Chapter 231 Making trouble with immorality
The man who was captured alive was finally taken away by the secret guards sent by Zhao Lan. It was not known whether they could pry anything out of his mouth. Su Ruojin returned to her parents, reporting good news but not bad news. She didn't mention a word about the assassination on the road, and only told Su Yanli the good news.
"Dad, in a few days, the little prince will transport the winter wheat seeds."
Su Yanli was very happy that the seeds were implemented. He seemed not to notice his wife's secret wink and praised her daughter for her abilities without asking why she and the little prince were so close.
Cheng Yingzhen saw that her husband didn't say a word, so she could only worry.
At night, when she went to bed, she couldn't help but pinched Su Yanli. He showed his teeth in pain and quickly begged for mercy. He said aggrievedly: "Isn't this kind of thing something you should tell your daughter for your mother's sake? How can I, a grown man, say anything to my children?" A matter of love.”
Cheng Yingzhen was not stupid, so she snorted coldly, "You mean you're the one who plays the red face, and I'll be the bad one, and you want me to be the bad girl?"
Cheng Yanli, who was found out, smiled guiltily and said, "How could I mean that." Seeing his wife being so angry, he quickly hugged her and comforted her, "Don't worry, your daughter knows everything and is a good and measured child. Don't worry. "
Cheng Yingzhen was coaxed by her husband, but she was still angry, but she just sighed, "If the Jin Palace does not agree, our daughter will be too close to the little prince, which will affect her marriage."
That's true.
What Su Yanli hated the most was having wives and concubines. He suffered so much injustice because of concubines, so he never thought about having concubines at home like other men. He only wanted to live together until they were separated, so he also hoped His own daughter also married a good man who only married one wife.
Regardless of whether this man is a small prince or an ordinary man, as long as he can marry only one wife and live a long life like himself, he will agree.
After experiencing the assassination, Su Ruojin seemed to be fine when she came back, but the sequelae were still there. She had nightmares that night, had a fever the next day, and fell ill.
Originally, Cheng Yingzhen wanted to find an opportunity to beat her daughter, but when she saw that her daughter was tired and sick, she couldn't care about other things. It was heartbreaking to have to personally give her medicine and feed her.
This made Su Ruojin dumbfounded, "Mom, I don't want you to feed me anymore, so why don't you put my sister's face there?"
In Su Xiaomei's eyes, her elder sister is a capable person who knows everything. She didn't think she was sick and couldn't get up. She looked haggard and her face turned pale with fright. When she heard what her elder sister said, she quickly crawled to sit next to her. , "Sister, let me feed you quickly and get well soon!" He also stretched out his mouth to help her blow the cold.
Su Ruojin:…
She was really sweetened by this mother and daughter, and she felt particularly happy.
Regardless of losing face, a child fed by a mother is simply a treasure. She took a sip and opened her mouth to eat the eight-treasure porridge given by Cheng Yingzhen.
Cheng Yingzhen smiled and said, "How can you be so good?" Being needed by your daughter makes you look like a mother.
Su Sanlang and Su Silang knew that sister was sick, so they came over quickly, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, it's okay." Seeing the two younger brothers whirling in like the wind, Su Ruojin quickly replied, "It's just a little wind and a bit of cold on the road. I drank **** soup, ate the eight-treasure porridge fed by my mother, and then I'll be fine after a little sleep. "
"That's right, get some sleep quickly." After Cheng Yingzhen finished feeding her daughter, she got up and chased her two sturdy sons so that they wouldn't disturb her daughter's rest and asked them to go out quickly.
Su Xiaomei refused to go out and said she wanted to sleep with her sister.
Su Ruojin was afraid that the illness would be passed on to her, so she finally coaxed the person away. After eating and drinking, Su Ruojin was really sleepy and fell into a deep sleep.
Su Yanli has been having a hard time recently. Although he has the help of Master Pei and Lord Hu, the Lord Bo and the county magistrate who took refuge in the mountains have returned. Although the court has dismissed them from their posts, they are the local snakes here after all. The family power is intertwined. Using local connections to restrain Su Yanli, he was unable to carry out his work. He was helpless. The food, salt and other things related to people's livelihood in the market were not only scarce, but also overpriced, making it impossible for ordinary people to afford them.
Mr. Pei stroked his beard and said: "As the vegetables in the fields are harvested one after another, the ordinary people can hardly make a small amount of money. If the wheat is planted, it will not be harvested until next spring. If there is no food for such a long time..." he will come again. A riot.
Su Yanli sighed, "We in Wei County can still hold on for ten or eight days, but people from surrounding counties are flocking to us, which gives me a headache."
Mr. Pei had already suggested that Su Yanli open the city gate late and close it early, but this still could not stop people from surrounding counties from coming to Wei County to look for opportunities to survive.
The county is so big. In addition to the two big families, the Chief Bo and the County Chief, there are also some ordinary merchants. Under Su Yanli's persuasion, they put some grain out for sale every day. However, there are many natural and man-made disasters, and the small shops don't have much stock. When it was sold out, they didn't have anything to eat at home.
Mr. Pei said, "I have contacted my former friends. If I can find a big grain merchant and let the small grain merchants get grain from him, they can still survive this winter."
Su Yanli quickly bowed his head and said, "Sir, you are so righteous, please let me worry about it."
"It should be." Looking back, Pei Qixu wrote again and asked the county government's messenger to deliver the letter to him.
It took three days for Su Ruojin to feel relieved after her illness. She knew that this was because the fever in her body had subsided.
I happily got up from the bed and washed up. I had been sick for three days and hadn't washed myself properly. I always felt smelly and sweaty. Regardless of Cheng Yingzhen's obstruction, I had to change the bath water twice before I could get rid of myself.
Standing in the corridor, looking up at the sunset.
Finally alive.
Cheng Yingzhen and Su Xiaomei came over again carrying food boxes.
Su Ruojin had a big head, "Mom, I won't let my sister talk to you anymore. I'm ready. Let's go to the kitchen to eat."
"You kid—" Cheng Yingzhen shouted anxiously when she saw her daughter was wearing thin clothes. "Hurry up and add a jacket to the room. Didn't you see how windy the corridor is? What should I do if she gets sick again?"
As he spoke, he pushed her into the bedroom.
Su Ruojin was helpless by her nagging, how could she be worried about happiness?
Pushing the person into the house, Cheng Yingzhen opened the food box and let her daughter have dinner.
Su Ruojin didn't want to eat in the room, "Mom, when will dad come back? I'll go to the side room to eat with him."
Cheng Yingzhen said, "Shu Tong came back and said that your father was on the street."
"What are you going for?" "It seems that a grain store was surrounded by people, and there was a dispute and a quarrel."
Weizhou County is short of food, no, everywhere is short of food.
"Has Mr. Pei gone?"
"went."
Su Ruojin said, "Then wait for dad to come back and eat together."
Cheng Yingzhen asked her not to wait, but Su Ruojin turned over anxiously to show her, "Are everything okay?"
Cheng Yingzhen:…
My daughter actually did somersaults like a kid, "You..." She was so shocked that she stuttered.
Su Ruojin smiled and said, "Mom, I often run outside. Since I came to Weizhou County Government, our family often doesn't have meals together."
Su Sanlang, who was following us, said, "The whole family doesn't eat together. It's just you and us who don't eat together."
Su Ruojin: ...This kid deserves a beating, right?
She swung her fist, but she didn't see the boy dodge, so he avoided it.
She was stunned and suddenly realized that Su Sanlang was already taller than her. His face looked like Cheng Yingzhen's. He was quite delicate but strong. At first glance, he didn't look like a martial artist at all, but more like a weak scholar.
"Dad is going to deal with the conflict, why don't you go and help?"
Su Sanlang said in surprise, "I don't know!" Then he turned around and ran towards the street.
Su Ruojin: ...This kid is so reckless. Is he going to help or is he helping?
She lost her composure and quickly followed him out.
Su Silang just arrived at his sister's yard and found her running out, so he ran out too.
Mother and daughter Cheng Yingzhen and Su Xiaomei looked at the food on the table.
"Hey, these kids don't have to worry about anything."
Weizhou County is a medium-sized county with not many vertical and horizontal streets. After a while, they ran to the grain shop on the main street.
The grain store was quite large compared to the surrounding stores, and it was crowded with people.
When Su Sanlang was running around, he was tall and thin and very agile, and he got into the crowd in the blink of an eye.
Su Ruojin was stunned, looking at the solid wall of people, she was squeezing!
As if he realized that he had slipped away too fast, Su Sanlang squeezed out again, "Sister, let me clear the way for you."
Su Ruojin: ...It feels so good to have a younger brother.
Su Ruojin looked happy and followed her brother into the crowd. When she saw the situation in front of her, her face instantly darkened.
The clerk in the shop and the yamen clerk struggled together. They said they were going to fight, but they didn't fight. They said they didn't fight, and they pulled each other.
Mr. Pei had a face-to-face fight with a middle-aged fat man. Su Ruojin listened for a while and understood. The largest grain store in Weizhou, Maji Grain Store, sold rough noodles mixed with sand for one hundred and fifty cents today. catty.
It's simply a sky-high price.
The common people were dissatisfied and went to the government office to ask Su Yanli to take the decision to punish the profiteers.
It must have been a round of scolding, and her father Su Yanli's face turned blue with anger. If Shutong hadn't pulled him, he would have scolded the fat man together with Mr. Pei.
Su Ruojin looked at the crowd. It was so noisy that if she hadn't been standing in the inner circle, she wouldn't have been able to hear the scolding between Mr. Pei and the fat shopkeeper.
The Ma family must be profiteers, and adding sand to the grain is also an act of annihilating their descendants. However, in the face of huge interests, the businessman does not believe that there are so many profiteers in the world, so what a coincidence that he will annihilate his descendants.
Su Ruojin did not go to Ma Ji Grain Store, but found a government official and asked him, "Where is the common man who reported to the official?"
The officer was stopping the people who were squeezing in. When he heard the county magistrate's daughter's question, he quickly found the old man huddled in the crowd and pointed with his hand, "That's him."
Seeing someone pointing at him, the old man shrank back.
He was wearing shabby clothes and looked like an ordinary old man, but with his darting eyes, he looked like a slippery low-level scoundrel.
Su Ruojin looked at the people watching, all pointing at Su Yanli.
"If an official does not serve the people, how can he have the dignity to stand in front of us and let us appreciate his official power?"
"There are a few officials who work for the people. They just go to one place to make money and run away after making enough money. This only makes us ordinary people suffer."
"Who says it's not the case?" someone said, "I originally thought I could earn a living by selling vegetables, but I didn't expect that the shop was opened by the county magistrate's daughter. They took our vegetables and sold them to the capital. I heard that they made a lot of money once they changed hands. "
"That's it... that's it... I've heard about it too. No wonder the county magistrate dared to let Arata grow vegetables. It turned out to be this idea..."