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"I can give you silver, but you have to have your brothers tie up Xu Qing first, and then I'll give you this amount."

Old Man Shi stretched out his hands, crossed his index fingers, and made a 10 gesture.

Xu Wulai was overjoyed; it was an unexpected delight! He immediately nodded in agreement.

"Give it to me, and I'll tie Xu Qing up and bring it to you tomorrow."

Old Man Shi looked at Xu Wulai with a half-smile and said, "Do you think I'm a fool? Tie up Xu Qing and bring him here first, then I'll give you the money."

Xu Wulai was immediately dumbfounded; where was he supposed to find Xu Qing to kidnap...?

He can't even go back to Xujia Village now.

But he really didn't want to give up the 10 taels of silver that were right in front of him.

"Well? Have you thought it through? If you bring the person here, I can give you another 10 taels. That'll make it 20 taels in total."

Old Man Shi continued to tempt Xu the scoundrel.

"Alright! But words are not enough, give me two taels of silver as a deposit first."

Xu Wulai's plan was quite good; even if he couldn't kidnap Xu Qing, earning less money would be fine.

Old Man Shi: "Go and ask around in the village. Xu Qing killed three of my grandsons. She and I are mortal enemies."

As long as you bring the person, I will keep my word and you won't be shortchanged.

On the contrary, I will definitely go to Xujia Village and tell Xu Qing how you slandered her.

Xu Wulai's expression changed, and he stared at Old Man Shi in astonishment.

Old Man Shi looked at Xu the Rascal with amusement:

"You don't think you can fool me with some lame excuse, do you? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice."

However, since you're capable of saying such things to slander Xu Qing, you must have a grudge against her. Why don't we cooperate?

You provide the manpower, I'll provide the money, let's teach her a lesson. It'll also vent our anger."

Moved by Old Man Shi's words, Xu Wulai gritted his teeth and said:

"I do have a grudge against her, and I wish I could drink her blood and eat her flesh. However, she has a group of servants in her household, so this matter needs to be considered carefully."

"I don't want the money anymore, I just want to vent my anger. Give me some food, that will do."

Old Man Shi scoffed. He'd seen plenty of scoundrels like this, but it was still worth it to spend a little food to annoy Xu Qing.

If this scoundrel succeeds, all the better.

He took out two or three pounds of black flour from the house: "Take it, I'll wait for your good news."

Xu Wulai took the black mask to find his son, still plotting how to tie up Xu Qing.

……

Xu Qing walked towards Shijia Village, and halfway there he suddenly thought of something.

If this person really is a bad guy, given the Shi family's nature, they will definitely push her out.

When they reached a fork in the road, Xu Qing silently apologized to the ox, promising to treat it to something delicious when they returned.

Then a whip lashed the ox's rump, and the ox, in pain, sped up and ran.

After turning the corner, Xu Qing calmed the oxen down, stopped the oxcart, and put the oxen and cart together into the shopping cart.

Then he ran into the dense forest and crouched down in a patch of grass.

The carriage behind them had been following at a distance, but Xu Qing suddenly accelerated without warning. By the time they reacted and caught up, Xu Qing had already disappeared.

The attendant asked the boy in the carriage anxiously, "Young master, we've lost him... what, what should we do?"

The boy lifted the curtain in front of the carriage, frowned, and looked at the three-way intersection in front of him, saying, "How could we lose them?"

The attendant apologized, "It's all my fault. I followed too far, and the lady disappeared after we turned the corner. What should we do now, young master?"

The boy had no choice but to point out a random road: "Let's go this way. If we can catch up with that lady, it means we're blessed by heaven."

If we can't catch up, we should go back and ask the owner of the jewelry shop if he knows this lady. We must find her.

After saying this, the boy sat back in the carriage, and his attendants quickly rode off in the direction the boy had pointed.

After confirming that they were far away from the bushes, Xu Qing stood up and, not daring to drive any further, took a shortcut back to Xujia Village.

He thought to himself, "Luckily, we met in Ferry Town today. It's my first time going to the jewelry shop, so there's no way I could have found her."

It's best to avoid meeting this person again before you've determined whether they're good or bad.

I can't deliver the milk tea anymore; my older brother and Hui Niang can go instead.

By the time they walked back to the Xu family home, it was almost dark, and Xu Qing was too exhausted to speak.

At dinner, the family gathered around the table.

Xu Jian said somewhat excitedly:

"Little sister, the walls of the back room are all built, but the toilet can only be built after Old Shi's squat toilet is fired. Why don't we find an auspicious day to raise the ridge beam and lay the tiles first?"

After the roof tiles are laid, you can move into the new house first; the toilet can be built later.

Everyone had thought of this as well, but it still depended on Xu Qing's opinion, so they all turned their attention to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had no objection; she also wanted to move into the new house immediately, as the current thatched hut was far too cramped!

"Okay, eldest and second brothers can arrange it, but I also have some things to say."

Xu Qing paused for a moment, then continued:

"After the house is built, the workers will have nothing to do. I want to send a group of people to build two more workshops next to it, one to produce grass jelly milk tea and the other to produce squat toilets."

Also, after we built houses and workshops, there's still a lot of wasteland left. Another group of people will use it for farming, specifically planting the sweet potatoes I told my older brother about before.”

At the foot of the mountain, the soil where Xu Qing built his house was very hard, while the rest of the land was sandy soil with many loose stones, making it difficult to dig.

Sandy soil is best for sweet potatoes to grow, and they are not afraid of stones. She can buy a plow and harrow in the mall and put it on the cow.

It's quick and easy to cultivate.

Ms. Wen said, "I'll do whatever my daughter says."

Xu Jian and Xu Gong nodded in agreement: "We'll listen to our little sister too."

The one-armed beggar, the children, and Hui Niang were speechless; on the contrary, they were all very excited because they were about to move into their new house.

After hesitating for a long time, Xu Qing finally told her about the boy she met in Dukou Town today and the familiar peace lock.

"I don't know if that person is good or bad. For now, let my older brother and Hui Niang deliver the milk tea. I'll stay at home."

After Xu Qing finished speaking, the one-armed beggar immediately lowered his head, his face turning extremely ugly.

Madam Wen said, "My daughter is right. You said that the young man looks like a son of a wealthy family."

In their eyes, ordinary people like us are nothing more than ants. It's always better to be careful.

After discussing the matter, everyone went back to sleep.

The one-armed beggar remained until the end.

"Madam Xu, may I speak to you in private? I have something to discuss with you."

Xu Qing thought something had happened at the stall, so he followed the one-armed beggar to the pigsty.

Xu Qing asked, "Did something happen?"

The one-armed beggar, his face contorted in pain, knelt down before Xu Qing with a thud.

Xu Qing was so startled that she took a step back and exclaimed, "What's going on? Let's talk this out!"

The one-armed beggar, his voice trembling, took out a safety lock and handed it to Xu Qing:

"Mrs. Xu, is the peace lock you saw today the same as this one?"

By the moonlight, Xu Qing picked up the peace lock from the one-armed beggar's hand and examined it closely.

She finally remembered why it looked familiar—wasn't that Zhenzhen's peace lock?

The one-armed beggar had previously entrusted her to give this to Zhenzhen, saying that when the one-armed beggar found her, he had hung it on her.

What exactly is going on now?

How could Zhenzhen's safety lock be the same as that boy's safety lock?

Where did this safety lock come from?

Could it be that the one-armed beggar stole it?