Zhao Dahu pulled his wife to kowtow to Mo Qianshang, but Mo Qianshang couldn't stop them alone and could only hold their arms, saying, "You don't need to do this!"
The couple's eyes were red: "Mo Niangzi, we know you deserve this. Because of what the villagers did before, you haven't been interacting with them. The villagers have been talking about you, saying that you hired people from outside to mine and farm in other villages."
Zhao Dahu sighed: "Those people in the village are too greedy, but my wife and I know you're a good person. But if we work for you now... won't it cause you trouble?"
Mo Qianshang reached out her hand: "Get up and talk first."
Seeing that the couple had stood up, she continued, "They're targeting me, it has nothing to do with whether you're here or not. They're after my money, and sooner or later they'll find another opportunity to cause me trouble."
She gestured for the two of them to follow him into the courtyard and into the house. The Zhao couple looked at the chair with a backrest and armrests and felt very uncomfortable sitting down, not knowing where to put their hands.
Mo Qianshang continued, "Compared to them causing trouble for me, I'm more worried that they'll cause trouble for you. When you come to work for me and then go back, it's impossible for you to go back and forth every day without being noticed. Even if they initially think you're going out to work, once you start lying, you'll have to tell countless lies to cover it up."
Mo Qianshang was putting herself in the couple's shoes. She was indeed trying to help them by giving them work, but if they encountered bad things in the village because of this, wouldn't that be doing more harm than good?
She always thinks things through more thoroughly.
Neither Zhao Dahu nor his wife were very decisive people: "Then what should we do?"
Mo Qianshang thought for a moment: "Have the village's household registrations been completed yet?"
Zhao Dahu nodded: "Although the government originally disagreed, the villagers have now built many houses and started farming. Last month, the village chief went door-to-door collecting money and sent it to the county government. Some of the money was processed, but not everyone received it."
Do you have any?
The couple shook their heads.
Mo Qianshang thought for a moment and said, "That's perfect. Why don't you consider coming and living with me?"
Zhao Dahu and his wife exchanged a glance, and Mo Qianshang smiled slightly: "No need to rush, you can go back and think about it slowly, but I recommend this, after all, the child is here, and I have a workshop nearby, and everyone can help you keep an eye on things, which may be safer than in the village."
After giving them a choice, Mo Qianshang thought of Liao Ping. This time, she didn't let them make a decision immediately, but instead took out a handful of candy: "I remember your children are all quite young. Take these candies back and eat them."
Zhao Dahu and his wife had never seen the things she gave them before, and they accepted them with some trepidation before leaving Mo Qianshang's house together.
On the way down the mountain, Zhao Niangzi wiped away her tears: "Sigh, look at our clumsy mouths, we didn't say anything nice just now. Mo Niangzi is really a benefactor to our family."
"What's the use of saying so much? Just remember to repay them by working like a slave in the future."
Zhao Niangzi nodded: "You're right. I don't have much work on me. I can hand it over anytime after I finish that one. I'm just a day laborer."
Mo Qianshang went to sell potatoes for a few more days. Her throat was very sore, but she couldn't bear to exchange for throat lozenges in the system, so she could only drink more water and wait for her throat to get better on its own.
Therefore, she hasn't been selling potatoes as diligently these past few days. Fortunately, Chang Fei has come to her senses and is taking her place, hawking his wares at the stall near the two o'clock entrance every day.
On this day, Liao Ping arrived in the morning and told Mo Qianshang that he would do chores for her. In the afternoon, Song Niangzi and her husband also came over with their children.
Mo Qianshang was in the courtyard when she discovered that five more teenagers had come to her house.
She had quite a few children around her; if it weren't for her own children needing to go to school, she could have set up her own school.
Chen Jin's fishpond is almost finished. It's not that his men are particularly fast, but rather that the people of Dongshan Village helped out when they learned that Mo Qianshang was going to dig a pond in the village. They took turns digging whenever they had free time at home.
Liao Ping felt he had nothing to do, but Mo Qianshang had already given him an advance on a month's wages, so he felt bad and joined in digging the fishpond.
Zhao Dahu and his wife were not assigned to farming, since there was hardly any land to farm these days. Mo Qianshang asked Zhao Dahu to mine jade, while his wife was responsible for cooking for the jade miners.
After settling everyone in, Mo Qianshang took minced meat and potatoes out again today.
Qin Baiyi went along this time.
After a quick breakfast, the two set off. This time, they were going to take Uncle Niu's oxcart along the way. When the oxcart arrived, it was already occupied by people from Dongshan Village. After they put their things on it, there was almost no room left.
Qin Baiyi had originally placed the basket between the two of them, but the aunt sitting opposite her grabbed it and placed it between them: "Hey, this basket is in the way, put it here, you can squeeze in!"
Mo Qianshang's shoulder was touched, and when she turned her head, she met Qin Baiyi's gaze. Both of them subconsciously looked away at the same time.
Fortunately, both of them are of average build, so squeezing in together doesn't cause any problems.
Mo Qianshang couldn't help but look at the ox in front of her, thinking to herself that it must be hard for it, having to carry a whole cart full of people every now and then.
As the oxcart reached the road, Mo Qianshang saw some obvious refugees lingering at the city gate, and she couldn't help but sigh.
The exodus from Fushou Village has temporarily ended, but many more people are still on their way to escape the famine. This disaster is far from over.
I heard from Zhao Niangzi that the government had already arranged for some refugees to be resettled, so it seems that those outside the city gates have not been resettled.
Looking further away, there were many people sitting and leaning against the trees in the nearby woods. These people looked much worse than the people in Fushou Village. They were all sallow and thin, as if they had been dehydrated and dried out.
Many people were lying on the ground like this, and the others on the oxcart sighed as they looked at them.
"In the end, no one knew what to do with these people."
"It's fine if they can make a living nearby, but it's impossible to let all these people into the city. Chaos around the city is one thing, but chaos inside the city cannot be allowed."
However, these were not issues that could be resolved in a few words, so they stopped worrying about them and went into the city together.
This time was different from before. Mo Qianshang was selling mashed potatoes at the entrance of the grain store, but Qin Baiyi didn't wander around on his own. Instead, he sat in the back.
Mo Qianshang found it very strange that such a big person was sitting in the back, as if she were a mascot.
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