After he and his mother-in-law separated, he built a house and stocked a warehouse full of grain and

Shui Qing took Ling Ran and Fan Jiang home after telling her brother several times to pay attention to safety and not discuss state affairs.

Before leaving, he left behind a large piece of pork but took away the pig intestines that Hu Wenhua had washed.

On the other side, Fan Jin, who was buying grain at a rice shop in Guangning Prefecture, pointed to the beans and said to the waiter: "Fifty catties of red beans, one hundred catties of mung beans, 150 catties of soybeans, and one hundred catties of millet."

Every time he comes to the rice shop, he does not buy rice, but cereals and beans.

Rice water is clear and you can buy it in the mall. It is delicious and cheap. But the mall is very strange. These beans and millet, with the title of "organic", are more expensive than rice!

Even several times more expensive!

Shuiqing said that the so-called "organic" ones are the same as theirs, so of course you can buy them in Fucheng.

In the past, he always transported lime and other things back. A few days ago, after the mushroom season started, he started transporting grain.

Shui Qing said that red beans can be used to make red bean soup and sweet bean cakes, so he wanted to buy them;

Mung beans are most suitable for cooking mung bean soup that is clear and simmering in summer. They can also sprout mung bean sprouts, so buy more of them;

Soybeans can be used to make tofu, soy milk and other soy products, and they can also grow soybean sprouts, so buy more of them;

Xiaomi has a large family, so she makes millet and wolfberry porridge in the morning. Later, when she has nothing to do, she can think about making millet cakes. It kills time and eats healthier at the same time, which is also necessary.

When the clerk heard that he was buying hundreds of kilograms, his face lit up with joy, and he quickly bowed and said, "Okay, sir, you are really discerning. Let me tell you secretly that many merchants in our city have begun to stock up on food." Leah."

Fan Jin was slightly surprised: "Has someone already stocked up on food?"

The clerk looked around twice and lowered his voice and said secretly: "Hey, food is so important. Not to mention the unusually cold winter last year. Today, this prince will be arrested, and tomorrow, that prince will be killed. People who have money can save money." Who doesn’t leave a way out for themselves?

You are not just talking nonsense just to sell food. Sir, you are right to stock up on some food now. You see, the price of food will increase again soon! "

Fan Jin hummed, thinking about buying some peanuts, broad beans, and peas when he comes tomorrow...

The rice shop clerk quickly moved the sack after sack of grain to the oxcart and put it away. He tied it neatly with a thick hemp rope. After checking that it was not loose, he led Fan to pay the money at the counter with a smile on his face.

Fan Jin, who had bought the grain, did not dare to delay and drove the bullock cart back.

There was still a lot of work to be done after he returned: gathering firewood, stocking fodder, drying vegetables, planting trees... Moreover, there was only one adult at home and his children were young, so he was worried...

When passing by a roadside tea shop, I heard the familiar sound of high-pitched conversation.

Fan Jin didn't look sideways and walked forward as if he didn't see anything. The scholar in the tea shop was waving his fan very diligently, his voice was rising and his saliva was flying. He was commenting on current events and had no time to look at the people on the roadside.

After walking for a short distance, Fan Jin, who was some distance away from the tea shop, felt a slight hesitation in his heart: Those people just now were clearly Zheng Pingsheng and the other three.

However, in the past, they prided themselves on their status and only ate in restaurants. They especially liked Shan Hai Restaurant, the best restaurant in Quang Ninh Province.

If you haven’t seen it in just a few months, even if it’s not in the best Shanhailou, you shouldn’t end up in a roadside tea shop.

Isn't this an insult to the three of them in the past? Always looked down upon by them.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!

The rest of the crowd will all avoid it! "

His thoughts were interrupted by loud shouts. Fan Jin looked up and saw government servants wearing official uniforms and holding sabers standing in two rows, rushing toward the tea shop with strong steps.

Bringing up a cloud of dust.

Fan Jin stopped and looked towards the tea shop.

"What are you doing? What do you want to do?!" Zheng Pingsheng waved his sleeves with an angry look on his face.

"What are you doing? You are talking nonsense about government affairs. I will arrest you and put you in a cell to sober up!" The person headed by the Yamen servant scolded.

Zhou Wenwen pointed at Zheng Pingsheng and asked the leading yamen officer loudly: "Do you know who he is?

He is a scholar! There is no need to kneel down when I see your master, but you came to arrest us rashly! "

The yamen servant behind him said disdainfully: "Oh, so what if you are a scholar, you are the ones who are being arrested! Our master is a Jinshi, and we are not as arrogant and dare to discuss state affairs as you are."

Zhang Qiang's expression changed, and he asked for instructions with a smile on his face: "Is there any misunderstanding here? Isn't it okay for us to talk about it before?

Besides, we didn't say bad things. We kept saying that the current saint is wise and the prince is not good. "

"The prince is not good. No matter how bad he is, he is still a phoenix and a grandson! Is this something you can talk about?" the Yamen servant sneered.

Another urged: "Stop talking nonsense! Come and walk with us in prison."

The expressions of the three people changed several times.

Everything has been going wrong for them since before the New Year.

Not only them, Zhao Fugui's family business, which had been able to pay their bills for a long time, plummeted.

The dirty and dirty things that the Zhao family had done were exposed one after another for unknown reasons.

Properties were sold off again and again, and efforts to fill the holes were of no avail.

Now the Zhao family is all crowded into two shabby rooms. Zhao Fugui can no longer enter a restaurant, and even eats three meals a day instead of two.

Even though he was in such a state of destitution, Zhao Fugui was unwilling to give up his character as a scholar and find a job, so now the Zhao family is still struggling to survive.

Naturally, they could no longer ask Zhao Fugui to pay the bill.

The three of them were originally tutors in official schools or private schools, but they were all dismissed one after another!

Without a fixed source of money, the three of them became anxious and turned to the book copying job that they had previously looked down on Fan Jin.

But after asking all the bookstores, no one was willing!

Either I thought their calligraphy was ugly, or I thought the price was too high, but everything turned out to be unsatisfactory.

"Master, please be patient! We are all students. Now that we are in prison, how can we still take part in the imperial examination?!" Zheng Pingsheng panicked and begged hurriedly.

The government officials don't care.

The master originally wanted to make an example of a few students in Fucheng and kill them for making irresponsible remarks about the court's ethos!

As for why it was these three people, it was naturally because someone had asked the master before, and it was just a matter of convenience.

It's only strange that these three people have trouble-making mouths.

"Trouble comes from the mouth. The three of you must know better than us. Let's go. Don't waste time. Otherwise, it will be ugly if you start taking action later!"

The sounds of pushing, yelling, scolding and the sound of chains were heard all the time.

Fan Jin thought of Shui Qing's words, avoid going to places where state affairs are discussed, so as not to harm Chi Yu.

What Shui Qing said is correct.

The path to the imperial examination for Zheng Pingsheng, Zhou Wenwen, and Zhang Qiang was over.

Fan Jin surprisingly didn't feel uncomfortable at all when he was a classmate, and even felt a little happy.

He knew that this was not good, and there was some element of gloating in it, so he quickly suppressed it.

It turned out that those insults, making things difficult, picking on, and humiliating... it was not that he didn't take it to heart, they had also caused harm to him.

Now, he only felt that the deep depression in his heart had dissipated.

Looking up and looking ahead, he exhaled and drove the bullock cart towards home.