Liu Qingcao hid in the space, smiling at those people who were angry and helpless at her.

The bandits who were following them could not find anyone, so they all slowly backed out of the alley. Liu Qingcao took advantage of this and followed them not far or close.

This group of people wandered around the city for half an hour, as if they were looking for something else, but couldn't find it for a while. The people hid everywhere at dawn.

Liu Qingcao was horrified when he looked at the bandits who were working calmly.

There is no trace of gangsterism in this group of people now, they look like ordinary people.

This city of Wuzhou harbors all kinds of troubles, and none of them are without the connivance of the prefect. If he wants to go back to this city of Wuzhou, she will definitely steal people out and throw them on the street to show him what kind of existence the people under his rule are like.

Liu Qingcao's idea of ​​following the group of people to Wan Tou Mountain fell through. Seeing daybreak, Liu Qingcao took Junfeng and headed to the market in a nearby town.

The nearest town to Changhuang Land is Wushan Town. Liu Qingcao had been there last time and still remembered the way.

This town market is not as big as Qianfeng Town Market, but it has everything it should have, but not many styles.

Liu Qingcao bought rice, flour, grains, oil, meat, and a lot of eggs and vegetables at the market.

These things were used to replenish the bodies of Li Feng and the others. They ate the clear soup and water for more than half a year. Their weak bodies were unable to do the hard work of clearing land.

This time she bought 800 kilograms of rice noodles, which was enough for them to eat for a while. When she got back, she would put two more bags of rice inside and cook them for them. Generally speaking, there was no problem in opening up wasteland.

The preparations for land reclamation were complete, but the only thing left to do was to build houses. Liu Qingcao's grocery store clerk found out the location of the builder and drove the carriage towards the end of the town.

At the end of the market, in the alley, Liu Qingcao rubbed her nose and raised her hand to fan herself to disperse some of the ugly smell of water around her.

Ahead was Zheng Ping and Zheng Zhujiang's house, but now his door was crowded with people, and she couldn't squeeze in even if she wanted to.

Liu Qingcao had no choice but to get off the carriage and step forward step by step through the smelly water. There were several layers of people surrounding him. Liu Qingcao couldn't see what was going on, so he could only hold the woman aside to ask.

"Auntie, what's going on with Mr. Zheng's family? Why are there so many people around?" Liu Qingcao pulled the woman's sleeve and put an egg into her hand.

The woman was a warm-hearted person. When Liu Qingcao asked her about something, she hurriedly put away the eggs with a smile on her face and chatted with her about Zheng Ping enthusiastically.

"Girl, this Craftsman Zheng is being chased for a house. Just tell me how this good wife fell seriously ill just after returning to her parents' home.

This Craftsman Zheng also had a hard life. Ever since he married his wife, his father-in-law had been searching for Craftsman Zheng in various ways every day. This time, all the money they earned from building the house was taken away. "The woman sighed after finishing speaking.

"Why did Craftsman Zheng take it?" Liu Qingcao was puzzled and asked.

"Hey, Craftsman Zheng went to work during the day, leaving Prince Zheng alone at home. The parents of Prince Zheng are also powerful, and they only come when others are not around, and Prince Zheng is weak. Oh, what a sin." The woman patted her legs, looking like she hated iron. The corners of Liu Qingcao's mouth twitched.

"Then what's going on now?" Liu Qingcao stood on tiptoes, and her toes were instantly soaked by the smelly water. The wet shoes made her frown instantly.

"Isn't it true that Prince Zheng is seriously ill? The doctor said he only has a few days to live and asked him to arrange his funeral arrangements.

This Mrs. Zheng has been married for five years, but she has never given birth to a son or a half. She is always forced to subsidize her natal family. The family has been ruined like this. Even the craftsman Zheng has divorced her, and her natal family is still making trouble. It is said that Craftsman Zheng harmed his daughter, and he needs to be compensated! "The woman looked disgusted and spat on the ground.

Liu Qingcao, whose shoes got wet: There are so many mixtures in it, no wonder it smells so bad!

"Thank you, aunt. Please watch first. It's getting late. It's time for my parents to find me." If it's inconvenient today, she will come later.

After leaving the alley, Liu Qingcao drove the carriage to the Changhuang Land quickly. After not returning for a few days, Li Feng and the others should be anxious.

When they were approaching Changhelan, Liu Qingcao saw Li Feng and Li Shuanzi from a distance, stretching their necks to look forward.

Liu Qingcao waved to them and pointed at the carriage. The two of them quickly reacted and ran towards the carriage with seven or eight people.

Outside the carriage, Liu Qingcao put the rice grain out of the space at the top of the hill. In order to make Junfeng less strenuous, Liu Qingcao did not pile anything into the carriage.

When she saw Li Feng and the others, she dismounted and walked to the carriage frame to pile things in the carriage.

"My boss, you are finally back. You have been gone for five days, but you have made us worried. We looked for many places, but we didn't see anyone. Fortunately, my boss, you are okay." Li Shuanzi ran too fast in a hurry. , blushed from exhaustion, and became concerned before even taking a breath.

The corners of Liu Qingcao's lips curved, and she took the water bottle from the horse and handed it to him.

"I've been tripped up by things these days and didn't come back in time, which made you all worried." Liu Qingcao explained, turned and walked towards the carriage.

"Brother Li, please unload all these things first. There are too many things and it will be difficult for Junfeng to walk."

"Okay, let's move it now." Li Feng called to a few strong laborers around him, unloaded bags of rice and carried them on his shoulders. A bag of rice noodles weighed more than a hundred kilograms. Each person carried two bags. They Although his shoulders were not light, there was a deep smile on his face.

The people Li Feng brought carried most of the heavy things on their shoulders. Although there were still many in the carriage, it was much easier for Junfeng to pull them.

Returning to the shack, Liu Qingcao discovered that there were three new shacks next to the shack, which looked much stronger and more durable than the one they lived in.

Li Feng led the people to put the rice noodles on his shoulders into one of the new shacks. There were four thick dry logs on the floor of the shack, and several mats made of straw were spread on the dry logs. The rice noodles were placed on them.

"My boss, this is the place where rice noodles are kept. The shed over there is for my boss to live in. It's a bit crude. If my boss doesn't like it, we'll change it." Li Feng pointed to the shack on the edge and looked at Liu Qingcao nervously. .

Liu Qingcao smiled and accepted their kindness.

"No need to change, it's fine as it is."

Liu Qingcao approached the thatched shed and was stunned by the layout inside.

The one-foot-thick roof and walls are all made of woven hay, and a three-inch-thick straw mat is spread on the ground. It is soft and comfortable to step on. The pea-green grass-colored straw makes the entire hay shed look very... Clean and comfortable, it makes people feel warm.

"I like it very much. Thank you for your hard work." Liu Qingcao really likes it and does not mean to comfort him at all.

This kind of straw shed will be very comfortable to live in no matter whether it is winter or summer, but there is a small disadvantage, that is, it easily attracts insects.

The problem of bugs is easy to deal with. A packet of medicinal powder can provide peace of mind. Liu Qingcao is not anxious.

"As long as the owner likes it." Liu Qingcao chuckled and felt relieved. He was really afraid that the owner would dislike it and wouldn't want to live there. Now, he didn't have to worry about it anymore.

"I'm going to get you some packs of deworming medicine. Sprinkle it on the place where you live and where you put food. Remember not to let children take it in their mouths."

Liu Qingcao took out two packages. The medicine was very effective and the quantity was not large. Spreading it in such places would be enough.

Li Feng took the medicine package and thanked him, walked away to the place where the grain was stored, and waited for the medicine to be scattered before going to the shack where he lived.

Liu Qingcao saw what he did. These are the people at the bottom, and life is so difficult.

By the time Li Feng spread the anthelmintic, Liu Qingcao was already busy in the kitchen shed. She just walked through the kitchen shed and saw Li Mu washing rice. The rice in the basin was thirty kilograms at most. How could thirty kilograms of rice be enough! ! !

"Li Mu, this little rice is enough to eat, put another bucket and a half in."

"Ah? Ah! Boss." Li Mu suddenly heard Liu Qingcao's voice, but he still didn't react.

"Put more rice. Only when you eat it will you have the strength to open up wasteland." Liu Qingcao understands their thoughts, but if they don't eat well, problems will easily arise when the people who open up wasteland later get tired, and they can't be careless.

Moreover, she has other things to do for these people, so she can't give them up.

Li Mu was a little reluctant to give up, but he still obeyed and added rice to the basin.

Liu Qingcao opened the oil tank and took a look, sighing softly.

"I'll make the lunch dishes today, and you can help me with the cooking."

"My boss, it's better for us to do it ourselves. It's against the rules for our boss to cook for us." Li Mu refused without thinking.

Liu Qingcao didn't say anything. He picked up two large strips of pork belly and washed them in the water. The weather was so hot. If you don't eat the meat you bought, it would stink. If you don't eat it when it's fresh, should you keep it until it smells bad?

Li Mu swallowed his saliva and couldn't say anything.

Pork belly braised in braised pork is the most suitable, but it is all pork belly. How can one eat just 40 pounds of pork belly for more than 100 people?

If you can’t just eat meat, you can only add ingredients to it.

The people in Li Feng's village were extremely satisfied with this meal, and they all exclaimed that it was rich in oil and meat and so delicious.

After dinner, Li Feng took the healthy villagers to open up eight acres of wasteland. After they left, Liu Qingcao caught the carriage again and headed to Wushan Town.

At the end of Wushan Town, it was quiet outside Zheng Ping's house, which was much more spacious than before.

Liu Qingcao carried a basket, walked up the steps and knocked on the wooden door.

"you are?"

Liu Qingcao looked at the person in front of him. He was in his mid-twenties, with a sad face and black eyes. He was wearing green cloth clothes that had been washed white, and there were two patches on the cuffs.

It's really hard to put into words how to live this day.

"Is it Carpenter Zheng's family?" Liu Qingcao asked even though he had identified the person in front of him.

Zheng Ping looked behind Liu Qingcao and saw no one else. He thought to himself that this girl was the only one who was inferior.

"Girl, what's wrong?" Zheng Ping nodded and invited the person in.

Liu Qingcao looked around, looking clean and tidy but showing poverty.

"There's no need to bother, Craftsman Zheng. I'm here to build a house with you. I wonder if Craftsman Zheng has any other plans." Liu Qingcao took the pottery bowl and got straight to the point.

Zheng Ping hesitated for a moment, looked at the room, and finally said apologetically, "Girl, it's been inconvenient lately, so I'm afraid I can't help you."

Liu Qingcao didn't give up just because he refused, "Mr. Zheng, if you have any difficulties, can you let me know?"

Zheng Ping didn't want to say it, but when he met Liu Qingcao's eyes, he had been worried for a long time and couldn't find an outlet. Her eyes were clear and bright, and for some reason, he let him out.

"Not long after my wife came back from her parents' home a few days ago, she suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed. She is still lying on the bed. She asked a doctor to see her. The doctor only said that her energy and blood were insufficient and she needed to rest more and regulate her breathing. After drinking this medicine for several days, she still didn't see anything. It's getting better, but there is no one in the house to help, and the work can't be done." Zheng Ping sighed, shook his head and sat on the stool.

"My sister-in-law had a good life before she got married?"

"Well, the girl is right. My wife has a very hard life in her parents' family. She doesn't have enough to eat all day long and is extremely thin.

She was still a girl at that time, and her family wanted more than a dozen taels of silver as a bride price before allowing her to marry. All the villages in these ten miles and eighty miles were full of girls, so how could such a high amount of silver betrothal gifts be kept until her prime years?

I went to build a house for the Wang family, and I happened to see her mother beating her. She was huddled in the corner with bloody streaks all over her body. I couldn't bear it, so I stood in front of her. As a result, I accidentally bumped into her, and the Wang family was left with nothing. Don't let go.

well! I confiscated the money needed to repair the house, and the Wang family only let me go after giving me eight taels of silver. "

"..." He didn't rely on it, he caught you from the beginning.

"So, you just don't care about anything and just let the Wang family come and make trouble?" Liu Qingcao asked after weighing it again and again.

"No, no, my wife was weak and couldn't resist, so she took away the money. Because of this, my wife went back to her parents' house in anger and wrote a divorce letter. She didn't know what happened at her parents' house. When she came back, she If you go to sue the officials, they will ignore it, saying that there is no evidence and nothing can be done." Zheng Ping shook his head and explained.

"..." Yes, the rumors outside are false. It is probably caused by the Wang family.

As long as she is not a weakling, she does not want to die without saving him.

"Carpenter Zheng, I have a way to save my sister-in-law, but you have to promise me to move out of this house and live somewhere else. I have forty or fifty houses waiting to be built here. When it is completed, Carpenter Zheng can go wherever he wants. , what do you think, Craftsman Zheng?" Liu Qingcao knew that the Wang family was difficult to deal with, so he made this request.

Building a house is not a matter of a day or two, and she doesn't want to not be able to see him every few days and affect the progress of the house construction.

Zheng Ping was cold at first, and then asked dubiously, "Is this girl serious?"

"It's true, I can treat my sister-in-law first." Liu Qingcao took out a porcelain vase from his sleeve, lifted the cloth on the basket on the table, and placed the porcelain vase next to the three pears.

"Put the medicine in this porcelain bottle into my sister-in-law's mouth at once, and let her eat a pear when she wakes up." Liu Qingcao pushed the basket forward and looked at him with a smile, "Craftsman Zheng can go and try it."

Zheng Ping looked at the basket and didn't reach out immediately. Liu Qingcao didn't rush him and just waited quietly.

After a while, Zheng Ping seemed to have made up his mind, picked up the basket and walked into the house.

Time passed by, and Liu Qingcao almost finished the bowl of water without hearing anything going on inside. After much thought, she decided to get up and take a look.

As soon as she got up from the stool, she heard a whimper coming from inside. The sound was very low, as if she was deliberately suppressing it.

Liu Qingcao looked in the direction of the room, put his feet back and sat on the stool.

Around tea time, footsteps sounded in the room, and then Liu Qingcao saw Craftsman Zheng walking out of the house, supporting a skinny woman.

The two of them walked straight to Liu Qingcao, knelt down straight, and unequivocally wanted to knock their heads to the ground.

Liu Qingcao supported one person with one hand and stopped their movements.

"Craftsman Zheng, sister-in-law, please don't shorten my life. Get up quickly and tell me what you have to say."

After hearing what Liu Qingcao said, Zheng and Ping couldn't keep knocking, so they had to wipe their tears and slowly stand up and sit on the stool.


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