Chapter 716: Grace
Gao smiled bitterly, "How can we afford that kind of money?"
Man Bao said smoothly, "It's a profit. I came here this time just to mention it to Brother Chen Er and the others."
"Brother Zhou Si is very grateful to Brother Chen Er and the others for saving him," Bai Shan interrupted Man Bao, adding, "He's been thinking about how to repay you these past few days. He knows it's the off-season now, and you've just divided up the land and moved. I'm afraid it's a time for everything to start again, and what you need most is work."
Gao and her two sisters-in-law couldn't help but brighten their eyes and nodded repeatedly.
Bai Shan smiled and said, "It just so happens that Zhou Si is transporting grain to the county government, so I plan to hire you all to transport the wheat that the county government has bought. I can earn two or three hundred coins per trip."
The eyes of the three Gao family members became brighter and brighter, and their faces showed some excitement.
They were a little nervous, “Can they do such an important job?”
Manbao glanced at Bai Shan and said soothingly, "It's just driving a cart and moving things. It's not complicated."
She paused and continued, "As for the robbery, don't worry. County Magistrate Tang is already investigating. Those wheat seeds were transported to the county government. Even if we let them go, County Magistrate Tang will find these people, so there's no need to worry about this happening again on the road."
Of course, Gao and the other three cannot make the decision on such a big matter. They have to wait for Chen Erlang and the others to come back.
But they were moved and would naturally side with Manbao and the others and speak for them.
Gao felt that it was not appropriate to sit at the door, so she invited Manbao and the others to come into the house and sit down to talk. She then stayed to entertain the two of them, while her two sisters-in-law went out to find someone and tell them the good news.
There were many people collecting firewood with Chen Erlang and his friends, so they ran so far to collect firewood and happened to meet Zhou Silang.
Today, the three brothers wanted to take care of the wheat in the field and cover it with some straw to keep it warm.
They found these straws themselves, or actually stole them. They chopped up some straw from one house and stole some from another house, and the accumulation of small amounts added up to a large amount.
After all, they had no land before, let alone growing rice.
After laying out the straw, I went to the nearby area to find some less-good branches, cut them down, removed the branches and leaves, and took them home to dry in the sun.
The weather is getting colder, and when winter comes, the price of firewood will go up a little, and then these can be sold for money.
Since they escaped back last year, they have been relying on collecting firewood, doing other people's work, and helping the masters during the busy farming season to earn some food and pocket money.
Just knowing that they are refugees, they always keep their wages very low.
In Yizhou City, the price of coolies was generally between 45 and 55 wen, but every time they were picked, the managers and shopkeepers were only willing to give them 30 wen at most.
Some people directly lowered the price to around fifteen or twenty cents.
It was just enough for their family's food and drink for a day, with almost no leftover.
After all, Chen Erlang and his friends still like winter the most, at least the income from collecting firewood is higher.
But I also hate winter the most. It’s too cold. I don’t have any thick clothes and the quilts are too hard. I feel cold if I don’t move during the day, and I get hungry quickly if I move. At night, I lie in bed and there is no warmth at all.
However, Chen Erlang and his family felt that their life was not bad now. At least they had a new house and land. If they could hold on for another half a year and wait for the new wheat to come, life would be better.
While he was thinking about this, the children at home came running. Knowing that someone from the Zhou family had come, the three brothers immediately carried the firewood back home. Halfway there, they met the two daughters-in-law who had come out to look for someone.
After the two of them said this, Chen Erlang and the other two looked at each other and said, "Are you really asking us to transport the grain?"
"That must be the case," Chen Sanlang's wife said excitedly. "Although the two people who spoke look young, didn't you say that the young doctor is very capable? So what she said should count, right?"
Chen Erlang pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go back and take a look."
"Second uncle," Chen Sanlang's wife asked hurriedly, "Do you agree or not?"
"Of course I agreed. Why wouldn't I agree to such a good job?"
Chen Sanlang's wife breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "I was afraid you would think we were asking for favors, which is not good."
"What's wrong with that? It's good enough as long as we can survive. It's even better if we can live a good life." Chen Sanlang said.
Chen Erlang also nodded, so if the Zhou family gave them something, they would definitely not refuse and would accept it all.
Naturally, Chen Erlang and the others would not refuse the job opportunity they gave them, but they were really grateful.
Especially when Chen Erlang saw that the gifts brought by Manbao included the medicinal herbs for Gao, his knees went weak and he knelt down in front of Manbao.
Manbao immediately reached out to help him, but failed to hold him back, so he could only look at Baishan.
Bai Shan stepped forward to help, and together with Manbao, he lifted the man up. He said with a smile, "Mrs. Chen's illness can be cured by taking medicine for more than ten days. Manbao has been thinking about it in his heart. Brother Chen doesn't have to do this."
Chen Erlang said, "I know that Doctor Zhou is a kindhearted person. My wife came back a while ago and told me that among all the doctors in the medical shed, you are the only one who is willing to give follow-up visits and acupuncture to patients all the time."
Not to mention that after the free clinic was over, she even gave Gao acupuncture for free.
Chen Erlang said excitedly, "Don't worry, Doctor Zhou. The three of us brothers will definitely protect the food."
Manbao smiled and said, "I'm relieved. By the way, the person who followed you that day was..."
"Oh, we are all brothers. We used to live in the upper and lower villages, so we are kind of close. We fled together when we were in trouble, and we came back together when we returned. It just so happened that Lord Tang divided the village and assigned us to the same place, so we often collect firewood together."
Manbao smiled and said, "My fourth brother meant that you should call all these people. We don't have many, so we can only find a job for you. If you make a name for yourself in the future, maybe you can find a better job in the city."
Chen Erlang immediately bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Doctor Zhou and Mr. Zhou Si, for thinking of us."
"Come on, we should thank you for saving my fourth brother. Oh, and we brought some rice and flour as a gift from my fourth brother. Please distribute it to the families. It's getting late, so we won't go see them anymore."
Chen Erlang didn't expect them to leave so soon, and wanted to keep them for a meal, but after looking around, he found that his family couldn't prepare any good food, so he had to send them out.
Manbao then said to Gao, "There should be a place in the city that sells goat milk. I can ask around for you later. Even if you can't buy a whole sheep, a bamboo tube of goat milk every day will be fine."
Gao didn't expect that she still remembered this matter, and thanked her repeatedly.
Chen Erlang didn't understand what they said, but he didn't ask. He waited until the people got on the car and drove away before he asked about the matter.
The two people who got on the car glanced at each other and laughed.
Manbao smiled and said, "You are good at showing kindness."
Bai Shan smiled and said, "Didn't you catch it well?"
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