On the way, the woman explained: "What you don't know is that the rice shop is actually the property of the county master of the government. That's why I believed them. Who would have thought that they would only bully others and take the money?" They just refused to do things." Li Yong and the others understood immediately. According to what she said, if someone from the government came over, they would definitely take sides under the circumstances, and they would suffer a loss then.
Although their identities seem to be unusual, they are from other places after all, and they are still on their way, so they cannot stay here for such a thing.
but……
"How did Madam know that we are guests?" The woman smiled bitterly and said, "If you are not outsiders, how come you don't know the background of that rice shop? And with the way you dress, it seems that your background is extraordinary, so you can show it directly If you can overpower them with your own background, why do you need to use fists and kicks?" Li Yong glanced at Yu Min, and Yu Min touched her nose awkwardly.
She also knew at this time that she was indeed a little impulsive in taking action this time. Of course, if it were another time, she would still take action.
But when the time comes, he will be smarter, help the mother and son stop those people, wait for them to run away, and then run away himself, instead of overestimating his ability to keep entangled with them until he gets into physical trouble.
If Li Yong hadn't taken action in time, she would have been slightly injured at least, and she might even have been humiliated by those stinky men.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Li Yong secretly again, her heart pounding. Her dissatisfaction with him had already disappeared.
No matter what, he took action and indeed protected her in time without causing her any disadvantage.
Yu Min is not stupid. Looking back at this time, he feels that Li Yong's move is abnormal. There is only one reason to explain it, and that is that he was choosing the time to take action, and took action as soon as he saw that he was about to be in danger. Obviously he wasn't trying to make fun of her, but it was just a way to remind her that she wasn't really that powerful.
You need to be a little more leisurely when taking action in the future. At least you have to ensure that you are considerate before you can help others.
Otherwise, if you even get involved, then you are not helping others, but harming them. Just like at that time, the woman was asked to intercede for her.
She did learn a lesson this time, much more profoundly than Li Yong did that time. Now that the woman knew their identities, she naturally found a shortcut and brought them back to the dock.
When she was about to say goodbye, the woman also thanked her again: "I am Xie, thank you sir and young lady for helping me this time, but I'm afraid those people will catch up, so you better not stay here and leave as soon as possible. Right." At this time, Li Yong asked instead: "From what I heard you arguing earlier, you two, mother and son, are going to travel far away?"
"This..." The woman looked back at her eldest son. Considering that Li Yong had just helped their mother and son, and was about to leave, it was difficult to hide it at this time, so she said: "I'll tell you the truth. Because my husband-in-law was promoted to a doctor in the household department and went to Tokyo, we, mother and son, waited for him to settle down there before joining him.
"I wanted to find a safe way, so I gave the fare to a guy from Mipu, and he arranged it on the boat heading north from their store. This was safer. Who would have thought..." This official is the doctor in the household department. The officials under the Ministry of Household Affairs, from the fifth rank, to big or small, are in any case a capital official directly under the Sixth Ministry. If they go to the local area, they have the effect of a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. What's more, the Ministry of Households is in charge of the world's population and finance, and its status is It is also average among the six parts.
But so-called
"Living in Chang'an is not easy." This is also true in Bianliang, Tokyo. It is recorded in Meng Yuanlao's "Tokyo Menghua Lu",
"...At that time, new fruits, melons, vegetables, fruits, and eggplant gourds are on the market. Each pair of new ones can cost three to fifty thousand, and they are all competing to get them at a high price." That is to say, at this time, It can be said that extravagance is common in Bianliang, Tokyo, especially in the city. Most of them are not engaged in production and are mainly engaged in the tertiary industry. Therefore, consumerism is prevalent. Just like many people in later generations, they only buy expensive things. Of course, they must also have things. Value for money, after all, when competition is fierce, it all depends on their reputation.
After Song Zhenzong came to the throne, he began to advocate frugality and curb extravagance. In fact, there are traces to follow. It was precisely because he saw extravagance becoming common in Tokyo and the country was still in the middle of a war. How could he be delayed by the extravagant pursuit of wealth?
But this is actually just lip service. The most extravagant consumption at this time is the civil servants and gentry. They call this
"Elegance", the so-called elegance, is supported by gold and silver, such as exchanging generous gifts on festivals and extravagant banquets, especially in food and drink.
"The Biography of Kou Zhun, History of the Song Dynasty" records: "The quasi-young man was rich, extravagant, and drunk. Every time he entertained guests, he often closed the door and took off his clothes. There was no oil lamp in the house, but even if the restaurant was there, candles would be lit."
According to Kou Zhun's age, it was still the period of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, and it was Zhao Kuangyin who took the lead in advocating frugality in view of the extravagance of the Five Dynasties.
A glance at the whole thing reveals the whole story. It is obvious how extravagant and wasteful the officials and wealthy families were at this time.
There are actually two reasons for this. One is naturally that Zhao Kuangyin was not in the right position. Although the Song Dynasty ended the chaotic situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and reunified the Central Plains, their rule was not fully implemented. There are still a large number of landowners and the legacy of the Later Shu Dynasty, as well as the old Southern Tang Dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River, which means that many places still retain a lot of their original customs and habits.
The second reason is Zhao Kuangyin's connivance towards the scholar-bureaucrat class. The so-called punishment is not good enough for the officials. In addition, Zhao Kuangyin is vigilant and restrictive towards military generals. He is worried that they will repeat his old story of wearing yellow robes. Therefore, he suppresses military affairs with culture, which makes civil servants and literati in the Song Dynasty. status is getting higher and higher.
It would be fine if there were civil and military checks and balances, but when one side is suppressed, the other side continues to gain power. Unrestricted power will inevitably lead to self-aggrandizement.
Even Zhenzong, who now advocates frugality, later became obsessed with all kinds of prophecies and auspiciousness, and even wanted to enshrine Mount Tai. He had long forgotten his original intention. If the superiors had good intentions, the people below would naturally follow suit and flatter them, so he committed suicide. Starting from the end of the Zhenzong period, this extravagant trend became out of control.
Going back to the price of goods in Tokyo, one can imagine how difficult it is to live there. It was a wise move for a small fifth-grade doctor not to take his wife and children directly.
Of course, even if he has established a foothold, the whole family will go there, and he may not have a smooth life there.
However, it is always better to reunite a family than to be separated in two places. After all,
"Life always has to make progress, and it will become sweeter and sweeter." Although Mrs. Xie is a local and knows that the rice shop guys may not be reliable, she can't find any other way, so she can only choose to believe it for the time being.
There might have been some kind of sitter or the like who was there to persuade her and cover her eyes before she said it. At this time, she can only admit that she is unlucky, because let alone whether she has the strength or not, her words are unfounded, and there is indeed no way to earn justice based on her own words alone.
"So that's it..." Li Yong was about to say something more, but he didn't expect that there was a sudden commotion next to him. Mrs. Xie took one look and panicked: "You should get on the boat first, or they will come after you if you delay any longer. My mother and son The two of them are also going back..."
