Ji Qingling saw that the woman was not petty in her words and actions, and remembered Fang Cai Qiuyue's words, so she suddenly thought about it, and when the two of them put the bucket away, she was not in a hurry to send them out, and asked the other party if there was anything important next, so she let the other party take a seat, called for tea, and chatted with them.

She first asked the other party's origins, and knew that these two people were hired for a short time in the inn, one husband was a soldier in the Zhenrong army, and the other husband was a peddler, and each family had children.

One of the round-faced women said: "Because the population of Yanzhou City has become more and more recently, and there are many merchants coming and going, the few hires of the innkeeper's family are too busy, and they ask someone to find a female short-term worker. ”

The other with some yellow hair smiled and said, "I don't have any skills, come out and help my daughter save some dowry." ”

One of the two is from Lingzhou, and the other is from Bingzhou, and they have only been in Yanzhou for more than half a year.

Ji Qingling exchanged a few words with them before saying: "I was originally from this place, and I haven't come back for many years, but as soon as I arrived, I heard that I had to prevent water from going away, and I only felt a little scared, and I wanted to ask the two aunts a few words." ”

She smiled, being a little daughter who was afraid of things, and wanted to get to the bottom of it, so that she could put her mind at ease, and said: "In previous years, there were only more than two seasons of summer and autumn? How come there are so many winters? How many barrels do you have to put in each house and every house? ”

"Walking on the water, where to divide spring, summer, autumn and winter!" The yellow-haired woman replied, "I went to Yanzhou, and in the past half a year alone, I have heard people say no less than thirty or forty times!" The small ones are burned to three bedrooms and two houses, and the big ones are burned on the street! End of the iniquity! ”

"It's still dry in Yanzhou, and there is little rain, so it's rare to have a little rain, and it's all turned into snow." The round-faced woman also followed, "But it's also a strange thing, the same as what the girl asked, my family is also from Yanzhou, I heard him say, here in previous years was not as bad as this period of time, a few days ago the East Street burned black, enough to destroy thirty or forty lives, fortunately, there was a patrol shop with the husband to see it, and immediately called people to put out the fire, and dispersed the people, otherwise there would be more deaths!" ”

After she said this, she seemed to feel that something was wrong, and hurriedly glanced at Ji Qingling, and said: "Don't be afraid, girl, there are people patrolling the inn every day, and if there is something wrong, you can find out at that time." It's just that there is nothing wrong with your daily care, and you must send someone to be on duty in the house for a night, and don't sleep all of them, otherwise you will really walk out of the water and be confused by the smoke, even if you can run out, you will become unable to run out! ”

Ji Qingling nodded again and again, thanked him again, and asked: "Even so, if you really go out of the water, you still have to find a way to pounce, I see that although this bucket is big, it may not be useful, is there anything next to it that can be used as a hand?" ”

When the round-faced woman heard her say this, she hurriedly said, "Why not, water bags, buckets, pumps, and all kinds of messes, the yamen has a word, and every shop must be ready!" The room has to enlarge the barrel, our store is high, and it is equipped with a ladder, yesterday I saw that the lord's face was going to fall, help him calculate it, there is no dozens of money, where can it fall to the ground! ”

"Where are these things to match? Is it spending money to buy it from the Yamen? Ji Qingling asked.

Buckets are sold everywhere, but the rest of the things are not found everywhere.

In the past few days, she has asked someone to inquire about Uncle Gu Qi's family background, and she can't count them just on the surface, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation, as well as a few commercial houses that specialize in selling wood, bricks and tiles, and another shop, which sells these things to prevent water flow.

"I didn't ask in detail." The round-faced woman said, "It seems that there are a few shops selling this on South Street, but the rest have never been seen." ”

Ji Qingling wrote down the place, and said: "Auntie, don't bother me, I heard that Yanzhou is now expensive in manpower and material resources, especially to build houses, just the red bricks and wood and mud are twice the price of the past. ”

As soon as she said this, the two people on the other side sighed, and one said: "Who said no, fortunately, it was Yang Pingzhang who was in charge, and there was a special place for them to live in first, and then move out when the house was built...... It's a pity that the house can be rebuilt after it burns down, and if someone is injured, it's really pitiful......"

Another person also sighed: "It turned out that it was just a few sporadic people, a few days ago, there were thirty or forty lives on the other side of East Street, I didn't dare to go to that place, every house hung white, built a shed to live in place, and listened and cried all the way." ”

Ji Qingling talked to the two of them for a long time, asked everything that should be asked, and each gave a purse, and then served tea to the guests.

The two women stood up, bowed down to thank them, tucked their purses into their sleeves, and went out with them.

When Ji Qingling saw the behavior of these two people, he only felt a little strange vaguely.

Qiu Shuang walked in for a while and said, "Girl, that aunt was pecked by a goose just now, and her hands are full of blood." ”

Ji Qingling was still thinking about something, and when she heard her say this, she was stunned for a while, and it took a long breath before she reacted, and asked, "What's the matter, it's so decent, why did the goose peck her?!" ”

Qiu Shuang's face was strange, he wanted to laugh and held back his sadness, and said: "They saw that there were many geese raised in our yard, and asked if they were raising them to do anything, and I said that the girl raised them to play, and one of them said, 'The last time I went back to the master's house to reward the goose meat, the cook was marinated fragrantly, and my family's mouth got belly meat, and it was very fatty, and I had never seen it alive in the past, and it looked much bigger than ordinary fat ducks, and I weighed how heavy'." ”

When she said this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, and said, "Girl, what are you doing, there is a lot of blood, do you want to ask someone to send some medicine over?" ”

Qiu Yue heard that she was laughing incorrectly here, and couldn't help but interject: "Others were bitten by a goose, and you are still laughing, I have never seen such schadenfreude!" ”

Qiu Shuang smiled and said: "It's not that I'm gloating, it's really that you haven't seen that, her hand just stretched out, it's still far away from the goose's wings, and the three or four next to her looked at something wrong, and they didn't turn around, they pressed their necks and stretched their wings, and chased and pecked down, so fierce!" Can't hide! Chase people all over the yard! I realized that it was not a joke when people said that the woman's voice was high-pitched! Not only did I laugh, but the big brother of the dart master guarding the door outside was also laughing, and even the companion who came with her was also laughing. ”

Qiu Shuang was still talking, but Ji Qingling heard something wrong, and asked: "She said, 'My family's mouth gets belly meat'?" ”

The two women had just answered a lot of questions, one of the family was in the Zhenrong army, the other was a hawker, and where did the "master" distribute goose meat.

Ji Qingling left the two to ask, originally had other plans, and didn't think about anything else, but at this time, he heard Qiu Shuang's relay, but he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart.