Chapter 3156 Inquiry

Zhou Man took a sip of water from the teacup, and then looked up at Aunt Qi.

Aunt Qi was also raising her head to look at Zhou Man, their eyes met, Zhou Man's mouth twitched slightly, and she looked at her quietly, with a warm face, but Aunt Qi swallowed nervously, her knees softened, and the whole body went soft. The man slipped from the chair and fell to the ground, kneeling on the ground.

Zhou Man's expression didn't change much, and he took another sip of tea before putting down the cup.

In the quiet room, the sound of the teacup on the table was particularly loud, and Aunt Qi couldn't help shaking.

Bai Shan couldn't help but wonder, "You don't have the guts to look at it, how can you have the guts to do such a thing?"

Before that, Bai Shan had never seen Aunt Qi, but heard Zhou Man mention it, saying that she was calm and composed when she stopped the car and asked her to take the little lady Lu, but her performance was not very good. Full of loopholes.

Not to mention that there is also a Mingda who grew up in the deep palace next to her, her thoughts are transparent in Mingda's eyes.

Mingda and Zhou Man don't care about others playing tricks in front of them. As long as there is no malice, they are willing to accept their scheming for a better life. If they can help, they will help them, and if they can't, they will refuse.

It's just that when Aunt Qi appeared, they felt the sense of disobedience that forced them, so people stared at her.

Aunt Qi shivered.

With a straight face, Bai Shan said solemnly, "Speak."

Aunt Qi bowed her head, tears streaming down her face, "Please forgive me, slave, slave is forced."

Bai Shan said: "Let's start from the beginning, this county is all ears."

Both Zhou Man and Mingda were ready to listen.

Aunt Qi paused for a while before saying, "This slave is from Qizhou..."

They know this. After Zhou Man and Mingda suspected that she had bad intentions, Bai Shan asked someone to go to Qizhou to check, which is not far from Qingzhou anyway.

But the fact found is that their mother and daughter are indeed from Qizhou, and the information she gave is not false.

Aunt Qi wiped her tears and said, "My man died early, leaving us orphans and widows. She is not a son. My husband's family and clan always dislike us and want me to remarry."

"I didn't want to, so they called my mother's family to tie me back," Aunt Qi said, "My husband and I only have one daughter, how could I be willing to leave her alone and remarry? Just when the trouble was the worst, there was a passing by. The merchant from here rescued me and gave me a little money to bring my daughter to Beihai County.”

She paused and lowered her voice, "He asked the slave to come to Beihai County to inquire about some news. In the future, he only needs to pass the news to him. After three years, he will give us one hundred taels of mother and daughter."

Aunt Qi said: "One hundred taels, if you find a village, you can build a small courtyard, and with the remaining money, you can hire a son-in-law for my daughter, enough for our mothers to live a lifetime."

Bai Shan asked, "What information does he want to inquire about?"

"It's just that I must enter the weaving workshop, and I will take over the job of delivering clothes to the salt field, and I will talk about the rest later." Aunt Qi hurriedly said: "But I can't enter the weaving workshop, and I don't have any news for him. ."

"How many times has the merchant contacted you?"

"Three times, but only once in person." Aunt Qi hurriedly said: "The slave didn't say anything, I have been working in Zhuangzi, I don't know anything about Zhifang and the saltworks, and they didn't ask me anything at first. …”

The other party didn't seem to expect Aunt Qi to be of much use. After she came to Beihai and settled down, someone contacted her quietly. I heard that she couldn't enter the weaving workshop or the salt field, so she didn't say anything when she could only stay in the village. What, just let her continue to work on Zhuangzi, so as not to make people suspicious.

The second contact was her initiative, because at that time she was assigned to Shunping Village, she was actually worried, and she no longer wanted to continue doing this.

Aunt Qi wiped her tears and said, "The lord is kind to our mother and daughter. It not only gave us a place to live, but also made us earn money. I already wanted to stay here from my heart, so I went to that person and said no. Done."

"But he threatened me that if I didn't obey me, he would not only tell the adults about me, but also let us die without knowing it. Slaves, slaves are really scared, so they don't dare to speak out." Aunt Qi said. : "But after we went to Shunping Village, no one came to look for me. I, I won't come back to the county..."

At that time, Aunt Qi felt that it was good to be transferred to Shunping Village. As long as she never came to the county seat, and the person in the county never came to her, then this incident would have never happened.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man were both stunned that there are such innocent people in this world.

Bai Shan finally knew why she wanted to marry Zhu Liulang, and she felt it was all right.

Bai Shan asked, "What did the merchant personally say to you last time? You can't add or subtract anything."

Aunt Qi told Bai Shan exactly what the merchant said at the time, and she could even remember his expression at the time.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man raised their eyebrows, and even Mingda looked up at Aunt Qi in surprise.

No wonder the merchants chose Aunt Qi to do meticulous work. This is indeed a rare skill.

The merchant came to Aunt Qi not to ask about the salt field, but to ask about everything she knew about Beihai County, including some rumors about Bai Shanzhouman, the situation of Guantian Zhuangzi, etc. As long as Aunt Qi knew about it, he asked.

But Mrs. Qi said: "But the slave didn't dare to tell him everything, he just said that the slave has been working in the village and can't go out, so I don't know much, only, I only talked about farming in the village, other things Didn't say anything."

Bai Shan asked, "I heard that he stayed in Zhuangzi for one more day. What did he do that day?"

"I didn't do anything, I just wandered around in the fields, and I asked someone to inquire about the hired workers here," Aunt Qi said, "I don't think he trusts me anymore, so I asked the people in Zhuangzi for news. ."

Bai Shan frowned, "Where does he wander around?"

Aunt Qi said, "It's the place where rice and wheat are planted. Oh, we were harvesting wheat at the time, so he went to see us harvesting wheat."

This year, the official fields in Beihai County are all new wheat varieties, and many villages also plant some new wheat varieties, and the harvest is good.

But the most important thing is that this year, new rice seeds have been planted in the official fields of Beihai County. Due to the limited number of seeds, not all of them have been planted, but it is also guaranteed that at least ten acres of fields in each village are planted with new rice seeds.

All of Bai Shan's farms used new rice seeds.

Bai Shan looked at Aunt Qi with deep eyes and asked, "How is the rice in the fields this year?"

Aunt Qi was stunned for a moment, not knowing why she brought this up suddenly, but she still said, "Although it was a little dry some time ago, it's not bad. Nukan is heading well."

Bai Shan raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Man, and asked, "Who is responsible for the new rice fields in Zhuangzi?"

"The steward is personally responsible."

Only then did Bai Shan nodded in satisfaction, and felt a little relieved.