Chapter 90

Not long after lunch, many people have come to Xu Qing's door.

The board she hung on the wall has not yet been taken off. Many people are very excited when they look at the payment for delivery, but some people are puzzled. It's just a delivery. How can the payment be so high?

When Xu Qing and Li Changting came out, the people who came had already been lined up to her vegetable garden.

With Li Changting in town, a group of men are not easy to get too close to Xu Qing. All the women are there asking when Xu Qing will start.

Seeing the people coming, Xu Qing said, "everyone be quiet and listen to me."

The crowd immediately quieted down.

"Let me talk about firewood first. I don't need much firewood. I need at least four bundles of firewood every day. Of course, I'll take more firewood, but I only need good firewood. I'll pay by the catty, and I'll settle the bill once a day. If you can't get so much firewood by yourself, you can buy it from others and sell it to me. "

Someone raised his hand and said, "in this case, we can all collect firewood and sell it to you."

Xu Qing replied: "I don't bother to check and pay one by one, so I only recruit one person. All the branches and logs must be cut down to make them suitable for burning and then sent to me."

"When you go to the town to sell firewood, a bundle of small shrubs or branches is 15 Wen, and a load of dry wood, that is 100 Jin, is 300 Wen. When you're ready, I'll pay two Wen more for a bundle of branches and 20 Wen more for a load of wood."

When Xu Qing finished, everyone fell into thinking.

It's not difficult for an adult man to have four bundles of firewood every day. They are surrounded by mountains and firewood everywhere.

But picking up branches doesn't make much money. If it's cutting down trees Wood needs time to dry and air dry. No matter how much wood is cut, it can't be sold immediately. In this way, a person will be stretched.

"Well, I'll go on to delivery."

With Xu Qing's voice, the people who were talking about it immediately quieted down.

"I believe a lot of people wonder why I'm paid so much money, four dollars a month, just to deliver two deliveries sooner or later. Because this job is the most demanding, dangerous and risky. "

When we heard the word danger, we suddenly realized it. There is no doubt that it must be because of the mountain bandits who made a lot of noise a few days ago.

Sure enough, Xu Qing said, "you all know that I met mountain bandits on my way to the town a few days ago. Those mountain bandits would rob when they saw people. If they were not happy, they would lose their lives. So if they don't have any martial arts and self-defense skills, don't come."

Of course, mountain bandits don't exist all the time.

Many of them go to the town every time they go to the market to buy things, sell things and visit relatives. It is said that the road is not safe, but they have come and gone countless times.

They were lucky not to meet the mountain bandits, but they didn't dare to take chances. After all, they had to go back and forth twice a day to deliver the goods.

There is a lot of discussion. Some people are afraid, but there are many who are not.

Although Xu Qing only recruited two people, each of whom had four silver coins, with the money, they could find a few more people to go in partnership. If they met mountain bandits, they would copy them. What are they afraid of!

"All right!" Xu Qing clapped his hand and said with a smile, "since we have made the afternoon free, let's hold a martial arts contest! Who gets the other side to the ground first is the winner. Don't hurt people intentionally! Among the top three, the first and second will deliver the goods to me, and the third will provide firewood for me. In addition, I will reward each of you with a kilo of shortbread. How about that? "

"Good! Good

There is no entertainment in the village. As soon as we hear that there are competitions and prizes, we all warmly agree.

A group of people Hula to the drying field, not many people signed up, 30 or so, the patriarch to do the referee, a lot of people come to see the excitement.

In fact, everyone can count which man in the village has great strength and martial arts. These martial arts are not serious martial arts. They are all means of self-defense. Some are taught by elders, some go to school in the town, and some become talents by self-study.

Today is a busy day. The patriarch said with a smile: "today, let's see who is the most powerful man in the village!"

A group of men echoed the roar like chicken blood, rubbing their hands, eager to try.

The women were watching and whispering about which man was the most likely to win.

Among the more than 30 men, several big men are particularly conspicuous, including Li Zhuang.

Li Jing is also in it. He belongs to the lean type. He has strength, but he doesn't know how to do martial arts.

Every two start the game, some people face the opponent can't start, some people directly rushed up to grasp each other's arm, stretched out their feet in an attempt to trip the other side.

That is, we are familiar with the fact that if we really meet the enemy and rush over like this, we are going to deliver vegetables.

However, compared with the next, Xu Qing really found a few extraordinary skills.

"Uncle Gao, show mercy!"

As a result, the middle-aged man on the opposite side dropped the man to the ground."Hey, you're going to have to practice with me for another ten years!" The middle-aged man patted the young man on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Who is that?" Xu Qing asked Li Jinmei next to him.

"Second son of the Gao family, he has studied martial arts seriously." Li Jinmei said, "old lady Gao, do you remember that the vegetable garden in your house was changed for her land?"

"Oh, it's her son." Xu Qing saw that they were all acquaintances.

"Mrs. Gao's son-in-law was a constable in yamen, and Mr. Gao used to study martial arts with her."

"He also wanted to be a constable. Why didn't he succeed?"

"At first, there was no shortage of people in the Yamen. Later, after he married his daughter-in-law, his son was not in good health and could not walk away, so he stayed in the village to farm. He's also a hunter, but he doesn't go into the mountains very often. It's said that he doesn't know the way and has been lost several times. "

That's Lu Chi.

But in the past, the town was on the main road, and there were companions. No matter how hard it was, the donkey knew the way. It didn't matter whether the road was crazy or not.

Li Changting yawned and leaned his arm and said, "it's just two deliveries. I can't go."

Of course, Li Changting's delivery is safe, proper and free, but Xu Qing disagrees.

"You make wine for me at home, when you make it, when you make it."

"I know you love me." Li Changting leaned over and rubbed Xu Qing's head, "just tell me you love me."

"How beautiful you are Xu Qingbai glanced at him, but he unconsciously raised a smile at the corner of his mouth.

In addition to heartache, Xu Qing wants Li Changting to do what he likes, such as making wine, such as hunting. He doesn't have to disturb his pace of life and sacrifice his freedom in order to accommodate her.

Of course, she also wants Li Changting to sleep in with her.