The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Father Xue couldn't turn his head, he was stunned for a while before saying: "I will be very happy."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this new rice merchant is most likely the He family, tsk tsk, the tricks are quick."

Father Xue still didn't understand, he was stunned for a while before he said: "Ah, which He family?" Then Xue Yinsong remembered that his father didn't know about the He family, so he briefly told the story while eating noodles And analyzed: "If we make it in time, maybe we can share a piece of the pie with the He family."

Father Xue's thoughts were completely different, and he cursed through gritted teeth: "It's all caused by the county master. If he doesn't leave, there will be no peace in Deyang!"

Xue Yinsong retorted: "That's not necessarily the case. If you connect the kidnapping of the county master, he may have been forced to agree to this condition. It can only be said that the He family's hands are too dark... Sigh, then I am more worried The safety of the scholar is in danger."

Father Xue came up with an idea: "Why don't you send him to Tianba Village to hide?"

"Ha, do you think it's safe here? People can find it by following the clues. Well, I'll think about it again. Fortunately, I ordered a restriction on sales before I left. Otherwise, I'm going to fight with He Jiaming right now. I'm afraid I will suffer. It's us."

Father Xue beat his thigh anxiously: "Hey! What can we do, scholar..." Xue Yinsong barely suppressed the urge to go home immediately: "It's okay, besides, we will go home soon, so there shouldn't be any delay."

Having said that, but the stone was still in his heart, Xue Yinsong made a few mouthfuls of noodles and made arrangements: "Father, I still don't think it's appropriate, why don't I go back first after we finish offering sacrifices to our ancestors tomorrow morning?"

Father Xue said: "Let's go back together. Today you rest first. Later, I will ask Suozi to bring some paper money to bring back flowers. I will go to the grave tomorrow morning and go home the day after tomorrow."

Xue Yinsong originally wanted his father to stay for a few more days, but then he thought that if something happened, his father would be a reliable helper, so he didn't try to dissuade him: "Can Aunt Huan bear this rush?"

Father Xue thought about it: "She can still hold on, it's important to go back first so as not to delay the business."

After the discussion between the two, Xue Yinsong forced himself to stand up: "Father, go and get in touch with Uncle Chai and the others to see what they mean, and ask them to get in touch with other people in the village. I want to go and see Jiuhua now. "

Father Xue thought he was looking for someone to catch up on the old days, so he hurriedly replied with a smile: "I ran into a long follower on the road, and he kept asking when you will come back, and you can go around when you are free." Xue Yinsong agreed, Jiuhua , Long Easygoing and Qiangzi are all his old friends, and now they come back to meet each other, maybe they can collect some useful information.

He walked out the door and stretched his waist. He only felt that as his body stretched, his spirit would also be refreshed. One must not abandon oneself or everyone will abandon it. The most important thing is to finish the things at hand and go home quickly. There are not many others. It is useless to think.

Qiangzi's house is the closest, Xue Yinsong walked quickly to the gate of his house and knocked on the door: "Qiangzi! Are you at home? I'm a tiger!"

The door was ajar, and Xue Yinsong was a regular customer, so he pushed the door open and called out, "Qiangzi! Qiangzi!"

It took a long time to hear a faint voice from the back room, Xue Yinsong was startled, hurriedly walked towards the main bed, pushed open the half-covered door, and saw a person lying in the corner of the room in the dark.

The man was as thin as a stick, with high cheekbones on his face, as if he was terminally ill. There was a quilt on his body, and there was a dull stench in the room.

"It's... a tiger?"

Only then did Xue Yinsong come back to his senses, and asked tentatively, "Is it... Uncle Qiang?"

The man barely opened his eyes, nodded and said: "Come on, tiger cub, come and sit in front of you."

Xue Yinsong couldn't believe his eyes. Uncle Qiang was one of the strongest people in the village when he went back a year. Not to mention his illness, even a minor illness is almost impossible: "Qiang Uncle, what's going on here? Why didn't Qiangzi go to ask for a doctor?"

Uncle Qiang reluctantly answered, "Please, I took a lot of medicine but it didn't help." Xue Yinsong looked around, but there was hardly any household items in the room. Knowing that he had changed money to buy medicine, he hurriedly held Uncle Qiang's hand and said: "Uncle, I still have some money in my hand, I'll go to the county to ask for a doctor right away."

Uncle Qiang shook his head: "Please don't move, the doctors in the county are not willing to come to the countryside to see a doctor now, and they need five taels of silver for outpatient visits."

Xue Yinsong was taken aback: "Five taels? Are they trying to rob people?"

Uncle Qiang smiled wryly and said: "There is no way, I can't go to the mountains to collect medicine these few years, the price of medicine in the county has been soaring all the way, after the flood last year, many people got sick, and the price of consultation fee is getting more and more expensive. The price, the doctor would not leave the city without this amount.”

"Five taels is five taels, you can't just wait for death, right? Uncle, you rest, I'll go get someone."

Uncle Qiang grabbed his hand and changed the topic: "Are you looking for Qiangzi? This kid helps out at a restaurant in the city during the day and doesn't come back until night." Seeing his chapped lips, Xue Yinsong hurried to the rough porcelain pot in the corner of the room. He poured some cold water into his cup to feed him: "Uncle, you haven't eaten lunch, have you? I'll get you something to eat first."

Uncle Qiang hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Qiangzi made some food before he left, I won't be hungry if I lie down all day."

Xue Yinsong suppressed the anger in his heart, and said softly: "Uncle Qiang, you rest first, I will come as soon as I go." Then he stood up and went to the kitchen outside, only to see that there was nothing inside, so he went out to his uncle's house go.

My aunt was sitting in the yard mending clothes. When she saw him come back, she smiled and said, "The tiger is back? Didn't your father say that you went to look for Jiuhua? I thought you would stay longer."

Xue Yinsong stopped, and asked in a deep voice: "Auntie, I didn't see any chickens in the yard, did you borrow the fried eggs for me at noon?"

My aunt was taken aback when she heard the words, and said with a wry smile: "You shouldn't have said these things when you came from afar. In previous years, let alone an egg, you should have stewed a few chickens for entertainment. It's just that the flood was too strong last year. Now Don’t talk about rice, even coarse-grain rice is almost gone. It’s okay for you to go out of town, but those who stay here are really miserable. Not to mention the eggs, even the two taels of white noodles I made for you at noon are also borrowed. "

Xue Yinsong asked: "Is there any food at home? Qiangzi's father has been hungry for a day, I want to make something for him." The aunt hurriedly stood up and said: "There is still some sorghum rice, why don't you cook it first? send it."

Xue Yinsong quickly responded, and followed his aunt into the kitchen: "Didn't the imperial court subsidize some porridge and food in the past when there was a flood?"

My aunt snorted coldly: "Subsidy? Don't think about it. When the flood receded last year, the price of rice soared. When the price of rice was the highest, it was 100 yuan a liter! Tianba Village suffered the most because of Xianghe, and the county lord was no more It's just a pity."

Xue Yinsong helped to light the fire and asked, "Is there any tax exemption this year?"

"Unavoidably, I just said that the tax will be collected one year later." The aunt said, seeing the water boiled, she grabbed two handfuls of sorghum rice and cut some sweet potato chips: "My house was washed away by the water last year. Fortunately, I bought your yard." Only then did I have a place to live. Now that the cattle have been sold and the household items are almost sold out, there are still three full months before the rice matures, alas, how can I live!"

Xue Yinsong asked: "Didn't uncle go up the mountain? The prey you caught will be sold first for rice."

"You come from afar, and you always have to entertain. Your uncle often sneaks up the mountain recently, and he can barely exchange some rice coins. You can only make do with it and wait for the autumn harvest."

Xue Yinsong frowned: "I heard that the purchase price has been announced this year, and it's only ten cents per liter."

My aunt sighed and stirred the gruel in the pot with a spoon: "Yes, I heard that because the flood washed away the rice shops, some of them stopped doing business, and the remaining three companies joined forces to lower the price. The price of the ten coins is still collected in advance." It is said that the price of rice will drop after the autumn harvest. A few days ago, some people came to the village to collect rice.

Xue Yinsong's heart was depressed, and he asked for a while: "Aren't there so many merchants traveling from south to north? Why is no one transporting rice to Deyang to sell?"

The rice porridge in the pot was already sticky and bubbling. My aunt scooped it up from a large porcelain bowl and handed it over: "Go ahead and eat it. I haven't heard of any rice merchants from other places, let alone rice merchants. I haven’t even seen a few shopkeepers this year, probably because I’m afraid of the plague.”

The plague is often accompanied by floods, but the flood has receded for more than a year, and the plague has been brought under control. Besides, the merchants are all profit-seeking guys. The price of rice in Deyang is so high, why no one comes to sell rice?

Even if local snakes are powerful, ordinary rice merchants dare not come, but Que Hongze is an official merchant, why doesn't he come?Why did he find himself to cooperate?Could it be that they already knew the real identity of the scholar and themselves, and they wanted to use their own hands to break into Deyang?

As soon as he thought about it, Xue Yinsong immediately felt that the identity of the scholar was definitely not a secret. Perhaps Que Hongze or the Taishi faction had planted a traitor in the He family, and they were waiting for the day when it was exposed, and the little scholar was thrown out as a victim.

First of all, Xiu has the motive to be hostile to the He family. Secondly, he has been born in the He family for more than ten years and has the qualifications to be a traitor. Even if he is a young master who keeps his ears shut, at least he is familiar with the He family.

The more he thought about it, the colder he felt, Xue Yinsong suppressed all kinds of guesses in his heart, picked up the bowl and walked quickly to Qiangzi's house.

Qiangzi's father was also very hungry, he finished the porridge in just a few gulps, and when he raised his eyes, there were tears streaming down his face: "Tiger... the old man always said that a friend in need is a friend in need, but I have seen the truth through this illness, so I helped him." I remember everything about my family, I will be a cow and a horse in my next life..."

Xue Yinsong hurriedly interrupted his choked words: "Uncle, just lie down after eating and don't think about it, I have something to do this afternoon and I have to leave first, and I will see you in the evening."

Qiangzi's father hurriedly said: "Don't bring porridge at night, Qiangzi works in the restaurant, so it's not easy for anyone to bring some leftovers at night."

Xue Yinsong forced a smile and said, "Uncle, just take care of yourself, don't worry about anything else, the most important thing now is to take care of your body."

After leaving Qiangzi's house, Xue Yinsong felt restless. He wished he could sell all Chen Miyigu's brains to Deyang at a low price, not to mention making money, as long as he didn't lose money. It is unlikely, since no rice merchants from other places come, it means that there must be something wrong with Deyang, and we have to think of a way.

Xue Yinsong took the big porcelain bowl and walked home, before walking a few steps, he bumped into Jiuhua head-on: "Where are you going?"

When Jiuhua saw him, he looked him up and down, slapped him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Hey, boy, I haven't grown stronger than last year. Where are you from? Didn't you eat? Why don't you come to my house to eat?" .”