The city is closed today.

Early in the morning, an obituary was posted on the bulletin board of the government, saying that the emperor Long Yu had passed away.

I broke into a cold sweat. Our Qixi Festival event has just ended, and the business in the shop has been pretty good these days. We did make a fortune at the last moment.

The government stipulates that three years from today, it is not allowed to wear brightly colored clothes, clothes made of precious materials such as brocade and silk, women are not allowed to wear hairpins, and makeup is not allowed. All workshops are closed, hotels are not allowed to open, shops are allowed to open, but they can no longer produce luxury things, and so on.

This is really harsh enough. If you don't open for three years, you want people to drink the northwest wind. After three years, many shops should go bankrupt.

Cui Changyu told me that it didn’t take so long. He said: “This is before the new emperor ascends the throne. When the new emperor ascends the throne, the world will be amnesty, and various policies will be implemented to benefit the people. At that time, most shops can be opened, but the brothel dance hall Just don't think about it, everyone still needs to keep a low profile, wear plain clothes, and the wedding ceremony has to be postponed."

Alas, it's still a bit...

Cui Changyu said that there is nothing to do, the rules of etiquette are like this, everyone will definitely not be so rich in three years, and life will not be too easy.He suggested that I can buy a shop in three years. At that time, there will be many closed shops, and the price will not be too expensive.

I really thought I might not have the money to buy a shop at that time.

The boss called us all, saying that because of the special circumstances, we paid this month's wages in advance.Everyone has red envelopes and commissions, and I got 50 taels.He also told us to send some money to the people below.This boss is really good, ordinary bosses wish they could hold all the money in their own hands at this time, so they don't care about the life and death of their servants.

I used the money to buy some rice grains, as well as vegetables and meat. The family had to stockpile these, and food was more important than money.I have a lot of fabrics at home. I bought some cotton and went home. Now I have to prepare winter things.

I went to Zhuangzi, and the beans had already grown, but it was still too early to harvest. I gave Lao Zhu some rice, vegetables, meat, cloth and cotton, and I also gave him some money to hide. Tell him that life will be difficult in the future, don't let people steal it.

Lao Zhu nodded his thanks, and told me quietly that he dug a cellar in the ground, and stored everything in it, where no one else could find it. He also said that if I needed it, I would put it in it.

I walked around the cellar several times, but I didn't find the cellar, so I bought some food for him to store. I told him that the most important thing is people, and things are second. If you have anything, you can come to me. If it is not enough, you can go to me, and if you need help at home, you can go to me, Lao Zhu agreed with a smile.

I spent a lot of money today, and the price of a city immediately went up. It is not easy to store things this season, which is really troublesome. Fortunately, my family has a vegetable field. Now there are many vegetables, which are enough for the two of us. The problem is the meat. .I bought some bacon, bacon, ham and the like, which can last a little longer, and I bought two more chickens, which are the meat with the longest shelf life. Alas, I will live in a chicken coop made of silver for a while. For a while.

The number of workers in the workshop has been reduced by more than half, and only a few daily maintenance equipment, pools, etc. are left. These days, there are already a lot of inventory, enough to sell.The workers did not complain, and they all received red envelopes several times their wages, and hurried home to get through this period of downturn.Mrs. Zhu also came home. Before she left, she came to my house and gave me a large piece of ham and a jar of pickles. She said she pickled it herself and it tasted good. She came to thank her eldest daughter Xiangzhi for so much wages. My daughter now earns more, the whole family can afford it, and there are more young men who come to propose marriage, but recently it is difficult to hold weddings, so I can only delay.

I also reminded her that these days may not be peaceful, and the eldest girl should hide well.Mrs. Zhu said that she knew that the news had already spread outside, and they were afraid that there would be a war. They were going to go back to their hometown in the countryside, where the land was sparsely populated, so they could hide.

The people in the compound had almost left, and the surrounding area became deserted all of a sudden, and the scene of a group of shirtless men squatting in the courtyard and eating big mouthfuls was no longer seen.

Chen Xiang has been staying at home since today. When he has nothing to do, he will tidy up our secret base, pickle some salted eggs, make winter clothes and so on. Yes, but not two people came today, everyone saved their money to buy rice noodles, and few people would buy books at this time.

We all had a lot of free time, but Pei Shen insisted on reading on the second floor as usual. I smiled and said that he could recite the book aloud, and there were no customers in the store at the moment.

We haven’t bought new books since a month ago. Many books on the shelves are empty now. I asked the guys to take all the books off the shelves, wrap them in oiled paper and store them in the warehouse. There are only trial readings on the shelves. book of.The signature wall is densely filled with words, but there are no more energetic young people in the store. Looking at this wall at this time, I feel so lonely.

I gave Pei Shen an early vacation and asked him to take all the books he wanted to read and go home to take care of his sister.

Pei Shen bent down to me, thanked me, and then packed a small stack of books. I stuffed him with a few more tomes, and stuffed him with some paper and pens, telling him to study well at home, and there was not enough paper. Come get it again.

Pei Shen's eyes were a little red, he nodded and turned away.

Zheng Qian and Agui don't need to come every day, just one a day, and the accountant Qu also let me rush home, the family definitely needs him right now.

In the end, Zheng Qian and I were left staring at each other in the shop, lamenting that the world is impermanent, yesterday was still full of guests, today it was only the two of us left.

It doesn't matter if the city is closed, it doesn't matter if you are poor or miserable, I just hope that the war will not come.

I closed get off work early in the afternoon, and when I got home, I moved all the dry firewood at home to the side of the hut, covering the open space above the crypt.

These dry firewood will not collapse the crypt, because most of the crypt is in the hut, and the area extending into the yard is only enough for two people to stand back and forth. I bought dry firewood in advance, a lot, a lot Part of the load is on the solid ground in the yard, but the corners are covered on the wooden shelf above the crypt, and the weight is not too heavy.It can also act as a rain shield.

The devils probably wouldn't move the heavy pile of firewood to dig the ground next to the toilet, would they?

Bah, bah, bah, the devils won't come, what am I talking about!

In the evening, Chen Xiang cooks, clears porridge and side dishes, and steams a small plate of bacon. It seems that the days have returned to the time when we were in the refugee village. At that time, we were also so simple, but we would eat together every day and eat what Chen Xiang made. Rice, counting it, it's been a long time since I ate the rice he cooked all day long.

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