I help you cook and wash clothes every day, but you are getting engaged and separated from me. You have no conscience!
Zhou Ronger sat in front of the stove in a daze, and unknowingly, two tears fell from her eyes.
In the reflection of the stove fire, Zhou Ronger, who was as beautiful as jade, sat. Zhou Xing saw it and was already crazy. When he saw a teardrop rolling out of the corner of his eye, Zhou Xing felt a pain in his heart and said softly: " Sister Ronger, what’s wrong with you?”
Zhou Ronger was startled, Zeng De stood up, wiped her face quickly, then turned around and said angrily: "You're so scary, why don't you say hello when you come in?"
Zhou Xing saw that Zhou Ronger was slightly annoyed and said hurriedly: "Sister Ronger, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, did I scare you?"
Zhou Ronger rolled her eyes at Zhou Xing and said, "I'm not that timid, don't be sorry. The meal is ready, hurry up and eat."
Zhou Xing hummed and went to wash his hands and face. Zhou Ronger quickly brought the food bowl to Zhou Xing and set it in the room. Zhou Xing sat at the table, smelling the aroma of the food floating up, and his stomach couldn't help but growl. Zhou Xing I was very embarrassed and said with a smile: "It smells so good. I'm really hungry."
Zhou Ronger sat aside, looked at Zhou Xing, and said quietly: "Brother Zhou, will the food cooked by the new sister-in-law be more delicious in the future?"
Zhou Xing laughed and said, "New sister-in-law? The new sister-in-law I brought?"
Zhou Ronger said in a low voice: "My new sister-in-law, naturally you are the one you just got engaged to, my new sister-in-law?"
Zhou Xing was surprised: "Get engaged? Who got engaged? When did I get engaged? Why didn't I know?"
Zhou Ronger said hurriedly: "Aren't you engaged?"
week Are you engaged? Who said I was engaged? Sister Ronger, tell me and I will ask her!"
Zhou Ronger listened clearly this time and was extremely happy. All the worries she had just had had already been thrown away to Java. She lowered her head and murmured to herself: "Sister Ronger, sister Ronger! I'm not engaged yet."
Zhou Xing saw Zhou Ronger whispering to herself, but couldn't hear clearly what she was saying, so he asked, "Sister Ronger, what did you say? Who said I was engaged?"
Zhou Ronger blushed and whispered: "No one said, you can eat, I'm leaving, Brother Zhou." After saying that, she turned around and ran out briskly without looking back.
Zhou Xing looked at Zhou Ronger's jumping back and was very confused. He shook his head and said, "What kind of tricks is this girl doing? Who said I was engaged?"
When Zhou Ronger returned home, it was completely dark. Uncle Zhou had already finished his meal and went to find Uncle Zhou. Seeing Mrs. Cui sitting at the table and the neatly white food on the table, Zhou Ronger felt very embarrassed and said: " Mom, you haven’t eaten yet.”
Mrs. Cui looked at her excited daughter and said angrily: "She is still running around at such a big age. If you don't come back, my mother will just wait for you."
Zhou Ronger stuck out her tongue, made a face for Mrs. Cui, sat down at the table, and started eating. Maybe she was hungry, maybe she was happy, it was still the same food, but Zhou Ronger felt that the food cooked by her mother today was really delicious and very good. eat.
Ms. Cui was eating her meal and looking at her daughter who was happily feeling relieved. When I married into the Zhou family, I gave birth to such a girl. Since childhood, both myself and the child's father have loved her very much. Although the villa is remote, the couple's care means that the children have never suffered any injustice. Seeing her daughter getting older day by day, and thinking more and more of her younger self, Mrs. Cui was filled with pride. In terms of appearance, demeanor and character, none of the girls in the villa could catch up with Rong'er. half?
Rong'er is about to turn seventeen, and it's time to talk about marriage.
In the past two years, whether it is the Zhou family, the Wang family or the Chen family, they have secretly revealed their intention to get married. If they want to talk to others, it is okay. As for Wang Tong, needless to say his character and appearance, he is also smart, but he can count well. Uncle Zhou is very fond of children. But Mrs. Cui has always been hesitant. For some reason, she always feels that her Rong'er is not the one who dug in the dirt to eat the lives of the village women. Her Rong'er should not have to suffer here all her life. He lives in a remote valley, grows old, gets sick and dies in obscurity. It was this hesitation that made Uncle Zhou and his wife decline any overt or covert marriage proposal from anyone.
This week's trip to the villa, without the help and support of the Zhou family at the beginning, it would be impossible to have such a prosperous life. Watching Zhou Xing transform from a desperate and fleeing prince to gradually gather the villa around her, becoming the wife and the biggest person in charge of everyone in the villa, Ms. Cui received one surprise after another. She had already concluded: Zhou Xing's future will definitely not be limited to this remote valley, and the future of the villa will also be closely linked to Zhou Xing's future.
As a person who has experienced this, Ms. Cui has seen her daughter’s emotions and changes these days. Seeing her daughter’s attention, care and consideration for Zhou Xing, Ms. Cui understands her daughter’s hazy little thoughts better than her daughter herself. . The reason why she had never made it clear to her daughter, and did not think of ways to promote or eliminate the weak feelings, was because Ms. Cui could not yet conclude that if she really promised her daughter to Zhou Xing, what would happen to her daughter's life? Is it a curse or a blessing.
Seeing her daughter's happiness today, Ms. Cui thought to herself: "Perhaps it's time to make a decision."
During the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, when productivity was relatively low, a self-contained small environment like a villa could basically be self-sufficient in other aspects, such as food, planting, and hunting. To wear, you can grow linen and weave cloth. Medicine can be collected in the mountains. But only one thing must be imported, and that is salt.
Salt, in addition to seasoning, the most important thing is that once there is a lack of salt in life, not eating salt for a long time will make people weak and sick. This is mainly because the sodium ions in salt are necessary for the body's electrolyte balance. Without sodium The intake of ions can cause human agency disorders.
In the past, although this villa was closed, it was not completely isolated after all. People from the villa would occasionally go out to the county towns to sell their leather goods and buy some salt and other items back.
Since the last time many mountain people came to the villa, everyone knew that the nearby outside had become a battlefield. Zhou Bao went to buy paper and ink, but was almost captured by the officers and soldiers. Everyone knows that it is impossible to go outside. Moreover, it is also a matter of settling in new people and practicing team spirit. Even if occasionally that family runs out of salt, firstly, they don’t have time to go out, and secondly, they are not willing to take risks. They were all borrowed from neighbors here and there. After this back and forth, many households soon had the problem of running out of salt.
Nowadays, this villa, especially the new mountain residents, have regarded the villa as a backer. The villa is not only a place where they live, but also their own organization and support. It is the backbone of their family. If you have any problems, don't go to the organization. Who? So this matter naturally began to be reported to Uncle Zhou and Uncle Wang.
Zhou Xing was scratching his head when he heard about this. He never thought that the salt would be a big problem. It's no wonder that in later generations, this salt is very worthless. Although he has never cooked in later generations, he also knows that whether he goes to a supermarket or a small store, he can just buy a few bags and use it back. When I came to this villa, I was living in the host family and eating in the west family. How could I remember that this person wanted to eat salt?
Speaking of this now, Zhou Xing also vaguely remembered that there seemed to be several types of salt. One was sea salt, which was boiled with seawater and sun-dried salt. The specific method of making it was not clear. The other was pool salt. The salt pool in Yuncheng, Shanxi, was The most famous place of Chiyan, of course, is that there is a salt lake in Qinghai. It is said that salt was used to build roads, and later it became a very important chemical industry base. There is also a kind of well salt in Sichuan, which is boiled with brine from the well. This place in Hanzhong is surrounded by dangerous places and far away from the sea. The salt is probably either well salt or pool salt.
Everyone gathered in Zhou Xing's room and formed a circle. The armor commanders all had grim faces. Everyone discussed it for a long time, but there was no definite idea. The key is that the situation outside is unknown, and we don’t know what the military is fighting outside. If one side wins, no matter which side it is, as long as the battle line is not in this area, then the county here will be open, and the road will not be so dangerous. You can still do it if you try to buy some or go shopping and exchange for some salt. I'm afraid it's still the same as before. There's chaos here. If you go out, the better ones will be captured and used as cannon fodder in the war. If you're unlucky, you might be treated as the opponent's spies and have your head chopped off.
This Zhou Xing vaguely remembers that in the original history, this battle belonged to Wang Jian, the former lord of Shu in Sichuan, who sent several of his godsons, headed by Wang Zongbi, the governor of Dongchuan, in the name of welcoming the emperor and borrowing the road. Come and seize the territory of King Qi Zhou Maozhen. At the end of the battle, Wang Zongbi was known to be calm and wise. The Shannan West Road Jiedushi here seemed to have won a few times at first, but in the end he was really no match for him. He was defeated like a mountain and his territory was taken away by Wang Jian. This battle seems to have been fought for a long time, almost a year.
Everyone talked about it, but there was no definite idea. Uncle Zhou said: "No matter what, we have to find a way to get salt. This salt is not something that any household can have. We can only go to the county or big cities." Let’s go to the town to buy it. Tomorrow, we’ll send two people who are smart and alert to the outside of the mountain to find out what’s going on. As long as we can get through to the county town, it will naturally be easier to arrange for people to buy and transport salt.”
Zhou Xing listened, nodded, and couldn't help but said to himself: "If there is a private salt shop somewhere, it would be great if we could get some dealers."
Everyone was silent after hearing this. Huang Hai opened his mouth and was hesitating. Before he spoke, Uncle Zhou said softly: "Master, I don't dare to say this. How can I sell this private salt? This is a sin of beheading." .”
week Just talk about the war outside, who is fighting whom? That family is not a minister or general of the Tang Dynasty, but the land grab is not an outright fight. Not to mention the county officials and the state government, it is the emperor's decree. Which of these two parties will listen? Now that the world has lost its royal laws, what does this crime mean?"
Zhang Jiang responded: "Sir, what you said is right. Outside, you are just farming honestly, why don't you arrest you just when you say it? Anyway, if they don't arrest you here, it won't be a good thing if the army comes over there. You are running away from the disaster in order to survive." , The purpose of transporting some private salt is to survive, there is nothing to be afraid of, just do what you have to do, we can’t let the people of Yizhuang live without salt like this.”
Uncle Wang said: "What you said is true, but apart from knowing that there must be salt in the big cities of the county and state capitals, I don't know where the salt is elsewhere, so it's not just empty talk."
Everyone nodded after hearing this. They didn't know where to buy salt. Isn't it in vain to say that salt is not sold privately?
Seeing that everyone was silent, Huang Hai hesitated for a long time and then said softly: "I know someone who has done some secretive things."
Zhou Can immediately jumped up and shouted: "You still have this way, tell me quickly, let's go find him!"
"Yes, yes, there is this way, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Everyone in the room immediately felt hopeful after hearing what Huang Hai said. They all looked at Huang Hai eagerly. Only Uncle Zhou sighed softly. , bowed his head and remained speechless.
It turns out that there is a clan brother from far away in the Yellow Sea. He likes to wield swords and guns since he was a child. He is very aggressive and fights hard. He does not do his job properly. However, he has made a few friends. When he was eighteen years old, after his parents died, he became even more impatient to live in the village. He left his family's fields to Huang Hai and the others to take care of, and went out on his own. In less than two years, he became known as "Man Shan Fei" in the Sanquan area. He once told Huang Hai that he and a gang Brother, I built a small business by selling private salt.
Huang Hai and others have been honest farmers for generations. The appearance of such a person is considered a great shame within the family and they never mention it to outsiders. Although they know where this person is based, they They would rather go to other places to escape disasters, and no one wants to seek refuge with their brothers in the clan to find a living.
But today, I saw that the village was worried about the salt. The village was very kind to people like me, and they couldn't just ignore it. Besides, my family would soon be out of salt, so I didn't care about my skin and put this person away. Things are said.
Zhou Xing came from a later generation, so he naturally didn't think selling smuggled salt was a big deal. From a historical point of view, the salt and iron monopoly has been the supreme method for the government and the court to amass money since the Han Dynasty. To put it bluntly, the government only wants to earn this monopoly profit. Selling and buying private salt is going to the state. Those who poke holes in their finances will naturally be attacked and suppressed by the government. But in essence, compared with killing people, setting fires, and robbing people, what kind of crime is that?
Seeing that everyone except Uncle Zhou was in favor, Zhou Xing immediately decided to let Huang Hai take a few people and go out of the mountain tomorrow. He tried every means, one was to inquire about outside news, the other was to find a way, and tried to contact his brothers to see if they could Solve the problem of salt in the villa.
Seeing that there seemed to be hope of resolving the matter, several young people were very enthusiastic and wanted to go with Huang Hai. Zhou Xing immediately assigned Huang Hai, Zhou Bao, Zhou Can, and Wang Tong to go, while the others stayed behind. In the villa, it is time to train and work. Zhou Dahu and Zhou Zhouhu were very unhappy when they saw that they were not allowed to go. They shouted together, but they were scolded by Uncle Zhou and remained silent.
Zhou Xing and Uncle Zhou gave detailed instructions, and the five of them agreed and dispersed to prepare.
When Uncle Zhou returned home, Mrs. Cui was lighting up the pineapples and making some female celebrities in the bright light.
