The old wolf is always jealous

The sky was dark, with dark clouds, and the sky was full of snowflakes.It was clearly noon, and it was as dark as night.

There are long icicles hanging on the roof tiles, and thick snow is piled up in the streets and alleys, which can submerge people's kneecaps with one step!

In such a cold weather, Hanzi Cao was wrapped in a half-worn heavy padded jacket, and cloth shoes with cotton inside, walking alone on the street, with two rows of footprints behind him.

Fortunately, the residents in the town have the habit of cleaning the snow in front of their doors every day, and the snow on the street is a little thinner, otherwise he would have been soaked below his knees during the journey.

Hanzi Cao scolded God in his heart, it is impossible to do business in such a cold day, the shops on both sides are closed, and not even half a ghost can be seen on the street at noon!

Cao Hanzi walked to the Anran Inn two streets away from his house and stopped, looked up at the plaque piled up with falling snow, the shopkeeper Xindao is worthy of being a scholar, and the handwriting of the scholar is really good!

The door of Anran Inn was closed like the neighboring businesses, Cao Hanzi took a few steps and knocked lightly on the window of the inn.

The shopkeeper of this inn has only been in Fengling Town for a month, and he is already quite familiar with the neighbors.Cao Hanzi knew that the shopkeeper was a literati, so he had to be gentle.You can't smash it with your bare arms like you treat those kitchen knives and shovels in his house!

The window was half-opened, and the slender fingers as white as jade took a stick to prop up the window.Hanzi Cao took the opportunity to hand over five Wen coins and a water bag, and he took the money and the wine bag with both hands, shivering from the cold wind that poured into the house.

Hanzi Cao swallowed, his hands were white and soft, if he hadn't known the owner of these hands was a man, he would really have thought that the other party was a woman!

Be a good boy, although I don't know where the shopkeeper came from, but I can tell from these hands that the shopkeeper's previous life must have been very good!

"It's freezing outside, Brother Cao, why don't you come in and sit down for a while." The shopkeeper took the wine grapes and funnel, and said while pouring wine into the wine bag.

Cao Hanzi's warm and soft voice penetrated into Hanzi's ears. He stretched his arms and said, "Hey, I have rough skin and thick flesh that won't freeze. Brother Chen, hurry up, my wife will make a fuss if I go back late!"

Chen An heard that his actions were neither fast nor slow, and he was orderly: "Since brother Cao is afraid of your wife, why don't you buy more wine at a time and go back, so as to save you from running to my place every three days and making trouble when you get back late."

Since the day the inn opened, Brother Cao has been buying wine from him after tasting his wine.

Brother Cao is a blacksmith. He is tall, strong and strong. He is very upright and forthright. He is quite prestigious in the town.The local ruffians didn't dare to go to his house to find trouble, so he was happy to make friends with Brother Cao.

Hanzi Cao put his hands into his sleeves, and said bitterly and bitterly: "Young brother Chen didn't know when he first came here. I'm famous for drinking, but my daughter-in-law is very strict and doesn't let me drink too much."

"I can drink more than half a catty of Chen Xiaodi's wine every time, but I can buy a catty of wine from you and drink it for three to five days when I go home. It's not that my daughter-in-law only allows me to drink two sips every meal. Don't you know, Chen Xiaodi , the two mouthfuls of saliva are not satisfied at all, but they become more and more greedy, this day will not be able to survive!"

Chen An teased with a joke: "It's a good thing to have a sister-in-law looking after you, but drinking too much will hurt your health. If Brother Cao's life is really difficult, or if you don't make up with your sister-in-law, you will be at ease!"

Hanzi Cao chuckled and showed his big white teeth, "If you say that my life is easy, the people in the town have a good life! No matter how difficult the people are, they are better than the mud legs in the villages around Fengling Town."

After Chen An finished drinking, he sealed the mouth of the wine pouch, handed it to Hanzi Cao, and said, "Isn't that what Brother Cao said? After two consecutive years of heavy snow and cold, even if the imperial court reduced taxes, the people's surplus food is not enough to eat."

Chen An's face was exposed under the window, the scars spread from his forehead to his chin, and the dark brown scars on his clean and flawless face looked extremely hideous.

Hanzi Cao was used to seeing Chen An's face, so he wasn't surprised, but felt sorry for Xiaodi Chen's good appearance.

Cao Hanzi frowned and sighed: "Hey, the world is so difficult now. There were endless wars in the early years, and the cold snow happened before a few years of good life. This thief God deliberately doesn't want us people to live a peaceful life. Listen It is said that there are more than a dozen members of the family in Xinghua Village, who are freezing to death and starving to death, what a pity!"

Chen An frowned tightly, his eyes were deep and no emotion could be seen, and he lowered his eyes and said lightly: "No matter how hard life is, it will always pass, and the imperial court will not ignore us."

Cao Hanzi clicked his tongue: "If the imperial court wanted to take care of it, the dozen or so people in Xinghua Village wouldn't be frozen to death and starved to death, and Lihua Village wouldn't have such an outrageous thing as changing their sons and eating them! The men will not go into the deep mountains to hunt in the winter because of stuttering, and now none of them have returned. That is all the labor in the village, and the women, children and children at home are still waiting for them! Sin, damn it God damn it!"

Cao Hanzi became more and more sad as he talked, and he didn't want to say any more, so he walked towards his house with the jug in his hand.

Chen An silently closed the window and rubbed his cold hands.Frowning, he sat down at the counter, picked up a pen and thought for a long time on the paper, and finally put the wolf hair on the pen holder.

The heavy snow lasted for five months. At first, some villagers couldn't bear it anymore and organized people to enter the town to rob. The government got the news and sent people to Fengling Town to suppress it. At the same time, they opened warehouses to release grain.But the granaries in Canglan County didn't have much food in them. Fengling Town wasn't the only town in ten miles and eight towns. Within two days, the government announced that the granaries were empty.

Later, the wealthy households in the town set up tents in the suburbs to provide porridge. The surplus grain of the wealthy households was limited, and they could not last long until the grain store next door was emptied.

He heard from the shopkeeper of the grain shop that many villagers around Fengling Town had reached the point where they were digging roots in the ice and snow, and those who couldn't hold on starved to death.

And the people in the town are not much better than the villagers. At most, the family can survive the winter by saving food.After a long time, it must not be able to survive.

Chen An clenched his fists. He was no longer the second son of Duke Chen, the number one scholar bestowed by the emperor. He could do nothing in the face of such a severe disaster.

After a long time, Chen An got up and went to the kitchen to make egg fried rice with the leftovers from the morning.The inn has been open for a month, and the lives of ordinary people can't go on. Who would have spare money to eat at the inn!Apart from Mr. Cao who came to buy wine every three to five days, there were no other guests.

While eating, Chen An pondered that the snow situation had dragged on for more than two months, and based on his understanding of today's He Taihe prefect, the relief from the court should be distributed in a short time.He is the only one in the inn now, and he will have to hire a few guys after the spring.

Chen An couldn't help but miss his parents who were far away in the capital, put down his chopsticks without eating, closed his eyes and sighed.

This is a strange dynasty unprecedented in history, the Great Jin Dynasty.

In his previous life, he was just an ordinary young man in modern society, and was reborn in his mother's womb with his memory in a car accident.The mother is the niece of the current queen mother, and the father is the Duke of the country.Such a family background means that he will never live an ordinary life no matter what.

If King Qin hadn't forced him to be the concubine, he should still be struggling in the vortex of power for his family at this moment.

The bad news came too suddenly, the eldest brother always understood his mind of Xianyun Yehe, and a fire sent him away with tears in his eyes.

Chen An sniffed hard, and laughed at himself: "Although the burden of the family has been handed over to the elder brother and elder sister, the elder brother and elder sister will definitely be able to take good care of parents with their abilities. Why don't you worry about it! It's better to clean up quickly. Mood, start your new ordinary life!"

Perhaps God finally opened his eyes, half a month later, the day of spring was finally let go, because of this heavy snow, the people were starved and starved to death in the Great Jin Dynasty.

It was rare for God to clear the sky, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, and thousands of beams of sunlight penetrated the clouds, bringing a bit of warmth to the cold earth!

That afternoon, the imperial court's relief finally arrived!As soon as the news came, the mayor organized the labor force from ten miles and eight villages to rush to Canglan County, and transported thousands of deniers of grain and seeds needed for spring, as well as farming tools and a few cattle for plowing back overnight!

Villagers from ten miles and eight townships rushed to the town all night and formed a long queue, and the cold and shabby clothes couldn't stop their desire to survive.The mayor of the town arranged for people to distribute food, seeds and agricultural tools to the old men, women, children and children who were so hungry that their skin and bones remained.

There were hot tears in everyone's eyes. People who lost their loved ones in this cold winter finally couldn't help crying loudly after receiving the food.

The 15-year-old girl hugged half a bag of millet, knelt on the ground and cried, "My parents, my brothers and sisters are all gone. God won't let me go with them too!"

"Ah, my poor treasure, I have only been in this world for a few months, and even cutting flesh and feeding blood for my mother failed to save you!"

"My mother-in-law had a stroke, and the child was only two years old. My man went to the mountains because of a stutter and never came back. God, how can we live as orphans and widows!"

"My parents are gone, and my daughter-in-law is gone!"

After Chen An took his share of grain and seeds, he walked away silently, leaving behind a crowd of crying people.

He saw potatoes in the grain just now, and they should have been imported from other countries this year. The mayor is still explaining how to grow and eat potatoes to the villagers.

Chen An's lips curled into a smile. Today, an order has been issued to exempt the disaster-stricken state government from paying taxes for two years. Potatoes are a good product with high yield and easy living.In the future, no matter how serious the disaster is, the common people will be able to survive on potatoes and will not suffer too much hunger.

The wind and snow suddenly cleared, the snow water gradually melted, and the earth began to rejuvenate.

People who have experienced the catastrophe, after the snow melts, regain their spirits and start farming in the fields, and start a new year's life.No matter how sad and sad, the dead are gone, and the rest must live well!

A few days later, the mayor called on the village chiefs to organize some men to go to the homes of the villagers who lost their labor force to help with spring plowing.

Shops in the town opened for business one after another, and Fengling Town, which was inaccessible before the beginning of spring, gradually became populated.

Chen An picked a sunny day and officially opened for business.And put a piece of red paper on the door, and wrote: the store opened auspiciously, recruiting one clerk, one handyman, one cook, with food and accommodation included, and those who are interested can come in and talk about it in detail.

The author has something to say: Chen An: I can finally open an inn with peace of mind!