Huazhou City, in the courtyard of an ordinary family.

This house is better than the ordinary house, and the walls are made of stone and mud.

In ordinary people's homes, they can be regarded as having a head and a face.

The head of the family is named Qi Sheng, in his thirties, with a Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks a little heroic that ordinary people have never had.

His temperament is just innate.

Qi Sheng is not a big man, but a fishmonger who kills fish in the bazaar.

The last few years have been good, especially since last year was indeed a good year.

Qi Sheng saved enough money, sold the old house, bought a new piece of land, and built a decent yard in this decent place.

Her wife followed him at the age of fifteen, and it has been ten years since then, and she has suffered a lot.

I thought that after building a house, I would be able to live a good life for my wife and children.

But who would have thought that this heavy snow was so ruthless that their family's income had been cut off for a month.

Qi Sheng brought out all the fish hidden in the cellar.

It was prepared a year ago, and he brought the last of the silver to buy it.

Originally, I thought that for the Chinese New Year, every household would definitely kill chickens and slaughter fish, and there would be no shortage of fish buyers.

When some fish are sold at the end of the year, the family will have more surplus silver.

But none of these fish have survived the cold winter, and without exception, they have all frozen to death.

Looking at these fish who knew how to be harder than bricks, his distressed tears flowed.

The woman stepped out of it and patted Qi Sheng on the back.

"It's okay, as long as people are okay, we still have hope. Back then, you were also self-made, didn't you also build a house for our mother and son in Huazhou City?" The woman comforted

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"yes, it's okay, it's okay."

Qi Sheng wiped his tears and squeezed out some smiles.

"Let's eat fish today! I've been selling fish for so many years, and I haven't had a good meal, but today I have a good time. I'm going to make fish over the fire!"

Qi Sheng picked out a few fat and big carp and stewed them in a pot.

The family of three sat down in the hall and ate.

The pot was full of fish and meat, but the porridge in the bowl was so thin that the rice was almost invisible.

Although Qi Sheng sells fish, he is really reluctant to eat fish.

Only when those big families come to sell fish, they don't want fish belly, Qi Sheng will bring some fish belly back and stew it to eat.

Their lives have always been very borrowed.

But now, Qi Sheng feels a little powerless.

looked at his wife and children, and Qi Sheng immediately forcibly squeezed out a smiling face.

"It's okay, it's okay, the snow has stopped, and when the weather gets warmer, I'll go to business." My reputation in the Huazhou Bazaar is not bad, do you know what everyone calls me?"

"If you know, you will be called General Qi." The woman laughed.

"If we have this reputation, we won't be afraid that we won't have any business in the future, right?" Qi Sheng said with a smile.

"Yes, you eat more."

"Don't worry about me and the child, you see, I can't finish this pot of fish even if it's three, and you can eat it too."

The relationship between the two is very good, and they have been serving each other vegetables.

The atmosphere is also slowly becoming more relaxed.

Then the look on the woman's face was a look of merit and embarrassment.

"What's wrong?" Qi Sheng asked.

"There is not much rice at home, I only saved half a month's worth of rice last year, and it's been almost a month, so I have to buy some rice today." The woman said.

"Okay, I'll take the fish out and sell it today. These fish are dead, but they are also

It's frozen to death, it's not bad, and it's still fresh to eat." Qi Sheng said with a smile.

After a big meal, Qi Sheng, who had been at home for a month, finally pulled the cart and went out.

When he came out to look, he realized how bad the situation in the city was.

The bazaar was unattended, and it was all covered with snow.

Many people in the city were busy clearing snow and repairing houses, and there were even many more officers and soldiers.

He saw a great crowd carrying bowls toward the west of the city.

So Qi Sheng also followed.

When he came to the west of the city, Qi Sheng felt that his heart was broken.

A lot of shantytowns have been erected here, and countless people have gathered in them.

There are many porridge sheds next to it, and officers and soldiers are distributing porridge and food.

There are 300,000 people in Huazhou City, and at least 100,000 people have gathered here!

I haven't gone out for a month, and 100,000 people in Huazhou City have no food?

Su Xuan was here, looking at the porridge in the pot that had become thin again, and his mind was solemn.

At this time, Chang Bokai naturally didn't dare to be cautious in front of Su Xuan, and deliberately stuck the grain.

Therefore, Su Xuan estimated that the reserve grain in the granary of the government was insufficient.

How many days has it been?

It's only been ten days.

Therefore, there must not be 200,000 stone of grain in that granary.

Qi Sheng walked over and took a look.

Su Xuan turned around and saw a strong man standing behind him.

This person has a lot of temperament, but he dresses very plainly.

"Did you bring a bowl?" Su Xuan asked.

"I'm not here to ask for food, I'm here to sell ...... Fish sellers."

Su Xuan looked back, and there was a board cart parked over there, with a lot of boxes on it.

He looked into the pot, it was really ...... There's nothing meaty about it.

"How do you sell your fish?" Su Xuan asked.

"If you go back to your lordship, you sell sixty wen on weekdays, and these fish are all

froze to death, so he planned to sell it for thirty wen. Don't worry, sir! None of these fish are bad, the grass people have just eaten them, and they really aren't bad." Qi Sheng said.

"How many fish do you have?" Su Xuan asked.

"That's all there is to it, there are about more than a thousand catties, so it's counted as a thousand catties."

Su Xuan nodded towards Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan immediately took out a silver ticket with a face value of fifty taels and handed it to Qi Sheng.

"If the fish is a good fish, my family will naturally not be short of your silver. You said thirty taels a catty, and these fifty taels are enough to sell for more than a thousand catties." Zhou Quan said.

Qi Sheng took the silver ticket, and his heart suddenly throbbed.

He felt as if he shouldn't have taken it.

As far as the eye can see, everyone is miserable, because of a snowstorm that caused homelessness.

Qi Sheng suddenly pushed the silver ticket back to Zhou Quan.

"My lord, the grass people are very good at killing fish, add some fish meat to these porridges, and stew a few pots of fish belly to give everyone a taste of meat! Don't look down on fish belly, fish belly is actually more delicious than fish." Qi Sheng said.

There are many people who eat fish, but those who have heads and faces never eat fish belly.

It's not that the belly is not delicious, it's that they think it's a cheap thing and doesn't deserve to be on their table.

Zhou Quan looked at Su Xuan.

Su Xuan nodded, and Zhou Quan temporarily put away the silver ticket.

Then Qi Sheng went to kill the fish.

His hands and feet were indeed very nimble, and in three or two strokes, a fish was dismembered.

The meat and belly of the fish are clearly separated.

And just like that, the day passed.

In the porridge, fish was finally added.

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