Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 35 Filled with Indignation
Captain Gao slapped the bundle with his big hand, but tilted his head to look at Shen Zhao, who had his head and face covered: "Young lady, you are the daughter of Captain Shen, right? Why do you have your face covered?"

Shen Heng stepped forward and stood in front of his sister, and said coldly: "Captain Gao, are you waiting here to buy winter clothes?"

Captain Gao turned his head to look at Shen Heng, smiled crookedly and said, "Yeah, otherwise why would we have walked more than ten miles to get here?"

He tugged at the large bag on the cart and raised his eyebrows, "This bag is the winter clothes, right? I'll take all of them, and you can go to my camp to get the money later."

After saying this, he winked at the garrisons on both sides.

Several garrison soldiers took two steps forward to lift the heavy bag, but were held tightly back by the brother and sister Shen Heng and Shen Zhao.

Ah Zhu also squeezed over and together with the two men held the bundle to prevent the things from being taken away by the garrison troops.

Shen De, who was standing by, saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly put down the tofu carrying pole, took out the shoulder pole and held it in his palm, looking at the garrison soldiers vigilantly.

Shen Heng sensed that these guys had bad intentions, and refused: "I'm sorry, Captain Gao, we are a small business, and we don't accept credit. Please don't make it difficult for me."

Captain Gao's face darkened: "Why? Are you afraid that I won't give you the money?"

Shen Heng said without giving in: "I've already said that we are a small business. If you really want to buy, then pay in cash. I only got my winter clothes after I showed up with money."

"You don't know how to appreciate my kindness!" Captain Gao suddenly became furious, grabbed Shen Heng by the chest, and dragged him back two steps: "I took a fancy to your things to give you face, you are so shameless?"

Unexpectedly, Shen Heng fell straight down, yelling, "Help! The garrison troops are beating people!"

Shen Zhao's eyes flashed and he also rushed to the cart, holding the big bag tightly with both hands, and shouted loudly: "The garrison troops are stealing things! Help! Help!"

Several soldiers surrounding the cart:
Shen De was a little at a loss, so he had to go with A Zhu to help Shen Heng first.

Shen Heng held his head and cried out, continuing to shout for help.

People at the market gathered around after hearing the noise. It happened that Mr. Dong and his grandson were also at the market. They rushed over and asked, "What's going on?"

Shen Zhao pointed at Gao Yingwei and his men and said, "They didn't pay and robbed us, and they beat my second brother."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Captain Gao was furious, pointing at Shen Zhao and saying, "I suspect your winter clothes are not from a legitimate source."

Mr. Dong pushed away Captain Gao's arm, stood in front of Shen Zhao, and said coldly, "Do you have any evidence to prove that what you said is true?"

Captain Gao looked at the old man and snorted coldly, "Who are you? How dare you meddle in my business?"

"I am an old man of humble talent, just a commoner, but you are taking advantage of your power to bully young men and women in public, which is really inappropriate."

Mr. Dong said righteously: "Moreover, according to the laws of this dynasty, slandering and defaming others is a serious crime. You have no evidence and say that the boy's things are not legitimate. According to the law, you can be sentenced to tattooing."

Captain Gao's eyelids twitched, he took a step back and shouted, "Are you looking for death?"

Although he was a battalion lieutenant, he knew very little about laws and was hesitant for a moment.

A garrison soldier quickly explained: "What you said is wrong. We didn't come to ask him to go to the barracks to get the money, but this young man started shouting and accusing us of robbery. It's really infuriating."

Captain Gao reacted immediately and pointed at Shen Zhao: "That's right! This woman is so rude and slandered us. What crime should she be punished for?"

"When did I slander you? All the neighbors saw you robbing my goods. Look, the bundle is torn." Shen Zhao was not afraid of him at all and showed the tear on the bundle to everyone.

Everyone's eyes fell on the place the girl pointed, and they saw that there was a big tear on the bundle, revealing the colorful clothes inside.

During the struggle just now, Shen Zhao deliberately tore a gap in the bundle in order to prevent them from taking the bundle away, but he accidentally confirmed their behavior of snatching things.

"Hey! You garrison soldiers usually fight with the villagers for grazing land, but now you are openly robbing the property of Chief Shen? Do you really think that no one here can stop you?"

"That's right! This is too outrageous! Let's file a joint complaint with the county government and see what the county magistrate says."

"How dare the garrison troops come to the market to rob money? Is there any law?" Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and said all kinds of things.

Several garrison soldiers did not dare to say a word and quietly urged Captain Gao to leave.

Captain Gao knew that he could not get anything good out of this situation, so he spat angrily and turned away.

Before leaving, he glanced at Shen Heng and his sister fiercely, sneering: "Well, well, well! As expected, a tiger father will have a dog son. Gao has learned his lesson!"

Shen Heng ignored him and got up from the ground, brushed off the dust on his butt, and shouted: "To thank all the neighbors for speaking out for justice, today's winter clothes are 200 coins each. I won't make a penny and will reduce the price completely."

He pointed to a load of tofu and said, "Tofu is 2 cents a piece, first come, first served. Come back next time after you've finished eating!"

When everyone heard this, they quickly gathered around.

A winter coat costing two hundred coins is not cheap, but it is still many times better than a coarse cloth jacket made at home.

In particular, this kind of winter clothes is very soft and warm, and it is filled with unknown cotton wool, which looks very valuable.

Someone was very clever and bought two pieces on the spot, and whispered to his family, "I will take these two winter clothes to Xiaogu County to sell them later. It will not be a problem to make 200 yuan per piece."

Then he looked at the cotton-padded clothes with a look of regret: "It's a pity that we don't have much money, otherwise I would definitely buy a few more."

Apparently, someone had the same idea. They brought their own sheep over and stuffed them into Shen Heng's hands, added some money, and bought two or three pieces.

They could get more by exchanging beans and corns. They originally wanted to sell the grain to buy cloth to make winter clothes. Now they have ready-made ones that are thicker and warmer than those they make at home. Only a fool would not exchange them.

Soon, more than forty cotton-padded clothes were sold out. Shen Zhao simply put the money in the cloth bag he was carrying, and asked his second brother to sort out the food, chickens and sheep.

Shen De's tofu basket was also surrounded.

Shen Zhao took out two pieces first, put them on the tofu cloth, and handed them to Mr. Dong and his grandson: "Mr. Dong, this is made at home, you can try it."

Mr. Dong was obviously very happy and answered cheerfully: "I will respectfully obey your command."

He held it up to his eyes and looked at it from left to right: "Huh? It seems to be still warm, is it cooked?"

"Yes, you can try it now." Shen Zhao replied.

Mr. Dong broke off two branches from a Haloxylon ammodendron tree and used them as chopsticks. He held them in his hands and began to eat: "Mm, not bad, not bad. It tastes sweet and refreshing, and is a rare delicacy."

Then I let my grandson try it.

In a short while, the old man and the young boy had eaten a large piece of tofu.

Then he bought a winter coat for his grandson and asked him to put it on on the spot.

This is a bright red cotton coat, which feels very thick and has a big hood.

Dong Wufeng felt very reserved after putting it on, but when he saw that Shen Heng and his sister were also wearing cotton-padded jackets of the same color, he gradually relaxed.

That’s right, today Shen Zhao and his brother were both wearing bright red mid-length cotton coats, and they also put hoods on their heads to cover their ears.

Because most of these old clothes are red, she was afraid that no one would approve of her if she didn't wear them out to show them to everyone.

After all, most of the people who buy ready-made winter clothes are men, especially the soldiers stationed in the surrounding areas. They are alone on the border and need to buy thicker clothes to spend the winter.

After all, only a few men wore red, so Shen Zhao asked his second brother to set an example and wear it for everyone to see.

(End of this chapter)