[Journey to the West] Wukong purchasing

In the long queue, Rena hugged the only jug in her family tightly, followed by three younger sisters. Their father was conscripted away by the brutal king long ago. There has been no news for several years. It's not that she's still alive. After giving birth to her youngest sister, A Niang couldn't afford to be sick. She also went there the year before last. Fortunately, the elders in the clan took care of their orphans. This time, the villagers heard that the king would raise taxes again. , but also to continue to enlist in the army, they discussed going upstream and defected to the master who was said to be very rich. The whole village went together, and because they were close to the territory of the dragon, they were also the first batch to arrive.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I came here, I heard that the rich and benevolent master made oatmeal soup and oatmeal cakes for them to eat. Later, some people came, carrying huge pots, half a person's height in the sun. The dried salted fish is boiled and then fished out and cut into palm-sized pieces, everyone gets a piece!

Rena treasured the fish piece she got, licked it cautiously, her eyes widened in surprise: this fish piece is really salty!

Rena can't remember the last time she ate salt. Ever since her parents left, she and her three younger sisters grew up eating a variety of meals. The people in the village are not rich, and what can be given to them is only A little extra miscellaneous grains, a handful of wild vegetables, a few fruits, and no salt, so they went to the wild to dig out salty roots. Rena was very smart, knowing that eating this would give her strength, and it was thanks to her digging along the way. , to have the strength to bring the three younger sisters to keep up with the large army.

How precious salt is, no one knows better than them.

The four sisters held the salted fish pieces and glanced at each other. The three sisters consciously hid the fish pieces they got in their respective bags. Rena nodded in satisfaction and chopped up her own fish pieces. The sisters Divide a little into the bowls of each of the four, and stir a few times vigorously, so that the whole bowl of oatmeal is salty.

"Hey~ These are the pickles distributed by our Zhuangzi, here you have a taste!" Seeing that sisters Rena wanted to share even a small piece of salted fish, Mu Ke was touched by the scene and couldn't help but pick it up from the bag. Li fished out a large piece of pickled beetroot and handed it to Genna.

Mu Ke’s family used to be poorer than Rena and the rest of the lower reaches. The Rena sisters still had shoes to wear when they went out, and their brothers had been barefoot since childhood. When they went to the wild to collect firewood, the soles of their feet were often covered by thorns scattered on the ground. The thorns were dripping with blood, and Gena and the others could still dig out salty roots from the wild to eat to supplement salt. The people in their upper reaches could hardly even eat the roots.

There is no way, most of these plants with salty rhizomes grow on the somewhat whitish land, and most of those lands are in the territory of the monster, the dragon.

But now, they are no longer afraid of the dragon.

It was Young Master Qilong who generously gave out his own land and let them grow watermelons and melons on the land; it was also Young Master Jilong who spent a lot of money to harvest the melons they worked hard to make their whole family live a good life .

Mu Ke has never been to a market town, but he heard from his father that the money saved by their ancestors for generations is not as much as that earned by selling melons this season.

Dad said that in the past, they had to pick out the biggest and sweetest watermelons and walk a long gravel road to the nearest market town. If it's good, the money from selling melons is not enough to pay taxes, and you can't carry it back. You can't eat it all by yourself, so you have to throw it away.

However, since their family planted melons with Master Zilong, all the melons and fruits produced in the family's several acres of land have been taken back by Master Zilong. According to my father, the price given by Master Zilong is the same as the price in the town. The same, not to mention the same, even if the discount is [-]%, the villagers would rather sell it to Master Qilong. After all, even if they worked so hard to carry the melons and fruits back to the town, they might not be able to sell all of them.

What's more, now they don't have to carry the harvested melons and fruits to the town to buy and sell. With the time saved, the whole family went to work in Master Jilong's village. Father and uncle were in charge of guarding the melon fields, half a month. The wages of a bunch of small money, the two of them add up to a bunch of money, the income alone, according to A Niang, is enough for their family to eat and drink for a month, A Niang and the little aunt are even more amazing, because they are good at cooking , was promoted by the second steward (Lu Li Daxian) to the kitchen to cook for the stewards. Each of them got a string of money per month. The stewards were generous, and sometimes they made endless wheat cakes and stews in the kitchen. Smoked fish and the like, let Aniang and the others take them home to eat.

When Muck ate the stew for the first time, he felt that this might be the kind of meat only kings could eat.

There are also himself and his uncle's cousin, although they are not very old, but they are diligent. Because of the face of Aunt and Aunt, the manager asked them to help thin the melon vines in the melon field, a melon vine Usually only 3~4 healthy melons are left, and the rest must be picked in time to prevent all the melons from growing up. Mu Ke originally thought that doing such a small thing would be enough to take care of them for one meal a day. It's very good, at least it can save some food for the family.Unexpectedly, at the end of the month, the manager actually gave each of them 50 small coins.

This is the first time for Mu Ke and his cousin to earn money for the family, and both brothers are very excited.

Muke felt that Master Qilong was not as scary as those monsters in the story at all. He didn't eat people and treated them better than the previous landlords. He was just like a fairy in the legend.

Moreover, it is said that Master Nilong only fell into trouble in their Heishui River, and his ancestors are still of dragon blood.Although it is not kind to say so, the Mu Ke family and other families in the village are secretly praying that Master Qilong will never return to the Dragon Clan so early. As long as Master Qilong stays in their Heishuihe, not only will he not Monsters dare to bully them, even landlords dare not bully them.

No, who still works at the landlord's house now?Tired and exhausted, I only give a few coarse wheat pancakes a day, and I have to bring clean water by myself. How can I be as generous as Master Qilong, who works for him, and eats soup made from big bones or fresh fish at noon, and the thick wheat pancakes? The wheat is also sieved twice, roasted until both sides are brown and fragrant, broken up and soaked in fish soup, so fresh that people's tongues can't wait to swallow it together.

Thinking of this, Muke couldn't help reminding Sister Gena in a low voice——

"You also came to our upstream to look for work with Master Qilong, right? Let me tell you, our stewards like hardworking ones the most. Later, you can help me pack things. When we get there, I will help you and the stewards." Let me tell you, let you also go with me to thin the melon vines, and there will be 50 small coins a month."

"Fifty small money a month? Really?!" Rena's eyes lit up, her big bright eyes stared straight at Muke, until Muke's ears turned red, worried that she wouldn't believe it, and Muke was cautious He quickly took out his money bag from his bosom, and untied the tie to show it to her.

"Hey~ This is the salary I just received at the beginning of the month. My mother said that the family is not short of money now, so let me keep flowers for myself, hehe~" For a young man of this age, if he has some pocket money in his hand, he is definitely very proud up.

Rena thanked Muke gratefully, but she is a grateful child, and Muke's reminder was very important to them, so Rena didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to tell the uncle about it, and the uncle went to I asked the village chief for instructions, so when the Great Immortal Lu Li came to inspect, I saw that the people from downstream had finished eating the barley soup and pancakes, and some of them were already actively helping to pack their things.

"Write down the names of these people and let them go to work in the sugarcane fields." Luli Daxian nodded with satisfaction. Sugar is definitely a violent industry in the village in the future. We must arrange for diligent and grateful people to go there. Rena The members of the family were reminded by Mook by accident, gained enough favorability in front of Daxian Luli, and luckily got the opportunity to work in the sugarcane field.

A few years later, when the sucrose on the Dragon Village sold well in the border of the Tang Dynasty, everyone envied the good luck of the Rena family, and at that time, Rena had become Mu Ke's new wife.

"Not bad, there are almost 1000 people here, enough to open up wasteland and plant sugar cane." Looking at the list of new immigrants presented by Daxian Lu Li, Qi Long couldn't put it down several times. These are all his God of Wealth. The sugarcane forest can be planted, and it will continue to bring him more gold coins in the future. It's great!

"My lord, I took a closer look just now. These people who came here are really weak. Some of the women with children are so hungry that they can't walk. It's obvious that they didn't eat anything along the way. In my opinion, it's really not good." It is better to let them eat a few full meals first, and then ask them to work when they have enough strength." Great Immortal Lu Li suggested.

There is too much farm work on Zhuangzi, even if it is as tough as monsters, it is miserable to do it for more than half a year. On the contrary, those seemingly weak mortals are tougher than their monsters, and sometimes even the deer force Daxian I can still hear those farmers singing happily while working. Although I don't know what they are happy about...but it's better than frowning like monsters.

Great Immortal Lu Li has no awareness of "caring about the physical and mental health of employees". He only knows that those mortals are much easier to manage than monsters. As long as they have a meal of broth every now and then, they can't wait to stay up in the middle of the night. Plant the land well for you. Immortal Lu Li really likes these mortal serfs so much.

In addition, he also cared a lot about the newcomers who just arrived.After all, only by taking care of your body can you work better for him~

"You're right. So, go ask your elder brother, take some time to go to the desert again in the next few days, and catch some big lizards. Those things taste good." Helong ordered.Although Brother Wukong said that livestock can be domesticated, but that is too slow. A little piglet has only grown more than 30 catties of meat after being raised for half a year. It is better to go hunting directly.

Great Immortal Lu Li retired contentedly, and when he returned, he divided up all the newcomers. The young and strong ones were sent to do strength work with his elder brother, Great Immortal Hu Li. The ones who looked smart stayed at his side and followed the training of the little steward. After a period of time, he will be promoted to be the team leader and manage a small team. There are also a group of dull-looking but honest people who are reserved for the third brother Yangli Daxian. diligence.As the chief HR under the command of the little prince, Lu Li Daxian arranged the duties of the newcomers clearly.

The Rena family, who seem to be honest and responsible, were naturally sent by Yangli Daxian to reclaim the sugarcane field.