"Lo-mei, lo-mei, time-honored lo-mei, delicious lo-mei."

Xu Fugui was wearing a black coat and a melon skin hat from a pickpocket, rubbing his hands and shouting at the top of his voice, but most of the pedestrians shrunk their necks, put their hands in their sleeves, and walked in a hurry, and occasionally someone came to ask.

"How do you sell pig ears?" A man walked over with a cold air conditioner and asked.

Xu Fugui hesitated and said: "Usually it is sold for one hundred and fifty copper coins a catty, but today it is cold, I want to close the stall and go home early, one hundred and forty-five pounds, is it feasible?" ”

The man's face was entangled, "One hundred and forty-five, it's a little expensive, can you take it back and eat it hot?" ”

"Of course it's okay, but the taste is not as good as cold, it depends on personal preference."

"On such a cold day, if you don't eat a hot mouth, your heart will be hot, and you can't eat the cold in your mouth."

Xu Fugui saw that he was leaving, and hurriedly said, "One hundred and forty copper coins a catty is feasible?" The lowest cost price, if it was colder, I probably wouldn't have sold it. ”

The man paused and took out a wad of fiat currency from his hand, "Is fiat currency okay?" ”

Xu Fugui was a little reluctant, but he still nodded, "Okay, I can collect everything here, except for military tickets, but the price of fiat currency is indispensable." ”

"Hey, you guy, why don't you still dislike fiat currency, now that it's peaceful, we belong to the south here, maybe one day fiat currency will replace copper and silver dollars."

Although this man said so, he still bought a pound of pig ears with fiat currency, and spent nearly two thousand fiat coins.

There is no way, the fiat currency is depreciating too fast, and people are becoming more and more distrustful.

It's easy to get fiat, but it's hard to spend it, and many places don't accept fiat.

Xu Fugui didn't want to collect fiat currency, even if he did, he would have to spend it that day.

Otherwise, maybe when he came to the county seat in two days, if the fiat currency depreciated again, he would lose a sum of money out of thin air.

"Haha, Fugui, why haven't you been able to do business for the past two days?" Master Kang said from the bun shop next to him.

Xu Fugui smashed his mouth, "Brother Kang, my business is like this, just barely make a lot of money, and I don't ask for more, unlike your buns, business is good all year round." ”

"That's, Fugui, people Kang Baozi have been selling steamed buns for generations, and they are a real time-honored brand, unlike you, who has not been open for a month, and they shout that they are time-honored."

On the other side, a short and sturdy man said with a smile, he is engaged in tofu trading, and the three are almost next to each other, and they are familiar with each other after coming and going.

"Li Tofu, as if you are not an ancestral craft, who in our county does not know that your tofu is the best?" Master Kong said.

Xu Fugui took out the bench and sat at the back of the stall, and sighed long, "No, I have to pass on this stall to my son, and then let my son pass it on to my grandson, who will not be a time-honored brand in the future." ”

Master Kong laughed, Li Tofu lit a dry cigarette, and quipped: "Fugui, you remember that you are a daughter, where is the son?" ”

"Where's in Jiazhen's belly?"

"How do you know it's a son, what if it's a girl?"

"It must be a son, or we have a bet?"

Master Kong pointed at him, "Fugui, you kid still hasn't changed, I thought you really didn't gamble." ”

Xu Fugui was dumbfounded and waved his hand, "You have begged, anyway, the one in Jiazhen's belly must be a son, and he will come out in a few days." ”

It's already the end of October, and the winter moon will enter in two days, and if nothing else, the day of the baby's birth will be around the middle of winter.

"Okay, okay, it's my son, right?" Li Tofu said, handing over a dry tobacco.

Xu Fugui waved his hand, "I can't get used to this thing." ”

Li Tofu was about to say something, when he was suddenly attracted by the hustle and bustle not far away.

"Collect taxes! In the future, everyone who does business will be taxed and paid once every half month. The officers and soldiers of the county magistrate appeared in the street, shouting loudly, and were still wearing yellow leather clothes.

"Why are you going to collect taxes again, the county lord will collect one, those gangs will collect one, and now the army will also collect one, how can you live these days."

Li Tofu complained in a low voice, and when the officers and soldiers arrived, he hurriedly smiled again, "Official." ”

The officer and soldier had a rifle on their shoulders, glanced at him, and said lightly: "How much do you make every day in this stall?" I'm telling you, don't underreport, otherwise you won't blame me for not reminding you. ”

Li Tofu sneered and said honestly: "I'm just a tofu stall, the business is not big, and it is the limit to earn three hundred copper coins a day." ”

When the officers and soldiers heard this, their eyes were even more disdainful, "Pay two silver dollars every half a month, do you know?" ”

Li Tofu gasped and was about to complain, when he saw the impatient expressions of the officers and soldiers, he closed his mouth.

The officer and soldier stretched out their hands, "Take the money." ”

Li Tofu showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Official, I don't have two silver dollars on me, can I make up for it tomorrow?" ”

The officers and soldiers kicked him, and Li Tofu was directly kicked to the ground, "Ma Dan, what kind of thing, you dare to owe money to the troops?" Remember, tomorrow, if you don't have enough money, you will have a place in the county cell. ”

After speaking, he went straight to Xu Fugui's stall and said jokingly: "Young Master of the Xu family, have you been mixing well recently?" ”

Xu Fugui didn't know this person, but his popularity in the county seat was not small, and it was normal for him to know him, rubbed it, and said respectfully: "Good sir." ”

The officers and soldiers laughed, "I'm a bullshit sir, okay, for the sake of you being a young master before, don't embarrass you, how much do you make every day from this stall?" ”

Xu Fugui's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he bowed his head slightly, "It's not much more than a tofu stall, about five hundred copper coins a day." ”

The officers and soldiers groaned, and when they were about to speak, the shopkeeper of Wang's Restaurant suddenly came out, greeted him twice, and then said: "Fugui is a former friend of my young master, and now he often invites him to eat in the restaurant. ”

The officers and soldiers looked at him in surprise, and then said: "Okay, don't be embarrassed to pay two silver dollars in the next half a month, right?" ”

"Don't be embarrassed, don't be embarrassed." Xu Fugui hurriedly said.

After the officers and soldiers left, Xu Fugui thanked the shopkeeper and sent half a pig's ear out, the shopkeeper didn't care, glanced at the cold Wang's restaurant, and sighed, "Now this business is getting worse and worse." ”

"Shopkeeper, what kind of world do you say this is, don't you say that there is peace, why do you still collect so many taxes?" Li Tofu rubbed his chest and said bitterly.

Palm shook his head, "Who knows." ”

Xu Fugui was silent, the south is probably preparing for war, and these people are all the objects of oppression.

When he returned to the village in the afternoon, Xu's father said that when the troops came to collect grain, each family had to give at least 30 catties of rice, and everyone from the big households would give more, and this situation would definitely not only appear in Yunxi County.

The people are full of complaints......