As the New Year approaches, the soldiers take turns going out of camp to have fun. Except for the homeless who plunge into the brothels without getting out, most of the soldiers return home.

But they are not seen helping the mother-in-law to chop wood, make fire, wash, and cook. They just gather together to drink and gamble all day long. For the women, it is better not to come back, at least to be clean.

"Liu Laosan lost again! Give me money! Give me money!"

Hearing the shouts coming from the house, Aunt Liu, who was lighting the fire, felt a pain in her body. She quickly took out the money jar buried next to the stove and prepared to change it.

But just when I took it out, there was a loud shout from the kitchen door, "Zhuzhu Niang, bring me the money... Oh, you are a wise woman today, give me ten thousand yuan of money!"

Aunt Liu's heart trembled, and she quickly hugged the money jar tightly in her arms, "If I don't give it to you, you won't even be able to take away a single copper coin today!"

Liu Laosan came into the room with a red face and smelled of alcohol, "I just said that you knew something. Why don't you give me the money I earned? Hurry up and get the money for me!"

As he spoke, he went to grab the money jar, but Aunt Liu refused to let go and scolded: "You haven't taken any money from home this year. All the money was earned by me working in the restaurant, as well as the dividends from the tea business. If you took it

I will die for you!"

"I am the head of the family, and everything in the house belongs to me. Get it quickly, or I will take action!"

Even though Aunt Liu was big and round, her strength could not compare to the soldiers fighting in front of the battle. The big pottery jar containing the money was finally taken away.

Liu Laosan took out a few strings of copper coins and a piece of silver and returned to the house, "Brothers, I'm here! Wait for me to turn over my book and win you as my pants! Hehehe..."

"Damn this!" Aunt Liu cursed bitterly. Looking at the money jar that was already quite empty, she felt her heart bleed. She finally filled up the money jar this year and prepared to give it to her next year.

It was used for the eldest son's wedding. Although there was more than enough left to poke around, there was an emptiness in my heart and I urgently needed something to fill it up.

"Pah!" Suddenly remembering something, Aunt Liu slapped her thigh heavily, "I almost forgot, Brother Xian said there will be dividends at the end of the year!"

She just stood up and said to herself: "Usually, Brother Xian takes the initiative to give it to everyone. Will you be angry if I suddenly come to ask for help from Brother Xian? Oh... No matter how much it is, Brother Xian is not an outsider. This money

If the jar is not full, I will not be happy this year." She said and walked out of the courtyard to Xu's house.

Xiaocan was very beautiful at this age. Since her family had a comfortable life, she had bought a lot of rouge and gouache. Speaking of which, it was Zhao Ningxiu who taught her the wrong way. When they had nothing to do, the two of them would hide in the room and apply it on their faces.

My cheeks feel like a monkey's buttocks, and I feel happy just like this.

Xu Xian had told them many times that too much heavy metal in this thing was bad for the health, but Zhao Ningxiu said that he was stingy and had good intentions, so Xu Xian was so angry that smoke started coming out of his nostrils.

I just didn't expect that one day, Xu Xian would use it himself. The cinnabar used to dye his lips was mixed with warm water, and he took a brush and dipped it into his forehead. The dark red liquid immediately flowed down his cheeks, well, into his nostrils.

A little more. Then I smeared the indigo for eyebrows on my cheekbones, and tore a few holes in my military robe, revealing the dirty cotton. I looked exactly like a battered migrant worker.

Just as he was about to go out, he heard a knock on the door, "Dalang, are you at home?"

Xu Xian opened the courtyard door and saw Aunt Liu standing outside with a worried look. Before he could say anything, Aunt Liu had already shouted, "Brother Xian, what's going on?"

"It's okay, I accidentally dropped my foot!" Xu Xian said it was okay, but his face looked troubled.

"Don't try to coax me. It's obvious that something is wrong. There are footprints on your body. Could it be that someone beat you? You are not bad at skills and you are the person in front of the palace. Who is so bold and dares to beat you? Let's go and find him.

Reason!"

Aunt Liu said and took Xu Xian's hand and walked out. Xu Xian broke away from Aunt Liu's hand and said with an aggrieved face: "Aunt Liu, I'm really fine. They are not unreasonable at all. Aunt Liu, you'd better go home. We can't mess with you."

Get up!"

"Why can't you afford to offend me? I'll ask your Uncle Liu to bring a big pillar to help you regain your place later!"

Soldiers are not easy to mess with, and military family members are also not easy to mess with. It is inevitable that they will pick up some bad habits. For example, Aunt Liu once beat up a hawker who was not worthy of his reputation on the street.

"Aunt Liu is something we can't afford to offend. The one who beat me is a general from Xianggong's house."

Hearing that it was from the Xianggong's house, Aunt Liu's tone immediately softened, "Even if he is the Xianggong, he can't be unreasonable. Tell Aunt Liu why he hit you?"

I didn't ask if it was okay, Xu Xian had already pursed his lips when asked, but his acting skills were too poor, and he blinked his eyelids a few times without tears coming out, "Aunt Liu, our tea business has been robbed, and the dividends from the previous year are gone.

I came to argue with them and they just said nothing..."

"Ah!" Aunt Liu screamed before Xu Xian finished speaking, and ran home in a hurry, shouting loudly: "When you at home are still drinking and gambling here, the sky is about to fall, if you

If I can’t win back the tea business, I will die... Wuwu... I can’t survive this life, Wuwu..."

Aunt Liu cried very sadly. She had never seen her cry so sadly during the Ghost Festival. A burst of curses immediately broke out in the Liu family. Xu Xian listened at home with his ears bent, and could only hear Aunt Liu's voice gradually fading away, but across the distance

Her loud voice can still be heard from afar.

"Brother Zhang, you are still drinking here. Our business has been taken away. Yours has the most. Let's see if you feel bad..."

"Muggle girl, what else are you going to do? Our tea business is gone and we won't have anything to eat in the future..."

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Without even half a stick of incense, Xu Xian's house was crowded with people both inside and outside, surrounding Xu Xian like stars over the moon. Their words to Xu Xian turned into a mess, but not a single word of concern was expressed.

Xu Xian's "injury" seems to be that his makeup has turned white.

Lao Zhang's legs and feet had never been sharper. He used crutches to separate the crowd and arrived in front of Xu Xian. He waved his hand and shouted: "Stop making noise! ​​How can you ask questions clearly when you are in such a mess?"

Lao Zhang still has some prestige in Liuhewan. Everyone immediately shut up. Lao Zhang grabbed Xu Xian's arm like a pair of pliers, "Dalang, our tea business has really been robbed!"

After asking about the situation in that shop, Xu Xian immediately drove Jiubao and Dakui back to the camp, so Lao Zhang also got the news from Aunt Liu.

Xu Xian nodded heavily, "Well, a total of 80,000 cans of tea were transported this time. There were originally a lot of dividends at the end of the year, just so that everyone could have a good year. Who would have thought of being robbed in Xuzhou, man?

The coachman was killed, Uncle Deng also died, and Uncle Chen was seriously injured. Only the shopkeeper escaped back to Bianliang, and even the secret recipe was forced to take away."

"Are you sure it wasn't the shopkeeper who colluded with the bandits?"

"Absolutely not. The shopkeeper's brother-in-law was also killed. The robbed tea has now been sold in Bianliang City. I personally confirmed it."

"A businessman would never have such courage. Can we find out who did it?"

"Wang Jun! The current prime minister and prime minister!"

The veterans around him gasped in unison. There were many with the title of prime minister, but few actually had real power. Wang Jun was the real power among the real power faction. No wonder they were timid.

Unexpectedly, after a very short silence, someone suddenly shouted: "So what if the prime minister, even the emperor can't steal our business. Brother Zhang, you have many ideas and we all listen to you!"
Chapter completed!