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

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The night was as clear as a wash.

Ye Xiaozhou pushed the door open in a daze, and found the toilet without a sense of direction.

It was hard to find a latrine near the yard, but Ye Xiaozhou was stunned by the smell inside, and immediately woke up. He covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and went to the latrine until he almost suffocated.

Just when he was about to go back to the house, he suddenly saw a fire in the extremely simple kitchen, and the smell of barbecue was still in the air.

Ye Xiaozhou walked over lightly, and vaguely saw a hunched back, who was squatting there and chewing on something. He seemed to hear the chewing sound vaguely, and it sounded a bit oozing in the dark night. people.

He was a little scared, and the story of the starving ghost that some little slave had told him appeared in his mind, but the smell of barbecue was so delicious that he couldn't help but get closer.

Right behind the figure, Ye Xiaozhou accidentally crushed a small stone on the sole of his shoe, and the stone rubbed against the ground making a slight sound. Ye Xiaozhou was startled, and the figure also turned around——

It looked like his mother Jing Min, holding a half-eaten chicken leg in her hand.

Ye Xiaozhou opened his mouth wide subconsciously, but before he could yell out, another shadow that suddenly appeared behind him knocked him unconscious with a knife without hesitation.

As soon as his body softened, he fell into the arms of Jing Min who was standing quietly behind him.

Jing Min looked coldly at the old lady who didn't know where to put the chicken legs, and said impatiently after being woken up: "I don't want to see this kind of stupid thing a second time. Yes—afterwards, when night falls, I will honestly stay in the house."

The old lady changed her previous arrogant and mean image, but bowed her head respectfully, not daring to look at Jing Min more: "Yes."

When Jing Min brought Ye Xiaozhou into the house, the old lady dared to raise her hand and wipe the oil on her mouth with her sleeve.

It was early morning.

When Ye Xiaozhou woke up, he felt dizzy all over his head. Before he could fully wake up, Jing Min suddenly pushed the door in with a bowl of porridge.

"Are you awake?" Jing Min put the hot porridge aside first, then washed and combed his hair as usual, "Did you sleep well last night?"

Ye Xiaozhou tilted his head slightly, his eyes were half closed, he was still in a daze, and he didn't hear what Jing Min said at all.It wasn't until Jing Min patiently fed him the bowl of sweet porridge that Ye Xiaozhou felt his dizziness eased a little.

He seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and excitedly grabbed Jing Min's hand: "When I woke up last night, I saw your mother stealing a big chicken leg in the kitchen!"

Jing Min raised his hand, and touched Ye Xiaozhou's forehead with the back of his hand, with puzzled and unconcealable worry on his face: "Are you feeling unwell?"

Ye Xiaozhou patted his hand away: "It's true, I remember it very clearly. I still remember that I was knocked out afterwards, and now I still feel a dull pain in my back shoulder. If you don't believe me, you can take my clothes off."

"No." Jing Min gently tore off his underwear, caught a glimpse of a bruise on the back of his neck, and smiled, "Did you dream? You didn't leave the house last night .”

Ye Xiaozhou thought about it in a daze, and began to feel a little uncertain: "How could it be? I still remember the smell of that chicken leg."

Jing Min chuckled lightly: "Perhaps you are too hungry."

Ye Xiaozhou already tended to think that it was just a dream. After all, if it were true, there would be many unreasonable things.

Whether the old lady gnawed the chicken leg or not is another matter, and the house is so dilapidated that he has never seen half a chicken.Besides, this old lady got up in the middle of the night to cook chicken legs and ate them without telling her own son. Is it plausible?

Jing Min stroked his back reassuringly: "Today we went to the town to pawn your clothes, and we will have enough money. We can have extra meals at noon."

Ye Xiaozhou's eyes lit up immediately, and he immediately asked, "Is there any meat?"

"Of course." Jing Min replied.

Knowing that there is meat to eat at noon, Ye Xiaozhou put that absurd nightmare behind him at once, and hurriedly urged Jing Min to change his clothes, wishing he could fly to the town right now.

Ye Xiaozhou saw the vehicle they were taking to go to the town when they were going out. It was Mazi’s father’s little ox cart next door. It was not a big ox cart. It was almost full of pumpkins and freshly harvested vegetables. of greens.

As soon as Ye Xiaozhou boarded the cart, before he could sit still, the bullock cart started to move by itself.He almost couldn't sit still, but fortunately, Jing Min gave him a hand. The car was shaking, so he could only hold onto Jing Min's hand tightly.

Mazi's father, with a cow in front of him, gossiped and asked Jing Min, "Why don't you see your mother?"

"Recently, she is ill and doesn't go out much." Jing Min replied.

"That's the case, then you have to tell her to take care of her health," Mazi's father looked at Ye Xiaozhou again after he finished speaking, and said with emotion, "Your young man is so handsome, your uncle and I used to be with you Aunt Mazi said, what kind of girl will be worthy of you in the future?"

He paused, and continued: "I didn't expect you to find a man like this, it's not bad."

Although Ye Xiaozhou was often praised for being beautiful when he was in the south of the Yangtze River, he is rarely shy today, just because he is being praised with the identity of Jing Min's wife today, which is a completely different experience from before.

He only looked at Jing Min and smiled, then blinked at him, whispered proudly in his ear, "I didn't embarrass you, did I?"

Jing Min couldn't laugh or cry for a moment, and then he could only gently rub the top of his hair.

Arriving in the town soon, Ye Xiaozhou finally saw a slightly more prosperous area, looked around excitedly, and then quickly thought that his father might still be hiring someone to look for him everywhere, so he quickly lowered his head and hid peacefully. Behind Jing Min.

"Don't be so careful, this place is far away from Jiangnan, and it's only in an unknown town," Jing Min comforted him, "Your father's people can't find it here."

Hearing what he said, Ye Xiaozhou nodded, not as cautious as before, but what he didn't want to admit was that when Jing Min said that his father couldn't find it, a little bit of disappointment flashed in his heart.

The two walked around for a long time before finally finding a small pawnshop in the corner.

As soon as Jing Min walked in, he straight to the point and took out a bag of clothes. The boss squinted his eyes and rummaged through it lightly for a while, before he said, "Ten taels of silver."

Although Ye Xiaozhou didn't know how much he spent on these clothes, he still knew that it was impossible for them to be worth that much.

So he stepped forward and said, "These are all precious fabrics such as Yunjin and Shujin. I'm afraid you can't even buy this material with the ten taels of silver you paid, not to mention that these clothes are still in Jinxiu, the best clothing store in Jiangnan." It was custom-made in a workshop, where clothes are hard to find, and even if you have money, you can't order this style."

The boss touched the abacus, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Well, we are also people who know the goods, how about 20 taels?"

Ye Xiaozhou still felt that the price was absurd, so he grabbed Jing Min's sleeve and said to him: "Let's go, we don't deserve this dress."

"Wait, wait, two distinguished customers," the pawnshop owner stopped them, and said, "Your clothes are too expensive, and there is no market for them in this small town. Just keep it at my house first, and I will find a market for you, and when it is sold, we will share it for four or six, how about it?"

Ye Xiaozhou originally wanted to continue to refuse, but was held back by Jing Min. He smiled and said to the boss: "Deal. It's just...we don't feel relieved to leave the clothes with you. Could you ask the boss to pay some deposit first?" ?”

The owner of the pawn shop smiled all over his face: "Yes, yes, I, Qian Chengliang, have never been deceitful in doing business. You don't have to worry about it. I will give you an answer within three days--I will pay 15 taels in advance for you. How about a deposit?"

Ye Xiaozhou and Jing Min looked at each other, seeing that he was definitely looking at him, so he said: "It's okay, but I have to make a written proof."

"That's right," said the boss, "The rules of our shop have always been in place, so you two don't have to worry about it."

After the two signed the paperwork, they took the 15 taels and the receipt and left.

After leaving the store, Ye Xiaozhou asked Jing Min with some puzzlement: "Forty-six cents, so he earns too much, right?"

Jing Min said: "It's not much, he's right. In a small place like ours, those clothes are too expensive, and it's really hard to find a market. It's better to give these clothes to him. Four or six is ​​not too high. If you If he is not allowed to make more money, he will not put his heart into it, but we are in a hurry to use the money now, and the sooner the money can be in our hands, the better."

Ye Xiaozhou nodded.

He walked a few steps, and suddenly remembered that his erroneous refusal and welcome just now was very beautiful. It was the first time in his life that he bargained with someone, and now it seems that he was successful. Ye Xiaozhou was very satisfied and proudly He almost raised his head to the sky.

Afterwards, the two went to several shops, intending to buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt. Jing Min bought it at the front, and Ye Xiaozhou followed behind to bargain and cut off a little bit of change. The vendors were always happy, so they didn't bite too hard. As a result, Ye Xiaozhou's enthusiasm for bargaining became more and more inflated.

Jing Min, who was carrying the rice noodles, didn't tell Ye Xiaozhou that these things could have been cheaper, but the vendors saw that he was well-dressed, so they deliberately raised the price up a bit, so even if he cut off a little bit, the vendors would be happy, After all, who wouldn't want to slaughter a fat-headed fish that looks like a fool and has a lot of money?