Breeding Mermaid Cubs

"Ma Yong, give me the money! Otherwise, this shop of yours will be smashed today! No one will be allowed to live, and you won't be able to live well."

After saying that, a piece of rotten vegetable flew into the shop, almost hitting the guy who was about to go out to see what happened.

The clerk picked up the rotten vegetables, and there was a rotten smell. Fortunately, it was getting late, and there were no customers in the shop. If it caught up with the dish tasting event, it would not hit the customers. The clerk hurried out At the shop, I saw a woman standing at the door with a large vegetable basket, lifted the basket cloth, and was about to throw vegetables into it.

"Auntie, what are you doing! You can't do it!"

The man rushed up with a stride and held down the woman's wrist.

"Bah! Tell your boss to come out, hire people without paying, and open a shop! Don't let the common people live, you beast!"

The skinny bird spirit dragged the excited woman, because of their owner's nature, they would hire someone without paying them. Although the materials were spread out for less than a month, but last time they all got their wages on the same day, every time The points are not bad, and you can buy materials at an affordable price. How can it be as the woman said.

When the upright fellow was puzzled, a man hurried up at this moment: "Mother, why are you running so fast, this is Wang's material shop, not Ma's salt shop, you went to the wrong place!"

The man was out of breath, with a trembling sound in his mouth. Seeing that his mother had already made a fuss here, his eyes were darkened and he almost passed out.

The clerk was relieved when he heard the words, and turned to say in a bad mood: "Auntie, you are making such a big noise here that we can't do business anymore. Those who know it are because you are going the wrong way, and those who don't know think that The materials in our material shop have killed people."

Wang Qingye was packing materials in the warehouse, there was no one he could trust completely, so he had to pick up the materials himself to make up for them.Since Zhou Zhu taught the dumb to be a teacher, he doesn't have to rely on him for the food in the snack shop. He has a little more leisure, and occasionally comes to help him order goods.

But the other day I heard that the doctor went to the house and that Yan'er was pregnant, so he didn't let Zhou Zhu run around as often, so he could spend more time with his wife.

Hearing that there was a lot of movement outside, and the goods in his hand were almost ready, he went out to have a look.

In fact, since the store opened, we often encounter some small twists and turns in our daily life. For example, someone complains that the materials we bought are short of weight, and the goods are not suitable and have to be returned. The guy can handle it by himself, he doesn't bother much.

"Master."

"What happened?"

When the woman and her son found out that the manager of the store had come out, they immediately lowered their heads. If something went wrong, they would have to pay for it.

"It was a misunderstanding. It turned out that the two of you were going to the Ma's Salt Shop, but this aunt found the wrong place and mistook our shop for the Ma's Salt Shop." The clerk said helplessly: "Auntie, can you please go to the Ma's Salt Shop next time?" Do you want to see the signboard more accurately?"

The woman held onto the basket tightly: "Master, I'm really sorry for the second brother. I can't read, and I lost my head for a while. Please forgive me, master. I'll go and clean up the shop for you."

"I thought something happened, since it was a misunderstanding, that's all."

The man and the woman glanced at Wang Qingye unexpectedly, but they never expected that the owner of Wang's material shop would be so magnanimous, and they quickly saluted Wang Qingye: "Thank you, master."

It was nothing more than unscrupulous merchants who failed to repay their debts, which annoyed the common people and forced them to do this. Wang Qingye didn't want to ask too much, but when the woman mentioned the Ma's shop just now, he couldn't help but want to ask again: "What happened? What's the matter, Auntie is so angry?"

When asked about this matter, the woman wiped her eyes before answering, and the man beside said: "It's like this, we were originally gold diggers hired by Master Ma. At the beginning of the year, Master Ma went to the village to find workers to help him. To do things, there are only two people in our family who work for Mr. Ma. Although the wages are not high, we rural people only look at the three-acre land for food all year round. A big family is definitely not enough , so I followed Master Ma to do it."

"After a month's work, no gold sand was found on the sandy land chosen by Ma's family. The stewards beat and scolded us, and the wages were dragged on for a long time. We didn't dare to complain, after all, the wages were squeezed. , but it’s been almost half a year now, and it’s already May, and we didn’t get paid once, so the villagers on the sand agreed to go to the Ma’s salt shop to talk about whether the wages should be paid or not.”

Wang Qingye frowned. He had seen the people panning for gold before. They were busy back and forth on such a mass of sand during the day. The sun was so hot, and so was the heavy rain and wind. The hardships involved can only be imagined. , I have been so busy for nearly half a year, but I can't get my salary, and I will jump over the wall when I am in a hurry, let alone a person who is in a hurry.

"You go, it's okay here."

The two saluted again, took their things and headed towards Ma's shop again.

The man spat: "The Ma family deserves it. Last time we bought salt to make people under us make trouble. If we do too many evil things, we should be punished!"

Wang Qingye clasped his hands behind his back and said to Shouniaojing: "Come on, let's go get busy."

Seeing people returning to the shop, Wang Qingye went to Ma's Salt Shop to see the excitement.

"A group of shrews in the market! This is a salt shop approved by the imperial court. If you throw things indiscriminately, the government will catch them and send them to prison!"

"Stop me all!"

There was already a commotion outside the Ma's shop. There was a field of vegetable leaves outside the salt shop. Wang Qingye was among the crowd. There were only a dozen or so people who were making trouble, and more and more people were watching the commotion behind. It was full of people, so Ma Yong was unlucky, he just happened to be in the shop today, he was stuck in the shop and couldn't get out.

"There are only a few salt shops in the city, and the Ma's shop is the only one that sells the most expensive salt. I said it was a black-hearted merchant, and now someone has come to ask for a debt."

After saying that, with a bang, an egg exploded from the porch of the Ma's shop. Wang Qingye took a look at the person, but he was really willing to spend all his money, eggs cost a penny!Before concentrating on his thoughts, a disgusting smell came out, and the smelly person kept covering his nose.

"Oh my god, who threw the widowed eggs!"

[The host hastened to start broadcasting, this kind of happy-heard scene is the most loved by the audience]

Wang Qingye rolled his eyes: "Create a green and harmonious live broadcast."

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"Everyone, this Ma family refused to pay us wages. There was an old man on the sand that fell into the water earlier, and the Ma family didn't pay him any money! He is a black-hearted businessman with a moldy gut and a rotten heart. Let's go directly to the shop to grab things. , If you can pay some wages, we will count, if there is no wages left and right, we will starve to death, so why not grab something and go back and use it as collateral!"

With such a yell, everyone immediately responded, a group of people rushed into the Ma's shop, and the fat man who bought salt at the Tang's house and made troubles blocked the door like a mountain, but there were so many people, no matter how strong they were, they could not stop them .

"You guys are breaking the law! It's against the sky! This is the salt of the imperial court!"

When Wang Qingye saw this farce and didn't know how to deal with it, the men from Ma's family who had reported to the officials led the officers and soldiers to arrive late.

"Stop it all! Stop it all!"

There were only five or six officers and soldiers who came, but the people were afraid of the officials, and more than a dozen people were blocked and dared not move. Those who came were ordinary people with their faces turned to the loess and their backs to the sky. Seeing the officers and soldiers coming, they had no choice but to put down their pretense basket of things.

"Officer, you must decide for the grassroots. In broad daylight, this group of unscrupulous people broke into and robbed, there is no kingly law, this is not taking us adults seriously!"

Ma Yong smelled of rotten cabbage, and came out of the shop in a state of embarrassment, crying for a while.

"Master Ma is fine, you can also go with us to the government and explain what happened today."

After a while, the people were cleared away, leaving only the mess outside the salt shop. The two remaining men washed the stone steps, and it smelled of eggs and rotten vegetables. It was really unpleasant. If you don't wash it well, the weather will change and the taste will change. I'm afraid no one wants to pass this section.

"Ma Yong is a merchant who sells salt to the imperial court. Now that the government officials are here, I'm afraid they are protected by the imperial court. I don't know if the villagers on the sand can get their wages back."

"Who knows about this matter, we can't control it, anyway, I won't work under the Ma family in the future, and I won't be able to get my salary."

"Bah, I won't even buy salt from here again."

Later, when Wang Qingye was about to go back, he ran into the mother and son who had gone to the salt shop to ask for money on the road again, and he went up to inquire about the result.

"It's an adult who makes the decision, but the Ma family gave us the money, but it doesn't match the wages they said at the beginning. It was originally agreed to be one tael or two for a strong man and eight for a woman, but in the end it was a shame. It turned out that the man only paid one tael, and the woman gave six qian. The adults said that everyone went to make trouble today, which broke the people's morals and hindered the business of Ma's family. They each took a step back, thinking that it would be better than not getting any money. Everyone agreed."

The man sighed, although it is a lot to get back half a year's wages, but in order to work, this year's crops are less, and the income may not be as good as growing crops.

Wang Qingye heard that the Ma family has always been filial to the county government, and now that something happened, the magistrate of the county would naturally keep it. Abandoning these powerless ordinary people: "Then what are your plans behind?"

"Now that the wages are settled, I will definitely not work with the Ma family anymore. It is definitely too late to replant crops now, and I can only see if I can find other jobs to do."

Wang Qingye responded, and said, "Why don't you leave me an address, and if I need to recruit workers someday, I can come and notify you."

The man was pleasantly surprised when he heard the words: "It's really great, I would like to thank you in advance, sir."

Wang Qingye didn't mean to be polite. When he heard that these villagers were gold diggers, he had already thought about it. Two days ago, he personally rowed the boat to the Tamsui River and found the part where he and Mianshu caught the mussels. Take the river water and wash it, and there is indeed gold sand in that section.

While he was overjoyed, he couldn't find anyone to go digging for gold. The only people under his command were some shop assistants. The only one who had some gold digging experience was the mute, but he used to work for other masters. Dumb, he was squeezed out everywhere and didn't make any friends. Naturally, he couldn't dig contacts from him.

Nowadays, the villagers hired by Ma's family will no longer work for him. These people have been working in gold panning for at least half a year. They have rich experience in gold panning, and they must be much better than Bai Ding.

Seeing that Xiacheng is about to enter the heavy rainy season in June and July, the river water will become more urgent. At that time, the river sand will definitely be washed and displaced, and the golden sand will be washed away to other places at that time. I was worried about where to find people and horses, so I sent a batch. It was really lucky.

However, he also has concerns. These villagers were originally engaged in gold panning, and they met a boss who did not speak honesty. I am afraid that many people have already cast a shadow and do not want to do this business anymore. This matter has to be worked hard. .

The next day, he didn't send anyone, but went to the address left by the man himself.

Sun Xian went to the field with a hoe to weed weeds early in the morning. There were many people in the family, but there was not much labor.He is the second child. He has an older sister who is married, and a younger brother and younger sister. His parents are still alive. It stands to reason that with a large population, there are many people doing things, but in fact it is not.

His father was a pearl fisherman in the early years, and he didn't save much money, but he spent many years looking for things in the river. The pain is also severe, and now I can only simply hoe the ground, and I can't do heavy work or tiring work at all.

My younger brother is about fifteen or sixteen years old. He can do some things, but he has a little bit of reading skills. Last year, he passed the Tongsheng exam, and he is still studying hard. I can help with simple things, but it is not practical to earn money. , Seeing that he is getting older, he has to save a sum of money to take a wife.

Not to mention the younger sister, who is still young, and can only follow his sister-in-law to manage the family affairs.

He got married last year, and the family spent a lot of money, so his mother could only go digging for gold. Although he got some money back now, after taking into account daily expenses and repaying the previous debts, he has bottomed out.

Now that his daughter-in-law is pregnant again, he, the pillar of the family, is really worried.

"Brother Sun."

Hearing someone shout, Sun Xian raised his head in surprise: "How did you come, sir?"

"I have an errand and want to talk to you. I don't know if you are free now."

Wang Qingye was worried that no one would be found when he entered the village, but unexpectedly he ran into someone in a field beside the road.

"It's free, it's free." Sun Xian quickly put away his hoe and climbed up the field. He didn't take Wang Qingye's words to heart at first, but he thought it was just a few polite words. He didn't expect that he would come to the door in person: "Lang Sir, this way please."

Wang Qingye followed to Sun's house. It was a thatched adobe house, which was circled into a dustpan shape, which was enough to show that the family had a large population.

At this time, all the laborers in the family went out, and only the younger sister of the Sun family was cooking at home. When a stranger came, she was embarrassed to come out after serving tea.

Wang Qingye knew that people in the village didn't like to go round and round, so he said straight to the point: "I also plan to open a piece of land to pan for gold. My brother has done it for the Ma family before. I like this very much. I want to Call you until I accept it to do work. Naturally, I also know that after the work of the Ma family, my little brother may not want to do this job again, but I will definitely guarantee that the salary will be settled every month, and my little brother can go to the city to inquire about it Ask, all the guys who work under me have been owed wages."

Sun Xian was happy and became worried. He was happy that the errand came to him, but he was really disappointed when he heard that it was an old errand. Wang Qingye was right, he really didn't want to do this job anymore.

"Of course I know what Lang Jun is like, but I still have to consider this matter."

"I don't hide it from my little brother. This time I am recruiting in a hurry, not just one or two. The more people the better." Wang Qingye offered attractive conditions: "The man I am recruiting is once a month. Two or five qian, one tael and one qian for women, fifteen knots in the middle of a month, and four days off in one month."

When Sun Xian heard the salary, he obviously showed some emotion.

Wang Qingye lowered his voice, and said again: "I have a crush on my little brother. If he is willing to follow me, he is willing to recruit other villagers who have panned for gold in the village. One man will give thirty coins, and the other woman will give twenty coins. Give it to my little brother."

Sun Xian's eyes widened: "Your Majesty's words are serious?"

"Definitely not fake."

Sun Xian's heart skipped a beat, if he recruited ten people, it would cost hundreds of wen, but he didn't rush to agree: "Mr. Lang, let me think about it."

Wang Qingye smiled slightly: "Of course you can, but please hurry up, little brother. After all, there are quite a few people who are willing to do this kind of errand. Well, give me an answer before today. Where can you find me?" , I recruit people in a hurry, and I can't wait too long to delay things."

After the talk, Wang Qingye didn't stay any longer, Sun Xian sent him all the way out of the village, and at the entrance of the village, he met a bullock cart going to the city, and Wang Qingye even caught him by a coincidence.

He went there calmly, but he planted a seed in Sun Xian's heart, and he didn't even bother to hoe the ground, so he hurriedly found everyone at home who could talk, and discussed the feasibility of this matter together. .

Grandmother learned about this and immediately nodded her approval: "This gentleman is generous and doesn't care about it, which shows that he has a good character. With such a high salary, our mother and I will go together, and the third child's tuition fee will not have to worry."

Several people discussed it, and finally nodded and agreed. Sun's mother couldn't sit still, and went to find other gold diggers in the village while Sun Xian was replying.

Wang Qingye knew that Sun Xian would not be able to withstand such good conditions. The only thing he was worried about was that he would not be able to recruit other villagers. However, he offered Sun Xian a commission. No matter how many people, when the time comes to talk back, they will also come to get money.

Sun Xian insisted.

Wang Qingye has not been idle for the past few days. He went to the carpenter's shop to order a batch of tools for panning gold sand, including sieve funnels and large wooden boards with grooves.The people in the carpenter's shop are knowledgeable. From time to time, a master in the city will buy a set of gold panning equipment to attract a group of people to pan for gold. This is almost the only way for merchants in the city who have just made some money and want to make more money.

People are greedy, and always want to get rich overnight by panning for gold, but unfortunately, there are only a handful of people who actually get rich from panning for gold, and most of them did business at a loss like the Ma family, but like this kind of unpaid wages There are still relatively few workers who come to make trouble.

Everyone only looks at the few people who have made money, but they don't want to look at the ones who have lost a lot of money.

"Lang Jun, we are old acquaintances. Not long ago, a set of gold panning equipment was recycled in the shop. It is very solid and can be used directly. If you don't think it's bad luck, I can sell it to you at a low price to save money." I dismantled it and made something else."

Wang Qingye opened shops one after another, and every time he came to this shop, the people in the shop knew him well: "There is such a good thing, I have never been shy, show me."

The master in the shop led him to have a look, and found that everything was available, and it was very strong, and the price was low and the construction period was saved. It couldn't be better: "I want this set."

"to make."

A few days later, when the agreed deadline was reached, Zhang Xian waited outside the material shop early in the morning.

"Lang Jun, I have recruited fifteen people in total, twelve of them have worked in this industry before, and only three are novices, but it's okay, we can take it with us."

Wang Qingye was very satisfied, he didn't expect to recruit so many people in three days: "If you can bring it, then it will be done."

He found Mr. Accountant and promised to pay the money to Zhang Xian, and then went to see the workers, many of them were from the Ma family before, and everyone had done it before, so he was relieved.

There was not much delay in the matter, and early the next morning, he led people to take Guy Shi to the river, and planted the ground under two tall white flower trees.

"The river in this area is deeper than other places. Everyone should be careful and use boats for deep terrain."

Wang Qingye commanded on the bank. The depth of the water is not good enough to fetch sand. The boat needs to be parked on the river. If the water quality is good, tie the rope to your body and jump into the river with a bucket and a dustpan. Then he lifted the bucket filled with sand and sand onto the boat.

People who enter the water are very dangerous. Although they are tied with ropes, they are afraid of accidents due to the depth of the water. For this reason, Wang Qingye keeps a close eye on them. He will send people to check the strength of the ropes every day, and replace any damaged ones immediately. The new and sturdy ones will spend a lot of time in person supervising the work during the day.

The human heart is full of flesh, and everyone can see his hard work. Many people are afraid that the boss will be a bad person and cheat labor. After getting along with him for a while, he found that he is very safe. Occasionally, I would bring some meat to improve everyone's meals, but the lunch at work was better than that at home.

"Lang Jun, Lang Jun! It's out of Jinsha!"

One day, Wang Qingye sent Jiang Chunlou's clerk to bring over ten catties of fat meat and take two ducks. As soon as he got off the boat, he saw Sun Xian running over ecstatically. Change the color of joy on the face.

"Isn't it always producing gold sand? How can I be so happy?"

Wang Qingye motioned to the waiter to take the meat and vegetables: "How is it going, is it going well today?"

"Okay, it can't be better!"

Sun Xian was very excited: "Lang Jun, come with me to have a look at the sand and stones that have been raised today."

Wang Qingye followed them with his hands behind his back and collected for nearly ten days. There was some gold in this section of the river, and there was some gold in the sediment taken out of the river every day. It was small and thin, and it looked like white flakes on the scalp. Although small, it is worth the money.

He roughly calculated that there were more than ten taels of things in the scouring in the past few days, one tael of gold was worth ten taels of silver, and he made a small profit of more than 100 taels in a few days.

Sun Xian came over with a box, which was still dripping with water. It was a special box for washing and washing gold. Wang Qingye took it over and looked at it, and he couldn't help being surprised. gold particles.

A box of different sizes and shapes, like newly shoveled sand and stones, weighs at least two catties, which is directly more than the total number of time ago.

"Lang Jun is really good at picking places! Frequently sell good products!"

Wang Qingye also couldn't help laughing, presumably the river sand on the surface was shoveled up a few days ago, and the good things that settled underneath were dug up one after another. There should have been a gold vein here back then, and the gold mine was washed away by the river and scattered everywhere. It just so happens that there are more accumulations here.

"I'm sure there will be more good products in the future. Let's wish you a lot of money in advance."

"I borrowed your good words."

Wang Qingye glanced at everyone with a smile, and then turned to look at the two trees that had already passed their flowering season. In summer, the branches and leaves were lush, and the trees were shady. I don't know when the people who watched this scene will return .

He withdrew his gaze, raised his eyebrows, the years passed, and it was three years in a flash...

The author has something to say: Finally, the three years that everyone is looking forward to is coming ~ time is good!