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Chapter 234 Where are the people (2)

The silver dollars minted during the Hongwu period were privately called Pig Big Head by the people.

The silver dollars cast in Yongchang year are jokingly called Xiaozhutou among the people.

Two silver dollars, a big soldier in the Beijing camp, and half a month's military pay.

In the capital, if you work for a living, you have to say that the main family will not deduct it. You will work for six or seven hours when you get up early and work late. After a month, you will burn high incense.

Two silver dollars, one family of four, can’t finish eating for a month.

But in the eyes of rich people, it is just a snack of money!

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The young man in the teahouse took the old man and the child who were ragged clothes to the kitchen door of the backyard of the teahouse.

In the kitchen, the fragrance of lard is emitting mouth-watering.

The guy with a fat man on his neck came out with a big spoon and said squintly, "Second, where are you guys who are begging for food?"

"The little old man is not begging for food..."

Before the old man could speak, the young man who called Erzi smiled and said, "The shopkeeper asked him to receive it!" As he said, he smiled and said, "It's probably the New Year. Look at this old and young man, I'll be kind!"

Speaking of this, he glanced at the kitchen, "Uncle, give these two men some food and then cook a bowl of dumplings!"

"I think you look like dumplings!" the man cursed, "No! There is leftovers from last night on the stove, please answer them correctly!" As he said, he looked at the two old and young men who were begging for food coldly and cursed, "Bah! After they eat, they will have to be hungry when they turn back!"

Hu Zi, this guy is the dog raised by this guy!

"Uncle! It's not what I said! It's what the shopkeeper said!" The young man frowned and said, "How about I ask the shopkeeper to tell you?"

"You kid are going to rebel!" The chef cursed and looked at the beggars again. "Stay there!" As he said that, he said to the young man, "Please serve them both, I'll cook dumplings!"

The two men who were begging for food squatted to the distant wall without saying a word.

The guy smiled and then got into the kitchen.

There were leftovers of rice and leftovers on the shelf, but when they turned around inadvertently, they looked at the old and young man covered in frost, and suddenly felt compassion in their hearts.

He did not move the leftovers, but took two large bowls of hot rice in the wooden barrel, compacted it and put it in two bowls.

Spread pickles on the rice, and while the chef was not paying attention, he poured a spoonful of lard and sprinkled a layer of oil residue that had just been out of the pot.

But the next second, the chef suddenly turned around and said, "You boy! This should have been something we had for lunch. If you gave it to them, don't eat that for lunch!"

"If you don't eat, don't eat!" The guy curled his lips.

"Hey!" I thought the chef was going to scold him, but he shook his head and said, "The more you are, the worse you are, the better your kindness!"

The young man struggled to hold two bowls, and the old man who was squatting in the corner of the wall just after he left the door.

"Thank you, brother!"

The guy shook his arms and smiled, "You eat slowly, and there are still..."

As he said that, he couldn't continue because the moment the two of them got the bowl, they started to snatch up with big mouthfuls, obviously they were hungry.

"Slow down!" The young man said again, turned to the kitchen, and when he came back, he had two more bowls of water in his hand.

"Where did you come from?" The young man squatted across from the two men and smiled.

"We came to Beijing from Huaibei to join our relatives..." The old man said intermittently while eating, "But once we entered the capital, the old man lost money, he couldn't read, and had no place to live or eat..."

Generally speaking, beggars are just this saying.

But the guy knew that what the old man said didn't seem to be fake.

Because if you really beg for food and dress inappropriately, you can't tell the purpose of the capital, and you can't even get in the city gate.

Besides, who is really begging for food? They all ask for money!

When I saw the two of them eating voraciously, I knew it was not fake.

"This is not easy to deal with! The household registration certificate was lost, and the relative's address was also lost..." The young man frowned and said, "Are you refugees?" and asked again, "When did you enter the city?"

"It should be the day of thirty!" The old man lowered his head and pulled the rice hard, as if he had been hungry for several lifetimes.

But the guy noticed that the oil residue in the old man's bowl did not move. Instead, he moved to the child's bowl while scattering rice.

"Thirty? No wonder, the military officer and the patrol officer were busy those days, and they didn't have time to pay attention to you!" The young man smiled again, "You can't get a household registration certificate like this, and you can't tell that your relatives and landlords have not yet protected them. After taking it, you will be sent to the shipyard to work!"

As he said that, he smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, it's just that he's tired, but he can't starve to death..."

"I know the address of my relative!"

Suddenly, the child who lowered his head to eat spoke directly.

"This is my grandson..." The old man quickly protected the child.

"We said no one believed it!" The child looked at the boy again and spoke.

"Who is your relative's name?" The young man seemed to see the hard days he had when he was a child.

He thought that if this child could speak out, he would be a good person to help him pass the message.

"Yang Shunbao!" the child shouted, "He should be my uncle..."

"Uncle is the closest relative, yes, why should I still?" the young man smiled.

"My mother said when she was alive, she asked her uncle to sell her when she was very young! When my mother knew about it, she could no longer catch up!" The child lowered her head, "My mother told me when she came to the capital, my uncle would definitely raise me!"

"The old man didn't want to get involved with his relatives, but in a big flood last year, his family lost everything, his father and mother died of illness, and our grandparents and grandchildren really couldn't survive..." the old man said.

The young man felt sour in his heart. He was also a child from a poor country family!

"Then do you know where your uncle works?" the young man asked again.

The child was silent for a long time, looked up at the guy, shook his head first, and then said, "He is not a worker!"

The guy is about to cancel, isn't he a worker, is he an official?

"When my mother was alive, she said that my uncle was an eunuch in the palace!" As she said, she said heavily, "It's an eunuch!"

Plop!

The young man's legs became weak and fell down.

~~

"There are so many kinds of things in the thief's nest!"

In the Northern Town Fushi Department, the Jinyiwei counted the stolen stolen goods that had been swept in the Nancheng for a few days, and laughed and scolded.

"Damn it, we are useless now and even catch thieves!" Another Jinyiwei smiled.

"We will arrest you if you ask the superiors to arrest you, so there is not so much nonsense!" A young flag who was old shouted, and then suddenly became nervous, "Everything is more energetic, Guo Laosi is here!"

Guo Guanseng, the Tongzhi of the Fushi Nanfu Department of Jinyiwei, walked into the warehouse with a stern face and looked at the various stolen stolen goods with some disgust.

"Sir!" The little flag stood up, "I am counting the stolen goods!" and began to point, "This is gold and silver items, which have been placed in the record file. There are clothes over there..."

As he said, he laughed, "Those thieves steal, even their clothes!"

Guo Guanseng slapped his nose, and the piles of torn clothes, bedding, sheepskin, etc., the smell was very pungent.

He used his waist knife to pick up a rolled luggage roll.

"I asked you to eliminate evil, and I didn't say I asked you to bring back these rags!" As he said, he said, "No one wants these things to be thrown on the ground. Why are you taking them back?"

Xiaoqi hurriedly said, "The lowly vocational officials don't know what to do. Anyway, they were searched in the thief's nest, so they can only be classified first!"

"Why!"

Guo Guanseng sighed, put down the raised luggage roll with his knife, but suddenly an envelope fell out of it.

Suddenly, his face became solemn.

This luggage roll is obviously the luggage of poor people, but the envelope in the luggage roll is of good kraft paper.

Moreover, it looks like something that is created inside! In addition, this envelope seems to be a bit old.

These two samples are just unmatched things, so how can they be mixed together?

Out of his professional acumen, he bent down and picked up the envelope himself for a moment, then slowly opened it.

There is a letter inside, and the words on it are very ugly, and there are even many typos.

The general meaning is, sister, how are you? I am very good, I eat well in the palace and wear warm clothes.

You have loved me the most since I was a child. I naturally cannot forget you when I have a bright future. I sent you five taels of silver...

Guo Guanseng slowly looked down and signed the 23rd year of Hongwu...

Suddenly, his body shook violently.

Yang Shunbao!

"Where is the person?" Guo Guanseng's hands trembled, his voice a little panicked.

"What are you talking about?"
Chapter completed!
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