Zhao Luoyang squatted beside him and helped Mrs. Yang add firewood.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Yang asked her little granddaughter, "Don't lean any further. Your eyebrows are burning. Yuan Bao's eyebrows haven't grown yet."
"You are all like this, and you think none of our family members have eyebrows."
Zhao Luoyang was amused.
Old Mrs. Yang looked outside: "The village where you work is the prince's?"
Zhao Luoyang nodded.
Mrs. Yang put the wild vegetable cake on the plate: "Did he already know that we helped Mr. Zhao? That's why he asked you to go to Zhuangzi?"
Zhao Luoyang said: "We met Wang Huai who was following Mr. Wang on the road. Wang Huai took the initiative to mention that there was work in Zhuangzi and gave us a lot of money. My father and I thought this good thing was too good.
Suddenly, I was still a little defensive, and now I know that Young Master Wang knows Mr. Zhao."
This makes sense. The job of Wangjiazhuangzi is to take care of these sixteen households.
Mrs. Yang nodded: "Young Master Wang has thought very carefully about this matter. If he gives us a favor, we don't know how to repay it. It's hard to explain now."
Zhao Luoyang broke off a piece of cake and put it in his mouth. Mr. Wang now seemed to have no ill intentions.
Old Mrs. Yang said: "That Mr. Wang looks like a pretty good man. His features are prettier than the girl's. It's not that he looks like a woman, but he's just born well."
Zhao Luoyang was stunned for a moment, as if he could vaguely figure out something from her sweet words, but after thinking about it carefully, he couldn't figure it out.
The meal was ready, and the Zhao family members and children made do with it in the kitchen.
Luo Zhenniang and Mrs. Tao were cleaning up the dishes, and Zhao Luoyang was going to go to the charcoal kiln to have a look. The house was quite lively. From the looks of it, Mr. Zhao and Mr. Song were going to talk for a while.
When it was almost done here, she would come back and tell Mr. Zhao about the case in the village.
Shi Ping and others were watching on the charcoal kiln, and Zhao Luoyang gave them the wild vegetable cakes he had brought.
Shi Ping said while eating the cake: "The kiln is about to open, and there will be a lot of wood burned this time. It is the wood that Uncle Feng and the others brought back from the mountain."
Those woods are naturally better than those brought back from Huangjiazhuangzi.
Shi Ping said: "We are going to bring a few more people tomorrow and follow Uncle Feng up the mountain. We will make a few more trips before it snows."
Zhao Luoyang said: "I heard from my husband that the wood brought back from the Huangjiazhuangzi is almost enough, why do we have to go up the mountain to find it? Isn't there still work at the Wangjiazhuangzi, why don't you go?"
Shi Ping touched his head: "Wangjiazhuangzi has enough manpower. With my uncle and the others here, we can't help much. Besides, the work can be done even if it's colder. But when it gets colder, we won't be able to go up the mountain."
Feng Laosan and Shi Ping had their own ideas. They thought that by getting more wood for the charcoal kiln, they would have enough charcoal for sixteen households, and the rest could be sold in the market.
The job of Wangjiazhuangzi is very good, but they can't always let Uncle Zhao and others help the entire sixteen households to find trouble. They have to think of something else.
Making the charcoal kiln with Mr. Song was the first step. When the charcoal kiln was ready, he would go grind it to make wine with Mr. Song. Since Mr. Song said it, he must have some confidence in his heart.
Zhao Luoyang said: "We are not familiar with this place. You have to be careful when going up the mountain. Wild animals in the mountain will also come out to look for food."
Shi Ping nodded: "I discussed it with Uncle Feng. Third Uncle went to the mountains to hunt before and taught us a lot. I won't go deep into the mountains with those who are too young."
Speaking of this, Shi Ping lowered his voice: "Hasn't all the firewood nearby been picked up? We found some undiscovered small woods at the foot of the west slope in front, which are just big enough for burning charcoal. We are going to take those with us
return."
It turned out that he had found a fish that had slipped through the net. Zhao Luoyang said: "Take the stick made by my fourth uncle and go there, and don't separate, lest you get lost."
Shi Ping responded.
After a few people have eaten the bread, it’s time to open the kiln.
The children all came to join in the fun.
Zhao Yuanbao also wanted to squeeze in, but Zhao Luoyang pulled him back. Yuanbao was too small and everyone was busy opening the kiln. If he accidentally fell over, wouldn't it be causing trouble?
Yuan Bao had no choice but to stand aside and throw stones.
The stones were jumping on the ground, heading towards Zhao Luoyang.
This is what Zhao Luoyang has been playing since she was a child. The stone can jump three times on the ground, then jump into her hand, and then throw it back to the person who catches it in the same way.
At first, she used this method to call the little mute to go out. She would lie on the wall and throw stones at the little mute's feet. Later, after doing this for a long time, the little mute could reach out and catch them.
Zhao Luoyang thought about bending down and subconsciously prepared to reach out his hand, but a hand passed her over before her, and then the stone flew smoothly into his palm.
Zhao Luoyang raised his head and saw Mr. Wang.
Young Master Wang lowered his eyes and looked at Zhao Yuanbao with a slight smile on his face. At this moment, he slightly overlapped with the person in Zhao Luoyang's memory.
"Girl from the Zhao family?" Xiao Yu turned to look at Zhao Luoyang, "Do you have anything to tell me?"
This... asked Zhao Luoyang and he was stunned.
Xiao Yu straightened up: "I thought you were looking at me because you wanted to ask something."
Zhao Luoyang quickly calmed down: "No, I just felt that Mr. Wang is somewhat similar to an acquaintance of mine."
Xiao Yu said: "Can I ask who it is?"
Zhao Luoyang has returned to his usual appearance: "He's just someone I met when I was a kid, but I haven't seen him in many years."
Xiao Yu nodded: "The days are still long. If we miss each other, we will meet again one day."
Zhao Luoyang always felt that Wang Gongzi's words meant something.
Why would he say that?
And just now she suddenly felt that the prince looked like a little mute. His movements and profile were really similar to the little mute.
But one of them is a man and the other is a girl.
While the two people were talking, the charcoal kiln was opened. Feng Laosan and Shi Ping had already taken out some charcoal. It looked like it was burning well, and Shi Ping had a smile on his face.
"I'll let you, sir, check it out later. There's nothing wrong with the designation this time."
When Shi Ping and others came over, they found that the young master of the Wang family was also there, and everyone showed shy smiles.
Xiao Yu looked at the charcoal: "It looks just like the charcoal you bought. This year's charcoal is very expensive. When Zhuangzi went to the city to buy it, the price was one per day."
Shi Ping and the others knew that the village where they all worked belonged to the young master of the Wang family. This young master came to the village as a guest today, and everyone had discussed it privately.
It turns out that Young Master Wang also knows Mr. Zhao.
Isn't this a coincidence?
When I first arrived in Taozhou, how could I not be happy to have so many acquaintances all of a sudden? Moreover, Wang Jia Zhuangzi took such good care of everyone, so everyone naturally felt that Wang Gongzi was a nice person.
When Shi Ping heard what the prince said, he couldn't help but said: "I also heard that charcoal is very expensive in the city."
Xiao Yu said: "You can save a lot of money by opening a charcoal kiln at this time. The winter has been colder than previous years, so the price of charcoal will definitely be expensive."
Shi Ping was even more happy. It seemed that their plan was right. They would burn more charcoal at this time.
After Shi Ping and others left, Zhao Luoyang looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Young Master Wang is here to see the charcoal kiln, right?"
Xiao Yu nodded: "I have something to ask the girl."
Xiao Yu signaled to walk in the direction of Zhao's courtyard. The two of them walked forward one after another, with Zhao Yuanbao following beside him.
Xiao Yu said: "I heard that people from the village have been here."
It turned out to be for this purpose.
Zhao Luoyang nodded: "We arrived at Fengxia Village and when we were cleaning the house, we found a corpse. It was a female family member in the village."
Xiao Yu looked at Zhao Luoyang: "That female family member is the adopted daughter of the person in charge of the village. She usually helps take care of the affairs of the village."
Zhao Luoyang didn't expect that Ah Shu's identity was unusual.