The black-bellied peasant girl is reborn, and her weird relatives are mad

"Brother Ji Yi, accompany me to the blacksmith shop." Jiang Muxia carefully drew the blueprints of the furnace and fire wall last night.

I have to find a blacksmith shop and ask how much silver it costs to make a furnace.

"doing what?"

"Don't ask, just follow."

The blacksmith shop is located in a residential alley in the southeast of the county. An old, rusty iron plate is hung casually on the corner of the house. The five words "Guan's Blacksmith Shop" are a little blurred, and the autumn wind makes a clanging sound.

"We're here." The shop door was open and there was no one inside.

The two of them looked around but didn't see a single person.

"Is there anyone here?" Li Jiyi shouted loudly.

"Who is it?" A clear child's voice sounded, and a ragged, skinny boy of five or six years old ran out from the yard.

Although the little boy is thin, his pair of big, bright, dark, round eyes make him look cute and energetic.

Jiang Muxia immediately fell in love with the boy, "Little brother, is this blacksmith shop yours?"

"Sister, you're from my family. My sister is sick, and my father took her to see a doctor. I stayed at home to look after the house." The little boy answered seriously, blinking his big eyes.

"Really? You can look after the house at such a young age, that's amazing. What's your name?" Jiang Muxia squatted down, touched his head, and started talking to him in a soft voice.

"Sister, my name is Tiedan." Perhaps Jiang Muxia's friendliness infected him, and he answered every question from this unfamiliar sister without any guard at all.

"No one is here, let's go back." The two of them prepared lunch and came out. It was already 3 p.m. and Li Jiyi was already starving.

Jiang Muxia was worried about this boy.

Seeing him reminded me of my dead son in my previous life, who died at the same age as Xiao Tiedan.

"Or, let's wait a little longer." She said with a smile, "Xiao Tiedan, I'm hungry. Is there anything to eat here?" She asked on purpose because she heard Tiedan's stomach growling.

The little guy lowered his head embarrassedly.

"Brother Jiyi, go buy ten steamed buns with meat." She took out ten copper coins from her sleeve pocket, "This is all the money I have, look..."

"Okay, I still have some here, but not much. If my mother knew that I was working for free, she would scold me again." Although he was complaining, he still went out to buy steamed buns.

The two, one big and one small, sat down at the gate of the yard and started chatting.

Tiedan told me that his mother died of illness when he was three years old. His sister was only one year old at that time, and his father had raised them together with great difficulty. His sister was weak and had been sick since she was a child. The blacksmith shop, which used to have good business, closed every few days, and over time, few people asked his father to do work.

Life at home is very precarious now.

Jiang Muxia sighed and stroked Tiedan's round little head with heartache, thinking he was a poor child.

The steamed buns were still warm after they were bought. She took one out and handed it to him, "Tiedan, eat it while it's hot."

"Sister and brother, eat too." Seeing that the two of them didn't move, the child didn't dare to eat either.

"Okay." Each of them picked up one. The skin was thick and the meat was little, but it tasted good.

Jiang Muxia ate one and stopped moving. She wanted to leave some for Tiedan. In such a dilapidated home, even if she waited for his father to come back, she would not be able to make anything delicious for him.

"Sister is full, leave these for Tiedan and your sister." Jiang Muxia stuffed all the rest into Tiedan's hands.

Tears welled up in the little boy's eyes. "I know my sister and brother are not full. Thank you, Tiedan." The little guy stood up and bowed deeply to the two of them.

His sensible look made Jiang Muxia's nose sore.

There were footsteps coming from a distance, and Tiedan rushed out, "Daddy and sister are back."

Not long after, a sturdy man with a haggard face came over, holding a little girl of three or four years old who had fallen asleep, and two sets of herbs in his hands. "Tiedan, where did the steamed buns come from?"

"It was given by my sister and brother, them." He pointed at Jiang Muxia and Li Jiyi who were sitting at the gate of the courtyard.

"How is my sister's illness?"

"You'll be fine after taking the medicine." He stopped and asked in confusion, "Who are you two...?"

The two of them stood up quickly, "You should settle the child first, then we can talk."

"Okay, wait a moment." He just walked to the gate of the courtyard, turned around and thanked them, "Thank you for buying food for Tiedan. The child's mother is gone, and I, a man, can't take care of her for a while." The man was only in his twenties, but his weathered face looked like he was forty.

He quickly put the child in the house and walked out, "What do you two want to fight about?"

Jiang Muxia took out some straw paper and handed it to him, "Uncle Guan, how much money does it cost to make this stove?"

"I've made a stove like this before. Together with this iron box, it would cost at least eighty cents." He took only one look and then quoted a price.

"What if the iron sheet is thicker?"

"An extra twenty cents for a thicker one will be enough."

"Okay, I understand. Uncle Guan, please wait for us for ten days or so, and I will order three or five sets by then."

"It's ok."

Jiang Muxia saw that he was a down-to-earth man and decided to work for him from now on.

Li Jiyi still didn't understand why she ordered so many stoves.

"Don't ask, you'll know when it's done." Jiang Muxia saw what he was thinking and interrupted his question in advance.

When we returned to the tavern, it was already dark and the lights were on.

"You are finally back. The head of the family has asked about this several times." Xiao Chengzi complained to the two of them.

"Is there something wrong?" Jiang Muxia had a solemn face.

"Go up quickly, the master is waiting for you."

Jiang Muxia understood that there was finally some progress in the matter of Beiyangang.

She went up to the second floor, knocked on the door, sat down on a chair, poured herself a cup of tea, and drank it all in one gulp. "Are there any progress?"

Xu Da didn't even look at her, and said, "Someone will come to pick you up at Beiyangang at noon tomorrow."

Jiang Muxia raised her eyebrows slightly, said "hmm", and stood up and left.

"Wait." Seeing that she was about to leave, Xu Da called her to stop.

Jiang Muxia smiled and deliberately asked, "What's wrong?"

"What deal did you make with Tang Jue Cao yesterday afternoon?"

She chuckled, "It has nothing to do with you. You are busy with your work. Just do your job well."

Xu Da snorted coldly, "I don't like to recruit people who are not good at doing things."

Jiang Muxia was speechless. "What are you talking about? We are just partners. When the cooperation ends, you and I will go our separate ways."

"Really? That's not the case."

"You are overthinking it. From the beginning, we were only interested in profit. I provided the position and only gave you 30% of the profit. You didn't suffer any loss."

Xu Da said lightly: "She is indeed a simple-minded girl. Some things, once done, can't be reversed."

Jiang Muxia was startled, "What do you mean?"

"If you want to escape unscathed, stay away from Tang."

She was furious, and her chest was boiling with blood. "What do your affairs have to do with me? I just want to make some clean money to make my family live a better life. Why do you control me?"

Xu Da raised his eyelids slightly, looked directly at her, put down the paper and pen in his hand, and said, "Because you are just a little peasant girl, and because you have no power or influence."

"Miss Jiang, Suanzao County is a muddy place. After the matter is done, take what you have gained and return to the village to live a peaceful life."

Jiang Muxia replied coldly, "Thank you for the reminder." Without saying another word, he got up and left.