Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 7 Episode Conflict
At Sun Xiangfu's house, the younger sister happily took his arm and pointed to the water tank in the house when she saw him come back.

"Look, big brother, the rice field eel has eaten earthworms. It's like sucking noodles. You can eat one in one bite. My little sister hasn't eaten noodles for a long time!"

The Sun family's ancestral home is in Youzhou in the north. When life was good a few years ago, the family could often eat some pasta. Later, Turkic people became uneasy, and Youzhou fell into war. Life was not so easy, and was eventually moved to Guanzhong. Unexpectedly, the little girl still remembered those days when there were noodles to eat. Sun Xiangfu touched the little girl's head, thinking in his heart, if he made money from selling fish, he must buy some wheat and shell it to make noodles for the little girl. .

With Sun Xiangfu's guidance and participation, the two brothers Sun Dali made fish cages much faster. At dusk, more than 20 brand new big fish cages plus a dozen old fish cages made yesterday were placed on the wheelbarrow The pile was two or three meters high, and Sun Deshou obediently tied a few earthworms to each fish cage with a hemp rope. Today they are going to put the fish cages farther away.

And starting tomorrow, Sun Xiangfu will no longer take back the fish cage, but directly bring the earthworms, while harvesting the fish, immediately install the earthworms, lower the fish cage to a farther place, and the fish collected , in addition to edible, will be directly pulled to the market to sell.

In the early morning of summer, when the sky was white, two brothers, Sun Xiangfu and Sun Dali, pushed their wheelbarrows on the road. Two large wooden barrels were tied to the left and right of the cart, and there were two bamboo baskets for fish. There are rice field eels and loach caught yesterday. The fish collected in the fish cage today will be directly sorted into two wooden barrels. Go home for breakfast.

After a while, the mouths of the two brothers Sun Dali couldn't close their mouths. Today's fish cages are more than double that of yesterday, and there are many big fish cages. The harvest is almost twice as much as yesterday. If it weren't for Sun If Xiangfu insisted on releasing the crucian carp the size of a finger and the eel thinner than a little finger, he thought that the two wooden buckets on the wheelbarrow could be filled with fish.

After about half an hour, everyone collected the fish cages for a round, filled them with earthworms, and put them back in the new waters. Sun Erli carried two baskets of scale fish home with some difficulty to cook.Last night, Sun Xiangfu and the two brothers discussed that today they would treat all the children in the village to drink fish soup. There are only about thirty children in the village, and the two baskets of fish he brought with him are enough.

As for Sun Xiangfu and Sun Dali, there are steamed cakes made of locust powder that Li Cuihua made with a stone mill yesterday in their arms. This is their food today. Although it is not delicious, it will definitely fill them up. It is estimated that they will be full when they return. It will be noon at the earliest, and they will collect another round of fish, pack the earthworms, and put them in new waters. Then, when they go out tomorrow morning, they can directly collect another round of fish.

Xiaoheji is about ten miles away from the village. If it is a straight cement road in later generations, it would only take an hour to walk. But this is ancient times. Even official roads are full of mud and gravel, let alone rural roads. , Therefore, when the two arrived at the market, the sun was already high, and the two of them were already drenched in sweat. Looking at the time, Sun Xiangfu estimated that it was ten o'clock in the morning.

The bazaar is not lively, today is not the day for the big fair, the Xiaohe fair has a small one every five days, and a big one every ten days, this follows the rhythm of the imperial court’s bathing day, of course, even if it’s not the small and big fairs On the day of the market, there are few people in the market. After all, this is Guanzhong, and the population is relatively dense. There are several villages with hundreds of people in a land of ten miles. There is always something to trade.

Looking for a shady place on the side of the street, Sun Dali parked the wheelbarrow, and Sun Xiangfu took out the bamboo tube filled with water from the car. After the two of them took a big gulp, they began to eat locust powder steamed cakes in big mouthfuls, waiting for their stomachs With food in the table, the two have the energy to sell to the passing crowd.

"Freshly salvaged rice field eel and loach, come and see if you don't want to buy it! A large rice field eel that weighs more than a catty, nourishes qi and nourishes essence, and it's delicious no matter it's steamed or cooked!"

This set of rhetoric was taught to Sun Dali by Sun Xiangfu, but it was useless, half an hour passed, and only two passers-by looked into their bucket without even asking the price.

"I said, enjoy the blessing, does it mean that people in the market don't like to eat these!" Sun Dali said very worriedly.

"No, it's because they think these things are meat, so they must be very expensive. And in our area, how many households can afford meat? It seems that our estimation of the market was wrong."

After a while, Sun Xiangfu figured out the reason. However, with their current capabilities, it was impossible to transport these fish to counties with stronger consumption power. Sun Xiangfu had a gloomy expression on the ten-mile journey that he had only walked in an hour.

After a while, Sun Dali suggested, "Why don't we push the cart along the market road and sell it! If no one buys it, we can take it back and distribute it to the villagers to eat."

"Let's take a look again, maybe someone can buy it, and it's a little bit if it can be sold."

"Freshly salvaged rice field eel and loach, come and see if you don't buy it! The big rice field eel that weighs more than a catty, nourishes qi and nourishes essence, and it is delicious no matter it is steamed or cooked!·······"

The street of Xiaoheji is only a hundred meters long. When you leave the market, you will find a small wharf on the Weishui River. Sun Dali's yelling can be heard on the wharf in a short while, and at this moment, several tall buildings are docked on the wharf. After a group of strong men dressed as warriors got off the building, an old man dressed as a Taoist stepped down from the boat thoughtfully. He naturally heard Sun Dali's yelling.

"Sir, please wait a little longer. This old slave has ordered someone to clear the road, so that you can return to Zhuangzi before lunch."

On the upper boat, an old man dressed as a goatee servant helped a big man with a sallow complexion before finally walking down from the deck of the upper boat.

"I'm going back to the village to recuperate this time. The days are long! It doesn't matter if you walk slowly, but please trouble Daoist Sun for the next journey. When you arrive at the village, you must make good arrangements for the priest's board and lodging."

There were no less than a hundred people on the boat, maids, carriages, guards of honor, etc. The entire small pier was packed to the brim in a short while, and the dozens of strong warriors who got off the boat first ran and rushed Entered Xiaohejishang.

"Duke Yi returned to the manor, and the idlers waited to avoid the road."

With the sound of strong warriors shouting neatly, the whole small river was in a state of panic, and pedestrians gave way to the shops on both sides of the road. The ancient dignitaries had this kind of privilege. A county magistrate can travel quietly and avoid , the ceremonial guard of gongs clearing the way, not to mention a duke of the state, moreover, a duke of the state who is seriously ill and urgently needs to go back to the village to recuperate.

In the Xuanwu Gate incident more than half a month ago, although Yi Guogong Qin Qiong was not the main force, he was responsible for an important job. He restrained Qi Wang Li Yuanji's troops and took down several of his confidant generals. For this reason, Qin Qiong He was injured in many places, which caused the old disease that he suffered from the battlefield in the early years, and he almost died. Fortunately, Sun Simiao, a genius doctor who practiced in Zhongnan Mountain, returned to the city and rescued him with golden needles.

In midsummer, the high fever in Chang'an City was not good for Qin Qiong's injuries. Sun Simiao suggested finding a cool and secluded place for follow-up treatment. Therefore, Li Shimin forcibly released Qin Qiong's leave and rewarded him with many maids and servants, so that he could return to the place where Shiyi was located. In Xinfeng County, there is Cuiyun Mountain, and there is a summer resort built on the mountain. It was because of this summer resort that Li Shimin asked Li Yuan to give it to his beloved general.

In fact, the fiefdoms of the upstarts of the Tang Dynasty are all in the surrounding counties of Chang'an City, each with mansions and mansions, but Qin Qiong, as Li Shimin's die-hard favorite general, is more favored, with as many as [-] households in real food cities, and as many as [-] fiefdoms. It covers the entire Cuiyun Mountain, and there are more than [-] mu of fertile land around it.

Xiaoheji is just that big, and the streets are not spacious, otherwise there would be no need for the guards to clear the way. After a while, the guards of Duke Yi's mansion rushed to Sun Xiangfu who were avoiding them. Sun Dali, who had killed so many people, was in a hurry, and the wheelbarrow in his hand was not stabilized, and the two large buckets filled with eels and loaches on the cart fell in the middle of the road, and the loach and eels fell to the ground.

"Ouch······"

On the muddy road, loaches and eels and the mucus secreted by them fell all over the ground, and it was difficult for the gods to stand firm. The leading guards fell all over in an instant.

"Whoever makes trouble, take it down."

Those who opened the way were all young people, and the head of the guards was naturally in the back. At this time, a big man with a height of about 1.8 meters hurried to the scene of the incident. Da Pu knife was drawn out, looking murderously at Sun Xiangfu and Sun Dali who were in a hurry.

"The grassroots didn't do it on purpose, the official made atonement."

Almost subconsciously, Sun Dali lay down on the ground and shouted, but Sun Xiangfu had just come to this era, and he didn't have that kind of thought of superiority and inferiority in his bones. Facing the big knife, he was just a little scared and wanted to escape. Come here, don't get hacked by someone with a knife. If you are alive, you may be able to wear it back, but the process will definitely be painful.

(End of this chapter)