The drought in the north has lasted for two full years. If Xiaoxi Village, located south of Daji Chao, had not been blessed with a unique geographical advantage, the villagers would have been almost unable to open the pot.
Before the heavy snow closed the mountain, Ji Qingyao discussed with Pei Ningyuan and organized the villagers to lead her into the mountains for hunting. The wild animals hunted would be distributed uniformly by the village.
Ji Qingyao has money, but she can't buy winter supplies in the town. She can go to the county to buy them. However, except for a few villagers in Xiaoxi Village, most of them are living in tight conditions. Not only has the price of food increased, but also the price of pork has increased. It also rose to thirty cents per pound.
As a member of Xiaoxi Village, Ji Qingyao expressed her thoughts to Pei Ningyuan and emphasized that those who followed her into the mountains must obey her arrangements, otherwise they would be responsible for their own lives if something went wrong.
That trip into the mountains lasted four days and was very fruitful. Only a few people suffered minor scratches. Ji Qingyao was the one who contributed the most. In the end, the village chief Pei Ningyuan made the decision to share ten kilograms of wild boar meat and four pheasants. There are two rabbits for Ji Qingyao.
Ji Qingyao changed hands and took half of the pheasants and half of the rabbits to Pei Linyun's house. Ever since Ji Qingyao suddenly disappeared for more than a month and returned, Mrs. Li always had an old face when she saw Ji Qingyao, as if Ji Qingyao owed her money. As if, Ji Qingyao automatically ignored Mrs. Li's cold eyes.
There was nothing between her and Pei Linyun except an employment contract. If Old Mrs. Li wanted to take advantage of her, she had to find a reasonable excuse, not to mention that Old Mrs. Li would not do it even though she was a scholar. Too outrageous.
During this period, Ji Qingyao carried everyone back to Dahe Village. She went to visit the grave of the old Orion. The old Orion went into the mountains and was in danger in the winter two years ago. He had no children in his life. Ji Qingyao took on the responsibility after the old Orion passed away. In order to visit his grave, she had long regarded the old Orion as her only relative in Dahe Village.
As for what happened to Ji Xiuwen's family, she was not interested in paying attention to it. After all, she was a stranger to them when she signed the divorce letter with the Song family.
Ji Qingyao later went into the mountains several times to hunt alone, leaving enough food for herself for the winter. Part of the rest was given to Hong Gu, and part of it was brought to the county town and sold to Yipinxuan.
There were still some people in the village who wanted to go up the mountain with Ji Qingyao, but she refused. Although no one was seriously injured the last time they went into the mountain, some villagers could still hear harsh words. Among them were Mrs. Li and Pei Dashan's family. Ji Qingyao was just helping the villagers prepare some food for the winter out of good intentions, but she was not a virgin, and she still wanted to be the one who stood out after being criticized.
When she goes into the mountains by herself, she doesn't have to worry about other people's lives or deaths. She can sell the prey she catches if she wants, and keep the good ones when she finds them. She doesn't have to listen to anyone's sarcastic words. Pei Ningyuan's sarcastic words from the villagers come from her old wife's mouth. He knew that Ji Qingyao had good intentions, but he had to be arranged in the end, so he stopped thinking about letting Ji Qingyao lead the team into the mountains again. He didn't want to do such a thankless thing.
It's just that Pei Ningyuan also confessed that he would not stop the villagers from going into the mountains to hunt privately, but they were responsible for life and death, and everyone would be happy if nothing happened. If something happened accidentally, it would be fate, and he was not allowed to bite anyone.
Someone also asked Ji Qingyao to lead the team, but Pei Ningyuan directly rejected it, saying that Ji Qingyao did not owe anyone in Xiaoxi Village. He had taken everyone into the mountains out of good intentions before, but when he came back, he was squeezed by the villagers. He said that Ji Qingyao was not short of food, and even said that even if Ji Qingyao did not go hunting in the mountains, he could still eat well and wear well with the dividends from the workshop.
Only then did the villagers remember that although the owner of the village workshop was not Ji Qingyao, the workshop manager had to respectfully call him "master" when meeting Ji Qingyao.
This also made several people who had arranged Ji Qingyao realize that Ji Qingyao was not someone they could manipulate at will. Although she lived in the village, she lived in the best house in the village, and the food seeds she planted in her own land were given by others. .
At the end, the people who participated in the arrangement of Ji Qingyao ended up completely hating Mrs. Li and Pei Dashan's daughter-in-law. If these two people had not instigated them, they would have meat to eat now, and Ji Qingyao would not have lost her job in the workshop because of offending him. , even the patrol matters are not theirs.
Ji Qingyao didn't pay attention to what happened in the village. She still went to the mountain once every few days as usual. The prey she caught was not only sent to the village chief's house, but also to Mr. Li's house.
The prey sent to Mrs. Li's house has been changed to once every three days. Occasionally, she will send some to Li Zheng's house, but she will not stay too long every time. Unless Fang is away, she will stay a little longer to chat with the old man. , playing chess or something, if Fang was at home, she would almost put down her prey and leave.
