Chapter 176 Could it be dried wild vegetables?
The people you choose are also very important.
In the past, when it came to these important matters involving meeting outsiders, it was absolutely impossible for a woman to be chosen, but now the first person everyone in Qili Village thought of was Shen Qing!
Shen Qing, who was sitting on the weeds to rest: .....She didn't want to climb a mountain, especially a wild mountain. After running all the way and finally finding a place to stay, she was so relaxed that she wanted to lie down and sleep for a few days!
She looked back at the crowd that was looking at her and said hesitantly, "Wouldn't it be enough if Second Uncle went?"
Mr. Jiang is the village chief, so he must go. Moreover, he has traveled all over the country for decades and has dealt with many people, so he will not be stage-frightened at all.
"The village chief will definitely go, but he's a man after all, and it's not convenient for him to greet the women of the Lei family."
The gifts they brought were mostly food, and among them was a piece of cotton cloth brought out by Aunt Shen Qing. This gift was extremely valuable! The Lei family lived in the mountains, and the separation between men and women should not be as strict as those outside. If they came out to express their gratitude, Aunt Shen Qing would have to be there.
Shen Qing struggled again and pointed at Zhao Mingyue: "My Third Aunt can do it too."
Zhao Mingyue was not at all nervous, especially since they might have more to talk about.
"This is just the beginning, so go to whoever is suitable!"
Shen Qing: ...Okay, she dragged another one into the water.
In the end, the men's side was led by Master Jiang and Carpenter Guan: Master Jiang was responsible for entertaining, while Carpenter Guan was just a front-row seat.
Craftsmen were still very valuable in this dynasty, especially in the deep mountains, where a craftsman who could work with wood was even more of a treasure.
If the Lei family needs any woodworking, they don't have to go out and buy finished products at high prices or transport them back with difficulty. They can just go directly to Guan the carpenter.
The other is the transport team consisting of Feng Meng, Zhao Hu, Jiang Dalan, Jiang Xiangxi, Qin Dazhu and Zhou Sanshan.
After all, if they had two or three hundred kilograms of food and a piece of cloth on flat ground, two men could carry them to the Lei family's house, but now they were climbing a mountain, so they only dared to let people carry a few dozen kilograms.
On the women's side were Shen Qing, Zhao Mingyue, Zheng Hui, Feng Xing and Feng Tao. They wanted to go and take a look, but the elders of the Feng family were about to scold them when Shen Qing stopped them and took them along.
After climbing for only half an incense stick of time, an open space appeared on the left, with a house with adobe tiles on it.
"Do you see that over there belongs to the Cao family?" Feng Meng, who was still able to walk at the front of the team while carrying dozens of kilograms of food, asked curiously.
"It looks quite large, with more than ten rooms, right? They're all tiled, which would cost a lot of money," Qin Dazhu estimated.
Zheng Hui glanced at it and said, "We can still use tiles in this mountain. No wonder that old woman always says we are lowly. I guess she was from a prestigious family outside the mountain. She still hasn't lowered her status and is treating us like their slaves."
"You've already lived in the deep mountains but you still can't let go of your superior attitude. Next time we meet you, we should just take a detour to avoid trouble!" Zhao Mingyue chatted.
Others followed suit and expressed their own opinions.
Except for Shen Qing, she had already started panting.
Climbing the mountain is so tiring. The road is so bumpy. How did they manage to chat while climbing? Aren't they afraid of slipping and falling?
Shen Qing, who climbed to the back, was extremely glad that she brought Feng Xing and Feng Tao with her, because later on she was basically carried up the mountain by the two sisters!
Woohoo, girls are so thoughtful!
"Aunt Cao, we really won't accept your things. As for the matter on the vacant lot downstairs, Dafu has already told us about it. We still trust his judgment."
Shen Qing and his group below paused.
The next moment, Grandma Cao's words came: "Dafu is still young, his words cannot be taken for granted!
I, an old woman, have eaten more salt than he has eaten rice, so I can judge people better than he can. We must work together to drive these people out. It is annoying to keep them here!"
"This isn't our mountain, and the land below isn't ours. You're worried they'll bully us in the future because they're outnumbered, but we can't just chase them away because of that. Convicting them for something that hasn't even happened yet is unacceptable, isn't it?"
"The world is tough out there. A while ago, Dafu went out to sell his game. Hearing that there's another flood in the Central Plains, they came all the way here with great difficulty. They're in the same situation as you were back then. You should always be considerate of others, right?"
Shen Qing and his group couldn't help but nod in agreement.
"How can they be the same? Our Cao family is a well-known and wealthy family. How can they compare with a group of poor farmers?"
Shen Qing heard the originally gentle voice on the other side turn cold: "Speaking of poverty, our Lei family is even poorer!
We hunters are no better than farmers. Your Cao family is so powerful, why bother to talk to them? Why bother to ask our Lei family for help? "
"It was your Dafu who insisted on agreeing! Ask him to go and take back his consent to those disaster victims." Grandma Cao insisted.
"Why should I let him take it back? If Dafu agrees, my Lei family agrees, and he is the one who makes the final decision in my Lei family!"
Shen Qing and the others had almost finished eavesdropping from the corner below. Zhao Mingyue walked up and said with a smile, "We're new here. We'll be neighbors from now on. Let's get acquainted!"
The Lei family looked up in shock and saw more than ten men and women coming over with a lot of things on their backs, all with smiles on their faces.
Boss Lei was stunned for only a moment, then immediately called out, "Come on, we're neighbors from now on!"
Then he called into the house, "Mother, second and third brothers, there are guests coming. Hurry up and move the chairs and make some tea."
Several men and women came out of several low adobe houses.
When they saw Shen Qing and the others, they were all stunned, then they moved chairs and stones over with smiles on their faces.
"There are not enough chairs, so you can only sit on the stones. Don't worry, I have cleaned them very well. We usually sit on the stones too." Lei Laoer rubbed his hands and greeted embarrassedly.
The men sat down on the rocks and gave the chairs to the women.
Seeing this, Boss Lei nodded continuously.
Grandma Cao gritted her teeth. She had been here for so long and there wasn't even a chair! And only Lei Lao Da was left to deal with him. Lei Lao Er, Lei Lao San, and the other women were hiding in the house and wouldn't come out.
Now, they’re all out.
She squinted her eyes and glanced at Shen Qing and his group, mockingly saying, "Okay, okay, it's a waste of my twenty-plus kilograms of fine grain to give them to you."
Boss Lei frowned and interrupted: "I told you before, we won't accept the things you brought!"
Master Jiang bowed and said, "Brother, I won't accept her things. We carried them here with great effort, and they are gifts from each family. You can't refuse them."
As soon as the Lei family and Grandma Cao arrived, they noticed that they brought things, but with so many sacks, they never thought that they were gifts for the Lei family!
The surprise in Grandma Cao's eyes was about to overflow, and then the young man in green clothes beside her twitched his mouth and said lightly: "Could it be dried wild vegetables?
It looks like a lot, but it’s actually hard to chew and tasteless.”
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