"Little master, don't worry, you are a bodhisattva, so you are willing to help the people of our three villages, as well as people from other villages, I listen to you. When I came down the mountain, I asked my man, with people, to tell us the people in other villages next to me the method of recognizing yam eggs and poria cocos, and the method of making them into food! The woman who went up the mountain together in the morning, led by Wangjia Village, was the first to stand up and make a statement.

Judging from her tone, it should be the patriarch's wife of Wangjia Village.

"Little master, I also listen to you. When I came down the mountain, I asked my man, with people, to tell us the people in other villages next to me the method of recognizing yam eggs and poria cocos, and the method of making them into food! The woman who went up the mountain together in the morning, led by Liujiacun, immediately followed suit.

Obviously, she should be the patriarch's wife of Liujia Village.

With the contrast between the two of them, the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village is even more selfish in front of everyone.

One of them, who looked to be about fifty years old in Xujia Village, felt embarrassed, pointed at her, and said loudly to Xiao Qiongzhi: "Little master, my sister-in-law, has a problem with her brain, don't pay attention to her, my brother and we are not her kind of people!" ”

"Yes, little master, none of us are like her!" With him taking the lead, many people in Xujia Village immediately responded.

It is estimated that he should be the younger brother of the patriarch of Xujia Village.

Otherwise, don't dare to take this head.

The people in their village did not dare to respond.

Xiao Qiongzhi was too embarrassed to let the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village, who had obviously betrayed her relatives, so she just glanced at everyone approvingly and did not make a sound.

However, it was the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village, who felt embarrassed, blushed, looked up at Xiao Qiongzhi, and said with some twist: "Little master, I'm sorry, I was confused just now." Don't take it to heart, I'll change it! ”

"Okay." Xiao Qiongzhi smiled and nodded.

However, in my heart, I don't believe that the apology of the patriarch's wife of Xujia Village can have much sincerity.

After all, the previous performances of the patriarch's wife in Xujia Village seemed very selfish.

This fully shows that the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village is already a selfish person to the bones, and it is not so easy to change.

As long as there is a little stimulation, her real face will be revealed again.

She deliberately looked at everyone and said loudly: "You take a closer look at what color and smell these vines grow poria on, and what shape, color, and smell of the leaves on the vines." ”

"Then, every ten people form a team, go to the left, along the slope of the mountain with the back sun, go to find Poria cocos, and after two hours, come back here together to gather."

"Yes! Little master. "The vast majority of people, do it immediately.

"Little master, wait!" The wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village really couldn't stand the stimulation and was about to raise objections again.

Moreover, not only her, but also some people in Xujia Village, this time, they all have the intention of facing her.

They didn't answer Xiao Qiongzhi's words, and they all looked at the patriarch's wife of Xujia Village with encouraging eyes.

It is estimated that they can all see that the slope of Beiyang Mountain, which is heading to the left, is a mountainous area belonging to their Xujia Village.

felt that Poria cocos, which should have belonged to them, was taken away by Xiao Qiongzhi with the people of Wangjia Village and Liujia Village, and some of them were very reluctant.

Of course, it is human nature for them to think this way.

Xiao Qiongzhi had long expected this, and quietly asked the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village: "Mrs. Patriarch, do you have anything else?" ”

The wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village said with a smile: "That's the case, little master, this mountain land belongs to our people in Xujia Village, Wangjia Village and Liujia Village, and they have their own mountain land. ”

"Otherwise, just now, just one Poria cocos, just dig out so much, wait, if they let the people of Wangjia Village and Liujia Village continue to dig, our Xujia Village, at least a few thousand catties of Poria cocos, give them it, it's not fair."

"There's no unfairness. I originally thought that this was the mountainous area of Zhoujia Village, and I planned to use the poria that I just dug up as everyone's dinner tonight, just like at noon today. ”

"As for the next, let everyone dig Poria cocos, as a helper for everyone to get a free dinner, and all the other Poria cocos dug up still belong to our Zhoujia Village."

"Since you said that this is the mountainous land of your Xujia Village, then forget it." Xiao Qiongzhi said lightly.

After speaking, she looked at everyone present and continued: "Everyone help me find it, our Zhoujia Village is near the mountain boundary monument, go to the mountains of our Zhoujia Village, and help us Zhoujia Village dig Poria cocos." ”

"I am willing to take out 300 catties to cook dinner for everyone, and in addition, I will give all the people who help us dig Poria cocos in Zhoujia Village, for every fifty catties of Poria cocos, one catty as an additional reward for the helpers."

"Great, little master! I'll take someone to find the boundary monument right away! The wife of the patriarch of Wangjia Village immediately expressed her position.

There are food and scores, where to find this kind of good thing!

"Little master, there is no one more bodhisattva-hearted than you, thank you. I'm willing to help your village dig Poria cocos, as long as you can take out some of it and cook dinner for everyone, you don't need to give me extra rewards for Poria cocos. The wife of the patriarch of Liujia Village was also unambiguous, and her words were very sincere.

"Me too, and I don't need the little master's extra reward for Poria cocos." The man before Xujia Village, who scolded the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village for being brainless, hurriedly expressed his position.

He probably didn't want to make himself have a good impression of the entire Xujia Village because the patriarch's wife was alone.

He's a smart guy.

"Me too!"

……

Next, with the previous few people scrambling to express their positions, and later, except for the wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village, who was faceless because she once again exposed her selfish nature in public, everyone else also expressed their positions.

Xiao Qiongzhi was very satisfied.

Two hours later, everyone used Poria vines, tied forty or fifty catties of newly dug Poria cocos, carried them on their backs, and returned to Xiao Qiongzhi and Zheng Bang.

That's a lot of money.

Xiao Qiongzhi was very pleasantly surprised, thanked everyone, and reminded everyone to remember to bring some dry firewood along the road when going down the mountain, so that they could burn the fire at night and roast Poria cocos to eat.

Naturally, everyone is happy to do it.

At this time, at the entrance of the village, Zhou Yuandong had already returned with Chu Yunniang, Liu Wuxiu, Zhou Dayong and others.

However, they didn't enter the village, they parked the ox cart directly, sat on the road, waited for Xiao Qiongzhi and Zheng Bang, and by the way, listened to the two old ladies of Zhou and the patriarchs of Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village, and told Zhou Yuandong about everything that happened today.

Among them, Chu Yunniang and Liu Wuxiu, after listening to one of the old ladies of Zhou, talk about Xiao Qiongzhi taking people up the mountain to look for miscellaneous grains in the afternoon, watching the sky getting late, they all subconsciously turned their heads from time to time to look in the direction of the foot of the mountain.

"Zhi'er, why did you get so thin?" Liu Wuxiu's eyes were sharp, and before Xiao Qiongzhi could go down the mountain, he recognized Xiao Qiongzhi's figure from a distance, from the crowd coming down the mountain, jumped out of the ox cart, and rushed forward to ask.

"Those two boys in your family robbed my little master's share of food, she didn't eat anything at noon, and they gave her a good meal, it's no wonder if she doesn't lose weight." The wife of the patriarch of Xujia Village immediately jumped out and explained for Xiao Qiongzhi.