North and South groceries

For Luo Yong, there was no pleasure to speak of in the process of cleaning up these two people, and he even felt disgusted in his heart.

But as an adult, there are many things to do even if you don't like it.Just like when Luo Yong first came here, the children at home asked him to kill chickens, but he couldn't do it.

Now?The Luo family's chickens are basically killed by Luo Yong alone, and Luo Yong is now the backbone of the family.

For many villagers in Xipo Village, the situation is similar. Luo Sanlang is their signboard and their guarantee.

Luo's courtyard stands at the entrance of Xipo Village. Luo Sanlang has always been known as a coffin board. He is a stubborn stubble who is not afraid of power. He has a group of disciples, and he is still very popular in and outside the village. With him guarding the entrance of the village, the villagers make tofu and sell tofu every day, and their lives are always very peaceful.

At the beginning of this year, the incident with Mrs. Yin made many people feel confident in this young young man. He is not only affectionate and righteous, but also has an absolute appeal in Lishi County. He is also very tolerant to the villagers in this village. From the beginning to the end, no one saw him say a single serious word to the Yin family.

As the saying goes, relying on a big tree can enjoy the shade. To the villagers of Xipo Village, Luo Sanlang is a big tree that is warm in winter and cool in summer.

At this time, someone jumped out and wanted to cut down the tree?This is because I don't want to live in this village!

And Luo Yong's reaction this time was also very different.

Luo Yong didn't feel that Yin Dalang and his wife had any malice towards him when he went back to Yin's house.Moreover, Luo Yong has always had a good impression of the Yin family.

He had heard from Erniang and the others about the situation of the Yin family earlier, that Yin Erlang and his wife were gone, and now the two Yin Lan and sisters were all supported by their uncle and uncle. Although Yin Lan could earn money by herself now, Luo Yongchuan has been here for so long, and he has never heard that his uncle and aunt are dissatisfied with the existence of those two girls. The two sisters, Yin Lan and Sister Yin, don't look more awkward than the other children in their family. cringe.

And what about this Tian family?

The denunciation of the villagers has not yet ended, Luo Yong didn't say much except for the two sentences just entering the door, and just stood aside without saying a word.

Tian Chonghu's father is named Tian Sheng. At this time, he listened to the scolding submissively, while carefully observing the expression on Luo Sanlang's face.

Looking sideways from Tian Sheng's position, I saw the young man wearing an indigo blue robe, standing quietly against the wall, without any expression on his face, under the flickering firelight Among them, those two pupils gleamed with indifference, not even half of their usual gentleness.

Seeing Luo Sanlang like this, for some reason, a chill ran down Na Tian Sheng's back.

Where is this look that a 16-year-old boy should have?

Don't look at the lazy and useless appearance of this person now, he also served on the frontier before, and he thinks he has some knowledge. At this time, when he saw Luo Sanlang like this, and then looked at those villagers who seemed to be possessed by evil spirits, his heart suddenly felt Some are afraid.

He thought to himself, if Luo Sanlang said now that he would bury the couple alive, these villagers would definitely not say anything against it.Thinking of this, Tian Sheng became even more frightened. After a while, there was an unpleasant smell of urine coming out of this dilapidated and messy house.

"Your husband and wife are so lazy, and the tofu you make is not decent on weekdays, which brings the reputation of the whole village. Not only did you not feel grateful to Luo Sanlang who taught you how to make tofu, but now you are so corrupt. his reputation."

"Now you will be punished not to make tofu for three months, can you two accept it?" The smell in this room is really bad, and Tamura Masaaki doesn't want to stay here for a long time, and besides, everyone has to get up early tomorrow to make tofu, who is it? Have time to dawdle with them.

Speaking of which, the village chiefs of a small village like theirs originally had no right to punish anyone, but for things like tonight, as long as everyone reaches an agreement, the parties can only accept it.

Luo Yong also has no objection to the punishment of stopping tofu making for three months.When Luo Yong taught the Tian family how to make tofu, it was Tian Chonghu who went to the Luo family to work for a month. For Tian Sheng and his wife, this craft was about the same as Bai's. Give them a break in a while, let them feel it, without the skill of making tofu, there is no easy way for them to earn money.

After returning from Tian's house, it was already late, the younger ones had already gone to bed, and Erniang and Peng Er were still spinning cashmere in the grocery store.

The cashmere has just been harvested recently. As the winter is coming to an end, the price of cashmere in their area has also dropped. Occasionally, nearby villagers will send cashmere to Luo Yong. As long as the two parties can negotiate the price, the Luo family There will also be purchases here. When the price of cashmere was high earlier, Luo Yong never confiscated it at all. It was too expensive and not worthwhile.

"What's the matter over there?" Erniang asked when Luo Yong came back.

"It's nothing, it's just that they are not allowed to make tofu for three months." Luo wrote lightly.

"It's cheaper for them." When Erniang spoke, her hands didn't stop: "We spun these threads tonight, and Xu Erlang will go to the city tomorrow, so let him take them to dye the colors. "

"Don't be so anxious, it won't be a problem if you are late a day or two." Luo Yong took a sip of hot water and asked her, "What color are you going to dye this time?" Erniang Bi Luoyong had a good idea of ​​sweater yarn. .

"Only this line is dyed dark gray." Er Niang said: "This color is easy to sell."

"I look good in clothes, and they all follow suit." Luo Yong said with a smile.

Erniang and Peng Erju looked up at him, then laughed. Erniang asked him, "But are you hungry? Do you want to eat before going to sleep?"

"I'm not hungry, I'm going to bed right now, don't be too late." Luo Yong was in a good mood at this time, just came back from that Tian's house, and looked at his sister again, thinking that their Luo family was fortunately not like Tian Chonghu Yeniang Otherwise, I really don't know what to do in this day.

"By the way, I agreed earlier that if you help me knit the woolen socks, I'll give you a silver hairpin. I was too busy a while ago, so I forgot."

Before going to bed, Luo Yong took out a silver hairpin from his sleeve and handed it to Erniang Luo. This is what he asked someone to do in the city this time.At this time, there is no need to avoid Peng Er, just give it directly, anyway, when she wears it another day, others will be able to see it.

"It's just talking about it, why do you take it seriously?" Erniang finally stopped what she was doing at this time, and reached out to take the silver hairpin that Luo Yong handed over. It was so precious that I didn't know what to do with it for a while.

"Of course we have to do what we have said. If there is anything else to talk about, you can wear it tomorrow. Don't keep it in the room to get moldy." Luo Yong said with a smile.

"Such a precious thing..." The hairpin, which was originally silver and white, also shone golden and warm under the orange light at this time, and Erniang couldn't put it down: "It's too bright, why don't you just go to it?" Wear it on your head."

"It's bright just after lighting, and it won't be so bright after a while." Luo Yong explained.

"Seeing that the batch of saplings is about to arrive, why do you still spend this money?" After being happy, Erniang was still very worried about the payment after the beginning of spring, which was a huge sum of money.

"The money is already in place, sister, don't worry about it." This time in Lishi County, Luo Yong has already made contact with Ma Wang's family. Of course, the two sides are willing to lend him money, but the specific amount It's not agreed yet.In addition, the money was not borrowed in vain, and Luo Yong also promised to calculate interest for them.

After staying outside for several days, he finally returned to his home. This night, Luo Yong slept quite soundly.

When he got up the next day, Erniang and the others had already woken up. Erniang put the silver hairpin that Luo Yong gave her yesterday into her hair. The hairpin looked quite dazzling in the morning light. Well, Erniang's energy is also very good today, and the smile on her face is even brighter than usual.

The villagers were still talking about the Tian family in the morning, but after noon they all heard that Luo Sanlang gave his elder sister a silver hairpin.

This is really a great event in Xipo Village. At this time, silver is still very precious. It takes about [-] or [-] copper coins to exchange for one tael of silver. For ordinary people, copper coins are already very valuable. Very precious things, let alone silver jewelry.

All the girls and daughters-in-law in the village went to Luo's house to look at the silver hairpins. Fortunately, there were not many people in Xipo Village, so it didn't hurt to show them all.

The matter of the Tian family was quickly forgotten by the villagers. When Luo Yong saw Tian Xiang'er sometimes, he would give her some food, as if he was helping Tian Chonghu take care of his younger sister.

According to Tian Xiang'er, Tian Sheng seems to have been frightened recently, and stays at home all day without going out.

"Sanlang, when I get older, you will hire me to work for you, right?" Tian Xiang'er said to Luo Yong who was on the side while eating a mixed noodle cake that Erniang gave her.

They are also mixed noodles cakes. Luo’s mixed noodles cakes are sweeter than others’. I heard that her elder brother sells stinky tofu in the city. She also eats white noodles for lunch every day. Breakfast and dinner are at Xu’s. Eat, then Xu Dalang Xu Erlang's elder sister cooks well, and the villagers say that her elder brother has gotten a little fat recently.

She also wanted to be fatter, and her cousin, Aunt Tang, told her that other people's families don't want to be yellow and thin like her, for fear that they will not be able to bear children.Tian Xiang'er now wants to grow up quickly, and then work for Luo Sanlang's family, make herself fat and marry.

"Okay, I will hire you to work for me in the future." Luo Sanlang felt very relieved, this girl still looked like her brother, not like her parents, and she knew she wanted to work.

The days went on like this day by day. As the temperature rose, more and more merchants came to Lishi County. At this time, the heat of the cashmere sweaters and peony cushions had dissipated a lot, and the rest, It was still Yan Erfei who was still attracting merchants to gather in their place.

It is said that many merchants come to them now, and they no longer only go for the finished cars of Heng's Car Manufacturing Company. Some time ago, merchants from Taiyuan City bought more than ten cars from Yinshi Wheels Special wheels for Yanerfei.

In addition, there are many merchants who come to them to collect bamboo chains. There are merchants from all over the country. The most people are in Chang'an City. The people in Chang'an have strong spending power. Dianthus is not produced, so many merchants come directly to Lishi County to buy bamboo chains.

Luo Yong is not worried that their local dianthus resources will be exhausted. Even if their resources are exhausted here, there are still other places. Lishi County is not the only place that produces dianthus.

Using wood and bamboo instead of metal materials to make Yanerfei was originally a helpless move. After all, the metal smelting industry was not so developed at this time, and the metal reserves were small and the price was high. However, with the progress of the times, metal was gradually used instead of wood. It will be a matter of time before the bamboo structure swallows fly.

What Luo Yong didn't know was that at this time, several Yan'erfei vehicles made of metal had been quietly placed in a secret warehouse in Tai Chi Palace, including two-wheeled vehicles and tricycles. There are also five-wheelers.

In addition, the imperial court has issued a decree to several major iron mining areas in the country to step up production. If there is no accident, more corvee workers will be sent to them this autumn.

Luo Yong also didn't know that the young man who used to push the millstone in his house now had a somewhat plump and handsome appearance. Although he was still a little immature, with his gestures and gestures, he had gradually begun to exude his own unique personality. Fanghua.

Today, he once again stole the limelight in the riding and archery class. There are rumors that among the many young men in Chang'an City, it is difficult to find one who is better at riding and arching than him.

The name Qiao Junlin was slowly spreading in the city of Chang'an. When he rode Yan Erfei through the city, there would be some young ladies with blushing faces quietly looking around.

Everything seems to be going in a good direction.But Qiao Junlin knew better than anyone else that even though he had worked so hard, he had already gained a bit of fame. Compared to those young gentlemen in the Taixue Guozixue, he was still just a country boy from a wild background. The difference in status made him naturally appear vulgar and smaller than those gentlemen.

The long moon was in the sky, and the young man stood silently in the courtyard and practiced drawing the bow. He was not in a hurry, and practiced over and over again according to the steps taught by the instructors of the academy. Every time, it was a tempering, tempering his physique. , and tempered his soul.

How can he stand out in this capital city where family background is important, and how can he use his own feet to cross the gap between nobles and commoners.

Are civil and military champions enough?