Inside the territory market, there are tents, cloth, and some daily necessities. Everything is traded using low-pollution rice, which weighs fifty grams per ounce.
The original inhabitants of the territory had already saved up some rice and grain, and the newcomers who had arrived a week ago also had a few ounces of food.
A mother and her three-year-old child were squatting in front of a stall.
The child really liked a small hair clip, but the hair clip required 5 grams of low-pollution rice. She was old enough to understand, so she put it down after looking at it for a while.
Her mother picked it up.
"Mom, I don't want it! Let's keep it and exchange it for something else that we can use!"
Finally, her mother looked at the hair clip for a long time before putting it down and bringing a small amount of low-pollution rice to the daily necessities section.
Qin Yiyi saw this and snorted coldly.
"Poor orc!"
Are there still many single mothers in our territory?
Sid whispered, "There are three or four families like this. The children are all under five years old. Children under five can't earn food, so the family can barely get enough to eat. But compared to their previous lives, their current lives are simply heaven!"
Didn't you see that even families like that can save up an ounce or two of low-pollution rice?
"Hmph, a bunch of freeloaders!"
"Kids like this should be encouraged to move around!"
But what can children under five years old do?
Although the five-year-old orc child was already quite strong, there really wasn't much for them to do. How about making some handicrafts to decorate the territory? Didn't she see some pretty seashells before, and buy a bunch of them for ten copper coins to braid? Let's put that to good use.
She originally wanted to cultivate her mind and become a quiet, beautiful lord, doing some handicrafts, but in reality, she was too lazy. She only thought about retiring and spent every day thinking about how to get things done by others. How could she possibly do them herself!
By the way, the mothers of these children can teach them to knit and do it together at home, as a part-time job, paid by the piece!
Not bad~
"Hmph, a bunch of orcs who cause the lord so much trouble!"
"Collect everything that doesn't sell tonight; I'm going to distribute the rewards!"
She already receives plenty of rewards, so what reason will she have to come up with to give the gift away tonight? Being a lord isn't easy!
***
After the market closed, the lord wanted to say a few words to everyone in private, so everyone else stayed behind.
Everyone was satisfied with today's market exchange. Although there were some regrets that some items couldn't be exchanged, everyone had hope that they would be able to successfully exchange them next week or the week after!
Just thinking about it makes me happy!
The beautiful and noble lord stepped onto the stage, and everyone watched.
"Today's exchange went quite well, but there are still a few small items left that I don't want to keep taking up space in the warehouse. I will distribute them later according to their usefulness."
"Also, I'd like to inform you that any children under five who are skillful can come and take on weaving tasks. The warehouse will provide supplies, so you can take them back and weave some small items to decorate your territory, or process seashells to decorate your territory. A qualified piece of work can be exchanged for 10 grams of low-pollution rice! If you damage the original supplies and are found to have done so, you will have to pay for it with an adult's rations!"
Families with young children were stunned.
"Sir, can such a small child do this?"
Can I also do manual labor?
The person next to her tugged at her and whispered, "Adults can do it first, and then teach their own children!"
"Now that the lord has opened this door, it means that five qualified works can also receive one or two taels of rations!"
"I only accept qualified works from children under five years old. I do not allow anyone else to cheat and weave their own work to exchange for it. All children under five are registered. If one day I ask her to make a work on her own and she can't do it, her whole family will be kicked out of my territory!"
She wanted to offer some assistance to her family, who were burdened with heavy responsibilities, but she couldn't allow others to have ulterior motives. In this environment, she had to establish her authority and show no mercy to those who made mistakes!
The lord called out the names of his family members as they came to collect some supplies.
When it was the three-year-old girl's turn, Qin Yiyi gave her a hair clip, the one she had been longing for.
Qin Yiyi felt a little smug looking at the excited expressions of the children and their parents.
But she said, "This is the only little thing left, so I'll give it to you. You can't eat it, drink from it, or use it. It's for little girls!"
"It's very good for the little girl. She likes it very much, she really likes it. Thank you, Lord!"
She came to the territory with nothing but her child. Before, she always shared a room with others and paid rent, but this was very inconvenient for her and her child. They didn't have their own private space. Everyone lived in one big space and slept on a large communal bed, but it was not as good as her tent now!
Yes, she just bought a second-hand tent. It's in excellent quality and came with a pot and pan as a gift, plus 2 meters of fabric. This store has it, doesn't it?
She only needs to rent a plot of land according to the territory regulations to put her tent down. The rent is equivalent to 5g of low-pollution rice per day, which is three liang of low-pollution rice per month, equivalent to a day and a half's worth of food. She can afford this.
Two meters of fabric can make a set of clothes for a child to change into. Since a three-year-old grows quickly, she can make the clothes a little looser.
However, the fabric needs to be sewn with a sewing machine, which takes 1g of rice per hour. A garment is very simple, with sleeves and collar, so there's no need for any other patterns. Therefore, 5g of rice is more than enough!
Oh, and there's also handicrafts. Children under five years old can sign up, so she'll take her child to sign up first thing tomorrow morning. The child can learn slowly in the tent. A qualified craft will yield 10g of rice. If they make one a day, that's more than 50g of low-pollution rice a week. Although it's still not enough for the child's daily food, it's already a good result.
She plans to use the two ounces of low-pollution rice she eats each day for living expenses, and save the rice she earns from weaving or use it as pocket money, to be used when necessary!
That would give us more hope for the future!
She looked at her three-year-old daughter, touched her head, and asked, "Do you like it?"
"Mom, I really love it!"
"If you like it, you should thank the lord. It is because of the lord that we have such a good life. We must be loyal to the lord, understand?"
"I understand, Mom. I just thanked the lord! I will always be loyal to the lord. I will study hard and work for the lord in the future!"
Waaaaaah~
Qin Yiyi, the capitalist, shed tears; her retirement was finally in sight!
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