Chapter 48 [A Place of Fortune]
Jiang Lili brought the cool clothes that Xiaopang had delivered to her and asked Xin Che and others to change into them.
The cool-feeling clothing style chosen by Xiaopang is very similar to the hunting clothes in ancient times, so it does not look out of place when worn by others.
The outer layer of this cooling garment is made of waterproof fabric, while the inner layer is made of cooling technology fabric. Even when worn in hot and humid mountains, you won’t feel too stuffy.
After Xin Cheng put on the clothes, he exclaimed repeatedly: "This material is light, thin and cool. It must be very valuable. I wonder what kind of material it is made of."
"Don't worry, you'll know later if you want to learn."
Jiang Li showed a sly smile and said, "Brother, when we go to Haizhou to farm, build infrastructure and construct things, we can't do without the efforts of a top craftsman like you."
Liao Ji was fighting crickets with Xin Yan at the gate of the yard. He saw that everyone had changed into new clothes, especially Xin Che, who looked like a male model after putting on a tight black mountaineering suit, handsome and cool.
He crossed his arms and said to Jiang Lili with a cool expression, "Sister Li, where's mine?"
Jiang Lili silently handed Master Liao a piece of children's clothing with a Mei Yangyang pattern on it.
"Xiaopang said that this is the only color left in the smallest size of the children's cooling jacket."
Liao Ji: ...
He suspected that Xiaopang did it on purpose but he had no evidence.
Jiang Lili saw Liao Ji's disgusted expression and said, "Master, if you don't wear it and get bit by a bug, don't cry out in pain. I'm not a miracle doctor."
Liao Ji put on a stern face, took the cool children's clothing with the Mei Yangyang pattern and went into the house to change.
In addition to cool hiking clothes, you should also be equipped with hiking poles, hiking shoes, mosquito repellent bracelets and other items.
Everyone arrived at the post station and reunited with the exile team. Thanks to Jiang Lili, the yamen runners had stayed in excellent inn rooms for the past two days. They were so friendly to the Zhaoping Marquis family that they almost put up a banner to welcome them back.
After the team gathered, they left the city and headed towards the Qinglin Mountains in the south of Linzhou City.
In addition to sending additional manpower, Magistrate Li also sent an extra carriage to pull travel supplies. The original one was naturally given to the Zhaoping Marquis' Mansion, and no one dared to object.
Wang Zifu calculated the time. When he reached the foot of the mountain, the sun came out and the thick fog in the mountains and forests began to thin.
When the exile team first climbed the Qinglin Mountains, they felt that it was no different from other mountains. There were only many trees and grass, and the lush greenery made people feel relaxed.
But the further we went up the mountain, the more mosquitoes there were, and the soil under our feet became slippery.
People kept breaking off thick branches from the mountains and using them as support for climbing.
They hold branches in one hand and use the other hand to drive away mosquitoes that approach them. In addition, they have to pay attention to whether small insects or thorny plant seeds will fall on their heads. They are so busy.
In contrast, the people from the Zhaoping Marquis Mansion were armed from head to toe, with hats, goggles, masks... no insects could bite them. With hiking poles and hiking shoes, they walked very briskly.
While Wang Zifu was shooing away mosquitoes, he looked at Jiang Lili and her group curiously: "Miss Jiang, why don't the mosquitoes come near you?"
"Are you wearing any insect repellent sachets?"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over.
Jiang Lili pulled out a mosquito repellent bracelet from her sleeve. "This is a mosquito repellent bracelet, fifty cents each. Quantities are limited, first come, first served."
When some people heard that the bracelet cost fifty cents, they were unhappy.
"Fifty cents, so expensive? It can buy two pounds of meat!"
"You're putting it too hard on everyone. Who can easily come up with 50 coins these days?"
"It doesn't matter if you don't have money now. You can buy on credit and repay when you get to Haizhou." Jiang Lili said loudly, "If any of you have any special skills or unique talents, you can come and do hard labor for me and repay me with your own strength."
She is not a living Bodhisattva. Even if a god comes, he will have to work for her for a year before leaving.
"Li Li, I think we should just forget it. These people don't know what they are talking about." Xin Che pulled Jiang Li Li and walked forward.
"Hey hey hey, Miss Jiang, I want it!!!"
Wang Zifu and other yamen runners have already experienced what the consequences will be if they don’t listen to Jiang Lili. They have learned their lesson this time. Master Jiang’s products must be top-notch!
The yamen runners took out fifty coins from their newly received salaries and gave them to Jiang Lili. Jiang Lili immediately earned five hundred coins. One tael of silver could be exchanged for one string of coins.
One string of money is worth 1,000 wen, so Jiang Lili has earned half a tael of silver now.
"Miss Jiang, isn't my concubine Yin working as a cook beside you? She's doing some work, so she can at least give me a mosquito repellent bracelet, right?"
At this time, the censor Liao Cheng that Yin Zhen followed walked up to Jiang Lili and asked her for a mosquito repellent bracelet.
Yin Zhen was a little scared when she saw Liao Cheng. Seeing this, Liao Ji held his mother's hand tightly.
Jiang Lili was almost stunned by this man's shamelessness. "As expected of a censor, he's so thick-skinned!"
"What does it have to do with you that Yin Zhen works as a cook for me? She's not your thing!"
Liao Cheng's face turned pale and blue after hearing what Jiang Lili said.
He was about to bring up the pedantic moral code of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues to argue with Jiang Lili: "As the saying goes, after marriage, one obeys the husband; after the husband's death, one obeys the son. Of course, Aunt Yin is mine—"
Jiang Lili waved her hand impatiently. "A man's death is determined by his son. Does that mean that if you were bitten by a poisonous insect and died, Yin Zhen would obey his son Liao Dabao?"
"Okay, then I can't give it to you."
Jiang Lili asked Yin Zhen and Liao Dabao to leave.
"This, this..." Liao Cheng was confused by Jiang Lili's logic and cursed, "You, you vicious woman!"
Upon hearing this, Xin Che turned around and gave Liao Cheng a cold look.
Liao Cheng immediately fell silent.
He muttered quietly, "Humph, if you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. I'm strong and can kill one with one hand!"
Another big green mosquito flew in front of Liao Cheng. He clasped his hands together and vented all his anger on the big green mosquito with a "snap".
Someone exclaimed, "Hey, Lao Liao, didn't Chief Wang tell us not to kill these mosquitoes casually? They're poisonous!"
Liao Cheng looked at the green juice on his hands and quickly wiped it on his clothes, but his hands were already burning.
"Oh, my hand—"
It’s time to work!
Seeing this, Jiang Lili walked up to Liao Cheng with a bottle of detoxifying and pain-relieving ointment. "You don't want the bracelet, but would you like to buy the ointment?"
"200 wen for a course of treatment."
"No, I want it!" Liao Cheng squeezed out these two words from his teeth.
Jiang Lili said in a terrifying tone, "Then wait for your hand to rot. It will fester and then rot and stink—"
Liao Cheng was intimidated by Jiang Lili and closed his eyes: "Okay, buy it!"
He called his wife, "Madam, give her the money."
The wife reluctantly paid 200 coins and glared at Yin Zhen: "What use does the master have for you?"
Jiang Lili took the money and called Master Liao with a smile on her face: "Dabao, hurry up and apply the medicine to your father!"
The wife frowned: "Shouldn't you give me the whole bottle of ointment?"
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