brag, but if I really can't afford to provoke me, I naturally won't be nosy." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Laohan nodded lightly as if he had made some decision: "Since Gongzi has said so, then for the sake of Gongzi's face at this meal, the old man will also be open." ”

Saying that, the old man said with a bitter face: "Don't hide it from the son, the reason why our Zhaojia Village owes the money to the shopkeeper of the Lin'an Inn is because of the sale of things." ”

Xiao Chen nodded: "You continue." ”

The old man continued: "In our Zhaojiacun era, we made a living by the craft of boiling sugar, and at the end of the year, the whole family relied on the craftsmanship passed down from our ancestors to make a living. Originally, it was all good, and we didn't need to enter any Bazhou City, as long as we found a place at the gate of the city for merchants to buy. But who knew that just a few months ago, Bazhou Taishou suddenly issued an order, anyone like us who set up stalls to sell goods must go into the city to sell, and they must be dressed appropriately. ”

"Childe, you think, we are all native-born croppers, it would be good to be able to eat and drink enough, and let us dress appropriately, it is really embarrassing for us."

"But in order to live, the people in the village still scraped together, and saved enough money for our sellers to buy a bank, originally thinking that entering the city might make business a lot better, and we also looked forward to it, but who knew that when we entered the city, we knew that this was the beginning of the disaster in our Zhaojia Village."

Speaking of this, the old man shook his head helplessly.

Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed, thinking of the previous conversation between Zhao Laohan and the shopkeeper, and he could probably think of the follow-up of the matter.

Taishou's order will inevitably increase the number of vendors in the city, so that there are not many places for vendors to set up stalls.

"But even if you set up a stall in front of someone's inn, you won't owe money." Xiao Chen asked.

Hearing this, the old man smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "We only buy more than 1,000 wen a month, but the owner of the inn has to collect 1,000 wen a month, and this year's harvest is poor. ”

"What?!" Hearing the old man's words, Xiao Chen exclaimed: "A thousand wen a month, how can there be such an expensive rent in the world?" ”

According to Xiao Chen's knowledge, it is a bustling and lively store in Yong'an, and it is only 500 wen a month, and now, just setting up a stall at the door of an inn in Bazhou, it costs 1,000 wen a month, which is simply a living steamed bun eating human blood.

Xiao Chen said angrily: "The innkeeper behaves like this, doesn't the government care?" ”

"Official?" The old man who heard this shook his head and said, "Don't mention the official mansion, this official mansion is the same as these merchants." Childe thinks that why did Bazhou Taishou drive us to the city, the purpose is to collect our high rent together with these vendors. Originally, we planned to stop selling sugar after learning about this incident, but as soon as our local security chief heard that we were not going, he brought one or twenty gangsters into Zhaojia Village that day, and said that if we didn't go, we would be completely removed from Zhaojia Village. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Laohan already had tears in his eyes and said: "Childe, in this world, it is not easy for us to live." ”

Xiao Chen, who heard this, was already flooded with a cold murderous aura, he didn't expect that under the seemingly peaceful performance of Bazhou City, there was actually a beast like Bazhou Taishou who was hiding a fish and flesh people.

Clenching his fists, Xiao Chen said viciously: "This Bazhou is too guarded, it really deserves to be killed." ”

Who knew that when the old man heard this, he chuckled and said: "Childe's words are not right, since our prince protector took office, most of the officials in the entire Huazhou have become like this." ”

"Our Zhaojia Village is miserable, but as far as I know, there are many worse than our Zhaojia Village, and some are said to have been driven crazy by local officials to death, which is called miserable. So if you want to say damn it, it's Xiao Chen who should be damned, without Xiao Chen, where would Huazhou become what it is today? ”

Some people died, but not completely......