The village chief looked embarrassed, bared his teeth and yelled at Zhan Qingyue: "Madam, you are an outsider, of course you don't know what the wages are like here?"
"I said ten taels of silver is low enough. If you don't believe it, just go to the town and ask around. Is it such a price?"
Zhan Qingyue's face was filled with disdain, she held her belly with her hands and looked coldly at the clamoring village chief.
As the saying goes, money can make all the difference, but she still doesn't believe that as long as you have money, you can't build a house.
"Brother, please help me personally. Go to the town and help me hire two craftsmen and find a few more workers."
The man who was watching the excitement was suddenly called upon and looked at the village chief in confusion.
The village chief kept winking at him.
Zhan Qingyue acted as if he didn't see the village chief's glance, took out a handful of copper coins from his purse, which seemed to be about fifty or sixty coins, and handed it to the man who was watching the fun.
"Brother, please..."
The man was completely dumbfounded. He could still get money for a trip!
Seeing him standing in a daze, Zhan Qingyue frowned. It seemed that this man was still afraid of the village chief's power.
"Brother, it seems you don't want to! Is there anyone else who is willing to make this trip? It's paid. I'll pay you the wages of the workers. Thirty cash per day, regardless of food, materials, etc. will be counted separately."
At this time, a strong man walked out swaggeringly, took the copper plate from Zhan Qingyue's hand generously, and raised his eyebrows lightly.
"Madam, since Erdan doesn't dare to go, then I'll go. I'm also a foreigner, and I've long since seen the village chief and others bullying people like this."
The man named Erdan belatedly realized what he had missed. He stiffened his neck and shouted at the man who came after him: "Butcher Zhang, what do you mean? How could you rob me of my money? This is what my wife gave me." mine."
Butcher Zhang grinned: "What's the point of me just running an errand? My wife asked me just now, but you are not willing to accept the money to run errands, so I volunteered."
His voice was like a loud bell, which scared Erdan so much that he shrank his neck and didn't dare to make any more trouble.
Erdan could only watch as Butcher Zhang headed to town with his wallet bulging.
The village chief and others were even more furious because all the money they had received was gone. He wanted to argue, but he was afraid that all the money he had received earlier would be thrown away, so he had to suppress his anger.
At night, Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun spent the night in a simple house.
Not long after I fell asleep, someone came in.
"Brother, where do you think these two foreigners put their money?"
"Keep your voice down, don't wake anyone up again."
Two men, one tall and one short, covered their faces with rags and carefully rummaged around the house.
Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun had already woken up since they entered the courtyard.
The two of them carefully took out the dagger from their arms, and while the intruder was still looking for money, they pointed the dagger directly at each other's waist.
"do not move!"
Zhan Qingyue shouted, and the two thieves immediately felt the chill in their waists and raised their hands in a hurry.
"Madam, spare your life! Madam, spare your life!"
The thief begged for mercy and turned around to resist. Before he could take action, Han Yiyun swung a rope around and tied him up.
Zhan Qingyue waved her dagger and looked at the two people with a ferocious smile.
"Who gave you the courage to break into a house in the middle of the night? If I don't send you to official uniform, you really think I'm easy to bully!"
Seeing that Han Yiyun had tied up the man, Zhan Qingyue put away the dagger.
"Sir, it's still early before dawn. Let's just make do with this for the rest of the night. As soon as dawn comes, we will send these two people to the government."
The two of them were dumbfounded. They didn't expect that this woman, who looked so soft and weak, could be so cruel.
"Madam, please forgive me, we have seniors above and below, so we can't go to a place like official uniforms. Please just give us a shit."
"It's so noisy."
Zhan Qingyue cursed, pulled off the socks from Han Yiyun's feet and stuffed them into their mouths.
The two thieves stared at each other until dawn.
Zhan Qingyue slowly stood up and put on her makeup before tying her to the carriage.
When they did this, they did not avoid the people who got up early to go to the mountains and fields.
"Little madam, what happened to Ergou and Dazhu? What are they tied up with?"
Zhan Qingyue didn't shy away from others' inquiries and told everything that happened last night.
Many people in the village did not think the two deserved what they deserved.
"The two of them usually just sneak around in the village and don't do anything serious!"
However, some people think that Zhan Qingyue has gone too far. It is not good for an outsider to send the villagers of the same village to the government as soon as he enters the village.
"Little madam, do you have to send Ergou and Dazhu to the government? You can't give me a face. Let's keep this matter private. After all, it's not good for a village to show its face like this!"
When the village chief arrived, Zhan Qingyue got into the carriage and was ready to go out.
"Village Chief, it's not like my minister. They broke into my house at night and burglarized it. This is no small matter. Fortunately, they found it early and didn't suffer much loss. If it had fallen into another house, I'm afraid the whole year's harvest would have been lost."
After saying that, Zhan Qingyue drove the carriage away.
The people watching the excitement suddenly started pointing at Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun.
"This family of outsiders is not simple. It's best not to mess with them."
"I don't think they are unreasonable people. As long as we don't do anything bad, there's no need to be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door."
Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun didn't know that their actions had completely shocked the villagers, and no one would dare to bully them anymore.
Driven by money, the house was quickly built. Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun lived a life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, making a living by fishing every day, which was very uncomfortable.
On this day, Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun were returning from selling fish at the West Market Pier. They happened to pass by the seaside and saw a group of people fighting in the distance.
When the two got closer, they discovered that the villagers from their Linshui Village and the villagers from the neighboring Xingshui Village were fighting over territory.
Many people in Linshui Village were injured and were lying on the ground screaming.
"Starting today in Linshui Village, you are not allowed to go fishing in the Shuidao area. Otherwise, we want you to look good."
The people in Xingshui Village left triumphantly, but the villagers in Linshui Village were dejected and sobbing quietly.
"What will we do in the future? If we are not allowed to fish near the water island, how can we survive?"
"Oh my God, they want to cut off our way of survival!"
"We'll fight these beasts from Xingshui Village!"
A villager struggled to get up, but the pain caused him to take a breath as soon as he moved.
After going back and forth, Zhan Qingyue and Han Yiyun finally understood what was going on.
Zhan Qingyue changed her mind and slipped into the space to make a map of the sea area.
