The late spring in Chengdu became scary because there was no rain. The sun hung unobstructed in the sky. Looking around, the whole Chengdu was gray. The green mountains in the past seemed to be covered with a layer of dust.
It is a bit withered and yellow, but the fields are still green and the rice fields are still full of life. This scenery cannot cover up the scorched current situation on the hills.
The small river that used to have green water now has green grass growing on the bottom of the river, and the clouds are very strange. Without water, those lotus flowers can still sprout green buds, but the lotus roots hidden under the mud may not know that, no matter how hard they try,
Stimulating vitality, the green buds turned into dead branches without exception after being silted in the high places...
Yun Zheng saw a few fish that were feeding each other. He looked up at the sun. He firmly believed that these fish would not survive until the sun set... They were too small and not worth walking down to pick them up. However, other people's children didn't see it that way. They caught them.
When they get fish, they put it into the basket immediately. Although these fish are only half an inch long, children from poor families know when to store food.
The disaster lasted from the beginning of winter to late spring, which made Zhang Fangping extremely anxious. His order did not give any relief to the wealthy people in Chengdu Prefecture. As the disaster continued, more and more victims poured into Chengdu Prefecture.
Zhang Fangping's tone changed from tough to persuasive. Yun Zheng knew that the next step was to beg, but after begging, it was logical to use force.
The Yun family’s food supply has been decreasing. Chengdu Prefecture has thirty-three official stores that specialize in selling wine. The wine koji is sold by the government every year. In this era where those who make more than 5 kilograms of koji privately will be beheaded, Yun Zheng
If you want to avoid being exploited and reduce the cost of your distilled liquor, the best time is during a famine year!
Only at this time will the imperial wine warehouse be short of food, and only at this time will the prices of wine and food be similar. If the wine brewed last year cannot be sold quickly by now, the wine will become sour.
The production of wine is the only purpose of the wine warehouse. If there is no wine, those large and complex officials will have no income, and the wine tax will not be collected. This is a big sin!
The Yun family slowly sold the grain they bought at a low price to the officials at a high price. This was Zhang Fangping's pleading measure and the last way out. At this stage, Yun Zheng sold the grain without any hesitation.
Su Xun even sang hymns to the Yun family for this. Of course, singing hymns at this time was just a stupid act. After Yun Zheng repeatedly begged, Old Su let go of the Yun family and sang praises to the Lu family instead, because Lu
The old man of the family also spoke out, and in order to support the prefect, he also sold his own grain to the officials at a high price.
Lu Qingqing watched her husband pull out the food and then bring back countless bottles of wine. The sadness in his heart was almost indescribable. At this time, even a fool knew that keeping the food was the most correct way.
There was a serious shortage of sericulture, so the silk reeling workshop was in a state of semi-closure, so the women, led by Bacon, began to steam wine. This work needed to last until autumn.
Today, there is not much rice left in the Yun family, and what is left is wheat, so they stopped selling grain to the housekeeper, because the local food in Chengdu Prefecture is rice, and the officials believe that wheat is distributed as relief grain, so they do not
The procession of liquidation.
The legal provisions of the Song Dynasty are so detailed that people have nothing to say. Since keeping a large amount of wheat does not count as a grain harvest, the Yun family is naturally unwilling to let go of the wheat now, but it is very abominable, and flour is prohibited. This is
Quoting the provisions in "Qingli Bian Amnesty", since Zhang Fangping personally compiled this book, he naturally used it to restrain others. Is Yun Zheng very happy to find loopholes in this? The literati of the Song Dynasty were very good in this regard
His moral integrity is admirable, and it is possible even if the law does not prohibit it.
When Su Xun informed Zhang Fangping of the Yun family's situation, he could only call him He He.
Yun Zheng has never regarded this as an honor. He discovered this flaw when he was studying "Qingli Compilation". It is definitely not a good thing that his family is full and the whole world is hungry. When the food is almost gone,
It might be a good idea to take the whole family and run away with gold and silver.
It's so scary to be among hungry people, I'm scared just thinking about it!
The academy has been on vacation since the winter holiday. The court did not provide enough rice grains, so we had to go home to eat. Mr. Peng Li distributed the few rice grains to the students and teachers, so their meals were still guaranteed.
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The old gentleman is very old. Every three days, Yun Zheng will send Han Niu to deliver some food. I heard that the old gentleman doesn't even drink anymore and only eats two meals a day. It's not going to work like this.
Other students will also send meals to Mr. Yun, but Mr. Yun will only accept the meal from the Yun family, because in the old Mr.'s view, Yun Zheng is a person who can feed himself under any circumstances.
The mulberry field is a good place to go. The mulberry trees there are all low shrubs. The tallest one is only one foot high. The inside is kept clean by Xanthium and others. It is very refreshing to go inside under the scorching sun.
Hot, hot, Chengdu in April has turned into a furnace. The family cannot live in it, so they can only move to the mulberry forest. I don’t know when, the weavers also brought their families to live in the mulberry forest.
It's just that they don't come to where the Yun family lives, and live far away from the mulberry forest.
The path beside the mulberry forest is filled with smoke. This year, many people live in the mulberry forest. Not only the Yun family, but also all families with mulberry trees will live here.
The terrain in places with mulberry forests is often very open, and the wind can blow over, which can provide some relief from the heat. Lu Qingqing said to Yun Zheng worriedly: "Husband, as a result, the population of our family will increase."
"It is common for tenants to cling to the master's family, but it is a serious sin for weavers to cling to the master's family. This is inappropriate. There is no need for our family to explain this clearly. The times are bad, and everyone wants to eat, so they have to do what they want.
It’s up to you.”
Lu Qingqing looked at the Sophora japonica rice brought by the weaver on the table, took a bite, and sighed. She used to like Sophora japonica rice, but now she couldn't taste it well. The bad weather ruined everyone's appetite.
When you eat someone else's food, you have to thank them. Yun Zheng took Lu Qingqing with a basket of pastries and gave one to each family. It was strange that the people from each family who came to pick up the pastries were women. Yun Zheng couldn't move forward, so he followed
The mother behind her was waving her fan and smiling like a Maitreya Buddha, but the children were still very scared and couldn't help but shrink back while hugging their mother's legs.
The mother slapped the child and said with a smile on his face: "Children from a small family in a small family have never seen the world, so it makes you laugh."
Yun Zheng originally wanted to say a few polite words, but the words came out of his mouth in a domineering manner: "It's cool to live in the mulberry forest. You can live there, but you have to manage the lights. It's dry now and once the water goes out,
, it will burn the whole camp, and we won’t have anywhere to find water even if we want to put out the fire, so be careful.”
The woman quickly agreed, and hurriedly dragged the child with a piece of mung bean cake and ran away without a shadow, hiding from the clouds like a vicious dog.
Instead, Lu Qingqing smiled and kept praising her husband for his majesty as the head of the family. Women's families should be kinder, men's families should be more severe, and the family head should make everyone afraid.
Yun Zheng didn't know how to explain it. He had unknowingly merged into the stream of consciousness of the feudal parents. He had little common language with the common people, so he had no choice but to go to the forest occupied by Su Shi's family.
There was no wind at night, and the mulberry forest was getting hot. Because there were so many people, swarms of mosquitoes rushed down like a canopy. Su Shi and Su Che screamed when they were bitten. Old Su helplessly held the cattail leaf fan.
Helping my son chase away mosquitoes. He was wearing only underwear and was in a very embarrassed state. Even though he was a big man with a full head of hair, he still kept his hands moving.
Lao Su did not allow the women in his family to go out, so the four of them, father and son, went to sleep in the mulberry forest. When they went out, they thought too simplely and did not even take the mosquito net. They lit a pile of withered grass in front of them and let out thick smoke to drive away the mosquitoes.
have no effect.
Yun Zheng patted Su Shi's bare back and asked him to take his younger brother to find Yun Er. There was not a single mosquito there.
There are no more mosquitoes.
"There is actually no wind today, allowing mosquitoes to rage. Chengdu is like spring all year round. I can't remember the last time it was hot. What's more, it's only the beginning of May. I don't know how hot it will be in June.
I suspect that once the heat is over, there will be heavy rain. It is reasonable to prevent droughts and floods."
Yun Zheng shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "God must give Chengdu Mansion a chance to breathe. It will not be so unforgiving. It will be fine. The tiles in the house are all red from the heat, and I can't sleep at night. Madam
You and the women at home are going to suffer, so why not invite them over together and sleep here, you can have a more or less peaceful sleep. It’s easy to get a heatstroke if it’s too hot.”
Su Xun ignored Yun Zheng's nonsense about asking his wife and daughter to come over. Naturally, everyone needs to be decent, unlike the Yun family, which has only one mistress and can do whatever she wants.
"The fifth chapter of "Tao Te Ching" says that the heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as rotten dogs. God has no preference for people, just like it treats flowers, plants and trees. It will not deliberately give you favors, nor will it deliberately create obstacles for you. He only
You will walk along your own fixed path, but now that you have taken a side road, what if you take two more steps?"
Seeing that Lao Su was really hot, no wonder, he was covered up tightly. Although he was wearing obscene clothes, he was also wearing stockings and tied up with a belt. Unlike Yun Zheng's shorts and shorts, he only needed a folding fan to be natural
It was so refreshing that when someone was hot, he spoke with anger. Yun Zheng took out a jar of sour plum soup from behind. It was filled with crushed ice and condensed water droplets all over the jar. Just looking at it made people feel cool from the inside out.
gas.
Su Xun never expected that the Yun family would actually hide ice. This was considered a rare thing in Bianliang City, Kaifeng. How could the Yun family have it? (To be continued)