Chapter 9 Protection Fee

"My lord, I just make too many cakes at home, so I can't talk about setting up a stall." Song Yiren thought it was the government's official servants who had to collect taxes.

Song Yiren looked up and found that this person was extremely tall. Using modern measurement, he was probably 1.9 meters tall.This person has thick eyebrows, deep eye sockets, a straight nose, and sharp edges on the lower half of his face.

Although it looks very good-looking, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a child who hasn't opened up!Song Yiren thought to herself.

Seeing that Song Yiren was in a daze, the visitor raised his eyebrows, raised one foot and stepped on the steps next to Song Yiren, and said unhappily, "What? You little lady, are you planning to renege on your debt?"

Song Yiren didn't know who this person was, and he didn't dare to offend him, but he was also unwilling to accept any "stall tax".

"May I ask which road the young man is working for?" Song Yiren looked at the handsome man in front of him, and could only say a nondescript question.

"Hey! What? I have never heard of Gu Yanfeng's name, and I still want to set up a stall in my site? I'm tired of you!"

Song Yiren: Gu Yanfeng?He is Gu Yanfeng!Is that the boy Gu Yanfeng who was trampled to death by a horse in order to save a child in the original book?On the galloping carriage were Fu Chunyao and Sima Jiangye!
Song Yiren looked Gu Yanfeng up and down, his appearance was indeed as handsome as in the original novel, but the appearance of collecting protection money did not look like a hero who would save children at all!
"What do you look at? My uncle, I am like a flower like a jade, and I will pay you an extra penny!"

"Pfft!" Song Yiren couldn't help laughing out loud, and was afraid that this young and temperamental uncle would misunderstand him and laugh at him, so he quickly explained: "Flower like jade is a description of a girl!"

"You village girl, are you laughing at me for being uneducated?" It's okay if you don't explain it, but after explaining it, Young Master Gu seems to be even angrier.

At this time, a big brother who had just bought pancakes came up and whispered to Song Yiren, "Sister-in-law, this is the son of our county magistrate! Don't offend him! The two streets here are his territory!"

Song Yiren gave his eldest brother a thankful smile, then raised his head and asked Gu Yanfeng: "How do you calculate the money?"

"If you're smart, ten coins a month, eight coins a month, one penny a day!" After finishing speaking, he raised his chin proudly and stopped looking at Song Yiren.

Song Yiren was curious, was this kid who received protection money really the one who rescued children in the street?
It can't be said that they are completely different, it can only be said that they are irrelevant.

Song Yiren made some calculations, and just sold eight white flour pancakes, nine cornmeal pancakes, and another fifteen packs of pigs, for a total of 39 Wen.

I have to buy some noodles and eggs when I go back today, which is ten copper coins a month, and it still hurts to hand them over all at once!
Besides, the recipe of this cake may be learned by others soon, and she will have to find other tricks by then, and the stall may not be here!
"Six copper coins for half a month, okay?"

"No, the price is the same!"

"Liu Wen, I will give you a life!"

Now Gu Yanfeng was not calm anymore, jumped a meter away, and shouted loudly: "You want to blackmail me if you don't want to pay? You are a vicious woman!"

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I mean, you have red tendons on the bridge of your nose, and your forehead is blue. You may have suffered a bloody disaster recently." Song Yiren approached him and whispered. "If you believe me, the stall tax is six coppers a month, and I will give you a solution, which may save your life."

Gu Yanfeng also started to look Song Yiren up and down, and even laughed angrily: "Are you a scoundrel who wants to rely on the booth tax, or a rogue who wants to cheat money? I can't tell for a while!"

"The heavens and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric. The sun and the moon are full and the sky is full. You can't believe it!"

Two quarters of an hour later, Gu Yanfeng picked out his ears, but was really entangled by her, so he could only agree to the booth tax of six cents.

Gu Yanfeng took the six cents and wanted to run away, but Song Yiren grabbed her by the sleeve. He saw that Song Yiren seemed to have a double body, so he didn't dare to push her, so he could only let her pull her with.

"Let me tell you, you are really suffering from blood and light. My mother is a witch, and I have been doing it since I was a child."

"In the past few days, you went to the west end of Hongwu Street in the county to guard. When you saw a child wandering alone on the street, you took him to the side of the road. Remember, you must hold the child down as soon as he hits the street. !"

Gu Yanfeng suppressed his impatience, and after Song Yiren finished speaking, he called his younger brother and ran away.

Song Yiren made money, met Gu Yanfeng who was about to die tragically, and persuaded him, even if he couldn't save him, it was still a good deed!
So she was in a good mood, straddling two baskets, humming a little tune, and headed for the town.

Last time she went to the market, she inquired about the location of the shops selling rice noodles and pork, and she has to go shopping today!

Five copper coins bought two catties of flour, cornmeal was still one catty, and he was ruthless to spend five copper coins to buy a catty of eggs.I remembered that I didn’t even have a bowl and bowl for vegetables at home, so I bought five large, five small and ten pottery bowls for six renminbi, and asked the boss to grind a pair of long chopsticks as a gift!In addition, I bought a palm-sized jar of the cheapest shochu, and went for three pennies!

After leaving the rice noodle shop, the largest commercial street in the town is at the door, and there are constant shouts on the street.

Song Yiren looked at the caramel seller carrying the burden, and stopped him without the slightest hesitation. "Brother, how do you sell caramel?"

"Sister-in-law, I made this from real materials from my own house. It's not expensive, and it's sweet! It's a penny and a stir"

Song Yiren was about to ask how big a corner was, when she saw the caramel seller take out a handful of small sticks, the same length and thickness, he pulled out one and gestured at her.

Song Yiren: Oh, it turned out to be such a mess!
"Give me four pennies!" Each of the three children got one piece, and she had already figured out what new dishes she would make for the remaining piece!
Song Yiren filled the pottery bowl he bought with maltose, put it in a basket, and walked all the way back to the village.I still went back to my house at the entrance of the village to put down my things, took a bowl of caramel, and walked quickly to Aunt Li's house!

"Cuixi, Erniu, Yinyin, come quickly!" Song Yiren opened the door and shouted into the room.

"Sister, come to pick up the sound!" Mrs. Sujuan put down the small clothes she was sewing and came up to her. "Mother took the three children to my field, but it's time to go back, sit down and rest!"

Sister-in-law Sujuan poured a bowl of water for Song Yiren, and saw the caramel in her hand.

"Sister, did you buy this? Such an expensive thing..."

"It's nothing to give a tooth sacrifice to the third brother's child! Sister-in-law, don't refuse! Helping me look after the child is already doing me a huge favor!"

While talking, Aunt Li came in from outside chattering with her three children.

"Mother! You're here!" Xiaotuanzi saw Song Yiren as soon as he entered the room, and flew onto Song Yiren's lap. "Look, Grandma Li took us to pick a lot of melon seeds! You eat them"

Xiaotuanzi opened a melon seed with his small hands and stuffed it into Song Yiren's mouth.

In fact, people in Song Yi are not used to the taste of uncooked, uncooked melon seeds.But in order not to spoil Xiaotuanzi's happiness, Song Yiren still ate happily.

"You three come quickly!" Song Yiren ate the melon seeds and waved to the three children quickly.

"It's caramel!" Cuixi, the oldest, was the first to cheer!After taking it, he licked it and smiled until his eyes narrowed.

"Li Cuixi! Don't know how to say thank you!" Sister-in-law Sujuan's face turned pale.

"Sister-in-law Sujuan, it's okay, and she's not an outsider!" Song Yiren smoothed things over. In her opinion, Cuixi was the eldest of the three children, Li, who was only six years old.

Cuixi reluctantly took out the caramel from her mouth, and thanked Song Yiren: "Thank you, Aunt Song!"

Erniu and Xiaotuanzi followed suit, shouting "Thank you, Aunt Song".

Xiaotuanzi's behavior made everyone laugh, so he let the children eat candy.

"Yi Ren, don't spend so much money in the future, it's not a big deal to look after a child, otherwise there will be two monkeys in my family to look after!" Aunt Li scolded.

"This has helped me a lot!" Song Yiren pulled Aunt Li.

"Besides, I have something else to ask my aunt!"

"If you don't ask for anything, I can help you if you can help me!"

(End of this chapter)

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