The Little Lucky Girl

As we entered Yuqing County, we saw that there were fewer and fewer wastelands on both sides of the road, and the land without crops was planted with pasture grass. When the breeze blew, we could vaguely see animals leisurely eating there.

Ming Youyou exclaimed, "It's really like 'the wind blows the grass low and you can see the cattle and sheep'."

"That's a good point," Zheng Huan praised, "You're getting better and better at speaking."

"If you want to become smart, you have to be with smart people," Feng Xu also said, "Look how long you've been with us, and you've become so smart."

Ming Youyou vomited at Feng Xu, decided to stay away from him, and ran like the wind.

The road ahead was much easier to walk on than when she went to the capital. It seemed that Lord Tao had done a lot since taking office.

Just as they were thinking about it, they saw a familiar-looking person standing in the pavilion in front and waving at them.

Several people immediately ran over, "Master He, long time no see, why are you here?"

He Guangan, the legal advisor of Magistrate Tao, said to them with a smile, "I've been waiting here to pick you up. You're really slow. I've been waiting for several days."

He saluted Captain Jin again and said, "Lord Tao has gone to the countryside, and he asked me to wait for you gentlemen here. We have already done what you sent someone to ask us to do, and we will take you there to have a look in a while."

Captain Jin nodded and said, "Thank you."

The group followed Master He and walked around the city gate towards another road.

Ming Youyou quietly asked him, "Where are you taking us?"

"Xiaguan Village, where you will temporarily settle down."

Xiaguan Village? I seem to have heard of it, but I wonder if it is far from their village. Ming Youyou is homesick, "Can I live back in our village?"

Master He said, "I can't make the decision on this. You have to ask Captain Jin."

Ming Youyou thought about it and decided to give up. Captain Jin has been tolerant enough towards them recently, so they should not push their luck any further.

The accommodation that Master He found for them was said to be in Xiaguan Village, but in fact it was separated from the village by a river. At a glance, except for the two courtyards in the middle, there were fields all around.

There are two courtyards, one big and one small. It is said that the original owners were two brothers. After the younger brother separated from the family, he built a small one next to the old house.

Captain Jin put forward many conditions and they were urgent, so the county government had to pay a high price to buy the two courtyards. The two families became rich overnight and happily went to the county town to buy houses.

The larger yard was naturally where Captain Jin and his companions lived, while the smaller one was for Ming Youyou and his companions. However, there were enough rooms inside, enough for everyone to have one room.

There were kitchens in both courtyards. Master He had asked people to buy some things and put them in them. Ming Youyou and the others saw bags of grain, various vegetables, a basket of eggs and two chickens.

Several people swallowed their saliva and just when they were about to touch it, they saw the guards come in and take away all the eggs and chickens...

They returned to the days of eating steamed buns, but it seemed that the days were worse than before. After all, they could occasionally pick up some wild duck eggs on the road. Now that they lived near the village, where could they find eggs?

A few people were so greedy that they couldn't sleep at night, so they gathered together for a small meeting. Ming Youyou raised his little fist and said, "We want to make money."

Feng Xu raised his hands and feet in agreement, and asked expectantly: "How do I make money?"

"I haven't thought about it yet."

"I haven't thought about why you are shouting so loudly?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Zheng Huan and Lu Tai simply stopped one of them and said, "Hurry up, tell us what you think."

Ming Youyou, who started out as a small business owner, believes that the way to make money is to do business; Zheng Huan and others know that the source of the family's money, in addition to the salary, is the income from the farm and the shop.

There is no need to think about salary, and shops and farms have nothing to do with them. After much thought, the most reliable option is to do small business, but doing business also requires capital.

After discussing for a long time, they came to this conclusion and everyone had to go back to their room and sleep sadly.

After spending two days in sorrow, they finally met Magistrate Tao and the village chief of Xiaguan Village who accompanied them.

Several people first saluted County Magistrate Tao. They were very excited to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign place, and an old acquaintance who was very kind to them. Several people surrounded Lord Tao and were very excited.

Magistrate Tao saw that although they were darker and thinner, they had become stronger; and from listening to their conversations, he even felt that they had grown a little smarter, and he was immediately relieved.

After meeting the county magistrate, Ming Youyou ran to the village chief and said, "Second Grandpa, so you live in Xiaguan Village?" The village chief turned out to be an acquaintance. He was her grandfather's sworn brother, and they fled here together.

"My child, now that you are back, why don't you go home and live?"

Of course Ming Youyou didn't want to say it was because of exile, that was too embarrassing, so she smiled awkwardly and looked at County Magistrate Tao for help.

This glance caused the village chief to misunderstand, "Oh, Lord Tao said that you have to obey the orders of the court. This is the court that asked you to live here. You are so young and you are working for the court. Not bad, not bad, Grandpa understands."

Ming Youyou thought about it and realized that the exile was indeed ordered by the imperial court. There was nothing wrong with what he said. He was worthy of being called Lord Tao.

"Second Grandpa, please don't tell my family that I'm back yet." She didn't want to make her grandfather and grandfather-in-law worry.

"Okay, Lord Tao has also warned me not to tell anyone." The village chief promised. He himself did not intend to tell anyone, but he could let his son go quietly. If he really did not tell anyone, his eldest brother would beat him to death if he found out.

After meeting Captain Jin, the village chief went back. County Magistrate Tao stayed with the others for a while and had a meal with them.

Thanks to the food boxes prepared by Mrs. Tao, the few people finally had their first meat meal after settling down. They were so happy that they wanted to make more money.

Ming Youyou asked, "Master Tao, can you lend us some money?"

Lord Tao asked, "Didn't your family give you money when you set out?"

Of course they did, Lu Tai's family gave them several banknotes. "But Captain Jin won't let me use them," Ming Youyou said regretfully.

"So do you think you can use the money I lend you?"

"Yeah, it seems that's not possible." Ming Youyou became even more sad, "We can't do business anymore."

Seeing that several people were dejected, Magistrate Tao smiled and said, "Since you have no money, let's do a business without capital."

"What is a no-cost business?" Several people raised their heads, their eyes brightened.

"Since it is 'no capital', it means that you don't have to pay for it, but only for yourself. Think about it, what can a person sell to make money?"

Zheng Huan and the other two thought of something and their faces changed. They were about to exclaim in surprise, but after looking at Ming Youyou, they held back their words.

Ming Youyou rolled his eyes and shouted, "You can sell your strength. Yes, you can go to the dock to carry heavy bags. That doesn't cost any money. All you need is strength."

Magistrate Tao gave her an approving look, then looked at Zheng Huan and the others with contempt, wondering what was going on in her mind.

Ming Youyou was happy for a moment, but then said sadly: "But we are too small to carry it, so people won't use us."