I farmed in ancient times

After the flood receded, the school did not start for a long time. Cen Daonian asked Cen Chaoan to go and play with his sister Xiaohua. Cen Daonian and Uncle Shi helped the villagers renovate their houses in the village.

Fortunately, the weather was good last year. Although several houses in Damo Township were blown up by strong winds, the villagers helped them repair them for not much money.

The homeowner prepared a sumptuous meal and invited the neighbors who came to help to eat. Although there was no wages, a group of strong men gathered together to make a lively scene, and the laughter and jokes could be heard three miles away.

Father Cen settled for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and Aunt Shi looked after Chao'an. With his private money and some seeds, Jueming told Father Cen that he would go to the county town to have a look.

"The county seat is now full of people and people. It's too dangerous for you to go." Father Cen shook his head, "It's better not to go."

"I'm already fourteen." Jueming stroked his head with his hand, and it reached Father Cen's chin. "Besides, I don't have a lot of copper coins on me, so I don't have to steal them if I want to."

Father Cen's brows were tightly knit into a knot, and after a while, Father Cen's brows loosened, "You're too old, I shouldn't hold you back, be careful on the road."

Having received the permission, Caesar jumped up and walked towards the entrance of the village.

"Wait!" Cen Daonian stopped him, took out a money bag and stuffed it in Cassia Ming's hand, "Money is something outside of your body, you can throw it away if necessary."

With that said, Cen Daonian took Cassia Ming's hand and put the money bag in his hand, "Go, remember to bring a bag of sugar for Chao'an."

"Okay!" Jue Ming ran towards the entrance of the village and shouted at Hu Tutu: "Brother Hu! Wait for me!"

Hu Tutu, who was driving an ox cart, was waiting at the entrance of the village. After loading the cassia, he headed for the town.

At Shantang Town, Jue Ming got off the ox cart and walked east along the main road.

A few days ago, County Magistrate Shen led people to re-compact the main roads of the townships, and now walking is no different from before the flood.Both sides of the road are poplar trees as thick as bowls. Cassia walked along the side of the road. The sun shone down and was blocked by the branches and leaves, leaving only a messy light on the ground.

Within half an hour, the number of pedestrians on the road gradually increased, and many people even drove to Yang County.

Cassia walked with both hands empty.

The county seat is a small city surrounded by a two-story city wall. There are checkpoints at the entrance. Whether entering or leaving the city, people from the county government will check and register.

Cassia was at the end of the line. After registering, he finally came to the ancient county for the first time.

The streets of the county town were cleaned spotlessly. There were shops on both sides and street stalls hawking loudly. Listening to Caesar, although the price was much higher than that in Shantang Town, it was reasonable.

In the west of the city, after registering, a group of refugees lined up to receive their badges, waiting to be placed in a temporary residence, and then exchanged for food through labor. This was Shen Yan's "relief with work" method to deal with the refugees.

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This was the first word that came to Cassia's mind.

Occasionally, ragged refugees walked by on the street. If you pay a little attention, you can see that although their clothes are ragged, their clothes are clean. Although their faces are yellow, they are not out of shape.

Jue Ming stopped at a tea stall first, and after drinking two bowls of tea, he asked the stall owner where to find a broker.

The stall owner readily showed Cassia the way.

After finding the manager, Jue Ming explained his purpose, and the manager took him to the vacant shops on the street for a few times.

Now that prices are soaring and the street is much more depressed than before, Jue Ming chose a small two-story shop with an open road in front of the shop and a canal behind it.

At that time, the goods will be delivered from the canal and can enter the store directly.

The terrain here is high and the surrounding area is open. It was supposed to be a place for warehouses. The landlord somehow thought about it and built a few shops. Because it is far away from the county town, almost no one cares about it except for the workers who move the goods.

Therefore, compared with the rent of two taels of silver a month in the golden area of ​​the county seat, the rent of five hundred copper coins here can hardly be lowered, and it is not much different from the price of a warehouse.

Cassia Ming didn't have many coins in hand, so he signed a contract with the manager and took the key.

Although the store is small, it cannot be supported by itself. Cassia still needs to find someone to do things on the bright side.

It was impossible to recruit a caring and loyal employee in a short period of time, and it was illegal to directly trade people in the Song Dynasty.

In this way, we can only make a compromise. Hiring a person for ten years can be regarded as a direct purchase in disguise.

According to the address given by the agent, Jueming found the matchmaker, and followed the matchmaker to the entrance of an alley, where a group of teenagers and girls stood beside the corner.The youngest is only one or two years younger than Cassia Ming, and the oldest is almost an adult.

Jueming looked curiously at the boy who was next to the corner, and the prostitute took him to a row of boys, and explained to his partner, and continued to wait outside.

Jueming paid a little attention. This alley is a dead end, and there are four or five strong men guarding the entrance of the alley.

Where are the children in the alley their opponents?So I can only wait quietly for someone to buy me away.

After the flood, many refugees were unable to support their children, so the business of the matchmaker has been particularly good these days.

If it's too small, it won't work, I'm afraid it won't be able to hold the stage, if it's too big, I'm afraid it will be distracted, Caesar can only choose among boys who are a year or two older than himself.

Seeing that the buyer opposite was a fair and handsome young man, the young girl standing next to the corner couldn't help but look at him secretly. Such a handsome buyer seemed to have a good temper.

Maybe you won't be abused if you work under him.

Thinking of this, the teenagers in the corner all puffed up their chests, wishing their chests could touch their chins.

Jue Ming couldn't help laughing. Although the clothes on the third boy on the left were shabby, he had clear eyes, stood up straight with all his strength, and looked straight ahead.

No matter how you look at it, there is a taste of honesty, Jue Ming stopped in front of him, secretly satisfied, and said: "That's him."

There was joy on the young man's face.

Caesar asked tactfully, "How much does it cost to sign him?"

The prostitute hurriedly said, "One tael of silver."

"A tael of silver?" Jueming raised his eyebrows. The young man was afraid that Jueming would regret it, so he patted his chest and said, "Little official! Don't look at me being younger, I can do farm work and hunting! You bought me! It's definitely worth it! "

Seeing that the person who came to buy someone in front of him was only a teenager, the prostitute put on airs and said, "Look, such a strong guy, if his family hadn't suffered a disaster, would he only need this little money?"

"Eight hundred Wen." Jue Ming shook his head, "Today is not a coincidence, I have so much money with me."

As he said that, Jue Ming took out a consistent copper coin from the purse, which had obviously been torn apart a bit.

"Why don't you look at it again." Jueming said, looking at the other prostitutes.

There are quite a few prostitutes waiting for buyers in this alley. If the prostitute who met with Jueming hadn't led people here directly, Jueming must have wandered from the entrance to the end of the alley before making a decision.

The toothmaid's heart has been shaken. The business has not been good these days. If she can sell one, she will have one less mouth to eat. She is struggling in her heart: "Eight hundred is too little. Look, this is a living person, healthy and healthy." If the land is sent to you, it will be no problem if you can work for ten years, but the land will cost nine hundred."

"850." Cassia countered.

The prostitute hesitated.

Caesar seemed to give up, shook his head, and walked towards the entrance of the alley with his hands behind his back. Knowing that he was deliberately trying to lure him to lower the price, the matchmaker couldn't help but stop him, "850 is 850!"

"Okay!" Jue Ming counted the copper coins, the matchmaker took out the contract, the three parties signed the contract on the spot, drew the deposit, and handed over the money with one hand and the person with the other.

Even after renting noodles from the store and buying the young man, he had no copper coins left, so for lunch, Jueming could only take the young man to a noodle stall on the street to eat noodles.

The two sat on the bench, and the young man held the teapot and poured tea for Cassia with great insight.

Juming: "I haven't asked your name yet."

The young man looked up at Jue Ming. Jue Ming's eyes were dark and bright, and there was a smile in his eyes. He was staring at him, making people feel like a spring breeze. The young man scratched his head, "My name is Wang Ergou."

Jue Ming nodded, "My name is Jue Ming, just call me by my name from now on."

Two bowls of pork rib noodles were served, and Wang Ergou, who was already hungry and growling, waited for Cassia Ming to start eating, and couldn't wait to swallow the noodles.

Jueming saw that he didn't eat well for a few days, so let him eat slowly, if it wasn't enough.

Hearing this, Wang Ergou hurriedly slowed down, and snorted and ate up a bowl of noodles including soup and noodles.

After eating, Jue Ming said: "Eating too much suddenly is not good for your stomach, I will buy you food later on the street."

"It's good to be able to eat a bowl of noodles, I'm already full!" Wang Ergou touched his stomach with a smile, and his stomach was only [-]% full with a bowl of noodles, which was much better than being served by the toothmaid.

It was better than when he was with his second uncle. Thinking of this, Wang Ergou's eyes darkened.

Caesar bought a bunch of sacks, and Wang Ergou took the initiative to catch them from Caesar's hand and carried them on his back. Caesar bought a broom, dustpan and some simple things along the way, and took Wang Ergou straight to the shop.

The shop was empty, without even a chair, so Jueming took out two hundred copper coins and handed them to Wang Ergou, "Go and buy some bedding, I'm afraid you'll have to make do on the second floor for a few nights."

Wang Ergou shook his head like a rattle, "Don't worry, little official, I'm a rough person, I'll be fine if I just sleep on the floor!"

Even though he said so, Caesar still let him buy it, maybe Wang Ergou will live on the second floor of the small shop in the future.

After Wang Ergou left, Jueming went to the sunny field behind the shop to hold a few handfuls of soil, closed the shop door, took out the seeds that had been hidden in his bosom for a long time, and buried them in the soil.

I took out the blue beads and watered the soil. Soon, the seeds in the soil broke through the seed coat, and the two buds quickly climbed and stretched.

In this place where there is no sunlight and the soil is scarce, the seeds turn from buds to seedlings, and then start heading and flowering.

The grains in the ears gradually became full, and the leaves of the rice gradually turned yellow. Cassia pinched off the ears of rice, simply threshed them, buried them in the soil and watered them, and more seedlings came out of the ground.

The rice stalks lost their fruit, gradually dried up under the urging of the blue beads, decomposed, and became soil fertilizer.

All of this happened in an instant.

When Wang Ergou came back, the first floor was already filled with three half-person-high sacks filled with rice seeds.

Before he had time to put down the quilt, Wang Ergou hurriedly said, "Little official! You can move such a heavy thing when I come back!"

"Call me Jue Ming, or the shopkeeper is fine." Jue Ming really has a headache, he is not Li Xiurong, let alone someone's high official.

"I also use money to do things for others." Jueming caught the quilt in Wang Ergou's hand and put it aside.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jueming didn't plan to stay overnight in the county seat, so he told Wang Ergou to take good care of the seeds, and after cleaning the second floor as a residence, he went to a dim sum shop in the city to buy a few packs of dim sum, and he didn't forget to buy some for Chao'an that were not available in Shantang Town Nougat.