Gui Yuan

Chapter 17 Grain Shop

Aunt Sun told him yesterday that her home was next to the big pagoda tree in the east of the city, which was very recognizable. When Fei Tian went to the place, he found that the big pagoda tree was lush and lush, very conspicuous.Fei Tian looked at the house, not too big but not too small. Compared with Aunt Sun's house in Xingchuan back then, it was even bigger.

Fei Tian smiled gratifiedly, and was about to knock on the door when he heard vague curses from the front door: "You bitch, you are always frowning, who are you showing your face to?"

Then there was a loud applause, and accompanied by Aunt Sun's scream, Fei Tian suddenly pushed his hand that was about to knock on the door, and entered the room.Aunt Sun was lying down in front of the hall, with a red palm mark on her face. The man in his forties with gray temples must be her remarried husband.

Fei Tian took a few steps forward, grabbed the man, and shouted, "What are you that dare to hit her?"

Suddenly a vicious figure appeared, and the man was a little taken aback, then pushed Fei Tian's hand away, and said angrily: "I am her man, who are you, who broke into my house for no reason?"

Fei Tian was having a seizure, and Aunt Sun got up from the ground and pulled the man, "Wang Er, this is my adopted son. He got lost during the drought, and he just met yesterday."

Wang Er spat and said with a sneer, "Suddenly an adopted son appears, you are really capable."

As soon as Fei Tian was about to speak, Aunt Sun pressed him down, and said to Wang Er: "Don't you have something else to do, hurry up."

Wang Er was about to refute, Fei Tian's eyes seemed to want to goug out his flesh and drink his blood, he couldn't help feeling terrified in his heart, but he said unforgivingly: "All right, all right, you better leave early, don't let me Goodbye!"

After that, he walked out the door majestically.

Aunt Sun was secretly upset, and worried about losing face in front of Fei Tian, ​​the way she dodged made him hold back the words he was about to yell.

He helped Aunt Sun to sit down in the hall, and Aunt Sun wiped away her tears: "It's rare for you to come, so the trouble is so unpleasant."

Fei Tian shook his head: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." Aunt Sun remembered, "By the way, Xiao Zhuang'er is studying outside now, and you may not see him."

Xiao Zhuang'er is Aunt Sun's son, and the look in Aunt Sun's eyes when she mentioned his son moved Fei Tian, ​​and said softly, "It's okay, it's rare for me to see you again."

After Aunt Sun calmed down, Fei Tian tentatively asked, "Aunt Sun, did that man treat you badly?"

Aunt Sun was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "I am a widow with a son. It is not easy to find someone to take over at such a time. Although he is not good, at least he is not short of our mother's food and clothing."

Fei Tian knew that Aunt Sun was kind, but that man was so rampant and Xiao Zhuang'er was not around, so Aunt Sun must have a hard time.As soon as he had his own plan in mind, he just didn't say it on the surface, not wanting to embarrass Aunt Sun.

Only then did Aunt Sun remember: "By the way, your jade pendant is in my room. You sit here, and I'll get it right away."

Not long after, Aunt Sun gave him the things, and Fei Tian uncovered the outer layer of silk.The jade pendant is not as big as a thumb, and the whole body is snow-white. Some places are not smooth when rubbed, but the texture is warm.Aunt Sun took good care of it. After all these years, the red string of the jade pendant is still the same color.

Aunt Sun didn't dare to stay with him for too long, fearing that Wang Er would suddenly come back and see him, and the two of them would be unhappy again, so she conveniently went to the kitchen to bake some pancakes, wrapped them in gauze and handed them to him.

"In the past, this was your favorite food. I can't keep you for dinner today, so I have to bake more pancakes."

Fei Tian looked at the hot pancake in his hand, raised his head and said with a smile, "I like to eat this, thank you, Aunt Sun, I will come to see you when I am free."

Aunt Sun watched him leave the door reluctantly, and when Fei Tian turned around, she smiled again and waved her hand.

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After breakfast, Ning Qing was thinking about what was going on, and was about to go for a walk in the street. Zhu Yu didn't want to hurry up, so he had to go alone. Before leaving, Zhu Yu asked him, "Why don't you ask Wei Yao?"

"Him?" Ning Qing smiled subtly, "Farewell, I'm more comfortable on my own, and he can only add to the trouble."

Xuanzhou City is the same as other places. Ning Qing wandered half a circle on the road, but still didn't find anything interesting, because the food was in short supply, and the food was not complicated, most of it was enough to fill his stomach.

He took a look at a store and murmured, "It's Xuanji Grain Store again. Is this the only grain store in Xuanzhou?"

At first he didn't pay much attention to it, but after passing by many grain shops, he did a rough calculation and found that most of them were Xuanji grain shops, and most of the other shops did not do well because there was no rice, and only Xuanji grain shops sold rice. He took a sneak peek. Although the price was not as scary as that of Xingchuan, it was not low.Ning Qing thought, now that the grain is distributed by the government, and it can monopolize the source of rice, this grain shop must have a strong background, otherwise it would not be so powerful in Xuanzhou.

Suddenly someone patted him, and he turned around abruptly, it was Wei Yao.Wei Yao changed into light blue clothes. He seldom wears light-colored clothes, but they look really good. It just so happened that Ning Qing was wearing lavender today, so it was pleasing to the eye when they stood together.

After Wei Yao patted him, he walked forward on his own, so he had no choice but to follow: "Why did you come out?"

"Just walk around."

Ning Qing smiled: "I must have seen a lot of grain shops along the way, right?"

Hearing this, Wei Yao stopped and smiled slightly: "I see, what's the matter?"

Ning Qing glanced around, pulled him aside, and then let go of his hand: "When food is in short supply, you can still dominate the family. What do you think is the reason?"

Wei Yao didn't answer directly, but said with a smile: "Don't you already have the answer, why do you still ask me?"

"Because I think, you're not me, so you won't wander around for no reason." Ning Qing touched the gravel with the sole of his shoe boredly, then looked up at him with deep meaning in his eyes.

Wei Yao snorted calmly: "I'm afraid you're not wandering around."

Wei Yao left straight away, leaving him at a loss for words, he sighed helplessly and followed.

"Food is the most important thing for the people. Grasping grain is the lifeblood of the people, and at the same time, the lifeblood of one side. This grain shop is a bit strange. Let Tian Cheng visit it after dark, maybe you can find the clue. "

Ning Qing understood.

Before they reached the inn, they saw Fei Tian leaning against the corner, looking like he was following him.

Ning Qing patted him on the shoulder lightly: "What are you doing here?"

Fei Tian was taken aback by him, and suddenly saw Wang Er coming out of the restaurant, and hurriedly said, "I still have something to do, I'll talk to you when I get back tonight."

He followed in a few steps, submerged in the crowd of people coming and going.

Ning Qing and Wei Yao looked at each other and smiled: "He's eighteen after all, he has his own ideas, let him go, you can't lose him."

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At night, Fei Tian had been with Wang Er for a day. Although he was impatient sometimes, he was not stupid. He acted rashly before he knew the details of people. Stay with him for a few days, and it won't be too late to make a plan.

Wang Er, he looks like a rascal, but he is in charge of work. He went out to the restaurant to drink two cups, and then he has been working non-stop until now.He went to the grain store several times to ask the electrician, and he seemed to be a shopkeeper or something, no wonder his residence was not bad.

It was getting late, the hawkers on the street had disappeared, and most of the shops were closed. Wang Er came out of the grain shop and didn't go home, but went into a house at the end of the street.

Fei Tian thought to himself, if he didn't go home late at night, could it be possible that he still had an outside room?

The house was not big, and there were two servants watching at the door. It was not Fei Tian's nature to give up halfway. Fortunately, the dark clothes he wore were not conspicuous at night.After making up his mind, he turned over and climbed up to the roof. The posture was really indecent, and the process was even more stumbling.It's been a long time since he picked up his old job, and even his ability to climb roofs has deteriorated a lot. He has become more determined in his heart to ask Wei Yao and his gang to teach him lightness kung fu. If he can get on the roof just by turning over, he is called a big thief.

It's a pity that his skills are not as good as others now, so he can only climb step by step. Fortunately, there are not many houses, and finally saw Wang Er's figure when he lifted the tiles of three houses. Look carefully inside the house.

Wang Er took the ledger and said respectfully, "This is the ledger for this month."

The man took the account book and flipped through a few pages: "Okay, do it well, the master will not treat you badly."

The man was sitting inside, Fei Tian couldn't see his face clearly, but could barely hear their words.

Wang Er complimented: "The little one should do his best."

The man said: "Be careful from tomorrow, the officials from the imperial capital have arrived in Xuanzhou, don't let them notice anything."

"Yes, yes, we opened the door to do legitimate business, and they couldn't find anything even if they checked."

"Having said that, you should be careful."

When Fei Tian heard it, "officials from the imperial capital" isn't that referring to them?Could it be that Wang Er has something to do with the food they want to check?

After the man finished speaking, he stood up and walked under the light, only then did Fei Tian see his face, which seemed a little familiar.

Along the way, Fei Tian racked his brains to think where he had seen that person, and he suddenly remembered a hand passing tea, and suddenly realized.

"It's the butler of Lin Ruode's mansion!"