After the rebirth, the cold prince clings to me every day

Similar to the Great Xia Kingdom, most of the prisoners exiled here were doing coal digging and mining, while women and children were more relaxed, mostly weaving and drying hemp.

It was especially cold here in the coal mining area, and An An couldn't help wrapping up her jacket tightly.William couldn't help laughing at her: "I told you not to come, regret it now!"

An An covered her cold red nose with her hands, and firmly shook her head in denial:

"Uncle William, go get busy! Let's walk around."

It would be great if the two of them could follow them to the mining area. It was impossible for William to take them down to the bottom of the mine.

William nodded, leaving a few clerks to stare at the two,

Only when I came here did I know that William is the current city lord of Maya City, equivalent to the county magistrate of Daxia.
An An wandered around for a while, there was really nothing interesting here, the trees were bare, and the soil on the ground was frozen like hard lumps.An An asked a servant following behind:
"Uncle, is there anything interesting here?"

She spoke very slowly, and the Yacha could barely understand. Seeing that the city lord attached great importance to the two children, he thought for a while and said, "This is the outer city, there is no fun place."

After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said: "Miss, if you want to find a friend, you can go to the female prisoner opposite."

An An had nowhere to go anyway, so she asked a few people to lead the way.

The place where the female prisoners are serving their sentences is not far from here. There are rows of open houses. Inside, women in shackles are either stepping on looms or dyeing cloth, and some half-grown children are sitting beside them and distributing silk thread.

Most of them looked numb, and only a few of them looked out of the window with longing in their eyes.
Although An An felt sorry for them, she didn't sympathize with them, just like the little girl who was staggered by her mother before. Seeing that she was pitiful, An An gave her the endless bread.After two times in a row, Ann just finished eating the bread that time.The girl looked at her eagerly, and seeing that she really didn't give it, when she turned around, she showed resentment in her eyes.

An An gradually understood some of the truths along the way. The world is not black and white. In the past, she was like a delicate flower growing in a precious flower pot. Although she occasionally moved out to bask in the sun, all she could see It is the pavilions and waterside pavilions of Su Wangfu.

The two children were wandering around the house. Except that it was slightly warmer than the mining area, there was nothing to do here. The ground was so bare that not even a single weed could be found.
An An walked to the corner of the row of houses, and was about to go back angrily, when she heard a whimper, and a skinny black dog passed in front of her.

An An's eyes lit up. There are puppies in this place?
She knelt down and waved at the dog.This little dog is not afraid of people. He stopped and looked at her lazily, then turned his head back without any energy.

An An took out her small pockets. The clothes here are different from those in Daxia. There are large pockets sewn on the clothes that can hold things. There are a lot of miscellaneous things, but there is no food.

Jing Qi had no choice but to take out a greased paper bag from her pocket, which contained some beef jerky.Dayue Kingdom also has beef jerky, but the method is different from Daxia.

An An took a few pieces and gently placed them on the ground.The skinny black dog was really attracted, searched and ran over, sniffed, it looked very hungry, but resisted not eating,

An An raised her eyebrows: "Hey, this dog is quite alert!
eat it!I didn't poison it! "

To prove it, she took a piece of beef jerky and stuffed it into her mouth.

But seeing the thin dog pick up the beef jerky on the ground and run forward, the two children looked at each other, Jing Qi guessed:

"Maybe take it back and feed it to its children!"

He has seen that some poor adults would secretly keep whatever good things they got, and bring them home for their children to eat.

An An was curious: "Let's go, let's go and have a look."

Although the two children had short legs, they did not run slowly. They followed the thin dog around and came to the door of a dilapidated house, followed closely by several clerks.

An An stared at the direction of the broken house: "Hey, it's not for the baby dog!"

I saw a dilapidated house...or it can't be called a house, just built with some bricks and mud, without even a door, barely sheltering from the wind.An old man with gray hair sat at the door,
It would not be an exaggeration to describe the old man as skinny, with messy hair covering his eyes, so he couldn't see his expression, but he seemed to be similar to those female prisoners.

The thin dog ran up to the old man, barked a few times, and put the jerky in his mouth into the old man's hand.

The old man raised his head, stretched out his hand and touched the skinny dog's head, and the iron chain on his wrist jingled and collided with his movements.

Although the old man in front of him might be a heinous person, looking at this scene, An An still couldn't help feeling sad and desolate.

Jingqi asked the Yacha who followed him: "What did he do? How could he be left here alone?"

It stands to reason that this is where the female prisoners are located. Even if the old man in front of him is too old to dig mines, he probably wouldn't live here.

The Yacha obviously knew this person, "He didn't do anything wrong, and we don't know the details. Anyway, according to the people here, he has been here for 20 years! He has been chained in the house all the time.

Two years ago, the former city lord was arrested because of party issues, and Sir William was transferred here. The investigation and inventory of all the prisoners here did not find any information about this person.The former city lord was not a good person. We privately inferred that this person probably offended the former city lord in the past and was coerced into revenge. "

After hearing this, the two children also felt that the old man was very pitiful, and An An asked in a low voice, "Then why doesn't he leave?"

The yacha sighed: "I guess I don't have a home!
Seeing his pity, Master William found the best doctor in the city to see him, but the doctor said that he was terminally ill and would not live for three years. "

"That's it..." Then this old man is too pitiful!

An An walked in unconsciously. They made such a big commotion that the old man sitting in front of the house didn't know if he couldn't hear it, or if he heard it, he didn't care. He never raised his head.

An An opened the package of jerky and softly called "Grandpa" in Da Yue language.The old man still didn't look up.
Yachai explained, "He was poisoned and hoarse, so maybe he can't hear at all!"

An An greeted the skinny dog, "Come on, eat, all these jerky are for you!"

The thin dog looked at the old man, hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, took a small bite,
An An squatted down and happily fed the thin dog: "That's right, I'll bring you some bones next time."

Jing Qi watched the old man curiously from the side. Although the old man was getting thinner and out of shape, his back did not bend down.

Jingqi thought, this should be a person with a lot of backbone.

He looked at the iron chain on the old man's hand again, and only then did he notice that the iron chain had already grown into the skin and flesh because of too much time.

He shrank his shoulders involuntarily, how painful is this?
After eating a pack of jerky, the two of them should leave. An An touched the skinny dog's head: "Okay, goodbye!"

The downcast old man finally saw the little girl's appearance clearly. After a while, he didn't move his stiff fingers until the group walked away.

What a beautiful little girl!

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Until they walked far away, the two children were still a little depressed, but what they saw and heard along the way, they also understood that there are many similar poor people in the world, and they can only give a little help when they happen to meet.

Passing by the house where the female prisoners were again, An An hesitated for a moment, and dragged Jing Qi in for a stroll. She bypassed the adult female workers who stepped on the loom, and came to the area where the girls were.

A girl couldn't help but looked at the two of them curiously, and subconsciously shrunk her neck when she saw the Yacha who followed in.

An An didn't disturb them, she just sat aside and watched curiously.See the girls skillfully separate the thread, the silk thread is as thin as the hair.

Suddenly she had a flash of inspiration and asked the little girl closest to her, "Do you have thicker thread?"

She talked and gestured, but the girl lowered her head as if she dared not speak, and An An was a little discouraged.

A more courageous girl said cautiously: "Yes, this cotton thread."

After finishing speaking, she grabbed a handful of white silk thread and handed it to her. An An straightened the threads one by one, cut them to a suitable length with scissors, and wove a simple bowknot. This is the only girl she can afford. ,

It was only for the decoration of her dolls that she pestered her mother to learn it deliberately, but she only knew a few simple techniques.

Jing Qi, who was squatting aside and counting ants boredly, glanced at her. The two of them often played together, and they could tell what this girl was thinking just by looking at her.

"You want to make a network and sell it?"

"Well, can't you?"

Jing Qi had no objection, anyway, the two of them couldn't find anything to do in a short time.He mainly wanted to get to know more people, so that he could find out the way to Lausanne, or see if there was a merchant ship heading for Daxia. They couldn't all point to the letter that was sent out.

Seeing the two children busy playing with silk thread, the Yacha who followed him also heaved a sigh of relief, sitting beside him and dozing leisurely.

An An tossed and tossed for a long time, and finally made a beautiful concentric knot.The girls who were splitting the lines secretly looked at her from time to time, seeing the concentric knot formed, they couldn't help but marvel in a low voice.

An An was not satisfied: "It would be nice if the thread could be dyed red and decorated with jade beads."

Jingqi was speechless: "If we want jade beads, do we still need to go out and sell things? But there should be a place to dye cloth here."

An An asked these girls and learned that there was indeed a place where the cloth was dyed, so she finally smiled with satisfaction.

The girl who spoke just now stared at the concentric knot in her hand and asked tentatively, "Miss, can you teach us how to weave it?"

"Okay!"

Anyway, these people won't leave here, and it won't affect her business.
No matter which country you are in, girls are always attracted by beautiful things.They selected the most dexterous girl to learn, and they could teach them when they learned to rest.Others continued to work.

There are a few yamen servants around, and the managers also turn a blind eye.

Time always passes quickly when doing things seriously, and the whole morning passed in a short while.

By the time William came over from work, An An had already made up dozens of nets.

William picked it up curiously, looked at it, and couldn't help admiring: "You girls in Daxia are so skillful!"

An An nodded proudly: "That is!"

"However, this kind of thing seems to be sold in Lausanne, but the one is more delicate and beautiful, and only noble ladies can afford it."

When An An heard it, she immediately understood that it must have been done by her aunt, and the little girl was more confident in her money-making career.

She raised her head and smiled flatteringly at William: "Uncle William, can you help someone dye the thread red!"

"Okay! There should be some at the dyeing workshop, I'll send someone to get it for you."

An An's status is not ordinary, so William will satisfy her request as long as it is not excessive, let alone some silk thread, not even a small matter of sesame seeds.

An An naturally didn't understand these twists and turns. These silk threads belonged to the public, and she would naturally have to return them when she made money.

William looked at the position of the dyeing workshop, hesitated for a moment, and said a little uncomfortably:

"I happen to be going to the dyeing workshop. If you don't mind, let's go there together?"

An An's mind was full of her business experience, so she didn't pay much attention to the strange expression on William's face, and followed him to the dyeing workshop behind with Jing Qi,

In the open and spacious courtyard, rows of colorful cloth are hung, and the powerful visual impact makes people dazzled.

An An stared at the hung cloths intently. In her original cognition, the colors were only red, orange, red, yellow and green, and at most there was a mixture of shades.

But in the big dyeing workshop in front of you, there are twenty or thirty kinds of red alone.Even the most common white has more than a dozen kinds.

Like a curious baby, she walked back and forth in the huge dyeing workshop with her short legs, causing the female prisoners to look around curiously.

Jing Qi tugged at her sleeve and pointed somewhere: "That's Uncle William."

An An followed his gaze, and saw the burly and tall William standing silently in the corner, staring at a female prisoner who was dyeing cloth.

The female prisoner was not particularly beautiful, but she gave people a very comfortable feeling.

The female prisoner swung the cloth skillfully, and occasionally looked up at William, obviously there was a long distance between the two.Obviously one is wearing a majestic official uniform, the other is wearing heavy shackles, but when the two look at each other, they seem to separate the surroundings into two worlds, and within the world is the sweet happiness that cannot be broken by others.

Looking at this scene, for some reason, An An's eyes were a little sour for no reason, because her parents... were like this too!
Woooo... She misses her parents!

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When leaving, the steward brought over a stack of red threads respectfully, William handed it to An An, An An held the red thread, finally got over the feeling of homesickness, thanked the steward and promised:
"Thank you, Auntie. When I make money, I will return the thread."

The steward quickly waved his hand: "No, miss, just come and get it if you want!" The warehouse is full of these things, and this bundle is not even a fraction of a cow.

On the way back, An An couldn't help asking William curiously: "Uncle William, tell us your story!"

William knew what she was asking, and coughed a little embarrassedly: "A grown-up's business, even a child wouldn't understand it!"

An An pouted. As a somewhat rebellious child, she couldn't bear to hear words like "Don't ask children about adults".

snort!Is Uncle William blushing?What does she not understand?She has seen big things since she was a child!
But she is not a child who can hold back her curiosity in peace.

After less than half a cup of tea, under her soft and firm brewing, the uncle who followed William told everything he knew.

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