Song Xiaoyu raised his head, took the rusty and blunt knife, and pointed to the upper reaches of the river, "The fish on it is still alive, I saw that there was nothing wrong, so I forked it up with a branch." ”

"You're going to the river again! It's all said that there are piranhas, don't go into the water! ”

Song Xiaoyu rolled her eyes and didn't plan to pay attention to her.

Li Qiang's daughter-in-law persuaded on the side: "Didn't he say that he came up with a fork?" People must not have gone into the water, and you must be too worried. ”

Zhang Xiu'e didn't speak, and walked to the side alone to add firewood.

Qin Xiaoniang is weak at this time, and it is also excellent to drink some fish soup to replenish it, and Song Xiaoyu is also a careful person.

"And the salt?"

"No, that's all there is left." As she spoke, Li Qiang's daughter-in-law handed over the only remaining bit of salt.

Song Xiaoyu frowned, "It seems that we really don't have anything, when we finish eating, I will definitely work more, and try not to hire those women, but I can also make these sixty oil-paper umbrellas." ”

"Third uncle, although today's little work can be done with hard work, but we can't just limit ourselves to this, if there are more handicrafts contracted in the future, we will earn more money, even if we hire some short-term workers, we don't let them do it for nothing, we can also earn a commission."

Zhang Xiu'e nodded again and again, expressing her approval of Song He'er's proposal, "Yes, I think He'er is right, there is no need to be too rigid, only with the money in our hands, we can be comfortable in the future, but..... There's still something I don't understand. ”

Song He'er had already guessed what Zhang Xiu'e was going to ask next, just to ask, since these people could contact them, would they also contact another wave of people in private, which would not be good for them.

After all, the cooperative businessman is only one family, and if all the work is dispersed, it is not certain who will make money and who will drink the northwest wind.

"Third aunt, I know what you're worried about, but although the merchant is treacherous, he still talks about credit, haven't we already signed some paperwork? I believe he will not be repaid. ”

Zhang Xiu'e sighed, and could only give up temporarily, "Although I said that, we are now trapped in this world, and there is only a chance for others to manipulate us, and there is no one for us to sue others for evil, hey, so, we have to do this first..... It doesn't hurt to think more. ”

Song He'er naturally didn't have to worry, he believed that Jiang Huaifu would not lie to her.

But even so, she will never stop at the front, she wants to wait for the opportunity to get married with more Nanzhao people, and create opportunities for big business in the future.

The finished products of oil-paper umbrellas occupy a lot of space, and they are piled up in mountains and seas, which is easy to attract the attention of those women.

After a while, there was indeed a mediocre-looking, but cleanly dressed woman who walked from not far away.

Judging from the appearance, it is not the same as the people who came to make trouble a few days ago and drove them away in the first place.

"I don't know how many people, is the work done in their hands instructed by the officers and soldiers?"

Li Qiang's daughter-in-law saw that she was not good, so she came up to ask such a question, and she was immediately a little displeased.

"Is there something wrong with this lady?"

"Uh...... I don't have any ill intentions, I just want to ask, but don't worry, I won't say it, I ...... I just want to ask where I got my job, and I want to earn some money to buy food for my children. ”

The woman's attitude was very sincere, and her face was also very approachable, so Li Qiang's daughter-in-law did not make it difficult for her too much.

"You..... Who else is in the family? ”

"I ..... I have an old woman over 80 years old above me, and a child waiting to be fed below...... Good Samaritan, I am really desperate, there is no food, there is no milk, the child is already hungry and crying, I beg you to have mercy on me, I can eat any hardship, I can do any work, even if it is only for food! ”

Seeing her pleading appearance, Li Qiang's daughter-in-law was also a little unbearable, so she moved her eyes to Zhang Xiu'e.

People's hearts are flesh and blood, not to mention, they all have children, and when they heard that this little woman was miserable, they were naturally willing to help.

This is no better than those days of crazy talking women, eating in the bowl and looking at the pot, very arrogant and unreasonable, like that kind of people, even if they starve to death, they will not give half a cent.

"In this way, you come to work every day, you can do as much as you want, we will pay you money, or if you need something, you can also tell us in advance, and when it is delivered, we can change some for you." Zhang Xiu'e said.

When the woman heard this, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed gratefully, "Thank you for all the good Samaritans, I don't want money!" Just give it food! ”

Song He'er stepped forward, helped her up, and asked softly, "What's your name?" ”

The woman choked up for a long time, and then replied, "My name is Ruizhen." ”

"What did the family do in the past, why did they get condemned here?"

The woman who called Ruizhen seemed to remember the sad thing again, and her eyes fluttered downward.

"My husband is a small county magistrate, but he has a bad character, last year ago, he accepted several concubines, but all of them are fireworks women, and their behavior is very unpicked, and they even flirt with officials on the long street, these words spread to the palace, and the officials were angry, and they actually asked people to kill those concubines, and a few lives were lived! It made trouble in Dali Temple..... Our whole family was degraded. ”

Song He'er felt angry while listening, if it is true that men are animals who think with their lower bodies, once they are stained with women, they will not care about any courtesy, righteousness and shame, even if they take their lives, they must have temporary pleasure! What an abomination!

"And now? What about you? Why are you left alone to live with the child's mother-in-law, is he? ”

Ruizhen shook his head, "He took a few side rooms, took the only silver in the house, took care of the officers and soldiers, and now he has set up a home on the hillside and lives alone with them." ”

Zhang Xiu'e had a violent temper, and when she heard this, she suddenly rushed over from not far away, "He is not a man, he enjoys himself in the mountains, leaving you alone here to suffer and suffer, and what is even more infuriating is that he even ignores his mother!" Such people deserve to die! ”

A sarcastic smile rose at the corner of Song He'er's mouth.

Are there still fewer such men? Isn't her biological father abandoning her and her little mother like this?

Ruizhen sniffed, wiped away her tears, looked at Zhang Xiu'e and replied: "I have to go back, otherwise my mother-in-law will scold me later, I didn't dig wild vegetables today, I'm afraid I won't have anything to eat....."

Thinking of wild vegetables, Song He'er thought of the group of crazy women who wanted to monopolize the forest before, so she asked, "Why didn't you dig up wild vegetables?" Don't you live in front of you, closer than us, get up early and go over, there should be! ”

"Yes..... Those..... Those ......"