When the village head heard this, his face was full of smiles. "This is regular wages, and there is also money at the end of the year. Boss, you are so kind."
"It's all earned through your hard work. I won't treat you unfairly when you work in our village."
"Hey, your place is so good, I'm afraid they will want to come here to work even more. Thank you very much, boss. I will tell them the good news when I get back."
"Well, Li Zheng, I have allocated 209 quotas for the village. If anyone in each family wants to replace one, that's fine. Just talk to Manager Nineteen about it when the time comes."
"I see. I'll go back then. The village slaughtered some pigs a few days ago, and I had someone save some for me. I'll have someone deliver them here when the road is easier to travel on."
"No, I just want to ask if anyone in the village wants to sell pigs. I just told Nineteen two days ago that we should go to the village to buy two pigs for the New Year after the snow stops. Village head, can you help me ask who wants to sell pigs? We can buy them at the market price."
"There are fewer families raising pigs this year. Okay, I'll go back and ask for you and have someone bring the pigs over to you."
After saying this, Li Zheng went back.
Xiaohua came over to warm herself by the fire. "This place is just like the Lizheng of our village. The Lizheng doesn't care whether we do the work or not."
"Then you are wrong. The village heads I have met all care about the village. Your village just hasn't encountered such collective work, otherwise the village head would have to worry about it." After all, it is a matter related to the development of the village. In some villages, the village heads also serve as clan leaders. The development of the family and the village depends on them.
The people of Zhuangzi went to clean the road ahead in the afternoon. The sun was high in the sky, but the air was very cold. Chunxiao walked around the place they had cleaned. Today was already the sixth, and time was particularly tight.
"Xiaohua, we can't wait any longer. If the weather remains like this tomorrow and the snow melts for another day, we'll have to set off early the day after tomorrow."
"Miss, I looked at the fields today and I have the same plan. I should be able to walk the day after tomorrow."
On the second day, she called the managers of the manor together and went over with them what needed to be done in the spring, fearing that they would forget the procedures after a long time. Fortunately, everyone was now very familiar with the procedures and remembered them very firmly without any mistakes or omissions. Chunxiao was very satisfied.
"Nineteen, don't shell the grain you won't be using yet. After the harvest in August, process the grain you harvested previously and sell it to store for the new season. No matter what, we have to store last season's grain here."
"You mentioned it before, and I've already taken note of it. Our warehouse is big enough for it."
"Check more often and watch out for rats stealing dry food." That was all she needed to say. She dragged all the managers of Zhuangzi out by force, and now she can handle many things by herself. This is exactly the effect she wanted.
Early in the morning of the third day, after they packed up their belongings, they said goodbye to the people from Zhuangzi and set off directly.
Although the ice and snow on the road had not completely melted, fortunately the snow was not very heavy this time, and it only shallowly covered the horses' hooves.
Xiaohua drove carefully all the way without stopping. Two days later, they arrived in Heyuan County, and four days later they arrived in Wuhong County of Dongjiang Prefecture.
When they got here, it started to rain again. They continued on their journey as before. Chunxiao was worried that Xiaohua was too tired, so she would sometimes force her to swap places with her so she could rest. Two days later, they arrived in Lan County. At night, after they settled down at the inn, she took Xiaohua out.
"Miss, are you going shopping?"
"Let's go to the jewelry store and take a look. I haven't added anything to Shufeng's dowry yet."
They went straight to the jewelry shop. Lan County was famous for its gold, silver and jade, but they didn't know if there were any nice hairpins and bracelets.
As they walked along, they saw several jewelry shops of different sizes. Chunxiao and her friends asked about the largest jewelry shop in the county, which was her target for the day.
It was Xiaohua’s first time to enter such a large jewelry store. As soon as she entered, she couldn’t close her mouth.
"Wow, miss, there are so many jewelry here. So beautiful." Her eyes were almost popping out.
The cabinets on the right are all filled with sets of gold head ornaments, while those on the left are all filled with various jade and gemstone head ornaments.
There were even Dongzhu pearls, which were rare in the north. What a grand display! Chunxiao was delighted. This was the way it should be. The more things, the more choices.
Seeing them come in, the waiter came over to greet them quickly.
"Miss, what kind of styles would you like to see? We have a wide variety of styles here, and I can introduce them to you two."
Chunxiao walked over to the cabinets where the gold was stored and looked at them one by one. "Do you have all these in sets?"
The boxes in front of me were filled with hairpins, necklaces, earrings, and bracelets arranged in sets.
She picked one up and looked at it carefully. Although the workmanship could not compare with modern ones, it was already very fine in this era.
"Yes, they are all in sets. This one is "Prosperity and Flowers in Bloom", this one is "Jiangnan Misty Rain", and this one..." The waiter began to introduce them in a torrent of words.
Surprisingly, each set has a name. "If I like the hairpin here and the bracelet in the other set, can I buy both?"
The clerk smiled and said, "Of course you can." It seemed that she was not the only one who thought so. "Our store has clear prices, so you can rest assured when shopping."
"Then I'll take a look myself first."
Chunxiao took Xiaohua to look at and choose carefully. When she saw something she liked, she asked Xiaohua for her opinion. Finally, she put together a set of head ornaments that she thought was the best and asked the clerk to pack them in a box. After calculating the price, she found that it cost 103 taels.
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