Early the next morning, Xiao Ming got up and jogged twice around the backyard. After what happened yesterday, she realized that her body was so weak that she was out of breath after running a few steps. She always thought that using silver needles to defeat the enemy was foolproof, but yesterday After being restrained by Shi Tingyu with one hand, Xiao Ming realized that she was too weak. There were many people with strong martial arts skills in this world, and it was easy to subdue her.
Xiao Ming was startled by her previous thoughts and broke out in a cold sweat. Whether it was silver needles or poison, it was okay to deal with ordinary people. It could hurt people by surprise, but it was useless against those who were prepared or had strong martial arts skills.
She thought of this society too simply. People with vicious hearts and no grievances would kill others for the sake of profit. People like Wan Datou and Wan Si'er are so vicious and harmful to nature, and how terrible are the people they hurt. innocent.
She can't change the world, she can only change herself. She will be more careful when going out in the future and strengthen her own exercise, at least not to delay her when escaping. Now that she is weak and cannot run fast, she can only run slowly first and wait. In the future, when your body gets better, you can run faster and run more laps.
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Today, the martial arts training team has grown again. Xiao Han, Xiao Yu, and Tiandong are lined up in a row and boxing seriously. Next to them, Li'er is doing a horse stance. You can tell by the bitter expression on her face. This horse step is very uncomfortable.
She was lifted out of bed by Yi's mother early in the morning. She was not allowed to clean the yard or do any work. The only requirement was that she practice martial arts with Xia Xiaoba. She was not expected to learn advanced martial arts, only that she could If you know some boxing and kicking skills, you can protect girls in the future.
Mother Yi has given the responsibility of protecting the girl to this silly girl, hoping that she can use her brute force to carve a way out for the girl.
In order to allow Li'er to practice martial arts seriously, Yi's mother not only reduced her workload, but also improved her food. She promised that as long as she practiced martial arts seriously, she would make delicious food for her every meal and cook her favorite things every day. Big meat buns.
Under the temptation of delicious food, Li'er happily followed Xia Xiaoba to practice martial arts. Unexpectedly, the first move in learning martial arts was the Zama Step, but she suffered so much that her feet were sore and her legs were numb after standing for less than half an hour.
After breakfast, Xiao Ming was counting the chrysanthemum tea. Yesterday, Mrs. Song and Mother Yi took a whole day to bag and seal the chrysanthemums. They placed them in the house before they had time to count them.
When Xiao Ming got up in the morning, she took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention and put out a lot of chrysanthemum tea that she had packed in the space. There were hundreds of packages. She did not dare to put more, only these, otherwise too much would cause Mother Yi's suspicion.
Xiao Ming counted out five hundred packages, put them together separately, and said to Yi's mother: "Mother Yi, these five hundred packages are for Qionghua Tower. They will charge another eight hundred taels of silver when they come to pick them up."
At the beginning, Kong Lin ordered 500 bags of chrysanthemum tea and gave him 200 taels of silver. A bag of chrysanthemum tea costs 20 taels of silver. Five hundred bags of chrysanthemum tea is equivalent to 1,000 taels of silver.
"Yes, girl." Mother Yi responded. Even though she had gone through many hardships, she was still indescribably excited. This money came so easily. Looking at the mountains of chrysanthemum tea in front of her, there were thousands of bags. Many, two taels of silver per bag, which is thousands of taels of silver.
I want her to train a good girl for An Po. She worked hard and spent two, three months or even half a year. The selling price was only thirty or forty taels of silver. The little girl who was bought for four or five taels of silver could be sold after some training. For several times the high price, Yi’s mother has always had a sense of accomplishment and pride, but compared with these, it’s nothing...
Sure enough, there is no harm without comparison~
Xiao Ming didn't know what Yi's mother was thinking, so she pointed out several well-connected families in the village, including the Xia family, the village chief's family, the Wang family, and the third grandmother's family, and asked each family to take the first five packs of chrysanthemum tea, and specifically asked: "Thanks to Liu Lin and the other three for helping us pack our bags yesterday, otherwise we wouldn't be able to finish the work in one day. We have to thank them very much. What kind of gift would my mother say is appropriate?"
Xiao Ming's previous idea was to give two packs of snacks, but now it's summer, the weather is hot, and the snacks bought that day will go bad the next day, so now there are no ready-made snacks at home.
Mother Yi thought for a while and said, "How about giving each person a foot of cloth. I see there is a lot of cotton cloth in the warehouse. It would be best to use this as a gift." There is not only cotton cloth in the warehouse, but also a lot of high-quality cloth. In storage, there are several pieces of the best silk in the capital. Cotton is already a good fabric for villagers. Many people in Liujia Village wear coarse cloth, which is worse than cotton.
Gift-giving is also very particular. Giving too many or too expensive items will not make people feel thanked or valued. On the contrary, it will easily make the recipient feel uneasy and will think it is an act of looking down or contemptuous. Too little or too simple will make people feel unaffectionate.
In their eyes, a foot of cloth is not much, and cannot be used to make a piece of clothing. It is only enough to make a few shoe uppers and a few handkerchiefs, but in the hearts of the recipients, this gift is not light.
"Well, that's right, just do as Mother Yi said." Xiao Ming thought for a while and nodded.
In her opinion, giving gifts is an act of maintaining a relationship. They helped her, and it was appropriate for her to give gifts to show her gratitude. It was a reciprocal manner.
"There are also the Su family in Pingcheng who will send 20 packages there. I'll ask my little brother to help with a trip tomorrow. There are also three senior brothers' homes in the town. I will deliver them in person tomorrow." Xiao Ming named each of the families he wanted to send to. There is also Xiao Han and Xiao Yu's husband, Mr. Wu Tong, who Xiao Han took with him early this morning.
Mother Yi hesitated when she heard that the girl's hand was too loose, but she gave away hundreds of taels of silver in a moment.
How did she know what Xiao Ming was thinking? In her opinion, this chrysanthemum tea was the most common thing. It tasted a little better than ordinary chrysanthemum tea. Since everyone liked it, she gave it to her. These people were all related to the Xiao family. It is worth giving it to the people Guan Di is close to, whether it is her elder Min Fangji whom she respects or Su Waner who regards her as her biological sister.
She has a lot of chrysanthemum tea. Not counting the ones in front of her, there are many more in the space, and there are also newly picked honeysuckle.
"By the way, Mama Yi, do we still have any thinner rice in the warehouse? Let's make two sets of clothes for everyone in the family. It's so hot today." Xiao Ming missed the air-conditioning in her previous life and the days without air-conditioning. It’s really uncomfortable.
There were no short-sleeves or skirts here, only long shirts and long trousers, and it was so hot that people were still wearing them. I really don’t know how these ancient people got here. It was still morning, and she was sweating all over.
"Yes, girl, I'll go take a look." Mother Yi responded.
"It doesn't matter if you don't have it. I'll go to town and bring some back tomorrow."
purchase! purchase! purchase! Sister is not short of money.
"Girl, we have guests coming." Li'er called outside the door.
"Guest? Who is it?" Xiao Ming asked curiously. Could it be that Kong Lin is here to bring chrysanthemum tea.
"I don't know, there are two carriages."
