After Jiang Yifeng finished explaining the matter, he left the bookstore with Su Dongchu and Xu Ning and headed to the market.
It wasn't until the three of them had left for a long time that Zhou Zhong was still in a state of confusion. He looked down at the one hundred taels of silver in his hand and felt a sense of reality.
In just such an hour, my book shop disappeared, and I changed from the boss to the shopkeeper. The only thing I was lucky about was that the one hundred taels of silver was still there.
only……
The one hundred taels of silver were left on the counter by the owner, so theoretically they did not belong to him.
If so, where did my one hundred taels go?
Lending it to the owner?
But the boss gave it back to me again!
Zhou Zhong was a slow person and didn't react for a while, but he didn't think about it for too long and got busy according to Jiang Yifeng's instructions.
…
After Jiang Yifeng left Zhuangyuan Street, he first took Su Dongchu and Xu Ning to the market and bought the remaining pigs from the butcher shop, which filled two oxcarts.
Then, they bought peppercorns, dogwood, green onions, ginger... and prepared as many condiments as possible at the market.
After doing all this, they rushed to Meishan.
Because they set off in the afternoon, it was almost five o'clock when they arrived at Meishan.
The visibility at this point is pretty good, so the victims who were digging coal in the coal mine have not returned yet.
Taking advantage of this time, Jiang Yifeng selected a few of the victims who could cook and began to teach them how to handle pig waste and how to cook hot pot base.
When the hot pot base is ready, all the ingredients are poured in and simmered in one pot.
This is also a helpless move.
After all, there are thousands of victims, and the cauldron only has three mouths, so it is impossible for people to cook it slowly.
While cooking, Xu Ning came over with Tang Shubai.
As soon as Tang Shubai saw Jiang Yifeng, he couldn't stop crying and begged: "Boss, this is not a place for people to live. The rice we eat is sour and moldy. The house we live in at night has no roof, and the wind blows into it." It was windy and there was no bedding, so I was so cold that I couldn’t sleep all night.”
Facing the pleading Tang Shubai, Jiang Yifeng couldn't help but laugh, "Aren't you clamoring about your ambition to establish the world now?"
Tang Shu's white head shook like a rattle, "You still have such a far-fetched ambition to conquer the world. I'll have a good sleep first and fill my stomach first."
"Then let me ask you, after you spent a day in Meishan, apart from finding life difficult, did you find any other problems?"
Tang Shubai shook his head with a confused look on his face, "Apart from the fact that life is hard, I haven't found any other problems!"
"Then you can't go back?"
"Why?"
Tang Shubai was about to cry.
Although his previous life was not good, at least he still had a bed and bedding. When it was cold, he could close the door to prevent the surrounding air from being drafted.
He felt that if he stayed here anymore, he would die in less than three days.
Jiang Yifeng looked at Tang Shubai, who was about to collapse, and sighed helplessly. It was ironic that someone like this, who couldn't bear any difficulty, wanted to benefit the people.
Without going deep into the people and experiencing their difficulties, just imagining the difficulties out of thin air and not starting from reality is just nonsense.
"Discover problems, ask questions, analyze problems, and solve problems." Jiang Yifeng looked at Tang Shubai, "Whenever you can understand these sixteen words, I will take you back."
"boss……"
"If you howl again, believe it or not, your legs will be broken?"
Jiang Yifeng was so noisy by Tang Shubai that he had a headache. He glared at him so fiercely that Tang Shubai shut up immediately and did not dare to say another word.
The sky gradually darkened, and the victims came back one after another.
"Er Niu, how many kilograms of coal did you dig today?"
On the way back, a young man who looked younger than Li Erniu caught up with him and asked in a comparative tone.
"Only a thousand pounds."
Li Erniu looked a little confused and said: "I used to be able to dig two thousand kilograms of coal easily, but now I can only dig one thousand kilograms a day at most. I feel even more tired. I don't know what's wrong."
The young man exclaimed: "You can actually dig a thousand kilograms. Others can't even dig five hundred kilograms. I only dug seven hundred kilograms, which is far behind you. But I will definitely surpass you in the future." .”
"Stop dreaming."
At this moment, a middle-aged man spoke from behind the two of them, "Laifu, in a few days, I'm afraid you won't be able to dig even 700 kilograms."
The young man who was called Laifu was unconvinced and said: "Uncle Tiezhu, what do you mean? Are you looking down on me?"
"I don't look down on you, I just want to tell you that if a person lacks oil and water in his stomach, he will have no energy to work."
"Why do people have no energy to work due to lack of oil and water in their stomachs?"
"This is passed down from the elders. How do I know the reason?"
"Then how to replenish oil and water?"
"When eating meat, the fatter the meat, the better. If there is no meat, you can just add more oil when cooking."
As soon as these words came out, Li Erniu and Laifu fell silent.
They also want to eat meat and use more oil when cooking. The problem is that they are disaster victims and it is already very difficult for them to have full stomachs.
They couldn't even think of these two methods of replenishing oil and water.
Sniff sniff...
Suddenly, Laifu sniffed, looked at Li Erniu and Uncle Tiezhu, and asked, "Erniu, Uncle Tiezhu, am I hallucinating? I actually smell the aroma of meat?"
"It's not an illusion, I smell it too."
Li Erniu took a sharp breath and looked in the direction of the village, "It's coming from the direction of the village. Let's go back and have a look."
With that said, the three of them trotted all the way back to the village.
At this time, the village seemed to be celebrating a festival, with laughter and laughter everywhere, but what concerned them most were the three long queues.
Just when the three of them were confused and didn't understand what was going on, a little boy ran over.
"Uncle Erniu, Uncle Laifu, dad... you are finally back. Let's go and line up quickly."
"Stone, what's going on?"
Zhang Tiezhu asked as the three people lined up behind Zhang Shitou.
"It's a benefactor!"
Zhang Shitou had an excited expression on his face, "The benefactor brought a lot of meat. For just five copper coins, each person can get a spoonful full of meat."
The expressions of the three people changed, "But... we don't have any copper coins with us!"
"some."
Zhang Shitou fumbled for a lot of notes from his body and said excitedly: "The benefactor said he couldn't let us work for free, but he didn't have that much money, so he signed a lot of IOUs for each of us. From now on, the things the benefactor will bring, We can all use the IOU to buy from him and use it just like money."
Zhang Tiezhu took an IOU from his son and saw a strange symbol written on it and words he didn't recognize, so he asked in confusion:
"On what basis does the benefactor issue IOUs?"
"Of course it depends on how much work you do."
Zhang Shitou explained in detail: "When digging coal, one hundred kilograms is worth eight copper coins. People like Uncle Erniu can dig up to two thousand kilograms of coal in one day, which is one hundred and sixty copper coins, which is nearly five taels of silver a month. "
"In addition, you can get a salary by cutting bark, chopping bamboo, drying raw materials, raising pigs... as long as you work for your benefactor."
After hearing Zhang Shitou's words, the three of them were all stunned on the spot.
Li Erniu was stunned on the spot, a little unbelievable, "I...I can actually earn five taels of silver a month, which is more than the scholar."
