But in the face of these, it was just a request to pay some money. Wang Wenwu quickly and happily agreed.

Ying'er's fiancé was not found at once, so she could only search slowly. After all, not just any crooked melon or jujube could be Wang Wenwu's son-in-law.

Thinking about the future life, food prices are still high. Wang Wenwu even came up with the idea of ​​selling a large yard to use as a warehouse. He didn't worry about no one watching. The family members of the guard team were just suitable for this thing.

While Wang Wenwu was buying a large amount of grain, he was also looking for a suitable fiancé for Yinger. In this selection, Wang Wenwu at least set a standard.

That is my in-laws, and they must not be smokers. There are too many adults in this family who smoke. It has become a rare thing that they do not smoke.

One of them was Wang Wenwu who followed the matchmaker into a house, and when he saw a guest, the first thing he did was not serve tea, but smoke.

When he learned that Wang Wenwu didn't smoke, he said: "What is ****? My in-laws. **** is the beauty of heaven and earth! Why don't you smoke such a good thing?"

Wang Wenwu saw that this man's family had been infiltrated by tobacco, so he didn't talk too much with them. He just said to the matchmaker after coming out: "From now on, if any family member still smokes, you don't want to smoke at all."

Bring me here."

The matchmaker was unconvinced and said: "Oh, my Lord Wu, you are so rare and strange. In this city of Peiping, as long as the family is living well, who has never smoked? You want no smokers in your home?"

, but I really can’t find it!”

Wang Wenwu said: "If you can't find it, you can't find it! I don't believe it. As long as the family in Beiping City can afford it, they can't do without this ***."

The matchmaker even wanted to try to persuade Wang Wenwu. After all, he was a smoker in the family, so he could find someone who didn't smoke. But he didn't know anyone! Could it be possible to let the duck he got fly?

The matchmaker said: "Master Wu, you are looking for my uncle. As long as my uncle doesn't smoke, what do you think?"

Wang Wenwu didn't care what the matchmaker said at all. He said directly: "Look for it according to the standards I said."

Seeing that Wang Wenwu didn't have enough oil and salt, the matchmaker's mouth was a little dirty. Wang Wenwu seemed to need other matchmakers to find his uncle. If he beat the matchmaker now, his reputation would definitely be bad. Who would bother to look for it? So Wang Wenwu didn't

As if he didn't hear anything, he just left.

Shu Jinxi said from the side: "Oh! What happened today? That matchmaker's voice is not quiet, this is not like your style!"

Wang Wenwu said: "My style? Can you tell me what my style is?"

Shu Jinxi said: "Of course I turned around and beat him up immediately. Why did you hold back today? Are you still thinking of doing something secretly?"

Wang Wenwu said: "From now on, we girls and young masters will have to trouble these matchmakers. As a father, I can't let them lose their reputation."

Shu Jinxi said: "What does this have to do with it? You, your father, have several concubines who you married back. Didn't you buy them all by yourself? If you really can't find anyone by then. You can do it."

Just buy some for your son. So, what are you afraid of? Let’s go back and slap her!"

In response to Shu Jinxi's teasing, Wang Wenwu left without looking back. He just felt bad about the matchmaker's aesthetics. Although girls nowadays are not like in ancient times, they can't go out or walk out the door.

But he also tried not to show his face outside. And when he went to the girl's house with the matchmaker, he couldn't see the girl's appearance at all. All he got was the evaluation of the people and the appearance of the matchmaker. That's why Wang Wenwu went to the trafficker to choose him.

Favorite type.

Perhaps there were not many people in Beiping who did not smoke at home. In the following months, Wang Wenwu did not receive any news from the matchmaker.

Wang Wenwu's mood was like the patter of rain outside the window, not bright at all. This year's rain has been heavy since spring, and the rainfall reached its peak in July and August. The weather was gloomy all day long.

It made Wang Wenwu feel like he was back in the south. It's just that it rained for so long. He didn't know if the dams in the south could withstand it. Since the Qing Dynasty,

Since its demise, I don’t know if anyone has repaired the dams in the south.

Not long after, the news that Wang Wenwu was worried about came from the south. The Yangtze River flood peak reached Nanjing. Floods occurred at the same time in the Huaihe River north of the Yangtze River, causing the embankments of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to collapse near Gaoyou Lake. One of them was estimated to have collapsed in the early morning.

Nearly two hundred thousand people drowned in their sleep.

Wang Wenwu read a report from Shanghai's "Declaration": "From May to August, catastrophic floods occurred in Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong and Henan provinces. The affected area was 17,424 square kilometers in 16 counties in Jiangsu. There were several households affected, the affected population was 38,200, and the relocated population was 38,200.

, 908 people died, and property damage was NT$.”

The city of Taizhou in Jiangsu Province was flooded by 4 meters, and it took half a year for the floods to recede in the city. However, the floods in the Lixiahe Plain did not recede until the following spring.

"Declaration" uploaded: "After the floods in the Jianghuai, Yunhan and Han areas, the leftover people had no way to make a living. Since the spring, they have suffered from a long drought and the vines have not grown. That is, in the Gaofu area, the decline was earlier, and the planting

Those who grow wheat will not be able to harvest until June; those who grow rice will not be able to harvest until September or October. During these months, famine is unavoidable. AH, Jiangsu, Hubei and other provinces have a common famine situation, and the local vitality is both

The people's vitality was almost at an end, and there was a spring famine, so people died of hunger all over the fields. Because last year's grain was washed away by water, and there was no millet to eat, the bark was peeled off, ground into coarse powder, and mixed with algae, grass roots, leaves, etc.

, steam and eat it, although it is difficult to swallow, it is better than eating it in the stomach. Every river, stream and swamp, and wherever algae is produced, is guarded by supervisors day and night, and others are not allowed to harvest it secretly. The algae is on the market, and is sold for 200 yuan per catty.

Many. In late spring, when all the bark and algae are eaten, the victims go to the fields in groups to peel off barley seedlings and cook them at home. Due to the lack of nourishment, the skin after eating is swollen. Corpses are everywhere.

, there was no one to bury them, and the weather was very dry and there was no rain, so epidemics became prevalent. In remote and remote areas, there were no sanitation facilities. Once an epidemic was infected, it spread as quickly as a melon vine. One person became sick and infected the whole family. There was no coffin to bury the deceased, and the body was often abandoned in the field.

All the tragedies were unbearable to watch. All the coffins were sold out, and all the big and small carpentry shops had to re-make coffins."

After this flood, there will naturally be a great epidemic.

But the generals in power are busy fighting for power, so how can they have time to take care of this? They even hope that the flood will drown the opponent's army so that they can win without fighting.
Chapter completed!