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Chapter 41: Uneasy and kind

The next morning.

Shang Zhi got up and went to see the grass under the eaves as soon as possible.

The leaves are wilted yellow, but the core draws out a little green buds.

Shang Zhi held her breathing. She thought she was dazzled and rubbed her eyes hard. The green bud containing vitality was wrapped in morning dew.

A huge joy surged into my heart, Shang Zhi was so excited that he was about to jump up, and his fingers couldn't help but tremble.

Shang Zhi calmed down, returned his reason, curled his fingers and clenched his fists. If she had the technique of rejuvenating, the pros and cons would coexist for her.

Not only can she not reveal it easily, but she also has to hide it carefully.

She understands this truth when she possesses a treasure.

After verification, Shangzhi treated the dead grass. The breakfast was heated with the cold rice and cold dishes left over from last night. After eating it, he finished it. He carried the seedlings and carried a bucket of water up the mountain.

Some neighbors were already waiting. When they saw Shang Zhi coming, they stood up and greeted her.

"Shang Yatou, why are you late today? The He family has a banquet to celebrate He Pingzhang's exam for the scholar. The banquet will start at the afternoon. Good aunts come to help you with work. Only a few of our aunts and uncles can help you grow seedlings. We will have to go to the banquet and we will finish work early. I guess it will take half a day to plant it tomorrow."

Aunt Li poured beans on the bamboo tube and finished talking. After realizing that Shang Zhi and the He family had old grudges, she pursed her lips and looked at Shang Zhi squintedly, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief when she did not change her face.

Aunt Li was thinking too much, and He Pingzhang was a passerby to Shang Zhi.

She smiled and said, "Thank you all for your hard work!"

In addition to Aunt Liu, Aunt Li and Lin Sanniang, there were several women with a selves, and the two wives of the Clan Chen family also came.

The men have all come, and they are very neat in their work.

Shang Zhi told them how to plant the seedlings, and they stood a distance from them to plant them, but they were not planted one by one, but they were planted one by one in the east and another in the west. Even if they found that they grew very well, they would not be particularly sarcastic, which made people suspicious.

Others may not think about this side, Shang Zhi decided to be cautious!

After the morning of work, Shang Zhi's waist was almost broken, and his arms wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Uncle and Aunt, you all take a break and drink a little water."

A bamboo tube is hung next to the bucket, and the bucket is covered with small square mats woven with bamboo strips to prevent dust and leaves from falling into it.

Aunt Liu stood up straight with her waist, took the bamboo mat, scooped a little water to rinse it with the bamboo tube, then scooped half of the bamboo tube and took a few sips of water.

Lin Sanniang took the bamboo tube that Aunt Liu used, scooped water to rinse the place where Aunt Liu had drank, and then scooped water to drink.

Other neighbors didn't mind, they lined up like this to drink water.

Aunt Liu pulled Shang Zhi aside and said gratefully: "Girl Shang, Auntie doesn't know what to say! You teach camellia to make dumplings. She rented an ox cart yesterday and pulled the things to the town. She set up a stall at the wharf. She earned fifty or sixty cents a day, and it will be quite a lot in a month. We farm, and we don't know how long it will take to earn so much money. I have calculated that after finishing the work in this mountain at the Youth hour, there will be only half of it that has not been planted. I won't invite them to work tomorrow. I will help you do the work together. I don't have to settle the wages, just treat it as the money paid by camellia."

Camellia has a flexible mind, and the docks are full of laborers, and they are hungry quickly. The dumplings she made are filling and cheap, with chopped minced meat added, which is fresh and fragrant, and it costs 2 cents ten. According to Shangzhi's method, she cooked a pot of sparse rice soup, and the customers who bought the dumplings drank them casually to keep them full.

In this way, although it is a new stall, the business is better than the others.

After deducting the capital, I earned twenty cents!

How many dozens of cents per pound of meat can ordinary people afford it? It is rare to get a little meat in a month. Other stalls only make soup with one or two pieces of bones and vegetarian noodles. You can add eggs to meat, but you have to add more money.

The camellia stall can taste the meat fishy for two cents, and the skills are good, and the business is expected. But if this continues, she will definitely not make a lot of money. She squatted by the butcher. When the butcher finishes work, she only buys the remaining meat for half of the price, rushes in the well, and mixes the filling the next day. The meat is not as fresh as the day, but it is already very satisfying for them.

Shang Zhi said: "One code is the same. Camellia is good, I just discipline it. She started the business by herself, and I dare not take credit. And now it is Mangzeng, everyone is busy, and I can do the rest by myself."

Most of the medicines she grows are herbs that stop bleeding, and a small part of them prepares plasters and pills.

When I saved Qin Jingling, a plan took shape in my heart.

Only then would she take a large amount of medicine in the mountains.

The lunch was still eaten at Shangzhi's house. A moment before You hour, Shangzhi asked the neighbors to finish work.

Everyone hurried back to the house to clean up and go to He's house.

Shang Zhi did not receive the invitation, so he stayed at home and built a chicken coop.

The room she lived in was originally from the same family as Xue Shenzhi. It was surrounded by bamboo fences. The family she lived in before had only given birth to a son. After being a shopkeeper in the county hall, they took them out to enjoy their fortunes. The dilapidated house was vacant and bought by Old Man Zhang. After repairing it twice, it was not good to shelter from the wind and rain.

Xue Shenzhi calculated that Old Man Zhang took it in, so he even opened a room for him to live in, so he could have a place to settle down.

Shangzhi circled a small piece of chickens in the corner under a osmanthus tree in the yard. She brought stones to pile them up, like a soil stove, with mud on the batter outside, and then used dry straw bales to cover them with sun and rain. The remaining little dry straw was cut off in two pieces and spread them inside. The chickens could sleep inside at night without being cold.

"Sister Shangzhi, are you at home?" Chahua stood outside the yard and shouted to the house. She brought two small bags of snacks to the door. She saw Shangzhi squatting on the ground as if building a soil stove. When she approached, she heard the rooster cries. She said in surprise: "Sister Shangzhi, do you raise chickens? They sleep here at night?"

"Yes! There is no place to build a nest for them at home." Shangzhi has been made, it is a bit ugly, and it is generally quite satisfactory.

She grabbed the chicken and sprinkled some corn.

This solar term is prone to chicken plague, so Shangzhi plans to get some cactus to feed the chickens to prevent it.

Camellia was shocked!

"Sister Shang Zhi, do you feed them rice every day?" It's too expensive to raise!

Shang Zhi said embarrassedly: "I forgot to buy bran. There are no leftovers today, so I can only feed some corn first."

Camellia smiled and said, "I'll give you a bag of bran tonight." She handed the snacks to Shangzhi, "Sister Shangzhi, this is the snack I bought for you, it is very delicious. This is the first portion of money I earned myself, I'll buy it to eat with you."

Shang Zhi knew that she was thanking her for teaching her to make dumplings, so she did not say anything pretentiously, "Don't you go to a banquet?"

"I won't go! There is no good person in the Heli Zheng family except his wife Hu. When Aunt Wu put medicine in your dish, Hu testified too much that he saw Deng coming to your house. After returning, he complained. He Pingwen closed the door and beat Hu. He couldn't get out of bed today and was locked in the house." Camellia sympathized with Hu. The Lili Zheng family saw that life was better, but that family was not easy to get along with. When Hu married He Pingwen, many young sisters were envious and jealous.

Then, he smiled and said, "Sister Shang Zhi, fortunately you didn't marry He Pingzhang. You can't let him ruin such a good person!"

Shang Zhi was very surprised. When the original owner got engaged with He Pingzhang, the unmarried girl in Xinghua Village showed her many faces, and she was sarcastic.

He Pingzhang is the favorite object of the little girl in Xinghua Village.

She asked intentionally: "He is a scholar, humble and polite, what's wrong?"

Camellia said disdainfully: "That was made by him. He was very stingy and not generous at all. He was jealous of Brother Xue's better than him in school. He met Brother Xue behind his back and said sarcastic words. Today, Brother Xue came back from the town and happened to meet He Pingzhang. He invited Brother Xue to a banquet. Many classmates with him, and his teacher also came. At this time, I think he must be unhappy."

Shang Zhi's expression changed, is Xue Shenzhi back?

At this time, Deng stood outside the courtyard, as if he had forgotten the grudge between the two. He shouted to Shang Zhi in a kind manner: "Girl Shang, the table is about to open, why are you still in the house? Xue Tongsheng has come from the town, just waiting for you alone!"
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