[Comprehensive] The daily life of Ye Ying's maid

In fact, when she heard Daoxiangbing, Xueyi's first reaction was to spray something, but she thought it was really indecent at this time, even if the opposite was the stupid Li Chengen and the unscrupulous Lu Xiaoji, she was still alive and kicking He held back that breath too, so he would inevitably be choked.

She was so choked that she only hit her chest, Hua Manlou hurriedly handed a glass of water beside her, Xue Yi drank it quickly, and then recovered, thanked Hua Manlou, and then found that everyone was using a strange expression Looking at her, she randomly thought that the timing of her choking was too bad.

But she couldn't say that she choked on "Daoxiang Village" and "Daoxiang Cake", could she?

Now there is still a long time before the Daoxiang Village she knew, and the one in front of her should be Granny Wang, she doesn't look very old, and the village head is not called Liu Yang, maybe Ruan Damin, who died of her daughter Xiaohe, is still alive. Just a kid?

She had no choice but to sneer after struggling for a long time: "Well, I ate too fast and accidentally choked."

Everyone easily accepted this reason, and said that the name of Daoxiangbing was very good. Xueyi lowered her head and was embarrassed to participate in the topic again. She didn't see Ye Ying staring at the Yuhuaman next to Xueyi's hand. Lou looked at the cup he handed over for a while, wondering what he was thinking.

After the meal, everyone began to arrange accommodation, and finally agreed that Xue Yi would live with Granny Wang, Ye Ying and Hua Manlou shared a room, Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zaixing shared a room, and Li Chengen and the other three drivers were arranged in other places. Villager's house.

The routine in the countryside has always been to work at sunrise and rest at sunset. After the arrangements were made, the village chief took Li Chengen and a few others and left, and Xueyi and the others began to prepare to boil water, wash and rest.

But at the village chief's house, which Ye Ying and the others couldn't see, the atmosphere was a little dignified.

"Father, I can tell that even the blind man and the girl know martial arts, do you think they are really here..." Liu Yang, the village head's son, looked worried, and several other villagers agreed with frowning.

Liu He sighed: "If that's the case, what can we do? Now that he is a guest in the village, if things are not as you guessed, wouldn't he offend people for nothing? In case there are some officials and wealthy businessmen who have forgotten their grudges, We're asking for trouble."

"I think they must have been sent by those people. Didn't one of them pay special attention to our village's food? And he doesn't look like a good person!"

"I don't think so. The upbringing of these people is not like that kind of people at all."

Everyone was arguing with each other, but there was no result in the end. Liu He pondered for a while and finally said: "Well, Daming, you set off tonight, dress warmly, go to Jinshui Town, and find Jia Ruimi as soon as possible. Shopkeeper An from the shop came over and said that we would sell grain no matter what tomorrow morning, and asked him to send a man and a grain truck over.”

Before the instigated villager Liao Daming could respond, his son Liu Yang became anxious: "Father, it's impossible to sell grain at this moment."

"Stupid boy, it's better if you can't sell the price than let them step on it at this time, and then the food and money will be empty! Besides, now that they are here, they have seen us sell the food with their own eyes, so they won't stare at us. Are you coming to us?" Liu He's words made the successful Liu Yang speechless, Liao Daming agreed, turned around and went home to go out in the rain.

"Then won't they come to grab the silver?" Liu Yang asked again.

Liu He shook his head: "You, you don't even think about it. What they want is food for the winter. Although money can buy things, if you can't spend it, what's the use of that?"

After Liao Daming left, Liu He said to other villagers: "Talk to Wang Po and Yangzi, don't sleep too hard at night, pay more attention to the movements of these people, don't let them take advantage of the loopholes, everyone Be alert too."

A group of villagers agreed and dispersed.

It turned out that it was the autumn harvest period, when the rice harvest was abundant, and it was the time when bandits ran rampant to rob grain. The villagers of Daoxiang Village actually regarded Xueyi and his party as spies for the bandits on the nearby Yuxiu Mountain!

It's a pity that Huamanlou and the others didn't know this. If they knew it, everyone would probably reward Li Ergou's children's shoes for the bad deed.

There was nothing to talk all night, but Xue Yi, Ye Ying and others got up early but they were not very energetic. Because of the unsuitable environment, except for Li Chengen, Sikong Zaixing and the three coachmen, the others did not sleep very well.

Others Xue Yi didn't know, but she was in great pain.

At night, the old man loves to chat when he feels little, and Grandma Wang chats with Xue Yi, asking this and that, at first Xue Yi can answer some questions patiently, but later when the questions are deeper, Xue Yi starts to be vague She pretended to fall asleep, but she didn't fall asleep yet. Granny Wang fell asleep first, and snored, and now she couldn't sleep anymore, listening to the sound of rain until the middle of the night and staring for a while.

It rained in the middle of the night, and the early morning has stopped, but the temperature has cooled down, because everyone has prepared thicker clothes, so they can’t be frozen. Although the road is wet, the road can still be walked normally, so everyone decided to eat After breakfast, we set off.

Unexpectedly, while they were eating, the village chief Liu He came again, and Lu Xiaofeng and others bid farewell to him, but Liu He said with a smile: "It's a destiny for all distinguished guests to come to our Daoxiang Village. If you are not in a hurry to leave, there is still something new that you can check out today."

Xue Yi and the others looked at each other, although they couldn't understand, they still asked cooperatively: "What is the village chief talking about?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal. You must have never seen a villager sell grain, right?" Liu He's words were full of temptation, and Xue Yi seemed to complain: You treat us as rich young masters who don't know the world. what?

Li Chengen, Sikong Zhaixing and others were also about to speak, but Lu Xiaofeng stopped them both and said with a smile: "As expected, this is a new thing, and of course I haven't seen this one before, so let's stay here for a day and watch the excitement."

After speaking, he walked out of the room first, and Liu He heaved a sigh of relief and followed. Ye Ying, Sikong, Li Chengen and others behind him looked at each other, and after finding that each other's eyes were full of doubts, they also followed. .

The open space in the village, which is roughly used to dry grain, is very lively at the moment. Several carriages without carriages are parked there. There are people at the side and the case, one sings and remembers, and the other counts money. A villager in Douqian has several bags of grain beside him and is selling grain.

And beside the carriage, there were a few stronger villagers standing at the moment, holding the horse in their hands and looking around vigilantly, not letting go for a moment.

Xue Yi couldn't help feeling strange, and asked in amazement: "The carriage doesn't belong to the village, right? Why is it being pulled by someone from the village?"

"That's because they are afraid that these people from the rice shop will play tricks and run away without paying for the grain. This happened in Yushu Village a few years ago. The people they hired paid a high price, but in the end they took the grain and returned it." I didn’t give any money and ran away while they weren’t paying attention, and I didn’t have to find the last penny. I went to the town to look for it, but I couldn’t find their shop. That year, half the people in the village almost starved to death. What a crime! "

Grandma Wang replied with a sigh.

Ye Ying and the others were silent. In this day and age, the farmers' hard work for a year's harvest is all they rely on, but there are so many people in this world who come to deceive these simple farmers, so that The tragedy of the famine.

Seeing that no one answered them, Granny Wang chattered a lot, talking about unscrupulous profiteers using inaccurate measuring tools, the government's exorbitant taxes and so on.

And when she was talking, everyone also saw that some villagers had trouble finding the grain collectors. They would take out a new fighting tool, and then claim that the fighting tools in the rice store were not accurate, and the people next to them would carefully observe the guy. Look, and found no flaws, and then he was satisfied to use the rice store's measuring tools to weigh the grain.

When it was time to settle the accounts, the villagers gathered together and carefully broke the accounts because they were illiterate and would go to the accounting office to check if there was a copper coin missing.

At the same time, I don't know where I heard the news, the street vendors also came to the village, and the villagers who sold their food and got rich also donated their pockets to buy the daily necessities they needed and sweets for the children. The mouthful of food, and these are bargains as usual, even haggling over half a copper plate.

Grandma Wang also had something to buy, so she also went to the shopkeeper.

Although Huamanlou couldn't see it, but listening to the voices of these villagers one after another, the situation in the open space appeared in his mind in a very three-dimensional way, and he could even "see" the dignified expressions on the faces of the silent partners around him. look.

Li Chengen looked at those villagers and said: "Do you believe it, the villager over there is arguing with the shopkeeper for a copper coin, even if you throw a coin next to him now, he will happily pick it up and go on Arguing with that shopkeeper?"

"Life is really not easy for poor people." Ye Ying said softly.His feelings this time were much deeper than when he saw Li Chengen working before.

"Even if we live frugally, what we save may not necessarily be ours." Liu He suddenly came over and said to everyone, everyone was naturally surprised, and asked why?

Liu He looked at the north and sighed: "Corrupt officials are rampant, and bandits are rampant. They are either taken away by officials or robbed by thieves. How can we let us?"

When he said this, he had been carefully paying attention to the expressions of Lu Xiaofeng and the others, but Xue Yi and the others were startled, and Sikong Zaixing said in surprise: "There are bandits here?"

Everyone also had an expression of how could there be bandits here. Seeing that Ye Ying and the others did not show any abnormal expressions at all, Liu He couldn't help but thump in his heart. He had already identified Ye Ying when Lu Xiaofeng agreed to come and see the grain sales. The identities of Ying and the others, but at this time...

"Didn't you come to check this year's harvest in Daoxiang Village? The preparation team came here to shoot?" Liu He couldn't help blurting out.

Everyone was embarrassed.