The next day, Song Yuehua went to the county town and picked out a simple-looking gold hairpin. She asked about the price and weight. After calculating, she found out that the labor cost of making one hairpin was about one tael of silver.
Another hairpin with complicated craftsmanship cost three taels of silver in total.
After leaving the jewelry shop, Song Yuehua thought of Xie Feng. Xiaoyu said that Xie Feng could make jewelry.
The last time Second Uncle Xie came to Luozhou to save someone, she had never thanked him properly. Thinking of this, Song Yuehua went to the gold shop to exchange two gold ingots, and then bought a lamb at the market. After returning home, she carried 20 kilograms of cotton on her back.
After getting on the ox cart and arriving at Xie's house, Xie Feng happened to be at home.
Song Yuehua took out two gold ingots and said, "Uncle Xie, do you think these are enough to make a gold hairpin?"
Xie Feng thought for a moment, "Two taels of gold is enough, what style do you want to make?"
Song Yuehua remembered that Xiaoyu liked peach blossoms, so she said, "The one with peach blossom pattern."
"Don't you like plum blossoms?" Xie Feng asked.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "This is for Xiaoyu, not for me."
"Xiao Yu, you are so young..." Xie Feng was a little confused.
At this time, Yu came over with a pot of tea. Song Yuehua smiled and explained, "Xiaoyu has never seen a gold hairpin. I want to give her one."
Xie Feng nodded and said, "It will be done in ten days. I will send it to you then."
Song Yuehua took out another tael of silver and said, "The hairpin doesn't need to be too complicated, just keep it simple."
Xie Feng glanced at the silver on the table and said nothing more.
"Do you like gold hairpins too?" Yu suddenly asked.
Song Yuehua said, "I like both gold and silver."
"Where is the jade hairpin?" Yu asked again.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "It sounds good."
After listening to this, Yu nodded, picked up the teacup and drank tea, and said no more.
One good thing about the Xie family is that no one will refuse no matter what is given to them. When Song Yuehua was about to leave, Xie Feng saw her out the door.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "I haven't thanked my second uncle properly since I fell into the state last time. Since we met, you have saved me several times. If there is a chance for me to help, I hope you will not hesitate to help me."
"Don't always think about these things. Take fewer risks in the future and live a good life." After saying this, Xie Feng patted Song Yuehua's head.
After Song Yuehua left, Xie Feng returned to the living room to get the two gold ingots. Yu was still sitting there drinking tea.
"The jade hairpin," Yu said calmly, "Go get it."
Xie Feng, "..."
After Song Yuehua returned home, she prepared to write a letter to Xiaoyu. Her birthday was on the 20th of this month, and she must be homesick to be spending her birthday alone outside.
Now that Xie Wenwu is not around, Song Yuehua thought about it and decided to just make some cakes and food and send it to her.
His cooking skills may not be as good as Xie Wenwu’s, but the taste is definitely not worse.
The next day, Song Yuehua went to Carpenter Yang's house and ordered a food box with several layers.
After leaving Yang's house, it was almost time for lunch, so Song Yuehua went directly to Dongshan Compound.
Since Tian left, Dabao and Xiaobao had lunch at school at noon. Song Yuehua also ate in the compound while she worked in Dongshan. When she returned home in the evening, she cooked dinner with Xiaoyu and the whole family had dinner together.
The pig farm is still manageable. Dao Xiaoyi is indeed a good helper. According to Liu Xue, she does more work than a man, so she just eats a little bigger.
Song Yuehua smiled and said, "Doing so much hard work will naturally consume a lot of energy, so there will be more work to do."
Dao Xiaoyi and Liu Xue are the same age, both 14 years old, so they get along very naturally.
While working in recent days, Dao Xiaoyi also discovered that Song Yuehua was very strong.
Although his legs and feet were not strong enough, he was really strong and on a whim he wanted to wrestle with Song Yuehua.
Song Yuehua found it interesting, so she agreed. The two of them shook hands directly on the millstone. In less than a second, Dao Xiaoyi's hand was pressed down.
"Boss..." Dao Xiaoyi asked in disbelief, "What did you just do?"
Song Yuehua thought she could keep something in reserve, so she suggested another round.
No matter how hard Dao Xiaoyi tried, Song Yuehua stood there motionless with her hands, until she saw that Dao Xiaoyi's joints were a little rubbed, and then she took her hands away from the millstone.
Dao Xiaoyi was full of admiration. He thought he was strong enough, but he never expected that there are always people who are better than him. He sighed, "Boss, your strength is harder than a hoe. It's not as hard for you to break a millstone."
Song Yuehua patted her and said, "Eat more and your strength will come back."
Dao Xiaoyi: "..."
Later that day, Song Yuehua limped home. Dabao and Xiaobao were both in the yard. Xiaoyu had also cooked rice, and they only needed to stir-fry a few dishes to eat.
Xiaoyu took the dishes and helped wash them while talking, "Sister Song, something might have happened at Zhu Wenyan's home."
"Pigher?" Song Yuehua asked, "What happened?"
Xiao Yu shook her head and said, "Someone from the county sent a message to Zhu Wenyan. He only said that something happened at home. He didn't say much else. But from the looks of it, it must be a serious matter."
Song Yuehua lowered her head, thinking about something while cooking.
The pigherd seemed to have made some money this year, but what kind of big trouble would he get into by buying and selling pigs?
After thinking for a long time, Song Yuehua still couldn't figure it out, so she stopped thinking about it.
The next day, the pickled beans made by Song Yuehua were ready. They could be taken out of the jar and eaten directly. They were sour and appetizing. It happened that Grandma Jin liked to eat pickled vegetables, so Song Yuehua picked up a large bowl and sent it to the Zhang family.
When he arrived at the Zhang family's door, he happened to meet Zhu Wenyan, who looked anxious and was hurriedly heading to the end of the village.
"Zhu Wenyan." Song Yuehua called out and asked, "What happened?"
Zhu Wenyan said hurriedly, "Miss Song, I want to go find Zhang Rushan."
"Zhang Rushan?"
Song Yuehua couldn't understand how the Zhu family's affairs were related to Zhang Rushan.
Seeing that he was so anxious, Song Yuehua didn't say much to him. After giving the pickled beans to Grandma Jin, Grandma Jin smiled and took a handful of pickled cabbage and put it into her big bowl and said, "My pickled cabbage is also very good this year. You can take it back and cook some sour soup to try."
Song Yuehua smelled it and found it was indeed sour. She thought it would be a shame not to cook sauerkraut fish with the sauerkraut.
After returning home, she wanted to go to the pond in Bugui Mountain to catch fish, but when she looked at her leg, she thought it was better to give up and ask Master Ma to bring back one tomorrow.
Just when she arrived at Master Ma's house, she happened to meet Zhu Wenyan and Zhang Rushan there.
How could it be such a coincidence today?
Song Yuehua asked the two men what had happened. Zhang Rushan told her that the pigherd was arrested by the county magistrate and his men, and his wife and children were also thrown into jail. He could only ask someone to contact Zhu Wenyan.
As for why he was arrested, according to what Zhu Wenyan found out yesterday, it seemed to be related to the people from the Desert Country.
Desert country? Collaboration with the enemy?
Song Yuehua's mind buzzed for a moment, and she felt that it was unlikely.
A swineherd collaborating with the enemy?
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