Li Jinghe was not in the mood to eat, and Li Jingtai did not dare to eat.
Zhou and her two daughters suffered a serious crime. In the end, they all knelt at the door of Fang Qingshi, kowtowed, and spoke softly every word.
Fang Qingshi waited until they had lost the energy to kowtow, then opened the door and walked out, covering her nose: "Since you all listen to me, go to the dental shop at dawn and let Jinghe bring back the monthly money."
get?"
Li Xiangzhi and Li Xiangcui were stinking all over and wanted to die. They nodded feebly: "Yes, yes."
Fang Qingshi looked at Mrs. Zhou: "Don't be idle. You have to do all the cleaning, cooking, laundry and feeding the chickens and ducks at home, okay?"
"Do it, do it." Mrs. Zhou's eyes were filled with stars.
Fang Qingshi asked Li Jinghe to burn the garlic and asked Li Jingtai to put some salt in the warm water. The three of them ate garlic in the yard and drank some salt water, finally stopping.
The three mothers cried and went back to the house to change clothes. Fang Qingshi watched Mrs. Zhou send the three people's dirty clothes to the well behind, squatting on the well and crying while washing clothes.
After struggling all night, Li Jinghe took Li Xiangzhi and Li Xiangzhi to the dental shop early in the morning to register. Rich families don't hire servants every day, so in the second half of the day, Li Xiangzhi and Li Xiangzhi came back with Li Jinghe.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I saw more than a dozen people from the village in the courtyard. Three people were so scared that they snuck in like quails.
"Dear uncles, aunts and uncles, there are only a few shabby houses left in the Li family now, and none of your families have many shabby houses. It is a kindness to give our family shelter from wind and rain, and the money owed will be repaid." Fang Qing.
Shi said with a smile: "Since I am the head of the house, I will keep my word. From now on, if there are few people to do the work at home, Jinghe will be able to work when he is old enough, and he will be given half a penny of wages to pay off the debt. If Jingtai does the work, he will be given to the stutterer. Cheng
No?"
Li Hu looked at Fang Qingshi: "Are you in charge?"
"Yes, Uncle Li Hu, I don't ask for favors from you. Li Jingrui is not kind in his work. I am the most unlucky. But the orphans and widowers in my family have to survive. In the past, everyone could get some benefits and pay less taxes. Now I miss the old days.
I'm grateful to you all for letting us pay back the money for free." Fang Qingshi said slowly, with a slight smile on his face.
Don’t hit the smiling people. Except for Li Changming’s family who took away the land deed, they didn’t suffer any loss and took advantage. The remaining families didn’t get anything. So Fang Qingshi said that he could pay back the money and work to pay off the debt.
These people won’t be forced anymore.
However, some people didn't believe it and asked Fang Qingshi: "Didn't your old godly woman push you out as a shield?"
Fang Qingshi sighed softly: "Auntie takes it seriously. No matter what you say, let me make the decision. I will arrange it like this. If they don't agree, there is nothing they can do."
"Come on, come on! Let's all break up. In this case, everyone will give you face. Don't pay back the debt later when you have money." Li Hu said.
Fang Qingshi was blessed: "That won't happen. I, Fang Qingshi, said I will definitely do it."
There was no beating, no fuss, no crying, and the matter was suppressed after just a few words. Li Jinghe looked at his mother who was sitting on the small bench and couldn't open her eyes, and made up his mind that he would suffer nothing if he followed the behavior.
If you suffer, you might as well let Fang Qingshi take charge of the family. What else can you do with this broken family?
As for working, Li Jinghe also thinks that it is right. Only by working can you have food, which is better than going hungry.
After everyone left, Fang Qingshi glanced at Li Jing and the three of them: "There is no food or drink at home. You guys went into the mountains to find some wild vegetables. Jingtai is guarding by the river. If you catch fish, you won't starve."
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Li Jinghe opened his mouth and saw that Fang Qingshi had gone back to the house. He could only glare at Li Xiangzhi and the two sisters and asked them to dig wild vegetables with their backpacks.
Fang Qingshi went out and carried a basket into the mountains. Mrs. Zhou hated Fang Qingshi, but she knew that this woman was cruel and did not dare to confront him head-on. She could only wait until her body recovered.
When Fang Qingshi stood outside Duan Chengde's door, Duan Chengde was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
"Brother Duan is a gentleman, and it is the Li family who committed the evil." Fang Qingshi spoke first.
Hearing what Fang Qingshi said, Duan Chengde felt even more embarrassed: "Then, what, is there something wrong with the Li family's young lady?"
"Well, I want to make a deal with Brother Duan." Fang Qingshi said.
Duan Chengde looked up at Fang Qingshi: "As a hunter, what kind of business can I do?"
"As an escort, if you can do it, I'll take the escort for you. How about a 50-50 return?" Fang Qingshi asked.
Duan Chengde was stunned. Can anyone do the job of escorting escorts? Besides, there are no ordinary people who can escort escorts. In addition to having the skills, you also need to have a good car and a good horse. Even if you have all these, your boss will not believe it.
What a waste.
Looking at Fang Qingshi's frail appearance, who can trust her?
Fang Qingshi knew that Duan Chengde didn't believe it, so he said slowly: "Zheng Yuanwai's daughter was married to the Zhou family in Jinghe Prefecture. The dowry was very rich, but the journey of more than 500 miles had to pass through Qingwa Village. The bandits in Qingwa Village
No one dares to offend. He is a master who plucks feathers from wild geese. I can take this escort and let you cross Qingwa Village safely. The reward for this trip is one hundred taels of silver. You and I each have fifty taels, round trip.
It’s only seven or eight days of journey, do you want to do it?”
"Do you want to pay off the debts of Lao Li's family?" Duan Chengde asked.
Fang Qingshi shook his head: "I do it for myself. After I get these fifty taels of silver, I will buy a shop in Luwu County for business later. We don't need to mention the business to others. You need the money.
I happen to be the same, and there are so many hunters on the mountain, so it’s not easy to feed a family by hunting.”
Duan Chengde pursed his lips, obviously hesitating.
"It's okay if you don't want to. I'll find someone else." Fang Qingshi turned to leave.
Duan Chengde quickly asked: "Can you really let the escort pass through Qingwa Village safely?"
Fang Qingshi turned around and said, "Yes, not only this time, but the escorts on this road from now on will be yours and no one else's."
Duan Chengde was still a little hesitant.
"I'll take you through Qingwa Village. If I can't do it, I will be the one taking the escort from Zheng Wai and I will be the one causing trouble. What are you afraid of?" Fang Qingshi frowned slightly.
Duan Chengde smiled awkwardly: "How many people are needed?"
"Only three or five people will be needed for this trip. The carriages and other carriages are all out," Fang Qingshi said.
Duan Chengde gritted his teeth: "Okay! Let's do it!"
"That's right, wealth and honor should be sought in danger." Fang Qingshi asked Duan Chengde to wait for her outside the Zheng Mansion in Luwu County in three days. She left with the basket on her back and saw her elder brother and younger sister sitting on the mountain road from a distance.
Looking in the direction of Lijiazhuang, he walked over and called people with a smile: "Brother, little sister."
Fang Qinghe hurried over: "Sister, did they bully you? Were you hurt?"
"Nothing happened." Fang Qingshi said with a smile.
Fang Jing'an took out the dry food and water from the basket: "Sit down and eat quickly, my little sister and I have been waiting for more than an hour."
I was really hungry, so Fang Qingshi was not polite and sat down to eat: "Brother, how is master?"
"It seems that I really survived." Fang Jing'an lowered his head: "Master said to give the Li family a sum of money so that we can go home and live, and he will pay for it."
Fang Qingshi looked up at the slightly green Fengling Mountain and shook his head: "No, I know what I'm doing."
It's not about money between me and Lao Li's family! It's about injustice!