Before Tang Qiyue reached the main room, she heard excited shouting. Thinking something had happened, she immediately trotted over.
I saw the courtyard door open, Zhao Sun threw herself into Zhao Yonghe's arms, crying and laughing, Zhao Xiaohua hugged her father's legs and refused to let go. Aunt Zhao beside her kept wiping her tears.
It turned out that Zhao Yonghe, who was leading the villagers to make a kang, had returned home!
Tang Qiyue slowly stopped and looked at this scene, her heart softened.
"Miss Tang!" Zhao Yonghe saw Tang Qiyue under the eaves, patted Zhao Sun's shoulder, and walked over with an umbrella.
As they got closer, Tang Qiyue could clearly see the changes in Zhao Yonghe. He had lost a lot of weight and was a little darker, but his eyes were bright and he looked more energetic than before.
Tang Qiyue smiled and asked, "Is the kang finished?"
Zhao Yonghe shook his head, "No! It's just that my brothers miss home, and I thought that the New Year is coming soon, so I won't make the kang. I'll make it after the New Year."
"We were rushing home when we ran into a rainstorm and hail. We were all soaked and the hailstones as big as eggs hit our heads and caused us pain."
Lin quickly poured a full bowl of ginger syrup for the man.
Zhao Yonghe finished the drink in one gulp, took out a fairly new and exquisite purse from his arms and placed it on the table, "Miss Tang, this is my monthly income from working as a kang maker, take a look."
Tang Qiyue raised her eyebrows slightly, "What do you mean?"
"Girl, didn't we agree that we would share the money earned from making kangs equally?" Zhao Yonghe thought Tang Qiyue didn't remember this, so he said it again.
Tang Qiyue pushed the purse back and asked, "Have you paid the villagers who worked on the kang with you?"
"I've paid it! I'll pay you fifty coins per person per day. This is the remaining money."
Hearing this, Tang Qiyue poured all the silver in her purse onto the wooden table, which amounted to about eight taels of silver.
After working on the kang for a month, Zhao Yonghe earned about ten taels of silver, including the wages of the villagers.
The villagers earned fifty coins a day, which was one ounce of silver and five hundred coins a month. This was the amount of silver they could earn in a year.
Tang Qiyue thought about it and asked for only two taels of silver, "I'll take two taels." After all, she had just come up with a solution, and it was not nice to share someone's hard-earned month's income.
Zhao Yonghe refused, "Ms. Tang, my family is working with you now, and we agreed to split the profits equally, so why are you only taking two taels of silver?"
Zhao Sunshi next to her also advised her. In her heart, it was something she could not even imagine that her husband could earn four taels of silver by working hard for a month.
Tang Qiyue shook her head. "That's it. Since you're working with me, then listen to me."
"By the way, when you went to each family to make the kangs, did you see other refugees?" Thinking of the dream she had that night, Tang Qiyue suspected that she was about to confront the Tang family.
Zhao Yonghe had no choice but to accept the remaining six taels of silver. After thinking for a while, he said, "There are refugees!"
"But they are not in groups. They are all families of three or five heading to the capital." Zhao Yonghe sighed, "Today there was a sudden rainstorm and hail. I saw many refugees on the road were hit on the head and fell to the ground with blood. I don't know whether they are dead or alive."
Lin took a deep breath and patted her chest soothingly, "Did it cause a bloody hole? Oh my goodness! How can it be so scary!"
"My girl, you can't go out again! Just stay at home!" Tang San glanced at Tang Qiyue who was deep in thought and said seriously, "There is enough food at home. We don't have to rush to the town to buy more."
Tang Qiyue responded casually. What she was thinking was that she would go to the town to deliver vegetables, strawberries and peppers in a few days, and she didn't know how long the hail and heavy rain would last.
It lasted for a long time, until the third night, the heavy rain continued, but the hail was much smaller.
The house built by Tang Qiyue and his family was some distance away from the foot of the mountain. The heavy rain washed away the soil on the hillside, and it flowed down from the side of the house, making it a muddy scene.
Tang Qiyue, who had not gone out for half a month, stared at the rain outside the window and listened to the concerns of Xu Fang and Boss Hu.
"Tomorrow is the day to deliver the vegetables and strawberries. There are puddles everywhere and the road is difficult to walk on." Xu Fang clenched his fists in worry.
Boss Hu wiped the rain off his face and said, "Why don't we stop delivering the goods to the town for now and wait until the rain stops."
The greenhouse in the backyard was already in a precarious condition, and it was not a good idea to deliver the goods to the town on time.
Tang Qiyue also thought about this problem, but if she wanted to put the delivery of the goods on hold for the time being, she would have to go to the Hua family and Yingke Building to explain.
"I've been thinking about what you two said. It's almost the New Year, so it's time to take a break from these two businesses."
So, while the hail was getting smaller, Tang Qiyue put on a straw raincoat and went to Linjiang Town with Xu Fang and Hu Lao Da in the heavy rain. They handed over the last batch of strawberries they brought to Huafu and explained that they would not deliver the strawberries anymore due to the weather. The strawberries were considered an apology and they would not accept a penny.
Huarun seemed to be hesitant to speak, but had no choice but to agree.
The same was true for the Yingke Tower, where the last batch of vegetables and green peppers as apology were not charged a penny.
Just like that, from this moment on, the business with Huafu and Yingkelou is considered invalid. Even if we want to cooperate again next year, we will have to negotiate a new contract.
Since she was in town, Tang Qiyue bought ten kilograms of fresh pork, cornmeal and some seasonings, and also bought a pair of new boots for everyone in her family.
In the distance, a shivering figure huddled in the corner, drenched by the rain, stared at Tang Qiyue's back, his eyes full of confusion and inquiry.
"Mom! What are you looking at? Go back quickly." A slender figure holding a tattered oil-paper umbrella hurried over and helped the woman up.
His fingers touched a wet area on the woman's body, and a hint of disgust flashed across his eyes unconsciously. The woman was unaware at all. At this moment, all she could think of was the figure she had just seen. Although he was wearing a loose straw raincoat, she had been looking at that face for more than ten years, so how could she have been wrong?
It must be that idiot in the third room!
The woman stood up suddenly, stretched her neck to look in the direction Tang Qiyue left, and was about to catch up with her.
Another figure tightly grasped her wrist, "Mom! What are you doing? Let's go back quickly! There is no one doing embroidery in this town. It's raining so hard, my umbrella can't hold up. Let's go back to the dilapidated temple."
"Yue Ling, mother must have seen it right! She must have seen it right! It's that idiot!" Sun was like a possessed person, muttering to herself, "Why is she here! Why is she here! Why doesn't she look stupid anymore! How is this possible!"
Tang Yueling was confused. The sound of rain was so loud that she couldn't hear what Sun was saying at all. She could only hold Sun's arm tightly and walk towards the dilapidated temple not far outside the town.
Sun fell into self-doubt and let Tang Yueling drag her away. The rain soaked her whole body and her bones ached from the cold, but she didn't notice it.
Tang Qiyue seemed to have sensed something and looked back, but there was no one under the rain.
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