Xiong Yushi's wife, Wang, is from Hai County and has a lowly family background. She used to work as a domestic helper in Zheng Chong's family because of Xiong Yushi's relationship.
Now, I can only do sporadic laundry work to supplement the family income.
When I saw two young people standing outside the door, especially one of them who looked like a scholar, I felt a little at a loss.
"You...who are you...?"
Hou Yao said proudly:
"It doesn't matter who we are, as long as you know that we are here to change your destiny."
Wang was successfully frightened by Hou Yao and let the door open.
After entering the gate, Xiong Yushi was sitting in the yard chewing a sugar cane. When he saw two strangers coming in outside the door, he immediately felt a little embarrassed.
Generally, no one wants to associate with a lowly family like theirs.
Especially people from the privileged class. Hou Yao wears a Confucian shirt and is at least a scholar.
This alone is not something that lowly people like them can achieve.
"Are you two here to see this villain?"
Hou Yao showed a confident smile and said:
"Yes, your name is Xiong Yushi, right?"
Xiong Yushi nodded honestly.
"I heard that you can make glass beads, right?"
Xiong Yushi frowned when he heard the word "glass".
As lowly people, craftsmanship not only cannot help them change their living conditions, but will instead become a reason for being oppressed.
Just because of this skill, he was exploited by Zheng Chong for many years.
Usually jailers are thin and weak, but Xiong Yushi can be so tall and thick.
In fact, he often practiced by himself in a kiln.
In order to keep him in good condition, Zheng Chong did not skimp on food, but that was all.
Xiong Yushi finally jumped out of one fire pit, so how could he be willing to jump into another?
So my impression of the arrogant young man in front of me was immediately bad.
"What glass? I'm just an ordinary jailer. Okay, you go.
Mother-in-law, see the guests off and leave everyone else at home."
After saying that, she turned around and went into the house. Mrs. Wang quickly ran over to chase the person away.
With a "clang" sound, the courtyard door closed.
Hou Yao and Yu Xiuer stood at the door and looked at each other.
"Ms. sir, what should we do now? This Xiong Yushi doesn't seem to like us very much."
Hou Yao was also confused. He is also a time-travel protagonist after all, right? The other protagonists are all "bastards",
Talented people are crying and shouting to come to seek refuge. How come they are kicked out even if they call the jailer?
Isn’t this too embarrassing for the protagonist’s identity?
What about the protagonist’s halo?
The more I thought about it, the angrier I became, and I immediately yelled:
"This bastard is so shameless. Let's go back and shake people. As pirates, why should we talk to people?
Bah, I'm really sorry for our status."
…
five days later,
On a dark and windy night,
A group of men in black armed with steel knives came to the low earthen wall of Hai County.
The leader jumped up to the top of the city with one leap, and then lowered the rope to lead other people from the bottom of the city up.
After crossing the city wall, this group of people went straight to the Xiong family who lived not far from the corner of the city wall.
The four members of Xiong Yushi's family were sleeping soundly, and before they even had time to scream, they were gagged and tied up tightly.
The man in black carried the four people on his shoulders and retreated quickly.
Xiong Yushi's eyes were full of horror, but he could do nothing. He could only watch his family being carried away.
Seeing that the man in black is about to climb the city wall, if he crosses the city wall, I am afraid that his family will be really hopeless.
Suddenly he saw two old soldiers guarding the city, squatting in the corner and taking a nap. In order to survive,
He tried his best to twist his body, but the man in black was obviously unprepared, and he managed to break away.
It fell to the ground with a 'plop', making a loud noise.
It's just that the two old soldiers seemed to be sleeping soundly and didn't react at all.
Xiong Yushi's eyes turned red, he gritted his teeth, twisted his body desperately and rolled to the feet of the old pawn.
The two old soldiers finally opened their eyes, and Xiong Yushi suddenly showed the joy of escaping.
"Uh huh..."
This obviously means save me...save me...
But the two old soldiers stood up and met the two men in black, looking down at the shining steel knives in their hands.
One of them immediately raised his foot and kicked back Xiong Yushi at his feet.
"Old Wang, I drank too much water tonight and I need to pee. Can you go and pee?"
"Let's go together, let's go together. I've been suffering from an eye disease for the past two days and I can't see anything. Please help me light it up."
"If you hadn't told me earlier, I also have an eye disease and can't see. Why don't we hold on to the wall and walk."
As they said that, the two of them just walked away, touching the wall.
Xiong Yushi's eyes were filled with despair.
The two men in black looked at each other, picked up the bear rain stones on the ground, climbed up the city wall, and disappeared into the night in a short while.
The next day, Ren Hongcai received a report from his subordinates that bandits entered the city last night and robbed a jailer and his family.
Ren Hongcai became furious on the spot:
How could a bandit enter the city and rob people? When has there ever been a jailer named Xiong Yushi in the county? How could anyone be robbed when no one has ever done so?
The county magistrate and the chief registrar also angrily scolded him, saying that if you don't understand the situation, don't talk nonsense. There has never been a jailer named Xiong Yushi in the county.
That night, all the documents related to Xiong Yushi in Hai County County Government were destroyed.
…
On the little black tail boat,
Xiong Yushi finally knew why he was kidnapped.
Looking at the familiar face in front of me, I felt terrified.
Hou Yao patted Xiong Yushi's face with a look on his face and took off the rag from his mouth:
"Old Xiong, look at it. Didn't you refuse to drink the toast and drink as a penalty? You're fine now. Why are you causing so much unpleasantness?"
Xiong Yushi exclaimed:
"You...who are you? Why do you want to have trouble with me, a pariah? Come against me if you have any grudges and grudges, but let my family go."
Hou Yao helped him sit up and said slowly:
"Don't worry, not only will I not touch your family, I will also let you and your family live a good, positive and healthy life without worrying about food and clothing.
Of course, the premise is that you have to be obedient, otherwise I will be in trouble,
You see, there are so many of us, and I have to give them an explanation, right?"
Xiong Yushi didn't dare to believe Hou Yao's words, so he just kept kowtowing:
"I can do anything you want, I just ask you not to hurt my family. The children are still young and they don't know anything yet.
You want me to burn glass, right? I will burn it, I will burn it, please let my family go, let them go, I will listen to you in everything."
Hou Yao said with a troubled face:
"What you said, if I really let them go, can you know whether they are dead or alive? Really,
Besides, I want you to work for me peacefully. How can you do it without your family around?
If you miss your family every day, do you still have the time to study technology?
You have to love what you do, and I plan to train you to become the world's number one glass master."
Xiong Yushi was dumbfounded. He was a glass master. He was a porcelain maker.
"Um..., Mr.... Young Master, I... I am a porcelain craftsman, and the glass is just incidental.
Besides, that thing can be burned into beads, so it's not of much use.
It's just some rich kids who play more frivolously, and brothel girls like to use it for fun, but it's not that useful."
Hou Yao had always wondered what the rich people wanted for these glass beads. He suddenly understood after hearing Xiong Yushi's explanation.
It turns out that this thing is used as a sex toy. No wonder the price is so expensive.
Sure enough, this industry has always been extremely profitable in every era.
"Who said I want you to burn glass beads? What I want are glass products, cups, vases and other things. The most important thing is windows."
Xiong Yushi said anxiously:
"This... this..., I... I don't know how to burn. I can burn two glass beads."
Hou Yao said confidently:
"Of course I know you don't know how. No one knows those things except me, so you should learn from me.
Once you learn everything, earning a million taels of silver a month will not be a dream."
Xiong Yushi was confused,
He thought he already knew why he was arrested before, but now he is confused again.
I just feel that the scholar in front of me looks like a scholar, but is actually a pirate, and he is full of lunatics.
But it makes sense to think about it. Anyone who can do something like kidnapping a jailer's whole family must be insane.
…
The sky was dimming, and the small black-tailed boat had docked at the port of Haixing Island.
Xiong Yushi's family of four landed on Starfish Island for the first time. They originally thought it would be a terrifying pirate cave.
But I didn't expect that this place is actually a very special place. The overall feeling is that it is clean, much cleaner than the county town.
The roads are paved with fine sand, gravel, or shells.
Although it is not as good as the main road paved with the best stone slabs in the county, it is much better than most other dirt roads.
In addition, he also saw a particularly large house and heard the sound of reading loudly coming from inside.
Listening to this noisy sound, there must be at least six or seventy children studying together.
This shocked Xiong Yushi's family. It was impossible to have so many children studying in the largest school in the county.
How many people are there on this island? I'm afraid all the children are in that school.
Before Xiong Yushi's family could recover from the shock, Hou Yao patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Old Xiong, did you see that, that is the school on our island. From now on, your two little guys will also be sent here to study and learn literacy.
When you are working during the day, the little ones can't be idle. Let's work hard together to have a good life."
Xiong Yushi looked shocked, then said excitedly:
"Really...really? My boy can also...can enter the school?"
Wang also said with disbelief:
"Sir, you...you said my Xiong is a big boy, and a Xiong with a second ability can also go to...school?"
Hou Yao looked like it was natural:
"How novel. Children on the island, under the age of twelve and over five, must be sent to school to learn and read.
Your two boys should be at this age, right? How could you not come?"
As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of his fear of being dominated by exams in his childhood in his previous life.
How can it be possible that I am the only one in this world who has suffered such pain? Is there any justice?
Therefore, this school must be run well, and it must be done in a big way, and no child can be spared.