Chapter 205： that's not what she wants

Chapter 205 That's not what she wanted

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and there was no news from the Jiang family. Presumably, they would not be able to take out so much money, and even if they could, they would not be willing to take it out for the sake of two and a half older children.

After all, although these two children are studying under the masters, they are not as attractive as Yuan Jiaqi.

The first place in the list means that they will definitely win Jinshi and become an official. Without hope, they will only wait and see, and they are not willing to spend their capital.

Days passed, and the drought became more and more serious. It was the rainy season in the north, and the sun was scorching every day, and even the leaves began to wilt.

The crops in the field were wilted, and if things continued like this, there would not be much grain to be harvested by October.

She sighed. Taking advantage of the moonlight, she dug a one-acre pit in the wasteland north of the town and filled it with water, then went to the south of the town to dig the same pit and filled it with water.

She has just built the sixth level of foundation now, and she doesn't have the strength to move mountains and seas. If there is no space, she can't even be a water transporter.

The water in the two deep pits alleviated the water consumption of the people around Tianshui Town. Qiao Mai used to store some water in every night to keep it full of water.

Some people say that the people of Tianshui Town often do good deeds, God bless them, two large pits of water appeared out of thin air.

Some people from other small towns also came here to fetch water, because the water source was sufficient, and there was no fight.

Mayor Qian attached great importance to this matter, and sent two guards to guard it every day, just wanting everyone to have access to water, so as to prevent criminals from using the water in these two pits for profit.

The water in the Qiaoji snack shop is no longer free, but has become a penny a cup, which is not expensive, and many people drink it.

It's not that Qiao Mai is stingy, but she doesn't want people to know that her house has enough water.

Need to be nervous, everyone is nervous together, collecting money just to let everyone know that there is not enough water in her Qiao's house.

She often sits in front of her shop, watching the waterwheels on the official road going south and north, and they all carry water from the pit. With water, no one will escape.

I heard that the Acropolis is the most affected by drought, and it will be better if it goes south. If it continues like this, there will be people fleeing famine next year.

She didn't want to see a large number of victims fleeing south, let alone many children losing their families, and she didn't want to see the epidemic spreading and corpses everywhere.

She wanted to live a peaceful life, so she had to work hard to change this phenomenon as much as possible.

Otherwise, she will become one of the fleeing army, which is not what she wants.

So, she went out every night, digging pits to store water on the border of the Acropolis, and now she really became a water transporter.

With her secret help, the drought in the border of the Acropolis eased a lot. At this time, some people came out again.

They said that the magistrate of Acropolis was an upright official, a good official, and a high official who truly cared for the people. God blessed the land under his jurisdiction. Even if it didn't rain, the people would not die of thirst, and the crops would not die of drought.

I went, but they didn't even think about it. God knows, it's already raining.

However, such words are very beneficial to Wang Zhifu. Presumably the current emperor will promote him after he knows about it.

Time is slowly passing by, and the sweltering summer is about to pass, and the crops in the field are ripe again.

The Wang family started to put away sweet potatoes again, because this year they are all planted with them, so the price is a little lower, but not too bad, and the people are very satisfied.

After selling sweet potatoes, it is also very cost-effective to buy grain and pay grain tax.

The tenants of Qiao Mai’s family asked her early on whether they should hand over the sweet potatoes, or sell them and convert them into silver, and then bought grain for her.

Qiao Mai didn't make them bother, and directly converted it into silver.

The Qiao family in Lihua Village, the harvest in the field is not very good, and there is not much left after paying the tax. If there is no relief this winter, their whole family will have to go hungry.

Qiao Shicheng and his wife had no choice but to sell one of their granddaughters to a wealthy family as a girl.

When selling Qiao Mai, her elder brother and second brother didn't think anything was wrong.

When you sell your daughter, you can't do it. No matter how patriarchal you are, it is your daughter.

Selling one's own daughter to be used by a large family makes her feel very uncomfortable.

What that Fang thought in his heart was that he would sell his own daughter next, and the money would be used in the business, which was too uneconomical. Even if he sold it, he would sell it by himself, and spend the money by himself.

When Qiao Shicheng sold a granddaughter, the Qiao family began to split.

During a great battle, the Qiao family didn't hold on for long, and they split up. Like the Yuan family, Qiao Shicheng and his wife were thrown out by their children.

No one lives with anyone, they take turns delivering food, and when they can’t move, each family takes turns to serve them, and no one wants to live with them.

The old people of these two families have more time to get together now, and they sit opposite Jixiangyuan when they have nothing to do, watching the imposing gate and swallowing their saliva.

The Tian family pinned their hopes on Linger, thinking that Tian Sanzhuang would come back quickly.

If the child is really strong at that time, then they will be able to negotiate conditions with that bitch.

This year's winter was colder than last year's. It was not until the middle of the twelfth lunar month that there was a light snowfall, and the temperature suddenly cooled down.

Seeing the weather like this again, Qiao Mai felt worried. It seems that he will have to work as a water transporter next year.

This year, there was nothing that made her happy. The only thing that made her happy was that the space had been upgraded again, and all indicators were much better than the previous level.

Because of the upgrade, the tens of thousands of mu of pond is twice as large as before, and the water source can still be used for the boundary of the Acropolis for another year.

If the people in Acropolis survived, the people in other cities and counties should also be fine, after all, their disaster is not as serious as here.

Winter is better than summer, at least there is no sun to bake, the water will not evaporate so fast, a puddle of water is enough for the people around for a long time, as long as it is not wasted, it will be fine.

As the New Year approached, Qiao Mai filled the puddles in various places in the middle of the night, hoping that they would have a good year.

But when she was storing water, she found that several pits were occupied by people. If they hadn't lit the bonfire, said what they said, and there was a conspicuous sign next to it, she would not have known that the water pits charged fees. up.

Qiao Mai became very angry at the time. Damn it, she didn’t charge others for digging and storing water, but these ghost grandchildren would pick up ready-made ones and occupy the water holes to collect water bills from the people.

In one night, she made seven pitfalls, which meant dozens of lives, and Qiao Mai ended up without even blinking an eye.

She didn't dispose of these corpses, just let them stand by the pit, and wrote on their charging sign.

"Whoever makes money in the country will die!"

One night, when the New Year is approaching, so many people died, and it caused a sensation in the Acropolis.

The common people clapped their hands and applauded, "It's a good kill, a happy death, such a person deserves to die."

Wang Zongsheng personally took people to check, all the necks were wiped, there was no pain at all, and the method was clean and neat.

No suspicious things were found at the scene of the crime, so the family had to ask his family to take him back and let them bury him until the case was solved.

Who on earth is it? Who is so capable?

The method of doing the crime is the same, and the time of doing the crime is not much different, as if several pits are carried out at the same time.

Wang Zhifu didn't take this matter seriously, because the people who died were all local ruffians and bullies, and they deserved to die. There are many things like this, and there are many things like this that the heroes of the rivers and lakes kill them without looking at them.

In the end, he just pushed the matter to the people in the rivers and lakes.

With the example of Qiao Mai killing a chicken for monkeys to watch, no one dares to charge fees at the pit anymore, and the common people can fetch water at will.

This year has barely passed. Except for Qiao Mai's family, everyone in the small town is living a tight life.

The poor are short of money and water, and the rich are short of money and water.

Anyway, this year, everyone's life is not very satisfactory.

(end of this chapter)