Farmers gather wealth, cruelly bullying the dregs of society 007 haggles over prices

  【007】

  They stayed at Tian's house for a day and earned a lunch. It wasn't until evening that Lian brought Tang Mai away.

  The wages of the Tian family's workers were settled on the same day. After working for a whole day, Lian Xiulan got seven copper coins. Although the highest wage was ten copper coins, seven was already not a small amount for Lian Xiulan.

  "Maier, are you tired? If you're tired, lie down on your mother's body and sleep for a while. We need to go to the town now to buy some grain." Seven copper coins can buy a small bag of millet, said Lianxiulan, as she thought about picking up Tang Maier.

  As a result, Tang Mai took two steps back, looked at Lian Xiulan and shook his head. "Mother, I'm not tired, you are. I can walk by myself, let's go buy some groceries." He said, walking forward, holding Lian Xiulan's hand and smiling at her.

  Lian Xiulan felt a pang of sadness, but she couldn't resist Tang Mai and could only walk with her.

  The landlord's home is also more than ten miles away from the town, and the two women walked from sunset to nightfall before arriving in the town. At this time, many shops have closed, and the open doors are lit with a few lanterns, and there are occasional passersby hurrying by on the street.

  Tang Mai followed Lian Xiu Lan, observing the situation in the town, the layout of the shops, and the people coming and going. He found that one street was particularly lively on a quiet night.

  Two people arrived at a rice store. Lian Xiu Lan looked at the price of the rice, thirty copper plates per catty. Tang Mai loved to eat rice, but she couldn't afford it now.

  Tang Mai also withdrew his gaze and saw Lian Xiulan's downcast eyes. His mother was actually very pretty, with big eyes, high nose bridge, and good facial proportions. If she hadn't been exposed to the scorching sun for years, her skin wouldn't be so dry, and if she had enough to eat, she wouldn't be so thin, she would look even better.

  Tang Mai followed Lian Xiu Lan's line of sight and saw the price of rice, thirty copper plates could buy three kilograms of high-quality millet, she really knew how to enjoy herself before.

  "Hey, isn't this the wife of the eldest son of the Tang family?" A middle-aged man who was calculating accounts at the rice shop counter noticed someone and looked up with a warm smile. "What do you want to buy?"

  "Uncle, we want to buy sorghum." Tang Mai saw Lian Xiu Lan staring at the rice and hastily spoke up, she didn't want her mother to spend all the money on her again.

  "Oh, what a lovely little girl!" The owner of the rice shop heard the voice and finally saw Tang Mai, who was blocked by the counter.

  Tang Mai heard this and brought out her most adorable smile, "Uncle, we only have seven copper coins, can you give us a discount?"

  Tang Mai's insight into people has always been very accurate, and the shopkeepers of her previous life were all personally selected by her. What kind of person and what kind of character, she could see at a glance. If it can be said that she was wrong about only one person, it was the man she loved in her past life.

  The shopkeeper in front of him should be a good person, and indeed, the shopkeeper saw Tang Mai would haggle over prices, suddenly smiled and said, "Good, for this little girl's face, I'll give you more weight!"

  As he spoke, he took out a scale and millet, giving him more than three copper plates worth.

  "Thank you, Uncle." Before Lian Xiulan could react, Tang Mai had already bowed to the shopkeeper and thanked him. This action made the shopkeeper's mood even more pleasant, and he handed the sorghum to Lian Xiulan with a smile, saying, "Tang's wife, your daughter is really something!"

  Lian Xiulan was in a dilemma, whether she took it or not, it wasn't right. Until Tang Ma pulled her sleeve, "Mom, we haven't given Uncle the money yet."

  "This, Manager Fang, I..."

  "Take it away, this extra millet is on me, consider it a gift for your daughter, it's not worth much anyway."

  "Mother, Uncle is a good man, he gave it to you, if you don't want it, Uncle will be unhappy." Tang Mai flattered while speaking in a childish tone to persuade Lian Xiu Lan.

  Lian Xiulan heard Tang Mai say so, thinking of the situation at home, had no choice but to take over the sorghum and thank Fang Zhanggui.

  "Goodbye, Uncle." Before leaving, Tang Mai didn't forget to bid farewell.

  She believes that there will be many opportunities for cooperation with Fang Zhanggui in the future, and it is necessary to build a good relationship.

  "All right, be careful on the road." Fang Zhanggui said with a happy smile.

  Leaving the rice store, Tang Mai followed Lian Xiu Lan on her way home, already thinking of a plan. The town was not far from their village, and it would take about half an hour to get there on foot. If they had a horse-drawn carriage, it would only take half a stick of incense time.

  She observed that there were three baozi shops in the town, one inn, a street that should be dedicated to peddlers selling things, and the most lively street at night. She smelled the scent of cosmetics, which should be where the brothels are located.

  Longlin County has a low overall level of production, with the poor being so poor that they have to sell their children, but there are also rich people who are overflowing with wealth. In this gap between the rich and the poor, the development of entertainment in Longlin County is extremely rapid, especially in terms of inns, wine houses, and brothels, which became famous throughout the entire Tianlong Kingdom after a decade or so.

  "Daughter, when is the market day in our town?" Tang Mai had a rough idea in his mind and looked up curiously at Lian Xiulan.

  "What's wrong? Does Mei want to go to the fair? Tomorrow is the day of the fair, or else, after Niang finishes work tomorrow, I'll take you there?" Lian Xiu Lan stopped and tightened the thin clothes on Tang Mei's body.

  "No, mom, let's go home." Tang Mai squinted his eyes and smiled. Tomorrow is the market day, there will definitely be a lot of people, otherwise, we can earn some small silver first?

  Lian Xiulan listened to Tang Mai saying this, and didn't suspect anything. After all, in her eyes, Tang Mai was just a five-year-old child. Although these past two days, he had been unusually sensible and well-behaved, which made her feel somewhat strange.

  When the two of them arrived home, the night had already turned somewhat chilly, and a kerosene lamp was lit inside the house.

  Tang Mai had just arrived at the door of his home and shouted inside, "Dad, elder sister, brother, Guo Er, we're back!"

  "We're back." Tang Yuanshan quickly came out to greet them, took the sorghum from Lian Xiulan's hands and picked up Tang Mai.

  Tang Mai didn't mind, it was her father after all, not someone else. However, her father's complexion seemed a bit off, and there were scratch marks on his face with blood seeping out.

  What happened?

  Entering the house, Tang Mi, Tang Ke, and Tang Guo were all silent. Tang Mai knew that something must have happened today.

  "Hey, kiddo's dad, what happened to your face?" Lian Xiulan walked in and also noticed the marks on Tang Yuanshan's face, and suddenly exclaimed.

  "Mother..." Tang Guo suddenly ran in front of Lian Xiulan, hugged her legs and burst into tears.

  Tang Mi also stood on one side with red eyes, hanging her head.

  Tang Ke's face was cold, and on that face which was identical to Tang Mai's, his displeasure was clearly visible.

  "Guo'er, what's wrong? Don't cry, don't cry, tell Mother what happened?"

  "Mom... mom hit dad and said you're lazy, also scolded mom as a broken shoe..."

  When they heard this, the whole room fell silent. Tang Mai furrowed her brow, and Old Lady Tang looked down on them with disdain, as if she had known all along, even in her past life.

  "Guo'er, stop crying. Have you eaten? Mom will go cook for you." Lian Xiulan took Tang Guo to the cool mat and said to the children beside her, "Mi'er, Mai'er, Ke'er, take care of your little sister here, mom is going to cook."

  Tang Yuanshan comforted a few children and followed them out.

  Tang Mai walked up to Tang Guo and coaxed him to sleep, then looked at Tang Mi and Tang Ke and said, "Big sister, big brother, I need your help."