After Su Qing finished handling the old woman's affairs, he made the woman the manager and gave her a salary of 500 yuan a month.
Her name is Liu Sanniang, she is a widow who once studied calligraphy and has a pair of children.
Su Qing asked her to buy the peppers and explain to her everything she had to do every day.
"Steward, please forgive me for the poor reception just now."
Su Qing apologized to the steward of Zuixian Tower, and the steward waved his hand to show that it was okay.
"Miss Su, my shopkeeper wants to buy a hundred pounds of chili peppers from you." The manager explained his purpose to Su Qing.
He just saw the whole process of Su Qing harvesting peppers. She bought them for one penny and sold them for four penny, making a net profit of three penny per pound.
Ten kilograms is thirty kilograms, and one hundred kilograms is three hundred kilograms. Before, he didn't understand why the shopkeeper valued a country girl, but at this moment he seemed to understand.
Miss Su sold the Malatang recipe to Zuixianlou and got one hundred taels, and then earned the money Zuixianlou bought the chili peppers.
This chili is the only one, so Zuixianlou needs to cooperate with her for a long time. I have to say that Miss Su is really good at it.
Moreover, she has this strategy when she is only ten years old. If a few years pass, the Su family will be in a different situation, and maybe they will gain a foothold in the capital.
Su Qing had someone weigh a hundred kilograms of chili peppers to the steward of Zuixian Tower, and then sent him to the entrance of the village before returning to do his own thing.
Su Qing harvested two hundred kilograms more peppers today than last time. After selling one hundred kilograms, she still had four hundred kilograms left.
She followed the same processing procedures as last time and made another two hundred kilograms of chili sauce and dried two hundred kilograms of dried chili peppers.
Although four laborers joined the family, their speed could not keep up with the darkness. By the time they finished processing all the peppers, it was already eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening.
Su Qing asked people to take the chili peppers to be dried back to the deserted courtyard to dry, and asked them to come back tomorrow to move the chili sauce to the deserted courtyard.
I just took a shower and went to sleep.
………
Early next morning.
"My boss, it's bad, our chili forest has been destroyed."
Liu Sanniang gathered people to pick peppers today, but she saw that a large area of the pepper forest was destroyed.
Some pepper trees had been trampled into the mud, and it seemed that someone had deliberately damaged them. She asked people to pick up the intact peppers on the ground to minimize the damage. After seeing that the situation was stable, she came back to notify Su Qing.
Su Qing, who was still having a sweet dream in bed, was suddenly awakened by the news.
He quickly put on his clothes, tied his hair into a low ponytail, roughly touched his face, and followed Liu Sanniang.
Su Qing ran non-stop to Nuanshan and saw that his pepper forest had been ruined. He felt like crying without tears, and then he became furious.
These are her treasures for making money. The forest that was destroyed could produce hundreds of kilograms of peppers at least.
She squinted her eyes and looked at the pepper forest. She was really angry this time. Whoever dared to cut off her wealth would be ruined and she would lose even her underpants.
After Su Qing led the people back to the village, he asked Liu Sanniang to invite the village chief.
As soon as the village chief heard that the pepper forest had been destroyed, he knew the seriousness of the matter and followed Liu Sanniang all the way to Su's house.
The forest is gone, and everyone's money is gone. Who did this immoral thing? He just wanted to drag this person out and beat him up. What a *special* thing he did. It was not a human matter.
Su Qing stood in the yard with her back to everyone and said nothing. It was not until the village chief arrived that she set up a chair in the yard for him to sit down and take a breather.
"Please also ask the village chief, grandpa, to call everyone in the village."
Su Qing still had that gentle tone, making it difficult to see her emotions or anger, but it was like a moment of calm before the storm.
The village chief also cooperated very well and sent people to call the villagers working in the fields. Everyone in the village gathered in the Su family yard, including the old woman who had quarreled with Su Qing yesterday.
At this time, the courtyard door of the Su family was wide open, and the courtyard was crowded with people. Those who could not stand were standing outside the courtyard in rows and rows.
The door of the Su family hall is also open, and the pictures of gods enshrined in the room are facing the people in the yard.
Su Qing glanced around at everyone, her eyes calm and calm. The look in her eyes made them feel more depressed, and they even felt a little breathless.
They didn't have time to think about why Su Qing had such a look in her eyes and such an oppressive aura. She was obviously just a ten-year-old baby.
Su Qing took a deep breath and said: "The pepper forest in Nuanshan has been destroyed. I think everyone should know the importance of this forest to our village."
As soon as the news came out, it immediately caused quite a stir among the crowd. It was the village's source of wealth, and whoever was so unscrupulous would cut off everyone's way of making money.
"Let me tell you, you deserve it. Yesterday you looked down on others just because you had a lot of money. Look, your retribution will come today."
The old woman gloated, and the expression on her face was extremely proud.
Su Qing glanced at her with a smile, which for some reason made the old woman feel a little guilty.
"Everyone must have seen the gods enshrined in the house. Regarding the pepper forest, the gods know it very well. Now I give you a chance to admit your mistakes. Otherwise, you will be found out later, and you will lose face.
It’s all gone.”
After Su Qing finished speaking, he waited for a while, but no one came forward.
She asked everyone to retreat outside the courtyard and sent Fuzi and Luzi to guard them to prevent anyone from sneaking away.
She entered the room and bowed before the gods in front of everyone. Su Qing was an atheist, and she only did this for outsiders to see.
After a while, Su Qing took out a box. There was a hole on the top of the box, just enough for people to put their hands in.
"This box is placed on the altar every day. It has been cast a spell by the gods. Anyone who lies will feel uncomfortable once they put their hands in it."
After saying that, she asked a villager to demonstrate. The villager told a little lie in front of everyone. He retracted his hand as soon as he put it in.
His face was pale, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead. It was obvious that he couldn't bear the pain anymore.
When everyone saw this scene, they all began to believe in Su Qing's words and believed that this was a manifestation of the gods.
Seeing that the villagers believed her words, Su Qing couldn't help but feel that she was becoming more and more like a magician.
But she never imagined that she would actually become known as Fairy Su in the world in the future. Of course, that was all for later.
As for why the villager felt pain all over his body, in fact, only Su Qing knew the reason. When she was in the house just now, she saw a few date stones on the table and took them.
When the villagers put their hands into the box, she took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, popped out the date core, and used the date core to hit his painful acupoint, but the painful acupoint would only last for a quarter of an hour.
This skill of playing jujube cores was taught to her by Bai Liyu that night when she accompanied Bai Liyu. Although she was not as good at playing as Bai Liyu, she was still able to tap acupuncture points on the human body.
Next, Su Qing stood at the door of the courtyard, holding the box, and asked everyone to put their hands into the box and touch the bottom of the box. After touching it, they walked into the courtyard and were not allowed to come out.
In fact, the box contains incense ash. Anyone who touches the bottom will have ash on their hands. If there is no ash on their hands, they are the murderers who destroy the forest.
Su Qing was taking advantage of people's guilty conscience. If the person didn't want to be punished, he wouldn't obediently touch the bottom of the box, so naturally there would be no ashes on his hands.
After everyone had finished touching, Su Qing began to check their hands one by one, and found that only one person had no incense ash on his hand, and that was the old woman who had quarreled with Su Qing.
The old woman found out that she had been bombed again, so she began to sit on the ground and scream at the top of her lungs. She patted her elephant legs desperately, and the fat on her body twisted and trembled with her movements.
The old woman thought that she would be fine if she didn't touch the bottom of the box. Just when she was feeling complacent, she never thought that Su Qing, that little bitch, had a hand left.
"Hey, God, why don't you open your eyes? You want to help that little bitch to harm me. God, you are really blind and you have seen the wrong person. This Su Qing is not a good person at all."
"Tell me how you should compensate me."
When the mother-in-law heard this, she immediately shouted louder, covering up Su Qing's voice.
The village chief stood up and knocked the ground hard with his crutch, and yelled at her: "That's enough. Don't you think it's embarrassing enough? You have cut off the village's financial resources. You are simply from my West Village."
When everyone saw that this woman had ruined their financial resources and cursed the gods without repentance, they became angry.
"Village Chief, this kind of selfish person doesn't deserve to be in Xixi Village. Everyone, don't you think so?"
A middle-aged uncle said loudly.
If Su Yatou hadn't hired people to pick peppers and made some money for their family, his wife wouldn't even have money for medical treatment.
This stinky woman destroyed the pepper forest. If this cut off their family's income, it would simply drive them to a dead end. Her thoughts are too vicious.
"Yes, drive this hateful woman out and never allow her to set foot in the West Village again."
The crowd's voices became louder and louder, and the village chief complied with everyone's wishes and announced that the old woman was no longer from the West Village.
"Tch, you think Xixi Village is so great. It's not just a run-down village, and you're not just poor people. You can just leave, and I won't treat you badly."
The mother-in-law stood up, patted the dirt on her body, cursed and started to leave.
But how could Su Qing let her go so easily, "Stop, you want to leave if you damage my forest. There is no way."
As soon as the mother-in-law heard that Su Qing wanted her to pay compensation, she immediately stopped working and started acting rudely again.
"Hey, you still hang out with me, that's great."
When Su Qing saw her mother-in-law acting like this, she didn't bother to reason with her and just started to be tough with her. She wanted to see whose method was tough.
"Fuzi Luzi set her up for me, and Kang He went to the kitchen to get my kitchen knife. If she doesn't pay for it today, I will cut off her hand. Even if she gets into trouble with the government, she will be the one to blame."
"You...what are you going to do? Let me tell you, I...my son is a scholar. When he reaches high school, I will conquer this poor village and kill you."
The old woman was struggling and threatening Su Qing, but her words clearly lacked confidence.
"Okay, I'll wait for that day."
Su Qing held up the knife and made a gesture to chop off her hand. Everyone thought Su Qing was serious this time, so they all screamed in surprise, and some covered their eyes with their sleeves and did not dare to look.
"I'll pay... pay... don't... cut, I'll pay..."
The mother-in-law shouted loudly, and suddenly there was a smell of urine in the air. She was so frightened that she peed her pants in public.
Seeing this, everyone subconsciously covered their mouths and noses with their sleeves, and looked at her with eyes full of contempt and disgust, thinking that she really deserved it.
In the end, Su Qing asked the old lady to pay a tael of silver before settling the matter. The old lady was unwilling at first, but when she thought that Su Qing might actually chop off her hand, she gave up bargaining.
courage.
After settling this matter, Su Qing finally felt comfortable, and even ate half a bowl more than usual for dinner that day.
Su Qing continued to live her life as usual for the next period of time, except that she also bought the mountain where Huangyuan was located, and planned to use Huangyuan as her secret base.
The small deserted courtyard on the mountain has been repaired. Except for the old furniture, it is no problem for people to live there.
Fuzi and the others were particularly diligent. After helping Xiao Cheng repair the abandoned courtyard, they built a thatched shed next to the courtyard and built a half-person-high mud wall with loess around it.
A chicken coop was built at the back, and two pheasants were raised in it. The pheasants were caught by Xiao Cheng.
When Su Qing was bored, she would practice boxing at home and count the coins. Every time she saw the coins, her face almost broke with laughter.
Ever since Zuixianlou started selling Malatang, the manager came to her every two days to buy more than 200 kilograms of chili peppers. During this time, she made a lot of money from chili peppers.
Every time Aunt Jinhua saw her counting money like a miser, she would tell her that she was a poor person in her previous life, and God made her a miser in this life because of money.
Su Qing was not happy when Aunt Jinhua said this, so she hugged her aunt's arm and acted coquettishly, asking her to change her mind.
Although the expedition team made no major discoveries during this period, a large part of the map of Nuanshan has been drawn.
But what makes Su Qing feel strange is that the old widower has shown no signs of taking revenge on them recently. This person seemed to have suddenly disappeared.
As for Tian Er, he followed the original plan to dig the foundation of the Su family wall, but unfortunately he was discovered by Ning Qi who was keeping in the dark.
Ning Qi carried the man all the way and threw him directly into the government office. He also handed his crime tools to the officials.
Ning Qi originally just wanted to punish him, but he couldn't bear the punishment, so he revealed a shocking secret to Ning Qi, that is, the identity of Su Qing's mother, Aunt Tian, has a lot of background.
After Ning Qi learned about this, he rushed to the capital with Tian Er that night, and also sent a letter to Bai Liyu explaining the situation here.
And Su Qing didn't realize that her life experience had been investigated. She was still immersed in her beautiful pastoral life.