Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 331 5.13 Lin Daiyu’s cheeks seemed to be on fire

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5.13 Lin Daiyu's cheeks seemed to be on fire

Time flies, and it’s June 30th in a blink of an eye. If it is said that when only the [-] catties of salt were confiscated at the beginning, the sale of salt still needs to be controlled. The salt market has truly begun the "anyone you want" model.

Not only that, because the salt field is under full armed surveillance, ensuring that two spear flags are on duty at all times and one matchlock flag is on standby. The security environment of the entire dock is so good that it is hard to bear to look at it. Except for a few thieves at the beginning. Apart from being executed on the spot, there were rarely even quarrels at the scene. Of course, there were some exceptions.
"Why can one person only buy one pound?" Just as everyone was queuing up to buy salt, a shout suddenly came to everyone's ears, "There are more than a dozen people in the family, how can one pound of salt be enough? Even half a pound of salt is enough." It won’t last for a month; just sell me an extra catty, and save the villain from running twice a month, and others can do it too.”

"Here, you'd better take the salt and leave immediately. Don't cause trouble for me, and don't get yourself into trouble!" The salt seller was collecting money from the next customer and talking to the man without raising his head. "You are not the first person to do this these days, but now the salt farm still only sells one catty per person. Do you know why?"

"Why, won't I give you money? Or is my money fake?" The man's face suddenly darkened, "Since you brought the salt here, isn't it just to exchange for silver? Who can't give you money? Anyway, it's just selling Just leave when you're done. Why do you need one person to sell only one pound? Or do you simply not have enough salt and are you just stalling here?"

As soon as his words came out, the whole booth fell silent, and all the people in line showed expressions of surprise and uncertainty, apparently having the same worries as the man; although the consumption of salt is not large, there is no need to worry about it being damaged. If you save three to five kilograms at home, a family of five will not need to buy more for a quarter. If you can buy more.
"Is the snow brand still out of stock?" The waiter at the stall finally raised his head, obviously not knowing how to answer. Fortunately, a shopkeeper came over with a sneer, looked at the man and said, "If it weren't for the above requirements, the snow brand salt products could sell the entire Bury Yangzhou City; do you see any salt ships behind? Ten or eight more such cargo ships can come at any time, no salt?"

"So you are selling private salt?" The man just now "faced a sudden change", and almost everyone at the scene stopped, and many people even took a few steps back.

Just as selling illegal salt is a serious crime that involves confiscating homes and exterminating families, buying illegal salt is not a serious crime, but if someone catches it, ordinary people can't handle it. Just a few government officials will come to the door quickly, and a little bit of oil will do it. Eviscerating an ordinary family; in fact, selling salt under the Xue brand name so openly has made many people suspicious. It's just that everyone is pretending to be stupid. Now that someone has exposed it, that's another matter.

"Are you causing trouble?" The shopkeeper suddenly laughed. While waving his hand to the waiter in the stall to step back, he turned his head and shouted back, "Master, someone is causing trouble here!"

There was a burst of rapid footsteps, and a spearman with a small flag strode over, causing the scene to scream. An open space was cleared in front of the stall almost instantly, and the man who had just caused the trouble was suddenly isolated - no, Just when the vast majority of the people retreated, a few people did not retreat, so that there were "just six people left" in the open space, which looked very awkward among the people surrounded.

What everyone didn't expect was that Xiao Qi rushed over, raised his spear, and stabbed the man who had just spoken through him without saying a word. The other soldiers also didn't talk nonsense. While screaming, they struck three times. Five and Two stabbed the remaining few people with their rifles, and then dragged the bodies away from the scene, leaving a dazzling "bloody path" behind.

The people at the scene all watched in horror. No one dared to speak, not even those who escaped, because they had discovered that a general flag matchlock gunner who was supposed to be hidden behind the pile of salt bags was already in place and had even been lit. Match rope!

"Okay, let's continue selling salt. Do you need anything else? Get in line!" After a while, after confirming that there was no problem at the scene, the matchlock flag was returned, and the spear flag continued to maintain alert. The shopkeeper just left like a normal person. Come out and continue to greet the business, "Remember, one person only sells one catty, 45 yuan per catty!"

On the river outside the salt field, the second floor of a cargo ship.

"Take it easy, isn't this too much?" Zhao Tong asked worriedly, "If something really goes wrong, we won't be able to explain it to the adults, right?"

"What trouble could possibly happen?" After Meng Kun finished "watching" the farce in the salt field, he said to Zhao Tong carelessly, "My lord, I told you before you left that ordinary people don't actually have that much spare money. Buying one or two pounds at a time is the most. Now, although the limit is that one person can only buy one pound, it actually has no impact on the vast majority of people.

What's more, we deployed twenty spearmen on the dock with clear swords and guns. Anyone with any sense knows that we can't make trouble at this time, and ordinary people have no courage; they dare to be like the few just now, They are definitely deliberately trying to cause trouble, and they will definitely not be able to escape from the clutches of those salt merchants. As for the enemy, if they don't kill them, they will still be in charge of the food? "But, what if there is an accidental injury?" Zhao Tong was still worried.

"Okay, my Zhao Baihu, please rest assured. Now is not the time when the world is in chaos. How many people still refuse to get out of the way in the face of the officers and soldiers rushing towards them?" Meng Kun said impatiently. Stopped him, "It's not just one time these days, do you think there has ever been a problem? If we really want them to cause trouble, people will be killed and injured!"

"That's fine!" Zhao Tong nodded helplessly.

At the same time, Lin Mansion, backyard garden.

With a body recognized by the world as a "fat vacancy" and a family background of four generations, Lin Ruhai will definitely not be short of money; in the feudal era, there has always been a custom of "officials do not build yamen", and yamen residents at all levels are basically "enough" Just use it." This made Lin Ruhai, who lived a fastidious life, completely unable to live in it. Therefore, not long after taking office, he bought a house not far from the Yamen at his own expense as his own residence.

The temperature in Jiangnan in June is already quite hot. Even in a garden covered with green plants and surrounded by giant trees, the temperature is actually not low. But compared to the almost "barbecue" temperature outside, it is already very good here. Especially in the small building next to the pond, with the ice basins placed at the four corners, the room has a rare summer coolness.

"Sister Yan Ling, do you and Brother Zhou work so hard every day?" Seeing Zhao Yanling entering the door with a long sword, Lin Daiyu, who was leaning on the couch and reading a book, asked softly, "The weather is hot now, what do you mean, little sister?" If you don’t even do it, and you don’t even want to leave this cold room, if you have to work hard to practice martial arts like this, wouldn’t you be exhausted?”

"People who practice martial arts always talk about 'three nines in winter and three days in summer'. What can you get from three days of fishing and two days of drying nets?" Zhao Yanling hung the long sword on the wall as he spoke. Pulling off the belt around his waist, he took off his soaked clothes and put them on the back of the couch. "What am I doing? I'm just walking the path of swordsmanship. Look at my brother-in-law. He hasn't stopped yet." .”

"Oh, sister Yanling, you're like this again!" I didn't want Lin Daiyu to blushed and turned her back lightly, but after Zhao Yanling took off her tight clothes, only her bellyband and underwear were left on her body, which made sister Lin very embarrassed, " You should be careful anyway, Brother Zhou is still down there, if it happens to you, will you survive?"

"Pfft—how far is my brother-in-law?" Zhao Yanling couldn't help laughing, walked up to Sister Lin and twisted her cheek, "You, you are such a silly girl, you are so cute ;It’s a daughter’s house, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of. My eldest sister and my second sister practiced martial arts since childhood. That’s not the case that time. Even after training in winter, we can only wash it in cold water. Otherwise, the sweat stains all over our body will stink to death! "

Xue Yan, who was sitting in a daze beside her, quickly got up, blushed and pushed Nuxia Zhao into the bathroom next to her. She also put away the clothes she had just put down and prepared to send them to be cleaned - but this small building was in accordance with the "Bamboo" design of southern Xinjiang. It is built in the style of a "house". The first floor is only half the height of an ordinary house. It neither houses people nor puts things. It is purely for moisture protection. All people live on the second floor. Because it is prepared to prevent heatstroke, a bathroom is specially arranged here.

"Girl, Lord Zhou is really good!" Just as Lin Daiyu continued to lower her head to read, the maid behind her looked at Zhou Yang who was still practicing martial arts with a sword dozens of steps away and said, "I have heard that the sword in Lord Zhou's hand is , it seems to be called the 'Broken Horse Sword', it weighs dozens of kilograms, and it is difficult for ordinary people to wield it, but in the hands of an adult, it is as light as nothing!"

"Brother Zhou is indeed a good person." Lin Daiyu gently put down the book and followed the maid's gaze. "My father can be so relaxed these days thanks to his care. He also promised me that he would be able to help my mother." To avenge my younger brother, and now I have done it, people really don't know how to repay."

"Hee hee, I remember when I was reading the script when I was a child, if the young lady said, 'There is no way to repay a great kindness,' what would be the next sentence?" Unexpectedly, Xue Yan took the opportunity to make a joke, and the embarrassed Lin Daiyu lost her image on the spot, "Oh, Girl, please be gentle, I know you are wrong!"

"I'll beat you to death!" Lin Daiyu's cheeks were flushed, and she "punched" a few times when she grabbed the maid, only begging for mercy. Do you want more? What's more, Brother Zhou is a modest gentleman, these days we are in this garden together, but he didn't come by himself once, it's really polite."

"Then, do you want Master Zhou to come here, or do you not want to see him again?" Xue Yan teased with a smile, but found that her girl did not refute, but just looked straight into the distance with a blushing face.

"Good sister, how about I call my brother-in-law to come over and greet you?" Unexpectedly, a more narrow voice came from the bathroom, and Lin Daiyu's cheeks seemed to be on fire with shame.
(End of this chapter)