The villain and traitor is my brother

Chapter 16 The Workshop
Suddenly, an old woman ran up behind them and snatched the child away. "What are you doing? Where are you going with the baby?"

The thin woman had her child robbed, and she stood aside, motionless, with her lips turning purple from the cold.The man next to him covered his head with his hands and squatted down while crying.

He choked and said, "Mom, the dog boy has run out of energy."

The old woman looked crazy, "Nonsense, it's impossible for the dog to die. I know he's cold. Sell me. Sell me to get money to buy a quilt."

Zheng Qiuyun couldn't bear to look any longer. She turned around and closed the door tightly, looking at the oppressive and dull sky.A woman's shrill cries could be heard outside.

Shaoqing, Zheng Qiuyun opened the courtyard door and walked in their direction in three steps and two steps. The group looked at her in surprise.

Zheng Qiuyun took off his cotton-padded jacket and put it on the thin woman. "I'm not a doctor, so I can't save your child. This is my cotton-padded jacket, given to you. If you are not in good health, you should take care of yourself."

After Zheng Qiuyun finished speaking to the woman, he looked at the man and said, "I want to recruit workers. If you trust me, come and sign up tomorrow."

Having said this, Zheng Qiuyun just wants to have a clear conscience.

Two major events have happened in Zhutian Village recently. One is that Duke An Guo is going to return to his hometown with his family to worship his ancestors.One is Zheng Qiuyun recruiting workers.

Duke An Guo returns to his hometown to worship his ancestors every three years, and the villagers are used to it.Before everyone from Anguo Mansion arrives, Li Zheng will organize a group of people to clean the road and give baths to the livestock in the village.

Just listen to this matter, it has little to do with ordinary people.But when Zheng Qiuyun recruits workers, he has a lot to do with them. I heard that Zheng Qiuyun pays ten cents a day.

Ten Wen is equivalent to five Wowotou. If you save some food, it will be enough for two people to survive this winter.

Although some people don't believe that Zheng Qiuyun can really offer such a high salary, desperate people also want to give it a try.

Zheng Qiuyun recruited these people mainly to grind pepper, and there was no restriction on age or gender.So as soon as the recruitment information spread, many people came to sign up the next day.

"Qiuyun, I am very agile."

"Qiuyun, can you look at me?"

"I'm strong and can do a lot of work. You recruit me!" As soon as Zheng Qiuyun opened the door, he saw a crowd of people crowded at the door.She told everyone, "Don't be anxious, take your time, line up and register one by one."

"Do we have anyone here who can write? Can you help me register it?"

"I can write." A young man volunteered.

In Zhutian Village, there were not many people who could write. Zheng Qiuyun took a special look at him. He looked like a frail scholar.

Zheng Qiuyun thought it was the man who bought the cotton-padded clothes that day, but he didn't look like him.I don’t know if that person can survive in this freezing cold weather.

"My name is Sun Shaoyan, and I am very good at writing."

Seeing that Zheng Qiuyun didn't come back for a long time, he recommended himself again.Zheng Qiuyun responded with a smile.

She asked Zheng Wenping and Zheng Wuan to come out to help. They set up two tables at the door and asked the villagers to line up in two lines to register the information of these people in order.

A woman asked Zheng Qiuyun, "Qiuyun, you said that the balls on the back mountain can be sold for money. Is it true or false?"

Zheng Qiuyun had seen pepper trees on the mountain in Zhutian Village. She took out the pepper she picked before and showed it to her, "If you have small balls like this at home, you can sell them. This is called pepper. As long as the ingredients are good, it can be sold per pound." Two pieces of silver."

"It's so expensive!"

"Hey, if I had known that those little balls were so expensive, I would have collected more and kept them at home."

People in the queue were talking a lot. The woman who had just asked this question was overjoyed. There was no firewood at home before, so she cut down a lot of branches and leaves, dried them and piled them up. The pellets on them were also kept. Now she could sell them for money.

There were also many people who had cut down pepper trees. They stopped lining up and hurried home to collect the small balls on the branches and leaves.

(End of this chapter)