The Xie family and the Liu family father and son nodded, and this important task was given to Xie Xu.

Xie Xu chatted with the horse-faced constable for a few words. When the other party learned that they wanted to buy tools, he raised his eyebrows and looked like he was waiting for them to be cheated.

"You can buy tools! But you have to pay for it yourself. I'll buy them for you. I have to tell you the prices. A hoe costs six hundred coins, and an ox costs fifteen taels of silver. I have a tiller here. It's a little worn out, but it can still be used. I can rent it to you for fifty coins a day."

Anyway, the horse-faced constable just wants money.

When Xie Xu heard this, he was not angry. Instead, he looked deeply at the horse-faced constable and went back to convey what the constable said.

Liu Yueshi was the first one to get angry.

"This is clearly robbery!" Liu Yueshi stood up angrily and was about to teach the horse-faced constable a lesson, but was stopped by Xie Xu.

"Brother Liu, please don't mess around. Let's follow the rules. You should know where Yongcheng is. Aren't you afraid that you will be exposed and your enemies will come looking for you?"

Xie Xu's words instantly deflated Liu Yueshi.

Yes.

I was young and hot-tempered back then and offended many people. I had many enemies. Later I heard that they were all hiding in Cangzhou.

So when entering Cangzhou, Liu Yueshi told the Xie family that he must not use poison, must not expose himself, and must raise his son well.

"Any problem that can be solved with silver is not a problem." Ye Qinglin replied very generously, then took out fifteen taels of silver and gave it to Xie Xu, asking Xie Xu to buy a cow from the constable.

Xie Xu understood, and came to the horse-faced constable and said something to him. The horse-faced constable rarely showed a friendly smile: "Don't worry, I will bring it to you tomorrow."

Then someone came to deliver food.

The so-called lunch was two black steamed buns.

When other exiled prisoners who were reclaiming land saw the black flour steamed buns, they rushed forward to grab them as if they had seen meat, fearing that they would be gone in a moment.

Seeing this, the Feng family and the farmers' children followed suit and joined the crowd to grab the black-flour steamed buns. Someone took the opportunity to grab an extra black-flour steamed bun, but was discovered by the constable and punished with a whip.

For this reason, the exiled prisoners calmed down, lowered their heads and dared not to grab anything. They took the black flour steamed buns and sat in the corner to eat.

By the time Ye Qinglin and the others arrived, only five black steamed buns were left.

The horse-faced constable threw the black steamed buns to them and snorted disdainfully: "There are only five left. Here, you have to be quick to eat."

After saying this, the constable left.

Ye Qinglin and the others looked indifferent and didn't care about these black steamed buns.

They deliberately walked a little further away and gathered in a group behind a large rock.

Ye Qinglin took out meat buns, vegetable buns, and eggs from the space and ate them one by one with gusto.

Uncle Li, Uncle Wang and Duan Shiyin were no longer surprised to see Ye Qinglin taking out buns and eggs out of thin air.

They knew that Ye Qinglin knew magic, and they secretly decided to keep this secret and not let anyone else know.

After eating and drinking, everyone rested for a while and continued to pick up stones.

After picking up stones for an entire afternoon, they only collected stones from half an acre of land, and there were still fourteen acres of land left.

At their rate, it would take them half a month to pick up all the stones. If they used oxen to reclaim the wasteland in the remaining half a month, one acre of land a day would not be a problem.

Everyone thought so, but when they saw the horse-faced constable leading the sick and skinny ox, the Xie family became furious. It was obvious that the horse-faced constable was making fun of them.

Xie Sanlang clenched his fists and was a little impulsive. He wanted to go up and argue with the horse-faced constable, but was stopped by Xie Xu.

"Third brother, it's just a small matter, don't be angry."

At this point, Xie Xu turned his head to look at Ye Qinglin beside him: "Alin can solve this problem."

Ye Qinglin smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Afterwards, Xie Xu stepped forward and asked the horse-faced constable to sign a sales document before giving him the silver and leading the ox back to the wasteland.

Ye Qinglin poured a bowl of water, added some spring water to it, and let the cattle drink it.

Huang Niu took a sip and it was like he had tasted an elixir. He drank up the whole bowl of water in a moment and stared at Ye Qinglin.

Ye Qinglin gave the yellow cow another bowl of water, and then picked some grass from the space and placed it in front of the yellow cow.

The yellow cattle took a sip, and its originally hazy eyes instantly brightened. It rolled a piece of vegetable with its tongue and put it into its mouth, then rolled a little more vegetable, and soon finished eating up the small pile of vegetables.

Ye Qinglin was very happy to see that the ox had recovered some energy. She wanted to raise it for half a month so that the ox could plow the fields.

The horse-faced constable standing not far away saw Ye Qinglin's actions, snorted with disdain, and said sarcastically: "That cow is sick, how can it be kept alive! Hahaha, a bunch of idiots..."

"Yes, I also think they are a bunch of fools. They actually dared to buy a sick cow from you, my cousin." A short constable came over with a look of contempt on his face.

"This cow is so sick that it will die in ten days. By then they won't even have a place to cry."

The horse-faced chief constable glanced at the short constable, his eyes lowered, "Why do you care so much? Anyway, one hand pays the other hand, and the sick cow dies. It's their business, and it has nothing to do with us."

"Cousin, you are right." The short constable agreed in a flattering manner.

When Liu Shitou learned about this, he secretly ran over during his break.

"Brother Xu, Sister Lin, did you buy a sick cow?" Liu Shitou looked anxious. He glanced at the yellow cow standing not far away and eating grass with its head down, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

"I heard that this sick cow only has ten days to live. It was brought here specially by Constable Horse Face, mainly to defraud money."

Liu Yushi became angrier as he spoke, his handsome face stern.

Seeing Liu Shitou's expression, Xie Xu and Ye Qinglin smiled at each other.

Ye Qinglin said in a gentle voice: "You don't need to be angry. It is indeed not worth spending fifteen taels of silver to buy a sick cow. But think about it, Brother Liu. We are now exiled prisoners and have not settled in Yongcheng. We are powerless to buy a cow to open up the land.

Besides, I can cure this cow, and when it is well, it can plow the land for us."

Liu Shitou thought of Ye Qinglin and Liu Yueshi's abilities and nodded slowly: "Then you should be careful. If the other party goes too far, you don't need to be tolerant."

After giving a few instructions, Liu Shitou left.

Ye Qinglin took a deep look at Liu Shitou's back and leaned on Xie Xu's arm: "Brother Liu is a good man."

Xie Xu hummed softly, "He is grateful, honest, and trustworthy."

"Yes." Ye Qinglin agreed: "For our sake, I am willing to stay in Yongcheng as a constable."

Xie Xu's eyes softened and he curled his lips: "We recognize him as a friend."

Ye Qinglin nodded.

After a busy day, they picked up stones from an acre and a half of land.

The horse-faced constable only gave them lunch and no dinner. The others were tired, drank a few sips of water, and lay on the grass to rest.

Ye Qinglin and her friends ate the steamed buns and braised pork secretly. In order to avoid being discovered, they stuffed the braised pork into the steamed buns.

After dinner, Gu Qingjin and Gu Qingyu came to Ye Qinglin.

"Sister, we want to go to Mumu Village to find our parents."

Seeing Ye Qinglin and others reclaiming wasteland, the two siblings of the Gu family became worried about their parents' situation.

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