Border Cook

Chapter 25 War
The person who came this time was Liu Caisheng.

As soon as Liu Caisheng entered the yard, he bowed several times to Xia Mingyue.

"Thank you, Madam Xia, thank you, Madam Xia..."

"Brother Liu, you are too kind." Xia Mingyue bowed hastily as a gesture of return, "Brother Liu, I really don't deserve this thank you."

"Madam Xia, you don't have to be polite. If you hadn't caught Zeng Liu, the government wouldn't have been able to find out about the theft of the Shi family's silver. I would still be suspected by everyone of stealing the Shi family's silver."

Liu Caisheng was a little excited and spoke haltingly, "Now that Zeng Liu has been caught, everyone knows the truth. I am now innocent and my reputation is cleared. I will no longer be accused of being a thief..."

When he said this, Liu Caisheng couldn't help choking up.

A man of this age and this tall and strong build actually had tears in his eyes.

The feeling of being wronged is really painful.

Especially since he thought he was an extremely honest man who had never done anything wrong, suffering such an injustice was like being stripped naked and paraded through the streets, without any dignity at all.

Especially since his mother was a person who cared a lot about her reputation and was already in poor health, she was in tears all day because of his affairs...

Words like "every day feels like a year" are not enough to describe the torment and sadness he has experienced in the past two days.

Fortunately, Zeng Liu was arrested, the truth about the theft of silver from the Shi family was revealed, and he was cleared of the injustice and no longer despised.

This is all thanks to Xia Mingyue.

Liu Caisheng remembered the favor, and after the yamen runner told him the whole story, he immediately rushed over to express his gratitude.

Xia Mingyue could understand Liu Caisheng's excitement at this moment, and could also understand his mood at this moment, but she did not dare to take credit for it. "This matter is just a coincidence. After all, it was Zeng Liu who wanted to do evil. It was just a coincidence that we caught him."

"Although it was just a coincidence, it helped me a lot. My mother taught me to remember kindness since I was young. I deserve to be called Madam Xie Xia."

Liu Caisheng put the things he brought on the table in the courtyard. "My mother is in poor health, and I work sporadically, so I don't make much money. Recently, my mother got seriously ill because of me, and all the money in the family was spent on medicine. I really don't have anything to sell."

"I heard that Madam Xia usually sells meat patties on the street. She needs green onions when mixing the meat stuffing. These are the green onions that my mother planted in the yard. I dug a bunch of them and brought them here. Madam Xia, please don't dislike them."

"I also heard that Madam Xia went to the North City yesterday. Was she going to do some work? I don't have any other strengths, but I have all the strength in my body. Madam Xia, is there anything I can help you with?"

"I really want to do some work." Xia Mingyue said, "I want to build a smaller earthen kang right now."

"That's easy. I'll help Madam Xia check the size of the land. I have ready-made blue bricks at home, so I can start working tomorrow." Seeing that he had the opportunity to express his gratitude, Liu Caisheng hurriedly agreed.

"You can do the work, but the money has to be charged according to the market price. Otherwise, I won't let you do the work and will find someone else to do it."

"This……"

Liu Caisheng was speechless for a moment before he said, "Just charge for the materials."

What the wages buy is physical strength, that is, power. He is full of strength and is worthless.

Xia Mingyue didn't say anything more, just nodded, "Okay, I want to put a small plate next to the north wall in the inner room, put some things on it during weekdays, and use it to make dough in winter. If someone comes to our house, there will be a place to make do. It's fine as long as you think the size is suitable."

Not very particular.

"Okay." Liu Caisheng went into the house to look at the place, roughly measured the size, and saw how much materials he needed to prepare.

There are differences between men and women, so Xia Mingyue waited in the yard.

Liu Caisheng came out quickly, "The soil can be dug at will, it doesn't cost money, it's the same as the money to buy blue bricks, the half-baked bricks in the corners can also be used, and the whole blue bricks and the stone slabs for the kang surface are estimated to cost 500 yuan."

"I will come to work early tomorrow morning and try to finish the job in one day." Otherwise, if I finish half of it, it will be inconvenient to sleep at night.

"Okay." Xia Mingyue agreed, and after saying a few more words, she sent Liu Caisheng out.

The green onions that Liu Caisheng sent were thick and tall, and there were plenty of them, enough to last for several days.

Xia Mingyue went outside to inquire about the current selling price of green onions, estimated the weight of the bundle of green onions, and secretly wrote down the converted amount of silver.

The next day, Liu Caisheng came early.

The earthen kang requires more materials than the stove. Liu Caisheng's flatbed truck made two trips to transport all the blue bricks and loess to the yard, and then he began to fetch water and mud.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu were still asked to help look after the cakes at home. After Xia Mingyue and Lu finished making the cakes, they started selling them on the street.

Business is especially booming today.

Seeing that there were many more people coming and going on the street than usual, Xia Mingyue was a little surprised, "What day is today? Why is the street so lively?"

"The county government is buying grain at a high price, so farmers nearby who have surplus grain are coming to the county town, hoping to sell it at a good price."

The lady selling pea yellow nearby laughed and said, "It will probably take a few days to harvest the grain. After the farmers sell the grain and have money in their hands, they will inevitably buy more food. We should make more food in the next two days and take this opportunity to make some money."

For example, the pea yellow she made today was half more than yesterday.

"Thank you for your reminder, Auntie." Xia Mingyue responded with a smile, but she whispered with Lu, "Sister-in-law, the county government is paying a high price for grain, I'm afraid they are going to send it to the army."

"It should be." Lu responded.

The military camp where Lu Qiyan and his men were stationed was fifty miles west of Jinqiu County.

Several nearby county towns and even the provincial capital are all cities that supply military camps.

The army suddenly needed so much food and fodder, most likely there was only one reason...

We have to fight.

And it's a big battle.

Nowadays, the world is full of warlords, and each country is unwilling to stay in a corner and only wants to dominate the whole world. The same should be true for the current Great Zhou Kingdom.

War is inevitable and will continue for a long time.

Xia Mingyue suddenly thought of Lu Qiyan.

Hope he's okay.

Perhaps seeing Xia Mingyue's worry, Mrs. Lu patted her gently and said, "Don't worry, sister-in-law. Youcai and Qiyan are both blessed with good fortunes. They will be fine."

"Yeah." Xia Mingyue nodded and smiled.

It'll be okay.

Business was good today and all the cakes were sold out half an hour earlier than usual. Xia Mingyue and Lu closed their stall early and went back.

On the way back, Xia Mingyue bought some fresh eggs and newly sprouted mung bean sprouts from farmers.

Just like the last time when Liu Caisheng came to build the stove, Xia Mingyue had to provide meals and once again invited the Lu family to dinner at home.

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