"So many people eat tofu for several days in a row?" Aren't you tired of it?

Li Qingyou's casual words aroused the surprised look of the yamen servant. She thought she had something on her face and was about to raise her hand to wipe it off when she heard the yamen servant say: "Only your family."

Seeing that Li Qingyou was still confused, he explained again, "The county magistrate said he would only buy from your family."

Li Qingyou looked at the other person's back in surprise, and then realized what he said. She thought that all the tofu in the county had been wrapped, so she asked this question.

I heard that Mr. Wei brought three thousand soldiers and horses this time. It wouldn't be surprising if they only had a few hundred pieces of tofu.

It seems that this was thanks to Wei Siqi.

If you don't borrow the light, you won't borrow it.

Li Qingyou turned around and scooped out twice as many dried beans from the bag into the large wooden basin where the beans were usually soaked. Recently, in addition to her family, other tofu shops in the county have also begun to follow the example of tofu engraving. She knew that this day would come sooner or later.

Yes, so make more money as soon as you can while you can now.

"Hey, have you bought it so early?" The sudden voice behind him startled Li Qingyou. When he turned around, he saw Aunt Sun next door holding an empty basin and looking at her with regret.

"Yes, the yamen is full of people." Li Qingyou greeted with a smile, while taking a wooden bucket and preparing to fetch water from the well at the entrance of the street.

Soaking beans in this large wooden basin requires at least two buckets of water. Since the breakup with Zhang Tieniu, there is no one to help fetch water every day, and the water tank at home is never full.

He was very strong and could carry two full buckets of water back at one time, while Li Qingyou could only carry half a bucket of water and it was very difficult.

Second Aunt Sun also walked out. Seeing the weak girl struggling to carry the heavy wooden barrel, she couldn't help but sigh, "You two are the only ones at home. It's really hard to live this life. Tieniu was still able to help me earlier."

You order..."

We all live in the same neighborhood, and it is no secret that Zhang Tieniu comes to help every day. Li Qingyou doesn't take it seriously, and just smiles and listens to the other person chatting casually.

"But it's a shame that you're not on good terms with him. You know people but don't know people's feelings..."

"Even a wealthy family won't be able to get better if they get it. The Zhang family is from a small family, and I'm afraid they won't be able to wear their pants in a few days."

"It's because of your luck that you didn't jump into this pit..."

Second Aunt Sun winked and spoke with great joy. Li Qingyou didn't pay attention at first, but then her eyes widened.

gamble?

"Impossible." Li Qingyou interrupted the other party and categorically denied, "Brother Tieniu is not that kind of person."

After knowing him for more than three years, she still had a certain understanding of Zhang Tieniu's character.

This was invented by Han Xin more than 2,000 years ago due to the boredom of his army officers. She didn't know how many people had been harmed, let alone how many families sold their children and daughters. She didn't believe that Zhang Tieniu was such a confused person.

Moreover, Zhang Tieniu told her before that a man in the county lost money and sold his wife. At that time, he accused the man of not being a man. How could he do this?

Aunt Sun's raging gossip was not relieved by Li Qingyou, so she left with her lips curled up.

Li Qingyou didn't take this seriously. She knew that Zhang Tieniu had some gray income, just like when some restaurants open, they invite people from the government office to have a big meal. They sometimes go to some trading shops to collect money called

"Hand-handling fee" is actually a type of money such as protection fee.

Zhang Tieniu also said that the county magistrate also turned a blind eye to this matter. After all, he needed his subordinates to run errands, and as long as it didn't cause a big fuss, he would generally leave it alone.

The hand-painting fee they charge is basically limited to the range that the other party can get, but it is a bit painful. The late old man Li was also charged a hand-painting fee earlier, but it was after he met Ti Niu Daddy.

Just better.

Second Aunt Sun said that someone saw him coming out of the gambling shop, probably to collect money for his handwriting.

When Li Qingyou got water and went home, she saw that her brother had not come back from playing, so he went to the gate at the back where grain and beans were usually piled.

The Li family came from a tofu making background and usually had to store a large amount of beans. After seeing that there was only one bag of beans left, Li Qingyou went back to the house and took a handful of money to the Lianji Grain Store.

A drop of money is one thousand Wen, which is equivalent to one tael of silver. Beans cost two Wen per catty. A "major customer" like her can also give away five catties for every one hundred more catties purchased. In this way, one thousand Wen can buy

Five hundred and twenty-five pounds.

Last time, she made an agreement with the shopkeeper of Lianji Grain Shop, and if she buys 500 catties, she can have it delivered to her door.

Li Qingyou was just thinking about buying more japonica rice and grains when he heard a commotion in front of him, and then he looked up and saw Zhang Tieniu.

Zhang Tieniu, who usually walked sideways, was a little miserable now. He was pinned to the ground by several thugs, beaten and kicked, and cursed non-stop.

"You brat, you're wearing dog's skin, and you dare to come and cause trouble without even asking for the last name of this door. Not to mention you are a brat. Even if your county grandpa Ye Zhichang loses all his money, he still has to give it to you.

I'll fight."

"What nonsense are you talking to him about? If you don't get money today, I will destroy him."

Zhang Tieniu held his head in his hands, curled up on the ground, and tried his best to protect his vital parts, leaving only his back and other rough and fleshy areas for the opponent to hit as much as he wanted.

Qingshan County is not a big place, but there are some people that not everyone can afford to offend, especially those who start such low-level businesses usually have some backers. Zhang Tieniu knows this very well, and he also knows which ones can be offended and which ones cannot be offended.

These people in front of you are the ones who cannot be messed with.

But he doesn't care.

Anyway, the most they could do was give him a good beating, but they didn't dare to kill him.

The next moment I heard a familiar voice, "Stop, how can you hit someone casually? Let him go."

The crisp voice was trembling because of fear. Zhang Tieniu froze and followed the legs of the thugs to see Li Qingyou's surprised and frightened face.

The bull's eyes like copper bells burst out with surprise at first, and the next moment he seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly covered his face, hiding his ears and thinking that maybe she didn't recognize him, and maybe she was frightened by this group of people and left.

"Why are you beating people?"

"Of course he owes us money. What's going on? You can pay it for him?"

"Well, you can't hit anyone, otherwise I will report you to the police."

"Ha, who are you trying to scare? It's only natural to kill people to pay debts and pay back money. Either you pay it for him, or you can stay somewhere cool."

There is no reason to argue with these people. Li Qingyou tightly grasped the money in her purse. Anyway, Zhang Tieniu helped her a lot. If he hadn't provided guarantee in front of the county magistrate, she might have been in Li Qingyou by now.

The family was tortured.

"No, I'll give it to him." Seeing that several people were about to take action again, Li Qingyou hurriedly spoke out to stop him. At the same time, he took off the purse from his waist and threw it over. No matter what, he saved the person first.
Chapter completed!