The story of the rich and the young being tricked into farming

After leaving the Yan family's old house, Ye Xiaozhou began to wander aimlessly on the street. He was hungry again, but due to his lack of money, he didn't even dare to go to the noodle restaurant.

Now that it is getting late, the most urgent thing is to find a hostel where I can stay, no matter how poor I am, I can't sleep on the street.

Ye Xiaozhou once heard Jing Min say that the folk customs and simplicity in this small town are only a little bit on the edge, and that night is the time when thieves and thieves often come and go. Wealth will be taken away.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and go into a few inns. The high ones cost a few taels of silver one night, and the low ones cost a hundred dollars one night. Two money to spend, the money in hand naturally dare not waste a little bit.

So he bit the bullet and entered the inn that cost a hundred dollars a night.

There are a lot of people in this inn, and they are very mixed, from the white-haired old woman to the baby in the arms of the young woman.But when Ye Xiaozhou stepped into the inn with Xiaobai in his arms, he always felt that someone was silently looking at him, and when he turned his head, the sticky eyes disappeared.

"The shopkeeper, I want a servant room." Ye Xiaozhou followed the example of the elder brother in front, pretending to come here often, and dropped a bunch of one-hundred-dollar copper coins.

The shopkeeper took the money easily, and then threw him a door number. Ye Xiaozhou took the number and followed the elder brother upstairs.

Usually, when he comes to the store, the boss personally guides him to the house. Ye Xiaozhou is afraid of getting into trouble, so he doesn't want to reveal the fact that he can't even understand the broken sign. I was next door, so I followed him up.

Sure enough, seeing the big brother entered the house, Ye Xiaozhou stopped and turned to the next door, and saw the same mark on the wooden sign on the wall, he was slightly happy, and pushed open the door and walked in.

This room is not spacious, but at least it is clean and tidy. There are wooden tables, tea, beds and bedding in the room.

Ye Xiaozhou breathed a sigh of relief, put Xiaobai down first, and then turned around to close the door.Unexpectedly, just as he was about to close the door, suddenly a dark yellow rough hand blocked the edge of the door frame.

He was startled, and looked at the middle-aged man who prevented him from closing the door with a look of panic.

"Don't be afraid, young master," the middle-aged man smiled kindly at him, "In Luyang next week, he is not a bad person."

Ye Xiaozhou was so frightened by Jing Min that he didn't dare to trust anyone anymore. He was still very vigilant and said: "Then why did you block my door? If you don't let go, I will call the boss to come up."

"Don't worry, my lord," Zhou Luyang took half a step back, let go of the hand blocking the door frame, and said in a gentle voice, "I'll tell you my lord, I'm a salesman who goes back and forth between the north and the south. Seeing your words and deeds, you don't look like It’s a local, but it looks like it’s from the south?”

"So what?" Ye Xiaozhou's face was full of vigilance, "What does it have to do with you?"

Zhou Luyang was not annoyed at all when he spoke like this, and he still looked easy to talk: "My lord, I don't know, this year Emperor Kaiping issued an order to curb business. For more than half a year, the freight business on land and water has not been easy to do. We people , but also in order to support the family, I have to pick up some more guests——Where are you going back on this trip?"

Ye Xiaozhou didn't expect that he could tell at a glance that he was on his way. After hesitating for a moment, he thought it would be okay to tell him, so he said, "Pingjiang."

A gleam of joy flashed across the face of the salesman who claimed to be surnamed Zhou: "It's a coincidence, we will also pass by Pingjiang Mansion on this trip."

Ye Xiaozhou was also happy in his heart, but he hesitated and asked: "How much money will it cost to take your car to Pingjiang?"

"We did this as a last resort, and we don't want to earn more from you. Five taels of silver will be enough if you count board and lodging along the way."

Ye Xiaozhou lowered his eyes in disappointment, and after a long silence, he asked again: "I only have two taels of silver and one thousand nine hundred cash here, which is three taels of silver and nine hundred cash, which is not enough if I think about it."

Zhou Luyang looked a little hesitant, but after thinking for a moment, he said: "Well, we can't discount too much for you in this small business, but it's not that we can't be flexible. It's better to wait until Pingjiang and let you Relatives make up for it."

Ye Xiaozhou's eyes lit up immediately, and he blurted out that when he arrived in Pingjiang, he would be able to supply you with a hundred times more.But immediately he stopped talking, not to reveal his wealth outside, this is what Jing Min told him on the way when he came here.

It's just that he didn't take it to heart at that time, and he didn't start to regret it until he lost all his money.

"Then I'll go back and think about it. I'm not in a hurry to go back to Pingjiang," Ye Xiaozhou pretended to be at ease, and said calmly, "When I think about it, I'll go find you."

Zhou Luyang: "Okay, if you think about it, young master, you can come to find me downstairs. I live in the fifth room of the East Pavilion on the second floor."

Ye Xiaozhou nodded.

The latter raised his hand politely and bowed: "Farewell."

Ye Xiaozhou returned the gift with kindness.

Then he went back to the house, closed the door, and sat down on the table. This action involved the wound that Jing Min had tormented on him last night. Min cut it into pieces again.

After calming down a bit, he poured himself a cup of tea.

To be honest, he had a good impression of that peddler who claimed to be surnamed Zhou just now. He seemed like a good person, but his reason told him that he couldn't be trusted so easily.

At the same time, Xiaobai rubbed against his feet, purring in a milky voice, Ye Xiaozhou bent down, and patted its head: "Are you hungry?"

After saying this, he himself felt empty in his stomach, and he was so hungry that he began to feel a little uncomfortable. He dug out some rice bran from his bag, poured it into a teacup tray, and fed it to Xiao Bai first.

"Let's be wronged first. When we return to Pingjiang, I'll take you to eat and drink spicy food. I guarantee that you will grow as majestic as a wolf in the future."

Xiaobai didn't understand what he was talking about, but just buried himself in eating rice bran very hopelessly.

Ye Xiaozhou understands that no matter how human this dog is, he can't talk to people. He just feels too depressed, and if he talks to Xiaobai, he will feel better.

He hesitated in the house for a long time, as if he had finally made up his mind, stepped out of the door, intending to go downstairs to order a bowl of plain noodles.

"Shopkeeper, serve a bowl of plain noodles and crack an egg." Ye Xiaozhou walked to the counter and said in a low voice.

The shopkeeper didn't even raise his head: "Okay, a bowl of plain noodles with yellow rice, do you want something else? Our sauced beef is a must. Put it on the plain noodles, and everyone will cry deliciously after eating it." .”

Ye Xiaozhou couldn't help swallowing, his craving to eat was about to move, but he held back in the end: "No need."

After speaking, he turned around and found a small table to sit down. It happened that Zhou Luyang, who had just talked to him, was sitting at the next table. When he saw him coming, he nodded to him, and then continued to chat with the person at the same table. up.

"These batches of goods this year are not good. If we continue to lose money like this, we might as well sell the carriages and horses and go back to farming." Ye Xiaozhou heard a bearded man slightly older than Zhou Luyang complain.

But Zhou Luyang filled him with a glass of rice wine with a smile: "That's not enough. In our business, no matter what, it's better than farming. The harvest of the millet depends on God. In that disaster year Ah, every time you fail to harvest, the whole family has to follow you to starve."

The other man drank a bowl of rice wine, then raised his head and asked, "By the way, Lao Zhou, this time, Lao Wang and I only bought [-] goods together. How about you?"

"It's quite a lot for me," Zhou Luyang said before turning to Ye Xiaozhou, "there are more than ten ordinary goods, and there are still people who are willing to give us a ride back, but it depends on whether this young man is willing to give us a ride." car."

Seeing that all three of them had kind faces, Ye Xiaozhou let go of his vigilance.

"You will really pass through Pingjiang Mansion on this trip?"

The bearded man replied: "Naturally, we will also pass through Jinling, Songjiang, Lin'an... the more affluent areas in the south, we will stop for a while to collect some rare goods that are not common in the north."

Ye Xiaozhou nodded, but still hesitated, and asked, "Can I take a look at your carriage?"

"It's natural," Zhou Luyang smiled and made a gesture of invitation, "The carriages and horses are parked behind the inn. Our business has been in business for more than a year and a half. The towns we pass along the road are well taken care of. You don't have to worry about being delayed on the road because of these, little son."

Ye Xiaozhou followed him to the back, and saw the huge carriage at the first glance. There are three large numbers of such carriages. It is a rare model. Ye Xiaozhou has never seen it in Pingjiang. It must be a characteristic of the north. .

"Young master, just look carefully, but the goods in this car are not visible, and I'm afraid it will be damaged if it loses its air."

Ye Xiaozhou didn't care about what they were carrying, he only wanted to go home now.He nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "When can I leave?"

Zhou Luyang squinted his eyes and smiled slightly: "I can go tomorrow morning, but my young master should get up early, we will travel day and night, and we will be able to reach Pingjiang soon."

"Okay," Ye Xiaozhou was eager to go back quickly, even if he said he would leave tonight, he would only happily applaud.

Then the two returned to the inn, Ye Xiaozhou's plain noodles had arrived, and after deciding how to go back, he was not as anxious as before, but rather happily started eating the bowl of plain noodles.

After eating the noodles, Ye Xiaozhou went to the waiter in the shop again and told him to fetch some hot water so that he could teach him to take a bath.

The waiter of this inn was nimble, and within a short while brought several wooden barrels of water, and filled the wooden barrel for bathing in Ye Xiaozhou's house.

Ye Xiaozhou was finally able to take a hot bath, and he felt much better. He also went to bed very early that night.