Ding Cheng shook the jade pendant in front of the guy in the shop, and said, "Open your dog's eyes and see clearly, this jade pendant is worth a thousand gold, isn't it worth your meal?"

Seeing that Ding Cheng was fierce, the shopkeeper walked over with a smile and said with a smile: "Childe is angry, the guy is young and ignorant, and I hope that Childe will not be blamed." At a glance, I saw that Ding Chengyu's jade was crystal clear, it was indeed a first-class jade, and I smiled even more happily.

Ding Cheng handed the jade pendant to the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper was about to reach out to pick it up, and the old man shouted: "Slow, this son's jade pendant is enough to buy your entire restaurant, and you dare to reach out and take it! I always asked Hua to get two taels of silver in the morning, enough to pay for your meal, right?"

The shopkeeper had no choice but to return the jade pendant to Ding Cheng, and took the silver from the old flower and said, "Enough, enough." Ding Cheng was deeply apologetic and said: "Originally, the younger generation invited the old-timers to dinner, but now it has become the old-timers who invite me, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Lao Minghua smiled: "This jade pendant should be very important to you, how can I let you endure the pain and cut your love, this wine and food should be regarded as what you owe me, and you must remember to give me back Lao Huahua in the future." Young man, let's meet you soon!" After saying that, he swaggered out of the restaurant.

Ding Cheng walked out of the restaurant and walked east through the town street. After walking more than ten miles, the terrain becomes gentle, and 10,000 acres of fertile land are covered with hillsides. Ding Cheng walked aimlessly on the mountain road, his eyes gradually slanted to the west, and a red glow burned in the sky. Turning a hillside, there are several villages in front of it, and a town in front of it. Ding Cheng thought that he had no silver on him, so he wanted to spend the night in the village, so he walked towards the village.

At this time, it was dinner time in the village, and a villager heard that Ding Cheng was going to spend the night, so he hurriedly welcomed him in. The family is a couple with a child of five or six years old. The housewife poured tea for Ding Cheng and went to work under the stove. After a while, the food was served, and Ding Cheng saw that his bowl was thick rice with eggs, and the other people's bowls were porridge, so he couldn't hold the dishes and chopsticks for a while.

Ding Cheng asked, "Is life bad at home?"

The man sighed: "In these years, it would be good to be able to barely fill my stomach, and if I don't pity God again, I'm afraid that many people will starve to death." ”

Ding Cheng said: "I see that there is a lot of fertile land here, why can't the people in the village have enough to eat?"

The man said, "There is a lot of good land, but it is all owned by the landlords and rich households. There are many rents, and the taxes in the yamen are heavy. After paying the rent and paying the tax, how much is left? Let's eat first, and the meal should be cold later. ”

Ding Cheng looked at the bowl in front of him and felt that this bowl and chopsticks were extremely heavy.

At this time, a voice outside said in a rough voice: "Liu Tingzhu is not at home?" said and kicked the wooden door and walked in, and when he saw the food on the table, he smiled and said, "Hey, the food is pretty good." You owe our owner three buckets of grain and two pennies, when will you pay it back?"

The man said: "Steward Liu, my family really has no money and no food these days, you have a grace period of two months, and when the crops are harvested this season, I will pay it back immediately." ”

The housekeeper said, "No food, then what are you eating?" Ding Cheng grabbed Steward Liu's wrist and used a little force, and Steward Liu grinned in pain and shouted, "You let go, let go quickly, you want to rebel?"

Ding Cheng thought to himself, if he injured this person, wouldn't he cause trouble for the family, so he let go of his hand and said, "Don't push people too much, I will pay them back the money and food that his family owes you." Three days later you come here to get the money. ”