The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

But it was said that Su Cheng threatened Xiaoque's family and its neighbors, pretending to be calm and escaped from Nail Alley, but in fact he broke out in a cold sweat from fright, and trembled slightly when he came out of the alley.But slowly pacing with hands behind his back, thinking carefully that today's difficulties are due to underestimating the enemy.All I could think of was that Xiao Que was just a little girl, and her family was also ordinary people, and she was carrying weapons and guns on her body, so she thought it would be fine; so she acted recklessly.If it hadn't been for that guy just now, allowing him to take the opportunity to scare people, what would have happened.

While thinking about it, he saw a green-covered carriage parked beside the small street at the entrance of the alley, running towards Su Cheng.The coachman took off his bamboo hat, he was the guy from Jia's horse shop.The person jumped out of the car and cupped his hands: "Miss Zhang."

Su Cheng immediately understood: "Master Zhou asked you to follow me?"

The man laughed and said, "Young lady is so clever that she got away by herself. I was thinking about going in to save you later."

Su Cheng heaved a sigh of relief: "Thank you! I was so scared just now, if I knew you were outside, I wouldn't be afraid."

The clerk couldn't help laughing, and said: "The girl told shopkeeper Zhou that you were going to visit the worker's house, and he guessed that the female worker wanted to coax you back home to be an aunt or sister-in-law."

Su Cheng frowned: "Shopkeeper Zhou doesn't even know which worker's house I'm going to visit. It turns out that such things are not alone in Nail Alley."

The clerk said: "Poor families can't find a wife. Most of the time it's because of these two methods. Either exchange marriages or rob marriages."

"More than one family, more than one lane, more than one city."

The guy nodded: "It's the same in the whole province."

"My God!" Su Cheng looked up at the sky, "Why are the people so poor?"

There was a hint of excitement in the guy's eyes: "Even if Master Su is the reincarnation of Bao Qingtian, there's nothing I can do about it in three or five years."

Su Cheng thought for a while: "That's not the case. At least we have a population. In the early years, Taiwan's government was barren on all sides, and it didn't rise in three or five years? It's just...it is necessary for the people to recuperate." She climbed directly into the carriage.

The man looked at her in surprise, then sat in front and shook his whip, and said casually, "Could it be that the girl has something to do?"

"I probably have an idea. I still have to discuss it with Mr. Su."

The man looked back at Nail Alley, and wondered, "How did the girl get out? I can't think that they would let you go."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "I frightened them and said I would sue the officials."

"Are you really going to sue?"

"I want to wait and see." Su Cheng pondered, "I just said so much, and there are young daughters-in-law among the people listening. Let's wait a few days and see if anyone is sober." He smiled wryly, "I When I was young, I heard my uncle mentioned 'sorrow for his misfortune, anger for his indisputable', and that's all. Now I understand what it means." Nai sighed softly, "These eight words are really good. Those Most of the cheated daughters-in-law accepted their fate."

"Probably?" the man said, "There is no one who refuses to accept his fate. Besides, when he arrives at the in-law's house, he must have something to eat—the daughter-in-law who is finally cheated can't starve to death, who will have a grandson if she starves to death? It's just a dowry."

"That's right. I forgot this part." Su Cheng shook his head, "Then don't expect them to complain."

The man said: "Otherwise, it's not easy to escape if you are a hundred thousand miles away from home?" With a wave of his arm, he urged the carriage to leave.

The carriage creaked and creaked for a while, and the man pulled the rein slightly, and the horse slowed down.He said: "Miss Zhang, shopkeeper Zhou said, after I rescued you from the female worker's house, I might as well take you to see Bodhi Corner. Now that you came out by yourself, why don't you go?"

"Bodhi Point? Where is it?"

"The refugees from last year's floods, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled are mostly there. Occasionally, the rich and the rich will send them over to give them porridge and clothes."

Su Cheng took a breath and thought for a moment: "I can't go today. Even if I want to go, I can't just go like this." The clerk tilted his head, and he could see some disappointment just by looking at the back of his head.Su Cheng explained, "I can roughly imagine what it looks like. If you are extremely poor, you will rob your wife, and if you are extremely hungry, God knows what you will do. I have already committed the mistake of serving the white dragon fish just now, and I can't do it again. I will take care of you in two days." Friends go to give out porridge, and I'll just mix in with the work."

The man was silent for a moment and said: "That's fine. Miss, eat less."

Su Cheng narrowed his eyes and looked at the man's back.Clearly unable to see the slightest expression, she actually felt that this guy was extremely gloating.Sighing lightly, he said to himself: "It's bad enough anyway, if it's worse, it's the same."

The clerk finally couldn't help but sneered: "Not necessarily." Su Cheng covered his eyes with his hands, and for the time being leaned in the carriage and pretended to be dead.

The next day, Su Cheng still pretended to be a servant, and went to shopkeeper Zhou to borrow a carriage.Zhou Zhangui looked at her with a smile, and ordered the guy who knew her to go with her.Su Cheng drove straight to Tianning Temple in the southern suburbs.When he arrived at the temple, Zhenming was sitting under a tree and drinking tea.Seeing her, she was slightly startled: "You didn't run to the capital?"

"No." Su Cheng pursed his lips, "I went to help my father understand the people's sentiments. I thought what I saw was extremely bad, but I heard that it was even worse. Daoist priest, do you know Bodhi Point?"

"I've heard of it." Zhenming said, "Old years, there were refugees from floods. The men became bandits, and the women were sold. Those who were weak and unable to sell were mostly crowded there to survive. Pindao knew that he was beyond his power, Never visited."

Su Cheng lowered his head: "No matter how bad it is, you have to go and see what it looks like. I dare not go by myself. Can you always help me to serve a porridge? Even if it is a purgatory on earth, I will see it."

Zhenming looked at her and said, "After all, you are not Master Su."

"He's busy asking questions right now, so he doesn't have time to worry about anything else; I'd better go and make an outpost first. Besides, since I was young, I don't know the suffering in the world. I want to see what the world is like." Su Chengtuo She rubbed her cheeks, "Don't be so ignorant and make people laugh." She was bored for a while, and added, "Looking at the back, I know that I am laughing at my ignorance."

Zhenming chuckled a few times, then thought for a moment and said, "It's fine if you really want to see it. I'll let the Taoist priest in the temple preside over it, and I'll accompany you."

Su Cheng giggled and said, "I knew you were the best~~"

Zhenming is old and likes children.Seeing her smile makes me happy too.But he called two Taoist priests and told them to go to some big restaurants to order rice for tomorrow, and the other to go to Youmin Temple to negotiate and borrow a big pot.Turning around, he explained to Su Cheng: "Using rice to make porridge can be prepared much faster. We think that the pot is not big. Youmin Temple is a big temple, and the pot is big enough. I can't buy a few big pots just because of this. "Su Cheng nodded.Zhenming asked, "Are you busy today?"

Su Cheng thought for a while, he didn't want to go to the horse shop to see Xiao Que again, and said, "No."

"Well, you go out with me for a walk."

Zhenming then changed his Taoist robe and pretended to be a businessman, and asked Su Cheng to go to the kitchen to wipe some pot ashes.Su Cheng learned how to be clever this time.He wiped his face, neck, and arms; after thinking about it, he rolled up his trousers and wiped everything from his ankles to his calves, then wiped some on his trousers, and ran back to see Zhenming.Zhen Ming smiled and shook his head, pointed at the trouser legs and said, "It's superfluous. I pretend to be a businessman instead of a farmer because you can't pretend to be a peasant girl no matter what. The rich man brought a well-behaved maid, How can the clothes be unclean?" Su Cheng let out an "ah" and hurriedly patted the trouser leg, but it couldn't be cleaned for a while.Zhenming said again, "Forget it, anyway, it's not for the show." Su Cheng was a little embarrassed.

The two left the Taoist temple and got into the carriage of Jia's horse company.Zhenming ordered: "Go to Gancane Slope." The man driving the cart looked back at the old man, and waved his whip in agreement.

Su Cheng asked, "Is Sugarcane Slope growing sugarcane?"

"No." Zhenming said, "The name just happens to be Ganzhepo."

"Oh……"

The carriage was bumped and bumped, and Su Cheng was almost torn apart.Zhenming looked at her and said with a smile: "It's not like you haven't traveled far before."

Su Cheng said with a bitter face: "The four-year-old carriage with rubber tires and shock-absorbing springs sent by the uncle who used to go out in the past, and it also took the official road..."

Zhenming shook his head: "Life is too comfortable, it may not be a good thing." Su Cheng was speechless and spread out on the car.Zhenming ignored her.

After walking for more than half an hour, the carriage stopped, and the waiter said at the front: "Old man, we are here."

Zhenming just got out of the car by himself, Su Cheng struggled behind for a long time before moving down while holding onto the wall of the car.Zhenming frowned: "You are a young man, but your bones are worse than my old bones."

Su Cheng said weakly: "Are you always an ordinary old man..." The clerk held back a smile.

Zhenming disliked her for a long time, and said: "Chen girl is also about your age."

Su Cheng wanted to cry but had no tears: "Third Aunt Cong is your old colleague! Can I compete with her in physical strength?"

"That's all, come with me, hurry up." Zhenming walked away while saying.Su Cheng gritted his teeth and followed behind.The man left the carriage and followed to watch the excitement.

The name of this sugarcane slope is Slope, but it is actually a small hill, quite high.The three climbed for half a day before reaching the half slope.Then I heard the noise of people in front of me, it was very lively.Su Cheng stretched his neck unconsciously.After climbing for a while, I can gradually see the crowd.Co-authoring is fighting.It seemed that there were more than one group of people, there were thirteen or four, and they were fighting together with sticks.I don't know who is fighting with whom, the screams are endless, and many people are injured.Su Cheng pulled La Zhenming: "Master Daoist, this is..."

Zhenming said nothing, and led her forward.Those people were so focused on fighting, it was as if they didn't see them.The three walked around the crowd and walked to the back, only to see a spring in the mountain bulging out of the spring water, which was clear and pleasant.Zhenming pointed to the spring and said: "The three surnames on Ganzhe Ridge all live by the spring water. Every now and then they fight because of the water."

Su Cheng was shocked: "Such an idea of ​​water? Are you kidding me? Don't they dig wells?"

Zhenming said: "For some reason, the three families did not dig a well. There is still a spring at the other end of the sugarcane slope, which has become a big stream. It was originally used by these people. Later, a big family in the city occupied the stream to build a courtyard. They moved, and they found this place again."

Su Cheng gritted his teeth: "Whose family?"

"Lao's house. The other courtyard was built for Lao Fuhe. Lao Fuhe only came to live there twice."

"Lao Shangshu's family home?" Su Cheng looked at the dozen or so men who were huddled together, "There must be one or two such things."

Zhenming said: "The other courtyard will not look good if there is no stream in it."

Su Cheng choked for a while, and said weakly: "I know what you mean..."

Zhenming sighed: "Your father is difficult. To deal with Xie's family, he can forcibly steal the shop; it is not easy for other families. Many cases, even if they are not family affairs, are difficult for an honest official to solve. For example, the stream was originally a labor of others. The family bought land and spent a lot of money to build a yard. Thanks to the friendship between the Rongguo Mansion and Lao Shangshu, it is not difficult to ask them to let the stream out. This happens to be the Lao family, and there are other houses elsewhere, so where do you go? Asking for favors? It’s impossible for every household to find favors by chance. It’s really hard for you, old man.”

Su Cheng moved his mouth after a long while: "I'm not going to make him unhappy...he locked me up! I can't just lock him up at home just to make him happy."

Zhenming smiled: "I know you can't be locked up, girl. You have to understand that if you don't want your father locked up, you have to know what's going on outside. You're still young."

Su Cheng thought about it: "Trusting favors is not the way. And I think things like spring water should not be owned by someone's private property, but should be owned by the state."

The guy said from behind: "Since the land can be bought privately, why not the spring water."

After a long while, Su Cheng pursed his lips and said, "It seems to be such a reason... Therefore, we should find well water for the three of them. Since there are two springs, there must be an underground river. Well drilling is the right way."

Zhenming said again: "Actually, if the three households use this spring water evenly, they can grow enough food. It's just that if taxes are added, it will not be enough."

Su Cheng smiled and said, "It's easy to handle. Now it's only said that Jiangxi has been ruined by bandits, and there is no greenery business. Just ask the court for tax exemption."

The man sneered, "Tax-free? What did the girl say?"

Mentioning this, Su Cheng immediately laughed, and he became much more energetic. He waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, didn't there be floods last year? It's very easy to find an excuse for tax exemption. My father is the best at writing notes. King Yan doesn't Pointing to the money envoy in Jiangxi. Besides, when the commercial tax comes up in the future, the agricultural tax can also be paid."

Zhenming thought for a moment, then said seriously: "Girl, let me ask you. Is it possible to exempt the agricultural tax?"

Su Cheng said: "I know that in the early years when the Taiwan government opened up land, agricultural tax was exempted. Now that the whole province is so poor, the agricultural tax cannot be exempted. The agricultural tax must be exempted, but only for a few years."

Zhenming nodded: "It's good that you understand this."

But now someone noticed them, a man jumped over and asked, "What do you do!"

Su Cheng hurriedly said: "My master wants to buy Lao's house and use the water from that end for everyone. But you have to open some new hillsides to grow Western potatoes, are you willing?"

The man was startled, and shouted: "What did you say?!" The shout made the fighters stop.

Su Cheng shouted again: "Uncles and brothers! My master intends to buy the house of Lao's family and let the stream they hold for you to use, but you have to grow some Western potatoes. Are you willing?" Stunned.

Zhenming stroked his beard and said, "My old man is in the Western potato business. Western potatoes don't need fertile land, thin land is good. You can grow them in the mountains. You just plant them, I will buy them, and put the water on the other side. Give it to everyone."

Another man covered his arms and shouted, "Are you really going to let us use the water?"

"That's right. Only you'll have to grow me the Western potatoes."

The man let out a "wow": "Yes—we are willing—" All of a sudden everyone shouted "Yes—" "We are willing—"