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On the second day, when the two came out of the prison of the county government, everyone welcomed and comforted them, especially the Kunlun man, who probably had never seen such a battle before.

"Our people in Luo County are good people, but sometimes, let's be more serious."

"It's good to come out, don't go in again next time."

"The county government jail is such a good place. In the past, many death row prisoners were imprisoned. I heard that there are ghosts at night."

"Fortunately, I was locked up all night. Someone had a fight on the street earlier and was caught and locked up for a full ten days."

"One tenth?"

"No, when he was released, he lost a lot of weight."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

Luo Yong asked the guards to patrol the streets every day, and arrest those who saw fights. For the local people, this incident is like the streets in later generations. Catch them all, hold them hard, and never let them go.

Everyone thinks this is a bit too much, it's just a fight, although it's not right, but everyone has a temper, two people have a dispute, if they move their fists, it's not a big deal.

In their Changle County, no matter whether it is Jinchang or Dunhuang, none of the previous officials is as tight as Luo Yong.

In the past, if someone was fighting on the street, as long as there were not too many people and the momentum was too large, don't run into any nobles, no one would care at all, unless the party who lost the fight went to the county government to file a complaint. For the officials in charge, it doesn't work to file a complaint, just hit a few boards to scare people with a few words, and there is no such thing as Luo Yong.

These deeds about Luo Yong are often spread outside the customs, especially in the place called Baizhang Shouzhuo between Guazhou and Yizhou, which was originally a garrison and a city.

The Baizhang Shouzhuo has become much more prosperous than before in the past two years, with a larger population and more developed commerce.

Now when the little boys caught by the Baizhang guard fight, the adults will scare them: "Fight again! Call Luo County Magistrate to arrest you."

Those little kids were all giggling. They also heard that the county magistrate Luo in Changle County would arrest them whenever he saw someone fighting on the street, which was very strange.

Weird Luo Yong: ...

The Changle man and the Kunlun man who fought that day, I heard that they reconciled within two days. Such a comparison really seems to be more realistic.

All in all, the handling of the matter this time did not cause any particularly bad effects, except for giving people the impression that County Magistrate Luo was a serious person.

A few days later, the Kunlun man who lived in the tenant village went to the city to sell vegetables. Hearing about this, he persuaded the Kunlun man who was fighting, saying that what the Changle man said was also reasonable, and that he should be more careful in his life. , Don't always have a penny and a penny.

Seeing that summer is coming to an end, I heard that the autumn days here in Changle County are quite short. After summer, it will be winter in a few days, and the nights are very cold.

"I heard that they burn kangs here in winter, have you prepared the firewood?"

"Your family doesn't even have thick clothes, and you don't even have a bedding at home. How will you survive the winter then?"

The Kunlun people who fought also knew this truth, but life in Changle County is so easy. He and his wife can get all kinds of food in exchange for grinding needles every day, and they don't even need to worry about safety at all. Problem, there are no beasts, no rival tribes, and no invaders here.

In order to come to Datang from their own tribe two years ago, they endured so much hardship on the road, and finally came here alive. It has only been a few months of comfortable life, and they really don't want to worry about that much.

But what his friend said made sense, so one afternoon, when the Kunlun man moved the guy out to grind needles with others, he told those people about it, and wanted to ask them about something better than grinding needles. money work.

"Then you go to the workshop." Now there are quite a few Kunlun people who just work in the workshop, and there are also those who do well and are valued by the workshop.

"I don't like to enter the workshop." After entering the workshop, he has to work all day long, and he can't stop and rest for a few days. workshop.

"Then what can you do, don't you want to be a servant?" Everyone made fun of him.With his small body, he was beaten black and swollen by those stingy fists, the guard didn't even need to think about it.

"Who wants to be an officer." Being an officer is also hard work, and you have to be dragged to practice if you have nothing to do, and you have to take turns on duty at night.

"Tsk, the tone is not small."

"You can't be one even if you want to, so it's useless not to think about it."

"As long as you are like this, it's better to grind the needle."

"Earlier, they were looking for the man who went out to build the bridge. Why didn't you go? Working there for a month is enough for your family to eat for more than half a year."

"Our patriarch said that he would not be allowed to leave the city."

In fact, even without Apu's previous words, he would not dare to leave the city easily. The world outside the city is too dangerous, unlike this city, which is surrounded by walls and has so many guards patrolling every day.

Apart from that, he really wanted to do the job of building bridges.

He asked about this matter before, and no one else gave him a satisfactory answer, and he didn't care too much about it, so let's come when winter comes, anyway, in Changle County, their family will not be killed. freeze to death.

As a result, when it was getting dark that evening, the stingy man came over and said that he had found a job for him and let him go as he wanted.

The stingy man led him out of the low-rent housing, down the gentle slope in front, across the street, and walked to the residential area in the north of the city. There are many poor people living there. At night, few people are willing to light the lamps. It is dark everywhere. Painted, only a few braziers can be seen occasionally.

The Kunlun man followed behind, the more he walked, the more uneasy he felt, worried that this stingy man would not go well, he was planning to take him to a place where no one was around and beat him up, after all, even though they said they were reconciled now , but the relationship is still a little awkward, and the Kunlun people are also a little scared of being beaten by him.

The alley in front turned another corner and came to a fenced yard. The stingy man yelled twice outside, and a tall and thin man came out of the room, staggering and looking like a lame man.

"Didn't you say you wanted someone to kill the pig for you? I brought someone here for you." The stingy man said to him.

Lame greeted them into the yard, and talked to the Kunlun man about his wages and his daily work.

Killing pigs for others does not cost more than working in a workshop, but they only work for one or two hours in the morning every day. When they come here early in the morning, they can go home after killing a pig and tidying it up. The Kunlun people listened. It just feels right.

He used to live in the tribe, because he couldn't help much when hunting, and he had to work hard when he returned to work in the tribe, otherwise others would not give food to his family. No matter how slippery he did this slaughtering job But that's all.

On the way back, the stingy man still walked in front, and the Kunlun people walked behind.

Looking at the back of the big guy in front, Kunlun people think that this stingy man is actually quite a good person, next time when others make fun of him, he should stop laughing.

Today the sun was quite basking in the daytime, but now at night, the air is very cold, and the night wind blows a bit chilly.

Summer is coming to an end soon, and then a short autumn, followed by a long winter.

At this time, most Kunlun people have already started to prepare for the winter. They build grass sheds in the open space in front of their houses, and pile firewood for winter in the grass sheds.

There are also some industrious and frugal Kunlun people who have already started to prepare winter clothes and bedding.

The price of cloth is too expensive, and they often work and save money every day for a long time before they can buy enough cloth for one person to make clothes.

The process of making clothes is not easy. After many Kunlun women leave their work in the workshop, they have to go to the homes of acquainted women with fabrics and needlework, and learn how to cut and sew clothes from them.

These women basically knew each other because they worked in the same workshop. Kunlun women have long hands and feet, meticulous workmanship, relatively strong strength, general and generous personality, and are similar to local women. Get along very well.

Earlier, a woman from Kunlun was promoted to a car manufacturer. Now her monthly salary is more than that of ordinary workers, and she may become a serious craftsman in the future.

Her Kunlun native Ye Niang is very proud of this, and other Kunlun people are very envious. I heard that many craftsmen in the city earn more monthly wages than the guards.

There are also several Kunlun families who also send girls of the right age to work in Luo Erniang's cashmere workshop.

The little ladies in the workshop didn't dare to get close to these newcomers at first because their appearance was too different from their own.After working and living together for some time, I found that they are actually easy to get along with, they work hard and eat a lot.

The lady in charge of the cafeteria in their cashmere workshop treats the cafeteria as her own home and loves things very much.

Ladies eat in this cafeteria every day. Some food is limited, and each person can only give as much. If you give this, you can’t give it to that, but there is no limit to those stuffed noodles, corn porridge, etc. , you can eat as much as you want.

In the first two days after these young ladies from Kunlun came here, they ate the lady in charge of the cafeteria until her face turned green. When the other young ladies saw it, they all thought it was so funny.