After rebirth, the Queen and I are on the run.

In the house in the west of the village, Grandpa Qin was silent for a moment and looked at Qin Laoliu: "Lao Liu, what do you and your wife think? Should you marry Meizi within two months or pay a fine? My family plans to pay a fine. "

Qin Laoliu said: "It's better to get married. Meizi is already eighteen years old, and she has to pay three taels of silver. How can my family afford it?"

After hearing this, Qin Mei turned pale and trembled all over. She quickly closed her eyes and fell back.

"Mei Zi!" Mrs. Qin Liu rushed to help Qin Mei and pinched her daughter hard.

"Stop pinching, it's all bleeding." Qin Xiaomi ran over, pressed several acupuncture points on Qin Mei's body, and finally revived her.

But Qin Mei was still shaking: "I won't marry, I won't marry in my whole life... I won't bring trouble to my family, I will go find a tree in the forest..."

Qin Liu Po ​​was shocked and pinched her again: "Mei Zi, what nonsense are you talking about? Wake up quickly, don't scare me."

Qin Xiaomi said: "Don't be afraid, cousin, no one is forcing you to get married. As for the fine... not only do we not have to pay, but we can also make a big profit back."

Qin Mei was stunned when she heard that, her eyes gradually became clearer, and she looked at Qin Xiaomi: "Really?"

Qin Xiaomi nodded: "Yes, it's absolutely true. But you have to tell us why you are so resistant to getting married? Don't let us worry about you."

Qin Mei glanced at Qin Cunquan, fearing that he would be uncomfortable, so she didn't say anything, but kept crying.

Qin Liupo was so anxious: "Speak quickly, it couldn't have been you that night..."

"I didn't!" Qin Mei shouted. She was not harmed by those bad people, but they saw with their own eyes how Cun Ying was harmed.

Cunying's screams, cries for help, and the appearance of being tortured to death by Boss Ding became her lifelong fear. She was usually fine, but when it came to getting married, she couldn't control it.

Qin Cunquan was afraid that everyone would misunderstand and harm Qin Mei's reputation, so he said: "The clan sister is fine. She should be frightened by Cunying's death."

After saying that, I once again hated myself for being incompetent and unable to save my sister.

Qin Dashi and his wife thought of their missing eldest daughter, and Qin Dayan and his wife also thought of their daughter who died tragically, and they couldn't help but shed tears.

"That's good, you are scaring me to death." Qin Liupo finally felt relieved and asked Qin Xiaomi: "Girl Xiaomi, what do you mean by exchanging big profits? Tell me quickly, we are waiting for help."

Qin Xiaomi said: "I want to present the method of making arrowroot powder to the county magistrate... In recent years, natural disasters and military disasters have caused the court to be short of food, and arrowroot powder is a new food. As long as the county magistrate presents the method of making it to the capital, then It’s just a credit, so the county magistrate must be willing to make a deal with us.”

He added: "Both the Huang family and the Wu Li family are not good people. We can't guard against them all day long. We have to dig deep and find the county magistrate to be our backer. In this way, not to mention the Huang and Wu families, Even the Silifang in the town doesn’t dare to make things difficult for us anymore!”

Everyone nodded after hearing this: "It's indeed a good idea."

Qin Liupo said with heartache: "Then we can't make kudzu and eat it to make money? Such a good business is gone. We are so unlucky."

Qin Xiaomi said: "The business of eating arrowroot powder is as follows, just exchanging the method of making arrowroot powder in advance for profit."

Qin Liupo: "Can the county magistrate agree?"

Qin Xiaomi: "The county magistrate is an official. Officials want credit and will not be mean to our small business. And the real business I want to do is not eating kudzu powder."

"What? Are you hiding other big deals?" Qin Liupo was so happy that she left Qin Mei and rushed towards Qin Xiaomi: "Girl Xiaomi, the day your mother gave birth to you, Liupo went to help deliver the baby. She was very tired. Okay. After you were finally born safely. Your six wives will get a share of your big business."

Qin Xiaomi chuckled: "What's the reason for this long-standing relationship? Let's see how your whole family performs. If it's all good, then everything will be easy to talk about."

Qin Liupo immediately swore a poisonous oath.

After all the fuss, the heavy atmosphere was gone, and Qin Mei recovered. Grandpa Qin asked Qin Xiaomi: "Xiaomi, tell us what you plan to do next."

Qin Xiaomi: "Without further delay, we will go to the county seat tomorrow. We will first find Chen Xiaoqi, and then the clerk, and ask them to help inform the county magistrate about the kudzu powder."

Chen and Guan are both upright and capable, and are the best candidates to help.

Grandpa Qin agreed: "Okay, let's do it like this." The next day, at dawn, the nine families got up. After a lot of work, the people who stayed behind saw Grandpa Qin and others out.

Grandpa Qin explained: "Before we come back, no one should go out. If the Huang family comes to look for trouble, you will move Chen Xiaoqi and Guan Shuli out. If you still can't scare them away, send us to offer kudzu powder prescriptions." I’ve already told you what happened, and if they still refuse to give up, you’ll use medicine... Anyway, we can’t let them snatch the girls away.”

Qin Dashi, Qin Dayan, Xu Erjun and others responded: "Don't worry, we will definitely protect the women and children."

Grandpa Qin nodded, took the prepared dried arrowroot powder, a few boxes of arrowroot powder to eat, and left with Qin Xiaomi, Jiang Dalang, Xu Sanjun and their son.

We arrived in town at dawn, rented a donkey cart, and went straight to the military station on the outskirts of the county.

The government officials are responsible for detecting theft in the county, and the county military post is responsible for resisting the enemy and defending the county during wartime.

At noon, he rushed to the hilltop of the military post and gave copper coins to the sentry: "Master, we are the Qin victims who have settled in a ghost village. We have something important to say to Chen Xiaoqi. Please let me know."

Chen Xiaoqi told the sentry not to be embarrassed if victims of the ghost village come looking for him.

Therefore, the sentry told them directly: "Chen Xiaoqi is not here. He has gone to the county government office to run an errand. You can just go to the county government office to find him."

"Thank you, Master." Grandpa Qin and the others got on the donkey cart again and headed straight to the county seat.

Because he had settled in, he was not blocked. After paying ten cents to enter the city, he was released.

After arriving at the county government office, he continued to spend money to hire the government officials to look for Chen Xiaoqi.

More than a quarter of an hour later, Chen Xiaoqi came out in a hurry. When he saw Grandpa Qin, he asked: "But there are victims in the ghost village who committed crimes? Didn't I tell you to live an honest life? Why don't you listen? If you commit crimes, Uncle Guan's family and I will be punished!" "

Grandpa Qin said hurriedly: "Chen Xiaoqi, we didn't commit any crime. We came to you today for a good thing."

good thing?
Chen Xiaoqi felt relieved and asked, "What's the good news? You caught a wild boar and sold it for 13 taels of silver? Needless to say, this matter has already spread."

"That's not what happened. We made a new food...Chen Xiaoqi has a try." Grandpa Qin opened the wooden box and gave Chen Xiaoqi the kudzu powder cake to eat.

Chen Xiaoqi was also brave enough to eat it and said, "It's fragrant, soft and delicious. You guys are living a pretty good life now."

Then he was relieved.

Grandpa Qin said: "This is made of Ge Chai."

"What is it?" Chen Xiaoqi couldn't remember what Ge Chai was for a while.

"It's something to feed pigs, so it's named because it's as hard as firewood." Secretary Guan came over and took a piece of kudzu powder cake to eat. It tasted really good, but: "Is this really made from kudzu powder? How to prove it?"

Jiang Dalang opened the bag: "Guan Shuli, please take a look."

When Guan Shuli saw the white dry kudzu powder inside, he was shocked. He was afraid that it was white flour, so he quickly grabbed a handful and tasted it: "...it really tastes like kudzu powder."

Chen Xiaoqi was shocked: "Uncle Guan, have you ever eaten pig food?"

The clerk ignored him, looked at Grandpa Qin, and asked, "Old man, bring this good thing to the county government office. What do you want to exchange for it? Let's talk about it first. If it goes too far, I'm afraid I won't be able to help you."

If the things are good, he can ask for a price, but the price is too high. Once he angers the Yamen, he will not be able to protect them.

"I just want a place to live and settle down." Grandpa Qin told the story about the unmarried fine silver and the Huang and Wu families.

The official Guan Shuli felt sad and angry after hearing this... He came here to find a way to survive after being forced to have no other options.

Secretary Guan did not hesitate anymore and decided to take over the matter: "You come in, I will take you to see the county magistrate."

(End of this chapter)