The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 91: Gestures

There are always many unexpected things happening in life. If everything is as expected, either that person is already a god, or this world is quite boring.

So when the copper coin flew up and fell down and landed on a stone and broke with a snap, Li Diudiu felt like he was struck by lightning, and he was electrocuted to a crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.

Xiahou Zhuo and Ye Zhangzhu's eyes widened. For a moment even they found it hard to accept. Then they burst into laughter, their mouths almost splitting with laughter.

Li Diudiu bent down, picked up the broken copper coin and took a look at it. The broken end of the coin was all black, without any trace of copper.

Xiahou Zhuo said: "You can't blame God for this. If you want to blame someone, blame the Mint under the Ministry of Revenue of our Great Chu. You can tell from the copper coin that it was produced by the Jiangbei Mint. If this kind of copper coin has cracks, it will break if it is dropped."

He stretched out his hand to Li Diudiu and said, "Any more? Give me one."

Li Diudiu took out another copper coin and handed it to Xiahou Zhuo. Xiahou Zhuo held the copper coin with both hands and tried to break it. With a crisp sound, the copper coin was actually broken open.

"These bastards made coins with almost no copper in them."

Xiahou Zhuo cursed.

Li Diudiu said: "Okay, now you owe me a copper coin."

Xiahou Zhuo: “Ah?”

Li Diudiu said: "I broke that one myself, but you broke this one apart."

Xiahou Zhuo: “…”

Ye Zhangzhu smiled and said, "Now I am thinking about what to eat when I return to Jizhou City. Fortunately, I received silver bills instead of copper coins."

Li Diudiu looked at the two damaged copper coins and said, "It's a huge loss. I don't feel like treating you."

Xiahou Zhuo kicked him on the butt: "Get lost."

Li Diudiu: “Kakada?”

Xiahou Zhuo: "Get lost..."

Xiahou Zhuo also looked at the two damaged copper coins, and after a moment of silence, he said, "The lifeblood of the people of Great Chu is in the hands of these bastards. How could there be no trouble? At the beginning, what was the quality of our coins made in Great Chu? Now you call them copper coins?"

Ye Zhangzhu patted his shoulder and said, "This is not something you and I can control. Those beasts have used this method to enrich themselves. They all have greasy hair and big ears. Look at the people, they all have pale faces and thin bodies."

He sighed and said, "Sometimes I can't help but think, it's better to just die than to endure like this."

Xiahou Zhuoyi covered his mouth and said, "This is not your home, don't talk nonsense."

Ye Zhangzhu nodded, Xiahou Zhuo let go of his hand, and Ye Zhangzhu asked him: "What did you do just now? Why do your hands stink?"

Xiahou Zhuo said, "How can it not stink if I receive a copper coin from Master Li? This man stinks."

Li Diudiu: “Have you ever smelled it?”

Ye Zhangzhu: "Ah...can you two be more mature?"

At this time, Wang Heita's wife packed her things. In fact, there was not much to pack at home . One adult and two children each carried a package with some clothes and valuables. There was no need to take anything else.

Just when they were about to leave, a man who looked to be in his twenties came over with a few young men and blocked their way with their hands.

The man in the lead narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Diudiu and the others, then glanced at Wang Heita's wife, and chuckled a few times with that standard bad guy sneer.

"Where are you going?"

He stretched out his hand to stop her: "You damn woman , your family hasn't paid the rent this year yet, are you going to run away? I told you that if you don't pay the rent, I will sell your two children, don't you remember?!"

Xiahou Zhuo frowned: "Who are you?"

The man puffed out his chest and said, "I'm the head of this village, my name is Wang Xinglun, where are you from?"

Wang Heita's wife was so angry that she could hardly suppress her anger. She looked into Wang Xinglun's eyes and shouted, "I didn't plant your land, so why should I pay you rent?"

Wang Xinglun said: "I don't care whether you plant or not. As long as you are from this village, you have to pay me grain rent."

Madam Wang said, "I didn't lose a single copper coin, as the court wanted to collect it. Why do you charge me so recklessly?"

"What the court collects is what the court collects, and what I collect is what I collect. Are they the same?"

Wang Xinglun snorted and said, "I see that you have some wealthy relatives coming to your house, right? Hurry up and pay the rent. If you don't, you won't be able to go anywhere."

Xiahou Zhuo said absentmindedly: "A small village head, a low-ranking person, is so rampant... The upper level follows the lower level, and the situation has become so corrupt."

When the village head Wang Xinglun heard this, he immediately turned his gaze to Xiahou Zhuo and looked him up and down. Xiahou Zhuo was illiterate and had little knowledge. His uncle was the chief clerk in the county government, so he was used to bullying others by taking advantage of his power.

People in this kind of place have no idea what the world outside the mountain is like. In his eyes, the county magistrate is the highest-ranking official in the world, and his uncle is the third-highest. The number one county magistrate and the number two county magistrate are close to his uncle, so what is there for him to be afraid of?

"Where did you come from, you stray dog?"

Wang Xinglun angrily asked, "Is it your turn to speak here?"

Xiahou Zhuo turned his head to look at Ye Zhangzhu: "Write down his words. He called me a stray dog, which is a crime punishable by execution of the entire family."

"Who the hell are you?"

A young rascal like Wang Xinglun had no idea who he was provoking. He stretched out his hand and pushed Xiahou Zhuo, cursing as he pushed him.

"Are you looking for death?!"

When the hand was about to reach his chest, Xiahou Zhuo reached out and grabbed Wang Xinglun's wrist and twisted it to the side. Wang Xinglun cried out in pain and squatted down according to Xiahou Zhuo's force.

"No, no, don't do it..."

Mrs. Wang quickly advised, "His uncle is the chief clerk in the county government. Don't mess with him."

"Master Zhubu."

Xiahou Zhuo sighed, "That's really big."

He opened his hand, stretched his thumb to middle finger as wide as possible, and often used it as a ruler to measure the length of something, and then he pinched his thumb and middle finger together.

“It’s… just this big.”

Li Diudiu said seriously: "Although you are probably mocking him, I feel like you are mocking me at the same time."

Xiahou Zhuo asked: "Why are you so sharp? And quite accurate..."

He looked down at Wang Xinglun who had to squat in front of him and said word by word: "Do you know this gesture? This gesture means that your uncle, the county magistrate, is just this small in my eyes."

He thrust his knee forward and hit Wang Xinglun's nose directly. The impact was like smashing a soy sauce shop, and the feeling was so sour and painful.

Wang Xinglun lay on the ground and cried in pain.

The other young men were about to take action, but in Ye Zhangzhu's eyes, these guys did not pose any threat at all. With three punches and two kicks, these guys were knocked to the ground, rolling back and forth in pain.

Xiahou Zhuo squatted down in front of Wang Xinglun, still making the same gesture, pinching his middle finger with his thumb. He asked with a smile, "Tell me, what does this gesture mean?"

Wang Xinglun was in so much pain that he had no mood to answer. He didn't answer. Xiahou Zhuo used his other hand to slap him hard on the face, once, twice, and three times. His face was covered in scarlet, and the Five Girls' Flowers were in full bloom.

"Answer me, what does this gesture mean?"

Xiahou Zhuo asked again.

Wang Xinglun cried and answered in a hoarse voice: "It's just a little bit, a little bit..."

Snapped!

Xiahou Zhuo slapped him again, causing more than half of Wang Xinglun's soul to fly away and stars to appear in his eyes.

"wrong!"

Xiahou Zhuo said, "Remember, this is called counting with one's fingers... If I can count with my fingers the fastest, I will be able to see you again in the prison of Jizhou Prefecture in about seven days, and I will also be able to see your uncle, the chief clerk, who is so old."

Wang Xinglun didn't dare to say anything, and it was not easy for him to say anything, after all, his mouth was full of blood.

Xiahou Zhuo made the gesture again, pinching his middle finger with his thumb and rubbing it.

He asked, "Every failure makes you wiser. Do you understand what this means now?"

Wang Xinglun didn't dare to remain silent, and said in a tearful voice: "It's a little bit and counting with fingers."

"wrong!"

With a slap, Xiahou Zhuo slapped him again.

"That's called some money."

He rubbed his fingers together and said, "My hand hurts from hitting you. You have to compensate me."

Wang Xinglun: "Uncle, I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. I beg you to stop hitting me..."

He searched his body over and over again and gave all the silver and copper coins he could find to Xiahou Zhuo. Xiahou Zhuo looked disgusted and made the same gesture again after looking at the money.

"It's just a little bit."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Wang Heita's wife and said, "Don't be afraid or worried. If I say it's okay, then it's okay."

After he finished speaking, he kicked Wang Xinglun and said, "Go get someone to harness a cart. We need it for our journey."

How could Wang Xinglun dare to say no? He asked his men to harness a cart. Li Diudiu tied his beloved donkey to the cart and followed. Wang Xinglun drove the cart and set off along the road out of the village towards Jizhou City.

In the carriage, Li Diudiu raised his hand and gestured, then looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said, "This is fucking too complicated. You are really bullying me. Look how embarrassed the elder Jiazheng is. He is even crying."

Xiahou Zhuo laughed loudly: "There are only three meanings, what's so complicated about it? Besides, they cried because they were beaten, how can they cry because they are embarrassed? Let's present the facts and reason with them, okay?"

Li Diudiu said: "Your gestures can be arranged and combined. Have you ever thought about the combination skills?"

Xiahou Zhuo asked: "What combination of skills?"

Li Diudiu made the gesture, rubbed it, and said, "Do you understand?"

Xiahou Zhuo shook his head and asked, "What do you mean?"

Li Diudiu said: "Count with your fingers and give me some money."

Xiahou Zhuo laughed loudly. Ye Zhangzhu just took a sip of water and spat it out with a "pu" sound. Don't mention it, there was a rainbow under the sunshine after he spat it out.

Li Diudiu gestured again, then rubbed his fingers together: "What about this one?"

Xiahou Zhuo said: "Isn't this the same as before?"

Li Diudiu said seriously: "This is just a little bit of money, how can it be the same? It's not the same, your reaction deserves a beating..."

Xiahou Zhuo stretched out his hand and gestured: "Then guess what I mean."

Li Diudiu said: "Indeed...it's quite complicated."

Xiahou Zhuo said: "You owe me a little bit."

Li Diudiu: “Pah…”

Xiahou Zhuo pinched his thumb and middle finger and gestured again: "Guess again."

Li Diudiu said: "I was wrong, I won't guess anymore ."

Xiahou Zhuo said: "This is an orchid finger."

Li Diudiu: “…”

Ye Zhangzhu next to him was laughing like a fool. He was just laughing so hard that he was almost drooling.