The villain and traitor is my brother

Chapter 15 Pepper

Also frightened were the people in Zhutian Village.Who would have thought that the people who usually bullied them would be tied up with their heads down like this, like a lost dog.

They also saw Zheng Qiuyun beating someone up with their own eyes.

Chen Ergou admired Zheng Qiuyun and said, "Qiuyun, I can't take this money. You asked for it, take it."

Zheng Qiuyun said directly, "If there hadn't been such a thing, you would have made a lot of money this winter, and these 20 taels would be regarded as compensation for your losses."

Chen Ergou said worriedly: "What should you do?"

"You don't need to worry about me, I have my own way."

Zheng Qiuyun did give the shopkeeper a recipe for making fish balls, but the ingredients were hard to find, such as pepper.

Pepper is still a medicinal material here, not to mention grinding it into powder.

Zheng Qiuyun was not in a hurry, making quilts while waiting for the shopkeeper to come again.

She had no money to buy any more quilts, so she could only buy cloth and cotton in the mall and sew several quilts to keep out the cold.

The cold wind was biting, and Zheng Qiuyun was reluctant to go out these days, but there were some things she didn't understand, so she still had to ask Chen Ergou's mother for advice.

I heard from Chen Ergou that several elderly people froze to death this year, and some children could hardly hold on.

"Qiuyun, if it weren't for the government's relief rations and the 20 taels of medical expenses you recovered from me, my mother and I would not have been able to survive this winter."

When he said this, the cold wind blew over, and the door crashed with a bang.

Outside is a vast expanse of white snow, half as high as one's legs.

"After the New Year, there will be agricultural tax and population tax, and a lot of people will have to be forced to death."

"My mother also said before that if she couldn't survive it, let me... Well, I won't do anything that even a beast can't do in order to survive."

Chen Ergou couldn't say anything, but Zheng Qiuyun also thought about it.

She thought these things were far away from her, but when she returned from Chen Ergou's house, she encountered someone carrying out the deceased old man at home.

The naked and stiff calves leaked out of the straw mat. It was now time. All clothes that could keep out the cold must be left to the living.

Zheng Qiuyun even thought that this family was already a human being.

After the three quilts were sewn, shopkeeper Li braved the wind and snow to find Zheng Qiuyun. "I've run out of the ingredients you gave me. I want to ask you, what are these pepper and garlic?"

Pepper is an essential seasoning for making fish balls, while minced garlic is an ingredient needed in a dish, and is not as urgently needed as pepper.But shopkeeper Li sensed the business opportunities and couldn't help but ask Zheng Qiuyun.

Zheng Qiuyun put down the needle in his hand and brought him a tube of freshly ground pepper by Zheng Wuan.

"This is pepper."

Shopkeeper Li asked: "Where did it come from?"

Zheng Qiuyun fiddled with the wood in the brazier, letting the wood continue burning in another direction without saying anything.

Shopkeeper Li understood that it was inconvenient to say.Fish balls are not available in other restaurants.In addition, the fish balls are delicious and have a good meaning. Many scholars wrote some crooked poems and praised each other. Now his restaurant is famous.

He keenly noticed that pepper and garlic were also new.

"If it's not convenient for the girl to tell me, I won't ask further. I dare to ask the girl how much a tube of pepper is."

"Twelve."

"Twelve?"

"Things are rare and valuable. Shopkeeper Li has many connections, so sales must not be a problem?"

Shopkeeper Li suddenly raised his head. He was only guarding his one-third of an acre of land and forgot that pepper could also be sold to others.

"Girl," he said in an urgent tone, "my brother has a shop and can help sell pepper. I will charge you as much as you have. See if the price can be lowered."

"I charge you ten taels per tube. I don't care how much you sell it for. I also charge a deposit of five taels for each tube."

Shopkeeper Li's flesh ached, but he was unwilling to give up the fat meat on his lips. He discussed, "Can you lower it again?"

Zheng Qiuyun stood up and went about his business, "If you don't pay a penny, if your brother-in-law gets involved in this business, we won't be able to cooperate."

"Don't worry, girl, I won't let my brother-in-law get any benefits." Shopkeeper Li also stood up and prepared to leave, "Then I'll find someone to write the deed."

Zheng Qiuyun saw off guests.Arriving at the door, shopkeeper Li got into the carriage.The horses are sturdy, the carriage is elegant and simple, and the thick curtains cover the wind and snow outside.

The carriage started to move and passed by a few people. Those people walked numbly in the snow and continued to move in the direction of the mass grave.The thin woman held the lifeless child in her arms, her eyes dry and shedding tears.

(End of this chapter)