Xie Ling frowned, knowing that she was misunderstood, and immediately explained: "So you probably haven't eaten yet, I brought some rice, if you haven't eaten yet, just cook and eat first and then talk about other things."
All the salt workers were stunned.
Cook for them?
Did they hear it right?
They are just salt workers, and their employer actually wants them to cook for them?
Xie Ling waved her hand. "Why are you standing there? Go and load the rice onto the carriage."
The salt workers came to their senses and realized that she was really cooking for them. They had misunderstood fairies!
Everyone felt a sense of guilt.
The new owner is so kind!
They were just making malicious assumptions.
Gao Wanhua was deeply moved when she saw how hard these salt workers worked, their faces full of wrinkles and they didn't even have decent clothes. She volunteered to start a fire, but the wind was strong at the seaside and she couldn't light the fire after trying several times with a tinderbox.
Another old lady came over and lit a fire by rubbing two sticks together.
The old lady smiled innocently: "Thank you, little girl."
Gao Wanhua scratched her head.
The salt workers have lived in the salt fields for a long time and have formed a fixed village with men, women, young and old.
Soon, the largest and best iron pot in the village was brought out and placed on the fire with two rocks.
The weak flames swayed left and right in the sea breeze. A group of children with dark faces and patched clothes held hands and gathered around the fire to block the wind, fearing that the fire would be blown out.
The salt workers came over carrying bags of rice and placed them next to the fire.
Seeing Shi Shaowen cut the rice bag open, revealing the crystal white rice, all the salt workers' eyes lit up in an instant, and some even swallowed their saliva.
The children's eyes turned green, and they exclaimed one after another: "It smells so good!"
They have been eating coarse grains since birth and have no chance to eat white rice.
Some rice grains fell to the ground and the children all bent down to pick them up. After picking them up, no one was reluctant to eat them and they just held them in their hands and looked at them.
"Rice is so white and fragrant."
"Let me see it. Let me see it."
The children took turns holding and looking at five or six grains of rice.
Gao Wanhua turned her face away, her eyes blurred with tears.
Shi Shaowen grabbed a handful for each child and said in a deep voice, "Take your time to look. If it's not enough, there's more."
The children's eyes were bright and clear, and they said thank you to Shi Shaowen in a low and solemn voice.
The adults around him also widened their eyes and stared at Shi Shaowen eagerly.
Shi Shaowen had no choice but to give each adult a handful of rice.
“You can look at it and eat it, but don’t waste it.”
No one ate it. After looking at it carefully for a while, they put it carefully into their sleeves, like a family heirloom.
In the distance, a tall man brought a bucket of water and poured it into the iron pot that had been smoking for a long time.
The salt workers stared at it eagerly.
Shi Shaowen quickly added the rice.
After a while, the rich rice aroma wafted out, making people feel itchy.
A diligent woman had already prepared the dishes and chopsticks, and specially picked out the cleanest and most beautiful ones without any cracks for Xie Ling and the other two.
The three of them took it with a smile and ate the tasteless white rice with everyone else.
The salt workers were even more shocked.
They gave them bowls, but they were just pretending. They thought they wouldn't want to eat with them, but they didn't expect that they didn't mind the dirt at all and ate the same pot of white rice with them?
Many salt workers shed tears after eating this meal of white rice.
You know, they haven't eaten such good food since they entered the salt field.
Some young people almost grew up in the salt fields and have never seen what white rice looks like in their lives. They only heard from their elders that it is the most delicious thing in the world.
Those domineering supervisors were fed with delicious food every day, and they would not even feed the leftover bones to their dogs, and they were unwilling to give them anything.
Seeing that it was not enough, Xie Ling moved half a sack from the carriage to cook.
Xie Ling spoke only after all the salt workers had eaten their fill.
"Everyone, come over here and form six rows."
The salt workers were very obedient. They rushed over to stand in front of Xie Ling and stared at her seriously.
Xie Ling said in a gentle voice: "From now on, this salt field will be called Yunnan Salt Field. Yun means sunshine. I hope your future life will be as bright as sunshine."
The salt workers have low educational levels.
They racked their brains to come up with some difficult and flowery sentences.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. I will certainly work hard to repay you."
Xie Ling chuckled. "From now on, you will work three days and rest one day, combining work and rest, and you will have rice to eat every day. You must work hard."
After these words were spoken, all the salt workers fell silent.
I was both shocked and overwhelmed with joy.
Someone boldly asked Xie Ling.
"What? Boss, did we really hear it right?"
"I can eat white rice every day and rest?"
"I am not dreaming, please pinch me!"
The salt workers asked questions one after another.
Xie Ling curled her lips and patiently answered their questions. Her voice was as warm as the rippling water in March.
"Yes, work three days and rest one day, and eat white rice every day, no kidding..."
The salt workers could no longer hold back and became seething with anger.
"Oh my god, I met the fairy boss!"
"I'm so happy. I'm so happy to eat white rice every day!"
.......
Xie Ling tilted her head and told Shi Shaowen that the supply of white rice came from Gu's house, and asked him to come to the warehouse to get it every day.
Gao Wanhua hugged Xie Ling's arms tightly, her eyes full of admiration, "A Ling, you are so kind, you are the fairy sister."
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