Liu Paner smiled and reassured Village Chief Li that there was no need to worry.

"First, go to farther places to open up wasteland. It has not yet frozen, and the land in the south is humid. Even in winter, it will not affect the wasteland. They can sell me the wasteland they have cleared, or they can keep it for their own planting. Secondly,

I plan to open a dyeing workshop, because the workshop is in my home, so I will select clean and hard-working women to come to my home to work. I will pay them wages, including breakfast and lunch, which is 20 cents a day. Third, there are many women in the town.

The house builders work there for twenty cents a day."

When Village Chief Li heard this, his eyes lit up, "Madam, your method is good, you can arrange almost everyone."

After hearing this, Zhou Cuihua smiled and said, "Madam, Lanhua, you know, right? I used to have a good relationship with me, and I was quite warm-hearted. She came to me specifically to ask if I could find a job for her. As long as you are willing to do it, you can do anything.

Make money! Make more money, and your family’s life will be easier.”

"If people who open up wasteland sell money to buy farm tools, I can lend it to them. For the sake of my fellow villagers, I won't charge interest, but I must write an IOU. I won't let people with bad character settle down."

Liu Pan'er said in a deep voice, "If they are willing, call everyone over and talk about it in public. The sooner we start work, the sooner we can make money."

Village Chief Li agreed, smiling brightly. He had a way to arrange for his fellow tribesmen and villagers, "Okay, I'll tell everyone."

After a while, many people gathered in the open space beside the stream where the clan meeting was held this morning.

Village Chief Li stood on a high place and said to everyone: "According to the regulations of the county government, in order for the refugees to settle down, they must open up wasteland. Mrs. De Rui, I am grateful that everyone has spent a lot of money. I can lend you five taels of silver from each family.

Buy farm tools. You can keep the wasteland for your own cultivation, or sell it to Mrs. Derry. But if you want to sell it, try to sell it as a whole piece of land, not piecemeal."

"Secondly, a shop is being built in the town. You can also work there for twenty cents a day, including breakfast and lunch. Mrs. Derry has a dyeing workshop there, and she selects clean and hard-working women, including

Breakfast and lunch are also twenty cents a day."

Village Chief Li’s words made many people eager to give it a try.

Put away your envy and jealousy of the villagers who came first and work hard, that's the business.

This is much better than waiting for relief in Fucheng. The places we live in are all straw huts, but the hay huts here have a lot of straw. If they get wet, you can replace them with new ones, and you can live comfortably.

If you have work to do and are paid, you can live your life without going hungry.

Opening up wasteland and cultivating land is the top priority, it is their roots.

Mrs. Derry actually lent them money to buy farm tools, which solved all their problems. If they were still unwilling to work hard, they deserved their bad life.

Zhao Lanhua thought it was pretty good and immediately agreed, "Village Chief, you and Mrs. De Rui have considered every aspect for us. If we don't know what is good and want to ask others for it, then we are not human beings! We are not qualified to stay.

In Jixiang Town!”

Li Tiezhu's family has a large family, and he spent a lot of money when he crossed the river. Later, when he arrived at the relief point, because his grandson was sick, he spent a lot of money again, and now the whole family only has a few taels of silver.

Li Tiezhu knew that his wife was smart, so he was very satisfied when he said, "Yes, I can't control whether other people are willing, but I, Zhao Tiezhu, am willing. Thank you Mrs. De Rui for lending us the money. When we make money, I will definitely pay it back."

After the others calmed down and saw Li Tiezhu, the landlord in the village, they all thought it was okay. That was absolutely no problem, it was pretty good.

"Mrs. Derry has mercy!"

"The village chief is so kind! Thank you very much!"

"We must work hard!"

At first, there were not many people who were willing to spend money to cross the river, and there were only a few families who were willing to come and seek refuge. Most of them were poor families, and they had to work to earn money.

Counting was started immediately, there were seventeen households in total, and each household had no less than five people. A large household like Li Tiezhu had sixteen people in a family, and a total of one hundred and eighty-three people came this time.

Next, Liu Paner distributed money to everyone, wrote IOUs, and asked them to put their thumbprints in public. Everything was done openly and meticulously.

It was so busy that it didn’t end until noon.

After lunch, Liu Pan'er came back and told Mrs. Liu, "Sister Liu, you and Aunt Cuihua will choose ten adult women. They must be clean. When we dye cloth, we can't use people with lice on their bodies to work.

The cloth is full of lice, who would buy our cloth?"

Mrs. Liu nodded and chuckled. She knew the importance and understood the women in the village. "I have lived in the village for so many years and I know the women in the village quite well."

"Okay, I'll leave the family matters to you." Liu Pan'er was packing her things while talking to Mrs. Liu, "Get the money back, I'm not in a hurry to come back. I'm going to ride to Fucheng to collect the money from Mrs. Yan and her daughter.

The matter is resolved."

Just forget it if you don’t know. If you know, you will rescue Yan’s mother and daughter as soon as possible. The original person owed Yan a favor. Once Li Xiaobao fell into the water, Yan discovered it first and pulled him out of the water.

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she nodded repeatedly, "Sister Liu, I am at home. Let Leopard go with you, and you will have someone to take care of you along the way."

At this time, Zhou Cuihua came in, followed by Zhao Lanhua. Seeing Liu Pan'er packing the packages, she asked in surprise: "Madam, where are you going?"

In the past, they could call Yuan Qing's family, but now Zhou Cuihua and Village Chief Li feel that there is a difference in honor and inferiority, so they decided to call Liu Pan'er Madam. This way, other people can respect Liu Pan'er more and help Liu Pan'er establish her prestige.

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Liu Pan'er replied: "Sister Liu and I collected some money and planned to redeem Mrs. Yan and her daughter and find a place to settle down."

When Zhou Cuihua heard this, her nose was slightly sour, and she sighed, "Hey, you two are still kind-hearted! It's hard for you to save the evil that that family has done."

Zhao Lanhua was also quite surprised and looked at Liu Pan'er with a little more admiration, "Last time I heard that Yan ran away from the brothel with his wife and was caught and beaten badly. Madam, I heard that

The brothel has quite a backing in the local area, so it might be a bit difficult for you to redeem someone alone, and you will have to borrow the power of the government to succeed."

Liu Pan'er nodded, "Thank you Aunt for reminding me, I can laugh. Aunt Cuihua, I'm not at home these days, I have told my sister Liu that she can make the decision."

"Then you go and come back quickly, have a good journey." Zhou Cuihua said, watching Liu Pan'er go out.

Before Liu Pan'er left, she told Li Dabao, "I will be away from home for a few days. You are the backbone of our family, so you have to take good care of it."

"Mom, I understand." Li Dabao replied, "Don't worry about your family, I'm here with you!"

Under the reluctant eyes of the children, Liu Pan'er got on the horse nimbly, said goodbye to everyone, and rode away.

The tall horse, with its firm and slender back, became smaller and smaller, disappearing from everyone's sight.

Zhao Lanhua had already spread the news that Liu Pan'er was leaving this time and was going to Fucheng to redeem Yan's mother and daughter. The villagers were shocked. Liu Pan'er was no longer the shrewd and unreasonable person, but a very kind and courageous person.
Chapter completed!