Mrs. Tao came out of the house when she heard the noise.
She glanced at Meng Gao, and then said to Zhao Luoyang: "I asked him to come in, but he refused and insisted on waiting in the yard."
Of course, Mrs. Tao couldn't let Meng Gao enter the main house. She was a woman at home and always wanted to avoid suspicion. She asked Meng Gao to sit in the kitchen, but Meng Gao also resisted, as if he was afraid of damaging his things.
This is how Meng Gao thought. Since he came to ask for help, he had to think carefully.
"Girl of the Zhao family," Meng Gao bowed to Zhao Luoyang, holding the clay pot in his hand a little awkwardly, "Can you sell me some more of the whey from before?"
Meng Gao said, lifting the bucket from the ground: "I brought grain. Look, it's all new rice."
In fact, Meng Gao didn't know if the whey he took back was of any use. Daniel's drinking days were still short, but he saw with his own eyes that the children in West Village were getting better and better. When he came over, several children were playing in the yard.
All the cheeks were flushed, and they looked nothing like the way they looked when they just settled down.
The Zhao girl said there was no milk, only whey, so he bought some without hesitation. He felt that these immigrants were different from what Gao Lizheng said.
Now that he has made his choice, he cannot hesitate.
In the whole village, he took the first step. Although it was for the sake of his family's big boss, he felt from the bottom of his heart that it was a good thing. At least these people had the ability. They could kill bandits instead of using money to support those beasts.
Zhao Luoyang asked: "How is the child? Do you feel uncomfortable after eating?"
Meng Gao shook his head and said: "No, he also said that the whey is a little sweet and he likes to drink it."
Zhao Luoyang said: "I just happened to bring back some whey today. I will sell it to you. I will give you two large cans for a bucket of rice. But this whey cannot be kept for too long. You can take one can back first.
When you're done drinking, come back and get the fresh ones."
Meng Gao didn't know where the whey came from, but from the Zhao girl's words, he could tell that it was for their sake.
Meng Gao immediately bent down and thanked him: "Thank you very much, girl. Just as the girl said, I will take one can away today."
Zhao Luoyang said: "If you are not worried, just give me half a bucket of rice first."
"No," Meng Gao refused, "There's nothing to worry about. I'm very grateful to the lady for selling such a good thing to me. Besides, you don't want me to miss these things."
In this case, needless to say, Zhao Xueli and others happened to unload the whey from the donkey cart, and Zhao Luoyang gave a can to Meng Gao.
Meng Gao thanked him again and again.
Zhao Xueli said: "When I came over, I saw people coming in and out of the East Village. I'll help you keep an eye on it for a while, and you can go back while there's no one around."
There was a grateful look in Meng Gao's eyes. He did not leave immediately. Instead, he thought for a moment and said, "The bandit incident this time may be related to Gao Lizheng's family. That group has been hiding in the mountains for a long time. We should have done this long ago."
You know, I have been to the village before, killed people and robbed things."
"Later, Li Zheng from several villages came forward to resolve the matter. Li Zheng asked us to hand over some grain so that the bandits would not come again after harvesting it."
Zhao Xueli said: "How often do you need to pay?"
When Meng Gao thought of Sanfen, his expression became a little cold: "The most money is given during the autumn harvest. Usually it is paid once every three months, but sometimes it is paid once a month."
Zhao Xuejing frowned when he heard this: "Isn't this how to raise bandits?"
"Yes," Meng Gao said, "Originally they were only thirty or forty people in total, but now there are more people and horses, I don't know how many there are."
The bandits were forced to be raised like this. Everyone has resentment in their hearts. The most important thing is that the policemen colluded with the bandits and oppressed them overtly and covertly.
"There is someone in our village who was killed by bandits when he left the village just because he disobeyed Li Zheng." Meng Gao took a deep breath, "so the people in the East Village are afraid of him. There was something going on here that night, we listened
We arrived, but we didn’t dare to go out.”
It was an unpleasant thing to say, but Meng Gao said it anyway. Don’t these 16 relocated households know? They knew it very well, but they could still sell the whey to him. If he kept hiding it, he would feel guilty in his heart.
I really can't live with it, and I don't have the shame to let my children drink this whey.
Meng Gao continued: "In Fengxia Village, there are many people with the surname Gao, and there are 23 households with foreign surnames. I have listened to Gao Lizheng's words over the years, and I have become accustomed to it. If it weren't for my children, I might not have dared to take this step."
Although there are bandits and Gao Limasa, aren't we all still alive? As long as we can survive, no one dares to risk the whole family being killed to resist.
This is what twenty-three households are thinking.
Meng Gao knew this much: "If the government office needs my confession, I am willing to tell the government office what I just said again, but my wife and children have to leave the East Village."
He had saved up all his life and only had his wife and children by his side. No matter what, he didn't want anything to happen to them.
Zhao Xueli didn't speak, but Zhao Luoyang said: "Don't worry, we won't say it out casually."
Meng Gao thanked him again and left, and Zhao Xueli went to see him off.
Zhao Xuejing sighed: "Then Gao Lizheng and his family should be sent to the government office."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Master Zhao is watching. As long as we get the evidence, we will definitely not be able to escape them." This is not a matter of Gao Lizheng's family, it is the same situation in several villages.
It's useless to capture one of them. Just like the bandits, they must be killed together.
Shi Jiu said: "Sun Ji went before him, and the villagers in these villages also followed suit, raising bandits, and they also benefited from it."
Zhao Luoyang said: "Sun Ji also wanted to collect money and give it to the Feng family. Every level of exploitation was taken from the people. Therefore, there were fewer and fewer farmers in Taozhou over the years, and the court thought of relocating the people."
"Relocation is not a bad thing, but it also gives the Feng family and Sun Ji an opportunity to make another fortune from it."
Shi Jiu said calmly: "These days must come to an end."
These are all things Zhao Luoyang has to think about. The sixteen households don't have to think about these things, they just think about the work in front of them.
Luo Zhenniang and Widow Xie cleared out a room in their house and used it to make fur coats.
There were many people and the leather was ready-made, so everyone made it quickly. When fifteen pieces were saved, Zhao Luoyang followed Zhao Xuejing, Feng Laosan and Shi Ping to the city to sell them.
There were many people at the market in the city, and together with Feng Laosan, Shi Ping had already figured out the surrounding area and quickly found a busy place to set up a stall.
Before the Chinese New Year, I had extra money and wanted to buy something, but it was so cold now. When I saw the leather jacket, everyone immediately came around to ask.
Not far away, Tao Erzhu, Mr. Tao's uncle, saw Zhao Xuejing. He immediately grabbed Old Mrs. Zhang and said, "Look, is that Chunya's man over there?"
Mrs. Zhang said: "The third child of the Zhao family? What are they here for? To buy things in the city?"
Tao Erzhu said: "Why do I look like they are here to sell things? Are you unable to survive and want to exchange things for food rations? Let's go over and have a look."