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It's time to pay the royal rations.

Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin organized everyone to pay the royal rations together.

Bai Jiaxuan's house.

Zhou Qiang was stuck at the meal time and left.

Grass jelly is making oily noodles.

"Xiaoqiang is here, let's have a bowl of noodles together?" Bai Jiaxuan warmly greeted.

Last time at Lu Zilin's house, Zhou Qiang helped Bai Jiaxuan again.

The relationship between Bai Jiaxuan and Zhou Qiang is even better.

"Okay, brother Jiaxuan, try the oily noodles made by sister-in-law today." Zhou Qiang was not polite.He ordered a lunch box, just to eat oily noodles made of fairy grass.

Zhou Qiang felt that the fried noodles made of fairy grass tasted like home.

Of course, Zhou Qiang did not come empty-handed, he brought some tofu made by himself, and handed it to the grass jelly who came over to say hello.

"It's just right to make tofu mixed with shallots." Xiancao had a good impression of Zhou Qiang.

Because Zhou Qiang helped a lot in the marriage between Xiancao and Bai Jiaxuan.

In the eyes of fairy grass,
If it weren't for Zhou Qiang, Xiancao and Bai Jiaxuan's marriage would not have been possible.

If it weren't for Zhou Qiang, there would be no such a decent wedding.

If it weren't for Zhou Qiang, Xiancao's bridal chamber would have to stay in the vacant room alone.

Therefore, Xiancao is very grateful to Zhou Qiang.

"Third Brother, what have you been up to lately?" Zhou Qiang greeted Lu San.

Before, Zhou Qiang asked Lu Sanbang for help in setting up a vegetable greenhouse.

Zhou Qiang was alone and couldn't do some tasks, so he needed someone to help.

Zhou Qiang asked Lu San for help, but without paying, he let him eat a few meals.

"I'm not busy." Lu San replied without saying much.

"Where's Hei Wa?"

"I don't know where I went to play." Lu San squatted on the ground, smoking a dry cigarette.

"Brother Jiaxuan, how is my uncle? Are you in good health?"

"It's alright. Last time I had diarrhea and drank the Huanglian you gave me. It didn't take long for it to heal."

"That's good." Zhou Qiang said a few homely things, and started to talk about business, "Brother Jiaxuan, the county seat is not right these past few days. People who came back from the provincial capital said that the year has changed and the emperor is gone."

"What? The emperor is gone?" Bai Jiaxuan was shocked.Lu San on the side also looked surprised.They still don't know that the emperor is gone.

"Yeah, it's called a revolution, I don't know what's going on.

At the place where the imperial rations were handed over, there were a few soldiers who arrested people and cut their braids everywhere.

All the officials who used to be in the yamen disappeared. "Zhou Qiang often goes to the county seat.

I saw short-haired soldiers wearing coarse military uniforms and carrying guns.

The officials of the previous Qing Dynasty Yamen disappeared.

"What? Arrest people and cut their braids?" Bai Jiaxuan and Lu San were surprised again.The braids on their heads have been ingrained for hundreds of years.

If you want to cut your braid once, it's difficult, very difficult!
The braids on the head have not been cut off by many people in the 21st century.

"Fortunately, my braids are gone long ago, and no one caught me." Zhou Qiang looked rejoiced, he had shaved his bald head before.

"That's good, why is the emperor gone?" Bai Jiaxuan still couldn't accept it.

"I don't know either. Brother Jiaxuan, the emperor is gone, shall we still pay the emperor's rations?"

"Imperial rations?" Bai Jiaxuan also wondered whether he should continue to pay the imperial rations.

"Brother Jiaxuan, how about we wait and let someone go to the county to see the situation?" Zhou Qiang knew that paying the imperial rations now would be worthless.

"Okay, then wait and see the situation." Bai Jiaxuan nodded in agreement.However, he still had a confused look on his face.

His brother-in-law hasn't come back yet, and he still wants to ask his brother-in-law what to do in the future when the emperor is gone.

After a while.

"Sister-in-law, the fried noodles you made are really delicious." Zhou Qiang has already eaten two bowls.

"There are still some noodles, can I bring you another bowl?" Xiancao didn't bother to eat, and was waiting on the sidelines.

"Okay, let's have another bowl." Zhou Qiang was still not polite.

"Xiaoqiang, your tofu is very good. From now on, I'll ask my third brother to go to your place to exchange tofu every day." Bai Jiaxuan also ate with greasy face.

"Okay, I'll make more in the future." Zhou Qiang's tofu is better than others', and his reputation has gone out. Every day, many people go to his house to exchange tofu.

in a few days.

Lu San went to Zhou Qiang's house to exchange for tofu.

"Xiaoqiang, don't you know that you have to pay the imperial rations at a loss?"

"What's wrong?"

"Many of those who handed over the imperial rations had their braids cut off. Some of them ran away quickly, but the imperial rations were lost."

"What? I lost the imperial food?"

"Yeah, the imperial food is lost."

"The imperial rations are lost. After a while, what will the government do if they want to hand over the imperial rations?"

"Isn't it just to say that if you let the emperor's rations be handed over again, you will not starve to death."

"Third brother, we haven't lost our imperial food, have we?"

"I haven't lost it, I haven't dared to hand it in yet."

"Then take it easy."

"Yes, take it easy." Lu San changed a large piece of tofu and went back.

The days passed by.

this day.

Mr. Zhu finally came back.

Bai Jiaxuan hurried to find Mr. Zhu.

The place where Mr. Zhu lives is not in Bailu Village.

But on a slope not far from the county seat.

There is an academy here, Bailu Academy.

Mr. Zhu lives here.

"Brother-in-law, you're back." Bai Jiaxuan came running, sweating all over.

"I'm back." Mr. Zhu was wearing a long gown.He was a Juren of the Qing Dynasty and a scholar.Scholars have to wear long gowns, which are different from those worn by Bai Jiaxuan.

Bai Jiaxuan looked at Mr. Zhu, he had a lot to say in his mind, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

"I heard from your sister, are you married?" Mr. Zhu asked casually.

"Yes, married."

"I heard that you went to the ancestral hall on the night of your wedding?"

"Yes." Bai Jiaxuan nodded, not knowing how to explain.

"A young man of Zhou Qiang told you a story?"

"Yes."

"I heard your sister tell this story about a descendant named Zeng Aniu." Mr. Zhu roughly told the story told by Zhou Qiang.

"That's right. Brother-in-law, I can't burn the fairy grass, can I? Can the fairy grass live forever?" Bai Jiaxuan asked what he had been worried about.

"It won't burn.

How can it be burned to death?

Look at the weeds all over the place, year after year, they are always growing. "Mr. Zhu said with a smile.

Mr. Zhu felt that the story Zhou Qiang told was quite good, at least it could fool Bai Jiaxuan and the villagers, so that Bai Jiaxuan would not be entangled in the issue of 'sleeping to death with fairy grass'.

"That's good, I'm afraid of harming the grass jelly.

Brother-in-law, Xiancao is pitiful.

Famine did not starve to death, and plague did not die of disease.

Don't let me die in misfortune. "This is Bai Jiaxuan's knot in his heart.

He didn't want to kill the grass jelly.

He felt that he was "hard to kill his wife" and was afraid of killing the celestial grass.

"Don't worry, you can't die, the days are still long.

I heard that Zhou Qiang was only thirteen or fourteen years old? "

"Yes, he is still a half-grown child, his parents died of illness half a year ago.

At that time, Zhou Qiang almost died of illness.

Later, someone wanted to occupy the land of Zhou Qiang's house, so I went to help take care of it. "Bai Jiaxuan helped Zhou Qiang a lot.

At that time, without Bai Jiaxuan, Zhou Qiang's fate might not be easy to say.Of course, the premise is that Zhou Qiang is just an ordinary person.

"We should help." Mr. Zhu nodded, he was a little interested in Zhou Qiang.But he was not in a hurry to see Zhou Qiang, as he would always see him in the future.

"Brother-in-law, recently I heard that the year has changed, the emperor is gone, and the braids have been cut for the emperor's rations."

"Yes, the emperor is gone, and the world has changed." Mr. Zhu looked at Chang'an City with deep eyes.He knows more about the situation outside.

Even he was surprised by the changes outside.

There are more and more foreigners from outside, and their influence on Daxia is also increasing.

However, the lives of Daxia people are becoming less and less human.

"Brother-in-law, the emperor is gone, how will life be in the future?" Bai Jiaxuan has never known what to do in the future when the emperor is gone.

"Live as you should."

"Brother-in-law, do you still have to pay the royal rations?"

"Sooner or later, it will have to be handed over, but the name has to be changed, it will no longer be called Huangliang."

"You can call it whatever you want, but you have to pay for it anyway.

Brother-in-law, it was thanks to us that we didn't pay the royal rations.

I heard that several villages lost their imperial food, and many people had their braids cut off. "Bai Jiaxuan looked happy.

"Braids." Mr. Zhu shook his head with a smile, but said nothing.

"Brother-in-law, it's good if you come back, or else my heart will be empty." Bai Jiaxuan chatted with Mr. Zhu for a while before going home.

Time passed day by day.

The large courtyard of Zhou Qiang's family has been used.

Greenhouse vegetables.

Small fish pond.

bullpen.

Pigsty.

chicken coop.

Dragon breeding.

Compost outside the yard.

There are also tofu sheds, small wine shops, and so on.

Zhou Qiang has done many things.

The crops, medicinal materials and so on in the field have all been planted.

Zhou Qiang estimated his annual income, and he felt that it was not bad, a hundred dollars should be no problem.

"Today's tofu is finished, please be early tomorrow!" Zhou Qiang's tofu has been selling well.

There is an endless stream of people who come to exchange tofu.

"Do you want to buy Tian Xiao'e in advance?" Zhou Qiang planned to find a helper.

"Xiaoqiang, why does your house still smell like alcohol?" Lu San asked.He just changed a large piece of tofu, which was specially reserved by Zhou Qiang.

"Third Brother, I brewed some wine. Wait a minute. I'll make you a pot. You and Brother Jiaxuan have a taste when you go back." Zhou Qiang went to drink after finishing speaking.

After a while.

Zhou Qiang brought a small jar of wine.

"I can't do it, I can't do it." Lu San hastily refused.

"If there's anything I can't do, I think it's delicious, so I'll change it for a drink." Zhou Qiang forced it to Lu San.

"What do you want in exchange for wine?"

"Anything is fine, food, beans, mountain products, and medicinal materials can be exchanged." Zhou Qiang accepts everything, and does not refuse anyone who comes.

He saved a lot of things at home, so he sent them to the provincial capital to sell them.

Zhou Qiang has been looking down on the county seat recently, thinking that the price is low.

He will go to the provincial capital to buy and sell things.

By the way, look at the changes on the outside.

"Then I'll go back and talk to the Young Master." Lu San was about to leave.

At this time, Widow Li came over.

"Xiaoqiang, are you short of manpower here? I can change tofu for you." Widow Li wanted to find a job with Zhou Qiang.

"No shortage, no need for sister-in-law." Zhou Qiang directly refused.He didn't want to have anything to do with Widow Li.He is a young man, so he can't ruin his reputation, otherwise he won't be able to marry a good wife.

"If there is a shortage of manpower, just say, I have nothing to do this day, I am idle." Widow Li left in no hurry.

"Brother Zilin, what have you been up to lately?" Zhou Qiang asked suddenly.

"He's busy." Widow Li almost leaked, "How would I know."

Widow Li hurried away.

The relationship between her and Lu Zilin had been going on for a long time, and everyone in the village knew about it. After Zhou Qiang pointed it out in person, Widow Li couldn't bear it anymore.

The day went on.

Zhou Qiang had a good life.

Drinking small wine every day, eating soft tofu, and eating meat from time to time, and making oily noodles by myself, the days are very beautiful.

On this day, Zhou Qiang was idle and bored, thinking about Tian Xiaoe.

"Tian Xiao'e is still too young. Her father, Tian Xiucai, probably won't sell her."

"But it's not necessarily true. I'd better take the time to go outside the customs and ask someone to ask."

"If you go outside the pass, it will be a bit troublesome. There may be bandits on the way."

Of course Zhou Qiang is not afraid of bandits.

However, Zhou Qiang is one and a half older children.

It is somewhat unreasonable for a person to run outside the pass, meet bandits, and even kill them.

In addition, how did Zhou Qiang know that Tian Xiaoe from Tianjia Village outside the pass?
There are too many places that cannot be explained.

Zhou Qiang still needs to think about Tian Xiaoe's matter.

I don't know when it started, there were a lot of victims on the White Deer Plain.

Zhou Qiang's tofu stall, Bai Jiaxuan came, and Lu Zilin followed.

"Xiaoqiang, you often go to the provincial capital, do you know why there are so many disaster victims outside? There is nothing wrong with this." Bai Jiaxuan asked.Lu Zilin was listening.

Lu Zilin still has some opinions on Zhou Qiang.Before, Zhou Qiang won a lot of money from Lu Zilin, and even messed up the birthday banquet.

"I know, there are Qing soldiers outside Chang'an City." Zhou Qiang had already heard about the Qing soldiers when he went to the provincial capital.

"What? Qing soldiers?" Bai Jiaxuan looked surprised.He usually only cares about working in the field and doesn't care about outside affairs.

"Yes, I heard that the Qing soldiers are fighting back again. The 20 Qing soldiers are going to kill all the revolutionaries."

"Revolutionaries?"

"Yes, the ones with the braids."

"The one who cut the braids? Thanks to the lack of royal rations, our braids are still there."

"It's broken, my braid is gone, will you kill me as a revolutionary?" Zhou Qiang deliberately nonsense.

"No, you're still young." Bai Jiaxuan didn't stay long, and he went to find Mr. Zhu again.He wanted to ask, is the emperor coming back outside?Are you going to pay the royal rations?
Lu Zilin also followed.

Lu Zilin likes to rush to do what Bai Jiaxuan does.

Bai Jiaxuan's house.

Bai Bingde looked anxious, and said to Zhu Baishi: "Why didn't you stop him?"

Zhu Baishi is Mr. Zhu's wife and Bai Jiaxuan's sister.

Just now, Bai Jiaxuan went to find Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu was away and went to Chang'an City.

There were Qing soldiers outside Chang'an City, and Zhu Baishi was worried about Mr. Zhu, so he followed Bai Jiaxuan back to Bai's house.

"I, can I stop him?" Zhu Baishi asked back, and then said: "In the morning he got the news that many Qing soldiers came here, saying that they wanted to bloodbath Chang'an City.

He wandered around the academy in a hurry.

Said that he would go to the city to find Governor Zhang, and let the Governor find a way to retreat.

Not long after, the governor's men came to him.

He followed suit. "

"Oh, that's when a scholar meets a soldier. I can't explain why. Why did he insist on hitting the gun." Bai Bingde was worried about his son-in-law.

"His father, this man has to be stopped." Bai Jiaxuan's mother, Bai Zhaoshi, was also worried about her son-in-law.I hope someone will call Mr. Zhu back.

"It should be stopped." Bai Bingde nodded.

"I'll go. I'll stop my brother-in-law back." Bai Jiaxuan said.

This kind of thing, most people can't avoid it.

But Bai Jiaxuan is not an ordinary person, he is going to fetch Mr. Zhu back.

After a while.

Lu San drove the donkey cart to the entrance of the village, with Bai Jiaxuan and Xiancao walking behind.

Bai Jiaxuan is going to Chang'an City.

Xiancao looked reluctant, but did not stop Bai Jiaxuan.

Xiancao is no ordinary woman.

Village entrance.

"Okay, let's go back." Bai Jiaxuan bid farewell to Xiancao, "We're there, grab brother-in-law and we'll be back."

"I'm happy." Xiancao said.

"Okay, let's go back." Bai Jiaxuan didn't hear it.

"I'm pregnant." Xiancao said again.

"Yeah." Bai Jiaxuan nodded, was taken aback for a moment, and then realized, "What?"

"I said I was pregnant." Xiancao was pregnant.

"Really?!" Bai Jiaxuan's eyes widened, and the smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

"Really!" Xiancao also had a happy face.Pregnancy is a good thing in this day and age.

Bai Jiaxuan was overjoyed and hugged the grass jelly.

"What are you doing? It's in broad daylight." A voice came over.

Zhou Qiang came, and he smiled, "Brother Jiaxuan, sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"Haha, Xiaoqiang, your sister-in-law is pregnant." Bai Jiaxuan looked happy.

"What? Is my sister-in-law happy? This is a good thing. It's time to have a good meal and celebrate." Zhou Qiang also smiled.

"I don't have time to celebrate now, I have to go to Chang'an City." Thinking of Mr. Zhu, Bai Jiaxuan felt a little worried.

"Go to Chang'an City? Why are you going to this city in chaos?"

"My brother-in-law went to Chang'an City, saying that he wanted to withdraw from the Qing army."

"What? Mr. Zhu wants to persuade 20 Qing soldiers to retreat?" Zhou Qiang looked surprised, "This is a matter of losing your head."

"Yes, my brother-in-law doesn't want to fight." Bai Jiaxuan was worried when he heard that his head was about to be lost.

Zhou Qiang expressed admiration on his face: "Brother Jiaxuan, Mr. Zhu is so kind and righteous!"

"It's benevolence. However, I have to take him back."

"Shall I go with you? I've been to many provincial capitals, and I'm familiar with the road."

"No, my third brother and I can go." Bai Jiaxuan was worried that Chang'an City would be in danger, and didn't want Zhou Qiang to take risks.

"Many people have multiple ideas. I might be able to help when I go." Zhou Qiang said and jumped into the donkey cart driven by Lu San.

"This..." Bai Jiaxuan wanted to say something else.

"Let Xiaoqiang go." Xiancao felt that Zhou Qiang could be reliable at critical times and could indeed help out with ideas.

"Okay." Bai Jiaxuan agreed.

"Promise me that when An Sheng comes back, don't make trouble outside." Xiancao instructed Bai Jiaxuan in a low voice.

"Don't worry, I'll be back with my brother-in-law."

Xiancao looked at Lu San and Zhou Qiang, "Third brother, Xiaoqiang, Jiaxuan has a stubborn temper and won't turn corners when things happen. You two should persuade him."

"Hey." Lu San responded.

"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, I promise to take care of you." Zhou Qiang also responded.

"Then I'm leaving." Bai Jiaxuan said to Xiancao, and jumped into the donkey cart.

"Drive!" Lu San drove off.

Xiancao watched them go away. (end of this chapter)