Chapter 76
In the eyes of the world, a slave woman is equivalent to a prostitute. If you bring a few prostitutes home, your family will say that they do embroidery work to make money, but in other people's gossip, it doesn't mean so much.

I thought the Qi family was a gold-consuming cave.

Sheng Jiaojiao raised her eyes, her rosy lips parted slightly, but she didn't say anything to refute, she just said:
"Then our embroidery business can only be shelved."

"That's all for now."

As if a basin of cold water had been poured on her, the enthusiasm of Mrs. Qi could only be extinguished. Her expression was a little sleepy. After talking with Sheng Jiaojiao for a while, after paying the bill, she went to be her in the shed. The papyrus is gone.

Sheng Jiaojiao sat in the room again, was putting the copper coins earned today into the box, when she heard a weak voice calling her outside the window,
"gentlemen."

Sheng Jiaojiao raised her hand, opened the window, and saw Lian Xin's small body standing outside the fence.

She hurriedly waved to Lian Xin and let her enter the yard.

Sheng Jiaojiao got up and went out, stood in front of Lian Xin, bent down, and asked with a friendly smile:

"Lian Xin, why are you here again?"

The Enlightenment School is still going on, these days, the little girl Lian Xin's studies are improving by leaps and bounds.

There is no gentleman in the world who doesn't want students to improve, so Sheng Jiaojiao's heart is particularly fond of Lianxin, a little girl.

All I saw was that Lian Xin was holding a stack of straw papers in her hands. This was the stack of straw papers that Sheng Jiaojiao rewarded her for her good performance in the last exam.

The words written in rough ink on the straw paper were exactly the homework assigned to her by Sheng Jiaojiao today.

Lian Xin held the stack of toilet paper in both hands, bowed to Sheng Jiaojiao, and said respectfully:
"Sir, my mother said that I will not be able to come to school from now on."

Hearing this, Sheng Jiaojiao was taken aback, and asked:

"Why?"

"Aniang said that I know enough words now, and I still have my younger brother to take care of, and I can also write family letters for the family, and I can teach my younger brother to enlightenment in the future. If I come to take time to go to school every day, the work at home There's no one else to do it."

Lian Xin lowered her head, her face was a little numb, her eye sockets were still red and swollen.

Apparently she came after crying at home.

"Sir, I won't be able to come to school in the future, I hope you will take care of yourself in the future."

As Lian Xin said, she stretched her little hand forward, and raised the toilet paper in her hand a little higher.

Sheng Jiaojiao took the straw paper in her hand with complicated thoughts, and looked down at the words on the straw paper. Although they were not very round and beautiful, they were written stroke by stroke with great care.

She opened her lips and was about to speak when Lian Xin bowed to her, turned around and ran out of Qi's yard.

It was getting late, every house turned on the lights, Lian Xin's small figure was quickly submerged in the darkness,

Sheng Jiaojiao stood in the yard for a long time, surrounded by trees, and the sheep in the yard had been moved by Niuju to the sheep pen in the dirt depression to take care of them. There has been a big change.

But why, Sheng Jiaojiao felt, she didn't feel better at all?
As soon as Lian Xin left, Niu Ju's father, Niu Yuan, came to the door.

Before dinner, Sheng Jiaojiao ordered Qi Rong to find Niu Ju's father.

Niu Yuan didn't know what was going on, but now that Niu Ju was working in Sheng Jiaojiao's hands, the Niu family didn't dare to delay, no, Niu Yuan arrived just after the Qi family finished eating.

Compared with Xiong Lin, Sheng Jiaojiao smiled more sincerely towards Niu Yuan.

She let Niu Yuan enter the main room, and asked Qi Rong to make tea, and said slowly:
"A few days ago, my second elder brother came back and brought a few catties of tea. Uncle Niu ate it and tasted it."

Zhishou County does not produce tea, and poor people do not have the habit of drinking tea.

Therefore, the Qi family did not have the habit of making tea for others.

Today, Sheng Jiaojiao wanted to discuss some serious matters with Niu Yuan, and that's why Qi Rong was given tea.

Niu Yuan looks honest and honest, and looks like a five-year-old and a three-year-old. Although he retired from the military camp and returned home, he is not very old, only about [-] or so.

Seeing that Sheng Jiaojiao was so polite and put on a serious attitude, Niu Yuan couldn't help beating his heart. He couldn't control his posture, so he bent down respectfully, picked up the teacup on the table, and imitated Sheng Jiaojiao. He lifted the lid of the tea and took a sip.

Then Sheng Jiaojiao asked slowly:

"I often heard Niu Ju say that uncle was originally in the barracks as a scout?"

Don't look at Sheng Jiaojiao's age, just look at Sheng Jiaojiao sitting on the head seat of the hall, with her straight waist, and the tone of voice she gave orders to Qi Rong after she let him into the hall.

The honest Niu Yuan couldn't sit still, he immediately put down the teacup, stood up,
"Yes, Hui, Hui Jiaoniang, I have been a scout for a total of 15 years."

Usually, he saw that Sheng Jiaojiao was not like this. He always felt that in the past few months, Sheng Jiaojiao's aura had become more and more compelling, and he seemed to have a sense of calmness and prestige.

"That's a lot of experience already."

Sheng Jiaojiao raised her hand, pressed it down slowly, and signaled Niu Yuan to sit and talk, and asked:

"How is the uncle now?"

"The bones of the body are still strong, and it is no problem to do some heavy work."

Niu Yuan enlisted in the army when he was young, and if he hadn't reached the limit, according to the military system regulations of Zhishou County, he felt that he would still be able to defend the frontier for decades.

But the military system in Zhishou County is like this. After working for 15 years, he is still just a small soldier, so he was sent home directly.

When you return home, you are the militia, and you can still contribute to protecting your village.

Sheng Jiaojiao nodded, picked up the newly bought teacup on the table, held it in her hand and said:

"Now I have a difficult job here, and I need to find a reliable person to do it. The three men in my family are also in my consideration, but there is still a shortage of manpower. The last time Niu Niangzi told my old lady, I intend to find an errand for the uncle, so I sent four brothers and called you over."

When Niu Yuan heard it, he was overjoyed. The Niu family saw how generous Sheng Jiaojiao was, and Niu Ju's daily salary was quite a lot.

He stood up hurriedly, clasped his fists in his hands,
"But at Jiao Niang's orders."

Seeing Niu Yuan's honest look, without any airs of relying on the old to sell the old, Sheng Jiaojiao had a smile on his face.

She had been in a high position all her life, and she was used to being obedient to her, and she really couldn't change it for a while.

She doesn't like it very much if she has to send someone to do errands, the wages are paid every day, and others have to put on airs in front of her.

Although Niu Yuan's seniority was higher than Sheng Jiaojiao's, he also wanted to take over Sheng Jiaojiao's job, so he knew what position he should be in from the very beginning.

With a smile on her face, Sheng Jiaojiao told Niu Yuan that she was going to the north of the county to deliver supplies to the military camp.

And said:

"Transporting supplies for the army must not be sloppy, let alone advertised everywhere. You can't do this unless you are reliable. This is a life-and-death business. If the uncle is willing, I can give you this amount."

She raised a few fingers, and the salary was twice that of Niu Ju.

There is no other reason, just because this job is going to the north of the county, and the longer the time, the more tense the situation in the north of the county.

Soon, there will be a fight in the north of the county.

If the people of the country knew where Tan Ji and Qi Zhang's luggage came from, they would cut off this luggage transportation line halfway.

The work of licking blood from the knife edge naturally requires more wages.

Niu Yuan has been a scout for 15 years, so he naturally knows how important the luggage is to the frontline soldiers.

He squeezed his fist, and the expression on his face instantly became resolute,

"I'll do it! Jiao Niang, I'll take this job."

Even if Jiao Niang didn't pay him such a high salary, he would still take this job!
The son of Zhishou County, he should do his best to protect his family and country.

"Very well, then we'll settle it."

Satisfied, Sheng Jiaojiao put down the teacup in her hand, sent Niu Yuan out, and found her three uncles.

When the three men heard that they wanted to deliver supplies to the military camps of Tan Ji and Qi Zhang, they agreed without saying a word. Third Master Qi even patted Qi Rong sideways,
"Your sister asked you to buy the livestock, when will you buy it back?"

"Say it will be delivered later."

"Then why haven't you come yet? We're going to the north of the county to deliver the baggage. Let's walk around. Where are the cattle sellers? Let's go and drive the cattle back."

After saying that, the three uncles of the Qi family went out to pick up the animals, no matter what the weather was like.

Qi Zhi was in a lot of pain, he still had to stealthily go to the soil pit to cut vegetables, pick apples, and gather medicinal materials at night, and was taken to buy livestock all night, so he didn't want to sleep tonight.

Sheng Jiaojiao looked at the backs of the three uncles carrying Qi Rong out, and frowned slightly.

Now that the business is getting bigger and bigger, Qi Rong and Niu Ju are doing so many things, they can be busy for the time being, but if the business gets bigger, there will still be fewer Qi Rong and Niu Ju.

The family did not allow her to raise anyone, and she was used to being served by Sheng Jiaojiao, and even ordered Qi Rong to do some work of serving tea and pouring water. In the future, when there are more people doing business, there will be more people talking back and forth. There are not many servants to help to welcome them, which is really difficult.

A little distressed for a moment, Sheng Jiaojiao turned sideways and asked Mrs. Qi San who was sitting next to her,
"Third aunt, how are the herbs in the medicine field?"

"They're all looking good."

Mrs. Qi San smiled and said:

"Before I planted it, I never thought that the land planting treasure would be so useful. Alas, I have never planted such a good piece of land."

Sheng Jiaojiao had given her some "planting fertilizer" before, but that was used up a long time ago, and now Mrs. Qi San is using the planting treasure brought back by Qi Erlang.

She used it very sparingly, and mixed a little bit with a lot of water, and the effect was still the same.

The medicine field she was in charge of and the vegetable field in the backyard of Qi's family grew very well.

"Then open a few more acres of medicinal fields. I found in the forest yesterday that there is also a piece of medicinal herbs growing there. Before I knew it, our land became fatter."

Sheng Jiaojiao seemed to be talking casually, but she was actually laying the groundwork for the Qi family. Chao Zong went to drag trees every day and "forced" the Qi family to buy trees. Now a small forest has been planted in the backyard of the Qi family.

The Qi family looked annoyed, as soon as they saw this grove, they would think of Chao Zongqu's greedy face.

Except when planting trees, no one likes to go to the grove in the backyard.

Then a piece of medicinal material has grown here "unknowingly", which is not unexpected.

In order to meet the needs of the four camps in Jumping Horse Lake and a total of [-] soldiers in the future, Sheng Jiaojiao must open more fields and use numbers to cover up her abilities.

If she was allowed to plant the land alone, she could quickly plant the baggage of [-] soldiers, but there was no one to help harvest it.

No matter how capable Qi Rong and Niu Ju are, they only have four hands.

And to mobilize everyone in the Qi family to help harvest together, it is necessary to slow down the growth of the crops so that people will not be suspicious.

The growth rate of the crops is full, and in order to catch up with the demand for supplies in the military camp, they can only open up the fields.

When Mrs. Qi San heard this, she nodded with a smile.

"Okay, okay, this is a piece of medicinal material that I got for nothing. I will go to pick the medicinal materials after opening a new medicinal field tomorrow."

Sheng Jiaojiao nodded with a smile, turned her back, and sprinkled a handful of medicinal seeds into the grove in the backyard. After one night, when Mrs. Qi San went to pick the herbs the next day, the medicinal herbs in the forest had already grown quite vigorously. up.

This was a surprise to Qi's family, even the old lady was alarmed, she brought Miss Qi, and several women in the family went to pick medicinal materials together.

And Sheng Jiaojiao took advantage of the time when the ladies were busy in the grove, and went around to the medicine field opened by Mrs. Qi San, and sprinkled some of her own water.

Sheep had been raised in front, and the soil in the front yard had been fertilized with sheep dung, and a soft green grass had grown in the originally bare front yard.

Although all the sheep are now taken care of by Niu Ju, there is still a shed for raising mules beside the medicine field opened by Mrs. Qi San.

The excrement and urine pulled by mules also fatten the ground.

Now trees are planted in the front and back yards of the Qi family, and a piece of herbs grows in the woods. The vegetable field in the backyard grows fresh and tender, and the herbs grow better, with a little more quantity and a little faster growth rate. , the busy Qi family will not feel so surprised.

Sure enough, when Mrs. Qi led the ladies of the Qi family and Miss Qi, no one said anything when they were working.

They had collected almost all the herbs in the woods, Sheng Jiaojiao handed each of them a bowl of water, looked at the several baskets of herbs piled up in the backyard with a smile, and said:
"I see these herbs are almost enough to send to the north of the county. Otherwise, let's gather some herbs from the medicine field and make a share, and let the uncles send it to a camp tomorrow."

"That's good, and it saves us a lot of money."

The calculating lady Qi Er nodded immediately. She hadn't forgotten that Sheng Jiaojiao said that the medicinal materials were all raised from Chen Adi. Although Chen Adi had already sold them to the military camp at a reduced price, they still needed capital.

If they save the cost of this trip, the money will be purely for the Qi family.

When Mrs. Qi Er said this, all the women in the Qi family agreed, who would be troubled by money, and immediately didn't care about resting, and went to the medicine field that Mrs. Qi had organized, picked a basket of medicinal materials, and gathered together Daily medicinal requirements for both camps.

(End of this chapter)

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