Sun Zhuang likes people with winks, and the servants in his family are like this. Every time he returns home, they will always greet him, undress him, and fetch water to clean his hands.
All in all, it was a toss-up that made him feel like the whole family was busy for him.
But now, this feeling is especially bad.
Sun Zhuang looked at the girl who was struggling in front of him. The girl took out a rope from her sleeve and began to measure his boots. Then she talked about how the people in the village were kind and wanted to make shoe insoles for him.
Does he need shoe inserts?
No, he doesn't want those things.
As her mother had told her, no matter how others treat him, they must also reciprocate.
Sun Zhuang thanked her for her milk from the bottom of his heart.
This old lady, whom he had never met before, teased him a lot and talked a lot.
The girl chattered for a while, but Sunzhuang couldn't hear what she said after that. To put it bluntly, those words were useless.
It is even less possible for him to eat the glutinous rice cakes they bought.
Because the glutinous rice cakes they bought had to be offered to her grandfather, uncle's family and Ah Shu first before they could eat them, so now they saved two pieces for him...
If you give food to the dead, give it to him, right? It’s unlucky to think about it.
I hope his grandfather and uncle will not stop down there.
After all this fuss, Sun Zhuang felt that there would always be one or two useful sentences, but at the end of the day, there was not a single word left.
Facing this family, Sun Zhuang finally had to say, "I'm sorry to bother you, old lady." Then he got up and sent these people out.
The girl turned back in three steps and waved to him after walking all the way. Sun Zhuang dealt with it with a smile on his face, but in the end, his smile froze.
When Sun Zhuang returned to the shop, the second shopkeeper immediately came forward to take orders.
Sun Zhuang said: "Apart from saying they wanted to see me, what did they do when they came here?"
The second shopkeeper clearly felt Sun Zhuang's displeasure, but he still had something to say: "They also sold some rat skins."
Sun Zhuang frowned: "How much did you sell?"
"Four..." The second shopkeeper gestured with his hands, "Forty."
"What?" Sun Zhuang opened his eyes wide, never expecting that these people would take advantage of their situation and come to take advantage so quickly.
"It's forty pieces," said the second shopkeeper. "You asked someone to order them, but I don't dare not accept them."
Sun Zhuang took a deep breath, but he didn't expect it to be so much. No wonder he measured his shoes so warmly, he made so much money.
Sun Zhuang pressed his frown, why did he feel so frustrated after doing these things today?
Where did these people get their rat skins? Could they have bought them from another fur shop and then sold them to him?
It's really frustrating to think about it.
Those people really shouldn't be farmers, they should be doing business.
…
Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhao Xuejing.
"Third uncle, let's buy cloth first, and then haul food," Zhao Luoyang said, "and then buy some straw."
With the coarse cloth, she planned to redeem the rainproof cloth and moisture-proof mat from the system, so that she could mix it with straw, poplar catkins, and reed catkins to make bedding.
Coarse cloth is expensive, and no one would easily take it apart to see what's inside. Even if it is taken apart, there is still compacted straw in between.
At present, except for her mother and a few children in the family who have warm mats, her father, mother, third uncle, and fourth uncle are all sleeping on the grass and mats.
When it snows and the house is very cold, what use are those things?
In addition to the home, I also had to make a bed for my husband and Mr. Song.
After thinking about it like this, Zhao Luoyang clearly arranged the forty pieces of money for selling rat skins.
It took Zhao Luoyang and several others to find a cloth shop. They had inquired about this shop before, and they also had some coarse cloth and linen available for purchase. They had just picked out the cloth, and Zhao Xuejing paid the money.
Shi Jiu's voice sounded in Zhao Luoyang's mind: "Maybe something will happen today."
Zhao Luoyang was startled.
The recorder was brought back, but it was not convenient for her to listen to it now. She wanted to listen to it first, and Shi Jiu would tell her what was recorded. Unexpectedly, this was what Shi Jiu said.
Zhao Luoyang asked: "Are you sure it's today?" She thought it wouldn't be so soon and there would always be time for them to find out.
Shi Jiu said: "Now we have to find a man named Cha Shuo in the village."
Even if Zhao Luoyang knew Bai Yuwei, it was impossible for him to go straight to the village to look for him.
"This matter must be left to the Wang family," Shi Jiu said. "Ordinary people in the village can't get the news. The Wang family should have some connections. If not, he can talk to Mr. Zhao and transfer manpower to the government office."
As for why Wang Huai was asked to find Cha Shuo, Zhao Luoyang could give a reason casually.
Zhao Luoyang said: "Shi Jiu, play the recorder, I want to listen."
Zhao Xuejing had already driven the donkey cart over. Zhao Luoyang was sitting on the donkey cart, waiting for Zhao Xuejing to buy food and other supplies. At this time, he happened to be listening to the recording.
After listening to the words of the Liu family uncle and Sun Zhuang, Zhao Luoyang frowned: "It is certain that Bai Yushu's death must be related to the Liu family. Zhang Yuan should have saved Bai Yushu."
Shi Jiu said: "We said before that Bai Yushu seemed to be hidden in Fengxia Village. Could that person be Zhang Yuan? If Zhang Yuan can go back and save Bai Yushu, maybe Bai Yushu may still survive."
Zhao Luoyang said: "But Zhang Yuan didn't go back."
Shi Jiu thought for a while: "Not only did I not go back at that time, but no one knows where Zhang Yuan is until now."
"Today's appearance at Zhang Yuan's house seems to have been arranged a long time ago," Zhao Luoyang said. "When I broke into Zhang Yuan's house, I found Ah Shu's portrait and poems written to Ah Shu. Let everyone tell Zhang Yuan and Ah Shu
The deaths are linked together.”
"Then the next step," Shi Jiu said, "is to confirm that Zhang Yuan is the murderer of Ah Shu."
How to decide?
Zhao Luoyang felt cold in his heart. If a person dies, he cannot defend himself. Zhang Yuan must know a lot about the Liu family, so the Liu family will definitely not let Zhang Yuan live.
But how to kill Zhang Yuan?
Zhao Luoyang immediately thought of the stockade. People outside said that the people in the stockade were vicious and evil. They had their own rules and did not abide by the laws of the court.
If the people in the village knew that Ah Shu died in Zhang Yuan's hands, would they kill Zhang Yuan?
This explanation is reasonable and reasonable.
The Liu family should have planned it a long time ago, so they have to prevent what happens next.
Zhao Luoyang said: "I'm going to find Wang Huai, hoping it's not too late."
…
Taozhou Village.
Bai Yuwei returned all the way to the village.
Although the people in the village have several surnames, they have been together for a long time and are as close as members of the same clan.
Whenever something happens in the village, several elders in the village will make the decision. If the elders cannot make up their minds, they will go to the Bai family for advice.
Everyone will work together to do things well outside the village.
When the people in the village are bullied by outsiders, everyone will share the same hatred. Because of this, the village can live peacefully in Taozhou.
"Sister Awei," several younger female relatives in the clan came forward first, "How are you doing? Is there any news?"
Ah Shu died outside the village. After the news spread, everyone in the village clamored to go to the government office to ask questions and catch the person who harmed Ah Shu.
Finally, Mrs. Bai spoke, asking everyone to stay, and selected a few people to go to the government office. Bai Yushu was Bai Yuwei's biological sister, and Bai Yuwei was among these people.
Bai Yuwei and others were running outside, and the people in the village were waiting for Bai Yuwei and others to bring back news.
Bai Yuwei shook her head: "I didn't find any clues."
"Where's the government office? Didn't they find out too?"
"Do they not take the village's affairs to heart?"
"Where's Mr. Zhao? Don't you think he's pretty good?"
Bai Yuwei sighed.
Several older female relatives grabbed their children and said, "Your sister has been out all day. Let her have a good rest."
When everyone heard this and was about to leave, they heard a voice saying: "Awei, did you hear that? It was Zhang Yuan who harmed Ah Shu. Now we are going to find Zhang Yuan."