North and South groceries

With [-] acres of land, [-] pits, and each pit must be three feet deep. Such a large project cannot be completed by Wang Dang alone.

"It's really me who has tired all the brothers this time!" Facing his own brothers, Wang Dang was also very ashamed.

Don't look at a group of them yelling and yelling to sell a little and find someone, but they are also hypocritical, but those who can afford the money to buy someone, there are a few who are easy to offend, and one of them is not good. All his brothers had to get in.

Thinking back to the past two years, the brothers of them traveled a lot because they often worked as porters for others. They thought they had seen the world, and they also learned how to sell things like human peddlers. In the end, they met the forced buyer, and the two sides had a dispute. , Attracted the official messenger, was arrested and raised.

In the end, those who bought by force were fine, but the local officials sentenced Wang Dang and others to make trouble and punished them with hard labor. After building roads in that county for more than half a year, it was thanks to their brothers who were united and hugged tightly. All the way out of that damn place.

"What are you talking about! Since we are called brothers, we should support each other."

Among these people, Wang Dang is the best in skills and the most righteous. This group of men have always looked forward to his leadership. Now that his family is in trouble, there is no reason not to help.

"If I can wait until the beginning of spring, I can dig a hundred such holes in a day by myself." One of the men said, patting his chest.

"Now the soil is still frozen, but it is not easy to dig. Why don't you wait until the beginning of spring and call a few brothers to come over to help, gather twenty people, and dig it out in a month." It is said that they are the brain trust of their group.

"That being the case, when Naluo Sanlang and I go to the city to complete the paperwork, I will go back to Dinghu County first, and come to dig a hole in the spring of the next year." It's just a month of digging the pit, and it's not difficult to find those twenty people, because he has always been a chivalrous man, and many people in the neighborhood owe him favors.

It's just that he's going back this time, should that boy Wang Shao be brought back, or should he be here first?Take it back, the person ran away before the money was paid back, which doesn't seem very kind, so let's put it here, I feel a little sorry to see that kid eats and drinks like that.

In other words, where is Luo Sanlang the servant he bought? How can anyone raise the servant he bought with his brothers? Wang Shao and Peng Er will eat whatever their family eats, but they just do some work. Work needs to be done, and the Luo family also has to do work themselves.

Wang Dang is not a person who doesn't know what is good or bad. Yesterday, those messengers went to Xipo Village with them. Luo Sanlang's delicious hospitality made those officials happy. Tian just went back to the city to report, and didn't mention the words of arresting them.

If not, if a false accusation is taken down, the group of them will not get any good fruit.

"Wang Da, I see that the villagers here seem to be too busy making tofu and selling tofu every day. Why don't I stay here and earn some money for running errands with them." The think tank said just now up.

"You mean..." Wang Dang's current family is also very difficult. He just came back from the outside a few days ago and earned a little money. It's not enough to buy medicine for her, so there's still more left.

"These people want to make tofu, and they have to transport the goods to Lishi County. They go back and forth on the road, which delays the work of making tofu. I heard that there are other livelihoods in Lishi County recently, and there are fewer traffickers and pawns. If you don’t want me to stay here, help the villagers transport goods to the city, or sell some goods to the countryside for sale.” The man said.

"You mean, I will live in this yard later?" Wang Dang reached out and wiped his rough, black and red face.His brother is good at everything, and he is also very righteous, but this calculation is really too delicate.

The son who thought he was lost was found, and he was delicious and good to stay at Luo's house, and then Luo Sanlang promised him to pay with work, Wang Dang already felt that he owed the other party's boss kindness, and his brother was fine , is this dependent on others?

"If Wang Da can't save his face, let me talk to him." said the middle-sized think tank with a goatee.

"Let me talk about it." Wang Dang waved his hand.

His brother is right. Although their Dinghu County is next to the Yellow River, merchants often come and go. Many young and strong people in the local area work as porters to earn money. They only have three to five liters of corn a day. If there is a master for a day If you are willing to give two or three Wen, it is considered generous.

Recently when he was in Dinghu County, he had also heard that money and food were easy to earn here in Lishi, but because he suffered the loss of being unfamiliar with the place before, he didn't come here for a while, this time he came here by chance Looking at it, it really is a good place. Just look at this Xipo village, every household is full of smoke, and there are oxen and horse-drawn carts going to and from the village from time to time. It is a scene of prosperity and prosperity.

It's just that how to tell Luo Sanlang about this matter is really a problem for Wang Dang.

That afternoon, Luo Yong always saw that Wang Dang was wandering around his yard, helping to chop firewood and carrying water. There was no donkey cart, so he insisted on picking it up for him with his shoulders. Even if Si Niang and the others mix chicken food, he has to help by the side.

At the end of the trouble, Luo Yong looked at him in a wrong way, thinking that this girl must be a human trafficker, right?Deliberately get a child and sell it to someone else's family, and then take the opportunity to contact this family...

"Is there something wrong with you?" When Luo asked this question, his tone was quite bad.

"That..." Boss Wang babbled and babbled a lot, but finally bit the bullet and said the words.

"The courtyard can be used by you for the time being. My disciples will come back around the beginning of spring, and then you have to free up the space." Hearing the other party's explanation of his intentions, Luo Yong felt relieved, thinking that the courtyard is empty at the moment It's also vacant, so they can live if they want, but: "Don't always come to this yard if you have nothing to do, my sister is not married yet."

After all, Luo Yong was still on guard against these people, thinking that when he entered the city in two days, he would have to ask Xu Erlang and the others to help him find out. Since Wang Dang could gather this group of brothers by his side, he wanted to come to Dinghu County She should also be famous, so it won't be too hard to find out.

After the matter was settled, Wang Dang and his brothers started to work in the village. They helped the villagers transport goods to the city. A cart of goods cost only four yuan, and the carts were second-hand goods bought in the village.

Several young men agreed to help a family push the stone mill for three days, and the family gave them their old wheelbarrow.

Now people in Xipo Village have earned some money and food, and they can't afford to buy a healthy cow for a while, so buying a donkey is not a big problem. It is a car that will be eliminated anyway, and it is a good deal if it can be exchanged for three days' work.

Speaking of donkeys, it was difficult to find a suitable one for a while, especially this winter, when many nobles from Chang'an came to Lishi County, the price of livestock increased a lot.Now the villagers are looking forward to the spring of next year, when Zhao Chen can drive a group of donkeys over, but Luo Sanlang said that Zhao Chen should bring wool over next spring.

The journey of nearly three hours took six hours to go back and forth, and a truckload of goods only cost four cents. Many villagers were also moved. Now every household has saved some money and food, and the villagers are not as they used to be. After hard work, for the four renminbi, more frozen tofu will come out, and people can save a lot.It's just that I don't trust these outsiders yet, and I hesitate for a while.

The first one to eat crabs was that Shuang'er's family, and Shuang'er's mother was also funny. Hearing that Wang Dang's son is now in the Luo's yard, Tete even ran over and told Si Niang and the others that they must watch it one day. Tighten Wang Shao, don't tell him to run away.

So just like that, Shuang'er's father and mother loaded a large load of goods on the wheelbarrow. At first, they were worried that the other party would think too much, but those Dinghu people were not surprised at all, and told them to just load it. It doesn't matter if the person pushing the cart can't see the road.

When the two people pushed and pulled the car out of the village, many people ran out to watch the fun, and the children in the village followed all the way until they reached the entrance of the village before being driven back by Luo Yong. To make trouble, he is also a little nervous. The children in his village are all in a semi-free range state, so it is too easy to start.

A few days later, Xu Erlang and others also inquired about the news from Dinghu County, saying that the Wang Dang who is currently in their Lishi is indeed the boss Wang of Dinghu. In Lishi County, some merchants traveling between the two places recognized him.

In addition, Wang Dang's mother-in-law and aunt did have a miscarriage earlier, and his parents sold their own children. There are rumors about these things in Dinghu County.As for the evaluation of Wang Dang, most of them are good, nothing more than saying that he is righteous, occasionally mixed with a few bad reviews, saying that he is a reckless man and so on.

After finding out the origin of the king, Luo Yong can finally relax his nerves, and no longer have to be like an old hen, staring at his children all day long.

It is said that the business of those Dinghu men is really doing well. Within a few days, they opened a market in Xipo Village. The original car has also changed into two cars, and then three cars.

Because they are really able to endure hardships, helping people to transport goods has never been too much or too heavy, and they will work as usual on days with light wind and snow. If some customers are really in a hurry, they are willing to deliver on bad weather days. Just a few pennies.

How many goods were sent out, and how much money was returned, are all counted. At the beginning, the villagers were afraid that they would steal their money. After cooperating with them a few times, they gradually calmed down. The character of these men is indeed not good. explain.

At the beginning of December in the eighth year of Zhenguan, on the evening of this day, several Dinghu people braved the wind and snow and came to Lishi County. It is convenient to say that I am from Dinghu County, and I am going to Xipo Village to find Wang Dang.

"I came here to find Boss Wang. Xipo Village is about three hours away from here. I'm afraid it's a bit late. Why don't you go to Xu Erlang's house and ask?" A young guard said to them. Said.

This servant also made bamboo chains at home on weekdays. A few days ago, when Wang saw the carnations when they went to the mountain to cut firewood, he picked the big ones and cut a few and brought them to the city to sell. If the servant wanted to buy them, he half sold them. Half off, after all, those brothers in my family travel to and from Lishi County every day, so there is no harm in building a good relationship with these guards.

"Then who is Xu Erlang?" A man asked.

"Hiss...then Xu Erlang, he is Luo Sanlang's disciple, and your boss Wang is now living in Luo Sanlang's house in Xipo Village." The relationship was sorted out for them.

If you want to talk about the relationship between Wang Dang and the Xu family, you can't get around Luo Yong.Since Wang Dang and others settled down in Xipo Village, Luo Yong rarely went to the city. Whatever goods he made, Wang Dang took them directly to Xu Erlang in the city, and Xu Erlang shipped them directly.

The wool that needs to be dyed is also allowed to be brought into the city. The copper money for dyeing is paid directly from Xu Erlang. Recently, he has collected a lot of money for the goods. The two apprentices calculated slowly.

Luo used those things, but Wang Dang and the others never took money from him, and would go over to ask him from time to time if there was anything he wanted to bring to the city, or if there was anything he wanted to buy.

The courtyard they live in now, even though it was built by Luo Yong's disciples, is Luo Yong's words in the end, so they can live in. They don't spend a penny on food, and they live in vain. It's nothing to help carry some things.Wang Dang and his brothers, who come and go frequently, are getting closer and closer to the Xu family.

Besides, when the group of people went to Xu's courtyard, they were indeed warmly received by the owner. In the small courtyard that was originally narrow, they insisted on vacating two rooms for them to live in. The kang was very warm, and meals were cooked for them. , corn flour, all fine grains.

Sleeping in the open air for several days, finally arrived in Lishi County, feeling very uneasy, came to this stranger's house, did not expect to be treated so kindly, some people's eyes were red on the spot.They decided that Hu people are the most able to endure hardships, they are used to the wind, snow and the water of the Yellow River, but now they are so scalded by this hot food that they shed tears.

"I don't think you are in good health. How can you survive in the wind and snow?" Mrs. Xu's sister-in-law pulled a few pieces of unburned charcoal from the stove, put them into a small bamboo stove, and handed them to the smiling face. The sallow woman: "Use it to cover your stomach."

"Where is this useful? The kang is very warm." The woman had a girl on the left and a boy on the right. The two babies were well-raised. She and Wang Dang were serious people who could endure hardship and work. If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Dang was arrested and put into hard labor two years ago, and he himself stumbled again this year, he should have lived a good life, but these unfortunate incidents are rushing one after another.

"Why did you bring so many red dates here?" Xu's sister-in-law also sat down on the edge of the kang at this time. These people also caught a lot of dates for their family just now. She looked at the rag pockets. It seems that they are all filled with dates.

"My head asked someone to bring copper coins back, and asked his brothers to bring some dates, saying that Engong's family needed to make cakes, and the dates from Lishi are expensive." said Mrs. Wang.

"What's the price of the dates at Dinghu?" Mrs. Xu asked curiously.

"When the jujubes on Qiuli Mountain first came down, the price of a bushel of dates was only the same as that of a bushel of beans. If you picked them up and bought them home and dried them in the sun, they would be the same price as corn at this moment." Mrs. Wang said with a smile. .

"Really?" The sister-in-law of the Xu family opened her eyes wide: "Here in Lishi, sun-dried dates like this are priced at the same price as wheat."

"I am the head of the family and say that your jujubes are expensive." Mrs. Wang said.

"Although Dinghu's jujubes are cheap, Tete used to transport a carload of jujubes to sell, but he might not be able to make much money. It would be a good deal if you brought some along the way like you." Mrs. Xu thought carefully, Again.

"If you can transport things from Lishi to sell, and bring some dates when you come back, that would be a good deal," Mrs. Wang also said.

The two women, who had never known each other before, chatted very speculatively while sitting on the kang, from jujubes to food, and from food to making a living in the city.

Mrs. Wang is very envious of the Xu family's busy and prosperous life. When talking about her own family, she said: "People like me who are in charge of the family often work as porters, but the work of porters is not always available. If The weather is bad, there are fewer merchants, and there are few jobs. I am a good head of the family, strong and strong, and I have a group of brothers to help..."