Zhu Nao

The next day, when Huo Cheng woke up, it was already daylight.

Yesterday he finished a big carpentry job. He had been working on this job for more than half a month. After finishing the job, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, so he took a good night's sleep.

He came out of the house stretching, only to see his son Huo Ling rushing in with a bucket of water.

Huo Cheng asked: "What's wrong with you? Why are you panicking?"

Huo Ling put down the bucket and said, "Father, when I was fetching water just now, everyone was talking about it, saying that something happened to the gang!"

Huo Cheng's eyes widened immediately when he heard the words "Feijiaoliangxing": "What happened?"

"I heard that their food delivery team was seized by officers and soldiers at the gate of the city yesterday, and all the food was confiscated. Even their owner was arrested by the government and said to be sentenced to death!"

"Capital crime?!" Huo Cheng was taken aback, "Why? What law did he commit?"

"I don't know," Huo Ling cried, "Everyone said it was because he offended Wang Zhoumu's brother-in-law."

The folk news spread quickly, and the news was spread by word of mouth. After a few passes, the details and the process were all ignored.Sometimes what is left may be an extremely ridiculous rumor, and sometimes what is left may be the most straightforward truth.

Huo Cheng gasped, he didn't even bother to wash his face, and grabbed his son's hand: "Quick, let's go to the food store to see if it's still open!"

On the first day of the opening of the non-traitor food shop, the Huo family and his son went to line up.It's a pity that there were too many people that day, and they didn't even line up.The next day, they rushed there early in the morning. They wanted to buy more grain and store it at home. Unfortunately, the food store stipulated that each person was only allowed to buy five buckets, so they only bought ten buckets of grain and went back.Later, the food store was open every day, and there was no sign of closing or raising prices. The Huo family and his son gradually believed that the food store could continue to operate for a long time, so they didn't worry about hoarding food.

But who would have thought that after more than half a month, such a thing would happen suddenly!If I had known, he would have lined up every day, took out all the money in the family, and even borrowed money to stock up more food!Ten buckets of grain won't last long at all. When the grain runs out, will they return to the old life where they can only buy expensive grain mixed with silt?

Huo's father and son ran all the way to the food store.

When I ran to the street where the grain store was located, I saw a black mass of heads on the street, all of whom came from the city after hearing the news.The crowd was stacked together, and they couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.

With an idea, Huo Cheng bent down and let his son ride on his neck, and carried his son to let him look inside.

"How is it? Is the food store still open?"

Huo Ling's panicked voice came from above his head: "No, there is a seal on the gate!"

Huo Cheng's heart suddenly sank.

He seemed to have expected such a result, but he was not as sad as he imagined.Instead, it was anger that had been suppressed for a long time.Like a spring in the bottom of his heart, it erupted quickly, filling his entire body.

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At the second quarter of Yin time, Lou Yi led his assistants out, and walked towards Zhengda Grain Shop in a swaggering manner.This was the best day he had been in the past half a month.

In the past few days, due to the deserted business of Zhengda Grain Store, not only could he not make any money, but he also suffered countless angers.When opening the store, every passerby who passed by their store would show them a mocking expression; he stopped opening the store in a fit of anger, but as long as he was still going out, someone would recognize him on the road and wink and sarcasm him .

——"Hey, isn't this the shopkeeper Lou? How is your grain shop doing well recently?"

——"Shopkeeper Lou, I heard that a new food store recently opened next to you, how does it compare to you!"

——"Shopkeeper Lou, I have a question to ask you. When your family is short of food, would you go to the Zhengda Grain Store to buy it yourself, or the non-traitor grain store?"

——"Shopkeeper Lou, what do you mean by the word 'not rape'?"

Every time Lou Yi heard these words, she was so angry that she couldn't do anything about it.His business is better than his, what can he do?Until now Li Xiang has been arrested, he can be regarded as elated.

Today's life is finally the same as before, and they have become the only grain store in the whole city.And those who laughed at him will eventually become the same as before, coming back in distress and embarrassment to beg him, begging him to take pity on them, begging him to give them alms.

Thinking of this, Lou Yi almost looked up to the sky and laughed three times.

Finally, Lou Yi took the guys to the Zhengda Grain Shop, and saw that many people had already surrounded the street.These ordinary people all came to see the situation of Fei Jianliang, and as soon as Lou Yi appeared, people's eyes gathered on him.

The atmosphere on the street was heavy, people's eyes were angry, but Lou Yi didn't notice anything wrong, and was secretly proud of seeing so many people nearby.If there are fewer people, he still feels boring.

So he opened the door of the grain store, led the men in a file, opened the window, knocked the gong, and shouted loudly: "Open—————"

The people on the street pointed at the grain store with hostile eyes, but no one stepped forward.

Lou Yi is not in a hurry.Anyway, these people will come sooner or later, no matter how reluctant they are-it has been like this for many years.

Sure enough, not long after, an old man stepped forward hesitantly, and asked cautiously: "Master Lou, are the beans still 120 Wen a bucket?"

A few days ago, in order to compete with Zhu Nao for customers, Lou Yi also lowered the price, reducing the original 160 Wen beans to 120 Wen, but unfortunately he did not win back many people back then.

At this moment, Lou Yi grinned, showing two rows of white teeth, her tone was half contemptuous, half disdainful: "120 Wen? What are you thinking? You might as well grab it!"

The old man's expression froze: "Then you..."

Unhurriedly, Lou Yi took out a newly made price tag from her bag and hung it on the iron hook of the window.

Soybeans—two hundred coins a bucket.

Rice - 220 Wen a bucket.

Wheat - 250 cents a bucket.

After hanging up the sign, he looked around, admiring the astonished expressions on people's faces, and said with a loud voice: "Keep your dog eyes wide open to see clearly, the beans are two hundred yuan per bucket, don't think about a penny less!"

The old man's face was pale, and he took two steps back unsteadily, almost unable to stand.

He thought that if the non-traitor business was closed, life would have to go back to the past.But I never thought that I couldn't even go back to the old days...

"The beans sold for two hundred cash?? You are simply robbers!!"

Finally someone couldn't bear it, and impassionedly accused: "Why do you raise the price so much? Who allows you to do this?"

After the first person spoke, the people who had endured it for a long time seemed to suddenly wake up and quickly joined in their support.

"You colluded with officials and businessmen to frame Mr. Li, you are shameless!!"

"That's right! Why are you the only ones who can sell grain in the whole city? Why do you have the final say on the price of grain?! If some people do business with conscience, you put them in prison. Is there any law?!"

"Shameless profiteer! Dog officer! Let Mr. Li out!"

Lou Yi said angrily, "I can sell it at whatever price I like. If I can't afford it, get out. If you dare to curse again, I will continue to raise the price."

The clerk who maintained order outside the store also hurried forward and pushed the old man in front of him to the ground.The buddy waved his fist in a majestic manner: "If you don't leave, be careful and I will beat you."

However, whether it was Lou Yi's angry reprimand or the staff's repelling, not only failed to intimidate the angry crowd, but only made the crowd more angry, and more and more people gathered around.

"Your conscience has been eaten by dogs, and you will die a terrible death!"

"Depraved of conscience! Pigs and dogs are inferior!"

"Beasts, beasts!"

The crowd became enraged, and the curses grew more vicious.Lou Yi scolded back at first, but gradually realized something was wrong.He only has one mouth, and he can't quarrel with dozens or hundreds of mouths.

The buddy wanted to push people again, but he pushed twice, but instead of pushing the crowd, he was knocked back again and again by the people pushing forward.People waved their arms excitedly and spattered their saliva angrily, like a pile of burning dry wood, the fire spread rapidly and became more and more intense, and it was difficult to extinguish it.

When the sense of threat came over her face, Lou Yi became a little scared.

He stood up, stepped back vigilantly, showed his most used and most effective trump card, and shouted at the out-of-control crowd: "Do you want to rebel?! Be careful, I will report to the police, and I will arrest you all and go to jail!"

Hearing the word "report to the official", the indignant crowd froze for a moment, and the cursing also subsided.

Seeing that this move was effective, Lou Yi immediately took advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, pointed at the noses of those who were rushing forward, and said ruthlessly: "Come on, I remember you all. Do you want Mr. Li? Let you go in and accompany him!"

The expressions on the faces of those people instantly became astonished.However, they did not flinch and run away as Lou Yi thought, but exploded instantly like explosives that were ignited.

"I'm fighting with you!!" A man was the first to attack, and rushed straight to the window, grabbed Lou Yi by the collar, and punched Lou Yi hard on the cheek with his fist!

He moved so fast that the man had no time to stop him.When they reacted and wanted to step forward, it was already too late—the crowd on the street seemed to have found a flood outlet and rushed forward.

In a blink of an eye, Zhengda Grain Shop was captured by crazy people.

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"Boss, it's not good, something serious happened!" A waiter ran into the yard in a panic.

Wu Liang was admiring his newly bought gold wares, when he heard that he put down the things in his hand: "What's the matter, you're in such a panic?"

"The grain shop, the grain shop was smashed! The shopkeeper Lou was also beaten up!"

"What?!" Wu Liang was startled, and suddenly stood up, "Who did it?!"

Paused, as if thinking of something: "Could it be Li Xiang's subordinates? They are so brave!"

"No, no." The man was about to cry anxiously, "It's the common people! The streets are full of people, all of them are crazy, there are too many people to count..."

Wu Liang looked surprised: "Common people?"

He has been operating autonomously in Yuzhou for several years, and it has been going smoothly for several years.He knew that many people scolded him among the people, but he didn't care, those people had to obediently give him money no matter how they scolded him.

He couldn't believe that such a thing would happen, and questioned: "Don't you make a mistake? How come there are so many people, aren't they afraid of going to jail?"

The clerk didn't know how to explain it, so he cried, "Boss, you should think of a way, the store has already been smashed, and the shopkeeper Lou is about to be beaten to death!"

Wu Liang: "..."

That guy didn't look like he was lying at all, so he gradually believed that something really happened outside.

His astonishment quickly turned to anger.How could anyone dare to smash his store and hit his shopkeeper? !Don't those people want to live? !

He immediately stood up and said, "Let's go to the government! Let the officers and soldiers arrest all the troublemakers and sentence them all to death!"

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After a stick of incense, the officers and soldiers of the brigade rushed to the street where the Zhengda Grain Shop was located.

Lou Yi has been beaten to a bruised nose and face, and the Daliang shop is in a mess.

The officers and soldiers couldn't help but rushed up with sticks and weapons!

……

evening.

The slow to fast drumbeats gradually resounded throughout the city, and it was time for a market break.

The originally noisy and lively streets were deserted, leaving only mess and blood on the ground.

The setting sun casts a chilling light on the streets.

……

The door was pushed open, Huo Ling hurried into the room, and Liushen yelled helplessly: "Mother, mother! Something happened!"

Huo Cheng's wife, Huo Shi, heard the voice and saw his son's clothes were disheveled, his hair was disheveled, and he was alone. He couldn't help but wondered: "What happened? Where's your father?"

Huo Ling cried: "Father was taken away by officers and soldiers."

Huo Shi was shocked: "What? Why did you arrest him? What law did he commit?"

While crying, Huo Ling told his mother what happened today at the Zhengdaliang Store: "... Then suddenly a large group of officers and soldiers came, they beat everyone they saw, and arrested those who ran slowly. They arrested dozens of people. Personal. I was squeezed out, but my father was caught by them."

The blood on Huo's face faded away, anxious and angry, he accused his son: "You, why are you so impulsive!"

Everyone in the city knows the background of Zhengda Grain Store.Even a wealthy businessman like Li Xiang can be framed as a capital crime by him. What good can ordinary people like them get if they fall into the hands of officers and soldiers?

Huo Cheng is the pillar of the family, without him, their orphans and widows would not be able to survive.

Huo Ling just kept crying: "Mother, what can I do..."

After panic and fear, anger became the backbone, supporting Huo's crumbling body.She clenched her fists, gritted her teeth and said, "Those dog officials are too deceitful..."

He forced himself to calm down again, and said: "Go and tell your uncle about this matter immediately, I will go to my natal brother, if this matter goes to the end, I must rescue your father!"