Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 7018 Red lips and white teeth
Ping An County.

Inside a teahouse.

The storyteller is pointing Jiangshan up and down on the stage.

There were many old and young men who fell asleep in the audience, and many of them were relocated here from the capital.

The reason is very simple, living in the capital is not easy, and there is no shortage of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

However, it is different in Ping'an County near the capital city. Here you can enjoy a lot of food, theater and other entertainment in the capital city, and the cost of living is also much lower.

As a result, many poor and settled households who could not live in the capital moved to Ping'an County.

Zi Yan was sitting at a table, slowly sipping tea, while a man sitting next to her was staring at her fiercely.

"Brother, I don't have flowers on my face, do I?" Zi Yan raised her eyebrows and said.

"Oh no……"

The man responded, and suddenly said: "I'm sorry, my friend, I think my brother is very similar to a friend of mine, so I took a few more glances, I didn't mean to offend."

"What kind of friend are you?" Zi Yan asked lightly.

The person in front of him was wearing a stained long gown, he looked like a scholar, but his clothes were shabby, and he looked like he was from a poor family.

"When we were teenagers, we studied together in a private school and met a friend who really looked like you."

While clicking his tongue, the man took out two peanuts from the plate and stuffed them into his mouth.

Seeing that he eats peanuts in rounds, one can imagine how bad his financial situation is.

"The world is so big, there are so many wonders, there are naturally a lot of people with similar faces."

Zi Yan paused and said: "That's a trivial matter, I see that my dear friend has some criticisms about the storytellers on stage? But do you have another opinion?"

Zi Yan just observed that when the storyteller on the stage was talking about a passage, the man showed a dismissive expression on his face.

The drama that Mr. Storyteller said was exactly the joke of "Seven Grades of Sesame Officials" compiled by Shen Biyu of Zhuang Yulou in the capital.

There is a line in it, "When an official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes."

And it is this line that this person disdains the most.

"A play is just a play. Hey, how can there be such a good official." The man shook his head and sighed, "Being an official for thousands of miles is only for money, and whoever is an official doesn't bend his waist for five buckets of rice."

"Your Excellency's surname is Gao? It seems quite insightful." Zi Yan took a sip of tea and said lightly.

"A humble name is not worth mentioning. I still have something to do, so I'm leaving now." There was a look of vigilance in the man's eyes.

He stood up, put his hands in his cuffs, bowed to Ziyan, and then strode away.

Looking at the back of the man leaving, Ziyan's lips curled into a smile.

interesting!
She casually put a piece of broken silver on the table, and then stood up.

"Mickey, let's follow and have a look."

Zi Yan had a premonition that she might be able to find a breakthrough in this unknown scholar.

……

Ge Hongmin left the teahouse in small steps quickly.

The wind outside was still relatively cold, and it blew in a gust, making him shiver and tuck his neck into his collar.

"You're being reckless again. If that person is a court eagle dog, he will be in big trouble."

Ge Hongmin was very annoyed, he wished he could slap himself a few times.

Why can't you control this broken mouth?
I have suffered more than one loss before, but I still don’t stay vigilant and say things I shouldn’t say to a stranger.

The government is also something he can evaluate?

Ge Hongmin wrapped his hands and quickened his pace. He glanced back from time to time.

Even though he didn't see anyone following him now, he still felt uneasy and didn't know what would happen next.

After walking through the alleys for a while, he looked back subconsciously again, but was shaken by the loud noise in front of him, his legs trembled, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Old Ge, you're not authentic, are you?"

The middle-aged man with his arms folded and his two younger brothers stared at Ge Hongmin fiercely, but the words that came out of his mouth were not ferocious.

"Grace you one day, one day after another, half a year has passed, everyone has to eat, right? We are not running a charitable hall, our brothers will die if they don't eat."

"Today, you give us a promise, what should we do with the money? How should we pay it back? It can't be dragged on endlessly, right?"

The middle-aged man poked a big face in front of Ge Hongmin like this, and the two younger brothers behind him were both of strong stature.

The three stood together, like a city wall.

"This, this money, I will definitely pay it back. After a few days, I will be able to get the wages. The private school said that it will be paid in a few days." Ge Hongmin wiped the sweat from his forehead, secretly groaning.

Whoever imagined it was stopped by these people today.

"That's not going to work. Today will be tomorrow. Today you have to give us an explanation. Empty talk will not work. You have to give me some money." The middle-aged man opened his arms and stood in front of Ge Hongmin. He had already made up his mind. Well, Ge Hongmin won't let him go unless he gives an explanation.

"Really not, please do me a favor, the family is still waiting for me to go back, big brothers please do me a favor, don't embarrass me." Ge Hongmin bowed his hands and was about to kneel on the ground.

The middle-aged man stretched out his big futon-like hands, and hurriedly supported Ge Hongmin, preventing him from kneeling down.

"We also work for others. It should be you who do your best. Don't embarrass us. The ones who owe money now are the uncle..."

"Look at it like this, how much do you pay back, shall we give you a kowtow?"

The middle-aged man stared at his eyes like copper bells, but there was a helpless expression in his eyes.

It's really hard to collect bills these days.

It's no longer easy to use it hard, and now Daqi's laws are stricter than before. If someone sues him, it will cause big trouble.

"Don't say you don't have any money, brother. Yesterday, a brother of mine saw that you received a pen-finish fee from a large family. The money is worth ten taels of silver, right? You can't spend all of it?" .

Ge Hongmin's eyes were blank, and he said with a wry smile: "Brothers are really powerful. To tell you the truth, I took the commission, but I also spent the money. Zhuo Jing's health is not good, and most of the money is spent. It’s at the pharmacy, and I have to buy some food for Zhuo Jing’s body for the rest.”

"You have your difficulties, and I have mine, but it's only natural to pay back the debt. Even if you have a reason, you can't let us go away empty-handed."

The middle-aged man still stopped Ge Hongmin and refused to let him leave.

Every time he collects debts, he always hears similar excuses. If he believes them all, he won't even think about doing this job in the future.

"How much silver does he owe you?"

Suddenly, a clear voice came from the side.

A young master Pian Pianjia came in a white robe, followed by a little book boy who also had red lips and white teeth, and looked handsome.

(End of this chapter)