Su Qing went to cook after coming back from town, and when it was time for dinner, she asked everyone to eat together.
The servants were all trembling with fear. They had just witnessed the whole process of Su Qing teaching the thief, and they felt that she was a difficult master to serve.
They were extremely worried along the way from the town to the village. They were afraid of upsetting Su Qing, so they all remained silent and minimized their presence.
Seeing that none of them moved their chopsticks, Su Qing couldn't help but put down her chopsticks and glanced around them.
"My family has a lot of work, so I bought you. If you do a good job, I won't treat you badly. But if you have second thoughts, don't blame me for not caring about the relationship between master and servant."
These people have all signed death deeds and belong to the property of the master's family. Even if the master is unhappy and kills them all, the government will not say anything.
"Yes, we remember that we will never dare to betray the master."
They hurriedly knelt on the ground to show their loyalty to their master's family. These people had been taught the basic rules during the teething ceremony, and they still understood the basic rules.
"Okay, there aren't that many rules at home, so these false etiquettes should be scrapped. From now on, work is the king, and when the work is done, you can go and have fun by yourself. Your monthly money is one tael of silver."
Then Su Qing gave them new names. The men were named after the word Fulu.
The man who could drive the bullock cart was honest, strong, and had a lucky face, so he was named Fuzi. The other one, who was shorter and thinner, was named Luzi.
The two women looked to be only twenty-one or twelve years old, and they were forcibly sold by their husband's family.
One of the women was thin and sallow, and she looked like she had a bad life in the past. Su Qing hoped that she would live happily in the future, so he named her Xiangyun.
The other woman was taller, almost 1.7 meters tall, but her hands were covered with calluses, and she looked like she was used to doing rough work. Su Qing named her Kang He.
As for the two children, they were biological brothers. But the family couldn't get rid of the trouble. Their parents were afraid that they would not be able to support the brothers, so they sold them so that they could beg for food at the master's house.
Su Qing named his elder brother Xiao Pingzi and his younger brother Xiao Anzi, hoping that they could grow up together with Wensheng Wenhai in peace.
After lunch, Su Qing took the four adults to the deserted courtyard on the mountain and settled them down, asking them to work at sunrise and return to the courtyard at sunset.
As for the two children, she planned to send them to the twins tomorrow.
"Excuse me, is Miss Su here?"
As soon as Su Qing arrived at the door of her house, she saw a man dressed as Xiao Si knocking on the door of his courtyard.
"I'm here."
Xiao Si was startled by Su Qing who suddenly spoke up. But he didn't care so much. He was sent by Shopkeeper Wang to ask Miss Su about the chili peppers. After asking, he had to rush back to deliver the report.
"My shopkeeper asked Miss Su, what is chili pepper and where can I get it?"
Xiao Si said respectfully that this Miss Su was someone valued by Shopkeeper Wang, and he did not dare to offend her easily, otherwise he would not be able to withstand the shopkeeper's methods of punishing people.
"I have some chili peppers. They cost four cents a pound. If shopkeeper Wang agrees, he will send someone to pick them up tomorrow afternoon."
Su Qing answered him in a gentle tone.
After Xiao Si got the answer, he said goodbye to Su Qing and quickened his pace to go back to life.
Su Qing opened the courtyard door and entered the house. She lay on the lounge chair and exhaled a deep breath. She could finally rest.
…
In the blink of an eye, it was early morning the next day, and Su Qing gathered the villagers to go to Nuanshan.
The woman who borrowed money from her the day before yesterday was also among them. This time she only brought one child with her.
She looked sad, and it was obvious that something had happened to her other child.
Su Qing glanced at them and said nothing. She wanted to help the woman, but she also needed to examine her to see if she was trustworthy.
If she is reliable, let her be in charge and gather people to go up the mountain to pick peppers every day. In this way, Su Qing can also free up time to do other things.
After arranging the villagers, Su Qing sent the two Ping'an brothers to school to study with Wen Sheng and Wen Hai.
She also had other plans for doing this. If these two children have future prospects, she can also train them and place them in the court.
At least she won't appear passive when she meets an official in the future.
As for Liu Dalang's expedition team, she went to see it and it went very smoothly.
Most of the people in the team are hunters from Qingshan Village and surrounding villages, and the rest are young adults who are idle at home.
Su Qing was very satisfied with this. Orions were familiar with the conditions in the mountains and could tell the direction and explore the traces of animals. With the addition of Orions in the team, the risk factor for them entering the mountains was greatly reduced.
Su Qing returned home and continued to lie on her deck chair with some snacks beside her, basking in the sun in the yard.
Not to mention how comfortable it was, she fell asleep while basking in the sun.
Aunt Jinhua had some free time recently, so she made clothes and shoes for the three Su Qing siblings at home. She only had to prepare the meal when it was time for dinner.
A burst of noise came from far and near, and finally stopped outside the Su family's yard, successfully waking up Su Qing who was sleeping.
Su Qing rubbed her still groggy eyes and frowned. Regardless of her past life or this life, she especially hated people disturbing her rest.
"Stop making noise outside the door."
Su Qing yelled outside angrily, and the noise outside the door suddenly stopped.
But after a while, an old woman came in. She had a mean face like Mrs. Tian Li.
She placed a basket of chili peppers in front of Su Qing and smiled at Su Qing. The wrinkles on her face were squeezed together like an old chrysanthemum that was about to castrate.
"Girl Su, this is the woman. She snatched the peppers I picked, but she said she picked them herself."
The old woman grabbed a woman and forced her to stand in front of Su Qing. This woman was the one who borrowed money from Su Qing.
Su Qing had not seen this old woman in the gathering crowd, but Su Qing did not expose her. She wanted to see this woman's solution to the problem.
"Tell me what's going on."
Su Qing looked at the woman and asked her to explain the whole story clearly.
"I borrowed twenty cents from you the day before yesterday, and I just wanted to pick more chili peppers today so I can repay the money. That aunt came up halfway, and I didn't see her picking chili peppers."
"You're talking nonsense. I obviously picked those things, you stinky bitch who talks about the *train*."
The mother-in-law interrupted the woman in a fierce manner and said unpleasant words.
Su Qing gave her a warning look, then motioned for the woman to continue.
"Later, my son wanted to urinate, so I took him there. When I came back, I saw her taking the peppers I picked. Then I asked her to reason with her, and then it turned out to be what you saw."
Su Qing didn't say whether he believed her or not, but asked: "How do you prove that what you said is true?"
"I can prove that, look at my hands, they will be red and swollen from the heat when picking peppers, but her hands are as white and plump as ever, with no trace of the heat."
The woman stretched out a pair of hands that were red from the chili pepper, and the tips of her nails were slightly red and swollen.
"And I am used to leaving a cross mark on the tail of the pepper. If you look at the tail of the pepper, you will know whether what I said is true or false."
At this time, the other pepper pickers also came back one after another, surrounded Su Qing and the three of them, pointed at the woman, and whispered quietly to the people around her.
"You fart, that mark was obviously made by me, you only said so after seeing it."
When the old lady spoke excitedly, she would spit a little bit, which made her domineering and cunning.
This damn bitch was so good at remembering what she was doing. She didn't even pay attention to it just now. What should she do if it happened? She'd better just follow her advice first.
"you sure?"
Su Qing raised her eyebrows and asked the old woman. She had just looked at the chili peppers in the frame without any markings on them. This was the woman trying to trick the old woman.
"Yes... sure."
The mother-in-law was a little unsteady, but she still did not change her answer.
"Actually there are no marks on the peppers."
The woman said to Su Qing in a positive tone. She didn't know that the peppers she picked today would be stolen, so how could she mark them in advance?
She just said that just to blow up the old woman. After all, the old woman didn't pick the peppers, so how could she know that she was deceiving.
"You...you bitch, see if I don't beat you to death."
After the mother-in-law said this, she started to attack the woman.
"Stop, this is my home, not a place for fighting."
The mother-in-law was stopped by Su Qing's loud shout, so she could only stop her hand in the air, neither raising nor releasing it.
"Okay, I know exactly what's going on. I can't afford to hire a clever person like you, and you won't come here again."
Su Qing spoke loudly about the punishment for the old woman, and at the same time, she also deliberately told the villagers.
In order to prevent such clever people from appearing again in the future, she is killing the chicken to show the monkey.
"Tch, you think you are great. You only have a few dollars. You smell like copper. Maybe you got it from sleeping with someone else. Bah."
The old woman shouted loudly and drooled on the ground.
"Then you still come to work for me. I'm richer than you. So, I'll ask you, how can you do it? You look like you're half buried in the dirt, but you didn't expect your mind to be so dirty."
"you you…"
The old woman stood up and wanted to talk back, but was interrupted by Su Qing. Su Qing spoke quickly and enunciated clearly, so she couldn't get a word in at all.
"Tsk, you said I smell like copper. You don't want this smell yet? Damn, look at the sour smell of poverty all over your body. I think your buns are full of dirt and your brain is full of paste."
Su Qing turned on her venomous tongue mode, and even if she wanted to quarrel with her, she would not think twice about it. She has lived two lifetimes.
She has never seen any big scenes, how can she still be afraid of a domineering old woman? She scolds her, right? She scolded her until she was convinced today.
"You give it to a bitch, you..."
"Call me a bitch and you don't even look at yourself. I think you are a pig when you look in the mirror and not a human being."
"you you……"
"You, you, you haven't farted for a long time, and your mouth has become mute. When you are mute, just shut up and stop squeaking, so as not to stifle people to death with your mouth, and irritate people's ears with your words."
"Also, when I treat you as a human being, please pretend to be more like a dog. Don't stand up and walk like a dog all day long. You are not a human being."
The old woman hammered her chest hard, gasped for air, and finally left with a harsh word.
The onlookers were once again stunned by Su Qing's posture. This girl's mouth was too poisonous, and her temper was too aggressive.
But they had to admit that the scolding was good, and the scolding was great. When they were on the mountain just now, the old woman's hands and feet were not clean. As soon as she caught her revealing herself, she started to curse people, not to mention making people more angry.
The manager sent by Shopkeeper Wang was also stunned by Su Qing. When he was still a few meters away from Su's house, he heard the noise.
As a result, when I took a closer look, I realized that Su Qing was quarreling with someone. Oh no, he was unilaterally crushing the other person.
Although Miss Su usually seems gentle and reasonable, and is a well-behaved little girl, I didn't expect that she can really make people angry to death when she gets into fights.
Ning Qi, who was hiding in the dark, witnessed the whole process of Su Qing's taunting others, and couldn't help but feel worried for her master.
This Miss Su is too... a bit aggressive, but he still likes her like this. At least she has a true temperament that people can understand.
He thinks Miss Su is much more lovable than the pretentious ladies in the capital.