Wei Meili went to the town to teach people to knit sweaters. Naturally, Mei Youqian and Mei Sanma had to follow him to take a look to feel reassured.
After that, Mei Youqian took Mei Berry, who was full of curiosity, to see it again.
The house is said to be in Lishui Town, but the location is quite remote, on the edge of the town.
The area is quite large, it is a three-entry house.
Wei Meili and the others teach in the middle school on weekdays and rest in the backyard at night.
There are some guards stationed in the front yard.
The first time Mayberry went to the "Guard", she felt something was wrong.
"I felt something a little off about those people. I don't know if it's the murderous aura you mentioned, sister."
Meiyou was surprised by Meiberry's sensitivity in some aspects of "survival".
Although she hasn't seen it yet, after listening to what Mei Berry said, Mei You was also a little curious, so she suggested that she and Mei Berry go to see it tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Meiyou and Meibei drove a mule cart to the town.
They also brought some food that had been prepared recently at home.
For example, Wei Meili and the others started making crispy persimmons and dried persimmons when they were at home.
Just as Mayberry suspected, as soon as Meiyou entered the door, her eyes immediately locked on the guard standing in the corridor not far away, looking towards them.
Even though the other person had restrained his aura, just like what Mayberry said, that person had murderous intent.
When the guard saw Mei You looking over at him, he subconsciously wanted to avoid it. Before he could make a move, he heard Mei Bei say: "Let's go, sister, just get used to it. Although it looks scary, the good thing is Don’t take your life.”
Meiyou:......
Guard:……
After the two of them entered the middle courtyard through the small door on the side, the several guards who had been hiding in the dark stretched out their heads to each other and winked.
Everyone laughed at this guy who appeared in front of others and was "disliked" by the young lady.
I don’t know what the guards were doing after they left. As soon as Mei Mei led Mei You into the middle courtyard, the whole courtyard burst into laughter.
Wei Meimei, who was standing in the middle, had the heartiest laugh.
Everyone seemed to be talking about something happy, and it didn't look like they were learning to knit sweaters with great pain and hatred.
"Ah~ Berry Baby, Youyou, you guys are here!"
While Wei Meili was joking with others, her eyes were sharp. She looked at Mei Bei and Mei You standing at the small door and waved quickly.
Everyone knows Meiberry because she has only been here two days ago.
Meiyou, who was standing next to Meiberry and was about half a head taller than Meiberry, was being looked at for the first time.
But soon someone shouted to the happy Miao: "Ms. Miao, is this your daughter?"
"Um."
Miao was very happy and boldly raised her hand and waved towards Mei You. When Mei You saw it, the corners of her mouth curled up and she looked very happy.
"Oh, these two ladies are so handsome!"
"If you're here today, why don't you leave~"
The women around were making noises. Wei Meili was afraid that Mei Mei and Mei You would be embarrassed, so she waved them over and told everyone present to knit sweaters first. She would come to check them one by one later.
This made the women who were smiling just now suddenly become bitter and resentful, and they started knitting sweaters honestly again.
While everyone was knitting sweaters, Wei Meili and Miao took them into the house in the backyard.
"The lid of this persimmon has been opened. My dad and I tasted it last night. It didn't taste sour~" Mei Berry took out the crispy persimmons she brought. Meiyou not only took the crispy persimmons, but also dried a few at home. The red ripe persimmons on the windowsill.
Seeing their daughter bringing delicious food to them, Wei Meili and Miao were very happy to take it and taste it.
Crispy persimmons are crispy, sweet and refreshing, while ripe red persimmons feel more like eating honey, sweet and refreshing.
Seeing this, Mei Berry was still so greedy. She turned around and smiled at Mei You while holding a crisp persimmon. Without saying anything, Mei You put a ripe persimmon into Mei Berry's hand.
"How is your dad doing at home?"
That night, Wei Meili asked Mei Mei to write down a lot of things on paper, many of which Mei Youqian had to do.
Mei Youqian hasn't been to town for several days.
If this person can't be seen, Wei Meili will naturally be worried.
"My father is at home preparing winter wheat with my third uncle, and going up the mountain to chop firewood. It's getting cold, so I need to prepare firewood for the kang all winter long."
Because Meiyou was present, Meibei didn't talk about other trivial matters at home.
However, her father and third uncle were very busy these days, leaving early and returning late, so they were a little secretive and didn't tell her.
Meiberry wasn't sure, so she didn't say anything.
"That's right! The ewe at home has given birth to a lamb!"
Mayberry remembered something that made her feel very novel.
"Really?! It's great, it's considered a baby."
There were also pregnant ewes in Meiyou's family, but they had already given birth before Miao came.
Now I heard that the Mayberry family also gave birth and they were happy.
"Oh, by the way! No one in the village has said anything recently, right?"
When Wei Meili heard that nothing happened at home, she became concerned if anyone in the village would gossip if she and Miao came out.
"No, everyone is very busy now. Even Grandma Wang asked you and the third aunt. At that time, my father said that he had asked someone to find some part-time labor for you in a village related to the landlord's house."
"Huh? Is this okay?"
Miao was quite surprised when she heard this statement.
"Why is this not working? Grandma Wang is quite envious. She said she has always heard that there is a village that only hires women to work, but there is no way around it~ She said you are in great luck."
Mei Bei remembered the envious expression on Grandma Wang's face when she heard what her father said.
This year, her two sons did not go out to work due to water level problems during the hottest period of summer.
Later, the second son served in the army. Although he came back by luck, his health was also severely damaged.
After spending the past few days recuperating at home and nourishing his body like his pregnant sister-in-law, he felt relieved.
Coupled with the payment of taxes and money from the autumn harvest a few days ago, Aunt Wang's family was a little stretched for a while. Aunt Wang and her family were also busy planting winter wheat these days.
It’s been a busy year and a hard year.
"Alas~"
Hearing that people were having a hard time, Wei Meili couldn't help but sigh.
She looked outside the house at the women working hard to knit sweaters and said, "Guess where they all learned their crafts from?"
Hearing Wei Meili focus on the topic outside, Mei Mei also looked out the window a few more times.
But she didn't see anything.
"The accent they spoke just now is very different from the local one. Are they not from this county?"
Mei You got to the point. Wei Meili nodded and said: "Not only are they not from this county, nor are they from Yunzhou, but they are all from Xianyao Prefecture."
"ah?"
Mayberry and Mayu were shocked.
"Well, since the snow disaster last winter, the situation in Xianyao Prefecture has been bad this year.
Not only had the imperial court's relief grains not been distributed in full, but banditry broke out in Xianyao at the beginning of this year.
The imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion, and then asked the people of Xianyao to pay a "safety tax" afterwards, adding a 10% tax to each of the summer harvest and autumn harvest. "
"I go!"
Mei Bei was shocked, and Mei You frowned as she heard this.
"Shouldn't the imperial court suppress bandits? We need to ask the local people for more money..." Mei Bei opened her mouth and felt a little angry for a moment, and whispered, "This emperor is such a cute little clever guy!"
"But... after these women go back, will they have to teach knitting to more people?"
Mei You asked coldly, and Wei Meili nodded: "I heard them say that many of them are from different villages. When they return, they will be handed over to the villagers, and then Jiubao Tongyixuan will buy these sweaters and exchange them for food."
According to what Wei Meili heard, money in Xianyao Prefecture is not as useful as food.
In the countryside, if there is a tael of silver on one side and a bucket of rice on the other side, you can only choose one thing, but the people in that place will pick the rice without hesitation.
Listening to what her mother said, Mei Bei suddenly realized that Jiubaoxuan's wool business was completely different from making soap.
And why does Jiubaoxuan's behavior this time not sound like someone who is purely doing business?
This topic had already come to an end. Meiyou and Meiberry had no intention of continuing to delve into this topic, so they quickly chatted about other topics.
When the sun was almost gone, Meiberry and Meiyu left.
As soon as they entered the village, they saw Aunt Wang lying at the door of Meiberry's house with an anxious look on her face, as if she was looking for someone.
Mayberry's heart suddenly tightened, what?
What happened at home after she went out?
Crispy persimmons, except for that specialized variety.
Others can be made at home.
In autumn, pick those green persimmons with their "heads" covered together. Then soak in water. Pure water or well water will do. After soaking for about four days, the lid on the persimmon will fall off by itself or if you touch it lightly, then the persimmon will be edible without any astringency.
If you are interested, you can try it in autumn. If you are not worried at first, you can choose to soak a little ~
