Under the personal arrangement of He Xiu, everything was in order, and on the first day of the construction of the vein, he personally took Guan Zhihe to the site to supervise.

In the half month of the construction of the vein, He Xiu consulted a large number of ancient books about geology, and had a deep understanding of iron mining, according to the requirements of the book, after careful investigation on the site, he came to the edge of the mine, and he also met the person in charge personally elected by Qiao Shenming, Yao Bingkuan.

This person looks to be nearly fifty years old, but he is capable, his brain is clear and thorough, and he learned from the communication with Yao Bingkuan that he has been engaged in iron ore mining for twenty-three years and has rich experience, which Qiao Shenming hired from Liucheng for a lot of money.

He Xiu pulled Guan Zhihe to stand on a temporary high platform, and said to more than 100 mine servants: " Good morning everyone, I think you have heard of me before coming to Taoyuan Mineral, but I still have to introduce myself again, my name is He Xiu, I am a native of Qiyu Village, my relatives have passed away, I came to Qiman Town with a lot of blood, with the help of this eldest lady beside me, and got the appreciation of Master Guan, I He Xiu asked himself if he was talented, unable to support this huge family business alone, so I invite everyone to manage with me, are you willing to do it?"

"Willing to ......"

"Willing to ......"

"Willing to ......"

......

The miners in the audience raised their fists and shouted, their expressions were very happy and excited, as if they saw a mountain of gold waiting to be mined in front of them.

"Okay, everyone works hard, I guarantee that everyone can get a tael of monthly salary at the end of each month, everyone, are you satisfied?"

He Xiu waited for the active atmosphere of the scene to cool down, and then said with a smile.

"Willing to ......"

"Willing to ......"

Before the cries at the scene subsided, He Xiu saw many surging heads at the foot of the mountain in front of him, and his heart tightened, could it be that the government came forward to stop him?

This thought flashed through his mind, because he heard someone from the mine servants in the audience say, "This is the Chang family's mine servants, and they have also come to join the Guan family." ”

He Xiu didn't expect that the mining servants of the Chang family would come to join him at this time, Qiao Shenming's face was also surprised, and Guan Zhihe looked at him more and more nervously.

"Have you seen it, the mine servants of his Chang family must not get the respect they deserve in their daily lives, so they will switch to my Guan family, everyone said, should we accept them?"

When the miners in the audience heard their mine owners finish speaking in a consultative tone, they unanimously agreed that they were with the right family, and because those people were poor like themselves, there was no barrier in their hearts, and they responded enthusiastically: "We are willing!"

Guan Zhihe Shu unfolded her thrush and smiled lightly.

Qiao Shenming nodded again and again, admiring his coping method in his heart.

Yao Bingwan was the first to clapped his palms vigorously.

Now there are about 200 people standing under the stage, He Xiu talked about it enthusiastically and modestly on the high platform, and then gave up the middle position to Yao Bingkuan, he said that as long as everyone is willing to work hard, the mine owner will definitely fulfill his promise. He also asked the Changjia miners who were transferred later to register at the designated place to make a book, so that they could participate in labor on the same day.

Before leaving, He Xiu specially told Yao Bingkuan to keep an eye on these miners who came from the Chang family in the dark, and if he found an abnormality, he could strike first, but he couldn't extinguish it.

After everything was arranged, He Xiu and Guan Zhihe came to their rice shop and saw that there were still many people from other places who came to buy seeds.

Guan Zhihe stared at the two teams, expecting to find the murderer inside: "Brother He Xiu, He'er has been observing for a long time, and still hasn't seen anything abnormal, what about you?"

"Silly He'er, if the murderer can be found so easily, then he only deserves to live to this day!"

He Xiu patted her on the shoulder and said slowly, then pulled her to the shop of farm tools again.

The Guan family's shop was surrounded by the people, completely in no particular order, shouting and grabbing farm tools, while the two shop servants of the Zhou family leaned against a door, knocking melon seeds leisurely, and looked at the crowd from time to time and laughed.

"He'er, the Zhou family has been so miserable by us, it stands to reason that they should show up, let's go, let's go back and wait. ”

In the westernmost part of the main street of Qiman Town, the shops that have been sealed by the government are still closed doors and windows, completely different from the second street.

"I don't know what happened to Uncle Guan?"

He Xiu looked at these deserted shops, and suddenly thought that Guan Kaihui had not heard from him for several months, and for a while, he was worried.

"Yes, my father used to like to come to the market alone to check the people's situation when he was at home, and he often taught me that I should take it from the people, use it for the people, and give it to the people, so I ......"

"So he secretly helped a lot of poor people, right?"

Guan Zhihe looked at him with a surprised expression, completely disbelieving: "Brother He Xiu, He'er never told you this, how do you know?"

A faint smile flashed in He Xiu's eyes, and he blinked his eyes and said: "When I checked the account book for the first time, I accidentally saw that there was a lot of money that did not record the specific whereabouts, and I was thinking at that time that Master Guan must have deliberately asked Steward Qiao not to write it down. ”

"And how do you know that this money is spent in these places?"

Although Guan Zhihe's height is also top-notch among women of the same age, he still leans up to communicate in the face of He Xiu, who is more than eight feet tall.

"Do you remember the plaque hanging in the visitors' hall?"

He Xiu stopped and turned around to look at her tenderly, and spit out a sentence of admiration.

"Oh, He'er knows, it's for the people!"

Guan Zhihe jumped on his arm and said with a grin.

After returning to the Guanfu and waiting for a long time, He Xiu looked up and saw the plaque in the visitor hall to relieve the people's worries, these four reminded him of one thing and had not done it for a long time, so he decided not to wait for the Zhou family to visit.

In those wandering days, He Xiu was just thinking about how to fill his stomach, and after solving the problem of stomach food, he was thinking about how to bring more benefits to the Guan family, and now he wants to do something practical for his fellow villagers like Guan Kaihui.

"He'er, I want to go somewhere, can you accompany me?"

Guan Zhihe nodded very willingly, leaning on his shoulder with a sweet smile, and He Xiu called the family to arrange the things he wanted.

About half a pillar of incense had passed, twenty wagons were parked in a row in front of the gate, ten wagons loaded with rice seeds, and the other ten loaded with farm tools.

He Xiu and Guan Zhihe each rode a white horse of good breed and rushed to the front, during which there were laughter, and suddenly the laughter was only left by Guan Zhihe's laughter.

He Xiu's eyes couldn't stop being moist, and his body began to tremble, to be exact, it should be excitement mixed with sadness, in short, his mood at the moment is indescribable in words.

"He'er, do you think I'm returning home in fine clothes that is envied?"

"Brother He Xiu, look at these things behind us, isn't it still a homesickness?"

He Xiu's face rarely showed a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, and it was the first time Guan Zhihe had seen him with such a smile.

The horses' hooves are brittle, and the wheels are crushing against a clearing in the east of the village of Prayer for Rain, which has been baked for sixteen years.

"Grandpa, grandma, father, mother, brother, He Xiu has come to see you!"

The three raised loess mounds have been compacted by the years, and the peach trees buried on the mounds are also spreading their branches and blooming at this moment, and the fragrance is slightly fragrant.

Guan Zhihe also knelt down with He Xiu, and the family brought behind him also quickly bowed his head and knelt.

"Grandparents, uncles and uncles, Brother Anu, don't worry, there is He'er, Brother He Xiu will live well, you can rest assured that you can sleep!"

He Xiu turned his head, clasped her slender hand, and kissed it lightly on the back of his hand, and then saw a large group of villagers in ragged clothes watching them from afar.

The family members turned back to be vigilant, and the vicissitudes of the villagers' eyes showed horror.

He Xiu hurriedly got up and ran towards them, the villagers looked at the tall group of people, and thought that the government had come to collect taxes again, so they all cried and wiped their tears, and knelt down to beg.

"Folks, I'm the He boy from the He family in the east of the village, haha, you guys get up quickly......"

He Xiu said and helped the two elderly couples up: "Uncle Zhang, Grandma Li, I'm He Xiaozi, have you forgotten?"

The two elderly couples looked at He Xiu in a daze, and then exchanged glances with each other, still refusing to believe it.

"Oh, Uncle Zhang, did you forget that on the second day when we went to the Guan Mansion in Qiman Town to beg for food, I told you that there were immortals flying on fairy birds?"

This Uncle Zhang's eyes flickered, and he tried to ask: "Yes, that's right, but I don't think you really look like that emaciated He boy......

"Uncle Zhang, it's really me, the day my grandparents met with an accident, you were the first to help bring back the corpse of their second elder, take a closer look......"

There was already a slight sound of broken words in the crowd, He Xiu laughed, his figure and appearance had changed drastically, and they couldn't recognize it for a while.

"Haha, it's really You boy, I haven't seen you for a year, you've been a big official?" Uncle Zhang finally recognized him: "Folks, this is really the He boy of the He family in the east of the village, haha, He boy has grown up, folks, look, let's pray for rain Village to have a big official......"

All of a sudden, everyone came over to each other to hug and talk to He Xiu, and there was no barrier between them at all.

After the enthusiasm passed, He Xiu took Zhihe's slender hand and said heavily: "Folks, this young lady is the eldest lady of the Guan family who gave us porridge for a month, and she came to visit you today with seeds and farm tools, haha, everyone must rely on their own efforts to cultivate a bluer sky, everyone said, okay?"

Boiling cheers and crisp applause resounded all over the sky, Guan Zhihe generously bowed to the villagers to show thanks, and waited for the lively sound to settle down, He Xiu said: "The farm tools pulled on the carriage behind me are used by the villagers in turn, and the seeds are available in every household. ”

The eyes of the villagers looked at He Xiu while holding the things on the car, and they couldn't wait to plant it in the field immediately.

He Xiu saw the eager eyes of the villagers, and he didn't say any more, he handed over the farm tools to Uncle Zhang, and he was in charge of distributing them, and everyone received a full hundred catties of seeds.