He Guang had actually noticed the riot over there, but for various reasons, he didn't join in the fun.
Hua Xiaodi has followed the past with a worried face to see the situation.
Mulan often buys things at the market in Majiaoqiao. There are many people in this market who at least know Hua Mutuo, even if they don't know the famous "Mulan".
So when Hua Mutuo appeared, everyone almost immediately knew who this Xianbei man who was poking around and poking at them was. For a time, all the birds and beasts scattered.
Leaving He Mulan to touch his face in distress, wondering if besides his rough and dark face, he also had a ferocious appearance, otherwise, how could he run away as soon as he knew his identity
Didn't she say that she forced Gai Wu to retreat and became a hero in the countryside last time
This is completely different from what was said!
"Auntie, do you know who that person is?" He Guang put on his signature gentle and harmless smile and pointed at He Mulan, who was dazed.
I have to say that seeing this general Hua, who was described by his father as "heroic as a god", was said to be confused by the villagers, he was slightly happy.
The aunt had already attracted all the attention of a bead in He Guang's hand. Hearing that, he looked up, and a curious and fanatic expression flashed in his eyes: "Oh, I see which noble son you are coming to play in the countryside. That's right. That's Hua Mulan from Yingguo Township! She often wears men's clothes to the market to buy things, and she knows that the youngest son of the Hua family is behind her."
"Since they knew it was the heroine, why did everyone avoid it?" This was different from what he imagined.
"You don't know..." The aunt lowered her voice and whispered to him mysteriously: "I heard that this Hua Mulan is looking for a son-in-law recently, and her soldiers in the army are forcing others to marry her! They are afraid It's getting close, and when I turn around, I'm dragged by the soldiers and forced to marry..."
"Presumptuous!" He Guang stood up with a livid face, and Jun Xiu's face was full of chills. "The Yulin in the army, the pillar of the country, how can you allow these peddlers and pawns to point and point behind you!"
"Oh my God! Xiao Langjun, you are so scary..." The aunt patted her chest and looked at He Guang as if she was insane. "I also heard what others said. If you ask me, I will answer. Why do you have to act like a lieutenant to scare me!"
She probably lost face, and she stopped telling him where to buy salt. She lowered her head and neither looked at him nor wanted his beads.
"Just listen to what they said..." He Guang lowered his head and sighed. "I often hear people say that they are scary, but I often disagree, thinking that the person being said is not firm enough. Now it seems that there are times when I don't even want to hear other people's rumors."
It's only been a day, and this Hua Mulan has such an unpleasant temperament, where did he get sick
He Guang looked at the silk cotton jacket he was wearing, and then looked at other villagers' jackets woven from sackcloth and gebu. He regretted wearing it.
Occasionally, a few of these people were wearing wallets. No matter who they were, as long as they were selling things, they all squatted on the ground and curled up. If there is a gust of wind blowing at this time, many people are even more chatty, just as agreed.
He squeezed the master in his hand, and walked towards the other merchant who sold pickled goods with a wry smile.
Why pity others, today the salt can't be bought, he will be smoked to death in the cesspool if he can't.
He Mulan watched Hua Mutuo come towards her.
It's just that the appearance of younger brother Hua walking towards her with the Gong bucket upside down is too frightening, she thought for a moment that the Gong bucket was going to be buckled on her head. So when Hua Mutuo walked in front of her, she was frightened by her brain to take a few steps back.
"Sister, what happened just now? I seem to see you fighting someone..." Hua Mutuo looked around at the people who were looking at them from the corner of his eye. "Is there any trouble?"
"It's nothing, there was a misunderstanding and it has been resolved." He Mulan wanted to take the Gong Bucket from Brother Hua's hand, but he refused to give it with a blushing face. Adanzhuo went.
"This kid..." He Mulan looked at Younger Hua's back with some emotion.
She knew what he was thinking, but she just thought that "heroine Hua Mulan" was too ugly to hear.
Her family did everything possible to make her live a respectable life, and she didn't know it.
But even if it's not respected, it's nothing.
Brother Hua quickly ran back, and He Mulan followed behind him, watching him stalking his neck and bargaining with others, and after the transaction was confirmed, he looked up at her happily. When she nodded, Hua Mutuo cut the linen cloth or part of the cotton cloth she brought to the villagers according to the agreed size.
At this time, He Mulan would pick up the things he bought and take them to the car over Adanzhuo.
I have to say that it is very convenient for someone to see the car. She used to carry it all the time until she was about to leave the market and put it back on Hua Mutuo's car.
Since it was the last purchase this winter, and there were two more guests at home, Huamutuo also bought a lot of precious vegetables and fruits such as frozen pears and frozen persimmons.
Until this time, A Danzhuo didn't know what Hua Mutuo said, "Just take someone with you when you go out with my sister". When you go out with this "Aunt Hua", you only need to bring someone to bargain and choose something. The money was paid by He Mulan, and the things were carried by He Mulan. He was patient even waiting for Hua Mutuo to pick and choose...
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Why do you always think there is something wrong
He Guang soon became a weirdo in the market.
Although this little boy who was squatting in the market in good fabrics, looking for pickle stalls everywhere, had a very handsome smile, but the first shot was a bead bigger than a thumb nail. No one from these villagers dared to sell it to he.
Such a bead, if it is set on a hairpin and worn by a girl in the family, it is enough to marry a wealthy family!
But that also depends on whether or not thieves will be recruited.
The people who buy and sell in Majiaoqiao Market are acquaintances. If you get a bead today, the whole village will rush to the house to watch the fun tomorrow. As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking.
But there are also bold ones who take the initiative to chat with this little man.
"This little gentleman, what are you buying? Tell me, uncle, and see if you have any!" A rather capable-looking man in a dog-skin coat stopped He Guang.
From a distance, He Mulan looked over with inquiring eyes. He Guang shook his head at He Mulan and began to chat with him.
"I made a bet with my friend that I could buy ten catties of salt in this market." He Guang frowned, looking at the beads in his hand embarrassedly, "If I can't buy it back, I can only accept the bet and lose. already."
"Yo, it turns out that Xiao Langjun wants to buy salt..." The capable man laughed.
"Yes, I want to buy ten catties of salt."
The mouth full of yellow teeth made He Guang's stomach a little uncomfortable, and he lowered his head slightly.
He didn't know why He Mulan asked him to buy salt alone. He was not familiar with this market, and he didn't know where to buy salt, but he knew, he didn't know, but those who used salt all the time must be Know where to buy salt.
So he kept asking the pickers where the salt was bought, in order to attract the attention of smugglers with salt.
Ordinary villagers who sell pickled goods naturally have salt to sell, but it is easy to sell a few taels of salt, but it is impossible to sell him ten or eight catties at once.
In the early Northern Wei Dynasty, although there was no currency and many decrees were chaotic, the salt industry was always in their own hands.
However, the private salt cannot be restrained. Years of war have also made the price of official salt rise higher and higher, which is used to subsidize military expenses.
He Guang probably knew that there were a large number of people in Dawei who were dedicated to mining, transporting, and selling salt at the risk of death, but he didn't know that it was so serious that even in the countryside of a medium-sized county like Yucheng, there were people selling salt.
Ten catties of salt is already a big deal in the countryside. The capable man probably did not expect that someone from the government would send such a young boy wearing expensive clothes to buy salt in the market, but he happily agreed to sell him 10 catties of salt, but it would take an hour to come over before he could buy salt. Pick it up in a secluded spot under the bridge.
He Guang really wanted to know how they acted, so he agreed without hesitation, and even let him look at the beads in his hand and told him that if he came faster, he would give him both beads in his hand .
When He Guang returned to He Mulan and waited, even Hua Mutuo was a little surprised that He Guang bought it so easily.
Due to the stubbornness of their flower father, their family never bought private salt in the market. But they have all seen other people buy in the market, and they don't say it.
He Mulan asked him to buy salt. On the one hand, he wanted to see if he was an idiot, and on the other hand, he wanted to see his ability to deal with people.
Unlike rice, corn, silk, and silk, salt is a tricky commodity. As for his noble son, who is obviously an outsider, the people who sell illicit salt and the villagers will naturally hold a heart of jealousy and will not sell him easily.
But now it seems that this child knows how to use his own advantages and is good at observing the situation around him. No wonder he ran away from home and came to Liang County unharmed.
Should she sigh and be fearful
He Mulan waited with He Guang for a while, and in order to fear that he would be robbed, he followed him to the Majiao Bridge.
But when she saw who was carrying the salt, her eyes widened.
"Shuanzhu! Why are you!" Isn't this the third child of Gao Jinlong's subordinates!
"Hey, General Hua, did you buy the salt?" When Shuan Zhuzi saw that He Mulan was accompanying a young man, his heart finally settled into his stomach. With such a big bag of salt, one hundred catties of meat is enough to pickle. The boss was worried about cheating, so everyone was watching, but he and Ma Dan were sent out to sell salt together.
"If I had known it was you, I would have brought out fine salt." Shuan Zhuzi smiled enthusiastically.
"General Hua, do you know these..." Illicit salt dealer
"This is the ranger here. Those Lushuihu people can obediently retreat, and these rangers have seven points of credit." He Mulan was even more surprised than He Guang.
Shuan Zhuzi heard that Hua Mulan praised him, and even forgot to put the salt on his shoulders with a smile. Seeing that he was an acquaintance, Ma Dan laughed even more happily.
"I said why are you still doing this?" He Mulan disagreed, "Your Majesty forbids the private sale of salt produced in Hedong Salt Pond. If you do this, it would be great if you were discovered!"
"Where can you eat official salt?" Shuan Zhuzi smiled slightly, "I didn't say that, after so many years of wars, if it wasn't for the grain to be produced at home, I wouldn't be able to afford rice, let alone salt. Brother. We also have to eat, so we can't keep stealing chickens and dogs."
He Mulan just persuaded at will, knowing that these rangers would not listen. In addition, she is a modern person after all, and she has absolutely no way to think about the matter of "selling salt and beheaded", so she didn't say more.
"Where did you get this salt from?" He Guang asked curiously on the side, which made Shuan Zhuzi glance at him, but ignored him.
He Guangyu wanted to ask more, He Mulan held his shoulders, took out two more beads from his arms, and handed them over.
"As agreed, these are two Hepu beads."
"Shuanzhu, give the things to General Hua, let's go." Gao Jinlong finally appeared in the distance, shouting to them from a few feet away.
Shuan Zhu gave an "oh" and was about to leave after dropping the salt bag, but He Mulan grabbed it and stuffed two beads into his hand.
"Today is also a coincidence. Friendship is friendship, and business is business. Your boss is not just a mouth, take it back, don't show your teeth with me."
Shuan Zhuzi didn't dare to ask for her pearls, but he hesitated when he heard "Your boss doesn't just care about one mouth", and when he saw Ma Daran's vaguely excited look, he didn't let go after pinching the pearls, and said a sentence "If you want salt, go down the bridge and look for a horse to be bold." He hurriedly ran away.
On the way back, He Guang was even more dull than when he came.
He Mulan thought that he was worried that there would be trouble in the place under his cousin's control. After hesitating again and again, he comforted He Guanglai:
"Don't worry about You County Magistrate, this downstream hero is measured and won't be too fierce."
"That person said that the official salt can no longer be eaten. Is it really that serious?" He Guang couldn't help asking.
"Your two beads can buy a few cartons of corn, but you only changed a large bag of salt. This is still private salt." He Mulan didn't ask much about the price when she bought things, so she stretched out her head and asked little brother Hua.
"Little brother, how do you change the official salt now?"
"One liter of salt and one bucket of rice." Brother Hua shouted after hearing the question from the elder sister, and asked her elder sister a little worriedly: "Sister, this salt is private salt, how can I explain it to my grandfather when I get home?"
"Then don't explain it." He Mulan replied casually, "If you are in a hurry, just say it was given by my old friend."
"To be honest, I can't do anything about buying or selling things. Every time I go out, I can only take my brother with me. What kind of cloth, silk and corn, I have a headache all the time." He Mulan looked at He Guang with some emotion. Said: "But I know that the people have suffered too much for His Majesty's war for so many years."
"When I left my hometown to join the army, I could get four liters of corn with a two-foot thickness. Now I can't even get two liters. The price of food is soaring, and the price of salt is even more frightening. It's just that I don't eat corn and rice, but I can take other things. Fill your stomach, but if you don't eat salt, people will be weak and unable to survive..." He Mulan looked at He Guang, who was listening seriously. "Therefore, illicit salt must exist. If there are not these people selling illicit salt, the people will not be able to buy salt, and there will be even more trouble."
"The county magistrate may not be unaware that someone under his control is selling illicit salt..."
"You mean, You... My cousin knows that someone sells smuggled salt?"
"Who knows..." He Mulan did not continue to guess. "Or know, maybe don't know..."
"As long as someone can't afford official salt, private salt will always exist."
He Mulan's words seemed to have a great impact on He Guang, so that A Shanzhuo's admiration for his "Aunt Hua" went a step further.
This He Jialang Jun, who can say a few words, pondered deeply, but only Aunt Hua can do it!
For A Danzhuo, how much salt is sold and how many people have private salt are all things that are far from him. All he needs to think about is to practice martial arts well, and when the military government is down, he will go to the army to make contributions and become the pride of his family.
He Guang is obviously not a child of an ordinary family, because he knows a lot and thinks a lot. A-Dan Zhuo knew that although the two had the experience of living together in the same room, they were still two completely unrelated people. When He Guang's family came, he would no longer be the "eldest brother A-Dan" in his mouth. .
Because there was a delay in the matter of "private salt", several people did not return home until the afternoon, and at noon they used dry food casually on the road.
When they got home, Mrs Fang and Mrs Yuan hurriedly came out to greet them. They were coaxed back by He Mulan. The four of them unloaded the goods and got off the car together, and then put them in different categories.
He Mulan previously thought that He Guang was a high-ranking son who had no power to hold a chicken, but unexpectedly, he was able to carry a bag of rice and a frozen pear.
"I also learned to ride and shoot since I was a child..." He Guang responded to He Mulan's question a little lonely. "It's just that I rarely use it."
"There's no reason to use it!" A Danzhuo laughed when he heard He Guang's words, "I heard that many of your Majesty's Suwei Army and Yulin Army are children of your Han family! It's really outstanding, there's no reason why you can't stand out!"
"A-Danzhuo, don't talk nonsense, he is a wealthy member of the Han family, and naturally he wants to be an official. What should he do as a soldier!" Hua Mutuo secretly stuffed a large bag of salt into the storage room where the hay and bean materials were placed, and turned around. Hearing A Danzhuo's words, he laughed even more fiercely than he did.
"At that time, we will call Brother He 'sir'."
"Who can do me a favor..." He Guang was crushed by a bag of soybean meal and almost fell to the ground. "Your 'adult'... can't hold it anymore!"
At this time, He Mulan was moving the various large stones that blocked the door of her own warehouse back to their original positions, and then went back to the warehouse to count the number of silk brocades and other belongings.
There are not many things in the warehouse, in fact, most of them have been moved to other places for her. But even so, this storeroom is much more solid than the storerooms of ordinary officials and eunuchs.
"Why don't you buy fields?" A hoarse male voice came from behind her. "General generals who are disarmed and return to the fields are all farmers. These dead things are not easy to keep, and they are easy to decay. They will be destroyed in a fire. If you exist here, it is better to buy large fields and rent them out..."
He Mulan was startled by the voice behind her, and when she turned around again, it turned out that He Guang was standing at the door.
The young man stood there against the light, looking like a black shadow without any eyebrows. He Mulan squinted, lowered his head and glanced again, closed the lid after confirming that it was correct, and nodded lightly back to him:
"I didn't know it was the best. But...not yet."
Not yet, she will not arbitrarily control these things until it is determined that "Mulan" cannot return.
Doesn't Mulan know that it is more appropriate to use these things to buy fields? Doesn't she know that being stared at every day and being guarded by rangers is not a long-term solution
But she didn't waste it, and she didn't buy any family business. She only left so much gold, silver, pearls, jade, cloth and fur here. There must be some reason.
And that half-empty box...
She would not do what He Guang did until she found her memory about it.
"Could it be that General Hua has other plans?" He lengthened his tone. "Like...you don't want to stay here..."
In that case, she would naturally place her property in the place where she lived for a long time.
"Well, I've been thinking of going a long way recently..." He Mulan rubbed her chin. "I want to walk around and visit my old military friends..."
"But now it's a burden for you, this kid. I can't wait until after the spring."
She pushed He Guang out of the warehouse, put a few big locks on the warehouse, and did not directly answer He Guang's question.
This kid talks too much, she is a little annoying to him.
When it was time for dinner, Adanzhuo and Hua Mutuo had great appetites after a day of running around. They were just like the savages who were brought down from the mountain. They ate as much as seven or eight pieces of wheat cake.
Looking at He Guang again, not only did he not drink the broth, but even the vegetables on the table didn't move, he just nibbled on the wheat cakes.
"What's wrong with you, you didn't even eat the vegetables?" Adanzhuo took a bite of the cabbage.
The Chinese cabbage fried in lard made from pork fat is particularly sweet. A Danzhuo ate a few chopsticks, and even ate less meat.
"It's nothing... I'm probably tired and I don't have any appetite..."
He Guang glanced at the cabbage, but he didn't have the courage to pick up a chopstick.
"Speaking of which..." He Mulan took a few bites of the wheat cake in her hand and asked him curiously, "I haven't asked you before, why did you leave home?"
Looking at his performance on this day, he doesn't look like a child full of grief and anger.
"Well..." He suddenly showed a very sad look, and even put down the hand holding the chopsticks. "that is because… "
"My father treats my son much better than me."
"what?"
Hua Mutuo and Hua Fu almost choked to death by the wheat cake in their mouths.
"My God! Do you have a son?"
This guy has a great life! He is seventeen and has not married a daughter-in-law!
"I heard that right..." He Mulan looked at He Guang up and down. "How old are you this year? How old is your son?"
She knows that boys are precocious in this era, but they are not so precocious!
Abandoning the youngest child at home and his wife's room to run away from home, how many secondary school children this child is!
"I... will be fifteen next month." He Guang looked at He Mulan embarrassedly, "The dog..."
He Mulan looked at him with concern, thinking that he would say "one year" or "months" or something.
As a result, He Guang smiled shyly.
"The dog is just three years old this year."
puff…
He Mulan spat out a mouthful of broth.
three…
three years old
The author has something to say: Small Theater:
When you go out with this "Aunt Hua", you only need to bring someone to bargain and choose something. The money was paid by He Mulan, and the things were carried by He Mulan. He was patient even waiting for Hua Mutuo to pick and choose...
He Mulan: (helplessly spreads his hands) When you have a best friend who loves shopping and can bargain, it will change me like this.