Chapter 3046 Settlement
Bai Erlang thought so too, but "But isn't a weaving workshop a place where cloth is woven and made into clothes? What can they do by sneaking in?"
Yin Huo also said, "Who would send them to do something like this? They're from other counties... not that bad, right? Although the relationship has been a little tense recently, it wouldn't go this far, right?"
Zhou Man also thought about it seriously and shook his head, "Let's wait for Bai Shan to come back and ask him. Maybe he has secretly offended someone outside that we don't know about."
Everyone: ...They looked at Zhou Man silently. How do you know that it wasn't someone you offended?
Zhou Man was very confident and said, "Besides, if we send him to the farm to farm and have someone keep an eye on him, I don't think the problem will be that big of a problem."
Farm work is not that easy to do, she is confident that she can change her.
Daji and the guard came back soon and brought back the identity information of the mother and daughter. Although it was their own account and not necessarily true, it gave the investigation a direction, right?
"...Her husband's surname is Lu, and her maiden surname is Qi. They're from Qizhou. Her husband's village is right on the edge of Qingzhou, so when the news got through here and she was driven out by her in-laws, she came straight here."
Zhou Man asked, "Does she really know how to farm?"
"She said she would, but she also said that she was good at raising chickens and cooking. Because my wife asked her to do so, Zhao Ming treated her well and let her go to the kitchen. She only had to do some vegetable gardening work on weekdays."
That's not heavy.
At this time, there were not many people left in the houses near the official fields outside the city. Therefore, there were still many empty thatched houses when four people lived in one room, unlike before, when one house was not big enough for eight people.
When the mother and daughter arrived at the place, they received their clothes and daily necessities. The clerk knew that they were arranged by Lord Zhou and generously allocated an empty room for them.
It would be much more comfortable for mother and daughter to live in a room of their own.
She entered the room, and Aunt Qi threw her bag and the things in her arms on the simple wooden bed, looking around.
The younger Miss Lu quickly adapted to the environment. After putting her things in order, she looked at her mother with a wooden bucket in her hand and said, "Mom, we should go fetch some water."
Aunt Qi glanced at her and wanted to scold her for no reason, which made her feel suffocated. However, she was afraid that people outside would hear her and suspect that she was not a kind mother, so she could only control her temper, stood up with a gloomy face, and also picked up a wooden bucket.
But as soon as she opened the door, the gloom on her face disappeared. She forced a gentle smile and reached out to take her daughter's hand, pulling her out. "Let's ask someone where we can get some water."
The people in the village all have good relationships with each other, especially since they are all well fed and in a good mood, so they treat others more kindly.
The woman who lived nearby saw that it was not easy for her as a widow with a child, so she took the initiative to lead them and said, "There is a river over there. We carry water from the river for everything we do."
As she walked, she said, "Water comes from that end. Every day, people take turns fetching water. The county magistrate was so kind that he had several stone vats built and placed in the main kitchen. Water must be fetched twice a day, once in the morning after cooking and once in the evening after dinner."
She said, "That's drinking water. It needs to be kept in the jar for a while and then boiled before drinking. This is what Lord Zhou said. There are many insects and evil spirits in the water. Just because we can't see them doesn't mean they're not there. So the drinking water must be boiled before drinking. Every room that needs water must take a bamboo tube to the main kitchen. By the way, sister, you work in the kitchen, right?"
Aunt Qi hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "I'm from the kitchen. I'm supposed to cook."
"That's right. Boiling water is also your job in the kitchen. Just ask your steward how much water to boil."
Aunt Qi followed her closely, carrying a wooden bucket. They walked past one ridge after another. Seeing that the fields on both sides had been cleared, but the soil didn't look very good, she asked hesitantly, "Is this the official land we want to plant? It doesn't look very good."
"They're not government farmland, they're open fields," the guide said. "See? This area, here and there, and that big piece over there are all open fields. The adults told us to cultivate them and plant some grass and beans next spring. They said it will take a few years to grow well."
Aunt Qi was from Qizhou, where there was little land and a large population. Every piece of land seemed very valuable, and few people used it for grazing. So she was very surprised, "Growing grass?"
"Yes, when the time comes we'll raise chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep. They all need grass, and raising these livestock can also compost the land. How convenient is that?"
Although she didn't quite understand what County Magistrate Bai said, she was obedient and knew that this area was for growing beans and raising livestock.
"This is wasteland. It was abandoned before, but now it's all open. Next year, we'll plant melons and beans..." When they reached the river, the guide waited for them to draw water and pointed to a tunnel not far away. "See? That's the official farmland. I heard it's the county magistrate's official land. The land is very good. One-third of it is planted with wheat. They use a new wheat seed. I heard the yield is very high. I wonder how high it is."
Aunt Qi stood on tiptoe to look over there.
The guide urged her, "Hurry up, it's almost time for lunch."
Aunt Qi then quickened her pace and helped her daughter carry half a bucket of water. However, since the guide was there, she didn't want to let the little girl carry the water while she went back empty-handed, so she reached out and took the water and walked back with her.
"Go find Zhu Sanlang in a couple of days and ask him to make you a shoulder pole. It will be much easier to carry water with a shoulder pole. The shoulder pole in the kitchen cannot be lent out."
It was possible at first, but later they found that it was difficult to get the lent shoulder pole back, and there would be a lot of dissatisfaction if they borrowed one and didn’t lend that one, so the kitchen simply stopped lending it to anyone.
They had no choice but to make their own shoulder poles, and the best among them was Zhu Sanlang.
Aunt Qi agreed and asked, "Where is the vegetable patch?"
"It's right by the river," she said with a smile. "Just upstream from where we went to fetch water, a little way down, there's a field planted with vegetables. We eat what we eat and what the farmhands who were transferred away eat. We grow the vegetables, and we can sell any extra at the market."
However, the money belonged to the county government, so at most they could take the opportunity to go into the city.
Aunt Qi was moved and asked, "Do the vegetables for the weaving workshop in the city also come from our farm?"
"Yes, not only the weaving workshop, but also the vegetables from Yushantang and the county government office are all taken from the farm, so we don't often have to go to the city to buy vegetables."
Because although their vegetable garden is large, there are also many people eating it.
Aunt Qi quickly said, "Next time you go to the city to deliver vegetables, I'll go with you so I can get familiar with the place."
"No, this is none of your business," the guide said, "delivering the food is the job of Zhu Sanlang and the others."
"It's okay, I can help."
The guide frowned at her and said, "How can you help? If you have free time, you still have to plant vegetables. Let me tell you, everyone has to do enough work every day. If you are slow and can't finish it, we won't help you."
It's okay to help out occasionally, but it's not okay to do it all the time. Besides, she is still thinking about delivering vegetables to the city. What is she thinking? This job is so good. Zhu Sanlang and his team had to defeat many people to get this good job.
See you at 8pm
(End of this chapter)
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