God's Taoism is free and easy, starting with taking in the clam girl

Chapter 116 Jinshan
The smile of the middle-aged man suddenly froze, and he questioned:
"Why do you sell more expensive bamboo rats because of heatstroke??"

Faced with the doubts of the middle-aged man, Li Ergou looked natural and said as a matter of course:
"This extra copper coin is not given to me, but a tribute to the rat god. He is the god who governs all the rats in our village. This bamboo rat is blessed by the rat god to grow so delicious It’s so delicious, if you want to buy it, you will naturally have the Rat God.”

Li Ergou was serious and nonsense about the nonsense he had just made up, but although the idea of ​​paying tribute was a temporary idea, he was ready to carry it out thoroughly.

'In the future, everyone who sells a bamboo rat will pay tribute to the rat god, so that the rat god won't make trouble for him, right? '

The small calculations in his heart were crackling, no matter how he calculated, he would not suffer.

The middle-aged man took a meaningful look at Li Ergou, then at the fat bamboo rat in his hand, and finally his eyes fell on the guard beside him.

Seeing this, the guard readily took out a bunch of copper coins from his pocket, took out a few of them, and handed the rest to Li Ergou.

When Li Ergou saw the string of copper coins, his expression brightened, and he grabbed the copper coins with one hand and passed the bamboo rat over with the other hand.

Qian and Shu changed hands, and both of them smiled with satisfaction.

It was the first time for Li Ergou to earn money through his own hard work since he was a child. It is not uncommon for this bamboo rat to be seen everywhere in the bamboo forest, and the weight is only about two catties. Two catties of rat meat can be sold for twenty yuan. It was simply a windfall.

He couldn't hide the joy in his heart anymore, his small face was full of smiles, and he couldn't close his mouth for a while.

And middle-aged people and guards don’t feel that they are at a disadvantage. If 21 copper coins were used before the disaster, they could only buy about three catties of grain. Now it’s a disaster year, and the price of grain and meat is soaring. 21 copper coins can only buy two catties of meat. Not bad.

The middle-aged man stroked his beautiful beard that was as long as a whisk, his eyes became a thin line of laughter:
"Now the meat is available, but I'm not familiar with the place where I was born. Can you recommend a place for us two brothers to eat..."

Seeing no response from the crowd, he seemed to understand something, and added another sentence:
"Everyone, don't worry, our brothers won't bother you for nothing, and we will make up for the food, oil and fire consumption with copper coins, and we will definitely not treat you badly..."

Li Ergou rolled his eyes, suddenly thought of a good place, and hurriedly greeted him:

"Look at my memory, I only remember to share this delicious bamboo rat with you, grandpa, but I forgot more important things. I have a good place to go, and I promise to satisfy the old man."

He glanced at Wei Tao, who was still stunned, and said hello:

"Brother Tao, don't stand still, go and catch another bamboo rat with heatstroke, in case there is not enough food for a while, it can just make up for it."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and smiled shyly at the middle-aged man:
"Grandpa, come with me..."

The corner of the middle-aged man's mouth twitched slightly. Even though he was well-informed, he couldn't help but be overwhelmed by the child in front of him who was able to do things fluently.

The guard on the side frowned slightly. Just when he thought his lord would refuse, he saw a hearty smile on his face.

He was very familiar with this smile, it was usually a brilliant smile that only his own adults would show when they were aroused.

"Then you still don't lead the way?"

……

Li Ergou took the two of them around the boulder with a happy expression, and finally reached the goal.

It wasn't that he deliberately went around in circles, but he deliberately walked an extra three miles for the sake of the ten extra copper coins that the old man brought out.

On the way, hearing the two people behind him marveling at the things they had long been used to in their village, Li Ergou said nothing on the surface, but secretly despised the two bumpkins who had never seen the world.

For a while, I am amazed that every household has a well that can produce water all the time, and for a while, I am amazed at the crabs that are orderly and busy with farm work on the edge of the rice field.

Even passing by the house of the veterinarian who had deceived his family and happened to meet the veterinarian who was going out, the guard next to the middle-aged man couldn't hold back an exclamation.

"Chief Fang, aren't you missing? How did you appear here?"

The veterinarian on the other side obviously recognized the two Gods of Wealth who were leading the way, and shouted something like "Grandpa", and then the three of them exchanged a few simple greetings, and separated.

Li Ergou suddenly felt contemptuous, if it wasn't for the sake of the thirty copper coins, he would not even bother to say "grandpa", but the cheating veterinarian called "grandpa" respectfully.

"My grandfather seems to be a generation higher than my grandfather. After a while, my seniority is a whole generation higher than that liar surnamed Fang." '

Recalling the wonderful expressions of the three of them at that time, Li Ergou couldn't help but want to laugh. Fortunately, he has read a lot of books recently and knows that copper coins are a good thing.

For the sake of copper coins, he finally held back.

Closer to home,
The three of them looked at a brand-new wooden house in front of them. A shack was built with simple planks next to the wooden house. Under the shack was a pile of iron tools.

It is difficult for two people from outside to connect this place with the place where bamboo rats are cooked.

The bearded middle-aged man showed hesitation: "Are you sure this is the good place you said?"

If the child hadn't led them around the village unimpeded, and never forgot to explain tirelessly along the way, he would even suspect that he was being played by someone.

At this moment, his expression was a little dazed, as if he had returned to the place where the group of blacksmiths in his army gathered, where there were exactly the same utensils as under the shack.

This is not a place to eat, it is clearly a blacksmith's shop! !
Although Anyuan County is remote, there are still inns and restaurants that serve food and wine.

Although this village is a bit remote, they also secretly estimated just now that the population is close to a hundred households. Even if they can't support a special restaurant, it is impossible to use the blacksmith shop as a place for after-dinner entertainment, right?
Just when the two were secretly suspicious, Li Ergou on the side had already shouted into the room:

"Fourth uncle, fourth uncle, come to pick up the guests soon!"

"Two fat... honored guests came from the village, quickly bring out your best fried pork with bamboo shoots. If the taste is satisfactory, the two distinguished guests will definitely benefit from us."

"Come on, come on." With a rough voice, a tall man with an iron pan rushed out of the wooden house in a hurry.

"Is it them?"

The man focused his attention on the iron pot in his hand and the road. After he put the iron pot on the obvious iron-smelting stove, he suddenly turned around and looked at the two people beside his nephew.

When he saw the faces of the two, the faint smile on his face suddenly froze.

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief, fixed his eyes again, saw the countless clear and familiar faces of the middle-aged man, his legs trembled slightly, and finally couldn't hold back, he knelt down on his legs.

"Criminal forging camp Tiexin bitterly met the county magistrate..."

The middle-aged Meiran didn't expect that he could be recognized in the most remote village in the county, and from his short sentence, it is not difficult to know that he seems to be a craftsman in his own government.

'Even the craftsmen in the official camp can't survive?Even if he would rather give up his official position and become a savage, it would be difficult to escape to such a remote village. '

Master Geng and Yuan Bin looked at each other, and they both saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.

This discovery was like a heavy hammer hitting him hard, Mr. Geng suddenly staggered and took a small step back, and Yuan Bin beside him quickly supported him with sharp eyes and hands.

Mr. Geng held his chest and said slowly: "Get up..."

Tiexin bitterly heard that instead of getting up, he lowered his head even lower.

Master Geng couldn't help but took a deep breath when he saw this, and took a few steps forward to support Tie Xin who was half kneeling on the ground.

"What's wrong with Brother Iron? Even artisans like you who live on the royal salary can't survive. They would rather give up their official positions and become wild people to escape from the county. The situation of other disaster victims is probably beyond my imagination. Those who want to work hard Living is the instinct of human beings, and the crime is not yours but mine. It is all my fault that the county magistrate did not do a good job and failed to find a way for everyone to survive."

"You are kneeling, not pleading guilty, but cutting me with a knife." A tear gathered from the corner of Mr. Geng's eyes, and a breeze blew by, the tears scattered all over the sky and floated in the air.

Tie Xin bitterly heard the words and finally struggled to stand up, with her head down and tears streaming down her face:

"My lord, we all know that you are a good official. Now God is punishing you. The crime is not on any of us. You can't bear the guilt alone."

"It's not up to you to judge whether this official is good or bad. How can you judge whether it's right or wrong." Lord Geng shook his head with a determined expression.

Tie Xinku didn't expect Mr. Geng to be so determined to take the blame on himself, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

He looked around, and suddenly had an idea, pointing to his wooden house and said: "My lord, don't underestimate yourself. If it weren't for your kind heart, how could this stone village, which is more like a fairyland on earth, appear in the territory under your jurisdiction."

"It's because of God's benevolence that God left this fairyland-like retreat for all living beings in Anyuan County."

Tie Xinku is not a person who is good at talking, but today he risked everything to say what he couldn't say before.

It's not that he seized the opportunity to flirt with flattery today, but that he has been in the official camp for many years, and this is the first time he has met such a good official as Mr. Geng.

Mr. Geng's way of doing many things is completely different from that of ordinary county masters, but he can always show his outstanding insights and far-reaching plans in the end.

They all moisten things silently. Mr. Geng has only been in Anyuan County for a year or two, but under the influence of his moistening things silently, Anyuan County has undergone many changes.

If he is given a few more years, maybe this small county on the border can still exude extraordinary vitality.

It's a pity that the arrival of this natural disaster made all the previous efforts in vain.

"I'm not as good as you said. Everything I do is just the job that a county magistrate should do."

Master Geng shook his head and sighed,

"Everything I have done can be achieved by any qualified county magistrate."

Li Ergou was stunned as he watched from the sidelines. His fourth uncle actually knew the grandpa he had brought with him. From the lines of their conversation, it seemed that the grandpa's status was extraordinary, and he seemed to be quite an official.

He looked at his strong uncle standing aside uncomfortably like a quail, as if he had discovered some new world.

However, when his fourth uncle suggested that the existence of his village was due to this grandfather, he couldn't help being angry, and walked towards the two of them on the spot, correcting him loudly with his head held high:

"Fourth Uncle, what nonsense are you talking about? A stone village of ours has existed for decades. How could it be because of Mr. Lao Shizi?"

"Ergou, don't mess around."

Tie Xin was so frightened that his face turned blue, and he quickly pulled Li Ergou behind him. He ignored his struggling nephew, and smiled apologetically:
"My nephew is very talkative and accidentally offended the adults. In fact, he didn't mean anything malicious. Please forgive me."

"What childish talk, brother Tao said, I am called Tongsouwujue!" Li Ergou corrected his head as he struggled to get his head out of Tie Xinku's arm.

"Yes, you are called Tongsouwuyou." Master Geng smiled at Li Ergou, and after speaking, he patted the shoulder of the man with a livid face, and said kindly:

"What this kid said is the real thing. Since you have left the official position, don't have such too much pressure anymore. Live here well. Don't look at me as the magistrate of a county now. Maybe I will still be in the future." I want to come to you."

Tie Xin opened his mouth bitterly, but couldn't speak even though there were thousands of words.

When Li Ergou saw the situation, he winked at Mr. Geng and said, "Grandpa, do you still eat bamboo rats? Since you are an acquaintance of my fourth uncle, you won't be charged for the processing fee. You only need to give me some oil and rice." The fire consumption of wood will do.”

Mr. Geng said cheerfully: "That's a good relationship, and Geng will accept your affection."

Seeing that Tiexin was still in a daze, Li Ergou broke free from his creaking nest and urged:
"Fourth Uncle, why are you still standing in a daze? Get the pot to boil water."

Stir-fried bamboo rat meat with tender bamboo shoots has unknowingly become a must in a stone village.

Tiexin had only been in the village for a few days, and it had only been three days since he officially settled down, but he had already mastered the skill of frying pork with bamboo rats.

Fresh and tender bamboo shoots are paired with sweet and delicious bamboo rats, mountain delicacies are paired with wild game, and then a cup of turbid wine borrowed from the elder’s house is a special taste.

When there was a catastrophe, there was a lack of water and food in the city, Mr. Geng has always set an example, he has never tasted such delicious food for a long time, and recently he and Yuan Bin had a meal together, and after a meal of fried pork with bamboo shoots, he cried.

Full of wine and food.

Lord Geng put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands, silently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said with emotion: "Though I, Geng, have been an official for many years, although I have never been rich and rich, I have never been short of food and clothing, but this meal is my whole life. The most memorable delicacy among them.”

"If you like it, eat more. We don't have much else here, but there are a lot of bamboo rats, and only [-] copper coins..." Er Gou stood aside with a smile, and looked at Mr. Geng as if he saw a golden mountain.

(End of this chapter)