"Xiumei, go and inquire which village this mountain belongs to." Wei Ruo commanded.

"Okay."

Xiumei trotted in the direction of the people, most of the people working in the nearby fields were locals, and asking them would give Wei Ruo the answer he wanted.

After a while, Xiumei came back and told Wei Ruo that the name of this mountain is Xiaoyang Mountain, and it is an industry called Yueying Village not far away, because the terrain is relatively steep, and the cost of cultivating terraced fields is too great, so it has been barren, and the villagers of this village are cutting firewood on that mountain.

"Did you ask them if they would sell?" Wei Ruo asked.

"Of course."

Xiumei has been by Wei Ruo's side for so many years, where would she not know Wei Ruo's thoughts.

"Although the person I asked is not from Yueying Village, but he said that as long as the price is right, the villagers will definitely agree to sell, these years because of the Japanese Kou, the people of Xingshan County are not happy, Yueying Village is even more miserable, other villages still have a few acres of fields that can be cultivated, Yueying Village is a barren mountain that is inconvenient to cultivate."

"yes, I see."

Mama Zhang listened to the conversation between the master and servant on the side, and couldn't help laughing.

"Miss, don't you want to buy this Xiaoyang Mountain?"

"Just ask, find out what's going on." Wei Ruo said casually.

"It's okay to ask, it's just that the idea of buying a mountain is still in the stomach, our school captain's mansion also bought Mantou Mountain three years after coming to Xingshan County, even if the people of Xingshan County are having a hard time now, the price of that mountain can't be too low, less than a thousand taels of silver, don't even think about it."

"One thousand taels...... That's a lot of silver. Wei Ruo muttered, looking thoughtful.

"It's good that you know, Miss. If you miss the days in the countryside, then go to Mantou Mountain and see your own fields, but don't do it yourself as before, let those long-term workers see the jokes! ”

Growing vegetables in the house is known only to the people in their house, and the people who are embarrassed are also left at home.

If she couldn't help but do the same outside, then this person would be lost to the entire Xingshan County.

"Okay."

Wei Ruo didn't do it against Mama this time, so he really turned around and went back to Mantou Mountain.

After a few laps near the base of the mountain, I went back.

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In the school captain's mansion, Wei Qingwan was supervising Wei Yilin's copying of "Xueer".

Wei Yilin has been active and playful since he was a child, not a material for reading.

Today, he was sent back by Mr. because of the fight in the school, and after learning about it, the Yun family was very angry and punished him for copying "Xueer", and Wei Qingwan was responsible for supervising.

Wei Yilin flattened his mouth, very reluctantly, did not write a few words, and his eyes looked around from time to time.

"Yilin, you write quickly, otherwise you won't be able to finish writing when it's dark, and you'll be hungry if you can't eat dinner then." Wei Qingwan said with a distressed face.

"Three times is too much! Sister, my good sister, you can help me copy, you will imitate, you imitate my handwriting, my mother can't see it. Wei Yilin begged Wei Qingwan to help him.

"No......" Wei Qingwan looked embarrassed.

"Sister! My good sister! You're my only good sister! ”

Hearing this "only", Wei Qingwan's heart was moved.

Now in the family, only the younger brother is single-minded to herself, and she doesn't want to lose his love and trust in her.

"That'...... All right. Wei Qingwan said, "But I'll only help you copy it once, and you still have to copy the remaining two times." ”

"No problem!" Wei Yilin immediately became happy, "I knew that my sister loved me the most, no better than the newcomer, I didn't know what to do every day, and today I actually asked my mother to let her go out." ”

"She's out? Where did it go? Wei Qingwan said in surprise.

"I went to the north of the city, saying that I went to see the farming, do you think she is strange? She likes farming so much, so she just stays in the country, why should she come back. Wei Yilin said disgustedly.

"Did her mother accompany her?" Wei Qingwan asked.

"She went by herself, her mother is so busy, and she has to worry about so many things at home, so she doesn't have time to accompany her to do that kind of thing!"

"That's it......" Wei Qingwan was thoughtful, and her expression was a little depressed.

Seeing Wei Qingwan's sad expression, Wei Yilin hurriedly comforted: "Sister, don't worry, although my mother is very good to her, I am sure that my mother is the same as me in her heart, and she must like you far more than Wei Ruo!" ”

Wei Qingwan shook her head: "It's okay, she has suffered in the countryside all these years, and her father and mother should be kind to her." I owe it to her, how can she still ask her father to treat me better than to her? ”

"Sister, you just think too much, too much for the sake of other people." Wei Yilin flattened his mouth and said helplessly.

"We are a family, I should think about it for everyone, Yilin, you are not young, you should think more about your father and mother, don't make trouble anymore."

"I see, I know." I promised on my lips, but I didn't really take it to heart at all.

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On the way back from the north of the city, Wei Ruo looked at the scenery along the way through the carriage window.

She saw many beggars begging along the streets, more than anywhere else she had visited.

The streets are not as prosperous as the county seat she imagined, and they are not as lively as Huaibei Town.

I asked Mama Zhang, and learned that many of them were local fishermen, who were unable to fish and had no livelihood because of the troubles caused by the Japanese invaders.

In addition, in recent years, the weather has been bad, the wind and rain have not been smooth, the rice output has been greatly reduced, the peasants have failed to harvest, and some people with weak confidence have been reduced to the point of begging to survive.

Knowing the reason, Wei Ruo looked at the ragged and skinny beggars again, and couldn't help but feel a little lower.

Especially when their eyes met her, a gorgeously dressed young lady who sat in a carriage and was accompanied by a slave, Wei Ruo, a soul from modern times, couldn't help but tremble slightly.

There was no light in their eyes, and when they looked at Wei Ruo, their eyes were empty and numb, without jealousy or hatred, as if they had accepted this miserable life.

After walking for a while, Wei Ruo saw a vendor selling seafood.

After asking, I learned that the fishermen had gone out to catch fish in the middle of the night at the risk of being killed by the Japanese bandits.

But because everyone's living conditions are not very good, the sales are not very good, and there is still a big basket left.

Wei Ruo saw that the seafood was very fresh, so he asked Xiumei to buy it all.

Hearing Wei Ruo say that she bought them all, Mama Zhang, who was traveling with her, immediately showed her eyes wide, and then said to Wei Ruo as tactfully as possible: "Miss, seafood is not cheap, now there are fewer people selling seafood, and the price is also high, this big basket costs at least two taels of silver!" ”

Where did Wei Ruo get the money to buy so many things?

If you take something else, you can't pay the money, and you will lose the face of the school captain's office.

Otherwise, it is to pay on credit first and let people go to the school captain's mansion to receive money, then the school captain's mansion will have to pay for her willful actions.

"Well, I know, I use my own private money." Wei Ruo could see that Mama Zhang was worried about something.

Private money? Where did she get the money for her private house?