The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

The four big foodies managed to catch this kind of gluttonous opportunity, before Xiao Sui'er paid the money, the four of them had already grabbed the food from the stall and delivered it to their mouths; , Grab it and eat it without saying a word, it's like meeting a hooligan.update the fastest

Xiao Sui'er stretched out her arms and handed a string of money to the stall owner, and the vendor felt relieved, but the way these people ate was so ugly that they were still terrified.

Su Jin, Yan Biyun and the others looked at each other with wry smiles. These guys didn't know what was going on, but they were always served with chicken, duck and fish at home, but they couldn't fill their stomachs. When they went out, they looked like hungry wolves; Su Jin was relieved that the companions of the Yan family were not much better, they also held two handfuls of snacks in their hands, stuffed a few in their mouths, and kept their eyes on the food on the stall.

Xiao Sui'er's nose was crooked, looking at the strange eyes cast by the people around her, she wished she could find a crack in the ground to sneak in; if someone came to ask Xiao Sui'er if she knew these people, she would definitely refuse to be with these hungry people. Wolfy guy has anything to do with it.

Yan Biyun said: "Let's go forward, this is not the shop that sells cakes and eats."

Xiao Sui'er said: "Yes, let's stay away from them."

As he spoke, he took Yan Biyun's arm and walked forward, Rou Niang and Huan Niang snickered behind, Su Jin shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand to hold Xiao Xian'er's hand and walked forward, Xiao Xian'er was stunned, and hurriedly shook her Opening his arms, he looked around in surprise.

Su Jin laughed secretly, and whispered in her ear: "Last night..."

Xiao Xian'er blushed and stomped her feet and said, "Stop talking..." Twisting her waist, she quickly followed Yan Biyun and the others, leaving Su Jin standing there alone in a daze.

People wandered all the way, eating whatever they saw, stopping and lingering when they saw something to play, rewarding all the performers, and giving alms to those who were begging; after walking around for half an hour, they only visited half the place.

The girls felt a little tired, and Su Jin could see that everyone was sweating slightly on their foreheads, so he proposed to sit and rest in the open-air tea shed in front, the girls nodded in agreement, Xiao Sui'er went forward to book two tables, After wiping and wiping again with a dry cloth, they asked everyone to enter the shed and sit down.

Two pots of tea were brewed and served. Although it was not good tea, it was quenching thirst at the moment, and it was comfortable to drink. Everyone sat in the tea shed surrounded by curtains and covered the roof on three sides, drinking tea while looking outside. It was more than half of the time, when there were more and more people. On the road back, the crowd had rubbed shoulders like a long dragon moving slowly, and they couldn't squeeze anymore.

Su Jin frowned and said, "There are so many people, how can they be born?"

Ma Han said: "Don't worry, sir, who can overwhelm our men? We can resist more than a dozen people with our arms."

Su Jin said: "How can we hurt the common people? Let's follow the flow of people later, and when we arrive at the Temple of the City God, we will burn incense and go out from the west."

Everyone nodded in agreement, drank two pots of tea, and was about to get up to go out, when Xiao Sui'er exclaimed: "Ah, the purse is gone, who has seen my purse?"

Everyone looked back in astonishment, only to see Xiao Sui'er staring blankly at the broken strip of cloth on her waist. It turned out that there was a cloth bag containing money hanging there, apparently it was stolen.

Xiao Sui'er's face turned pale with anger, and she stomped her feet and said, "You guys just know how to eat, but people have bullied us, and you all don't know it. You always boast about how capable you are, I think it's just saying Big talk."

The four big foodies and the companions of the Yan family were all shot, and their faces were dull, Ma Han cursed: "Damn, who doesn't have eyes and stole us, is that okay? "

Everyone looked around, but there was nothing unusual. Apart from a few tea drinkers sitting far away in the tea shed, there were only two shopkeepers and the shopkeeper.

Rou Niang took out copper coins to pay the bill, and softly comforted Xiao Sui'er, "Didn't you just lose a few coins? Anyway, it's all pocket money, and there's not much left, so there's no need to be angry."

Xiao Sui'er stomped her feet and said, "It's not a matter of more money or less money, this little thief is too courageous, he dared to steal things from our Su family, is there any law?"

Su Jin rubbed her nose and smiled wryly: "This girl will turn small things into big ones. Thieves steal money when they see it. It doesn't matter if you are from the Su family or which one? Besides, the words Su Ji are not written on the faces of my group. Thief Can you tell whose family is out on a parade?”

Yan Biyun smiled and said, "Sui'er, it's no big deal. The temple fair is crowded with people, and it's a place where thieves run rampant, so there's no need to get angry."

Xiao Sui'er said angrily: "It's fine if you steal from someone else. I've been to temple fairs and markets so many times since I was a child, but I've never lost anything, even if I lose a penny. Chao Mahan, you guys If you don't help me catch the thief, don't think that I will deal with you in the future."

Chao Mahan and others scratched their scalps, and Xiao Sui'er was very angry, and the consequences were serious, but in the vast crowd, everyone looks like everyone, but no one looks like anyone, so how to catch them.

Su Jin walked over with a smile, took Xiao Sui'er's hand and said, "It's just a little money, it's just a charity, why bother."

Xiao Sui'er pouted and said, "The good mood was completely ruined by this thief."

Su Jin smiled and said, "Is it true that they are not relieved if they are not caught?"

Xiao Sui'er said: "If you want to catch it, you can't catch it, and if you are angry, you can only hold it back."

Su Jin laughed and said: "If you want to catch them, you can catch them. If you feel that you will not be relieved if you don't catch them, I will help you out."

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, Yan Biyun said: "Who did you see stealing?"

Su Jin spread his hands and said: "My eyes are facing the outside like yours, how can I see it, if I can see it, how can I condone the thieves, do you think I am a fool?"

Yan Biyun covered his mouth with a smile and said, "Then ask Mr. Su to investigate the case. It is a good thing that this thief can be caught, otherwise they will definitely want to steal others."

Su Jin smiled and said: "Okay, I don't want to take care of these things because of the Chinese New Year, but since this thief makes Sui'er unhappy, I can't watch Xiao Sui'er cry, so I have to take care of it."

Xiao Sui'er was very sweet in her heart, what the master said was really giving her face too much, Xiao Sui'er interpreted it wishfully as: It's fine to offend others, but it's absolutely not okay to offend Sui'er.

Su Jin walked to the place where Xiao Sui'er was sitting, took a look, then probed to the left and right, reached out and touched the black curtain around the side, frowned and thought for a while, then walked slowly towards the simple counter built by the tea shed , a middle-aged shopkeeper stood there looking at Su Jin, and said with a smile: "What tea and snacks does this official want?"

Su Jin slapped the counter with a slap, which startled the shopkeeper. Su Jin turned his palms upside down, placed them on the counter in front of the shopkeeper, and said, "Here, don't pretend to be garlic."

The shopkeeper said in astonishment, "What are you taking?"

Su Jin shouted: "Are you pretending? Where's the purse you just stole?"

The shopkeeper said with a stern face: "What money bag, the officials don't talk nonsense."

Su Jin sneered and said: "Don't you say so? It seems that you are willing to recruit because I want you to go to the Yamen to beat the board?"

The shopkeeper said angrily: "Guest officer, don't spit blood on anyone. Whoever sees your money bag, catches thieves, steals, rapes, and doubles. You don't have evidence to deny the reputation of bad guys."

Su Jin smiled and said, "You must say in the next sentence, 'I let you search, and if you can't find the purse, I will sue you for slander', right?"

The shopkeeper said, "So what? I'm doing business in an orderly manner, so what's bothering you? But you come to insult me ​​and steal? Do you think we're easy to bully?"

Su Jin nodded and said: "Okay, let me ask you, I'm drinking tea in your tea shed, and I lost my money bag, why you don't change your face, you don't feel surprised at all, you don't even say a word of greeting, your shop assistant It's the same, what to do, it seems that it has nothing to do with you, is this reasonable?"

When Su Jin said a word, Yan Biyun and the others suddenly felt suspicious. It was indeed as Su Jin said, since Xiao Sui'er exclaimed that the purse was lost, apart from the consoling glances of a few guests inside, the shopkeeper He and the guys didn't say anything at all, and they still did what they should do. They didn't seem surprised, which was obviously counterintuitive.

The shopkeeper faltered and said: "You accidentally lost your purse. If I don't ask, it doesn't mean it's a thief. Could it be that if you lost your purse, everyone in this temple fair will come forward to ask for comfort? If not, it will happen." Being accused of being a thief by you, how can there be such a reason in this world?"

Su Jin said in a cold voice: "Of course it's not necessary. It's just that I lost something in your store. As the shopkeeper, it's unreasonable for you not to come and take care of it. You can't argue with that."

The shopkeeper stared and said: "Based on this, do you conclude that I stole it?"

Su Jin smiled and said: "Don't panic, of course you won't wrong good people, let me ask you, the land at the temple fair is extremely expensive, it can be said that every inch of land is expensive, ordinary people only have a small stall with an arm's length, and your tea shed The place is very spacious, this is really not small."

The shopkeeper's face turned pale, and he said coldly: "You are a guest officer who is very strict. I have my own way to get a large area to do business. What are you doing? It's really funny."

Yan Biyun stepped forward and said softly: "As far as I know, during the temple fair, all the ground is designated by the government. Except for the corner land, both sides of the main road are equally designated, and no more occupation is allowed. This is to give more space to the vendors. They have an opportunity to make money, but I don’t know where you came from to come to a place that is more than ten times the size of ordinary people.”

The shopkeeper glared and said, "Can you control it? It's really bad luck to eat salty radish and not worry about it."

Su Jin shouted: "I warn you, you don't need to answer, but if your mouth is not clean, I will make you regret it forever; I will ask you again, since you have gone through such a big place but only sell some tea and snacks. It’s cheap too, what money do you earn?”

"I am willing to sell tea, what are you doing?"

Su Jin smiled slightly and said: "You are a man of integrity, you have made great efforts to get out of the way, but you only sell some tea and snacks, and you do some business that does not make money. I am afraid that your brain is flooded; you will definitely say 'I will do it myself. , What are you doing?', it’s true that it’s not our business, but your agency here is doing our business.”

Everyone was surprised. Su Jin actually said that there was a mechanism here. Looking around, there was nothing in the tea shed except tables and chairs. Where did the mechanism come from?

When the shopkeeper heard Su Jin say the word "organ", his face changed slightly, and he said stubbornly: "If this guest officer talks nonsense, I will go to recruit the patrol team from the government. You are messing around here and affecting my business. No matter how good my temper is, I, Liu San, can still be fiery."

Su Jin kicked away the tables and chairs near the edge of the side curtain, there was a ping, ping, pong, pong, and the tables, chairs and benches fell to the ground.

The shopkeeper shouted: "Are you playing tricks? It's not your turn to play tricks in Luzhou."

Two guys took out two kitchen knives from the back kitchen, and the shopkeeper also took out a thick round wooden stick under the counter, and rushed forward aggressively.