Both of their eyes lit up.

Yesterday, I didn’t even know the girl’s name or where she lived, and she passed away. I thought I would never see her again in this life, and I felt a little regretful.

Unexpectedly, I saw the girl again today.

The girl was carrying a basket in her hand, with some oil paper and bowls in the basket.

"Two potatoes and two sticks, right?"

Dacheng took the bowl, filled it with two servings of potatoes, and ordered another portion.

"Corn, here." Dayong also took out three corns: "Since this is your first time here, I'll give you one extra one."

The girl widened her eyes slightly. Is this new customer giving so much?

She also recognized this family. Yesterday, they were fighting bandits in the mountains, and she and the little girl were carrying the corpse together.

She thought there would be some trauma or something, but unexpectedly she slept very soundly last night.

"This is too much. We can't finish it."

"Not much, not much. Miss, please come here more often in the future." Dayong said enthusiastically. With this smile, the two shallow dimples on his cheeks seemed a little deeper.

"Yes, our family has been setting up a stall here. Are you from the county town? I'm glad to see you so early in the morning." Dacheng took the opportunity to say.

"My home is in a village not far from the hill where you're suppressing bandits. It's quite close to the county town."

So that’s how it is. She is from Yongguan County.

"What happened yesterday scared the girl." Dayong said.

"As for me, I'm not afraid, but your sister is much braver than me. I still need to learn from her." The girl smiled at Qiao Jianer.

She also thought that a little girl had such courage, so she couldn't be a coward.

Qiao Jianer was filling chili sauce for the customers and smiled back at the girl.

Seeing how worthless her two brothers were, she already understood a little.

"Sister, what's your last name? I'll be able to call you that from now on."

Her brother was too embarrassed to ask, so she asked instead.

"My last name is Ling, which means in the early morning, and Ling Yin, which means sound."

Ling Yin said: "I'm leaving now. Thank you so much for giving me so much."

She gave a corn cob to her brother to chew on, and ate one herself, and the two siblings walked away.

"This name is really nice." Dayong said.

Dacheng: "Yes, it's the first time I've heard such a nice girl's name."

Both of them were praising him, unaware of a somewhat serious problem.

Qiao Jianer also touched his chin and thought, then continued to work.

She doesn't care about this kind of thing.

After knowing the girl's name and that her home was not far from the bandit mountain, the two brothers felt much more at ease. They could find out which village she was from with a little inquiry.

They didn't ask any further questions because they were afraid of offending the girl.

When they were twelve or thirteen years old, Old Mrs. Qiao taught them not to be rash when dealing with girls and to think twice before speaking.

Qiao Jianer thought that the chili sauce would not be sold out, but when he was closing the stall at dusk, the last one was just sold.

After calculation, one hundred kilograms of chili sauce was sold for 327 kilograms.

The snacks on the stall were not as popular as they were yesterday or yesterday because most people had tried them before, but they still sold 15 taels.

Later, some small business owners came one after another and sold another six taels of ingredients.

Including the reward from the county government, the Qiao family earned 78 taels today.

This is the day with the most money.

Qiao Jianer was so happy that she gave all the remaining 700 coins to the children.

Originally, they only earned fifty cents a day working, but today their salary was more than doubled.

"Use it to buy another set of clothes. You need something to change into," said Qiao Lianer.

She planned that after the children had lived in the abandoned yard for a long time and it felt exactly like their home, she would apply to the county government to allow them to settle there.

Otherwise, you will always be regarded as a street kid. If you want to do some business or go to a farther place in the future, it will be a hassle without a household registration permit.

As the carriage passed the bandit mountain, Dayong and Dacheng looked out from the window.

After passing the somewhat steep Bandit Mountain, the main terrain is small hills and basins. There are many villages, and there is a village every two or three miles. I just don’t know which village Ling Yin’s family is in.

"What are you looking at?" asked Qiao Laoer when he saw this.

Why did he feel that his son and nephew seemed a little excited today? It was different from before.

Dacheng: "I didn't see anything, Dad, don't you think the scenery here is beautiful?"

"What's so good about it? It's just like other places." Qiao Laoer muttered after taking a look.

"It's not as beautiful as our Datian Village."

We have harvested all the wheat at home today and are drying it in the yard and on the large gentle slope behind the house. The ground is covered with golden color.

When everyone returned home, the family was harvesting wheat.

The men got off the carriage and started to work. With more people around, they finished packing up in no time.

"The bridge will be completed tomorrow, and the river will be diverted. No one will need to go down there, and all the manpower at home will be freed up." Old Man Qiao told everyone.

Just to build that bridge, it took 300 people. One hundred of them were specially hired craftsmen, one hundred were civilians doing labor service, and one hundred were prisoners serving sentences. Each person had a division of labor according to their circumstances, so the efficiency was so high.

Old Mrs. Qiao said, "So we also want to go to the county town to see our snack stand."

Yes, it has been open for several days, but my family has not seen what our stall looks like.

It’s time to go to the county town and take a look.

Qiao Jianer said, "Okay, let's leave someone at home to dry the wheat and look after the house tomorrow, and everyone else will go to the county town."

Old Mrs. Qiao thought about it and was about to speak when she said, "Dacheng Dayong Dao."

"Grandma, we're going."

"Third brother, you two and Da Meng and Xiao Meng should stay at home." said Old Mrs. Qiao.

"Okay." Qiao Lao San agreed readily.

While eating, when she heard that they had earned seventy-eight taels today, Mrs. Qiao almost dropped her chopsticks.

"How, how do you earn so much?"

I originally thought that earning thirty or forty taels a day was the maximum, so what does seventy or eighty taels mean?

"There are twenty taels, which is the reward given to our family by the county government for suppressing bandits." said Boss Qiao.

"Give so much." Old man Qiao was surprised.

"Grandpa, this number is not bad. If the government uses manpower to suppress the bandits, the cost will probably be even higher." Qiao Jianer said.

Those palace soldiers are mainly responsible for patrolling and arresting people. They may not be as good at fighting as the men of the Qiao family. In case of casualties, they also have to comfort the families.

Old Man Qiao thought about it and muttered to himself, "There are four hundred taels of silver at home now."

Qiao Jianer said, "If we earn a few more days and the rainy season is over, we can build a house."

Otherwise, it would be impossible to start construction due to the continuous heavy rain.

The next day, Qiao Jianer got up early because she wanted to go and see the bridge.

She needs to prepare food and supplies, so she has to go to the county town and can't get away.

It was daybreak, and the fields were deserted. A cool breeze blew into her neck. She walked up along the river bank, taking a look at the river channel and diversion channel.

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