This reception banquet was eaten outside and there were no fingers, except for Li Putou and Da Niu, and the group rested in Zhenweiju. Da Niu went to live at Li Putou's house, which made Nie Shuyao feel that the son-in-law of Li Putou's family might be about to arrive.

Shen Xinlu and Shen Ying also stayed, their house was a little far away from here, and they chose to stay in the hotel for fear that it would be unsafe to walk at night. It's just that Shen Ying said that she would live with Yuqin anyway, and the two girls of about the same age were chattering outside at this time.

Nie Tianxi's room was next door to Nie Shuyao, where the tiger head was busy working, but he and Nie Shuyao were discussing writing a letter to thank Song Yunfei in the room.

Nie Shuyao remembered that the former bully was also full of gratitude, and when she picked up the pen, she still felt that it was inappropriate, and looked at Nie Tianxi and said, "Xi'er, you should write it." ”

Nie Tianxi frowned for a long time before nodding, in his opinion, Song Yunfei was really not a bad person except for playing a bully that time, although the two were almost five years apart, they got along with each other very well.

"Okay. However, my sister can just write two words, which can be regarded as our sincerity. ”

Nie Shuyao pouted for a long time, and finally agreed, took out a piece of letterhead, and wrote a few words of official thanks. The rest was left to her good brother, and she went outside to discuss life with the two little girls.

The next day, Nie Tianxi handed over the letter to Da Niu and asked him to send it to the Minxin Bureau and send it to Beijing according to the address given by Song Yunfei.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had a special organization for sending mail during the Yongle period, which was the "Minxin Bureau" pioneered by Ningbo Gang businessmen, which should be the originator of China's postal industry.

Subsequently. He went to the academy with Tiger Head.

Although it has entered the lunar month, the graduate school has not yet been on vacation, and many students are still studying hard for next year's college examination. Nie Tianxi is also one of them.

The Ming Dynasty was in a cold wave period in history, and the winters were long and cold, and when it came to the wax moon, it was basically dripping into ice.

But because of this, Jiang Xiaoluo's coal furnace business is so popular, and with this stove, charcoal is naturally indispensable, and those cheap briquettes are in short supply. Even if it is not suitable for making briquettes on this day, the honeycomb coal workshop is still in full swing.

Winter is very sad for ordinary people. Especially those who earn a penny and spend a penny are even harder. So Jiang Xiaoluo's honeycomb coal workshop was extremely lively, working for a day's wages, which was Nie Shuyao's attention to him.

In this way, the motivation of the workers will be increased. But correspondingly, it also increases the difficulty of management. But this really gave benefits to the people who had eaten the last meal but did not have the next meal, and this honeycomb coal workshop also had a good reputation in Qu County.

On this day, the weather was not bad, although it was cool and there was a big sun.

It's noon. Jiang Xiaoluo invited Nie Shuyao to check the honeycomb coal he made. It doesn't matter how you do ordinary briquettes, but you have to add something to the high-grade coal, and the effect is not as good as you imagined.

After lunch, the group went straight to the suburbs, Nie Shuyao could see through the window of the carriage that the field was bleak, and when she arrived at the workshop, she also saw a very bad scene.

It's been a long time since the last snowfall, the air is dry, and the wagons are splashing dust. Through the dust, she saw several young men fighting in a deserted field.

To be prepared to say that it was four and a half children beating one, and this child was very torn. The loess that was knocked over and rolled to the ground was rubbed with the dust on the coals on the face. It's really pitiful.

Jiang Xiaoluo's carriage had already turned into the workshop in front, and Nie Shuyao saw this scene with sharp eyes, and she felt that she should take care of it. These half-sized lads don't take it lightly, and if they kill someone, the workshop will be out of luck. There is also its own three-percent profit in it, but nothing can happen.

"Master, please stop the car." Nie Shuyao said.

The car was still moving forward, and it was obvious that the driver didn't hear it, so Yuqin opened the curtain and said loudly: "Master, please stop the car!" ”

"Phew-" As soon as he pulled the reins, the carriage stopped.

But the coachman was loud, and got out of the carriage and came to the door and shouted, "Girl, what are your orders, but it is convenient?" ”

In the car, Nie Shuyao rolled her eyes with Yuqin, how could this coachman talk like that? They're girls, okay!

Yuqin also got out of the carriage, glared at the coachman twice, and scolded in a low voice: "Uncle, can you be quieter?" We didn't let you stop because of that, we just wanted to see what was going on over there. ”

The coachman, a half-old man in his forties, glanced at the people who had stopped fighting because of his shout, and said loudly again: "In this way, your girl still doesn't have to come down." It's normal for young people to fight, but it's not normal for girls to fight! ”

The more Nie Shuyao listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she also picked the curtain and got out of the car.

The carriage stopped, the brawlers stopped, and the dust that had been flying slowly fell.

After she got out of the car, she also glared at the loud coachman, said nothing, turned and left.

"Parsley, let's take a look. This workshop has my three-point profit, but I can't fight, maybe I will lose my three-point profit at some point. ”

"Humph!" Yuqin glared at the coachman again, and hurriedly walked a few steps to keep up.

When they had gone far, the coachman sighed and pacified the horse and followed.

When the person who was fighting saw her coming, he subconsciously took a few steps back and arched out a thin black boy of fourteen or fifteen years old.

The boy was lean and lean, and at first glance he was malnourished, and his face was covered in soot, but his two bright eyes were rolling back and forth.

Nie Shuyao walked up to the front and asked, "Why are you fighting?" ”

The others looked at each other, and at last an older man came out and said, "This boy has stolen the money of our steward, and we are not accustomed to it, so we will teach him a lesson, and we will take it back." It's not easy to do a job in the middle of winter, and we don't want to be driven home because of this kid. ”

Nie Shuyao looked at the lean young man again, looking him up and down with an inquiring eye. Look at this young man's eyes are clear, although he has a temperament, he is not like the kind of person who steals chickens and dogs.

"I didn't steal! They have wronged people! The lean boy roared vigorously.

Nie Shuyao frowned, why did he look at him as if he was hostile to himself, and asked, "You are from a village?" ”

As soon as these words came out, several teenagers immediately looked at her and asked in unison, "How do you know?" ”

"Guess." Nie Shuyao said with a smile.

Looking at the doubts on the faces of the teenagers, she explained: "Actually, it's easy to guess. Didn't you say that you didn't want to be driven home because of this kid? It shows that he knows you, and when you go out to work, you often use a village as a gathering point, and everyone thinks that you are not good when he is not good, which is the cascading effect. ”

The co-effect is not known to the teenagers, but they are a village, which is right.

"Girl, let's go, don't be nosy, save yourself from being discredited by this kid." The older boy from before said.

The thin black boy immediately retorted: "I didn't steal, I didn't steal!" Why do you say I stole it? ”

Nie Shuyao looked at him and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Do you think I stole it?" The boy said with a stiff neck.

Nie Shuyao glanced at him with a slightly cold face, "Yes or no, we won't know until we check it." As it stands, I don't think you're a thief. ”

Under her eyes, the young man lowered his head and whispered, "Second Artillery, my name is Second Artillery." ”

"What about you?" Nie Shuyao looked at the older boy.

"Dog, dog leftover."

"You?" She asked, looking to the left of the dog.

"Cannon."

Nie Shuyao raised her eyebrows, "You and him are brothers?" ”

The cannon hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, it's not. My mother said that the mountains in our village were cleared that year, and the county government gave us some gunpowder, and I was born at the first sound. It sounded like a cannonball, and they named me Cannon! ”

Nie Shuyao and Yuqin looked at the second cannon and asked, "You were born in the second voice?" ”

The second cannon pursed his lips and nodded reluctantly, "Hmm." ”

Then, Nie Shuyao looked at the young man to the right of the dog.

The young man said: "Erlengzi." ”

Nie Shuyao laughed "poof", this Erlenzi reminded her of Song Yunfei's little flute, although the name of the lenzi is this, it is really not a leng.

The four of them all felt very embarrassed, they came out to be the foreman and knew that their names were not good, but they were all named like this in the countryside.

"Tell me what's going on, right? You are all in the same village, and instead of helping each other, you fight each other, which is not good. Nie Shuyao said coldly.

The second artillery gritted his teeth and said: "When I first came to the workshop early this morning, the Jiang steward looked at me wrongly, and asked me when I left yesterday." I went back to the village with everyone yesterday, but he looked at me like a thief. He was still muttering something like 'It's strange, no one took it, why is my money bag missing?'. What's even more hateful is that he looked at me and said it, and since then everyone has looked at me in the wrong way. ”

Gou Yu continued: "Everyone not only looked at him wrongly, but even took us as thieves. No one stood with us at lunchtime, do you say you are suffocated? We are good citizens, and we never do anything like stealing chickens and dogs, the conscience of heaven and earth! ”

He patted his chest and thumped, and the cannon nodded in agreement, "We too!" ”

The second artillery was angry again when they heard them say this, "You are good citizens, then I am not a good citizen?" I never steal chickens and dogs. ”

At this time, the dog left and said: "It's hard to say, I heard that when you drove the car for your mother, you stole the jade fan of the young lady of the main family and was driven out." It's not wrong for Steward Jiang to be so suspicious! ”

"Nonsense! I didn't steal the jade fan of the young lady's family, they wronged me and my mother! Speaking of this, the second artillery's eyes were red again, his hands had been clenched into fists, and he was about to rush forward to fight again.

Nie Shuyao hurriedly said: "Stop! Stop! Didn't you just say that? The merits will be checked later, and then we will say that suspicion out of thin air is not a gentleman's doing! ”

The four of them lowered their heads again, and she said again: "Dog leftover, have you heard the story of the suspected neighbor stealing the axe?" (To be continued......)

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