The Blessed Princess
Chapter 13 The Suffering of People
"Xiumei, find out which village this mountain belongs to." Wei Ruo's Order.
"Good."
Xiumei ran towards the people. Most of the people who work in the nearby fields are locals. Just asking them would give Wei Ruo the answer he wanted.
After a while, Xiumei came back and told Wei Ruo that the name of the mountain was Xiaoyang Mountain, and it belonged to an industry called Yueying Village not far away, because the terrain was relatively steep and the cost to reclaim the terracing was too high, it had left the villagers all cutting firewood on that mountain.
"Are you asking them if they would sell it?" Wei Ruo asked.
"Of course I asked."
Xiumei had been by Wei Ruo's side for so many years, how could he not know Wei Ruo's thoughts.
“Although the person I asked was not from Yueying Village, he said that as long as the price was right, the villagers would definitely agree to sell it. The people in Xingshan County had a hard time because of the Japanese pirates, and Yueying Village had suffered a lot.The other villages still had a few acres of fertile fields, the, and Yueying Village were all barren hills that were not comfortable to plant." "Yes, that's it." Zhang Nanny could not help but listen
conversation
it was between master and servant, laughing out loud.
"Miss, don't you want to buy this Xiaoyang Mountain?"
"Just ask to understand the situation," Wei Ruo said casually.
"It's okay to ask, but the idea of buying a mountain should be kept in your stomach, Miss. Our Captain's house only bought Mount Mantou after coming to Xingshan County for three years, although the people in Xingshan County do not live well now. Well, the price of that mountain should not be too low, do not think of it if it is less than a thousand taels of silver.
" Wei Ruo muttered, his expression Wise.
"Miss, it's good you know. If you miss the days in the countryside, go to Mount Mantou and look at your own fields, but don't do it yourself like before, and let long-term workers see that and make jokes. of!"
Growing vegetables in the mansion was only known to the people in their mansion, and shame was also thrown at the house.
If he were to be unwilling to do the same outside, then this person would be missing from the entire Xingshan County.
"Good."
Wei Ruo did not face Mammy this time, so he actually turned around and returned to Mount Mantou.
After walking a few rounds near the foot of the mountain, I returned.
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In the Xiaowei mansion, Wei Qingwan oversaw the copying of "Xue Er" by Wei Yilin.
Wei Yilin is active and loves to play since childhood, not to read.
Today, she was sent back by her husband for fighting in school. When he found out, Yun was furious and punished him for copying "Xueer". Wei Qingwan was in charge of the surveillance.
Wei Yilin clenched her mouth, very reluctantly, not writing a word, and looked around from time to time.
"Yilin, quickly write, otherwise you won't be able to finish writing after dark, and you will be hungry if you don't eat dinner then," Wei Qingwan said with a depressed expression.
"Three times too many! Brother, my good sister, help me copy, you can imitate, you imitate my handwriting, mother cannot see it." Wei Yilin acted like a baby and begged Wei Qingwan to help her.
"It can't be ..." Wei Qingwan looked embarrassed.
"Sister! My good sister! You are my only good sister!"
Wei Qingwan's heart was moved when she heard the word "the only one".
Now in the family, only the younger brother is single-minded towards her, and he doesn't want to lose his love and trust in her.
"Then ...it's okay." Wei Qingwan said, "But I will only copy it for you once, and you will have to copy it yourself twice." "
Where did he go?" Wei Qingwan asked in surprise.
"I went north of town and said I went to see the farm. Do you think he's weird? He loved farming, so he only lived in the countryside. Why do you want to come back?" Wei Yilin said with disdain.
"Did my mother accompany him there?" Wei Qingwan asked.
"He went alone. Mom was very busy, and mom had to worry about a lot of things at home, so she didn't have time to accompany her to do such things!"
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Seeing Wei Qingwan's sad expression, Wei Yilin quickly comforted her: "Sister, don't worry, even though mother is very kind to her, but I'm sure, mother's heart is the same as mine, she said, he must have liked you better than Wei. Qingruo !"
Wei Qingwan shook her head: "No problem, she has suffered in the countryside all this time, and her parents should treat her better. I owe him, how could he ask his parents to compare with me? How is he?"
"Sister, you think too much and think too much of others." Wei Yilin said helplessly with her mouth clenched.
"We are family, and I have to think about it for everyone. Yilin, you are not young anymore, and you should think more about your parents, and stop making trouble. " "I know, I know." He promised, he promised,
actually don't put it in the heart at all.
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On the way back from the north of the city, Wei Ruo saw the scenery along the way through the train window.
He saw many beggars begging along the way, more than any other place he had ever visited.
The streets were not as luxurious as he had imagined in the county town, and not as lively as Huaibei City.
I asked Mrs Zhang, and knowing that many of them were local fishermen, because of the Japanese pirate problem, they could not catch fish and lost their livelihood, he said, so they fell to this point.
In addition, in recent years, bad weather, wind and rain are not smooth, rice yields are greatly reduced, farmers are failing harvests, rice crops are not, and some people with poor foundations are forced to beg for survival. .
Knowing the reason, Wei Ruo looked at the skinny and tattered beggar again, feeling a little depressed.
Especially when their gazes met her, a beautiful dressed young lady accompanied by the servants on the carriage, Wei Ruo, a soul from modern times, could not help but tremble a little.
There was no light in their eyes, and when they saw Wei Ruo, their eyes were empty and numb, without jealousy or hatred, as if they had received the suffering of life.
After walking for a while, Wei Ruo saw a peddler selling seafood.
After asking, I learned that the fishermen went fishing in the middle of the night at the risk of being killed by Japanese pirates.
But because everyone's living conditions are not very good, the sales are not very good, and there are still many baskets left.
Seeing that the seafood was so fresh, Wei Ruo asked Xiumei to buy everything.
Hearing that Wei Ruo said they were going to buy everything, Nanny Zhang who was with him instantly widened his eyes, then said to Wei Ruo as wisely as possible: "Miss, seafood is not cheap, and fewer people are selling seafood today. Too high, this big basket cost at least two taels of silver!"
Where did Wei Ruo get the money to buy so many items?
If you take another item, you can't pay the money, and you'll lose face from the school's Captain's house.
Otherwise, he would have to pay with credit first and ask someone to go to the Captain's House to take the money, and then the Captain's House would have to pay for his disobedient behavior.
"Well, I know, I use my own money." Wei Ruo could see what Mammy Zhang was worried about.
Personal money? Where did he get his personal money?