farm lady

Chapter 184 Meeting a child abductor

It was almost noon when she came out of the government office, Yi Xue thought about it and went to Xianque Restaurant to have a look.The renovation of Xianque Restaurant is still going on, and more than [-] craftsmen are busy.

The waiter saw Yi Xue coming, and greeted her happily. He was still holding a wooden bucket in his hand, and he seemed excited, so he did it himself.

"Miss, you are here," said the waiter.

"Well, is there any problem?" Yi Xue asked.

"Miss, it's going well. These craftsmen are really skilled. They are all made according to the requirements of the eldest lady. It is estimated that it will be completed in seven or eight days. Master Xia also comes to visit often. Miss, the owner of this restaurant The decoration style is really beautiful, I have never seen it before." The waiter kept talking, as if he saw the decoration of his own house.

"Hehe, um, I haven't asked your name." Yi Xue also felt that it was ridiculous that she didn't know his name after such a long time.

"Miss, my name is Li Xiaoer, you can call me Xiaoer," Li Xiaoer said.

"This name, um, I think you changed your name to Li Xiaoyi, with the word "yi" at the head, and you are a real man. So, what do you think?" Yi Xue asked with a smile.

Li Xiaoer didn't expect that the eldest lady would change his name, but hearing that the name was really good, he said happily, "Thank you for giving me the name, my mother. Talent and learning, from now on I will be called Li Xiaoyi."

When Yi Xue entered the restaurant, the general construction inside was almost completed, and the rest was some carving, painting, setting and decoration of boxes.

Compared with the style of her previous life, Yi Xue has a spacious cash register on the left side of the entrance, and pictures and prices of various dishes are pasted on the back. People are curious.The names of the dishes were also specially given by Yi Xue, such as ants climbing trees, good luck, good harvests, etc.

I also pay attention to the arrangement of tables and chairs on the first floor. I don’t need too many tables. The custom-made tables are long tables like those in the previous life, which can seat four to six people. A wooden screen, inlaid with sea stones that Mr. Xia bought from a merchant, that is, Yuhua stones, looks beautiful.

The floor is covered with marble bricks, which are bright and clean. The boxes on the second floor are all set up as round tables.

Looking at these, Yi Xue thought for a while, and it seems that there is still a need to make some cards like VIP, which are specially served for senior members, and those big merchants with status will definitely flock to them.

Yi Xue did the math, and it was the early stage renovations that cost 600 taels, and if they were all completed, it would cost about 900 taels, which was several times higher than the price of buying this restaurant.However, Yi Xue didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The business of a restaurant is attractive, all it depends on is the decoration and environment, and the higher the price, the higher the status.

What I want to take is the high-end route.

"Where are Tianyi and Tianbing?" Yi Xue asked.

Tianyi and Tianbing were sent by Yi Xue to participate in the management of the county government's carbon market, and they were also arranged to live in the small courtyard behind the restaurant.

Li Xiaoyi hurriedly said, "Miss, the two young brothers are very busy. They go out early and come back late every day. They are probably in the carbon market in the north of the city now."

After Yi Xue heard this, she arranged for Li Xiaoyi to take care of the restaurant, and if there was any problem, she would go to Master Xia.After speaking, he took Qiushui to the north of the city.

In a small civilian yard in the north of the city, Tianyi and Tianbing are both busy, one is responsible for recording, and the other is responsible for distributing carbon to users with workers hired by the county government.

When Yi Xue came, he saw that the outside was already crowded with people, some with baskets, some with ox carts and horse-drawn carts, talking and noisy.Many people are dressed in shabby clothes, while some people are well-dressed. The shabby people are all carrying small baskets, which are estimated to be only a dozen or twenty catties of carbon.

Yi Xue walked up to a seven or eight-year-old girl who was carrying a bamboo building on her back. When the little girl saw a sister approaching, she quickly put down the bamboo building, rubbing her hands a little uneasy.

"Little sister, what's your name?" Yi Xue asked.

"My name is Hua'er," the little girl said shyly with her head lowered.

"Hehe, sister Hua'er, why didn't your family come?" Yi Xue asked.

"Sister, my mother is sick. My father accidentally injured his hand when he went to gather medicine a few days ago, so I have to come," said the little girl.

"Oh, does your family like to burn charcoal?" Yi Xue asked.

The little girl immediately raised her head and said, "Sister, this black charcoal is easy to burn, better than firewood, and cheaper, but our family doesn't have much money, so we can buy some charcoal and save it. When the weather is not cold, we will go to the mountains to pick it up. firewood, use carbon when it's cold"

There are still more poor people.

"Do you think carbon is expensive?" Yi Xue is concerned about the price of carbon. Although there are so many people buying it, she scanned around and found that there are not many poor people.

The little girl nodded, "Carbon is cheaper than a bundle of firewood, so we can't sell the firewood we picked up, so we have no money to make, and the family is poor. Although carbon is cheap, our family can only buy a little"

After hearing Hua'er's words, Yi Xue suddenly thought, was it a mistake for her to sell carbon so cheaply? It was like the dumping in her previous life, which knocked down the same industry.

Maybe firewood is more expensive, but the advantage is that everyone can pick it up, and if you can’t sell it, you can burn it yourself, and you don’t need to spend money. But with cheap carbon, people who originally bought firewood will choose carbon, and those who rely on buying firewood for business Life will be difficult for the poor.

Yi Xue thought, originally thought that carbon would be cheaper and better for the common people, but now she ignores this issue.what can we do about it?

After thinking about it for a long time, Yi Xue couldn't help it. This is not something she can solve alone. This is a social problem.

Suddenly she thought of a problem, which can be solved with firewood.However, Yi Xue was still a little hesitant. The use of methane gas was also very dangerous, and if it was not managed properly, it would explode.It seems that let's let it go for a while, and wait for my own research to come out, and then see if it can be promoted.

I remember going to my grandmother's house when I was a child. There was a biogas pit in my grandmother's house, and biogas was used for cooking water and cooking at home.

"Hua'er, have you been waiting for a long time?" Yi Xue asked.

Hua'er nodded, "I've been waiting for an hour."

Yi Xue held Hua'er's hand and said with a smile, "Go, go in with my sister."

Hua'er hesitated, but seeing that the sister in front of her was not malicious, she nodded and followed in.

There were more people inside, it was messy and dirty, and there were charcoal dust all over the floor. Looking at it again, Tian Bing's face was darkened, only two eyes were exposed.Yi Xue frowned. If this continues, many people will probably suffer from pneumoconiosis.

"Miss..." Tian Bing saw Yi Xue approaching, and smiled, revealing a row of white teeth.

Yi Xue nodded and walked to the front of the house, which is relatively clean.Tianyi was immersed in the calculation, when he raised his head and saw Yi Xue, he hurriedly stood up, "Miss, you are here"

"How is it?" Yi Xue asked with a smile.

Tianyi nodded with a smile, "Miss, the sale is really good, there are many people every day, just today they sold [-] catties, and there are not many more, it is estimated that they will be sold in the afternoon over"

"Well, that's right, don't be too tired. How do you deal with eating?" Yi Xue asked.

When Tian Yi heard Yi Xue asked about the meal, he was naturally grateful that the eldest lady could still care about such a small matter.

"Li Xiaoer brings food every day, and we eat here," Tian Yi said.

This Li Xiaoyi really knows how to do things, yes, Yi Xue said with a smile, "Well, he changed his name to Li Xiaoyi."

Tianyi was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that it was the eldest lady who changed the name.

"Let's weigh the carbon of Hua'er first," Yi Xue said, pointing to Hua'er.

Tianyi nodded, and ordered someone to take the flowers to weigh the carbon.

"Miss, do you have anything else to do?" Tian Yi asked.

Yi Xue thought for a while, "How many hours do you work every day? How many people work here?"

"Miss, there are five of us, and we are too busy from morning to night," Tian Yi said.

"Well, let me tell you that starting tomorrow, I will sell carbon at two o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon every day, and I will have a day off every seven days. I will not be open for business. You have to agree with the yamen on the specific time, so that you don't get exhausted." , Yi Xue said.

"Yes, miss." Hearing that Yi Xue had such a relationship with them, Tianyi was so moved that he didn't know what to say.

"Whose family owns the yard behind this?" Yi Xue asked the small yard next to the carbon field, which was not very big.

"Miss, this is rented by the master of the county yamen, one tael of silver a month," Tian Yi replied.

"Well, Tianyi, go and find out who it belongs to. If we buy it, you won't have to run back and forth. Your food and lodging will be here. When I have staff, you won't have to do these odd jobs." Yi Xue Said.

Tianyi's eyes lighted up. To be honest, he really didn't like this place, but seeing so much money in the account every day, no matter how unwilling he was, he did it happily.Hearing the eldest lady's order, Tianyi didn't delay, and immediately asked someone to ask whose yard it was.

"If you find the owner, let me know," Yi Xue said, and then came out with Qiu Shui.

"Big sister..." As soon as Yi Xue went out, she heard someone calling her, and when she turned around, it was the little girl named Hua'er, standing against the wall, as if she was waiting for her.

"Sister Hua'er, is there anything else you can do?" Yi Xue asked.

"Big sister, I know you are a good person, can you buy me?" Hua'er said, tears streaming down her face.

What's going on here, why does this little girl want to sell herself?Could it be that this girl's family is very difficult, or something else.

"Hua'er, tell my sister why you sold yourself," Yi Xue asked hastily.

Hua'er grabbed the corner of her clothes, lowered her head and said, "My mother is sick and can't get out of bed, and my father's hand is disabled, so he beats me every time, I'm so scared"

It was only then that Yi Xue realized that there was a deep bloodstain on Hua'er's arm, which was shocking. She hurriedly opened her trouser legs, and there were also scars on her legs.

Both Yi Xue and Qiu Shui gasped, what kind of father is this, to be so ruthless.

"Miss, she is so pitiful", Qiu Shui's eyes were red, and she looked at Hua'er pitifully.

Yi Xue looked at this little girl who was about the same age as Er Ya, and was really pitiful, but what right did she have to buy a little girl?Both her mother and father are still alive, and she can't make decisions by herself, otherwise she will become a trafficker.

"Hua'er, you heard from big sister that if you want to sell yourself, your parents must agree to it," Yi Xue said.

"Big sister, my father said that he wants to sell me to a brothel, but I don't want to go," Hua'er cried.

Yi Xue was furious, what kind of parents could do such a thing that was inferior to a beast, Yi Xue was trembling with anger, this was the first time she had such a big temper in another world.

"Go, go find your parents, I've bought you," Yi Xue said angrily.

Qiushui helped Hua'er carry the bamboo building, and Yi Xue took Hua'er to the alley to the west. This alley was very dirty, the entire alley was covered with messy garbage, it was like a slum.

Stopping in front of a dilapidated single door, Yi Xue took a deep breath, "Hua'er, is this your home?"

Hua'er nodded, a little timid and frightened, as if there was a demon living inside.

Yi Xue didn't knock on the door, just pushed it open and walked in, when suddenly someone shouted, "Who is it?"Then a big man jumped out, swinging one arm wildly, obviously it was Hua'er's father.

The big man was indeed vicious, and the scar on his brow made people terrified, but Yi Xue wasn't intimidating to just anyone.

"Are you Hua'er's father?" Yi Xue asked angrily.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that Hua'er came back and brought two little girls with her. Now I'm rich." The big man said with a smile, as if Yi Xue's arrival had brought him money.

(End of this chapter)