Yang Fan's home is not far from the city gate, the well-behaved courtyard is just two entrances and forwards, the front is where he and his wife live, and the back is where the elderly father and mother live, because the original father had some savings when he was in power, plus Yang Fan fought some lawsuits for others, did some lawsuits, and could also have some income, even if he couldn't hire a slave mother-in-law, but this small life was still nourishing.
Seeing that spring is coming, Yang Fan picked up the vegetable furrows on the side of the road in the yard, preparing to plant some fresh vegetables when the spring flowers bloom, saving money is one thing, the most important thing is to eat some fresh.
Yang Fan cleaned up the vegetable patch while chatting with the brother Da Niu next door who was lying on the wall and talking to him.
There are two mothers in the big cow's family, the old lady is still paralyzed in bed, taking medicine and drinking soup all day long, every day the big cow goes out early and returns late, and almost all the hard-earned money earned by going out to carry salt bags is used on the old lady, so that the family has no food every other day, and there is no outgoing clothes.
His wife quietly sought death several times, but she was rescued by the big cow, and the two of them had to cry every once in a while.
As a result, although Da Niu's mother couldn't find death, she was depressed, and her body became more and more unsuccessful, which made Da Niu anxious every day like a fire house.
The family is like this, and this Han Niu has a different mind for some reason, so he lies on the wall, takes the prescription that Yang Fan just prescribed, and said to Yang Fan dejectedly: "Brother, I went to the back door of Yihong Courtyard the day before yesterday and quietly inquired about the big teapot, he said that if you want to redeem Cuihua, you need at least thirty taels of silver, thirty taels, and you can buy him half of Yihong Courtyard." ” 30 taels of silver, in the homes of those salt merchants and rich people, is only a matter of half a meal of wine and food, and for their own small families, at least three years can live comfortably, and for people like Da Niu, they will not see what silver looks like in their lives.
Yang Fan shook his head with a wry smile, and smiled apologetically at Da Niu: "I know that you and Cuihua are small neighbors, but it is also fate for his father and mother to sell her there, even if you are pitiful and like her, the high ransom money is not something you can get, I think you will die of this heart" Then look at Da Niu with a sad and disappointed but unwilling face: "This winter, the refugees who poured into our Niuzhuang City, there are not 100,000 but also 70,000 or 80,000, and the yellow flower girls on the street are just a few big cakes, or I look like this, I'll go to the street in the afternoon to find one for you, and I'll buy it back directly, so that your sister-in-law can marry you, and it's also our brothers. ” As a result, this big bull was in a bull's temper, stalked his neck, and said in a firm tone with tears in his eyes: "No, I just like Cuihua, I resolutely don't let her suffer there for the rest of my life, I must try my best to redeem him." ” Yang Fan smiled bitterly again and shook his head, he and Da Niu are not brothers but better than brothers, this honest brother has always been obedient to himself, but in the matter of Cui Huaer, no matter how he explains and persuades, he is really a bull.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing, I hated myself for being powerless, if I could have this spare money in hand, I would say that I would do this for my brother, but unfortunately, it is a pity that I only earn ten taels or eight taels every year, and I can only barely maintain a well-off family, where can I afford to take out 30 taels of silver at once The two of them silently stopped talking across the wall, and after a while, Yang Fan straightened his waist, looked at Da Niu and said, "I'll tell you something." ” Da Niu said without hesitation: "Brother, you say, what's the matter, I'll listen to you." ” Yang Fan advised: "The situation is getting more and more chaotic, I think the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty will continue to fight, and that Lu Hanqiang will definitely not give up his so-called plan halfway, in this way, the Han Eight Banners that have just been trained will be gathered together on the basis of villages and towns to guard against Lu Hanqiang's sneak attack at any time, especially if the two sides go to war, now Dajin's army is not like before, focusing on looting and supporting logistics, they must now mobilize the people, not only to help defend the city, but also to transfer materials from all over the country, so that Labor is all used for the war, and the delay in spring ploughing is already a foregone conclusion, so I judge that this year's famine will be even worse than last winter, so food is the most important thing, and I advise you to put down your emerald flower, and exchange all the money and goods you have in your hands for food, and prepare for future famine."
Da Niu replied sullenly: "I listen to my brother, but even if I do my best to store grain, I can make a few dollars a day by carrying salt bags, and those black-hearted grain merchants, either say that they have no food, or raise the price to the point that it is simply scary to death, more ruthless than robbers." ” Yang Fan said helplessly: "Take one step at a time, anyway, you can't be wrong to store food as much as possible." ” "Brother, why don't I quietly sell smuggled salt, that thing will make money quickly and make a lot of money."
Yang Fan immediately stopped Da Niu's stupid thoughts: "Don't say that the government will arrest you, even those illegal salt merchants can cut you, and even if you can get salt, where do you want to traffic it to the original Mongolia Ming Dynasty, don't even think about it, now the salt in that place is cheaper than ours, where else can you traffick, do your job well, look at this situation, you won't even have a long chance to carry the salt bag." ” Da Niu smashed his fist against the wall in hatred: "This world still doesn't let people live." ” Yang Fan sighed, and couldn't help but mutter: "The people are suffering, the people are suffering, and the people in the world are so innocent." ” When the two brothers were talking about their hearts, they suddenly saw the south, and there was a thick smoke rising in the distance, and the two of them were wondering where such a big fire was lost, seeing that the entire south of the city was burning, and the result was wondering, the other three city gates also began to have thick smoke and flames, followed by a burst of crying, at that time Yang Fan's face changed greatly, and he secretly screamed in his heart.
But before he could scream, there was already a loud gong on the street, and some officials pulled their necks and shouted: "Close the city gate, close the city gate, sign Ding, sign Ding." ” Yang Fan couldn't help but chuckle: "Lu Hanqiang called." ” Lu Hanqiang didn't call at this time, but the courtyard door of Yang Fan and Da Niu's house was kicked open, and it was a group of yamen helpers brought by Li Zheng who came in, Li Zheng, who was always groveling in front of Yang Fan, changed his attitude at this time, held a gong in his hand, and said to Yang Fan with a raised face and a high toe: "Yang Fan is." ” Yang Fan snorted, the shameless villain is like this, there must be some kind of battle in this case. t1706231537: