In the eyes of the world, a slave woman is equivalent to a prostitute, and when she gets a few prostitutes to go home, her family is doing embroidery work to make money, and in the gossip of others, it is not so meaningful.

I thought the Qi family was a gold cave.

Sheng Jiaojiao's eyes were raised, her rosy lips opened slightly, and she didn't say anything to refute it, but said:

"Then our embroidery business can only be shelved."

"For the time being, that's all there is to it."

As if a basin of cold water had been poured on her, Qi Erniang's enthusiasm could only be extinguished, her expression was a little sad, and she talked to Sheng Jiaojiao for a while, and after paying the bill, she went to the shed to make her straw paper.

Sheng Jiaojiao sat in the room again, and was putting the copper money she earned today into the box, when she heard a weak voice calling her outside the window,

"Sir."

Sheng Jiaojiao raised her hand, pushed open the window, and saw Lianxin's small body standing outside the fence.

She hurriedly beckoned to Lianxin and let her into the courtyard.

Sheng Jiaojiao got up and went out of the door, stood in front of Lianxin, bent over, and asked with a friendly smile:

"Lianxin, why are you here again?"

The Enlightenment School is still going on, and these days, Lianxin, a little girl, is making progress at a rapid pace.

Where in the world is there a gentleman who doesn't want students to progress, so Sheng Jiaojiao's heart is very fond of the little girl Lianxin.

I saw Lianxin holding a stack of straw paper in her hand, this is a stack of straw paper that Sheng Jiaojiao rewarded her with when she took the exam last time.

The words written on the straw paper in thick ink were exactly the homework that Sheng Jiaojiao assigned to her today.

I saw Lianxin holding the stack of straw paper with both hands, and gave Sheng Jiaojiao a salute, and said respectfully:

"Sir, my aunt said that I can't come to school from now on."

Hearing this, Sheng Jiaojiao was stunned for a moment and asked:

"Why?"

"A-Niang said that I know enough words now, and there are still small guys to take care of at home, and I can also write letters for my family, and I can also teach small guys enlightenment in the future, if I come to school every day, no one will do the work at home."

Lianxin lowered her head, the expression on her face was a little numb, and her eyes were still red and swollen.

Apparently she came after crying at home.

"Sir, I won't be able to come to school in the future, I hope Mr. will take care of himself more in the future."

Lianxin said, stretching her little hand forward and raising the straw paper in her hand a little higher.

Sheng Jiaojiao took the straw paper in her hand with a complicated mind, and looked down at the words on the straw paper, although it was not very mellow and beautiful, but it was also written stroke by stroke, very seriously.

She opened her lips and was about to speak, but Lianxin had already bowed to her, turned around and ran out of the Qi family's courtyard.

It was getting late, and every house turned on the lights, and the small figure of Lianxin soon disappeared into the darkness.

Sheng Jiaojiao stood in the yard for a long time, surrounded by trees, the sheep in the yard had been moved by Niu Ju to the sheepfold in the col to take care of it, and the grass on the ground was green.

But why, Sheng Jiaojiao felt that her mood didn't get better at all?

As soon as Lianxin left, soon, Niu Ju's father Niu Yuan came to the door.

Before dinner, Sheng Jiaojiao instructed Qi Ju and asked him to find Niu Ju's father.

Niu Yuan didn't know what was going on, but now that Niu Ju was doing things in Sheng Jiaojiao's hands, the Niu family didn't dare to delay, no, as soon as the Qi family finished eating, Niu Yuan arrived.

Compared with Xiong Lin, Sheng Jiaojiao smiled much more sincerely at Niu Yuan.

She let Niu Yuan into the hall, and asked Qi Huan to make tea, and said slowly:

"A few days ago, my second brother came back and brought a few catties of tea, and Uncle Niu was eating it and tasting it."

Zhishou County does not produce tea, and poor people do not have the habit of eating tea.

Therefore, the Qi family did not have the habit of making tea for people.

Today, Sheng Jiaojiao wants to talk to Niu Yuan about business, so that Qi Hua can have tea.

Niu Yuan looks honest, and he looks like five big and three thick, although he retired from the barracks and went home, he is not very old, only about thirty.

Seeing Sheng Jiaojiao so polite, and put on a posture of saying business, Niu Yuan couldn't help but drum in his heart, he couldn't control his own posture, he only bent down respectfully, picked up the tea cup on the table, and took a sip of the tea lid following Sheng Jiaojiao's appearance.

I heard Sheng Jiaojiao ask slowly:

"I often hear Niu Ju say that the uncle was originally in the barracks and was a scout?"

Don't look at Sheng Jiaojiao's age, just look at Sheng Jiaojiao sitting on the main seat of the hall, the straight appearance of the waist, and the tone of Qi Huan after she let him enter the hall.

The honest Niu Yuan couldn't sit still, he immediately put down the teacup and stood up,

"Yes, Hui, if you go back to your mother, I have been a scout for a total of fifteen years."

Usually, he saw that Sheng Jiaojiao was not like this, and he always felt that in the past few months, Sheng Jiaojiao's momentum has become more and more compelling, and he seems to have a sense of not being angry and arrogant.

"That's quite a lot of experience."

Sheng Jiaojiao raised her hand, slowly pressed it down, motioned for Niu Yuan to sit and talk, and asked:

"How is Uncle doing now?"

"The body is still quite strong, and it is not a problem to do some heavy work."

Niu Yuan enlisted in the army when he was young, if he hadn't reached the age limit, according to the military regulations of Zhishou County, he felt that he could still defend the border for a few more decades.

But the military system of Zhishou County is like this, after fifteen years of work, he is still just a small soldier, so he is directly let go home.

When I returned home, I was a militiaman, and I could still help protect my village.

Sheng Jiaojiao nodded, picked up the newly bought tea cup on the table, held it in her hand and said:

"Now I have a difficult thing here, I need to find a reliable person to do, the three men in my family are also in my consideration, but there is still a lack of manpower, last time Niu Niangzi also said to my old lady, I want to find an errand for the uncle, yes, I just sent four guys, called you over."

When Niu Yuan heard this, he was overjoyed in his heart, how generous Sheng Jiaojiao was, the Niu family saw it in their eyes, and Niu Ju's daily salary was a lot.

He hurriedly got up, clasped his hands into fists,

"But it's up to the mother."

Looking at Niu Yuan's honest appearance, there was no old man at all, and Sheng Jiaojiao had a smile on her face.

She has been in a high position all her life, and she is used to the appearance of others obeying her, and she really can't change it for a while.

Now if she has to send someone to do errands, the salary is paid day by day, and others still have to put up a shelf in front of her, she doesn't like it very much.

Although Niu Yuan's seniority is above Sheng Jiaojiao, he also wants to take Sheng Jiaojiao's errand, so from the beginning, he knew what position he should be in.

Sheng Jiaojiao had a smile on her face, and told Niu Yuan about going to the north of the county and sending baggage to the military camp.

Again:

"You can't be sloppy in transporting baggage for the army, let alone publicize it everywhere, non-reliable people can't do this, this is a life-selling business, if the uncle is willing, I can give you this number."

She lifted a few fingers, and the salary was twice that of Niu Ju.

There is no other reason, just because this job has to go to the north of the county, and the more time passes, the more tense the situation in the north of the county becomes.

Soon, the north of the county will be fighting.

If the subject people knew where Tan Ji and Qi Zhang's baggage came from, they would cut off this baggage transportation line halfway.

For the work of licking blood on the knife edge, it is natural to pay more wages.

Niu Yuan has been a scout for fifteen years, so he naturally knows how important the baggage is to the front-line soldiers.

He clenched his fists, and the look on his face instantly became resolute,

"I'll do it! Niang, I took this errand. ”

Even if his mother doesn't give him such a high salary, he will take this errand!

Zhishou County Erlang should do his best to protect his family and defend the country.

"Very well, then we'll settle it."

Sheng Jiaojiao put down the teacup in her hand with satisfaction, sent Niu Yuan out, and found her three uncles.

When the three masters heard this, they wanted to send a burden to Tan Ji and Qi Zhang's military camp, and they agreed without saying a word, and Qi Sanye also slapped Qi Ji sideways,

"When will you buy the livestock that your sister asked you to buy?"

"Said I'll send it later."

"Then why haven't you come yet? We are about to go to the north of the county to deliver the baggage, and we will go and drive the cattle back where the people who sell the cattle are. ”

Saying that, the three uncles of the Qi family didn't care what the sky was now, and went out to pick up the cattle with Qi Huan.

Qi Huan's heart was bitter, he had to go to the col at night to cut vegetables, pick apples, and pick medicinal herbs, and he was carried to buy livestock overnight, and he didn't want to sleep tonight.

Sheng Jiaojiao looked at the backs of the three uncles carrying Qi Hua out, and twisted her eyebrows slightly.

Now that the business is getting bigger and bigger, Qi Hua and Niu Ju are doing so many things, and they can be busy for the time being, but if this business is bigger, Qi Ju and Niu Ju are still less.

The family is not allowed to raise people, enjoy the Sheng Jiaojiao who is used to being served, and instruct Qi Huan to do some work of serving tea and pouring water, there will be more people doing things in the future, and there will be more people talking back and forth.

After a moment of distress, Sheng Jiaojiao turned sideways and asked Qi Sanniang who was sitting next to her,

"Third uncle, how are the medicinal materials in the medicine field?"

"It's all good-looking."

Qi Sanniang smiled and said:

"Before planting, I never thought that the planting treasure was so easy to use, alas, I have never planted such a good piece of land."

Sheng Jiaojiao gave her some "farming fertilizer" before, but it had long been used up, and now Qi Sanniang uses the planting treasure brought back by Qi Erlang.

She uses it very economically, and she mixes a lot of water with a little bit, and the result is still the same.

The medicine field she is in charge of and the vegetable field in the backyard of the Qi family are growing very well.

"Then open a few more acres of medicinal fields, I found a piece of medicinal herbs growing in the forest yesterday, and before I knew it, our family's land was fertile."

Sheng Jiaojiao said seemingly casually, in fact, she was laying the foundation for the Qi family, Chao Zong had to drag trees every day, and "forced" the Qi family to buy trees, and now a small forest has been planted in the backyard of the Qi family.

The Qi family looked annoyed, as soon as they saw this grove, they remembered Chao Zong's insatiable face.

Except when planting trees, no one likes to go to the grove in the backyard.

Then there is a piece of medicinal herb growing here "unconsciously", which is not abrupt.

In order to meet the needs of the four camps in Jumping Horse Lake, with a total of 8,000 soldiers in the future, Sheng Jiaojiao must open more fields and use the number to cover her ability.

If she was allowed to farm alone, she would be able to quickly grow the baggage of 8,000 soldiers, but there would be no one to help harvest it.

No matter how capable Qi Ju and Niu Ju are, they only have four hands.

And to mobilize all the people of the Qi family to help harvest together, it is necessary to slow down the growth rate of crops, so as not to make people suspicious.

The growth rate of crops was full, and in order to catch up with the demand for baggage in the barracks, the fields had to be widespread.

When Qi Sanniang heard this, she smiled and nodded,

"Okay, good, this is a piece of medicinal herbs for white, I will go to pick medicinal herbs after opening a new medicine field tomorrow."

Sheng Jiaojiao smiled and nodded, turned her back, and sprinkled a handful of medicinal herb seeds into the grove in the backyard, after a night, when Qi Sanniang went to pick herbs on the second day, the medicinal herbs in the woods had grown quite strong.

This was a surprise for the Qi family, and even the old lady was alarmed, so she took the big girl Qi and several women in the family to pick medicinal herbs together.

And Sheng Jiaojiao took advantage of the fact that the ladies were busy in the woods, and went around to the medicine field prescribed by Qi Sanniang and sprinkled a little of her own water.

Sheep have been raised in front, and sheep feces have fattened the soil in the front yard, and a piece of green and soft grass has grown in the originally bare front yard.

Although the sheep are now handed over to Niu Ju to take care of, there is still a shed raising mules on the edge of the medicine field opened by Qi Sanniang.

The feces and urine pulled by the mules also fattened the ground.

Now that trees have been planted in the front and back yards of the Qi family, and a herb has grown in the woods, and the vegetable patch in the backyard has grown fresh and tender, the herbs have grown a little better, a little more in number, and a little faster in growth, and the busy Qi family will not feel much surprised.

Sure enough, the old lady Qi led several ladies of the Qi family, as well as the eldest girl of Qi, and no one said anything when they were working.

They picked almost all the herbs in the woods, Sheng Jiaojiao handed them a bowl of water, and looked at the baskets of herbs piled up in the backyard with a smile, and said:

"I look at these herbs, it's almost enough to send them to the north of the county, otherwise let's pick some of the herbs in the medicine field and make one together, and Ming'er will let the uncles send them to which camp."

"It's good, and it saves us a lot of money."

Qi Erniang, who was good at calculation, nodded immediately, she hadn't forgotten that Sheng Jiaojiao said that the medicinal materials were all raised from Chen Adi, although Chen Adi had already sold them to the military camp at a reduced price, but she still needed capital.

If they save the cost of this trip, the capital will be the pure of the Qi family.

As soon as Qi Erniangzi said this, several women in the Qi family agreed, who would have trouble with money, and immediately couldn't take a break, and went to Qi Sanniang's medicine field, picked a basket of medicinal materials, and gathered the daily medicinal material needs of the two camps.

(End of chapter)