Zhang Liping moved the last basket of goods into the store, patted the dust on his body, walked out of the store, and said to the festive man standing on the side: "Little brother, everything has been moved, do you want to go over and check it?" ”

"No need, you're an honest man, I can trust you. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" said as he took out a handful of copper coins from his arms, counted them and put them in Zhang Liping's hand. "Today's salary is thirty-six Wen, you count it, I don't care when I go out!"

Zhang Liping nodded again and again to thank him, took the copper coin into his arms, and said, "When did Brother Qing miss it?" ”

Seeing Zhang Liping taking the money and standing there without leaving, he looked up at the sky and said to him, "What, you want to eat with us again?" You're going back late, be careful that the children of the Hun family are starving! ”

Zhang Liping didn't speak, just laughed and rubbed his hands there.

Not long after, a bell rang inside, and Zhang Liping raised his head suddenly, looking at the festivities.

Xiqing looked at Zhang Liping, smiled, and said crisply: "You wait here, I'll come when I go!" ”

After saying that, he ran into the store with a "boom, boom, boom", and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Liping stretched his neck, looked directly at the store, and couldn't help swallowing saliva.

Xi Qing carefully served a large bowl with a pair of chopsticks on it, and two large steamed buns were placed on top of the chopsticks. Out of the store, Zhang Liping came up happily and said to the celebration: "Brother Qing'er is kind-hearted, and he will have a great future in the future!" ”

Festive "poof" laughed out: "I often hear the supervisor say that if you have a sweet mouth, you will be appreciated by nobles in the future, and you will be promising." What's the use of being kind? In these years, the heart, spleen and lungs can't be taken out and sold! ”

Zhang Liping smiled all over his face, took the steamed bun with one hand, opened his mouth wide and took a bite, took a big bowl with the other hand, squatted down by the door, sucked and drank the mutton bone soup in the bowl.

Xu Ping's previous habit in the manor was brought into the field affairs and shops of the third division, but whenever there was a condition, he would let the cook prepare a big bone soup for the workers. Mutton bones are the least valuable, even if ordinary people know that mutton bones have some taste when they cook soup, they can't buy them to cook at home, otherwise the soup is not enough to spend firewood. Only places like field shops can move this mind. Usually, although there are many slaves in large families, they will not bother to make this effort, and they do not have this mind.

Zhang Liping ate the steamed buns into his stomach with bone broth in three bites, handed the bowl to Xiqing, and waved it again and again: "Brother Qing'er's kindness, I must remember it in my heart." In the future, there is work in the shop, so you have to call me! ”

"As long as you work hard, I will naturally call you. If they are like the treacherous ones, I will ignore them. But let me tell you, you can be careful in the past two days, I heard that a few idlers in the vegetable garden not far away want to take care of the chores in our shop. They came to me, but I ignored them, and they spoke harshly to me! It's funny, this is the shop of the three divisions, where did a few idlers have the courage to dare to move the three divisions? But they may not be dead, you, who often work in the shop, may be targeted by them. ”

After listening to the festive words, Zhang Liping arched his hand: "Thank you Brother Qing for reminding me!" I'm a coolie seller, how can I be afraid of idlers on the streets? Besides, our Zhang family came out of the court a few years ago, do they really dare to provoke it? ”

"Alas, Zhang Xianggong is a good man! It's just that people go to tea and cool, I'm afraid that those idlers won't let you go! ”

Zhang Liping touched the copper coin in his arms and said proudly: "Don't do it!" I ate with all my strength, I didn't steal or rob, and if something really happened, I went to the government to sue them! Luoyang is the royal city in the end, so they have to come here! ”

Xiqing sighed, shook his head, and watched Zhang Liping stride away.

Wangcheng, there is a royal city like Luoyang? The shop of the three divisions is opened on Dingdingmen Street, facing the Tianjin Bridge, which corresponds to the location of the Zhou Bridge in Kaifeng City, which is the most prosperous. But when I look around, it's either a forest or a vegetable garden and a flower field, where is there the bustling scene of people coming and going in the capital? This royal city is also really down.

The price of Luoyang is lower than that of the capital, if you just buy rice and firewood, twenty wen can fill the stomach of a family. I mixed a belly round in the Sansi shop again, saved the rice at night, and today's thirty-six yuan can save half of it. If there are more days like this, and you save a few copper coins, you can go to the surrounding shops to sell wine on credit, and you will have a regular business.

Zhang Liping walked on the road in great strides, touching the copper coins in his arms from time to time, looking forward to the future.

Suddenly, two people came out from behind a large tree on the side of the road. Both of them are in their twenties and thirties, extremely strong, and in this day when the autumn wind is rising, they are still open-minded, revealing their iron chests.

A man took the first step, stepped in front of Zhang Liping, tilted his head and looked him up and down, and said: "I planted this tree, I opened this road, if you want to fight this, leave the road to buy money!" If you know each other, keep all the money on your body! ”

Zhang Liping looked left and right, although it was still a big road, there was no pedestrian, and the trees on both sides of the road were tall, and it looked a little gloomy in the daytime. couldn't help shrinking his neck, and most of the excitement in his body disappeared unconsciously.

Thinking of the festive words just now, Zhang Liping looked carefully at the person in front of him, wasn't it the idler who was growing vegetables next to him? These people occupy a vegetable garden, and they don't make a good living, and they are usually just abducted and cheated, which is a big scourge in this area.

Seeing that Zhang Liping didn't speak, the man standing in front of him said impatiently: "What are you doing here?" Keep the money on your body, kowtow to the ground, and let you go! ”

Zhang Liping plucked up his courage and said loudly: "You are so unreasonable, this is Luoyang Wangcheng, who doesn't know that it was built by the emperor Yu Wenkai in the Sui Dynasty?" I know you, it's Xu Er, a caterpillar who grows vegetables next to you, how dare you say that you planted this tree on this road? When you stop me in the street, are you going to be robbers who rob people of their money? ”

"Idiot, why are you a robber when you give us your own money? Do you still dare to be hard-mouthed and beg for a beating? ”

"How will I give you the money I have earned by strength?"

"Straight lady thief, then we will beat you with our strength, what do you say?!"

Before Xu Er's words fell, he strode up and punched Zhang Liping with all his strength in the face.

There were many people on the other side, Zhang Liping didn't dare to be entangled, his body was short, he dodged Xu Er's punch, turned around and ran towards the way he came. There are a lot of people in the Sansi shop, and I don't believe that these people dare to make trouble there.

Xu Er's punch missed, and he didn't chase Zhang Liping, but just stood on the spot and sneered.

Zhang Liping ran no more than thirty or fifty steps, and suddenly heard a loud shout: "Fall!" ”

With a sound, a long stick swept out from behind a tree on the side of the road and smashed into his legs.

Zhang Liping was taken aback and hurriedly hid on the other side of the road. After this meeting, plus Xu Er and the two of them, four people surrounded them. The swept out long stick "snapped" on the ground, and a yellow-faced man carried a stick from behind the tree.

Looking at the visitor, Zhang Liping opened his mouth wide, and shouted after a while: "Aren't you just the sick lieutenant Chi who is in charge of the garden next to you?" ”

The sick lieutenant sneered: "I know who my grandfather is, and I dare to run around!" I'm in a good mood today, leave all your money and belongings, and we brothers go have a drink! If you don't know how to look at it, break your dog's legs! ”

Zhang Liping thought for a while and tried to ask: "You are blocking the road and robbing people of money, so you are not afraid that I will report to the official?" ”

Sick Wei Chi just sneered: "The official mansion is not opened by your family, you can go and sue it, see if the person in charge believes you or me!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Liping hesitated for a while. It's not that when Zhang Zhibai was alive, the whole Henan Mansion had to sell their own family to save face. People go to tea and cool, who cares about an ordinary clansman of the Zhang family? I have one mouth, but the other party has five people and ten mouths, how can I talk about them? Even if you find a witness guarantor, you will also suffer a loss.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look around, just hoping that someone would come on the road to relieve myself.

The sick lieutenant sighed: "You guy's eyes are wandering, it seems that there is still luck in your heart, and you are going to beg for a beating!" ”

Seeing the mention of the long stick in the other party's hand, Zhang Liping's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "Wait, you guys are blocking me here, are you not allowing me to do chores in the Sansi shop, and you want to take care of the work there?" ”

"You know in your heart, how dare you die? A few other people who do the work have long been hiding away when they get the news, who dares to go against our brothers? It's just you, you don't know whether you live or die, you've been lying there! ”

Zhang Liping scratched his head: "I did it there once, and it only cost dozens of dollars." How can the heroes put these few dollars in their eyes? You can just catch a fish from the Luohe River and go to Tianjin Qiaotou to buy flutters, and you can get hundreds of dollars a day. ”

The sick lieutenant said coldly: "Our means, why do we tell you an idler? As long as you honestly keep the money on your body, and don't go to the shop in the future, you will naturally live a hundred years! Otherwise, see it once and hit it until you die! ”

How can the heroes work in the shop of the third division with peace of mind? How much money is there for wages? After a tiring day, the income is not enough to get a meal of wine and meat. The sick lieutenant went to work in the shop late, so that someone could see the opportunity to steal something out of it. They don't care about the salary, but when they are working, they can take something out of the sheep and take it out, and it will be enough to squander it for many days. There are a lot of novelties in the Sansi shop, and the price is very high.

Zhang Liping is an honest man, but he can't think of this, he can't figure it out, it's just a coolie moving goods, how can he be looked at by these street idlers? Luoyang's people's livelihood is withering, such a large city, the commercial tax is only a few tenths of Kaifeng City, and it is not as good as Xiangzhou, which is also Jingxi Road, and the economy is only second. Ordinary civilians, if they don't farm, it's not easy to find some odd jobs. It took a lot of effort for me to catch the line of the three divisions, how can I say that I will give up? (To be continued.) )