The second lunar month.

Although it was already mid-spring, a cold wave from the north last night made the temperature in Yunxi County drop a lot.

In the morning, before dawn, Xu Fugui got up gently, came to the stove room to heat up last night's leftovers, and then began to wash.

"Master, it's drizzling outside." Laishun took a soak of urine outside and came back and said.

"Well, let's eat first."

After breakfast, the sky was just dark, Lai Shun took out the bamboo basket, put all the marinated goods into it, and carried it on his back.

"Fugui, remember to put on your raincoat." Just as he was about to go out, Jiazhen got up, rubbed his eyes and said.

Xu Fugui answered, took down the canvas raincoat hanging on the wall, handed it to Lai Shun, put it on himself, and lowered his voice, "Jiazhen, you go back and sleep for a while, it's still early." ”

"Well, don't be angry with others in the county, you know?"

"Don't worry, harmony makes money, I understand."

"Wang!"

Ping'an spat out his bright red tongue and circled around his feet twice.

Xu Fugui touched its furry dog head and walked out with Lai Shun.

Lai Shun was right, it was drizzling outside, and the thick fog shrouded the entire Xujia Village, the sky was dark, and the surroundings were extremely quiet.

The dirt floor is so soft that straw sandals leave a footprint when you step on them.

"Damn, it's still so cold in February." Lai Shun shrank his neck and said scoldingly.

Walking to the nameless river a few hundred meters in front of Xujia Village, Lai Shun looked at the column of stones that only showed a section, "Young master, why has this river risen so much." ”

Xu Fugui stepped on the stones and crossed the river, looked at the gloomy sky, and years of experience told him that it was going to rain heavily.

Sure enough, when the two of them just walked into the county seat, there were several loud rumbles in the cloud-filled sky, as if God was angry.

When they came to the street where Wang's Restaurant was located, a heavy rain fell from the sky, splashing a large white splash on the bluestone floor.

A lightning bolt swept through the air, illuminating the entire world, Xu Fugui and Lai Shun ran wildly in the rain, constantly cursing God in their hearts.

With such heavy rain, there was no one on the street, let alone doing business, and they themselves had nowhere to take shelter from the rain.

"Fugui, come to Shun, come in and take shelter from the rain." Du Shanying, who was dressed in really good clothes, leaned against the door frame, and when she saw them, she immediately greeted.

The two hurriedly ran towards the Tongyou Tea Tavern and hid under the eaves, only then did they exhale a breath of turbidity.

"Boss Du, I have to trouble you again." Xu Fugui took off his hat and raincoat, the raincoat had a lot of rainproof effects, only the trouser legs were wet a lot.

Du Shanying smiled and waved her hand, "What are you talking about, they are all neighbors, and you don't often help me shout for business." ”

Tongyou Tea Tavern has been open for more than half a month, and usually the guests in the tea tavern want to have some lo-mei as soon as they drink, and Du Shanying will help them buy it.

Xu Fugui and Lai Shun also like to be lively, and when they are usually fine, they like to run to the tea tavern and listen to the guests inside chatting and bragging.

The tea in the teahouse is not expensive, and a cup of the cheapest Baihao tea costs only twenty copper coins.

Even sometimes when business is good, he and Lai Shun will buy two taels of wine to satisfy the cravings in their stomachs.

After going back and forth, their relationship with Du Shanying also became familiar.

Lai Shun put the back basket on the ground, lifted the canvas and looked at it, and said with a bitter face: "Brother, our lo-mei is wet from the rain." ”

In front of outsiders, Xu Fugui has always asked to be called Brother Shun.

It's best to change the name to this, he's not like others who remember him as a young master a few years later.

Xu Fugui looked at it and smashed his mouth, "Take it out and dry it first, if someone buys it, then sell it cheaply." ”

Du Shanying pointed to the inside of the teahouse, "Go in and sit, I invite you to have a drink, it's raining, and I don't have anyone here." ”

Xu Fugui and Lai Shun took off the straw sandals and put them at the door, rinsed them with rainwater, and then took out the cloth shoes and put them on.

"Boss Du, why didn't you see your husband." Lai Shun sat on the bamboo chair, glanced left and right and said.

"Oh, he went to the provincial capital to buy tea, and he has to come back in two days."

Du Shanying took three wine glasses over, Xu Fugui didn't like to let others suffer, so he found the pig's head meat that was not wet, cut it into a small half catty and put it on the table.

Du Shanying took a bite of braised pork, "Don't say it, I also ate lo-mei when I was out of town, but I just feel that your taste is the best." ”

Xu Fugui shook his head and said seriously: "I know what level I have, and I will be able to eat it, not as good as others, but you, speaking in dialect is getting better and better." ”

When Du Shanying first came back, she spoke Mandarin with a round tone, and although she also spoke dialects, her accent sounded a little awkward.

Du Shanying smiled and motioned for him to drink.

The rain was rattling outside, and the sky was gradually brightening, but the streets were still empty, and the shopkeepers were sad.

After drinking two glasses of wine, the three of them chatted quite happily.

Most of them were Du Shanying asking about the changes in Yunxi County over the years, and the two of them answered.

"Fugui, is there anything you don't know about this Yunxi County?"

Xu Fugui patted his chest, "This Yunxi County, there is really nothing I don't know." ”

Du Shanying put down her wine glass and suddenly asked, "By the way, isn't it peaceful now, why is the conscription starting at the city gate again?" ”

Xu Fugui smiled, "Who knows, anyway, I don't think it's a good thing." ”

Lai Shun said in a sullen voice: "That's it, this day is not as good as when the cherry blossoms are here, at least you don't have to pay so much food and so much tax." ”

Du Shanying asked: "The south made you pay a lot of taxes and a lot of grain?" ”

"Yes, you don't know, there are several families in our village who were beaten by officers and soldiers because they couldn't hand over food."

Du Shanying sighed, "If I knew that I wouldn't come back, I might as well stay in the north." ”

"What's good in the north?" Lai Shun asked with a big grin.

"Of course the north is good, where everyone has a field, the army is the children of the people, there is an organized leader, and people work every day with a smile on their faces......"

The topic of the two slowly shifted to the discussion between the north and the south, Lai Shun and Xu Fugui gradually rarely spoke, and most of them were Du Shanying introducing the situation in the north.

Lai Shun listened to the heart of the fascination, and Xu Fugui affirmed his thoughts in his heart.

Du Shanying is definitely not a simple tea tavern owner, and her real identity is likely to be a member of the organization.

The handshake at the first meeting made him feel very strange, and he usually chatted inadvertently about all kinds of news, and now he is introducing how good the northern organization is.

"Boss Du, when will we be able to live a life in the north." Xu Fugui asked sincerely.

Du Shanying smiled slightly, "How do I know, I'm just an ordinary ordinary person....."