Zhou Yuandong pondered for a moment, then turned his head and asked Xiao Qiongzhi, "Zhi'er, what do you think of this?" ”

Xiao Qiongzhi didn't attach much importance to this matter, and said, "Grandpa the patriarch, I said yesterday in front of people in our village and Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village, that I am more willing to help with love and righteousness, and to repay kindness. ”

"As for the fact that everyone recognizes me as the master, I think, admitting it, it is everyone's will, not everyone's responsibility, I will not object, but I will not force it, everyone should make their own decisions."

"Patriarch, Zhi'er is right, this matter is everyone's heart. I swear now that the emperor is above, and the earth is below, and I, Qian Lamei, swear that from now on, I will treat Zhi'er as my master and go to the soup for her" Qian Lamei was impatient when she heard this, and directly took the lead in swearing.

But when she was halfway through the oath, she couldn't remember that when she listened to the oaths of Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village at the entrance of the village yesterday, they went to the back of the soup and followed the two words, so she had to stare at the others with round eyes.

Obviously hoping someone could help her remember the word.

"Sister-in-law Qian, what are you talking about going to the soup and going to the fire, right?" Wang Chunhua hurriedly reminded Qian Lamei with a flattering smile.

Qian Lamei kept pressing her head on the pine tree and didn't let go, it was really uncomfortable.

She hoped to curry favor with Qian Lamei so that she would not suffer such a crime again.

"Yes, those are the words!" Qian Lamei nodded.

She immediately straightened her back, raised her head, and swore again solemnly, "The emperor is above, and the earth is below, I, Qian Lamei, swear that from now on, I will treat Zhi'er as my master, and go to the soup for her, at all costs, if you violate this oath, the sky will hit five thunders, and you will never be able to live forever!" ”

Immediately afterwards, she looked down at Wang Chunhua and ordered, "Wang Chunhua, you swear as I do!" ”

"Didn't Zhi'er just say that it is everyone's will to recognize her as the master, not everyone's responsibility, won't she force it? Sister-in-law Qian, since you recognize Zhi'er as the master, you have to do what she wants, don't force me. Wang Chunhua was taken aback and had the courage to refute.

She doesn't think that Xiao Qiongzhi is everyone's great benefactor, and it is necessary for her to be recognized as the master.

Xiao Qiongzhi is just lucky, talented, and knows more than everyone else.

If Xiao Qiongzhi doesn't understand anything, like her eldest girl, who can she help?

"You're underwhelming, you!" Qian Lamei saw that she was playing a scoundrel, so she didn't bother to talk nonsense with her anymore, so she stretched out her fist and was about to hit her in the face.

Xiao Qiongzhi looked at the headache, and gently persuaded Qian Lamei, "Forget it, Uncle Qian." I didn't send the jade pendant left to me by my father last time, send it to the pawnshop, exchange money and lend it to Aunt Wang, I'm sorry for her, she doesn't annoy me in her heart, it's very good, I don't expect anything else. ”

"That's it, Wang Chunhua, this woman, her heart is smaller than the eye of a needle, you force her to swear by duplicity, which is tantamount to deceiving the emperor and the queen of heaven, this thing can't be done!" Luo Luye immediately agreed.

"I'm going to swear too. The emperor is above, the earth is below, I Zhou Zhiqiang swear that from now on, I will take Zhi'er as my master, and go to the soup for her, at any cost, if you violate this oath, the sky will hit five thunders, and you will never be able to live forever! At this time, one of the two old ladies in Zhoujia Village suddenly said.

"Good job, old lady! Then I'll swear an oath too. The emperor is above, the earth is below, and I am far and wide ......"

"I'm going to swear too. The emperor is above, the earth is below, I have thoughts about ......"

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With the old lady of Zhoujiacun taking the lead, next, in addition to Zheng Bang and Wang Chunhua, including another old lady of Zhoujiacun and Zhou Yuandong, they all followed suit and swore an oath.

Xiao Qiongzhi noticed that many of these people who swore were full of piety in their eyes at the moment of swearing.

She understood that this meant that they really regarded her as a benefactor, sincerely, and willing to treat her as their master.

In fact, the vast majority of those who swore in Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village yesterday also looked at them like this.

But those people swore from the bottom of their hearts after feeling the pain of starvation for a long time, and how sincere the food was to them, and how sincere the kindness she showed them, and at the same time, there was no awkwardness in their own generation.

The people of Zhoujia Village did not feel the pain of a long period of starvation.

Some of them, like her, are willing to release kindness to their people.

For example, Zhou Yuangeng and his two younger brothers were even willing to risk their lives in order to save Chu Yunniang and Liu Wuxiu.

Moreover, the Zhou family, like the vast majority of feudal families, attaches great importance to the rules, such as the order of the young and the old, and the preference for sons over daughters, they actually cared very much.

This time, they were able to break through these and recognize her as the master, of course, they were also stimulated by the exemplary and leading role of Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village, but more importantly, they were all people who valued love and righteousness and knew how to repay their kindness, and they could do these above the narrow rules of the family.

"Thank you all for your trust and respect. I have nothing else to say, just one sentence later, no matter rich or poor, I, Xiao Qiongzhi, am willing to share weal and hardship with everyone, advance and retreat together! Xiao Qiongzhi looked at all the people who swore seriously and said sincerely.

"Thank you, little master!" All those who swore were bright-eyed, and without exception, they immediately responded in unison.

Next, Xiao Qiongzhi was embarrassed to have any reservations, not only taught everyone about the yam eggs and Poria cocos, but also told everyone about the Huaishan Mountain under the yam eggs.

However, at the same time, she also told everyone about the agreement she made with the people of Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village last night, so that everyone should pay attention not to be discovered by the people of Xujia Village when digging Huai Mountain in the mountains near Xujia Village.

Naturally, everyone agreed.

They are really afraid that the snow will close the mountain at any time, and they dislike the mountain chestnut and yam eggs that are too small, looking too much, but in fact, there is no weight, and they arrange for the children at home to pick them.

All the adults, all with the same goal, worked hard to dig Huai Mountain and Poria Cocos.

Obviously, everyone was sweating like rain, but no one could care about wiping the sweat on their foreheads and faces.

Xiao Qiongzhi originally planned to follow Zheng Bang, after teaching everyone to recognize mountain chestnuts, Huaishan, and Poria cocos, he took dogs and stones around the mountain road to pick mountain chestnuts.

However, dogs and stones are greedy.

They have learned to recognize Huaishan and Poria cocos, and they also dislike the mountain chestnut and yam eggs are too small, looking at a lot, in fact, there is no weight, do not listen to her words, have to work hard to take the small hoe, small palladium, to find Huaishan and Poria cocos digging.

Xiao Qiongzhi felt that they had no malice at all this time, so they were too lazy to care, so they simply took the opportunity to go with Zheng Bang to the place where Huai Mountain was buried yesterday morning, planning to quietly dig out the nearly 400 catties of Huai Mountain again and take them home.

When she walked there, she unexpectedly found that there was no one in the nearby mountains belonging to Xujia Village, and it was quiet.

This is strange.

When the people of Xujia Village found out that there were yam eggs and poria cocos yesterday, they were so excited, how could no one come to pick and dig them today?

"The people of Xujia Village should have dug up the Poria cocos from their village by Zhoujia Village overnight last night, Zhi'er, look!" Zheng Bang saw the suspicion in Xiao Qiongzhi's heart, carried her on his back, jumped on a tall pine tree next to him, and stretched out his finger to point to a nearby mountain belonging to Xujia Village.

The mountainous area has obvious traces of new excavation, and there are some fibrous roots of Poria cocos scattered on it.

Xiao Qiongzhi immediately understood.

She never dreamed that the people of Xujia Village, in order to dig out Poria cocos as soon as possible, would actually go out overnight last night.

Presumably, this extreme eagerness to obtain food can only be understood and imagined by people like them, who have been starving for a long time.

She suddenly felt that she was too selfish.

If she had thought of caring about the lives of people outside Zhoujia Village, and remembered that mountain chestnuts, Huaishan, and Poria cocos could be used as miscellaneous grains, perhaps, people like Wangjia Village, Xujia Village, and Liujia Village would not even have to, and were once forced to be robbers for food.

Since you are already a person in this life, you should have the responsibility of this life.

In the future, you still have to cheer up and be a good master who is more and more worthy of everyone's respect and trust.