"How much is a pound of pork?"

"Ten dollars a pound, thanks to the review."

"Boss, come on two catties."

"Okay."

In the east of Xunyang City, in a corner of the vegetable market, a carriage stopped next to the butcher's butcher stall, Ye Weilai and the semi-slender stand, the two girls each wore light black veils, and after politely asking the price, the two little heads got together, and after summing up, Ye Weilai took out a light green purse from her arms.

Mafu Ali immediately jumped out of the carriage and reached forward to pick up the two catties of hanging rope pork that the butcher had precisely cut.

"Wait."

A man's voice came from inside the carriage.

Ye Weilai, Ban Xi and Ah Li immediately paused and looked back.

The three of them found that Ouyang Rong, who had been distracted in the carriage since he went out in the morning, had opened the curtain and looked at him.

"Wasn't the pork in Dongshi eight dollars a pound before, it hasn't changed for more than half a year, why has it risen by two dollars today?"

The butcher with a face full of meat couldn't help but look up and look at this noble son with a face like a jade crown and a slow and methodical temperament.

"Childe, this is the listing price of the East Market today, and other meat stalls are at this price, Childe and little ladies go and ask, I don't have to kill customers."

"I know, but why is the price of pork suddenly rising?" Ouyang Rong asked seriously.

The fat butcher and Ouyang Rong's calm and deep eyes met for a while.

It should be an honest person by nature, his black face was red, and he rubbed his hands and explained:

"I heard that on the side of Xingzifang Chengtian Temple, the largest pig farm in Xunyang is closed, and it seems that the owner has sold the pig farm.

"It seems that it was bought by a group of arrogant Yangzhou businessmen, and I don't know what these rich people are doing to raise pigs...... Now we all have to collect pigs from the farmers outside the city, not to mention the increased losses, some villagers are still sitting on the ground and muttering whether they like to buy or not, and we can't help it...... To tell the truth, Gongzi should buy more pork, this situation, maybe it will rise again tomorrow, the prices of some commodities in the East Market recently, I also don't understand, one price a day......"

Seeing that Ouyang Rong was silent, Ye Weilai asked in a low voice: "Tan Lang, do you want to ...... this meat?"

"It's okay, pay for it, it's just two catties, enough to eat."

Ouyang Rong waved his hand absentmindedly.

The fat butcher on the side continued to pour bitter water.

Until he left, Ouyang Rong didn't remember what he said later, Ouyang Rong bowed his head all the way, as if he was in some kind of thought.

Ye Weilai, who came out to buy vegetables and meat in the house, was very discerning, and did not disturb him soundly, and he didn't even whisper next to him.

Ali also drove the carriage steadily, slowly leaving the East Market and returning to the Huaiye Lane mansion.

Today is a day off, and Ouyang Rong has a day off.

There was nothing to do early in the morning, he accompanied Ye Weilai and them, came to Dongshi to buy vegetables, and prepared to take advantage of the holiday to personally cook some Dongpo meat for relatives and friends to taste, so he needed to buy pork.

It has been more than half a decade since Lin Cheng's showdown that day, as well as Ouyang Rong and Xunyang Wang's joint handing over the folds.

On the Luoyang side, there has been no reply yet, but according to the experience of the imperial court's will in the past, it should be these two days.

In the middle of the day, the city was calm on the surface, and at the same time, Lin Cheng could not be found at all.

Now it is the waiting period, what should be discussed has been discussed, no matter how much you say, it is useless to say more, Ouyang Rong has not gone to Xunyang Wangfu in the past two days, but I heard the little junior sister who came to eat at the Huaiye Lane Mansion said that Da Lang seemed to have been beaten quite miserably.

Well, father, mother, and sister "mixed three dozen", Ouyang Rong could only express silent condolences.

"Tan Lang, it's rare for you to cook today, let's call Wan Wan to come over for dinner, and Liulang to come over ...... too."

Back at the Huaiye Lane mansion, Zhen Shuyuan looked at the door and wanted to greet her, and immediately grabbed Ouyang Rong's arm who bowed her head and got out of the car, and she smiled and made suggestions.

Ouyang Rong got out of the carriage and was distracted.

Hearing this, he looked up at Zhen Shuyuan.

"Auntie, the price of pork in Dongshi has risen."

Ouyang Rong's sudden opening made Zhen Shuyuan stunned, and subconsciously said:

"Huh? Rose...... How much ...... has gone up"

Ouyang Rong said with a serious face: "One pound has risen by two dollars." ”

Zhen Shuyuan couldn't help laughing:

"Silly boy, if it rises, it will rise, it will be worth it to let Tan Lang cook, the concubine and Wan Wan both love to eat, it's okay, it's worth doubling."

Ouyang Rong was silent, Shaoqing shook his head, rolled up his sleeves quietly, carried two catties of pork in his hand, and walked to the back kitchen: "Let them come over for lunch, I will go to Xingzifang in the afternoon, and I may not come back for dinner." ”

"What are you doing in Xingzifang, you finally have a day off and don't rest at home." Zhen Shuyuan looked curious.

"Going out for a walk is also resting." He said.

Zhen Shuyuan sighed, remembered something, and asked, "Then do you want to call this old boy Yuan Huaimin." ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head: "No need, I'll bring some over in the afternoon." ”

"Tan Lang, how troublesome is this, I want you to deliver it personally, it's really cheap for him......" Without waiting for Zhen Shuyuan to ask more, Ouyang Rong had already buried himself in the kitchen to cook.

Zhen Shuyuan glanced at each other with Ye Weilai, Ban Xi and others. Ye Weilai shook her head slightly, indicating that she didn't seem to encounter anything important when she went out this morning.

Seeing this, Zhen Shuyuan sighed helplessly, these days, Tan Lang is so absent-minded at home, but he is responsive to them, and he is not too nagging, and he cares about his family very much...... The women were sometimes embarrassed to interrupt his contemplation, and they were very distressed.

"It's strange, isn't it just two dollars, or the cheapest pork, how can Tan Lang be so nervous, even more nervous than when the Longcheng Di Gong Gate was about to collapse......"

The lady in the Luo skirt looked at the back of her beloved nephew, muttering in a low voice, looking a little puzzled.

……

"Brother Lianghan is still righteous enough!"

In the evening, in Xingzifang Chengtian Temple, in a guest house, Yuan Huaimin opened the lid of the food box in front of him, and when he smelled the fragrant green onion and meat, his eyes were golden.

When Ouyang Rong heard this, his eyes withdrew from the direction of the hustle and bustle in the temple outside the courtyard gate, he glanced at Yuan Huaimin and was silent.

Yuan Huaimin clasped his palms together, first rubbed the two chopsticks, and then started, sandwiched a piece of fat and hard cooked meat, and threw it into his mouth.

Gobbling it up.

"Okay, good, it's still hot, Brother Lianghan is really my best friend." He slurred his voice, but he was full of praise.

"Has Lin Cheng come to you recently?"

Ouyang Rong asked seriously.

"That Xia Guan Lingtailang from the capital?" Yuan Huaimin shook his head: "No, since I asked for a pair of ink treasures, I haven't seen him, hey, why haven't he and Envoy Hu returned to Beijing to restore their lives?" ”

Ouyang Rong didn't explain, spread out with one hand, and motioned for him to continue eating, "I'm full, you can eat, don't stay." ”

It seems that Yuan Huaimin really doesn't care about Xunyang officialdom.

After Yuan Huaimin took a few mouthfuls, he glanced at Ouyang Rong's expression on the other side, only to see him maintain a dry rice posture of holding a bowl and bending over and pinching chopsticks, and muttered, "Brother Lianghan has something on his mind today?" How do you have time to cook, and bring me food. ”

Ouyang Rong shook his head.

"I have to find something to do, I invited the little junior sister to dinner at noon today, and if there is nothing to do in the afternoon, I will come over to have a look."

Yuan Huaimin nodded thoughtfully, coughed again and asked:

"Why don't you call me at lunch."

Ouyang Rong didn't raise his eyelids and said:

"Auntie only asks you to come once every three days, you come today, you won't be able to come tomorrow, I will bring Dongpo meat here, so that you can eat more good meals."

Yuan Huaimin was stunned for a moment, and immediately, his eyes welled up with tears:

"Brother Lianghan, you are really ......"

Ouyang Rong didn't care about this, suddenly stretched out his hand to the door, and asked seriously:

"What is the noise in the temple, it has not stopped."

Hearing this, Yuan Huaimin, who was originally happy to cook, immediately hung his head and became depressed, and the Dongpo meat in his mouth didn't seem to be fragrant:

"The temple host said that all the guest house yards in the temple, after this lease period, will not renew the lease, let us tenants find a new place as soon as possible, pack up and leave, this matter made the temple also rent a courtyard to study some brothers are very unhappy, all go to the temple abbot to theorize, quarrel for two days are ......"

"Why isn't this temple rented? It's not...... Not a good location. Ouyang Rong asked quietly.

"It's not that you don't rent, but the host said that it's not impossible to continue renting, but you have to increase the rental price, I asked, almost doubled, and I don't know where these bald donkeys got the confidence, anyway, is it possible to dig up gold in the ground of the guest house?

"However, today I heard the temple host say that these guest houses are actually ready to be sold to a big chamber of commerce in the city, they seem to be collecting houses at a high price, the temple is very excited about this windfall, and is convening monks to discuss, anyway, even if it is not sold now, the rent will be doubled in the end, these bald donkeys are still complaining, saying that there is no surplus food in the temple, so that we scholars can understand and understand......"

Yuan Huaimin sighed: "Hey, I definitely don't have any money, and the other brothers don't seem to have any money, but they are so angry that they all run to make trouble."

"It's a pity, this is already the cheapest and affordable rental hospital in Xingzifang, I have to clean up in the past two days, think about where to go back, I have to find a comfortable place to live again, but it's a pity to live in the habit, the east corner of the courtyard also raised a small vegetable field, it is estimated that I can't wait for the spring harvest vegetables, and I will drink with Brother Lianghan......

"Well, seriously, if I had been young and vigorous, I would have protested, and now...... Let's do dry rice...... Forget it, let's not talk about these sad things, it's important to eat. Yuan Huaimin's expression is calm, contented and happy, and the main theme is to live in the moment.

Ouyang Rong listened, did not speak, and silently looked at his friend who accompanied Dongpo to drink meat and bury his head in cooking...... After the meal, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, but Ouyang Rong didn't linger any longer, carried an empty food box, and left the yard.

He walked all the way in Chengtian Temple, during which he passed by a lot of guest house courtyards similar to Yuan Huaimin's residence, and saw a lot of depressed scholars, who were packing up their luggage in the courtyard of the house as if they were resigned to their fate.

After all, reading is very expensive at the moment, but reading is the only serious way out for poor families other than joining the army...... Of course, Yuan Huaimin is purely lazy, he is late every day, and he is about to work in the Jiangzhou lobby for zero money.

Seeing the acquaintances, Ouyang Rong became more and more silent, remembering that these scholars were protesting with Yue Ziang to make trouble, but now they are worried about rent, and they are severely beaten by life, and they no longer pay their previous intentions......

Ouyang Rong's pace is getting faster and faster.

He went out this afternoon wearing a felt hat.

But at this moment, he was in a hurry, and subconsciously chose the shadow people under the dusk building to walk less.

Obviously, no one saw it, but Ouyang Rong always felt that there were thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him intently, staring at him.

Just like when Ouyang Rong faced the grief and indignation of the scholars in the audience and the people of Xunyang who showed trust and expectation, when he made a promise with righteous words, thousands of pairs of eyes were cast below.

He has nowhere to run.

Originally, Ouyang Rong was going to go to the low-rent housing area on the outskirts of the city to visit Huang Feihong, but he was completely out of mood at the moment...... Half an hour later, he returned to the Huaiye Lane Mansion with a distracted face, and saw a red dress waiting at the door from a distance.

"Senior brother, there is news from Luoyang, please hurry over to your uncle."

Xie Lingjiang hurriedly stepped forward, his pretty face was very serious.

"Let's go."

The two immediately went out.

Half an hour later, they came to a study in Xunyang Wangfu again.

Everybody is there.

As soon as he sat down, he waved a stack of secret letters in his hand with some excitement:

"Tan Lang, the messenger from Luoyang, is still on the way, and he will arrive at Xunyang in the morning of the next day...... King Xiang and Changle sent someone to inform the king in advance, so that we can prepare well. ”

"Uncle Li, what do you say over there?" Xie Lingjiang asked.

"There are masters, Lord Shen, they argue on reason, and King Xiang, Changle and their help, finally did not let Wei and Lin Cheng succeed in their treacherous scheme, the royal meeting, the final result of the discussion is that Xunyang City, generally immovable, do not do official transfers, but Your Majesty does not like to postpone, and is ready to let Xunyang Grottoes temporarily put it first, and gave Lin Cheng an adjutant, let him assist Tan Lang well, and prepare the new statue of Xingzifang together, it seems that His Majesty is still relieved of Tan Lang, and feels that Tan Lang can be dispatched."

After a pause, he nodded with some relief:

"So Tan Lang, as well as this king, the envoy of Jiangnan Province, is still the leader of this Xingzifang statue! Wei can't intervene, don't worry, the situation in the city is still under our control. ”

As soon as these words came out, in the study, some people breathed a sigh of relief, and some people frowned slightly.

"That's good, that's good, a false alarm." Wei Mei patted his chest and eased the atmosphere.

Li Bao'er didn't speak, and turned his head as soon as possible to observe Ouyang Rong's expression as he lowered his head to drink tea.

"Senior brother?"

Xie Lingjiang was also paying attention to Ouyang Rong, and without waiting for Bao'er to speak, she called out with a worried look on her pretty face:

"Why don't you speak?"

"Oh."

Ouyang Rong put down the teacup, stared at the steaming teacup in front of him, and asked:

"Message... Is it accurate. ”

Nodding vigorously and patting his chest, he promised:

"Of course, there is a letter from Mr. Xie in the capital to support it. Don't worry, Tan Lang, after that incident, the news from the Xiangwang Mansion was very cautious. ”

Ouyang Rong took a deep breath, as if the sip of tea that had just entered his throat was a little hot.

(End of chapter)