After the middle-aged woman cursed the middle-aged man, she came back to her senses and looked at Madoudou and Zhiguoguo with an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, this smoker was rude to you just now. I'll apologize to you on his behalf. There are some coins here. You can use them for self-defense."

With that said, the middle-aged woman handed the two copper coins she had to Madoudou and Zhiguoguo.

Madoudou and Zhiguoguo, brother and sister, were stunned there. They did not answer the call or reject it out loud. The atmosphere was a bit awkward for the moment.

The middle-aged woman thought that Madoudou and Zhiguoguo thought the money was too little, so she took out two more copper coins from her sleeve pocket.

"I only have these two copper coins on me. I earned them just from moving goods. If you don't mind it, just accept it. My husband-in-law offended you just now. This can be regarded as my wish."

The middle-aged woman put the two copper coins in Zhi Guoguo's hand again. She didn't want to owe anyone else anything.

Madoudou saw that the middle-aged woman's clothes were very simple and had patches on her body, while the middle-aged man's clothes were much brighter. After comparing the two, she knew who was the idle one in the family.

"Auntie, we can't ask for this money. You have earned it hard, and we are fine..."

Madoudou personally returned the copper coins in Zhi Guoguo's hands to the middle-aged woman. He felt sorry for the middle-aged woman in front of him who was about the same age as Zhi's mother.

The middle-aged woman felt helpless when she saw that Madou Dou and Zhi Guoguo insisted on not taking her copper coins, so she pinched the middle-aged man next to her.

"Look at your potential, you are worse than a child."

Turning around, the middle-aged woman looked at Madoudou and Zhiguoguo and sincerely extended an invitation.

"I, Zhang Amei, don't want to owe anyone any favors. It's my husband's fault today. I gave you copper coins and you didn't accept them. Is it okay for me to invite you to my house for a simple meal?"

Zhang Amei?! Why does this title sound like the tone of Cantonese people’s speech...

Madoudou saw the middle-aged woman in front of him extend a sincere invitation. He and Zhi Guoguo happened to be a little hungry, so he took Zhi Guoguo's hand and responded hurriedly.

"Auntie, then my sister and I would rather be respectful than obey your orders. We...we found out that we are really hungry."

The woman who called herself Zhang Amei looked at Madoudou and Zhiguoguo with a loving look on her face and grinned.

"Okay, our family still has food for you. It's all my fault that my husband is not living up to expectations. I got obsessed with smoking a few years ago, and I didn't take the exam for merit. I just lived a smoky life in this opium den all day long.

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The middle-aged man who was talking to Doudou and Zhi Guoguo just now saw Zhang Amei talking about him. He lowered his head in embarrassment. He was not afraid of anyone but his wife Zhang Amei.

Because when he went north to take the exam, his wife Zhang Amei earned all the money he earned. Because he failed in the exam, he fell into despair and relied on smoking cigarettes all day long to numb himself.

After Madoudou and Zhiguoguo went to Zhang Amei's home, they looked around their house. They saw that the outside of the house looked a bit simple, but when they walked inside, they found that the furnishings of the house were very elegant.

"The furnishings in this house are the old furniture from my husband-in-law's house. He used to be considered a wealthy family here. Since he started smoking, he has sold off all the valuable furniture in the house."

The family is surrounded by walls, Madoudou suddenly thought of an idiom to describe Zhang Amei's home at this moment.

The Jiaqing period when Madou Dou and Zhi Guoguo were located was a turning point in China's transition from strength to weakness. A large number of opium was smuggled into the country, and people began to smoke opium. China paid a heavy price for this, and the Qing Dynasty closed the country to the outside world.

Start here.

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[The Sesame brothers and sisters have something to say]

Qing Renzong Aixinjueluo Yongyan, formerly known as Yongyan, the seventh emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the fifth emperor after establishing the capital in Beijing, the fifteenth son of Emperor Qianlong, and his biological mother Xiaoyi Chun Empress Wei Jia, who reigned for twenty-five years

Year, the reign name is "Jiaqing", and he is also revered as Emperor Jiaqing by the world.

Renzong of the Qing Dynasty had no real power in the first four years of his reign, and only took over the power after the death of Emperor Qianlong. Faced with the crisis-ridden political situation in the last years of Qianlong, Emperor Jiaqing used the banner of "Xian and Reform" to rectify internal affairs, clean up discipline, and kill powerful ministers and

Shen, deposed, imprisoned and close associates of Shen. Ordered to speak out, open up the road to speak out, eliminate evil and strengthen righteousness, praise officials who were convicted of speech crimes in the Qianlong Dynasty. Dispose of contributions, depose extravagance and advocate frugality. Require local officials to keep a close eye on the people's sentiments.

"Nothing to hide", reported according to the facts, and tried to avoid deceit, whitewashing, and laziness. However, its limited rectification of internal affairs failed to fundamentally reverse the decline of the Qing Dynasty's political situation. In the end of the Jiaqing dynasty, the corruption problem was not only not solved, but also

more serious.

His reign coincided with the rise of the world's industrial revolution, and was also the period when the Qing Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline. During this period, the White Lotus Rebellion occurred, and problems such as the livelihood of the Eight Banners and river and water transportation became increasingly prominent. Opium also flowed into China. In the Qing Dynasty, the emergence of Chinese

decline.

Britain has been importing opium to China since the Yongzheng Dynasty. During the Jiaqing period, the second emperor of the Qing Dynasty repeatedly reiterated and further tightened the opium ban, which played a certain role in curbing the spread of opium. On the one hand, it temporarily resisted the British invasion attempt, but closed the country and was blindly arrogant.
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