Mrs. Qiao now wanted to roll up her sleeves and talk to Zhao Luoyang. This mute, who had never been able to speak in his whole life and didn't know what evil he had committed, suddenly became eloquent and deceived so many people.
But she looked at the people around her. They were all listening carefully to Zhao Luoyang's words and nodding in agreement from time to time, even her silly guy.
Mr. Qiao stretched out his hand and pinched Mr. Wu's arm and twisted it hard. Mr. Wu suddenly felt pain and almost shouted. Then he met Mr. Qiao's angry eyes. Mr. Wu frowned. He didn't know.
What kind of devil is Mr. Qiao doing again?
Seeing her man like this, Mrs. Qiao became even more angry, and couldn't help but said: "You just believe it? You have to take out the money before you see it, and you have to follow the work. This is better than those rich gentry."
Calculation."
Qiao's words fell into the ears of the people around her, and many eyes looked over.
Ms. Qiao is not afraid of this. On the way to move, she had a fight with the Zhao family. What happened in the end? Ms. Qiao naturally refused to admit it. The current Fengxia Village is much better than the village where they were naturalized. If she had followed the Zhao family at that time
, what is the situation now? They have had a very hard time this winter. Thanks to the relief food provided by the imperial court, otherwise they would not have been able to survive it.
Zheng Zheng in the village where they were naturalized did not collude with those people, but Qiao felt that the government office might as well arrest Na Zheng, who did nothing and just thought about living a good life for his own family all day long, without any calculations.
They, the immigrants, will not help them.
Do you think this kind of righteousness is okay? It makes your teeth itch with hatred, but there is nothing you can do about it.
News came that several villages in Taozhou were doing spring plowing together, and their Fujia Village didn't have any explanation. She was really impatient and came to take a look at the situation. The main reason was that she didn't believe that the Zhao family had the final say on this matter.
Furthermore, when she heard that Zhao Xueli had done something right, she had to see it with her own eyes. If it was all lies, wouldn't she be angry in vain? Even if it was true, there might be some inside story.
"It all depends on what I do?" Qiao said, "Many people think so, right? I just expressed everyone's thoughts. If you don't have any money to take, what will the family eat? Take the money.
Go, if they leave, where will you go to look for them?"
"Everyone has finally survived the winter, but we can't do it now..."
Before Qiao could finish her words, Blacksmith Wu next to her reached out and covered her mouth.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" Qiao couldn't make any sound, so she had no choice but to reach out and hit Blacksmith Wu.
Blacksmith Wu is inherently dark, otherwise everyone would see his blushing face.
Zhao Luoyang looked at Blacksmith Wu and Mrs. Qiao who started acting up, and she said: "Uncle Wu, please let Aunt go. In Fengxia Village, everyone just says what they have to say and doesn't force anyone to do anything."
reason."
When Blacksmith Wu was told this, he loosened his hand slightly. Mrs. Qiao took the opportunity to open her mouth and bite Blacksmith Wu's palm. Blacksmith Wu restrained herself from slapping Mr. Qiao away, but silently endured the pain. Waiting until Mr. Qiao
He let out a sigh of relief and let go of his mouth.
Qiao struggled for a while and finally became more open-minded.
"What's going on?" Mrs. Qiao pointed at Blacksmith Wu, "Have you discussed it with others? You can't talk here?"
Blacksmith Wu's frown deepened: "What are you talking about, bitch? They didn't let us come. It was you who had to come over and listen."
Qiao didn't feel guilty at all: "I told you that I wanted to do it myself, so I can't come and listen?"
Mrs. Qiao looked away from her man and looked at Zhao Luoyang thoughtfully: "Who knows, maybe you didn't see it..."
Zhao Luoyang said: "After you entered the village, didn't you go to the place where we cooked the skins? You wanted to take a look at the dried skins, but you didn't expect that there were two big dogs in the yard. The dogs
Did it scare you when you rushed out?"
When Qiao heard this, her face suddenly turned red, and she felt the people around her starting to point fingers at her.
"It turns out that I didn't have good intentions when I entered the village."
"Are you going to steal someone else's skin or steal their craftsmanship?"
"After you did that kind of thing, how dare you say those words?"
Mrs. Qiao is a sharp-tongued person, and Zhao Luoyang caught her, which only made her embarrassed for a moment, but she quickly came to her senses: "I just went to take a look and give them the money."
Couldn't you have seen it more clearly before?"
"Have you thought about it clearly? Do you know who I am doing this for?"
"There are people who make so much money without any effort. Instead of talking about them, you catch me and won't let me go."
Qiao's voice was sharp: "Think about it, is what I said wrong?"
"Yes," Zhao Luoyang said, "You are right."
Now the surroundings were quiet.
Zhao Luoyang continued: "I really can't give you money. If you want to earn a sum of money and take it back now, I can only say I'm sorry, we don't have it here."
"The land is still barren, and there are no traces of crops. If everyone wants money, is it possible that they are asking for it to fall from the sky?"
After Zhao Luoyang finished speaking, he looked at Mrs. Qiao: "You are right, we may not be as good as the rich gentry now. The rich gentry will also give money to them on a monthly basis when they find long-term workers. We can't. I dare not say that we have to wait until the autumn harvest to have money.
But I can’t promise how long it will take to get the money back.”
"But one thing you have to remember is that the money the rich gentry gives to the long-term workers is wages. After selling the crops in our fields for money, after deducting the expenses on the fields, the remaining money has to be distributed to everyone.
Yes, because it is our own farmland, wasteland cultivated by ourselves."
When Mrs. Qiao heard this, she couldn't help but change her face. After not seeing each other for a few months, Zhao Luoyang seemed to be more powerful than before. As soon as Mrs. Qiao thought of this, she felt a gaze falling on her. The gaze looked soft.
, but it sent an inexplicable chill down her spine.
Qiao raised her head and met Zhao Luoyang's eyes.
Zhao Luoyang said: "We didn't do anything? We were just waiting to collect everyone's money? Then where did the farm tools you saw come from? It was after the New Year, and people from several villages worked day and night.
Made of workmanship.”
Zhao Luoyang paused for a moment after saying this: "Before doing this, I thought about it, there will be people who will question it, so I invited the government clerk to help write the paperwork. Anyone who wants to farm together will sign the paperwork.
"
"Of course, everyone can also suspect that I colluded with the government office..."
When Zhao Luoyang said this, many people couldn't help it: "How could we think like this?"
"That's right. The fields belong to everyone, and it's not like they were all given to Fengxia Village. It's clearly stated in the document. Who would lie to people like this?"
"We also believe in the government office and Mr. Zhao. If the government office had not provided relief food, we would have starved to death."
"No, who can be so heartless?"
Zhao Luoyang shook his head: "We have experienced such suspicions a long time ago. On the way to relocation, a group of us encountered bandits. Mr. Song led everyone to avoid the bandits. My father and the others risked their lives to stop the bandits for everyone.
, even though this is the case, people are still questioning that we colluded with bandits..."
Having said this, Zhao Luoyang looked at Mrs. Qiao again: "Aunt Qiao, am I right? Isn't that how you doubt us? Seeing that we brought too many old, young, women and children with us, it was difficult to move. At that time, you were
It wasn't because you thought that we happened to attract the bandits, so you took another path."
Qiao's expression changed completely. She didn't expect that Zhao Luoyang would mention this matter in front of so many people.
Zhao Luoyang said: "Since then I have known that no matter how well I do, I may not be able to get all the sincerity. So now I will not force anyone, nor will I persuade or explain. At the moment, everyone
It’s difficult. We need to support and rely on each other. If you just want to get benefits from others and take advantage of others, just don’t come.”