Hearing a shout, the woman wiped away her tears, quickly walked outside the kitchen door, picked up the large wooden basin filled with dishes, went to the well, and neatly fetched water from the bucket to wash the dishes.
The woman who was scraping fish with a knife on the side saw that her eyes were red and she was silent, so she hurriedly asked: "Qiao Niang, what's wrong? Are you making things difficult for you again?"
The woman called Qiao Niang sniffed and said nothing.
The woman who was scraping the fish was holding the fish-killing knife as if to get up: "Let's see if I don't shave off a layer of his skin!"
"Sister-in-law of the Qi family..." Qiao Niang raised her hand and pressed the arm of the woman opposite her, and said angrily: "Stop teasing me."
Naturally, the woman would not actually scratch someone with a knife. The two of them were just chatting and having fun.
Only then did Qiao Niang speak up and talk about what had just happened.
The fish-killing woman cursed a few words, and finally sighed: "...but it's so difficult to make a living based on your ability!"
"Yeah, it's really hard." Qiao Niang lowered her head to wash the dishes and said, "It's hard to come out, and it's hard to stay at home... Ever since my daughter's father died, I'm a widow with my daughter, and I don't have any harsh words at the door.
Less than. It’s a difficult word anyway. I’d rather go out and do it, at least I’ll have money to get it!”
Speaking of the last sentence, Qiao Niang showed a bitter but reassuring smile: "I opened my monthly payment the day before yesterday. I went to the butcher shop and bought half a catty of leg meat. I also cut a new skirt for my daughter. My daughter was so happy that she couldn't sleep.
I still have to hold her in my arms."
Her hands washed the dishes quickly and cleanly, and when she talked about her daughter, the bitterness disappeared: "Sister-in-law Qi, it's great to have money. It's great to be able to support the family with money."
Previously, when she was bringing her daughter with her, people around her were urging her to find someone to remarry. The matchmaker helped her find a few families, not to mention whether she liked them or not, but the other parties were not happy with her bringing her daughter with her. They were picky and picky.
I don’t know how many times I cried while holding my daughter because of this.
But now that she is better, she can also go out to work and earn a living for herself and her daughter with her own hands, so she no longer has to think about the troublesome matter of remarrying for the time being!
"If you think so, my sister-in-law will be relieved." The fish-scraping woman said, "We will work hard here. No matter who makes a big fuss, we won't go home! If we go home dejected and wiping away tears, we will be right.
That’s what those people wanted!”
Speaking of the back, the woman raised her chin to indicate the direction of the front hall.
"Yes." Qiao Niang nodded: "The shopkeeper is not blind. When you open a business, you just want to make money... Whoever does the work carefully and diligently, and whoever does it secretly is afraid of being compared with others. Time
After a long time, the shopkeeper will naturally have an account in his mind. If we work hard, no one can squeeze us out."
Moreover, they were able to come out to work because Governor Chang thought of many ways to do so. The reason why they were willing to use female workers everywhere was because the government provided corresponding benefits.
They didn't understand those complicated doorways, but Qiao Niang knew that, in layman's terms, Governor Chang spent money on them. Many of them were called "losers" when they were born, but this time, they couldn't let it go no matter what.
Chang Jishi lost the money and went.
In this case, it is even more important to work hard. We can't let Chang Cishi waste his efforts, let alone let people take advantage of their failure and make fun of Chang Cishi for doing useless work.
They are no better than Governor Chang. Everyone says that Governor Chang is a born general. The things that Governor Chang does are something they cannot learn in eight lifetimes. Although they admire and look up to them, they also know that there is only one Governor Chang, and not everyone can do it.
They can all become regular governors.
But there is only one Governor Chang, but he is thinking about them and wants to pull countless such ordinary women to stand up together. This intention is even more precious.
Therefore, they have to strive for success.
And they work as odd jobs in restaurants, which is not the most difficult. I heard that it is more difficult for women who want to learn crafts and do crafts. Many trades do not allow women to enter. They are excluded and made things difficult for them. I don’t know how much ridicule and ridicule they have to endure.
Cold eyes.
At the end, Mrs. Qi said with a smile: "Everything is uphill at the beginning, but it will be fine in the future!"
"Yes, when female workers were first recruited everywhere, the women at the head of the village spat louder than anyone else, saying, 'Only those who have no shame go out to hang out,' and 'I don't know what I'm being deceived into.'
'You don't know a word, so be careful of being coaxed', 'The little girl goes out to show off all the time, she doesn't have a home, and it's hard to talk about her marriage'... In short, there is nothing nice to say."
When Qiao Niang said this, she curled her lips and smiled: "But two days ago, one of them came to me and asked me if we were still looking for female workers in our shop. She wanted to send her eldest granddaughter to work together."
There are more people doing it, and everyone is making money, so why don’t you get anxious?
What is face? In front of the clattering coins, if it was really that important, there wouldn't be so many people who would rather sell their sons and daughters in exchange for money.
"So I always think that as long as we hold on, maybe things will get better and better..." Qiao Niang stacked the cleaned dishes, "If one year is not enough, then two years, if two years are not enough, then ten years..."
Maybe when the girls grow up, they will feel that it is not a shame to be able to eat with their own hands."
"That's right!" Mrs. Qi's wife raised her hand and wiped the sweat on her forehead with the back of her hand, and said with a grin: "I heard what a group of scholars who came to eat yesterday said, "The most important thing for a gentleman...is to be self-reliant? Let's all be gentlemen for a time."
!”
"Why are you still a gentleman..." Qiao Niang smiled and took off a piece of fish scales on the Qi family's wife's forehead.
The summer sun was shining, shining on the pile of scraped fish scales. The colorful lights flashed, and the fish scales seemed to have become luxurious jewelry.
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The long-browed man with a long box on his back has arrived outside the governor's house.
Hearing the man's intention, the officer standing guard outside shook his head at him and pointed in the direction: "...go over there, go over there."
The man held his hand again and said with a smile: "Sir, I want to see the governor, and I would like to inform you."
"There are so many people who want to see the Governor, but who of us, the Governor, can see him if he wants to?" The official waved his hand to chase them away again.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "But isn't the governor currently recruiting talents?" the man asked.
"We are recruiting talents!" Another official also pointed in the direction of the side door: "So I asked you to go over there and queue up from there. Those who are interested will be registered together. After that, if they can pass the assessment, they can be assigned errands according to their skills.
!”
The man turned his head and looked at the long queue. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I still want to see the governor."
The official was a little annoyed: "...How come you can't understand what people are saying? You told me to go over there and register! There are at least a hundred people like you every day. If the governor comes to see them all in person,
, then we, the governor, don’t have to do anything!”
"Like me, No. 100?" The man smiled confidently: "Then you can't compare, right?"
The two officers looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
"...Your Excellency's shamelessness is beyond compare to them!"
"Since you don't have an invitation, just go over there and register honestly. Don't bother here!"
One of the officials saw two carriages approaching, and guessing that the governor was back, he quickly pushed the man away with the scabbard in his hand: "Go quickly, don't block the way anymore...!"
The man walked down the stone steps and stepped aside. Seeing the officer's expression, he turned around and looked thoughtfully.
As the carriage stopped, Luo Guanlin stepped out of the carriage and met the man's probing gaze.
After being stunned for a moment, Luo Guanlin walked forward quickly, came to the man with long eyebrows, and asked in surprise: "...How come my dear brother arrived so quickly?"
And why did he directly come to the governor's office? Didn't he say in his letter that they met at a restaurant outside?
The man he called his wise brother was also startled, and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Your Excellency, is...?"
Luo Guanlin thought it was the mask on his face that prevented the two of them from recognizing each other. Just when he was about to continue speaking, he saw the man's expression perked up and he passed him straight away and walked quickly behind him.
Chang Sui Ning, who also got off the carriage, was walking towards here.
As the official saluted, the man with long eyebrows already knew her identity, his eyes lit up, he bowed his head and clasped his fists in salute: "I am Tang Xing, I have long admired the name of Chang Cishi!"
Chang Suining asked with some surprise: "Tang Xing...Tang Xiukeng?"
The long-browed man was very surprised: "Have you ever heard of me, Governor Chang?"
His reputation has spread to Jiangdu?
Chang Suining smiled and looked at Luo Guanlin who was walking behind him, nodded and said, "I've heard of it."
At this time, Wang Yue had also got off the carriage, and Chang Sui Ning invited the long-browed man to go to the mansion to talk with him.
The long-browed man was overjoyed and subconsciously looked at his horse.
Chang Suining then signaled to the official to help him lead the horse.
The man with long eyebrows thanked him and followed Chang Sui Ning into the Governor's Mansion.
Along the way, seeing the long-browed man walking ahead and talking to Chang Suining, Wang Yue asked Luo Guanlin in a low voice: "This person is..."
Luo Guanlin: "He is the Tang Xing I have mentioned to you many times..."
Wang Yue immediately asked: "That prodigal son of Mount Wutai... did you trick him here too?"
So, he wasn't the only one who was deceived, was he?
Luo Guanlin: "..."
Although this was the case, it didn't look like this at all at the moment, which made him a little confused.
Seeing that Tang Xing didn't recognize him, Luo Guanlin didn't rush to talk to Tang Xing. There were many people on the road, so it wasn't a good time to talk.
When Chang Suining invited people into the side hall, Luo Guanlin took off his mask to show his greetings.
Tang Xing was very surprised: "Brother Luo? Why are you here?! Didn't the rumors say that you have..."
"Fortunately, he was rescued by the governor Chang and survived the disaster."
Tang Xing was surprised and happy. He stepped forward to hold Luo Guanlin's shoulders, patted him hard, and finally said with emotion: "I didn't expect to see my old friend again here... I'm so lucky!"
"So, my dear brother has never received my letter——"
After Luo Guanlin asked, he saw that Tang Xing looked confused, and even though he had a clear answer, it was impossible for letters to be sent from Jiangdu to Mount Wutai so quickly. That was why he was so surprised when he saw Tang Xing appear outside the Governor's Mansion.
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"I have been traveling away from home since last year and have not returned to Wutai Mountain for more than a year!" Tang Xing said with a smile: "It is fate that I can see Brother Luo here today!"
In this way, Luo Guanlin introduced Tang Xing to Chang Suining again.
At the end, Tang Xing said: "I have heard of the name Chang Cishi for a long time, and I have traveled thousands of miles to come to Jiangdu just to see your majesty and grace!"
Seeing the worthless appearance of his old friend, Luo Guanlin felt very complicated.
Tang Xing, courtesy name Xiukeng, was from Wutai Mountain in Daizhou and one of the three friends to whom he wrote.
Before writing the letter, he had told Chang Sui Ning that although Tang Xing was the only one of the three who had both civil and military skills, his temperament was unstable, he had no fixed abode, and he was very dissolute, making him the most difficult to convince among the three.
But the one he said was "the most difficult to convince" turned out to be the least valuable. He didn't need to trick him, so he took the initiative to deliver it to his door.
Chang Suining is in a very good mood, and today can be called a double happiness.
Soon, Wang Changshi sent someone to look for him, saying that there was an urgent matter that she needed to see. Chang Suining asked Luo Guanlin to entertain the distinguished guests on her behalf, and at the same time told Xi'er to have the kitchen prepare food and wine for the evening banquet.
After Chang Suining left, Luo Guanlin asked: "...Xiukong, why did you suddenly come to Jiangdu?"
"Didn't I just say that, because I admire the name Chang Jishi, I came here to see his true face!" Tang Xing's eyes were filled with admiration: "... Killing Thief Xu in seventy-three days is so exciting!"
Luo Guanlin fell silent, so he didn't care about his feelings or life and death at all, right?
But at the same time, he also knew Tang Xing's personality. He was free and uninhibited, and he never liked to be restrained by the world. When he was with friends, he also sought common ground while reserving differences, and his friends would not change his original mind.
This type of person has his own set of views on right and wrong. The ordinary worldly sense of good and bad, right and wrong cannot be applied to him.
Luo Guanlin once served as the county magistrate in Wutai Mountain. It was at that time that he met Tang Xing, who was still very young. At first, they met because of his solo campaign to suppress bandits. Although the two were ten years apart in age, Tang Xing was far older than him.
The young men of the same age have broad knowledge, and the two became good friends as soon as they went back and forth.
But later Tang Xing told him that the bandit suppression was not to eliminate harm for the people, but to get angry with his parents and run away from home without any money, so he came up with the idea of going to the bandits' den to earn some money.
Tang Xing also had many "roman" deeds. For example, when he was twelve years old, his family prepared to send him to the best academy in Daizhou, but on his way to become an apprentice, he gave Shu Xiu to an orphan who sold himself to bury his father on the roadside.
Girl, she wandered off on her own.
He is a son of a local wealthy family. There are many brothers in the family, but he is the most different one, and he is also the one that his parents want to throw away the most.
The reason why he was named Tang Xing was because he was born with lethargy, neither crying nor fussing, which was worrying, so he was not only named "Xing", but also given the Chinese character "xiu sleepy"... This is what the Tang family's parents regretted the most.
——The bad thing is the name!
When Tang Xing grew up, he was more naughty than ordinary children, and he was always restless, as the name suggests.
He has been missing from time to time since he was a child. He loves traveling and novel things the most.
At this moment, what else does Luo Guanlin not understand? The other party is probably here because of Chang Suining's "novelty" - in recent years, is there anyone more novel than her in the world?
His letter was really redundant.
Although Tang Xing insisted on going his own way, he was not completely unconcerned about the feelings of his friends. He did not forget to explain to Luo Guanlin at this moment: "Brother Luo, who has not gone through many detours in this life? Only those who dare to think and do things like you are considered
This life worthwhile!"
He does not deny that Luo Guanlin followed Xu Zhengye to start the uprising. He also never thinks that friends should be completely consistent. After all, he travels all over the world and has too many friends. And in his opinion, people have different opinions.
Different from ambition, it requires understanding and mutual respect.
What Luo Guanlin pursues is "a wise king and a wise minister".
What he pursues are strange people and strange things.
That night, Chang Suining hosted a banquet for Wang Yue and Tang Xing.
After the banquet, after drinking, Tang Xing opened the long box he carried with him.
Yao Ran looked at the weird man who spoke uninhibitedly and was incompatible with this governor's mansion, and the long sword in his hand, and just listened to him say: "I have heard for a long time that the governor Chang is very skilled in martial arts. I wonder if I can ask the governor to give me some advice today?
"
Chang Sui Ning agreed, and before leaving the hall, he borrowed the sword from Qi Hu.
Tang Xing, who was following behind, noticed her casual borrowing of the sword and raised his eyebrows, becoming even more amused.
Yao Ran also followed him out. She was a tall man but also a wild person. She was afraid that the other party would really hurt the governor.
Fortunately, it turned out that she was overly worried. After seeing the two people in the courtyard who were very different in size after more than ten moves, her master had the upper hand, and Yao Ran showed a relaxed smile.
Also, sword fighting is what her family is good at. In other words, except for wrestling and other head-on confrontations, her family is not afraid of any bifa who has a weapon in his hand.
With a "ding" sound, the long sword in Tang Xing's hand fell to the ground, and the victory or defeat was decided.
Chang Suining took two steps forward, picked up Tang Xing's sword with his sword, caught it with his other hand, held the sword hilt horizontally, and handed it back to Tang Xing.
Tang Xing stood quietly on the spot, as if he had just woken up from a dream, holding the cold sword in his hands, his eyes were extremely bright, and his heart was surging with excitement.
Early the next morning, Wang Yuegang, who had barely slept all night, got up, found Luo Guanlin, and asked, "...Where is the prodigal son of Mount Wutai?"
They both came here to choose a master, and he wanted to talk to the other person and communicate with each other.
But Luo Guanlin said: "Let's go."
"Leaving now?" Wang Yue panicked, feeling abandoned by his own kind. He lowered his voice and asked, "How did you leave? Seeing that the situation was not right, you climbed over the wall at night?"
Luo Guanlin glanced at him: "I'm going to the army with the governor."
Wang Yue: "?"
Such a move.
No...are these people making decisions so hastily? Don't they need any time to think at all???
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At the same moment, Meng Lie, who was far away in the capital, had just come out of Dayun Temple.
He had lived in Dayun Temple for half a month, and until he left at this time, he had already made a decision in his heart.
But after returning to Dengtai Tower, a letter from Jiangdu suddenly disrupted his decision.