Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 400
Erdan went to the liquor store next door, and the same sign was hung on the door of this store.

He sold the three liquors brewed by himself in a corner shop, and paid ten Wen.

He obviously had enough copper coins in his arms, but he handed over another food stamp.

Discount is one thing, the most important thing is to exchange these pieces of paper back for copper coins...

After buying these two items, he took the seventy copper coins he found back, separated from his fellow workers, walked through the streets and alleys, and went home.

His family came to Suzhou from Shandong to seek refuge at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. In order to make a living, he learned a craft from a teacher. After working hard for three years as an apprentice, he finally became a pickpocket.

This pickpocket is not that pickpocket, not the three-handed kind, but a type of work that operates looms.Although the income is not bad, the price of goods in Suzhou is also high. Relying on his work with his daughter-in-law who is a embroiderer, he can barely support the whole family.

But once there is a disease or disaster in the family, they can only help the neighbors.So don't think about savings or anything, the famine is a mess.

However, his family is very contented. If he had stayed in his hometown in Shandong, he would have died countless times in the chaos.Even after Emperor Hongwu came to power, life in Suzhou was much better than in his hometown.

At least the whole family didn't starve to death, they could still eat a good meal during the holidays, and make new clothes for the elderly and children... This was already a good day that he couldn't even imagine when he was a child.

But after the spring of this year, the good days suddenly disappeared, and the two of them couldn't find work at the same time.

The whole family thought about everything they could think of.Begging, doing odd jobs, asking for loans... But all of them were of no avail. The familiar poverty and hunger struck again, leaving the children in the family starved to the bone and crying at night.

Thanks to the wild vegetables after spring and a little coarse grain lent by the original owner, the family did not starve to death.But it's coming soon...

So he also participated in the trouble in March, not because he had much opinion of the government, he couldn't figure out the twists and turns.The main reason is that someone took care of the food and returned the money.

It's a pity that there was only one day of trouble, and then it died down... Later, the imperial court's bloody liquidation, and the arrest of all the masters in Suzhou, almost beheaded.

On the day of the beheading, Suzhou City was empty of thousands of people, but he didn't go, either because he was too hungry to move, or because he was desperate.The bosses of the bosses have all been arrested, and the start of work is nowhere in sight. The family must starve to death.How can I still be in the mood to watch the 'Spring Festival Gala'?
He discussed with his wife and sent his son to the temple and his daughter as a child bride, so that the baby would have a way to survive.Although my wife is very sad.But I also know that this is the only way.

Er Dan tried to persuade and persuade, and finally unified the opinions of the whole family.But when he put it into practice, he was dumbfounded. There are too many people who have the same idea, and his son and daughter can't be sent out at all...

He was completely desperate, wept bitterly at home, and planned to hang himself for the whole family, so as to avoid further suffering.

As a result, at this moment, the neighbor, Big Brother Ma, slammed the door of his house and shouted outside: "Damn, hurry to Guanqian Street, we're hiring!"

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Then, the story began to change from generation to generation...

Fearing that they would miss this rare opportunity, Er Dan and his wife hurried, panting, to Guanqian Street.Only to find out that this place is actually a factory robbing workers, and there is no need to worry about no one to hire them.What's more, each factory started a war of robbing people on the spot, abruptly raising the wages to one hundred yuan!

Happiness came so suddenly that the couple felt like they were in a dream.But this dream is too real, right?
Erdan didn't dare to pinch himself, because if this was a dream, he hoped that this dream would last as long as possible.

Because in this sweet dream, the two of them have jobs again, and they can really get a hundred cash every day.And he still manages lunch and is full...

The elderly and children in the family, as well as younger brothers and sisters, also have food to eat.In less than ten days, the jaws of his two cubs became round again.

Whether it was a dream or not, he was so happy, so taking the opportunity of trying food stamps, he drank wine, cut up the meat, and happily went home to celebrate.

Not surprisingly, his mother scolded him as soon as he entered the door. "But the New Year is not the festival, what are you doing buying these expensive things?".
"Eat meat, eat meat!" The children kept cheering around their father, just like Chinese New Year.

"Mother, my husband and I earn a lot now." Erdan didn't feel annoyed, and handed the wine and meat to his wife with a smile. "

"It's only been a few days since resuming work, and you're starting to burn the buns?" But his mother continued to scold: "The famine in the neighborhood hasn't been repaid yet, let people see it, why don't you poke our spine?!"

"Yes, yes." Er Dan hurriedly corrected his words: "Isn't it because food stamps were issued today, because I was afraid of having long nights and dreams, so I bought something and put money on it?"

As he said that, he handed over the seventy copper coins to his old lady, and then she said with a frightened expression, "You should go to exchange for food, it's a waste."

"There is no discount for exchanging food."

"Oh..." The old lady understood immediately.So he stopped being angry and made dinner with his daughter-in-law.

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So for dinner, the children finally had meat.The father and father also drank a little wine, the old and the young were very happy.

"There are so many mountains and rivers, there is no way out, and there is another village." Erdan Dad held the wine cup, sipped the wine, and drank the rice wine like shochu.

"Yes, father," Er Dan was not drunk and everyone was drunk, and said with tears in his smile, "This dream of mine is so beautiful."

"Dream? What dream?" Hearing this, his younger brother San Dan stretched out his hand and pinched the second brother, causing Er Dan to grin his teeth in pain.

"It hurts, hurts... oh, so it's not a dream?" Er Dan finally returned to reality, and seeing that nothing had changed, he said, "That means I was drunk."

"It's not cured, it's not cured..." San Dan sat on the ground with his back.

"Hahaha, Erdan, you are neither dreaming nor drunk." Erdan's father has gone to ethnology school, knows a few words, and has more knowledge than his son.

"Right now we have caught up with a wave of good times, it's normal for you to be dizzy. Let alone you, even your father is also dizzy." Erdan Dad took a sip of wine and said:
"So dad has been asking for the past few days, what's going on? Why have all the big households in Suzhou City changed their sex? Tigers don't eat people, but instead become Bodhisattvas?"

"Yes, what's going on?" The sons asked in unison, "Do you understand?"

"Understood, it's all because of His Highness the King of Chu!" Erdan Daddy said in a respectful tone.

"Prince Chu? Didn't that kill Master Lu..." Er Dan lost his voice.

"Fart!" Before he finished speaking, his father sternly stopped him. "Your Highness is the living Bodhisattva of the Wan family! Lu Zhonghe is the culprit who has been blamed by the common people this year! That bastard even took those big households and poured dirty water on His Highness!"

"That's it..." Erdan couldn't help feeling guilty, he scolded the sixth child a lot during that time.

"Fortunately, His Royal Highness punished the bad guys regardless of past suspicions, forced them to start work, and paid the workers double wages," Erdan Daddy said loudly, "Could this be a bad guy?"

"No!" San Dan immediately said loudly: "Whoever dares to say that King Chu is a bad person, I will fight him!"

"He is indeed a good man." Although Er Dan was more stable, he also had the same opinion.

The common people's concept of right and wrong is so simple, whoever can make them eat is a good person; whoever can make them live a good life is their god!
(End of this chapter)