Chapter 330 Repay
After leaving Jinqiu County, we headed west. At the fork in the road, we walked north and passed a stone bridge...
We walked for about half a day. At noon, Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui arrived at Zhaojiazhuang.
Because the Yamen had vigorously suppressed bandits and destroyed Blood Eagle Castle in one fell swoop, now there are no more bandits in this area, and everything is peaceful.
However, Zhaojiazhuang still retains the habit of having young adults patrolling around the village at all times of the day.
The patrolmen soon discovered a strange carriage approaching the village, and quickly recognized that the people in the carriage were the two ladies who had hid in the village that day and avoided a disaster.
These two...
One of the young junior students scratched his ears and thought for a while before suddenly slapping his forehead, "I remember you seem to be Madam Xia and Madam Zhuang? "
"Exactly." Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui got off the carriage.
Xia Mingyue said, "We came today because we have something to do and want to find Zhao Lizheng."
"Look for Uncle Li Zheng." The young man pointed the way, "Go along this road, the fifth house is..."
"Forget it, I'll lead you there. Let's go."
The young junior retracted his guiding arm, put the patrol stick on his shoulder, and walked ahead to lead the way for Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui.
A group of people arrived at Zhao Lizheng's home.
Zhao Lizheng was very surprised when he saw that the visitors were Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui. He invited them into the main room and asked Zhao Sanlin to pour some tea.
"I heard from Xiao Shizi that Madam Xia and Madam Zhuang are looking for me?"
"Exactly." Xia Mingyue said, "Thanks to the help of Zhao Lizheng and Zhaojiazhuang, Madam Zhuang and I were able to avoid those bandits. The search saved my life. I came here specifically to thank Zhao Lizheng and everyone in Zhaojiazhuang."
"These white flour, rice, cloth, etc. are all my thoughts and wishes from Mrs. Zhuang. I also ask Zhao Lizheng not to accept them. If you don't like it, give it to everyone."
Zhao Li was watching the driver in the yard unloading bags of things from the carriage. He saw that they had piled up into a hill. My heart suddenly felt relieved.
He had thought that Xia Mingyue and Zhuang Cui would come to Zhaojiazhuang again to express their gratitude, but he did not expect that the two people would bring so many things.
The land in Zhaojiazhuang is barren, and the people in the village don't make much money to make a living. Most of them live in poverty. They can only eat some white noodles during the holidays, and they only eat sweet potato and black noodles on weekdays.
With so much rice and flour, each family can share several kilograms, which is enough to eat and drink during the Chinese New Year.
Zhao Lizheng stood up and handed over to Xia Mingyue, "Thank you, Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Zhuang."
"These are all to express my gratitude. If Zhao Li was about to say thank you, it would be inappropriate."
Xia Mingyue smiled and said, "If Zhao Lizheng really wants to say thank you, why not wait until I have organized the business of Zhaojiazhuang before it is too late?"
How to make a living in Zhaojiazhuang? Zhao Lizheng was stunned for a moment, "Ms. Xia means..."
"I have looked carefully during this period. Although there is a lot of land near Zhaojiazhuang, most of it is barren and the soil is sandy. Moreover, it is a sloping land, so it is very difficult to grow wheat or cobs, and it is very difficult to manage on weekdays. We can only grow a lot of sweet potatoes."
Xia Mingyue said, "Although sweet potatoes are very good. Easy to fight It has high yield, but it tastes bad as a food to satisfy hunger, and it is boring to eat for a long time, and it is not easy to sell, which makes most people in Zhaojiazhuang poor and not rich."
"So I want to talk to Zhao Lizheng. Discuss whether the villagers are willing to learn the skills of making vermicelli from me, and make all the excess sweet potatoes in each household into vermicelli for sale, so that I can earn more money from the sweet potatoes. ”
"In some better-quality land, you might want to consider planting some sand grapes. These grapes are drought-resistant and easy to take care of, and the quality of the grapes they produce is also quite good. At that time, it doesn't matter whether you will sell fresh grapes directly or use the excess grapes. The profits will be good if it is made into wine."
"What do you think of it?"
Zhao Lizheng nodded when he heard this, "Ms. Xia's idea sounds good, but she just had it. That's right. Our Zhaojiazhuang is really too poor. Many villagers may not have enough money to learn how to make vermicelli or grow grapes. "
"And I'm not afraid of summer. As a joke, the poorer this person is, the more afraid they are of trying new ways out. They are afraid of losing money, and they can't afford to lose money. Even if I tell people now that there is such a way out, I'm afraid not many people will be willing to do so. "
"Zhao Lizheng probably misunderstood me." Xia Mingyue said with a smile, "I just said that I could teach you how to make vermicelli and grow grapes, but I didn't say that it would cost money."< br>
No need to spend money?
Zhao Lizheng was startled, "Ms. Xia is going to teach us Zhaojiazhuang people how to make vermicelli and grow grapes for free?"
"Yes." If you study, it will help you find ways to sell to the outside world in the future. You just need to study hard, work hard, and become fans. Just do it."
Zhao Lizheng opened his mouth again in shock, and after a while he asked, "Ms. Xia is doing this to repay Zhao Jiazhuang?"
"Yes. Mingyue nodded again, "In addition, I also want all kind people to get the rewards they deserve."
"But things like kindness do not originally exist to get rewards."
"But if there is no reward, no matter how hot the kindness is, it will eventually become cold. The person with the kindness can not ask for it. But people who have received kind intentions can also give. "
Xia Mingyue said, "This is encouragement and recognition. In this way, everyone can have something to rely on and have no fear in their hearts when they are kind. "
Zhao Lizheng was silent for a long time, and finally nodded slowly, "Mrs. Xia is right."
"Mrs. Xia will have to worry a lot in the future." , bowed deeply to Xia Mingyue, and after standing up, he said, "I just teach everyone how to make vermicelli. I also have some ideas. Madam Xia can listen to it."
"Zhao Lizheng, please speak."
"Although the people in the Zhao family village are all upright in character, hardworking in work, and not capable of cheating and cheating, some of them are clever and some are clumsy. If they all follow Madam Xia Learn to make noodles "It is inevitable that the quality of vermicelli will be different due to different personal circumstances, which will cause trouble."
Zhao Lizheng said, "So I plan that since Madam Xia wants to support our Zhaojiazhuang, I might as well." Set up a workshop and let those who are willing to come to work learn the craft from Mrs. Xia. Those who can learn can stay and make vermicelli, and those who cannot learn can do other chores. This can ensure the quality of the vermicelli and ensure that there is work. Do.”
“And this workshop does not belong to me alone, but to the entire Zhaojiazhuang. Each household only needs to pay a little money to become one of the owners of this workshop.”
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