"Mother Bai has accumulated a total of 22 points now," Shi Jiu said. "One more increase and it will be almost done."
Shi Jiu's voice came from Zhao Luoyang's mind, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly. In the eyes of others, it would only make people think that she was in a good mood.
Mrs. Bai looked at Zhao Luoyang and suddenly said: "It's not easy for you to come to Taozhou, but why do you think of visiting our village? Haven't you heard rumors about the village before?"
Although they met Zhao Luoyang because of Ah Shu's case, Ah Wei invited Zhao Luoyang to come to the village as a guest, and Zhao Luoyang happily agreed.
Now he came to the village with so many things and mentioned that he wanted to plant the barren fields of the village. Obviously, he wanted to keep in touch with the village.
Zhao Luoyang said: "We came to Taozhou and were not familiar with the place. We listened to what others told us. When we moved to Fengxia Village, they also said that we immigrants had unclean hands and feet. Even when we went to the East Village to fetch water, someone had to be there.
Looking at it, you can see how untrustworthy the rumors are, how can you believe those words so easily."
"We have seen with our own eyes what Sister Awei is like. Instead of believing other people's words, it is better to believe your own eyes. Besides, it is not easy to survive in Taozhou. It is worth taking the risk to find a way for yourself."
"We know how to farm and so on. We can't find any work in other villages. After thinking about it, we want to go to the village to focus on grazing. Maybe we can be useful."
"Accordingly, we also need a village."
Zhao Luoyang's words were very organized and sounded truthful, without any trace of perfunctoryness. Mrs. Bai felt more and more that she was what she wanted.
But after experiencing too many things, Mrs. Bai remained calm: "Do you need a village?"
Zhao Luoyang nodded: "When farming, without livestock, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort. The stockade does not lack these, and the fur on the stockade is also what we want. Others cannot provide this. We will get along well with the stockade in the future.
The village might even buy something from us."
"Also, if the stockade needs manpower, or if you want to sell livestock, furs and other items farther away, we can also help."
After Zhao Luoyang finished speaking, Mrs. Bai had not yet responded. She heard Shi Jiu sigh.
Zhao Luoyang asked Shi Jiu, "What's wrong?"
Shi Jiu responded: "It's nothing, I just feel that after so long, apart from family members, you and Mrs. Bai have spoken the most truth."
Zhao Luoyang didn't realize it. She felt that she was telling the truth sincerely to everyone.
But Mrs. Bai is more attentive.
Zhao Luoyang said: "No matter whether Mrs. Bai's identity is the Bai family mentioned in the system or not, she is very smart and there is no need to tell lies in front of such a person."
"Well," Shi Jiu said, "Although I didn't tell most of the truth...it's still very sincere."
Zhao Luoyang felt that Shi Jiu was ridiculing her.
Mrs. Bai nodded: "What you said makes sense."
As soon as she finished speaking, a smile appeared in Mrs. Bai's eyes: "However, it is also dangerous to interact with the village. You know about Ah Shu. Maybe one day, you may be implicated by the village."
"Master Zhao will definitely investigate that case," Zhao Luoyang said. "You should know that Master Zhao rescued many women who were sold privately. When we were in Min County, we saw with our own eyes those people thanking Master Zhao.
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Mrs. Bai said: "Do you trust Mr. Zhao?"
Zhao Luoyang nodded: "Last time, because of Ah Shu's incident, Mr. Zhao went to the village and talked with my husband, and I heard it all. Mr. Zhao mentioned the village, and the husband said that the village used to work with the government office to resist the Tibetans
, otherwise the imperial court will not recover the Taomin land."
"Master Zhao also said that the village has paid a lot for this, so this case will never go unsolved here in the Liu family."
Mrs. Bai was a little surprised: "Your husband?"
Zhao Luoyang nodded: "Mr. Song, who taught me and my brother how to read, had many students in the past. The eldest son of the family also passed the imperial examination and became an official. Unfortunately, he was charged for some reason..."
Zhao Luoyang told Granny Bai about Mr. Song's situation, and naturally brought Nie Shuang and Wu Weijun with him.
Mrs. Bai said: "No wonder you were able to escape from the bandits. It was because you met people from the Wuwei Army."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Do you know the Wuwei Army?"
Mrs. Bai shook her head: "I'm not familiar with it, but when there was a war here, the armed guards came here."
She knew that Xiao Yu, who was leading the army, did not let Zhaizi be the forward in that battle. At that time, Xiao Yu asked his deputy to come and inform them.
As long as they stay in the stronghold, now that they are a large people, they will naturally be protected by the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.
That battle was won quickly, and Xiao Yu was only sixteen years old.
The only descendant of the Xiao family whom she felt had some ability, that is, the young prince Yu, unfortunately also died in the battle.
When Mrs. Bai thought of this, she sneered in her heart. Such a person could not escape the Feng family's methods. Da Qi might have really run out of energy.
"Let's go see the spinning wheel!" Zhao Xueyi and Niu Daochang came over.
They have almost discussed the dung cellar. If they go back and ask Mr. Song for advice, they will be able to tell the village how to repair it. Although one dung cellar is enough for them to work on for a long time, Zhao Xueyi has not forgotten those looms.
Zhao Luoyang looked at Mrs. Bai.
Mrs. Bai nodded: "I will take you there."
Widow Xie has been waiting aside. She can't get involved in these things, but she can understand a little bit about the work of the loom. Finally, she can be used, and she is very happy in her heart.
Several people went to the courtyard to the west of the village, where women were washing wool and mending leather.
Widow Xie saw the scraps of leather that the women in the village had trimmed off at a glance, and couldn't help but feel sad. Such a good thing was thrown away? If they took it away and sewed it on burlap, they could at least make a small mattress.
As Widow Xie thought about it, some women wanted to take away the scraps of fur and throw them away.
"Don't throw it away, don't throw it away, it can still be used, it can be used." Widow Xie hurriedly stretched out her hand to stop it.
"It's no longer usable," said a woman. "It's so messed up that it can't be sewn together."
"Yes, yes," said Widow Xie, "I will teach you how to sew."
As she spoke, Widow Xie went to get a needle and thread from the basket, and then put two scraps of fur together under the eyes of the women.
But the stitch technique is really dazzling.
"If you sew a stitch here and another stitch here, won't it make it impossible to break free?"
Several women looked at me and I looked at you, and they all tried to learn. One of them did learn it, but she found it troublesome. She couldn't sell these and kept them at home... There are better ones at home, it's true.
Not necessary.
"If you want it, I'll give it to you!" Everyone knew about Zhao Luoyang and the others, so they were naturally more generous.
Widow Xie's eyes lit up, but she couldn't ask for it in vain. She looked at the furs, counted forty coins from her waist and handed them over: "The money is not much, if you are willing to sell it, sell it to me."
The people in the village didn't expect that these useless things could be exchanged for money. They looked at Mrs. Bai.
Zhao Luoyang said: "You can't just take it for free. Take a look. If you are willing to sell it, we will buy it so that we can communicate with you in the future." Everyone knows that things given for free will not last long.
Mrs. Bai did not refuse and nodded to the woman in the village.
The woman happily accepted it.
Widow Xie said: "You can sell us anything you don't need, whether it's old or broken, if the price is right, we can buy it. I can also do needlework. If there is anything that needs to be mended, I can bring it."
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Widow Xie found that a woman was looking at the wooden hairpin on her head, so she simply reached out and took it off: "This can also be exchanged for something."
This hairpin was actually given to Widow Xie by her family when she got married. She used to cherish it very much, but after what happened to Sister Xiang's son and father, she finally looked away from it. These things were nothing, as long as they were good to them.
How important is it to communicate with the village now? How can she still be reluctant to part with a hairpin?
Zhao Luoyang felt that she didn't need to say anything more. She brought her Fourth Uncle and Widow Xie over so that they could seize the opportunity and find their own jobs.
Shi Jiu also said: "You brought out a lot of people from the 16th household, and now they can all help."
Mrs. Bai did not stop her, so Widow Xie was quickly pulled into the house by the women.
"The looms and spinning wheels are over there," said Mrs. Bai, "Let's go and have a look together!"
Zhao Luoyang looked at Zhao Xueyi, Mrs. Bai's last few charm points depended on her fourth uncle's.