If the business woman does not help the poor, the villain's dream of prosperity will be shatter

The two people who were talking didn't take it seriously at first. After a moment of silence, they clinked their glasses and started drinking.

However, after a while, there was another "bang" sound, and the birds in the forest were startled and flew out of the woods in groups.

Xu Jiu's expression was cold, and he asked in a low voice: "Brother Li, someone is indeed setting off firecrackers."

As if in response to his words, there was a faint voice above his head.

Judging from the voice, there seems to be a woman there?

There are quite a few miners' families in the mountains, but in all these years, I have never seen any family so unruly!

Li Yi suddenly thought of what Lord Meng had told him before he left, and his scalp instantly exploded: Could it be that the governor came out hunting and came to their mountain?

Thinking of this, Li Yi stood up suddenly.

Because he stood up too quickly, his knee hit the table, and with a "bang", the table bounced a few times, and the food and wine on the table spilled out.

Seeing him so flustered, Xu Jiu's heart began to beat fast, and he quickly asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, Brother Li?"

Li Yi whispered, "Oh no! The Jiedushi may be here. Quick, tell the brothers to pull the salt cart into the cave first. Quick!"

Xu Jiu didn't dare to doubt, and quickly ran out, shouting in a low voice: "The soldiers are coming, hurry up, pull the car in!"

The people who were originally sitting or lying under the tree to rest suddenly jumped up, pulled the horse bits, and slowly pulled the carriage into the cave and under the shade of the tree, and covered it with a green tarpaulin.

Just after the disguise was completed, there was no movement on the mountain again.

Listening carefully again, it seemed like the person was walking away again.

Li Yi's heart, which had risen to his throat, slowly fell back to its original place.

Everyone subconsciously held their breath, fearing that any loud breathing would attract the evil spirit again.

The valley was so quiet that only the sound of birds singing in the distance could be heard.

There was no more sound overhead, it seemed as if he had gone far away.

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, hoping to drink some tea to calm his nerves.

Just as the teacup was about to reach my mouth, a clearer and closer female voice suddenly rang out, "Hey, there's a house here."

The sound was not loud, but it really scared Li Yi.

His hand shook violently, the teacup jumped a few times in his hand, fell onto the table with a "bang", and then fell to the ground.

It fell to pieces with a loud bang.

He was immediately frightened and broke into a cold sweat.

He glared at Xu Jiu fiercely, lowered his voice and said quickly: "Go out and take a look, send her away quickly!"

Xu Jiu was also very frightened. He bowed repeatedly and responded with yes, then quickly ran out.

As soon as Xu Jiu left, Li Yi immediately called over a yamen runner, whispered something in his ear, and patted him on the shoulder, "Go!"

The bailiff came out of the cave, led his horse out of the woods, and headed north along the canyon, leaving at lightning speed.

Li Yi called over another yamen runner and ordered him, "Go quietly along the canyon and take a look. If the people who are going to receive the goods come, let them hide first."

The bailiff bowed in response and left quickly.

Qin Shu stood in a farmyard, looking around with her hands behind her back:

This is an ordinary thatched house of mountain people.

There are five main rooms and five side rooms on the east and west sides.

There was a well in front of the east door of the courtyard, with two wooden barrels and two wooden basins beside the well.

There was a clothesline stretched from the east wall to the west wall, with a row of freshly washed clothes hanging on the line.

Hoes, shoulder poles, bamboo baskets and other items were placed at the foot of the south wall.

There was a muddy patch in the southwest corner of the yard, which must be the dirty water that was poured out from washing clothes.

What's strange is that the edge of this muddy land is covered with a thick layer of white scab.

Qin Shu glanced at Zhu Zhi.

Zhu Zhi understood and pretended to raise his hand and pinched the corner of his clothes casually.

There was water dripping from his clothes on his fingers. Zhu Zhi put his fingers in his mouth and licked them. His expression suddenly became indescribable: So salty!

Qin Shu couldn't help laughing and told Wang Sheng, "Go get some well water."

Wang Sheng agreed, went over, used the windlass to draw a bucket of water, and used a ladle to scoop a ladle of water and handed it to Zhu Zhi.

Zhu Zhimeng took several big gulps of water to wash away the salty taste in his mouth.

After drinking the water, Zhu Zhi touched his mouth and said with a smile: "This well water is much sweeter than the water we drank in the governor's mansion."

"This water is real mountain spring water."

Following the sound, a farmer wearing a gray linen shirt and a straw hat came into the yard carrying a hoe.

The man put the hoe on the south corner and said with a smile: "Are you guests from outside the mountain?"

Qin Shu smiled, "Yes. We came to the mountains to hunt, and we were tired, so we wanted to find a place to rest. I think your place is pretty good, are you the only one in your house?"

The man replied without thinking: "No, my wife went back to her parents' home a few days ago, and now I am alone."

So don't even think about eating here or anything.

No one is serving.

Qin Shu said "Oh" thoughtfully, "That's perfect. We're going to stay in the mountains for a few more days. Since there's no one else in this uncle's family, why don't you lend us your house for a few days?"

She winked at Mo Laowu and said, "We will pay the rent, and you don't have to worry about the food. Just lend us the stove and cooktop for a while."

Xu Jiu was a little dumbfounded when he heard this: How come, they can stay here?

Mo Laowu had already taken out a five-liang silver ingot and handed it over.

Xu Jiu looked at the silver ingot, hesitant: What should I do? Should I accept it or not?

Qin Shu looked at Xu Jiu's indifference to the silver, and a smile suddenly flashed in her eyes. She stepped forward and asked, "Why, uncle, do you think this silver is a little too little?"

For farmers in the mountains, five taels of silver would be enough for their food and clothing for two years.

This person is actually indifferent to money?

She took the silver from Mo Laowu, took another ingot and put them together, then held it in her palm and handed it over, "Ten taels, we'll only stay for two nights."

She thought for a moment and added, "Oh, and during the day, we will hunt in the woods and only come back to rest at night."

Xu Jiu still didn't dare to answer it.

Below this yard is the salt cave.

Go out from the southwest corner of the yard, stand on the rock outside the yard, and the entrance to the salt cave is right under your feet.

It is easy to see how much salt is coming out of the cave, how many miners are coming in and out every day, and how the wagons are loaded.

How dare Xu Jiu let these people live in this courtyard?

Especially this woman who is obviously the leader, she should be the Jiedushi that Brother Li mentioned.

Xu Jiu looked at the silver in Qin Shu's hand, and sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

At this moment, a young man suddenly walked in from outside the courtyard, walked quickly to Xu Jiu, and asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Xu Jiu suddenly came back to his senses. Before he could show a grateful smile, the man had already called out, "Dad?"