Chapter 105: It's Not For Nothing
Dong Hu returned to Lintao to find some famous old people in Lintao City to support the scene, and let him burn paper for his aunt Dong's, so that Dong would be able to leave.
When he came out early in the morning, Li went to Li's mansion. He didn't want to fight with Li Kuan, so he ran to his own mutton soup restaurant. Today, it seemed like a party. Some old people all ran over, holding big wooden bowls, and not sitting on the table, chairs, and benches. They had to squat under the shed to suck.
Dong Hu walked into the shed and saw that the person was quite neat. Facing the elderly people, he was not angry. He took the big wooden spoon from a little girl and carried the big wooden barrel in one hand...
"Uncle San, why don't you give me another bowl?"
"snort!"
The old man with thin black ignored him, but the soup bowl was stretched out. Dong Hu was not displeased at all. He took a spoonful and filled a bowl.
"Uncle San, why don't you come to a pancake again? It's not easy to have a stomachache just by drinking soup."
"snort!"
The old man snorted again, but his voice became weaker. Dong Hu took the hot pancake from the little girl beside him and stuffed it into the old man...
"Thuwa, we know you are not a stingy person. We know that you don't want the court to be difficult for you... But there is really no way to live at home!"
"Tiger baby, uncle won't lie to you as a baby. The only four sheep in our family have been taken away by the yamen runners. That's not all. We have to hand over two pieces of cloth. We are still wearing the big baby's clothes today, and the big baby is still on the kang at home!"
"That's right, Li Bapi and the dog official asked each of us to pay five hundred yuan, and the family would pay one or two thousand yuan. How could we afford it?"
"This is not a fucking thing to live..."
"Tiger baby..."
One person spoke, and the old man who was originally squatting came forward with his bowl. The party immediately became a complaint meeting.
It took a long time to calm the people down and said, "Yesterday, the eldest son and Dr. Cai came to our Hukou Fort. We also talked about your difficulties with Dr. Cai. Please rest assured that the court's integrity and justice ministers are here, so County Magistrate Sun dare not do anything nonsense!"
"Dangdang..."
Dong Hu knocked on the wooden barrel with a wooden spoon.
"Our mutton soup restaurant is open here, every day. If you have no food at home, just eat here. If the family comes to eat, we will definitely not say "Not"!"
"Our tiger baby is here today, and you all know what it is for. Three days later, you will be alone, and the whole family will go all the way. Take the money according to the head, and each person will be a hundred yuan. We will come out in a hurry and don't bring much money. Only one person will be one hundred yuan. If our money is shining, we will use food, cattle and sheep instead!"
...
"Thuwa, are you serious? But one person has hundreds of dollars?"
"Uncle San, can we tell lies?"
Dong Hu looked at the old man who was rushing over and sighed: "We Huwa know your difficulties. We Huwa also want to help, but... but the mercenaries are really not good. This is not our Huwa's territory, so there is no way to recruit soldiers."
"But our tiger kid has a hard time seeing the people in his hometown, and he feels uncomfortable. In three days, no matter how many people there are, as long as you recruit, even if you eat baby, we will pay for it!"
"One person has one hundred dollars!"
...
Uncle San suddenly turned around and patted his big hands twice.
"Okay, everyone listened. Huwa is loyal and righteous, filial, and the more capable you are, the more powerful you are... That old seventh, today you go to Lao Ligou and find the old Li head on the trumpet... Lao Jiu..."
The old man commanded the orders, and after a while, one of them suggested that it was not safe to discuss in the restaurant. When he went home and discussed carefully, the old men all nodded, which made Dong Hu feel funny. He knew why they were going home. But today he was just to spend money and wanted to hold the funeral of his aunt Dong, although Dong had passed away for more than half a year.
Dozens of old men left in a quarter of an hour, and the store became empty in an instant. Looking at the empty store, Dong Hu felt a sense of loss in his heart, and his anger towards Li Kuan, Sun Ying and others became even more a little more.
When the meal is full of oil and water, few people eat two kilograms of grain at a meal (actually only 1 kilogram). However, in this era, even half-aged young people can eat two kilograms of grain at a meal. According to the prices of this era, two kilograms of grain costs 8 cents, while a bowl of mutton soup at a restaurant shop costs only 6 cents a kilogram of naan bread, which saves even the money for salt, and the business of mutton soup has always been very good.
Even though eating mutton soup can save two cents, the people are poor and have fewer copper coins in their pockets. There are not many people who actually go to restaurants. However, Lintao is different from other places. Lintao is the garrison of the southern Longxi County, and there are 500 regular soldiers in the city. In addition, Dong Zhuo treats the Yicong family under him very well. These soldiers have money in their pockets, and the real customers of the mutton soup restaurant are them.
But now the restaurant business is gone, and there is only one reason, and the soldiers in the city have become one of the poor.
If you are seeking death, you cannot stop it no matter how you stop it. The more you stop a person with strong greed and desire, the more likely you will offend others. If it weren't for Dong Mao, Li's family returned to Lintao, Dong Hu would even scold Li Kuan, and Sun Ying would have no desire to love him.
Looking at the depressed restaurant, Dong Hu felt unspeakable depression in his heart, so he took people to the county government office and watched the platform surrounded by countless people. He looked at the Taoist tying a yellow cloth on the platform, aiming at the sky with a sword in yellow paper, and then ignited the yellow paper with a sharp sword inserted into yellow paper.
Dong Hu sighed a little. According to the scene on TV, the yellow-clad Taoist should have spit out wine and spit out a foot of fire dragon to ignite the talisman paper. It was a pity that in this era, except for the alcohol that can distillate and concentrate to cure the wound, others don’t know how to concentrate it.
I don’t know if the Taoist in yellow is too poor, or if there are few candles in this era, or the wind is too strong in the cold winter, so the talisman paper can only be lit with torches.
The yellow-clothed Taoist was chanting, and after shaking the burning talisman paper on a row of tea, he seemed tired again. He sat cross-legged in front of the yellow table. Four handsome boys in yellow were holding bowls of water, and countless people knelt on the snow...
"well……"
Dong Hu sighed in his heart, but he had no choice but to stop it. I don’t know how many times there have been epidemics in one year. Before there is no way to cure and eradicate it, what can the people want to have a sustenance?
Prevent……
Before the Taiping Road rebellion, when the Han Dynasty did not raise the butcher's knife, whoever prevents the people from curing the disease will become the enemy of everyone.
"Tiger baby."
A scream suddenly sounded behind him, and Dong Hu couldn't help but look back and saw three men with swords on their hands being blocked by Si Zhong, and Si Xiao pressed the sword to block them.
The person who spoke was Zhang Yi, who was the right marquis under the Southern School Captain. When he saw that it was Zhang Yi, Dong Hu was stunned, but he still smiled and patted Sizhong on the shoulder...
"If Brother Zhang has something to do, just ask your brothers below to greet you. You are so careless and not very wise."
The Yangzao Soup Restaurant business relies on these soldiers. Dong Hu turned against others as soon as he became a prosperous person. Who did he become? But he could not be too enthusiastic with his previous acquaintances, which would make them suffer from fear, exclusion, and suppression from the superiors...
They are all smart people. As soon as Dong Hu spoke, Zhang Yi knew what he was saying and smiled bitterly.
"If there is a way, my brother won't come and beg you for the tiger baby."
"Oh... Brother Zhang said this and saw that. Our tiger baby was taken care of by his brothers in the past. When the brothers were in trouble, they found us, so we had no reason to refuse."
The two of them came to a corner of the broken wall, and the cold wind became weaker. Zhang Yi hesitated for a while and finally spoke.
"Just just now, my brother said... "Thuwa, you want to send a new mourning for your wife. I wonder if it's true?"
Dong Hu was stunned and then smiled bitterly and hit Zhang Yi's chest.
"Don't get involved in these things, Brother Zhang and brothers. If your family wants to go, go. If you go to see your wife... it's not appropriate."
"Brother Zhang, we are not hiding you. We came in a hurry this time and didn't bring much money. In the past few months, we may need more food. Otherwise, it would be fine if we send more money and food to my brothers, so... Brother Zhang also apologizes."
Zhang Yi's heart moved and hurriedly pulled Dong Hu's arm and whispered: "Huwa, tell me about it, but I have another chance to get rich? There are still a few brothers in our family who dare to fight and fight!"
Dong Hu didn't expect that Zhang Yi was so sensitive. He could guess that he had made any moves when he heard that he needed food, but it was normal to think about it. Zhang Yi was a Quhou of two hundred people, and knew that the troops had not moved the food and grass before they could move.
...
"Let's talk about it then. If Brother Zhang is not afraid of the dangers of his brothers, he can be the eldest son's side."
Zhang Yi's heart suddenly thundered wildly, and he patted his chest hard and said, "Brother Huwa is indeed loyal. We Zhang Yi will not say anything. We will let our children go to find the eldest son tomorrow."
Dong Hu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhang did this, aren't you afraid that Captain Li would wear small shoes for you? Let's postpone it for a few days. In a few days, the eldest son will return to Hedong County. There are a few personal guards missing along the way. It's not too late for brothers to follow him."
"According to brothers, let's go back and make arrangements now, there will be no mistakes! We promise to satisfy the eldest son!"
Zhang Yi was overjoyed. The eldest son Dong Mao was not the one who was a year or two ago. If you follow him at this time, will you still worry about your future in the future?
Looking at the sky, Dong Hu also felt that the time was almost over. After separation from Zhang Yi and the other two, he took his two adopted sons back to the restaurant and waited for Li to meet up.
Just as he estimated the time, after returning to the restaurant, it was less than a quarter of an hour. Li, who looked worried and nervous, walked into the store and told him about the Li family affairs...
"A pound of grain is added...it's pretty good. Your second uncle is the prefect of Longxi County. I think there is no big problem, so don't worry about sister-in-law."
Dong Huyan said something comforting insincerely, but Li stared at his eyes...
"Huwa, you...you told your sister-in-law that the Li family...the Li family is really fine, right?"
Dong Hu thought for a while and scratched his head, "Today, the third uncle still said that the family was in trouble, so we told them that as long as they see off for their aunt, we would give each person a hundred dollars. Uncle San and the others must find more people to earn money from our tiger baby. With this money as a foundation, their resentment will be reduced by half and they will not be too impulsive."
"And your father said that he was just doing it for a year. It's the end of the year. If you ask the third uncle and the others to sue the county magistrate Sun, your father will not do anything wrong in a short time. After the New Year, as long as you are still with your uncle, Lintao will not be in chaos and the Li family will be fine."
When Li heard that he was giving money to others, he felt relieved and patted him with a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!