, Building a tall building

What happened to the old Chu family in Liushu Hutong was like a stone hitting the lake, causing an uproar and making the whole alley feel sad.

But this matter will eventually pass, and the waves will gradually subside. This day should be lived, and we must continue to live it.

In these years of great calamity, life for ordinary people has become increasingly difficult. Rather than living a life, it is better to say that it is to survive. If you survive this difficult time, you will save your life; if you cannot survive, you will be rolled up in a straw mat... Such as

Like the weeds growing in the wilderness, they come in humble and small ways and go away silently.

The Fang family is just an insignificant member among all living beings.

Of course, the Fang family's life is relatively good now.

With the support of the finished medicine business and buying food on the black market, they can still live a comfortable life. The Fang family is low-key and does not seek the limelight.

If you don’t look for trouble, trouble will not come to you, and your life will be peaceful.

This night.

After dinner, Fang Xue and Fang Ling were washing dishes in the kitchen, while Fang Rui was sorting medicine bags in the main room.

Boom, boom, boom!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Fang Rui asked warily.

At the same time, he calmly put the medicine bag into the medicine cabinet and put it away.

"I! Brother Rui, I am your Uncle Sledgehammer!" A voice sounded outside the door.

"Wang Dachui's family?" Fang Rui narrowed his eyes.

Wang Dachui's family is just a blacksmith's family, they are just ordinary neighbors. Whether it was when Fang Baicao was in charge or now, they have no deep friendship with the Wang family.

'Borrowing food? Or something else? That's all, there's no need to guess. Soldiers will come to block it, and water will come and earth will cover it.'

Fang Rui opened the door: "Uncle Sledgehammer! Come on, come in and sit down. Have you eaten?"

Mrs. Fang Xue also heard the sound, came out of the kitchen and poured a glass of water.

"Already eaten." Wang Dachui sat down and waved his hands.

It's a recession these days, and food is precious. If you really want to come to someone's house while they're eating, it's simply disgusting. He just came here after assuming that the Fang family had eaten.

"Sister-in-law of the Fang family, I came here because I have something to discuss." Wang Dachui looked at Fang Xue.

"Lao Fang has joined the army. Brother Rui is in charge of everything in my family. If you have anything to do, just tell him... You men will talk about things while I wash the dishes."

After Mrs. Fang Xue finished speaking, she went to the kitchen without waiting for Wang Dachui's reaction. When she left the main room, she even closed the door.

Fang Rui secretly nodded.

These days, with his breakthrough in martial arts, selling finished medicines to make money, buying food on the black market to support his family... and a series of other things, he has actually become the master of the family. Fang Xue's move also gave him enough face.

Of course, this does not mean that Fang Rui cares about this vanity, but he is afraid that if Fang Xue comes to talk, he will be tricked and get involved in some trouble for nothing.

"Uncle Sledgehammer, my mother is right. If you have anything to do, just tell me!" Fang Rui said calmly.

"this……"

Wang Dachui looked at Fang Rui's slightly childish face and opened his mouth. For a moment, he didn't know how to start a conversation.

It was Fang Rui who took the initiative and found a topic: "Uncle Sledgehammer, have you seen Xiao Chu recently?"

Speaking of which, he had never seen Xiao Chu since the death of Lao Chu Tou.

"never seen it."

Wang Dachui shook his head and sighed: "Since Old Chu's death, I don't know where Xiao Chu has gone..."

With this start, he started to speak more fluently.

"... Life is hard these days! Now, many neighbors are almost out of food. They can't afford two meals. They only eat one meal a day, which is still wheat chaff..."

Wang Dachui did not say anything specific, but instead complained about his sufferings.

‘Do you want to borrow food?’

Fang Rui said in his mind, without letting Wang Dachui lose face, and said proactively: "Uncle Dachui, my family's life is not easy, but since you are here, I will lend you a pound of wheat chaff..."

It's not that I'm being stingy, but that in this day and age, being too generous will cause unnecessary trouble.

Besides, the two families don’t have a deep friendship, so why should they be so generous?

"No...Brother Rui, I'm not here to borrow food..."

Fang Rui actually guessed wrong. Wang Dachui stammered for a while and then said: "I know your family is in trouble, so I just thought there would be a way to make money..."

"Uncle Sledgehammer, there's no need to say anything."

Fang Rui interrupted directly: "Although my family's life is difficult, we can still survive half-starved. I don't want to get involved with other things..."

He really looked down on the other party, and he didn't believe that Wang Dachui could find a way with a low threshold, quick money, and no risk!

——If there really was such a way, others would have jumped on it, and it would still be Wang Dachui's turn to introduce it?

so.

Fang Rui was determined: It's nothing good.

Knowing this, he would listen to what Wang Dachui had to say later, and he didn't even want to hear it!

Who knows, Wang Dachui is very satisfied with Fang Rui's caution: "Brother Rui, don't refuse in a hurry, listen first... There are some risks in this matter, but they are all on me. You also know that my family is now taking over

You don’t have to do much if you get the government order... you just need to introduce some ways..."

No heavy hammer is needed to play the drum.

When Fang Rui heard this, he immediately understood: 'It turns out this is the way to commit suicide...'

At the beginning, in order to wipe out the Taiping bandits outside the city, the county recruited troops on a large scale. Other families hired people, and the Wang family took over the task of blacksmithing in lieu of military service.

At that time, it was naturally a good thing, but the subsequent costs were also heavy.

The government provides raw materials, and the Wang family turns in a certain number of weapons every month. However, because it is in lieu of military service, and the officials are responsible for their hands, the craftsmanship fee given to the Wang family is extremely low, and the Wang family cannot survive now.

Only then did the Wang family become interested and set their sights on these weapons.

In this era, weapons and the like are extremely expensive.

Even though the Wang family's craftsmanship is not good and they can only make "standard weapons", which are no better than the swords and swords of people in the world, the price is far higher than scissors, kitchen knives and the like.

The specific operation is also very simple: save a little here through craftsmanship, save a little there, report more losses and some raw iron losses... You can save one or two weapons in a month, and the money you use to sell them is enough for the Wang family to live a good life.

days.

Naturally, the reason for finding the Fang family is that the Fang family has inherited medical skills, and Fang Baicao is an advanced martial artist. He has many contacts and can introduce ways to sell weapons.

What, why not go to the black market?

Of course the reason is: this kind of thing is extremely sensitive and is easily targeted when sold on the black market.

Moreover, do you really think that the government has no eyes on the black market?

That’s too naive!

'There is indeed a certain profit in this matter, but the risk is too great! To put it bluntly, it is just poaching the government.'

'If anything happens, even if my identity as an eighth-grade warrior is exposed, I won't be able to bear the burden.'

Moreover, Fang Rui doesn't like this kind of profit.

It’s not that this plate is too small. In fact, in comparison, it’s not much different from the monthly profit from selling finished medicines.

However, this is a life-and-death business, so naturally Wang Dachui wants to take the big part, and what is left to him is nothing but water and water.

How could he take such a high-risk, low-yield thing seriously?

"Uncle Sledgehammer, I will pretend that you have never said this, and you have never been to Fang's house today." Fang Rui made it clear that he was unwilling to get involved in this matter.

He's not crazy!

An Anan is engaged in the business of finished medicines and living a happy and comfortable life. Why do you want to get involved in this death-dealing business?

"Brother Rui..."

Wang Dachui's tone suddenly became unkind.

Also, if this kind of matter related to the wife, children, children, wealth and life is exposed to the other party, who can rest assured?

If Fang Rui makes a report, his whole family will be dead!

Fang Rui looked at the honest-looking Wang Dachui who suddenly had a fierce look on his face, and narrowed his eyes: "Uncle Dachui, what do you want?"

Today, even if the other party breaks the truth, he will not participate. If he wants to play dirty tricks... Haha!

‘I have been a neighbor for many years, I hope he is not ignorant,’ he thought to himself.

Wang Dachui looked at the confident Fang Rui, calmed down a little, and thought to himself: 'Old Fang is a top-grade warrior, so he may not have left any trump cards...'

However, even if he has a trump card or strong connections, it will only work after a delay. Now that he is here, he will never leave easily without leaving a fatal clue to the Fang family!

After all, he is strong and a blacksmith, so he is much stronger than the average person, but the Fang family is an orphan and a widower. Even the Fang Rui in front of him is also a famously sick child...
To be continued...