Ai Qiaoqiao and Zhang did not return to the village, but went to Qiaoniang's grocery store.

Xiao Ling was the first to run out when she heard the sound of the carriage and flew into her arms.

"Sister Qiaoqiao!"

Ai Qiaoqiao was hit by her.

"Xiaoling has grown taller again." She pinched Xiaoling's face.

Recently, Xiaoling has not only grown taller, but also gained some weight, and finally saw meat on her little face, sweeping away the appearance she used to look like a daylily when she was in Xiaofang Village.

"Where's your mother?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked.

"My mother is sick, but fortunately Uncle Xie is here." Xiao Ling's eyes flickered, and there was a smile on her little face.

As soon as Ai Qiaoqiao saw Xiao Ling like this, she knew that Fang's family was not a serious illness, otherwise Xiao Ling would not be like this.

When I entered the courtyard, I saw Xie Feng stacking boxes in the courtyard.

After the Chinese New Year, the sales of sausages have stabilized, but there are still many people in the shop every day to inquire about the price, and there are scattered diners.

"Uncle Xie, Sister Qiaoqiao and Brother Xiao Wu are here." Xiaoling ran over and took out a sweat towel to help Xie Feng wipe his sweat.

Xie Feng has a good complexion, although his hands are still wrapped in a medicinal cloth, but his ten fingers are flexible, and he looks like he is no longer in trouble.

"Where's Aunt Fang?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked casually.

"She's not feeling well, she's resting in the house." Xie Feng said.

Ai Qiaoqiao entered the house and saw Fang Xianchun lying on the bed, his face pale.

"Aunt Fang, what's uncomfortable? Have you asked a doctor to take a look? Ai Qiaoqiao asked with concern.

Fang Xianchun hurriedly sat up when he saw her come in, and said embarrassedly, "It's not a serious illness, just lie down for a few days." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao was puzzled, and suddenly saw half a bowl of brown sugar water on the table, and then thought about Fang Xianchun's body when he left Xiaofang Village before.

It's been a month.

"Aunt Fang is here for a small day?" Ai Qiaoqiao asked in a low voice.

Fang Xianchun nodded embarrassedly, "It's just that it hurts a little bit, it's okay to worry, you can go and worry about me if you have something." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao said two more words, and then went out to find Xie Feng and told Han Shen about it.

Xie Feng listened for a long time without speaking.

Ai Qiaoqiao said: "I'm still a little rich at hand, Uncle Xie can take some money to go to the prison first to inquire about it, and if you can help us, you can help us and do our best." ”

Yamen has always been a bottomless pit for eating money, Ai Qiaoqiao knows that her ability is limited, and this is all she can do now.

Xie Feng nodded and said apologetically, "Speaking of which, I haven't thanked him in person since I came out." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao said, "You also helped him, and you can be regarded as a bargain." ”

She took three taels of silver out and handed them to Xie Feng, and Xie Feng left the shop without stopping and went to the prison.

Ai Qiaoqiao was not idle here, she went back to Yicaotang and told Shopkeeper Xu about it.

Shopkeeper Xu only squinted his eyes slightly when he heard this.

"How does Miss Qiaoqiao want to end this matter?"

"I just want to help Han Shen, but I know that my ability is limited, even if it doesn't work out in the end, I won't regret it at least."

Shopkeeper Xu said casually: "Actually, this is not difficult, what those people want is just a plaything, as long as they give them a better servant, they will let Han Shen go, or lose more silver." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao grimaced.

She couldn't do either way.

"Miss Qiaoqiao doesn't have to worry about the silver, the night boy told him when he left, as long as it's your business, it's his business, and the silver is not a problem."

"But...... It costs a lot of money, right? Ai Qiaoqiao worried, "I heard that if you want to redeem someone, it will cost at least a few hundred taels of silver." ”

Shopkeeper Xu chuckled.

There were some things he didn't dare to say.

A few hundred taels of silver? It's a few thousand taels of silver, tens of thousands of taels of silver, and their sons can afford it.

Their son-in-law bought the Deyue Building from Master Dafu for her, and the little girl didn't know about it.

A few hundred taels of silver is nothing.

"If Miss Qiaoqiao doesn't want to spend money...... Then you'll have to do something else. Shopkeeper Xu groaned.

"What's the solution?" Ai Qiaoqiao's eyes lit up.

It turns out that there is a way to use no money, which is great.

"I sent someone to make the sons of those rich families." When he said this, the shopkeeper Xu's face did not change, as if he was saying what medicinal materials are needed in a prescription.

Ai Qiaoqiao didn't catch her breath evenly, and almost choked.

"What...... What was done? She hoped she had misunderstood.

Without waiting for Shopkeeper Xu to explain, the young man on the side wiped his neck with his hand with a smile, "Just do it, be clean, no one can see it." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao raised his head and looked at the plaque hanging on the beam in despair: Yicaotang.

She read it right, this is in Yicaotang, not a gathering place for some killers.

But why did she have this illusion: when the night was gone, these people were like fierce beasts with fangs bared.

It's scary......

Killing someone or something is like eating breakfast as commonplace.

Shopkeeper Xu coughed lightly twice and glared at the guy.

The guy seemed to realize something, and hurriedly said: "I'm joking, don't take it to heart Miss Qiaoqiao, how could we do such a thing, if you kill someone, the government will hunt you down." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief, but the man's next sentence made her lift her heart in the air again.

"It's better for our shopkeeper Xu to take action, no one can find out about the use of poison."

The night is gone, where are you, come back quickly, your Yicaotang is so terrible......

Ai Qiaoqiao wanted to cry without tears.

However, Shopkeeper Xu still took this matter down, and Ai Qiaoqiao went back hard, and he didn't dare to ask him what kind of "way" he was going to solve the matter.

Shopkeeper Xu found a few people to help Ai Qiaoqiao open an ice cellar in the backyard of the old house, and also built a slope slide at the entrance, which is suitable for large ice cubes to enter and exit.

After the ice cellar was repaired, the men did not go back immediately, but stayed.

Zhang Wu's father released the news that Ai Qiaoqiao wanted to take ice in the village, and soon found more than a dozen people.

Even six from other villages came.

Ai Tiancheng and Wen Wenhua both came to help.

Ai Qiaoqiao naturally wouldn't use their own people to dig ice on the frozen river, so she handed over the assignment to Zhang Wu's father.

Paying a tael of silver for every five carts of ice is not a small amount.

But ice chiseling is also a hard job.

Zhang Wu's father distributed several rented carriages, each of which was divided equally among the five people.

When the ice was brought ashore, Wen Wenhua took people back to the old house.

When they arrived at the door of the ice cellar, they were taken over by those left behind by Yicaotang.

Because there is a secret door hidden in the ice cellar, in fact, all the ice cubes are transported into the cave for storage.

After being busy for half a month, he saw that the river had already shown signs of civilization, so Ai Qiaoqiao stopped digging the ice.

At the same time, the shopkeeper Xu on the other side of Yicaotang also came with the news that he had got Han Shen out of prison.